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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5926. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932. LINK MELLON WITH DEAL IN OIL AND LOAN Concession in Colombia Granted Soon After Money Given Country | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14— Secretary of Treasury Mellol mname was linked today with testi-' mony involving the granting of an | oil concession by Colombia to an| American concern, immediately fol- | lowing a large loan which was! made was made by American bank- ers to that country, while the Sen- ate Finance Committee was seek- ing information from the State De- partment which might tie the two transactions together. | Representative Patman, in im-| peachment efforts, charged Mellon| influenced the loan. Bankers Implicated Testimony before the Senate Committee brought out that the State Department sought to influ- ence American bankers to make a loan to Colombia. The Committee wast told the Barco Oil Concession was granted the South American Petroleum Company, in which the yMellon-owned Gulf Oil Company, was largely interested, on June 20, 1931. The loan was made ten days later. Documents Demanded Senator Johnson, of California, demanded the State Department documents relating to the transac- tion be placed in his hands. Offi- cials offered to give them to him, in confidence. Johnson refused to accept them that way. Representative Patman quoted a letter from a South American, un- mamed, saying President Herrera, of Colombia, announced publicly Simplify Arms Cut and Curb the Experts, Lady Rhondda, British W oman Leader,Urges By EDWARD STANLEY LONDON, Jan. 14, — Keep a close eye on the experts!” is Lady Rhondda’s slogan for the next dis- armament conference. Lady Rhondda is a viscountess, but she doesn't let the title dull her interest in her fellow man and his world. Owner of a rich fortune, she has a restless energy and a mind that works on decidedly liberal lines. She sits on the boards o fdirectors of many concerns and actively edits her lively weekly, “Time and Tide.” She sheds none of that aura of busy - ness common to so many women who mix in public affairs. Calm and in her forties, she re- minds one in some ways of an American woman executive. Has Bobbed Hair Her hair is bobbed, brushed back, and she smiles quickly with a gen- erous mouth. Sometimes she thinks with her eyes shut; again she clasps her hands about her knee. {Her eyes are blue-grey; her speech concise, rapid, quiet and pleasant. Sitting beside a wide, reasonably tidy desk in her Bloomsbury office, with a bay of big, black-framed windows at her back, you know that she is running her own show, with a sure hand. Allin all, Lady Rhondda probably is the outstanding woman in Eng- land, and she is afraid the next disarmament conference may turn out to be just another old time week for the experts. Vigorous Act “What needs to be done is some simple, vigorous act that the ordi- nary person can understand,” she said. “Let each naiton agree to re- duce its armament budget by a minimum of 25 per cent.” (She ex- that Mellon would assist in credit extension if petroleum difficulties were settled. REPARATIONS CANCELLATION cepts nations totally disarmed.) “That 25 per cent cut would be ef- fective, something that everybody would understand. “Then let the experts battle it out as to how the rest is to be spent. I Disarmament Favored “The world’s present condition is all in favor of disarmament. Na- tions realize the need for cooper- ation, that we are closer together than ever before and that a shock in one part of the world has an al- most immediate reaction in all the other parts. It wants security and IS ADVOGATED Mussolini Advises Europe Not to Pay War Debts —Aimed at U. S. MILAN, Italy, Jan. 14—Premier Benito Mussolini has advised Eur- cpe, in an article in his news- paper Popolo d'Italia, to cancel yeparations as the first step to the world’s economic recovery. The article is not signed but it is known to be from the Il Duce’s pen. The article further said this can- cellation would undoubtedly leave the United States in such a posi- tion, it would have to follow suit by cancelling war debts. Death of Two Trappers Laid to Foul Play FORT RESOLUTION, N. W. T, {chance, T believe. stability. “Governments want to save money, and reducing armaments is an economy satisfying both re- ality and morality. “Furthermore, we all have made our promises, starting with the peace treaties. If we do not now make some real step toward dis- armament, in fact, how can we expect the defeated nations not to demand their right to re-arm? “And, if the world once more be- comes an armed camp, there is only one answer. Last Chance “This conference is our last If it is turned over from the start about what size with their quarrels about what size guns on what kind of ships each nation may have, I think it will Equally important, Lady Rhond- da feels, is an understanding, an Jan. 14—Foul play was hinted in|agreement between nations on a the death of Jan Olsen and Emil{medium for world exchange. Bode, two well-known barren land| “We must have in the next few trappers, who were found dead at|months e world meeting to con- their camp on the Thelon Rnver |sider an international currency that in the vicinity of Granite Falls, about 150 miles east of Fort Reli- ance. They were found by Clark Croft, another trapper who sent word out by Indians to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Fort Reliance. Tisen and Bode left Reliance dur- | ing March of 1930 for their trapp- ing grounds, taking with them two years’ supply of food and cloth- ing. It is stated they must have died about a year ago. Cause of death is unknown, but is safe and workable. “International control of currency is impossible without international control of tariffs. As long as there are these barriers between nations they will breed the war spirit—and we shall repeat and repeat this dismal cycle of war and depres- sion.” —————— CHAMPAGNE BIEGE SMART FOR PARIS—Champagne biege is al- SPRING it could mnot be starvation for ready forecast as one of the smart- plenty of food and clothing were est colors for spring wear. Some found in their cache, a short dis- of the newest blouses and frocks tance from the tent in which they |now being shown in fashion houses were found dead. -are of a soft creamy biege. Cardinal Asks Temperance Societies to Reorganize PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Jan. 14.|perance or ‘fotal abstinence socie- —Expressing his belief that there |ties, and hence the practice of is as much drunkenness now as be- (giving pledges against the use of fore prohibition, Cardinal Dough- | intoxicating liquors to our boys erty asks revival of total abstin-|and girls was thought unnecessary ence and temperance societies. “Unfortunately, Prohibition has “When the law of prohibition had [not performed the miracles that been passed,” he said at a recep- |had been expected. ~ADY_RHONDDA® ROOSEVELT DID NOT SAY AL'S ROTTEN Governor Says Man Who Quoted'Him Saying Smith Was Rotten Is Liar ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 14—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt today labeled as a ‘contemptible liar” the person who circulated the report that he had called former Gov. Alfred E. Smith a “rotten Governor.” This remark was attributed to Gov. Roosevelt. in..a. weekly..maga- zine by an anomyous Author. (Editor's Note.—Collier's is the weekly magazine referred to in the foregoing Asociated Press dispatch. The remark was printed in a recent issue of the magazine's “Gentleman at the Keyhole” page.) DEMOCRATS WANT $1,500,000 QUICK CHICAGO, Jan. 14—The need for a war chest of $1,500,000 if the Democratic Party is to hold the increased gains made since 1928 was stressed by Jouett Shouse, CHariman of the Democratic EX- ecutive Committee, at a luncheon of the Party's Illinois “Victory ‘Committee.” Shouse said that refnarkable re- sults had been achieved through Chairman John J. Raskob of the National Committee since last elec- tion. The balance of the deficit of the last campaign is now about $445- 000. It has been cut materially since the first of the year. COAL DIGGER IS CONVICTED, MURDER TRIAL Second Guilty Verdict Re- turned by Jury in Ken- tucky Mine Case MOUNT STERLING, Kentucky, Jan. 14—William Hightower, Har- lan County labor leader, has been convicted of a murder conspiracy by a Circuit Court jury and sen- tenced to life imprisonment, the same as given to William Jones, Secretary of the Miners' Union at Evarts, of which Hightower was President. Hightower is 77 years old and for 40 years has been a coal digger. He heard the verdict without emotion. The trials of Hightower and Jones followed the clashes at Evarts in which four men were killed. High- tower and Jones, with others, were tion in his honor tendered by “If the total abstinence and tem- charged with plotting the deaths of a Deputy Sheriff and mine guards in furtherance of attempts to unionize the Kentucky coal fields. — Ford Not Interested in Muscle Shoals Project, Son Tells Committee WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 14— Edsel Ford told the House Military Committee this afternoon that his REORGANIZATION| OF BIRD BOARD IS CONTEMPLATED Hyde Announces Plan to Revamp Advisory Board on Migratory Birds WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. #4.— The Advisory Board under the Mi- gratory Bird Treaty Act will be re= organized in the immediate future, it was announced by Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, in whose department the administra- tion of migratory wild fowl rests. The aim in the projected reor- ganization will be twofold. The United States has been'ten- tatively divided into ten groups from which a majority of the mem- bers of the Advisory Board will be selected. Appointments will be made on the basis of recommenda- tions from State conservation of- ficials. Members at large will be appointed. The new plan contemplates giv- ing sportsmen of the nation and conservation interests wider repre- sentation on the Board. It is also sought in this manner to obtain a larger measure of local co-opera- tion and enforcement problems. It is believed both ends can be reach- ed through direct regional repre- sentation which will give each sec- tion a representative on the board. The Advisory Board, which is provided for by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, recommends to the Department of Agriculture regula- tions for the protection of migratory wild fowl. A similar body advises authorities of the Dominion Gov- ernment of Canada in its admin- istration of the migratory birds. - e SEEK NEGRO FOR MURDER OF 2 WOMEN Wealthy Sports Woman, Maid, Beaten to Death —Suspect Arrested ‘WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 14— A quick search of all possible hiding places yielded the pelice one prisoner apparently answering the description of anegro ex-con- vict as the suspected slayer of Mrs. Agnes Boeing ITlsley, wealthy sports woman. Mrs. Ilsley and her maid, Mina Buckner, aged 60 years, were found beaten to death in the Iisley cottage at Middleburg, Virginia. ‘The arrested man gave the name of Melvin Crawford. The negro sought is known as George Craw- fird. A cut on one hand of the seized man, freshly bandaged, is considered a possible link. He was captured at a Mission Shelter. Evidence indicated Mrs. Ilsley put up a terrific struggle. COLD WEATHER IN TWO STATES Below Freezing Tempera- tures in Oregon, Wash- ington, Also Snow SEATTLE, - Jan. 14. Storm warnings have been issued from Marshfield, Oregon, to Tatoosh, ‘Washington, after 24 hours of be- low freezing weather which has extended, with snow, over almost all of Oregon and Washington. Zero 'weather is reported in Okanogan County, Eastern Wash- ington. It is 27 degrees above zero at 4 Snow fell heavily in Olympia, Seattle, Bremerton and the Gray's Harbor section. Catholic Priest Finishes Poem of 25,000 Verses CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 14—Dante was a man of brevity compared to the Rev. Father George Blatter, Chicago poet. Father Blatter, former pastor of a Catholic church here, has com- pleted a 25,000-verse poem dealing with the after-life, according to word reaching here from Rome. ‘Where Dante’s “Inferno” recount- was Mary Pickford and Maurice C! and the famous Maurice. HOLLYWOOD, California—Among the first to greet Douglas Fairbanks home from his European jaunt Left to right are Mrs. Chevalier, Mary and Doug, hevalier and wife. 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY Chevaliers Welcome Fairbanks Home HOOVER MAY PICKDEMOCRAT FOR JUSTICE Senators Walsh of Montana and Bratton of N. M. Being Considered WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 14— President Hoover may appoint a tice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the Supreme Court, and i he does the appointment may go to Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana or Senator Sam G. Bratton of New Mexico, who have been recom- mended for the position by Senator George H. Moses of New Hamp- shire and Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Republican Senate leader and Republican whip, res- pectively, The names of OCircuit Judges George T. McDermott of Topeka and Arba 8. Valkenburg of Kansas City have also been mentioned. ——e———— STOCK PRIGES HOLD STEADY, BULL MARKET Early Advances of Many Issues Lost During Afternooon Trading NEW YORK, Jan. 14. — Rails| saved the day for the bulls and most of the brisk early advance was lost this afternoon, but rails| came up in the final dealings. A! few stocks closed about one, tol three points higher although most of the changes were narrow. The| turnover was about 2,000,000 shares. The closing tone of the market was ! steady. Eastman, which had been up four points, closed less than two higher. | Other issues up one to three points included New York Central, | Union Pacific, Santa Fe, New Hav- en, Baltimore and Ohio. Tobaccos were firm. American Can and American Telephone and Telegraph finished up about one point. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Jan. 14.— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 64%, Anaconda Copper 12, Bethle- hem Steel 22%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 4%, General Motors 24%, International Harvester 26%, Ken- necott Copper 12%, Packard Motors 5, United Sates Steel 44%, Bunker Hin 24 ——eo——— Ruth Is Given Contract; Sent Back Unsigned ® NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Babe @ ©® Ruth has received a one year © contract calling for $70,000, a ® reduction of $10,000. The con- tract has been sent back un- No Women for Jurors, Foshay Case Eleven Men Are Tentative- ly in Box for Mail Fraud Trial The only woman drawn for exam- ination as a juror at the second trial of W. B. Foshay and H. H. |excused yesterday afternoon, leav- ing eleven men as tentative se- |lections. The woman, Mrs. Jeanette Franz, {of Springfield, Minn., objected to {leaving her five children for an indefinite period. ———————— PUBLISHERS ARE CALLED MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, Jan. 14— | NOMINATIONS OF 2 JUDGES ARE OPPOSED Protests Against Wilker-| son, Mackintosh Filed | with Committee WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 14— Two judicial nominations made by Democrat to succeed Associate Jus-|Henley, on mail fraud charges, was | President Hoover are facing pro- tests before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The nominations are those of Judge James Wilkerson, of Illinois, advanced to the Circuit Court, Sev- enth District, and Kenneth Mac- | kintosh, of Washington, named as a member of the Circuit Court,| Ninth District. Chairman Norris, of the Senate EXTRA SESSION OFLEGISLATURE CALLED BY JUDD Hawaiian Lawmakers Meet Monday to Investi- gate Situation ANOTHER CASE OF ASSAULT REPORTED Series of Attacks on Wom- en, then Murder, Causes Tense Issue HONOLULU, H. L, Jan. 14.—After calling a special session of the ‘Territorial Legislature to consider the crime situation in Honolulu, Gov. Lawrence M. Judd has turned to defending himself against Con- gressional blame for partial re- | sponsibility in the present state of | affairs, A new cas: of an attempted as- sault has attracted attention. Phil- ander Gray, aged 31, a Texan, has been arrested, officers said, while struggling with a Portuguese wom- an, aged 21. She has preferred charges against Gray. Extraordinary Session ‘The Legislature is called to meet in extraorfiinary session on next Monday for primary consideration of the proposal to change the law and permitting the reorganization of Honolulu's Police Department which has been widely criticised as inefficient. A series of attacks on white wom= en culminated in an assault on Mrs. Thomas H. Massle, wife of Lieut. Massie, and further publicity gained after the murder of Joseph | Kahahawai, one of the youths | charged with the assault, but freed | by a jury which could not agree. Near-Reign of Terror It is said the near-reign of ter- ror has caused the cancellation of many tourist bookings this winter and a special committee of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce had a conference with Gov. Judd regarding the situation. The situation hac also been dis- Judiciary Committee, said protests!cussed at ‘Washington, D. C., by the jare pending against the nominees Department of Justice and also but he would not disclose their na- by the members of Hoover's Cab- ture. He said the usual procedure inet. It was announced that At~ |of appointing a subcommittee for torney General Mitchell was econ- consideration of the nominations, sidering sending a special in- | sociation. will be followed next Monday. FIND HERESS | BULTY; BIVEN PRISON TERM Helen _]oymrgan Con- victed of Killing Me- HARSH NAME Publicity Man of Fox Studios Dismissed— $49,000 Suit LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 14—| Claiming he was dismissed as the | outgrowth of differences with aj Fox Studio efficiency man which began with a disagreement over en- tertainment given for Mrs. Dolly | Gann, Vice-President Curtis's sis-| A ter, Joseph Johnson, former official | chanic Sweetheart of the studio, has filed a suit| e against the studio for $49,000. | _ FLINT, Michigan, Jan. 14—Helen Hostilities resulted particularly JOy Morgan, 27-year-old heiress, over a $3,200 -expenditure for en- has been convicted of second de- tertainment of the wives and mem- ' 8ree murder for slaying Leslie Cas- bers of the National Publishers' As- |teel, her garage mechanic and sweetheart. She has been sen- Johnson said the efficiency man, tenced to 20 to 25 years. vestigator here. Gov. Judd is preparing a full report to be submitted to Secretary of Interior Wilbur. —ell e HOOVER'S HAT IS IN 6. 0. P. RING FOR 182 Postmaster - General An- nounces President Can- didate, Renomination ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 14— Postmaster General Walter F. D. E. McIntyre, declared the ex- Casteel was shot to death on a! penditure was unnecessary remark- lonely road near a cemetery. The, ing: girl told the police she shot him| “, far as. the publishers are 85 she struggled for possession of! concerned they are a lot of ——— |2 Pistol with which he had threat- Brown today formally announced that President Hoover is a candi- date for renomination by the Re- publican National Convention. Mr. who go out and pan out of everything we d CONTROL OVER AIR LINES OF U. $.1S SOUGHT Bill Introduced Provides Same Regulations as for Railroads ‘'WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14— An attempt to bring the air lines of the United States under same control as regulates railroads has been started in Congress. A bill to place the aerial trans- port service under the Interstate Commerce Commission has been introduced by Senator Sam G.| Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico. Senator Bratton's bill would in- voke not only coordination of air commerce Wwith the rest of the transportation systemas a national objective but also declares for main- tenance and development of light- !ened her. [Firestone Tire Plans | Greater Coast Output, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 14— |Production of the Firestone Tire| | & Rubber Company plant here was ! ,greater in 1931 than the preceding year and the daily output will be| Ilncreflsed from 6,000 tires to 8,500 beginning February 1, R. Cope, ’geners.l manager, announces, U Brown said that local conditions in each state would determine the methods of entering the President’: name in the race for deisgaics. — $12,000,000 FOR INDIANS ‘WASHINGTON —The appropria- tion for Indlan education in 1931 was more than $12,000,000; more than for the appropriation for the whole Indian service 10 years ago. It represented 42 per cent of the entire Indian appropriation. NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Almost lany day now Clarence D. Cham- berlain will be scooting into the air in an attempt to prove furnace loil can make airplanes go places !in a big way at little cost. An announcement from Wash- ’ingnon that the National Aeronau- jtic Association had sanctioned his |plans to set altitude and speed rec- lords for Diesel-engined planes re- |called that Chamberlain is no stranger to records. He started in 1927. With Bert ed airway, landing filelds and fly-|Acosta he set a world’s endurance ing equipment on a military basis/record of 54 hours 11 minutes and for use in time of war, 25 seconds, 'Chamberlain to Use Furnace Oil When Attempting Marks The same year he made a long- distance record in the monoplane, The Columbia, which he set down seventy miles from Berlin after a jaunt of about 3,190 miles from New York. That set another record of a sort, for in ferrying Charles Le- vine to Germany he became the first flyer to take & passenger across the Atlantic. Chamberlain, who believes that with a Diesel engine he could take six passengers to Europe at a fuel cost of $4 apiece, says aviation will