The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5879. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931, M MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'VICTORIOUS JAPANESE TROOPS SWEEPING NORTH NEW DEMAND MADE FESS QUIT AS PARTY LEADER Three Anli—_P;ohibitionsta" of House Launch | New Movement SENATOR FROM OHIO | HAS AROUSED STRIFE| Recent Stand on Eighteenth| Amendment Causes Dissatisfaction WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19— Three anti-Prohibitionists of the House of Representatives last night called for Senator Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio, to resign the Chairman- ship of the Republican National| Committee because of his newly expressed stand for the Eighteenth | Amendment. | Representative Fred A. Britten, of Illinois, led the attack demand- ing Senator Fess get out as Re-| publican party leader or ‘“resign| from the Directorship of the Anti- | Saloon League and refrain from being its spokesman.” I Pick Up War Cry Representatives LaGuardia, of New York, and Schafer, of Wiscon- sin, picked up the war cry that was aroused by Senator Fess's re- ply to James W. Wadsworth, of New York, that “I shall use my in- fluence to prevent the Republican party from committing a fatal blunder in asking for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.” Not To Resign While Senator Fess has agreed to Temain Chairman of the Republi- can National Committee until the Republican convention next June, his friends say he was willing to step aside next month but thel anti-Prohibition attack seems to have forestalled any change at the Although Senator Fess declined to comment on the attack of the anti-Prohibitionists, he _indicated | he would not resign the Chairman- ship of the Republican National Committee while under fire. ARE MAROONED BY SNOW HIGH IN MOUNTAINS Seven Men Awaiting Res- cue—Alaskan Aids in Rescue of Others SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 19 —Marooned in the high Sierra Ne- vada mountains and surrounded by the heaviest snowfall in years, seven men are waiting for aid or for a hard crust to form so they may return to civilization. Four men are in a cabin on Echo lake, near Lake Tahoe. They have food and no fears are felt for them. They will probably come out when a crust forms on the snow. The party was enroute to Bowman lake, a distance of 30 miles, to bring out A. D. Keller, mine owner. Friends are speeding to a section in the Tahoe National Forest to bring out G. E. Schrader, Randall McCain and Tom McCafferty, for- estry men. Scotty Allen, famous Alaskan dog driver, is reported to have rescued three men with his sled and hus- kies on the north fork of the American River. They became snow bound while cutting Christmas trees. —— - TEXAS GOLFER QUITS SHOES, FAVORING EASE OVER STYLE DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 19.—Puny” ATTAC Life in Own Country Is AUTHOR’S DAUGHTER A HINDU CONVERT \\ ¥ L~ ik i | o - Mahatma Gandhi (right) India’s Naticnalist leader, is to have an American girl among his followers. Niila Cram Cook (center), daughter of an author, intends to become a Hindu on her 22nd birthday in De- cember, and enter Gandhi’s colony. Madeline Slade (left), daughter of a Briton, now is the Mahatma’'s only white woman disciple. STOCK MARKET | STRUGGLES UP, CLOSES HEAVY Fresh Selling Developes Near Close — Ad- vances Wiped Out NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The stock Market struggled higher for most of the session today then ran into fresh selling during the last half hour which wiped out most of the |Mooney, San Quentin prisoner. advance of one to three points,| A telegram from “Mother closing heavy. Sales were 1,500,000 Mooney,” which brought tears to shares today. !Mayor Walker's eyes, was the final Active selling of the previous plea that moved him to offer his session was carried over in early services in behalf of the labor trading and then subsided for a leader who was sentenced to death few minutes. and is now serving life imprison- Rails, apparently stimulated by short coverings, lead with a fair upturn for a time. United States Steel and American Telephone closed with small fractional losses after up from one and one half to two points, respectively. ‘Woolworth was weak closing with a loss of nearly two points. Kennecott weakened late in the closing off. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 76%, Anaconda Copper 14, Beth- lehem Steel 277%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 6%, General Motors 26, International Harvester 32%, Kennecott Copper 12, Packard Motors 5%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 33%, United Aircraft 15%, United States Steel 64%. — e MAYOR WALKER T0 MAKE PLEA FOR T. MOONEY Will Ask Governor of Cali- fornia to Release Pris- oner at San Quentin NEW YORK, Nov. 19. — Mayor |James J. Walker will plead before Governor James Rolph, Jr., next ‘Wednesday for freedom for Tom | rade bombing in San Francisco in 1916. Mayor Walker made it plain that | he appears as a private citizen and as a lawyer and not as Mayor of New York. He will receive no fee and will pay his own expenses. ‘Two previous appeals by Mooney himself failed to rouse the mayor to take any action in the appeal for release. SEATTLE ASSAY OFFICE MOVES SEATTLE, Nov. 19—Robert J. Grant, Director of the United |States Mint, is here to make ar- | rangements for the expansion of the Seattle Assay Office which will be moved about the first of the year to larger quarters in the new Immigration building. He said Alaska’s shipments of gold increas- ed heavily this year. Grant recently returned from In- MISS PAUL IN GOWN OF EUROPEAN LACE ‘WASHINGTON—Miss Alice Paul, well known feminist leader, brought back from Europe a handsome evening gown of lace made over ment for the Preparedness Day pa-| False, She Says | BENARES, India, Nov. 19.—An | American girl, Nilla Cram Cook, is | contending with Madeline Slade, an English woman, in her devotion to | Mahatma Gandhi and his doctrines | of non-violence, self-denial and prayer. She is the daughter of George Cram Cook, American author. | For nearly seven years Miss | Slade, 37-year-old daughter of a former rear admiral in the British | navy, has been the only white wo- man follower of the Mahatma. Now her position is challenged by Miss Cook, who on her twenty-sec- ond birthday intends to become a Hindu. The American girl in embracing the Hindu religion will folllow the example of the former Nancy Mil- | ler of Seattle who when she mar- ried the Maharajah of Indore ac- cepted her husband's faith. | Join Model Colony | Miss Cook, a young matron of striking beauty, announced a short | time ago that she had taken steps to join Gandhi's “Ashram,” or model | colony, at Ahmedabad, where all |the ascetic teachings of India’s| japostle of peace are practiced. | She now announces that on De- Fcember 21, when she will be 22, she { will immerse herself in the waters lof the Ganges and be baptized as |an adherent of the Hindu religion. She has chosen that date for her conversion, she says, because the stars, which have a special signifi- cance for her, are in unity on that day. Miss Cook is living on a house- boat on Dal Lake, in the beautiful Kashmir valley of northern India. Her only companion is her little son. Her husband, a young Gréek of aristocratic birth, lives in Athens but Miss Cook prefers to live apart from him and go under her maiden name. She says the life lived by Amer- icans today is a false and illusory one, providing fleeting pleasures, but yielding nothing in spiritual beauty and durable happiness. “I hope to meet the master (Gandhi) in Benares,” says Miss Cook, “and after my. conversion I shall prepare myself for special prayers, fasting and meditation to enter the Mahatma’s ‘Ashram.’ I shall then be better fit to serve the greatest spiritual figure world today. Gives Property To Son “I have already given up all my money and deeded my property to my 3-year-old son, and have re- nounced all the pleasures of this mundane existence. I shall also take a vow of chastity, as required by Mr. Gandhi of all those who join his ‘Ashram.’” “Ever since I began studying the philosophies and religions of India, in Greece, in my girlhood,” said Miss Cook, “I have longed for re- existence. I see my salvation in the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, whom I regard as the prototype of Christ.” Miss Cook dresses in [lowing Greek classical robes and never wears shoes, stockings, or a hat. Like Gandhi she lives on cereals and goat's milk She has attracted much attention in India because of her odd attire and her beauty. Irish Home Folk Aid Needy in U. S. DUBLIN, Nov. 19. — Last year |Irish people at home sent more {money to America to help their relatives than the Irish-Americans 1 This surely i one of the most remarkable changes that the world's |slump has brought about. | For many years the flow of funds from America to Ireland has been a small adverse factor in Am- !erica’s international payments. The distress among the Irish workers in America last year caused a small net import. Next year it looks as {tbough it will be larger still. — - — in the | sent home by way of remittances. | TESTIMONY IN PANTAGES’ CASE | [ Denies He Was Every in ! Love with Miss Eunice Pringle i {DEFENSE SPRINGS SURPRISE AT TRIAL§ {Bitter Dispute Arises Over Attempt to Show Ex- ‘ tortion Plot LOS ANGELES, Cal. of the vaudeville act which Bunice Pringle was seeking to have booked when Alexander Pantages made his alleged assault on her, the witness stand for a brief time | yesterday afternoon at the second trial of the theatre man. In answer to a question by the defense counsel whether he ever {had been in love with the dancer, he replied, “Never in my life.” The defense, as a surprise move then produced two letters which !the attorneys said were written by {In Seattle, Wash., which contained reference to Miss Pringle’s “affec- tion” for Duneav. “We are so glad that she has you,” was one quotation from the letter written to ! Duneav. Duneav denied he had ever re- ceived the letters but charged that letters and personal effects had ibeen stolen from his apartment. | The Seattle letters were written jin 1930. The trial yesterday afternoon ended in a bitter dispute between counsel over whether the defense would be allowed to examine seven witnesses in an effort to prove the theatre owner was a victim of an extortion plot. - - ANDI IN AGREEMENT WITH HOOVER {Believes Conversations Point to Some Relief, World Armament DINO GR As the end of his Washington visit approached, Dino Grandi, Foreign Minister of Italy, found himself in lease from the bondage of earthly'2 general agreement with Presi-| dent Hoover on several subjects of International concern. The foreign statesman is confi- dent that conversations with Hoov- er will point the way to some measure for relief from world arm- ament. Grandl postponed his talk with Secretary of State Stimson to talk by telephone to Premier Mussolini. EVERYTHING ROSY WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.— Late this afternoon Dino Grandi told President Hoover that the United States and Italy are to- gether on the world topics they re- viewed. This was after Grandl held a telephone communication with Premier Mussolini who had no further instructions to his Foreign Minister. Grandi leaves for New York to- night. MURDERS TWO, THEN SUICIDES DENNISON, Ohio, Nov. 19. — Thomas Wheeler, aged 34 years, shot and killed himself last night, Nov. 19.—| Nicholas Duneav, who was author occupied | | an aunt of Miss Pringle, residing | WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19— | 8 i ) This Associated Press telephot: SECONDCANVASS 7 WILL BE MADE BY RED CROSS | e | Membership Campaign Re- sults This Year Are Be- | hind Last Year's Results of this year’s campaign for members for the Juneau Chap- ter of the American Red Cross are |now behind the results that had been &atained at this stage of last year's campaign, declared B. D Stewart, who has charge of the membership campaign. ! Canvassing committees have cov- ered their several territories once, but realize numerous residents were not solicitated on this first oc- Workers will endeavor to by Thanksgiving all per- sons not approached on the initial | canvas. “Persons who have not yet joined for this year,” said Mr. Stewart, “may enroll at the Butler-Mauro Drug Store, at Burford's Corner or at any hotel.” >oo OPERATING GOST OF ALASKAR.R. HITS LOW MARK Col. Ohlson, General Man- ager, Leaves Seward for Washington SEWARD, Alaska, Nov. 19.—Col Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad, said here yesterday as he left for Washing- ton, D. C, that a new low mark in operating costs was made by the railroad during the last fiscal | vear, of $500,000, which is approxi- mately 52 percent less than the | preceding year. Col. Ohlson said that although ‘the previous year's annual defi had been around $1,000,000, nec itating a Government appropriation for that amount, the requirement DUNEAV GIVES 1o Frep From cuoser prison | APTYRE OF | | | 8 || | | (Associated Press Pl o shows 13 year old Edith Ril of Washington, D. C., after she was freed from a four years’ im- frisonment in a windowless closet prison in her parents’ home. Her i ather and stepmother were arrested and charged with cruelty. DEMOCRATS 60 T0 PETERSBURG FOR CONVENTION Delegates Charter Roedda and Will Be Back Sat- | urday or Sunday To attend the First Division Democratic Convention, which will meet at Petersburg tomorrow, a lelegation of 14 members of the darty left Juneau early this after- 1000 on the motorship Roedda. They we headed by J. J. Connors, Na- | tional Committeeman, and 8. Hellenthal, Territorial Committee Chairman. The others are John W. Troy, Mayor Thomas B.-Jud- son, Jack A. Davis, J. E. Pegues, H. L.. Bahrt, M. Merriweather, H. J. Turner, J. P. Anderson, Fred A.| Sorri, Frank Botelho, John Ronan, | wnd Curtis Shattuck. The Roedda, commanded by Capt. H. C. Davis, has been chart- ered for the voyage to Petersburg and return to Juneau. She is scheduled to arrive in Petersburg about 10 o'clock tonight. If the convention concludes its business by Saturday noon, the Ro- edda will be back here with the Juneau delegates Saturday night. If the convention remains in ses- sion all day Saturday, ghe return will not be made until Sunday. INCREASES IN INCOME TAXES RECOMMENDED Chairman Smoot of Senate Finance Committee Makes Statement WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.— Increases in income taxes and im- position of a ive sales tax been recommended by Chair- Reed Smoot, of the Senate ance Committee. Senator Smoot proposes that in- come taxes be raised all along the man Fi i ture Tsitsihar AN ONE CAPITAL S CONFIRMED Tsitsthar Is Occupied by Japanese Troops, Mukden Reports CHINESE ARMY IS RETREATING FAST General Honjo Intends to Scatter Mah Chan- shan’s Forces TCKYO, Nov. 19.—Japan’s vie- torious troops are reported to have swept through Anganchi, across the Chinese Eastern Railway to cap- nad are pursuing the retreating enemy north toward Koku Shan Chen, 150 milas from Tsitsihar, a Rengo correspondent at Harbin reported. Neither the Japanese Foreign of- fice nor the War office made the announcement regarding the cap- ture of Tsitsihar although Mukden advices said Gen. Honjo' head- quarters confirmed reports the Jap- | anese entered the city today and it is authoritatively stated the Japa- nese will hold the city until Gen. Mah Chanshan's army is scattered S0 widely there will not be any chance that another attack can be Ppossible. REPORTS ARE CONFIRMED LONDON, Nov. 19.—Dispatches received by London newspapers to- day from Tsitsihar, via Mukden sald Japan's army began formal occupation of that city today. Earlier dispatches indicated that only Anganchi was captured and the Japanese were on the outskirts of Tsitsihar. Then the advance guard was reported to have en- tered the outskirts of the walled city of the Provincial Capital dur- ing the night. Yesterday's casualties are report- ed to have 300 Japanese and 4,000 Chinese. It is also reported in dispatches received here that Chang Chi Hui, Governor of Harbin, friendly to the Japanese, has declared independ- ence for Hel Ling Kiang Province and set himself up as the Prov- ince's Governor. American Ambassador Dawes, in Paris, continues private negotia- tions with members of the League of Nations Council in an effort to effect peace moves. Observers predict China is ready to invoke the Nine Power Treaty to guarantee China's administra- tive integrity. It is said China is dazed by the offensive against Gen. Mah Chanshan. FIGHTING CONTINUES LONDON, Nov. 19. — Fighting continues in the Tsitsihar district according to late afternoon advices which said Gen. Mah Chanshan is directing his forces from a new headquarters at Taerha, 30 miles north of Tsitsthar. GOING TO MANCHURIA NANKING, Nov. 19.—President Chiang Kai Shek, announces he is going to Manchuria immediately. “I must fulfill my duty and obli- gation and prove my loyalty to my country,” the President said. He did not make any announce- ments of his plans on arrival in Manchuria, PERSHING IS IN HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, 19.— Gen. John J. Pershing entered a local hospital this afternoon for treatment for a slight cold. He is in no danger, it is said, but his en- tering the hospital was advisable because of the present foggy and | chilly weather. dia and he said he believed that HUNDRED PIECES after slaying Mr. and Mrs. Russell|fOr the coming year will be about |line with a big boost centered on S Wilson, former Texas Aggie grid star, now coach of Allen acadamy, Bryan, Texas, believes in comfort while he golfs. Forgettting his football worrles, Wilson recently engaged in a golf match with W. O. Alexander, an Allen instructor. After a few holes Wilson's shoes began to pinch his feet, whereupon he played the re- mainder of the round in his stock- amendment giving votes to women. pale pink. The skirt is tiered and the eton jacket has elbow length sleeves. With it Miss Paul wears the large amber pendant ' which the suffragists presented her fol- lowing the passage of the suffrage ——— P Mrs. A. F. Parker of Gustavus country will return to a silver basis | with a consequent beneficial influ- | ence in the price of the metal. t ——eo———— MILK MAKES HEALTHY FAT LONDON—Milk doesn't put on fat like beer, according to Sir Wil- liam Willcox, Medical Adviser to successfully underwent a surgical ing feet. E2 won the maich. operation this morning at 8t. Ann’s IpospitaL. f the Home Office. “Fat given to the body by milk is healthy fat,” he says. \ FORM NEW FROCKS PARIS, Nov. 19.—8kirts of a 'hundred pieces are the latest whim- sy in the mode for the jeune fille. Dancing frocks, designed with diag- onal hip lines, have fine accordion pleated skirts, the fold of each plea being a separate seam. The advantage of the many pieces lies in the fact that they prevent the pleating from losing its lines, Scheideger. She had spurned his attentions. —— INDIAN RELICS GIVEN MUSEUM QKLAHOMA CITY — Souvenirs of the late Alice Robertson, szcond Congresswoman, have been pre- sented .to the Oklahoma Historical Society. The collection contains valuable Indian relics. $5000,000. Economies introduced prior to in- creased tariff rates accounted for | the lesening of the expenditures |Col. Ohlson said. | The increased rates were effective only from May 15 to June 30, of the past fiscal year. | et The swell-head germ is no- body's fool He always manages |to pick out an empty one. IC higher incomes, favoring a maxi- lying to incomes over $100,000. The recommendation for the in- crease in income taxes was made or Smoot after a visit to sury Department. His conside significant —————— Ohio produces only one half of the potatoes consumed in the State. | MINNESOTA BOOMS NUT TREES mum surtax of forty percent ap-| ST. PAUL — The University of Minnesota is urging farm organi- zations of boys and girls to kill two birds with one stone by cul- tivating nut trees. They can sup- ply the market with a food while oroducing wood products. e it Five pair of twins are enrolled in West high school of Columbus,Q,