The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 4, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5866. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ' DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF HOUSE VIRTUALLY ASSURED ORIENTAL SITUATION GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN SERVING AN ULTIMATUM Insists on China Recogniz- ing Validity of Old Treaties NOTE WILL BE SENT LEAGUE OF NATIONS Fears Expressed Russia Will Yet Break Into Controversy TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 4.--While Japanese troops moved farther into Manchuria and encountered Chin- ese machine guns, in one instance, the Japanese government began drafting a note to the League of Nations insisting that China recog- nize the validity of the treaties under which Japan operates in Chinese territory. i The note will practically be in reply to one of Aristide Briand, Acting President of the League of Natlons. Briand set forth his views regarding the five funda- mental principles to which the Tokyo ‘Government previously asked China to subscribe as prere- quisite to the withdrawal of Jap- anese troops from the occupied area in Manchuria. The note will also say that un- less China reconizes and lives up to the terms of the 1815 trealy,| under which Japan retains rights! in Chinese territory, the normal conditions of the two nations can- not exist. | CONCERN EXPRESSED ‘GENEVA, Nov. 4—Concern Ilest| Russia step into the Manchurian! controversy, coupled with official information the Japanese troops have moved upon Tsitsihar, dark- ened the League of Nations’ out- lock for peace and making those in close touch with the Manchur- jan affair express the opinion the situation has grown worse dur- ing the week. The Chinese spokesman has in- formed the Secretarist that his Government fears Japan has no intention of withdrawing troops and sets forth that Japan is con- solidating her positions and ex- tending her sphere of influence instead. CLASH IS REPORTED TOKYO, Nov. 4—A Mukden dis- patch said a Japanese batallion clashed Monday with 500 Chinese bandits near Toutaoku, in Man- churia, and 80 Chinese were Killed and 100 wounded. One Japanese is reported to have been killed. The dispatch stated the battle lasted six hours and was intensely fought. oo —— Life on Prison Farm Preferred to Home MISHAWAKA, Nov. 4—Life on a prison farm sometimes is prefer- able to the comforts of home, Sam- uel Beck believes. As a result, he is spending this year on the penal farm. Beck was brought into court on a charge of assault and battery against his wife. Judge Albert Doyle, inclined to be lenient, asked Beck if he thought he could return home and behave. “I'll take the jail anytime to liv- ing at home,” Beck replied. Judge Doyle gave him a year's sentence. Tammany's braves are on the : 4 THIS IS A TAMMANY POW-WOW Associated Press Photo warpath again. Spurred by oratory of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 4,000 New York democrats attended a noisy, demonstrative meeting at Tammany hall. It started campaign to re-elect Tammany men and vindicate city government from charges growing out of present Investigation. Left to right: Dist. Attorney Thomas Crain, John F. Curry, Tammanv leader. and former Governor Smith REGEIVER FOR ALS, GOLD CO, IS APPOINTED E. Gastonguay Is Appoint- ed Receiver for Thane Holdings by Harding In an apparently amicable suit in the local United States district court, the Alaska Gold Company, holder of the former properties of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Com- pany, has been declared insolvent and Emile Gastonguay, for many years resident representative of the company, appointed receiver by TUnited States District Judge Justin W. Harding. The suit was brought by B. M. Behrends, President of the B. M. Behrends Bank, who was repre- sented by A. W. Fox. The defend- ant corporation was represented in the case by Henry Roden. Takes Over Properties ‘To Mr. Gastonguay was imme- diately turned over all of the local holdings of the Alaska Gold, and its assets everywhere were ordered transferred to his control. He was given full power to manage the properties and to preserve them intact, and to defend any actions that might be brought against the company. The decree of bank- ruptcy also enjoined any officer from levying against the proper- ties. The complaint in the case al- leged that suits were to be brought in other jurisdictions that probably would result in dissipation of the assets and prevent the bondholders from deriving any benefit from them. Mr. Behrends sued as a bondholder. He owns ten $1,000 gold debentures, Series A and B, and sets up taat demands for pay- ment of both interest and principal were not met. On the Series A bonds, 13 of the interest coupons were unpaid, and on the other (Continuec on Page Two) Infantile Paraly Measured, But Are Not Seen STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 4—Al- though three Stanford University bacteriologists have succeeded in obtaining the approximate measure ment of the virus of polyomyelitis, cause of infantile paralysis, the virus is so tiny that it cannot be seen until microscopes are five times as powerful ds they are at present. That was the declaration made | here by Dr. Edwin W. Schulz, pro- fessor of bacteriology and experi- mental pathology at Stanford. As-| sisting Dr. Schulz in the sub-mic~ roscopic measurement of the virus were Drs. C. E. Clifton and L. P. Gebhart. llahwfinduu—. sis Germs Dr. Schultz stated that research by himself and associates disclosed that the virus of infantile paraly- sis measured less than one 500- thousandth part of an inch. Research workers pointed out that the mecasurement gives science a “starting point” in waging its warfare against the disease, by giving a definite indication of the nature of the virus. Dr. Bchultz asserted that it had been found that immunized horses had yielded satisfactory serum, though it appeared as if only hu- mans and monkeys were suscept- DEMOCRATS T0 STAGE GAUCUS ~ NOVEMBER10TH { Will Elect 29 Delegates to | Petersburg Convention ; Next Tuesday Democrats of Juneau will caucus Tuesday evening, November 10, for the election of ‘delegates to the Di- visional Convention at Petersburg, November 20. Allen Shattuck, Act- ing Precinct Committeeman for the three city precincts, and Presi- dent of the Democratic Club, at a meeting of the latter body last night was authorized to call a cau- cus for each of them, to be held | concurrently at the same time and | place. | Mr. Shattuck was expected to ybost the official notices today or {tomorrow, as soon as a hall was obtained for the meeting. Twenty- nine delegates will be elected—15 {from Precinct No. 1, nine from No. 2, and five from No. 3 pre- cinct. The club last night voted unani- {mously to continue its temporary officers and postpone permanent organization until the Membership {Committee, appointed early this week, had time to complete its |canvas of the city. Preliminary reports from several members of that committee last night indi- cated the charter membership list will be unusually heavy. It is believed by local party lead- ers that next week’s caucus will ‘be the most generally attended of jany in its history here. Member- |ship in the club, it was pointed out last night, is not necessary to par- ticipate in the caucus. “Any Demo- crat can take part in the selec- tion of delegates to the Peters- burg convention, and every one of ithem should,” declared S. Hellen- thal, Chairman of the Divisional Committee. iYoung Husband Sues Aged Rival CHICAGO, Nov. 4—Declaration in the $100,000 alienation of affec- tions suit against E. P. Sedgwick, waalthy Highland Park manufact- turer, was filed in Lake County Cir- cuit Court at Waukegan. The plaintiff is Harold O. Em- rick, a young baker, living at Quincy, Il It charges that the sixty-four- {year-old head of the Chicago Hard- !ware Foundry won the affection of {Mrs. Ottle Leah Emrick, twenty- |five, in Florida in the winter of 11930. Emrick accuses Sedgwick of pay- ing for dancing lessons for his wife, \of financing her Reno divorce and 'of offering her inducements to leave her husband. Attorney Claire C. Edwards for Sedgwick termed the suit “ab- surd.” DEMOCRATS WIN INTWO STATES BY HEAVY VOTE Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Swamped in New Jersey, Kentucky i KENTUCKY HEADS OUT OF REPUBLICAN FOLD Harry Moore, Democrat, Has Tremendous Lead in New Jersey Tilt WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.— Democratic majorities contin- ued to heap up today as more nearly complete returns were received from the State elec- tions held yesterday in New Jersey and Kentucky, where the sweep of Democratic votes submerged local Republican administrations. Late returns showed Kentucky headed away from the Republican fold as Judge Ruby Laffon, Demo~ crat, had all the best of the race with William Harrison, Mayor of Louisville, Republican candidate The first precincts to report in- dicated Judge Laffon would be an easy winner. In New Jersey, Harry Moore, Democrat, had a landslide vic! over David Baird, Jr, who was'a candidate to succeed Gov. Morgan F. Larson, also Republican. His lead today was over 250,000 and was expected to reach even greater proportions. In Mississippi, the D em o cratic vote was normal. Mike Connor, the party’s candjdate, received the usual majority. All of the newly elected Gover- nors will assume office January 1, 1932, STOCK PRICES ADVANCE THEN START DECLINE Market Finally Steadies After, Principal Shares Take Losses NEW YORK, Nov. 4—Stocks ad- vanced shortly after the opening of the New York Stock Exchange this morning but selling quickly followed. The decline steadied after losses of a point or two developed among principal shares. Trading during the day was dull, however. Wall Street does not regard the election results as a market factor. American Can dipped two points then halved the decline. American Telephone and Tele- graph rallied a point then sold two points under Monday. New York Central, Union Pacific, Allied Chemical, Case, and Nation- al Biscuit were off from one to one and a half from former levels. Steels turned advances of one point into fractional declines, then steadied. ‘Tobaccos advanced in early deal- ings only to lose the improvement at the close. BUYING WAVE AT CLOSE NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—A large scale of buying swept over the Stock Market in closing trading and pushed up prominent shares from $1 to more than $3 a share. Stocks changed hands in blocks of 1,000 and 2,000 CHICAGO, I, Nov. 4—A wave of speculative buying sent wheat soaring to new high levels for the season and at the close wheat was three cents a bushel over yester- day’s finish. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW: YORK, Nov. 4.—Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 14 3-4, ‘American Can 82, Anaconda 17 1-4, Bethlehem Steel 27 3-4, Curtiss-Wright 2, Fox Films 8, General Motors 27 1-8, Interna- tional Harvester 34 1-2, Kennecott 15 1-4, Packard Motors 5 1-8, Stan- dard Oll of New Jersey 35 3-4, United Afrcraft 15 5-8, United States Steel 68 3-4. GROWS WORSE FICHTING PLANES IN REVIEW FOR NAVY DAY | many units of the navy to partici 8an Francisco in 1916, Part of a thrcng of 1,000 representatives of lal organizations seeking liberation of Tom Mooney from San Quentin pris- lifornla, is shown in a demonstration in Union 8quare, New York, Mooney was convicted or. a charge of bombing a preparedness parade in This squadron of United States navy planes, shown In aerial review pate in special Navy day displays. MAKE PLEA FOR MOONEY RELEASE Associated Press Photo bor unions and civie Associated Press Pboto at San Diego, Cal, was one of DRY MAJORITY MELTS BEFORE BALLOTBLAST Fruits of Yesterday's Elec- tion All Go to the Anti-Prohibitionists WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.— Over the elections held yes- terday in five States hung the omnipresent shadow of Prohibition. And to its op- ‘ponents went all the fruits of victory. , All five of the new Congressmen elected—thrze Democrats and two Republicans—were branded as Wets by the Dry politiclans. All them traveled under the standard 'of anti-Prohibitionists, either as re- pealists or modificationists. | Aparently the trend of the coun- try is definitely against further trial of the “noble experiment.” In ! the past three years the Wet bloc in the House has grown from less than 70 members to about 150 in the next Congress. " | This, of course, is not sufficlent FEDERAL WAGE SLASH PLANNED Sweeping Reduction from President Down to Humblest Clerk WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 4— ‘A sweeping reduction of federal salaries, from the office of Pres- |ident down to the humblest $1,200 a-year clerk, is proposed by Repre- _senmuve Will A. Wood, Republi- can, of Indiana, chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, a5 apart of the ad- ministration’s economy program. Wood announced he would spon- sor a wage-cutting program, con- sisting of a five per cent slash in the salaries of government em- ployes recelving from $1,200 to $2,- 500 a year, an 8 per cent reduction on salaries between $2,500 and, $10,000 a year and a ten per cent cut.on salarijes above $10,000 a year. He said he would include the Pres- ident and members of congress in| the slash. This retrenchment program | would reduce the President’s sal- ary from $75,000 to $67,500 a year. It would slash the pay of Senators to $9,000 for the period of the de-| | pression. Prince Michael, 10, Decides to Be Pilot ~Prince Michasl of Rumania has| decided that when he grows up he will be -an airplane pilot like| iz’ uncle ' Nieholas. His decision was made after his uncle took him for a ride ower Bucharest. He was ten years old October 25. COXEY SCORES FIRST VICTORY “General,” at Age of 76, Elected Mayor of Massillon, Ohio MASSILLON, Ohio, Nov. 4—A historic veteran of conquests for the unemployed has finally been successful in a new campaign. Jacob Coxey led an “army” of un- employed men to Washington to urge Congress to approve an issue of non-interest bearing bonds to aid unemployed. Today, at the age of 76, Coxey is Masillon's Mayor-elect. He is still advocating his unemployment idea. Coxey has run for Senator, Con- success. “Gen.” Coxey opposes the Pro- hibition law. Another National Park Is Planned SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. tional park is seen in the with- drawal by the Federal Government | of 5,000 acres adjacent to the Dino- saur National Monument, near Jen- sen, Utah. The area contains some of the finest dinosaur remains in the world. Construction of a large mu- seum at the monument is among ered. e CHEDA PAUL LEAVES ST. ANN'S Miss Cheda Paul, who entered 8L Ann's hospital early this week, left for her home today. At the age of 40 years, “General” | to enact any measures to modify |the present Dry laws, but it has greatly encouraged the organiza- |tions which are staging a cam- paign agianst the present system. MOTHER KILLS DAUGHTER AND - THEN SUICIDE Death Preferred to Desti- ! tution—Tragedy in Ohio Town { |James Horner, aged 30, shot and | killed her 9-year-old daughter, wounded her baby daughter prob- ‘nbly fatally, then suicided rather than have the children face desti- | tution. ‘The woman's husband, and (home. The family has been pen- ;nilefls for some time. DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 4—Mrs. HOOVER FACING HOSTILE HOUSE REST OF TERM Democrats Win Three Out of Five Special Con- gressional Elections RESULTS GIVE THEM CLEAR LEAD OF TWO Membershipb‘s_; ands 217 Democrats, 215 Repub- licans, Two Vacancies WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. /4. — President Hoover today faced the practical certainty of having a House of Rep- | resentatives of politically hos- tile control for the remainder |of his term as a result of | yesterday’s special Congres- sional elections. All observers agreed that | Democratic organization of {the House was virtually as- sured after their victories in Tuesday’s contests at the polls which raised their mem- “bership to 217 and the Re« publicans had only 215. Carry Three Districts | In' four States Tuesday, lelections were held in five |Congressional districts to fill 'vacancies created by death since last November. In three of these the Democrats won sweeping victories. The Re- ‘publicans were successful in two. . The major upset was in the Eighth Michigan District which for the first time in history elected a Democrat. |Michael Hart, Democrat, won a decisive victory over Foss Eldred, Republican. In the Twelfth Ohio Dis- trict, normally R e p ublican, ‘and which in last November’s election, remained safely in the G. O. P. fold, the Demo- crats were successful. Martin Sweeney rode the crest of the Democratic tide to victory over Hayden Parry, the Re« |publican candidate. The third Democratic vie- tory was registered in the |Seventh New York District, in Brooklyn. There, John De- laney, Democrat, had no dif= ficulty in defeating William Padgett. This district went |Democratic in the 1930 elec- |tions, i Republicans Win Two Only two districts were cap= tured by the Republicans, both in rock-ribbed G. O. P. localities. In the First Ohio, represented for so many years by the late Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House, the election of John Hollister, Re= | publican, over State Senator Lore bach, Democrat, was conceded on gressman and Governor. HIis elec- father of the children, was asleep |the early returns which gave the tion as Mayor is his first political on the second floor of the farm former a three to one lead. This district has always been Republi- (Continued on ragr Eight) \Weird South Sea Colony Descended from One Man | | iand Representatives from $10000 4 Establishment of another na- | | AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov. 4—A strange colony of eighty-seven persons, all descendants of a white man, Willilam Marsters, has been |revealed by the chance visit of the American freighter Golden Coast to - Palmerston Island. The Golden Coast, blown slight- ly off her course during a trip PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Nov. 4.|the development projects consid- from the United States to Australia jrecently, passed close to the tiny ,coral atoll listed only on the larger charts of the South Pacific. | The skipper was surprised to see a small boat put off from the island. )} The freighter stopped and low- ered a gangway, up which clam- bered a withered but active old man attended by a number of half caste boys who called him “dad.” The latter explained that nearly seventy years previously his father had gone to the island and that all the present inhabitants were descendants of this settler. ‘The boy sdived for pearls to pass away the time. He pulled out a frayed piece of cotton cloth con- taining a handfull of gems which The wireless operator took the shirt off his back in payment for a pearl as big as a pea. he traded for & pile of old clothes.