The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 25, 1932, Page 4

o S — S Daily: .4iaska li?m pfre OHN W. TROY - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER Published evening = except EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Streets, Juneau, Alaska Bntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. Sunday by _ the Second and Main ev SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Dougla . Th freadwell and lowing rates: six months, in advance, $1.25. or if they will promptly any failure or Irregularity ,00; one mof in Subscribers confer notify the Busir .ws]u{nm- of elive f_their papers S !Az‘."l ‘,‘!n ne Yor torial and Business Offices, 374. h ill MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED 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 iocal news published herein. SKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ALAS K BAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION Monday morning the nial National Convention of the Democratic Party— will open at Chicago before an audience composed of the entire nation. It is the “show” of 1932 largely because the of its rival and the cast, particularly the stellar actors, w known long be- fore the actual scenes transpired on blic and no s es Were Spru stage. In the latter there was no unforeseen climax to stir the imagina- tions of the spectators. It was not a “preblem play,” but one that was laid down with precision and acted upon with mathematical accuracy. None of this is true about the Democratic as- sembly. When it opens Monday, there are several questions containing sufficient political significance to arouse and maintain public as well party interest until the end comes. as Ex-Gov. Alfred E. Smith, a formidable figure and titular party leader since 1928, has openly an- nounced the self-imposed task of ‘“stopping” Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt short of the Presidential nom- ination. He has demonstrated his qualities of lead- ership and ability as a fighter on too many occasions to be taken lightly. Will he succeed in blocking the path of the man who fought for him on many occasions and presented him to the coun- try as “the Happy Warrior"? Leaders of the Roosevelt forces declare he will fail. They are supremely confident they have the strength necessary to control the organization of the convention and bring about the nomination of the New York Governor. Their first move—to make Senator T. J. Walsh permanent chairman in opposi- tion to Jouett Shouse—seems ‘to lack political sagac- ity. Many of those who are supporting Gov. Roose- velt for the Presidential nomination will support Mr. Shouse rather than Senator Walsh. The former as National Executive Committeeman has been the driving force of the Democratic organization’s high- | ly successful campaigning during the past three| years. Much of the party’s success in Congressional and other elections held since he took charge was due to his untiring efforts. Many of Roosevelt's warmest friends and backers believe he ought to have the place. Can the New Yorker's leaders | beat him and maintain their hold on their present following? That is another question which is creat- ing interest in the Democratic conclave. Prohibition is, of course, the big question involv-} ing the platform. Will the Democrats follow the | example set by the Republicans in the same stadium less than two weeks ago and straddle on the issue with a facing both ways plank? Or will it face the issue squarely and give the people of the United States an opportunity to express their honest con- | victions on this issue which overshadows all others? This is about the only doubtful matter connected ( “big show"—the quadrien- ! with the platform which, as usual, will assail the |works of the opposition party and seek to link it |indissolubly with the great depression Wha cast will be no one knows for certain. As to the Vice-Presidency no word has been uttered. ar role is filled, probably there will be th does stop Roosevelt, can he muster th to obtain the nomination for him- Until the ste none. If € observers say not. If he cannot who will e prize? Many have been mentioned almost as quently as either Roosevelt or Smith, including ton D. Baker, Owen D. Young, Gov !Albert C. Ritchie, Speaker John Nance Garner, backed by W. R. Hea and W. G. McAdoo, Senator James Reed, Missouri firebrand who broke with |Woodrow Wilson over the League of Nations, Gov. Byrd of Virginia whose Prohibition plank re- cent I ived wide commendation, Gov. William (Alfalfa Bil) Murray, Sage of Tishmingo, Melvin A. Traylor, Chicago banker, Gov. George White ,of Ohio, a one-time Klondike miner. Noted figures most of them, known throughout the country, which will be selected as Democratic standard bearer if Roosevelt and Smith fail? These are the reasons why the Democratic Con- vention is the big show. Upon their settlement amicably, or in such manner that the party can make a strong drive unitedly, depends the party's chances for success next November. Its present hopes brighter than at any time since 1916. Their realization depends in very large measure upon what takes place in Chicago next week. are Dr. Clarence True Wilson says he doubts if he can support Hoover but if the Democrats adopt a wet plank he may be forced to take the stump for the Republican candidate. With that as a further {inducement, the Democrats should no longer hesi- { BIG SHOW ABOUT TO OPEN. | tate to make it “wet. The Democratic platform makers propose to keep within 1,000 words. If they are successful, maybe a few people will read the document. Out of the Ordinary. (Seattle Times.) So unusual, even so startling, that it seems to have called for special mention in the news dis- patches, is one specification in the contract just awarded for construction of an Indian service hos- pital at Unalaska. This specification requires that all timber used shall be Alaska timber, bought from Alaska dealers. Some persons may think, offhand, that there’s nothing unusual or startling about that specifica- tion. What it requires to be done seems so obvious- ly the thing that should be done that most folks might imagine it is the thing that would be done without specific requirement. But most folks, per- haps, are unaware of how things are often done by the Federal Government, and more particularly ignorant of how the Federal Government so often does things in Alaska. It is known, for instance, that Alaska has oodles of high-grade coal. Huge veins have been opened within comparatively easy distance of the Govern- ment’s Alaska railroad, and the quality of the coal has met every test. Yet the Government has shipped goodness knows how many thousand tons of coal to Alas| some of it coming from as far away as Vir- ginia—and when that has been done it was without even the cloak of pretense of providing work for unemployment miners and seafaring men. Alaska has great stands of jthe finest timber; also sufficient mills and enough dealers to cut and handle all the lumber that Alaska needs, and much more besides. Yet it would have caused no great surprise had the Government ordered Louisiana pine or Philippine mahogany shipped in for the Unalaska hospital. That's what makes the defin- ite specification in the hospital contract a little out of the ordinary. Now Chicagoans are complaining that Al Ca- pone’s incarceration in the Atlanta hoosegow has caused beer to hop from 15c a flagon to 25c. Well, why don't they do like other folks and make their own?—(Macon, Ga., Telegraph.) The Senate’s conception of Prohibition reform is to reject a tax on beer and slap one onto wort, which is merely the basis of home-brew.— (Detroit Free Press.) “Finland,” explains a stateman of that country, “had to abolish Prohibition.” In other words, the Finns figured they had better abolish Prohibition before Prohibition abolished Finland.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) A bit of joyful news is that you can buy yachts until July 1 without paying the new taxes on 'em. —(Indianapolis News.) the Legislatures of the several PROHIBITION st mode WAS ADOPTED tional decisive sanction answer. conventions held is given power to determine of ratification. Referendumns without cannot pose them innocently are deluded had in one of two ways: (1) By’shall allow states to deal with the of mree-founhslprob]em as their citizens may de- ates; or (2) by termine, but subject always to the in three-fourths power of the Federal government to protect those states where pro- hibition may exist and safeguard |our citizens everywhere from the return of the saloon and attend- ant abuses. Such an amendment should be properly submitted to the states by states; Congress the constitu- furnish a Those who pro- The following is the Prohibition by false hopes; those who propose, Congress, to be acted upon by state jplank which was presented by the them knowingly are deceiving the conventions called for that sole b:publ\can Committee and adoj people. purpose, in accordance with the : by the National Convention last A nation-wide controversy over Provisions of Article V. of the Con- week: eeenth Amendment now Stitution, and adequately safeguard- 2 The Republican Party rls al- ention from the con-|€d S0 as to be truly representa- Jways stood and stands today for ctive solution of many press- tive. Jobedience to and enforcement « natic problems. The prin-| Rejecled Repeal Plank the law as the very foundation of of national prohibition, &s| The text of the minority plank orderly government and civiliza- lembodied in the amendment, was which was rejected by the Repub- Mtion. There can be no national supported and opposed by mem-|lican National Convention, reads security otherwise. The duty of bers of Congress of different poli- as follows: sthe President of the United States |tical faiths and ratified by State that the O Jand of the officers of the law is|Legislatures of different i)ol’is‘:c‘a‘l DA Epommiarid tiat the Oongieess . | of the United States immediately | | (1) Houses of Congress may pro- gress £ e amendments; or (2) on appli- |made must be preserved, while the sation of the Legislatures (1) two- [evils must be eliminated. ear. The law must be enforced they find it enacted by the peo-!not now a pa To these courses of action |tion. pledge our nominees. | imajorities. It was ‘The Republican Party is and al-| jays has been the party of the Constitution. Nullification by non- rance by individuals or state Members of the an political ques- i Opinions Differ {hold different opinion with respect {to it and no public ber of the party should be pledged not then and is | propose an amendment to the Fed- eral Constitution repealing the | Bighteenth Amendment thereto, to {be submitted in conventions of the | people of the several states called for that sole' purpose in accord- ance with Article V. of the Consti- |tution of the United States. Republican Party official or mem- otion threateris the stability of or forced to choose between the| Should the Eighteenth Amend- overnment. {party affiliations and his honest ment be repealed, we pledge our While the ConstTlution markers |convictions upon this question. best efforts toward the enactment ught a high degree of perma- | they foresaw the need of and provided for them. |repeal Article V. limits the proposal [ amendments to two methods: For the |wards, and which has of both houses of Congress! “We, therefore We do not favor a submission limited to the issue of retention or ever in its history has gone back- in this case the pro- )y propose amendments; or (2) ;people should have an opportunity of such measures states as will ually promote | temperance, effectively abolish the | saloon, whether open or concealed jand bring the liquor traffic itself junder complete public supervision {and control with revenues pur | posely drawn from legalized sourc- |es for the relief of the burdened | taxpayers. in the several American nation been thus far believe that the on application of the Legislatures to pass upon a proposed amend- ¥ BN fwo-thirds of the states, a na- ment, the provision of which, while | When hammers strike the strings convention shall be called byfrebflmms in the Federal Govern- of a piano invented by a New to propose amendments. ment power io preserve the gainsi‘!ersey man the vibrations are pick- . Ratification |alread_v made in dealing with lhe:ed up electrically and amplified to American ratification musi be|evils inherent in the liquor traffic, produce organ tones, SYNOPSIS: Once more ¢n the kidnapers trail, Jerry Cal- hecun intends to wipe out his was captured, a shot put him cut of commission until after she had disappeared, and that his efforts to fcllow the gang’s hydrcplane when the ransom mency was collected, failed due to his poor airplane. Now he has a pewerful new plane, and with Emory Battles and a de- tective, Stevens, is on the look- out for the hydroplane. A new have been captured, as well as Nancy—Lucci, a gangster, and four mealthy men, Hamilton, | Mallory, Williams and Martin. | Far away from their friends, the captives wait, well guard- ed in some tropical place, that they cannot recognize. They are breaking under the sus- | pense and heat. CHAPTER 10 MURDER PERMITTED? | Jerry swung over lake and shore line in a series of immense con- | centric circles, urging his powerful to rise on the dial He was happier, at this moment, that he had been since he could |remember. The pulsing drone of the marvelous new 525 horse-pow- |er motor was sweeter music to his ears than the most exquisite har- | monies of a symphony. Emory, his fiery blue eyes danc- |ing with anticipation, was study- Ling the magnificent panorama {through navy binoculars. Never, {since inheriting his fatther's sub- | stantial fortune, had the mere abil- ity to spend freely given him such pleasure as now. led, he, Hamilton, might be driven, It seemed to him that never to ing something about it. He! had he made as wise a purchase |carefully placed a red seven upon/ las the airplane. What better use|a black eight. of money than to buy adventure. Martin, now. He pouted. His| He remembered the toast of the jwhol ce pouted, black eyes, Ro- | old gang in his squadron. Hard-|man nose, thin pink lips; they all| bitten, hard, eyed men rose and ! pouted His silence and morose-| drank “bottoms up” to the words. “Anywhere but here!” Stevens wiped an ugly little sub- calibre machine gun with a bit of oily cloth. He chewed rythmically, his faded old eyes looking at noth- ing in particular. He had accept- ed the airplane as he accepted ev- erything else, unquestioningly He saw no romance or adven- jture in ithe task before him.. If he had to live his life over again, he would have chosen a dif- ferent job. One which didn't call “There she is!” Emory's exulting voice cut through the blurred snarl of the motor. “The same amphib- ian. Over there!” Far below, hurtling over the cor- rugated blue washboard that was the lake, appeared a tiny airplane, heading straight out from shore, Jerry carefully throttled the en- gine, turned and carefully jockeyed the monoplane into its position between the sun and the speeding plane fifteen thousand feet be- low. The kidnapers' ship slid down to the water, taxied to a tiny pin- point of black in the midst of the glittering blue water, then took off again and headed back towards land. The monoplane, holding its strategic position with ease, fol- lowed the amphibian over the roll- ing hills which nestled close to the lake shore and across the flat pra- ires beyond the hills. Miles fol- lowed miles until at last those in the fleeing ship turned abruptly toward the south-southwest. At an altitude of twenty thou- sand feet the fthree in the mono- plane watched the orderly lake front suburbs slide smoothly be- neath their silvery wing. “I have a hunch” Jerry said, “that we're in for a long hop. That fellow down there is sticking to a course that's as straight as a plum line. We may as well seitle down. Emory, take the stick whil2 1 stretch my legs.” Theodore P. Hamilton, capped the black deuce with the red ace, deftly swept the cards into a pack Gamblers Throw by Fustace L. Adama. for always being ready to shoot|his nerve-ends prickle. Yes, still first and hit the bull's eye on the staring. first shot. The girl was'a plucky one. Not and began to shuffle. He looked cool and comfortable in the spQt- less white linen suits which one of former failure to run them the house servants had laid ouf down. H remembers angrily |befcre lunch. Tt fitted his tall, how, when Nancy Wentworth |thin frame as though it had been cut to measure. Sitting there at the table, his bony face half-hid- den from the light, he was a per- fect picture of the successful Amer—} ican_business man enjoying a mo- ment's (diversion from the routine of his work. His hair was gray- ing, but-his close-clipped mustache was as black as his jutting eye- brows. | He glanced-idly about the room system in ransom, the demand- [and, catching the saturine green ing of board money, makes it leyes of the half-drunk -Mallory, | impossible to prephesy the -|modded pleasanfly, impersonally. Tt ‘gang’s intentions. Five men |was e short of amazing, the solitaire player museéd, how quick- ly Mallory had broken. ‘Half-ba on the county polo team, a golfer, tennis and handball star of con- siderable note, the man had gone | to pieces under the strain of nearly three weeks of enforced idleness on this heat-encompassed isle. The President of the United States Textile Corporation consid- ered the matter and decided that unless they were freed before long, someone would have to kill Mal- lory. He was startled by his own e — 8 8 |thougnts. A month ago he would| | |have viewed the impending mur-| new ship up and up until her controls became loose and the|der of a fellow citizen with horror. | pointer on the altimeter refused |Now he found himself judging Mal- {lory impartially and looking upou | | the possible taking-off abstracted- | 1y, without concern. | | Williams too, he could do with- | lout. He remembered the clothes| {in which Williams had arrived. | Too v cut, they had been.| Blue, pin-checked and with slant- jing pocke’s. The man was alway: {interrupting his solitaire with his| silly blither about Chicago and the | |grain market | | He wondered if Willlams knew | how he hated him. Tf this soul-) |destroying tension was not lessen- |ness was almost as irritating |Williams' unquenchable garrulity. {Extremes, amid all this heat, were i‘bad If the man's eyes would not| swivel around the room so! Those ightly popped eyes distracted nilton’s attention from his soli- | aire and caused him to make ex- lasperating blunders. He wondered Ywhether Martin would stop look- | jing like that if one asked him. to idesist. Or would he just sit there {in stony silence and stare? Ham- {ilton stole a glance at him and felt his type, perhaps, but he was con- |scious of a distinct admiration for |the way she was holding her own |against the weather and the men. When she had first arrived, Ham- liton had thought she would break \down. 'She had eaten little. The vivid coloring faded out of her smooth cheeks. She spent much of Iher time m her own room. When she emerged, her eyes were sus- "pmously pink. But she had seemed to gather strength with the passing lof time. No doubt she had been | forced to, for with every new day (the men had become more ardent |in the attentions. It had been di- | verting, watching her handle them. | Strangely enough, Hamilton did ‘not resent Lucci. Of all the men on the heat-raddled island. Lucci |was alone 4n remaining true to \type. He looked, thought, talked {and’ acted exactly like One-shot! Lucci, gangster chief. Hamilton |mad been gratified when that ev- ening at dinner, he had discovered |that the grangster. too, was in love lwhh the girl Nancy. | He had liked the way Lucei had parried Nancy’s look of scorn when the gangster had informed the en- |tire assemblage that the girl would henceforth be regarded as his on pain of instant and brutal punish- Iment. Mallory had gulped greedily at his champagne. Williams had flushed furtively. Martin had | logked at Lucci with eyes like those of a rattle snake | Yes, little fear of going mad with all these to watch. He shuffled the pack and dealt the cards into meticulously straight line. Tt does not mean miserline spending and prudent years past the pureh: is greater and affords ECONOMY~— A Watchword of the Times will promote happiness Our Savings Department Will Help You Grasp that Opportunity The B. M. Behrends Bank 3 OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA ¢ and independence. It ; it does mean prudent saving. Compared with ing power of the dollar an opportunity to save. S occurred to him that he was al-|e ready, perhaps a little mad. Well,| | it didn’t matter. The others were| o. mad, too. He wondered why their captors had allowed things to come to such impersonal house servants, ugly, impersonable guards. |Excellent foods, wines and liquors. | Well-chosen wardrobes at the dis- posal of ‘the guests who had come ill-prepared for an extended stay. The rooms were comfortable 2nough 5 in this rambling, one-story strue- ! ture which had so apparently been erected for entertaining must have been given explicit in- structions to. allew the “‘guests” to so long as no opportunity was given them to es-|®: o cape. Hamilton hazarded a guess that the guards would interfere in a fight—or a murder Well, he Would soon know. He looked at his watgh. Only eight o'clock. Through the open windows came thé buzzing sound of an alrplanc motor. a pass. Suave, do as they chose, not (Copyright, Dial Press.) 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