The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1932, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5928. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AGAIN, SOUTHERN AREA PRESIDENT’S BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE REPARATIONS ISSUE COMES UP NEXT WEEK| World Leaders, SignatoriesI of Young Plan, to Meet at Lausanne EUROPE STRUGGLES ANEW ON WAR DEBTS Cancel, Revise or Let Stand Is Puzzle Before Those at Parley By REID MONFORT ‘WASHINGTON, D. C,, Jan. 16.— | To cance]l or not to cancel? To re- | vise or not to revise? These are the questions upper- most in the minds of world lead- ers as the Young Plan signatories prepare to gather at Lausanne on January 18 to consider anew the problem of intergovernmental rep- | arations and war debts. | The conference was called chiefly | #s a result of the report of the Young Plan advisory committee stating that Germany would be un- able to resume reparations pay- ments on the present scale at the | end of th emoratorium. The United | Btates will not be represented. | Some observers see justice and! others injustice in an arrangement . by which the children of children yet unborn will pay taxes to square the accounts of the world war. Britain Suggest Policy ‘When hostilitiés ehded, the Brit- §sh government proposed surrend- ering its share of Gerthan repara- tions and “writing off, through one| great transaction, the whole body | of interallied indebtedness.” Generally, a cool reception greet- ed the proposal. The late Lord Bal- four, then Secretary of Foreign| Affairs, suggested if this was not| feasible, Britain would collect from her war debtors only what she meeded to pay the United States. | That has been the English policy | since the war. | {be slaves of the state. other nationalities, or to hamper \Einstein Urges Arbitration to Insure Peace;Fixing ‘Size of Swords’ Most Ineffective By A. J. BOUMAN BERLIN, Jan. 16. — Upon the United States Prof. Albert Einstein builds strong hopes of solid and powerful aid in the “war against war” that is to be waged at the disarmament conference ‘table in ‘Geneva. The noted scientist, now in the United States on a scientific mis- sion, before he left Germany, de- scribed the League of Nations as “g debating club,” and the Hague Court of Arbitration as powerless in an article just published by the Duesseldorf General Anzeiger. Arbitration, Einstein says, should be made compulsory and the Court’s verdicts should be enforced, militarily and economically, by joint sanctions on the part of par- ticipating powers. Concession To Militarism This concession to militarism Einstein makes for the reason that {“we should only make these sacri- fices to the state when the free de- velopment of the indlvidual is en- sured thereby.” “The state exists for the citizen; not the citizen for the state,” Ein- stein says. “The same can be said of economics.” “In these troublous times one is apt to forget that the most import- ant business of the state is to af- ford protection to the individual and to give him an opportunity to develop his potentialities. “Therefore, the state should be our’ servant, and we should not “This rule is wolated by the state when it forces citizens to per- form war service—to slay men of their free developnient.” America Vs. Europe To Americans, the professor says, this is self-evident; not so to Eu- ropeans. An dhe makes a special | plea for international protection of the conscientious objector. Concerning the prospects of the| arms conference, Einstein asks: | “Shall we laugh, weep or hope?” “Imagine,” he says, “a city full; America already has made con-?o! cantankerous and quarrelsome | $iderable revision in funding agree- {people. ‘The constant danger to life ments with its debtors. “Capacity is felt by a hindrance to the to pay” has guided her in deter- proper development of the city. mining whather revision was war-| “The city council therefore is| ranted. The administration, how-|expected to remeédy ‘this situation, | ever, opposes cancellation although |{but neither the councilmen nor favorable to re-examination of the| capacity to pay. Congress is! egainst either cancellation or re- wision. France Opposes Revision | France has vigorously opposed | any revisions of the Young plan. Germany would welcome cancella- tion. | Here are some of the arguments advanced by advocates of cancella- tion or drastic revision of debts and reparations: 1. A more equitable distribution cease. of the world gold supply would be | (Continued on Page Three) ‘Alaska Pioneer Aged 80, Weds by Sweetheart, Aged 85 i SEATTLE, Jan. 16.—George retired ys, aged 85, here last |curity to any state if it is attacked Champne, Thursday night at the home | quarrelsome wof the people, and de- {more than a debating club, and the the plain citizens are willing to give up carrying swords. “After years of arguing, the council calls a meeting on ‘how long and how sharp may be the swords that our people shall be al- lowed to carry. Up To Citizens “So long as the citizens do not try to eradicate 'mutual killings by recourse to the laws, the courts, and the police, trouble will not “Ag.reemem on how long and how sharp a sword may be only bene- fits the strongest and the most livers the weaker into their hands.” “My parable is plain,” the pro- fesor continues. “We have a League of Nations and a Court of Arbitra- tion. But the League is not much iCourt of Arbitration has no means of enforcing its verdicts. “These institutions offer no se- by another. of her nmephew after a court- ship of four months. Their friendship began 16 years ago. “If this be remembered, France's refusal to disarm without security may be judged in a more reason- Reparations Picture at a Glance WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16— To get a picture of the world war debt and reparations situation it is necessary to go back to the years immediately following the World ‘War. ‘When the victors met at Versail- les they left determination of the cated financiel structure, provided for an annual yield of $625,000,000 to come from proceeds of German railways, certain customs and con- sumer taxes. ALBERT EINSTEIN able spirit than has been the case hitherto. Security Against Attack “Unrestricted sovereignty and security against attack cannot be reconciled by any artifice. ‘will it need another catastrophe before states can be persuaded to be bound by internationally recog- nized verdicts?” “In my opinion, universal mili- tary service is at the root of the moral decadence of the white races. It threatens our civilization; nay, our very existence,” Einstein says. Finally, the scientist invites the people of America to subscribe to She “follOWIIET “Whereas the signatories of the Kellogg pact have branded war as an inadmissible and dishonorable means of settling disputes, let all signatories give a solemn under- taking that none of their nationals shall be forced to do military service in any capacity against their conscientious convictions. “No ministers of religion shall be required to conduct such exer- cises as blessing weapons of war, or offering up prayers for victory. For such acts are contraly to the outlawing of war, and to the spirit of humanity.” EMPIRE EDITOR DEP ARTS ON TRIPTOSTATES John W. Troy to Return with Mr. and Mrs. Bender March 1 On a pleasure and business trip, John W. Troy, editor and manager of The Daily Alaska Empire, de- parted this morning on the steam- ship Princess Mary for Seattle. After a brief stay in the Puget Sound metropolis with his son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bender, Mr. Troy, ac- companied by them, will go to California for a few weeks' s5o0- journ. The three plan to be in Juneau about March 1, after which Mr. Bender will be associated with Mr. Troy in the ownership of The Empire, WATER HYDRANT IS BROKEN AT CORNER Apparently hit by a smashing side-swipe by an automobile, the hydrant at the corner of Fourth and Seward Street was broken off sometime during the night or early this morning. The City force found the break this morning early and In 1929 it was deemed wise to recast accounts as the Dawes plan placed no limit on the number of annual payments. The new plan, named for Owen D. Young, chair- man of the commission which framed’ it, established a Bank of International Settlements, deter- mined the total debt and reduced the annual deliveries in kind. The jmmediately started in to install & new hydrant. — TAKING VACATION Mrs. E. Kirkpatrick left on the Princess Mary this morning on a vacation trip to the States. She ON BUSINESS TRIP Charles Sabin was a passenger on the Princess Mary today en- on a business MEASURE FOR BUSINESS AID APPROVED NOW Hoover's Foremost Plan Passed by Both Houses of Congress CONFERENCE HELD . ON MINOR DETAILS No Difficulty Anticipated in Making Complete Agreement WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16— The two billion dollar reconstrue- tion finance corporation bill, the foremost and mightiest of measures proposed by President Hoover for enlivening business, passed the House last night by a vote of 335 to 55. The purpose of the bill is to in- fuse a two billion dollar credit into business channels from the Gov- ernment, supported by funds to banks and other financial insti- tutions which in turn are to pass the money on to industry, agri- culture and commerce. The bill has already passed the Senate and now goes to a confer- ence for agreement on amendments between the two Houses. Observers said there is no dif- ficulty anticipated in the confer- ence as both Houses had prac- cally adopted different means of ringing about the same results. JACK WHITE TO HURL HAT INTO Local Merchant to Run for Republican National Committeeman didacy nounced today, The cornerstone of his candidacy will be, he declared, opposition to bureaucracy, and government of Alaska by bona fide Alaskans. He is the second candidate to announce his intention to seek the keystone position of the Republi- can organization in the Territory. E. A. Rasmuson, head of the Bank of Alaska chain, now residing in Cordova, sometime ago made it known he would be a candidate. Mr. White has resided in each of the four judicial divisions in the Territory and expressed his confi- dence he will carry them all in the Republican primary next April where the selection will be made. He has lived in this division about 15 years. He was in Nome about five years and also resided in both Fairbanks and Valdez. Mr. White's residence in every part of Alaska has given him a wide acquaintance with party members. “I have been a consist- ent Republican all my life and be- lieve it is the party that will bring about the upbuilding of a great commonwealth in the Terri- tory,” he said. He was a strong candidate for appointment as United States Marshal in 1921 when the Republicans came back to power after the eight years of the Wilson Administration. other wellknown residents of the First Division contested the race with him, and an outsider, Maj. George D. Beaumont, was appoint- ed. J. J. CONNORS GOES TO DEMOCRATIC MEET To attend the Territorial Demo- cratic Convention to be held at Fairbanks January 22, J. J. Con- nors, Democratic National Commit- teeman for Alaska, departed from Juneau this morning on the steamship Victoria for Seward. Prom there he will travel over the complete the transaction of business in a few days, and Mr. Connors plans to be back home the end of this month or early in POLITICAL RING; John T. White, Juneau merchant and resident of Alaska for 32 years, will early next week file his can- for Republican National Committeeman for Alaska, he an- Two DR, ECKENER | Rain saved the Hoovers many a handshake but it didn’t damp- en the hearty ‘“Ha New Year” they extended personally to the 3,060 who did attend the annual White House reception. Above Is the line at the White House gates. Below are Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover (center) on the receiving line with their secretaries and military at- tach Associated Press Photo . HOOVERS GREET VISITORS AT ANNUAL (;PiiN -HOU’SE vy FOSHAY TRIAL 1S UNDERWAY CHARGE MADE Eleven Men Jurors, Instead of Twelve, Will De- termine Case MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 16— W. B. Foshay was yesterday ac- cused of squandering the assets of his enterprises to “gratify his van- ity,” by the Government’s prosecut- ing attorneys as the Government launched the second trial in an at- tempt to have Foshay held crim- inally responsible for the collapse of the various companies. Fred Horwitz, Government pros- ecutor, told the jury that Foshay and H. H. Henley, co-defendant, are being tried on mail fraud charges, claiming they represented securities of $20,000,000 as safe in-| vestments for many years when in fact the enterprises were operating at a deficit. Eleven jurors will decide the case. Edgar Walburn, Anoka farmer, has been excused because of a rumor he had once been employed by one of the defense attorneys. The Judge found the rumor unfounded but by agreement decided Walburn would be excused and the other eleven | men would determine the case. MINING MAN FROM ALASKA | HUNTS WAGON Search Is R—;v—arded in Ta- coma—Vehicle to Be Brought North TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 16—After diligent search, E. M. Keyes, of Fairbanks, Alaska, has found some wagons here. He wanted a wagon to haul sluice boxes and enlisted the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce to help him in the hunt. Q Yesterday, Keyes had a list of | half a dozen or more of less ser- viceable vehicles from which he hopes to select one to take back! north with him when he sails next’ Tuesday. GIVEN MEDAL | PARIS, Jan. 16—Dr. Hugo Eck- |ener, Commander of the Graf| Zeppelin, has been awarded the| /1831 medal of the International ©@0s0c®ececcccescsccsoose Japan Replies to Note Sent by Stimson ® TOKYO, Jan. 16.—Foreign ® Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa ® replied today to American Secretary of State Stimson's note invoking the Nine Power Treaty in the Manchurian conflict, by declaring the open door policy will be maintained in Manchuria. The reply was given to American Ambassador W. Cameron Forbes by the For- eign Minister, e eeeccvccsooe —— e HYDER FLODD CONTROL DKE TO BE BUILT 'Approval Is Given by War Department Following Brown’s Report WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 16— | The $53,000 flood control project to build a dike on Salmon River, near Hyder, Alaska, has been ap- proved by the War Department in a report to Congress. Major General Lytle Brown, Chief of Army Engineers, said Hyder was endangered from floods and its abandonment would ‘remove the only American entry into the Sal- mon and Texas Creek mining dis- tricts.” Taking into consideration the large PFederal interest and invest- ment in the highway connecting it with the international boundary the flood protection expenditure is Justified. Wickersham First to File for Major Office Nomination ‘The dirst filing for any major office to be received at the office of Auditor for the April primary elections, was made today by mail by Judge James Wickersham, Delegate to Congress, for renomination on the Republican ticket. The declaration of candidacy and filing fee of $40 was re- ceived on mail arriving from the South Friday. Filings for all party candi- dates must be made on or be- fore the first Tuesday in Feb- ruary, which falls on Febru- ary 2, this year. To date but one other filing has been made in the Auditor’s Office, that of Karl Theile for Delegate to the Republican National Convention. 000000000000 HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES ON HOUSE RODFS Three Breaks in Mississippi Levee Sends Water Over Lowlands SECOND DISASTER IN STRICKEN ZONE Efforts Started in Recov- ering Thousands from Imperiled Positions G L E NDORA, Mississippi, Jan. 16. — The Tallahatchie | River section is flooded again and the Tippo Basin became a raging torrent today send- :ing hundreds of marooned families to their house tops, threatening to take many lives and destroy more prop- erty. The flood is the result of three major levee breaks. Relief forces have hastened !the task of recovering several PROFIT TAKING ‘.the river from here before it | is too late. This is the second calamity when today’s disaster destroy- ed this work and caused new peril. PRICES TODAY Losses of One to Three! Points Nuneors— | HEAVY SNOW i FALLING IN WASHINGTON United States Steel lost one point. :Temperatures Are Low in General Motors, General Electric, ! American Can, New York centrail Western Part of State and Allied Chemical lost nearly one point. Shares off one to two points in-| cluded Westinghouse, Southern Pa- | cific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Am- erican Telephone and Telegraph, —_————— NEW YORK, J .—Vleek-el'ri] profit taking gave the stock market | a moderate setback today but trad- | ing was quiet, only about aoooool shares being traded. New losses of one to three points| —NoRelief Expected SEATTLE, Jan. 16—With West- lern Washington blanketed under ithe heaviest snowfall of the winter, Ecthlehem Steel, American Tobac-‘weamer forecasts today offered lit- co B, Eastman. {tle relief from the present siege News of the passage of the re-|of inclement weather and more lconstrucuon finance corporation snow is expected. Temperatures are measure by the House prompted jow. considerable profit taking. There is a two-inch fall of snow |here and in other west of the ‘Caacnde: cities. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Jan. 16. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 16.—Weather 637, Anaconda Copper 11%, Bebh—inwu experts in all sections of lehem Steel 21%, Curtiss-Wright|the country continued to scratch 1%, Fox Films 4%, General Mowrs;"hflr heads in puzzlement as they 23%, International Harveter 28%, delved into yellowed records seek~ FREAKISH WEATHER Kennecott 12, Packard Motors 5,|.N8 Some precedent for the present United States Steel 44%, Bunker )(reakish weather. Hill, no sale. A complete reversal of conditions gave the West Coast almost freez- ing temperatures while the Atlantic SHRINE CLUB DANCE _ [Ocast is enioving premature spring {temperatures up to 77 degrees. DRAWS LARGE CROWD Snow in California In some parts of California six With an attendance that taxed inches of snow is the recorded the capacity of the spacious ball- depth, threatening the citrus fruits. room of Scottish Rite Temple, the In New York spring apparel is in dance given by the Juneau Shrine |order. Club last night proved a most en-| There has been a heavy snowfall joyable affair. Music was furnished In Arizona and Government planes by the Serenaders. |have dropped food to Indians. This dance was the second of| Colder temperatures are expected the season given by the Shriners,in the East with rising tempera- The next will be held February 26., tures in the West during the first |of next week. Iddlto’s Liberal Divorce Statute Fails to Attract ate in general were to be capital- ized. But Nevada passed & “Six= weeks law.” Nearly a year after the Idaho COEUR D’'ALENE, Idaho, Jan. 16.—This lake-locked city's dream of becoming the “divorce capital” of the northwest has faded. When the Idaho Legislature passed the 90-day law nearly a vear ago, business men started elabor- ate preparations to attract divorce seekers. Heavily timbered moun- tains for hiking, a crystal clear lake for boating and swimming, a variety of Winter sports and cli- e thousand families from across .