The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1932, Page 4

[ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 1932. Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published _every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month, By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. ‘Subseribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUAWANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. NALIST IS DEAD. GREAT JOU One of America’s greatest newspaper careers came to an end the other day when Richard V. Oulahan, for nearly twenty years head of the New York Times's Washington staff and for twenty years be- fore than a leading political correspondent and re- porter, died at the untimely age of sixty-four. His death was the signal for an outburst of tributes such as few men in the country ever received be- fore. President Hoover, former President Coolidge, former Presidential Candidates Al Smith and John W. Davis, Vice-President Curtis, Speaker Garner, seven Cabinet members, scores of ex-Cabinet mem- bers, Senators, Representatives and high officials and former high officials testified to their admira- tion of Mr. Oulahan as a man and a journalist. He was a native of Washington City of Irish and Virginia ancestry. He was recognized as the perfect type of responsible journalism. He never violated a confidence or did a mean or dirty thing. He always got the facts and always told the truth. Of the scores of those who gave statements about him, none was better qualified to speak than his close personal friends, Senator Harry B. Hawes of Missouri and Robert Lincoln O'Brien of Boston, recently appointed Chairman of the Tariff Com- mission. Senator Hawes said: Richard V. Oulanan was a great national figure. Dean of the Washington correspond- ents, he belonged to the old: school of politeness, courtesy and clarity. He never said a mean thing when he could avoid it. He had the confidence of all the public men with whom he came in contact. This he never betrayed. His personal popularity exceded that of any man I know in his pro- fession. Handsome to look at, with charm- ing manners he was an ideal guest. I have been his friend for over a quarter of a century. We were planning just a month ago for a cabin on the Potomac River near Washington. His taking away is a distinct shock. No one can fill his place. Mr. O'Brien said: Richard V. Oulahan was the outstanding newspaper correspondent in the National Capital and was so recognized by the jour- nalistic fraternity throughout the country. I remember what William H. Coolidge, a well- known Massachusetts business leader, said several years ago, in discussing the oppor- tunities of men in their varied careers and callings, he concluded that he would rather have Oulahan's position as the head of The New York Times bureau here, with all that it carried of responsibility and influence in the interpretation of National affairs, than any other position that he could think of in either public or private life. That was the way many of us felt. The position was not only great because of the power of The New York Times, but also by reason of the con- spcuous abilities and high sense of public responsibility with which Mr. Oulahan main- tained it. When I came to Washington in 1893 as stenographer for President Cleve- land, Mr. Oulahan, although somewhat my junior, was already an established news- paper man in the service of the old United Press. I next knew him on the bureau of The New York Sun under the talented David S. Barry, now Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. Few public men in Washing- ton — Presidents, Senators, military officers, etc—have lived here without knowing and admiring Mr. Oulahan. He had a wonder- ful sense of humor, His comments on men and affairs were widely quoted. Of nobody in town has the praise been so often used: “You know what Dick Oulahan said,” as the prelude to some breezy epigram or tell- ing comment. But it would be a mistake not to emphasize Mr. Oulahan’s conscientious devotion to the highest ideals of his pro- fession. His death is a loss not only to American journalism, but to American states- manship. by many Juneauites. He was toastmaster at the Juncheon given the newspapermen by the Juneau ‘Chamber of Commerce on that occasion, and his speeches, scintilating with wit and humor and loaded with facts and pertinent and timely observations, v §m always be remembered by those who were fortunate enough to be present. He was recognized Mr. Oulahan was one of the correspondents that accompanied President Harding on his trip to Al- aska in 1923. He is well and favorably remembered himself as an able and courteous official, a good citizen and a valuable friend. He will be missed more than many who may seem to have had much more brilliant car- eers—(Prince Rupert News.) In spite of all that and the fact that the praises for Mr. Orchard might be deservedly multiplied, yet when Prince Rupert comes to know W. L. Coates who went down there to succeed Mr. Orchard she will know that she gained as much as she lost. Everything the Prince Rupert News says for Mr. Orchard might be said equally, at least, as truth- fully for Mr. Coates. It is possible that the $1,030,000 the Democratic National Committee expended in 1931 had some- thing to do with those victories that gave the House and all those States which held elections in 1931 to the Democrats. It enabled them to keep speakers on the stump and present the posi- jtion of their party to the voters. y A B N | one wonders what would have been done if |President Hoover had called an extra session of |Congress when the Republicans had a majority in “the House and had the majority overturned by bye- elections after it had organized. Did the Presi- dent know what was going to happen in November, | December and January when he resisted the clamor for a special session? The President protempore of the Senate seems to be losing his own balliwick. Senator Moses, the Eastern leader for 1928, could not save his own Congressional District from the Democratic wave. Richard V. Oulahan. (New York Times.) With deep regret and a keen sense of public as well as personal loss, The Times records the death of the able journalist and courteous gentleman who has been its chief correspondent in Washington since 1912. For more than forty years Richard Victor Oulahan chronicled and interpreted for lead- ing newspapers and news-gathering organizations the work of American statesmen and public officials at the National Capital. In recent years his name and fame had spread nation-wide, so that he had become accepted as representing all that is best in Washington journalism. “Where Oulahan sits, thefe is the head of the table,” an admiring colleague wrote of him only a few weeks ago. Eight Presidents of the United States, from Benjamin Harrison onward, gave him their confid- ence. To him there came in time the recognition which his long career as successful Washington cor- respondent merited. Sympatheic and kindly, of a distinguished personality notable in any gathering, it became the pleasure of his fellow-craftsmen to have him represent them whenever the Press, as a cor- porate entity, was called upto act. He was chair- man of the Standing Committee of Congressional Correspondents, and his counsel was sought even beyond the circle of his jonrnalistic colleagues. Assignments which took him out of Washington brought him into contact with a greater world. In 1905 he headed the staff of The Morning Sun which reported the Russo-Japanese Peace Conference at Portsmouth. A similar mission for The New York Times in 1914 took him to the American-Mexican Peace Conference at Niagara Falls. For The Times he again went abroad in 1918, at the head of a large staff, to report the Paris Peace Conference. Five years later he undertook another notable duty, that of going to the Philippines, this time alone, to obtain from Governor General Wood and his son the facts regarding the transfer by the latter of large sums of money which had mystified the inner financial world. Whatever he undertook he did well. Modest, thorough and efficient, he lived a full life. 'His Irish ancestry bestowed upon him the gift of facile and graceful expression. His thirst for exact in- formation and his indefatigable industry in obtain- ing it from original sources rounded out a journalis- tic equipment unusually complete. He was a living compedium of American political hisfory and pre- cedent. Daily he brought to his duties a rare de- votion and enthusiasm. Journalism will be the poorer for his passing. The Times mourns today an able and loyal worker, while his colleagues, both here and at Washington, where he was a well-known figure, will lament the ending of a cherished friend- ship. The Deflation of Bernard Shaw. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Even in these times of general deflation, the monumental conceit of George Bernard Shaw seems to withstand any effort to puncture it. Now Am- bassador Dawes has undertaken the task, and has turned his vivid language full blast against the paradoxical wit of the playwright. But although Dawes doubtless has made a lot of friends by his inspired denunciation of the cynical Irishman, he seems to have made no impression on Shaw him- self. Dawes will find countless supporters in his be- lief that Shaw is misleading youth and a lot of people no longer youthful with his “half-baked soclalistic nonsense,” but the blunt phrase and headlong invective of Dawes's attack is not the way to deflate Shaw. He thrives on opposition of this sort. But if a cunning and a satire equal to his own were turned against him, the gaunt, bearded wit of London might succumb to deflation. In any event, the half-baked nonsense of which Shaw is so fond will be obliterated by time and by the lasting qualities of his better products. Though some of his absurdities may lead the un- wary into futile illusions, the keen satire and bril- liant characterization of his best plays more than make up for this. Meantime, we must await a more subtle strategy than that of our Hell-'n’ Maria Ambassador if we would witness the puncturing of that very amusing bubble which is George Bernard Shaw. Whether as many persons read the President’s message as read the reports of the opening game in the bridge tournament is one of the interesting little questions of the moment.—(Boston Transcript.) tos»make no more “half-pint” arrests until moratorium.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) The depression has been so bad poes that all the correspondents with the President as the er among poitical journalists. They affectionally te of him as “Pop,” not that he was the oldest ‘age but {he nestor in newspaper experience and JINCE RUPERT GAINED AS MUCH ~ AS SHE LOST. ines.—(Dallas News.) By all means, let's keep the list of Presidential in En- possibilities open until the winning general the bridge war is announced.—(Cincinnati quirer.) Japan has a peace plan of her own. Japanese trinkets, ) Pirates’ 16-Y ear-Old Rookie Frames Loss of His Job for Start of Career on Diamond ARRANGED HIS OWN. END A5 MESSENGER From a messenger boy’s job t Pirates within a year is the jump hurler of the Columbia, S. C., Ameri By PAUL SIMMONS COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 12. — Brimming self-confidence is a dominant trait of Kirby Higby, 16- year-old Columbia pitcher, who fought his way up from nowhere to a contract with the majors. The young right-hander, who never played baseball in school, or anywhere else until a year or so ago, has signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will report to the Na- tional league club in February. He got his start with the Colum- bia 1931 eastern championship American Legion junior team. He gained a berth on this outfit by sheer grit and a bit of strategy that resulted in his being “run off from his job” as a telegraph mes- senger boy. His father, L. W. Higbe, Colum- bia traveling man, explained that “the kid’s nerve” landed him on the Legion junior nine and won the major league contract. “Kid Talk” “Kirby told me,” he said “he was going to play on the Legion team, they were going to beat everything down this way, and he would be signed by a big league club. “I thought it was just ‘kid talk, but that's what happened—just like Kirby said. The same kind of ‘stuff’ is going to put the boy up around the top in the big time circles.” ‘When the slim youngster decided to play on the Legion team, his father did not want him to quit his “regular job” and the team mana- ger did not want him on the nine, but Kirby soon changed all this. “Kicked” Upstairs He “framed up” with his boss to | fire him from his messenger job.| ‘Then he organized his own team in a local National Guard loop. In one game he fanned 19 big, strong men who had looked upon him as *“just an ambitious kid.” In other matches he whiffed out a dozen or so batters. Then the Legion team manager sent for the sensational “kid” who was “burning ’em up’ in the sand- lot circuit. The Columbia team, Kirby doing a large share of the pitching, went to the Legion junior eastern finals at Manchester, N. H. With Higbe on the mound, it turned back Bridgeport, Conn., 5 to 2 to win o a contract with the Pittsburgh made by Kirby Higbe, 16-year-old ican Legion junior team. ton, Texas, Columbia met South Chicago in the championship bat- tle. Higbe pitched a brilliant game but his team was nosed out, 1 to 0, in 14 gruelling innings. The youth, whose pitching on the Jjunior team earned him the Pirate contract, was asked what he was going to do in the big leagues. His answer was grief: “I am going up there and do just like I did down here. I am going to make good.” He will receive $500 when he re- ports to the Pirates on February 15 and $300 a month and expenses the first season. After working out with Pittsburgh, he will be farmed |to: Wichita, Kas., of the Western association for seasoning until the Pirates recall him. e, — E My wife, Olive Kesovia, having left my bed and board, is liable for any debts incurred from this date and this is further notification that I will not be responsible for same. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, Janu- ary 1lth, 1932, —adv. PETER KESOVIA. o — BUSY WHY " Not Only Ch - B TR RICE & AHLERS CO. ' GOOD PLUMBING “We tell you in advance what job will cost” the eastern title. THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS THE GASTINEAU In the national finals at Hous-| o Our Services to You Begin and End at the Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat Saving Not Speculation Over in Kentucky, Federal agents are ordered the Court docket is cleared up. 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