The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” GUUHT_REFUHM Gi‘infiddaiight;r I;lays for Garniers| CONSIDERATION IS UP TUESDAY House Judiciary Committee Will Take Up Pro- posals Tomorrow BITTER BATTLE IS PREDICTED ON ISSUE Supreme Court Justices! Keep Tight Lipped— FDR Scans Papers BULLETIN — Washington, Feb. 8—President Roosevelt to- day invited members of the Sen- ate and House Judiciary Com- mittees to the White House for iuncheon for a conference to discuss court reorganization. High officials interpret sub- mission of the guestion to Con- gress at this time as due to a desire on the part of the Presi- dent to achieve what he des- cribes judicial reform before recommending legislation on wages and hours and farm pro- duction control. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The House Judiciary Committee has set tomorrow for the first Congression- al consideration of President Roose- velt’s history making court reform plan. A tempestuous reception is fore- told and a bitter battle is predicted on Capitol Hill. 4 Chairman Sumners said: “We will take this baby and look at it” and added that two phases of the reor- ganization program, those dealing with retirement of Supfeme Court Justices, also intervention of the Government when constitutional questions are involved, have already started on the way through Con- gress “before all this Hell broke loose.” { Invite Justices to Testify Senators Van Nuys, of Indiana,| and Burke, of Nebraska, both Dem-! ocrats, said they would ask the Senate Judiciary Committee to in- zite Supreme Court Justices to tes-i ify. The Supreme Court Justices ithemselves continued in tight-lipped ilence. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes sent work through his sec-| retary that he would have nothing to sdy and the Court also issued! orders barring newspapermen and! gothers from that section of the ‘building occupied by the Justices,| except by special appointment. | Scans Newspapers President Roosevelt scanned news- paper accounts of his program in- cluding editorial comment. White House officials said some telegrams, urging he discuss his progress over the radio, have been received. ‘These telegrams urged| infusing of “new blood” in the Fed- eral courts from top to bottom. LONG FORMAL PROGRESS WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Members _of Congress turned today from ani- mated private discussions of the President’s court reorganization pro- posals to a long formal process de- ciding whether to enact them into law. ‘The Senate Judiciary Committee is ready to talk over the proposals although not officially before that group. 5 Comments of some members showed a split on recommendations, particularly on the proposal to add to the Supreme Court whenever a member of 70 declines to retire. ————— AIR SAFETY FACILITIES ARE WANTED Government to Be Asked| to Spend Fourteen Million Dollars WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — Edgar Gorrell, President of the Air Trans- port Association, announced today that he will ask Congress to spend $14,000,000 in modernizing and ex- panding the Government's safety facilities for airplanes. Congressional committees are now probing the cause for recent air- plane disasters. ‘ fWith inauguration over and the new congress well under way, Vice President and Mrs. John Nance Garner find time to relax in their Washington apartment as their granddaughter, Genevieve Gar,, mer, plays WAVES CHURNING ce President and Mrs. John Garner the piano. NineNayMen PASSES UP TWO| BIG DECISIONS Action Deferred on Con- troveries for at Least Another Week WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The 8u~’ preme Court today deferred for at| least another week decisions on two! major pending controversies which | involve the Washington State ll'l! establishing minimum wages for wo=| men, also whether the 1933 Con- gressional resolution barring pay=-. ;ment of obligations in gold applied | ta bullion as well as coin. The court was jammed with speée- tators and a long line waited out- side when the Justices filed into the Chamber, but gave no indica-| tions of President Roosevelt's pro-| i posal for reorganizing the court had’ made them the center of a stormy debate. The question of the validity of labor legislation which guarantees collective bargaining of workmen and set-up of Boards to handle in- | dustrial dispuates is also before the | Supreme Court B SEATTLE PILOT IS SAFE; LANDS IN SNOW DRIFT AGAINST LEVEES Face Death in %Albert Almoslino Rides ON MISSISSIPP High Winds Threatening Today — Flood Crest Pushes Southward BULLETIN — Chicago, IIL Feb. 8.—An earth movement which “shook everything in town” is reported this afternoon from Tiptonville, Tenn. Later reports said it was not known whether the disturbance had been caused by a dynamite blast or earthquake. CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 8. — High winds churned waves against the Mississippi’s vast levee system while the crest of the flood pushed slowly southward. Meteorologist F. W. Brist, of Mem- phis, said the crest was at hand. Advices from Louisville state the number of dead in the gas explos- ion there had reached ten. The flood death toll at Louisville is now placed at 85. The Rotary Club at Greenville, Miss., has passed a resolution de- ploring the “reckless manner in which unwarranted predictions of a disaster have been made.” —eo———— TOWNSENDITES PLEAD GUILTY CONTEMPT CASE Two Regional Directors Given Suspended Prison Sentences and Fines WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—Dr. Clin- ton Wunder, of New York, and John Kiefer, of Chicago, former’Regional Directors of the Townsend Old Age Pension organization, today pleaded guilty in the Federal Court to charg- es of contempt of the House and were given suspended sentences of one year in prison and a fine of $100. The two men were placed on ‘pro- bation - for one year by Justice Peyton Gordon. Dr. Wunder and Kiefer ignored subpoenaes to appear before the Special House Committee investi- gating old age pensions last spring. Dr. Townsend was to have been arraigned with them today but he failed to appear, but United States Attorney Leslie Garnett said it was the result of a misunderstanding. Dr. Townsend has been ordered to appear tomorrow. e DOTSON LEAVES HOSPITAL John Dotson, of Eagle River, has - Shark Waters i A.re Rescued from Disabled | Plane Just in Nick | of Time from the shark infested waters of| Apapulco, on the Pacific Coast, in off, Rear Admiral Ernest craft Tender Wright. The nine men were picked up out of the bay as the plane was about | to sink. | Dispatches received here said a schoo! of sharks were circling the| | made. CHAS. B, CRISP SUFFERS FROM STROKE, DIES Democrat of Georgia Spent More than Forty Years in Public Life AMERICUS, Georgia, Feb. 8. — Charles R. Crisp, former Congress- man and Democratic member of. the Tariff Commission, died at his home here Sunday from the effects of a paralytic stroke. Charles R. Crisp, except for a brief interlude as a practicing law- yer in Americus, Ga. was in the public service for more than 40 years. Most of this was in the House of Representatives. He was twice par- liamentarian of that body, served one year of the unexpired term of his father, the late Speaker Charles F. Crisp, after the latter died in 1896, and was elected to a seat by the third Georgia district for ten consecutive terms bridging the years from 1913 to 1933. There was oppo- sition to him in only two of these campaigns. He resigned while his tenth term had a few months to run to accept an appointment to the Tariff Com- mission. . Parliamentary Genius He was a genius of parliamentary procedure and a leader in the major councils of the Democratic party. As Acting Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in the 1932 session, he shouldered the task of putting through the taxation measures which balanced the bud- been dismissed from St. Ann’s Hos- pital. get, then offered himself as a can-i “(Continued on Page Seven) | Home in Bus While Wide Search for Him Made SEATTLE, Feb. 8.—Albert Almos- | lino, Seattle pilot, reported missing cerned with public affairs, either; {last Saturday morning on a flight actively or as an advisor to those . started in authority. He was diplomat, cab- \late last Friday afternoon, arrived inet officer, legislator, law enforce- from Portland which he here Saturday night by bus. Almoslino said he left his plane MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8.—Rescued 'in a farmers field near Randle annd International reputation as an ad- then rode home on a bus. “I followed the wrong highway which a seaplane fell when taking |Friday afternoon and as it was get- for war. King, | ting dark and T had not night flying | Chief of Aeronautics of the Navy,|instruments. I landed in a snowdrift.| dominant characteristic. and eight other men, are today A farmer put me up for the nigm_imm a niche all his own in the hall headed for Panama aboard the Air- There was no telephone there and of fame and toward it Presidents and I could not let anyone know I was safe.” Almoslino caught a ride from the farmer'ss house to Chehalis and {from there caught a bus to Seattle. Meanwhile an intensive air search wreckage at the time the rescue was |y, being conductéd, in which Iour! wart of the “old guard” in the Re-| |Army planes from Fort Lewis and several private planes participated. REPORT MALAGA IS BOTTLED UP BY INSURGENTS All Exits, Both by Land and Sea, Said to Have Been Blocked BULLETIN—London, Feb. 8. —Fascist troops have marched victoriously into Malaga, accord- ing to Italian dispatches receiv- ed from there and this seming- ly has ended what the Fascists had charged had been a “rule of gun” there by the defeated Anarchist-Communists. Gibraltar advices also state both Fascist land and sea forces are now in complete control of the last Spanish Government’s stronghold on the Mediterran- ean, LONDON, Feb. 8.—According to radio reports received here, the Fascist army is outside of the south- ern port of Malaga and the 400,000 inhabitants of the city are reported bottled up. The Fascist army is hammering at the gates. Insurgent observers on the hill- tops overlooking the Mediterranean port describe the situation in the provincial capital as “complete chaos.” All land and sea exits are blocked. ‘The city’s defense is reported ‘o have collapsed yesterday. e —— PEKOVICH NORTHBOUND W. 8. Pekovich, of the Admirally Alaska Gold Mining Company, ac- companied by his wife, is aboard the Yukon Juneau bound. ALASKA EMPIR PRICE TEN CENTS SUPREME COURT| NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Elihu Root, { America’s eldest statesman and for- mer member of two Presidential Cabinets, died early Sunday morn- ing as the result of bronchial pneu- mania. Death came at his home after an illness of two weeks. If America possessed anything | comparable to the institution of the er Statesmen of Japan, Elihu | member. For half a century he was con- | ment official, one of the leading legal minds of the world and of | vocate and organizer of internation- al court procedure as a substitute Sheer power of intellect was his It gave land nations turned for the solu- |tion of some of their most puzzling problems. | Was Conservative | In thought and action he was an | embodiment of conservatism, a stal- publican party, an advocate of the |orderly process of law and a con- | sistent oppenent of anything Lhm.! |smacked of irregularity. Rational-| |ism was his shibboleth throughout | his long career. | There |inant intellectuality. He was of| |slight stature and dressed habitu-| |ally in the conventional garb of| | serious-minded men. He had little] | evidence of personal magnetism and | |few oratorical gifts. But he never| spoke in public unless he had some- | thing definite to say and although | ‘[hls voice was not strong and tired| | easily, he commanded respectful at- | tention. His contributions to a discussion iwere products of his reasoning pow- | ers. He was trained from boyhood | to think coolly and clearly and he jused a meticulous exactitude of statement founded upon complete | thoroughness of preparation. Was Not Cold-Blooded But he felt deeply and was not {as cold-blooded as his political op- ponents sometimes pictured him. | In October, 1921, speaking in Trinity |Chureh, New York, on methods of |achieving world peace, he said: “All the terrible lessons of the last decads show that the most in- | superable obstacle to the peace and | happiness and growth of the people | is their incapacity to receive the blessings that are ready for them, if they will but take them. | | “This is not a matter of iutellec-| |tual power nor of precept nor of |learning: it is a matter of charac- |ter. And that character must he formed by exercise of the virtues that make human character—mercy, compassion, kindly consideration, brotherly affection, sympathy with fellowmen, unselfish willingness to sacrifice for others.” This summary of his human rela-| tion creed fitted particularly his later years when he worked unceas- ingly for adherence of the United: States to Permanent Court for In- ternational Justice at The Hague. | | Goes to Geneva When he was eighty-four years old President Coolidge called him ;anricafi; Eldest Statésman, Elihu Root, Passes Away at His Home; Ill Only 2 Weeks | would have been its unlor{ jto a fresh activity in that cause, |revising the statutes of the court| was little in his personal |’ |appearance to bear out his dom-|” {had reported the plan for that Tri-| MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 3 Heavy snow in the mountains near Salt Lake City made it impossible for deer to find forage in their usual haunts. Despite their fear of man, hundreds moved in from the mountai above picture shows part of the herd. (Associated Press Photo) o feed near the city. The sending him to Geneva to act with | leading jurists of other nations in| s0 as to meet reservations adopted | several years before by the United States senate. The result was the Root-Hurst formula, the co-author being Sir Cecil Hurst of Great Bri- tain. That formula, promptly accepted ; other signatories but long de- ed in the American senate, gave the United States the right to with- draw from the court “without any imputations of unfriendliness or unwillingness to co-operate gener- ally for peace and good will” if, after an exchange of views, there was disagreement with the American position in objecting to a request for an advisory opinion from the tri- bunal on a question in which the United States claimed interest. It was this reservation of a vir- tual American veto on requests for advisory opinions which formed the chief barrier to American adherence to the court. The Root-Hurst formu- la broke down European resistance to this reservation but the opponents of the World Court idea in this country argued that the with- drawal clause nullified the veto power. Mr. Root combatted this viewpoint in a special hearing be- fore the Senate Committee on For- eign Relations in January, 1931. Had Vigorous Fist For more than three hours on that occasion he talked to the com- mittee, expounding the circumstanc- | es leading up to acceptance of the| formula by other powers. At times he pounded the conference table with a vigorous fist as he stressed the part that the court could play in preserving world peace. It was| remarked that his mentality was as| quick and his voice even stronger than in his own days in the senate, sixteen years before. Mr. Root helped to organize this ‘World Court, having been a member of the International Commission of Jurists which, upon invitation of the Council of the League of Nations| bunal. The scheme was adopted in 1921. Age caused him even then to decline a place on its bench after seven nations had nominated him | for the post. He was given credit, too, for many (Continued on Page Three) i GMC STRIKE CONFERENCE CONTINUING Believed that Final Session to Bring About Settle- ment Being Held DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 8. — Rep- resentatives of the General Motorsy Corporation and striking employ: are-meeting today in what many observers regard as probably the final conference to try once more to reach an agreement. After a two hour session starting at 11 o'clock |this forenoon, the conference was still in progress at 1 o'clock this afternoon, no adjournment being |taken at the noon hour. The impression grows that the breakdown is solely on the question of bargaining recognition. CONFERENCE TAKES RECESS OVER SUNDAY DETROIT, Feb. 8—A conference toward a settlement of the General Motors strike recessed last Saturday night at 7 o'clock until 11 o'clock this morning. In was the ninth parley session in four days. Gov. Frank Murphy, in a formal statement Saturday night, confirm- ed reports that the chief obstacle in the settlement of the strike is whether or not the General Motors is to recognize the United Automo- bile Workers of America as the ex- clusive bargaining agency in the twenty plants involved in the strike. Gov. Murphy disclosed that “near- ly all other questions have been ironed out and adjusted harmon- lously.” The Michigan State Executive fur- ther said that during the more than 30 hours spent in conference the “real issue Is whether bargaining is to be exlusively with the UAW or on a basis of representation.” PUBLIC IS INVITED TO LEGISATIVE RECEPTION AT GOVERNOR’S HOUSE All residents of Juneau, Douglas and other Gastineau Channel com- munities are invited to the Biennial Legislative Reception honoring members of the Legislature and their wives, at which Gov. John W. Troy will be host at the Governor’s House tonight. The reception will begin at nine o'clock, and from nine until ten the Governor, Territorial officials and their wives, members of the Legis- lature and their wives will be in line to meet those who call. The Governor cxtends a cordial invitation to the public to avail themselves of this opportunity to attend and meet the visiting Leg- islators. Following the reception will be dancing from ten until twelve, Alaska Juneau {Reports Gain For January SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 8.~The Alaska Juneau reports $251,200 operating income for January, againit $210,700 for December and $200,400 for Jan- uary, 1936, TORRENTS ARE RUSHING TODAY, ON TO PAGIFIC Three Persons Known Kill- ed—Property Damage Estimated Large HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BEING HAMPERED Several Sections Are Cut 0ff—2,000 Navy Men Are Marooned LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 8. — Auddy torrents, which killed thre: ersons and extensively damaged outhern California property, ran ‘award today under clearing skies nd rain is reported abated in prac-~ cally all areas struck last Satur- lay and which continued for the reater part of Sunday. San Diego is cut off by rail ana highway communications from Los \ngeles by bridge washouts which 1ave isolated Ocean Side and Clem- ntine absolutely. Two thousand navy men stranded 1t Long Beach are being transported o their base destroyers today. Landslides have blocked highways o Escondido and Ramona. Hundreds of homes in the lowland area are littered with silt and drift- food by the receding flood waters. MELTING SNOW, HEAVY RAINS CAUSE THREAT LOS ANGELES, Oal, Feb 8— A steady downpour of rain which began early last Friday night, melt- ing mountain snows, last Baturday night brought increasing danger of Saturday night water : roads at several points the Los Angeles area. In North Long Beach, Compton Creek overflowed and traffic over five bridges was halted. The Santa Ana River was running full, threatening to overflow at Visalia. The St. Johns and Kaweah Rivers broke over their banks flooding the town of Cutler and marooning 800 residents of Woodlake. L o 0 e d T0 CELEBRATE TERCENTENARY Musical Ba;l;;ound to Be Provided for Swedish- American Event ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb, 8. — Dr Howard Hanson, Director of the Eastman School of Music, has been commissioned to write a composi- tion and chorus for an orchestra which will provide the musical back- ground for the celebration of the Swedish-American tercentenary in 1938. Celebrations will be held in Wil- mington, Delaware; Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and Minneapo- lis, to commemorate the arrival of the first permanent settlers on this continent, in 1636, near Wilming- ton. PSR S RN MATTSON CASE | SUSPECT UNDER ARREST IN . Immigration Service In- spector Holds Man in Custody for G-Men PEMBINA, North Dakota, Feb. 8. Chief Patrol Inspector Elmer Mc- Conneachie of the Immigration Ser- vice, said a man whose description closely resembles that of the man wanted in the Mattson kidnaping and slaying case, is geing held for investigation. ‘The suspect, giving his name as Stanlious Poracki, aged 34, was ta- ken in custody Friday near Poil- ette, N. K., and placed in jail here, charged with entering the country without inspection. G-Men from the Aberdeen, South Dakota office, have arrived here and are questioning the man at length. He denies he had any connection with the crime. e i R