The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 14, 1931, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5848. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1931, NAVY CHANGES ORDERS T0 BE RAISED BY DEMOCRATS Plans Announced for Get- ting Ready for Battle for Presidency COMMITTEE OF (500 MOBILIZED John W. Davis, Chairman, Issues Statement Re- garding Prospects WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 14.-- To pay old bills and get the party started on next year's battle for the Presidency, the Demo- cratic Headquarters hers announc- ed plans for raising a “Victory Fund of $1,500,000.” A commiitee of more than 500 State and National leaders has been mobilized with John W. Davis, 1924 Presidential nominee, as its chairman. John Fahey, of Worcester, Mass., is Fxecutive Chairman and James ‘W. Gerard, former Ambassador Germany, is the Treasurer. Davis said: “The Vietory Fund about to be instituted, is at a tim~ when the political position of the | Democratic Party is almost im- pregnable and the prospects for victory never brighter.” Rather the problem concerns “white collar” workers. Canning scenes like the one below have been common in the South the last few months. BUMPER CROPS BOON TO DIXIE LAND The South isn't worrying over jobless relief in rural sections for bumper crops and food preservation campaigns assure food for all. Above is shown a caravan of food sent this summer to relieve idle in other sections of England, Ark. where distress was acute last winter, FEDERAL GRAND JURY ENDS TS WORK FOR TERM Final Repért"Rendered Judge Harding Tuesday —Jury Is Discharged After having been in session 11 days and investigating 29 mat- ters, the Federal grand jury late yesterday atfernoon made its final report and was discharged with thanks by Judge Justin 'W. Hard- ing. The report was signed by Fore- man Elmer Reed and Secretary STATE POLICE Called Out to Capitol and PLANES TO FLY ARE ON GUARD | TO SHIP CAUGHT INLOUISIANA, IN ARCTIC iGE Passengers 'Aboard Bay- chimo to Be Taken to Nome for Victoria | Executive Mansion— Long, Cyr in Fight BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 14.-—- Gtate Police are on guard today at the Capitol and Executive Man- sion as former Gov. Huey P. Long's first line of defense against Lieu- tenant Governor Cyr's attempt : NOME, Alaska, Oct. 14—A new Arctic Flying Expedition will go north tomorrow to return with 12 to 15 passengers from the trad- ing steamer Baychimo icebound 20 miles north of Wainwright. Tom Cashen. seize the Governorship. ‘The Northern Air Transport of It recommended the appointment of a United States Commissioner in Douglas, and, also, that Con- gress place all United States Com- missioners in Alaska on a salary basis, and the appointment only of persons familiar with legal pro- cedure. Text of Report The text of the final report fol- lows: “We, the Grand Jury, duly em- paneled for the Regular June Term of the United States District Court, Division Number One, of Alaska, 1931, held at Juneau, Alaska, and composed of nine women and thir- teen men, beg to submit the fol- lowing report: “We have been in session eleven days and have considered twenty- nine matters. 'We have returned eighteen True Bills and eleven Not True Bills and have examined sev- enty-one witnesses, “It has been called to the at- tention of the Grand Jury and we approve of the system of allowing prisoners who have been sentenced to terms in the Federal jails in the First Division, District of Alas- ka, to labor on public works in towns of this district, where there are no funds to carrv on such (Continued on Page Eight) Calendar Reform May Bring World Fame to Chinese TIENTSIN, China, Oct. 14.—If his calendar reform plan is accept- ed by the League of Nations, world wide fame may be the lot of Jos- eph Polyen Hsue, 86 year okl sage of this city. Recently ' the League's commis- sion on calendar reform went through more than 200 proposals submitted by chronologists from every quarter of the globe. The projects were sifted down to two, one of which is Hsue's. His plan proposes months of 28 days each with an extra day at the end of each year and two extra days at the end of each leap year. Under this scheme the first day of each month would always be a Monday. Hsue once invented a clock which showed, besides the hours and min- utes, the day of the week, the day of the month, the full moon and A company of National Guards- men was called out after Cyr had Nome - is preparing to send three planes to bring the passengers of the Baychimo here in time to catch the last sailing of the steamer Vic- toria for the south. The planes will be outfitted with winter equipment, heating pots, gas stoves, fur clothing and the pilots will also take snowshoes. There is a one-mile-long landing field one and one-half miles from the Baychimo, on smooth ice which taken the oath of office. Cyr demanded that :Long turn the oftice over to him. Long said he did no! order the guards to take their position v the Capitol or Executive Mansior. Cyr insists that Long, now Unite.d Gtates Scnator-elect, should resiga {rom office but Long declared he ‘ntended to remain Governor until | next May. is only about one and one-half The action will probably g0 Into i pec”thick, the courts. The planes will carry about one ton of provisions for those who will winter on the boat. ARREST ORDERED BATON ROGUE, La. Oct. 14— Gov. Long this afternoon ordered the State Police to arrest Cyr if he appears at the Capitol to press his claim that he is Governor. Cyr filed his claim by mail with the Secretary of State after taking the’ oath of office at Shreveport Work Not ey o e e e'ds . Approved, plan to come to Baton Rouge to- | New Canal e gl ;N(;; E;(pansionNc.Jf Panama 9 SENTENGED | WeterwayNoiFeasbie. | | WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. M,—i An agreement that expansion ol‘ jray has worked out his own plan Little Worry—0ver Rural Sections — Food Pre- ¢ served for Own Relief FOODSTUFFS CANNED, Jobless Men with Families Is Hard Proposition— Plans Advanced (Editor's Note: This is the nd of a scries of five arti- cles outlining unemployment ccnditions throughout the na- tion and summarising rdlief measures.) By W. J. DAVIS ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 14.—Dixie’s biggest unemployment problem this winter will be the “white collar” worker. Professional men and those ac- customed to clerical or similar work—too proud to beg and who do not want charity—are the oncs relief workers say will be hardest hit. This is particularly true of New Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville, There is little worry over the south’s rural population. “Live-at- home” movements in practically every state have resulted in full crops of foodstuffs that have been canned, preserved and stored for winter use. Atlanta Prepared Atlanta faces the task of provid- ing work for between 9000 and 10,000 heads of families or raising funds to feed them. Frank Miller, director of the At- lanta community chest, said the hardest task is providing for the “white collar” man whose children must be kept in school and for whom it is difficult to obtain reg- ular employment. All relief agencles are co-operat- ing. A plan expected to bring results is that of the “Penny which requires members to - tribute one cent for each meal for five months to aid the idle. Food Preserved in Louisiana New Orleans and Shreveport probably are the only Louisiana cit- ies where relief work will be ne- cessary. Louisiana farmers have stocked their cellars with food and fruit. Charles C. Gilbert, chalrman of Gov. Henry Horton's Tennessee 3 (Continuea on Page Three) “ALFALFA BILL" T0 AVOID DOLE Governor of Oklahoma Proposes Scheme with Many Features By SHERMAN J. M'NALLY KANSAS OITY, Oct. 14—Faced with a perplexing unemployment relief problem in its cities but bol- stered by stores of food on its farms, the southwest is moving to meet the challenge of the coming winter. Semi-official leader in the com- bat against unemployment is Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa Bil) Murray of Oklahoma. Calling two unemployment con- ferences, the first at Memphis and the second at St. Louis, Gov. Mur- for relief without the dole. It includes a moratorium on all public debts as a means of low- PLACED ON SHELVES!N. ADVANCES PLAN |tneatre. They immediately kickel GATHOLICISM AS STATE RELIGION ational Assembly at Mad- rid Adopts Anti-Church Clause in Constitution MADRID, Oct. 14.—The National Assembly has rejected the Catholic religion as the religion of the state. By a vote of 267 to 41, the As- | femblymen approved of Article 3, in the new Republican Constitu- tion, which states “no state of re- (ligion exists.” By this decision, when the con- |stitution is flhally enacted, the 'centuries of official Catholic wor- ship in Spain will end. { PRESIDENT RESIGNS I MADRID, Oct. 14. — Exactly six {months after elected tov-office, jPresident Zamora has resigned and his Cabinet has also stepped out. The resignations resulted from | the differences of opinion concern- ing treatment to be accorded Cath- olic orders under the Republican constitution ending official Cath- olicism. Zamora contended regulations concerning the governing of the activities of the priesthood should not be too strict. The attitude of the National As- sembly over the resignations is not known. It is rumored Manuel Azana, Minister of War, might form a Cabinet. THOMAS AMLIE IS ELECTED IN WISGONSIN DIST, Anti-Hoover Progressive Republican Chosen to Succeed Cooper RACINE, Wis, Oct. 14.—Thomas R. Amlie, aftorney of Elkton, an anti-Hoover Progressive Republican, has been elected Congressmen by the First Wisconsin District to fill the unexpired term of Henry Allen Cooper, deceased. Unofficial returns give Amlie 14,- 200 votes. His closest rival is C J. Bouma, Bocialist, with 7,200 votes, the largest ever given a Socialist in the district and upsetting all forecasts, George Herzog, Democrat, has polled 3,400 votes and John Sikat, Communist, has 500 votes. Hurl Bomb at Theatre in Chicago "Two ‘PoliceE Kick Ex-| plosive Missile Into Street, None Hurt 'CHICAGO, I, Oct. 14. — The Letween the Allied Independent Theatre Owners and the Motion 'Pleture Operators Union, exploded 'last night. The bomb was tossed near two policemen guarding a it into the street, where it e:- ploded. They began firing at the winn ~ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Assocraten Press Phote Nadine Dore of Los Angeles and the trophy awarded her as of a beauty contest in which girls were entered from through- out the United States, Canada and Mexico. Democrats Issue Call for Divisional Convention at Petersburg November 20 STOCK PRICES WEAKEN AFTER FALSE UPTURN Some Issues Lose iromOne to Three Points— Others Four to Eight Call for a Democratic Divisional | Convention was issued today by S. Hellenthal, Chairman of the Divis- ional Committee of that party, to be held at Qe‘*burg, beginning at noon, Friday, November 20, The official call is carried elsewhere lin today's edition of The Empire. Mr. Hellenthal, acting for the Committee, announced the alloca- tion of delegates to the gathering, and directed caucuses to be called I:n each precinct for the purpose of | electing delegates to Petersburg. It is required that at least a five- ::!ny notice be given before the hold- ing of the caucus in any preoinct. Purpose of Convention The purposes of the Divisional NEW YORK, Oct. 14—The Stock convention are set forth in the Market weakened after the morn- ‘hirteentn bomb hurled at theatres|® |involved in the present controver.y . ing upturn, which proved a false start and trading was only about one million and a half shares today. Some shares lost from one to three points and other shares lost from four to eight points. Western Union dropped eight points to a ten-year low reflect- | ing a reduction of the quarterly dividend to $1.50 from $2. Woolworth rose three points on the $2 extra dividends and then lost the rise. American Telephone clcscd more than three points lower after a temporary upturn of two points. Issues off about two to three points included United States Steel, New York Central, Public Service of New Jersey, Westinghouse Elec- tric, Allied Chemical, Union Pa- cifie. ————— CLOSING STOCK PRICES .\ . NEW YORK, Oct. 14,—-Closlng‘ quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 9%, Anaconda Copper 13%, Cur- tiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 7%, General Motors 20%, International call. Tt will nominate a complete Dvisional ticket for the 1932 elec- tions, including four Representa- tives and one Senator. It will elect a full Divisional Committee com- posed of seven members. It will | also select the 15 delegates the Di- | vision has been allotted as its rep- [ resentation at the Territorial Con- vention to be held in Fairbanks, be- \glnnmg January 12, 1932, Nor is | its powers ended with these activi- | ties, but it is authorized to transact |any other and further business that may properly come before it, such as adopting a Divisional platform, jsuggesting planks for a Territor- | ial platform, or instructing its dele- igates on any subjects to be dealt I with at the Fairbanks meeting. “It is highly important that the ,Democrats start the party's cam- i paign early and on the right basis,” |declared Mr. Hellenthal today. 1"There is no longer any serious [quesnon about the party's success in the elections to be held in the ‘country next year, and it is gen- ferally conceded that we will carry (Continuea un Page 8ix) EARNINGS OF FORCONTEMPT, | COURT TRIAL the Panama Canal or construction of the proposed Nicaraguan-At- lantic-Pacific canal is not feasible at present in view of decreasing| ering the cost of lving. fleeing Bombers who escaped, how- Other features of the plan are: €Ver, in an auto. Appointment by gdvernors of No one was hurt by the ex- county representatives to stimulate Plosion. but windows were shat- Harvester 24%, Packard Motors 5, | Standard Oil of California 30%,| Standard Oil of New Jersey 30,| ONE COMPANY the new month In both the lunar and Roman calendars. i o traffic, has been reached by the, Inter-Ocean Canal Board. i The Board, however, approved of the report made by the Army en- gineers on both proposals. The Board’s action in approving the engineering surveys will per- mit of the beginning of either project when funds are made avail- McAdoo’s E;loyees Re- fuse to Answer Ques- tion—Appeal Granted LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 14— Robert Powell and E. D. Flaherty, employees of the law firm of Mec- Adoo, Neblett and Glagett, which is headed by William G. McAdoo,' former Secretary of Treasury, were 1 late yesterday sentenced to five Old Age Pmon days each in the county jail for! Cl“td Economy contempt of court. ; —_— The two men refused to answer' NEW YORK, Oct. 14—Old age questions during a trial of W. H. pension legislation has proved sat- Neblett, McAdoo’s law partner, in- isfactory and successful in seven- volving an alleged sale of 680,000 teen states, according to & survey of bonds. {of the American Association for A 48-hour stay of execution was Old Age Pensions made public to- granted to permit of an appeal. day. | R A SR The survey report states that in Edward Doyle of Sitka and Miss California it is $16 a month cheap- Edna L. Rapp of Chicago, I, were er to pension an aged person than' funds for internal water works im- | provements. y Speeding up of work on $4,000,000 worth of public works hlready au- thorized. (Continued on ragr Eight) employment through public bui:d-.med. ing programs and appeals to in- o, — e - au. Pigeon Gets Blame Appropriation by Congress of: ‘.“_ Bummg Barn ELKADER, Iowa, Oct. 14—When Fred Helden's barn, near here, burned, a pigeon was blamed. It was belleved the bird carried a lighted cigaretie stub into the barn and dropped it in the hay. |of Efficiency, and his subordinates, Wit “Inefficlency and gross, culpable | and property of the institution. carelessness, the newly elected di- rectors of the defunct Home Sav- married at Petersburg. They will it is to keep an inmate in an alms- inake ‘their home in Sitka. lnom ] filed a sult In the Superior Court Efficiency Director Now Charged with Inefficiency SEATTLE, Oct. 14. — Charging | asking that Johnson and W. Allen, Harry C. Johnson, State Director |State Supervisor of Savings and ings and Loan Assoclation have|of' the .liquidation of the asso- Loan Assoclation, be forced to turn over to the new directors the assets The sult secks to oust Johnson | and Allen from further connection Steel 66%, Fox Theatres, on curb, 1%. ———eee - PLANS FOR SALES TAX " DISGARDED WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.— The administration, is is indicated, has discarded sales tax proposals as a part of any tax program, due to formidable opposition. Treasury officials were saild ‘to feel some form of sales tax might be work- able, but that congressional oppo- | sition makes it inadvisable. Treasury officials also opposed a propo-al to repeal the present law requiring allocations of a fixed Isum each year to the sinking fund. g United Alrcraft 14%, United States| SHuw GRuWTH i {American Telephone Pays | Dividends—Woolworth i Declares Extra One NEW YORK, Oct. 14—The Amer- ican Telephone and Telegraph Company -earned $2.11 a share dur- ing the third quarter this year. This is 14 cents less than the divi- dend requirements for the period per share. The earnings for the nine months however, amounted to $7 or 25 cents above the dividend required for that period, according to an- nouncement made here today. Extra Dividend F. W. Woolworth, of the chain of Woolworth stores, today an- nounced an extra dividend of $2 a share has been declared. This is in addition to the regularly quar- terly disbursement of 70 cents a hare. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS 0 WAR CRAFT IN ORIENT VICTORY FUND i&léfi’/‘hite‘ Collar Men Greatest Problem in South!SPANIARDS OUST UNITED STATES NOT PREPARING WAR LIKE MOVE Peaceful Agreement Be- tween China and Japan Is Being Sought MISCONSTRUCTION GIVEN TO ORDERS |State Department Stirred by Sensational Reports in New York WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 14— Sailing order of American naval vessels in Oriental waters have been changed to avoid a “mis- understanding” by two nations to show that this Government is seek- ing to bring about a peaceful agree~ ment. While Amcrican diplomatic rep- resentatives in China and Japan continued to urge an early settle- ment in the Manchurian difficul- ties, the State Department is stirred with the publishing in New York of “sensational reports” regarding the movements of the United States naval vessels in Oriental waters. One report involved the “routine movement” of the ships from Tsiangtau to Chefoo, both on the Chinese coast. The State Depart- ment said this has been the cus- tom for the past 20 years and is not a war-like move. The Navy Department has ord- ered vessels at Shanghai to give shore leaves. EVERYTHING UP IN AIR GENEVA, Oct. 14—While peace- makers labored over the Manchur- lan situation, China and Japan have broken off preliminary ef- focts_aimed at negotiations in their controversy. China insists on evacuation of ‘he occupled districts by the Jap- inese before entering in any di- rect negotiations. Japan requires assurance of pro- tection of lives and property before withdrawing troops. The League of Nations Council, at a speclal session, decided to ir- vite the United States to join 'n seeking a settlement of the troubie b’un encountered Japanese opposi-~ tion. The Council agreed to wait fo- a statement from Tokyo on the matter. —_— st BREAD, MILK DIET CAUSE FOR MURDER Daughter Ixentenced to Prison for Killing Her Mother PHOENIX, Ariz, Oct. 14.—Mrs. Jennie Rutledge, aged 55 years, who killed her mother, Mrs. Alice Pyle, aged 83, because she would not eat break and milk, has been con- victed and sentenced from seven to ten years In the State Prison. CHAMBER IS TO GREET GUESTS New Medical Chiéf of In- dian Office and Others Will Be Entertained Several guests and new members will be greeted tomorrow by the local Chamber of Commerce at its ‘weekly noon luncheon meeting at the Arcade Cafe, it was announced. today by Secretary G. H. Walm- sley, who will be back on the job tomorrow after an absence of sev- eral weeks, caused by illness. Dr. F. 8. Fellows, Director of Medical Relief, United States Bu- reau of Indian Affairs, Eiler Han- son, Administrative Clerk of the United States Experiment Station Service, and Paul Bloedhorn, Ju- neau's newest merchant who re- cently moved his jewelry business from Cordova here, will be among tomorrow’s Chamber guests. —_—————— For the guidance of aviators, Nome plans to place a large Neon sign with the single word Nome in large letters on it. The sign will be placed on the radio tower in the famous Bering Sea camp.