Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1936, Page 3

LANDON GREETED ON VAGATION TRIP Governor Arrives in Colo- rado to Spend Some Time on Ranch. By the Associated Press. DENVER, June 25.—Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, Republican presi- dential nominee, arrived in Denver with his family at 7:28 am. (9:28 Eastern standard time) today to start his Colorado vacation. A loud cheer went up from the large crowd at the Denver station as the Kansas Governor stepped from the train, smiling, and waved to the throng. Received by Committee. Charles R. Enos, Colorado Repub- lican chairman, and Lawrence C. Phipps, sr., members of the Reception Committee, were among the first to shake the hand of Landon. Nearby two cars were waiting, an open one for the Governor and a closed one for his family. ‘The Republican Committee planned for Landon to ride in the open car for & short tour through the city, en route to Estes Park, 75 miles north of Den- ver, where the Landons have leased a ranch for the Summer. The closed car was reserved for Mrs. Landon and other members of the family. Landon was dressed in a neatly- pressed blue suit and stepped briskly down the steps of the train. Several men greeted him enthusi- astically, although they were not members of the Reception Committee. They wore sunflowers, Immediately after his arrival Lan- don walked with members of the Re- ception Committee to a special room in the station for a press conference. His family remained on the train a few moments longer, then were escorted to another special station room, where they awaited the Gov- ernor. Replies to Welcome. Responding to the Denver welcome, Gov. Landon said: “Mrs. Landon and I want all the people of Colorado to know that we are sincerely happy to visit your State. We have enjoyed such visits before and we know we will this one. Your gracious welcome is appreciated. “Colorado and Kansas know each other as neighbors and friends. Our people know each other by their first names and remember each other’s families. In our more expansive areas & few visits may make intimate friends. “But we are more than just neigh- bors. the pioneers of both States came from common blood lines. The sons and daughters of those pioneers, whether they live east or west of our State line, often see eye to eye, and have a common forward-looking view- point. “The people of Kansas long have < BY RICHARD B. FOWLER. NE could fill a large volume if he attempted to tell the stories of all departmsnts and all the important acts of the Landor administration in Kansas. Gov. Landon carried out & prom- ise to drive the bank robbers out of the State. He did it by the or- ganization of a highway patrol under the direction of & big man in a broad- brimmed hat—Wint Smith, 6 feet ¢ inches tall and a World War captain. In 1933, the last year before the organization of the patrol, Kansas was considered part of the happy hunting ground of the Southwest, the region identified with such public enemies as Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Wilbur Underhill, Harvey Bai- ley, Clyde Barrow, Alvin Karpis, and “Machine Gun” Kelly, ‘The record for 1933 shows 62 bank robberies in Kansas. In 1934 there were only 22. In 1935 they had dropped to 6. The number of bank robbers killed or sent to prison was in keeping with the results. Operating Costs Cut. A cut in the operating costs of the 28 State institutions was made, ac- cording to promises at a time of rising prices and during a general repair program. The reduction in op- erating costs from $6,500,000 a year down to $5,000,000 was made by sal- ary reductions and stopping the leaks. The same methods applied in cutting the operating cost of the State $5,- 000,000 & year. Naturally, Landon cut his own salary along with the rest and still is driving a motor car that was purchased early in the Woodring administration. Gov. Landon was conservative on giving paroles from the State Peniten- tiary, insisting that men should not be turned out of the penitentiary ahead of time unless they had some- where to go, some chance for a de- cent way of living. For men on pa- roles he set up a system of district supervisors that worked. The per- centage of parolled men returned to the penitehtiary was reduced to 14 per cent, * x % % Back in 1932 and for many years before, one of the strong Republican leaders in Central Kansas was War- ren W. Finney of Emporia, the rich man of the town, a philanthropist, the man who lived in the big brick, English-type house, the finest struc- ture in Emporia. He was a State di- rector in the Y. M. C. A. and & col- lege trustee. Impressive, 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 225 pounds, | Finney was a power. Also widely known in the State was | Ronald Finney, son of Warren W. Fin- ney, a massive, black-haired man with striking eyes, a man of talent. The | been accustomed to seek recreation and rest as we are doing today, amidst the | mountains of Colorado. Trade, com-: merce and associations of our people | have known no barriers. Many former | Kansans are now residents of Colorado | and in this connection I proudly cite | your distinguished chief executive, | Gov. Johnson. | “We have come here to share the pleasures of your outdoor life and are | happy that we can enjoy them with you.” | For the two small Landon childreni 1t was a first-rate red letter day. Long anticipated, it was the occa- sion of the first train ride for Nancy | Jo, almost 4, and Jack, 2!, and the | two eager, dark-eyed youngsters took | a full measure of fun from it. “Just | as daddy did,” they shook hands with new people from the train platform. | And they were allowed to stay up | extra late. | Greeted by Crowds. | Thousands gathered at stations | along the way last night and Gmx} Landon came out and greeted each ' crowd, informally chatting with his | admirers and expressing thanks for enthusiastic greetings. Weary from bending over the plat- | form of his private car to shake hands | with many who waited to see him, the | Governor retired at 10:30 o'clock and | left a call for 6 am. Mrs. Landon and the children turned in earlier. | A crowd of about 3,000 greeted the party at Salina, Kans., and there were } large groups also at Manhattan and Junction City. Landon leaned over the rail and said many times over, “Hello, glad to see you, thank you, I certainly appreciate your welcome.” As he spoke informally at Salina a voice called out from the crowd “Save that for the fight ahead.” ‘The Governor replied, “There won't be | much fight here in Salina, will there?” and the crowd yelled, “No!” Man, 81, Spurns Relief. STERLING, Ill. (#).—John Lutke- meyer, 81, next month, spurned offers of relief. He said he didn't need it. He proved he didn't by completing the lathing on four houses under con- struction and contracting for future work in the same line. LOST. BUNCH_OF KEYS. name and address on tag. "O. V. Pumphrey.’ on Wednesday. Finder teturn to No. 1 precinct or Lincoln HE = r Md._Shepherd 2059. _ __________ DIAMOND WRIST WATCH, lost in Bell or Diamond cab or_15th and K. June 23. Reward. Adams 6272 between 0 and 7. DOG, German police, female. in vicinity ‘Bé_n‘nllhent. 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One Friday afternoon, early in Au- gust, 1933, the State House buzzed with rumor. “Bogus bonds in the | State Treasury!” That day S. M. Brewster, United States district at- | torney, had received information. In | a Topeka bank, examiners had found bonds that were duplicates of bonds presumably in the State treasurer's office. Monday facts filtered through the | offices. Gov. Landon and the dis- | trict attorney were in conference be- hind closed doors. Newspaper men waited. The forger of the bonds was said to be Ronald Finney. Unbeliev- able! An order was out for the ar- | of Ronald Finney. Into the Kansas State House walked Warren W. Finney, head up, | defiant, the man who had behind him both prestige and powerful friend- ships, a good acquaintance even with the Governor. He was admitted be- hind closed doors. The Governor's | friends squirmed. What could the | Governor do? Finney could have but one request—time. If he were guilty, | it meant time to get the forged bonds |and children like it. | appropriate words—and the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936. The Story of Alf M. Landon Chapter XI-—More Tasks Accomplished. Gov. Landon and his daughter, Peggy Ann, rest after a turn over the bridle paths. Peggy Ann is a student at Kansas Uni- versity and often rides with her father, out of his banks. With twenty-four hours he might be able to replace them with good bonds. But how could the Governor be sure he was guilty? Suppose the banks were closed im- properly. What of the political con- sequences? Newspaper men walked up and down watching the clock and the Gov- ernor's friends sat around with sickly frowns. The door opened and Warren Fin- ney came out; but not the Warren Finney who had entered the State House & half hour before. His body sagged forward His shoulders drooped. He didn't see anybody. The order was on the wires to close the Finney banks and take immediate control of the assets in their vaults. Boyd Would Not Go. But what about the State treasury? Tom Boyd was standing on his con- stitutional rights. He would not re- linquish the office. Was he stalling for time to get the forged bonds out of the treasury? A half hour later a captain of the National Guard walked into the State House, conferred a few minutes with the Governor and walked | down to the treasurer's office. By order of Gov. Landon the treasurer's office was under martial law. Auditors went to work on the books. Kansas moved into the bond scandal that for months to come was to shock the State. It was to be revealed that for more than a year Ronald Finney had easy | access to the treasurer's office; that when the Landon administration took over the government in January some $300,000 worth of bogus bonds al- ready were in the State treasury. The total in the treasury and banks over the State amounted to nearly $1,000,- 000. It is not the place here to tell the whole tragic story of the conviction of the Finneys and Tom Boyd. The only point here is the light the inci- dent may throw on the character of Alf Landon. Even as the future proved him right, it seemed that the case would cost him powerful political {riendships. * ok ¥ % A cake for the Governor. Children in a solemn procession filed through the open door to the inner office. The man behind the desk smiled; women might call it a wistful smile, A little girl of 10 attempted a presentation speech and the Governor took the cake with smile. As he strolled over to close the door, he announced a party. And so, there on the big desk, with children sitting on the edges and climbing over the chairs, the cake was cut and eaten. The few remaining persons in the outer office heard laughter, shouting. children’s voices and every now and then the Governor's voice. To Willard Mayberry, watched the procedure, came a great smile. “I never saw a man grow in office the way Alf has,” he said. “The kind of pressure that makes most fellows Alf friendly.” who had i tough and mean has made | Ask any State Governor whether it is easy to be patient with callers. Landon kept his patience through the daily ordeal; cranks with projects; the owner of a device to stop the wind in Western Kansas; the Indian who would produce rain for $500, and who returned, after that night’s rain, to collect; the gentle, old man who would irrigate Kansas with the waters of the Yukon river; more trying prob- lems; people in trouble; mothers with sons in the penitentiary—. Built Treasury Balance. Landon went ahead with the less dramatic part of his program, cut expenses, bullt up a balance in the State treasury; and in 1935, another Democratic year, he was re-elected by a majority of 65000, carrying 92 of the 105 counties. He was intro- duced to the country as the only Re- publican Governor to be re-elected that year. Through the years of office the Landons have lived the simple life of Topeka. The Landon home is a gath- ering place for persons who like good food along with good conversation. | Mrs. Landon, who had been popular as Theo Cobb, is equally popular as Mrs. Landon. There are few large functions; entertaining on a large scale is not demanded of the Kansas Governor. Peggy Ann, slender, dark, sensitive, went away to the University of Kan- |sas and is seen around Topeka only on week-ends. She has a sense of | humor, dances well, and plays bridge | poorly. Nancy, who was a small baby | when the Landons took over the big | yellow-brick house, grew into an in- [qulrmg young lady of 3, a child with | big, brown eyes. And Jack, born | something over a year later, celebrated his second birthday by repeating everything that Nancy said. About 5 in the evenings, the Gov- ernor could be seen taking them for a walk about the block. On week-ends | Peggy Ann, home from school, usually | | goes with her father for a morning | | horseback ride; and returns talking about the clash of wills between her | father and his old horse, Si. With a small group of long-t\me; friends, the Governor plays bridge at | |least once a week. The few times he had been able to go on the all- night fishing trips at the famous Rock Bottom on the Neosho River he was reasonably at home in the horse- | play. The same was true when he | was eating possum out at Kenneth | Doyle's Island on the Kaw River. | He has continued to live close to | the people; it is his method of gath- | ering information as well as the nat- ural way for him to live. Out horse- back riding he usually manages to stop to talk to some farmer, asking him | about his crops, what he thinks of the Federal Government's farm plan, | what his neighbors are saying. Some- times a farmer, seeing something vaguely familiar in his visitor, would | say, “Haven't I seen you somewhere? What's your name?” And the answer was simply, “Lan- don, Alf Landon.” (Copyright, 1936, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Naval Plot (Continued From First Page.) injury of the United States and the advantage of a foreign nation, to wit, | Japan.” Since Thompson was arrested, and throughout his trial, rumors that! authorities were inquiring into spy activities persisted, and they did not | die even after the former non-com- missioned officer was convicted of a | comparatively minor offense. Officials were armed with warrants for the arrest of Miyazaki, although Navy authorities expressed belief he was in the Orient. Both Federal attorneys and naval | authorities declined to comment upon | or amplify the story set forth in the indictment. With customary reti- | cence ,the Navy authorities declined to | say whether the exceptional secrecy with which fleet maneuvers were con- ducted this Spring had anything to do with the alleged espionage plot. TOKIO PARRIES INQUIRIES, | TOKIO, June 25 (#).—Naval officials parried inquiries today concerning the indictment of a Japanese at Los An- geles for col ng to furnish United formation to the Jap- anese government. “We lack official information and hence are unable to comment,” an official spokesman said. The latest roster of officers in the Japanese Navy showed a Lieut. Comdr. Toshio Miyazaki was at present an instructor in the Naval College at Tokio. Miyazaki, the Tokio officer, was in “America a few years ago as an attache of the Japanese Embassy,” authorities saic. “But whether this Miyazaki and the person named in the indictment are ‘since Toshio Miyazaki is a common Japanese name.” “Naval questions are at present ap- parently agitating the American pop- ular mind,” an unidentified naval “‘observer” was reported to have told the Domei (Japanese) News Agency. “Americans seem nervous. However, the Japanese navy knows nothing of Real Estate Leans, Construction Loans and Refinancing' Why not get the benefit of years of experience and suggestions in_ these matters? Reasonable rates of com- missions_and interest rges. Me Have Your Problems JR. Nat. 1277 LEROY GADDIS, 1013 15th St. N.W. In Spy Plot HARRY T. THOMPSON. the present instance of such nervous- ness.” The newspaper Yomiuri was the only afternoon vernacular newspaper to publish the story of the indictments at Los Angeles. SEEN “LOCAL” CASE. Officials Believe Espionage Trial Will Be Handled in Los Angeles. Navy Department officials here said last night they believed the case of HARSH PURGATIVES Only Aggravate . CONSTIPATION /S, 1.Used @ e Loxa-Trate ! A\ —and found I relief without aggravation. LAXA-TRATE Is Made from Nature's herbs and flowers, non-griping, gentle yet firm in action. It's one laxative you'll like. A Real $1 Value 49c IN THE JUMBO SIZE For Sale at All Stores of The Vita Health Food Co. and At All Peoples Drug Stores For Free Delivery Call Col. 2980 a Japanese Navy officer and a former petty officer of the United States Navy, indicted for espionage, would be handled “locally” at Los Angeles, where a Federal grand jury returned the indictments. ‘The espionage act contains a sec- tion providing a penalty for “unlaw- fully disclosing information affecting national defense” to any foreign gov- ernment or its agent. Imprisonment for not more than 20 years is pro- vided, with capital punishment possible when the act is committed while the Nation is at war. Czech “Spy” Sentenced. BERLIN, June 25 (#).—The people’s court today sentenced Erich Sehcek, 39, a Czech, to life imprisonment after conviction on a charge of “continual espionage on Saxony garrisons and airdromes on behalf of a foreign power.” AWINNERAT THE END OF A MATCH WE GUARANTEE the fobaccos blended in Twenty Grand equal in quality fo those in Wil costing 08 much as 50% mere. THE AXTON-FISHER TOBACCO CO.. INC. e e 1 HAMILTON CLAIMS IT'S “INTHE BAG” New Chairman, on Visit to Capital, Concedes Loss of About 6 States. BY JOHN C. HENRY. John D. M. Hamilton, master of ceremonies for the Landon-Knox Re- publican presidential ticket, thinks there is nothing to the coming cam- paign but Landon and Knox. Yesterday afternoon the youthful Kansan, as chairman of the Republi- can National Committee, climbed on a chair in his Washington headquar- ters and told some 30 newspapermen that the G. O. P. slate will sweep all except six or seven States in November. Everything west of the Mississippi River is “in the bag,” he boasted with a grin, and so is everything north of the Ohio River. Just for good meas: ure, he threw Maryland “in the bag" also, and then admitted that things look good in Florida. He waxed gen- erous over Mississippi and South Caro- lina, and conceded them to the Demo- crats. But that was before the news came along that Senator Smith and his South Carolina Democratic dele- gation had gotten mad with the Phila- delphia convention, so Hamilton prob- ably changed his estimate later. Follows Precedent. Hamlilton, of course, was just play- ing the part of a good campaign man- ager in laying claim to everything not actually tied down. His opponent in the Democratic camp, James Aloysius Farley, already has set the fashion for sweeping concessions to his own side, 50 Hamilton merely was following where others had blazed a trail. But the young nearly-red-headed Republican boss was doing more than merely throwing a few loose predic- tions at the newsmen yesterday; he was making an impression of vigor and freshness that has been sadly missing from the G. O. P. camp during these three years of high-riding by the Democratic administration. He started off at shattering Republican habits when he climbed into a chair and stood above his audience to answer their questions, and he continued throughout the interview. “There is going to be a reversal in November just as completely as there was in 1932, he declared. “I think we'll carry all except six or seven | States. I think we'll take two or three in the South. Basic Issues at Stake, “This thing has gone far beyond the party lines. The basic issues are more | fundamental than in 1928, when Smith | lost the South. “I'll tell you one thing—the West is in the bag. The A. A. A, program is not going to hold those farmers. There isn’t a finer group in the country than those farmers out there and they aren’t going to uphold this adminis- tration. “We didn’t know how good things were until after the Cleveland con- vention.” Asked about the convention ad- | dresses of Chairman Farley and Sen- | ator Barkley of Kentucky, Hamilton answered: “I never saw a crowd so scared po- litically and with less willingness to admit it. Theyre scared and they ought to be. It shows in every speech. Farley is disappointed, discouraged and frightened The chairman announced that na- tional headquarters of the party will be moved out of Washington next week and established in Chicaga A $2.75 per Gal. Wiz, 1144 18th St. N.w. ROOF EXPERTS | take a chance Wwhen e —— vice will save you Skillful. expert service all times. 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He expects to visit every State in the country himself, he said, a swing into New England being planned for the last two weeks in July. No plans have been completed |for Landon's speaking campaign, Hamilton said, but the Kansas gover- nor will be officially notified of his presidential nomination in Topeka on July 23. Knox will be the center of vice presidential notification cere- monies on July 30 at Chicago. Hamilton, who seemed unworried about anything, adopted the same at- titude toward the new Union Party North Dakota. “For every vote that Lemke takes from Landon he will take from six to nine from Roosevelt,” the chairman said. Asked if he had invited any of the disgruntled Democrats—Smith, Ely, ticket, Hamilton said he had not, but that “everybody is going to have a chance” to talk for Landon if they wish to. To Co-ordinate Campaigns. He said that plans have not been completed yet for co-ordination of the Republican presidential and congres- sional campaigns, but that “immediate contact” is to be established between the two with the probability that at least one representative of each organ- ization will work with the other group. Hamilton announced that Mrs. Rob- ert Lincoln Hoyal, who has been su- pervising womens work for the com- | mittee, has been named assistant chairman of the committee, and with Charlton MacVeagh of New York Harrison Spangler of Towa and Arthur threat of Representative Lemke of | et al—to stump for the Republican | —Star Staff Photoe. 0 M. Curtis of Missouri will serve as his principal assistants. Mrs. Hoyal is from Arizona. Announcement of a head of the publicity division will be made within 48 hours, he said, with a skeleton of every campaign division being ready to start work in Chicago next week. Asked if Landon’s telegram to the convention, with his interpretation of the monetary and child labor planks of the platform, could be considered a part of the platform from now on, Hamilton said it could not, but that * A-3 such an expression by the candidate must necessarily .carry considerable weight. The advocacy of a return to the gold standard will not burt Lani- don in the West, he declared. Immediate direction of the cam- paign along the Atlantic seaboard will be under direction of Representative Martin of Massachusetts, Hamilton said. Martin was floor leader for the Landon forces at Cleveland. In this territory, supervised from New York, will be the New England Statcs, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Vir- ginia, Florida and Georgia, SNAKES’ PURCHASE FOR KILLING BARED Confessed Slayer Tells of Helping Accused Man Tape Wife to Table for Torture. By the Assoctated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 25.—Charles Hope, a confessed slayed who turnsd State's evidence, again had the rols of principal witness today against Robert 8. James, his former associate, on trial for wife murder by snake poison and drowning. The former sailor pleaded guilty in the death of Mrs. Mary James. latest wife of the defendant, who told an alienist he had been married seven times. A large portion of the State's case was summed up yesterday by the witness in one sentence “James came to me early in June last year and said he had a friend who wanted to kill his wife and that it would be worth $100 to me to ge. a couple of rattlesnakes.” The prosecution named the former master barber as the “friend,” his own wife as the victim, and charged that her death was murder by drown- ing after hours of torture by the bites of snakes and black widow spiders. 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