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Evening star., 1932-09-16

The air has been DurQeneQ WlCn Iu-
mors OF loans to individuals from the
corporate funds of the insult invest
ment houses, and coinc1dent with the
first disclosures Of these today, States
/: Attorney John A. Swanson announced
. he would investigate possible violations
of the criminal laws. He appointed four
assistants to conduct the inquiry into
the fall Of the insult utility investment
companies, engaged conference To-Day
with United States District Judge wal
ter c. Iindley, who Is presiding over
the receivershipS, and ordered enc
prosecutor to study extradition laws and
treaties with France and Canada. He
did not explain the significance, but 1t
was pointed out that Samuel insult,
former head of the utilities empire, Is
living in retirement in Paris and his
brother, Martin j. insult, Is in Canada.
Loans to individuals.
The Mississippi Valley investment
audit showed $261 ,104 loans to mdi-
yiduals. Included in the figure were
advances Of $4,000 partially secured
to Martin insult; SAL to ]. A. NC
Phail Of the Canadian insuM ofsa1z ~,
ton and q number Of others. Only
two were not secured, and many had
life insurance policies as collateral.
The deficit Of Mississippi valley,
Thayer said, was $28,392 sos; but, Writ
ing of the entire capital stock, TINS
would be reduced to $526,O9l.
The first insult Investment Co. audit,
that of the insult Utility Investments,
Inc made public Tuesday, showed a
deficit of $226,000, 900, including the
stock.
Thayer was asked, informally,
whether the Mississippi Valley concern
was solvent at this time.
The outcome depends on the gen
eral future of business" he replied. I
don't think any one can put value
on the assets at the present time"
The principal items on the asset LIST
were $2s,2s5,s4l, in common stocks
and $l7,444,790 Of preferred stocks,
S400, $40 In stock snyndicates and $751;
672 in notes payable.
Stocks Held by Company.
Among the stocks held by the COM
pany were such items as 1000 shares
Of American Cirrus Engines, Inc; 287
shares of Business Research Corpora
ton, 16,330 shares Of Continental
Shares, Inc; stock in the First Trust &
Savings Bank Of Taylorville, H.; 5000
shares of Intercolonial Exploration, Inc:
10000 shares of South American Oh
Fields, Inc; other shares OF Superior
Alloys, Ltd, and the Niles Hotel Co.,
most Of these unrelated to the utilities
field. There were also textile, coal and
Misksippi Valley owes SIC. .7o0, 900 to
ths M1ddls West Utilities Go. and the
latter also owns 81 per cent Of the Mis-
siasippi Valley stock.
various enterprises IN which the MIS-
Evening star., 1932-09-16

department Of the st. Louis-South-
western Railway Co., died suddenly in
his ONCE yesterday. Death apparently
was caused by heart disease.
Evening star., 1932-09-16

Chalklands. Edgar wallace's home
at Bourne End, England, Is to be sold
at auction.
Evening star., 1932-09-16
.htions 1t would not be possible to pay
rates and land annuities.
De Valera Dns in London. /.

De valefa Dne In London.
LONDON, September 16 R.-rresi-
dent Eamsn de Valera Of the Irish Free
State viii spend Monday in London on
the way to Geneva, where he viii pre-
tions Assembly.
No arrangements have been made for
him to see Prime Minister Macdonald,
but 1t was thought likely he would call
on j. H Thomas, secretary for domin-
ions, TO discuss outstanding issues be-
tween the Free State and Great Britain,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
TRIAL IS 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 Governments 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,OO0,000 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 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.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16

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?"
 Tn 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 Sile following: "
 Whereas the signatories of the Kellogg pact have branded war as an iaadmissib1e and dishonorable means of settling disputes, let all signatories give 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 contrafy to the outlawing of war, and to the spirit of humanity"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
JACK WHITE TO HURL HAT INTO
 POLITICAL RING
Local Merchant to Run for Republican National
 Committeeman

John T. White, Juneau merchant and resident of Alaska for g years, will early next week file his can- didacy for Republican National Committeeman for Alaska, he an- 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 Republl- can organization in the Territory. E. A. Rasmuson, head of the Bank of Alaska chain, now residing in Cordova, sometime ago made 1t known he would be a candidate.
 MT. 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 Is years. He was in Nome about five years and also resided in both Fairbanks and Valdez.
 MT. Whites residence in every part of Alaska has given him a wide acquaintance with party members. T 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. Two other wellknown residents of the First Division contested the race with him, and an outsider, Maj. George D. Beaumont, was appoint ed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES ON
 HOUSE ROOFS
Three Breaks in Mississippi Levee Sends Water
 Over Lowlands
SECOND DISASTER
 IN STRICKEN ZONE
Efforts Started in Recov- ering Thousands from
 Imperiled Positions

GLE MORA, Mississippi, Jan. 16. = The Tallahatchie River section is flooded again and the Hippo Basin became a raging torrent today send- ing h u n d r eds of marooned families to their house tops, threatening to tak e m any 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 thousand families from across the river from here before it is too late.
 This is the second calamity to strike this section and re- mobilization was under way when t0day's disaster destroy ed this work and caused new peril.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
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 reconstruc- ton finance corporation bill, the foremost and mightiest of measures proposed by President Hoover for enlivening business, passed the House last night by 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 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- tically adopted different means of bringing about the same results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
RYDER FLOOD
 CONTROL DYKE
 TO BE BULL I
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 report to Congress.
 Major General Lytle Brown, Chief of Army Engineers, said Hyder was endangered from floods and it's abandonment would remove the only American entry into the Sal- mon and Texas Creek mining dis tricts."
 Taking into consideration the large Federal interest and invest ment in the highway connecting it with the international boundary the flood protection expenditure is justified.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
Preparations Picture at q Glance

cated financial structure, provided for an annual yield of $625. 600 900 to come from proceeds of German railways, certain customs and con- sumner taxes.
 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 total was fixed at approximately 26 billions to be paid between 1880 and 1888.
 No reparations were asked after the war by the United States. What the Ahed nations owe this country consists of war and post war loans amounting to more than 20 billion dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
World Leaders, Signatories of Young Plan, to Meet
 at Lausanne
EUROPE STRUGGLES
 ANEW ON WAR DEBTS
Cancel, Revise or Let Stand Is Puzzle Before
 Those at Farley
By REID MONFORT

WASHINGTON, D. o., Jan. It. To cancel or not to cancel? To re- wise or not to revise?
 These are the questions upper most in the minds of world lead CTS as the Young Plan signatories prepare to gather at Lausanne on January Is to consider anew the problem of intergovernmental rep arations and war debts
 The conference was called chiefly as a result of the report of the Young Plan advisory committee stating that Germany would be un- able to resume reparations pay 1nents on the present scale at the end of tn emoratorium. The United States 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 hostilities ended, the Brit ish government proposed surrend- ering its share of German 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 moi feasible, Britain would collect from her war debtors only what she needed to pay the United States That has been the English policy since the war.
 America already has made con- Siderable revision in funding agree ments with it's debtors. Capacity to pay" has guided her in deter mining whether revision was war ranted. The administration, how ever, opposes cancellation although favorable to e-examination of the capacity to pay. Congress is against either cancellation or re- vision.
 France Opposes Revision ? France has vigorously opposed any revisions of the Young plan Germany would welcome cancella- ton.
 Here are some of the arguments advanced by advocates of cancella- tion or drastic revision of debts and reparations:
 1. A more equitable distribution of the world gold supply would bt
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
]. ]. CONNORS GOES
 TO DEMOCRATIC MEET

To attend the Territorial Demo- cratic Convention to be held at Fairbanks January p, J. J. Con- nors, Democratic National Commit teeman for Alaska, departed from Juneau this morning on the steamship Victoria for Seward From there he will travel over the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks.
 The convention is expected to complete the transaction of it's business in few days. and MT. Connors plans to be back home the end of this month or early in
 February.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
EDITOR D E P ARTS ON
 TRIP T0STATES
John w. Troy to Return with MT. and Mrs.
 Bender March l

On 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 brief stay in the Puget Sound metropolis with his son-in- law and daughter, MT. and Mrs. Robert w. Bender, MT. Troy, ac- companied by them, will go to California for a few weeks so- journ.
 The three plan to be in Juneau about March 1, after which MT. Bender will be associated with MT. Troy in the ownership of The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. a6.- 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 total amount of indemnity tor Ger many to pay to the newly created separations commission. This con- mission in 1921 fixed this total at 132 million gold marks. or B billion gold dollars. The annual payments were made up of deter mined amounts of ssreparations in kind" (payments in coal and other materials), and $500, 1000.
 This arrangement collapsed in 1923, and a commission headed by Charles e. Dawes was formed which scaled down immediate pay ments. The Dawes plan. e compli-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
Wickersham First to File for Major
 Office Nomination

. The first 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 . filling 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 Q ruary, which falls on Febru- . ary 2, this year. To date but . one other filing has been made {
 . in the Auditors Office, that {
 of Karl Theile for Delegate
 . to the Republican National
 . Convention. c ooo {
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
IdalO's LiberaI DiuOrce
 Statute Fails to Attract

ate in general were to be capital ized. But Nevada passed 8 "six- weeks law"
 Nearly a year after the Idaho law was passed, an observer and optimist of year ago said. We've had only one promising prospect. She was from New York. and we understood she came here for a divorce. Then one day her hus- band came. found their children in the park and drove away with them. The woman left next day,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
MINING MAN FROM ALASKA
 HUNTS WAGON
Search Is Rewarded in Ia coma-Vehicle to Be
 Brought North

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 16.-After diligent search, E. M. Reyes, 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.
 Yesterday, Reyes had a list of half 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.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
SHRINE CLUB DANCE
 DRAWS LARGE CROWD

With an attendance that taxed the capacity of the spacious ball. room of Scottish Rite Temple, the dance given by the Juneau Shrine Club last night proved a most en- joyable affair. Music was furnished by the Serenaders.
 This dance was the second of the season given by the Shriners. The next will be held February 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16

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 year ago. business men started elabor- ate preparations to attract divorce seekers. Heavily timbered moun- tains for hiking, crystal clear lake for boating and swimming, a variety Of winter sports and cli-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
Japan Replies to Note Sent by Stinlson

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 . . Americ Ambassador w. . . Cameron Forbes by the For . eign Minister. . . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
TAKING STRIkESSToCk
 PRICES TODAY
Losses of One to Three Points Numeorus-
 Trading Stacks

NEW YORK, jass.. Io.-Week-erd profit taking gave the stock market a moderate setback today but trad ing was quiet, only about 800,000 shares being traded.
 New losses of one to three points were numerous.
 United States Steel lost one point.
 General Motors, General Electric, American Can, New York Central 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 Bethlehem Steel, American Tobac- co B, Eastman.
 News of the passage of the re- finance corporation measure by the House prompted considerable profit taking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
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 immediately started in to install a new hydrant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
PRESIDENTS BILL IS PASSED BY E4O1
Eiinstein Urges Arbitration toInsure Peace; Fixing sSise
 of SluOrds' Most Ineffectiue
By A. J. BOUMAN

BEttlIN, Jan. 10. OPOAA tllC 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 "a debating club" and the Hague Court of Arbitration as powerless in an article just published by the Dusseldorf General Anzeiger.
 Arbitration, Einstein says, should be made compulsory and the Courts verdicts should be enforced, militarily and economically, by joint sanctions on the part of par ticipating powers.
 Concession To Militarisln
 This concession to militarism Einstein makes for the reason that i've should only make these sacri- fees to the state when the free de- velopment of the individual is en- sured thereby"
 "The state exists for the citizen; not the citizen for the state" Fin stein says. "The same can be said of economies"
 "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 be slaves of the state.
 This rule is vlolared by the state when it forces citizens to per- form war service-to slay men of other nationalities, or to hamper their free development
 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 of cantankerous and quarrelsome people. The constant danger to life is felt by a hindrance to the proper development of the city.
 ''The city council therefore is expected to remedy this situation, but neither the councilmen nor 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 { 50 long as the citizens do not try to eradicate mutual killings by recourse to the laws, the courts and the police, trouble will not cease.
 Agreement on how long and how sharp a sword may be only bene- fits the strongest and the most quarrelsome of the people, and de- flyers the weaker into their hands.
 My parable is plain" the pro- fesor continues. We have a League of Nations and Court of Arbitra- tion. But the League is not much more than a debating club. and the Court of Arbitration has no mean: of enforcing it's verdicts.
 These institutions offer no se- curity to any state if it is attacked by another.
 'sIf this be remembered, France! refusal to disarm without security may be judged in a more reason.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
FREAKIsH WEATHER

CHICAGO, H., Jan. 16.-Weather Bureau experts in all sections of the country continued to scratch their heads in puzzlement as they delved into yellowed records seek ing some precedent for the present freakish weather.
 A complete reversal of conditions gave the West Coast almost freez- ing temperatures while the Atlantic Coast is enjoying premature spring temperatures up to 77 degrees.
 Snow In California
 In some parts of California six inches of snow is the recorded depth, threatening the citrus fruits. In New York spring apparel is in order.
 There has been heavy snowfall in Arizona and Government planes have dropped food to Indians.
 Colder temperatures are expected in the East with rising tempera- lures in the West during the first of next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
CLOSING PRICES TODAY

NEW YORK, Jan. 16. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 637s, Anaconda Copper 111a, Beth lehem Steel 217s, Curtiss- Wright IA, Fox Films 4ss, General Motors 23h, International Harveter 28h, Kennecott 12, Packard Motors 5, United States Steel 44A, Bunker Hill, no sale.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
ALaska Pioneer
 Aged 80, Weds VI Sweetheart, Aged 85

SEATTLE, Jan. 16.-George Ford, aged 30 years, retired Alaska Yukon pioneer, was married to Mrs. Margaret Champneys, aged 85, here last Thursday night at the home of her nephew after a court ship of four months. Their friendship began 16 years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
DR. ECKENER
 GIVEN MEDAL

PARIS, Jan. 16-Dr. Hugo Eek ener, Commander of the Graf Zeppelin, has been awarded the 1881 medal of the International Aerouautic Association.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
TAKING VACATION

Mrs. E. Kirkpatrick left on the Princess Mary this morning on a vacation trip to the States. She will visit New York and return to Juneau in about two months via the Panama Canal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
HEAVY SNOW
 FALLING IN
 WASHINGTON
Temperatures Are Low in Western P art of State
 No Relief Expected

SEATTLE, Jan. 16-With Vest ern Washington blanketed unde- the heaviest snowfall of the winter, weather forecasts today offered lit- tie relief from the present siege of indictment weather and more snow is expected. Temperatures are low.
 There is a two-inch fall of snow here and in other west of the Cascades cities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-16
ON BUSINESS TRIP

Charles Sabin was a passenger on the Princess Mary today en- route to Seattle on q business trip.