The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6148, JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, I 932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY YANKEES GRAB THIRD STRAIGHT FROM CUBS, 7 T0 5 THIRTY KILLED, MANY MISSING, IN CALIFORNIA Water Roars Through Pass During Night Deal- ing Death CLOUDBURST CAUSE OF GREAT DISASTER Train Carried from Trestle —One Family Is Washed Away BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct. l—Leaving 30 dead and at lcast 20 missing, a 40-foot wall of water rushed through Teha- chapi Pascs, 40 miles from here, last night after a cloud burst. The torrent struck the Scuthern Pacific Railway tres- tle at Woodforth hurling a lo- comotive and seven freight cars intc the canyon below. The engineer, A. H. Ross was killed. The train carried an unde- termined number if itinerates and the authorities believe many were swept away and have been buried under de- bris. Among the 30 known dead are Mr. and Mrs. Peter Caad and two children. They per- irhed when the wall of water struck their gasoline station. Many bridges have been washed out. DIGEST POLL WALL OF WATER Famous Life Termer Dies, Prison Farm Jesse Pomeroy, 40 Years| in Solitary Confine- ment, Passes Away STOCK MARKET STANDS STILL, SHORT SESSION Mild Flip of Activity Given During Last Fifteen Minutes TRADING AT LOW EBB; SALES DROP Various Leading Issues Take Advance of About One Point NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—Stecks stood virtually still until the last quarter of the hour of the short session today when late coverings gave the list a mild flip of ac- tivity. The market was at the lowest ebb since early last summer. Trading appeared mostly pro- fessional operations. Transactions approximated 400,- 000. only 1876, JESSE —Jesse Heart disease Atsociaven ress POME ROY BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Oct. 1. Massachusetts most notorious life termer, is dead after serving 56 years behind pris- on walls, forty of them in solitary confinment, during which he saw Pomeroy, his guards. D UNCERWawY is given as the cause of death at the State Pris- on Farm here. Starting his sentence Sept. Net advances of about one point appeared for United States Steel, Allied Chemical, American Tele- phone and Telegraph, while New York Central, Case, International Harvester, United Aircraft, Santa Fe, Union Pacific improved frac- tionally. ] Rails started lower then steadied toward the close. ‘The closing tone of ‘oday’s mar- ket was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAX NEW YORK, Oct. 1. — Alaska Juneau mine stock closed today at 10%, American Can 556%, Ana- conda 13%, Bethlehem Steel 24%, L | Curtiss-Wright, no sale; Fox Films it was not until 1917 that . Gen otors 1T% s TUHNS TUWARD‘}W ‘was permitted to eat in t,.hclm adle, . B 1%, b GOV. RODSEVELT Democratic Nominee Takes Lead in Literary Digest Presidential Voting Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt took the lead in the Literary Digest Presidential Poll figures given out in today's issue of that publica- tion. The periodical gives the tab- ns of 22,014 votes in eleven The division is, Roosevelt , Hoover 100,323, minor par- ty candidates 19,506. Six of the eleven States furnish- ing returns show RoosevelAt plu- ralities and five give Hoover plu- ralities. Indiana, which last week was for Hoover, has switched to Roosevelt. All of the States re- porting are from the Bast, Middle West and Far West except the Border State of West Virginia. Poll Results The Roosevelt States are Cali-l fornia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,| Pennsylvania and West Virginia with 135 electoral votes. The Hoo- ver States are Connecticut, Maine, | Massachusetts, New Jersey and| New' York with 93 eleotors. The details show that about 40 per cent of the Roosevelt voters in the poll voted for Hoover four 5 ago and about 6 per cent the Hoover voters were for If the same proportions are maintained and applied to the unreported votes from. the eleven States partially polled, all of them will vote for Roosevelt. Apply the same percentages as these a total vote of 40,000,000, will have a plurality Hoover of 6,600,000 Among the minor candidates, Norman Thomas, Socialist, with 15887 voles is far in the lead. Foster, with 1,090, comes nex{ . Clarence Darrow Is . Now Church Member NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—Clarence Darrow, America’s foremost ag- nostic, has joined a church. The church is the First Unitarian So- ciety of Minneapolis, of which Dr. John Dietrich, one of the leading disciples of Charles Francis Pot- ter, founder of the first Human- ist Society of New York, Inc, is pastor. Announcement of the alliance between the Humanist Society and Mr. Darrow was made to the mem- tary. company of other prisoners or to attend religious services and en- tertainments in the State Prison at Charlestown, Mass. Penal authorities said that it ‘would be difficult to find a paral- lel for the time he spent in “soli- " Some be:eved that he was thus imprisoned longer than eny other men in American criminal history. Kills Boy This circumstance overshadowed ‘the atrocities conceived by the per- verted mind of his boyhood. [He was only 14 years old when he was convicted of murdering a four year old boy and sentenced to be hanged. But William Gaston, then Gov- ernor of Massachusetts, was op- posed to capital punishment and refused to sign a warrant for the execution. His successor, Gov. Alexander E. Rice, commuted the sentence to life imprisonment at thard labor. The hard labor part_of the pun- ishment did not, however, work oyt. The keepers found that Pom- eroy managed to fashion tools for escape from almost anything upon which he could lay his hands. He was given only food and books, ternational Harvester 20%, Kenne- cott 13%, Packard Motors 3%, United States Steel 43%, Armour B., no sale; American Light & Power, no sale; Chrysler 18%, Colo- rado,Fuel & Iron, no sale; Stand- ard Brands 15%, United Aircraft 30%, Safeway Stores 52, Dupont 43%, Canadian Pacific 17%, Col- umbian Carbon 17%, Continental Oil, no sale. —_— e —— 22- YEAR-OLD SEAMAN HERO, WRECK SGENE Entire Crew of President Madison Volunteer- ed Services SEATTLE, Oct. 1—R. J. Healy, Commander of the liner President Madison, reporting by radio to the American Mail Line headquarters here revealed that E. Blomberg, but even then he managed to con- |agéd 22, was the hero of the res- trive cans; and dust . bers of the Society in New York Howard G. Kraus, director of Humanist Extension Bureau. i ingenuity. other through his cell conductor from a gas jet into his cell and ignited the gas in the hope of burning a hole wall. Instead he burned himself severely. tools. 12 Escape Attempts Saws made from scraps of steel, from the leg of a cot and from ; drills fashioned from screws files land knives were products of his ! With these he made at least 12 attempts to escape. In one of his essays toward free- dom, he tunneled with a nail, an improvised chisel made file to within a few inches of liberty when a pieces of scrap metal, exposed his work. time he cut door, Cat Reveals Plot His last serious attempt was in 1912 when he sawed three bars from his cell, fitted dummies in their places to cover his activities and when ready for the dash, he slipped through the hole and was creeping along the corridor ward an unsuspecting guard when he aroused a sleeping cat. startled feline yeowled and jumped @t him. The guard found him armed with a dagger and equip- ped with a file and three saws. In June, 1930, after he had been transferred to the State farm at Bridgewater, knives, saws and files and a home- trail of lime At an- an opening rigged a in the to- The cue of the three survivors of the freighter Nevada which piled on the rocks of Amatignak Island, Aleutians, and is a complete wreck. Capt. Healy said the entire crew lof the President Madison volun- teered to a man to go in the two small boats fo the rescue. The little life boats were sent out from the big steamship into a raging sea. Mile and Half Away The President Madison at the time was approximately one mile and ,a half from the shore line, ‘'where the Nevada piled up and was breaking up. When the rescue party approach- ed the beach, the surf was too high to land the lifeboats. Blomberg took a small line and swam to the rocks where the Ne- vada was breaking up. He reached the beach, then with fhe small line, hauled a larger line ashore with life preservers and a life- buoy. Survivors Rescued Blomberz managed to get the three survivors into the life buoy and they were hauled aboard the lifeboats, the three men so weak they could hardly help themselves. The heroic action of this Ameri- cen seaman is a historical epic of the high seas, said Capt. Healy. All of the crew of the lifeboats at the scene volunteered to swim to the wrecked liner, but Blom- s (Contiauea on Page Two) berg was chosen because he is an exceptional swimmer, pv. Roosevelt at San Francisco + il Ve SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Gov. Franklin D. Rooscvelt is shown upon his arrival in San Francisco. Left to Right: Maurice E. Harrisen, Director of the: Democratic State Campaign; Gov. Roosevelt, Wm. HOLLYWOGCD, Cal—Picture spcke en his recent Western tour. showing crowd International News Photo. to Hear Governor Roosevelt in Hcllywood Bowl where the Democratic nominee BOX SCORE NEW YORK— AB R Combs, cf. .............5 Sewell, 3b 3 Ruth, If. 4 Gehrig, 1b. 4 Lazzeri, 2b. 4 Dickey, c. 4 Chapman, rf. 4 , SS. 4 s, p. 4 *Pennock, p. 0 cormvrmomMNnOOl : OUT 4 HOMERS |Yankee Sluggers Drive Root from Mound in Totals 38 7 82713 1 N o | *Replaced Pipgras in ninth FlhthUb Ra“y Falls CHICAGO— ABRHPOAE T Herman, 2b. 410221 English, 3b. 400030 PlPGRAs HUR[S HNE Cuyler, rf. +13100 GAME UP TO NINTH Stephenson, 1f. 4 01200 —_— {Moors, J. cf. .....3 102 0 0Pennock Called to Mound rimm, 1b. 4013800 S 3 Hartnett, ¢. .....4 1 1 9 1 1| to Stop Chicago Upris- Jurges, ss. 413332 x x 2 i 4 Lo B ing in Final Frame °Malone, p. .0 000009 T May, p. ; 000000 SHORT SCORE #Tinning, p. . 0000O0TC0 (Today’s Game) /Gudat . 100000 R H E §Hemsley 100000 Yankees ... 7 8 1 T it Totals .......3 5 921 9 4| Cubs 9 14 *Replaced Root in fifth. /Batted for Malone on eighth. COMPOSITE SCORE Replaced May in ninth, (Three Games) ) tReplaced Malons in eighth. R H E AR -~ 1 §Batted for Tinning in ninth. Summary—Earned runs: Yankees Y"m\kees """"" 22 26 4 5, Cubs 4; home runs: Ruth and| Cubs 13 28 7 Gehrig, two each, Cuyler and Hart- e nett, 1 each; two-baggers: Chap- SCORE B INNINGS man, and Cuyler, Grimm ‘and Jur- Yankees— ges; double plays: Yankzes 1, Se- well to Lazzeri to Gehrig, Cubs 1, 123456789 T Herman to Jurges to Grimm; bases| Runs .....301020001—7 on balls: off Pipgras 2, off Root 3, Hits ... 301020101—38 off Malone 3; hit by pitched ball:| FErrors 000100000—1 Sewell by May; struck out: by Cubs— o4 Pipgras 1, by Pennock 1, by Root 123456789 T 4, by Malone 4, by May 1; hits 9| Runs 102100001—35 Hims 5 off Bl i 8 13 mnings,| Es . 103116002—§ hits 0 runs 0 off Penrock in 2-3| Errors ST00000T 02— 4 Cowboys at Laramie, Wyo., cheered Gov. Franklin D. Roosevell (center), when his campaign train stopped there enroute to the Pacific eoast. (Associated Press Photo) COWBOYS CHEER E)v. ROOSEVELT'GGVI ROOSEVELT FOREIGN TRADE | IS INGREASING WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Foreign purchases of petroleum, described as extremely large, topped improvements in America’s 1932 export trade. This is cited today by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. | - i MRS. H. C. DAVIS IS ! COMING TO JUNEAU e | Mrs. Winnie Davis, widow of the late H. C. (Lyle) Davis, is a pas senger for Juneau on the Alaska which salled from Seattle this morning. He is coming here on business connected with the es- ‘tate of her husband, and will prob- ably remain for a few weeks, 1 ton, wheat and Peace TALK PEAGE; . STILL FIGHT RIO DE »JgNEIRO, Oct. 1. negotidtions between the Sao Paulo rebels ar e Bra- zilian government resumed today after the fai of confer- ences last night. fighting however, Parahyba. —————— IVERSON RETURNS AFTER VISIT TO CALIFORNIA n spent in Fiscal ame Com- After a 30-day vac: California, L. E. Ive officer of the Alas) g mission, returned b on the steamer Princess Lo spent his vacation mother near San Fran his S a GIVEN WELCOME OF RARE KIND Bands, Torchlight Proces-| sions Greet Nominee in Chicago CHICAGO, 111, Oct. 1. — Gov.l Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for President, came here Friday night and was given a tu- multuods welcome. The rare wel- come included bands and torch- light processions with hundreds camrying placards pledging support of the Democratic candidate. ‘The general noisy welcome was reminiscent of the days of Lincoln and Grant. Wearied after a heavy speaking day in Wisconsin, Gov. Roosevelt retired early last night. Attendance at the world’s ser- ies game was scheduled for this afternoon. From Chicago, Gov. Roosevelt goes to Detroit and t to Albany. e LOOKS ToUGH FOR SOMEONE CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 1.—Frank White, auditor, testified yesterday at a Federal hearing that he be- lieved the value of the defunct Insull Utility investments were in- flated $21,200,000. The creditors of the corporation are seeking to make the directors responsible for the payment of the liabilities. Sir Michael Hodges Quits British Navy LONDON, Oct. 1.—Admiral Sir Michael Hodges, fifty-eight, com- mander-in-chief of the 'Atlantic terday {the navy at his own requ ©. He | facilitate promotion of fleet since 1930, is retiring to ger officers. Vice Admiral Bertram S, Thesiger will become admiral, innings; winning pitcher, Pipgras; hits 6 runs 6 off Root in 4 1-3 innings, hits 1 runs 0 off Malone in 2 2-3 innings, hits 1 runs 1 otf| May in 1 1-3 innings, hits 0, runs 0 off Tinning in 2-3 innings; los- ing pitcher: Root; left on bases: Yankees 10, Cubs 4. Umpires: Van Graflan, Ameri- can, at the plate; Magerkurth, Na- tional, first base; Dinneen, Ameri- can, second base; Klem, National, third base. Time of game: one hour and 49 minutes. Attendance: 52,000. Oct. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, the Yankees today marched to within |one game of another world’s series title by defeating the Cubs for the third straight time, the score Next game will be played at Chicago tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. Game starts at 1:30 O'clock in the afterncon, Cen- tral Standard Time. The Yankees have now won three straight games. WRIGLEY FIELD, CHICAGO, 1—Behind the slugging of TODAY'S GAME PLAY BY PLAY First Inning NEW YORK—Combs up—Ball being 7 to 5. Ruth homered twice, the first in the initial inning with two runners on, and Gehrig also blasted out two circuit blows. Kiki Cuyler, rightfielder, and Gabby Hartnett, catcher, homered for the Cubs, setting a new record of six home runs for a World Series game, Charley Root, who started for 1,/ Chicago, was the victim of the high inside. Ball 2, inside. stnke‘Big Bam and Gehrig's vicious on- 1, called. Foul back, strike 2. Error, slaught. Of the six 'hits chalked grounded to short who threw the up off him, they made four, all ball into the New York dugout. Combs on second. Sewell up—Ball 1, inside. Foul right, strike 1. Ball 2, low inside. Ball 3, low wide. Ball 4, low wide. Sewell walked. Ruth up—Ball 1, low inside. Ball four-basers, scored two runs each and the Babe drove in two ahead of him for a total of six off the veteran Cub pitcher. After Root was benched, the Cubs held a parade of pitchers, Malone was the first after Root. 2, low wide. Home run—a long fly|He pitched splendid ball, holding ball into the temporary bleachers back of right center, scoring Combs and Sewell. Gehrig up—Ball 1, Out, second to first.: Lazzeri up — Strike 1, Foul to right. base line. Chapman up — Strike 1, called. Strike 2, fanned. Sirigles to left.| Dickey on second. Crosetti up—Side out, left. flied two left on bases. CHICAGO—Herman high inside. Ball 2, up—Ball high high inside. called. Strike 2, fanned. Ball 1, low inside, Out, strike 3, called. Dickey up — Ball 1, Jow inside. Ball 2, low inside. Strike 1, called. Strike 2, called. Singles aiong first Three runs, three hits, one cx-mr,J inside. Ball 3, inside. Strike 1, called. Ball the Yanks scoreless untl he was taken out in the eighth inning for a pinch hitter. May followed him™~and was lifted after one was out in the ninth and infield er- rors followed by a two-bagger by Chapman scored one run. Tin- ning finished the game by getting the next two batiers. Pipgras Hurls Steadily Although nicked by the Cubs for nine hits, including two home- runs and three two-baggers, Pip- gras pitched a steady game of baseball and protected well the |lead given him by the Yank slug- t0/gers until the ninth inning. (Continued on Page Five) R FARMERS WILL 1, 4, high inside. Herman walked. English up—Ball 1, high inside. Ball 2, inside. Ball 3, high wide. Strice 1, called. Strike 2, called. Pitcher throws to first. Foul to right. Out, flied to left To KEEP FARMs Cuyler up—Ball 1, inside. Foul to right, strike 1. Ball 2, low inside. Foul to right, strike 2. Doubles to right scoring Herman CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 1.—The of- ficials of the Reconstruction ¥Fi~ Stephenson up—S8trike 1, called.|nance Corporation last night as- Out, short to first. Cuyler held|surred the American farmer that second. the corporation’s whole power will J. Moore up—Ball 1, inside. Bail 2, high wide. Ball 3, wide. Ball high wide. J. Moore walked. Grimm up—Strike 1, called. Side out, short to first. (Continued Page Five) be used through the established 4,|agencies to help the farmer keep the farm. The announcement followed a conference called by President Hoo- ver by representatives of goverm- mental and private organizations, In AKES DEATH TOLL - BABE RUTH AND s GEHRIG SMASH