The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1931, Page 1

W — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5814, JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW BRITISH TAX PROGRAM IS COMPLETED National Cabinet Works All Day on Measure —-Be Kept Secret PARLIAMENT 'CALLED IN' SPECIAL .SESSION Ministers Also Agree on Confidence Vote for . MacDonald LONDON, Sept. 3—The new Na- tional Cabinet has completed the new taxation program which it will keep secret for the' time being. A call was issued for Parliamen! to meet in a special session on Sep- tember 8 to enact the taxation pro- gram, into a law. The members of the Cabinet are confident there will be a majority of at least 50 for the program. The Cabinet was in session all day yesterday and did not com- plete the program until late last night. It is understood the Ministers have agreed to Premiétr MacDon- ald's demand for a vote of confi- dence when the House of Com- mons convenes before there will be any explanation of the govern- ment’s program for meeting the threatened Budget deficit. TEMPERANCE DEMANDED BY MODFICATION California American l;gion Unanimousin Request to Congress LONG BEACH, Cal, Sept. 3— By an overwhelming majority, the California State Convention .of. the American Legion yesterday voted to ask Congress to bring about tem- perance by modification of the Vol- stead Act. The convention was in an uproar as the resolution was brought up for a vote. PREDICTS 61 CENT SILVER IN 60 DAYS Senator Pittman Says Hoover Will Call Inter- national Convention SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 3.— United States Senator Key Pitt- man, of Nevada, predicted before the Northwest Mining Congress, “60 cent silver in 60 days” from to- day. 3 Senator Pittman also that President Hoover will call an International Conference on re- habilitation of silver values within 30 days. SLAYER TAKES LIFE IN CELL VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 3.— Basant Singh, a Hindu, arrested for California authorities in con- nection with the murder of a fel- low countryman in Sacramento, was found dead, hanging to a strip of his blanket in his cell. ' - ., 40-YEAR-OLD MULE PLOWS FOR 87-YEAR-OLD FARMER REIDSVILLE, N. C, Sept. 3.— Zera Summers is going to have a good corn crop on his farm this year. That is not unusual for Summers has been growing good corn Crops for years. But he is 87 years old and does all the plowing with a mule that has seen 40 summers. To complete the personnel of the farm, Mrs. Summers, who is 82, does her housework and hoes all the corn. - ———————r Reorganization of the capital structure of the ian National railway system is planned by Ca- padian government, . FOSHAY DEFENSE LOSES FIGHT AT Half a Million Dollar Bonus Exhibit Ruled as Per- tinent to Case AGAINST 7 DEFENDANTS Government Charges Mails Were Used for Purposes of Defrauding MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 8.— Efforts of the defense to have re- | jected an exhibit regarding half a million dollars bonus voted to the officials of the W. B. Foshay enter- | prises, failed yesterday afternoon {in the Federal Court. ' The Government introduced the exhibit to support allegations that ‘the defendants, who are charged {with using the mails to defraud in connection with various enterprises, ‘did not abide by sound business principles. | Judge J. W. Molyneaux ruled the | Flying Officer L. S. Snaith (upper left), Squadron Leader A. H. Orlebar (upper right) and Flight exhlbit was pertinent to the case. LLieut. F. W. Long (lower right) will have stiff competition in the approaching Schneider cup races, if _ Lh¢ defendants with Wilbur B. England is to win. Below is the Gloster Napier 4A, one of Britain's entries. Foshay are H. H. Henley, R. J. An- | drus, H. E. McGinty, P. V. Mabry, T-MILE-MINUTE CLIP EXPECTED Might End Races— New Mystety: Plane INSPEEDEVENT British Schneider Win| Man Is Shot; Sweetheart Is ' Lone Witness Vancouver - Motorman, on Night Run, Wounded by Thug in Hold-up VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 3.— Motorman C. J. Ooates is in the hospital with bullét wounds in his jH. F. Welch and C. W. Salisbury. ,The case started yesterday as the ,result of the crash two years ago DucK EDIGT jof the Foshay enterprises. One hundred and forty witnesses have SBURED BY been subpoenaed for the trial. i FORMER GOV, The Government Prosecutor, in opening’ the case, told the jury that Missourian, on Visit to Al Evervehin veryth askay Takes Rap atwa VY1008 Foshay and the six associates with him, deceived investors through . ‘Eooks Ros President 5 % START OF TRIAL| SUPPORTS ALLEGATION | —If a British seaplane Wins the cnest and arm. He was shot by a | Schnelder. cup 1n. the speed IaCes |pandit before the eyes of his sweet- to be held in the Solent Septem- ber 13 the races may never be held again. ’ The rulds governing award of the rophy, the world's premier speed prize, provide that a mation win- ning three out of five successive ceatests. may retain the cup per- manently. ‘Bo great is the cost of prepara- tion for the race in construction of and the like that if Britain gains the vup permanently. it may not be offered again for competition. Races Cost $2,500,000 ‘This year's races, which will be fought out by Great Britain, Italy and France, it is estimated, will cost in the neighborhood of $2,- 500,000—the trophy is worth only about $1,000. The tremendous cost, and the extreme hazard to human life, are believed to be the principal rea- sons for decision of the United States against participation in the 1927 and 1929 contests as well as the one this year. This year’s races are expected to develop the groatest speed at which a human being has ever traveled, perhaps seven miles a minute, 420 miles an hour. ‘The present record established at the 1920 Schneider cup race by Flying Officer H. R. D. 'Waghorn, is 328.63 miles per hour. British Plane 'Mystery Present interest is centered chief- ly about the new British mystery plane, the Supermarine S-6B, bullt especially - for the race, which is expected to reach: a speed between ‘It probably will ‘be -piloted by Squadron Leader Irlebar, skipper of the British high speed flight. An'8-6A plane, one of the type ‘breaking the record in 1929, crack- ed up recently in an ‘accident fatal to Lieut. G. L. Brinton. Large British, French and Ttal- ian high speed flying squads will be trimmed prior to the races to (Continued on Page four) It’s Shocking to Pay Toll at This Bridge ASHLAND, Ky., Sept. 3.—Motor- ists crossing the new steel bridge between Ashland and Coal Grove receive an electric shock if they touch the hands of the toll col- lectors. S8am Arnett, chief toll collector, explains it. The automobile be- comes charged with electricity from the air while passing through the encircling mass of steel. ‘The rubber tires hold the charge in the machine. The first con- nection with the ground is made if # passenger touches the hand of a toll colleetor, new planes, survey of the course, | heart when held up on his street car last night. The only passen- ger on the car was Coates’' finance, Dorothy Bairn. ‘The thug fled | der. CLARK WILL FACE TRIAL SEGOND TIME Is Charged with Murder in Conection with Death of L. A. Man LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 8.— David H. Clark, former Assistant District Attorney, charged ~with murder in conection with the death of Herbert Spencer, has been or- dered held for retrial on Septem- ber 21 and his bond fixed at $30,- 000. The jury in the first trial disa- greed, standing 11 to 1 for acquit- tal. fithout any plun- —————— JAPANESE HERD DS IN TOKYO TOKYO, Sept: 3.—General Hyoe- johinone, ‘aged 76 years, ‘retired, who distinguished himself when sommanding the troops that seized Port’ Arthur-during the Russo-Jap-} “pretenses and promises.” KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 3.— ‘swing ducks from starving people | |was the way Frederick Gardner,| | wartime Governor of Missouri,| characterized the Presidential proc- | lamalion permitting duck hunting; to one month. The, former (overnor .and his; two sons, and Walter Smith and‘ his son, have arrived here from St. Louis, via Prince Rupert, aboard | a private yacht. ! | CANADIAN VIEWPOINT SEATTLE, Sept. 3.—The Cana- |dxnn Press, discussing the duck proclamation of President Hoover, says Canada has done nothing so far to observe the Hoover restric- tions but there has been a genemli protest by Individuals and organ- iizations throughout the Provinces to any such prchibition. ’ | | —————————— BOND ISSUE Says Stimson WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson returned home to- day with an optimistic predic- tion that a lasting structure of peace ,cconomy and. prospetity will be built on the foundation laid by President Hoover’'s debt moratorium and the recent sev- en power conference held ' in London. UNEMPLOYMENT TO BE TACKLED United States Chamber of Commerce Commit- tees Will Act WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.— MELLON HURT, GETS ATTENTION T 7 Associated Pri Whaen fragments oi a flashlight bulb held by a photographer cut the hand of Andrew Mellon, sscretary of the treasury, when he arrived In New York from Europe he was given immediate atténtion by officers nd members of the crew. Here he Is shown just after the accident Wwhich he called trivial. SELLING WAVE POST, GATTY BREAKS TODAY - MAY COME T0 Y. EXCHANGE Prominent Issues Generally Globe Circlers Discuss Trip Show Slump—Disap- " North to Engage in JUNERU- SOON pointment Reflected Hunt for Bears NEW YORK, Sept. 3—The first| PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 3.— selling wave of consequence in| Wiley Post and Harold Gatty left several weeks hit the stock market ' for Spokane, Washington, today today and prominent issues gen-,to participate in a jubilee celebra- erally slumped from one to more|tion. They will leave Spokane than three points, a few register- | Friday for Cleveland. ing larger losses. Post and Gatty, while here, dis- Case - omitted the quarerly divi-|cussed plans for a bear hunt in dend. | Ala: If they decide to return Declines in Berlin on rcsumpuon%to the coast, they will go north ,The unemployment problems will suBschBE be tackled by representatives of ,American industry through a com- [ | mittee of the United States Chamber WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.— 0f Commerce, headed by Henry The $800,000,000 bond issue an_‘l-hrrlman, of Boston. The con_nm)t— nounced last Monday by Secretary tee has a report on the basis of of Treasury Mellon has already TMany months of investigation. been oversubscribed but the books| Another committee has been or- {will be kept open for the remainder ganized to find means of increas- of this week to permit of participa- ing employment, this also within tion 'in, securities by this country. the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. SOARING PRICE OF OIL TURNS The London market closed with | a confident tone. The Stock Market here continues to reflect disappointment over lack of more convincing signs of an autumn pickup in general business activities. —_—.— R ™ TODAY'S STOCK | . | | QUOTATIONS | . | | | of trading is unsettling. aboard a yacht and cruise as far as a new minimum and included New hunting grounds York Central, Santa, Fe, Union| Gatly has navigated in most of wanna. A ¢ i e e Steels were also off today. GHILEAN NAVY Can, Safeway, Dupont, Eastman and Westinghouse were off Irom; REVULT TU BE Motor and accessory issues sold | in considerable volume. Stage of Siege Declared for Twenty Days—New SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 3—The Fourth Government since the over- Rails declined 2 to 4 points to|Juneau, then fly from there to the Pacific, New Haven and Lacka-|the Alaskan waters. American Telephone, American 2 to 3 points. | CRUSHED OUT Government in Power throw of President TIbanez last ® | July, has been formed. OKLAHOMA - CITY, Okla., Sept. 13.—“Alfalfa Bill”. Murray, governor of Oklahoma, has a new nickname | He has been “Dollar Bill” to Ok- {lahoma oil producers ever since he anese ‘war, is dead here as a resul’ of intestinal trouble. |called out the state’s militia to en- force an order that all flush oil pools stay closed until the price of crude oil reaches $1 a barrel. His title to ithe 'nickname was Jugoslavia Kingdom “ALFALFA BILL” TO “DOLLAR BILL” The picturesque Oklahoma gov- ernor has ideas other than the unitization plan for altering the oll proration scheme in his state. ‘They include placing meters on wells to furnish an accurate gauge of production, and a small tax on ofl to pay the field umpires, now paid by prorating oil companies. In Kansas, where producers bene- tited by higher prices resulting from NEW YORK, Sept. 3—Closing Congress, in a special session to- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine day, declared a state of siege for stock today is 17%, American Can 20 days to deal ‘wun the mutiny of 88%, Anaconda Copper, no sale; the Coquimbo fleet. s Bethlehem Steel 37, Checker €ab Acting quickly on the resigna- 8%, 8, 8%, Curtiss- Wright 2%, ton of the Cabinet last night, Pro- Pox Films 13% General Motors Visional President Trucco offered 34% Tnternational Harvester 361, @ mandate to former Portmaster Kennecott 16%, Packard Motors 6%, General Marcial Mora and the lat- Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oi ter immediately drew up a new ~ PRICE TEN CENTS SIR HUBERT WILKINS NOW MISSING IN ARCTIC 'Faster than Man’s Ever Traveled—Their Goal NAUTILUS IS UNREPORTED FOR 4 DAYS, POLAR AREA Bergen Radio Station Has Been Unable to Make Contact—Sub Be- lieved Under Ice OSLO, Sept. 3.—The Ber- gen Radio Station has been unable to contact with the submarine Nautilus for the past four days and there is much speculation as to what has happened to the craft. It is presumed Sir Huber{ Wilkins has gone under the ice pack with the submarine and her signals are not strong enough for the Bergen sta- tion to pick them up. A report was received from Copenhagen last night that signals were believed heard, coming from the Nautilus, but the signals were weak. It is believed here that if signals were sent out they would have been picked up by the Bergen station as well as at Copenhagen. - MARTIN TELLS CHAMBER FAIR r? 1S BEST EVER Exhibits Larger and Enter- tainment Better than Ever Before “A bigger and better Southeast Alaska Fair than ever, in every re- spect,” is assured this year, declared R. B. Martin, Manager, in a brief talk made today at the weekly meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce, which staged its annual Southeast Alaska Fair Day. He and Secretary W. 8. Pullen of the Fair Association made short talks. Other speakers at today's meet- ing included: Charles Tulka, “Vag- abond Reporter” of Prague, Czecho- slovakia, Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road Commission, J. P. Anderson and Rev. Warren R. Fenn, who will have charge of Holy Trinity Cath- edral for several months during the absence of Dean C. E. Rice. Exhibits Are Larger Larger and more extensive ex- hibits: will characterize the South- east Alaska Fair this year, Mana- ger Martin told the Chamber. “We have agricultural exhibits fully twice as large as ever before, and the other departments are also more comprehensive,” he declared. “It is particularly gratifying to us that we are getting many entries from the southern end of the Di- vision. “As in former years, we will use all local entertainers. This section will be under the direction of J. L. Gray.” ¥ ; As many booths for a and commercial purposes have been sold this year as in thé past. The management has been somewhat disappointed that local merchants were unable to obtain support from wholesalers and manufacturers in advertising booths, Mr. Martin add- the Oklahoma and Texas shut- of California 39", Standard Oil of New Jersey, no sale; United Air- craft 26%, U. S. Steel 83%. — ee— — CABLE BREAK IN Ministry, with himself as Premier [ed . However, only three or four and Minister of the Interior. |booths remain unsold. A complete Mora will be given oxtraordi-|program of events will be released nary power to put down the fleet for publication. either Friday or revolt. | Saturday. - Tulka Makes Hit confirmed just 19 days later, when the first of the major oil buying companies, the Phillips Petroleum company, agreed to meet his price. BELGRADE, Sept. 3—The Jugo- Governor Murray refused to with- slavia Kingdom, Serbs, Croates and 'draw his shut-down order untill Slovens, today returned to a Con- {all major companies agree to pur- stitutional Government after more:chase oil at $1 a barrel. than two years Dictatorship under | an iron fist. King Alexander Returns to New Govt.; King Issues Decrees: Even before this offer was made, issued decrees lun;‘DOlhrki‘ml“‘::d‘roM a Dtl:‘n i of the'for making -a-barrel mini- ;n.m::fumdu:s l:::rv consti- mum permanent through the uniti- tution ‘and appointed a new Min- zation of oil pools before the ban 1stry representative of the tradi- should be }med.v tional political partiec Under the plan all production Gen. Ziekovitch, President of the would be unitized according to the Cabinet, resigned with the, other sands from which it flows, regard- members, and the King immed- less of the wells from which the iately gave him a mandate 1o oil .is taken. In Okishoma City form ‘& new Cabinet. The same fields ‘alone there ‘are four such members were sworn in forthwith, sands, > o downs, Gov. Harry Woodring or- dered the 1id clamped down on the Ritz-Canton pool, one of the larg-| est, to hasten the arrival of dollar oil. Thurman Hill, member of the Kansas public service commission, has called a conference of state oil regulatory bodies of Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico, t0 be held in Okla- bhoma City September 11. ‘The purpose as outlined by Hill is the adoption of a uniform pol- dey regarding natural resources in %o stabilize the petroleum in- dustry and prevent “future econom- e disasters” in ol fields. “The ofl companies, he said, would be asked' to cut down their im- ports, i ng and Queen of z The present break in the cable Siam 4"’ luf'“"“’ P between Seattle and Ketchikan is British - Columbiu at Ketchikan, according to advices LYTTON, B. O, Sept. 3.—The recetved by the local office today. King and Que:n of Siam left here The break is at the Alaska Steam- today by automobile for the Har- ship Company's dock at Ketchikan, rison Hot Springs. On Saturday This break is under water at low they will leave for Vancouver tide. where they will take a steamer Business from Seattle is being for Nanaimo, B. C., for a few days moved by radio to Ketchikan and outing. there placed on the cable. i The cable is grounded about 600 Brothcr 0‘ Jack Dempsey feet from the dock and it is not believed it will be repaired unii Passes Away, Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 3.— the cableship Dellwood arrives at Ketchikan, from Anchorage, which Barney Dempsey, brother of Jack - - sult of acute indigestion. ' |has seen a large part will be about the latter part of Dempsey, died here today as a re-\made the first stages |this month, l 1 Charles Tulka, youthful wayfayer | from’ Prague, kept the Chamber in |gales of laughter for almost 20 | minutes as he recounted a few of |his adventures on his world tour | Which started some three years ago {from Prague and on which he has | journied some 61,000 miles. The | “Spirit of Adventure” has guided | his footsteps, he admitted, but only a keen sense of humor could have kept him going, and it was that ise e of the value of humor that makes him a delightful talker. He will be heard in a lecture at Elks Hall tomorrow evening. ! With only $30 in his pockets he started out to see the world. He of it. He of his trip (Continued on Page I:‘N) -