The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 6, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XL., NO. 6126, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1932, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY ROOSEVELT MAKES PLEA FOR AID FOR THREE GROUPS HIGH WATER THREATENS HUNDREDS SCORES DRIVEN 0UT OF HOMES ON RIO GRANDE Worst F lo;J-Since Civil War Raging in State of Texas NUMBER OF LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST Damage A[—r;'ly Estimat- ed Running Into Mil- lions of Dollars BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 6. —Hundreds of persons are home- less but the rich citrus and farm- ing lands of the lower Rio Grande appear to have escaped major dam- age in one of the worst floods since the Civil War. The lowlands are under water but the levees and floodways have protected the crops. The river is from two to five miles wide. None of the numerous interna- tional bridges below Rio Grande City are damaged. A number of lives have been lost on the upper stretches of the river where the damage is greatest. The damage is unknown but is estimat- ed between two and five million doliars. Torrential rains keep falling in several sections. 8,000 ARE IN NEED EAGLE PASS, Texas, Sept. 6.— An aged Mexican woman was drowned at Piedras Negras when flood waters of the Rio Grande River trapped her in her home. Two other women and several chil- dren were rescued from their home which was floated by the swollen current. Three-fourths of the Mexican town is under water from three to five feet. Many adobe houses tumbled in ruins and others were badly damaged. Mexican officials estimate that 8,000 are in need of aid in the rude camps on the hillsides. ——————— GEN. RODRIGUEZ IS PRESIDENT, MEX. REPUBLIC Powerful Military Figure Elected—Inaugurated on Sunday ' MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6.—Gen. Albelardo L. Rodriguez, powerful military figure in Mexico for many years, was elected and inaugurat- ed as President of Mexico Sunday after the Mexican Congress had accepted the resignation of Presi- dent Rubio because of ill-health. Rubio left for the United States for a visit of several months, at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Rodriguez is to fill out the un- expired term. He said: “Natur- ally T will continue the same friendly and cordial relations with the United States -that have ex- isted.” Last Saturday afternoon, when it was announced Rubio had re- signed, the name of Gen. Rodri- guez was mentioned as his suc- cessor and it evoked enthusiasm of the National Revolutionary Par- ty bloc of the Senate. Cheers which then greeted his name when mentioned in the Senate indicated he would be the likély unanimous choice. B Counterfeit Gang Arrested in Raid VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. §— Royal Canadian Mounted police today raided a house near the bus- iness district, arrested two men, and uncovered what they believed t2 be the headquarters of a coun- terfeiting ring which has been flooding this section with spuriou. 50-cent pieces for some months. Police said the men arrested, William Dunn Mcllbridge, 38, and ‘William Richardson, 26, afe skilled mechanics. The coins made in plaster of Paris moulds. Lehman’s Governorship Race Viewed as Testing Strength Of Roosevelt in Home State . ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 6.—In the battle of Herbert H. Lehman for the Democratic candidacy for the ‘Governorship of New York may repose the answer to whether Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt will carry his home state in the Pmsiden-’ tial election. Lieutenant Governor Lehman was drafted out of his family's banking house into politics by Rooseveltl when the latter for the first time| ran for Governor in 1928. Leh-l man now is Roosevelt's choice as the man to succeed him at the, helm of the state. | Opposed to Roosevelt’s open ef- fort to install Lehman as the candidate is a group of New York | State Democrats headed by the' Albany County organization of Edward J. O'Connell, hostile for years to Roosevelt and a co-worker | with the powerful Tammany unit|[§ of John F. Curry and the Brook- | lyn ally, John McCooey. O'OOn-l nell seeks to block Lehman's ef- forts by nominating the Demo-| cratic Mayor of Albany, John Boyd Thatcher. Vote Will Indicate Strength Should the Roosevelt camp su ceed in nominating Lehman, it would be viewed as indicative of | the strength of the Presidential nominee’s group in the state which ' largely voted against the Gover-/ rior's selection at Chicago as the; National standard bearer until the, last ballot. The story told of the stocky,! serfous Lehman's entrance into generous donor to charitable caus- polities is this: les, Lehman masks gach gift with "Alfred E. Smith, Presidenual:an agreement that its source be candidate of 1928, attending the publicly unknown. 1928 State convention, in the throes! Callers at his office tucked away of picking a gubernatorial candi- in the west wing of the capitol date, telephoned WRoosevelt =ai find him readily accessible and Warm Springs, Ga. Smith insisted}wllling to listen to the variety Roosevelt take the nomination. of pleas and complaints a public “I'll call you back, AlL" Roose- can bring to an executive. He velt is quoted as replying. | listens much and says little, never Roosevelt then reached Lehman laughs and rarely smiles, He by telephone, asking him to serve smokes an eternal cigar with ner- as his running mate on the State vous energy, picking it up to puff ticket. Lehman was hesitant. 'rapidly, quickly laying it again at “Ill do it if you will,” Roose- the edge of his desk. velt urged Lehman. The banker The frequent absences of Roose- agreed, closed his desk and then velt from the state during the launched out into an unfamiliar two terms of both men have sea of politics. |brought to Lehman more often The 53-year-old financier now than to almost any other Lieuten- devotes to his $10,000 government- ant Governor. For more than a al job the attention he gave to month at a time Lerman has di- his banking house. A reputedrected the affairs of New York. LABOR OPPOSES PENNSYLVANIA HARTLEY, JONES 6, 0 P, PLACES IN WASHINGTON| BAN ON CURTIS President of Federation Is- Organization Does Not sues Notice to Af- Want Him to Open filiations State Campaign SPATTLE, Set. 6. — President| pyy appypmra, penn, Sept. 6. James Taylor of the Washlng‘nn‘mn i Bulleti i Federation of Labor has notified | nre, L ening Bulletin says the sll affiliated organizations ths | Philadelphia Republican organiza- State Federation is opposed to VT _Das requested that Secretary h Gov. R. H. Hartk i Unit- of Treasury Mills be substitutfid 2 |for Vice-President Charles Curtis ed States Senator Wesley L. Jones| 3 as the principal speaker opening {5 re-eleiggy the Republican Presidential cam- The notification went on to dis- ;| in Pennsylvania at cuss the records of the candidates| P2isn meeting in for other offices but said any der- |Allentown on September 17. inite indorsements will be deferre1| OCurtis was cnosen before his until after the primary. 51:::?}1 of acceptance of the nom- - ion. The Bulletin says the change was THERBERT H. LEHMAN 1 OPERATION PERFORMED | suggested because the leaders were fearful the Vice-President would be heckled because of his stand on TAKE ADVANCE; BULLS GONTROL |Steels, Coppers, Industrials and Oils Whirl Upward, RAILS ARE HEAVY; REACTION SETS IN Wall Street_Analysts Give| Opinions for Pres- ent Upswing NEW YORK, Sept. 6—The bull still dominated the Stock Market, today but laborious operations for a rise encountered considerable op- position. Traders were inclined to proceed slowly, awaiting the outcome of the seasonal upswing of business. Steels, coppers, ofls and indus- trials whirled up rather vigorously! (Associated Press Photo) This extraordinary aii o2 Gov. A. Harry Moore’ STUGK PRIGES THOUSANDS GATHER TO HEAR ROOSEVELT SPEECH iew shows part of the throng, estimated at 100,000, which gathered in front ‘Little White House” at Seagirt, N. J., to hear Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, democratic presidential candidate, deliver the second of his series of campaign speeches. early today but rails were heavy|—— STORM - TOSSED SHIP OF SCIENCE Strong spots included Bethlehem S James W Boyle Dies of Steel, Youngstown, American Smelt-' ing and International Telephone. | Diabetes on Catalyst Now in Juneau Lambert was up two to three' points. Issues up one point or more in- cluded Anaconda, Kennecott, Stan- dard Oil of California, Texas Cor- poration, United States Steel, Am: erican Can. Eastman gained four points. Some Advances Reduced Advances that were substantially reduced before closing today in-| cluded American Telephone and Telegraph, New York Central, Am- erican Tobacco B, Allied Chemi- cals. Westinghouse showed a loss of one point. Wall Street analysts say the up- swing of the past two months chiefly reflects the reaction from a panic psychology. In a terrific storm south of Cape ,Spencer Sunday morning, death | boarded the motorship Catalyst, scientific craft of the University of ‘Washington on a research voyage of ocean wateérs, and called James | W. Boyle, 27 years old, graduate |student of the institution. His demise was due to diabetes, and the fact that he was afflicted with |the ailment was unknown to any of the ship’s company until he had passed into the coma that usually msx‘rjog:nsceii fi%:smg!‘chamclcrius the disease just be- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine|fOre dissolution. |stock today is 10%, American Can Examination of the remains on 59, Anaconda 17, Bethlehem sm“ur&va] in Juneau Sunday evening 28%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox by Dr. H. C. DeVighne w?.s fol- Films 5%, General Motors 17%, lowed by the physician’s pro- International Harvester 30%, Ken_{nouncement that the end was due necott 18%, Packard Motors ‘%"enurely to Iéhe nlniss and that ::3 United States Stesl 50, Armour BAlslckness had not ‘been aggravaf 1%, Colorado Fuel and Iron 131% |OF its fatal termination hastened ; . 1.iby the tempest at sea. Chrysler 19%, Standard Brands| ™. "o L0 T Associates 16%, Calumet and Hecla 6%. “Mr. Boyle was & good sailor,” said Dr. Thomas G. Thompson, Professor of Chemistry at the Uni- MAJ nonl'l I LE versity, director of its oceanograph- 1 ical laboratories and head of the | present expedition. “That he was w‘Ns AIR HAGE:a sufferer from a chronic ailment was a lamentable surprise to us {al.” SR The body on its arrvial in Ju- CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 6~ peay was taken to the Charles W. Major James Doolittle ended the carter Mortuary. It was sent to National Air Races here yesurday}sen"le this morning on the steam- with blistering over a 100-mlle ship yukon, accompanied by Dr. course at an average speed of Ropert C. Miller, member of the 252,686 miles an hour to win the ynjversity faculty, and Clifford olamme Lebor Day, TAe. |Barner and Betram D. Thomas, James Weddell was' second. |fellow graduate students of the de- Johnny Miller, of Poughkeepsie, ceaseq, Mr. Boyle's parents, Mr. N. ¥, collided last Saturdsy after-iang mrs. J. A. Boyle, live at 5021 noon with Al Wilson, of Hollywood,! grooklyn Avenue, Seattle. Informa- in front of the grandstand for the tion of his unxpected end was second major crack-up in two days. copleq them immediately after the Wilson received a fractured skull catalyst reached Juneau. and is not expected to live. Miller Was in Icy Strait was scratched but otherwise not| ne vessel early last week pur- hps, {sued studies of the waters of Icy Wilson was flying a 1910 model girait and then put to sea about pusher plane and Miller was in an 79 mijles off Cape Spencer for autogyro demonstrating old and gy ther research work. Down upon Quiz Suspect In Lindbergh Kidnap Case Hopewell Merchant Held by Investigator for 76 Days JOHNSTOWN, Penn. Sept. 6.— Sheriff Ira McCloskey announced last Saturday night that a man describing himself as Garrett Schenick of Hopewell, New Jersey, a fish merchant, is being question- ed in connection with the Lind- bergh baby kidnaping. Sheriff McCloskey said other officers found Schenick in an ab- andoned form house near Some:- set. He declared that two of the three men who kept guard over Schenick were also being quizzed. The Sheriff stated Schenick was taken from Lis fish wagon in Hopewell 76 days ago by a pri- vate investigator and taken to a mountain cabin near Dubois. Three men, the Sheriff said, held Schen- ick a captive under gun. They transferred him to the Somerse! hideout on August 25. e FIERGE GAL ON J. E. BARRAGAR | Prohibition. Following a sudden attack of ap-| P ST R pendicitis Sunday night, J. €. Bar-! ragar Sr. of the Alaska Rlectri Twu FL'ERS IN Light and Power Company was| taken to St. Ana's Hospital and immediately underwent a surgica.l! operation. \ Dr. W. W. Council was the at-| AIR FuR HEBUR” tending surgeon. | Mr. Barragar is getting alongl e well, Dr. Council said this after-| 1008, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 6.— ]‘John C. Sheesey and Fred Mu- \rillo, Los Angeles aviators, took o off at 1:43 o'clock Sunday after- Riviera Express Leaves |0 t 140 oclook O oo to better the 647 hour endurance Rails; 10 Persons Injured |refuelling flight of the late Dale PARIS, Sept. 6.—Ten passengers Jackson and Forrest O'Brien. were injured, several seriously, when! They had sufficient gas for 48 the Riviera Express left the rails hours before their first refuelling in a suburb of Marseilles at a contact. point where workmen were replac-| ing rails, istrong late this eafternoon, [ new aviation. Wilson got above the whirling blades of the gyro and both planes crashed. her early last Friday swept a gale ! (Continuec on Page TwWo) Mother of Two, ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 6.— Mrs. Mary Barrows, mother of two childrent and wife of W. J. Barrows, airway official, is the first Alaska woman to make a solo airplane flight and she did it af- ter less than eight hours’ instruc- tion. 3 Veteran of thousands of miles of Alaska flying as a passenger, Mrs. Barrows said she often had asked her husband to teach her i“]u!t never got arvound to it, al- Alaska’s First Woman Solo Flier |though perfectly | Consequently while Ba lon & trip to the States |lhows took matters int |hands and learned to aviation school here, |stitution in Alaska teac | “I never realized whil with my husband what a |would be to pilot a ship she said. | Mrs. Barrow took her two chil-| The two fliers were still going |to pilot a plane, but somehow he dren to the field with her when| 'she went to take her lessor ) APPROACHING FLORIDA LAND Miami Residents Prepared| —Houses Barricaded, Windows Nailed MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 6.—North- east storm warnings are displayed along the Atlantic seaboard as a precaution against a tropical dis- turbance which yesterday lashed the Great Adago Isdand and Ba- hamas with hurricane force The tension op the South Flor- ida coast lessened today after pre- cautions taken yesterday. Homes and business houses were barri- caded with heavy timbers in prep- aration for the tropical storm head- ed this way. Boards were nailed’ over most of the windows in the city. | The Lake Okeechobee region was evacuated early Monday. Hundreds were killed in that section in the| hurricane fo 1928. The Weather Bureau anticipated| high wind and tide along the coast, expected to reach Miami and West| Palm Beach and warned that pre-| cautions should be taken. Italy’s Crack Speedster Killed in Plane Crash DESENZANO, Italy, Sept. 6.—/ Lieut. Neri, Italy’s crack speed pilot, | was killed today when his plane collapsed and dropped in flames| into the water. He was going at, high speed at the time. The body was recovered near the sunken wreckage of the plane. 1 PARKS RETURNS FROM VISIT TO NOME DISTRICT Governor Says Progress Made in Reindeer Ad-. ministration of North ‘While some progress has been made toward ironing out differ- ences in the reindeer industry and some progress made toward solving some of the problems of adminis- tration, there is still much to be accomplished, said Gov. George A. Parks, in charge of the Reindeer Administration. He returned today from a thres-weeks absence during which he attended the annual meeting of the Reindeer Advisory Council of which he is Chairman. “We now have five unit man- agers, one of whom has been on the job for one year, and are get- ting the organization on a stable basis for administering the industry on a plane that we hope will be satisfactory to every deer owner,” the Governor said. At the meet- ing of the Council some changes on regulations were made to make them workable and to meet condi- tions in the field. Flew to Nome Gov. Parks went to Nome from Fairbanks by airplane. He was ac- companied by Charles W. Hawkes- worth, Acting Chief of the Alaska Division of the Indian Service; H. W. Terhune, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission; and Dr. Philip Smith, Chief Alaskan Geologist. Mr. Hawkesworth, after the Council meeting, {iew to Kotzebue where he took the motorship North Star for Point Barrow. Mr. Ter- hune went by riine to Nunivak Island with Supt. Rood of the Reindeer Service. Dr. Smith will remain sometime at Nome study- ing the mining industry and will return to Fairbanks later by plane, and visit Juneau on his way to his headquarters in Washington, D. C. Mining Industry Normal ‘The mining industry in the Nome area is at least normal, said Gov. Parks. As in other sections of Al- aska, one of the most encouraging signs there is the increase in pros- pecting,. Many men are prospect- ing for quartz in the vicinity of Nome and elsewhere in the Second Division, he said. Hammon Consolidated Goldrields‘ is operating its fleet of dredges. In addition there are a goodly number of individual owners oper=- ating on their'ground. An abund- ance of water has made possible an expansion of hydraulicking in the district that ought to step up the gold production for the season. The Governor spent only a !ev\" days in Fairbanks. Conditions there | seemed to be good. Water was plentiful for all mining operations!| plentifu! for all mining operations. The Livengood rx;.on was the only one that reported a water short- age that curtailed mining work Building Is Progressing Construction of the new Federal | {court. building at Fairbanks is mov- | ing ahead nicely, according to the (Continued on Fage Two) NOMINEE URGES TAX REDUCTION T0 AID FARMER Roosevelt, in Connecticut Speech, Depicts Plight of Three Classes LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS IN NEED OF REVAMPING Nationwide Effort Needed to Effect Substantial Tax Slashing BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 6.— A reduction in taxes, particularly affecting the farmer, small hofme owner and railroads was empha- sized by Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt, Democratic Presidential can- didate, in an address before the Connecticut Democrats last Sat- urday. Declaring there is need every- where for “concentrated attention upon local government,” the nom- inee asserted there should be a nationwide effort to effect sub- stantial relief for. the “taxpayer, particularly the farmer, blanketed by too many layers of local taxing authorities, relieving him of this is our first responsibility in restoring his economic well being in a funda- mental way. Lack of a relief pro- gram is the source of much of the present distress. Mortgages on our farms, foreclosyres thereon, impose strains the credit structure of the country. “Moreover, the railroads are like= wise burdened by this local tax ex- pense. It requires only a moment's reflection to see that when we bur-~ den the railroads in this way and force them to the brink of receiv= epship, we are endangering the savings of the people, their savings banks and their insurance com= panies.” Economic Life Continuing, the Democratic nom= inee sald the “economic life of the country is a seamless. web and it must be adjusted so the strains are equally distributed and con- stant vigilance must be exercised to avoid a break in any one place. “My principal, however, and that of my party, is that every part of this seamless web is precious to the welfare of the nation and the small farmer and the small homeowner must be the object of our most careful solicitude in these times of distress and relief.” REPUBLICANS “CALLED” SCHNECTADY, N. Y., Sept. 6.— Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt last Saturday called on the members of the Republican Party to “discard, disown and disavow the . that proved bankrupt.” He saidthe polls throughout the country show that in every State “that 20 to 60 per cent of those who voted Re- publican in 1928 will change their party support this year.” The Democratic nominee attend= ed the State convention of the Young Democratic Clubs enroute to Bridgeport, Conn., to make a regular campaign speech. He said his speech here was just a friendly visit to old friends: ECAN, TINNIN, FOUND GUILTY SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 6. —Frank J. Egan, ousted public defender, and Albert Tinnin, ex- convict and associate, have been convicted of firsi degree murder of Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes. The jury had been deliberating for more than 72 hours when the verdict was brought in. The verdict recommended life imprisonment for both Egan and Tinnin. - e WARNEKE EX-MESSENGER HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 6—Lou' Warneke, new-found pitching star of the Chicago Cubs, got as a telegraph messenger Houston.