The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1932, Page 1

e e e T 7 A e e S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE /) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — NO 6013. \/OL XXXIX jUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOC[ATED PRFSS PRICE TEN CENTS 'WILLIAM E. BRITT LOSES LIFE IN AUTO ACCIDENT ALASKANS MARCH TO POLLS TUESDAY Yacht That Is Figuring in Lmdbergh Case DIMOND ISSUES LA FINAL CALLTO ALASKAVOTERS Confident of Winning| Democratic Nomination for Delegate Tuesday CHEERED BY HEARTY RECEPTION ON TOUR Again Urges—\/;ters to Cast Ballots for Man Most Highly Qualified Buoyed with confidence of suc- ©2ss in tomorrow's primary elec- tion by the enthusiastic reception given him everywhere he has been in Southeast Alaska and by re- ports of strength from every other scction of the Territory, Senator A J. Dimond, candidate for the nomipation for Dele- gate Congress, today issued a final appeal to every voter to go to the polls tomorrow and cast his ballot for the candidate he belicved most highly qualified and best, ted to represent the Ter- ritory in Washington. #If you believe I am that per- son, I am entitled to your vote; if you do not and nomindte some other standard bearer, I am con- tent to abide by your decision, and again renew my pledge to support with all possible vigor the successful aspirant,” he said to members of his party. Invades Ketchikan Today He invaded Ketchikan this morn- ing, ending his campaign in the home town of his two rivals for the nomination for Delegate to Congress. He was. accompanied thore by Mayor Thomas B. Jud- -n, who is candidate for one of four House nominations on the atic ticket. have just ended a suc- ful tour of much of the more tant communities between ay and Ketchikan, on which yere accompanied by Repre- 3 ive Frank A. Boyle, unop- po;ed for nomination for Auditor. They met with warm receptions at Skagway, Hoonah, Tenakee, Sitka, Petersburg and Wrangell. Party Jeaders at most of fhese places gave them highly encouraging re- ports. Trend Decidedly Democratic “One of ithe most significant fac- ters ncied throughout the emtire trip was the fact ithat more and more people are inclined to our party and will vote the Demo- cratic ticket in ‘Tuesday's pri- declared Senator “This makes a very mary eleotion,” Dimond. Exelyvherefiemmr Dimond and his associates visited in this Di- vision, they were assured of a fine vote for him. His campaign in the First Division is conceded to have been good strategy, coming as it has on the heels of a re- port circulated that he had wvir- tually coniceded his defeat and would mot visit Southeast Alaska because he was too badly discour- aged. His appearance practically coin- cided with the publication of this report, and his supporters are de- lighted with the reaction which, it is claimed, is more favorable than had been anticipated by even his most ardent friends. Reiterates His Position In his final’ campaign state- ment, given tc the press today and to bz broadcast from Anchorage tonight over KFQD, Senator Di- mond reiterated his pledge, if nom- inated and elected, to cbtain for Alaska as much power of admin- istration of its own affaizs through the local Legislature of the fish, fect that change through Con- LARGE VOTE IS PREDICTED FOR PRIMARY TESTS Democrats and Republicans | Ready to Vote on Party Candidates MOST INTEREST SEEN IN DEMOCRATIC FIGHT Three-Cornered Fight for Delegate Nomination Center of Notice Alaskans tomorrow will say it with ballots. Democrats and Re- publicans will march to polling places all over the Territory and vote for candidates for their re- spective parties, and to elect party officers. The greater amount of interest has been displayed in the Demo- cratic race and practically all of the active campaigning has been done by aspirants for that party's nominations. In this Divsion at least it is expected that the heavy vote will be in its primary. Contests Are Numerous It is due to the presence of so many contests in that party. There are three rivals for the head lJfl the ticket, three for national com- | mitteemen, twelve seeking dele- gateships to the National Con- vention, and eight aspire for four nominations for Representatives. On the Republican titket there |are few contests. For mnomination | for Auditor there are three con- | testants. Two aspire to be can- didate for Attorney General. Two seek the National Committeeman- ship, and there are four candi- dates for the two National Con- vention delegateships. There are no contests on the Legislative ticket for the first time in many years. Rivalry Is Keen The rivalry between the candi- dates for Democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress is keen. | Senator A. J. Dimond of Valdez, Representative A H. Ziegler and George B. Grigshy of Ketchikan, hLave made campaigns which are calculated to attract voters to the primary. Senator Dimond will end his drive with a rally at Ketchikan | tonight, speaking fthere to ‘the| fellow townsmen of his two oppo- nents. Mr. Ziegler, who has made the most extensive campaign of any of the trio, also will end his activity at Ketchikan, He has) spent the past two weeks cover- ing mosy of this Division, using an airplane to cover west coast points from Sitka to Craig. He did not canvass Juneau and was unable to go to Hyder. Grigsby Closes Here Mr. Grigsby, who has been con- ducting a campaign by mail out of of here for the past two or three weeks, has advertised a meeting for tonight at the (Coliseum thea- tre. He announced he would dis- cuss the issues of the primary election and “all about the Dem- He is in excellent position to talk about the party’s organization. He has been closely affiliated with it for ithe past 15 or more years. It has supported him heartily in five campaigns since 1916. First it was a factor in his election to office as Afttorney General of Alaska, which he resigned in 1918 to be- come candidate for Delegate to Congress at a special election held to choose a successor to Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, whose sudden dealth occurred in that year. In the regular election in 1920, ‘he was again the party’s candi- date and had the organization's support. The fourth time the or- ganization backed him was in 1928, when he re-entered the political arena as candidate for Delegate. In 1930, he was again aspirant (Continued on Page Four) (Continuec on Page Three) Louisiana Has Woman as Governor for First Time | sentattives, | which were largely spent at God- | National covnention on the Roose- Behind the veil of secrecy, long since cast abouat the case, efforts to effect the return of the kid- naped Lindbergh baby continued last Saturday according to Acsociated Press dispatches received by The Empire. The three Norfolk intermediaries are more seclusive than ever although it is known they have been making a number of trips lately, the last development being the sailing from Norfolk of the yacht Marcon (abeve) which has been connected with activities in the Lindbergh case. Col. Charles H. Con- solo (insert in the above picture) disclaimed any information Saturday concerning the yacht’s use but asserted that the intermediaries “have authority to do whatever they want with the yacht” John H. Curtis, one of the Norfolk intermediaries has been abent several days but it is not known whether he is aboard the yacht. WILE PREDICTS DIMOND T0 WIN THIS DISTRICT He and Roosevelt for Presi- dent Ticket to Carry Sitka, Elsewhere Senator A.'J. Dimond and. the| “Roosevelt for President” Party ticket will carry Sitka tomorrow in the Democratic primary elec- tion, in the opinion of Albert Wile, candidate for one of the four nom- inations for the House of Repre- He returned here to- day after an absence of two weeks dard’s Hot Springs. “Senator Dimond is being sup- ported by all of the party leaders in Sitka and will be given a heavy vote there, J. J. Connors, candi- date for re-election for National Committeeman, and the candidates for Delegates and Alternates to the velt ticket, will run right along| with him,” Mr. Wile said. Mr. Wile spent three days in Sitka and also visited Chichagof,| Tenakee, Hoonah, Hirst Chichagof | and other smaller communities. He predicted that the same ticket would carry these precinets as! well as Baranof and Godda.rds’ Senator Dimond, he declared, wm‘ get a substantial majority in all\ of the precincts in the northern| section of the Division. Mr. Wile was confident he would get a large vote for Representa- tive mot only on Gastineau Chan- nel but north and west of here. He was highly pleased with the outlook everywhere he visited. He ‘went to Goddard’s Springs for medi- cinal baths for sciatica rheuma- tism. He is greatly improved. i OMNIBUS BILL IS INTRODUGED WASHINGTON, April 25—The House Economy Committee whip- ped the $200,000000 omnibus re- trenchment bl into final shape; last Saturday for introduction in the House during today. The bill comes up for consideration in the House on Wednesday. Newspaper Publishers in Convention Tuesday NEW YORK, \April 25. Saturday to make final plans’ for the annual convention tomorrow.| The first session will be devoted E i g 2 i e esesscsccescrssecsecsscccce Lmdberghs Quit Home of Sorrow Will Move E(:n Hopewéll\ to Englewood—Po- lice to Change HOPEWELL, N. J. April 25— |Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife will move back to Englewood ably Wednesday, from the home | here which has been the scene of so much sorrow. The State Police Headquarters| - EDITOR OUT FOR SENATO Ashland, Wxsconsm, News- paperman, to Oppose Senator Blaine WASHINGTON, April 25.—John B. Chapple, Editor of the Ashland, | Wisconsin Daily Press, and out- spoken opponent of Gov. Philip F.| LaFollette and United States Sen- ator Robert M. LaFollette Jr., has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination of United States Senator. In his nommation fight he will oppose United States Senator John J. Blaine, who is closely affiliated |with both of the LaFollettes. Everybody Should Vote in Primary Tomorrow Every Democrat and every Republican on Gastineau /Channel ought to vote in the primary election tomorrow. All who expect to vote the Democratic ticket in the elections mext November ought to go to the polls and ask for a Democratic ballot tomorrow and assist in sel- ecting the Demdcratic tick- et. On the other hand, those who expect to vote the Re- publican ticket in November ought to ask for a Republi- ‘can ballot and assist in the selection of the Republican ticket. and close at 7 o'clock in the evening. Registration will not be required. All that will be necessary o get a ballot is for the applicant to be an American citizen, over 21 years of age, to be a resident of the Territory for one year, and of the precinct for 30 days. 0900000000000 00c000c0000 000000 ~ MAJOR COHEN IS NAMED FOR 115, SENATOR {Governor Appoints Editor and National Committee- man to Succeed Harris ATLANTA, Ga., April 25.—Major |the Morrow home, this week, prob-|John S. Cohen, editor of the At- lanta Journal and Democratic Na- ticnal Committeeman from Geor- -gla was this morning appointed United States Senator by Gov. |here will be transferred to Trenton. |R. B. Russell to succeed the late | Senator William J. Harris. I Major Cohen is 62 years of age and has been an adtive news- puper mnn for Iorty Yyears excep‘ during Spwnxsh War l-le has been edl- tor of the Atlanta Journal since 1917 and is President of the | Atlanta. Journal Company. He was |elected member of the Democratic National Committee for Georgia {in 1924 and re-elected in 1928. He |is & native of Georgia. ®His pa- ternal ancestry was Jewish. BATTLE FOR DELEGATES WILL BE ON TOMORROW WASHINGTON, April 25—To- morrew the Al Smith and Roose- iveltt forces will clash in Massachu- |setts and Pennsylvania in the bat- tle for delegates to the Democratic | National Convention. The Smith supporters expect to make practi- cally a clean sweep in Massachu- setts and claim an equal chance in Pennsylvania. The Roosevelt supporters count on winning five or six delegates in Massachusetts and between fifty and seventy of the 78 delegates from Pennsyl- vania. DRY WILL RUN FOR SENATOR AS A WET WASHINGTON, April 25. — Charles M. Hay, of St. Louis, who \ran as a dry Democratic candidate for Senator in Missouri four years ago, has announced his candidacy for that office again on a plat- form favoring the resubmission of the Bighteenth Amendment to the ipwple, providing the proposed sub- istitution for the Eighteenth Amend- ment provides suitable methods of |regulating the MNquor traffic and forbidding the saloons. Hay said he is still a dry. CAPONE'S CASE IN HIGH GOURT WASHINGTON, April 25— Capone will know on May 2 wm',h er he must go to Leavenworth Penitentiary. It has been arrang- ed to submit his petition today ,asking the Supreme Court to rg- view his conviction for evasion of income tax. This will enable the Supreme Court to announce son the following Monday, May 2, whether the review will be grant- ed, BIG OPERATORS TELLING ABOUT MARKET DEALS Thomas Bragg and Bernard Smith Give Valuable Information PROMINENT MEN IN VARIOUS POOLS| John J. Raskob and Othets Connected with Stock Transactions X | | | WASHINGTON, April 25—Two big cperators on Wall Street, last Saturday disclosed to the Senate Banking Committee, nationally pro- minent mames as having been| members of various pools in the market, including John J. Raskob, Democratic National Committee Chairman. Thomas Bragg and Bernard | Smith ‘ended the search made for them by appearing before the Senate Committee and they read- ily conceded they were “big short Anaconda Pool Bragg told of a $30,000,000 pool ia Anaconda Copper which he op- erated disastrously in 1929, He said John J. Raskob, W. C. Du- rant, Fred J. Fisher, W. F. Kenny, M. J. Meehan, Percy Rockefeller and other prominent men were in the pool, Smith startled the committee ‘'wihen hé denied previous testimosty that Meehan was both a specialist and member of the Radio pool of 1928 and 1929. He explained that Meehan used his wife's name as a member of the pool. Smith, who is a member of the New York Stock Exchange, said he also used his wife’s name as a mem- ber of the Radio pool. Raskob May Testify William A. Gray, counsel for the Senate Banking Committee, said he would seek permission to call Raskob and others mentioned by Bragg. Smith, when Gray began ex- amination of him, testified he was a specialist in the use of Railway and Tidewater Association but not in the Radio or Alaska Juneau. Big Bear Raider Asked if he was known as a big bear raider, Smith said: “I do not know what is meant by a raider but I have heard I have been called that.” Smith said he did mnot keep books and made up his income tax returns from the informa- tion of his chetk book stubs. — - — STOCK MARKET REMAINS DULL, TRADING TODAY Selling Hit;-’l;ails—lndus- trials, Utilities Are Not Changed NEW YORK, April 25—The Stock Market was dull today. There was mostly a steady recovery from minor early sags followed by some selling of rail issues but indust- rials and utilities were virtually unchanged. Santa Fe, New Haven and Chi- cago and Northwestern eased a point, the latter making a new low. United States Steel and Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph fluc- tuated on narrow margins, CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 25.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11%, American Can 42%, Anaconda 5%, Bethlehem Steel 127%, Curtiss-Wright 1, Fox films 2%, General Motors 11%, United States Steel 28':, Bunker Hill, 19%, International Harvester 16%, Kennecott 7%, Packard Mo- tors 2%. Qdd Standard Is Abandoned by Greece ATHENS, Greece, April 25.—The DRUMHELLER TAKES PLAGE OF F all Shadm i WILLIAM ENGLE BRITT SCOTT BULLITT Seattle Investment Banker Chosen Washington’s Na- tional Committeeéman YAKIMA, Wash., April 25.—Ros- coe M. Drumheller, SBeatile invest- ment banker, head of the firm of Drumheller and White, was unani- mously chosen to. succeed the late AT "Scoty “Bullitt as Derdocratie National Committeeman for the State of Washington by the State Central Committee, meeting here, Mrs. A. Scott Bullitt, widow of the late leader and daughter of the late C. D. Stimson, prominent ‘Washington State lumberman, was elected Delegate-at-Large to the Democratic National Convention to succeed her husband on the Wash- ington delegation. Mr. Drumheller, the new Nation- Committeeman, was Collector Customs for the District of Washington, with headquarters at iSeattle, during the Administration of President Wilson. He is a mem- ber of one of the best known fam- ilies in the State that long was prominent at Walla Walla and Spokane. Jacob Drumheller, largely inter- ested in Walla Walla mining prop- erty, is a cousin of Roscbe Drum- heller. e DEMOCRATS OF ILLINIOS ARE DRIPPING WET Sucker State Convention Adopts a Very Wet Platform SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 25.— The Democratic State Convention has adopted what the leaders term a “drpping wet” platform. It urged the repeal of the REighteenth Amendment and all laws passed pursuant to it. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE HEAD OFFERS TERMS WASHINGTON, April 25.—Dr. F. Scott McBride, Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, said the Drys are willing to meet the Wets in a Prohjbition Referendum if the Constitution can be amended so it must be initiated by a majority of the popular vote in two-thirds | of the States which would make it mandatory upon Congress to submit a proposal requiring ratifi- cation of three-fourths of the| fective. |PHARMACIST ON RUNNING BOARD IS SIDESWIPED BY PHONE POLE {Car Had Been Pushed Down Hill to Start Engine Running CONTROL IS LOST OF FAST MOVING MACHINE Accident 6c—c—;rs at Gold and Seventh Near Home of Deceased William Engle Britt, a leading citizen of Juneau and distinguished pioneer resident of Alaska, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon in an automobile accident near his home. He died as he was being car- ried into St. Ann’s Hospital, a block distant from the scene of his tragic misfortune, Mr. Britt left his dwelling, which is on the mnorth side of Seventh Street west of Gold Street, to go to his pharmacy about 1 o'clock. After entering his garage, which fronts toward Gold Street, he as- certained the battery of his car was too weak to generate enough power to start the machine. He and Andrew Sather, who was at the Britt home at the time pushed the automobile backwards to Gold | Street. down hill and, by shoving the car, got it in motion, so the momentum would turn over the engine and enable Mr. Britt to drive to town. Sideswiped Off Running Board He jumped upon the running board of the moving automobile, intending to take his seat behind the steering wheel. The machine went fast. It had started on the westerly side of Gold between Seventh and Eighth. It veered swiftly diagonally across Gold and struck the sidewalk on the east side of Gold. Heading down Gold again, the car crossed Seventh and scraped a telephone pole at the southeast corner of Gold and Seventh. Evidently Mr. Britt, still standing on the running board, was too intent on trying to steer the car to notice the pole. It side- swiped him from the running board. He was hurled unconscious to the ground. Ziggzagged Across Street ‘The hub cap of one of the wheels of the automobile gouged some wood from the pole and then the car careened diagonally across Gold to the west side, striking the wooden sidewalk and smashing a few boards. This obstruction de- flected the machine and again, for the third time, it plunged diagon- ally across Gold, and finally crash- ed through a fence at the rear of the J. C. McBride residence at the corner of Gold and Sixth. Head Is Crushed The injured man, senseless, with a wound on the left side of the head that extended from the brow over the eye to the back of the ear, was lifted into an automobile robe, taken from the car of Attorney R. E. Robertson, near by, and was carried by Mr. Robertson, Mr. Sath- er, E. M. Goddard, Assistant Execu- tive Officer of the Alaska Road Commission and L. Kann, pro= prietor of Kann’s Variety Store, to the hosptial. In the surgery of the institution, Mr. Britt's pulse, examined by attending Sisters, re- vealed no movement. He was pro- nounced dead by Dr. W. J. Pigg, who had been summoned and who arrived a few minutes later. The remains were transferred to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Widow and Son Survive Mr. Britt is survived by his widow and their son, Jacob Britt, Ensign in the United States Navy, who is attached to the Alrplane Carrier Saratoga, based at San Pedro, Cal. States befors it would become ef-|___ (Coutinued on Page Eight) for a series of meetings through- out the nation on May Day, fol- Cabinet today voted to abandon the Gold Standard. Mooney Demonstrations Are Planned for May Day WASHINGTON, April 25.—Plans [nounced by Morris Hiliquit, Na- tional Chairman of the Soclalist Party. Hillquit said: the denial of a lowed by demonstrations in larger | pardon for Mooney, made by Gov. cities to acquaint the public with | James Rolph, Jr., of m lug Tom Mooney case, are an- indicated a “decided class