The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRL “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX,, NQ, HC(LISLE)DAVIS DIES OF KNIFE STAB IN SIDE Heart Collapses and| Wounded Man Falls in Death Coma FISH INDUSTRY LOSES PROMINENT LEADER| Walter Gamble Who Ad- mits Wielding Weapon Is in Federal Jal Herman Carlisle (Lisle) Davis one of the best known salmon op- erators in Southeast Alaska, died yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, at St. Ann's hospital, the result of being stabbed in the side on board his own boat, the Roedda, by Walter Gamble, Tuesday even- ing, December 22. After the stabbing, curred at Chichagof, the Roedda was brought to Juneau. Dr. W. W. Council operated Wednesday even- ing. ful, and it was thought for a time that he would recover. But in spite of all that could be done, his heart collapsed early yesterday morning and he went into a coma from which he never revived. Names of Surviving Relatives He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Winnie Davis, of Juneau, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh E. Davis of Cordova, wo cisters and four brothers. brothers: and sisters are James V. Davis of Juneau; R L Davis of Anacortes, Washington; P. H. Davis of Security Bay; Don S. Davis with P. E. Harris, Alaska canneryman, of Seattle; Mrs. Louis Lemieux of Petersburg, and Ruth Davis, who married some yeArs ago and lives in the States. There are numerous more dnstam relatives in the Puget Sound o try. which oc- The operation was success-| German-American Alliance ( | Is seems that ht!le Dan ("upxd is & better hand at fostering good will | than all the diplomats who are striving for international amity, his | latest stunt resulting in a_German-American alliance. Here is Consul William E. Beitz, of the U. S. Consulate at Berlin, with his bride, the former Fraulein Waltraut Elizabeth von (,ohrcn, daughter of the late Admiral von Gohren of the German y, shown after their mar- riage in the German capital. The bride is also a niece of General Cuno | von Steuben, head of the famous family whose ancestor assisted the American colonists in their war for independence. BLOOD FLOWS EXTENSION OF WHEN GANDHI FEDERAL ROAD . RETURNS HflME‘ AGT UNFAVORED AY, DECEMBER 28, 1931, JAPAN ANSWERS PROTESTS FROM THREE NATIONS Formal Replies Sent to United States, Great Britain, France BLAME ON CHINESE FOR DEVELOPMENTS Chinchow Maneuvers Not Against Recent Reso- lution of League TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 28. — The Japanese told the American, Brit- ish and French Ambassadors Sun- day that the Chinese should be blamed if Japan's campaign against the Chinese irregulars in the Chin- chow zone of Manchuria developed into hostilities between China and Japan. Formal replies were sent to the recent notes of the three powers which expressed apprehensicns fol- lowing reports of military opera=- tions in the Chinchow area. These replies were handed to the Am- bassadors with the public state- lmem giving Japan’s stand. The public statement explained | that Japanese action in Manchuria did not run against the League of lNa(ions‘s resolution of December 10, either in letter or spirit. The replies to the Ambassadors were not made public yesterday but they are understood to have been little more than brief formal ~|acknowledgements of the receipt of the notes from the three na- tions on the Chinchow situation. WASHINGTON'S VIEWS ‘WASHINGTO! C., Dec. 28— Any further military moves Japan makes toward Chinchow is expect- ed to produce diplomatic repereus | sions in the form of protests from the United States. This is the un- official reaction here to Japan’s notification she will continue op- GO lr’i.VWCVOMMITTEE DISCUSSES CONVENTION PLANS oY Assocriod Pre Members of the executive committee of the republican national committee shown as they met Washington to consider plans for the 1932 convention. Left to right: Robert H. Lucos of Ken 3 executive chairman of the national committee; Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, committee chairman; Mrs. A T. Hert of Kentucky, vice chalrman, and J. R. Nutt of Ohio, committee treasurer. CLUSING DOWN ' OF EXPERIMENT WORK SERIOUS Means End of Federal Co- operation in Local Ag- ricultural Development Called ‘Cutest’ BULLET TAKES | © ANOTHER LIFE MINE TROUBLE Conflict Zone Harlan, | Kentucky, Sees An- other Tragedy { HARLAN, Kentucky, Dec. 28— The one year old conflict between striking miners and mine guards cost another life Saturday when Over Sizemore, 50-year-old Deputly Sheriff and mine guard died after being shot Friday night. Virgil Hutton and Mike Hall are | That the closing of the Federal Agricultural Experiment Stations jin Alaska, indicated for next June i 30, will bring to an end all Fed- 1 | eral activities tending to agricul- i [tural development in Alaska w: indicated today by Dr. H. W. Al- PRICE TEN CENTS STREAMS ARE RISING, MANY OUT OF BANKS Heaviest Downpour Ever Witnessed Causes Flood Conditions SOUTHERN OREGON HAS HEAVY SNOW Communications Disrupted in Western Washington —Liners Delayed PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28¢—Fed by the heaviest rain falls ever witnessed in Northern California, virtually every steream and river in the upper end of the State is rising and many have already overflowed their banks cau flood conditions. uthern Oregon wa night with heavy drifts are piled high strong winds. Commuuications are disrupted i: Western Washington. A drizzling warm rain ha ed away much of the recen in the Cascade Mountains. The rain changed into snow !Idaho and Wallace has nin ches. severely snow today by in in- More Rain Threatened Off the coast, a low pressure area is brewing and threatening more rain for Western Washington and Oregon. Two vesesls due Sunday at toria, B. C., were delayed by ga The liner Melmay, from Shangha is 24 hours behind schedule, du to the gale on the Pacific Ocean Missing Men Safe James Rowan and John Collins, both of Portiand, and Olney Long, of Capitol Hill, who were overdue two days on a mountain trip in the Cascades, Central Oregon, have returned to Brietenbush Hot Springs |which they left December 19 on He was a native of Lobez ’5’*‘“‘1- Untouchab]es Attempt to chkersham Inclined to] Washington, where he was born 42 by . years ago. He is a scion of one of‘ Believe No Benefits erations toward Chinchow. !held without bond for an investiga- berts, director of the stations. Dr. | Alberts declined to comment upon & hazardous 90-mile hike. They |the ultimate results of the move, |Were practically marooned for 48 the oldest and most popular of the | pioneer families of the Puget Sound country. His great-grandfather, Hezekiah Davis, located at Dunge- ness, Clallam County, Washington, coming from the Province of On- tario, Canada, in the 1850s. Heze- kiah's brother and four sons fol- Jowed him there, and Lyle’s grand- father, a son of Hezekiah, moved to Lopez Island in the early '70s. Prominent In Washington The sons and grandsons of Heze- kiah Davis were very prominent in Clallam, San Juan, Skagit and other Washington counties. They served in important offices and the State Legislature, and were lead- ers in business, politics and other- wise wherever located. Lisle’s father was a pioneer in the salmon canning business on Puget Sound. His sons, James V. Davis, and Lisle joined him in that business, and came to Alaska with their father twenty-five years ago.| ' (Continued on Page Two) —— POISON LIQUOR CAUSES DEATH Cnly Six Arrests in New York for Intoxication in 32 Hours NEW YORK, Dcc. 28—The po- lice attribute ten deaths over the Christmas holidays, one that of a eduled to sail from here for Se-|g,) woman, to poison liquor. Arrests for intoxication were very few, only six in 32 hours. The police said this was a record as also the fact that there were no major crimes committed during the period. at Bombay | BOMBAY, India, Dec. 28.—Blood ran as Mahatma Gandhi arrived home in India from London where he attended the Round Table Con- ference. Twelve were injured in the clash taking place at the pier where a huge crowd awaited Gandhi’s re- turn and landing. About 1,000 “untouchables” car- rying black fags, gathered for an anti-Gandhi demonstration. They tried to rush the pier and dele- gations of the National Congress. The police, with the assistance of the Congress adherents finally dis- persed the attackers. Gandhi also heard the news of serious ri in other parts of India which have Stage Demonstration i | taken twelve lives during the past two days. | Makes Speech 1turn Gandhi told 50,000 white-cap- i ped Nationalists, in an open field,! he will not flinch from sacrificing wthe lives of a million people as v(he pnce for India’s liberty. ight is inevitable,” I ex- pecn nvery son and daughter of India. to contribute his or her ‘mlte” said Gandhl e BOLYANS TO LEAVE FOR MEXICO ClTY1en ‘ Mr. and Mrs. George Bolyan of 00000 that the Commission ex- | | | : | share po: In the first speech after his re-|hundred thousand dollars yearly, as Be Obtained WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28— Alaska's deleza to Congre: Judge James Wickersham, has been carefully studying the effect, if it could be accomplished, of ex- tending the Federal Highway to Alaska. present the Alaska Road Commission is expending eight hundred thousand dollars and the Forest Service nearly one mil- lion dollars yearly, in the Terri- tory. It is the opinion of some of the interested officials here that if the Highway Aot were extended to Alaska Congress would consider the needs of the Territory and the sum now being expended, and time the sum appropriated might not exceed the amount now being received, while the Territory would be compelled to contribute as its ly from three to five well as all costs of engineering ex- penses and all maintenance of roads after they had been con- structed through the joint efforts |of the Federal government and the ,the present Congress Territory. The Delegate has been advised not to open the matter in because of |the general inclination to decrease all appropriations. ‘The amount |agreed upon by the Budget for the | Alaska Road Commission for the suing year is $650,000 and it 11 require considetable effort to have the sum increased to the Juneau have booked passage on pects to get. the steamship Admiral Evans, sch-| |attle this evening. After a brief stay in the Puget Sound metropo-| | matter at lis, Mr. and Mrs. Bolyan will to Mexico City where they will| sojourn for the benefit of Mrs. Bolyan’s health. They plan to re-| turn to Juneau in about six m')mh\ 80| Criticism of Authorities of Federal Reserve Made by Senate Sub-Committee WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28.— Sharp criticism of Federal Reserve authorities on the ground they failed to act promptly to prevent a recurrence of the stock market panic in 1929, came from the Sen- ate Banking Subcommittee. This criticism was coupled with the as- sertion that intensive participation of banks in the securities market exaggerated business fluctuations and undermined economic stability. The report assailed the | [ \ i | \ Interested officials in the nation- | have advised Judge not to open up the 'n, time, Dwor('os to Be Granted in One Day Lcmslalu . of Chihuahua, Mexico, Aids Mis- mated Couples capital ‘Wickersham EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 28—Law- “Very|vers in Juarez, Mexico, have been significant and mischievious infla- o informed that the Chihuahua Leg- t\oxtll “m“ od” and asserfed no in-'jgature has passed a bill permit- | vestigation was launched by the ting a divorce in one day when | Federal Reserve authorities with 2 ;.1 hyusband and wife appear and view of controlling in the future. Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, a Democrat, member of the com- mittee, made no definite recom- agree. Attorneys pointed out that trav- ellers seeking a divorce, may cross the line from El Paso and dissolve mendations but pointed the Way ipneir bonds between trains. for remedial legislation which he The minimum previous time was expects to introduce at the present |4 weeks. Usually six months ssesion of Congress. are required. Act | at this| TROOPS CONCENTRATING MUKDEN, Dec. 28—Heavy con- centration of Japanese troops in the region of Yingkow lead ob- servers to predict a major Japan- ese offensive toward Chinchow, the last stand of the Chinese forces |in Manchuria. A considerable number of rein- | forcements have arrived from Japan now bringing the Japanese in Man- churia up to approximately 20,000 men. The exact number of soldiers is, however, guarded but it is said Japan no longer considers itself bound to keep the total below the treaty figures of about 16,000. Troops Are Stationed | Three battalions of infantry and one battalion of artillery are re- ported stationed at Tien Chaung |Tai and others are already at | Yingkow or on the way. | Four thousands Chinese are re- | ported entrenched a few miles from | Tien Chaung Tai. FORCES ARE ON MOVE MUKDEN, Dec. 28. — A strong Japanese force moved from Ying- kow along a branch railway line |toward Kowpang Tia to capture the town of Tawa, a Chinese armored train out of the way with bombs from the air. opened the way through scattered forces of the Chinese irregulars so the infantry could follow through and mop up. The fight lasted several hours with the Chinese in flight. The Japanese captured Tawa |after a two-hour battle with the defenders. L RETURNING TO STATES Private First Class Alex H. Soko- loff wil leave on the Admiral Evans ‘this afternoon enroute to his sta- tion near Spokane, Washington, to ‘resume his duties as chief radio operator. He has been visiting his parents here for several weeks. Sokoloff will visit in Seattle for several days. While here he prac- tically arranged for a weekly sched- ule with local amateur stations. after blasting | As the fight went on, the calavry tion. I Accounts of the shooting varied but indicated Hutton and Hall were distributing pamphlets calling upon the miners to rally on Sunday. Sizemore protested and was shot. Four deputies, a commissary clerk and three miners have b«‘n o killed since last May. More Lh’m 30 miners are under murder indict- FED R ments. One miner has been sen- the appointed personnel back to |the port of debarkation :in the tenced to life, on freed and trials of others were slated to start lO- day. Senate Committee Proposes states. Eight appointed employees : and between 30 and 40 laborers | Increase Over House Wil be affected by the order. i Measure | Dr. Alberts said that with no ap- i | Associated Press Phote | PUt in Tesponse to questions gave | hours by henvy PO Catherine Calhoun was chosen ag S0me of its immediate effects. the “cutest” girl student In Wom.| He said he had received official an's college at Montgemery, Ala, |notice from Washington that no her home tawn. provision had been made by the Bureau of Budget for any appro- priation to continue the work be- yond the current fiscal year. Many Emplyees Affected The notification, Dr. Alberts said, contained the information that on June 30, 1932, the property of the stmons including experimental |livestock, will be transferred and |sold, and the stations closed. Pro- |vision will be made for returning TO CALL GENERAL STRIKE HARLAN, Kentucky, Dec. 28. Final plans for a general strike in Harlan and Bell Counties, start- ing January 1, were made at a National Miners' Union mass meet- ing Sunday at Wallins Creek. > —— DIED NATURAL, NOT SUICIDE Vancouver Girl's Death in propriation available, the Stations at Matanuska and Sitka, and the sub-station "at Lignite where the yak experiments have been ducted for several years would be closed. Tt would, of course, also entail the abandonment of the headquarters office and research | (Continuea or Page Three) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28 A House bill to increase capitali- zation of Federal Land Banks by $100,000,000, would be increased to $125,000,000 under a Senate Bank- ing sub-committee decision report- ed today. The added amount specially earmarked for would be granting con- | CULBERTSON'S SIDE RUNS UP HEAVY MARGIN iIn 95 Rubbers Hace Won 54 and Piles Up Lead of 17,090 Points NEW YORK, Dec. 28—Ely Cul- bertson and Theodore A. Lightner | today had a margin of 17,090 points |over Sidney S. Lenz and Oswald |Jacoby in their contract bridge | marathon, after having won the final two sessions last week played |at the Waldorf Hotel. Ninety-five out of the scheduled lao rubbers had been played to- day. The Culbertson team has won 54 and Lenzs 41 rubbers. Seattle Probed by City Official SEATTLE, Dec. 28—Miss Leila Curtis, a Vancouver, B. C, girl, probably died as the result of natural causes on Christmas morn- ing in a hotel here, City Autopsy Surgeon P. C. West announced efter an examination of the body Surgeon West said he found the condition of her he 5o bad that he would not inqu further. It was first believed Miss Curtis had taken her own life in despond- ency over the death, seven months ago, of her fiance. — e MORE WORK; L ‘WASHINGTON.—All to growers increased nearly 11 per cent is year their yield is estimated at about the same as in 1930 w average prices about 30 cents a bu postponements on mortgage in- stallments due from farmers. ‘The Senate’s passage of the measure is certain. It is designated to strengthen land banks, thus fa- cilitating credit for farmers. - ROBBER KILLS PAL; ACCIDENT Stray Bullet Ends Life of Bandit in Store Hold-up PITTSBURGH, Penn., A bandit, using his pi a storeowner Saturday killed his accomplice to End War, NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—For his 40 years effort in the inte peace, Dr. Nicholas Murr has been awarded what he himself characterizes as “the highest honor that can come of any field of international —the Nobel Peace Prize for 1931. Sharing the award with him is Jane Addams, founder of Hull vho in a very quiet w says, “has given p tically her whole life in the cause of peace.” Dr. Butler, president of Columbia university, is of middle height, his MONEY ough pota- eir acreage Dec. 28— tol to club shot and as NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28—Dis- covery of a true missing link, an animal with the “foundation of a human face,” was described to the | American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science by Prof. Wil- liam Patten, of Dartmouth. The link is a tiny five-inch long skeleton found in the rocks of the | Baltic Sea. Discovery of True Missing Link Believed Made at Last pon was accidentally The robber hit M storeowner over the head wi gun and a bullet was dis: striking the man left to wate! front door of the store. J. L. Keenan, aged 21, was ar- he attempted to flee from The dead man was J. ' He is stocky, decisize in his move- ments. He talks easily, even under a barrage of question: forming long sentences of perfect con: tion with no effort. Not onl; his speech easy but if he to talk about a subject at all he outspoken. For instance, Senator Hiram Johnson proposes a legislative in- vestigation of foreign bond flota- tions in this country. Says Dr. Butler Johnson is interested only making trouble. He hasn't heard from tor a long time. Now he thinks it's time to do some- It is between half a billion and one billion years old. It has the } typical markings of certain early | prenatal development of the human |being. It is an ostracoderm, an extinct ten pin shaped fish like | ereature descendant of the giant | spiders or sea scorpions which Prof. Patten said “lived a million years |ago and were the highest mammals in existence.” is r suffered only nd. - § ASK 12-HOUR DAY OKLAHOMA CITY.—Oklahom: nurses want shorter hours. They'l be satisfled with a 12-hour day, peakers declared at a convention ‘ here, § a slight scalp w in t of world | ay Butler | hair is gray and his forehead high. | been | Vatwns M ust Keep Word Says Butler, Nobel Peace Prize Winner (thing about it.” Here are other of his opinions: “War is all over. All the nations of the world need do is keep their v&ord War is over unless nations Probably they wII demon- that backwardness rather steps. strate quickly.” Manchurian Situation “The Manchurian situation is difficult. The League has had no unified bodies with which to deal. But I have a notion it will work out the problem properly.” “Fundamental to world peace is the acceptance of the mode of thinking which looks upon a na- Ition as a moral person having not lonly its own interest to regard but a service to mankind to ren- der. “The idea that France is entirely and selfishly seeking security first is incorrect. There is a very larze body of opinions outside of Paris that believes in disarmament first. Paris is not France; New York is not America.” “And that means international cooperation in all that relates to the good order, happiness and pro- |gress of men wherever they are.”