The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL, NO. 6147. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ROOSEVELT BLAMES “GRUNDY TARIFF” FOR FARM ILLS 32 LIVES LOST, ONLY 3 MEN SAVED FROM 8.5, NEVADA Thirty-two Members of Crew Are Reported Dead in Wreck SURVIVORS RESCUED BY PRES. MADISON Are Takenwb_oard Liner, Weak from Exposure, Details Not Given SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—Only thrce members of the crew of 35 survived the wreck of the freighter Nevada on Amatig- nak Island, of the Andreanof greup of the Aleutians. The three men have been taken aboard the steamship President Madison after the Oregon Maru made an unsuc- cessful effort to rescue them. The rescued men are: James Phorson, cadet of Portland, Oregon; Fritz De- wall, no address given, and Lucena N. Decaray, seaman, of Manila. The men are being brought south on the President Madison. They are weak from exposure and unable to give many details of the wreck. The freighter Nevada sailed from Poitland, Oregon, on September 16 for Japam. Three nights ago SOS signals were picked up and the~ Oregon Maru and President| Madison calls. answered the (distress HEROIC RESCUE SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—Details of the heroic rescue of the three Ne- vada survivors are received ' in messages from the mail liner Pres- ident Madison. One of the Madison's sailors (Continued on Page Seven) — WIRELESS TELLS TALLAPOOSA OF AL Ford Motor Company to Change Pay Statement on “Adjust- ments” Is Issued at Office in Detroit DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 30. The .Ford Motor Company has announced “pay adjustments” af- fecting all employees. The com- mon laborer is to get 50 cents an hour, semi-skilled employees 62% cents an hour and skilled labor- ers 75 cents an hour. The minimum scale recently has been $6 for eight hours. STOCKS WOBBLE TODAY; SHARES TAKE DECLINE Trading Quiet Despite Fact of Drizzle in Sell- ing Orders NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Stocks wobbled uncertainly today and trading was quiet. A drizzle of selling orders hit the utilities, railroads and chemi- cals which have figured rather active in recent speculation for advance and a half-hearted rally appeared but falled to hold. It was not an aggressive market today and the market appeared drifting lower because of inervia rather on account of active sell- ing. Losses of one to two points oc- curred for American Water Works, American Telephone -and Tele- graph, North American, Consoli- dated Gas, Public Service of New Jersey, Sante Fe, Lackawana, Un- jon Pacific, Southern Pacific, Bal- timore and Ohio, ‘Allied Chemical and Drugs. Motors, oils and coppers showed good resistance. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 54%, Anaconda 12%, Bethlehem HOOVERIS T0 OPEN CAMPAICN IN DES MOINES Address Will Be Signal to Start Republican Fireworks FIGHT IS TO GROW THEN IN INTENSITY Hurley, Mills and Hyde Will Bear Brunt of Quest for Votes CHICAGO 1Il, Sept. 30.—Presi- dent Hoover's first campaign ad- dress in Des Moines, Towa, next week, will be the signal to set the Republican campaign into full stride with the intensity intended to grow until election day. Already the Party has organ- ized numerous groups ready to go into high gear in quest of votes, The address at Des Moines will be the opening gun and drive for the farm votes. Heavy Work While President Hoover and | Vice-President Charles Curtis and others will deliver addresses, the heavy work of the campaign will rest with Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Ogden L. Mills, and Arthur M. Hyde, members of Hoover's Cab- inet. The Republican battle political inning in the Midwest will be- gin the first major offensive for the farm vote in the great corn and wheat belfs. it ‘ Definite Plans Republican leaders said they ex- pected ‘the President’s speech will be a “complete answer by outly- ing a definite plan for agricul- tural relief,” a reply to Gov. Roos: evelt’s farm speech delivered in Topeka. It is believed Hoover will in- clude definite suggestions of aid- ing the farmer and loosening cred- it, allowing additional time for payments on mortgages and bills and creating new markets. The Republicans criticised Gov. Roosevelt’s farm program speech as dealing in generalities. After the President's speech in Des Moines, the Republicans are then expected to center the cam- paign in the middle and western e —— ASKA COAST WRECK Two Directing Heads of the Culbs Battling in CHARLEY GRIMM, CHICAGO CUBS ok > i MANAGER OF THE World Series JOE McCARTHY, MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES CORROBORATE | Portland Police Investigat- ing Statement in Mooney Case. PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 30.—| The police are investigating the 30.—James ocratic National Committee, said |last night there are less than fiva | states in which a victory fur Glov. | Franklin D. Roosevelt is not al- |ready assured. SEEKlNfl 0 ‘Fa;léy Does Not Concede Single State to G. O. P. | NEW YORK, Sept. {R" Farley, Osairnian- of the Dem- 1 | states but “said: “I do state to the Republicans. progresses these close states will be definitely in the Democratic column.” TWO MISSING possible corrororation of Paul Cal- licottee's statement he carried a suitcase bomb which exploded dur- ing the San Francisco Prepared- ness Day Parade in 1916 killing ten persons and injuring 42. Ben Johnson, member of the| Hod Carriers’ Labor Union, said! he substantiates Callicottee’s story that he received $2 to carry a suitcase. The police related that Johnson MEN LOCATED BY SEARCHERS Pilot Art Woodley and At-!Appointment of Lawrence torney Harry F. Mor- KERR IS NAMED OFFICIAL COURT Kerr Made Public Today Farley did not list the doubtful not concede one single I am convinced that as the campaign REPORTER HERE IALASKA P. M, UNDER ARREST IN FUR CAS Capt. Emil Lange Taken Into Custody—Released Own Recognizance KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 30.— Emil Lange, fish buyer, storekeep- er and postmaster at Myers Chuck, near here, was arrested yesterday afternoon on complaini of Game Warden on a charge of aiding Frank Dorbandt. Alaska air pilot, for alleged illegal trans- led on his own recognizance. On his trip south last July, ‘portmon of furs. He was releas-, T0 REDUCE TARIEF BY AGREEMENTS iDemocratic Nominee Prom- ises to Have International Tariff Conference HOOVER LATE IN BUREAU ELIMINATION Promised Consolidations Four Years Ago and Is Again Talking About It SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. *30.—In a fresh onslaught on' the Republican tariff policies, | Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for Presi- dent, last night told thou- sands of Iowans, packed into the grapdstands of the base- ball park, that the Demo- cratic Party would put tariff rand duties' as “low as pres- ervation of prosperity to Am- erican findustries will per- mit.” The Democratic Presiden- itial nominee said the party | platform favored a competi- i tive tariff which would put American producersona market of equality with for: | eign competitors and pro- !posed that duties be lowered ‘through international nego- | tiations. 3 “By consenting to reduce, tosome | extent, some of our duties in order | to obtain a lowering of the foreign walls, this will in a larger measure secure admittance of our surplus ‘into foreign countries. | Next Proposal “Next the Democrats propose to accomplish a necessary reduction through the agency of a Tarlff Commission” Gov. Roosevelt attributed to the “Grundy Tariff” most of the econ- |omic woes of the country. 1 Makes Spending Record Dorbrandt stopped at Myers Chuck,, The Democratic nominee accused presumably to make minor repairs the present Administration of being to his airplane. Dorbandt then the “greatest spending Administra- came to Ketchikan putting his tion in peace times of all his- !plane in the hydroplane port where tory.” It is understood he stored a pack-! He discussed taxes, tariff, mort- et of 14 beaver skins overnight. gages and their relationship to Atheft of the skins was later re-'farm relief. He said: ported by Dorbandt. “We are not getting an adequate Officers here declined to make {any amplification on the records. (Continued on Page Two.) |Dorbandt's plane has been seized' e e lat le and he and threz oth-!® © © ¢ ¢ ¢ o 0 ¢ ¢ ¢ 0 o |ers are charged with illegal smug- ® Steel 23%, Fox Films 3%, Gen- eral Motors 17%, International Harvester 28%, Kennecott 13%, Packard Motors 5, United States Steel 43, Armour B, no sale; Cal- umet & Hecla 5; Chrysler 18%, Colorado Fuel and Iron 9%, Col- umbian Carbon 84%, Continental Oil 6%, Standard Brands 15%, United Aircraft 30, Safeway Btores 52, Dupont 42%, Canadian Pacific 17. VICTIMS OF HURRICANE IN met a man mamed Masden at An- “ton, Alive’ Safe by Clerk J_ H. Dunn chorage, Alaska, in 1916. Masden states. had been & gunman in the Ludlow,| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 30.; The appointment of Lawrence - GAI.L Tu ARMS | Coloredo, mine trouble and tried| _pjlof Arthur Woodley and At-|Kerr as official reporter for the |to join the Union in Anchorage torney Harry F. Morton, missing Federal District court in this Di- Is | s SUED BY but was rejected. Masden tried|since last Sunday on a flight vision was made known today by to shoot Johnson but later apolo- | from Anchorage to Fairbanks, were John H. Dunn, Clerk of Court, {gized and told Johnson the same|found late Wednesday night sev- Mr, Kerr will assume the duties !wry Callicottee has told of hav-|en miles down the Chulitna river'of the office tomorrow. Urges Massachusetts Re- publicans to Conduct Fighting Campaign LOSS OF NEVADA Capt. C. H. Dench Is Kept Informed of Wreck Off Aleutians Details of the wrecking off one of the Aleutian Islands of the cargo carrier steamship Nevada, while enroute from Portland, Ore., to Japanese ports and of efforts of vessels to reach the scene of the disaster have been learned from radio messages intercepted by the United States Coast Guard Out- ing a suitcase bomb delivered on|from where the plane was forced| Mr. Kerr has been working in the day of the Preparedness Day|dqown Sunday afternoon. tthe office of the Attorney General Parade. ‘Both Woodley and Mortan were of Alaska since the Spring of 1931, weary from their hike on which|aiding in the compilation and co- they were trying to reach the Al- dification of the Laws of Alaska.|gling of furs, aska Railroad. What arrangements, if any, have| —eeo—— A tiny flashlight led the aerial been made to fill that place “Twn HUNDRED ———— FLOODS ARE WORLD SERIES TEAMS TRAVELING; PLAY TO RESUME TOMORROW Tescue party to the two mmlnot known today. Mr. Rustgard men. ‘in the southern end of the Division CHICAGO, Il., Sept. 30. ter . Tallapoosa, Capt. C. H. Dench, commanding, which is based in Juneau. The Nevada went on the rocks, and broadcast wn S O S last Tuesday evening. NEED OF HELP BOSTON, Sept. 30.—Calvin Cool- idge last night called upon the;| Republicans of Massachusetts to conduct a “fighting campaign” for the re-election of President Hoov- er and the Massachusetts State REPORTED IN NOR. MEXICO The rescue party was composed of Pilot Lon Cope, Charles Ruttan and Jack Morton, son of the at- torney. Pllot Woodley said he made a hazardous landing in the canyon. "and will not return until early |next week. | ™Mr. Kerr s a veteran court re- porter and served in that capacity il the Second Division under vir- |tually every judge from 1900 to DEAD, QUAKES —The Yankees, already win- ners of the first two games in the World Series and the Chicago Cubs, lost no time in getting here from New York City for the third | ' | Reached Nevada Wednesday |OVer One Thousand Injur-| Goet, Both men were brought to An- 1931 He worked under Judges| ATHENS, Sept. 30.—Atrival of (@ game to be plaved tomor- “The Cregon Maru reachied the ed in Porto Rico— The call to arms was contained in a letter to President Judson Great Lo;_t;f Life and chorage yesterday e e Randolph Tucker, William A. Holz- A. H. Moore, J. D. Moore, John a part of the British Mediterr- |anean fleet, bringing food and sup- row afternoon in this city. The Cubs are confident of Nevada Wednesday,” Capt. Dench Property Damage ‘ Death List 134 heimer and G. J. Lomen. 5 “The message containing this information was sent by the Ore- gon Maru, and reads as follows: “Reached wreck. There seem to be a few men on shore. Tried to send our boats in but high swells make it very dangerous. Position itude 51° 16’ north longitude 2’ West.” . Intercepted mesages between the Oregon Maru, the- Heian Maru and a Portland, Ore., radio station,” Capt. Dench continued, “ gave the information that the Oregon Maru had found the Nevada at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Bridge Is Visible “The capiain of the Oregon Maru said that the Nevada was sunk and that he could see only her bridge. The Nevada ran aground on the east point O0f Amatignak WASHINGTON Sept. 30—Presi- dent Hoover has received a mesage from Gov. Beverley, of Porto Rico, |giving the latest check of the hurri- cane over San Juan as 134 dead and 1,335 injured. Gov. Beverley said the death toll may reach 200. The Governor said tents and ccts are needed but the Red Cross had promised food relief which will be required for several weeks. The dispatch to the President was in response to the latter’s request for relief needs, and Gov. Beverley said: “The people of Porto Rico appreciated your cable. The hurricane has caused a great property loss but this is confined to the northern half of the island. Harrigan of the Republican Club | of Massachusetts on the day pre- ceding the convention. The campaign can be won by work gnd organization, Coolidge ‘wrote. DELBERT JOHNSON DIES IN SEATTLE . Delbert Johnson, 23 years old, well-known in Juneau and Fair- banks, .died recently in Seattle of a fractured skull received in a fall he that suffered in the course of an epileptic fit. When Mr. Johnson lived in Ju- neau, he worked on The Empire. His wife died ,in this city. Soon afterwards, he went to Fairbanks where he was employed by the Indicated MEXICO CITY, Sept. 30.— Re- ports of the most serious floods in 20 years with many lives already lost came today from Northern Mexico. Heavy rain has been falling all week paralyzing railroad traffic. damage and . perhaps great loss of life may be report- ed from Tampico, Monterey and Chihuahua States when full com- Serious munication is re-established. Six persons are known Hidalgo. One death is reported at Mon- terey. to be dead et Heujutla in the state of Foreigners Buying NEW YORK, Sept. 30. — Some foreign buying has been attracted to Canadian Pacific stock in belief that the large c indicated for the Dominion as: the railroad a heavy freight ment. Fur- thermore, these ations of a heavy traffic e age the addi- tional hope tha may be induced to resume yments of the stock. p: Depression Strain On Children Great Problem, Says Hoover Thousands of cattle and other livestock have perished. WASHINGTON, Up Canadian Pacific | ritorial ;l‘for two rms. ‘Motherhod Prize Goes | To Head of Family of 21 | BUDAPEST, Sept. 30.—Mrs. Leo- {pold Fried has won this year's prize distrtbuted annually in con- nection with the St. Stephan fes- tivities, to the Hungarian mother with the greatest number of liv- ing children. Mrs. Fried who is now 67, has been married for 48 years and raised 21 children, She is still assisting her husband in looking | He is|plies to relieve sufferers of earth- well known throughout the Terri-(quake shaken {tory. He was Clerk of the Ter-{beginning of the week, is hafled House of Representatives by great & Quakes continue today. Greece since the public demonstrations. The death list is placed at 200 with injured several thousands. taking the next three games which will be played here. The, Yankees have the same confidence on continuing their winning streak. | Victims, ! LONDON, Sept. 30.—John Ellis, |the world’s most famous hang- man, has ended eight years orf brooding retirement. ‘He was found dead, his throat slashed and a razor by his side. Hangman, Haunted by His. Commits Suicide public. The hanging of Mrs. Thom- son, who had to be dragged to the scaffold, was too much for him. The aged man retired the fol- lowing year, but was unable to after his stable, as she has done, January 3, 1923, after twenty- for the last 37 years. |two years of his sinister task, Ellis shake off the horrors that haunt- The Federal Congress has appro- ed him. priated about $25,000 for relief Precident Hoover, ad The spirit of the people is excell- conference of womens' organi- Island. e ent and work of reconstruction has [ NEWs-Miner. “The President Madison at 10 He left the Fairbanks “The Presi o'clock Wednesday night was in Jatitude 48° North, longitude 177° East, proceeding at sixteen knots to assist the Nevada. «Amatignak Island is the most southerly of the Aleutian Islands. It is if voleanic origin, 1921 feet high, about five and one half miles across and has no harbors.” already started.” e EGYPT BUILDING ROADS CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 30.—Egyp- tian government is putting con- siderable capital into new roads and it iS understood that a new to be started, newspaper to accept a position with the Alaska Railroad. After a while he quit the railroad to go to the States. He spent some time in Montana, and then moved to Seat- tle, where his parents reside. but it is indicated much more will zations last night said that in be needed. ————————— ISTANBUL TAXES ITS DEAD ISTANBUL, Sept. -30.—Deceased citizens - are - gtill liable for road Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Johnson road from Cairo to Suez, is soon|bad one child, a son, who is- with|ruled. er. Johnson's parents in Seattle. taxes the :local authorities have But heirs are protesting and the law may be amended. a larger sense none of the nation’s great problems are greater than the problems of home and children. ‘Our most immediate ques- tion 1§ the strain of depresion upon the children,” the President, e —— | MRS. GEOv SIMPKINS | ON VISIT TO SITKA Mrs. George Simpkins and daugh- | ter, Jean Simpkins, went to Sitka llhxi week for a pleasure trip and a brief visit. They are expected ihomn next Monday. |bore the reputation of being the! hangman who had sent more con- demned murderers to their deaths than any other living man. That day he put to death the notorious Mrs. Edith Thomson. Years before Ellis had. ostracized himself from society. His worry increased as his reputation became | Among those who died in a noose supervised by Ellis was Rog- er Caszement, former British knight land consul, who was hanged for Ihigh treason. He was put to death armed revolt in Ireland, and for end. in 1916 for conspiring to cause an * having sought German aid to that