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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16
PRESIDENT HOOVER GUILTLEss!

The Senate Committee that investigated the charge that President Hoover had some ideas about the sugar tariff schedule which he commended to the attention Of Congfess Ifind in effect that he had right to have ideas regarding the matter and, as President of the United States he had a right to commend them to Congress. The committee re- port said:
 Your Committee finds no impropriety
 anything open to censure or criticism.
 That's very fine But hope Senator will file charges against the President for sending a message to Congress in December
 In the meantime we are wondering how it was that no courageous Senator ever thought to file charges against Washington, Jefferson Jackson, Lincoln, Roosevelt Wilson and the others when they did the same things that Hoover has done
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16
Lese-Majesty to Prohibition.
(New York World

Federal Judge Paul J Mccormick of California is a mebmer of the Presidents Law Enforcement Commission. Taking pains to point out that he was speaking individual and not officially for the commission, Judge Mccormick expressed the opinion that invasion and search of private dwell ings without proper warrants should be curbed Such invasion he described gross misuse and denial Iof the constitutional rights of citizens" And the Constitution being what it is the truth of his com ment seems self evident.
 For saying anything which might seem to be a criticism of enforcement methods even in the capacity of private citizen Judge Mccormick has now been called to account by the rys in Congress It might not be thought from the character of his remarks that he has encouraged enemies of public order. But that is what the drys in Congress find that he has done ''The prohibition forces of the lcountry will be greatly disappointed" says Senator Harris of Georgia If the President does not remove thls man who has encouraged ant-prohibitionsts as well as violators of the law
 The resemblance between the neryous days in congress and the Queen in Alice in Wonderland. has become quite striking. Like the Queen the nervous days have answer and only one ans,pe, to make to every man in public life who seems tc challenge their theories: of with his headI of With his headi Off with his head!"
 On the same day that Senator Harris was unset py Juoge McCormicks remarks in California forty.
 IlVe bootleggers were arrested in the District o Columbia "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16
NEW NAME FOR CHINESE CAPITAL.

The United States Geographic Board announces that it has accepted the change in the name Of Chinas capital city from Peking or Pekin to Peiping The name was officially changed in 1929, according to an official notice from the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the American State Department. The Geographic Board warns that the name is no longer Peking or Pekin.
 Peiping has been known by many names in the course of it's history It was Picking from the time that Yung-lo 403-25) changed the seat of gov ernment to the north court" In the beginning, 9s6 and again just before the transfer to the north court" the capital known as Ranking, the south court" southern capital In the early part o1 Inc l2th century the city was called Yen shan Flu In 1151 it was changed to Chung-tu. Kublai Khan Q2SO-94 changed it to Yenking, which became known in Chinese as Ta-tu or great court" and in Mongolia Kahnbalik or the "city of the kahn The first emperor q368-99) of the dynasty that followed that established by Jenghiz Kahn re-established Ranking which stood for about a century and a quarter. For five centuries since the change by Yung-lo the Chinees capital city was Peking Pekn until last year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16
DECIDING THE ESTION
 By Mary Graham Bonner

After John and Peggy had watch ed the men outside their caves mak- ing pictures with sharp pieces of stone. which was all th writing they could do, the Lit 5le Black Clock turned the time little fur ther ahead and they saw others making q better picture language. {
 Then he turned the time ahead still more. until letters were used so that words could be written.
 q never thought it to ok all this time for people to learn said Peg gy.
 The children had obs erved that after the first pictures of all there were other pictures made to show the sounds as well as the looks of what words they meant by their writing
 For example, if they wanted to write words that meant some one was blowing horn, they drew Q picture of person and of a horn so that their picture meant more than just one thing Oh, how slowly they seemed to learn until finally letters came into use.
 T think I'd rather Ie arn to write after all" Peggy said. She had been thinking it might have been fun to have stayed fo ever in the days long, long ago when people could only draw pictu tes to show what words they wanted to write. <
 q could never write that I had been to a party" she continued, land describe what a good time had just by drawing a picture. It would be much too hard for any one to know what I me ant. And could never read any real stories"
 But doesn't it seem funny that it took the grown-ups So long to find out about writing?" she asked and the Little Black Clock agreed
 Now that we've seen people be- ginning to learn" the Little Black Cloc kadded, T think it would be fun to have a quite different ad- venture next time. We won't watch any one learning anything We'll go to call on very jolly ol1 winter friend of mine
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

After tumultous week with the elements the elson rescuers have got the searching forces lined up for work. All that is needed is some CO., operation with the weather.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

Weather reports from the Pacific Coast States indicate that latitude hasn't much authority this winter
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16
COOLIDGE MAY COME BACK.

@s The Hearst papers have begun an attack or President Hoover account of his propensity tt appoint commissions. Both the Examiner and Post Intelligencer declare his Administration has beer a sad disappointment thus far. The Post-Inteli gcncer thinks President Hoover will be repudiatec by the people but it believes that the leaderles condition of the Democratic Party will prevent i from gaining from the reaction. It believes th Republicans will call former President Coolidge bacl to leadership and that he will succeed Presden Hoover in 1933 recent Post-Intelhgencer ed torial on this subject follows
 When Hoover was elected, the people thought that he knew everything
 Apparently he does not know every thing and sometimes it seems as if he does not know anything
 Whenever a situation arises where action is required from the President the President appoints a commission to secure informa- tion and to investigate indefinitely, and postpone action indefinitely.
 As the Denver Post truly says:
 What good are these commits
 sions anyhow?"
 We know that cheap politicians use them to dodge situations and avoid issues.
 But MT. Hoover is not cheap politic- ian in fact, there many who say he is not politician at all.
 However there is no harm and perhaps much democratic good in being enough of politician to know what the people want done and to do it.
 The kind of politicians that are ridiculed and resented the kind that know what the people want and do not do it.
 MT Hoover apparently is not either of these two kinds of politicians, and this may be said not in praise but in apology
 He apparently has made something of a failure Of his Administration to date, not merely because he does not do what the people want, but because he evidently does not know what they want
 He seems to believe, with Senator Harris of Georgia, that he elected the is sues of prohibition and religion, and so is allowing himself to be led. not by the public but by the fanatics.
 It is a little too soon to forecast what the result will be, but the first result will prob ably be progressive Democratic House of Representatives; the second resul Re- publican Senate, but one opposed to many of the Presidents policies particularly his foreign policies; and the third result, the election of progressive Democratic Pres- dent in 1882.
 These results would be certain if the Democrats had any competent leadership.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

Plans for the addition of thirty new vessels to the Coast Guard Service to meet Volstead necessity was announced Why not use the Navy?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

Seoul. Kansas" begins dispatch about student roubles in Korea. Those things occur now and gain. We have a Cairo in Illinois, an Athens in Ohio, a Rome in Georgia, Syracuse in New York, etc, etc. Why not Seoul in Kansas9
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

But what can be expected of a Demo- cratic Party which abandons the example and injunctons of it's founders, and all the great and successful leaderers who estab lished it. to go ghost dancing after the wrath of the unsound and unsuccessful leader who wrecked it?
 So the leaderless Democrats may not be able to take advantage of their opportunity; and this means that Calvin Coolidge will come back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

True statesmen are wise men who avert the wars 1ra1 never would threaten if there were no states men-tSan Francisco Chronicle)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-16

Slogan suggested to the Edison Tire Comnanv
 H wilen ana formed: Goldenrod Tires Are Good Tires-(New York Word9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
UPTREND IN STOCK
MARKET is RESUMED
Many Shares Advance 81 to 81
Despite Profit Taking
Sales.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 18.-The
stock market kept its courage today and
boldly extended yesterdays gains. Many
active shares advanced 81 to 81 above
Wednesdays closing prices.
An interval of profit-taking just be-
fore noon ate into a morning rally, but
the markets answer to these sales of
stock that had been bought at the
recent lows was to turn extremely dull
and the sequel was resumption of the
advance.
Auburn Auto ran away from the rest
OF the list, soaring more than $14 as
hard-pressed shorts scrambled to buy.
The stock was volatile because Of the
small amount outstanding. -.
Another strong feature was j. I. Case,
up 8. Norfolk g. Western Railway
rallied So and Pressed Steel Car pre-
ferred SIS. Allied Chemical, Corn
Products, Chesapeake & Ohio. Air Re-
duction, Worthington Pump and Co
lumbar Carbon, U. S. Steel, New York
Central, Du Point, Eastman Kodak, Am
er1can Can and Johns Manville joined
the procession with advances of So to
$3.50. American Telephone was q little
hesitant, but rose about $3.50. E
A few rails failed to respond. notably
Illinois Central, Frisco and Chicago
North Western, which lost q dollar or
two,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
REFORM IN EXPERT
TESTIMONY SOUGHT
PSychiatriC Abuses in Courts
Scored by National Crime
Commission.

Striking at the scandal attendant
upon the prevalent system of psychiatric
testimony" the National Crime Com
mission today recommended four re-
forms in court and institutional pro-
cedure, including establishment by
courts of psychiatric clinics to test the
sanity of criminals.
The changes are designed to abolish
the spectacle of "a battle of the ex-
perts" in criminal trials, such as fea-
tured the Loeb-Leopold case some years
ago.
Through its subcommittee on the
medical aspects of crime, the commits
sion conducted comprehensive survey
of the problem of expert testimony by
psychiatrists and psychologists in
criminal trials and arrived at the fol-
lowing recommendations:
Favor State Action.
1. That the several States establish
as rapidly as practicable appropriate
institutions for the various types of
offenders, in order that greater degree
of classification may be brought about.
2. That the larger courts be en-
couraged to establish their own PSYCHE
atric clinics and that the State estab-
lish, so far as possible, facilities which
shall be available to the smaller courts,
to the end that each court may have
available to it psychiatric service made
up of competent and impartial PSYCHE
artists, psychologists and social in
vestigators.
3. That the several States extend
the principle of the indaterminate SEN
tence and the greater discretion OF
judges In disposing of eases.
Massachusetts Law Cited.
f. That as a means of avoiding the
scandal attendant upon the prevalent
system of psychiatric expert testimony,
the several States be urged to adopt a
law similar in principle to that known
in Massachusetts as the Briggs Law,
providing for the impartial and routine
examination under State authority Of
persons held in criminal charges. The
extent of the groups so eXaminable
might well be dependent partly on
the laws of the particular State and
partly on the availability of compe-
tent psychiatric personnel.
The committee adds that its members
are "cogniZant of the fact that trained
psychiatric personnel is in many places
inadequate in numbers" but that they
are convinced "theS supply will follow
the demand and If a substantial interest
on the part of the States can be shown
in personnel of this sort, properly
trained individuals will in increasing
numbers follow this line of service
The report was made public by j.
Weston Allen, who succeeded Newton
D. Baker as acting chairman CT the
commission. Baker now is a, member
of the Presidents Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement. The
Crime Commission, in its report, ex-
presses hope that the Presidents Com
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
HALF-HOL|DAY COST
HELD S27,ODO,ODO
Budget Bureaus Estimate
Disclosed by DaIIinger's
Call on President.

It will cost nearly $27 900 900 a year
to put the year-round Saturday half
holiday into operation. the director of
the budget has reported to President
Hoover
This was disclosed today, following
a conference of Representative Freder-
lex w. Dallinger, Republican, of Mas
sachusetts, with the President at the
White House. Mr. Dallinger did not
bring away the impression that the
President, on this account, would be
opposed to passage of legislation for
cutting down the work-week of Govern
ment employees, both in Washington and
in the field service.
Held Relief Measure.
Representative Dallinger,. a member
of the House Civil Service Committee,
who succeeded in having this measure
fayorably reported during the last ses-
sion OF Congress, is now trying hard to
expedite approval of it by the House.
LAS an emergency relief measure
believe Congress should Immediately
pass this legislation" said Representa-
tive Dallinger today.
fees and Post Roads favorably reported
yesterday a companion measure, the
Kendall bill, which has already passed
the House, providing for a A instead
of 48-hour work week for postal en-
ployes. This action, which provides
the shorter work week for one branch of
the Federal service, is expected to have
strong influence in passing the general
bill which covers all employees OF the
Government.
The bill now awaiting action in the
House was originally introduced in the
House my Representative John w. Nc
Cormick of Massachusetts,, but owing to
the fact that ne is a Democratic men,
Der, it was made a committee bill, in
order to expedite action upon it.
Includes Postal Cost.
The Massachusetts, Representative en-
phasizes that the budget estimate of
$27,000,000 a year as the cost of put
ting the 44-hour week into operation
includes also the extra cost of giving
the postal employees one afternoon a
week Off 1t has been stated that the
cost to the Post Office Department by
putting the Kendall bill into effect
would be approximately $4,000 900 an
nually, so that Representative Dallinger
figures that the general half holiday
bill. which he is pushing, would cost
only about an additional $14,000,000 an
nually.
The Senate passed last session a Sat
urday half holiday bill, which was re-
ferred to the House Committee. Though
Representative Lehlbach is the chair
man of this body Mr.. Dalhnger was
asked to write the report, and to take
charge of the measure on the floor. The
committee asked him to do this as a
recognition of the strong interest which
he las evidenced in the measure.
In the past few days Dallinger has
had conferences on the subject with
Longworth, Tilson and Smell, the three
men who really control the program
of the session. AS the House Civil
Service Committee does not have a
calendar day this session, it will be
necessary for Dalinger either to Sc
cure a special rule, or bring the measure
up under suspension of the rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
AUTHORITIES MOVE
TO HASTEN APPEAL
OF DRY LAW RULING
Judge CIark's Decision Will
Be Held in Allegiance When
Petition Is Filed.
OTHER FEDERAL JURISTS
REFUSE SIMILAR ACTION
Raids Continue in New Jersey
When Woodcock Orders
Work to Go On.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., December 49,
Federal authorities moved today to ex-
pedite to the Supreme Court Judge
William Clark's decision invalidating
the eighteenth amendment.
Phillip Forman, United States at
torney, returned from Washington,
where he conferred with Attorney Gen.
eral Mitchell and other officials.
He said he planned to appear before
Judge Clark today to have the legal
machinery set in motion which will
carry the case of the United States VS..
Sprague and Howey to the highest
court. The necessary steps include en-
tering of a Judgment by Judge Clark,
filing of an appeal petition and the
granting of an order for the appeal by
the court.
The effect of filing an appeal will
be to hold Judge Clark's decision in
abeyance until it has been reviewed
by the Supreme Court.
Others Refuse to Follow.
Although defense attorneys in New
Jersey and other States lost no time
in seeking to have indictments against
their clients quashed on the basis OF
Judge Clark's decision other Federal
Judges refused to follow the invalidating
opinion.
Federal Judge William Runyon at
Newark. in the first liquor case before
him after the rendering of Judge
Clarks opinion, refused to dismiss the
defendant on the ground the eighteenth
was invalid. He said he
was not bound by Judge Clark'S deci-
sion and that the Supreme Court had
passed on the eighteenth amendment.
In Boston, three former assistant
United States attorneys, acting as coun-
sci for three liquor case defendants,
filed motions to quash the indictments,
basing their motions on the New Jersey
decision that the eighteenth amend
ment was invalid. The United States
Office said the Clark decision
was of no effect in that district.
Two Gases Pending.
The decision also was invoked in
Federal Court in Chicago when attor-
neys for George Morris filed motion
to quash an Indictment charging VIOLA
ton of the prohibition law.
Two cases in which the validity of
the eighteenth amendment is attacked
are now pending in Federal courts III
New York and Rhode Island.
The New York case is under advise
ment Of three judges in the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals. 1t is
Continued on Page 4, Column H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
GUATEMALA QUIET
AFTER BRIEF REVOLT
Third Government Establish
ed Within Week, With 81
Killed or Wounded.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GUATEMALA CITY, December 49,
Guatemala had its third government
within week today after an hour of
brisk fighting in the streets of the
Capital Tuesday afternoon in which 81
persons were killed or wounded.
The new President is Gen. Manuel
Orellana, who says he will serve only
until Gen. Lazaro Chacon, the elected
President. has recovered from severe
illness and cerebral hemorrhage. Bau-
dilio Palma, who was designated to sue
coed Gen. Chacon by the council of
ministers last week, is understood to be
a refugee at the German legation.
Minister of War Slain.
Among those killed in Tuesdays
fighting was Gen. Mauro De Leon, min
lister of war, and first designate as an
alternate to succeed Gen. Chacon in
the event of his incapacity. Col. Fill
berto Aguilar BonilIa, member of the
presidential staff, and j. Grijalba shot
and killed each other in a personal
duel in which both fired at the same
time.
The city and country are quiet and
it is believed that completely normal
conditions will be restored by tonight.
Various garrisons and civil authorities
nave Signified their adhesion to the new
President, who has announced reten-
ton of all officials who served under his
successors, Gen. Chacon and the civilian
Baudiio Palma.
Gen. Orellano explains the brief re-
volt against Baudilio Palma as brought
about through dissatisfaction of mill
tary elements with his selection to sue
coed Gen. Chacon. 1t is alleged that,
although he was only second designate
as a presidential alternate, he prevailed
upon the council of ministers to pass
by the first designate, Gen. Maura de
Leon, who was minister Of war, and
appoint him.
Adherence Signified.
The various garrisons and civil au-
thoritieS throughout the republic have
Signif1ed their adherence to the new
President, whose popularity apparently
was increased by the fact that he
neither arrested nor dismissed any of
the officials who served under Baudillo
Palma.
Constitutional guarantees have been
maintained.
Guatemalas trouble began after
Continued on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-18
QUICK
TO DEFEND HOOVER
Glenn and Vandenberg Reply
to Attack by Mcclellan
on Handling Funds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate Republicans were quick today
to strike back at an attack upon Presi-
! dent Hoover by Senator Mcclellan,
Democrat, Tennessee, who complained
that Mr.. Hoover had never given an
itemized accounting of the 500, 900 900
food relief fund he administered in 1919
in Europe as American Food Admin
istrator.
Mcclellan had called attention that
the law appropriating the 100000 900
food relief fund for Europe in 1919
required an itemized accounting. He
said Mr. Hoover had not made any.
After Mcclellan had reiterated his
complaint in asking that the provision
of the $116,0000 900 employment appro-
priation giving the President power to
allocate the funds be stricken out, Sen
ators Vandenberg of Michigan and
Glenn of Illinois jumped into action.
Answered by Glenn.
THE only implication in this asser-
tion," said Glenn, sis that Mr.. Hoover
is a dishonest man and an embezzler
of public funds.
IT resent the implication, and I deny
the insinuation.
II would do the same if the Presi-
dent of the United States were Demo-
crat. I believe every true American
resents it,"
Vandenberg said sharply, Nothing is
more futile than an effort at this late
date to tarnish the war record of Mr..
Hoover as food administrator"
The Tennesseean's charge that the
President began career OF utter dis
regard of the proprieties of government"
when he entered the White House was
characterized by Glenn as unjust and
made through malice and spite"
He also resented the charge that Mr..
Hoover made indecent and illegal use
of the Marines in building his Rapidan
River lodge and the assertion that it
was improper for him to use naval
vessel for his pre-inaugural trip to
South America
Replies to Politics Charge.
Replying to McKellars terming as "a
damnable charge" the Presidents re-
cent statement that some members we're
playing politics with human misery"
in. proposing unemployment relief REM
edies outside the administration pro-
gram, Glenn said:
"A number of us here were touched
by those words, but aren't they true?
while we are here in short session
and pressed for time we hear, and espe-
cially from the Senator from Tennes-
see, bitter personal and partisan at
tacks on the President
IF ever there was a time when party
lines should be disregarded, it is now"