The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1932, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5924. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1932. MEMBER OF _ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN TROUBLE; MINISTRY RESIGNS BOMB SCARE IS EXPLODED BY ITALIANS Packa ge;Tddressecl to King Emmauel, Premier Mussolini, Opened INFERNAL MACHINES CANNOT BE LOCATED Gifts from American Ad- mirers Are Unwrapped Very Cautiously NAPLES, Italy, Jan. 12. — Two tlerks in the post office stepped back in alarm as they combed through thousands of sacks of mail brought by the- steamer Excalibur, from the United States, and un- covered a suspicious looking pack- age labelled “medals” and address- ed to King Emmanuel. The package was only four inches long but the bomb squad took it to a vacant lot so nobody would be hurt when it exploded. The wrappings were carefully re- moved, while experts stood by. 1832 Coin And there was revealed an Am- erican half-dollar dated 1832. With the piece of coin was a note to the King from Modestio De Rosa, a barber of Newark, New Jersey, as follows: “I send you this coin, 100 years old, as a token of affection.” The King is a coin collector. Contain Gifts Other packages, addressed to the King and Premier Mussolini were opened and found to contain var- ious gifts from American admirers. One package contained a photo- graph album. The opening of the packages was the result of advices, received from mysterious sources, that bombs were in the mail aboard the steam- €r Excalibur addressed to the King and Premier. ———— NORTH DAKOTA ALL SET FOR BIG BATTLE Roosevelt Expected to Be First to File Declara- tion of Candidacy VALLEY CITY, N. D, Jan. 12— ‘The gate of North Dakota's political concourse is ajar to permit Presi- dential candidates formally to enter the lists in that State. Fillings will be accepted today and they must be in not later than March 1. The preferential primary will occur March 15. Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt is expected to be the first in with his filings as a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Chairman H. H. Perry of the North Dakota Democratic State Committee reported that more than a third of the 33 North Dakota counties show an almost unanimous sentiment for Gov. Roosevelt. North Dakota is the first State to go to the front in Presidential nominating contests. S8he gets more than her proportionate share of general interest on that account. ARKANSAS ELECTING SENATOR LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 12— Arkansas is holding an election to- day to select a United States Sen- ator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Thaddeus H. Car- away. It is generally conceded that his widow; Senator Hattie Caraway, will be-elected. - She is now serving under appointment from Gov. Har- vey Pammell and was nominated by the Democratic State Central Com- mittee. Women from all over the State have campaigned for her. Gov. Parn:ll is regarded as the brobable Democratic nominee for the Senatorial election next fall It is understood that Mrs. Caraway will not be a candidate for the new term after the expiration of the term of her late husband. The Democratic nomination is equivalent No longer can unemployed in and food anyway.” (upper right). redeemable for necessities. IDLE AID THEMSELVES ON WOODPILE Grand Rapids, Mich., brag that it isn’t necessary to hunt jobs “because they will be supplied with fuel Rather they work for what they get thanks to the “Grond Rapids relief system” started by City Manager George W. Welsh The idle are put to work on civic improvements, and the municipal woodpile shown above, and are paid in scrip which is NEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASED FOR LOCAL STATION Wickersh_a—r-n Advises Chamber Transmitter Bought for Use Here A new and larger transmitter is now enroute here for installation by the United States Signal Corps whichwshould eliminate interference to radio broadcasts, according to a letter from Delegate James Wick- ershaf to the Chamber of Com- merce which was read at today's meeting of that organizations. At the request of the Chamber the Delegate took up the matter of in- terference with the War Dpart- ment and urged immediate con- struction of the proposed new transmitting station on Glacier Highway. There are now no funds, and will be none for sometime for con- struction of the new station, addi- tions to existing plants or rehabili- tation, said Judge Wickersham's letter which indicated the national economy program had hit the Alas- ka communications system like it has hit every other activity of the Federal Government in the Terri- tory. After Local Trouble There seemed 10 be some ques- tion abouf the new transmitter for this station, however. G. R. Gel- latly, Signal Corps Radio Engineer with headquarters in Seattle, told the Chamber he had no informa- tion about any such equipment en- route here. Before he left Seattle there was some talk about build- ing a transmitter for this station which would entirely eliminate in- terference, but he had no knowl- edge that it had been started yet. Mr. Gellatly is here to try to clear up as much interference from the local plant as is possible. H2 explained to the Chamber what his that are to be taken to carry it out. He invited questions, answered several, end asked everyone ex- Pperiencing difficulty to communi- cate with him at local Signal Corps headquarters, A letter to the Chamber from the Petersburg Commercial Club said radio owners there were experi- encing similar trouble and asked what had been done here to obtain relief, Urge Immediate Action ‘The necessity for immediate ac- tion on the projected improvement of lower Front Street btween the City Dock and the Alaska Juneau offices was stressed at the Cham- ber today. Unless an immediate program is adopted and some work done toward putting it on a defi- nite basis, improvement of 800 feet of the section, between the Thane Highway’s northern termin nus and the Sawmill refuse burner, cannot be done, the Chamber was informed by M. D. Willlams, dis- trict engineer, United States Bu- reau of Public Roads. A report covering two years’ work (Continued ou Fagr Eight) mission is, and some of the steps| HESSE T0 SEEK RE-NOMINATION BY DEMOCRATS William A. Hesse, High- way Engineer, Candi- date for Second Term William A. Hesse, Territorial Highway Engineer, will be candi- date for that office again this year, it was disclosed by him today. He has not filed his declaration of candidacy but will do so within the next few days. Mr. Hesse was elecied to the of- fice in 1930, the only Democratic candidate for a Territorial office to be successful in the general el- ection that year. He defeated Jos- eph Ulmer, Republican, of Fair- banks, for the office. In a statement to a representa- tive of The Empire today Mr. Hesse authorized the statement that he would again submit his name to the Democratic voters in the April primary for their approval as the party’s candidate in the November election. He is a pioneer of the Territory and has resided in every one of the four Judicial Divisions and has a wide acquaintance in each of them. Mr. Hesse is & World War vet-| eran, serving in the Engineer Corps. He went to the Army from Alaska and returned here shortly after he was mustered out of the military service. He is the first man to have been elected by popular vote as Highway Engineer. Prior to 1930, that office was filled by gubernatorial appointment. In the 1930 primary election, he defeated R. J. Sommers, encumbent for sev- eral years, for the Democratic nom- ination, —eeo——— WILL ATTEMPT T0 GET GANDHI oUT OF PRISGN ) BOMBAY, India, Jan. 12.—Attor- |neys interested in obtaining the release from prison of Mahatma Gandhi have decided to postpone the application for a writ of habeas corpus until they have had an op- portunity for further study of the statute of 1827 under which the Indian rebel was sent to jail. It will require about one week longer to study the case. British officials said that even if Gandhi is released he will be rearrested under new ordinances recently put into effect. —— s IMPOUNDS HIS OWN COW oamonnm—mnmup Orange patrolman and poundmas- ter, pulled a good joke on himself. After impounding a cow he went. home to discover that it was his own, a recently acquired chattel he had failed to recoguize, Jobless Can’t Shirk in Grand Rapids; They “Earn Their Salt” on Civic Jobs By G. M. KELLY 'GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,, Jan. 12. —Because one man's ire is aroused by a shirker, thousands of jobless persons in Grand Rapids have been saved fro mcharity and supplied with work., The story of how he was inspired to start the “Grand Rapids relief system,” which since has been adopted by several other cities, has just been revealed by George W. Welsh, Grand Rapids’ city mana- ger and a former Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of Michigan. ‘Welsh heard an unemployed man boast he would not hunt for a job “because the city will take care of me and deliver my groceries to my door even if I don't work.” “Right then,” Welsh says, “I got my idea. I decided the unemployed should be given a chance to earn the money the city was spending to assist them. Plan Works Two Ways “It was a two - fold program of saving the self-respect of the job- les and giving the taxpayers some- | thing for their money.” So the “Grand Rapids system”| was introduced. Men were given| Jjobs on civic improvement projects, with payment in paper scrip re- deemable for food and clothing at the city’'s welfare store. Profits from the store are turned into a relief fund to aid more per- sons. To prevent abuse of the system, scrip can be cashed only by the person to whom it is issued. Now City Manager Welsh can look back on many accomplish- ments resulting from more than a year of the “Grand Rapids system.” The city’s sewer system has been vastly - improved, flood prevention work along the Grand river is moving toward completion and the sewage disposal plant has been im- proved and converted into a beauty spot. Swimming Pool Installed Parks have been beautified, re- ‘pairs made to-streets and walks:A swimming pool, called the largest in Michigan, has been installed in Richmond Park. Scores are employed on salvage work and on the municipal wood- pile, in addition to a host of small- er tasks. A double purpose is served by the municipal woodpile. It supplies the Jobless with fuel and is replenished with wood from unsightly dead trees cut from the river banks in the city and from nearby woods. Bond issues under a law per- mitting municipalities to borrow to meet costs of relief from “public calamaties,” are paying for the work, assisted by contributions from private wage-earners and city em- ployes, TORNADO, RAIN HITS VARIOUS PARTS OF U. S, [Chinook Wmds Melting Snow—Earth Slides Are Reported KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12—This is a winter of surprises with high winds, rainfall, squalls and other complications entering into fthe seasonal plot. A tornado killed a Mexican wom- an and her baby on a plantation near Eagle, Texas. Nine persons were injured Heavy rains caused earth slides on highways and railroads in Idaho, ‘Washington and British Columbia. Chinook winds have melted snow in Idaho and Montana causing maamtorl.se CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 12— Prosecuting Attorney Gorman, seek- ing a first degree murder indict- ment against Charles Bischoff, aged 45, confessed slayer of Marian Mc- Lean, aged 6 years, has arranged to present the case to the grand Jury. Bischoff remained unemotional and takes the attitude no crime has been committed, that he could not help it. to go to the electric chair. The little girl was found dead, five days after she had been kid- napped and assulted. Officials believe Bischoff is in- RESIGNATION OF JUSTICE HOLMES ACCEPTED TODAY Retires fro—mSupreme Court of the United States at Age of 90 B I | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12.— Oliver Wendell Holmes’s resignation as Supreme Court Justice has been accepted by President Hoover. Justice Holmes said in his letter to the President the condition of his health has necessitated that he resign. “The time has come when I must bow to the inevitable,” said the Justice. Justice Holmes will be 91 years of age on March 8. The strength of the Justice is lessening and during late months he frequently has needed help of court pages or fellow Justices to take a seat. Holmes was named to the Su- preme Court bench by Theodore Congress Eyeing Farm As pect of Shoals; Operation As Aid to Agriculture Being Studied BATTLE WAGED T0 SAVE ALASKA FARM STATIONS Territorial C_h;mber Acts| to Get Agricultural Appropriation Acting on the authority of all Chambers of Commerce in Alaska, the Territorial Chamber has under- taken a movement to induce Con- gress to provide funds for main- tenance of the various agricultural lexperlment stations in the Terri- tory. In view of the fact thatnomoney for the stations is included in the pending agricultural appropriations bill, the Northern organization must accomplish its purpose before the expiration of the current fiscal year,| which ends June 30, or the stations then will close for lack of finances, their personnel will be transferred to the States and their equipment will be sold. Wide Appeal Is Made While the Alaska Chamber is working chiefly through Delegate in Congress James Wickersham, it also is endeavoring to enlist the support of the Chambers of Com- merce of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles and through them the cooperation of the Congressional delegations of those States. It has likewise, ad- dressed itself to the President of the United States, to the Vice- President, to all officers of the Cabinet, to the President Pro-Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. It has also sent personal letters to Senators and Representatives who in the last few years have visited Alaska. +Prominent Lawmakers ‘These Senators and Representa- tives include chairmen and high ranking members of the Agricul- tural Appropriations Committecs of both branches of Congress. Among these lawmakers are: Senators John Thomas, Idaho; John B. Kendrick, Wyoming; Rob- | ert E. Howell, Nebraska; Frederick Walcott, Connecticut; Peter Nor- beck, North Dakota; L. J. Dickin- Roosevelt on December 4, 1902. He is a son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, noted author. B S AMENDS MADE FOR ATTACKING U. S. OFFICIAL Four Reparations Submit- ted by Secretary of State Stimson WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12— Secretary of State Henry L. Stim- son has asked remission of part of the punishment imposed by the Japanese on those held responsible for the recent attack at Mukden on Vice-Consul Chamberlain. The Government submitted four points for punishment and repara- tions for the attack. First—Dismissal of the civilian interpreter held responsible for the attack and his being ordered to court martial on the grounds he was formerly in the Army and Mil- itary Police and was present when the attack occurred, thus being subjected to disciplinary action. Second Disciplinary action against Gen. Ninamiya, Command- der of Military Police and his sub- ordinate officers, all held responsi- ble for the actions of the Police, Punishment of a Major General in such cases is rare. The Secretary accepted the other Ppunishments as sufficient. ‘The other two points have al- ready been fulfilled, calls of offi- clals and expressing regrets for the attack, ————— FEATHER HATS CHIC FOR LATE WINTER PARIS, Jan. 12—Feather hats are the “dernier cri” in late winter chapeaux. Among smart sponsors of the little feathered bonnets is Mme. Martinez de Hoz, wife of the South American sportsman. With a black frock and coat she ‘wears a close fitting toque of tur- son, Iowa, and Representatives Albert Carter, California; W. W. Hastings, Okla- homa; Frank Murphy, Ohio; Don B. Colton, Utah; Wiliam R. Eaton, Colorado; Joseph Byrns, Tennessee; Scott Leavitt, Montana; Robert Luce, Massachusetts; Edward Tay- | lor, Colorado; R. A. Simmons, Ne- braska; James P. Buchanan, Texas; John N. Sandlin, Louisiana; John W. Summers, Washington. The Territorial Chamber is very hopeful of success. In all instances, it has accompanied its communica- | tions with a brief, the work of its board of directors, which reviews the accomplishments of the agri- cultural experimental stations and the need of their maintenance, Summary and Conclusion The brief, which was made pub- lic today by M. 8. Whittier, Ex- ecutive Secretary of the Territorial Chamber, ends with the following summary and conclusion: “Reviewing the situation as a whole the following salient facts should be considered in connection with the proposed closing of the Alaska Experiment Stations and the request of the Territorial Cham~ ber of Commerce representing the people of Alaska to continue them. “That Alaska has extensive po- tential agricultural possibilities is an undisputed fact proved not only by the Experiment Stations but by successful farmers in the Matanuska and Tanana Valeys, and by market gardeners and home site developers in Southeast Alaska. Alaska is without question able to supply grain, dairy products, hay, pork, mutton, beef, vegetables and small fruits for home consumtion. Ac- cording to the last census report, agriculture in Alaska has progress- ed slowly but steadily during the past decade while in nearly every section of the States it has de- clined. One of the natural con- sequences of the depression in the States has been to start a move- ment of homeseekers toward Al- aska. Tax free homesteads in the interior and free tax homesites in Southeast Alaska, coupled with the natural resources inherent to the Territory, offer under present con- ditions, a surer and more satis- factory means of living than most sections of continental United States. No Overexpansion Here “With- these facts in mind the (Continued on Page Two) By FRANK. I. WELLER (Associated Press Farm Editor) ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12— If Muscle Shoals, that 13-year-old firebrand of national legislation, ultimately is to be devoted to the | interests of agriculture the stage would seem to be about as wef set for that purpose as it has been at |any time in the last decade. | Representative Quinn of Missis- |sippi, new Chairman of the Demo- |cratic - controlled House Military Committee, has made disposition of the government's wartime power and nitrate plants along the Ten- nessee river in Alabama the first item of business. Hoover Act Quickly With a similar show of speed President Hoover has transmitted to Congress the recommendation of ithe joint federal-state Muscle | Shoals Commission that the prop- erty be operated, preferably by a farmer - owned, farmer- controlled corporation, for the low cost com- mercial production of fertilizer. Inferentially, the Admiinistration is behind the plan. The Commis- sion which was to whip Federal and state views into accord while Congress was in recess was organ- ized at the instigation of the White House. Tt stands four square for private operation under lease as against the consistently vetoed federal op- eration schemes of the past. Administration forces in the house of the last Congress fought stubbornly for private operation of the nitrate plants for capacity pro- duction of fertilizer, fertilizer in- gredients and other chemical and electro-chemical products. They agree the Government might keep control of the power plants so long as the lessee had |prior right to buy all the energy required by the nitrate plants. It was an effort to take the pow- jer question out of the Muscle Shoals muddle and more or less a compromise with Senate supporters of the Norris resolution for govern- ment operation. The Jjoint commission plan has |rather generous support of organ- ized agriculture which sees greater benefit in low cost fertilizer than in low cost power transmission. Chairman Quinn says his com- mittee plans to take up much the |same proposal vetoed by President Hoover last year, but will work in- to it whatever it chooses of the Joint Commission recommenda- tions. Alternative Possible Observers believe that means ul- timate promulgation of a bill de- |votmg Muscle Shoals principally to the manufacture of fertilizer with the provision that if the President is unable to make a satisfactory lease to private interests within a stipulated time the Government automatically shall undertake the job of operating both the power and nitrate plants in the interest |of agriculture. Japan Unit Surrounded By Bandits Relief Foi:ce Is Fighting Against Tremendous Odds Near Chinchow TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 12. — A Rengo News Agency dispatch from ‘Chinchow says a Japanese detach- ment which was sent to the relief of the remnant of the Koga Cav- alry Unit has been surrounded by Chinese bandits. The Japanese are defending themselves against tre- mendous odds. The report said several thousand Chinese irregu- lars are in the attacking force. Communications with Chinchow are reported to have been burned by the Chinese and the Japanese ’|line has been cut off excepting by carrier pigeons. e SUIT TRIMMED IN FUR WORN BY FLIER'S WIFE PARIS, Jan. 12—Mme. Dieudone Costes, wife of the transatlantic flier, was seen lunching at the Ritz recently in one of the new fur trimmed winter suits worn with a quilted white satin blouse. The suit of black broadcloth was lavishly trimmed with black seal, while the tunic blouse was finished with a red satin tie-scarf caught with a diamond pin. With the costume Mms. Costes wore & little black toque trimmed in black seal, CABINET CRISIS NOW CONFRONTS PREMIER LAVAL All Me mberssof French Ministry Hand in Their Portfolios NEW GOVERNMENT MUST BE FORMED Chief of Radical Socialists Is Summoned to Give Assistance PARIS, Jan. 12. — All of the members of the French Cabinet have followed Foreign Minister Briand’s example and placed their portfolios in the hands of Premier Laval, leaving him free to do as he wishes in reconstructing the French Ministry. This action followed a conversa= tion between the Premier and Bri- and. The latter, last week, asked that he be permitted to retire as Foreign Minister, because of ill- health, The sudden death of Andre Maginot, Minister of War, also precipitated the Cabinet crisis. Premier Laval has sent for Edo- uard Herriot, Chief of the Radical Socialists, whose support he needs, if he is to form a National Union Government, something like Eng- land's, to face the impending In- ternational Conference. e e— DAWES 0UT FOR HOOVER ‘NOMINATION Former Am_l;a:sador Says It Is Insult to Intimate Not Loyal to President CHICAGO, Jan. 12—Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to Great Britain, stepped from the ranks of possible rivals for the Republican Presidential nomination and enlist- ed as a loyal supporter of President Hoover. Calling newspapermen t0- gether, with the explanation thas politiclans seeking “as usual to read petty political significance” out of his return to Chicago, he handed out a brief statement in which he said “any intimation to the effect that in any possible way or under any possible contingency the meaning that Hoover will not have my loyal and entire support is an insult to me” ANTI-HOOVER MEN WANT HIRAM JOHNSON TO RUN ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 12.— Republican opponents of President Hoover came forward with the re- quest that Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California enter the urged Senator Johnson to enter their state’s primaries March 15 and contest for the delegates to the National Republican Conven- tion. Senator Johnson has given no answer to the urging yet, but an early break in his silence pected as it appeared would have the united suj anti-Hoover forces, cen! Western Republican independents, if he should make & contest. CONRAD WOLFE GOES TO TRIAL IN MINE CASE Promotion of_‘Mining Prop- erty at Hyder, Alaska, to Be Aired SEATTLE, Jan. 12.—Accused of defrauding investors in the Pacific Northwest in the promotion of the Cantu Mlmru Company at W. use of the mails to defraud and is Lheuutxmrmotnnmw selling campaign in 1929,