The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA \OL XL. NO, 6083 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1932. <MPIR MEMBER OF ASSOCIA'"ED PRESS HPRICE TEN CENT‘! SEATTLE DOCTOR HELD AT FAIRBANKS, SERIOUS CHARGE TTEMPT STAMPEDE IN WASHINGTON 3ONUS SEEKING VETERANS MAKE RUSH, CAPITOL ‘lfllnealenedfis order Re- pelled by Quick Ac- tion of Police LEADER UNDER ARREST UNTIL QUlET RESTORED Congress Probab\y Meeting in Last Day of Pres- ent Session WASH[NGTON, July 16.— A rush toward the Capitol by a throng of veterans de- manding bonuspayment threatened disorder as Con- oress met today for probably the last ses Quick action of the police calmed the situation. Walter Waters, leader of the main body, was held| under arrest until he and his aides agreed to do their best to keep their followers from | massing at the Capitol doors. Once the veterans were dis-| persed, Police Chief Glassford then undertook to get the somewhat turbulent crowd in a cheerful frame of mind and | nurse men from the ranks led them in army veterans’ Songs. ‘THIRD DEGREE’ METHOD BEING INVESTIGATED Youth Dies in Police Head- quarters After 8 Hours of Questioning MINEOLA, N. Y, July 16— Whether “third degree” methods killed Hyrman Stark, 20-year-old prisoner, who died at police head- qua after eight hours of ques- tioning, the subject of a vigor- ous inquiry. Stark was accused of beating De- tective Joseph Hyzenisky’s elderly mother almost to death. He died last night under mysterious cir- cumstances. The police refused to| give any details. Inspector MaCahill said he was| unable to give the cause of the youth's death until he received the autopsy report. “If I find the prisoner died as the result of any assault or attack by members of my department, you may rest assured I'll take action,” said the Inspector. | I Girl’s Scenario Thesis Wins Architect Degree COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 16. Ruth Morris wrote a movie scen- ario and it won her the degree of professional architeot at Ohio| State University. Miss Morris, after receiving the degree of bachelor of architecture in 1924, went to Hollywood where she assisted the art staffs in pro- ducing sets for moving pictures. ‘When she returned to the uni- versity for another degree she wrote a movie, “Catherine the Great,” for her thesis. It con- tained 17,000 words. Sketches showing various dramatic incidents in the play were interspersed in the thesis. — o RAISE QUAIL BY HUNDREDS DARLINGTON, Okla., July 16— Twelve hundred young quail are in the pens of the State Quail Breeding establiShment here. As many as 600 eggs weekly are ta- Len to an Oklahoma City hatch- | snatches |dead from Unaware that congress had army, headed by Walter Waters, the capitol steps. BONUS DEMONSTRATION BEFORE EMPTY CAPITOL d e | { | Associated Press Photo adjourned for the Independence day holiday, members of the bonus marched to the capitol plaza July 2 and staged a demonstration on U. S. BIRDMAN FACES DEATH AFTER CRASH | Foundt - Wexican Jungle\‘ After 17 Days, Ex- | hausted_Condition MEXICO CITY, July 16—Little by little, as his voice came back to him, Clarence McElroy, Ameri- can aviator, rescued from a deep Mexican jungle, is able to tell| of the horror which he lived for 17 days. | McElroy was brought to Sang- eronimo by a searching party, half starvation and He had been injured in a leg. MCcElroy had been missing since June 27 when he took off from | Vera Cruz in a plane flying to/ Honduras for delivery. The crash of the ship killed his companion and left McElroy badly hurt, without food and water. MCcElroy had no knowledge of Spanish or how to combat escape| from the deadly perils of the| tropical jungle. An Indian finally stumbled over | his exhausted body in Lhe jungle. | ARISES BETWEEN IRISH, BRITISH | bituminous | awaits President Hoover's signature ECONOMIC WAR STOCK MARKET IS UNABLE TO | - KEEP UP RALLY List Closes Easy with Many; Issues Off from Frac- | tion to Point | \ Alaska Coal Bill Is Not Signed Ye Measure Still in Hands of| Hoover—Purpose of Legislation | WASHINGTON, July 16—Legis- | lation authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to purchase coal for the Alaska Railroad from two Market vacillated uncertainly at mines along the line | the week end session There were some rather feeble to extnd yssterday's rally| NEW YORK, July 16.—The Stock The legislation was recommended | efforts tract for railroad coal will be forced to close. the other| The list closed somewhat easy The bill |and there was a tendency toward | purchases so both mines may be |a fraction to a point. kept open. | Sales were about 300,000 shares. R s o i o T ‘; Among the issues losing as much las one point were American Can, Air Reduction, American Tele- 1phone and Eastman. nes of half a point appear- ed Sn Um'ed States Steel, Wool- '»\or'h and Allied Chemical. Secretary of Interlol le— o Curtise gt %, Fox Pl | 1%, General Motors 9, Interna-! bur Takes Part m | tional Harvester 13, Kennecott 6%, Ceremony | Packard Motors 1%, United States —_— Stcel 23%. ———.————— INTERNATIONAL ' TRAIN HELD-UP CLOSING PRICES TODAY ! NEW YORK, Juiy 16.—Closing quo:mmm of Alaska Juneau mine| k today is 9%, American Can , Anaconda 4, Bethlehem Steel| NYSSA, Oregon, July 16.—T! Owyhee Dam, the highest structure of its kind in America, built at a cost of millions for irrigation of 125,000 acres of land, will be dedi- \ cated Sunday. Work on the first unit of Lhe | | man, DRIPPING OH10 WETS LOSE OUT, G. 0. P. SESSION Resubmissic;l—Plan k As Adopted at Chicago Is Sustained COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 16.—The State Republicans yesterday smoth- ered the dripping wet delegation from Cincinnati and decided to stick by the party's national stand on Prohibition although the party’s candidate for Governor and Sen- ator campaigned as opponent of the Eighteenth Amendment. ‘The minority report submitted at the Platform Convention demand- {ing the party pledge itself to re- peal was defeated as the majority held for the resubmission plank |adopted at the G. O. P. convention at Chicago. RS FILM NOTABLES CAUSE OF NEAR RIOT,HOLLYWOOD Three Hmred Police Called Out to Handle Crowd of 25,000 . HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 16— | Three hundred policemen were call- |ed into action here when a crowd |of 25,000 gathered on the outside of the Chinese Theatre here to get a glimpse of film notables who at- |tended the screen premiere of “The Strange Interlude” There was a near riot and wild through | by Secretary Wilbur who explained |but these were discontinued when milling of movie fans in an effort | that if one mine received the con-|week-end profit taking appeared. |to get near the doors of the theatre to view the screen stars. Traffic was completely tied up on Holly- thirst. |is designed to distribute the coal|a number of declines ranging from wood Boulevard. A score of women fainted. One Isidor Martin, was arrested on a charge of disturbing the Ppeace. e NEW JERSEY'S STATE POLICE FORGE IS CUT Lindbergh Case Still Un- solved but Drastic Reduction Made TRENTON, N. J, July 16—His| greatest case, the Lindbergh kid- naping, still as far from a solu- ,tion as ever, Col. H. Norman Suicide of Reynolds Heir Tragea’y of Too Much Luxury | Llfc Was Too Smnn\h for Scion of ‘\Iulu \Illlum'\xrc Tobacco Family, Who Never Experienced Thrill of “Something Attempted, Something Done.” Rexxoyps HoME &2 WinsTon -Saverm. N.C @ To his apparently less fortunate fellowmen, there is something altogether incomprehensible in the suicide of Smith Reynoldl heir to the $20,000,000 estate of the famous tobacco family, at his palatial home in Wi Salem, N. C. In the prime of young manhood (he was only 21), enjoying robust health and marri to one of the most beautiful women in America, he had everything to live for, but chose to die by his own hand. To the psychologist, the problem presents little difficulty. The iorism knows that the ego derives little satisfa. n from anything for which it has Ha does not come from the pos: uggle to acquire them. Reynolds never to want anything that he could not have. When only 18, he wanted Anne Cannon, daugh- Ithy Concord, N. C., manufacturer. He eloped with her and but tha novel!y wore off in two short years and the vomance ended in Reno divorce courts, Reynolds establishing a trust fund of $1,000,000 for his wife and their baby daughter. Even while his divorce was pending, Reynolds telephoned to Libby Holman, lovely winger of “torch” ballads in New York that if she refused to marry him he would kill himself. Again he had h They were married in Honn}uln. secretly, and their union w. nounced last May in New York. Pending his coming of age to receive antic mh.rl(-nu, Reynolds bad an allowance of $50,000 a year, most of which he spent in indulging in his hobby—aviation. BABY'S DEATH FIELD MARSHAL IS ACCIDENT| PLUMER PASSES Coroner’s j:;; Returns One of ChicTEommanders, Verdict in Case n World War, Be Buried in Westminster 1 Reprisal Duues Bill May! Become Effective Dur- | development, costing $18,000,000, |started four years ago. LONDON, July 16. — Efforts of man Wilbur will take part in Lhe Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald | dedication ceremony tomorrow. of the Irish Free State, to avert . & |the Anglo-Irish economic war, with ngh Price of Dope according to advices received here. Stops Sale in Colo.! The Irish reprisal duties bill, ernment goes to the Irish Senate |narcotics in Colofado has been net Monday. It is expected to be Practically done away with, not be- The controversy was caused by b1 becaus | the refusal of the Irish to pay land ey with which to pay for high- mand to abolish the oath of al- agent, in charge of this district, legiance to the English King. |recently completed an inspection neighboring states, in which he| [found that lack of finances had For Argentine Village causea a virtual elimination of the | narcotic habit. H MALARGUE, Argentina, July 16. M A E seemingingly shook an oil field| y uto fOI‘ Ho“e’ I out of the front yard of this west Is Cry of Farmer’ After the people got the vol-[ HILIBBORD, N. H, July 16— canic ash out of their eyes, Em- Horses are coming back on the over the outlying fields and found in the barn because horse power| fire smouldering in a hole. A pair of good strong work horses to be tar and further investiga-|can be purchased today for $125, ery, the newly hatched birds then being transferred to electrically|resources in a section hltherto( "My auto for a horse,” is the cry mitteewoman told those at a Demo- sreatic rally on Long Island. heated brooders for a time. | project, known as the Vale-Owyhee ! ing Next Week | Secretary of Interior Ray Ly-| and President Eamon de Valera,| T tariffs as weapons, failed last night! ldrawn up by the De Valera Gov- | DENVER, July 16—The sale of efifective next week. |cause addicts have lost their “yen” annuities and also the Irish de- priced dope. H. 8. Forrer, narcotic | |trip through Colorado and several Volcanos Dig Oil Well - —The Chilean volcanic eruptions Argentine village. A ilio Mesa noticed a blue haze| farms. Many a tractor is stored |is cheaper than gasoline and oil. Out of it he dug what appeared | tions show probable petroleum’and hay is cheaper this summer. lof the farmer. A unexplored for oil they haven't the mon- | ‘woman anti-Prohibitionist. Schwarzkopf today announced a reorganimuon of the New Jersey State Police force which cut fifty imen from his staff and lopped off ten substations. Twenty-five troopers and nine men eligible for re-enlistment, were dropped and sixteen employ- o engers €€ in the civilian personnel force T O e by Chiaies: sehels Teleased reducing the force to 240. ‘who held up an international train! Stations being vacated include | Eight Employees Reported Killed—Passengers Are Wounded TOKYO, July 15.—Eight train- lon the Chinese Eastern Railway Blairstown, Waldwick, Chester, Me- | between Harbin and Manchuli |tuchen, Lambertville, New Egypt, This is the first time an inter- Keyport, Eatontown, Delanco, Tuck- national train has been molested erton, Haddon Heights and Mays since the outbreak of the recent Landing. A new station will be trouble in Manchuria. established at Red Bank. Republican Prohibition Plank Denounced by Mrs. Sabin, Active Woman Anti| NEW YORK, July 16.—The Re- publican Prohibition plank was de- nounced as a “fraud and a decep- tion” last night by Mrs, Charles H. Sabin, the nation’s most active Mrs. Sabin devoted 1,000 words| to criticism of the Republican plank and 150 words to praise Demo- cratic committment. “One of the troubles of the auth- ors of the Republican plank is they do not trust the people. Their minds are Federalized. They think it is the sacred duty of the Fed-| eral Government to rebuke and| restrain the people,” said Mrs, Sabin, “Even the magic wand of the distinguished Secretary of the Treasury cannot transform the plank into a repeal plank,”~ the former New York National Com- Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, July 16.— A verdict of accidental death has been returned by a coroner’s jury (pool where it was found Ilast Thursday after a six-day search. Student Sees World world on $165. He his | way. Coast Guard to Get lar,” the Judge sa —et—— $105,000 Watchtower GOSS RETURNS HERE PROVINCETOWN, Mass., July| G. V. Goss, formerly connected | 16—A watchtower for the Coast|with The Empire, accompanied by | Guards will be built atop Prov- Mrs. Goss, arrived on the North-| incetown’s new $105,000 Federal|land last night from Seattle where | building. 1 been slain and tossed into a cess-| At Expense of $1.65| which investigated the death of |ing the World War, is dead after Leslie Delano, a baby, aged 20a long illness. He will be buried months. next Wednesday in Westminster The authorities had previously | Abbey. expressed belief the infant had| Few British commanders won| EL PASO, Tex, July 16—Louls CHICAGO, July 16.—Ju Brynt, twenty-three, student at the [ry H. Ponter in Evan | College of Mines, has seen the court accidentally fir himself traveling when fourteen years old, Harry Hoople, 142 Racine |going first to San Franc , Where [ Ave., was assessed a fine and costs he shipped to the South Seas. totaling $7 by Judge Porter Hoopls | He remained in the Fiji Is- had only $6. lands for three months, then con. To prevent Hoople from going tinued his trip. He worked his|to jail for lack of a dollar, Judge | J LONDON, July 16.—Field Marshal Lord Plumer, one of the chief Com- manders of the British Army dur- such renown as he did during lhc; World War. He was made a Baron after the conflict. Judge’s $1 Sets ! Defendant Free| $1. Porter reached into his own pock-‘ et and made up e deficit. “I trust you to return the dol- | they have been for several weeks. | nounced. DR.H.A. FACH UNDER ARREST, DEATH CHARGE Seattle Optometrist in Cus- tody in Interior, Al- leged Manslaughter IS ACCUSED OF DEATH . OF 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD Claimed He_xdminislered Fatal Dose of Atropin —Bond, $3,000 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 16.—Dr. Henry A. Fach, Se- attle optometrist, is being held here on a charge of causing the death of 3-year- old Jean Almgquist. The doctor was arrested Thursday on a warrant aec- cusing him of manslaughter. Leslie Almquist, father of the girl, and manager of a local hardware store, charged that Dr. Fach administered a fatal dose of atropin while examining the child’s eyes last Tuesday. The child died Wednesday. Dr. Fach is held under a $3,000 bond and it is indi- cated he will be able to raise it. The preliminary hearing is set for next Monday. ON SUMMER TRIP SEATTLE, Jjuly 16.— Friends of Dr. Henry A. Fach, arrested at Fairbanks on a charge of manslaughter, said he had been in Alaska about two weeks on his annual sum- mer trip. He has practiced optometry here for the past 12 years. HEAT WAVE IS CONTINUING IN MANY SECTIONS .|Going to Be Hot Week-End —Sun Started Scorch- ing Early Today CHICAGO, T, July 16.—Sum- mer stoked on today preparing early for a hot week-end for the nation, which sweltered yesterday, when many sections of the coun- try were under the highest tem- peratures of the year. Victims for the nearly three day heat wave have reached about 50. Temperature reached 1056 de- grees at Longview, Texas, yester- day. Unofficial readings of 100 de- grees were numerous yesterday in Illinois and some Kentucky points. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Heir Will Marry SALEM, Mass,, July 16.—The en- gagement of Karl J. E. Gove, great grandson of the late Lydia Pink- {ham and an heir to the Pink- ham fortune, and Miss Dorothy Hartwell, of Lynn, is announced. No date for the wedding was an- ., Gov. Roosevelt {Is Yachting Up Eastern Coast MARBLEHEAD, Mass., July 16.—The vacation cruise of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt neared the end today as the yacht Myth weighed anchor here for a run up the Northern Mas- sachusetts coast. Gov. Roosevelt maneuvered the yawl into Marblehead har- bor last night, it