The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE /EWS ALL THE TIME” “ALL TH VOL. XLL, NO. 6291. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933. M[]VIBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA BONE DRY LAW REPEALED BY LEGISLATURE (ROOSEVELT NOT DISCLOSING ANY| SOVIET POLICY President Declines to An- nounce Attitude of Administration | NORMAN DAVIS MAY | OPEN NEGOTIATIONS’ Manufaclurels Are Closely‘ Watching Next Move of Government WASHINGTON, March 18, President Roosevelt declines to| ) statement about the at- | of the present Administra- toward Rus opinion is growing, however, some quarters, that American s for the Moscow re- ening. | also belief that Norman who is the American reprc-‘ sent e at Geneva at the Disarm- | ament Conference, may talk with the Soviet Commissiar of Foreign | Affairs who is also present at the Geneva session. Want Ice Broken Once the ice is broken, American E recognition | t of relations in between the two mnations might speedily follow. American cotton growers and spinners and manufacturers of ma- chinery are shéwing mull eager- ness to regain The Russian markets. ‘With 160,000,000 inhabitants Rus- sia is a tempting area to econom- ists who are seeking fields where | American products: can be placed | through tariff trades, it is believed | this is one of the plans President Roosevelt has in mind for trade | expansion with other countries. BEER BILL IS IN CONFERENCE OVER WEEKEND Senate and House Commit-| tees Trying.to Settle Differences | WASHINGTON, March 18—The Beer Bill is now in conference between the Senate and Housc Committees and differences are expected to be ironed out over this week-end. It is certain that when the Beer | Bill becomes a law the unified forces of prohibition will make a test case on the constitutionality of the new measure, Dr. Clarence True Wilson said. + An injunction will be sought to| prevent the sale of beer as soon as the bill is effective. FRENCH DEBT IS TAKEN UP BY DEPUTIES Attitude of Government Toward Money Due U. S. Is Doubtful PARIS, March 18—The payment of the $19,000,000 interest and war debts to the United States, which was defaulted by France last De- cembér, has been brought officially before the Chamber of Deputies in a resolution. The present attitude of the Gov- ernment is still doubtful. Many Deputies believe however that Pre- mier Deladier, who is not con- vinced of the wisdom of the pay- ment, will soon realize the major- ity of the Chamber of Deputies favor the payment and he will swing into line. The resolution introduced will not be acted upon for one week. ., Former Gov. General Of Canal Zone Dies HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, Mar. | 18.—Gen. Harry Burges, aged 60 vears. former Governor General of the Canal Zone, died today in a hospital here. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery at Washing- | Names of Hoarders Received (Treasury Department Giv-| en Information on With- drawal of Gold WASHINGTON, March Federal Reserve Bo: lists of names of thos drew huge the bank cl 18—The is recei ms of gold preceding sings. The lists will {be scrutinized closely and turned |over to the Treasury where regu- lations are being drawn governing| Iac‘xon to be taken against hoard- |ers. The action is expected to be | severe. e DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER GOES ON LAST DETAIL Brig. Gen. Charles King| Passes Away — Re- markable Record A5SOC/ATED PRESS BRIG. GEN, CHARLES_KING | MILWAUKEE, Wis. March 18.— Brig. Gen. Charles King, aged 83 | years; distinguished soldier and author, is dead here. Few American soldiers have been able to boast of a military career equal in years to that of Brig. Gen. Charles King. He was the only soldier who ever served in the United States Army for badges have been authorized and issued. Notable as was General King's |service, it was merely a chapter in the of his family, five generations of which served in the fighting to‘ces of the country, four in the army and one in the navy. Career and History The story of General King's| NEW YORK, March 18. — The| military career is closely linked |Stock Market quieted down at the | with the military history of the |Short session today to move along United States for nearly 70 years|Darrow fluctuations. — The c?o%e, and embraced active service in|Was steady to firm. Sales were only 500,000. the Civil War, Indian campaigns, the war with Spain and the World War. When not actively connected with the United States Army he continued his military activities with the Wisconsih National Guard until in his eighties, and as Prof- essor of military tactics at *St. John’s Military Academy. General King was born at Al- bany, N. Y., October 12, 1844, the son of Rufus and Susan Eliot King. The general's great-grandfather was a captain in the Colonial Wars and had two sons, Rufus, who served as a major in the Long Island campaign, and Charles, who became a colonel in the war of 1812. The latter, of General, King, later became president of Columbia University ‘The general's father was graduat-| ed from West Point in 1833, serv- ed in the engineer corps, and later as adjutant general of New York. To continue the family service re- cord General King's son, Rufus King, IfI, went o Annapolis by appointment of President Roose- velt. Mounted Messenger ‘When the Civil War began, Gen- eral King was a student at Col- umbia University. He left his stud- ies to become mounted messenger to his father, who had been re- called to service as a brigadier general. In 1862 the son recefved from President Lincoln an apgpint- ment to West Point, and after his graduation was stationed at New Orleans and later as instructor ng | e who with-| i | some $17,000, financed by private |eit whom five campaign | distinguished military record | grandfather | CITY PAYS OFF UNFUNDED DEBT, REPORT SHOWS, |Permanent gt;et Debt and | Extra School Building ‘ Costs Are Paid At the close of the current coun- cilmanic year, the City will be |clear of bank indebtedness and | will be in position to begin reduc-‘ |ing its outstanding bonded debts ‘ca:h year, it was revealed today lin a fiscal report compiled by H. \RA Shepard, City Clerk, for the | City Council. . The Council, it was added, planned to call in at least $10,000 worth of the bonds nex year. The bonded debt amounts to $155,000, of which $100,000 is re- | bresented by school bonds and the remainder is in sewer bonds. With the suitable improvement district plan approved, within 10 years af the outside, it is said, the city | {should be free from debt and the [tax levy greatly reduced, but until |such time no reduction in taxes jcan be anticipated from the cur- rrnt figures. Pay Off $57,000 During the past two fiscal years |—1981-32 and 1932-33, the present | municipal administration has paid |off $57,000 in unfunded debt in| ‘addumn to doing more than the | {usual amount of work in stree \ wers and other public improve- ,;mcm.;. the report noted. The cost |of Front Street rockfills, aggregat- iing $40,000, has been entirely de- |frayed, and extra cost of the High {School building and its furnishings, | | guarantees has been taken care of.| {Of the $17,000 the sum of $10,000 | | was obtained on a note signed by numerous citizens. i The present bank -indebtedness |15 shown to be $20,000. Against | this there is $22,721 in uncollected | |taxes, not including other sources | |of revenue such as mercantile .li- censes, from which funds will be {available for wiping out the debt | {to the banks before the next Coun- year opens. | By arrangements made by the |city Councit, a saving of one per | cent annually has been erfected,}y (Continued on Page Eight) i — e STOCK MARKET QUIETS DOWN, - SHORT SESSION |Fluctuations Are Narrow —Many Issues Make Shght Gains A number of issues were up from fractions to one point. . { and just before the next sunrise. ‘The most encouraging aspect was These Associated Press photos were taken shortly after the series of earth shocks rocking Long Beach, Cal., some of the damage characteristic in the southern cc!y. Upgper !aft, a laundry bullding as it was left; nqht a public school building. Below, at left, a bulldmg vlr(uzlly levelled and, .g,.t collapsed Lu’ld LONG BEACH BUlLDlNGS SHATI'ERED BY QUAKE had subsided. They show 423 In which three perlon:, one a six year old anl died. ()n() Calzfornm F arthquake Stricken City the Mormng /lfter Associated Press telephoto taken at dawn in Compton, Cal, w}wre several lives were lost in earth tremers of the previous evening the market’s dullness on declines | Late Advances Sugar and rails led in the late advance, rails pushing up despite a sharp reduction in car loadings during the past week. Exceptional gains were made by South Porto Rico Sugar advancing \EVCI'Y Member of Force two points and Delaware and Hud-‘ Wiped Out by Chl- son going up three and one halr points. American Sugar gamedj nest Attackers more than one point, Many Issues Up | Issues up from fractions to one | |point included New York Central, International ~ Harvester, Case.|giny japanese fighting has bec {Standard Oil of California, United | |going on for days, said the Jap- States Steel, Santa Fe, Union P‘“"‘nncse patrol has been annihil fic ond Greal;w‘ll.‘.?l:ern Sugar. nearby Fanchiakow. ns WS Soft spots were American ’Iele-} The patrol ?;as fighting superior phone and Telegraph and Loews‘rorces _ot Chinese. All Japanc off one point. | were killed. Another patrol foun Small fractional recessions ap,—whe bodies. peared for General Motors, Wool- | worth, North American, Anaconda | . and Dupont. {Cermak Wills Property To Charity, Secretary. Remginder to Family TOKYO, March 18. — Japanes. dispatches from Hsifengkow, the Great Wall passage where heav ate at CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, March 18.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mme; stock today is 13, American Can 60, | Amerjcan Power and Light 6, Ana-l CHICAGO, March 18—Of for- conda 7%, Bethlehem Steel 137, mer- Anton J. Cermak's $250( Calumet and Hecla 2%, North Am—]‘“ te, the sum of $17,000 goe erican 22, Fox Films 1%, Gemmlicharitks, $10,000 to his secreta i tactics at West Point#Motors 13, International Harvester, of mjlitary OntY93%, Kennecott 10, Packard Mo ton, D. C, % (Continued on Page Two) tors 2%, United States Steel 30% |Alderman Henry Sonnenshein ar the remainder to his family. 1 will has been filed for probat: i oy ol AN P ATH[][_ Declares War Be tween Ja pan And United States Would Be ‘Madness; Matsouka Gives Views LONDON, March 18. — Yosuka Matsuoka, Chief of the Japanese ielegation at the recent League of Vations meeting at Geneva, de- clared war between Japan and the United States “would be mad- Matsuoka further said: “There is 10 cause for war between the Unit- d States and J.umn There can R LUTHER TO COME TOU. S. BERLIN, March -18—Dr. Hans ither who resigned the Presiden- of the Reichstag last Tuesday, 15 been appointed German Am-| ssadof 1o the United States, suce eding Priedrich Wilhelm TITWItE, A, Tarlff and foreign exchange re-| rictions are causing a marked nrinkage in Rumania's imports. von | « TERRORISM IN CHINESE CITY {Merchants :ITa-\ding with Japanese Firms, Kid- naped, Murdered | be no war unless the United States makes it and I know that country will not do that. What could be/ achieved by a war? Nothing but the satisfaction of shedding Jap-| PEIPING, China, March 18.—A anese blood. What folly it would sharp outbreak of _terrorism by be for either of us to go to War/Chinese against their countrymen with the other for a visionary hope suspected of maintaining commer- of future trade from some back- cial relations with Japanese firms ward and disorganized counLry " lis reported from Hankow, the im- — | portant treaty port of Hupeh Pro- {vince. It is said that two Chinese mer- chants accused of handling Japan- ese goods have been kidnaped and murdered. |BIE EXTORTION PLOT REVEALED =" EVANSTON, Ill, March 18.—The | 5 2 In New Currency Now solution of the $50,000 extortion | lot against Mrs. James Patten, {pios . 80 In Circulation in U.S. aged 75 years, the Wheat King's| |widow, is claimed by the police Yoo g who have arrested a landscape| WASHINGTON, March 18.—Al- gardnes, Axel Peterson, aged 52,|Uough the Treasury Department printed two billion dollars worth once empioyed by the Pattens. pox = of new Federal Reserve Bank notes The police claim Peterson bas jup to March 16, only about $7,000,- confessed to writing the len.erslooo worth of the new currency has idemmdmg the money. fbeen put in circulation. SENATE PASSES HELLERICH DRY LAW REPEALER Final Vote Seven to One— Measure Now Goes to Governor Parks |WAY OPEN FOR TEST OF VALIDITY OF LAW House to Have Flag Pres- entation Next Mon- day Morning With only one opposing vote, the Senate this morning passed the Hellerich repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry Law without debate and with- out amendment. It will reach Gov. Parks for his action probably next Monday. ‘While the Governor has not in- dicated what he will do in the matter, it is believed he will sign the measure. It passed the House unanimously and received sevei out of eight votes in the Senate. Senator Hess, Fourth Division Democrat, voted no. Will Ttst Validity Inasmuch as the repealer carries an emergency clause, it will be- come effective as soon as the Gov- ernor approves it, or lacking that approval, as soon as it could be repealed over his vote. The way will then be open to test the law's | validity. Just how the test will be brought about has been only tentatively discussed. One proposed method, that has met with some approval, is to have some drug store apply through regular channels for a supply of medical liquor to be sold under prescription under the provi- sions of the National Prohibition Act. If the United States Attor- ney desires to test the repealer, that office could file action against the firm and get a decision. | It is considered likely that any test case action taken will have to finally be decided by the Federal Supreme Court. If the lower courts decide against the repealer, the de- Jrendam would certainly go up to the highest tribunal. The Govern- ment, should it lose in the lower court, probably would take similar action. Passes Two Others The Senate this morning passed two other measures, both by Sen- ator Hess. One is amendatory of Section 3, Chapter 20, Session Laws of 1919, ahd requires abate- ment actions taken against bawdy houses to be brought in the name of the United States instead of the Territory as is done at present. ‘The other amends sections 895, 896 and 899 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, relative to matters that may be pleaded in civil matters by way of answer and reply. The measure to re-organize the Territorial educational system was completed in second reading in the Senate this morning, one or two minor amendments being written in. It will come up for final pass- age Monday. { Senator DeVane’s bill to repeal Chapter 38, Session Laws of 1915, !whicn prohibits deputy marshals |from appearing as prosecutors in criminal actions in Commissioners’ Courts, also passed its second read- ing today. House in Short Session The House session today was brief. It adopted the Judiciary Committee amendments to the Blake bills changing the date for general elections and the meeting of the Legislature and advanced both on its calendar for final dis- position next Monflay. . The committee amendments have the effect of making memorials out of the bills as they require both bills to be validated by Congress before they take effect. Flag Presentation Monday The first American flag to offi- clally be unfurled in Alaska will be formally presented to the House next Monday at 11 am. Members of the Senate will attend in a body. Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, Curator of the Alaska Museum, will make a talk on the occasion of its unfurl- ing. The Flag will be displayed by American Legion members of the House. | J. N. Carver, G. A. R. veteran, has been invited to attend the ses- sion. The general public is “also cordially invited to attend. ————————— In addition to its application as a beauty aid, talcum powder is used in fifty different ways in modern trades. i 5