The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931, CMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS KETCHIKAN PAIR FOUND DEAD; REPORTS CONFLICTING JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS IN BODY PREMIER QUITS WHEN POLICIES ARE CRITICIZED Gold Standard May Be Sus- pended and Embargo Placed on Gold NEW CRISIS NOW CONFRONTS JAPAN Possible Dev—el;pmenls Are Qutlined Following Cabinet’s Fall TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 11. — The Japanese Cainet has resigned as a result of criticism of its policy on foreign affairs and also its finan- cial policy. i It is believed possible that Japan might suspend the gold standard and place an embargo on gold. Three possible developments are outlined following the resignation of the Cabinet, as follows: Formation of a coalition Cabinet with portfolios distributed among both party leaders. Complete Seiyukai Ministry or a new Watatsuki Cabinet. It is unknown yet, what, if any changes, in the Manchurian policy may develop. Pending formation of a new Cab- iget, the Wakatsuki Cabinet will continue to function until a suc- ces is named, probably within 24 hours. The gencral impression of the downfall of the Government Was brought about primarily with r,he‘ purpose of forestalling a military dictatorship. | | BUSINESS GAINS BEING CREDITED T0 ADVERTISING Impressive Swing Toward Publicity by Indus- try Is Shown 1 | | | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11— Advertising and production meth- | ods have led other means used by | 358 firms in increasing their busi-| ness despite recent unfavorable factors. 1 The Department of Commerce polled scores of establishments, of oonda Copper 10%, Curtiss-Wright which eighty said advertising was responsible, while forty-nine credi- g91. ted new production methods With gennecott 10, Packard Motors 4%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 297%, As disclosed today, 254 firmssald ypiteq Aircraft 12, United States bringing increased profits. marketing methods had helped most. Increased advertising was used by twenty-nine of these; nine- teen maintained advertising sched- qules; five reported “extensive” ad- vertising; five “aggressive adverus- ing;” four “careful advertising;”| four “reduced advertising;” four-| teen reported “other methods of advertising.” Increased sales efforts helped clo thirty-seven, four increased their sales forces and five sustained vious sales efforts. > KS BIG BASS I HOO! pulled a 4%-pound small-mouthed | bass out of the Lake of the Ozarks. | Morria Towne caught a 63-pound catfish, four feet long. FRESH SELLING | PIONEERS of Alaska, monthly meeting tonight at 8 o'- pre- tion of officers for the ensuing year |the ladies of the Igloo will hold BAGNELL, Mo, Dec. 11.—H. L.'a public card party to which all Jarboe of Kansas City recently Pioneers | Human Poster of Beauiy i ANDGAMES '# Introducing the vario which will be depicted Roses, these beauties posed in ‘“human p ments of the annual New Year’s Day flowe an outdoor fect in reality and beauty presentation was made dvurinz floral classic. It's well-nigh per: HITS MARKET; PRICES LOWER Rail Shares Respond to Gossip but Unable to Continue Rally | | NEW YORK, Dec. 11—Fresh sell- | to rally the list by bid- ding up rails. The market closed heavy. were well over 2,000,000 sha Tt market pushed up stron for a time as rail shares respondes to hopeful ing effort g1, y 1 Sieels and coppers, also chemi- cals and others sold in a heavy volume during the last hour and gains were more than lost, the market closing still at another bot- tom for the bear cycle. United States Steel was off to a new bottom. Bethlehem also lost Allled Chemical and Union Pa- cific took a loss. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 11, American Can 60%, Bethlehem Steel 21%, Ana- 1%, Fox Films 3, General Motors International Harvester 25, Steel 45% >-o ELECT, THEN PLAY CARDS Members of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers will hold the regular ck in the Odd Fellows Hall at which time nomination and elec- will take place, as well as initia- tions. Following the Pioneer's session| invited to attend. S | A 12-year study course will be | afforded in a school for deaf in California. are Artist-Importer Thumbs Nose at Business, Quits NEW YORK, Dec. 11—The di- rectors of the E. M. Sergeant Com- pany, importers, had an unprece- dented problem before them—their president wanted to quit to study art! It was six years ago. Edgar Ser- geant stood before them. He was too mild of manner to pound his fist, but he was determined. He | was tired of a desk, executive orders and the wood-pulp and chemical business. Nature called for abrush and paint. . He wa s47 years old. The direc- {o:s thought they made a good“ bargain when they granted him three years' leave of absence. Three years passed and he thumbed his nose at business. Now he has opened his first one-man show at a New York gal- lery and his former directors can see for themselves that there is no chance to get him back. A collec- tion numbering twenty-nine sea- scapes and landscapes is silent wit- ness to his new career. Mr. Sergeant lives in Nutley, N. J., and he has made his fathers us sports of the forthcoming in the coming Pasadena (Calif.) ng swept the stocks today thwart- | Sales | ¢ gossip over prospects of an agreement on wages. former stable into a studio. “Besides,” he said, “I had made | enough money,” cun oming Olympic Games ournament of living announce Thi o te . China, Japan Forces Take It Easy Now Down for Winter in Manchuria Region MUKDEN, Dec. 11.—The military forces in Manchuria appear to be settling deeper into hibernation for as the League of Na- at Paris preps ties which have for many weeks. are nd major terations Japanese military disposi- in Manchuria since November Rumors the Chinese are rein- forcing the area around Chinchow lack confirmation. .- HARRY POWERS FOUND GUILTY OFONESLAYING Verdict Returned in First Case of “‘Matrimon- ial Racket” CLARKSBURG, West Virginia, Dec. 11.—Harry F. Powers was con- victed yesterday of murder in the first degree in the “matrimonial racket” for the slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, of North- boro, Massachusetts, a divorcee. The verdict carries a mandatory sentence of hanging. The jury deliberated one hour and fifty-five minutes. Powers is accused of five killings in all but he was tried on only one count. Powers chewed gum calmly as the verdict was read and showed no signs of emotion. Arguments will be made tomor- row for a new trial. Powers lured his victims under romises of rnarriage, posing as a rich man D OPERA SINGE NOW MISSING Lyric Soprano of Metro- politan Company May Have Taken Life NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Santo Bi- ondo, lyric soprano, failed to ap- pear at the Metropolitan Opera House last night. Her teacher said she had received two letters from her in which she threatened to take her life. The singer's apart- {ment was found in disorder. There is no trace of her at New Haven, Connecticut, where her husband is a tailor. He said she was de- pressed over stock losses and the illness of her father, who also lives in New Haven. | | (2 ! A-r;e;;'icans Are Awarded Nobel Prize Jane Add—aTnS and Dr. | Nicholas Murray Butler ' Are Shown Honors [ | | NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Nobel | Peace Prize for 1931 has been awarded to Jane Addams, Chicago social worker, and Dr. Nicholas ¢ Murray Butler, President of Co-) umbia University, the Consul Gen- of Norway announced. Miss Addams arrived at the Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday | for observation and possibly an operation. Her condition is not| considered serious. ' | ONE MESSAGE HELD UP AT WHITE HOUSE }Criminal Law Enforcement Views Go to Congress Next Week WASHINGTON D. C. Dee. 11— A second special message from President Hoover to Congress, one on criminal law enforcement, will| be held at the White House until| the early part of next week. The | President feels that such a message | will be more effective if delivered | later. | There is no immediate spec).l]! message dealing with railroad aid | planned, it ‘White House. RALPH CAPONE 1S IN M'NEIL PENITENTIARY Transferred from Leaven- worth Under New Gov- ernment Policy I | | ! | [ TACOMA, Wasn., Dec. 11.—Ralph Capone, brother of “Scarface” Al Capone, changed his street clothes for blue flannels and a number at the McNeil Island Penitentiary yesterday to begin serving a sent- ence of three years for Federal in- come tax evasion. Ralph Capone came to McNeil from Leavenworth as a transferred prisoner under the Government’s policy of confining convicted Chi- cago gangsters in widely separated institutions. Capone will work as a common ‘aborer until he shows he is adap- ted to something else worth a pro- motion, said Warden Finch Archer, Al Capone was also convicted on a tax evasion charge. Automobile NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The Am- torg Trading Corporation an- nounces that Soviet Russia's giant automobile plant at Nizhni Nov- gorod—a development modeled on the Ford River Rouge Plant—would begin production January 1. Quoting an article in the E nomic Review of the Soviet Union, the “announcement said the main builaings of the plant, which is des- cribed as the largest in the world ! with the exception of the Ford factory, were completed early last! month, The entire cost of construction, | UP TO EUROPE is annuonced at the| Inewspapers gave little attention to Russid | .;tro Open H fige including a workers' town con‘ain- months, the announcement said. ADJUSTMENT OF WAR DEBTS ‘Foreign Nations Must Show| | Good Intentions on | Arms Reductions AMERICAN CONGRESS TO MOVE CAUTIONSLY | 'Senator Borah Give His Views—House Demo- crats Antagonistic WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 11.-— Congress is going to wait to see| what pe does regarding dis- armament and reparations before | it listens to President Hoover's re- quest for reconsideration of war | debts. Capitol Hill leaders are distinctly cautious over the Presidential pro- posal for “temporary adjustments” of debts owed America. Up To Europe Some of the leaders are antago- nistic to the proposal, it is evident. Until Europe shows good intentions at arms reductions at the ap- proaching Geneva parley in Febru- ary and PFrance indicates how far she is willing to go in slicing Ger- man reparations, there is no hope of Congressional action on the “temporary adjustments,” Borah's Views Senator William E. Borah, Re- publican of Idaho, whose words will go a long way in the impend- ingz discussion, said: “I am not in favor of recreating the World Forelgn Debt Commis- fhe fastest things on wheels, m t| collected in this interesting exhibit colm_Campbell’s “Bluebird," holdc Sir Charles Wakefield's “Miss En in which Flight-Lieut. S All three priz “S. 6 B.. record are shown. DEMOCRATS IN THIRD L AUNCH DIMOND DRIVE Divisional Convention Starts Movement to Draft Senator I do not see evidence that urope proposes to reduce arma- ments or that she proposes to ad- just reparations upon a proper basis.” Somewhat similar sentiments were voiced by House Democrats. Reaction Abroad Hoover's message brought gener- ally favorable reaction in Germany. England and Italy, but the French A movement to draft Senator A J. (Tony) Dimond, Valdez, Democral candidate for Delegate to Congress next year, was launch- ed this ek at Seward, according to advices received today by |tional Committeeman J. J. Con- nors. The Democrauc Divisional Con- {vention, held in the “Gateway City,” beginning December 8, unan- imously adopted a resolution en- dorsing the Valdez man for the Democratic nomination and in- structing its delegates to the Terri- torial convention to be held at Fairbanks next month to act ac- cordingly. The Third Division Democrats are evidently confident that the movement will be successful. is indicated by the fact that the convention nominated James Camp- bell, prominent Anchorage business man, for Senator to succeed Sena- tor Dimond, whose term expire: next year. Had it not been fe that the latter would contend fc the nomination for Delegate to Congress, local Democrats, Mr. Connors said, believe his own Di- vision would have drafted him for the Territorial Senate for another term. The First Division will, also, have a candidate for the nomination for Delegate. Representative A. H. Ziegler of Ketchikan several weeks ago that he file his declaration, and Divisional Convention at burg re-affirmed this announce- ment. it. Parliamentary circles in London accepted the message as a sign of hope in economic difficulties of the world and the belief was expressed the message indicated the United States, while not committing itself, recognizes the debt questions lie at the root of the world economic problems. CONFERENCE TOMORROW WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11— Alarmed at the uprising against President Hoover's suggestion for reconsideration of war debts, Under Secretary Mills, of the Treasury Department, has arranged a con- ference with the leaders of both parties of Congress to go over the situation tomorrow. Senator Watson, Republican lead- er, demands a reduction of Euro- pean armaments in return for re- vision as Hoover suggested and others take the same stand. - e Boy, 14, Confesses He Is Bootlegger ‘EVANSTON, Ill, Dec. 11.—Juve- nile authorities said that Robert Roman, 14 years old, confessed he was a bootlegger. Arrested in his classroom at a grade school after liquor was found in his desk, he was quoted as saying he made wine in the basement of his home and sold it to his young friends. at of any to take idacy Mr. not endorse the ca. aspirant for the office, any such action structed its delegates to v against the ni dorsement of any Territorial Convention. e e Sigall Painting Hurley Portrait WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. A portrait of Secre! being painted by Josef S hanging in the War Deparimen with paintings of other chieftains of the department. Sigall, who has painted many in- ternational personages, inaludin former Kaiser Wilhelm and former President and Mrs. Coolidge, has st completed a portrait of Mrs. Plant on Jan. 1 ng sixty apartment buildings to house 50,000 persons, will be about $154,000,000. The plant has an an- nual production basis of 70,000 trucks of the Ford model ‘.." type, and 50,000 passenger cars model “A* it was announced. During the first year, however, to produc- tlon is set at 70,000 c The designs for the announcement said, v Detroit, by Soviet engineers work- under a technical assistance contract with the Ford Motor Com- pany. > at the plant, the drawn at workers in 18 Thirty-five thousand comnleted the main b the world’s water-speed record; and the Vickers supermarine seaplane as| This |© announced | | would | * the | ¢ Peters- | The Petersburg Convention did!’ LY AND ETHEL DEMPSEY IN TRAGIC END Press and Official Reports Are Contradictory in Vital, Points OFFICERS AVER WAS | MURDER AND SUICIDE by 4 e Daly Leaves Note Saying Woman Drank Poison and He Shot Himself KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 11.— Helen Williams, better known as Helen Dempsey, and Jack Daly, both underworld characters, were |found dead yesterday in Daly's |apartments. They had evidently been dead several days, Daly from a gunshot wound in the head and the woman from poisonin~ Daly left a note, dated last Sun= which said the girl took on and he would shot himself because he believed he would be blamed for her death. Daly also wrote he had been accus:d of many things he was not guilty of and supposed he inforth broke the world’s air speed Would be accused of the girl's mur~ e-winners are shown at the Londom der if he lived. | | he water and above the eartn were of three speed champions. Sir Mal- or of the world’s land speed record; d 11,” in which Kaye Don broke motor show OFFICIAL REPORT CONTRARY An o report on the Ket- chikan gedy reccived today by TUnited States shal Albert White did not agrez in vital essentials with the press report received by The Empire, Marshal White aa- nounced he had been advised by his Chief Deputy at Ketchikan, W. H. Caswell, that Daly had shot the woman and then committed cuicide himself by drinking lysol. Deputy Caswell's telegram said: “Jack Daly and Helen Williams, 1i Dempsey, found dead in y's house on Barney Way, evi- dently been dead since December 6, - last time either of parties were WAEHINGTON, D. C,, Dec. 11.— seen. An investigation by Judge Almost under the windows of the Arnold and our office shows con- White House, an erstwhile aide to clusively that it was murder and Precidont Hoover has set up an suicide, Daly having killed the | ora ion seekinz to defeat his woman by shooting her with a .32 ,renomination by the Republicans. autcmatic, and later drinking six |In charge of the movement is Hor- ounces of lysol. Walls and furni- |ace Mann of Tennessee whose di- ture bespattered with blood indi- jrecting work in Southern States cating a struggle. Daly left a long had much to do in swinging big note claiming suicide pact but this chunks of Dixie into the Republi- office has positive evidence of can fold. He established headquar- murder and suicide.” ters yesterday iming a Nation-| An inquest was to have been wide organization thoroughly held by Judge Arnold this after= grounded. noon. —_—————— Mann the movement had | b2en mont! in preparation. ThE‘TuRNAn 2) real strnegth of machine is not known, Mann will not s and Senator| Iwo Children Are Blown Hiram E. Johnson of California are : | mentioned as t\/‘illl“ organiz | ‘rom Thc,r HO[:ne Into Distant Field (tion’s probab! sidential s tions. Senator Johnson is believed | |to be the real choice TEXARKANA, Arkansas, Dec. 11. —Two persons were killed, three seriously injured and several hurt -~ | lN_ Y. Employees Get when a tornado struck north of + | here early this morning. The tor- Expense Sheet Cuts nado was followed by a downpour — - { rain. FORMER HOGVER MAN ORGANIZES T0 DEFEAT HiM [Horace Mann, Southern Hoover Leader in 1928, Opens Headquarters 1 ive the names , nor pick out the ! the organization | will support. He says the organiza- tion is composed of | Gov. Giffo; | dor Cha; ALBANY, zer can Dec. 11.—No | the state accounts waltresses are known to have d. Two children of onz ere blown into the field, | to far from the house. lana por | Comptroller "l.l Tremaine pressing, m found in the wreckage of cabin. All injuries were® r one: h j th jUi uted States Incomes Are Cut Seven Billion Dollars | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.— | come |The nose dive performed in from dividends of domestic 1930 | corporations dropped to four bil= by the nation’s taxable individua!!lions from four and half billions. omes amounted to n | Deductions for business losses 'n billion dollars. FPreiiminary |roughly doubled over the preceding of the Internal year to about a billion and a quar- shows the result while deductions for donations vidual income t 7.~ dropped about $100,000,000. 53,620, or 20.12 pe: below | Net profit from real estate and irities were about three quar- s of a billion, against two and cent number of those with in-|ter comes above half a million was cut a quarter the previous year. from 1471 to 460. | Pinal figures for 1929, issued yes- Thote getting more than $1,000.- terday, placed the total net income 000 dropped from 540 to 149, | for that year at $24,800,735,564, Corporation incomes shrank from | which was only -$425,000,0000 less ie 1 five billion dollars. In-'than 1928's record. }