The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1930, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVL, NO. 5437. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1930. CONGRESS MEMBER PASSES TARIFF BILL; HOOVER TO SIGN IT OREGON CEORGE JOSEPH 1S STRICKEN AT CAMP CLATSOP Republican Nominee for|§ Governor: of Oregon Dies Suddenly WATCHING N. G. DRILL Ardent Dry Seeks ‘ Chief Executive Post WHEN DEATH OCCURS § Candidate to Succeed De- ceased Will Be Selected ! by Central Com. CAMP CLATSOP, Oregon, Junc 16.—Ceorge W. Joseph, Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon, dropped dead at 8:45 o'clock this morning as the result of a heart attack, while talking to Major General George White, watching a drill of the'Oregon National Guard at the annual encampment. The two were laughing and tell- ing jokes when Joseph sank to the ground. Death was instantaneous. FLOODS AND - ELECTRICAL General Downpour of Rain for 3 Days FIVE ARE DROWNED; Two Wom?Are Killed When Lightning Strikes —Five Are Injured [ | DALLAS, Texas, June 16—Nine !persons are dead as the result of (sudden floods and electrical storms /in West Texas following a general |downpour of rains which lasted |three days. | Mrs. Norris Durham and Mrs. !Cora Whitaker were killed at La- ymesa when lightning struck the |Durham house. Five persons were |injured. | The bodies of Oscar Tidwell, .\\‘ire, two children and his mother- |in-law, have been recovered from |the waters of Lake Creek. A freshet | washed away the Tidwell home. Lindsey Phillips, aged 15, was STORMS KiLE West Texas Experiences' HOUSE SWEPT AWAY| Ready for Empire State Gubernatorial Battle | What Prefident Thinks, MANY ISSUES | - KEEP HOOVER INHOT WATER tous Touchy Matters| Arise at Half Way Mark of Term WASHINGTON ALREADY FULL OF 1932 TALK J Va I None Understand—His Friends Keep Busy By BYRON PRICE -) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16. —Just at the political half way mark of his four year term, Presi- | dent Hoover finds his fortunes ring- ed about these June days with a numerous persistent swarm of touchy public issues as if by pre-| arrangement the whole brood—tar-{: iff, farm relief, prohibition, forsign Telations and internal troubles— come buzazing about the head of the man why by virtue of being Presi- | dent is also lcader of the Republi- can Party. P { Two years' ‘ago last Saturday G. O. P. NOMINEE DROPS PANTAGES FREE Alexander Pantages, millionair OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEAD TARIFF BILL - PRACTICALLY - UPTO HOOVER House Passes Measure with Outburst of Cheering, 222 to 153 SPEAKER LONGWORTH AFFIXES SIGNATURE Vice-President Curtis Will Sign Today — Then Goes to President BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, D. C., June 16.—Vice- President Charles Curtis, | President of the Semate. has signed the Tariff Bill and it has been immediately !transmitted to the White House whereé President Hoov- er is expected to affix his Esignflture later in the day or i tomorrow. FOR WHILE | e theater man, temporarily freed TO SELECT CANDIDATE PORTLAND, Oregon, June 16— The candidate to succeed George ny . y. .o W, Nicholson, of Chevy When an automobile was swept off the Pennsylvania Station, ¢ |drowned near Fairfield when an | automobile skidded into a creek. P. C. Lee was drowned at Luling W. Joseph will be selected by the eyase Md., is the candidate of the |a creek crossing. Republican State Central Commit- tee, under the Oregon laws, Phil|ment Clubs of Maryland for the | Metschan, State Chairman said. | “I do not know whether a new committee, yet to be organized, will | make this selection, or if the old committee has power,” said Met- schan. The latter said he would confer with Attorney General Van Winkle for a ruling. RECENTLY DISBARRED George W. Joseph was recently disbarred by the Oregon State Supreme Court, from practicing law in that State, creating a situa- tion unparalleled as he was the Republican nominee for Governor. | The Supreme Court at the same| time disbarred Thomas Mannix, another attorney of Portland, Qrc-! gon. Both were disbarred perm- anently but Joseph was given an opportunity for reinstatement on condition he retract accusations filed by him against two mem- bers of the State Supreme Court. Joseph and Mannix brought dis- barment proceedings against each other. Joseph started the proceed- ings accusing Mannix of deceiving | the Supreme Court in the Wemme Endowment Fund case at the time when Justice Rand granted Man- nix an option to purchase a mine in Baker County for $300,000. Joseph sought and won the nom- ination as “vindication” of the dis- barment recommended by Portland | | i | United Democratic Law Enforce- Democratic nomination for Gov- ernor of the State. Her opponent js Albert C. Ritchie, the present bent. . (International Newsreel) COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF CHICAGO QUITS William F. Russell An- nounces Resignation— Prepares Statement CHICAGO, Til,, June 16—William F. Russell today announced his resignation as Commissioner of Chicago Police. Faced by the severe public criti- cism of his conduct of his de- partment in apparent failure of {the police to cope with Chicago’s | gang rule, the Commissioner said he had prepared a statement of- fering his resignation to the May- lor. The Commissioner told the news- | DEAD IN IOWA DES MOINES, Iowa, June 16.— {Three persons ‘are dead, victims |of heavy rains. | More than five inches of rain | fell at Davenport in 24 hours. | Cecelia Nolan, aged 23 years; !Mrs. Leo Hastings, aged 21 years, land Albert Deheck, aged 26 years, iwere swept into South River and drowned. ‘Divorce of Carol And Helen Is Annuled, Report | F VIENNA, June 16—A News Agenc¥ Dispatch from Bucharest states that the Rumanian Holy Synod has annuled the divorce decree of King Carol and Queen Helen. . |o l. Io . . L] ‘........l.'.. IR AL HEARING FOR MKINNEY TO | Anight, amid gay bunting and tri- Tanned a healthy brown by thejumphant *band’ music, in Kansns} southern sun, ‘Governor Franklin [Gity, he was elevated to that lead- | D. Roosevelt is shown nrnvlnfie:: ership in a single one-sided roll York, after a vacation at Warm )@l | Springs. He indicated that the ' none | of in| of another National Convention will Mection campaign. Washington is full of talk of TR'P Tn GAL So are the enemies within the i the voters and they declare his hold Chairman Britten announced Sat- |ticlans. to Kearney sites for the Navy's pro- come. | the Swing and Free bills re-| Two years hence, unless history next two weeks will be devoted to |breaks the well established habit, laying the groundwork for his ge- “(International Newsreolk (€ his followers raliying to consum- = . mate renomination. Already the straws are bending GUMMII I EE in the passing breeze. | 1932. What Hoover is thinking, understand. | | Friends are getting ready. Party. ‘Those looking to another term . rely heavily on the appeal and Inspection of Proposed|caim among the rank and file of | WCSt Coasl Dmglble is stronger, rather than weaker, by Bases Called Off jvirtue of such defeats he has suf- |fered from Congress, such as open | WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.— |breaks arrived at with Party poh»; urday that tHe projected trip will| 7They see in the great number not be taken by the House Naval|Major projects he has planted Committee to California for con-|the National fabric a promise sideration of Sunnydale and Camp|bountiful fruition in two years | posed $5,000,000 west coast dirigible | TR i SRS | bases. ; | | An executive meeting of the com- | Imittee is called for today to vote i on spectively, to authorize Camp Kear-| IN GUATEMALA | ‘ney, in the San Diego area, or Sun- nydale, on San Francisco Bay, as a BN from Los Angeles jail, is welcomed by Dixie Martin, adopted daughter (left), Mrs. Pantages, and his daughter, Carmen (right). His bond was 1.4 at $100,000 pending appeal of his conviction for criminal assault. | BIG NAMES, DR LAW, INTENSIFY. JERSEY PRIMARY | Y { HAS SENTENGE | OF GOLDHURST | * BEEN REDUCED? Senator Norris to Ask De- NEWARK, N. J, June 16—In ‘a notable contest for the Republican nomination for United States sena- tor, New Jersey has placed Prohi- bition as the paramount issue. Standing for repeal of the Eight- eenth Amendment and restoration to individual statés the right to de- ermune thelr attitude on liquor traffic is Dwight Morrow, classmate of Calvin Coolidge, ambassador to Mexico, and a delegate to the Lon- 2 don Naval Conference, i par!ment Of JUSUCC i About Matter primary tomorrow by Representa- 3 tive Franklin W. Fort, fommrl}'lcoNCERN THAT CANNON Secretary of the Republican N:\-wDEALT WlTH lNVOLVED tional Committee, and floor leader | of the forces that nominated Hoo-! =0 "l~fNebraskan Wants to Know hi- All About Rumors that rer. Fort unequivocally adv continuance of the present Pr Are Circulated bition laws. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16— Morrow will be opposed at the | | | Joseph: 8. Frelinghuysen, intimat of Harding when he was president and formerly a member of the! | | o | |papermen he no longer was" abl2 | He, GUATEMALA, June 16—Earth- attorneys. to function in his present capacity t ————-— {embarrass any investigation of his lana would step out rather than PETERSBURG BARBER 1S GIVEN SEVERE SENTENCE | W. W. Kerr, Petersburg barber, who was arrested last week for vio-| lating the Alaska Bone Dry Law, was sentenced today by United States Commissioner C. Clausen there to pay a fine of $500 and serve eight months in jail. Several cases of liquor were reported to have been seized by Federal au- thorities arresting Kerr. department or crime situation. Part of the blame in the present crisis is lack of an adequate po- lice force and indirectly, straight- ened municipal finances. — .- — Deputy United States Marshal W. H. Caswell, who was called here to attend the extradition proceed- ings of Paul H. Rushton, alleged Idaho bank robber, returned to his station today on the steamer Aleu- ) tian. Shippiné Board Tells House Com mittee “To Go to Hell” Is Claim WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16. Charging the Shipping Board tells the House Merchant Marine Com- mittee “to go to Hell” when infor- mation is sought of its ships’ sales activities, Acting Chairman Lehl- bach has demanded the Rules Com- mittee give approval to his resolu- tion for an investigation. The New Jersey Representative complained that his Committee is unable to get information from the Shipping Board, an independent agency, because it lacked author- ity. ‘The resolution calls for an in- quiry by a select House Committee saying it might be disclosed that | foreign interests dominate the Am- | erican Merchant Marine, Acting Chairman Lehlbach con- tended the Shipping Board ignored In some respects the policy laid down by Congress for disposal of the shipping lines. “They tell us to go to hell. They laugh up their sleeves. We want to know the motive behind.this at- titude,” he declared. Representative Lehlbach said| there “were ugly rumors” about the P. W. Chapman Company, and New York financial influences be- hind it. The company acquired the United States lines and American Merchant Marine lines from the Shipping Board and is a bidder for the America-France and American Diamond Lines, BEWEDNESDAY [Fight Against Postpone'-T ment in Seattle Dry | Case Is Dropped | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, {—Opposition of Assistant United | States Attorney 1. M. Peckham to postponement until June 18 of the extradition hearing of Clifford T. McKinney, former Assistant United‘v |States Attorney at Seattle, Wash-! |ington, under indictment for brib- |ery and conspiracy charges in con- nection with indictments recently {returned by the Federal Grand Jury at Seattle, in which former and present officials of the Prohi- bition Unit were involved, was dropped last Saturday whem Peck- ham agreed to the delay. The announcement that he ex- pected to ignore the postponement was previously made by Peckham after District Judge Frank H. Ker- Irigan granted the defense’s request |that Roy Olmsted, former Seattle Police officer, now in McNeil Island, penitentiary, be brought here to tes- tify. A writ ordering Olmsted’s presence is returnable on the date set for the hearing. ——,———— HEISELS HAVE BOY i A 7% pound baby boy was born at St. Ann's Hospital at 8 a. m. today to Mrs. Walter B. |Heisel of Juneau. Mr. Heisel is with the U. S. Customs House in Juneau. The youngster and Mrs. .to hospital attendants, Chairman Britten expressed hope that the committee would approve ope of the bills. The entire California delegation will support the selection ,it is said. Chairman Britten said he doubts very much if the Rules Commit- tee would report out the resolution June 16. to authorize the trip and for thatl reason the Committee was called to meet in an executive session and dispose of the matter. ACTION IS POSTPONED WASHINGTON, June 16. — The House Naval Committee this aftcr- quakes of considerable intensity pre- ceded by alarming noises, are re- ported to be continuing in thel | Province of Santa Rosa. ! The Government has sent a| group of experts to the volcanoes {Tecumburro and Jamay to deter-| mine whether they show signs of activity and if so they will recom- | mend precautionary measures. Boy Is Decapitated When ‘Helping Father BELLINGHAM, Wash,, June 16. Senate, seeks the nomination on a platform advocating control by the goveriment of the liquor traffic, and John A, Kelly, the arth ¢ testant, designated himse “regular Republican opposed prohibition.” As is frequently the case, there is no opposition in the Democratic primary. Alexander Simpson, for- merly a State Senator, seeks the long term and Miss Thelma Parkin- son a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928, is striving for the short term Morrow and Kelly both ing the nomination for t a 0 re seek- e une: | United States Senator George W.} The President issued a lengthy statement in which he said he would sign the bill. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, June 16—~ | Congress completed the lengthy la- bors on the Tariff Bill when the House, With.an outbuzst, of cheer~ ing, put it§ final stamp of approval ion the document Saturday by a vote of 222 to 163 and placed on the shoulders of President Hoover the question of whether it will become a law. Speaker Nicholas Longworth signed the bill after the vote in the House. Vice-President Charles Curtis, President of the Senate, is expect- ed to sign the bill today and then it goes to the White House. ‘The Senate passed the bill last Friday afternoon. PRSSIDENT'S STATEMENT WASHINGTON, June 16.—Presi- dent Hoover, in a lengthy state- ment. announces he will sign the Tariff Bill. The President said this was ur- gent and ‘“uncertainties in the business world” should be ended by completion of the bill. The statement said the rate in- creases were largely directed to the interest of the farmer; that the new flexible provisions afforded an opportunity to “remedy inequali- ties; take tariff from politics, lob- bying and log rolling.” The President said complaints | Norris, of Nebraska, said last Sat- urday night, he would introduce a resolution today asking the Deparn-i jment ‘of Justice whether the sen-| ;wnce of Harry L. Goldhurst, for- mer head of the stock and brok- erage concern with whom Bishop James Cannon, jr., traded has been | commuted. | The Nebraskan said he heard Goldhurst's sentence had been com- muted from five to two years, and {that high officials attempted to (have this action taken. k Senator Norris said his resolution would not mention Bishop Cannon., of foreign countries, if some of the rates were high, could be remedied if justified and proper of applica- tion by the Tariff Commission. “Grundy” Bill Issue Congressman Jouett, House Chair- man of the Democratic National Executive - Committee said: “The Grundy bill is thus made an issue in the coming Congressional cam- - paign.” Fireworks to Start President Hoover's approval of the Tariff Bill signalled the open- ‘mg of the political campaign. Democrats and Western Repub- Under the resolution, the Depart-ilican Independents are arrayed jnoon voted 11 to 8 to postpone | ~—Bruce Leroy McComas, aged 12 tion on the selection of the naval £m0y g ¢ years, was decapitated when he was caught between an elevator and the ishaft, while helping his father at| his work in the Pacific Coast Pa- | ac Iproposed $5,000,000 Pacific Coast |dirigible base until next December. SUPT. KELLER 1S {per ‘Gompany's piant. The body Now CONV ALESClNG\w'S found soon afterward by the | father, R. R. McComas. W. K. Keiler, Superintendent — - : iof the Juneau Public Schools, who| A county traffic bureau with a| was operated uoon last week for|fixed schedule of fines to exped\be‘ |appendicitis, is improving in splen- |handling of cases of violators has| {did shape according to hospital been proposed at Grand Rapids,| attendants. Mich. “MAMMA, I AM GOING TO KISS YOU GOODBYE,” SAYS SCHOOL BOY AND THEN HE SW OONS;DIES SOON AFTER| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June \—Entering his mother'’s bedro :wnh a picture of her clasped in ¢ hand and an empty bottle of poi in the other, William Mullend 17-year-old high school boy gaspe: | 1 ‘The boy fell unconscious and Lwo? hours later di-d. From his parents, Mr. and Mrs. n|Thomas Mullender, the Police] *,|learned the boy had been smd_vmg; to be a cartoonist. He sought work!' as an artist, and failed. This is be-| 6. Heisel are doing nicely, according| “Mamma, I am going {0 kiss 0! |ljeved to have been the cause of |date for Meputy of the National ‘goodbye," |him taking his life, ; jdrew his candidacy pired term of Walter E. E Who | ment of Justice will be requested resigned to become Ambassador Oy, furnish the Senate with corre- France, and for the full SiX-Year gnongence pertaining to the effort| term. PFrelinghuysen recently w)nlh‘m obtain commutation of sentence | 1 e short 5 | for Goldhurst. covered | term and Fort's only the full term Some of Morrow's sought to have him with the short term, believing name would appear once pany, short jperiod -and again for _""“‘lo five years in the Atlanta Peni- long, many voters might be COD-l4entiary for fraudulent use of mails| fused and mark the ballot but once. v - to sell stock proceedings. | He declined, saying he would nu‘i Prior to his sentence, Goldhurst| “resort to political subterfu told of handling stock transactions £ for Bishop Cannon but this had Candidate for Office nothing to do with the criminal| In Mexico Assassinate petition DETAILS ARE GIVEN SUPPOrteTs| Npw YORK, June 16— Harry raw {08 Golahurst, principal partner in the since DIS lprorerage firm of Kable and Com- the | was sentenced last October for d |charges against him - against the Administration. SENATE LOBBY COMMITTEE IS TOREPORT NOW Final Summary of Hearing to Be Made—90 Wit- nesses Appeared . WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.— Ninety witnesses passed before the Senate Lobby Committee during the GUADALATARA, Mexico, June Following Ten Day Run, 16.—A group of unidentified m(‘ni Bmk les to Open Doors‘ assassinated Professor Manual Bar- ron Duran, and his nephew, Ramon Limon, and wounded Fernando Basurto Limon. Duran was a prospective candi- LAKELAND, Florida, June 16.—| {The State Bank and Trust Com- |pany of Lakeland, failed to open |its "doors after a 10-day run in {which officers said depositors with- idrew $300,000 Revolutionary Party eight months it has been in session and a record of almost 2500,000 words has been accumulated. It's work is believed finished ex- cept the formalities of presenting to the Senate a transcript of Bish- op Cannon’s testimony, Prohibition probé report and finally summary of the entire Lobby inquiry.