The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY “4LL THE NEWS VOL. XL., NO. 6168. ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1932, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY GREATEST CROWD IN LOCAL HISTORY CHEERS DIMOND 60V, ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES BIG CROWD IN SOUTH Southerners Pack Auditor- ium in Atlanta to Hear' Nominee NEW POLICIES ARE GIVEN AN OUTLINE Discusses Hoover’s ~ Atti- tude Toward Farmer— Says Action Needed ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL, Oct. 25.—Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt, Democratic nominee for Presi- dent, is today homeward bound on the final stages of his last ex- tensive stumping tour, with the exception of a short trip to the New England States, and is push- ing rapidly northward across two Southern States that voted for Hoover in the last election. Brief stops are scheduled during the day in North Carolina and Virginia before his speech tonight in Baltimore, Maryland, which will bs broadcast over the Columbia Broadeast System, 5 o'clock Pacific Standard Time. Gov. Roosevelt told Democratic Jeaders he believed he is certain to be elected. ADDRESS AT ATLANTA ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 25— Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt carried his campaign into a real Southern State last night in a political ad- dress here in which he said the object of the Democratic Party must be the “rebuilding of rural civilization in America.” Auditorium Jammed Speaking before a crowd of Southerners that jammed the At- lanta Auditorfum to the rafters, Gov. Roosevelt said, “I am, more- over, enough of an American to believe such restoration and return of prosperity to this country will do more to effectuate world recov- ery than all promotional schemes of lending money to backward and crippled countries could do in gen- erations. America First “In this respect I am for Am- erica first.” In addition to advocating re- habilitation of «agriculture, Gov. Roosevelt advocated reforestat’ for the older States in the Union. Turning his attention to Hoover, Gov. Roosevelt said the President in his acceptance speech, said, in substance, that the farmers must wait for a long and weary process of industrial reconstruction before aid could come to them. Action Needed “I pelieve,” said Roosevelt ' “that we ought to have in Washington, D. C., a little less research and a little more thinking, fewer figures, more ideas, fewer commissions and more leadership. We ought to have less vacillation and more ac- tion.” J. L. FREEBURN HERE ON BRIEF SOJOURN J. L. Freeburn, General Manager of the Chichagof mine on Chicha- gof Island, is in Juneau, having arrived on the steamship Yukon last night from Ketchikan. He was in Ketchikan several days on business in connection with mining property in which he is interested in that district. He plans to take passage Thursday evening on the motorship Estebeth for Chichagof. — DELZELLE GOES SOUTH Ben Delzelle, local merchandise broker, was a passenger outbound on the Alaska last night. Mr. Del- zelle is making a brief business trip to Seattle, and will return to Juncsau in about two weks, Shame on You! To Go Around Scaring Bears i DENVER, Col, Oct. 25.—Some time last summer, it has become known, Carl Kessler, a tourist, ad- dress unknown, was fined $5 for {rightening a bear. The fine was assessed by Ray Baxter, commissioner of [Rocky Mountain National Park, but he said nothing about it at the time. An auditor's report just disclosed the fine. The bear, a 3-year-old, was black before Kessler scared him, but may be -white mow. The report doesn’t say what Kessler did, but many tourists would like to know his system. Norris 1l LaFollette Substitutes 'Gove'rno r of Wisconsin Makes Speech in Be- half of Roosevelt SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 25.—0On one hour’s notice, Gov. Phillip F. LaFollette, Republi- can, motored here from his home in Madison, Wisconsin, last night to speak in behalf of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt's candidacy for President, sub- stituting for United States Sen- ator George W. Norris, Inde- pendent Republican of Nebraska, who went to the hospital with a severe cold and throat in- fection. Senator Norris's condition is not considered serious, how- ever. It was the first occasion Gov. LaFollette has spoken for Gov. Roosevelt although his brother, Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr, announced last week he would support Roosevelt. QUIET SESSION DEVELOPS FOR STOCK MARKET Only Fractional Changes Reported — Closing Tone Is Easy NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—The Stock Market developed a few soft spots today in an extremely quiet ses- sion. Most of the price changes were of fractional proportions. The closing tone was easy. Today's turnover was 700,000 shares. Wheat Drops The market held fairly well in the face of a substantial drop of wheat in Chicago but the traders were more concerned with United States Steel's preferred dividend action which was to be announced after today's close. List Is Heavy Ths list was somewhat heavy A .mg the afternoon and several issues were off one to three points but losses were reduced in the last hour. Drug Incorporated lost three points. International Business Ma- chines lost three points. United States Steel, preferred, was off one point at the close. American Telephone and Telegraph and American Can closed fraction- ally lower than yesterday. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 25—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 11'%, American Can 50%, Ana- conda 8%, Bethlehem Steel 17%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, 2, 2; Fox Films 2%, General Motors 12%, Interna- tional Harvester 20%, Kennecott 10, Packard Motors 2%, United States Steel 34%, Calumet and Hec- la 3%, Chrysler 13%, Colorado Fuel and Iron 7, Columbian Carbon 25%; Continental Ofl 5%, Standard Brands 14%, American Power and Light 9, Safeway Stores 45%, Du- pont 33%, Canadian Pacific 13%. —— HOOVER TAKES IT EASY TODAY Receives Five Cabinet Members — Campaign Plans Unannounced WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. — With the Presidential ballot boxes open- ing two weeks from today, Presi- dent Hoover held in abeyance his final decision on plans for the re- mainder of the campaign. The President received five Cab- inet members this morning and de- voted the remainder of the day to speech writing and governmental business. First Passenger Outlives Railroad BIGFORK, Minn, Oct. 25.— Charles Coonen, Bigfork pioneer, was a passenger on the Minneap- olis and Rainy River Railroad when it made its first trip 32 years ago, and also was a passenger on the recent final trip of the road into Grand Rapids, Minn, SMITH BOOSTS NAT'L. TICKET IN FINE TALK Says Election of Roosevelt- Garner Will Solve Econ- omic Problems TWENTY THOUSAND CHEER FORMER GOV. Says Republicans Have Not Attempted to Crack Even One Hard Nut NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 25. —Alfred E. Smith, former Gover- nor of New York, and Democratic Presidential candidate in 1928, be- fore a crowd estimated by the po- lice at 20,000, concluded his first national campaign speech last night by declaring that nothing but the election of the Roosevelt- Garner ticket would solve the economic problems of America. The immense crowd was in an uproar virtually throughout the entire speech. Big Demonstration The call for a Roosevelt-Garner victory set off a demonstration in the vast auditorium which lasted many minutes and the speaker again and again smiling waved for order so he could continue. The former Governor wound up his address by asking the audience to sez if it could find one import- ant public question on which the Republicans have made a reason- ably good attempt to settle. “Instead of that we have re- ceived a program and threat that if the Republican Party is defeated the return of prosperity will be retarded,” said Smith. Demicrats Have Solution “I deny that emphatically and state the election of “the Demo- cratic ticket is the best way to solve these problems and the best way to bring back prosperity is by the election of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Speaker John Nance Garner.” The crowd was reluctant to leave after the speech was concluded. When it did, continuous cheers for Roosevelt, Garner and Smith ‘were heard for many minutes on the streets as the members of the aud- |ience went to their homies. Cheered at Departure When the former Governor ap- peared from the rear entrance of the auditorium he was given a cheering farewell as great as his appearance on the speaker’s plat- form brought out a welcome cheer- ing. TEN THOUSAND TON CRUISER T0 BE BUILT Bids Are Asked by Navy for New Craft—To Cost $17,000,000 WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. — To keep the United States up to the treaty strength of cruisers, the Navy intends to t work next year on another vessel of the cruiser type. Bids have been invited for a 10,000 ton, 8-inch gun cruiser to oly $17,000,000 to 1936 which will give the' United States 16 cruis- ers of this type. TUnder the London Treaty, the 17th cruiser can be started in 1934, and the 18th the year fol- lowing. Work on the new cruiser will start after March 1, next year. Girl, 16, Rebuked by Brother, Kills Self CHICAGO, Oct. 25.—Because her ‘brother upbraided her for not keeping his dresser drawer full of clean shirts, Eleanor Benedict, sixteen, took her life by swallow- ing poison, police were told. The brother told officials his sister retired to her bedroom fol- lowing the argument, came out and announced she had taken poi- son. ————————— RUDOLPH RETURNS Thomas Rudolph, of the local radio staff, returned on the Yukon this morning after a vacation trip |in the states, W oman Communist to Pilot ; Reichstag Speakership Vote BERLIN, Oct. 25. To the chagrin of Nationalists of almost every hue, Clara Zetkin, ‘“grand- mother of the revolution,” again appears as the probable presiding officer at the opening session ‘of the next Reichstag. When the 75-year-old Communist left the rostrum on August 30, after piloting the House through the election of a Speaker, the Nazis called after her: “Once, but never again!” The Hitlerites had intended to change the rule which gives the opening gavel to the oldest mem- ber, but the sudden dissolution of September 12 made this plan im= possible. { Those who know the veteran wo= man fighter, insist she will claim her right if she is dean Of the new House. Hence the only way to keep her out of the chair Will be for some party to elect on Novem- ber 6 a member who is moré than 70 years old. | Germany, going through her fifth major campaign within a year, has been hearing radicalism preached with greater vehemence than in the other campaigns. The National Socialists, or "Ni no longer can plead for an author- itary government, imbued with' na- tionalism, for the von Papen Cabi~ net fills that bill. Hence . thelr, newspapers teem with appeals’ to overthrow the economic emergency degree of von Papen on the ground that the measure benefits the rich alone. t The Catholic center, usually| known for its moderation and its| offort to compose differences be- tween the classes, also is stressing this issue. Typical of their cam- paign talk is this utterance by Jo-| hann Becker: | “We must conduct an impas- sioned fight against social reaction as embodied in the von Papen eco- nomic emergency decree. The work- ers must be stirred and incited to an extent that will make it im- possible for the police to dissalve the meetings.” The Social Democrats too are in- creasingly radical and Paul Loebe, their former Speaker of the Reich-| stag, demand in his stump speech- es that the Reich take over the key | industries, such as coal, iron, steel, cement, chemicals and banking. Outdoing all others, the Com-| munist Party continues to agitate for a Soviet Germany. Of the five major political groups, only Hugenberg's Nationalists, are| present economic order. b o ] DEVELOPER OF UTAH BANKING PASSES AWAY William W. Armstrong Dies After Lingering Illness, at Salt Lake City SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 25.—William W. Armstrong, aged 67 years, prominent in financial and industrial affairs in the -Inter-| mountain country, died here yes- terday following a lingering ill- ness. The development of the banking business in this region of the United States was due perhaps to Armstrong more than any other individual. He had his initial experience in that business at Irving, Kans. where in three years he ross from clerk to owner of the Armstrong | bank. When he was 25 he sold his interest in Kansas and moved to Balt Lake City. For the next nine years Mr. Arm- | strong occupied himself with a va- | riety of positions, including ecash- ier of the National Bank at Nephx.i Utah, then secretary and credit| man of a hardware company at | Salt Lake City and for "®Wo years| assistant manager of the Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Electric Light Company. Again Takes Up Banking In 1899 he again took up bank- ing when he became cashier and director of the First National Bank | ot Park City, Utah. Later he re- turned to Salt Lake City, where he organized the National Copper Bank and then the Bankers' Trust | Company. Extending his aectivities to other mountain states, Mr. Armstrongz| established the National Copper | Bank in Bast Ely, Nevada, the McGill National Bank at McGill, Nev., the Bannock National Bank at Pocatello, Ida., and the Kem- " (Gontinued on Page Sevem —_ Clara Zetkin, aged German Communist, may again wield the gavel in opening the next Reichstag. SEARCHSTARTS FOR HUNTERS IN “ OVERDUE BOAT IFive in Party and Captain of Craft Left Saturday Fears are entertained for for St. James Bay, Lynn Canal, intending to return here Sunday night and from whom nothing has campaigning for retention of thelpeen heard since their departure. With the purpose of finding some the United States Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa and the power boat Ace left port today trace of them, to institute thorough searches. The missing hunters are George E. Hall, son of Mr. Thomas E. Hall, Laundry; and Mrs Territorial Building; C. T. Rudolph who is in the wood-hauling busi- and Elliott Thompson. Captain With Boat In addition to these, ness, W. W Sparks, of Ketchikan, owner of the gasoline power boat Warrigal, which was chartered for the out- i istes ing, is believed to have left with|Borhy Of Alaskans bo ;’D;";i” i | the craft as skipper. St. James Bay is some 10 miles ed than they were under the or- or so from Point Retreat. All the hunters were expected 10| “ajaepg oamot fix the qualifica- tions of jurors, legislate upon the qualifications of voters, bone dry law that was foisted up- him some 15 years ago, have nothing to say about l;e back in time to take up their customary business activities Mon- day. When they did not return and no word had been received concerning them this' morning, their failure to arrive was reported to United States Commissioner Charles Sey. He communicated with Capt. C. H. Dench, Commander of the Tallapoosa. Came Here Last Evening The Tallapoosa came to Juneau her patrol of evening and had planned to return directly to this afternoon early next for fuel oil from halibut waters last halibut patrol dut and continue until month. In going to the she will make thoro the missing hunti radio results to the The powerboat A skippered by Al chartered today by proprietor of the Company Store, and and left with them for St Bay in the hope of missing men. In going on the Saturday night, Mr. Hal dolph, Mr. Brown, Mr M. Thompson, motored neau to Tee Harbor embarked on the Wa The Warrigal, gasolin is 31 feet long, 8 feet wide, 4 fee deep. She was built Va., in 1908, fishing banks, search for party and Commisioner. ., owned and Weathers, W powered, at i |OF BEING INSINCERE the safety of a boating party of hunt- ers who left Juneau Saturday night of the Capital R. R. Brown, employ2d at the United Food Company; Carl Jensen, janitor at the Federal and GRIGSBY FLAYS ENTIRE RECORD OF WICKERSHAM Former Delegate Urges El- ection of Senator Di- mond to Congress ACCUSES WICKERSHAM Hesse and Walker Make| Strong Addresses to Complete Big Rally Predicting that Senator Anthony J. Dimond would be overwhelm- ing elected Delegate to Congress from Alaska and that his victory | would forever eliminate Delegate | Wickersham from MTerritorial poli- tics, former Delegate George B. Grigsby devoted some 15 minutes to a satirical swan song for the Alaska's present representative in Congress, His sallies drew fre- quest gusts of laughter and rounds of applause. Mr. Grigsby introduced the sev- eral speakers, Senator Dimond, Highway Engineer Willlam A Hesse and Norman R. Walker, candidate for Senator. Honored by Selection “I feel highly honored by the selection to co-operate in this meeting with Senator Dimond, who doesn't like to talk about the other fellow, and that gives me the privilege of doing so. I do not hesitate to talk about Wickersham. {In fact I welcome the opportunity, since he has always been glad to talk about me, and has talked about Senator Dimond in the pres- ent campaign. “And this is tne last time that anybody will have a chance to discuss Wickersham as a candidate for office. I have been discussing him in that light since 1912, and now that we have him ready for political burial, I wouldnt miss the opportunity for a million dol- lars,” asserted Mr. Grigsby with & typical Grigsby grin on his face. Limited Local Power He declared what “Wickersham ‘had done during his earlier terms as Delegate is now ancient history. He charged that he had fastened upon Alaska the most restricted form of Territorial government ‘|that eny American Territory had| ever had, and that today as the *|result of his lack of faith in the government are even more curtail- iginal Organic Act. Two Local Candidates Yield All Their Time to Associates Two candidates for office on the Democratic ticket, who were on the platform at last night's rally at the Coliseum Theatre did nci utter one word. But it wasnt considered neces- sary. They voluntarily yield- ed all of the time offered to them to the out of town candidates, and to the pre- siding officer, George B. Grigsby, in order that local residents could get better acquainted with them. The “silent candidates” were Judge Frank A. Boyle, nominee for Auditor, and Mayor Thomas B. Judson of this city, who is a candi- date for the House of Rep- resentatives, the only one on the Democratic ticket north of Ketchikan. Both have resided here 20 years or more. Both have held public office here, and are too well known to their fellow townsmen to make it necessary for them to make any pleas for votes at a political meeting. DIMOND MAKES FINAL SPEECH THIS EVENING Democrats of Douglas to Stage Meeting at Eagles Hall This Evening Tonight at the Eagles Hall at Douglas, Senator Anthony J. Di- mond and fellow candidates on the Democratic ticket will close their speaking campaign in the northern end of the Division with a rally that promises to be as large as any of those held since they opend their active drive at Skag- way last Tuesday. Senator Dimond, who scored the most significant success in local political mistory at the record- breaking Caliseum Theatre meet- ing last night, will be the princi- pal speaker. He will be support- ed by Judge Frank A. Boyle, nom- inee for Auditor, Wiliam A. Hesse, for Highway Engineer, Norman R. Walker, for Senator, and Mayor Thomas B. Judson of this city, candidate for the House of Rep- resentatives. Leave For South Immediately following the meet- on them by was samuel Light, United Food Harry Lee James finding the 1ting outing Mr. Ru- Jensen and from Ju- e they Norfolk, the administration of its game and fish resources, fix the length of residence for divorce actions and are handcuffed by many other re- strictions. “So today we stand farther removed from self-govern- ment than we ever were, and on our way to a perpetual government by Federal bureaucracy,” declared Mr. Grigsby. Rests With Voters “It is up to you,” he continued, “to the voters of Alaska to say if you want to wallow along that sys- tem or get a ‘new deal’ and get out in the one way that you still have—that is by electing a Demo- cratic ticket that is wholly in sym- | pathy and in harmony with the | Democratic administration that will be given national power beginning next March.” ‘Wickersham claims this is a critical period in Alaska's career, and no time to change its repre- sentation in Washington; that it/ takes two years for a new man to get onto the ropes so he can do effective work. “What has he |ever done asked Mr. Grigsby. “He has been there 11 years and +|with all of his experience he has| t|done less than nothing. ing at Douglas, all of the candi- dates with the possible exception of Mr. Hesse, will board the schooner Sitka for the south. They will visit Kake, Petersburg and nearby precincts/ and Wrangell There they will be met by F. U. PBaranovich, on his own boat, to which they will transfer and, af- ter speaking at Wrangell, they will head for the west coast of | Prince of 'Wales Island for an in-| tensive campaign of several days duration. Close at Ketchikan i They will visit every important precinct on the west coast, making | a number of ‘speeches. They will| proceed from there to Ketchikan | to wind up the drive, arriving there; a few days before the election. It is hoped by them to be able/ to go to Hyder, probably by air-| plane. The final meeting is slat- ed for Ketchikan on Monday even- ing, November 7. ——,———— Economic Crisis Passed During Past Summer WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia, Oct. 25. — Two committees of the Investment Bankers Association reported today that investigations show- ed the summer of 1932 wit- nessed the actual passing of “He didn't stay in Washington (CoDtinuce on Page TWO) the economic crisis in this country, Democratic Speakers Clarify Issues With Brilliant Addresses BENEFITS FROM HOME RULE ARE APTLY DEFINED Dimond Outlines Party Doctrines and Platform in Great Speech SPEAKS TO GREATEST CROWD, RECORD HERE Dedicates Himself to Bring- ing Self-Government to Territory Probably witin a premonition of victory before him, Senator An- thony J. Dimond, Democratic nom=- inee for Delegate, last night pledg- ed himself to work seriously and earnestly for Home Rule for Al- aska, in an address to an audience of more than 1,100 persons that jammed the Coliseum theatre to capacity. Standing room was at a premium and more than 200 people were turned away because of the lack of seating accommo- dations. 1t was the largest crowd ever assembled in the theatre, and big- ger than any audlence ever gath- ered together in Juneau to hear a political speech. Forceful, Able Address Senator Dimond's speech was one of the most constructive political addresses ever made to a Juneau audience. It was forceful, straight to the point and enlivened through by flashes of humor that kept the big crowd in a receptive mood from beginning to end. Maybe it was composed entirely of Dimond supporters anyway, but if it wasn't, before the end of the speech it was so nearly unanimous that even a Department of Justice investi- gator couldn't have distinguished a discordant note when the speak- er concluded his remarks and the great crowd slowly made its way to the exits. He drew the line sharply between actual belief in and advocacy of Territorial control of all local re- sources and affairs, and pretended belief in them. And he indicted Republican leadership for tying up natural resources and limiting lo- cal authority throughout the his< tory of Alaska under the American flag. Hails Next Delegate George B. Grigshy, who presided, was enthusiastically ap plauded when he introduced ‘Senator Di- mond as the “next Delegate from Alaska to Congress.” Mr. Grigsby said he had no sore spots from the late primary election which resulted in the nomination of the Valdez Senator and urged his own supporters to work loyally for the election of his successful rival “In the four campaigns I have made for Delegate, Senator Dimond has always introduced me to au- diences, but I am now going him one better; I now have the pleas- ure and honor of introducing the next Delegate from Alaska to Congress,” he concluded. Senator Dimond prefaced his remarks with an appreciation of Mr. Grigsby’s statement, and of his generous offer, at the time of the accident that resulted in his own temporary disability, to cam- paign the Territory for him. He characterized Grigsby as the ablest man in public life in Alaska. Platform Harmoniously Supported Republican leadership has been a total failure as far as Alaska is concerned, Senator Dimond told his audience. It has inflicted on the Territory a series of with- drawals of natural resources, im- posed restrictions upcn all forms of endeavor and substituted a gov- ernment of regulation by Federal authority for one of local legisla- tion that all other American ter- ritories have enjoyed. It has even denied fo Alaskans the right to use patural resources such as oth- er Territories have possessed and upon which prosperous common- wealths have been built. “The Democratic party offers (Continued on Page Eight)