The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1930, Page 1

el YW - THE DAILY ALASK: “4ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5414. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY 1930. , MAY 20, W R T e e EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS RIMARY FIGHT IS WAGED IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY el AVAL POWER OF NATION IS MASSED BREAT FLEET MOVEMENTIS § IN PROGRESS Mobilization Is Underway| On Eastern - Coast, Atlantic Ocean | PRESIDENT HOOVER REVIEWING FLEET Mimic Warfare Will Be! Witnessed from Both | Sea and Air — or ol U. S. S. SARATOGA, Off| Virginia Capes, May 20.—! Over the blue waters of the| Atlantic Ocean is massed the| naval power of the Nation,| mobilized in a stately parade| under the eyes of Command- | er-in-Chief Hoover. The fleet will deploy dur-| ing the day in battle maneuv- ers on sea and in the air off | shore in a 10-mile sweep to| stage a naval demonstration. The fleet is assembled for| the first time in history to| play its mimic warfare while| the Chief Executive of the! United States looked on. | President Hoover is aboard| the new light eight-inch gun} cruiser Salt Lake City. | YRR 0 2, 7l LA PARITY IS NOT REPRESENTED, NAVAL TREATY | | | ! | Rear Admiral Chase Testi- fies — Pringle Also \i Gives His Views | WASHINGTON, May 20.—Rear Admiral Chase told the Senate Committee today that the London Naval Pact did not represent parity with Great Britain. Many other! flaws in the treaty were also point- | ed out by the Navy man. | Although he was an advisor to| the Naval Conference, Rear Ad- miral Pringle said he was consult- | ed only once by the American dele- gation. He said he advised the del- egates against the cruiser arrange- ments but they were finally ac- cepted. BRUXTONS TO HUNT ON ADMIRALTY ISL. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bruxton, who arrived here yesterday from Haines after a two-weeks hunt in that district, will leave tomorrow for Pybus Bay for a bear hunt in that vicinity. They will be guided by Ed. Jonke, fox rancher at Sisters Islands. This is Mr. Bruxtons' third Al- aska trip . He is a wholesale hard- ware dealer of Des Moines, Ia. He and Mrs. Bruxton were unsuccess- ful in their quest of bear in the Chilkat Valley, but hope for better luck on lower Admiralty Island. | ship in which Col. Charles A. Lind- | |not progressed to the point where " CHOSEN FOR SUPREME COURT Associated Press Photo Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia, special government counsel in the Teapot Dome and other oil cases, was selected by President Hoover for the vacancy on the United States supreme court. The selection is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice San- ford, for which John J. Parker of North Carolina was relected. IS CONFIRMED BY SENATE BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, D. C. afternoon confirmed Owen J. Rob 2y 20.—The Senate this 10ut a record vote. EX-CADDY’S ATLANTIC FLIGHT BACKED BY | RICHMOND, = Va, May 20—/ Backed in part by men for wlmm[ he d to caddy, George Huacmn-i son, 28, proposes to fly next month from Richmond to P | A dozen years ago Hutcl was a schoolboy here spendin afternoons lugging golf bags. H Now he plans to pilot the "Cnyl of Richmond” from Burbank, Cal,j to Richmond, thence to New York, and on to Paris. His old-time| friends of the links are helping. ‘ Students of John Marshall high| school in Richmond are helping, ! too. | A Lockheed Sirius, replica of the bergh broke the cross-country rec-! ord, will be used. Hutchinson will| go alone and expects to make the| great circle route in about 24‘ hours. 1 His wife and two children will| cheer him from their home inj| Baltimore with full knowledge of| what flying is like. . The children, | Janet Lee, 4, and Blanche, Kathryn, | 7, have each spent more than 100 while sleigh riding and Blanche hours in the air with their Ia!hcr.iKalhryn was hit by a truck They are sure flying is safer; Hutchinson plans to than - land travel because while about the last week in June. He either has ever had a mishap in has a record of 1,100 hours in the the air, Janet Lee broke a legair. Working on New H-mm REI.IEF Small-Size: Car| Is HAZARDUUS { Sears-Roebuck confirm Denver re- ports quoting R. E. Wood, president, | to the effect that the company is! still working on a development of 'Many Families Marooned a small automobile. If Sears finds < it is able to design a car which can| —Qthers Are Driven from Homes be merchandised and serviced ade- quately and properly, it will put it on the market. Tests, however, have | parraAs, Texas, May 20.—Al- though the crests of flood waters jof various rivers in Texas and can be made. |Arkansas are believed past, rescue R \workers are confronted with the Louisiana has 57,258 cattle in)problem of aiding suffering fam- 2854 herds under tuberculin testjlies marooned and driven from SneryIsion & their homes by the high waters. Sears, Roebuck CHICAGO, May 20.—Officials of | § | a definite decision in this respect “YOUNG GUA OUT FOR PEACE g’ - WITHIN 6. 0. P. WASHINGTON, May 20.—Sizing up their position after recent or- ganization moves, Senate Republl-‘ can “young guards” believe they a.re‘ getting a whip hand as the har- monizers between the quarreling “old guard” and the western inde- pendents. Three of the “young guard’— Senators Vandenberg, Michigan; Hastings, Delaware, and Kean, of New Jersey—have been named by Senator Watson, Indiana, Republi- ik \ The situation is worse near Tex- 22 |arkana where it is planned to RD rescue 200 families trapped in their homes when the inside drainage levee broke flooding 32,000 acres. The main levees near Texarkana are reported holding. Lone Girl Flier Has Accident in Java on Her Way to Australia can Party Leader, to serve on the| Republican Steering Committee of | five. Senator McNary, Oregon, who is| on general good terms with all of| the troubled Republican factions, is' of age, Miss Amy Johnson, dropped :;Wu mtbyngxzuf;lxn le“d‘;‘:; in by airplane from London, today. ng guard” g, was forced down and bamboo as s:ne of its group. 3 poles tore the fabric of the plane's n.a'ror Steiwer, Oregon, a youn';\wmgs_ The rents are to be re: guard” is acting chairman of the| .0 with sticking plaster. She is Republican Senatorial Campalgn| = =1o. way as a solo flier, to Aus- (Continued on Page 8ix) itralia. SAMARANG, Java, May 20—A pretty golden haired girl, 23 years VIRGINIA C(”‘FER‘?%Allegalions Are Not Sub- take oOff ¢ FOURTEEN ARE. INDICTED FOR TEXAS RIOTING Charges Grow 'Out of At- tempt to Seek Negro Assaulter at Sherman | | SHERMAN, Texas, May 20.—In-| dictments including 70 counts havye been returned by the Grand Jury of the District Court against 11! men charged with arson, rioting and burglary, during the ‘disturb-| ances on May 9, when George| !Hughes. negro, was hurned in |a vault in the Court House, " Indictments were based on. evi-| dence furnished by the .military l‘court inquiry. No trial dates have been fixed. | The Court House was fired by a| mob secking Hughes who had at-| tacked a white woman. ‘ | FRENZIED MOB ROASTS NEGRO TO DEATH IN VAULT BISHOP CANNON 1S EXONERATED, STOCKDEALING g~ == { | i | | i | | tee Votes 54 to 11 DALLAS, Texas, May 20.—By a |vote of 54 to 11, the Episcopal | Committee of the Methodist Epis- | copal Church of the South, exoner- |ated Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of | The Committee found the allega- | Washington, of ‘charges of stock | market speculation. tions were not substantiated by the | evidence presented. | Bishop Cannon said he fell into the hands of a “bunch of sharpers, |was sorry and he would not do it } again.” * l’ stantiated — Commit | | | ——a—a———— HIGH JAPANESE 1S HARAKARIST | TOKYO, May 20.—The harakarl|eq ¢o death in its vault where h Lieutenant Commander Eiji| —— . : s Kusahari, Attache of the Naval General Staff, is the oustanding {news story in the Tokyo news- ,papers today. | The motive is given as being \fear that Japan lost on the result {of the naval treaty in London. | The officer slashed his abdomen| NEW YORK, May 20.—Character |with a sword while aboard a train{ has been called the most important ibetween Kobe and Tokyo. factor in loaning money and this ! He was a descendant of the old|has been borne out by the experi- Iamural family. He was 39 yearSlences of the New Jersey Money of age and leaves a widow and|Lenders association. four children. Loaning small sums for a wide variety of purposes the small loans MRS companies, according to a survey . TROY GOES TO just published, collected in 96 per CALIFORNIA I'ODAY cent of the" cases. Loans were secured by mort- gages on household furniture. Companies in New Jersey are permitted to loan amounts up to $300 to any borrower at a rate not in excess of 3 per cent per month of the unpaid balance. | To recuperate from an operation undergone in a Portland hospital, Mrs. John W. Troy left there today for San Diego, Calif, where she will remain until she regains her health and strength. Mr. Troy, who has been in Portland with her, left today for Seattle and will sail from there for Juneau late this week. e — Grover Whalen Resignsas N. Y. iPolice Commissioner . NEW YORK CITY, May e e 20—Grover Whalen has re- o e signed as Police Commis- ® e sioner of New York City e and will return at noon to- 'e morrow to the John Wana- “Prison Mother” Leaves Cell with ,Babe, Goes Home l SAN QUENTIN PRISON, May 20.—Mrs, Frances Culp Leano, aged 3 Oyears, “prison mother,” who {gave birth to a daughter Lafter starting her sentence for her part in an {llegal operation, left last ® night for her Pasadena home, tak- ® ing her baby with her. She began ® sentence April 6, 1929. e maker store, in an execu- ®| ————— ,® tixe officer capacity. He ® HOBEN ABOARD YUKON o left $100,000 a year as gen- © |® eral manager of the Wana- ®. Harry V. Hoben, Seward property ® maker store to accept the ® owner, is a passenger aboard the ® $10000 a year Commission- ® steamer Yukon returning to his e ership. ® home after an extended trip in e ® the South during which time he . isoeeoe e e o000 e 0 0 e o underwent medical treatment. - -— TEXAS MOB BURNS Part of the Sherman, Tex., crowd which fired the $60,000 courthouse, killing George Hughes, 41, regro, who confesced attacking a white woman, awaits opening of vault to learn whether victim is dead. Two youtiiful me! leaders are climbing a ladder to r2ach the vault on the second floor. COURT HOUSE IN RACIAL RIOTS £ T— —Assoclated Press Photo. Fire destroyed the Sherman, Texas, $60,000 courthouse and G corge Hughes, 41, negro, was roast- e had been placed by peace officers to save him from mob action. Deadbeats Found Scarce By Small Loan Concerns CALAMITY IS PREDICTED BY TARIFF BILL Declares Cost of Living Will Result and Other Dire Things NEW YORK, May 20—James Mooney, President of the General Motors Export Company, addressing the Western Universities Club, said the ‘Tarlff Bill, if enacted, will in- crease the cost of living and re- tard America’s commercial recov Mooney also said that the Tariff Bill will tend to permanently re- duce the volume of American busi- ness and might throw hundreds of thousands of American workers out of their jobs. Second Trial of Lila Jimerson Is Postponed BUFFALO, N. Y. May 20—Lila Jimerson will not be tried the sec- ond time for the murder of Mrs. Robert Marchand, wife of the di- rector of the Buffalo Museum, until the Supreme Court rules on the legality of the first mistrial. The second trial was scheduled to start yesterday, but Judge Rowe ad- journed the case indefinitely. THIEF MAKES HAUL IN EDITOR’S HOME The home of E. G. Morrissey, editor of the Ketchikan Chronicle, was entered last Sunday and rob- ked, according to telegraphic ad- vices received by United States Marshal Albert White, Diamonds and jewelry valued at approxi- mately $2,000 were taken by the robbers, it was reported. No arrests have been made in the case, but officials expect they will follow shortly. e———— POULTRY RANKS SIXTH IN FARM INDUSTRIES WASHINGTON, May 20.—Rank- ing sixth among the leading agri- cultural pursuits, the poultry in- dustry last year produced eggs and poultry valued at $1,250,000,000. HEAVY VOTING IN PRECINCTS 1S REPORTED Balloting Starts Early for Senator, Governor and Other Offices ARMY OF WATCHERS REPORTED AT POLLS Senatorial Fight Is Note- worthy Political Strug- gle in Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA, Penn., May 20.—Early balloting in the primary today for United States Senator, Governor and |other State officials, was hcavy in spots, reports in- dicated. United States Senator Jos- eph R. Grundy announced he ’had voted for Gifford Pinchot i for Governor. An army of watchers are stationed in some precincts _in this city. Pennsylvania’s Republican Sena- torial primary takes rank as one of the ‘year’s mnoteworthy political struggles. On one side is the power and iprestige of William S. Vare of Phil- !ndelphla. linked with the popular- ity of James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, under three Presidents. On the other is the intrenched influence of the pleasantly persis- tent Joséph R. Grundy, the junior Senator out to keep his seat. Grundy, too, is suppored by the |Mellon political interests. As a res ' of the balloting to- day, Pennsy.’ania forsees the pos- sible emergence of a single figure who will assume the mantle of the late Boles Penrose as “boss.” Fight Center It is around Davis, who opposes !Grundy for the Senatorial nomi- nation, and “Uncle Joe” that the battle of Pennsylvania's political glants swing. As a direct offshort of the Sen- atorial struggle, the Republican Gubernatorial fight has developed warmly. There are two candidates. Francis Shunk Brown of Phila- delphia is aligned with the Vare forces. The other is Gifford Pin- }choc, Pennsylvania’s Chief Execu- |tive from 1922 to 1926. Prohibition could not be kept out of the campaign and an entire wet slate is in the field, headed by Prancis H. Bohlen, University |of Pennsylvania Professor, for Sen- |ator, and Thomus W. Phillips, Jr., ‘Butler for Governor. Democratic Ticket The Democratic Party has an un« |opposed slate for high State offi- ces. Sedgewick Kistler, Loc Haven, Democratic National Committee- |man, seeks the Senatorial nomina- tion and John Hemphill of West |Chester, is out for Governor. The Senatorial fight was marked Iby an early schism in Republican |ranks, with the Philadelphia br- ganization supporting Davis and |the regular State Republican body going for Grundy. Philadelphia’s vote is a rich stake. In/1928, the Republican majority in the city was 420,000. i GASOLINE TA X SEEN AS INVESTMENT BY U.S. HIGHWAY BOARD By FRANK 1. WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, May 20.—Thom- as H. MacDonald, chief of the bu- reau of public reads, says gasoline is the country’s greatest road build- er, He prefers to look upon the $432,- 311,519 collected in gasoline taxes last year as an investment rather than a taxation. He bases his contention on the premise that the public pays for good roads whether it has them or nat. It is a simple paradox. If the public pays for good roads the cost of operation and upkeep is less on vehicles; if it does not, the costs are ' correspondingly increased. “Owners of motor vehicles real- ize,” he says, “that with good roads the direct financial benefits they receive in lowered operating costs in addition to greater freedom of operation, far exceed the sums they pay as taxes.” A comparison of the gasoline and motor vehicle figures of 1921 with (Continued on Page Three) A o+