The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 10, 1935, Page 10

‘CACTUS JACK' NOT PROVING 'SPARE TIRE' Vice-President Has W‘o'rk— ed Himself Into Prom- inent Position By HERBERT PIUMMER WASHINGTON, May m,, ow f tion is a ques- Jack" Garner the Vice him to| belies such President rules of him to do mc imposed upon yfice by the Consti on—preside over sessions the Senate and vote in cases of a tie i discover empower an duty ate the of Knows Parlimentary Law bill for of the meas- | It was | on the work-relief ner's move. out e Senate conferees on tt ure were opposed to the bi to prevent a possible re: nce of his sort of thing, they which prompted Garner to annoumc the course he intended to pursue in the future . \ It strikes deeper than that, how- ever For more than his 30 years Garner has been a student of the rules of both House and Senate. In that time he has become a parliamen- tarian of recognized authority and a keen analyst of inter and party political situations. The result was that he discovered |, in the Senate leadership authority for active participation in legisla- tion which no preceding Vice Presi- dent ever sought to exercise. Was Leader As Speaker “‘Cactus Jack” went sidency from the Speakership, where he had in one session of con- opportunity to put all his amentary and political ex ence into play. As Speaker, C ner wielded more power. than..any man to hold that position since “Uncle Joe” Cannon prior to his fall in 1909. As Speaker, not the titular Democratic Leader. Then came his shift to the other side of the capitol where he found merely a parliamentarian. d of a share in both debate tegy. It' was an unusually steful position for a man like | decide hi: intra | to the Vice| he was the actual if | ' Tuwice Sentenced to Be Shot, Delbert Green Pins Five-Y ear-Old Hope on New Court Order I the Utah State Prison yard, where condemned musderéic arc put- o death by the' firing Behind a canvas curtain suspended in the desr cf the pil cquad. the firing squad stand, their on 2 stout chair 22 feet gate in the prizcn wall, cceret, and takes of man sits the far remains frcm the priscn, death in thic yard. there. By M. E. BARKER SALT LAKE CITY, May 10— With the double anniversary of his execution - that - never -arrived just about a few days off, Delbert Green, twice sentenced to be shot, may soon T fate. Twice within the last five years— both times on March 19—he has heard District Judge Eugene E. Pratt sentence him to be shot the | following May 17, once in 1930 and And each time that and gone, and on the Utah again in 1932. date has come reen has lived S ate Prison This year he continues his un- disturbed demeanor, despite the fact that the State Supreme Court, which reversed his first conviction, has sustained his second one. His| |attorneys have asked the court for If that is ref in mind a reque hearing or an in lan appeal for anitr 20 when ung wife to the | home mother in Davis |County and in a jealous rage s and killed them both, S his uncle, James Green, who had married Mrs. Delbert Green’s moth- er. His infant child, asleep in bed ween the two wome un- harmed, as was a young his wite - and” her aged mother He on parole at the tim from State Prison, where he] had served three months for shoot- ing: a cousin who had taken the young wife riding. Green was tried for the murder| of his uncle, convicted and given his choice of execution by hanging or shooting. He chose the latt Granted a new trial, he was {he follov was ter grand~ Garner, However, since March 4, 1933, he | has silently, almost invisibly work- ed himself into the leadership of the administration’ forces on capitol hill to a remarkable degree. Today Washington suspects, but does not know definitely, that he is a more influential adviser at the ‘White House on congressional | strategy than any of the other ad- ministration leaders on capitol hill. Britain Has More Women Burglars LONDON, May 10.—More wem-~ en are taking up burglary as a| profession. This was revealed by| Scotland Yard men at the London | s, | five E one, who was described as “one of the best women house- s in England.’ Poorly dressed, wearing an old- fashioned “granny” hat and hardly able to see over the dock rail, the small woman pleaded guilty to en- tering a Kensington flat. She was sentenced to two years hard labor, the longest sentence applicable un- der the law. | pert witnesses declared Green | sane. convicted but declined to exercise his legal right to indicate a pre- |ference as to the manner of his death. This time Judge Pratt made the choice for him. Utah is the | only State where condemned mur- derers have the choice of death by! | shooting. Green's attorneys conicnded suf- ficient weight had been given evi- | dence of his asserted insanity. At ‘hxs trial his mother and his grand- | mother testified that the defend- ‘am's father had died in the State mental hospital and other relativés had been confined there, and ex- in- Should the efforts of his counsel fail at last and the fate that has been hanging over him for the last years finally overtake him, Green again will have his choice between dying by gunfire or the rope. All but one or two felons executed at the here si of the 30 State Prison 185656 have been shot to death. The last execution there was in 1926, when a negro slayer faced a firing squad. If Delbert Green at I die’ in ont of a row t should of rifle We are reliably informed VER MINES early of Montana an date. Consideri record and the fact that new and modern mill, it is that BLACK PINE will resume operations at ng it is now equipped with a SIL- its earlier production logical to expect that this property will again be one of the important sources of silver in the state. Shares are listed on the We will be glad to furnish WILSON-FAIR Seattle Mining Exchange. compléte data on request. BANKS & CO. BROKERS Ground Floor, Seward Bldg. Phone 353 them away. Delbert Gréen, below, is awaiting a ccurt ¢ der wi It is almes! ecutione - | prison yard in a closed automcbile, of |4 rifle muzzles thrast through clits away (leff). A Rcavy asndbag beh a clossd car bring. (hé m.mber: o Out cf this gate the boly ¢ ¢ hoatd t five years sincy he a court order which will muzzles, he would not see his They would enter the descend behind a canvas curtain | file past a stack of five riflés and each seléct one Four of the weapons would be loaded, but no one would know which one con- taindd blank cartridges. Then the five rifle barrels would be thrust through slots in the curtain, aimed at the breast of tr the A_sgeond volley jsary. The volunteer leave in the same manner, | identities undisclosed. | This is what Green has been condemned to undergo on two May =" {17ths out of the last Fve. The {sixth, he hopes, wilF find him stll ‘ahvc. seldom' is neces- executioners their RESUI R e 5T Tin Can Traps Bear | BRADLEY, "Cal, | Mareh Hames valley officials engaged in encountered a wild boar which had | gotten its snout so tightly wedged |into a tin can it was unable to eat and was weakened from starvation. Two men on horses rode the ani- mal down and removed the can. TRIANGLE 26— a campaign of poisoning squirrels’ Cleamngpv(SAFETY WE CLEAN EVERYTHING CLEANAB’LE' Our modern processes bringyour clothies or fabrics back to you as clean and crispy as whennew. ' For safety, dependability and best rcsl‘h call us, PROSPERITY SYSTEM PHONE 507 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1935. (By DON JOSEPH) NEW YORK, May 10. — The re- cent defection of Belgium from the | gold standard, léaving but four na- |tions in the gold bloc, offers a greatly altered picture of world cur- rencies from that of 1928. Seven years. ago every major power in thé” world—including Eng- land, France, the United States, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy, ' Switzerland Poland, Japan—had sta- bilized its currency and returned to the gold standard. | Of these only France, Italy, Swit- ' zerland and Poland remain. Wall Street monetary authorities recall"However, that the situatfon’ is {not a new one; that after the | World war there was & périod when | the United States was the only ma- | jor power remaining on a full gold | standard. May Ufe Same Method International stabilization may be, |achieved eventually, they say, al-| Ithuugh the same process as was m‘ [use following this post-war era. ‘ | The normal pattern for a return |to gold, as exemplified by the pre-| vious experiénce, started with a de, facto stabilization’ in which the gov-| ernments began to step into the! market and offset fluétuations of their currencies. After a period of some Ien(vth‘ when they had a good idea whether j(hv quotation on the currency was! | tenable, they announced de jure! stabilization, and obtained tempo-| rary assistance for the United States or England, and usually both, to! meN nNLY‘:uuport their currencies at the level‘ | chosen. | 1t an the major countries should CCPENHAGEN, May 10. A go off gold, however, the monetary} building in which the feminine authorities believe quicked action mind is to rule completely, and between the United States, France where men may do well to tread |and England might be desirable, and softly and say little is planned for|could be achieved through an agree- truction here during the com-|ment. i Holland Like U. S. to include store| 1, event of abandonment of the e space, restaurants, apart-io5)4 standard by countries of the and a hotel—but only Wom-|g5)4 ploc, the authorities believe the en doctors, women dentists, women | ypiteq States wdtild become one of s, women shopkeepers and|ine supports of international ex- are to occupy the building. | |change. will bé no' rule, however,| goth the United States and Hol- B“a‘“bl[ men belng customers ““d‘land are off the gold standard only patients. to the extent that gold is not re- idea of this “House of w°"“‘lea_=ed for interndl guse However, cn” dates back forty years to MYS.|yher necessary, both countriés use\ Emma Gad, Copenhagent club-wom- | g514 bullion for settlement of in-| an. Plans for its construction fellimma,wnal baldtoes through several times, but the lot; Today, they s possibilities of | now has been purchased. Building world trade rest, in a sense, on the | co-ts will be approximately moooom e kroner (about’ $250,000). To start things off right a wom-| an architect will design the build-| ing. n machine shop (right) membérs in the curtzin. The condemncd ind him ps the bullets. Through the kiring oqm., wh identity the ec e d man also is taken h m-y ©.ad hia to meet his ccntente Wim (6 death 2 judge is - RUMMAGE SALE The Girl Scouts will hold a! RUMMAGE sale May 14 in the| new Jaegar Building on F‘romi Street. Donations gratefully receiv-| ed. Telephone 3503. —adv. ‘ Schilling Poultry Seasoning /Adelicious seasoning for . @oups, stews, all meat and poultry dressings. These lovely spring | ! | I in silk, wool or linen wearing:pp.nl xee duperiu * * * blankets, other fabrics, etc. chie— S CLEANERS ’ gold bloc. pecial $1.35 S (g 1 - ENGT BT R Belgian Currency Changer Alters Gold Bloe Picture | serving If there were no coun- try on whom the managed currency countries, such as England, could rest their operations we would have a very different picture of world trade. terms all ether currencies could be tranglated. The only reason the United States isn’'t supplying the same support as the gold bloc is because there are doubts abroad that the dollar will be held at its present value. CURRENCY STATUS OF WORLD TODAY France—Only. nation on, the, old gold standard,” WHEYDY internar payment of gold to eitizens is maintained—forelgn demands are met freely. eéxchange standard — currencies exchanged for drafts in francs, with a central bank or govern- ment setup to protest the curren- cy in foreign exchange. England, Scandinavian countries, the Dominions—Managed curren- ¢ies—tied to sterling, sterling bal- ances maintained in London through which foreign balances settled. England supports sterling by buying or selling franecs. . ordinarily does not have to ship gold. Holland, TUnited States—Interna- tional gold standard—gold not re- leased for internal use. Japan, South American countries— Managed currencies —the curren- ¢y umit and being convertible in- to gold and the government op- erating through a central bank. Belgium — Position not yet clear enough to be defined . but maintaining exchange control, a 28 per cent devaluation, and min- isterial power for further devel- uation to 30 per cent. Germany—Managed curréncy —the- oretically maintaining the gold parity of the mark . . . in prac- tice creating other categories of marks available well below parity gold rsserves are low. ... has strict exchange control. — .- DRIVERS’ LICENSES READY Vehicle og: licenses for |the two-year period ending May 31, 1937, are now available at the office of the City Clerk. Fee, $1 Drivers must procure their new cards by June 1. Get them now and avoid the rush. —adv. '5 Brothers Join Navy; In that case, there would be | abmld the U S. S. Penns)l\ann no singlé” stavlé medium into whose’ e ,Italy, Poland, Switzerland — Gold | at San Pedro, Calif. Recently all arrived home on a 30-day furlough, Sixth Still Too Young RDIN, Il The fifth brother, Manley, has Jo:ned and will leave soon for San Diego for three months' prelimi- nary training at the naval train- ing station. And that's not all. A sixth Cow- dery boy is growing up, and when he becemes 18 he says he’ll join the navy, too. 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