The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6166. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1932. IMMENSE CROWDS CHEER ROOSEVELT, LARGE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY CITIES PRISON OFFICE SCENE OF ONE MAN'S DEATH Stabbing Is Signal for Gen-| eral Riot Among Prisoners EXTRA LARGE FORCE ORDERED TO SCENE Police Squa;.Ambulances, i Boats, Airplanes Sent Out NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—One prisoner has been killed and many injured in the City Penitentiary on Welfare| Island which started this afternoon as the result of fighting among prison peace-| makers in the Warden’s of-l fice. Two committees of peace- makers met with the Warden to settle racial animosities that had broken out between the Irish and Italian prison- ers. The peacemakers suddenly began fighting. George Holshod was stab- bed to death. The killing was the signal| for rioting among 200 prison- ers of 1,660 confined in the institution. Commissioner Edward Mul- rooney has ordered hundreds of police, ambulances, four police boats and three air- planes to the scene. ————————— HOOVER STOPS AT W. VIRGINI CAPITAL TODAY ; & | President Discusses Natural | Resources Enroute | to Detroit HOOVER’S PRESIDENTIAL SPECTAL TRAIN, Oct. 22—Sur- rounded by thousands at the Laid- ley Stadium, Charleston, West Vir- ginia, President Hoover today told the people the Government should provide safeguards for coal and other matural resources through limited co-operation in marketing. The President stopped at the West Virginia Capital enroute to Detroit for a campaign speech to- night. He discussed the tariff and coal industry. He is the dfirst Presi- dent to visit Charleston in 100 years and was greeted by a Pres- idential salute of 21 guns, fired by the National Guard. President Hoover said he has asked the Tariff Commission to in- vestigate the whole tariil schedules to determine whether many com- modities were being given ade- quate protection “in the face of depreciated foreign currency.” HOLBROOK SURVEYS ROAD TO OPEN UP LOCAL TIMBER LOT Wellman (Holbrook, Forest ex- aminer, United States Forest Ser- vice is today locating a temporary road leading from Glacier High- way to a track of timber set aside for free community use a short distance beyond the Switzer dairy venting the entire town from des- ['Split in Camps’ Ends Ladybird’s * * * Three-Year Marital Voyage Camp to Suffer Fate of Ventures on Romance, like fame, is fleeting. That who won fame when she matrimony was with C. E. Moody, at Birmingham, Ala. That idyll en with des, After being £ hriendly n and cruelty after her attempted trans-Atlan rced from Womack, Ruth married at last she had found a man who understood that she was mistaken, for their married life Their divor: Marital Camp Third Romance * * * of Ruth Elder With Walter Flyer’s Two Previous Reno Reef. WaryTer Camp,JR: is as far as it applies to Ruth Elder, Imost flew the Atlantic five years ago with George Haldeman. Ruth’s most recent husband, Walter Camp, son of the late football authority, is the third man with whom she embarked on the marital voyage. He will also be third who has been parted from the glamorous flyer via the divorce court. Ruth’s first venture into a school teacher of Clayton, Ga., whom she married when she was too young to really know her own mind. That ended in the divorce court. Her next was Lyle tric sign salesman of Balboa Heights, Womack, an elec- Panama, whom she wed in 1925 d Ruth flight. p, confident that ires continual clash one of those ded when Womack ch: FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS, FIRE Thirteen Hundred Houses: Are Destroyed— Dynamite Used TOKYO, Oct. 22.—Thirteen hun-i dred houses were destroyed by fire today in the town of Komatsu, 160 miles west of Tokyo. Over 5000 of the inhabitants are homeless. Komatsu has & population of 12,000. The property damage mated at $1,800,000. There were no casualities as far as learned. Troops, equipped with dynamite finally controlled the flames pre- | | \ ] is esti- truction. ————— COUNCIL TRANSACTS ROUTINE BUSINESS Only routine business was trans- acted last night at the regular meeting of the City Council in the Municipal Hall. The principal work consisted of examination of bills and authorization of their payment. ———ee— INDICATION OF 600D BUSINESS Car Loadings Increase Nearly 25,000 Cars Week Ending Oct. 15 ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. — The American Association announced that car loadings for the week ending October 15 totalled 650,- 578 cars. This is en increase of REDLINGSHAFER QUITS DESK FOR FIELD TRIP ‘To pick up camp equipment at Listanski and for 'other work in the Icy Strait section, H. L. Red- lingshafter, [Regional fiscal agent, United States Forest Service, for- sook his desk yesterday and donned the field habiliments of an engin- eer for a few days. He was ac- companied by George Sarvela, as- sistant, and made the ftrip on the Ranger IX. Mr. Redlingshafer will make a long survey and several investiga- tions in Tdaho Inlet and Port Frederick. He will be absent about one week. |being ready and eager for an op- | portunity to fight unemployment | President will be a victory for a {Madison Square Garden on the| DEMOCRATS ARE RARIN’ TO 60, SAYS RITCHIE Ready and Anxious . to Tackle Unemployment, Depression ROOSEVELT VICTORY MEANS JOBLESS AID Addresses Personal - Ques- tion to Hoover About Predicted Millenium DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 22.—Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland, in an address here last night, de- picted the Democratic Party as and business depression. Gov. Ritchie said wvietory for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for man who tramps the streets un- employed through no fault of his own. Referring to the address of Presi- dent Hoover, in which the Presi- dent warned against “false prophets who promise the millennium,” Gov. Ritchie said it is only natural CALVIN CcooL of republicans in Madison Square This Associated Press telephoto shows former President Calvin Coolidge as he addressed thousands of Herbert Hoover and urged his re-election. LAUDS HOOVER’S RECORD IDGE Garden, New York, in a speech in which he praised the administration Laék 0;’ St;ong to ask how much of a millennium which he prophesized in 1928, has come to pass. - e PRESIDENT IS T0 IV TALK NEW YORK CITY Will Make Address Madison Square Gar- den, October 31 NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—President Hoover will deliver an address in in night of October 31, principally for the eastern seaboard states. This was announced last night. ‘With the exception of rear plat-| form talks it will be the dirst| speech the President has delivered in any of the 17 states comprising the Republican eastern division. Madison Square Garden seats 22,000 persons. The President may make a speech at some park in ‘Newark, New Jersey, on his way to New York City. e TOM MIX IS THROWN OFF FAMOUS PONY Actor Seriously Injured in Fight with Film Vil- lain, Duke Lee HOLLYWOOD, Cal. Oct. 22— Daredevil tactics of Tom Mix and his horse Tony, in a western fight- ing film, brought serious injuries to the veteran actor enacting a spectacular stunt yesterday. Mix drove Tony over an em- bankment while fighting Duke Lee, film villian. Mix was thrown over the horse’s head and suffered a slight brain concussion, wrenched leg and many other bruises. U. S. Man Going with Wilkins Submarine OAMDEN, N. J,%Oct. 22.—Ed- ward Clark, of this city, chief quar- An Oddity of SITKA VOTERS BIVE DVATIO T0 DEMOCRAT Dimond, Boyle and Walker Greeted by Largest Ral- ly Ever Held There SITKA Alaska Oct, 22.—Before over 400 voters both sexes being largely represented a crowd that packed the local theatre, Senator A. J. Dimond Democratic nominee for Delegate to 'Congress, Frank A. Boyle, and Norman R. Walker, candidate for Territorial Auditor and Senator mespectively, present- ed their party’s aims and promises to the Sitka electorate last night. It was the biggest political rally ever held in this ancient capital of Alaska, and one of the most enthusiastic. There is not a doubt about the Democrats carrying this community, the only question is how big the majority will be. The three Democratic spokesmen received a great ovation. Senator Dimond presented the Democratic cause in an unusually constructive argument and urged the election of His speech and the shorter talks Peril Strait to Warm Springs Bay quently interrupted by bursts of applause. - The candidates left here shortly after the meeting, proceeding via and Angoon. They will also visit Tenakee and Hoonah and will re- turn to Juneau sometime Sunday. —— GOLD DEPOSIT IS DISCOVERE Extension of Famous South African Reef Is Reported JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 22—Potential gold ore de- posits estimated roughly 278,- 000,000 tons and possibly of vast importance to the Rand gold min- the entire Democratic ticket, Peril Strait to War mSprings Bay | Third Party ROOSEVELT 1932 Campaign " |NGREASES DEMO. NOMINEE; GHEER ADDRESS Presidential Candidate Makes Speeches, 'St. Louis, Louisville STATES POLICIES ABOUT INVESTMENTS Declares Question Is How to Make Present Situation Better LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 22, —Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a large cheering crowd here today that was one of the greatest receptions ever accorded a Presidential candidate. Gov. Roosevelt said: “This is not the first Republican depression we have had in this country. There was a depression in 1921 during the Harding Administration.” Gov. Roosevelt said Presi- dent Harding appointed Her- bert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, to investigate by BYRON PRICE e Aj‘ RATIO One of the strange phenomena Democratic Nominee's Ma- of 1932 is that in a time of such widespread political unsettlement, jority in Total Votes, Percentage Grows no party except the two major | parties expects to- carry a single state. peak, no one denies. Through the 350 W08 {whole campaign runs @ deep CUr-| The Literary Digest, published rent of discussion about doing ynger today's date, shows Gov away with the present classifica- jtion of Democrats and Republi- !cans, and substituting something else. But what? It would seem that somewhere in the diversified concerpts of 48 states would appear a move 10 tion in which all States are repre- give a third party standing room gsenteq give Roosevelt 1,473,446 in the electoral college. The fact votes, Hoover 973,000, minor party is that even the territory which cangiqates 170,372, normally might be expected In today’s Literary Digest tabu- produce the sprouts of a new na- jation 41 States show Roosevelt tional order showns mo sign Of majorities and seven are for Hoo- doing so. |ver. The electoral vote on that In Minnesota, & Governor be- pasis would be 474 for Roosevelf longing to the Farmer-Labor par-'gnq 57 for Hoover. ty is supporting the Democratic| gn the first Literary Digest tab- nominee for [President, and the yiation. Hoover led Roosevelt, but battle concededly is between the gince that Roosevelt has :iot only (two old parties. lincreased his lead but every tabu- i In ‘Wisconsin, which gave her jgtion ghows him with a higher electoral vote to the La Follette gng nigher percentage of the new Progressive Party in 1924, the yoias Hoover's percentage of the Story is much the same. The Pres-ttq] in today's tabulation is 37.19 idential campaign there is between nor cent, Roosevelt’s is 5630 per Hoover and Roosevelt, even in & 'cant The rest of the votes went | city of Milwaukee, which has @ 80- 45 the candidates of the minor | cialist major. |parties. Last week. the percentages If new major parties soon are were Hoover 39.39, Roosevelt 53.54. to appear—and many political Pro-| opne of the significant things in Jects thing it inevitable—it Would 'connestion with the Literary Digest (Seem they must be builded around tapylation is the drift from party some framework which does to party. Of the Roosevelt 1473,~ now exist even in the form of a 446 votes 545997, or nearly 36 per draftsman’s model. cent. voted for Mr. Hoover four vears ago. Of the 973367 votes for Hoover only 59429, or less than 5 per cent voted for Al Smith in 1928, | That the old lines are shaky, and independent voting at a high| Franklin D.., Roosevelt continuing to lincrease his lead over President Hoover in the Presidential poll, bith in numbers and in percent- ages. The total vote in today’s tabula- THOMAS ATTENTION It is true that this year the Socialist nominee for President, !Norman Thomas, has become a| real figure in the campaign. His speeches and his prospects | have been given many columns of | space in leading newspapers of! \the country. Among the political| |leaders themselves, he has attract- jed such attention that some some | ‘Democratic newspapers are telling the voters that “a vote for Thom- las is a vote for Hoover.” WINS Russian Boys Die For Disclosing Father’s Plotting MOSCOW, Oct. 22. — From the little village of Gerasimovka, in the Ural Mountains, came a story of how two young brothers, who | They figure it out that in states|denounced their own father for| 'which are close as between the|counter-revolutionary acts as presi-J‘ Republican and Democratic tick-|dent of the village Soviet, were| ets, every dissatisfied Republican slain for revealing a kulak gang's who goes to Thomas instead of|activities against the State. Roosevelt increases the Mlmmy‘ The newspaper Pioneer Pravda that Hoover will win by a mm,yfpubllshed pictures of the boys, of all the votes cast. Pavil .and Feodor Morozov, 14 and 119 years old, respectively, leaders ranch. It will be about 700 feet| BROWN ARRIVES WITH ONE in length. PRISONER FROM PETERSBURG The work, it was announced, will ~—— be performed by a volunteer crew| Deputy United States Marshal from the local Federal jail. No|C. V. Brown arrived yesterday funds for construction are avail-|from his station in Petersburg with able. one prisoner dn ‘custody—Bertha —_—eto—— Putnam who was recently sentenc- A six-club winter baseball league ed to serve three months in the formed at Oakland, Cal, will con-|local Federal jail and pay a fine tribute 20 per cent of gate receipts|of $500 for violation of the Alaska to charity. Bone Dry Law, termaster aboard the Ngutflis, in OAKLAND LAYS PLANS [which Sis Subert Wikins mace an FOR SPEED CLASSIC ?mgm””“"“’ s Pole announced he will hold same post in another sub- OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 22.—Plans |marine venture of Wilkins. for a national championship auto-| Wilkkins is having a new sub- mobile race to be held here early |marine constructed 'at the Great in November, were announced to-|Lake shipyard, OClark said, and ing industry, have been discovered ‘Estimates of Thomas’ strength in the 408 mile extension of the'sn election day range from 1,- famous Witwaters Rand main reef. 500,000 to 5000,000. Yet this party The announcement today follow= js claiming not one state in the Although the ore reef cODLINUES ers recently predicted the Ameri- many miles, it is 1ot KnoWn can people never would accept in- whether the gold exists in profitable to the first Mne any party which quantities.: goes by the mame of “soclalist.” TIPS BOY OPERATED ON A PARADOX | A perenial paradox of American 14 years old, politics is represented by the Pro- neau High hipition party. undergone 1n the early years of the cen- School, has successfu! Gay coincident with the purchase|bopes to pass under the Polar re- of the Oakland Speedway by the |§ions in a trip from Spitzbergen to Speedway Holding Corporation, Barrow, ; ficitis at an operation for appe St. Ann's hospital. ed an elaborate survey of tWO YEArS. 43 and one of the chief support- | [ Contued o8 page Tron | (of tha ‘village organization of | “young pioneers” who were reported set upon and stabbed as they! |were returning home from the forest. The newspaper did not disclose what happened to the boys’ father. e, Seventeen of 39 players on the University of Nevada football ros- ter are registered from California. — e+ —— Brigham Young University's football team traveled 48 hours by automobile from Provo, Utah, to play Occidental College in Los An- | 1 | the cause of that depression, as h.ead of the special com- mission, The D e m o cratic nominee said that by the time the commission reported, depres- .(sion was all over through natural causes. MISSOURIANS CHEER ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 22.— Before 10,000 cheering Mis- sourians, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nom- inee for President, last night reviewed his policies of deal- ing with various types of in- vestments and charged that the “indifference of the pres- (Continued on Page Two) DEMOCRATS ARE READY FOR BIG RALLY MONDAY Dimond Speaks at Coli- seum at 8 P.M.—Doug- las Meeting Tuesday Democratic leaders today had completed their arrangements for what they believe will be the big- gest political meeting ever held in Juneau next Monday evening at the Coliseum theatre when Sena- tor Anthony J. Dimond, nominee for Delegate to Congress, will ad- dress the voters of this city on the issues of the campaign. The Douglas meeting, originally planned for Sunday afternoon, has been postponed until Tuesday ev- ening. Senator Dimond and his companions, Frank A. Boyle and Norman R. Walker, nominees re- spectively for Auditor and Sena- tor, left Sitka last night and will spend today and Sunday visiting Chatham Strait points, arrived were Sunday evening. Grigsby to Preside 'George B. Grigsby, former Dele- gate to Congress and for many years prominent in the Democratic party in the Territory, will pre- side at the local meeting Mon- day, it was announced today. Oth- er candidates to appear on that occasion include Mr. Boyle, Wil- liam A. Hesse, nominee for High- way Engineer, Mr. Walker, and Mayor Thomas B. Judson, nominee for Representative. Mr. Dimond will make the prin- cipal address. It is expected to be the most important speech he has made in the campaign up to " (Continued on Page Sevem) 9,