The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6190. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBERil(), 1932, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS THREE METHODS ARE DISCUSSED T0 AID DEFICIT Legalizing of Beer for Rev- enue Purposes Is One Proposal EXPENDITURES OF GOVT. WILL BE CUT Uniform Sm—s Tax Also Advanced—Cabinet Holds Session WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. —Sentiment for a three-way assault on the unbalanced Budget appears growing rap- idly on Capitol Hill. Methods generally discuss-| ed for overcoming the deficit, already beyond the $700,000,- 000 mark are as follows: Uniform sales tax. Deep slashes into govern- /méntal expenditures. Legalizing beer for reve- nue. All three questions are highly controversial at the present time, for enactment at the short ses- sion. 5 In some quarters, despite opposi- tion of Prohibitionists, proponents predict Congress will modify the Volstead Act at the coming session of Congress but its reception by President Hoover is not determined. Doubts are expressed by the Wets that enough votes will be obtained to pass the beer enactment over the President’s veto. EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF CABINET CALLED TODAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—After an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet, called by President Hoover today to discuss the Federal Bud- get, Secretary of Treasury Mills said the Budget figures will be for- warded to Congress considerably lower than four billion, one hun- dred and thirry-five million dollars submitted last year. Conferring for nearly two hours, Cabinet members said a reduction in their departments can be ex-| pected. Reduction Be Hard secretary Mills said he has in-| formed Chairman Byrns, of the“ House Appropriations Committee, | that the Administration will “sub- mit estimates you will find hard to reduce.” Presentation of the budgetary estimates by the Administration and subsequent activities of the House Committee last year caused squabbles in the political arena. The deficit this fiscal year al- ready exceeds $700,000,000. ———ao——— MEMORIAL T0 WRIGHT BROS. 1S DEDIGATED Slender Shaft in North Carolina Tells of First Airplane Trip KITTYHAWK, North Carolina, Nov. 19.—A slender granite column, 151 feet above sea level, was dedi- cated here today as a memorial to the Wright Brothers who near- ly 29 years ago launched a new era by transportation by the first successful airplane flight. —— i MRS. SHEPARD RETURNS FEOM TRIP TO SEATTLE Mrs. H. R. Shepard, who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. B. B, Neiding, and family in Seattle, returned home Thursday on the steamer Princess Norah. She was accompanied north from Prince Rupert by her son Royal M., who has been in the Omineca min- ing district for several weeks. 1 (Contiflued on Page Seven) eau Hotel. BUDGET FIGHT G ROWS IN WASHING Kansas Winner Miss Kathryn O’Loughlin, demo cratic representative-elect from the| sixth Kansas’ district, is the firs!| woman elected to the nationa house from Kansas. She defcatec| the republican incumbent, Charles| Sparks. (Associated Press Photo)| BREED CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE FOR SHOOTING Shot George Dick When Latter Charged at Him in Semi-darkness Self-defense was set up today {by Frank Breed, on trial in the district court for killing George Dick at Sitka last June 17, as the reason for his shooting. He said {he was charged by a man, un- |recognizable in the gloom, and |shot not to hit but to scare him |after he had failed to halt Whenl | commanded to do so. | | After the Government had rest-| e¢ its case yesterday afterncon, the defense moved for an instruct- ed verdict of not guilty of murder in the first and second degree and manslaughter and a general verdict of not guilty. Grants Part Of It Judge Justin ‘'W. Harding grant- €d the motion for an instruction of not guilty of first degree mur-| der, and overruled it as to man-) siaughter and a general not guilty | verdict. Afler extended a.rgument,' he also denied it as to murder in| the second degree. Breed was the first witness| called to the stand by the defense! this morning. He Lkad lived in Sitka about eight years, he said, working most of the time at either the Pioneers’ Home or hospital as an attendant. He had also work- ed in the cold storage, prospect- ed, been a trap watchman and a cannery watchman. He said he had known Dick throughout his resiGeénce in Sitka, had always been intimately friend- ly with him and had never had any trouble or disagreement with him, Tells of Visit His story of the visit of the Dick family with him on June 17 varied materially from that told cn the witness stand by Mrs. Dick, chief witness for the prosecution. He declared the family come to his place about 3:30 p. m. and re- mained until 8 or 8:30 o'clock when they all left together. Dick did not stay after that hour, and Mrs. Dick did not come back after him a; she had testified. He said he never saw Dick again to recog- nize him. \After the family had left, he said, he set his beer outside, straight- ened up the house, and went to bed after he had made and drank some tea. Awakened by Noise He said he had slept for some- time when he was awakened by a hammering or pounding on the walls. He didn't arise then, as he was troubled with rheumatism. As he.lay in bed he thought he saw over the foot of his bed someone pass between two rooms and heard @ click as of a door closing in the kitchen. . | States Senate for the short session |Karl Schuyler, Denver lawyer, Re- Mississippi Miss Shows Up DEMOCRATS IN LEAD NOW FOR SHORT SESSION Death of Senator Jones Deprives Republicans of Senate Majority WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. — The Democrats have a plurality of one over the Republicans in the United that will begin next month because of the death of Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washintgon State. The death of Senator Jones leaves 47 Democrats, 46 Republicans, one Farm-Labor Party man, two va- cancies. The other vacancy is in Colorado where Senator Charles W. Waterman, Republican, died. pubican, is leading Walter Walker for the Colorado short term Sena- tor by 714 and seemed sure of election, though the seat is still doubtful. This leaves control of the Sen- ate in Senator Henrik Shipstead, Farm-Labor, until Gov. Roland H. Hartley of Washington appoints a| successor to Senator Jones. Committee Vacancy With the death of Senator Jones there is a vacancy in the Chairman- ship of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah is the ranking Republican member of the committee, He is {already Chairman of the Finance Committee. The question is who| |will take over Jones's duties on the i Appropriations Committee. Senator Frederick Hale of Maine is the ranking Republican next to Senator Smoot. In case of a Democratic organi- zation, which will come with the convening of the Seventy - third Congress if not before, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia is in line for the Chairmanship of.the Ap- propriations Committee. DEMOCRATS LEAD IN BOTH CHAMBERS WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Com- plete unofficial returns show that the Democrats will have 22 major- ity in the Senate and 191 ma- jority over all in the House of Representatives in the Seventy- third Congress. The Senate will have 59 Democrats, 36 Republicans and one Farm-Labor Partyite. The new House of Representa- tives will have 313 Democrats, 117 Republicans and five Farm-Labor Partyites. The present House contains 220 Democrats, 210 Republicans, one Farm-Lahor Partyite, and four va- cancies. Special elections will be called later to fill the House va- cancies.’ —v— GIRL KIDNAPED, CARRIED AWAY, DISTANT STATE at Filling Station in Virginia WINCHESTER, Virginia, Nov. 19. —Eula Wofter, of Jackson, Mis- sissippi, appeared at a filling sta- tion today and said two men had kidnaped her in Jackson and brought her here. They had at- tacked the girl, then abandoned her. She said her kidnapers were one Filipino and one white man. Miss Wofter was taken to a hospital. C. N. R. OFFICIAL HERE ON BUSINESS VISIT H. McEven, representing the Canadian National Railway and Steamship lines, is making a busi- ness visit to Juneau, having arriv- ed yesterday on the motorship Northland. He will remain here several days and then will leave for Ketcnikan, After a brief stay there he will go to Prince Rupert. GARNER WITH catch. (Associated Press Photo) ELECTION DAY FISH While the nation’s voters were casting baliots which made him the next vice president, Speaker John N. Garner spent part of election day fishing near his home town, Uvalde, Tex. He is shown with hia BY ALMOST 3,00 Fifty-one Out of 54 Pre- cints Reported — All but Seven Democratic Fiity-one out of 54 precinets in the First Division, reported to date, give Senator Anthony J. Di- mond, Democratic delegate-elect, a majority of 2,917 over Delegate James Wickersham, candidate for re-election. The re- spective vote for Delegate was: Dimond 4683 and Wickersham 1,766. The Democratic candidate lost cnly seven of the 51 communities reported, and in but one was ‘Wickersham’s majority large. Haines gave the latter a three-vote lead and one or two others were car- ried by him by one and two-vote margins. + Six new precincts were reported today — Shakan, Metlakatla, To- keen, Hydaburg, Yakutat dnd Lor- ing. Dimond and most of the Democrats carried them. 1In the six, Dimond got 258 and Wicker- sham 95. The vote for the Division so far Tecorded is: For Delegate: ‘Wickersham 1,766. For Aftorney General: Paul 1,802; Rustgard 2,115, Truit 2,603. For Auditor: Boyle 3809; Cole 2,530. For Commissioner of Education: Karnes 3,923; Keller 2,402, For Highway Engineer: 4,281; Wann 1767. For Senator: Walker 4,512 For Representatives: Baanovich, 4,066; Green, 3,643; Judson, 3,768; Kehoe, 3743; Hansen 2179; Ku- bley, 2,020; Scruby 2,085; Winn 3337 Dimond, 4,683; Hesse, Johnson, 1,628; Letters Written in 1904 Are Delivered in 1932 PALO ALTO, Cal, Nov. 19.—Let- ters written 28 years ago to W. ‘Walton Edwards, former attorney of Washington, D. C. have reach- ed his family near here, five years after his death, but it was mot the ened when it was razed two years ago and by forwarding them from forwarding address to forwarding address, the post office succceded He is registered at the Gastin- [os. Cal. in ‘locating his family at Los Al IN FIRST DIVISION Republican | fault of the postal service. The let- ters previously delivered to his old | office building, were found unop-! Campaign Is Over, But Politics Has Not Ceased, Still Goes On| DIMOND LEADS By BYRON PRICE Those who feel inclined to heave a sigh of relief because the cam- mflgl is over should remember |that election day does nct mean a | cessation of politics. | Istead it merely marks a tem- | porary landing along the bank of ‘a rushing stream which flows on forever . ‘Whatever pause ensues is of the | briefest. After every election fol- |lows a period of readjustment al- | most as feverish in its activities as the campaign itself. Certain poli- tical debris needs to be cleared away, and parly leaders must ac- climate themselves quickly to new surroundings and new prospects. ‘To this rule 1932 is no excep- tion. Problems of high policy challenge both parlies. For the victorious party, campaign promis- e; began to press for redemption, and long-term planning must be resumed. For the defeated party, there re- mains the critical question of how end where to make a fresh start. The urgency of these matters |arises largely from the constitu- |tional provision which allows no |real breathing-space between the |€lection, and the reconvening of | Congr: Within less than a month after the ballots are count- |ed, politicics resumes its symbols }cn Capitol Hill. In this year, | particularly, the drafting of legis- {lative programs is a matter of the ;grea'tem political concern. PROBLEMS MUST BE MET Vastly important problems, both domestic and foreign, have been shouldered aside for campaign pur- poses. Now they must be met. A new deficit is gouging its way deeper and deeper every day into the fiscal policy of the national government. There is a growing undercurrent of conviction that new taxes must be provided with a minimum of delay. It would be hard to find any subject more Leavily loaded with political dyna- mite. New appropriation bills must be passed between now and July. | practically every member of house and Senate, of whatever party, bas told his constituents to ex- peet reductions in government spending. How and where to prune must be fought out all over again. Both the great parties are newly |pledged to do prohibition. Democrats |publicans alike, but with varying | purposes, are examining whether something should be done |about the tariff. A sional - investigations, rectly out of the incid campaign, already appear DEBTS A QUESTION probable. |thére is much doubt W money will be forthco ‘;onlv have both | (Continued oz Page Seven) shunted Passes Away | | | | | SENATOR JONES! OF WASHINGTON PASSES BEYOND, Strong Prohibition Advo- cate Dies as Result of Heart Ailment | SEATTLE, Nov, 19. United | States Senator Wesley L. Jones is' dead, as the result of an old heart ailment. The end came this morn- ing at 2 o'clock in a Seattle sani- tarium where he went 10 days ago to recover from the fatigue of a political fight against Homer T. Bone, of Tacoma, & Democrat, who was elected to the Senate. Senator Jones had hoped to leave the sani- tarium in about two weeks for the National Capital. He had been in bad health since a series of opera- tions three years ago. | The Senator died quietly with his son, Harry Jones, Seattle at- torney, and his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Coffin, of Yakima, at the T0 60 TO HiGHER PLAGE IN STATES career as senior United States Sen- ator from Washington, Wesley Liv- sey Jones achieved a reputation as a Senator of Prohibition enforce- 1J. Volstead, father of the national Prohibition law. | i It was in the last session of s |the 70th Congress that Senator JaCk Kearne}' Mhde Admg Agent of Pacific Steam- ship Company Here RSIOCIATED PRESS (®UNDRRWOOD S W. L. JONES United States Senator from Washington dies in Seattle sani- tarinm. ment legislation that gave him rank | with former Representative Andrew Jones became author of a law| which drastically increased the pen-! alties for Prohibition violations. The | act provided a penalty of five years imprisonment or a fine of $10,000,f Brice H. Howard, Juneau agent or both, for first violations of the of the [Pacific Steamship Com- dry statute. (pany, has been called to the trans- Enactment of the measure gain- Portation corporations headquarters ed for the Senator widespread pub-|in Seattle to accept a higher po- licity that virtually obscured his tion with the company. He will previous legislative accomplish- leave here the last of this month. ments, which had included the His assistant, Jack Kearney, has passage of the Merchant Marina been appointed acting agent for acts of 1920 and 1928. the steamship company in this city. Prohibition Advocate | Informaticn concerning the pro- | Senator Jones was an ardent ad- vocate of Prohibition and in his campaigns he received the endorse- ment of the Anti-Saloon League. ure, he had sponsored a ‘“bone- dry” advertising In dry States. The two merchant marine acts were designed to build up private- ly-owned American shipping and encourage merchant marine opera- tions in this country so that the Government's. activities in shipping would be discontinued. Another piece of important legislation, of which he was a sponsor, was the Mississippi flood control act of 1928. During the World War Senator Jones fathered a number of laws Besides the increased penalty meas- | law for Alaska and, before| the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment, an act barring liquor motions was received yesterday in a radio message from A. F. Haines, vice-president of the Pacific Steam- ship Company and of the American Mail Line, with offices in Seattle. | Gist of Message The message stated that the Pa- cific Steamship Company proposed | to locate Mr. Howard in Seattle or California; asked him to be in Seattle as soon as possible after | iDecember 1, and announced Mr. |Kearney as acting agent for the| winter months. | Mr. Howard replied, accepting | {the transfer | “The communication from Mr.| Haines came as a surprise to me,” | Mr. Howard said. “I had not soli- cited a transfer. In many respects, | I regret to leave Juneau. My work | |here has been congenial. I have |numerous friends. In going away, | | aiding soldiers and sailors. Among|] shall have to sever many of the| them were the increase of travel MOst pleasant associations of my pay allowance for discharged sex'\'-}m"' |the rear of the Arnold home. ice men from three to five cents a| mile; the requirement that the| Government furnish uniforms and| other equipment to officers at cost; (Continued on Page Five) ——,——— WOMAN SLAIN; BOY AND AUTO BOTH MISSING Chicago Police Have An- other Mystery Case to Unravel CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—The body of Mrs. Ellen Saxe was found today in 4 cistern behind the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Arnold. She had apparently been killed by a shot behind the ear or struck by a blunt instrument. Mrs. Saxe, who was Mrs. Arnold’s mother, and Arnold’s 16-year-old- son, by a former marriage, have been missing as is also a small automobile, kept in a garage in Greater Business Opportunity “I feel, however, that 1 should not forego the chance to enter a field that I think will offer me greater opportunity in my line of business.” Mr. Howard will depart on the steamship Admiral Rogers, which sails south November 30 and which orrives in Seattle December 4. Mrs. Howard and the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard will re- main in Juneau until Mr. Howard's plans in the States have been more cefinitely determined. Mr. Howard has been with the Pacific Steamship Company fif- teen years. His first five years of service were in Seattle. He has been in Alaska ten years At Anchorage Three Years He was agent at Anchorage in charge of passenger and freight matters there and throughout the Interior of the Territory for three years. He came to the Juneau agency just seven years ago this month and has been here ever i | DRY LEADER, MISSING FOR MONTHS, IS DISCOVERED TON COL. RAYMOND ROBINS FOUND, N. C. VILLAGE Victim of Amnesia, Friend of President Hoover, Is Located DISAPPEARED DURING MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Man Who I\X(:xd—e Fortune in Klondike Posed Under Name of Rogers ASHEVILLE, North Caro- lina, Nov. 19.—Col. Raymond Robins, dry leader and prom- inent friend of President Heover, who disappeared Sep- tember 3, was discovered Thursday in an obscure moun- tain village in Western North Carolina, a victim of amnesia. The announcement of the dis- covery of Col. Robins was made last night. He was identified by his nephew, John Dreier, of New York, who brought the Colonel to a sanitarium here and placed him under the care of a physician, Sound Physically Dreler said Col. Robins wasg sound physically and in perfect control of his ordinary mental faculties but did not qualify the apparent discrepancy that his uncle sulfers from amnesia. The Associated Press learncd that Col. Robins had been living in the village of Whittier, in a boarding house under the name of Rogers. Col. Robins was discovered by two Prohibition agents who were working in that vicinity on other business. Fortune in Klondike Col. Robins is 59 years -of age. He made a fortune in the Klondike, following the gold rush and later engaged in Prohibition philan~ thropic work. Several days ago, it was re- ported from Boston, that Col. Robins had been drowned by rum runners, off the Atlantic Coast as the result of his work against violators, especially in Florida. Col. Robins, on September 3, had a date with President Hoover, When he failed to keep it a search was started which spread to all parts of the country. GLAD ROBINS LOCATED 5:LISBURG, Nov. 19.—Director of the Bureau of Prohibition Amos W. W. Woodcock said today he was very glad that Col. Robins had been located. Director Woodcock said he was in New York Cily last Wednesday and received a tip as to where Col. Robins could be found. Woodcock said he notified Fed- eral Deputy Prohibition Agent Ed- ward Kanipe, at Asheville, and the latter found him. Woodcock said his informant asked that his name be not revealed. —————— HITLER MAKES ONE MORE BID T PRESIDENT Confers with Von Hinden- burg—Another Ses- sion on Tuesday BERLIN, Nov. 19.—Adolf Hitler, making what may be a most pow- erful bid for leadership in the Ger- man government, talked for an since. Mr. Kearney has been assistant agent of the Pacific Steamship Company since March, 1929. For six years previously, he was wharf- inger at Juneau's Municipal Whar{. Mr. Kearney first came to Alaska in 1913, and from then until 1923 The Arnolds said the lad could not drive the car and the father believes Mrs. Saxe’'s slayer kid- ngped the boy, i he lived at Douglas. During a rt of the time of his residence in Douglas he was employed by the Treadwell Gold Mining Com- pany. tour today with President von Hin- denburg. Hitler emerged smiling from the conference and said he would see the President again next Tues- day. — GIRL BORN TO MRS. BLACK Mrs. James Black is the mother of a daughter born Thursday at St. Ann’s Hospital. The new ar- rival weighs eight pounds.