The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1932, Page 1

“ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. ‘xwx NO. 5985. JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDA\ MARCH 23, 1932. VMEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WAR THREATENS AGAIN BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA SENATE TO TAKE PROHIBITION VOTE DEMAND IS NOW MADE T0 LOCK UP ALL TIMBER Holzworth Urges Conser-| vationists to Put Padlock Local Forests WOULD STOP CUTTING| ALONG INSIDE PASSAGE Seeks to Bring Pressure to Bear to Stop Utiliza- tion of Timber A call to conservationists of the country to join him in locking up m utilization all of the Alaska ng the “inside passage” to was sounded early this by John M. Holzworth, an of the Alaska Commit- the New York Zoological So- He has not abandoned his ety ve for making a bear sanctuary | Admiralty Island but now merely includes that in a broader campaign to tie up most of South- Alaska's timberlands. Holzworth's latest revealed is disclosed in a telegram o 25 or more of the most ent conservationists through- - country. A copy of one has' just been received by The, Empire. Whole Panhandle Optioned? sclaring that - all of “Southeast has been optioned by the States Forest Service to cer- 1t of worth wired as follows: “As a member of the National ttee on Wild Life Legislation e no doubt familiar with the in reference to the proposed Admiralty Island sanctuary to give protection to the large population | — of Alaskan brown and grizzly bears, and also with the so-called wood ip options granted by the United s Forest Service to George Cameron of San Franciso Chon- icle and I. Zellerbach, both of San Frencisco, covering the panhandle proximately 350 miles long and 120 miles wide and in which is contained the world famous beau- 11 inside passage to Alaska. Most of the timber on that area is mature virgin timber from two to six feet in diameter, consisting of spruce and hemlock of fine qual- ity adapted for building purposes. Am informed that confirming con- | tracts covering so-called opuons have not been signed. Plea for Wild Life “will you actively advocate and to pursuade the Forest and the concessidhaires, endeavor Service . one of whom, Zellerbach, is a fel- low member of your committee, to so modify such options. to omit from wood pulp development the (Continuea on Page Eight) - MOVE TO LOCK UP TIMBER T0 BE DISCUSSED Chamber to Consider New- est Drive Against South- east Alaska Forests Discussion of the latest movement in the east to lock up all of Alas- ka's timber bordering the “inside passage” or inland waters of the southeast district, will be held by the Chamber of Commerce when it its regular weekly meeting at Bailey’s Cafe at noon Thursday, i announced today. (Conservationists have been ap- led to by John M. Holaworth, Yorker, who has been heading the Admiralty Tsland bear sanc- vy movement, to join in a con- rted drive to force the Federal Government to withhold that tim- ber fro msale and utilization. The Chamber’s Board of Direc- tors discused the matter at some Jength today. It will telegraph Delegate Wickersham and request him to look into the situation and take any action possible to combat the effort. aber on the mainland and islands| . California interests, Mr. Holz- - southeastern section of Alaska,| CCLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Mr: Rlllh Hanna McCormick, former Congresswoman from Illinois and for many years prominent !ln national ccuncils of the Republican Party, was married at her Broad- meor home here to Albert G. Simms, former Republican Cengressman frcm New Mexico. The ceremony was performed before a small group of relatives and friends. Above photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simms and J\Id‘e Simms, groom’s brother and best men (in re'.l.r) WEALTHY AR HARD HIT BY HOUSE MOVE 576 RESIDENTS | RECISTERED FOR CITY ELECTION Books for Enrolment of Names to Be Kept Open Until April 2 Five hundred and seventy names have been enrolled on tk ?nglstrat.nn books at the City Hall | To vote at the city municipal elec- tion April 5, when a Mayor, three posed to National Revenue Measure WASHINGTON, March 23.—The enting anti-sales tax forces truck hard yesterday at the hy by passing an amendment to the revenue bill,’ 190 to 149, which calls for a maximum 45 per cent rate on estates of more than $10,000,000, graduated from 1 per- t on estates of more than $5000. The amendment was sponsored by Representative Ramseyer, Republi- can of Iowa, The House rules, assigning Wed- nesday to local bills, staved off a decision today on the sales tax. The issue is expected to be settled tomorrow. e DENY CAPONE NEW HEARING ON SENTENCE | Councilmen and a School Director will be chosen, registration is re- | quired before the closing of the 2. ‘books Saturday evening Am‘ Registration last year qualify for the election this y Two tickets, one headed by Mayor Thomas B. Judson and the other by A. W. Dishaw, are in the field for the municipal offices, but no filing has yet been made for school director. M. L. Merritt, present school director whose term’ is about to expire, is expected to be a can- didate for re-election. Between 1,100 and 1,200 citizens are expected to be registered for the forthcoming election. e Alaska Game Picture Ownership Is in Dispute in Seattle SEATTLE, March 23.—The ownership of six reels of motion pictures of Kodiak bears and Arctic whales is disputed. Harry Shaw, who developed the reels, has placed them in a vault pending a decision of a Superior Court Judge. Shaw said the films were given to him by Campbell Church, Jr. Two others now claim half interest in the films, William Finley and Arthur Newton Pack. GILMAN IS COMING TO PIGGLY WIGGLY Fred Gliman will arrive on the Northland next Friday to make his home in Juneau. He will be accom- panied by his wife and baby. Mr. CHICAGO, I, United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals today refused to listen vo Al Capone’s appeal from his conviction for dodging income tax. Capone is in the Cook County jail and has received no credit yet on-his 11 years sentence in Leaven- worth Prison. ‘Nyaung’ Is Cat’s Meow to Rebei Band in Burma RANGOON, March 23.—A rebel group in the Zigon district of Bur- ma has as its battle cry Burmese words which mean: “Oh, break open house, unloose bonds, wonderful cat! Nyanug, nyaung!” The noises at the end are sup- poeed to represent the mewing of Ed. Snyder, pioneer Tenakee mer-|Gilman has been transferred from chant, who is visiting here, has|the Ketchikan Piggly Wiggly and been invited to be a*guest of the|will assume a position in the Ju- cnmmuw.m Theat:pmrenflyntherebel mascot. Some the mmwmm New Rate on Estates Pro- March 23.—The|_ s (DRASTIC PLAN MADE TO CUT ALL EXPENSES Federal Ec;lomy in All Departments Is Now Indicated BIG APPROPRIATION BILL IS SENT BACK Senate Proposes Ten Per Cent Reduction—Com- mittee Must Act WASHINGTON, March 23.—The Senate has pledged the most dras- tic plan yet advanced for Federal economy. Ten per cent is the cut advanced ! WETS SUCCEED IN EFFORTS T0 HASTEN ACTION Petition Is—Si—gnedby 24 Members of Upper House RESOLUTIONS TAKEN OUT OF COMMITTEE New Campalgn Launched in Congress for Opin- ion on Dry Law W \QHIN(:TON March 23. —Not to be outdone by the |House colleagues, the Senate Wets are assured of a record for all operating expenses. By a vote of two to one the priation bill for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and Labor back to the Appropriations Committee with the demand the bill be cut 10 per cent. Senator Wesley L. Jones, Chair- man of the Appropriations Com- mittee, said he considered this ae- tion a mandate to make similar cuts in all supply bills. Fryant S ;s - He’s Guilty, - Liquor Case Former Dry_()—fficial Pleads Guilty to Operation of Distillery Richard L. Fryant, former Prohibi- tion officer, tried and acquitted in the Lyle-Whitney case in Seattle two years ago, pleaded gullty to operation of a distillery without a | license, in connection with the seiz- near here, last July. ty to maintaining a nuisance. 11. Other charges, including receiv- ing money to protect the Pierce County bootleg ring, were dropped FLIER'S BODY IS DISCOVERED, PLANE WRECK American F lier Winfield Hale Killed in Crash Near Bahia GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March 23. The body of Winfield Hale, Cali- fornia pilot, has been found in the wreckage of his plane on the beach near Bahai. solo flight. He was the son of Robert Hale, banker of Los Angeles, California. A 93-year-old negro woman is a pupil in a public school night class in Topeka, Kansas. Scnate sent the $124,000,000 appro-‘ TACOMA, Wash, March 23—' urz of a huge still at Graham, William Sadick also pleaded guil- | Both men will be sentenced April' Hale was making a 1,500-mile vote on Prohibition. This vote has been prom- ised by a petition signed by 24 names discharging the 'Judl(mly Committee from {further consideration of reso- ‘lutions for a repeal or modi- fication. { The Drys welcomed an im- Imediate roll-call but Senator \T\dings, who presented the .petmon, said a vote could waut until March 30 and is part of a new campaign to gct a record vote in both the House and Senate. Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, Republican leader, iwas one of the signers of the |petition. i St A L L STOCK MARKET RALLIES AFTER AN EARLY SAG Many Issues Sustain Losses in Trading then Make Good Recoveries NEW YORK, March 23. — The Stock Market steadied today after (an early sag. Selling of American Telephone and Telegraph brought an extreme 'loss or 152 which was reduced by Also moderabe recoveries of loss- es of 1 to 1% points were recorded |by United States Steel, American |Can, Consolidated Gas, Allied Chel‘mcal and Westinghouse. NEW YORK, March 23.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 14%%, American Can 165%, Anaconda 8%, Bethlehem Steel 18%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 3%, General Motors 17%, Interna- tional Harvester 21%, Kennecott 8%, Packard Motors 3%, United States Steel 41%, Bunker Hill 20. L B e GROVE, Oklahoma, March 23.— Twenty-seven straight victories |were scored by the Grove high 1school girls’ basketball team in win- ning the championship of the Lucky |Seven conference. They averaged 49 points to the game. Germans Sugg HAMBURG, Germany, March 23. —The world-wide economic crisi: has a stranglehold on Germany" merchant marine. In an effort to cure the paralysis of the merchant fleet and to pro- vide some relief of unemployment, the government proposes to convert thousands of tons of seaworthy shipping into scrap iron. Insolvency among the ranks of smaller shipping companies in- in this harbor alone. Most of the 90 German tramp steamer companies are suffering greatly from the business stagna- est Scrap Iron Cure for Her Shipping Ills (¢ ‘She German freight fleet, repre- senting almost 700,000 tons out of a total capacity of 4,200,000 tons. | Shipowners petitioned the govern- | ment to extend a long term credit. The authorities declined on the ground that credits do not insure recovery. | 1t is the Ministry of Transporta- |tion’s plan to prevent the sale of a part of this laid-up tonnage which, they fear, would otherwise, |the German merchant marine. So the Ministry advocates the of shipping. A “scrapping pre- CHINESE REVOLT HERE BRINGS JAPANESE TROOPS EASTWARD FROM HARBIN (By Associated Press) Soviet precautions against a pos- sigle Japanese penetration of the Russian sphere of influence in northeastern Manchuria, generally are believed to be Tesponsible for developments which have stirred Moscow and Tokyo into a close ex- amination of each other’s position in that section. around the use of the Chinese Bast- ern railway for transporting Japan- ese soldiers to points east of Har- bin, but this subject has been ex- panded to bring into the discussion the disposition of soviet troops all along the eastern border of Man- churia. stok told his government that 100,- |000 soldiers of the red army were in the vicinity, with chief stations | at Radolnaya, Ugolnaya and Shko- tova, north of that city, and in the Posiet Bay district to the south. Moscow has repeatedly denied that there has been any untoward military concentration in that sec- tion, but Tokyo spokesman said the The exchanges centered at first| The Japanse consul at Vladivo- | | Vladivostok. | 'The upshot, Russm Evyes J apanese M oves For Possible Trade Effect JAPAN CHARGES RUSSIA WITH MOBILIZING 100,000 TROOPS AT THESE POINTS The map above shows the points in Manchuria and Siberia where Japan and Russia are keeping a close watch on each other’'s moves. soviet soldiers had been moving in there since December, presumably | starting about the time that plans were first laid for setting up an autonomous government in Man- churia. The soviet interest in this political change revolves around its possible effect upon the trade at Viadivo- stok. If a supine Chinese adminis- tration in Manchuria heeds Jap- anese suggestions that the Chang- chun-Kirin railway be extended to Kainel in northeastern Korea, this effect might be immediate. Kainel is already connected by railroad with Seishin and a Kirin- Kainel line would naturally divert to the Korean coast considerable raffic that now finds its outlet at after the various | charges and denials, was that Mos- cow consented to having Japanese troops transported eastward from Harbin on the Chinese Eastern rail way, but limited them to the re- gion around Imienpo where there has be a revolt against the new government of Manchuria. IOWA ELECTS DELEGATION FOR HOOVER Republicans Hold State Convention—Prohibi- tion Not Mentioned DES MOINES, Iowa, March 23— The State Republican Convention elected 25 Hoover delegates to the National Convention in Chicago, and pledged support to the reelec- tion of the State’s native son. The delegates endorsed the uni- fied relief program sponsored by the three National farm organiza- tions and urged speedy adoption by Congress. The Prohibition question was not mentioned. The vote on a Hoover instructed delegation was 1,268 for to 103 against, CLARENCE DUNN IS PHIL BETA KAPPA Dunn, Clerk of the United States District Court here, and Mrs. Dunn, has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honor- ary fraternity. The young man is a Senior at the University of Wash- ington, Seattle. His election to Phi Beta Kappa evidences the highest scholarship standing throughout his four-year course at the institution. He is well-known in Juneau. He attended the local high school and creases every day and vessels total- under some'foreign flag, appear as one of its graduates. Al t the ing more than 600,000 tons e idlc |competitors of what remains of | ypiversity he is majoring in. chem. istry, one of the hardest courses. —el G Guatemala is believed to be the tion. High tariff barriers of vari- mium” of $5 to $7 a fon is to bejonly mmrymomm mnmmmmmmwdmwmm Clarence Dunn, son of John H.{ Conference On Silver Is Proposed International Session Plan Is Proposed—U. S. Takes Lead WASHINGTON (, March 23.—The House Committee studying silver has sent requests to leading bank- ers, economists and government of- ficials of eight nations for an ex- pression of their attitudes toward the proposal for an International Conference on silver. Chairman Andrew L. Somers an- nounced the plan after Bernard Baruch approved the International Conference idea. Baruch said the United States should take the leal in conference Woposals SEATTLE BANK ROBBED TODAY SEATTLE, March 23.—An un- masked gunman held up Teller Er- vin Radke, of the Seaboard Baik, vin Radke, of the Seaboard Bank, and escaped unnoticed in the noon- day crowd today. More than $1,500 was the loot. AUDIT OF CITY BOOKS IS NOW IN PROGRESS Annual audit of the city books is now in progress. The work is being (done by W. A. Habernall, certified accountant, of Seattle. The books included in the audit are those pertaining to the clerk’'s office, the schools, the library and the Muni- CHINESE ARE MOVING INTO OUTLAW ZONE Troops Reported Digging in Opposite Nippon efenses JAPANESE PROTEST TO " [BRITISH ON LATE MOVE Peace PaIz; Delayed— Sessions May Start at Shanghai %hursday SHANGHAI, March 23.— War clouds lowered today as the Japanese announced they are preparing to take strong measures to block the report- ed reentry of the 121 - zone by the Chinese troops. The Japanese officials ask- ed the British Consulate of- ficials to request the Chinese to withdraw south of Soo- chew Creek. It is said the Chinese are digging themselves in on the north side of the creek op- posite the Japanese lines. Prospects are that peace parleys will be delayed until Thursday. PEACE PARLEY ENDS BEFORE IT'S STARTED SHANGHAI, March 23.—The first formal parley to arrange a definite Sino-Japansse armistice in the Shanghai area, fell through today when Gen. Chiang Kuang Nai, chief Chinese delegate, walked out as the meeting was about to start. He objected to Lieutenant Gen- eral Kenkichi Uyeda, as the chief Japanese delegate, saying he was not of equal rank. — ., F. A, DIEMER IS MISSING IN SEATTLE Forr.ner Resident of Nome Disappears from Home Ten Days Ago SEATTLE, March 23. — Friends revealed here today that Frederic A. Diemer, long-time Alaska resi- dent and former owner of the Nome Lighterage and Transporta- tion Company, has been missing from his home for ten days. Diemer left a note saying he would take a “cold bath.” Suicide is feared. Diemer is reputed to be mod- erately wealthy. He came south four years ago after selling out his business to the Lomen in- terests. Northwest Fisheries Not to Operate This Year; Areas Leased SEATTLE, March 23.—The North- west Fisheries Company will not operate its own canneries this year, The company has leased Uyak and Chignik areas to the Alaska Packers Association, the Nushagak rights to the Alaska Sal- mon Company and Naknek area to the Bristol Bay Packing Company. The company’'s heavy carry-over is given as the reason for not oper- ating. the ————— s Native Son Is in Favor Of Roosevelt WASHINGTON, March 23— United States Senator Alben W. Barkley, Democrat of Kentucky, has turned down the offer made to a favorite son, for candidacy