The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5901. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPANESE EXECUTE COUP AT MUKDEN; HOIST FLAG 6. 0. P, HOUSE MEMBERS OPEN FIGHT ON DRYS 65 Republicans Seek Demo- cratic Anti-Prohibi- tion Alliance WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Sixty- five Republican House members have organized to open a fight against Prohibition. They selected Congressman James M. Beck of Philadelphia to lead them in the anti-Prohibition movement. Beck was instructed to select a commit- tee to act with him in conferring with Congressman J. Charles Lin- thicum, Democrat of Maryland, us- ually regarded as the wet leader in the House. Beck and his committee will sug- gest to Linthicum the selection of a joint Democratic and Republican executive committee to handle the Prohibition affairs of both parties. This is regarded as the real be- ginning of the first serious anti- Prohibition fight in Congress since the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment. —————a—— SENATE STILL DEADLOCKED ON SENATOR MOSES 19th Ballot_—l;;'oduces No Results — Johnson Resolution Favored WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. — The Senate adjourned today after the 19th ballot failed to break the deadlock against re-electing Presi- dent -pro-tem Moses. The West- ern Republican independents today switched their votes to Senator Felix Hebert of Rhode Island. Ask for Information The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported favorably the resolution of Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Republican of California, calling upon Secretary of State Stimson to produce copies of all notes sent to and received from foreign governments relative to the Manchurian question. World Court to Wait The Foreign Relations Committee set aside the proposition of Am- erican adherence to the World Court until domestic problems con- fronting Congress are out of the way. Under Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills appeared before the Senate Finance Committee and said failure of the United States to Tatify the moratorium would do irretrievable “damage to this country. PETE OSWALD BURNED WHEN ‘GAS IS IGNITED Suffering from a severely burned left hand, Pete Oswald, part own- er of the Peterson Dairy Farm at Mendenhall, was brought here early this afternoon for medical attention. After having his burns attended to, he returned to the ranch. Mr. Oswald was brought to town by a neighbor, Dan A. Campbell, who is operating the Skuse home- stead under lease. Mr. Campbell sald the burn was received when Oswald was starting a battery-pow- er lighting system. A spark ig- nited the open gas tank and Os- wald grabbed the tank in his bare hands and threw it outside. Beulah Moody, 16, of Woodland, Northwest States in the national Chicago this month, after winning the Washington State title. five feet one inch tall and weighs 10! HEALTHIEST GIRL IN NORTHWEST Associated Press Phote Wash., represented the five Pacific health contest for farm girls at She is 8 pounds. 6.0, TO MEET AT CHICAGD ON {4TH OF JUNE Republican Convention: Will Be Larger than Heretofore WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16— The Republican National Commit- tee decided to call the National Convention fo.' the selection ot party candidates for President and Vice-President to meet at Chicago | June 14, 1932. 1 It also decided to increase the number of delegates from 1,089 to 1154. The apportionment is based on the representation in Congress for 1932 and not that which is now in session. The Southern States and California will get most of the increase in representation. Alaska will get two delegatcs:‘v’ Washington nineteen, an increase of two, and California forty-seven, an | increase of eighteen. | Chicage Wants Democrats Too | Chicago, which won the Repub- | lican National Convention, is also! bidding for the location of the| coming Democratic National Con- vention. ! e | Al Capone Tries | Beauty Treatment [ for Facial Scars! CHICAGO, 1Ill, Dec. 16.—The! Chicago Tribune says that Al Ca-| pone is going in for beauty. | It has been learned, the news- | paper reported, that he recently | took steps to obtain some paint to | hide two parallel scars across his | left cheek from which he got the | France Is Exulting Over ! Premier’s American Trip By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY PARIS, Dec. 16.—Following Pre- mier Laval's trip to the United States, France is going through a period of exultation and confi- dent nationalism. The feeling is tempered, however, by the belief that domestic business conditions counsel moderation in all things and especially suggest international cooperation. The thought of the average Pari- sian is that France has morally “come into her own” for the first time since the war, and that the world, through the voice of Wash- ington,. has finally recognized France as the leading power of continental Europe. Find American Ties It pleases the people of France that the government has finally ac- name “Scarface Al” I i | cepted the responsibility implied 1n‘ this assumed “leading nation” rec- | ognition and will courageously pro- | ceed with the endeavor to put Eu- | rope on its feet. A striking result of Laval's Amer- ican visit is the belief that when all is said and done the two coun- tries which really are “seif-suffi-, cient” are the United tSates and France. | The idea is that both will live in the last resource without de- pending upon foreign commerce be- cause each possesses the essentials | of life. French economists think . this fact establishes another practical link between the two republics| which by frequent consultation canj‘ (Continued on Page Seven) | Capital Debutante BOACHRAL —— Louise Brooks, granddaughter o Mrs. Edward Stotesbury of Phila delphia, will make her debut I ‘Washington society thiz winter. DIST, ATTORNEY 1S FOUND DEAD INPARKED AUTO Joseph Graves Found Mur- dered in Denver— Gangsters Suspected DENVER, Colo., Dec. 16.—The battered and mutilated body of Assistant District Attorney Joseph Graves was found in a parked car several hours after a stranger ap- peared at his hotel and threatened to “tear down the door” when de- nied admittance. Examination of the body by the coroner revealed that Graves had a fractured skull and broken ankle. The body was covered with welts and bruis It is believed he had been dead for at least two hours before found. The police believe Graves was killed by gangsters. He had charge of a case against E. B. Dill, ac- cused swindler, recently arrested in Chicago. o e———— McLAIN JOINS PRO TEAM ST. LOUTS, Mo., Dec. 16.—Mayes McLain, former star back at Has- kell institute, has been signed to |play with the Battery A. Gunners, St. Louis professional eleven, i| tend yesterday's Oh, Norris! What Did Alaska Ever Do to You? ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16. — Among the numerous newly introduced bills in Con- gress is one by Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, pro- viding that only one United States District Judge, only one Clerk of Court, and only one United States Marshal be left in Alaska after next July e 1 se0c00ceccccn 6. 0. P. FlBHT OVER HOOVER IN THE HOUSE Republican Con g ressman Accuses President of De- ceiving American People WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 16.— Strongly worded denunciation and severe charges against President Hoover rang out in the House to- day in the moratorium debate. The word impeachment was used when Congressman Carroll L. Beedy, Re- publican of Maine, declared that President Hoover had deceived the American people to aid Germany. Congressman Louis T. McFadden, Republican of Pennsylvania, de- clared that Beedy's statement was “unquestionably a falsehood.” Democratic House Leader Henry T. Rainey and other Democrats called the attention of the country to the circumstances that these charges against President Hoover did not come from their side of the Chamber. STOCK MARKET CLOSES WEAK; SHARES DROP List Generally Goes Into New Lows—Pressure, However, Is Light NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The stock market wobbled indecisively today until late trading when a break in American Telephone sent the list generally into new low ground.. Losses from one to four points were NUmMerous. The closing was weak. Sales today were 2,000,000 While stocks were unable to ex- rally, ressure during today's session was light. Wall Street was keenly inter- ested in the publication of the i|Stock Exchange's statistics on short sales but they were without notable effect on the market. Losses for most of the issues were not much over one point. Amerjican Telephone and Tele- graph dropped four points to 119% for the new bear market low. United States Steel sagged to a new bottom at 39% and regained a fraction. Some rails hit new lows. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 16—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 61%, Anaconda Copper 97% lehem Steel 20%, Curtis 1%, Fox Films 3, General Motors 22%, International Harvester 24, Kennecott 10%, Packard Motors 4, United States Steel 39 Australian Tobacco Crops May Be Bar to Imports CANBERRA, Dec. 16.—Sheltered behind a high tariff wall, Australia tobacco growers are making as much headway as did her rice growers a few years ago. Australia nmow produces all her own rice, and soon, possibly next year, she will cease imports of to- bacco except, perhaps, a little Vir- ginian and Turkish for blending. Last tobacco season was highly remunerative and about 30,000 acres have been planted to the Here are the twelve women members of the British overning respon- Parliament who will share in the sibilities of that august body. tive body has so man; among its members. Society Woman Fair 7Sex in of the fair sex numbered They are, left to right, seated: Mrs. N. Runge, Lady Iveagh, Duchess of Atholl, Miss Irene Ward and Miss Mary Pickford, Stand- Britain’s Mrs. H. R. Tate, o other legisla- | Ward, Mrs. 1da among them. Ex Pléror Is Lured to Great North Mrs. Edward Biddle, Philadelphia society woman, left Seattle yes- terday on the Admiral Evans for a six months trip in Alaska, in the Interior, for material for a novel. She borrowed the money to make the trip and expects to pay it back from the receipts of a novel she will write. are men and dogs bark at strangers,” she said. She is coming to Alaska, which is the place “where men The picture above shows | Mrs. Biddle testing her aim with one of two guns included in her equip- ment which she purchased in New York City. O’MALLEY GIVES NOTICE OF FISH TRAP CLOSURES Canners Must Reopen Traps Closed Last Year If They Want to Hold Them ‘WASHINGTON, (Special Corresp: misioner of Fi Malley states that he has made it plain to all inte; ed persons that the fish traps which were tempor- arily closed in Alaska in the sea- son of 1931 must cither be closed permanently in 1932 or operated by their owners. The only excep- tion is the case of traps between Luck Point and Cape Chacon. He further states that if any of the companies desire to close any traps temporarily in the season of 1932, other than those which were temporarily closed in 1931, favor- able action would probably be taken thereon. The War Department has advised that it to continue the policy of from re- Henry O’- plans in: questing the surrender of any per- mit from an Alaskan fish trap thus temporarily closed in 1931 Because of the curtailed produc- tion of the Kennecott copper mines the Copper River and North- western Railway expects to close down its 196 miles of rail operating about the middle of January to re- main idle for three months, During that period the mail will be carried between Cordova, Chitina, McCar- thy and Kennecott by airplane. Application to deliver that service | has been received by the Postoffice Department in Washington the Gillam Airways John D. Morgan and TLarry Lan, both residing at Cordova, have de- vised a plan that they believe fwould effectually relieve all future suffering caused by unemployment and destitution from old age, if it could be made effective. plan has been submitted to Dele- gate Wickersham, who in turn has referred it to Walter S. Gifford, chairman of the President's orga- nization for unemployment relief, The plan provides that all earners of both »s be compelled through the pr channels of legislation to con a small portion of their monthly wages to a fund to be known as the “Free Givers Fund.” It is contemplated that contributions would be made | as follows: those to $100 per mont from $100 to $150, 5 $150 to $200, 75 cents; from $200 to $300, $1.00; from $300 to $400, $1.50; from $400 to 500, $2.00; all over $500 to pay $2.50 per month, The professional and business peo- ple of the country to be charged according to the amount of business done each month, no class of busi- ness or political office holder to be exempt from this tax. An official of Alaska has written the Delegate, urging that some favorable action be taken on the Farm Loan Act, so as to allow farmers of the Territory to secure (Continued on Page Four) from | This | wage | Parliament ing, left to right: Lady Astor, Mrs. Helen Shaw, Miss Thelma Gazelet, Mrs. W. J. Copeland and Miss F. Horsburgh. Lady Astor is the only American-born member The women legislators were photo- graphed on the terrace of the House of Commons when they attended the opening of Parliament, MORATORIUMIS | 'NOT A PARTY - PROPOSITION \ {Democratic Policy Commit- tee Leaves it Open for Individuals WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 16— The Democratic Joint Policy Com- mittee yesterday evening deter- mined that the moratorium and questions growing out of ft was not a matter for party consideration and decided to leave it to the per- E 1 vie tic Senators in Congress. and Representatives CANNOT NCELLATION M’ADOO SAYS U, ,BUY PEACE BY C. | DALLAS, Tex. Dec. 16. — The United tSates i imply deceiving itself, said Willlam G. McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, addressing the Southern Methodist University students, if it believes |the reduction of armaments, un- less accompanied by profound ad- | justment, will end war. He said that “no effective plan of disarma- ment can be made unless Russia is taken into the family of nations.” McAdoo predicted that any effort of the United States to purchase world peace by the cancellation of war debts with a promise that the nations of Europe abolish arma- (ment would result in failure. He | continued: | “The primary cause of all wars of modern times has been economic strain that in turn resulted in fin- ncial commercial competition.” - eee BIG LEAGUERS ., Dec. 16.—Twenty | two “graduates” of the Western as- |sociation will go south with the | National league clubs next spring, a survey discloses. Nine, including Manager “Gabby” Street, are with |the world’s champion St. Louis Cardinals. — e Massachusetts is the leading pro- ducer of leather boots and shoes. FURNISHE | TOPEEKA, K NEW REGIME IS ORGANIZED IN MANCHURIA Federated State Emerges Under Supervision of Japanese RISING SUN EMBLEM FLOATS OVER MUKDEN Yush Chin Kai Deposedil Gen. Tsang Shin Yi Is New Chief MUKDEN, Dec. 16.—The Sun flag of the Chniese Nationalist Party, once hoisted over Manchuria by Marshal Chiang Hsueh Liang as a token of Manchurian fealty to the Nanking Government, has practically ~disappeared. In the place of the Sun flag is ithe Rising Sun emblem of Japan. The Chinese flag is seen only in Harbin where it is flown in conjunction with the Soviet red flag forming the emblem of the Chinese Eastern Railway. New Government A new Manchurian Federated State, under Japanese supervision, with Gen. Tsang Shin Yi, until last Monday a virtual prisoner of Ithe Japanese, as probably head, has emerged out of these changes. Tsang Shin Yi was quietly in- stalled as head of the Mukden Provincial Government yesterday in place of Yuan Chin Kali. CHINESE MAY UNITE NANKING, Dec. 16.—Split in two since last spring when the Canton ;Govnrnm(‘n‘u was formed, China | seems likely to be united following {a shakeup starting with the resig- |nation of Chian Kai Shek as Pres- |ident. He admitted the Canton faction is to take the upper hand in the coalition Government. It is believed that Canton lead- ers, many of them strong figures in China, will return here for re- conciliation. of individual Democra- | CHINESE BESEIGED | MUKDEN, Dec. 16.—Fighting be- |tween Japanese troops and Chinese irregulars continues east of Tieh- ling. | Two hundred Japanese are be- | selging about 700 Chinese inside the (village of Mahiatsai with machine Iguns but the Chinese are able to resist stubbornly because of the {strong mud wall and loopholed blockhouses. The Japanese have no artillery. They are on a bleak plain denuded of crops. The frozen earth does not permit of digging trenches and many of the Japanese are wounded. Wyoming to Mark Trail of Covered Wagon Trains CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 16. Trails followed through Wyoming by the pony express and the immi- grants’ covered wagons are to be marked with plaques, so that mod- ern travelers who speed over the same route nowadays in comfort- able automobiles can take note. A figure of a pony express rider will be embossed on each of the plaques marking the trail over which William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, and other famous pioneer mail carriers rode during the years 1860-1862. A covered wagon will be the distinctive marking on the plaques which will be placed at intervals along the routes followed by the immigrants. Possible By FRANK I. WELLER (Associated Press Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.— Prediction by Senator Black of Al- abama that a Democratic Congress will pass a Muscle Shoais bill simi- lar to the one vetoed by President Hoover last spring has renewed farm interest in the government's $150,000,000 war-time P plants. A few months ago the American Farm Bureau Federation suggested the property be taken over and op- ed by a farmer-owned and con- ed corporation provided Con- gress appropriated funds to mod- ernize it and build additional dams in the Tennessee River and its tributaries. Soon afterward it was learned |that the administration was oppos- nitrate and | ‘Muscle Shoals Legislation Watched by Farm Leaders; Operation Seen ed to the investment of more pub- lic funds, Overtures to chemical manufac= turing concerns originally interes= ted in Muscle Shoals brought the reply that they would not advance the proposed corporation the capi- tal necessary to finance the work. Building of Dam Urged The farm bureau's committee on Muscle Shoals made its report prior to the National Convention n December 7 to 9 but it did not recommend its acquisition by farm corporation unless the gov- ernment agrees to modernize and complete the system of plans IM” dams. § § Edward A. O'Nell, president of - .the Farm Bureau federation, h (Continued on Page Seven)