The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1931, Page 8

| | [ 4 BISHOP CANNON VIOLATED LAWS, UNITED STATES District of Columbm uxand Jury Says So in Indlctmc‘nt ADA L. BURROUGHS IS ALSO INVOLVED Contributions to Anti-Smith Campaign in 1928 | Not Reported i WASHINGTCN, D. C, Oct. 16.— Bishop James Cannon, Jr., been i 1 2 rrupt Prac- | > 1928 campaign. Ada L. Burroughs has also been ted, with the Southern Metho- churchman, for conspiracy to te the Federal statutes. Bishop Cannon was chairman of the headquarters committee of the Anti-Si Democrats and Miss Burroughs was treasurer The indictments are based on ¢ failure of Bishop Cannon and Burroughs to report contri- ons of Edwin C. James, New York capitalist and Republican, who gave $65300 to Cannon The grand jury ruling was reach- ed after a brief inquiry during which a score of witnesses uesti- fied Nevada Assay Office Reports Mine Revival TONCPAH, Nev, Oct. 1€—The report of E, T .Clyde and Fred Al- len, assayers for the United States mint at Carson City, is encourag- ing as showing that mining of pre- cicus metals during the fiscal year is on the upgrade all over the state. The deposits show a 47 per cent increase over the same period last year. Christmas Cards 21 newly designed cards to- gether with 21 beautifully cmbossed seals—all with tis- sue-lined envelopes — each card different. $1.00 per box Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Office Substation No. 1 — ) DANCE Saturday Night 9:30 TO 1 ELKS’ HALL Serenaders Music Admission $1.00 ' & MOUTER ONGorra CHINA PROPER ffd] SITKA STORES FISH;HOPEFUL OF HER MINES Assistant Customs Collect- or Tells of Optimistic Feeling in Community sound and promise continued growth,” declared M. S. Whittier, assistant collector of customs who went there this week in connection with official matters. “The fishing season at Sitka as elsewhere, did not meet expecta- tions but the Sitka Cold Storage Company has in its freezers all the salmon that it can take care of. ‘The company on its dock last sum- mer built a large warehouse for the accommodation of mild cure packers. “The Sitka section is experlenc- ing a revival of interest in min- ing. Engineers are inspecting min- eral-bearing ground and the hope is entertained that some of the property will be developed. “An optimistic feeling pervades all classes in the community.” —————— Old papers at Tne Empire. “Business conditions in Sitka are | GIBBS ELECTED T0 PRESIDENCY Former Chief Signal Corps Officer Heads Postal Telegraph Corp. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. — Major | General George Gibbs, former Chief Army, has been elected President of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation. — - $4,900,000 Banked HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 16— Pennsylvania public school pupils had school bank deposits amount- ing to $4,900,000 at the end of the recent school term, the department of public instruction reported. ‘The total interest paid on the pupil's deposits was $221.041. There rolled in the public schools for the depositors, the records indicated. e e ‘Temporary relief for a slipping fan belt can be had by applying powdered resin, Fuller’s earth or urdinsry calcum powder Signal Officer of the United States | by School Children: were about 800,000 children en-| year, and 690,000 of them became' M(m('hurmn ClashAgltates Land of Maj jor Wars Buffer State St Status Keeps Big Chinese Prov- ince Roiled Japan and Russia Watch Chance to Secure Firm Foothold By CHAS. STEPHENSON SMITH (Chief of Foreign Service of The Associated Press) Manchuria, the | Alsace-Lorraine | of Asia, is again in the throes of ‘war. Japan has seized a score of towns ! portant _southern ports and has | thrown troops into all' centers| whe"e there are large Japanese pop- | ' ulations, allegedly to protect them |against Chinese demonstrations. | China has appealed to the League of Nations and claims it is guilt- less of the aggression which Japan insists made the occupation of| - | Mukden imperative to protect Jap-' r anese interests. have been struggling to get a bet- ter foothold in Manchura. Two major wars the Sino-Japanese clash of 1894-1895 and “the* Russo- Japanese conflict of 1904-1905, cen- |tered about the struggle to wrest ! Manchuria from China. China was helpless in «its war 1wlth Japan and, as victor, Japan, |prepared to take over Southern Manchuria; Jbut Russia the help of “Franee and Germ: end prevented Japan from realizing its ambitions 'in 1895. Russla managed several years later to wriggle a lease out of China which gave it control of ‘Port Arthur and the Liaotung peninsula. Cansed One War This concession. was the chief cause of the Russo-Japanese War, which resulted in another victory !for Japan and the acquisition of the valuable Russian lease, enabl- |ing Japan to effect commercial penetration of all Manchuria by the possession of the South Man- churia Railway and the southern ports. | Mongolia and Manchuria, both Chinese territory, are buffer. states between Japan and Russia, Soviet Russia seems no less keen than | was the Russia of the czars to dom- inate this northern empire which !a disorganized and warring ‘China | has not been able to hol th a firm grasp. ‘ Mongolia ls remote and Mithout railways as yet. But the eastern ‘secnon of Mongolla, known as In- m Manchuria. It occupies the im- | For 35 years Russla and Japan | | ner Mongolia, has come very . ly under Japanese influence and |in Outer Mongolia, a so-called re- | public, set up under Moscow's tutelage, defies Nanking’s author- ity. Case Plainly. Stated | To state the cass plainly, the Chinese republic claims both Mon- golia and Manchuria, but Soviet Russia dominates the former and Japan very largely controls South- ern Manchuria through its lease of | the South Manchurian railway zone and the ports it acquired by its victory at arms over Russia. For decades the leading powers | of Europe and Japan have waited | for the disintegration of China. Ja- pan and Russia, as near neighbors | of the Chinese, have insisted that | just as the crumbling Turkish em= pire created the Balkans and in= volved Europe in so many wars, |so the Chinese empire and later the Chinese republic, have threu- ened to upset the peace of Asia by | splittine into bits. | But China has failed to disinte- |grate. Her politicians have skill- yfully played rival powers against each other and saved themselves from wholesale dismemberment, in spite of the domestic strife which has kept the land in a ferment. No Incorporated Town in One Nebraska County LINCOLN, Neb, Oct. 16.—Mc- Pherson county, Nebraska, where the court house is of sod, has ngj- ther a city nor a village tax. Located in a cattle raising d{s~ trict, the county has a population of only 1692 and contains no in- corporated community. Tyron, the county seat, has a population of 15. Clay Wright, the clerk, also is registrar of deeds, clerk of the district court and as- sessor, but he draws pay for only one job. There is no railroad in the county, but 366 automobiles provide transportation. e HAND IS INFECTED Julius Heineman of Sumdum, suf- fering from an infected hand, has entered St. Ann’s hospital this morning for medical treatment. ———————— STAYING AT ALASKAN Harry Jackson and Charles Ben- son of Douglas are among the guests at the Alaskan hotel. LB T 3 REGESTERED AT ALASKAN Anthony Havnino, Louis Hansen and H. Lee are staying at the Alas- kan hotel. OO AT | FREEFOOD PRODUCTS DEMONSTRATION FRIDAY and SATURDAY 100 VALUABLE ARTICLES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY FREE Sehi Every FREE article has real value. Call at the store and see the gifts. lling coffee Hot Biscuits, Cake and SCHILLING’S COFFEE or TEA, will be served FREE on Friday and Saturday IN MAN Y YEARS Come and take advantage of this FREE OFFER and the manv xtems offered you in this sale. Or, if you prefer, PHONE US, 478, and ask for full information. California Grocery | BARGAINS ALL THE TIME P.S.:---First event, of its kind in Alaska. flIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllilllllIHIIIIIIIII|IIHHlHlilHHIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIHHHIIIHIHIHHIIIHHIIHIHHIMIHMEHHI“HIIIHIIIIH i LABOR APPROVES Delegates at Convention Make Plans to Aid Unemployment PRESIDENT GREEN HAS TAKEN PLEDGE Will AppeaT_Before Con-. gress if Necessary—O. Beer Brewing VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 16— The delegates attending the Am- erican Federation of Labor con- vention here officially approved an America then left for their homes to put the ideas in practice. President Willlam Green, re- elected, stood on a pledge to “go to Congress and demand appro- priations to relieve every hungry man, woman and child in the country,” if the Nation failed to aid the unemployment situation adequately in other wavs. Relief Program The chief points of the unem- ployment relief program are es follows: Maintenance in the United States of the wage standard in keeping with the purchasing power. Shorter working hours. Prohibition of child labor. National planning to balance production and consumption. Employers to take on more work- ers. Creation of work through public building construction. Strengthening of employment agencies, More even distribution of wealth through taxation and higher brackets. Stimulation of industry by brew- ing mild beer. Old papers at The Empire. OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT Will remodel to suit tenant ' T 1 Hunninmm THE BEST CANNED GOODS AND OTHER: QUALITY & GROCERIES AT THE LOWEST PRICES = © it GOLDSTEIN BUILDING RELIEF PROGRAM unemployment relief program for ! !mob of students. Foreign Ministex f the | Chinese nationalist government. H Succeeds Dr. C, T. Wang who r signed after he was ntu:lud by MANY ATTEND CARD PARTY IN DUGOUT ‘The American Legion Auxiliary held a card party for its members, members of the Legion and invit- ed guests at the Dugout Iast eve- ning. Both bridge and pinochle were played, and the assembly rocom of the building was filled to ‘ca- pacity. The prizes were awarded as follows: Pinochle, first, Mrs. Frank Ree- der and Al Zenger. Bridge, first, Mrs. Gertrude Hel- gesen and John Newman; ladies’ second, Mrs. W. C. Jensen. Refreshments were served. — e, JENNIE SOBERG GIVEN VERDICT FOR INJURIES Jury Awards Her $1,622 for Hurts Received in Auto Crash, 1930 For injuries suffered in an auto ‘wreck here on May 1, 1930, Mrs, Jennie Soberg was yesterday award- ed the sum of $1,622 by a jury in the United States district court against Sam Gazaloff- and Bill Karoff, the former owner of the tar and the latter its driver. Mrs. Soberg sued - for $14,000, Gazaloff contested the case on the |ground that Karoff was not in his 'employ at the time and had mere- ly borrowed the car to come to town from Salmon Creek after |Karoff's own car could not be started. The accident occurred about 5 |p.m. on May 1, on the sharp turn jon Willoughby Avenue near Jack |'White's grocery store. Mrs. Soberg ‘was one of six persons in the au- tomobile which skidded on wet ‘pllnklnz and turned over to the | beach below. She was the most se- wverely injured suffering broken \bones and several cuts. i R. E. Robertson appeared for the plaintiff and Henry Roden and Grover C. Winn represented Gaza- loff in the suit which has occupied the last three days. ——— e WIZARD LEAVES CAPTAIN ‘With Capt. E .E. Jorgensen, mas-~ {ter of the halibut schooner Wiz~ ard in St. Ann's hospital for medi- cal treatment, the craft left Ju- neau today for the banks. One of the crew of the boat is acting as skipper, Old papers for sale at The Em- If You Have Not DO IT NOW DARIGOLD, case . . . $3.25 Milk has already gone up but we are still selling cheap At GARNICK’S-Phone 174 Bought Your Milk 16 Vanilla and Lemon Extracts RED AND WHITE BRAND Vanilla Extract contains 50 % Alcohol Lemon Extract contains 85% “Alcohol Contains more. alcoholic ‘contents ‘than the .most popular brand sold in Juneau. Therefore Red and White Extract goes farther THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTORY OFFER 2 £ o3 ‘; 4 Laré;\.Cans \ ‘: CANS FOR Orange Juice