The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5642. ~ JUNEAU, ALASK A, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSO PRICE TEN CENTS CIATED PRE S5 WARNS AGAINST EXPANSION OF FEDERAL POWER VANDEBILT I8 MISQUOTED:HIS VERSION GIVEN Hit - and - RIStory About Premier Mussolini Is Now Related THREATENS 7O BRING SUIT AGAINST BUTLER Details Aré Given on Sub- ject Which Caused Great Uproar SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 13.—The charge that Gen. Smedley D. But- | ler misquoted him is made by Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, jr., wao denied | he ever said Premier Mussolini of Italy declared, “what’s one life in| the affairs of State” after his auto-| mobile struck a child. Vanderbilt said he was told the story confidentially and had not the court martial been abanduned it would have been ‘“very embar- assing” for a highly prominent third man. Vanderbilt, after making a state- ! ment last night avowing he had been misquoted by General Butler, today told his version of the hit- and-run story for which the Ma- | rine Commander was ordered court | martialed, but which proceeding | was abandoned. | Is Talking Again DEDICATION DELEGATIONS HERE TODAY Visitors Are to Be Greeted at Femmer Dock—En- tertainment Plans st DERBILT, JR. Claims Was Made “Goat” Vanderbilt said the anecdote All plans today were compiete 9 EBELS" HOLD THREAT OVER NEW HOUSE; SINGLE VOTE MAY SWAY SLIM MAJORITIES, “Dreadful Doubt” in Seventy-Second Session Appears in Line-Up for Party Control in Lower Body of Federal Legislature—Republicans and Democrats Wil Convene Caucuses to Frame Political Slates (This is the last of three stories by Kirke Simpson, veteran Aczociated Press staff writer in Washington, dealing with un- usual aspects of the new Congress. political cddities which promise In this article he discusses to affect issues before the new House of Representatives.—Editor.) By KIRKE SIMPSON WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13—The premiere of the Sevelity- second Congress, the Congress of *“ ‘dreadful doubt” as to party contro! in both Houses, will be played before the Seventy-first Congress makes its exit. Save On Fobruary 26 those Republican members of the House of 'the enty-first Congress who have been re-elected to the Seventy-second —and they are many—will sit in caucus to frame their party slate:for the next house, from the speakership down. | KVALE IN NOVEL ROLE | And about that time Rep. Pau Two days later, House Democrats—not so many in holdovers ‘but with newly elected members trooping to join them—will do likewise. 1 J. Kvale, of Minnesota, the lone Farmer-Laborite of the new House, will hold that unique “one-man caucus” of which he talks, to decide what his role is to be. At these first political clan gatherings of the new Congress 218 Rep m accounted for. There were at this writing tw City Democrats having died since el | replaced by Democrats at special elec ‘n political eataclysm if that did nof PROPHECIES FUTILE Thus, by the books, the Republi (of one vote. Yet that is only by the books. would be “merely a squib com- for the formal dedication of Alas- three party caucuses, Kvale's one-man show, can there be cemp!m; ublicans, 216 Democrats and Kvale, thc only member not allied ore or less definitely with either major party, will be present or 0 house vacancies, two New York lection. Both were expected to be tions. It would be something of t happen. icans will have an absolute majority pared to the issue which testimony Ka's Dew capitol building, and the harmony of political action and thought. would have made public had not City Was preparing this afternoon } the court martial bien called off. to extend a welcome to the dele-|prohibition, on farm relief legislation, g ine and gations from other communities other issue of the day may produce in a House dominated by only | ?:"ilsltcerd Ertlda:::nsbo;y szf)r:‘aepoirxln who are enroute here to participate a one-vote nominal party control, not the wisest political observer ! for himself and made me the goat. | “The testimony I would have giv-| en at the court martial would have brought out statements made by o'clock, being held in the quarters: the General,” said Vanderbilt. 1 Vanderbilt claimed this statement would have concerned failure of | a foreign power to live up to the| terms of the London Naval Pact.| The Vanderbilt version of the Mussolini affair follows: “I was riding with Mussolini, who was driving. A small child | ran in front of the machine at a| sharp turn and was hit. I looked back to see if the child was hurt.| Mussolini placed a hand on my| knee and said: ‘Never look back, | Vanderbilt, always look ahead in life'.” Forty Affidavits Vanderbilt said if he had been called to the stand he would have brought forty affidavits to prove Gen. Butler misquoted him. Vanderbilt said: “One overt act on the part of Gen. Butler will re- sult in my filing a legal action to bring the facts to light. I'll not sue to collect monetary damages but | for the purpose of disclosing mani- fold angles arising out of the Mus- solini incident.” Tribute Paid to Lincoln by Nippon Amb. Ceremony Is Held at Tomb in Springfield, 1llinoss SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 13— Ambassador Katsui Debuchi, of Japan, and Gav. Louis Emerson, of Illinois, were the speakers at a ceremony yesterday at the w'nb of Abraham Lincoln. A wreath from President Hoover was placed by trembling hands of Grand Army members on the tomb. Ambassador Debuchi said: “From in the rites. The ceremonies will take place tomorrow evening beginning at 8 to be occupied by the Alaska Mu- seum and Historical Library. Sun- day afternoon the entire building will be thrown open to the public. Five Delegations Coming Five delegations from Southeast Alaska communities are aboard the motorship Northland which is due them a royal welcome. of Commerce, members of that or- ganization and citizens generally are expected to be on hand when the vessel draws in to its berth at Femmer’s Dock. The City Band will be on hand. During the stay of the visitors they will be enter- tained in various ways. They will be given cards to the Elks Club; Saturday afternoon automobiles will be placed at their disposal for rides over Glacier Highway and arrange- ments made for them to visit fur farms in that district. Saturday evening they will e guests at the Dedication Ball given by the Elks in the auditorium at Elks Hall Skagway Delegation Here The delegations aboard the North- land are: Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Wrangel and Petersburg. The Skag- way delegation, composed of How- ard Ashley, representing Mayor Mulvihill, Mrs. Ashley, James Net- (Continued on Page Eight) Chaplin Turns Down Offer to Appear on Radio NEW YORK, Feb. 13—Char- lie Chaplin will not become a radio entertainer. This he made known yesterday when he rejected one of the most at- tractive contracts ever offered anyone. For 26 appearances on the radio he was offered the sum of $625,000, which figures out my boyhood, Lincoln has been one ©of my heroes.” at the rate of $25000 for each appearance. Colonial Areas Are to Be Saved as National Shrine WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13— Historic centers in Virginia, bearing the battle scars of the birth of a nation, will be preserved by the government. Rich in the lore of colonial and revolutionary valor, three .of Vir- ginia’s shrines have been pro- claimed a national monument by President Hoover to guard their wealth. The Colonial National Monument as the area is to be known, lles within the few miles between Jamestown Island, the first settle- ment, and the Yorktown battle- field, where Cornwallis surrendered. Centered Around Williamsburg Williamsburg, the old capital of colonial Virginia, where John D. Rockefeller has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in restoring the pre-revolutionary buildings, is the ‘center of the memorial. ¥ A wide, smooth highway will link the Island with Williamsburg, and Williamsburg with Yorktown. Across the York river from York- town is Gloucester Point, made part of the monument. The southern half of Jamestown Subjects of favorable comment. A Juneau for a few days. (Continued on Page Seven) to reach here at 6 p.m. today. The'y city was preparing to extend to Committees from the Chamber :could say with certainty. i Once 1 And what the dissension within the ranks of the major parties on! on the tariff, on almost every n the War Congress of 1917, the (Continued or Pagc Three) BIG LOCK - 0UT [N ENGLAND IS TOEND MONDAY Three Hundred Thousand Weavers to Return— Operators Give in { itle-up has ended. Three hundred thousand weavers who were locked out last month, operators demanded they operate 'double the number of looms. The weavers claimed this would throw {thousands of workers out of jobs. | Peace came when the mill own- lers agreed to abandon the plan of |giving each weaver eight instead of four looms to tend. —_————— STAMPEDE IS STARTED OVER - PLATINUM FIND fProspectors Rushing to Al- berta Foothill Coun- try to Stake ‘ LETHRIDGE, Alberta, Feb. 13.—/ | Prospectors are rushing to the | Livingstone Range in the Alberta foothill country where platinnm has been reported found. More than 100 claims have been staked, the first by Jack Havman, lof High River, and the second by W. C. Wingate, of Cavley. The claims are 40 miles south jof the Turner Valley Oil Field. It is understood a Government| geologist will fly to the scene soon| and make a survey. GOOD TIME ENJOYED AT FIREMEN’S BALL Successful financially, the twen- ty-fifth annual Firemen’'s Ball last evening was one of the most de- lightful social events of the sea- son. Tickets were purchased gen- erously and the attendance taxed | |the capacity of Elks Hall The favors were firemen’s red helmets, made of cloth, and were delicious punch was served. T0 WITHDRAW U. S, MARINES FROM S. AMER. Plans Are Announced for Bringing Forces Home from Nicaragua | | | | { | | | MANCHESTER, England, Feb. 13.| WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. ll—'mhe Hous The Lancashire cotton industry|The United States will withdraw | i Marines from Nicaragua. Plans have been made to reduce the Marine force in Nicaragua by will return to work next Monday. |June and this will pave the way| | The weavers struck when the mill |[for complete withdrawal after the "L @PProve of the House Com- 11932 elections. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Stimson. The June withdrawal will be 800 |Marines now on combat duty |against insurgents. ‘The remain- |der of the force will be- stationed at Managua, the Capital, and will {be used solely for training and as an aviation unit. The Nicaraguan National Guards will be increased to 500 to fight the insurgents. Five hundred Ma- rines will be left in the country jafter the June withdrawal, in com- | parison with 5,000 Marines one year ago. DIRIGIBLE BASE * FOR CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.— |President Hoover has signed the |bill creating a dirigible base at |Sunnydale, California. In signing the bill, the President recom- |{mended an immediate appropria- |tion for the project. ————— TODAY’S STOCK .I QUOTATIONS | . NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8%, American Can 116%, Anaconda Copper 37%, Beth- lehem Steel 58%, General Motors 42%, Granby Consolidated 18%, In- ternational Harvester 54, Kennecott Corporation 27%, Packard Motors 10%, Simmons Beds 18%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 50%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 50%, U. 8. Steel 145%, Unit- ed Aircraft 31%, Hudson Bay 5%. ., WRANGELL MAN HERE 8. A. Brannin of Wrangell is in He 1s registered at the Gastineau Hotel. NEXT CONGRESS | In only one of the| - that Representative Paul J. Kvale VETS' BONUS LEGISLATION COMPROMISED Value on Certificate Is Approved 1 ‘WASHINGTON, D. O, Feb, 13.— | The House Ways and Means Com- 1mlt£ee has approved a measure to increase from 221, per cent to 50 per cent the present loan value jon adjusted compensation certifi- jcates held by World War Vet- ]erans. The plan was approved unanimously. | 1t is estimated by the Commit- tee that this will add $700,000,000 ]to the cost of adjusted compen- |sation if all of the veterans take |advantage of the loan provisions. {The fact that the plan was sup- \ported alike by both Democratic {and Republican members of the Committee assures its passage in i WILL APPROVE PLAN ! WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.— The Senate Finance Committee ]mmee plan of additional loans on {Veterans' bonus certificates, Sena- tor George of Alabama predicted. i Senator George said he did not iwant to tommit himself to the icompromise adopted yesterday | which would increase loans to vet- erans at a minimum estimated at a cost of $700,000,000. The plan |would raise the percentage possible Ito borrow on certificates from 22% |to 50 per cent. | X | Coa.;; Line Raised by Earthquake {New Disturbances Occur Today in New Zealand —Workmen Injured WELLINGTON, N. Z., Feb. 13— A large section of New Zealand was rocked by earthquakes today. In the Napier and Hastings dis- tricts the tremors were much more intense than usual and consider- able additional damage was done where the quake wrecked communi- |ties last week. Walls left stand- |ing were shaken down and injured workmen. No deaths’ have been (reported so far. Last week's quakes in the Napier district raised the coast line an average of five feet. Prohibition Not |Favored for {United Kingdom LONDON, Feb. 13.—The House of Commons voted to- day against the bill which would prohibit the use of alcoholic liquor as beverages throughout the United King- dom. CENTRAL FIGURE IN HOU The party line-up in the House of Representatives in the next Congress promises to be so close issues. Representative Nicholas Longworth (left), Hou Speaker, and Representative cratic Floor Leader, are shown talking things over. Plan to Increase Loan| 7 LINE-UP; OTHEI Bl ISSUES BEFORE ENTIRE NATION |Dominant Problem of To- day Is Explained by Chief Executive FEDERAL CHARITIES SHOULD BE AVOIDED |Economic De pression Is Touched Upon—Rem- edy Is Outlined WASHNGTON, D. C., Feb. 13— From the room where Abraham Lincoln worked and his Cabinet sat |during the Civil War, President Herbert Hoover last night, through {the radio, called on the people to |guard against agitation for exe | pansion of Federal Powers. “In Lincoln’s day, the dominant problem turned to the issue of State’s rights. “The dominant problem today John Garner, Demo-|turns in a large degree ta the ise PUSICH LINKED IN GONSPIRACY “If the Federal Government con- tinues to assume new responsi- {Dry Officers Charge Deputy| Marshal and Merchant = (center), the lone Farmer-Laborite, may cast deciding votes on some/ Sen. Blaine Promisi ng New Ex pose bilities it will lead to a super- state where every man is a serv- ant of the state and liberty is lost. “Such was not the government Lincoln sought to build,” declared the President. The Chief Executive spoke from the second floor room known as Lincoln’s study. The President further said, in ireferring to the present economic |Claims Post Office Lessors Are Campaign Contributors with Grave Crime |depression that it could be met by |the organized efforts of industries themselves and local (Continued on Page Two) /il Stolen Mutiliated Currency Is Found i ’ e ovi e vell! gation, said he would produce ovi- |uty Marshal, and Mike Pusich, well opiate of Federal Government chars The statement was made despite | missioner Charles Sey, both charged to place his evidence in the records ministrator Gerald L. Church, | Senator Blaine said Postmaster |this UI s' SENATE have plenty |a preliminary hearing. | —— Senator Blaine is using the “cloak from duty by United States Mar-| tlon and fraud in the making of cence. joutset of today’s session, in the his services, He succeeded the Maining in session today until a FR 0 M INDIANA |a majority of the residents of Doug- talk with human endurance to the Will Make Investigation eral Democrats and Republicans on which the Prohibition Bureau Secretary of Agriculture Hyde shal White. ing Bribe $20,000,000 loan but it was so eva= Harry Rowbottom, Republican Rep- ' course, be interested only in ob- port on Prohibition, to the Depart« of accepting bribes and using his; arrested several weeks ago when mending the appointment of a rural WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13— (Independent Petroleum association, In W/llshin/.’lon Alley Where the supply originates pro- | For this reason he laid before the mail robbery early yesterday| Cheap foreign oil is responsible | Congress—that imports of crude been cut from the three pouches the industry will get back on its| Finished of! imported in 1929, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13— | Senator John J. Blaine, Chairman | . ; government of the Senate Postal Lease Invesii-| W. E. Feero, United States Dep-|agencies. He insisted that the dence to show large political cen- |known businessman, both of Doug-|jties should be av ide tributions by Post Office Lessors|las, were arrested today on a war-| s o °. i |at the proper time. |rant issued by United States Com- | Postmaster General Brown's state- |with conspiracy to violate the Na- FILIBUSTER |ment that they contributed only |tional Prohibition Act. The warrant' $500 since 1924. iwns issued on a complaint sworn to| Sen. Blaine said he did not want by Deputy Federal Prohibition Ad- |until some of those concerned tes-| Bail was fixed in the sum of | tified. $2,500. No time had been tixed;' morning by Judge Sey for |General Brown will | |of chance under oath to refute the | Feero Is Suspended L d I . Se . CO |charges after the testimony is all| Feero, who has served as deputy €aders Insist Session Con- in. : marshal in Douglas for about Iourj tinue to Vole on The Postmaster General said years, was immediately suspended . Compromise of Senatorial immunity” to deceive shal Albert White. The latter de- the American people into believing clined to express any opinion on| WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13.— there has been widespread corrup-|his subordinate’s guilt or inno- Senate leaders announced at the postal leases. He did say that Feero had a face of a threatened filibuster by ———e good record and that no complaints Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, they had ever been made to him about Would insist upon the Senate re- GUNGRESSMAN late “Bill” Eddy on the Island VOté was taken on the $20,000,000 }and was appointed by Mar hal drought relief compromise. | White on the recommendation of Senator Thomas said: “I would 1’ limit.” Neither the threat by Senator FAcEs GHARGE “I have no knowledge, personal Thomas nor the opposition of sev- lor official, of what the facts are B cause serious apprehension to the i has based its charge of conspiracy. leaders who are confident the meas- Representahve Rowbottompmn the case is complete, I shall ure will carry. 14 | express no opinion,” declared Mar- Indicted for Accept- ! made a reply to the Senate’s re- He added that he would immedi- quest for a ruling as to whether |ately investigate the matter impar- food loans could be made from the INDIANAPOLIS, nd., Feb. 13.— tially and that his office would, of sive that the.opinion was expressed resentative of the First District,|taining and making available to it should be referred, like the Indiana, has been indicted by a|the public the whole facts. “We Wickersham Law Enforcement re- Federal Grand Jury on the charge ment of justice for interpretation, influence to obtain Post Office ap-| — pointments. 2 ) Representative Rowbottom was (LOILErOl Metho tirring accused of accepting $75 for recom- | Argument in Oil Squabble mail carrier. The oil world is boiling in its own |says one barrel of refined oil im- barrels, and the trouble is too much | ported equals four times that 1oil amount of c¢rude petroleum. R b vide the controversial factor of a |the recent governors’ oil relief con- WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 13 _.:long, simmering problem of im- | ference, of which he was chair- The mutilated currency stolen in|portance to about 20,000,000 persons. |\man, the proposal it is urging on morning at the Union Station, 'vas for the ills of the petroleum pro- oil be placed under a partial em- discovered by the Police in an up-|ducers, the indspendent operators bargo and that refined products be town alley. The currency had'cry. Stop that flow, they say, and |excluded. stolen. The currency would have feet quickly. That's why they [records of the oil conservation board been worth $807,000 if it had been|want a tariff. ’show. totaled about 50,000,000 bar- whole. American production, the inde- |rels, largely from Venezuela. In Sld SNl JUST A BARE — ;pcndems say, is less than Ameri- |addition there were 20,000,000 bar- START can consumption, but by only a rels of crude oil imported. Against |comparatively few million barrels this, American exports were 115,- The yearly. They estimate crude pro- 000,000 barrels of which 60 per about duction within 150,000,000 barrels cent was crude petroleum. ou- of the demand. See Relief in Tariff the Would Bar Refined Products The expressed goal of the inde- Wirt Pranklin, president of (Continued on Page Six) is WASHINGTON, Feb. deepest mine ever dug 7.500 feet deep, or one three sandth of the distance from carth's surface to its center. ::‘.:l