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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

self to tale job where he hides by the road
in ti1e bushes and waits for somebody to speed
by so he can catch them and make his living
that way.
And this bid not only does that but he has
two lights put in front of his cycle, one at
each end of the handle bars, so when he comes
up from behind at night you will think it is a
car and not a cop.
However, the fact is this cop makes a play
for Jane and not only that but much to my
surprise and disgust she gives him date or
two which don't find out until come around
as usual to take her somewheres and she says
Sorry Sam. but Mr.. Brennan dated me before
hand and am unable to accompany YOU
Well, you could of knocked me down with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

"But Mr.. Brennan's
idea Of a maIetactor
is a guy ,Oho is doing
81 Uhere the sign
says IS. He has been
too busy hiding in
the shrubbery ,oait-
ing for somebody to
pass somebody else
to get his name in
the papers for grab.
bling any bank rob-
berS or racketeers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

July l, 1891
EAR Mr.. Editor
Dear Sir:
I am not one of those bozos who
Is always saying that If I was to
write the storey of my life it would
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
NEW SIP ANISH
 AUTHORITIES
 HAVE TROUBLE
Communists and Separat- ists Staging Demonstra-
 tion-Report Clashes
GOVERNMENT TAKING
 FIRM HAND IN CRISIS
Martial Law Is Declared Tn Several Localities in
 Name of Republic

MADRID, April 16. = The new Government is attacking the tre- mendous prob'l em of changing Spains autocracy and dictatorship to a Republic.
 The officials are using a heavy hand to curb threats.
 There are disturbances by Com- munists and Separatists.
 Martial law has been declared in Seville after rioting by a Com- munist mob and the fire of a gar- rison. A sentinel and two persons were killed and 19 persons were wounded.
 Barcelona is also in the hands of the military after rioting which resulted in some casualties.
 Other scattered disorders have been reported with Communists in some sections using the Red Flag as a symbol.
 The Government has decided that the Separatist movements in Barce- Iona and Catalane for Republics will be suppressed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
ROWBOTTOM IS FOUND GUILTY,
 TAKING BRIBES
Former Indiana Congress- man Immediately Sen-
 fenced to Prison

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 1S.- Harry E. Rowbottom, Representa- tive in Congress from the first h. diana district up to last March 4 was convicted in the Federal Cour: last night of accepting bribes from persons who sought Post Office ap- pointmcnts.
 Judge Charles E. Woodward inn mediately sentenced Rowbottom to serve one year and day in Leav- enworth Penitentiary and fined him s2,OO0.
 Sentence was imposed first on four counts in the indictment on which the jury voted convictions Similar sentences were imposed on the three remaining counts but the court ruled they might TUT concurrently
 Rowbottom's attorneys said nc appeal will be taken.
 On four counts in the indictment the jury voted acquittal.
 Rowbottom is 40 years old, mar ried and has two children.
 It is the first time in the states history that one of it's representa- lives has faced a charge of com hitting criminal offense against the government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
Greater Speed A,paits
 Change in Propellors

LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 16.- One of aviation's fondest dreams, transport ships that will cruise at 250 miles an hour, will be realized when one of the simplest pieces of mechanism the propeller = has been developed, Capt. Carl Squier, speed plane builder, believes. And the time, he adds, is not far off
 The present speed of airplanes, he says. has been reached by streamlining and the development of powerful motors.
 Right now we can go no further. We have -ailt ship so streamlined that at a speed of slightly more than 200 miles an hour the plane actually catches up with the motor and coasts through the air.
 "The motor is turning at tre- mendous speed. but it cannot get away from the ship and pull it faster. When the propeller is de- veloped this ship we have now
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
TR0LLERS SEEK
 TREATY;REL|EF
 FROM SEIZURE
Association w ants Same Privileges as Embraced
 In Halibut Pact

ABERDEEN, Wash, April 16.- The Trolling Vessel Owners As sociation revealed plans to petition the American and Dominion gov ernments for a treaty similar to the halibut agreement of 1918 to seek relief from seizure in Cana dian waters.
 The Grays Harbor members are presenting their case to civil and political organizations in hope of obtaining sufficient backing to ef- feet recognition at Washington, D. c.
 A similar move is under way in Seattle.
 The trollermen insist upon rights equal to those of the American halibut fishermen and do not seek privilege to fish in Canadian wat CTS but want assurance against confiscation when driven to Ca- nadian havens by storms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
SPANISH QUEEN, KING, CHILDREN
 ARE IN FRANCE
Victoria Declares Alfonso Has Not Abdicated
 Tn Present Crisis
MAJESTY TO ABIDE
 BY NEXT ELECTION
Royal Couple Feared They Would Be Killed
 Blame Communists

PARIS, April 16.-The Spanish King and Queen have found ar asylum in France.
 The weeping Queen Victoria ano five children arrived here and re- tired to hotel in virtual prostra- ton.
 King Alfonso has arrived at Mar sellles, nervous and irritable.
 Queen Victoria said The King has not abdicated and has not even passed over his powers. He merely left the country
 A similar declaration was made at Marseilles by the Kings spokes- man, Duke Miranda, who said:
 His Majesty has retained all of his rights and merely abandoned his power to avoid trouble, even a civil war. The King awaits the forthcoming elections and then will abide by that decision"
 The King is to rejoin Queen Victoria here and take up their residence.
 Tt is horrible, too horrible. They would have killed us if the King persisted. They would have cut our throats. The Spanish people do not understand. They have been duped by Communists who are the real agitators in the pres- ent revolution. the Queen said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
GIRL PRISONERS START R|OTINC;
 CLASS IS USED
Officers and Bremen Are Attacked when Called
 to Quell Disorder

LUMBERTON, North Carolina, April 16.-Five officers and five firemen were injured today in quiet ing six girl prisoners who rioted in the Rosebon County jail for an hour.
 The girls tore down the electric fixtures and broke windows after setting fire to their hunks. They attacked jailer, cut one of his fingers nearly off and slashed his face with glass.
 Bremen and officers were at tackled similarly before the girls were overcome.
 The girls were charged with arson after a dormitory at the State School for Delinquent Girls had been burned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
rUDAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 16.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13A, American Can 1l7A. Anaconda Copper 321a, Beth
 lehem Steel 497a General Motors 43As, Granby Consolidated 17%, h. ternational Harvester 49h, Kenne- colt 23ss, Packard Motors 81a, Sim mons Beds 151s, Standard Brands 18B, Standard Oil of California 42k, Standard Oil of New Jersey 42A, United Aircraft 29A, U. s. Steel 132, Wright 4, Hudson Bay 5ss, Checker Cab 13, 12%. 13.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
HOOVER ASKED TO AID REPEAL
 OF DRY LAWS
Five Hundred Women Op- ponents of Prohibition
 Visit President

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16. Aid of President Hoover, in an effort to bring about the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, was sought yesterday by more than 800 feminine opponents of Prohi- bition who filed through the White House offices to shake his hand. The women carried petition adopted by HOO delegates to the convention of Womens' organiza- tions for National Prohibition Re- form.
 President Hoover received the plea as he accepted pledges to support him, brought during the past week by two feminine Pro- hibition conventions in silence, with Pleased to have you," as they filed past
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
Candhi Yields to Trousers
 For Official Trip to London

AMRITSAR, India, April 16- Mahatma Gandhi, making his plans for his forthcoming visit to London for the second Round Table Con- ference on an Indian constitutional status, said he had decided to wear trousers in the British capital after all
 Discarding his first intention of appearing there attired only in loin cloth and shawl, he said that if the weather is sufficiently cool he will wear ordinary European trousers.
 He indicated that it was even possible that he would appear at the Round Table sessions with his pigtail, or chutia, shaved off. The chutia is long tuft of hair worn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16

will cruise at 250 miles an hour over long distances"
 The propeller that will accom- plish this has been put through a limited number of experiments.
 The ultimate development of 1t will be, Squier believes:
 Cutting the Air
 "In flight, a pilot will be able to change the pitch of the propeller and make it revolve at different angles. thereby cutting the air at the most advantageous angle after high speed ha3 been reached In this way higher speed will be att tained."
 By changing the pitch, the motor will not be forced for great speed and the propeller will continue to pull the ship through the air in- stead of coasting along with it. Changes in the propeller, he says, have increased airplane speed as much as 20 miles an hour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16

religiously by Hindus whose popu- lar interpretation of the mode is that 1t enables friends when the fearer dies, to pull him out of hell. Gandhi wears a chutia habitually. although otherwise he is bald.
 Although decided to wear trous- CTS in London, Gandhi declared that he would not submit to white starched shirt and would de- cline to attend any formal public banquets. Neither will he wear the silk knee brooches which are de rigeur for appearance before the King at Buckingham Palace.
 No, thanks" he said. T am ugly enough without such floppery. I was never made to be ornate"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
NEWSP APERS'
 HELP WANTED,
 PRESENT TIME
Editor of Philadelphia Bulle. tin Calls for General
 Discussion

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16. The newspapers of the Nation are urged by Fred Fuller Shedd, Editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin, to en- courage discussion of means of pre- venting recurrence of the indus trial and economic depression such as the country has just passed through.
 Shedd said the newspapers have done their share but must lead the way to an adequate exposition of remedies to prevent a recurrence of such situations.
 Shedd made his appeal today speaking at a meeting of the Am erican Society of Newspapers Edi- tors of which he is President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
FAMOUS EYE DOCTOR WILL
 AID ROYALTY
Specialist Who Treate d Presidents Eyes to
 Help Siam King

BALTIMORE, Md, April 16.--Ar eye specialist as famous for equa treatment of rich and poor as fol his skill will examine King Prajad- hipok of Siam when he arrives ir the United States soon for treat ment of cataract of the eye.
 He is Dr. William Holland Will mer, 67-year-old director of the Winner Eye institute, which Is named for him. It Is part of the great health center of the Johns Hopkins hospital here.
 Dr. Winner is to examine the king April 30 His findings will help guide Dr. John M. Wheeler another eye specialist, who is to perform the actual operation on the kings eyes in New York May g.
 Cataract Is Disease
 Cataract is a disease that causes blindness because it prevents light from passing through the lens of the eye to the retina, which re- ceives images of objects seen. It may occur at any age, but is com mon in later life. Operations to cure 1t usually are successful, spe- ciahsts say.
 Dr. Winner has treated several presidents of the United States, in cluding Theodore Roosevelt, and other public men, among them Viscount Gray of Fallodon and Sir Auckland Geddes, former British ambassador to the United States.
 Bill for S10
 Friends of Dr. Winner tell of successful operation he once performed on a wealthy patient. After recovery the patient sailed for Europe, at the same time ,msil- in ga check for $1,00o to Dr. Will mer. On his return he found a letter from the specialist, return
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
BANK ROBBED;
 3 KIDNAPPED
Washington State Town Is Scene of Hold-up Dur-
 ing Last Night

CONCRETE, Wash, April 16.- Two bandits robbed the Concrete State Bank of $4,700 last night and kidnapped the Presid e n t, gorge Campbell; Ada Seabury bookkeeper, and George Harper, a customer.
 The bandits relased the kidnap- ped persons three miles out of town.
 The authorities of three North west Washington counties are searching for the robbers. It is believed they escaped in motor boat after driving their automo- bile IS feet into the water.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
SOuiet WiU Trade
 Wheat to Italians
 For Motor Trucks

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16. An agreement whereby Soviet Russia will exchange wheat for Italian motor trucks is announced by the Commerce Department.
 M. M. Mitchell, American com- mercial attache at Rome, told the department Russia had placed an order for approxima ately 2,000 trucks with an Italian manufac- turer and the Italian government had signed notes for 75 per cent of their cost, but the manufactur- CT would not be permitted to dis count them. Mitchell said Italy would receive the wheat from Rus sia and sell it to meet the notes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
LIBERALS PLAN TO GIVE VOTES
 TO GOVERNMENT
Macdonald Ministry Prac- tically Assured of Ma-
 jority Tonight

LONDON, April 16.-A Govern ment majority at tonight's session is believed assured following a vote taken by the Liberals. Twenty eight of the Liberals favored sup porting the Macdonald Govern ment and seven favored voting with the Conservatives on the motion of censure. Eight Liberals abstained from expressing their opinion. The caucus was held to determine how to vote after former Prime Minister Baldwin, Conservative leader, at tackled the Governments unem- ployment policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
RIGHT TO LOAF
 UPHELD BY J. s,

SAN FRANCISCO, Ap1n 16.- The right to loaf on city streets and in public places, no matter how lowly the idler may be, has been upheld here by the United States circuit court of appeals.
 The question was brought before the court on an appeal from con- viction in Honolulu, where the law prevented idling in public places, even in parks.
 The court made no comment on the legality of the oft heard or der of policemen to move on."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
HOUSE DELUCED BY MANY BILLS
 WEDNESDAY P. M.
Twenty-three Bills Floo d Chamber, Many on
 Important Subjects

A deluge of new measures flood ed the House Wednesday afternoon when B bills and four memorials buried Clerk Lawrence Kerr's desk inches deep. In the mass were many of first importance, includ- ing eight-hour bills, an excise tax measure, radio subsidies, a ship ping subsidy, regulation of motor vehicle traffic, bills creating and modifying commissions and many of lesser import
 The House passed two measures making the passing of bad checks larceny, and appropriating s375 for relief of Williams Mortuary, laid the McCutcheon fur farm measure on the table, and considered three others in second reading.
 Two Eight-Hour Bills
 Two eight-hour measures were introduced. One, by Nerland and Johnston, Fairbanks, covers hy- draulicking, dredging, ground thaw- ing, and other placer mining &C., tivities. The second, by John ston alone, is in the nature of a general eight-hour law, excepting dairying and agriculture, and is almost identical with similar measure introduced in 1929 oy Walter Fisher, another Fairbanks member.
 MT. Ziegler introduced a measure to impose an excise tax of 12 cents per case on all food fish packed in the Territory in fibre board containers. MT Nerland brought in measure to create tax commission to ne appointed by Gov. Parks to study the local tax situation.
 List of New Bills
 A complete list of the new meas ures in the House follows:
 H. B. No. 90, McCutcheon, new radio subsidy for station north of Gulf of Alaska, $5,000.
 H. B. No 91. Foster, to trans fer title to hatcheries at Ketchi- kan and Cordova to the respective communities.
 H. B. No. 92, Foster, to reim- purse Walter Kotoff for money expended in rendering aid to Miss Bessie Howe at Ninilchik.
 H. B. No. 93, Foster, to appro- priate $6,200 for shipping subsidy for Kodiak.
 H. B. No. 94, ziegler, to impose an excise tax of 12 cents per case on all salmon packed in fibre board containers.
 H. B. No. 95. Vim, to amend section 1865, Compiled Laws of Alaska relative to sale of real and personal property under probate.
 H. B. No. 96, Nerland and John- ston, to establish an eight-hour day in the placer mining industry, including hydraulicking, dredging, etc
 H. B. No. 97, Johnston, to estab- fish an eight hour day in all in- dustries except dairying, agricul- ture, etc.
 H. B. No. 98. Johnston, to amend Chapter 27, Session Laws of 1929, to provide for legal holidays. mak-
 
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
SESSION
 AGAIN LOOMING
Senators Walsh and Nye Are Insisting Upon
 Converting Congress

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16. Renewed insistence on an extra session to deal with unemployment and agricultural distress came to- day from Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Democrat of Montana, and Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican of North Dakota.
 Administration leaders maintain oposition to any such proposal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
SENATE URGED
 TO ELIMINATE
 HOUSE CHANGES
Mrs. Hermann Asks More
 Amendments to Commun- fly Property Measure

In a pubic nearing before the Judiciary Committee, Senator Di- mond, Chairman, yesterday after noon in the Senate chamber, the Senate was asked by Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Legislative representa- tive of the Alaska Federation of Women's Clubs, to strike from the Winn Community Property meas ure, the ziegler amendment mak- ing that bill elective, and the Boyle amendments classifying un- patented mining claims, fish traps and fish trap sites as personal property.
 She declared the Ziegler amend ment was adopted with her con- sent but not approval as she had been told if that that change were made the bill would pass the House almost unanimously, and the Boyle amendment against her protest.
 Urges Their Deleti0n
 In vigorously -Worded state ment affirming the rights of wom- en to ask for such legislation, Mrs. Hermann urged the passage of the measure, not in the House form, but with the objectionable amendments deleted and the bill restored as nearly as possible to it's original condition
 She was the only witness to ap- pear. After the public meeting was closed the Committee went into session to consider the meas ure section by section.
 No measures were passed by the Senate yesterday. It considered several measures in second reading, advanced most of them on the calendar for final disposal today
 Many New Measures
 The forty-fifth legislative day, the last on which bills can be in- troduced except by suspension of the rules, was characterized by the introduction of eleven bills and one joint resolution.
 Included in the measure were proposals for several commissions, a Bureau of Budget with ample powers, a bill to maintain exist ing wage scales on public works.
 A complete list of the new meas ures follows:
 s. B. No. 60, Sundquist, contin- uing the Prospectors Aid Act and authorizing biennial appropriations hereunder.
 s. B. No. 61, Dimond, to create Board of Budget, defining it's duties and penalties for violations.
 s. B. No. 62, Dimond, to create the office of Superintendent of Public Works and prescribing it's duties, fixing salary, etc.
 s. B. No. 63, Dimond, to amend Section 1877 of the Compiled Laws, relative to Writ of Review by providing that the district court may summarily review any judg- ment or sentence of a lower court in a criminal case entered or made upon a plea of guilty when it appears such judgment or sentence is excessive, and empowering it to
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Pioneer Church. and School Builder in
 N.Y., Alaska, Dies

SEATTLE, April 16. - Matthew Brown, aged 80, pioneer church and school builder in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for the Presby- terian Board of National Missions, is dead here. Among the Alaska buildings he constructed was the hospital at Point Barrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
Dry Law Agent Near
 Death, Poisoned Booze

BALTIMORE, April 16.-David A. Gould, Prohibition agent, was reported by Federal officials to be near death as the result of drink ing poison liquor in an effort to obtain evidence against a local speakeasy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-16
SIGNAL CORPS TO MAKE MORE
 USE OF RADIO
Prominent Persons Address Ch a m b CT of Con-
 merce Luncheon

Plans for Improvement by the United States Signal Corps of wireless communication betwee Alaska and the States were terse- ly explained at the noon luncheon today of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce by Lieut.. Glen Palmer Of the Seattle headquarters of- fices of the Corps, who recently came North to investigate power possibilities and station site facili- ties in Ketchikan and this city. He confidently predicted betteNscents in service.
 Other speakers at the luncheon were Victor Elfendahl of the Skin ner and Eddy Corporation of Se- attle, prominent in the salmon packing industry; o. D. Cochran, Nome lawyer, who urged repeal of laws imposing restrictions on mining activities in Alaska; Staff Capt. Joseph Acton of the Salva- tion Army, Wrangell, who asked cooperation of the Chamber in the Army's building plans here, and John w. Troy, manager and editor of the Alaska Juneau Empire, who referred briefly to his recent va cation trip to Hawaii.
 Fine Cable Offices <
 Lieutenant Palmer congratulated Juneau on it's fine cable offices in the Capitol Building, saying they were the best on the entire cable system.
 We propose" continued the Lieutenant, to rearrange and im- prove methods of communication by the enlargement of wireless facilities. At present. the corps main cable station to the Vest ward is at Seward. We are erect ing high power wireless station at Anchorage. Conditions there for wireless are better than at Sew ard. The Anchorage station will serve Westward Alaska, Fairbanks and Nome It will be completed by next fall. It will speed traffic as well as improve accuracy of trans mission
 Ketchikan or Juneau
 Whether the high powered sta- tion for Southeast Alaska will be at Ketchikan or Juneau has not yet been determined I have in- vestigated conditions at Ketchi- kan. My mission now is to in- quire into the situation at Juneau The principal point of cable con- tact in Southeast Alaska is at Ketchikan. Wherever the high power station is erected, Juneau may be assured of greatly improved communication facilities with the States"
 Lieutenant Palmer said that all plans for the wireless improve ments will be completed before the transfer of himself to the East and the departure of Col. Frank J. Griffin, present head of the Alaska Cable system. for Hawaii to assume new duties there.
 Will Be Less Costly
 Wireless communication" ex- plained the Lieutenant, "can be maintained at less proportionate cost than the cable system, one fourth of the funds of which must be devoted to the upkeep and op- eration of the cable repair ship Delwood, which is always kept at Seattle in readiness for emergen- cies"
 Frequent Alaska Visitor MT. Elfendahl recalled that he had visited Alaska every year since 1900, the year when the Skinner and Eddy Corporation first became
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