The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6043. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1932. TAX BATTLE 1S RAGING AT WASHINGTON Advocsites and Opponents of Sales Tax Are At it Hammer and Tongs WASHINGTON, May 30.—A rag- | controversy over the sales tax | sing on the one billion dol- | revenue bill. | The upshot of a furious debate late Saturday was the demand from | Senator Tom Connally, Democrat of Texas, for a statement by the | President as to his poshition on the | ales tax. ~ Round Robin Then the circulation of a round rchin petition pledging the mem- tors to vote against the disputed levy was reported Intimations also reached the Capital that the President is prepared to take a| hand in the tax contest. Signature Secured Senator Pat Harrison, Democrat- x Leader, of Mississippi, chal- proponehts of the sales tax for an immediate showdown, then drew up the round robin. He claim- ed 34 Democratic signatures iast Saturday night and predicted more | han fifty of the Senators, a ma-| would be pledged by noon | Advocates of a 1.75 percent levy sales claim they have a ma- Propaganding Cpponents contend some large newspapers have been propagand- ing the country for the safes levy and they denounced the Presi- dent for calling in the publishers last Wednesday night. They said this was a covert movement to get a public opinion. —————————— OFFICIALS AT CAPITAL CITY TAKE IT EASY Obseve Memorial Day in Rest—>Senate in Session —Hoover at Camp WASHINGTON, May 30.—Except for the Senate which hung out the sign “work as usual,” Memorial Day brought rest to most of the offie- jals in the National Capital from President Hoover down. The President is resting in his mountain retreat on the Rapidan. The House is getting ready to plunge into the relief dispute to- MOrTow. The tax-worn Senators are ap- proaching a final vote on the bil- lion dollar revenue bill. Like the President, most of the| members of his official family are spending a quiet holiday. GRAVES ARE DECORATED WASHINGTON, D. C., May 30.— Government leaders observed Me- morial Day with only work which is demandsd by extraordnary prob- lems now besetting the Nation, while on Arlington Hills across the Potomac and elsewhere throughout the country, warrior graves were decorated wtih flags and flowers. President Hoover returmed to his desk from the Rapidan Camp maintaining a watch on state af- fairs. g BANDIT SHOOTS GARAGE OWNER TACOMA, Wash., May 30.—C. W. De Leslie, aged 56, garage owner, is in a hospital with little chance of recovery from wounds in the chest and arms by a bandit’s bul- lets. Two nnmasked men appeared at . the garage. De Leslie's wife screamed. The bandits fired five shots and De Leslie ¢ollapsed. The bandits escaped. ——————— ‘Ah! Now We Know Why Prohibition Has Broken Down MONTREAT, N. C., May 30. —The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has adopt- ed a rcsolution blaming “par- ents of the older genzration and the wet press for the breaking down of the Prohi- bition laws,” Tir:a;l of Spylné ) Recalling some of the thrilling ex- periences of her precarious career as a spy in the employ of European 1 governments, this 27-year-old visi- tor to America, the Baroness Carla Jenssen, says she's “tired of it all” | and wants to become an American citizen. The Baroness is shown after her arrival at New York. ATTEMPTSTO CROSS OCEAN, FORCED BACK Unknown Flier, Unherald- ed, Dashes Out Over Atlantic, Hits Fog NEW YORK, May 30.— Hausner plans another try at |flying across the Atlantic to- morrow. NEW YORK, May 30.—Stanislaus Felix Hausner, of Newark, New Jersey, hopped off from here at 3:05 o'clock last Saturday after- noon on a projected flight across the Atlantic either to London, Paris or Warsaw, Poland, his na- tive land, but returned to the Floyd Bennett Flying Field at 9:20 o'clock | Saturday night, slightly more than six hours after he started. Hits Fog Hausner said he got about 300 miles out at sea. He was flying |blind in the fog when the arti- |ficial horizon “brains” aviators use in blind flying, stopped function- ing. Hausner turned his monoplane about and felt his way back to the Floyd Bennett Field the best way he could with the aid of a com- |pass only. His return, despite such odds, caused those who termed him a “flying fool” when he hopped off despite adverse weather warnings !Lo wonder if the amateur pilot pos- |sibly knows more about aviation than he had been given credit for. Difficulty at Takeoff | Housner had difficulty in get- ting altitude and speed at his hop off. The plane carried 550 gallons of gasoline. Hausner had climbed only 100 feet when he disappeared to the south. Each time he attempted to 1lift the nose of the plane, the craft settled back sand officials for a time expected him to return mo- | mentarily. Cruising Speed Hausner's plane had a cruising speed of 90 miles and a maximum speed of 130 miles an hour. Little is known about Hausner. He holds only a limited private flying license which has only a short time to run. It is the low- est license available. CATTLE THEFT CHARGED T0 2 WENATCHEE, Wash., May 30.— Bert Chappel and Chester Boyd, ocattledealers, have been taken to the Ellensburg jail to face charg- es of stealing 28 head of cattle from the Thomas Estate in Kitt- ias County. Over 600 head of cattle are miss- ing from the estate. Cleveland Rejects 30-Hour Work Week CLEVELAND, May 30.—An effort by organized building laborers in Cleveland to inaugurate a thirty- hour working week to stagger em- INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE COURT NEED OF WORLD Rustgard, in Memorial Day Address, Sees War Preventative in It No greater honor could be paid America’s war dead than for the living to determine that there shall be no future wars requiring from others the same supreme sacrifice they made, dsclared Attorney Gen- eral John Rustgard in the annual Memorial address here today. Future wars, he asserted, can only be averted through an “interna- tional court of justice,” whose man- | date, if necessary, can be backed up by an international army of soldiers and sailors. But no last- ing peace is possible, np interna- tional court of justice can suc- cessfully lunction, until the Treaty of Versailles is re-written, he de- clared. Speaks to Large Crowd Mr. Rustgard, who spoke in both English and German, made one of the shortest Memorial Day ad- dresses on record here, lasting about five minutes. He spoke from the curb in front of the Triangle Building on Front Street. Both sides of Front Street for almost a block, and the intersec- tion corner at Franklin Street, were | thronged with spectators while the | street before the speaker was oc- | cupied by marchers in.the parade. | The German section of his speech | was delivered to the contingent | from the Karlsruhe. Text of Address In this he virtually repeated what he had said in English, and, in addition, he explained that the day had its origin in the Civil War. In the early years of its| cbservance, only the soldiers and | caillors of the North who had died in that great conflict were w0/ honored. In later years, the dead of all wars have been so honored and thoce of the North and South regarded alike. His address follows: “Again the day has dawned when | we bow our heads in sorrow and pay homage to the memory of| those who have given their lives| on the Dattlefields of our tountry. ‘While doing so let us remember that there is no more appropriate manner of honoring war heroes than to renew our determination | to see that no sacrifices like theirs | chall ever again be called for. | “War is savagery and you can make nothing else out of it. Last War Futile “When we entered the last war | we were assured that we did so for the purpose of putting a stop to wars. We know today that in this aim we utterly failed. There never was a time 'since the armis- tice when hostile armies did not face each other in some parts of the world, and today there is more preparation for war and more| fear of war than at any other ! time in human history. We have | learned from sad experience that war is futile, &ven for the wvictor. HOAXER CURTIS Prosecutor Hauck Makes| GOES TO TRIAL LATE IN JUNE Announcement Fol- lowing Indictment FLEMINGTON, N. J., May 30— Jchn Hughes Curtis will go to trial during ‘the week of June 27 for hoeaxing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and the New Jersey State police | who were seeking the kidnapers | and slayers of Col. Lindbergh's’ ‘baby son. Prosecutor Anthony Hauck made the announcement after an indi ment had been handed down last Saturday by the grand jury. “Taps Echo Out AO’efIASleéping Thousands ) | 4/ The entire population of Rumania is anxiously awaiting word from! Vienna, Austria, where the popular Princess Ileana, only sister of King| Cz‘iro], is expecting a visit from the stork. The coming of the royal baby| will be the occasion of much rejoicing throughout the land as the Princess is the most beloved member of the Rumanian royal family. Princess } Ileana is shown with her husband, Arch-duke Anton of Hapsburg, during Although the specific nature of | ‘the indictment against Curtis was not disclosed late Saturday, offic- ials said they were positive an in- dictment had been returned. Prosecutor Hauck intended to lry] Curtis during the week of June their honeymoon in London last Summer. 13 but delayed at the request of the defense counsel who said he would not be ready. | Curtis began imaginary negotia- tlons with kidnapers soon after the baby was abducted on the night of i JOIN IN TRIBUTE VETS MARCHING 7O WAR HEROES ONWASHINGTON Will Make Demand for {German and American Service Men and Vet- erans March Together ERSTWHILE FOESPARKS LEAVES FOR INTERIOR Gov. Parks, Accompanied by Harlan, Joins Col. Olmstead on Queen Opposing .arms in th World War joined here today in friendly tri- bute to soldier dead. Squadrons of sailors off the United States Coast| Guard cutter Tallapoosa and the Cashing of Bonus Gov. George A. Pa left here Sunday night on the steamer Queen for Skagway, enroute to Interior Alaska points via Whitehorse and | He will be absent about | Dawson. BY WHITEHORSE PRICE TEN CENTS CERMAN VESSEL ENDS VISIT: IS OFF FOR SITKA {Winds Up 1l-Day Visit | with Dance Saturday, Tea Dance Sunday Ending her goodwill visit of 11 | days he: the German cruiser | Karlsruhe, Capt . Wassner, | was scheduled to have sailed from | this port before’¢ p. m. today for |Sitka where it will spend three | days before sailing for Seattle, Tts only other stop on the western | coast of the United States is sched- {uled for Portland. { Then it will visit Central and | South American western ports, round the Cape and proceed north- | ward along the east coast of South America and proceed to Philadel- phia where it is slated (o arrive i next November. Tea on Sunday Capt. Wassner, his officers and |eraw, were hosts Sunday to some 1300 guests from here and Douglas | at a tea and dance. The affer main deck of the cruiser, covered |with canvas, was turned into a | dance hall which was crowded with the hosts and their guests for an !hour and a half. Music was fur- Inished by the Karlsruhe's orches- (tra. To conclude the program, |two trumpet fanfares were render- |ed with band accompaniment, and |the National Anthems of Géermany |and the United States were played. Refreshments were served in the wardroom to the guests from lashore. Capt. Wassner bade his guests farowell at the head of the gangway as they departed from |the ship. Dance Fine Affair and expensive beyond the possi-| Cerhficates bilily of mathematical calcul ticns. UNIONTOWN, Penn, May 30.— “As we examine the causes of |Three hundred tired and hungry armed conflicts in' the past we bonus marchers arrived here late find that in every case the gov- |last Saturday on their way from erning powers of some of the par- |Portland, Oregon, to Washington, ticipants acted either from ignor- (D. C.. to demand cash payments ance or from vicious motives, There |0f their soldiers’ bonus certificates. never was a war that would not| They traveled much of the way have been fairly avoided without (in motor trucks supplied by the loss to either party had all the |various States enroute after mak- participants been forced to sub-|ing part of their way on freight mit their disputes to some inter- |trains. national tribunal. Delegations of veterans are also Objections Unsound enroute from California and the b 1t f Washi , What is the objection to ma:}S ate of ashington, according to system? Why has our country so | the marchers reaching here. T0 AID AUSTRIA court? That ‘courts of justice some- ROME, May 30.—Premier Mus- times err and even at times arc knowingly unjust is no excuse solini considers the economic sit uation in Austria so grave th: for abolishing them and resort to he has taken steps to bring about the use of knives and clubs. That| from an international tribunal some an immediate meeting of British, German and French financial ex- litigants must go home disappoint- (Continued on Page Seven) perts with the Financial Commi sion of the League of Nations Gets Divorce So Wife Can Rewed Pribilof Fur Seal Skins to Be Sold at CHICAGO, May 30.—Mrs. Tessie N.Y. Auction June 13 Jensen may now marry the man in Lancashire, England, for whom she deserted her husband Einar, of 611 S. Harvey Avenue, Oak Park, five years ago. With his lawyer, Harry X. Cole, Jénsen went before Superior Court Judge Harry B. Miller and showed a letter from Mrs. Jensen, saying she planned to remarry. She did not mentidh a divorce, so Jensen asked for and received SEATTLE, May 30. — Approxi- mately 20,000 fur seal skins taken frem ‘the Pribilof Islands by t United tes Bureau of Fisher- ies, will be offered at public au plovment has fafled because of lemphyex disapproval. tion in New.York on June 13 one, t0 accommodate his wife. He has been learned here, said she left with their ohildren. Gérman cruiser Karlsruhe, headed by bands and their national colors, | marched in the Memorial Parade, {and commanders of the two service |crafts, Capt. C. H. Dench of the cutter and Capt. Erich Wassner of the cruiser rode together in the {automobile that led the line of motor cars. | Flowers on Water | Exercises consisted of an address) at Triangle Place in both English and German by Attorney General John Rustgard; strewing of flow ers on the waters of the harbor in memory of heroes of the sea and the firing of a rifle aslute and! sounding of taps at the cemetery over the graves of fallen comrades. At the direction of Frank A.Met- {ealf, representative of the Juneau i Post of the American Legion, under auspices of which the day's ob-| servances were held, the parade, believed to be the longest in the history of the city, formed on Lhc“ | | “ 'Government Pier. | i Units of Parade | The order of formation was Col- jors and Color Guard, American L |gion firing squad, Juneau Ct IBBnd, American Legion and Auxil- ‘my members, Tallapoosa squadron, | cruiser Karlsruhe band, Karlsruhe squadron, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, {Capt. Wassner and Capt. Dench in lautomobile, J. N. Carver, Juneau’s sole surviving G A. R. veteran iafoot, and residents in automobiles |and on foot. | | Pier to Triangle Place | From the Government Pler, the parade was to Triangle Place. At- |torney General Rustgard delivered I The German visitors played host three weeks, to Juneau people Saturday evening The Governor was accompani from here by J. D. Harlan, Gen- il magnificent style at a band eral Manager of the Hammon Con- | ¢oncert and dance at the Fair solidated Goldtlelds at Nome. They | Building. A monster crowd, equally joined Lieut. Col. Dawson Olmstead, |28 large as the record-breaking head of the Army communications|throng attending the community's service in Alaska, on the Queen. |OWn dance to the visitors earlier lin the week, turned out for the The party will leave the river) steamer at Circle and proceed by | 0cCasion. auto to Fairbanks over the Steese| The band rendered several num- Highway. Col. Olmstead will in- bers from 9 p. m. to 9:45. Dancing 5] all of the wireless and tele-|started then and continued until graph stations in the Interior and ! a. m. far north before returning to his| The last public appearance of headquarters in Seattle. The Gov-|the Karlsruhe's complement in ernor will return here from Fair-|town was this morning. A con- tingent of 50 from |bann, and Capt. Wassner and Ad- .- | jutant Peters joined in the annual 422 Mlnn'Es | Memorial Day parade, helping make { one of the most notable ever its ‘crew, the banks via Anchorage and Seward {beld here on a like occasion ) Exchange of Salutes I At noon today, the United States st Guard Cutter Tallpoosa and A ! ex- | Tallapoosa and the Karlsruhe ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 30— - FLIER BLINDED BY HOT OIL IN FLIGHT NORTH Nearly Crashes at North End of Vancouver Island Yesterday FORCED TO RETURN TO STARTING POINT Expects i Gl Away To- day, Time Limit for $30,000 Purse BULLETIN — SEATTLE, May 30.—Browne started his prejected flight to Japan early this afterncon and went down in flames in Elliott Bay. SEATTLE, May 30.— Nathan C. Browne made a re- fueling practice flight this morning, then came down for more repairs to his plane. Owing to the hard time in hopping off from his short runway, with a heavy load of gasoline, Browne intends to refuel in the air before start- ing for Tokyo. SEATTLE, May 30.—Nathan C. Browne, commercial flier, who hopped off Sunday morning at 5:20 o'clock on his projected nonstop flight to Tokyo, Japan, returned to Seattle after flying about seven hours, due to a broken oil line and broken rudder control which caused the ship to vibrate badly. Browne ‘safd the ofl line was broken as he was cruising north- ward near the north end of Van- couver Island to the west. He said he was preparing to turn north- west toward the Aleutians when the liné broke and he was blinded for a while by hot oil and almost crashed because he was flying low. The rudder control wire was broken when the tail assemblage raked a tree as he was trying to climb after leaving the Boeing Field. Great Circle Route Browne's route takes him from Seattle over the Great Circle steam- ship lane to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, thence westward and down the Kuriles Islands to Japan and Tokyo. Browne must be enroute today to win the $30,000 purse offered for the first flight from Seattle to Jaapn, nonstop. Browne hopped at 5:20 Sunday morning and one hour later was reported over the steamer Admiral Rogers, 15 miles out. Throttle Wide Open Browne hurled his plane down the ramp at the Boeing Field with the throttle wide open and with only a four-mile head wind for the takeoff. He took the whole run- way and was only about one foot off the ground at the margin lights, threaded trees and buildings ahead. Browne disappeared in the mist and went towards Tacoma, then circléd back over Puget Sound. Good weather was reported along the route. The pilot barely skimmed the trees and buildings south of the field and hundreds of automobiles swarmed after him fearing a crash. Plane Is New Model Weather beaten pilots at Boeing Field down to the greasy wiper boys have been attracted like iron to a magnet by Browne’s plane, the Lone Star. It is a specially constructed Fokker monoplane. Innovations never before seen in Seattle were studied at first hand and affirmative and negative head- shaking accompanied a discussion of the ship and its equipment by mechanics. Perhaps the most interesting ex- ternal feature of the great plane, aside from its 300-horsepower Wright Whirlwind J-6 motor and 50-foot wingspread, is its detach- able landing gear, which Browne tary of Navy Charles F. A will hand diplomas to # (Continuea on Page TWO) ams midshipmen at the commencement exercises on June 2, eneral Council of Presbyterian Church to Admit Women Now Graduates of | | | . DENVER, Col, May 30.—Women will be admitted to full mcrnb&'r-l WASHINGTON, May 30.—Naval | ship in the General Council orfAuademy gradua must hereafter | the Presbyterian Church in the sail two years before disembark- S. A., as the result of the adopt- ing on a matrimonial voyage. of an overture announced) Officials said the young officers | the General Assembly, l: ave their hands full with learn- | tion (Continuec on rezge Elght) No Bri(-lvs an;i lé(ibies for Annapolis; 2 Year Ban Put on Marriages ing their duties without “being bothered with brides and babies.” Heretofore the graduation at Annapolis has been filled with romance atcompanied by the tink- !'ng of wedding bells,