The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 10, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE B ] “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XL., NO. 6130. i JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SFPTEMBhR 10, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY UNITED STATES-JAPAN SITUATION REPORTED SERIOUS SENATOR DIMOND INJURED BY PLANE Candidate Is Injured RUSHED BY AR TO FAIRBANKS FOR TREATMENT Democratic Candidate’ for Delegate Hit by Pro- pellor of Plane WHIRLING BLADE CUTS FLUCTUATES IN SHORT SESSION Early Losses Regamed on Publication Weekly Car Loadings NEW YOM?.-_SepL 10. — The Stock Market backed and filled irresolutely during the two hour DEEP INTO SHOULDER Blow Knocks Him Uncon- scious Into Iditarod River—Rescued . Senator A. J. Dimond, Val- dez, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress was se- riously injured at Flat late Thursday and is now in a Fairbanks hospital, according to an Associated Press dis- patch received here last night by The Empire The Democratic nominee, who has been making an ex- tensive campaign in the Third and Fourth Divisions by plane since about the middle of A. J. DIMOND Democratic neminee for Dele- gate to Congress in hospital at Fairbanks. PROHIBITION August, was struck by the plane’s propellor. The whirl- ing blade tore through one of his shoulders to the bone and knocked him uneonsciml&inlot the Iditarod River. Friends Rescue Him Friends, who had accompanied him to the plane, leaped to the rescue and dragged him from the river as quickly as possible First aid was administered by a trained nurse at Flat. After his injury had been dress- ed and he had partly recovered from the terrific shock, Senator Dimond was placed in the plane and rushed to Fairbanks. He was takén to St. Joseph's Hospital there. Hospital attaches said yesterday it would be several days before it would be possible to determine whether he would be able to re- sume his campaign without pro- longed delay. He had covered most of the Third Division and the western and part of the northern sections of the Fourth Division at the time of the accident. He had planned to com- plete his canvass of the Fourth and then fly to Nome for a brief cam- paign in the Second Division. He then planned to visit Alaska Rail- road points, Prince Willlam Sound and come to Southeast Alaska. May Intensify Drive Democatic leaders here were dis- tressed by the accident and had wired Senator Dimond expressing sympathy. While they hoped he would be able to resume his cam- paigh, which has been reported as highly effective, they advised him not to submit himself to any un- due -strain until he was advised by his physician that his health will permit a resumption of active work. “We regard the election of Sen- ator Dimond as certain,” declared National Committeeman James J. Connors today. “His campaign has. been notably successful up to date. If it is found it is not advisable for him to resume it, on account of his injuries, George B. Grigshy, former Delegate to Congress, has offered to take the stump and speak for Senator Dimond wher- ever it may de desired. Represen- tative A. H. Ziegler, Ketchikan, and other campaigners, can also be (Continuea on Fage Eight) ———— ee0000cec0ses e * [ e TAMMANY LEADER . . IS SPONSOR FOR THE . ROOSEVELT RESOLUTIONe unanimously adopted by the New Ycrk State (Central Committee pledging theNew York Democracy Yo “active and loyal support of Roose- velt ani Garner” was in- troducedd by Taemmany 0000000000000 | yesterday morning BOARDS HANDS OFF PRESIDENT Leaders Will Leave Presidential Ques- tion Alone WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — The National Prohibition Board of Strat- egy has declined to patricipate in the organization of a third party and to concentrate on efforts to elect dry members of Congress. It reaffirmed its previous position not to give preference in its recommen- dations of any candidate for Presi- dent. The League said it could not support either major party's Presi- dential candidate, but added that “no political party can bind Sen- ator and Congressmen who are re- sponsible only to their constitu- ents for the manner they meet their official obligations.” The proposal to draft Senator W. E. Borah of Idaho or Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania as a third pariy candidate was dis- cussed but not acted upon. It urged the voters to “study the plat- forms, public declarations and known records of the Presidential candidates and to vote as their Judgment indicates as the best way to conserve and maintain the pres- ent Prohibition policy unchanged.” — e DIVERS SEARCH FOR BODIES IN FERRY DISASTER NEW YORK, Sept. 10.°— Wives and children of the missing watch- ed from the shore today as divers searched the East River for victims of the explosion of a boiler on a labor ferry which occurred early One body has been recovered by divers. Police records show that 39 men were killed, 11 are missing and were injured. The explosion of the boller oc- curred on the second trip of the ferry soon after it left the wharf bound with 200 iron workers for the new Rickers Island Peniten- tiary now under construction. DR. DEVIGHNE WILL GO EAST FOR COURSE Dr. H. C. DeVighne is leaving Monday on the Aleutian for a l]m session today until publication of the weekly dreight car loadings || that gave the list a slight boost ‘i late dealings. Losses of cne to two points reg- Stered earlier were largely re- u.lned in the late trading. Beveral issues closed with a gain [{of one point or more. The closing was steady and net changes ‘were narrow. ‘The turnover was 1,300,000 shares the smallest Saturday in three i| weeks. Freight car loadings increased 21,000 over the previous week. Rails stiffened in the fnal trad- ings, New York Central going up one point, Southern Pacific two points. Issues up one to two points in- cluded United States Steel, Beth- lehem Steel, American Telephon2 and Telegraph, and Johns-Man- vill. 'Coppers sagged, American Smeli- ing” and Kennecott going about one point lower than yesterday. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Alaska Juneau mine stock closed today at 10%, Américan ‘Can 59, Anaconda 15%, Bethlehem Steel 25%, Curtiss Wright 2%, Fox Films 5, General Motors 18%, International Harves- ter 29%, Kennecott 15%, Packard Motors 4%, Unted States Steel 48%, Armour B. 1%, Colorado Fuel and Iron 12%, Chrysler 18%, Standard Brands 16%, Calumet and Hecla 6%, Continental Oil 8%, Columbia Carbon 36%, United Air- craft 27%. —ll HOCHI SHIMBUN PLANE TO MAKE GETAWAY TODAY Good-wifilane to Be Shown Courtesies at Every Stop in Alaska The Hochi Shimbun goodwill flight from Japan ‘to San Fran- cisco was due to have started to- day when a Junkers monoplane was slated to» have hopped off from Tokyo to Samashiro on the first leg according to advices re- jceived by Gov. George A. Parks from Washington. State Depart- ment advices said three planes would make tie trip, but late As- sociated (Press dispatches from Tokyo said last minute changes had reduced the number to one. The Governor ftoday send ra- 3 JAPANESE FLIERS OFF, TRIPTOU. S. Henry W. Busch of Detrol former national commander of this Spanish.-American war vet has been elected supreme dic of the Loyal Order of Moose convention at Cleveland. (Asapel. ated Press Photo) BOMBS WRECK ENTRANCES OF 2. N. Y. THEATRE Sleepers Are Toased frof Beds, Terror Reigns = for Time NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Terrific bomb explosions wrecked the en- trances of two movie houses, tossed sleepers from their beds and spread terror through two widely separ- ated neighborhoods during the night, but no persons are reported to have been hurt. Hundreds of panes of glass crash- ed to the sidewalks. The first blast wrecked the en- trance of Loews Theatre in Brook- lyn and this was followed by a second bomb explosion which wrecked the entrance of the Loews Theatre in lower Manhattan. Detectives said there has been a conflict between two unions of op- erators. No evidence has been made pub- lic connecting the disputes with the bombings. The two theatres were empty at the time. ——————— — SON T0 WED, MOTHER DIES Seattle Wadow Dicwss Bathtub—Ceremony Is Postponed SEATTLE, Sept 10—Mrs. Ger- trude Dean, aged 55, a widow, was! found drowned in a bathtub a few hours before her son was to have been married. The coroner said it was a case apparently of suicide. Clayton Dean, prospective bride- groom, cancelled his wedding plans. Tenants beneath the apartments “|occupied by the Deans complained to. the janitor that water was leaking. He found the bathtub overflowing and the woman drown- ed. Taxes on Gammg Brm ging Germany 1 ncreased Rovenue BERLIN, Sept. 10.—Taxing the “gaming” instinots of its burghers proves one of the best means the German state treasury has of im- proving its revenues. ! Figures reveal that receipts from lottery, playing card, and betting taxes are steadily increasing while ordinary taxes show a marked de- SAMUSHIRO, Japan, Sept 10.—|dline. The good-will airplane, enroute to San Francisco via Alaska, landed here this afternoon on the first leg of the trans-Pacific flight from Tokyo, a distanct of 375 miles. The 1|three men aboard the plane expect to remain here several days before starting on the hop on the next + Btatistics show an Increase of more than 50 per cent. in tax (roughly $6,750;- 000) in 1031 compared with only $17,000,000 marks in 1924. The size of the bets is growing smaller. No depression is being fell in STOCK MARKET | iends Moose Lodae SPEEDING UP OF BUILDING BEING URGED {{Hoover Issues Instructions to Heads of De- partmenls IMANY PROJECTS TO BE CARRl[-'.D FORTH Rlvers, Harbors, Flood i Control to Be Given At- tention—Money Ready WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Presi- | dent Hopver has instructed the var- jous branches of the Government {4 to increase immediately public con- {struction activities by the expendi- ture of almost $200,000,000 to re- duce employment. Secretary of Treasury Mills said Jsuch & sum will be available at once. , President Hoover explained that much of the speeding up is made possible under the appropriations rovided - for by the Wagner relief ill.. The activities will be “largely in river, harbor and flood control and . public buildings which were | authorized from two to five years ago.” % Deh.ued figures as to what proj- {ects will be most affected are not available at the Executive Offices, President Hoover sald, but the actual projects will be announced |later by the various Govemmem Qepartments. A final decision ol the appor- tionment of funds might await Sec- retary of War Hurley’s return from the American Leglon convention to be held at Portland, Oregon, next week. KETCHIKAN BUILDING WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — The Ketchikan Federal Building project will be taken up Monday by the ‘Treasury Department when the new building program is announced. —————e———— SALMON TO BE INSPECTED ON ENTRY, CANADA OTTAWA, Sept. 10.—Regulations demanding the same rigid inspec- tion on imported canned salmon as provided for the domestic pack, are contained in an additional section to the fish inspection regu- lations adopted by the Order in Council, dated August 23. The order also ruled that all canned salmon imported for sale in Canada must enter a British Co- lumbia port. Tax Rate In order to further protect Can- adian salmon packers, the Minister of National Revenue recently fixed the value for duty purposes on im- ported canned salmon entering the Dominion under the general or intermedite tariff as follows: Al- aska red, or sockeye, per case of 48 talls or 96 halves, $9.15 and $9.85 respectively. Medium red, or cohoes, per case of 48 talls or 96 halves, $7.55 and $8.25. ‘The values are based on Canad- ian funds and became effective September 8. the German playing card industry. About 16 German factories are fully employed 'to fill the demands of their customers. than during ‘the previous year. The increase s mainly due ‘o the growing number of bridge fms in Germany, the factories A tax on dotteries, brought the fattest financial which increased nearly 100 1927. The state treasury rec roughly $16,000,000 from 1 lottery tickets in 1931. The ‘a'nf‘ Capt. F red Lewis and Walrus PREPARAT"]NS FOR WAR ARE ALLEGED NOW Taking of P_ht;tographs Causes Trouble, Diplo- matic Action CLAIM AIR BASES BEING ESTABLISHED Mysterious —fis of Bomb- ing Planes Along Kuriles Reported TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 10.— A storm of protest which de- veloped over photographing a number of Japanese business and industrial buildings by officials of the branch bank of the National City Bank of New York, has assumed a se- rious aspect and led to diplo- matic action. Delegations of several Jap- anese patriotic societies visit- ed the branch bank in Osaka and attempted to intimidate AN FRANCISCO, Cal.—With one of the few walruses in cap- his daughter, Mrs. J. K. Bradley, where he eaptured the ‘walrus, with baby walrus. tivity among his possessions, Capt. Fred E. Lewis, Los Angeles capitalist, put his yacht, Stranger, into San Francisco for supplies after a four mouths’ cruise in northern waters. Accompanied by Lewlis is bringing back to the San Diego Zoo the baby walrus, a large black bear, two black bear cubs, two Kodiak cubs, three reindeer and an eagle. ‘He.. traveled more than 10,000 miles, visiting the Pribilof Islands During his cruise Capt. Fred Lewis is shown above Ketchikan Democrats In Rally; Ziegler Urges Whole Ticket KETCHIKAN, ‘Sept. 10. The greatest Democratic gathering ever held in this city occurred ‘ last night when Representative A. H. Ziegler opened the local campaign with a stirring ad- dress, urging the necessity of electing Senator A. J. Dimond for Delegate to Congress and the entire Democratic ticket. “If you desire the elec~ tion of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt as President, you cannot honestly vote against any Democratic candidate in the Territory unless for a personal reas- on” Mr. Ziegler asserted. It is predicted that Senator Dimond will carry Ketchi- kan by the largest major- ity ever given a Democratic candidate for any office. o0 ocevesesee ———— — PARAGUAY IS STARTING WAR; FORT IS TAKEN ‘ASCUNCION, Paraguay, Sept. 10—A military communique is- sued today said Paraguayan troops have captured Fort Boqueron, forc- ing the surrender of the Bolivian Unofficial reports from Lapaz said the Bolivian defenders were routed in the attack. Bolivia hds complained to the Teague of Nations that Paraguay has made an act of war without a declaration of war. London, Speeding Up, Puts Dobbin in Alley! TONDON, Sept.,10.+-0ld Dob- bin, plodding his heavy-footed way through London strets, old and new, has balked all the city's ef- forts to speed up stagnant trai- fic. Now the authorities have decided that he must take to the " |back elleys, or at least stay out of the congested traffic districts ‘To an ‘American, London seems filled with cart horses. Traffic officials say most firms are turn- |ing to mechanizezd transportation ‘und that they expect little oppo- |source brought only $8,000000 11927, tion to their plans, the Princess Louise tomorrow on |of Technology. ! DISAPPEARANCE OF COL. ROBINS STILL MYSTERY Federal Agefn- ts Working' on Case—Made For- | tune in Klondike i WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — The, disappearance a week ago of Col.| Raymond Robins, prominent Pro- hibition advocate, continued today to perplex his friends. A host of Federal agents are! working in three cities. Two persons are reported tohave seen Robins in Chicago after his disappearance from New York. | Officers here are working on the, theory he might have been killed by Florida bootleggers, as feared by his wife. He was active in work-| ing against liquor gangs in mor-‘ ida. | Col. Robins falled to keep an' | appointment with President Hoover at the White House a week ago| and this caused inquiry with the result that his disappearance be-| came known. and gained most of his fortune in| the Klondike in the early part of the century. M'KALLICK STATES 28 CLAIMS ON CHICHAGOF Twenty-eight claims, which g1ve indications of gold quartz, were staked in the Jake Renehan dis-| trict of Chichagof Island by Mxke, McKallick, he reported on his) return to Juneau from a pros-| pecting trip of several weeks on the island. He is said to be consider- | ing offers from several persons| for interests in the properties. The mining possibilities of the| Endicott River district of the Lynn, Canal area are attracting atten- tion. Three or four parties of| prospectors have been taken there from Juneau in the past ten days by the seaplane Chichagof. —l P ROBERT SIMPSON TO ENTER CALIF. TECH Robert Simpson, son of Dr. and |Mrs. Robert Simpson, is leaving on |his way to Pasadena, where he will enter the California Tnstitute Young Simpson graduated last June from the Juneau High School with highest scholastic honors. He was born in Juneau. the Japanese employees. Oska newspapers are full of page protests hinting the United States is making prep- arations for a possible war «the picturés were taker to be given the army. Charges Amerjcan Ambassador Jos- eph Grew immediately ar- ranged an interview with the Japanese FKoreign Minister, Count Uchida. Osaka newspaper charges included a long list of United States activities, such as the presence of the American fleet in the Pacific; alleged cruise of three airplane car- riers along the Kurile Islands; establishment of a new Unit- ed States air base on the Aleutian Islands, also a broad- |cast over a semi-official radio station at Oska. Charges are also made that the photographs taken might get into the hands of the War Department and be used for mapping targets on air bombing raids One American woman, the Osaka newspapers said, paid a mysterious visit to tre Kuriles Islands a month ago and they said many air bases have been established in the Aleutians ‘which cannot be con- sidered purely commercial.” Japan- ese officlals said, however, these reports have not been confirmed. It is also reported that the United States is sending bombing Col. Robins is an old Klondiker |planes to Hangchow. The Japanese Government did not immediately accede to the re- quest of the United States Em- bassy and issue a statement exon- |erating the bank but asserted that the investigation showed the charges were utberly unfounded. WALKER OFF FOR EUROPE NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Former Mayor James J. Walker sailed to- day for Europe on the liner Conte- grande. There had been rumors that he would go abroad but no announcement was made. His name was not on the passenger list and |line oficials say they knew noth- ing of Walker being aboard but {he was not seen to leave the ship before she sailed. ————————— VETERAN SEAMAN RETIRES OAKILAND, Cal, Sept. Capt. Henry A. T. Candy, mander of the 10.