The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1931, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS All THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5829. JUNEAU ALASKA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1931. ML'VIBLR OF e S S s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ASSOCIATk D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS THREE AVIATORS, | ARE LOCATED ON/ ATLANTIC OCEAN Missing Since Septembel”l 14, Men Are Sighted and Picked Up RESCUE MADE FROM STORMY NORTH SEAS Are Discovered: in Wreck- age of Plane by Nor- wegian Motorship HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 22.—Safe after many days and nights on the stormy North Atlantic Ocean, three men, who tried to fly from Lisbon to New York, without a stoo and wondering where | fate would drop them next, : have been found alive. Willy Rody and Christian ! Jehnanssen, G er m a n fliers, and Fernando Costa Viega,) Spanish flier, who flew out of Portugal on Sunday, Septem- ber 13, and had® not been seen since September 14, were fished out of the ocean yes- terday by the crew of the Norwegian mot o rship Bel- moira about 80 miles off pe Pine on the Newfoundland Coast. Wireless messages from the Belmoira said the three fliers have been taken aboard the | motorship after wreckage of the plane was sighted. Viega, the messages stated, has an injured leg. No other partticulars have been received MOYLE, ALLEN INSTRUCTED TO | FLY T0 TACOMA| Destination of Flight Chang-| ed—Receive Instruc- tions at Nome SEATTLE, Sept. 22. — Richard Fenton, Business Manager for Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, fliers now at Nome, Alaska, said he has wired them to make Tacoma the des- tination of their flight to the States. Fenton said the decision was made after a conference with John | Buffelen, Tacoma capitalist, who | owns the plane the two men are flying. Moyle and Allen reached Nome | Sunday night from Maino Piligno, | Siberia, where $hey had been forced down on their attempted thghtl from Japan tq, Seattle. - e WRANGELL WOMAN BKOLGH’I‘ ° . | HERE TO SERVE SENTENCE Lillian Brown, of Wrangell, was | brought here yesterday from that | / to serve out a 60-day jail centence imposed on her for vio- lating the Alaska Bone Dry Law. H urncanes Sweep Cdrtbbean, Hundreds Dead Two disastrous hurricanes swept the Caribbean bringing death and destruction in | Rico and Santo Domingo. in Santo Dominge showing destruction left by previous storm there. storms. —Associated Press Photo. Honduras, Porto At the right is an airview of Belize, British Honduras, where hundreds are reported dead. Aid was carried to the stricken city by an American naval vessel. At left is a scene Map below shows paths of the*two 3 DEMPSEY GIVEN DIVORCEDEGREE BY RENO JUDGE Dis- | RENO, Nevada, Sept. 22.—Jack'’ \Dempsey has won the first round | m his divorce battle with Estelle Taylor Dempsey and under the laws of Nevada he is again an un- married man. Dempsey was granted a divorce on his testimony that Estelle re- fused to assist him in establishing a home as he wanted. The property settlement made in 1929 was approved by the court. The terms were not made public. Mrs. Dempsey's attorney, in Los Angeles, said his client would dis- regard the entire divorce decree and she will proceed there with her own divorce and property division ac- tion. Acton—Estelle regards Case oL A Autumn Begins Here Tomorrow Afternoon . The autumnai Equinox will occur here at 3:24 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Juneau time. At that hour the sun will cross the equator on its southward journey, and the days for a period will be ap- proximately twelve hours of * daylight and twelve hours of twilight and darkness. The sun will continue mov- ing southward until next De- ® cember 22. ee s 000 e e Although his only garment is dhoti, Gandhi is no dhotard. Danes Find Fau ™ COPENHAGEN, Sept. 22.—Some sharp criticism to the low state to which the Virgin Islands have fallen since their sale by Denmark‘ to the United States, has been| keard here. The chief plaint is that the nited States has failed to fulfill a | moral obligation to compensate the | xlanders for their loss of the bay | rum industry through enactment of | prohibition laws or to provuie some | other means of livelihood. “Prezident Hoover recently called | 1les Ur U. S. Effort, Virgin Isles It With the Virgin Islands the poorhouse of the United States, but nothing effective is being done to prevent their becoming a pauper’s church- yard,” said Hans Nielsen, chair- man of a number of parliamentary committees, who recently returned from a trip there. “When Denmark agreed to sell the islands to America we believed an era of prosperity was at hand for them. But the ever growing un- employment has been catastro- phie,” J 'Chiané i(ai : Shek Gives Ultimatum| {Says Nationalist Govern- Wins First and in Legal; ment Is Prepared to Fight for Rights NANKING, China, Sept. 22— Addressing a mass meeting here, Chiang Kai Shek, head of the Chinese Nationalist Government, said if the League of Nations and Kellogg-Briand Pact signers “fail to uphold justice,” tween China and Japan regarding Manchuria, the “Nationalist Government is pre- pared for a final supreme struggle.” CHINESE WILL UNITE HONGKONG, Sept. 22.—Insur- gents of the Chinese Government at Canton have asserted that peace will be made between the Cen- tral and Nationalist Government at Nanking in order that a united China might “deal with Japan” for the latter's occupation of Man- churia. LEAG TO ACT GENEVA, Sept. 22—Called on by China to intervene directly with Japan in the present trouble, the council of the League of Nations replied that the incident should be settled by negotiations between the two powers. ————————— SETTLEMENT REACHED IN RADIO SUITS NEW YORK Se| 7)' —The Ra- dio Corporation of America an- nounces an understanding has been reached for a settlement of the anti-trust suits involvinz $47,000,000 brought against it by 21 vacuum tube manufacturers —_——————— J. A. HANDRAHAN, INVESTMENT BROKER, LOCATES IN JUNEAU J. A. Handrahan, investment broker who has been doing business in Juneau and throughout South- east Alaska sipce last spring, decided to locate in this City and make it his permanent home. He says his business has demonstrated that there is need here for an in- vestment house. Mrs. Handrahan arrived in Jun- eau on the Princess Louise on her last trip from the South, and she and Mr. Handrahan are located in the MacKipnon Apartments. has | STOCKS FLURRY, TRADING QUIET, N. Y. EXCHANGE |Bonds* Rebound Quickly— American Securities Being Sought NEW YORK, Sept. 22. — Wall Street financial markets regained composure today. Stocks fluctuated uncertainly and trading was quiet after a little flurry at the opening this fore- noon. Bonds rebounded rather briskly although domestics encountered some further liguidation. Share prices fell back from one to three points for many issues at the start but recovered during the morning’s session and some gains were recorded. Issues off a point or two in- cluded United States Steel, Allied Chemical, Anaconda, Stone-Web- ster, Southern Pacific, Eastman, and Union Pacific International bankers say there is some buying of American securities for foreign accounts. The reaction of Great Britain's crisis proved less serious than ex- pected. Stocks oscillated over a comparatively narrow range and ended the day with a heavy tone. At the last of the day's trad- ing, public utilties were under heavy pressure. The normal functioning of the market was still prevented by the Governing Board’s ban on short selling. The day's turnover was about 2,250,000 shares. Alaska Juneau gained two points for a time and closed one point above Monday’s closing prices American Telephone and Tele- graph, North American, and Stan- dard Gas lost from two to three points. Sterling exchange was quot- ed at $4.12, off about 20 cents. DECLARE DIVIDEND NEW YORK, Sept. 22. — The Calumet-Arizona Mining Company declared a final dividend of $2.50 payable October 18, to stockholders on record October 3. This resulted from an agreement under which a poration was approved. The Phelps - Dodge Corporation stockholders approved of the mer- ger with Calumet - Arizona. The corporation is one of the largest units in the copper indus —————— Speakeasy waiters in Detroit have formed a secret society. The pass- word is probably “Sh-h-h-h-h.” ] merger with the Phelps-Dodge Cor- [EX-SERVICE MEN| ARE T0 DISCUSS| MANYQUESTIONS Annual Convention Pro- gressing in Detroit— Issues Are Varied DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 22.— The memoty of martial music brought back the freshness of youth to over 100,000 feet as the American Legion passed in review for the thirteenth time since the members were must- ered eut of the country's serv- ice. The line of march was fully four miles long and there were uniforms and colors of all de- scriptions, Hundreds of bands and bugle corps furnished the music. 0. L. Bodenhamer, former Commander - in-Chief, led the parade. The stands were filled by 40,000 and many times that more lined the curbing. DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 22—A mass movement declared never be- fore cqualled in the United States was completed yesterday when thousands of members of the Am- erican Legion moved into Detroit for their annual convention. Col. Frederick M. Alger, Detroit, president of the Legion Conven- tion corporation, declared that the Detroit convention will bring the largest number of delegates in the history of the organization. Expeet-100,000 Visitors Due to the fact that the Legion membership in the past year has grown from 825,000 to over 1,000,- 000 and because of Detroit's central location he says an attendance of at least 100,000 is assured before the convention ends. Last year's convention in Boston brought 80,000 delegates. ‘Transportation agencies combin- ed to speed the arrival of the delegates who began pouring in last Saturday night. Scores of special trains and bus- es brought Detroit-bound Legion- naires. Parking space was arranged for thousands of automobiles. Thirty thousand delegates are sleeping in Pullman cars shunted into Detroit railroad yards. With the Legion throng came 400 bands and bugle corps which will have a leading part in the parade, to be held today. ‘The opening meeting of the four- day session was yesterday morning. Ralph T. O'Neil, National Com- mander, and Col. Alger welcomed the Legion delegates, while Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal, Douglas, Arizona, national president of the Legion Auxiliary, made the addres: of welcome to the women’s units President Hoover unexpectedly ap- peared and made his address to the delegates attending the con- vention. Wet-Dry Issue Seen In addition fo election of a na- tional commander and choice of the 1932 convention city, chief prob- lems of the business session this year are expected to center around a possible attempt to bring the prohibition question to the conven- tion floor and a discussion of the unemployment situation. Preliminary to the latter was the conference of governors, mayors and representatives of labor, capi- tal and industry which Command- er O'Neill talled to meet in Wash- ington before the Detroit sessions. From this gathering the Legion’s unemployment commission planned to carry recommendations to the convention. To Detroit with the the “40 and 8" an within the veterans which brought the Hommes et 8 Cheveaux” presented to the Legion French government. Legion came organization membership. official “40 box car by the NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine American Can Anaconda Copper 17, Beth- lehem Steel 34%, Checker Cab § 4%, 5, Fox Films 9%, General Mot- ors 20%, International Harvester 28%, Kennecott 11%, Packard Mot- ors 5, Standard Brands 15%, Stan- dard Oil of California . Stan- dard Oil of New Jersey 3 Unit- ed Aircraft 17 United States Steel 80, Curtiss-Wright 2. . Veterans VI eet mg in Detroit | 1 [ | | | GOLD STANDARD SUSPENDED FOR ONE HALF YEAR British Parliament Rushes Legislation Through in Qu1ck Time 'CHANCELLOR SNOWDEN SAYS COUNTRY SAVED Budget Now Securely Bal- anced — Morgan Is- sues Statement LONDON, Sept .22.—Rush- ed through Parliament and ,'signed by the Royal Commis- | gicn, the British. Governmet’s i emergency measure, suspend- g the gold standard, went i ! into effect today for a period 5. of six months. The House of Commons passed the emergency meass \ure just before closing time ]hst night in spite of half- hearted attacks by Laborites, The House of Lords re- quired only two minutes to |give the measure the neces~ |sary three readings. The Masonic Temple at Detreit is the sceme of the 1931 canven,1 The Royal Commission, act« tion of the’ American Legion, September 21-24. fRalph T. ONell (upp#iing for the King, who is in Lright, Natiomsl Legion Commander, is a group of “40 and 8” in front of the original “40 and 8" car pre-| sented to the Lexlnn by the French was active i prepatations. Government. Donohoe Issues Territorial At Fairbanks, January 12 A Territorial Democratic vention to be held in Fairbanks beginning January 12, and a Di-| visional convention in each of the four Judicial Divisions n Alaska, not later than December 10, have been called by T. J. Donohoe, Chairman of that party's Territor- ial Committee. The time and place of each of the four divisional gatherings are to be decided by the Divsional Chairmen. In the First Division it is virtually certan that Petersburg will be the meeting place, and late in November probably the time. Purpose Is Twofold The purpose of the gatherings are twofold. In the first instanci the Democrats plan not so much | to re-organize their party as to strengthen the organization - thay have and extend its scope of activ- ity in preparation for next year's campaigns. This phase of the work is, of course, mostly a purely party affair. Party leaders, undoubtedly with the approval of a majority of the membership, have turned to the convention method of achieving this object. In order to hold representative Territorial conven- tion it is first necessary to hold Divisional meets. And before Di- visional Conventions are possible, precinct meetings for the election of delegates must be held. All of these steps attract attention and create interest, politically, among the rank and file of the party. This is, san organization Seek Strong Ticket Alaska Democracy doesn’t intend to take any chances next year on going into the campaign wit weak ticket from either a Divisis or Territorial standpoint. The most important objective the party has, in the opinion of National Commit- teeman James J. Connors, is to select the very best timber avail- able for every Divisional and Ter: torial office to be filled in the 19 elections. “There is much talk a ‘yellow dog’ could be elected n year when the present Administra- tion goes before the country in the national elections. Be that as it may, the Democrats of Alaska owe it to themselves, to the Ter tory at large, and to the national organization, to name only high caliber candidates to lead m to the polls, and that is what we ex- pect to do,” Mr. Connors said that tha con- | { usual ai of course, the first and one ~ jof the major concerns of any parti- Call for Convention Primary Not Effective “The party has picked the con- vention system because experience | has proved to it that the primary system is not one that is calculated to bring out such timber. In the past, 15 years in Alaska it has proved cumbersome, expensive, and often failed to register the will of the party members, he declared. “So general has this view become. that last Spring the House of Rep- resentatives of the Territorial Leg- islature by a decisive vote passed ' a bill repealing the primary law, bers of the Senate largely g the move was wise, but c | technical obstacles prevented age of the House bill. “Of course, there will be party primary elections next spring as But the Demc ts intend {to enter them with lists of Divis- liona! candidates endorsed by { visional conventions and Terr! |ial candidates approved by a ritorial convention.” Donohoe Lists Objectives | In his call for the several con- ventions, Mr. Donohoe listed t purpose of them as follows: the Divisional gatherings to nomi- nate full legislative tick: elect a complete Divisional Commitiee of seven members; elect 15 delegates to a Territorial convention to be Fairbanks, beginning at 2 pm nuary 12, 19 and to transact such other business as may properly come before them. ced tain the or- held at (Continued on Page Four) '‘Bobbed Hair Bandits Lead Territorial | and individual mem- | Di- | ‘Gcotlari, them sigmed the . | measure. | Chancellor of the Exchequer Phils +ip Snowden said: | “The British Budget is now the {most securely balanced Budget In | the world. There is no longer any frisk of internal factions and there \15 no longer any grounds for dis- (Continued on Page Two) EXCHANGE RATE CURRENGY HERE 'Banks Advised |2Pchent Discount on Checks, 13 on Currency Probably reflecting the serious= ness of the British financial crisis, new rates of exchange on Canadian money and paper were quoted here by both local banks upon advices from their Seattle correspondents. Canadian checks today were sub= ject to a discount of 12 per cent. Canadian currency and silver was discountsd 13 per cent. These rates are also subject to change without notice, it was announced by the bankers. Until today there has been & purely local exchange rate on Can- adian checks and currency of one per cent. This was necessary to cover the cost of handling them. These are the highest exchange quotations on Canadian money in more than a decade. During the latter part of the war period and for a short time thereafter ap= proximately the same charges wera | made. . BRSNS e s - Chinese Amazons on Raids HANKOW, Sept. 22.—A bobbed haired, good-looking and well edu- ed Chinese girl has troublea the‘ anking military authorities by her| mmunist activities in Ho Yin, sist mo: notorious bandit r, General Ho Lung. E a Christian mission schoo ks excellent English, is some- z of a poet and believes that solution to China’s diffi- to follow he foot- et Russia, hough well ored in the ples of communism, Miss Ho l2ads a band of Red Amazons inderstanding of the soviet of speal thi in pri ¥ Yin | principle is little more than general brigandage. On invading a town, | Izhe first place they destroy is the magistrate’s yamen or offices. Factories, if there are any, and | the shops of merchants and artis= ans follow. After that the town 18 | turned over to the women to do | as they please with. They generally steal everything of value and them burn the place. In addition to Miss Ho Yin, two | other women bandit leaders, “ Ho Hsiang-ku and Miss Hu Chun have played havoc in Hupeh Province. These two lead a band of Amazons chief occupation is holding up m« elers, villages and small towns, o HITS CANADIAN \ \