The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6278. JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NATION IS READY FOR INAUGURATION HUNDREDS KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE, TIDAL WAVE ONE THOUSAND INJURED, 500 ARE MISSING Double Dis;sl_er Hits 300 Miles of Coastal Line of Japan SCORES OF VILLAGES, HAMLETS LEVELLED No Report Received from Many Other Sections Which Are Affected TOKYO, Japan, March '3— Five hundred and forty-five persons are known to have been killed, at least 1,000 seriously injured and over 500 missing as the result ofz a quake and tidal wave which| q : | swept the 300 miles of the| coastal line of the Prefect-| ures of Iwate, Miyago and| Aomoro. No reports have been re- ceived from several sections. Scores of villages and ham- lets have been entirely lev-| eled. The greater portion of the v,hriv- ing ports of Kamaishi with a p:rpu- lation of 23,000, Maiyako with 16,- 000 population, Yamato and Aomoro are reported to have been de- stroyed. Although the destruction was confined virtually to Iwate, Miyago, and Aomoro Prefectures, all on the eastern section of Hondo or Honshu Island were roughly shaken. The quake was fell even on the neighboring island of Hokkaido to the north. The liner Heian Maru, from Se- attle, 400 miles off Yokohama, shiv- ered because of the submarine dis- turbance. e e—— BODY OF SEN. WALSH NOW IN CAPITAL CITY Burial Will —B?in Montana Beside Grave of His First ‘Wife WASHINGTON, March .—The body of United BStates Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, who died suddenly yesterday morning on a train at Wilson, North Caro- lina, enroute here with his bride, arrived last night, accompanied by the widow. The body will be bur- ried deside his first wife in Mon- tana. Because of Senator Walsh's death, . many functions planned during the inauguration will be curtailed to some extent. Senator Walsh had been chosen by Roosevelt to be his Attorney General in his cabinet. FUNERAL ON MORNDAY WASHINGTON, March 3. — A state funeral for the late Senator Walsh will be held in the Capitol Monday, it was announced late this afternoon. e ee—— "MAYOR CERMAK IS RECOVERING; CONDITION FINE MIAMI, Florida, March 3.—May- or Anton J. Cermak is reported in splendid condition today, the best since a week ago. Tt is now be- Guiseppe Zangara is shown surrounded by deputies when he was first taken into Miami, Fla, crim. inal court after he attempted the assassination of President-elect Roosevelit. He later entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 80 years imprisonment. was charged with attempted murder. (Associated Press Photo) ‘ |Homer Cummings STOCK PRIGES |2onsr gommine SURGE UPWARD, | 2. HOLD TO GAINS Pr(.nli n(- ROD‘L‘\C". an- nounced this afternoon the temporary appointment of Ho- Proposed Constructive Leg- islation Aids to Stim- ulating Market mer S. Cummings, ¢f Connec- ticut, as Atterney General. Cummings will later go to the Philippines to become Gover- ner General. e e INSPECTOR OF AVIATION FOR NEW YORK, March 3.—A sudden bulge appeared in financial mar- kets today and while it settled somewhat later, prices generally finished hifher and stock surgcdY up one to nearly five points and then lost roughly half of the gains. The final tone was firm. Today's transfers totaled 1,500,000 shares. | The upward impetus was evi- dently gained chiefly from sho coverings but spread from specula- tive markets to investment bonds| which scored substantial recoveries.| Second Hour Trading The upswing of stocks came chief- ly in the second hour but was car- ried on later by commodities. The { William Shields Will Come! North This Month to Take Position FAIRBANKS Alaska March 8.—| The Division of Aeronautics, De- an- Five persons were woundzd by the gunman. ALASKA NAMED He thrown COUNGIL MEETS TONIGHT; MANY ARE TO ATTEND Improvemmt District Ordi-, nance Creates Stir Among Property Owners 2 i | Y | At its first March |be held this eveming in Council |Chambers in City Hall, the City Council will take up for final dis- ! position the ordinance authoriz- ying the establishment of improve- Iment districts for permanent street betterments and sewer in- stallation. This bill has had its | first two readings. Allen Shattuck, former President of the Chamber of Commerce and |leading realtor of the city, yester- |day at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, declared the ordinance vested the Council with unlimited | power of taxation; dnd urged prop- erty owners to study the bill so meeting, to upswing is attributed chiefly expectations of constructive an- nounements from the new Federa to {partment of Commerce, has | they could voice their views to the {nounced the appointment of Wil-| council this evening. rnam Shields as permanent Avia-| mpjsoyssion of the measure was tion Inspector for Alaska. Shields according to the advices! received here, will come north| {about the middle of this month. Previously inspectors have been {sent to Alaska only once or twice| a month. - e WAITRESS IS FOUND SLAIN Body Dlscovered Undel‘I Auto Parts—Missing | Since Dec. 22 TACOMA, Wash, March |Huddled face downward under Tk |covering of rusted auto parts, CLOSING PRICES TODAY {body of Mrs. Grace Stonquist. NEW YORK, March 3.—Closing!ic) ‘wajtress, has been identified by quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| ¢ .nac The body was found last stock today is 11%, American Can |night. The coroner said death ‘”‘ American Power and L‘K““'came from a blow over the left 4%, Anaconda 5%, Bethlehem Steel| eye. She had been missing m,ce 12, Calumet and Hecla, no sale,lDeLember 22. Curtiss-Wright 1%, North Ameri-| can 20%, Fox Films.1%, General| Motors 10%, International Harvest-| er 16%, Kennecott 7%, Packard[ Motors 2, Safeway Stores 30%, Standard Brands 15, United smu:; Steel 26%, Westinghouse Electric[ 22%. Government. Chemical and Case shot up four points and then settled back onej point. United States Steel, pre- ferred, rose nearly five points and lost half. American Telephone and| Telegraph was up more than three! and one-half points, and then re- acted one point. Steel Advances United States Steel, common, advaneed three poinfs but was cut in half before the close. Issues closing one to two points higher included American Can, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, American Tobacco B, Consolidated Gas, Du- pont, Drug, American Smelting, Standard Oil of New Jersey and General Motors. * General Electric did not chan.;'c‘ today. 3. CHICAGO, March 3.—A score of persons narrowly - escaped serious| injury when a twenty,five-pound Y e 3 Ieicle i cussion. the | ho- MRS. FRANK REED crashed through the sky-| general throughout the town yes- terday and today. Much interest and some concern was manifested by property owners who, despite publicity given to the matter for |some tme, had not paid any at- ! | tention to it. Many were prepar- ing to appear before tli¢ Council tonight and take part in the dis- It was said that a num- ber of substantial property owners would ask for delay of some two weeks in order that 'a more thor- ough study could be made. B oo RAY STEVENS LEAVES FOR VACATION SOUTH ! Ray Stevens left for the south on the Northwestern this morning and will spend several weeks ing on the coast, returning t neau the Ilatter part of month. Mrs. Stevens will meet her hus- band in Seattle and expects return to Juneaw with him. in { Huge Icicle Perils Many in Hotel Lobby| WASHINGTON, March 3.—Th {indications are that attaches o! the Rumanian legation will drink more water than usual the next several weeks. And, as the outgrowth of light and into the Idbby of me‘same incident, some seaman is e ON WAY SOUTH|Great Northern Hotel. The icicle|Joving, or has enjoyed, some cho Mrs. rrank Reed, of Anchorage |struck a davenport, bounced m,,wwRumanmn liquors. lieved by attending physicians that the Chief Executive of Chicago will recover from the bullet wound inflicted by Guiseppe' Zangara. is a southbound passenger on che|reet crashed through the window Northwestern, for the south wheelof a shot store, and cut John M,|reached Baltimore last week Mr. Reed operates|Tourog, fifty-one, salesman. on the,the legation. The butler who we: ‘iror them found that the cases h: e she will visit. a hotel in Anchorage. A consignment of fifteen cas J ankle, 2 .b%ie‘plng is - less. than 50. mlles 2,000 JOBLESS this ¢ 'Rumanian Legutwn Finds Water I nstead of Liquor CHINESE ARMY BADLY ROUTED JEHOL SECTION Japanese Tovaders Report- ed to Be Nearing Capital City FALL OF IMPORTANT CENTER lS EXPECTED Pieping to "Be Next Point| of Attack, Observ- ers Believe { CHINCHOW, March 3.—A badly routed Chinese army has been back to the last defense in_Jehol Province with the Capi- tal, Jehol City, the only import- ant town remaining in its hands. The rapid swing of the Japanese over the greater part of the Pro- vince, in little more than one week, has_been hurried by several Chinese leaders transferring al- legiance’ to the Japanese and this has left only a small southwestern slice of Jehol for defense of Pie- ping. Pieping Is Next That the former Imperial Capi- tal, now the seat of the North China Government, is the next objective of the' Japanese, is the f of foreign observers. south of the Jehol border. Reports received here said troops in Jehol City have mutinied and the city is in a state of chaos and capture of the city only a matter of hours, e QUIT OLYMPIA UNDER ORDERS Demonstrators Seeking In- surance, Cash Dole, Re- turning to Homes OLYMPIA, Wash, March 3.— Obeying the mandate of the Sher- iff, who was backed by the City Commissioners, approximately 2,000 demonstrators who came to the state Capital to demand jobless insurance and cash doles from the Legislature, were homeward bound today. Before leaving the city lastnight, six of the demonstrators were ar- ed, one of them Hutch Hutch- n, a negro of Seattle. All are held in the county jail. Woman Asks Pay From Briand Estate RAINEY WILL BE SPEAKER, NEXT HOUSE Selection Is Made at Demo- cratic Caucus—To Succeed Garner BYRNS NAMED TO BE FLOOR LEADER |Harmonious Session Held —Big Tammany Dele- gation Helps Out resentativé Henry T. Rainey, Floor Leader, will be the Speaker of the next House. Representative Joseph W. Byrns, of Tennesee was named the new Democratic Floor Leader. The nominations were made at a party caucus, which. with the Democrats in control of the House, is tantamount to an election. Rainey received 166 votes of the 301 Congressmen present at the caucus. Representative McDuffie of Ala- bama, was second with 112 votes. Rankin, of Mississippi, was third with 20 votes, Bankhead, of Ala- bama, one vote and Jones, of Texas, two votes. Rainey’s nomination followed the withdrawal of Byrnes and Crosser, of Ohio, from the race and Cullen of New York, then threw all of the big Tammany delegation to the| Illinois veteran. GREENWOOD HONORED ‘WASHINGTON, March 3.—Rep- resentative Arthur H. Cvreenwocd of Indiana, has been Democatic party whip of the n«:xc House of Congress. SPECIAL SESSION ‘WASHINGTON, March 3.—Rep-| resentative Rainey said this after- noon that a special session of Congress will be .probably called for March 13, maybe before. - eee TIND CONGRESS HAS T0 HUSTLE | ON FINAL DAY and Appropriation Bills in- Jam WASHINGTON, March 3.—The, Seventy-Second Congress entered | to dispose of the eleventh hour business. PARIS, March 3—Tue estate of ristide Briand, F )relgn Minister, has been sued by Mme. Jeanne Cornelie Nonfeau, a ifelong friend of the tatesman, for $37000, or a monthly pension of $60. iminal lawyer, Maurice Garcon, 12t M, Briand’s conduct gave her a right to expect a share of the tate but That everything was left ) a niece. ren tampered with and most of hem contained either empty bot- or bottles that had been re- filled with water. The port authorities said the ases appeared to have been rifled n the sea voyage. The legation's supply being low, itaches sald it might be neces- ary to shorten‘liquor rations until new supplies can be obtained from rumania. They had some choice | nguage for the thief. bills with the prospects of the! the night. ‘WASHINGTON, March 3.—Rep- | of | Ilinois, at present Democratic| Representative Henry T. Rainey, of 'Illincis, who will preside over the House of the next Congress, according to the caucus vote. New i'lb()(‘n' Leader Representative Joseph W, Byrns, ‘of Tennessee, new Democratic Floor Leader of the llcusc, next Congress. EIGHT MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE HERE FOR TERM Four Senators and Four] Representatives of Two Delegations Arrive WASHINGTON IS TODAY ONE VAST PARADE GROUND Tens of Thonteih it Capi- tal City to Welcome Roosevelt STREETS CROWDED WITH ALL CLASSES Inaugural AEess Will Be Shortest on Record— Be Made at Noon WASHINGTON, March 3. —With a cheer on its lips and a prayer of transcendant hope in its heart, the Nation has turned the Capital City into a vast parade ground as it prepared to welcome the new President amid the in- augural tumult not matched in many years. Tens of thousands from ev- ery State are pouring in here to see Franklin D. Roosevelt take office at noon tomorrow. President Hoover is spend- ing his last full day working. Governors are almost as plentiful here as Senators and they mingle on the streets with farmers, merchants, bankers, laborers and the in- evitable Indians, in buckskins and feathers. They have join- ed in one great group. Not ! since Woodrow Wilson march- ed to the White House has Ithe city seen such an inaug- ural outpouring. The inaugural begins tomorrow forenoon, at 11:30 o'clock when jJohn N. Garner will take the oath of office as Vice-President in the | Senate Chambers. At 12 o'clock noon Franklin D. Roosevelt will take the oath as President, then deliver one of the Eight members of the Alaska, Leglslflture, which convenes in its biennjal session hers next Monday,| {arrived thic morning on the steam-| |er Northwestern, three of them ac- shortest inaugural addresses in his- tory. At the inaugural stand from 1:30 to 4 o'clock, the new Executive will review the inaugural parade. Herbert Hoover will go to New | companied by their wives. On!yi | three members are missing from York to spend several days before the total of 24 comprising the Ter-|sailing on a vacation and Roosevelt iritory’s legislative branch of gov- will ride back along the avenue to Eleventh Hour Business! . | Senators Lomen, the last working day with a long' continuous session confronting it ber of Representatives arrived to-|D- Roosevelt came to the Capital ernment, and they will arrive Sat-t |urday on the motorship Norco. The absent members today were:| Second Division, | fand Norman R. Walker, KeLchikan,‘ and Representative-Elect Joe Bar-“ anovich. Four Senators and an equal num- lday, including members of the arrived. Those incoming were: {James R. Campbell, Anchorage, the splendors and trials of the | Presidency. ROOSEVELT IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, March 3.—With the hopes of the nation resting upon him, President-Elect Franklin City of the United States last This business includes Third and Fourth Division dele- Dight after a triumphal ride from final action op five lppropflanon.gatlons, some of whom had already New York City. Roosevelt was greeted all the way former French|Senate session carrying on into|Senators Robert S. Bragaw, and by cheering crowds. Upon arrival here, the President- The House is marking time for| | Luther C. Hess and Thomas J. De- Elect proceeded to the Mayflower appropriation measures. sentatives A. G. Nordale, Fourth,| French |the Senate to act on the remaining | Vane, Fourth Division, and Repre-| Hotel where he will stay until he goes to the Capitol tomorrow with The Senate, during this after-\and J. G. Hoffman, Warren Taylor{l’fesuiem Hoover to become the Mme. Nonteau will contend, ac-|noon, adopted the conference re-\;md James H. Patterson, Third Dx- country’s Chief Executive. rding to her attorney, the noted |port on the Treasury and Post| vision. Office bill with attendant broad powers to the incoming Presxdem‘ t oreorganize the Government. The bill was later sent to the White| House. — e HISTORIC LINE IS TORN DOWN YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 3. —The last of the telegraph line that carfied the spark by which President Cleveland pressed a but- Accompanying their husbands were: Mrs. Hess, Mrs. DeVane and Mrs. Bragaw, Mr. Nordale, who is a son of the liate A. J. Nordale, former member | {of the Territorial House, flew oum i from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, pro- jceeded to Skagway by train and | caught the steamer there. Of the members arriving, only, three have served in previous Leg- islatures—Senators Hess and Bragav !and Representative Patterson. Sen- |ator Hess was President of the 1931 Senate of which Senator Bragaw was a member, and Mr. Patterson served in the 1917 session as a House member. | ———————— CHAIRMAN OF FARM BOARD IS SELECTED WASHINGTON, March 3.—Pres-~ ident-Elect Roosevelt last nightan- nounced the selection of Henry Morganthau Jr., of New York, as Chairman of the Farm Board. The new Chairman today an- |nounced that his first objective on ton in Washington and opened the world’s fair in Chicago in 1893 is! being torn down here. The line, first direct long distance line be- tween Washington and Chicago, was erected in Tas2 and consisted of six uninsulated copper wires, e ———— Ko g MR. AND MRS. J. A. BUCHANAN ON WAY SOUTH FOR A VISIT J. A. Buchanan, who is with fhe Alaska Railroad at Anchorage, and Mrs. Buchanan, are passengers for the south on the Northwestern, | stabilization business.” assumption of office will be to ‘take the government out of the He plans w overhaul the agricultural éredit activities of the present Farm Board and scrap them,