The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NE'S ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6105. JUNEAU, ALASKA, DAY, AUGUST 1 I 1932. 6. 0. P, HOSTS RALLY AROUND PRES. HOOVER Gather in -\i/;hington for Acceptance Speech to Be Made Tomght ALL EXPRESS HOPES OF HIS REELECTION Celebrates E;hday Yes- terday—Little Girls Serenade Him WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Re- publican hosts rallied around Presi- dent Hoover call to arms tonight when the | campaign will be officially opened by the Chief Executive delivering his acceptance speech. leaders from coast to coast embled here for the ceremony cach bringing a message of re- newed hope born of the recent up- turn in commodity prices. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Presi- dent Hoover celebrated his 58th birt on his notification speech and it was well past the noon hour be-, fore the President permitted a reminder to be made of the occa- ssion then a group of young gh-ls sang “Happy Birthday to You.' Last night he celebrated his! natal day with a group of friends | at a quiet dinner at the White House. —— MRS. CARAWAY RENOMINATED IN ARKANSAS Vote Shows She Has Two to One Lead Over Near- est Rival for Senate LITTLE ROC¥, Arkansas, Aug. 11—The vote by which Senator Hattie W. Caraway, Democrat, was renominated shows she has a 2 to 1 leadership over her nearest rival, Major O. L. Bodenhamer, of El- dorado, former National Command- er of the American Legion. With the exception of a few small precincts, the tabulation of the voté is complete. Mrs. Caraway was appointed to succeed her husband at his death. She is the second woman to ever sit in the United States Senate. g BYRD'S BEAR REACHES EAST BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 11.—Ad- miral Richard E. Byrd’s ship, the Bear, is today tied up at the Navy Yard pier awaiting reconditioning before adventuring into the An-! The Bear ended the 22-) tarctic. day trip from Oakland, Cal, last night. The craft was met by Byrd and a group of Army and Navy officials. Admiral Byrd beamed with sat- isfaction as the former Coast Guard | cutter, for years the Arctic ship, glided to the pier. He was more than pleased when he inspected the craft and announced her ton- nage would allow him to keep his expedition in one unit. Admiral Byrd expects to get away for the Antarctic in about one year. today to heed Lhe. day yesterday by receiving his ! political advisers here. He worked | HOLLYWOOD, Cal., wife. Associated Press Photo Aug. 11.—John Gilbert and Virginia Bruce, his leading lady in a recent motion picture, are now man and Many screen notables attended the marriage ceremony. This | is Gilbert's fourth bride, his divorce from his third wife, Ina Claire, having become final last Sntlmhy SPANISH REBEL | LEADER CAUGHT TRYING TO FLEE Revolution TRepublic Loses Out After One Day of Uprising SEVILLE, Spain, Aug. 11— | Throngs of citizens crowded t streets today and began an organ- ized assault on homes of Monarch- ists, burning houses, smashing win- dows, destroying furniture and car- rying banners with “Down with San Juaro.” The marchers went to the hotel jwhere the rebel chieftain stayed, iand burned the hotel. Released iroa sail Communists and Syndicalists, who were held in jail for political reasons, were freed. They joined the marchers in the parade. Gov. Valera has ordered the ar- jrest of all disloyal persons, to be 'med by a summary courtmartial. Gen. San Juaro has been cap- |tured at the border as he tried |to escape. Plot Explained The San Juaro plot, it is explain- ied, was expected to succeed in Se- ville, then move to Madrid by train, certain that the Civil Guards jand regular troops would join the | movement. Loyal Republicans aided in the \liberation of the Provincial Governor and Mayor from the Seville jail, causing the San Juaro guards to surrender. Gen. San Juaro was forced to flee and attempted to escape to Portugal with his son. He was recognized by the border guard and forced to surrender. Students Say United States Needs Repeal BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 11.— A group of fifty students designat- ed Ly the editor of the Silver and Gold, campus newspaper, as representing a cross-section of stu- dent opinion, were recently asked how best to solve the prohibition question. “Repeal” was the answer of twenty-eight. Enforcement was ,favored by twelve, and modifica- tion was championed by seven. «Society W ould Prohibit Sale of Dangerous Toys NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Abso- lute prohibition of the manufac- ture and sale of dangerous toys such as air rifles, cap pistols, slingshots, bows and arrows, darts, toy guns and other devices for projecting missles, firecrackers and torpedoes is advocated by the Na- tional Society for the Prevention of Blindness in the report of a study of eye accidents in child play just made public by the so- now in schools for the blind some 500 children who have lost their sight as a result of accidents, chiefly through the use of fire- works, air rifles and other weap- ons. Each year between 750 and 1,000 children suffer accidental eye injuries in the United States, ac- cordirz to C. Edith Kerby, statis- tician of the society, who analyzed data of such accidents throughout the country. About seventy children are actu- ally blinded by accidents annual- =_mmmwamumry, Miss Kerby says, MAYOR WALKER ASKS RIGHT TO FACE ACCUSERS Dramatic Incident Occurs|tee at Executive Hearing Before Roosevelt ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 11.—Excit- edly interrupting his lawyer, Mayor James J. Walker dramatically ap- pealed for the right to face his accusers at the Executive hearing here today. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt sug- gested that the Mayor tell his story of evidence on which his removal as Chief Executive of New York City is demanded. ‘Walker was then questioned about taxicab legislation which Samuel Seabury claims Walker sponsored in exchange for bonds. On Verge of Tears Mayor Walker appeared on the verge of tears. Gone was his jaunty air and sparkling humor and he was deadly in earnest when he said: “Maybe I am wrong but it seems the disposition is to railroad me if I haven't a right to cross examine here. It means the end of a career to which I have given my life. There must be some place for me. I can't be driven out without a chance to face my ac- cusers. If this continues, out goes my reputation, out goes my pas® and my future.” Contentions Made Chief Defense Counsel John Cur- tin challenged Roosevelt’s authority to pass on the Mayor's fitness to continue in office. He contended Walker was entitled to the right to cross-examine his accusers. Curtin declared the testimony before the Hofstadter Legislative Committee, which is the basis for Walker's removal, has “no more legal standing than the Robinson Crusoe story or Grimms' Fairy Tales.” ————— WESTERN RAILS SEEKING ‘CZAR’ S SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 11. —Southern Pacific’s new president, Angus Daniel MeDonald, and Vice- Chairman Paul Shoup of the com- pany has admitted that the West- ern railroads are about.to appoint a “czax”, and that the Southern Pacific anticipated no drastic changes in railroading policies, with the exception of present ex- perimentation in “air condition- ing.” The new Western rail “czar,” the railroad executives agreed, would have no real authority. “In reality,” they pointed out, “he will be a ‘neutral commissioner.’” McDonald mentioned the names Sir Henry Worth Thornton” as possibilities for the appointment, - IFIVE WRITERS TURNED DOWN - BY PRESIDENT Hoover Refuses to See Group Protesting to B.EF. Evacuation PROTEST IS LODGED; | DEMANDS ARE MADE Are Masses to B Be Ruled by Bayonet in Future Is Question Asked WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—A dele- gation of five writers left a shayp protest at the White House yester= day against the evacuation of the Bonus Army- by Federal Troops. & Szeretary Theodore G. Joslin, Secretary to the President, inform- ed the group that President Hoover did not have time to see the writ= ers. Duty Explained Speaking unofficially, as a fel~ low writer, Joslin told the writers it was their duty to spread the truth and if they did they would relate the President did his duty in sending troops against the rioters. The writers, headed by Sherwood Anderson, novelist, acting under the auspices of the National mittce of Defense of added their protest to the of the President to see them fl their written demands nccounztn‘ his action in calling out the troops. Those in Group The group of writers included ‘Waldo, Frank, of New York; Jm Porty, poet of Westport, Conn cut; William Jones, negro, Balii: more editor -and - Elliott B. Cohe, | Secratary of the Defense Commit- In brief the delegation demanded | to know whether the masses would | be ruled by the bayonet in the future as the result of the use of troops against the veterans seek+ ing their bonus. e —— CELEBRATION | BY GERMANS UNIQUE ONE Thirteenth Anmversary of Republic Being Ob- served Today BERLIN, Aug. 11.—Adolf Hitler's! advance toward the Chancellorship slipped to the background today as| the German nation celebrated its thirteenth birthday of the Re-| public. It is the strangest celebration Constitution Day has ever known. Outdoor political meetings are forbidden. Groups are forced to huddle in- doors owing to the recent drastic post-election laws to stop rioting Flying Bungalow Is Again Forced Down LONDON, Aug. 11.—Mrs. Victor | Bruce again failed in her attempt to set an endurance flying record. The Flying Bungalow was forced down this afternoon at Felix- Stone after being less than 60 hours aloft. Former Commander of Los Angeles Dies Today LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 11.~| Lieutenant Commander - Vincent Clark, former Commanding Officer of the airship Los Angeles, died here today. |atoll in the South Seas. the has "|has written two books, one tell- Slain Bonus Veteran Honored in Death Burial in Arlington Cemetery, with full military rites, was accorded William Hushka, Bon was killed by a Washington policeman during the riot. Members of the American L«gmn and Veterans casket to the grav the B. E. F. and former wife and te: us Army vet, who of Foreign Wars are shown carrying the flag draped e. Walter Waters, commander of his wife accompanied Hushka’s n year old daughter at the funeral, CAPT. KIRGHEISS RECALLS RAIDS OF SEEADLER! Colorful Figure of World War Is Visiting in Ju- neau Few Days Colorful figure of the World War {and participant in one of the most | adventurous episodes of the great struggle, <Capt. Carl Kircheiss, formerly of the German Imperial Navy, is visiting a few days in Juneau as he completes a tour of Alaska. He was executive offi- cer and navigator on the raider Seeadler, which was commanded by Count von Luckner and which destroyed without loss of life mil- lions of dollars of Allied shipping and property before her career was brought to a close on a coral HKas Treveled Extensively Capl. Kircheiss has visited ports to ‘Westward, including many of those on the Alaska Peninsula and has been to the Pribilof Islands. |He arrived in Juneau this week on the Steamship Yukon. Since leaving Germany two years ago, been in the Antarctic, South America, Central America and North America. Under the aus- pices of the German Society of Science, he 1is taking still and motion pictures of marine life and water fowl for use in a series of educational pictures. He has taken 26,000 feet of film, showing sharks, whales, seals and various others creatures of the sea, and will take thousands of feet more before returning home. He also is coll- ecting material for a book. He ing of his experiences on the See- adler and the other describing his journey around the world in a 68-ton ketch. He plans to pub- lish T.ext year his third book, which will be entitled F‘rom the Ant- arctic to Alasl Will Deliver Lectures From Juneau, Capt. Kircheiss will go to Seattle. He will visit several of the national parks in the States. He will also deliver lectures in Seattle, Portland, Ore., Denver, Chicago, New York and other large -cities. ‘The former German naval officer recalls with interest the adventures of the Seeadler (Sea Eagle). Dis- guised as a Norwegian barque, the raidet's activities astounded and confused Allied naval commanders (Continued on Page Three) Girl Has Forty Fractures Of Bones i CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—Search of a cure for an unusual ailment that has caused Mary Mestdagh at Romer, Mich., to suffer between thirty and forty bone fractures in the eleven years of her life, has been underta¥en by Dr. Fred-|proper ecicification appears to be erick Harvey of Northwestern Uni~{occasioned through malnutrition versity here. Mary is now in North Chicago hospiial with a troken right arm. slight strain that did not even involze a fall, of “Professor Daniels of Yale .mll‘l'hc fracture was caused by a very in Eleven Years “The ailment is unusual” Dr. Harvey said. “Examination re- veals that the bone structure is 50 extraordinarily thin and brit- tle that any slight stress results in a fracture. This obviously im- of the nmbmnce that nourishes the bene.” X-ray pbv.ures have revealed that every long bone in her body Defmnce Hurled at Gangland | ‘Uncle Steve” Sumner, in Barricaded Mansion, Issues Warning CHICAGO, Ill; Aug. 11 —Seated b & desk in Iis brownstone man- sion, which during the past six weeks has become a bullet proof | fortress, “Uncle Steve” Sumner, a.gedr 83 years, shouted defiance to gang- | sters and racketeers. “Let 'em try to muscle in on us. Just let 'em try,” said the Secre- tary-Treasurer and Business Agent of the Chicago Milk Wagon Driv- ers’ Union, pointing to the armor plate walls, barred windows, guns,| peepholes and his arsenal. This is the answer to gangsters’ proposal to take over the organi zation with a rich treasury. FINAL TRADE AGREEMENT IS ABOUT REACHED Great Britain and Canada Getting Together on Preferences OTTAWA, Aug. 11.—Canadian and British delegations, in a trade conference, are reported nreparing| to make additional tarift prefer-; ence concessions in an attempt to reach a final trade agreement. Great Britain is ready to acce.t | a program whereby extensive pre- ferences will be accorded the Dom- inion’s natural products of lumber, meat and wheat, while Canada is ready to go further than the orig- inal list on iron, steel, coal and textiles. SOVIET UNION GRAIN HARVEST AWAY BEHIND MOSCOW, Aug. 11.—A serious lagging in the grain harvest com- bined with difficulties encountered in making collections from the peasantry is officially acknowledged by the Soviet Government. Published figures showed that with the end of the harvest only three weeks off, only 45 per cent of the sown area in the Soviet Union has been harvested. Newspapers blame the situation on poor organization work and faulty farm leadership in the grain areas. Yamamoto Discussed For U. S. Ambassador TOKYO, Aug. 11.—Jotaro Yama- moto, former president of the Soutn Manchurian Railway, to- day was mentioned as a likely suc- CLOSEUP VIEW OF CONVENTION GIVEN BY TROY Democrats Vere Success- ful Because The: Re- fused ta Pussyfool The Democrtic convention Chicago last month, the fourth he has attended, was successful, John W. Troy, Editor of The Em- pire, told the Chamber of Com- merce today, because it refused deliberately to pussy foot on any issue. “It invited the delegates to drag out any and all skeletons {and rattle them to see if they |could frighten anybody, and they couldn't,” he asserted. It was a harmonious gathering of Democrats and, being Demo- crats, they all agreed they are sure to win next November. “We will be victorious at least until two or three days before the elec- tion, end T am convinced we will be saccessful on election day,” he added. Largely Humorous Vein Mr. Troy's remarks were mainly in a spirit of humor and not made in & spirit of partisanship, al- though as he declared: “They are bound to be partisan because I'm talking about a partisan ga- thering. He regarded the convention as the most successful from all stand- points that he hed ever attended. There was just enough scrapping to make it typically Democratic vet rot, like at Madison Square Garden in 1924, an excess of fight- ing Ll.at was disastrous to the or- in It was more popwlar than the Republican gathering that pre- ceded it by ten days as was evi- denced by the demands for seats in the big stadium. Seats at the latter were given away as tips to waiters, while at the Democratic conc] the demand for seats was so heavy that scalpers were out in force ¢ttempting to purchase them from the delegates. It was reliably reporied that on the day the Democratic Resolutions Committee brought in its platform report, taxicabs took in $9,000 more than they did during the entire Re- publican convention. (Continued on Page Eiq’fltrr MOVEMENT OF BULLS COMING T0 ABRUPT END Sucerssing of Buying Waves Fail to Force Prices Upward FARM IMPLEMENTS, RAILS NOT STRONG Extreme Advances Turn Quickly to Losses— Market Over Ripe NEW YORK, Aug. 11. — The Stock Market turned emphatically downward today. Successive buying waves, first rails and then farm implements, failed to keep the bull movement rolling in the face of the growing conviction that the trade advance has been going too fast and the list was over ripe. Selling Volume Selling developed considerable volume at the close. Union Pacific showed a loss of three points. Extreme advances of three to four points turned to similar losses for International Harvester. American Telephone and Tele~ graph lost two points. United States Steel, common, was off two points and preferred was off four. Other Issues Off Issues off one to two points included General Motors, Standard Oil of New Jersey, American Car, Bethlehem Steel, New York Cen- tral, Northern Pacific, Santa Fe and others. Indications” are that the Govern- ment wheat ‘crop estimates of Aug- ust 1 are less favorable. Caution has been injected into the bull camp inasmuch as com- modities have been the chief talk- ing point. "Silver forged ahead and spot bul- lion is quoted at 1% cents higher, at 30 cents an ounce. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 11. — Alaska Juneau mine stock closed today at 10%, American Can 56%, Anaconda 9%, Bethlehem Steel 19%, Curtiss- ‘Wright 1%, General Motors 15%, International Harvester 32%, Ken- necott 11%, Packard Motors 4, United States Steel 43%, Armour B 1%. ———e—— RIN-TIN - TIN PASSES AWAY ATHOLLYWOOD Famous Dog Actor Is No More—Amassed a For- tune in 13 Years HOLLYWOOD, <al, Aug. 11.— ‘The famous Germanr police dog actor, Rin-Tin-Tin, who is credited with saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy before the advent of talking pictures and for more than 13 years in films during which a fortune was amassed, is dead. Death resulted from infirmities of old age. Rin-Tin-Tin was 14 years old. He will be succeeded on the scresmn by Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr., who has been trained for a year in screen work. - eee Because so many British actors are unemployed, there is a ruling in England that not more than 25 pe: cent of any theatrical cast can be foreigners. Mills Enlarge Purchases Of Wool and Prices Rise Ve BOSTON, Mass, Aug. Commercial Bulletin says: “Woo! is stronger. Some of the largest mills, which for many weeks have been indifferent buy- ers, have come into the market in the last two or three days for much heavier commitments. Con- sequentiy, dealers have stiffened on the prices which are a quarter to a half cent higher in the grease, for fine and half-blood qualities. Some houses are asking more, also, for medium wools. cessor to Katsuji Debuchi, Japanese “In the West also, prices are has Dbeen broken one or more|ambassador to Washington, slated |dearer and purchases have been times, to be recalled, *mdewhmdwwarheotsw 11.—The }5 cenis a pound, clean basis, over the low point of a few weeks ago. Most ol the wool continues to come forward on consignment. “Foreign markets generally are marking time, but are steady. “The manufacturing position ap- pears to be improved with refer- ence to men's lines and women's wear lines are still doing reasom= ably well. That manufacturers re= gard inventories of wool with more favor than for several years, how- ever, is thought to be responsible in some degree for the heavier purchases of the last week. o “Mohair continues rather . but steady.”