The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1936. 4 ' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT? $ RESULT OF PLUNGE MORGAN FALLS FROM WINDOW OF THIRD FLOOR VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7308. JUNEAU BROKER NEAR DEATH A INSURGENTS ARE SHIP CAPSIZES | BATTERING WAY | AFTER LISTING; OVERFLOW CROWD HEARS PRESIDENT FASCISTS INSPECT RUINS OF ALCAZAR N N TOWARD MADRID MANY DOOMED Seaplanes and Steamers Race to Scene of Dis- aster on Sea Reported Mounting Artil- lery on Heights of An- cient El Escorial NOW ONLY 24 MILES DISTANT, CAPITAL President Azana and Three Minister Are Reported Barcelona Bound LONDON, Oet. 20.—Overlooking the ancient EI Escorial, burial place of Spanish Kings, the Fascist armies are dragging artillery to the heights to shell and then as- sault apother inner gateway to their goal, Madrid. This is ac- cording to official advices received here. | El Escorial is only 24 miles north- west of the Capital City and stands as one of the two last bulwarks on the Spanish Government's western front of defense. The priceless art treasures in El Escorial face a doubtful fate. AZANA TO BARCELONA LONDON, Oct. 20—Official ad- vices assert that President Manual Azana has rushed from Madrid to loyal Barcelona accompanied by three of his Cabinet Ministers. It is said he and his party will re- main there indefinitely. AID FOR FASCISTS MADRID, Oct. 20.—Through the Socialist newspaper Claridad, the Spanish Government asserts that 2,500 tons of ammunition have gone to the Fascist forces through Por- tugal from Nazl dominated Danzig and the Polishport of Gdynia. ——————— NEW SPANISH ARMY GALLED 0UT, MADRID Thousands fi’omen Call Workers to Arms in Last Defense MADRID, Oct. 20.—A vast new army, mustered by shouting bands of women, poured out this after- noon from Madrid's factories, shops and ‘offices as the wind carried the boom of the besieging Fascist ar- tillery into the streets. Thousands oI nousewives and ser- vants, shrieking frenzied demands for militia. defense, ran through the business section and then dash- ed back and forth in the streets waving ‘shopping baskets and call- ing upon anti-Fascists to abandon their benches and desks and take up arms. In a grim, resolute reply, workers | poured from buildings and plants. Small arms were passed out has- tily and the Government set itself for a great massed thrust to carry the battle to the enemy, already virtually within striking distance of Madrid. Squirrels Steal Flags from Ohio ‘Graveyard NAPOLEON, O, Oct. 20.—Many weeks passed before Sexton Charles Coleman ‘solved the - mystery of who was stealing Amreican flags and flowers from veterans' graves in Forest Hills Cemetery. Finally he caught several red squirrels red- handed in the act of climbing the grave markers, pulling the flags from their sockets, apnd scamper- ing away. Bring-’Em-Back- Alive Man Is In Hospital AMITYVILLE, New York, Oct. 20. Frank Buck, known as the bring- ‘em-back alive man, is in the hos- pital nursing hurts, not inflicted by a lion or tiger, but by a West| Texas cow horse. . Buck said he was mqunting the horse when an automobile ha into the animal. Buck let go hold on the horse as it reared and in the ensuing scuffle, Buck was kicked on the ‘leg. President Roosevelt speak at Lin on his major campaign tour throug ETHIOPIANS ARE KILLED IN AIR RAID Reprisal Accomplished on Irregulars for Re- cent Ambush ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 20. — Italy has' completed her reprisal against thiopian irregulars who last July {ambushed and killed 30 Fascist aviators. Thirty Italian bombing and trans- port planes, carrying 500 men armed with rifles and machine guns spot- ted the irregulars from the air near Tekemti. A fierce land and air battle raged in which the land forces of the ir- regulars suffered heavily, it being believed nearly all were killed. - .- BORAH ONLY CAMPAIGNING Roosevelt or Landon, How- ever, May Benefit from Senator’s Actions WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Which candidate, Landon or Roosevelt, is likely to reap most benefit from this campaign? lican convention, disappointed over Landon’s surprise telegram, that he had never bolted the ticket. Now, answering an inquiry by Senator Davis, Pennsylvania Re- publican, Borah affirms that he has “not bolted.” iie I§ Given toCh:lr ges Made by Herbert Hoover; | Morgenthau Takes Issue FOR HIMSELF; the part Senator Borah plays m! He said when he left the Repub- SURBAYA, Java, Oct. 20.—Seven- ty-two persons are missing after the Dutch steamer Van der Wijck | capsized oif the Northern Coast of Java. The 2,633 ton ship, with 250 pas- sengers aboard, sent out distress signals reporting & heavy list and that she was going to capsize. Naval seaplanes and steamers raced to the doomed craft's assis- tance arriving soon after the Van der Wijck had turned turtle. Seaplanes rescued 43 survivors and landed them here. Two hundred and twelve persons, | i including all of the ship's officers, were rescued by various ships ar- riving at the scene. | A crowd that overflowed the capitol grounds and nearby streets heard | coln, Neb., during a stopover there | h the Middle West that carried him | as far west as Wyoming and Colorado. Many persons gathered on the roof tops as the President spoke. (Associated Press Press) | WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Issuing a general denial-of Herbert Hoover's charges that the Administration has juggled “fiscal reports,” Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau today said the former President’s statement might injure the Government's credit if permitted to go unchal-{ lenged. Secretary Morgenthau denied| Hoover's assertions, made in a cam- | paign speech at Philadelphia last | Friday night, criticising the method | of keeping the Government’s fiscal| accounts. He denied Hoover's| charge that the Treasury was using| a system of double bookkeeping in | separating emergency from the or- dinary or routine Government ex- penditures. For Public Purposes Secretary Morgenthau said two classifications were adopted in July, 1933, to show the public the pur-| pose for which appropriations were used. | The Treasury Chief said the De-| partment does not ordinarily an-| swer statements about Government expenditures made in the heat of political campaigns and added: “When, however, a former Presi- dent of the United States, in a public address charges the Treasury f the United States with intellec- tual dishonesty and pernicious de- ceit, the public interest demands those charges be not ignored.” Strictly With Law Treasurer Morgenthau further said: “The facts are the Treasury accounts are kept strictly in ac- cordance with the law and are not based upon any partisan and poli- tical considerations.” Hoover, in his speech, said the New Deal “has three formulas for making expenditures look less |than they are.” ! He listed these as, first—omitting | certain items from the list of regu- {lar expenditures and placing them |in an appendix of the Budget; sec- ' cnd—deducting certain expenditures before the total is made up, which !is announced to the public; third— ,using money from relief funds for ‘other purposes. But samples of his campaign| Hoover also charged the New utterances in Idaho tend to leave peal's bookkeeping is “for political the impression he is following & purposes and misleading the peo- course not far from that of 1932 when he did not boili, but did not help Hoover. The situatic= 2 dirterent now, however, in that Mr. Borah must campaign for his own re-election. Then he stood on the sidelines en- tirely. Material the “double-duty” politi- |cal thinkers are studying seriously includes segments of a speech Borah made at Meridian, a little dairy town outside Boise, usually selected by the Senator for one of (Continued on Page Seven) ple through implication as to what their expenditures are likely to be in the future.” ‘Promiment Alaskan ‘Woman Injured 'When Slips and Falls The missing includes two chil- dren, wireless operators, eight Eur- opeans and sixty-one natives. Seaplanes returning here report that survivors were seen floating on chairs, tables and in one of the vessel's life boats. -, - VESSEL SINK IN HIGH SEAS; CREW RESCUED Large Greek Freighter Founders According to Lloyds’ Report | | AMSTERDAM, Oct. 20.—Foun- dering in high seas, the 4,843 ton Greek freighter Okenia has been abandoned by the crew, according to a report from Lloyd’s agency. All members of the crew are be- lieved to have been rescued by an- other Greek vessel at a point 20 miles from Landvoort. 1 COMMITTE NOW GETTING INHOT WATE Munitions Probers Hint at Something, Then Won- der How Far to Go WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—A good many persons in Washington sus- pected the munitions committee had in its files some such affi- davit as the Elliott Roosevelt-An- thony Fokker document relating to the contract dealing with proposed sale of airplanes to Russia. But like many such stories, it ricocheted around the capital with- out taking on substance until Sen- ator Nye, North Dakota Republican, Chairman of the committee, re-| leased it with the explanation that it was to offset a magazine story |parts of Alaska, were at her bed- saying the committee was suppres- sing pertinent matter. It may or may not have a dime's worth of political effect. But it does raise a question as to just how much material of present or future propaganda value is yet locked up in the committee files. CLARK HINTS MORE Senator Clark of Missouri, Demo- crat on the committee, hinted there was more. In his angry upbraiding of Senator Nye for releasing the‘ document, Clark allowed a faint fragrance of the hidden wonders to escape. He protested the committee had “decided unanimously” ment, as well as matters” which had come committee hands, were entirely out- side its authority. He did not say what the “other matters” were. It is fair to mid- dling guess that before long, s0 disrupted is the committee, var- ious members will “tell all.” Another aspect of the case is this: just how far can a commit- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 20— Mrs. Alfred G. Ball, Secretary of the Alaska Federation of Women’s Clubs, sustained a triple fracture|pemocrats and three Repuclicans, | of the right leg when she slipped ‘ and fell in her apartment. tee go in its “disclosures” without starting a reaction? The seven munitions committee members, four (Continued on Page Seven) to capture the fortress. This picture, which gives a graphic idea of the HIGH SCHOOL | BOY SHOOTS, | KILLS FATHER — |15-Year-0ld Lad Declares STOCK PRICES Mother Wes Being | TAKE RETREAT, SLACK TRADING | BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 20.— Willlam Louis Preston, 15-year-old | high school youth, is held in the! |eounty jail after he shot and fa- Trad J t Don't K [tally wounded his father, Curtis| \racers just Uont hnow |P. Preston, aged 45, a barber. | What to Do—Cash l The boy told Sheriff W. T. Far-| in on Profits [mer, the latter said, that he shot! —_— |his father because he was abusing] NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Losses of | mother, Lulu M. Preston. The fractions to more than two points | 3 A 'were recorded today in the wake ‘hoy b quutefi Avs Siving s father of a slow and uneven retreat by had been drinking heavily lately. many traders who seemed disposed The boy shot his father through|to cash in on profits in the absence Hhe stomach with a shutgun and of any outstanding news to touch the latter die® cnroute to a hos- Off & new advance. | pital. Activity dwindled until the re- | e D |treat became merely an aimless | | drift. M‘Rs JflE RENU | Today's transfers were 1,650,000 i [ shares. I Eight of Nine Children at Bedside of Anchor- age Woman CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 20. — Closing quotation today of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 16, American Can 124'%, American Power and Light 12, Anaconda 46, Bethlehem Steel 74%, Calumet and Hecla 11, Colum- bia Gas and Electric 19%, Common- wealth and Southern 37%, Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors 72%, International Harvester 90, Kenne- Mrs. Joe Reno, formerly of New- cott 56, Simmons 47, United States perg, N. Y, Salt Lake City and| Steel 78%, United Corporation 7%, Portland, Oregon, died here yes- Citfes Service 4%, Pound $4.89%. | terday at the age of 53 as the re- sult of cerebral hemorrhage. | Eight children living in various ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 20.— DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, | Jones averages: industrials 176.78, | down .67; rails 58.89, down .76; utili- side, including three who came vl o here from Fairbanks and one by| plane from Seward. One daugh- e ter, Mrs. George Wiseman, of Ump-| qua, Oregon, was the only member| of the family not here. ‘BEER sHlPPEn The decéased had made Anchor- age her home since 1925. T A R AG AIM, | Met y | LONDON'S NOISELESS CITY Cook Inlet Melropolis Pre- paring in Case of Ship- ping Strike, Coast Fire and Brimstone May Yet Develop Over Relief Problem; Issue Is Popping Here are the ruins of the Alcazar at Toledo, Spain, as insurgents swarmed over the ancient citadel to In- spect the damage wrought by the ten-weeks bombardment during which government forces tried in vain effects of the siege, was taken by Richard Massock of The Associated Press foreign staff. (Associated Press Photo), By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associted Press, Washington) Will the relief problem emerge, after all, as the paramount issue of this campaign? Months ago many predicted it would, but the summer passed with- |out much indication that the pro-, phecy would be fulfilled. Political discussion diffused itself over a very | wide area, taking in everything from the Dupont dynasty to Commun- ism. Boondoggling was heard of now and then, but mostly it re- mained lost in the cloud of words about other things. October, however, has developed some signs that the relief policies and practices of the Roosevelt Ad- ministration are to be debated both widely and with ‘bitter insistence between now and election day. The Hepublican National Com-, mittee has opened up so fierce a barrage, naming individuals and places, that some of those named are threatening to sue for libel. A Senate Committee has come under increasing pressure to look into charges of relief politics in Penn- sylvania. Governor Landon has joined in a demand for greater publicity of relief payrolls. On the other side, Relief Admin- istrator Hopkins has made a blan- ket denial and counter-charge, and | a West Virginia audience has booed Senator Holt from the platform, with his speech attacking relief op- erations undelivered. 1 l CAUSED CABINET ROW ; This begins to look like some cf the fire and brimstone which had| been promised so lavishly by the advance agents of the camnaign. It is hardly a secret thit months ago even the inner ¢ the Administration m Washington were greatly agitated over Mr. Hop kins' relief set-up. The story never has been published, but there is reason to believe that on at least| one occasion the dispute came with- | in inches of resulting in a Cabinet resignation. A debate of proportions dered and then broke out and again in Congress. In every community people were qunrreling} about relief. One of those closest| to Mr. Landon predicted that, if six s 0f ! smoul-| again| | |Representative of Canning Company Is Critical- ly Injured BODY FOUND EARLY THIS A. M., SEATTLE Tragedy Believed to Have Resulted from Sudden Hear! Aflack SEATTLE, Oct. 20.— Plunging from a third story window of a downtown apart- ment, J. P. Morgan, aged 76, Alaska representative of Lib- by, McNeill and Libby, can- ning company, suffered criti- cal injuries. At the Seattle General Hos- pital this afternoon, physici- j ans said Morgan is near death. No one witnessed the plunge. BODY FOUND Morgan was found by a truck driver at 5:35 o’clock this morning. The driver noti- {fied the police and, Morgan was rushed to the Seattle General hospital in an ambu- lance. Morgan just returned from Alaska a weelt ago after tour- ing the Territory in next to the last call on the trade for this year. He made his head- quarters at Juneau. Will L. Moran, company sales mansger, saild Morgan was subject to heart attacks and on previous occasions wanted air in his. room and opened the windows. Planned Trip Today Morgan was to have accompanied Moran on a trip to Eastern Wasn- ington and the two were to have left today. A sister of Morgan, Mrs. Lucy Sheridan, lives in Chicago, but she is now making a trip around the world. J. P. Morgan is one of the best known Alaska brokers and is known not only to managers and salesmen of all stores, but to hundreds ol others in the northlangd. He has-a wide circle of acquaintances.in Jus neau where he makes his head- quarters. 5 TO DEATH IN BLAZING HOME Mother Showing Picture of Children to Neighbor as Fire Rages SUMNER, Wash., Oct. 20.—While their mother was proudly displayig | melita that the Elliott Roosevelt-Fokker docu- “several other into | Anchorage is evidently prepar-| LONDON, Oct. 20.—Out to make ing for a drought which may result | the city “all-silent” by 1940, the if 4 shipping strike is declared. On London Passenger Transport Board poard the Oduna are 6,000 cases| nominated, he would plunge into| the relief situation at once, and lay| it on hot and heavy throughout the campaign. is engaged in soft-pedalling the of beer destined for the Cook In- clash and clatter through which |jet metropolis. : the city’s residents must move each e - day. Officials of the underground rail-| 21 Years ways already have conducted suc- ()}q. cessful experiments, they say, with| Lo the welding together of rails and|12 Babies the padding of the tubes. Automobile and motorcycle man-| ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, Oct. 20— ufacturers have promised that The wife of P. Glbovic, a peasant henceforth no noisy vehicles willlof Virka village, is 21 years old, leave their plants. Trackless Lrol-‘bul she has borne 12 children, leys are replacing street cars nnd]among them triplets and other nolse makers are cooperating. !pairs of twins, !hree; e | Actually, the Republican nominee |did make a beginning in that di- rection in his speech of acceptance. Other parts of his address seemed | to attract greater public attention,| |however, and awaken louder ech- |oes in the opposition camp. Then | the drought and one thing and an-, other turned the debate into differ-| lent and somewhat confused chan- nels. Boondoggling was shoved to | one side, as had been the constitu- | tional issue before it (Continued on Page Tare) r pictuves to a neighbor, Car- osnd Frark'e Malone, aged three and one respectively, tied in the blaz! Mrs. Patr'ck Malone, PWA worker, steppad t5 a neigh- bor's door tn show the pictures, then turning, saw her house in flames. Mrs. Malone dashed back but w; prevented from roing inside on ac- count of the inferno. Bystanders and firemen exting- uished the flames but not before the children were fatally burned. Man Explains Accident, Shoots 'Himself Again PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Oct. 20. —Tony Landry, 16, guitar player with a tent show, accidentally shot himself in the hand two years ago. “Here's the way it happened,” said Tony recently, picking up a revolver used as stage property. There was a loud report. The wadding from the blank sheil injured the hand which had been shot previously and physi- cians said he probably would never be able to play a guitar again, . TOTS BURNED -