The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL TJHE TIME” VOL XL.. NO 6064 ROOSEVELT MAN WINS CHAERMANSHHP HITCHCOCK 1S SELECTED FOR IMPORTANT J0B Nebraskan Plcked to Be| Chairman of Resolu- tions Committee TAMMANY LEADER MAKES STATEMENT Wil Caiscame Siinday to De- side on Candidate for President CHICAGO, Ill, June 23. — The Roosevelt forces have picked Gil-) bert M. Hitcheock, of Nebraska, as the Chairman of the Democratic Resolutions Committee, This com- mittee drafts the platform. As the Roosevelt delegates are concededly in control of the Resolutions Com- mittee, the choice amounts to a tion. Hitchcock, when he was tor, was President Wilson's spokesman in the upper House. WALKER ON COMMITTEE CHICAGO, Ill, June 23.—John ?. Curry, Tammany leader, said t night that Mayor James J. Walker will be the New York member of the Resolutions Com- mittee at the Democratic National Convention, Curry added that Tammany has not yet decided on a candidate for Exesident .but_ a decision will. be made at a caucus next Sunday. Curry denied emphatically that he had joined any stop Roosevelt movement. HATCHET IS BURIED CHICAGO, June 23.—William G. McAdoo and Alfred E. Smith, who ht through more than 100 bal- in 1824 for the [Presidential ination, have buried the hat- het. MzAdoo today called upon Smith flw latter’s headquarters. g more Presidential candi- Alfalfa Bill” Murray and Senator Reed, of Missouri, have arrived. Murray said he did not believe Gov. Roosevelt will be nominated. Former Senator Hitchcock, who will be Chairman of the Resolu- tions Committee, said the Prohibi- tion issue should be met, but the latform should emphasize econo- mic issues. Mayor Frank Hague, of Jersey floor manager for ‘Al. Smith laughed at reports circulated yes- terday that Smith and Roosevelt had agreed upon Owen D. Young| in the event of a deadlock. Common Cause The two old-time warriors, Mc- Adoo and Smith, found themselves in a common cause, both trying| to head off Gov. Roosevelt. Mc- Adoo is supporting Speaker John M. Garner as Presidential candi- date and Smith is supporting him- self. Not passing up anything, however, McAdoo earlier in the day visited the Roosevelt headquarters. s i Betty Gow and Butler Called in Curtis Defense C NORFOLK, Va., June 23—The" Norfolk Virginian-Pilot said it had | learned that subpoenas have been issued for Betty Gow, the murder- ' ed Lindbergh baby's nurse, and Ollie Wheatley, butler for the Lind- berg family, to appear as defense witnesses in the trial of John Hughes Curtis. The Norfolk boat builder will be heard June 27 at Flemington, N.' Y. on a charge of obstructing justice by giving false information to the police in the kidnaping case, Colonel Lindbergh already has been summoned as a Wwitness. | elsewhere ireally s PRINCESS ALICE’ AT CHICAGO Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth surprised everybody by turning up ! at the republican national convention at Chicago just as they were | discussing the report that she was too ill to attend. She Is shown (left) with Mrs. W. H. Wisner of Chicago. Assaciated Press Photo ALASKA WATERS ; DECLARED [DEAL FOR MANEUVERS |Lieut. Commander Austin Tells Chamber He Will Recommend Cruise The Southeast Alaska waters of- fer an ideal place for the summer maneuvers of the destroyer squad- ron of the Pacific Fleet and a rec- ommendation that the destro be sent north each summer that purpose will be made t Commander L. B. Au manding the Crowninshie ver, which made port I v terday with R. O. T. C. students from the Unive y of California and University of Washington. He and 11 officers rfom the two destroyers were luncheon guests of the Chamber of Commerce to- day where they were welcomed in a short talk by Senator Allen Shattuck, President, Gov. George A, Parks told the Chamber of con- ditions in other parts of Alaska which were recently visited by him. Will Face New Problem Earlier this year, he said, he had been led to believe that conditions in the Territory were rious. He was glad to find the situation had been exaggerated and to discover fair conditions to exist, although every town has its yunemployed for which no jobs are available nor or in sight “This Winter,” said Gov. Parks, I anticipate every town in the Territory will have to deal with a preblem which has never been en- countered before in Alaska. They will have to care for many who (Continuea on Page TWO) Mexican States Must Revise Their Law On Confiscation MEXICO OITY, June 23. — President Ortiz Rubio has advised the Chamber of Commerce of Tor- reon the governments of the States of Hidalgo and Vera Cruz have been notified they must revise their recently enacted expropriation laws. These laws, which created a stir throughout the country, gave the state governments power to take over any private property within the states for public use. “The federal government,” the President’s message said, “already has advised the authorities of Hi- dalgo and Vera Cruz regarding the unconstitutionality of certain points in the laws and understands that the states will change these provisions immediately to conform with the federal constitution.” (FLIER HAUSNER Commander Booth Is to Pray For Democrats 23 WASHINGTON, June 23— Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army, will de- liver the invocation opening the Democratic Convention in Chicago, June 27. She telegraphed her accep- tance to Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross, ex-Governor of Wyom- ing and member of the per- sonnel committee for the Dem- ocratic convention. - e AGAIN ON LAND Aviator Forced Down on Atlantic Flight, in Miami—Decorated MIAMI, Fla., June 23—Stanislaus {Felix Hausner, American-Polish flier, forced down on an attempted Atlantic flight and picked up sev- en days later floating on the ocean, has been transferred from the oil | tanker Circe Shell, rescue ship, as it passed the -coast enroute tol New Orleans, and was brought| here. Hausner says he will make an- | other try if he gets a plane. He seems to have recovered from his experience. A noisy welcome greet- ed him upon his arrival here, Hausner was decorated with the| {Gold Cross of Merit, by the Polish | Government, a representative of that Government meeting him | here. SHIPS WITHIN SIGHT MIAMI, June 23.—Flier Hausner said this afternoon that sixteen ships came within sight as he float- ed for eight days on his fallen plane before the Circe Shell came up. Apparently none of the prev- ious ships saw him, he said. S GUS ERICKSON IS FINED $300 IN JUSTICE COURT Gus Erickson, arrested by Fed- eral officers on a charge of vio- lating the Alaska Bone Dry Law, yesterday entered a plea of guilty in the United States Commission- er's Court and was fined $300 by ‘Panis and-kecarno-and- Judge Charles Sey. A similar charge against Mrs. Erickson was dismissed on motion of the United States Attorney’s office, ) ¥ - BIG ALLIANCE 1S SUBGESTED. BY VON PAP Chancellor Proposes t Germany and France! Get Together SECURITY PLEA % STARTED SOME Problems ofiisarm May Be Solved at Lau-= sanne Conference LAUSANNE, June 23.—Cha lor von Papen, of Germany, proposed privately, a military ‘-l- liance between France and many as a means of France's demand for security @e- |i fore disarmament. Such an alliance would rehve sent the lion and the lamb Iying down together in the field of Ewr- opean military affairs, the Chéin- cellor said, but .it is the best of solving the problems which now facing the Disarmament ference, as a result of the Mh fear of invasion and their secusity vlea. The Chancellor said he was able to understand the French se- curity pleas but he intended ‘to do everything in his power to fos- ter collaboration between the fia countries. He said - if parts Zof ek § guarantees are not sufficient as- surances of security for the French, then a welding of the two armies by a suitable formula should allay France's fears, and permit solu- tions now seemingly insolvable, and problems of disarmament, as well as other riddles of Central Europe, being amicably solved at the con- Iorence HOOVER'S PLAN ON ARMAMENTS GAINING FAVOR Administration Cheered by Latest News from European Centers WASHINGTSON, June 23.—The Administration hopes that strong concrete results will come from President Hoover's proposals on world armaments, despite the French coldness. The President and also Secrefary of State Stimson are particularly cheered by direct reports from the United States representatives at Geneva which are far more opti- mistic on the reaction of the Eu- ropean Powers than reflected by the first news. France Changes Views The last reports said [France's officials are surprisingly friendly when they measured the light of | French public opinion. The British, according to Lon- don reports, now believe the na- tions will get together successfully. ‘The President proposed abolition of all tanks and chemical warfare, also large mobile guns and re- duction of one-third of the strength of all land armies above the so- called police component. Change Treaties He also proposed abolition of all bombing planes, total prohibition of | all bombardments from the air, re- duction in tonnage of all battle- ships by one-third, reduction in treaty tonnage of aircraft carriers. cruisers and destroyers by one- fourth and submarines by one- third. ————— Milk Producers Have Put Ban on Cows LOS ANGELES, June 23— Organized milk producers and distributors of Southern Cali- fornia have announced that, as a means of reducing a milk surplus, no milk cows will be imported into Los Angeles, Or- ange, Riverside and San Ber- nardino Counties for ninety days. I t was stated the pres- ent milk surplus is 25,000 gal- lons a day. yal Carewom But Fit, Hoover Faces Campaign The strain of serving as President tells on Herbert Hoover, but he is in good condition physical- ly for the pre-election campaign. The Hoover of 1932 is thinner than the Hocver of 1928, and a grim, determined look has replaced his grin. In center he is shown as he waged hls ecampaign in 1928, S b4 = o President Hoover, in 1932, “medicine ball cabinet.” Then it's Today there are lines etched pack to the White House for or- Speply, TOTLIE Sote h TS DM 18 Fo: e fiiloe: b0lee, atid, e Tabai thinning and showing white at the fot gl u g of New York, self-appointed guar- }templeb His physique while nei- half dozen papers. dian of the health of Presidents, |ther portly nor spare, is less bulky | After breakfast proper and one made what he termed his semi- |than it was four years ago. |of his long cigars at 8, he goes to annual diagnosis of the condition| When he became President he |the executive offices. At luncheon, of Herbert Hoover. | was smiling almost constantly. To- |and dinner he nearly always has “I fond,” reported the doctor,|day his expression has changed |Buests—for he likes to have peo- “that President Hoover is in good | There is less smiling, more grim- |Ple around. condition for the coming cam-|ness and determination on his After the day's work, if it isn't paign. He is in better shape than |countenance. |too late, the President takes a he was six months ago.” | His choice of the fishing camp | nap, followed by dinner at 8. Then It hardly can be denied, how- |on the Rapidan now seems almost |it's into bed by 11—a regular thing. ever, that the President begins | prophetic. For only there has he| As a result of his persistant ex- his campaign for re-election a|found opportunity for a few fleet- |ereise and rigid restraints on his vastly different man physically | ing moments from the cares of the |diet, President Hoover faces the than he was four years ago. | White House. campaign for re-election probably Perhaps there is no better wayi His personal habits have chang- [as good a man physically, if a lit- of determining this change than |ed little since 1928. He still arises |tle more careworn, than the smil- to compar2 photographs of him as |between 5 and 6 a. m. ing, bulky man who was elected Nominee Hoover in 1928 and as F\rst comes a workout with his | President in 1928, ROTARIANS IN |Let ‘er Go GET GRUBSTAKE DIVISION ON | o Fieonle. | BEFORE JOINING ONE SUBJECT . “ "' NEW GOLD RUSH Formation of Additional! Warning Is Issued Against Clubs Arouses Diver- Stampeding to Nuka sity of Opinion Bay District By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, June 23—Two months before the Republican Na-‘ tional convention Senator Copeland Cannon Says—Dry Forces Willing as Wets for Referendum CHICAGO, Ill, June 23.—Bishop |James Cannon, Jr. asserted yes-| SEATTLE, June 23—Thirty 1eso- terday that the allied dary forces| SEWARD, Alaska, June 23— lutions are before the Rotary COon- are just as willing as the wettest Thomas Babcock, one of the own- vention, including one to permit ¢ the wets to have the people €rs of the mine at Nuka Bay in of the formation of additional gpeak on Prohibition, adding that K Which a rich gold strike is re- clubs within several-defined trade'the results will be surprising. |ported to have been made, issued areas. | Bishop Cannon said the cities @ Wwarning yesterday against any The “formation” resolution iS'are wet but that the folks back influx of men to the camp looking arousing considerable diversity of nome would have something to for work. He said the find would opinion among the delegates. Some g3y He declared there will be no Not increase employment and ad- of the delegates hold that it will wmpmmm kA no S v vised that only those grubstaked weaken the central club and in-| for the winter should enter the crease the number of members | !dmncv. and than for prospecting without regard to quality and re- purpu:cs sult in a tendency of isolation | rather than amalgamation. LONDON, June 23.—Albert {ward, Prince of Wales, celebrated | GILLAM IS ON HIS WAY NORTH OLYMPIA, Wash.,, June 23—T.| F. Colby, of Seattle, has been chos-| |en Commander of the Grand Army ot the Republic, Department of dehm(,wn and Alaska. George Hines and Felix Gabuya SEATTLE, Jum 23 —Harold Gil- | lam took off yesterday afternoon wraude McCoy, of Seattle, as Presi- today. He is still the most eligible | from the Renton Airport with John gent | bachelor among royalty. The Prince | Rosswog, Cordova curio dealer, for | ideclded to take a day off to read a flight to Cordova. They came ! icongratulation messages received south over a week ago. BHILE FEEDS from all corners of the world —— .- — V TWO ARRESTED ON DRY LAW VIOLATION annGL' ‘Ea,rthquake Shock Is [ | Reglstered at S|tka | | SITKA, Alaska, June 23. — were arrested yesterday by Federal |earthquake , ahx‘k lasting several officials and charged with viula-] SANTIAGO, Chile, June 23.—Re- hours was recorded on the seis- tion of the Alaska Bone Dry Law.'cent Government figures showed mograph here yesterday morning. Hines pleaded guilty and was fined [that 130,000 persons were being fed, The first waves reached Sitka $250 by Judge Charles Sey. Uabuyu]ut stations maintained to care for at 7 minutes and 40 seconds past pleaded not guilty and will be tried junemployed and that thousands of 4 o'clock. The distance was esti lothers were getting other aid. lm:n.ed at 3,300 miles, Ed- |1 The ladies of the G. A. R. choose his 38th anniverasry of his birth| <1Ljveswck and Meat Board, said IDISASTER HITS WEST COAST; GREAT DAMAGE One Hundred Are Known to Be Dead—Scores Reported Missing TWENTY THOUSAND LIVING IN OPEN Tidal Wave S Sweeps One Mile Inland Over Front of Eighteen Miles BULLETIN COLIMA, Mexico, June 23.—Gov. Sau- cedo said this afternoon at least 100 are dead as the re- sult of the tidal wave and great danger of a pestilence will follow unless outside aid comes immediately. Most of the dead are at Cuyulan, summer resort. Twenty thousand persons are living out of doors here. THOUSANDS SUFFER MEXICO CITY, June 23.— Mexican relief agencies are alleviating suffering of thou- sands of people in towns along the West Coast which were virtually wiped out yesterday by a tidal wave. Scores of lives are believed to have been taken but an ac- curate check is not possible owing to the disorganized condition of the Territory. Dead—Injured Colima has many dead and scores injured. The tidal wave struck hardest at Cuyulan where the death toll is known to be over 40 persons with several scores missing. More than 100 are known to have been injured. The tidal wave was preceded by sharp earth shocks. Two relief trains have left for Cuyulan. The first train took out over 1,400 from the town to relief camps back from the coast. Sweeps Inland Mile Gov. Saucedo, of Colima, has re- ported the tidal wave swept inland for more than one mile over an 18-mile front, levelling everything in its path. Soldiers are searching the ruins for additional victims and burning thousands of dead fish left on the beach. The fish are being burned as danger of disease threatens. This also made it necessary for a tem- porary evacuation. Colombia Drops Prohibition Plan After Short Trial BOGOTA, Columbia, June 23.— A decree of June 2 stipulating par- tial prohibition for Columbia has been suspended by President Alaya Herrera. The decree had specified that all sales of liquor were prohibited from 6 a. m. 1o 6 p. m. on holidays. The suspension gave to depart- | ments and municipalities the right ‘to control liquor as they saw fit, or enforce the partial prohibition | decree when necessary for the pub- safety. | B o S | Newspaper Ads Increase Meat ‘ Sales on Coast CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 28— Newspaper advertising used by ag- encies interested in increasing the n|consumption of meat has been ef- fective on the Pacific Coast and in other regions and is one of the best mediums through which to reach the consumers, Charles D. Carey, chairman of the National at the session here, coneentrating on the task of .~