The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 9, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5870. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1931. MEMBER OF ASS PRICE TEN CENTS GENERAL, TOKYOQ HEARS CHARGES MADE ABOUT HOOVER NOT SUSTAINED Verdict Retumed in At- tack Upon Administra- tion’s Naval Policy MANY INACCURACIES MADE BY GARDINER President’s Committee Sub- mits 10,000-Word Re- port on Accusations WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9.—| A verdict in favor of President Hoover has been returned by the jury he appointed to weigh the truth of the statements contained in William Howard Gardiner's at- tack upon the Administration’s naval policy. The committee found that the pamphlet issued by Gardiner, Pres- ident of the Navy League, charging President Hoover with ‘“abysmal ignorance” in naval affairs, con- tained “many inaccuracies, false assertions, and erroneous conclu- sions.” Hoover’s Charge President Hoover charged Gar- diner with uttering falsifications and said he would expect a public retraction and apology after the committee completed its inquiry. The group made the report late last Saturday, laying on the Pres- ident's desk the 10,000 word docu- ment accompanied by a -letter of transmittal. First Point Denled One. of the main points denied was that the President and Pre- mier Ramsay MacDonald of Eng- land ' “admittedly” = reached an agreement, never divulged entire- 1y, and claiming Hoover offered to give the detalls' to - Senators- who would keep them confidential. Second Point False Another point denied was that the President delayed the 1920 building of the first five of 15 cruisers ordered by Congress as & jesture for a Preparatory Naval Conference. Gardiner termed this as obvious inference Hoover in- tends, under the one year naval holiday just begun, to forego the treaty rights to construction of 87,600 tons of naval vessels. Five Man Committee The committee making the re- port were: John Hays Hammond, chairman, retired mining engineer. Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired. Eliot Wadsworth, former Assist- ant Secretary of the Treasury. Wwilliam R. Castle, Under Secre- tary of State. Ernest Lee Jahncke, Secretary of Navy. DEFERS STATEMENT NEW YORK, No. 9. — Willlam Howard Gardiner, President of the Navy League of the United States, informed of the findings of Presi- dent Hoover's committee sald he wanted to consider the matter fully before making a statement as the matter was of too much im- portance to make extemporaneous comment. ———————— FLAMES SHOOT FROM BOGOSLOF Volcano in Western Alaska Reported Increasing in Action DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Nov. 9—Flames were seen issuing from Volcano Bogoslof, approximately 70 miles west of here, by Capt. Nelson of the motorship- Eunice according to a report he made here last night. Bogoslof has been constantly eciive for a long time, residents here said, but nothing but smoke has been seen from it for years. Flames issuing from the volcano indicate activity is increasing. Assistant Torrential Rains Hold Up Shipping in Panama Canal BALBOA, Canal Zone, Nov. 9.— Torrential rains continue to flood this section and shipping through «he Panama Canal is held up while high. water is being diverted from the vicinity of the Batum locks. Twelve ships are on the Atlantic side and five on the Pacific, wait- inz to go through the canal. BOTHDOMESTIC, FOREIGN ISSUES BEFORE HOOVER President Facing Busy Four Weeks Before Congress Meets LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IMUST BE ROUNDED OUT Tax Increase Stand Must Be Taken—Gandhi Is Also Coming ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9.— President IIoover faces an exact- ing month before Congress con- venes during which time he must determine finally the Administra- tion's attitude toward tax increases. The President must, in addition, take time ouf from domestic mat- ters, to renew international con- versations with Dino Gandhi, Ttaly’s Forelgn Minister, who ar- rives here next Monday to take up discussions of world problems, eco- nomics, and disarmament where French Premier Pierre Laval left off. President Hoover must round out in the next four weeks the legisla- tive program to which he has al- ready given attention to in the sHape of his message to Congress. to whether he will run again for the Vice-Presidency or the United States Senate is promised late this month. This will have a bearing on Hoover’s probable quest for re- election. e, THOMAS BASIN JOB COMPLETED AT KETCHIKAN Refuge for Semsll Boats, Built by Federal Gov- ernment, Finished The Thomas Basin improvement project in Ketchikan harbor was completed last Saturday, it was an- nounced today by Assistant District Engineer, Maj. L. E. Atkins, who returned here Friday after inspect- ing the work. The project was carried out by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, which also recently completed con- tracts at Seward, Port Alexander and Wrangell Narrows. The company did excellent work on Thomas Basin and completed the project well within its con- tract time. The project involved constructing & 932-foot breakwater, dredging a mooring place to a depth of 10 feet at mean low or low water and filling in the site of the proposed Ketchikan Federal building. The breakwater is built of rock, and contains 28300 cubic yards ‘of that material. A total of 240,- 000 yards of material was moved by dredges and 30,000 yards was used as foundation fill for the Federal structure. Some additional ma- terial was dredged and used in some of the city- streets. To make it possible to utilize all of the mooring space inside the refuge harbor, Ketchikan plans to construct a series of floats. It has applied to the War Department for permission to build them, and as soon as it has been granted work will start. The city has also started a movement to increase the depth to 13 or 14 feet so that the deeper draft vessels can utilize the refuge harbor. At. Petersburg, Maj. Atkins con- ferred with Mayor Earl N. Ohmer and others relative to a small boat harbor project there. The Peters- burg Chamber of Commerce has petitioned Congress for funds for that work. It also includes dredg- ing the harbor in front at the steamship docks in order to make it possible for all vessels using the Narrows to dock at that port. The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company recently com- pleted dredging 40,000 yards of loose material at Shoal No. 2, at the north entrance to Wrangell Narrows, Maj. Atkins sald. Most of this came from the steamship channel and the remainder from a deposit adjacent to it which has been continuously sloughing into and filling the channel e — J. E. Holmgren and John Her- schey, Kenai Peninsula mining men, are passengers on the steamer Alaska enroute to Saettle to pass the winter, Vice-President Curtls’ decision as | Hun;;n Legs~ Found Tied, Burlap Bag May Belong to Torso, Thighs, Recently Dis- covered on Road SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 9.— Tied in aburlap sack, the legs of a {human being were found beneath la bridge three miles south of Franklin, near here, last Saturday by an itinerant. The police expressed the belief the legs belong to a torso and thighs which were found recently 19 miles away on the Sutterville road. No clew to the slayer has ever been uncovered. -~ CHANGE MADE IN SELECTION FEDERAL JURY Revelations in Recent Fo- shay Case Causes New Procedure | ST. PAUL, Minn, Nov. 9—A change in the procedure in the Federal Court in the selection of | juries has been ordered as the re- sult of revelations in connection with the disagreement of the mail fraud case against W. B. Foshay and six of his associates. J. M. Dickey, Federal Court Clerk, has been ordered to keep permanent records of persons sub- mitting the names of prospective Jurors. ‘Court officials have been unable t0 determine how the name of Mrs. Genevieve Clark, former employee ‘of the W. B. Foshay Company, who held out alone for acquittal at the recent trial, was included in the Mrs. Clark must show cause to- day why she should not be adjudg- edin contempt of court. The Gov- ernment charges she failed to reveal she was a former employe of the W. B. Foshay Company. 4 BUSINESS MEN VICTIMS OF 3 ROBBERS Are Locked-il— in Slaught- er House After Money and Jewelry Taken \ LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 9. Fourteen Lewiston business men were robbed and then stowed in a slaughter house for nearly all night. The men told of how three arm- ed robbers took them from parked automobiles to the slaughter house, two miles from town, and locked them up. The robbers took money and jewelry from the 14 men and also robbed one of the citizens of his new suit of clothes. The fourteen men finally broke a door in the slaughter house and trudged back to town. ——ao— THREE DEAD IN AUTO ACCIDENT ESKRIDGE, Kansas, Nov. 9.— Mrs. Myrtle Wilson and two infant sons were killed, and her husband, John and a daughter were sev- erely injured Sunday when 12 freight train backed into their au- otmobile. e SALMON CREEK WILL CAUCUS WITH LOCAL DEMOCRATS TUESDAY Democrats residing in the Sal- mon Creek precinct on Glacier Highway will caucus at the same time as and meet with the Juneau Democrats Tuesday evening at Moose Hall, according to J. P. Anderson, Precinct Committeeman. A call has been issued by him for the caucus. It will be more convenient for the Salmon Creek voters to meet in town than somewhere on the highway, Mr. Anderson said. All Democratic voters in that precinct are urged to attend the local meeting tomorrow evening. ‘ STOCK PRICES | v TAKE ADVANGE TRADING TODAYIS FINE PLANT Rails Start Drive with Steels, Utilities and Foods Following NEW YORK, Nov. 9—Rail whippzsd the line today in bull drive. Carrier issues, 0 trant for a time, threatened 48 upset the campaign for prices, but were driven swi higher with steels, utilities, shares and others. The heclic pace. continued close to that of Saturday. NEW SCHOOL AT SHOEMAKER BAY Gov. Parks Pleased with Institution Being Built for Federal Bureau The industrial school plant being erected at Shoemaker Bay, near ‘Wrangell, by the Office of Indian Affairs, is a finely constructed in- flatitution and will ' fill a long-felt ‘fwant in Southeast Alaska, declared | Gov. Gorge A. Parks, who returned urday night after inspecting it, lost|and visiting Petersburg, Wrangell, \»|and Ketchikan. He was pleased Union Pacific surged up M'llh the progress made on the than five points, Santa Fe two ani miscellaneous issues rising two four points. 2 United States Steel, Steel, Inland Ste2l Steel,- Crucible Steel, New Yotk Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Penn- sylvania, Southern Pacific, Ameris can Telephone and Telegraph, A - solidated Gas, American Wate Works, Eastman, National Corn Products, Dupont, Chemical, International Stlver, Homestaking Mining all advahced. Silyer rose to a new high' for the year at 35% cents an ofince. v CLOSING STOCK PRICES NEW YORK, Nov. 9—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau fnine stock today is 13%, American .Can 86%, Anaconda 19, Bethliehem Steel 32%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 7%, Kennecott 17%, Pagkard Motors 5%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%, United Aircraft 18%, United States Steel 73%. A SER ™ Sad MRS. HOOVER GOES ON AIR IN BROADCAST & Givis ‘Advies 1o Bowr H: Club Members for Winter Work ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9— Drawing from her girlhood farm experience, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, on Saturday, broadcast to farmers' sons and daughters, advice on the “winter’s achievement” for helping their less fortunate neighbors. The wife of the president spoke to the Four H. Clubs of boys and girls into a microphone in the sec- ond floor library of the White House. Permission previously granted to news reel photographers to catch talkie snatches of Mrs. Hoover's address were cancelled after publi- cation of storles she had taken voice tests in preparation for her broadcast. JIMMY CONNORS WEDS IN SOUTH Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Connors Weds Miss Rose Walker The marriage of Miss Rose Wal- ker, Sunnydale, Cal, and Mr. James J. Connors, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Oonnors of this city, was announced today. The ceremony occurred last Friday in Sunnydale at the home of the bride’s parents. ‘The bridal couple are now en- route here to make their home. They will arrive on the Princess Norah next Sunday. The groom, known to most of Tipeau as “Jimmy”. bas lived most of his life here. He was born in Candle, Alaska. He attended the local parochial school and is an alumnus of the Juneau High School where he starred in the basketball team. He attended the Alaska Agricul- tural College and School of Mines for one year then transferred to Santa Clara College, at Sania Clara, Calif,, where he graduated last year. He met Miss Walker there. After graduating from Santa Clara, the younger Mr. Connors returned here and is now associai- ed with his father in the Connors Motor Company, local agents for General Motors. e AR Enroute to the States for an ex- tended vacation, Frank L. Knight ‘Anchorage banker, and railroad man, passed through here last Sat- urday. 4 Bethlehem | - Gulf States || school p'ant and the excellence of work being done by the sev- eral contractors. Three of the main buildings are most completed, the Governor It is expected they will be e for use well before the endl the year. Site Well Chosen /The site for the school was well , and lends itself to the in- sfitution, making 1t one of the distinctive schools within the Ter- ritory. The stucco work on the boys’ an dgirls’ dormitories on the school building is completed. Plast- erers are at work on the interiors and finishing work is well under way. ‘The plumbing and heating plants which are being installed by the Rice & Ahlers Company of this city, are almost completed. 'This installation will be finished within & short time. A power line from Wrangell is about two-thirds complete and will be through to the school and pow- er. available by the time it is Conditions Are Normal Business and economic condi- tions in Ketchikan, Wrangell and ‘Petersburg are about normal, the vernor sald. Ketchikan has list- 'ed #s unemployed and is taking care of its needy by furnishing employment. The Thomas Basin small boat harbor is about finished there, and the site for the Federal build- ing has been filled in . At Petersburg, the Governor vis- ited with Mayor Earl N. Ohmer and other business men. He was shown through a mink ranch where an experiment of raising mink without permitting them to contact with the ground is being made. Wire netting is used to keep them off the earth. Excellent results have been obtained but the experi- ment has not been carrled on sufficiently long to prove its value. Wrangell's business and activity in all lines are above normal for this time of the year. There is little if any unemployment. Thz town has erected a number of fine new buildings in recent months, including & new church and a new public school building. Gov. Parks made the trip on the Pisheries patrol boat Kittiwake Captain Crawford. He was accom- panied to Ketchikan by Maj. L. E. Atkins, Acting President of the Alaska Road Commission and As- sistant District Engineer. The lat- ter: returned home last Friday on the Northland. — NORTHWESTERN RUNS WILD N LAST QUARTER Pile Up 19 Points to Beat Minnesota by Score of 32 to 14 EVANSTON, Illinois, Nov. 9— Northwestern continued to march the championship road in the Western Conference by bowling over Minesota last Saturday after- noon. The Wildcats were outplayed by Minnesota at the start but came from behind in the last period when trailing 14 to 13. The Wildcats unloosened a smashing attack in the last quar- ter which netted 19 points giving them the game by a score of 32 to 14. — e SITKA GOES TO On a charter voyage to Seattle to bring back to Juncau a cargo of general freight, the schooner Sitka, Capt. William Doucett, de- parted from here yesterday for the Puget Sound metropolis. She Will return in about two wecks. F arniér]s Tortured by Masked Men Skin Pulled from Body by Pliers — Threatened with Hot Iron BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Nov. 7. — Four masked men tortured Leslie Swinder, a farmer, by puil- ing skin from his body with pliers when he told them he had no money hidden in his home Swinder said one of the men threatened him with a hot iron, The robbers left after binding Swinder and his wife with a rope and cutting the telephone wires at- tached to his home telephone. .- DID-MAN TAKE OWN LIFE OR WASHE SLAIN? Seattle Police Confronted with Mystery After Finding Body SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—Murder or suicide is the question confronting the police following the finding of the body of Fred Perrons, aged 85, street railroad employee, slumped near his bed in a disordered room, with a bullet wound in the chest. Tt is believed Perrons died sev- eral hours after being wounded as the room was in wild disorder and the bed was rumpled. A pistol was found on the oppo- site side of the bed from where the body was discovered. Two glasses and two wine bot- tles, partly filled, were also found. THe police said there are mys- terious ‘aspects to “the case ‘al- though they believed Perrons shot ‘himself. ; Perrons’ NEW CRUISER SLIDES DOWN CAMDEN WAYS Indianapolis Is Launched— Christened by Lucy Taggart wife died about six CAMDEN, New Jersey, Nov. 9.— The light cruiser Indianapolis, one of the seven 10,000 ton ships being built under the London Naval Treaty, was launched here last Saturday. Miss Luck Taggart, daughter of the late Thomas Taggart, of In- diana, christened the ship. FAIRBANKS DREDGES HAVE GOOD SEASON, REPORTS E. A. AUSTIN Although not making public any figures, a highly successful season was experienced in Fairbanks creek by the Fairbanks Gold Dredging Company, according to E. A. Aus- tin, general manager, who visited here Saturday afternoon enroute to Seattle. He will spend the win- ter in the States and return to Fairbanks early next spring. ‘The company, which is the origi- nal dredging outfit in the Fair- banks district, operates two dredg- ers on Fiarbanks Creek. It is un- derstood it has taken over the Fish Creek dredge and it will be oper- ated next season under Mr. Aus- tin's management. GAELSLOSE FIRST GAME Defeated by Ten to Noth- ing Score by Olympic Club Eleven SAN FRANSISCO, Cal. Nov. 9.— !St. Mary's brilllant gridiron re- cord was shattered Sunday when the Gaels suffered their first defeat of the season 10 to 0. The Olympic Club eleven seized St. Mary’s fumble in the first period to put over a touchdown In the last quarter a 40-yard drop kick added three more points |to the score UNITED STATES ' PLANS MOVE IN ARMEDDISPUTE {New Foreién Policy May Be Outcome of Sino- i Japanese Affair |AMERICA CONSIDERS EXTREME PRESSURE May Join Other Powers in Bringing Oriental Na- tions to Terms WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 9.— A new epoch in American foreign relations may eventuate from the armed dispute bolween China and Japan. Although not a member of the League of Natlons or the World Court, the United States is giving | serfous conslderation, with other | pcwers, to the possibility of invok- ing peaceful, forceful and coopera- | tive pressure upon Oriental nations to compal respect to treaty obliga- | tions, Form of Pressure This pressure may take one of two shapes—economic boycott or blockade, provided by the League of Natlons, and in addition a new proposal has been pushed forward at Geneva under which all diplo- matic representatives would be | withdrawn from offending nations or the one held culpable for con- tinuing armed hostilities. The League of Nations Coven- ants also provides for armed com- pulsion as a last resort but even this discussion has been forced in- to the background. B: Submitted to U. S. 1t is apparent that any form of action determined by the League of Nations * will probably “be first submitted to_America for; approval as America’s aid will be necessary if the ecoromic boycott is to be at- témpted since American trade with Japan far exceeds that of any other nation. Outwardly the United States is holding to a position of singling out neither China or Japan as blameworthy. FREIGHTER ON ROCKS; THIRTY OF CREW SAFE SAN FRANSISCO, Cal. Nov. 9.— The crew of 30 men of the Mac- Cormack line freighter Munleon, which went aground at Point Reyes, 40 miles north of here last Saturday night, was rescued Sunday morning by coast guardsmen as the fog lifted from the wind lashed seas. ‘The Munleon will be a total loss. She had just left San Fransisco for Portland, Oregon, when she struck the rocks. FAMILY OF 1S WIPED OUT Others Are Injured Whepn Heavy Express Truck Hits Automobile NORRISTOWN, Penn. Nov. 9.— Peter Polinik, his wife Anna and their children Harry, Susana and Stephen and Lucas, were killed when a heavy express truck colli- ded with their automobile. George Roden, driver of automobile, and his wife, seriously injured. James Lamb, truck driver, es- caped Injury. He is held for an investigation regarding the accident. Seven hours after the collision, Mrs, Roden gave birth to a baby boy in the hospital. Both are ex- pected to die. GONZAGA DEFEATS SAN FRANCISCO U SPOKANE, Wash. Nov. 9.—Gon- zaga triumphed easily over the University of San Fransisco grid- men in a game Sunday. The Spokane - team defeated the south- erners by a score of 21 t6 6. the were e — Mrs. Jessie Jorgenson, wife of Dr. Stanley Jorgenson of Cordova, and former local resident, is a passenger on the steamer Alaska for Seattle, enroute to Portland to sisit relatives ATTACK MADE ON JAPANESE IN MANCHURIA Gen. Mah C—h_a;shan Is Re« ported to Have Open- ed Hostilities JAPAN NOW SENDING OUT REINFORCEMENTS {Riots Break_aut in Tient- sin—U. S. Force Is Called Out TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 9.—Uncon« |firmed advices saying Chinese Gens« |eral Mah Chanshan has declared war on Japan and was bombard= ing the Japenese position at Tah= |sing in Manchuria stirred Tokyo | today. The Japanese Government de cidzd to reinforce troops in the new battle area and is also pre- pared to make a sharp reply to the League of Nations' note fram= ed in answer to the American Gov= ernment’s secret communication re= garding the situation. Japanese newspapars said Gen. Mah Chanshan'’s troops, between 8,« 000 and 13,000, have opened hos- tilities on the Japanese near the Nonni River bridgehead, using field artillery and machine guns. The bombardment, according to the | Japanese newspapers, can be heard | for miles. Ricts Break Out It is also reported here - that Iriots have broken out in Tientsin, North China, and the Chinese charge the trouble was instigated by the Japanese. It is said the Japanese bombarded the native part of the city with 40 shells, killing four Chinese and wound- ing ten. Foreign guard units at Tientsin, States infantry- men, have been called out to protect the foreign section. One Japarnese soldler is reported to have been killed by a stray bullet. “Diplomatic Intimidation” Japanese authorities branded as “diplomatic intimidation” the sug- gestions that the Powers withdraw diplomatic representatives from Tokyo as a means of lending force to the League of Nations' stand. The authorities will likely make a protest to the secretariat and also the League of Nations that the League is “becoming a propa= ganda bureau for the Chinese Gova ernment.” Japan poured more troops into the Northwestern Manchurian cauldron as the War Office re= celved word of fighting and con= centration of Chinese troops. WITHDRAWAL CONDITIONS SET FORTH BY JAPANESE 'WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9.— Japan, in & note late last Sature day to Aristide Briand, acting President of the Council of the League of Nations, set forth the conditions for the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Manchuria. The conditions stated the with- drawal would be made by direct negotiations between the “two pare ties on the fundamental principles that should govern normal rela- tions between any two nations.” Briand suggested the withdrawal be carried out under the League 6f:Nations' supervision and reject- ed the Japanese. conditions. e Japanese tion Was made 'public ‘here Saturday . night by the Japanese embassy of= ficlals who reiterated the Japanese troops will not be withdrawn with~ out assurance of safety to Japan= ese lives and property. SURRENDER. OF GEN. MAH CHANSHAN NOW DEMANDED BY JAPAN GENEVA, Nov. 9—Dr. Alfrea Sze, representattive of China in the League of Nations, has in- formed the League that the Japan- ese commander in Manchuria has in- formed Gen. Mah Chanshan the Japanese will cease hostilities if he surrenders his post of Governor of Hei Lung Kiang Province. Dr. Sze said the Japanese in- formed Gen. Mah Chanshan he would have to abdicate in favor of Chang Hiapeng who would set up a committee for maintenance of order. “This makes it clear that the re- (Continues oo Page Two) THE WEATHER | (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vi- cinity, beginning at 4 p. m. November 9: Showers tonight and Tues- day; gentle variable winds. | i I3