The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5652. THOMPSON IS E “AEL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931. ASY WINNER I MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRI RICE. TEN CENTS N CHICAGO PRIMARY “LAME DUCK” RESOLUTION IS PASSED s T | Breuer Asks f val L " T0 ELIMINATE | oiL HEIRESS WEDS POLISH COUN CHARGE MADE reier:dibs for Remove | 2 . ) | | SHORT SESSION ' SENATOR TOOK | Of Schools from Politics | LARGE MAJORITY i | j ‘ d ' § 3 U. S, CONGRESS ‘ And Suggests New Board| , [ - GRAFT MONEY pRem e 20 MAYORALTYRAGE A | Seventeen objects are contained|® ® ® ® ® e e e 0 9 & o o . | _— TR in the recommended educational : B : | Sl | T program submitted to the Gover- o BUI » ! . Measuredpasse§ House by| Unnamed Member of Upper 2ie%em supmitted to the Gover- | ] 1931-32 ‘| Polls Two Hundred Ninety- : | Good Majority, House of Congress missioner of Education, in his bi-(® : | Six Thousand, Two Hun- 8 i with Amendment Alleged Tnvolved - [S"), (2om Joade, punle today. | O rparted. towrs ' dred Forty-Two V. i I €ged Involve iOne of the most striking of recom- |® incorporated towns £ | red rorty-lwo Votes ] i e |mendations was: “Removal of the|® School districts ...$570,000 ¢ | —_ 3 J NEW AMENDMENT TO INVESTIGATION IS loffice of Commissioner of Education ,: O‘;‘;‘ge :’; “‘erz‘fi'& > |ENEMY OF GANGLAND i | from the present litical atmos- was | f CONSTITUTION NO MANDED AT ONCE e =™ ™ |+ _school auicts” e s0000 ¢ | IS TRAILING BEHIND | — i DEMAN A The Commissioner suggests in-|® C‘lélzgnshlp Night o « . ——— f 11 T 5 1s ; 1 3 | : < 5 [ | Proposal Must Be Ratified 5 . |stead of popular election of the|® choo ) | g pb Chairman Nye of Campa_[gn head of the Alaska school system,|® Co-operative Schools 20,000 e lClOSC Flght Indl.ca‘ed B & y Three Fourths F . he be appointed by a Board of |® Payment of Tuition 20000 | Election in April with - f Stat ‘ unds Commmitee | giucaion to be composed of the|® Transportation of o ' ™D 7 of States [ . S mernibars’ He B etk ]’ < Bt 25,000 © emocrat Nominee | Pty resses for Action R i, ‘J bt —~ | j ) dicial Division, one arge from | e 1 FWASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 25— | the Territory, and the Governor $ ot $042000 ¢ WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON \ CHICAGO, M., Feb. 25.— iS 25.—The House has passed a A thorough investigation of the|as ex-officio member. [ e e eoeeensoos Nomnated for Mayor of Chicago in| “Big Bill” Thompson, who i resolution to abolish the charges that an unnamed Senator| Revision Is Imperative % athal S - yesterday's Republican primaries. | promised to work for the peo- ; e Dudl® SGites of received from $100,000 to $150,000/ The change of the office from — ‘ £ » e Duc! essions o from a sugar company while the|2Ppointive to elective, the report |five lay members and the Gover- | ple 18 to 20 hours a day for i Congress. The vote was 289 | tariff bill was before Congress is|declared, “was untimely and un-|nor, who can give their time solely 'the next four years, won a g to 93. Th : w d ded by Senator Nye of :the|Progressive.” The school system is to the study of the educational sys- | hi s : i % 8 h e_resolution no_t sz::; Cam}x,;aign Fundsy Commit- | 8rowing and will continue to grow.|tem and its problems. “The mem- ’smaa.llmg victory in th.e Re % goes to the Senate and must) s It must strive for efficlency, and |bers of the Board should receive | publican Mayoralty Primary be approved by three fourths | Senator Nye said the charges had |démands constant study. It is, |their positions by appointment free M A n E Tu K I LL yesterday and was renomin- ] of the States. been called to the attention of his|therefore, “paramount that our|of political influence,” the report |ated with 296,242 votes g The. vaaciait i | committee and the Senate Lobby|Present Territorial department sald. “The object is to get the ! hees ! a e reso ution provides a Committee but the Campaign Com-{Should be revised to meet the best qualified members possible. . Judge John H. Lyle, who Constitutiony] Amendment to! mittee found no basis for action on|D€eds” he asserted. “This revision |Conditions tend to put such ap- i dashed off a batch of vag- y drop th ssion of. its tituted autherity. should be centered about the Ter- |pointments in the hands of the | B bR f5h°" £ | Semator Nye sald he had turned |Fitorial Board of Education and its Governor. While it Is true thero oAl rancy warrants for “public | » ongress after the November over his information to Senator|€Xecutive officer, the Commissioner |might be some objections to this ., . E 4 jenemies” received 228,401 elections, permitting the new Qaraway of the Lethy Conuniiiee’|o! Education ” |method, it seems the best. such Chief Executive of Cuba| yotes, Congress to be seated on| | The basis for the payment of|/ The present Board, consisting of appointments to be concurred in by 1 | » ' gress to be seated pay) Tl Ihe ragn i ot codetios af | SPOCLESI By ‘ Fac&lzs Death Twice | Alderman A. F. Albert re- : i January 4 instead of 13| the money to the unnamed Sena-| 3 pointed Legl ) | |tor, is not revealed by Senator Nye. |ouf, in the past had one main duty, Long Term Board in 24 Hours ceived 99,560 votes and G. K. months later. the appointment of Commissioner.| A wslx-yle':‘ Orxlr\lmionhls sug- S | Schmidt 13,211. o | i ; t t t t | X | AN B i R | g e e | WAIVING . IMMUNITY, tmo of the. members. has b members terms. exphing i any BOMB WRECKS PART OF| A close fight at the forth- I h" L"ii te r‘J WM 22 st Seventeenyearold Kathorine Silva Cornell of Tulsa, OKia., helre DAVIS MAKES REBLY largely occupled with legislative du- |vear. It should meet biennially in coming election is indicated | changed to January . | to estate of $3,000,000 left by Robert Oglesby, oil operator, and Count ties. Juneau about January 15, to give 48 Anton Cermack, Presi The resolution is a substi-| Jan Drohojowski of Poland, after they had been married at Tuisa. | WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb 35—\t o = 0 (e e ety oosce oo PRESIDENTIAL P AL ACE E dent tute for the Norris resolu-} 3 tion, passed six times by theJanVIGTIUN UF Senate, with an amendment | sponsored by Speaker Long-’ worth, to terminate the sec- | Twu SET ASIDE ond annual session within four months. RY HIGH GUUHT The amendment carried by| * I 230 to 148. Congressman Lon g worth }Idaho “Rum Rebe 1lion” left the Speaker’s chair, one| i, of the few times since he oc- Case Appealed, Re- sults Favorable cupied it to argue for the amendment, warning that| ( SAN FRAKRCISCO, Cal, Feb. 25. amendment, which would SOLONS NEARLY ALL HERE, FOUR MORE TO COME Eight More Legislators Ar- rive Here on Alameda Early This A.M. ‘With the arrival early this morn- Waiving Senatorial immunity, Sen- ’ator James J. Davis, of Pennsyl- vania, denied before the Senate | Lobby Commitee he ever lobbied if.’)r or against the sugar tariff or ,received any money for the alleged | lobbying. Senator Davis said if he was referred to in the published reports that an unnamed Senator received from $100,000 to $150,000 from a sugar company while the ) tariff act was under consideration, it was a ‘“contemptible lie.” Has Sugar Stock Senator Davis said he held from $80,000 to $100,000 worth of stock in the Celotex Company which | makes board out of the hy-products of sugar cane. He sald he never discussed the tariff with B. G. Senator Davis further said he Board be re-organized to consist of (Continuea on Page Twn) Bills to Sell Alaska Cable System Introduced, Congress WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25— 25 F I R E M E N Identical bills authorizing the Sec- retary of War to sell to the high- HAVE NARRuw est responsible bidder the Alaska ESCAPE, FIRE Cable System were introduced in the House and Senate at the re- quest of the War Department. Under the bills, the War Depart- ment is empowered to sell the Federal interest in the properties either whole or in part after due ent session of Congress is not re- |of the County Commission, 'walked away with the Demo- | cratic nomination with a vote i expected to exceed 285,000. There were only a few out- | breaks of violence reported | during the day. The city election will be held April 7. PULVER'S WILL MAKES SISTER Soldier on Patron Confesses | to Plot—Youth Tries \ o : Assassination Bloom in the Mullan, Idaho, “Rum |fcur members of the 1931 session of | P20V i ikl o oy Rebellion,” has been set aside by the Circuit Court of Appeals. ‘Weniger and Bloom were the only two of 24 convicted to appeal to the court. It was pointed out the conspir- acy was confined to the town of | {Mullan which was not in the juris- diction of the Sheriff and there was no reason for the conviction because he was not interested in| enforcement there. Weniger was sentenced to two! make way for political con- ventions and campaigns. 3 Are Dead In Accident On Railroad the Alaska Legislature which con- venes next Monday, were missing. They will arrive here on the motor- ship Northland next Friday eve- ning. Those arriving today were: Sena- tors R. N. Sundquist and Alfred J. Lomen, Second Division, and A. J. Dimond, Third Division; and Representatives G. C. Winn and J. E. Johnson, First Division, Andy Nylen and George Hellerich, Sec- ond Division, and Cal M. Brosius, did not know wheher his company wanted a high or low tariff. Investigation Started The investigation started after Senator Nye called an article in a newspaper to the attention of the Senate. Chairman Caraway of the Lobby Committee then started the orobe. Senator Davis, in a public state- ment, insisted on an investigation although Senator Nye or the article Roof Collapses—$400,- 000 Blaze in L. A. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 25— Two men are missing in a fire which swept three floors of i downtown business building this morning causing a loss of $400,- 000, garded likely. Chairman Reed of the Senate Military Committee, said the Sen- ate Committee would not take ac- tlon and he said probably the committee would await on the action of the House. | The purchase of the system would | be open only to United States citizens or corporations whose con- | trolling interests are within the United States. The fire caused a tie-up of the early traffic. Twenty-five firemen escaped in- | Ernestine Pulver of James- town, N. Y., Is Named His Executrix Ernest Lee Pulver, who was the heir to #he Valentine properties in this city and who was killed last | Saturday evening in a fall down a flight of stairs in the Valentine Jewlery Store, left a will. He be- e | years in prison and fined $1,000. Third Division. Missing members|in the newspaper did not mention | Jury ;«[‘h;nt }; portton t:{ dthe rooll, ! | queathed virtually all of the rich . . The trial, more than one year|are: Senators Charles Benjamin,|him. on whic 'y were standing, col- | TAD | estate to a sister, Ernestine Pulver, Locpmollve and, Combina-|sgo, “startisd ‘the :conmtry, by the |mst o tomere e moer | enator Mye' recotly said He]iapsed. _ Temperance PRESIDENT MACHADO | Eiate to 4 sister, Ernestine Pulver, tion Car Plunges Into bold contention of the city officials | Djvision, and Representatives A. H.|would not press an attempt to| The blaze is believed to have HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 25.—The life niece, Effa Hamilton, also a resi- they had a right to license liquor |Zjegler, First and Harry Donnelly,|unseat Senator Davis because of |Originated in excelsior piles on of President Gererdo Machado was dent of Jamestown. In his last River in South MOBILE, Alabama, Feb. 25.— Engineer Arthur Ingram, a negro fireman and J. N. Vaugh, baggage establishments. There was no pri- vate graft and the bootleggers’ fees were used to Mullan is a mining town and the population demanded liquor. improve the town.| |Fourth Division. Senators Sunaquist and Lomen were accompanied by their wives, land Mrs. Hellerich and child are with Mr. Hellerich. alleged huge primary expenses. —eo— COMMUNISTS campaign the second floor of the building. New Prohibition Restriction Units Will | Be Grouped endangered twice in 24 hours. He was delivering a speech yes- terday in celebration of Indepen- dence and dedicating the new Capitol. testament, he also mentioned a half sister, Mrs. Anna Jaquett, and a half brother, Sidney J. Pulver, of New York State, but the chief beneficiaries under the document master, were killed when a loco- ———.————— g 3 3 | 4 o T ; uth attempted to draw a pis- - motive and combination baggage | @-————————— o | As many of the Legislators bear Is Proposed Various Organizations A“’,wf\b’ffi o B fhe 2t ] (Continuea wn Pagze Six) car of a Loulsville & Nashville| | TODAXE STOCK | lcredentials as delegates to the i to Be Brought Under | “a’soidier on patrol at the Presi- Z X Rallroad train plunged through an QUoTATNS ! |Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. - dce confessed to placing Postmistress Under Six open drawbrid . - h i One Head | 1y dential paiice pacng pes al ge this afternoon. Alaska, now in session here, no ’ 25.—Senator Morris Sheppard, 4 |a bomb, which exploded Monday, P .d R . 16 No passengers are reported to| NEW YORK, Feb. 25—Closing,formal caucuses have been ar- Democrat of Texas, has intro- b wrecking part of the top floor, residents Retires at have been injured or killed but a careful check is being made to ascertain if any passengers were in the Club Car. One Pullman is hanging over the edge of the bridge. The accident is not explained. ——————— quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 82, American Can 125%, Anaconda Copper 40%, Beth- lehem Steel 67%, General Motors 43%, Granby Consolidated, no sale; | International Harvester 75, Ken-| necott 29%, Packard Motors 11%,| Simmons Beds 20%, Standard A request from Russia for a{Brands 20, Standard Oil of Califor-| large amount of data on farming|nia 49, Standard Oil of New Jer- has been received by the Secretary sey 50%, United Aircraft 34, U. 8. of the Kansas Board of Agricul-}Steel 148%, Hudson Bay 5%, Cur- ranged for yet. Some informal discussions on organization matters have taken place among individual members but so far as could be as- certained nothing definite has transpired looking to the organiza- tion of either house. There seems to be a multitude of candidates for some of the posi- tions, such as sergeant-at-arms, in both branches of the Legislature, To all appearances every Division EUROPE LAND Jobless Observe “Interna- tional Unemployment Day”—Suppressed LONDON, Feb. 25.—Communists caused riots in a dozen European duced legislation to put the manufacturers of fruit juices under restrictions of the Vol- stead Act. The legislation would strike out the sentence in the Volstead Act under which manufacturers of grape con- centrates claim authority for their product. The sentence also exempted home manufacturer of cider and fruit juices but said they | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.— Organization of centralized political temperance units in each State is endorsed by the national confer- ence of organizations supporting the Eighteenth Amendment, Dr.| Ernest Cherrington, President of | the conference sald today. The soldier attempted to drop the bomb, with a long fuse attached, from the roof through a vent run- ining to the President's bathroom on the third floor. During the re- cent repair work, the pipe in the vent was stopped up and the bomb TEHAMA, Cal, Feb. 25.—After serving as postmistress under six presidents, Mrs. Kate Huson has re- tired at 76, and an 18-year-old girl has succeeded her. Hazel Underhill is declared to be the youngest postmistress in the Dr. Cherrington said the organi- jonly reached the floor above where b |1t exploded. zation pointed to the next Presi- = dential election and it was planned THe D egangared the Tives of the children of the President's to gr 0 oup all organizations under n-in-law, Emilio Obregon. west, while Mrs. Huston was one of the oldest in the Pacific coast re- gion. Because of her age, Miss Underhill's appointment was tem= ture. tiss-Wright 4%. will have its candidate for that|Slties 88 the lobless observed "In-| opouig ngy be sold or delivered |OhC head in each State to elim-| porary. g position and the surplus would ‘national nehxz:&yex:m ay. except to persons permitted inate duplication and more thor-| e }fomemade Cancel Mark be large enough to equip another legislature or two of equal size. Candidates for clerks, messengers, The police, were pre- pared and nowhere did the dem- onstrations get out of hand. vinegar manufacture. —_————e—— oughly cover the field. a Hunting Bear in Alaska LUTHERANS TO HOLD . , etc, are sa 0 n| Factory workers orated in Mos- { by’ ’ Starts Post Office Rush B T e, S R ! LENTEN SERVICES, On Television Programs —_— FORT MYERS, Fla.,, Feb. 25.+Ason, postoffice employe, cut one home-made rubber cancellation|from a blank stamp. The home-! stamp used for the last year at the | made stamp was in the form of a local postoffice has been ordered |rosette with ten petals. discarded by the postmaster gen-| Stamps cancelled by the device eral. quickly came into demand by the When the postoffice lost its regu-|stamp collectors. Hundreds of let- ROAD WORK AIDS JOBLESS MADRID, Feb. 25.—The Spanish government has authorized an ap- propriation of $1,066,500 for a high- way construction and repair pro- gram to alleviate unemployment in lar cancellation stamp for register- ed and insured mail, C. J. Robin- ters were received during the year for special cancellation. agricultural regions resulting from }poar crops and drought. f :J.v. Paris. Berlin saw small riots. in French factory towns for sup- pression of riots. Special precautions were taken in Spain and Italy. Reports indicated less than 40 were injured in street fights through- Jout the continent. REPORTED BETTER! Regular Lenten services will be| NEW YORK, Feb. 25—Estimat- thrice daily with a ninety minute National Guards were called outj Mrs. D. B. Femmer, recently op-‘held at the Resurrection Lutheran ing there are 10,000 television re- | Period starting at 9 o'clock at night, erated upon in a Portland hos- pital, is steadily improving accord- ing to a cablegram received today by Mr. Femmer. The advices stated Mrs. Femmer will be able to get lllP and into a wheel chair within the next two or three days. Church by the Rev. Harry R. Al- len, pastor, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. The sermon topic will be “The ceiving instruments in the Natioa, |the De Forest Radio Company an- l Eastern Standard time, with & 30~ minute direct pick-up. The subjects will include movie films. These films will show life Cross, a Mighty Magnet.” s:rangers'nounced a broadcasting daily pro- and visitors are cordially invited to|gram over station WTWOXCD at |on the desert, hunting bear in Alas- attend the services and worship ‘with the congregation. Passlac, New Jersey. ka, and stories of Roosevelt and The programs will be broadcast ' Benjamin PFranklin,