The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 19, 1932, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5930. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1932. _ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HOOVER NAMES DIPLOMAT HEAD OF NEW CORPORATION DRASTIC STEPS WILL BE TAKEN T0 KEEP ORDER Hawaiian Legislature, Special Session, to Make New Laws WILL REORGANIZE VARIOUS AGENCIES Death, Maximum Penalty, for Assault on Women —Break Up Gangs ‘HONOLULU, H. I, Jan.19.—With & rigorous five-point program, the Hawaiian Legislature is moving rap- idly - bo reorganize Honolulu's law enforcement agencies and strength- en the criminal laws. The Legislature convened in a special session called by Gov. Lawr- ence M. Judd, following the recent | reign of near terror. The Legislators immediately mov- ed for enactment of two bills which will make the Police Chief and in Man Without a Country' Convicted by court martial of treason to his country, Major George Varzaru (bare headed), a Rumanian army officer, is shown as he was branded as a man without a country. Colonel Pella, commandant of the army barracks at Malmaisoa, near Bucharest, is breaking the degraded officer’s sword across his knee after having striiped him of all his insignia. Varzaru and four comrades were cashiered from the army and banished from Rumania for trading secrets to foreign Prosecutor appointive instead of ! elective. The program of the Ligislators provides for the creation of a Po- lice Commission, appéinted by the Governor, which will name the, Chief of “olice. The Public Prosecutor will be a, member of the Attorney General’s _ Staff and will be appointed by the Attorney General, with the Gover- nor's approval. The maximum penalty for as- saults on women will be death. The proposed legistation will also conf:r emergency police powers for the Governor and provide punish- ment for loitering on ‘highways. ‘This is designed to break up gangs. DEMANDS MADE powers. The entire corps of soldiers witnessed the degradation. NEW EVIDENCE IS INTRODUCED FOSHAY TRIAL Government Claims Offic-| ials Paid Themselves Substantial Bonuses MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 19.— The Government yesterday in the | second trial on mail fraud charges, | claimed that W. B. Foshay and | H. H. Henley voted themselves sub- | stantial bonuses while in control of the Foshay utility enterprises prior to their collapse. Marie Hannon, former employee, said Foshay was paid $151,010 dur- | FUR SANGTUAHY‘"‘S the two years and ten months before the receivership. Henley was |paid $75,680 salary for the same Senate Committee Hears Conservationists Demand to Create Reserve New Yorkers, representing con- servationist bodies of the East, yes- terday appeared before the Senate Committee on Wild Life Conserva- tion and urged strongly that Ad- miralty Island be designated as a sanctuary for brown, or grizzy, | bears, the Chamber of Commerce was informed today in a telegram received from Delegate Wickersham. At the Chamber’s request Judge ‘Wickersham attended the hearing, | opposed the proposal and filed a telegram from the local organiza- tion which asked the committee to not take favorable action on the request without giving it a chance to file objections. Committee Is Appointed To prepare a statement of the Chamber's attitude and present its case against such a sanctuary,| President Allen Shattuck appointed | isome of the bonuses, the amounts | were recovered late this afternoon. period. The Government charged that of which were not disclosed, were vated shortly before Noavember, 1929. The dedication of the 32-story tower erected by the Foshay enter- prises for headquarters, three months before the collapse of the firms, cost $125,000, Evelyn John- son, former bookkeeper testified | today. She sald the expense was listed as “deferred assets” instead of liability, on the books. SIX MEN DIE IN EXPLOSION PAROT, Virginia, Jan. 19—Six | men lost their lives in an explosion today in the mine of the Pulaski Anthracite Company. The bodies It is said by the mine officials a special committee of three—R. E.|ipat the explosihn must have been Robertson, Chairman, Dr. Robert!cauced when a spark ignited gas. Simpson and Grover C. Winn—di-|{mpe scene of the explosion was recting it to consult with the stand- |3 400 feet below the surface. ing Legislative Committee, and to!™’ s Al Ol Sl make its report to the Executive!| . », Board at its meeting next Monday. Alice Merritt It is understood here that John 3 i M. Holzworth, New York big game| " il Be on Air hunter and author of a hook on! Admiralty Island bears, was spokes- man for the Eastern conservation- ists urging the reservation. Mr.‘ Holzworth made several radio ad- dresses from New York stations last month on the same subject and| urged listeners to write members ! of Congress demanding hnmeduw', action. He has the backing of the AContinueld on Page Three) This Evening Alice Merritt will be on the program tonight at station KOAC, Corvallis, Oregon, and will broadcast at 6:30 o’clock, Juneau time, according to a radiogram received by her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Mer- ritt. Miss Merritt will be heard in three piano selections on the college broadcast. Poland Sees Spy Menace Crossing Soviet Frontier Poland, Jan. campaigning ern frontiers, Poland is waging her battles through “quick courts.” trouble. They say that whole Pol- ish villages crossed to get what appeared as better conditions on' MORATORIUN EXTENSION IS T0 BE ASKED France Reported to Have Made Overtures to U. S. Government NEW YORK, Jan. 19. — France has made overtures for extension of the Hoover moratorium on in- tergovernmental debts in a semi- official note and in a diplomatic feeler sent to Washington. The note, it is claimed, said the British and French governments favored renewal of the moratorium on payments due Germany for six months or a year from next July 1 when it otherwise expires. The extension could be worked out by financial experts. The American Government in turn would bes asked to give Euro- pean creditors of Germany, who are creditors of the United States, a moratorium on their war debts for the same period. Reliable quarters in London earl- ier denied overtures will be made to America for a possible extension of the moratorium, but indicated the World Reparations Conference at Lausanne would consider ex- tending the moratorium for six months. The conference at Lau- sanne, originally dated for yester- day, was postponed until next Mon- day. France suggested postponement of the conference until after the elections in the United States, Ger- many and France, this year. —_—————— PATMAN'S FIGHT ON MELLON HAS BEEN POSTPONED House Judiciary Committee Shelves Impeachment for Present Time ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— Final action on the resolution of Representative ~Wright Patman, Democrat, of Texas, seeking im- peachment of Secretary of Treas- ury Mellon, was today postponed indefinitely by the House Judiciary ‘Committee. This action, it was explained, does not mean the case has been dropped, but future consideration would await the printing of the the Committee requested. NEW REVENUE PROGRAM SOON AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY BILL PRUNED . DOWN Democratic Economy Evi- denced by Great Slash in Appropriations SIXTY MILLION UNDER THAT, PRESENT YEAR Increases in Salaries Bar- red — $100,000,000 Given for Highways 'WASHINGTON, D. C, Van. 19— The keen blade of Democratic economy was exhibited today a8| the House received from the Aps| propriations Commitfee the closely pruned Agricultural Department’s supply bill. | The Committee cut the first big departmental money bill to $175,- 443,000 or $60,220,000 less than the‘ current year appropriations and $10,799,000 below the Budget esti-! mates recommended by President| Hoover. The big item is $100,000,000 for ' highways, $8,000,000 for forest roads and trails, $4,000000 for the Wea-~ ther Bureau, $12,000,000 for Forest Service and $1,000,000 for the Bio- | logical Survey. Tncreases in salaries were speel-| ally barred. Louisiana : Saying It | with Votes Democratic Primary for Nomination of Gov- ernor Being Held ; NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. | 19.—Friends and enemies of Gov.| Huey P. Long are saying it with| votes in Louisiana’s Democratic primary. as to whether the Governor will turn over to his opponents or proponents the reigns of the State Government which he relinquishes when he leaves to take his seat in the United States Senate in the spring. Five men seek to succeed Gov. Long. The Democratic nomination means eleotion. Candidates include Earl Long, brother of the Governor, on a straight anti-Administration ticket. He has bitterly criticised his brother. —_——— COURT DEFINES ‘MARTINI' TURIN, Ttaly—After deep re- search, the court of appeals here held that Martini cocktails may be made only with Vermouth manu- factured by Martini & Rossi. If any other brand is used, the drink must bear another name in Ttaly. ————— About 75 per cent of the talkies exhibited in Portugal are of Ameri- can origin. Chapter 1 A STRANGER RETURNS about noon of a sultry June day. The dead station ap- slow in life. move. slowly stepped down {from the coach, grip in hand, with an eager and curious expression upon his lean dark face. He wore a plain check suit, rather wrinkled, and a big gray sombrero that had seen service. His step, his lithe shape, proclaimed him to be a rider. A sharp eye might have detected the bulge of a gun worn under his icoat, high over his left hip and far back. He had the look of a man who expected to see someone he knew. ‘There was an easy, careless, yet guarded air about him. He walked down the platform passing station- men and others now moving about, without meeting anyone who took more than a casual glance at him. At the end of the flagstone walk Rock hesitated and halted, as if surprised, even startled. Acrossthe wide street stodd & block of frame | | With the dome of the National Capitol as a back- ground, some of the 12,000 members of the “Army of Hungry,” led by Father James R. Cox, of Pitts- , are shown being fed from Arm; employed men field he un- Hungry Reached Capital Pennsylvania for the purpose of gress for immediate relief. Father is shown (in inset) reviewing the marchers from hurg kitchens on their arrival in Washington, DAWES RETIRES AS SPOKESMAN, GENEVA SESSION To Become President of Reconstruction Finance Corporation SECRETARY STIMSON IS GOING TO EUROPE Presidenfioover An- nounces Sudden Changes, Result of New Plans WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 19.— President Hoover has announced that Charles G. Dawes will retire as Chairman of the American dele~ gation to the Geneva' Disarmament Conference at Geneva next month to become President of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation. Sy were recruited throughout Western etitioning Con- ox, their leader, the steps of the Capitol. ALASKA JUNEAU STOCK TAKING SHOOT UPWARD {Another A(;';lce Takes Place Today—Other Issues Are Wobbly NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The Stock Market pulled slowly higher today during most of the session, by the buying of rails, but slid back dur- ing the last hour. Today's turn- over was 1,200,000 shares. Alaska Juneau mine stock took another advance today. ‘The close of the market found a mixture of narrow gains and losses. Issues op one to two points in- Germany Demands Securit Y» Liberty and Peace Declares Chief of the “Steel Hemlets” | By THEODORE DUESTERBERG (Chief of the German “Steel Hel- mets) MAGDEBURG, Germany, Jan. 19, | =For 12 years replete with humili- ations, the German people have ‘been suffering from the dictated . Treaty of Versailles. Besides losing territory, her fleet, her abroad, and her. col- ) y was robbed “of some of her most important sovereign i rights, including that of determin- |ing her own defense. ‘The smali, nsignificant Reisch- {wehr, without modern equipment, |lacking reserves, unsupported by ‘an armaments industry, and devoid There is one clean cut issue, that:cluded Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, New Haven. . | of fortifications, is hardly adequate ] ‘even to protect the German fron- tier, let alon to conduct a war. The closing tone was heavy, CLOSIN GPRICES TODAY | | NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 16%, American Can |67%, Anaconda Copper 10%, Beth- lehem Steel 20%, Curtiss - Wright 1%, Fox Films 4%, General Motors 22%, JInternational Harvester 26%, | Kennecott 11%, Packard Motors |4%, United States Steel 44, Bun- ker Hill, no sale. ——————— LEPERS CLING TO COLONY HONOLULU — Living conditions are so attractive at the leper set- |tlement of Kalaupapa on the isl- |and of Molokai that some of the patients eligible for parole have elected to remain there, rather ,than compete for livliihood in regu- ‘hr surroundings. ; SUNSET PASS by Zane Grey weatherbeaten signs. It was a lazy scene. A group of cowboys occu- pied the corner; saddled horses were hitched to a rail; buckboards and wagons showed farther down the street; Mexicans in colorful garb sat in front of a saloon with painted windows. “Reckon the old burg’s not changed any,” soliloquied Rock, with satisfaction. “Funny, I ex- pected to find her all built up. . . Let me see. It's five—six years since I left.” Memory stirred at the sight of the familiar corner. He had beenin several bad gun fights in this town, and the scene of one of them lay before him. The warmth and inti- macy of old pleasant associations suffered a chill. He left the station, giving a wide berth to the street corner thathad clouded his happy reflections. But he had not walked half a block before he came to another saloon, the familiar look of which end the| barely decipherable name—Happy Days—acted like a blow in his face. He quickened his step, then react- ing to his characteristic spirit, he deliberately turned back to enter the saloon. The same place, the same bar, stained mirrors, and faded paintings, the same pool GOV, MURRAY GETS OFF ON WRONG FOOT Liquor Control Proposal Falls Flat at Anti- Saloon Meeting WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— | Startled delegates to the Anti- Saloon League Convention here weighed with surprise the sugges-| tion made by Gov. Willlam H.! Murray, of Oklahoma, that a more satisfactory form of liquor control | might be substituted for the exist- ing Prohibition. “I got started off wrong and I could never get back, I kept a| close watch on that crowd and knew they were not in sympathy| with my views. The mentality of that crowd was not what I ex- pected,” said Gov. Murray follow- ing his address. The Oklahoma Governor was ap- parently correct in his surmise for there was very little applause when he finished. -, - GANDHI'S SON 1S IN PRISON BOMBAY, Indic, Jjan. 19.—An- other member of Gandhi's family | has gone to prison. His younger son, Rambos, was arrested in the village of Haipoura while engag- ing in Nationalist activities. ——————— TURKEY ADOPTS SUNDAY ANGORA—The Turkish govern- ment: is planning a calendar re- form which would make Sunday tables. Except for a barkeeper, the room was deserted. Rock asked ' for a drink. hereabouts; eh?” (Continuea «n Fage SLO the first day of the week instead of Friday, observed as the sabbath now by 225,000,000 Moslems of the in the month and 13 months, For 12 years German boys have entered upon life without military training. Says Arms Increased Contrary to the clear text of the League of Nations constitution and of the Treaty of Versailles, both of which bind all signatories, the former enemy powers have not re- duced their armaments but actual- | ly have increased them. There are | ten million more trained soldiers | in the world today than in 1914. According to the League of Na- | iuons bylaws, a general census of |the armaments of all members is to be taken every ten years. The extremely important conference, at/ which this census is to be discussed | will be held in Geneva in Febru- |ary. Attempts at postponement have |falled. The various nations are vwlndinz up their preparations for it. | It behooves us to inform world‘ opinion concerning our status and our demands. : We know that Article 53 of the draft convention of December 9, 1930, is intended expressly to ex- clude Germany and her former al- lies from the general disarmament covenant that is to be agreed upon in Geneva. In other words, without & sign of justice Germany is again to be outraged, as in 1919. | The German government declared bith in November, 1930, and in | January, 1931, that Germany does |not consider herself legally bound \or obligated by the draft conven- | tion. Secretary of State Henry L. Stim- son will replace Dawes as chief spokesman of the American dele- gation to Geneva. President Hoover said Eugene Meyer, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, will be Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration. The President said the sudden changes in the plans were neces= sitated because Dawes was sched- uled to sail tomorrow for Europe. He was asked to become President of the Corporation and immediately accepted. RESIGNS AS AMBASSADOR WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— Charles G. Dawes said his resigna- tion as Ambassador to Great Bri- tain is effective “immediately” in view of his appointment to the Presidency of the Reconstructian Finance Corporation. He intended | Geneva Disarmament Conference. 110 SIGNED UP IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BY CARD Chanber List Grows— Mop-up Campaign Starts —Homesteads Urged One hundrea and ten members of the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce have mailed in cards of membership renewal for 1932, with a total of $1,682 in fees, it was re- ported today to the Chamber by | Secretary G. H. Walmsley. This is 60 per cent of the 1931 member- ship list which numbered 185. The Finance and Membership Committee will launch its mopup drive at once, and it is planned to have the work completed within two or three weeks. Foster Urges Action the present sys- tem of leases for fox ranches on islands in Alaskan waters is con- trary to all American principles of government, Frank H. Foster urged }thechnmba'bogetbehlndnme-& ure recently introduced by Dele- gate James Wickersham extending the homestead laws to such lands. This measure was introduced by |/the Delegate on December 8, and referred to the Committee on Pub- lic Lnads of the House of Repre- sentatives, 1t provides that any person qual- jified to enter a homestead on pub- lic lands and who has held a lease with the Government for fur farm- ing on the mainland or on the isl- ,ands within Territorial waters of |Alaska, and who has resided upon (Continued on Page Three) J (Continued on fagr Eight) | Accepted by SEATTLE, Jan, 19.—Cheered by about 1,000 spectators, the $400,000 |government boat North Star, the }largesb vessel launched in Seattle :since the World War, slid down |the ways yesterday at the Berg { Shipbuildling plant at Ballard. Water from the Arctic Ocean was the first liquid to touch the timbers of the motorship as the craft began sliding down the ways. |born, broke the bottle which had \summer for the purpose, . Miss Elizabeth Pullen, Alaska | been filled by the crew of the in- world. There would be 28 days|Boxer near Point Barrow, Juneau Girl Christens North Star with Arctic W ater;Craft Governor Parks | in behalf of the Department of the Interior.