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The Alaskan., 1932-04-08
LAWS TO PERMIT
 TIMBER COMBINES
 URGER BY WILBUR

Legislation to permit agree ments between producers in the oil, gas and timber industries with a view to controlling pro- duction and avoiding waste was urged before Senate committee by Secretary Wilbur.
 Insofar as natural resource" industries are concerned, he favored the Nye bill to enable the Federal Trade Commission to approve agreements adopted by an industry and give them legally binding effect.
 The secretary of the interior added some provision should be included requiring the agree |ment to become imperative if it produces coercion on a member of the industry or results in ex- orbitant prices.
 President Hoover in his an- nual message recommended Congress consider changing the antitrust laws along this line.
 Conscious of Waste
 MT. Wilbur said he is con- scious of the fact that the meth ods by which the government is now seeking to control natural resource production "are not only inadequate but wasteful."
 "They are not bringing the re- turns they should" he said.
 Under the bill the commission would be the government agency passing on trade agreements drawn up by an industry.
 MT. Wilbur suggested it might be well if measure dealing on ly with natural resources were enacted to cover what he de- scribed as an emergency peri od." He expressed the view that such a bill would have better chance of speedy enactment.
 In answer to a question from Senator Steiwer, Republican, Oregon, who also is keenly in- terested in such legislation, MT Wilbur said the government has a direct interest in controlling production as an owner of enor- nous quantities of natural re- sources.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08
Primary Law

Recently Tony Dmond extolled the merits cf the convention system and condemned as worth less, useless and unavoidable the primary election system at Cordova. He debated the subject with Judge Hill at Cordova It was declared that Judge Hill met with very kindly reception for his pre- sentation and Senator Dimond lost favor even with his own Democratic constituents. His ac- ceptance of the endorsement of the Territorial Democratic Convention also pointed to his desire for political favor despite the prohibitions of the primary law. Too long have Alaskans fought for the freedom of political action to look lightly upon any effort to deprive them of their elective privileges. And the women are up in arms and in no uncertain terms will show this candidate that before his own personal ambitions before his own
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08
We Oppose Domination by the Lice of Egypt

come to regard, the law as sword of oppression rather than a shield of protection
 What protection has Alaska citizenry in the fisheries where they are blackmaed by the ap- pointees of O'MalIey? What protection have the Ioggers and lumber mills in the attempted sale of AIaska's forests to the pulp interests without protection to the people of the Territory? What protection have the citizens when this gang of political racketeers remove the primary election laws and place them in the tender care of the conscienceless prostitutors of Alaska and her resources?
 These are questions and facts that Mr. and Mrs Citizen must face in the coming primary eIection-there is dodging-the answer will elect or defeat several candidates
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08

Former United States Senator James E. Reed of Missouri must have had in mind the numerous bureaus, government boards, etc., that set up and enforce the laws of Alaska and who have come to believe that it is nigh criminal to criticise them He spoke in part as follows:
 "SuperimpOsed upon this mass of laws, ap- pointive officers, boards, commissions, and bu- reaus, are authorized to make rules the violation of which are visited by heavy penalties and hence have the effect of statutes. To enforce these in numera ble Jaws regulations and rules, horde of officials tax -gatherers, snOopers and spies swarm over the land like the lice of Egypt devouring the substance of the people, prying into their private affairs regulating their trade and business.
 "What wonder that the average man has
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08

Don't forget the Dance at Sales Inn, Saturday, April 9.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08

party demand for continuance in power, comes the rights of all citizens of Alaska and the good interests of the Territory.
 We remember his effort at codifcaton of the school laws which sought to give the Governor the right to appoint six members of the Terri torial Board of Education, with power to discharge the Commissioner of Education at will We re- Il. .ember that Editor Pegues characterized this as a on-political, non-partisan" gesture. The Board of Governor and four senators suddenly became partisan when it refused to continue r o:fice a commissioner who was notoriously poli- tical in his efforts So Tony with the Editor con- ceived of the plan to restore the shorn power ot the defunct Commissioner.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08

ly indicate possible foul play, while on the other hand we have been informed that Hoyt was seen in Juneau. The family has not been heard from in a year.
 Any one having information about the above persons, please communicate with the Govern OTIS Office, Juneau, Alaska.
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08

February II, 1880; left St. Paul, Minnesota seven years ago on his way to Alaska.
 ALFRED A. HOYT-An Amerl- can, age fifty-four years, and his wife Ruth, age thirty years, a. long with their three children,
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08

a girl, Mary Virginia, age eight
 years, and twins, a boy, John Alfred, and a girl, Thomie Lee, both age six, left the City of Glendale, California for, (as per the inference of Hoyt) Russia, but recent developments strong
The Alaskan., 1932-04-08
DRIFTWOOD
x

Inquiries have been received concerning the following persons supposed to be in Alaska:
 FAULUS PETER VREESWIJK-- : Born in The Hague, Holland,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22

By United Press
CHICAGO, June 21.-A band OF
ghoulS seeking to rob the grave of
George (Re0 Barker, slain claim
ant of the gang power of AL Ca
pone, was driven from Mt. Carmel
cemetery in heated gun battle
early today.
Police were mystified by the
strange grave robbery attempt made
by four or five men in large
truck.
The ghouls riddled the automo-
bile of Joseph Sobol, cemetery
caretaker, when he discovered the
men huddled about the gangster's
grave. From the fact that the men
escaped in large truck police be-
lieved they planned to steal Bark
er'S body.
Another theory was that papers
containing information valuable to
Barker'S gang associates were buried
with the body.
1t was first thought the men
planned to steal the expensive floral
offerings which we're piled about the
grave after the typical gangster
ceremonial Monday. This was dis
counted. however, by Sobol, who
said the men we're tossing the flow
erS to one side as he approached
and were apparently about to open
the grave.
When the caretaker surprised the
ghouls at theri work, they opened
FIRE on him. He fired back several
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
Ha, Ha, Pain!
Dangling by Crushed Arm
High in Elevator Shaft,
Boy Laughs.
WASHINGTON, June o.

WAsH1NGToN' June a.
w Dangling by his crushed
left arm four stories up in an ele-
vator shaft, James Perley, II,
bantered with rescuers for thirty
one minutes before they extri-
Gated him.
Perley, a newsboy, started to
enter an automatic elevator on
the third floor of an apartment
house. The outer door slammed
shut behind him.
Before he could open the safety
door on the elevator itself, some
one pushed the button on the
fourth floor, and the car started
upward.
Perley's arm was caught in the
bottom of the grilled door and
he dangled beneath the elevator.
At the fourth floor his arm be-
came wedged between the eleva-
tor and the landing.
Hurry up" he called to res
cuers, "if you don't get me out of
here pretty soon, I'll miss my
supper"
Doctors at Sibley hospital be-
lieved today they could save the
youths mangled arm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
ORDERS WALKER
PROBE ANSWER
Roosevelt Calls on Jimmy
to Give Explanation

By United Press
ALBANY N. Y, June 22.-Mayor
James j. Walker of New York City
was called upon today by Cover
nor Franklin D. Roosevelt to answer
charges preferred against him by
Samuel Seabury, counsel to the
Hofstadter New York City investi-
eating committee.
Roosevelt sent a letter to the
mayor requesting an answer to the
Seabury charges, and also to allie
cations filed by two New York
City organizations.
The Governor informed the
mayor that he had requested Sea-
bury to forward him the transcript
of testimony which he gave before
the committee.
The documents which Seabury
sent to the Governor after the
Hofstadter committees investigation
of the New York City government
were accompanied by summary in
which Seabury alleged that Walkers
testimony and other evidence bear
ing on his administration showed
he was unfit to hold Office.
Seahury charged that Walkers
ownership of stock in a company
that sold street light fixtures to the
city was enough in itself to dis
qualify him under he law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
GrieveS Over Dog
By United Press

DU CHltGu FTBSS
JOLIET, Ill, June 22.-Forty-od
hours before he was doomed to die
in the electric chair, 17-year-old
Russell McWilliams grieved today
over the death of his dog.
He seemed then to be trying not
to think of his own plight. Informed
that bitter legal battle was ex-
pected between opposing attorneys
at Springfield; the young con-
fessed slayer of street car motor
man in a holdup at Rockford al
most a year ago, commented only:
ut was dirty trick, that motor
list running over my dog"
AbaShed Host to Reporters
The young slayer was an abaShed
hesitant host to newspaper men,
ushered into his cell in the solitary
building by Assistant Warden E. M.
Stubblef1eld.
Upstairs, 100 PAGES away, was the
death chamber.
Perhaps the proximity of the
chamber might have made him self
conscious.
He is paler and not so heavy now
this 6-foot, buff-haired, con-
demned youthful he still is a
reticent, friendly boy.
NO; of course, I don't want to
die" he said. But if I must go,
I want to die ready for what comes
after this life"
He handed over his Bible, which
he has read through once since be-
ing imprisoned, and is now half
through again. He has been re-
reading the Psalms and they have
impressed him. He pointed to his
penciled crosses in the margins.
Faced Death Second Time
Later, pitching horseshoes with
other convicts in the small, flower
banked courtyard outside his cell,
Russell seemed like a different
youth.
He smiled frequently, wiping the
sweat from his hand on to his tan
dungaree trousers, or his blue denim
shirt with its white up-and-d down
stripes.
This was the second time Russell
has faced death from the ground
floor cell.
After his confession and his death
sentence by Circuit Judge Arthur
E. Fisher at Rockford, the supreme
court remanded the case. The judge
repronounced the death sentence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22

OF the Democratic RooSeveltS equip
ment.
Franklin Roosevelt was not known
outside of Duchess county, but in
that rural section the RooSevelts
were esteemed, respected and known
to be wealthy, with acres extending
down to the Hudson's edge.
District Attorney John E. Mack
Of Poughkeepsie, who had done
much for Catholic charities, liked
young Roosevelt, and nominated
him for the state senate-the same
John z. Mack who win put Roose-
velt's name before the Chicago con-
vention next week.
When Roosevelt took his seat in
the state senate, the floor leader
was Robert F. Wagner. now United
States senator, and the assembly
leader wac Alfred E. Smith, both
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
RULES OIL INDUSTRY
Alfalfa Bill Sends Troops
. to Control Outpost.

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, June %
Governor w. H. alfalfa Bill Muir
ray today declared himself ruler of
the Oklahoma oil industry.
To assert his authority, he dis
patched thirty national guardsmen
to the Oklahoma City oil field, con-
scripted present oil regulatory bodies
under military executive order and
assumed complete control of pro-
ration of oil production.
The troops took their posts with
instructions to guard wells day and
night in three eight-hour shifts.
A proration board, to admins
ter the oil curb, which the Governor
charged was being violated by sew
eral companies, was created by ex-
ecutive order. Lieutenant Colonel
Irving Murray, the Governors cou-
sin, was named director.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
Race of Death
Two Drown in Dispute
Over Whether Man or
Dog SWimS Best.

By United Press
CHICAGO, June Bubbles,
~ frolicking police dog, today
was the sole survivor of friendly
dispute as to whether man or dog
is the best swimmer.
Jack Gallagher, 26, friend of
John Gilligan. 35, who owned
Bubbles, asserted he could swim
faster than the dog. The two
men agreed to contest.
While Gallagher and the dog
poised on the bank of lagoon,
Gilligan tossed stick far out in
the water. Dog and man plunged
after it.
Suddenly Gallagher shouted for
help, and sank below the surface.
The dog swan after the stick
to an easy victory.
Gilligan dived in in an effort
to save his friend. Both were
drowned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
ORDER DELAY
IN EXECUTION
OF YOUTH, II
Darrow'S Briefs Bring Boy
Indefinite Stay of
Sentence.
WAS TO DIE FRIDAY
Ignorance of Parents Is
Blamed for Killing
by Prisoner.
By United Press


SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June a.
The execution of 17-year-old Rus
sell McWilliams, boy slayer, sched-
uled to die in the Joliet peniten-
tiary Friday, was postponed indef1-
nitely today by the Illinois supreme
court.
The supreme court granted a Pc
tition for writ of error and allowed
motion for writ of superseadeas.
That automatically stayed the exc
cution of the sentence.
The briefs on which the supreme
court acted we're prepared under
the direction of Clarence Darrow,
noted criminal lawyer
barrow, who had intended to ap-
pear before the supreme court, was
prevented by a last-minute slight
illness.
This defendant" the motion
on the briefs said, had passed his
seventeenth birthday only a few
days when this crime was commit
ted. He lacked four years of being
old enough to give promissory
note for S., and had he given such
a note the law would hold him to
no obligation to repay it.
His environment was unfavor-
able. His parents we're both very
poor and ignorant. His father went
only to the third grade in school,
the mother to the fourth. The
father had farmed little, mined
a little, done jobs of ordinary labor.
Russell was a faithful, steady,
Woodworking boy until about a
month before the commission of
this crime"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
u. s. CASE AGAINST
WORLEY FINISHED
Won't Investigate Further,
Says Federal At
torney.

The federal government does not
plan further investigation of Claude
M. Worley, former police chief, and
his associates, it was indicated today
by George R. Jeffrey, district attor-
ney, as Prosecutor Herbert E. Will
son began probe of Worley's ac-
tivities.
Jeffrey said he would be glad to
turn over to Wilson any informa-
ton he has in the case, but that
he has no information other than
that contained in the bill of par
ticulars filed in the income tax eva
sion case, to which Worley pleaded
guilty Monday.
"As I have said before" Jeffrey
commented, "Worley is the only
one that could uncover his activities
for us.
1.-THE income tax evasion case was
based on the fact Worley failed to
make proper income tax returns. We
were able to show bank deposits and
expenditures by check, but we had
no information on the source of his
income other than his salary.
II don't see how we could prose-
cute any one else in the case with
out more information. There are a
lot of rumors afloat about Worley
and his associates, but they are not
definite enough for court action"
Wilson'S separate investigation,
begun today, may lead to a grand
jury investigation of Worley's re-
gime as police chief.
Wilson said he wishes to learn
where Worley obtained gross in
come Of $91, 1868 from 1927 to 1890
during two years of which he re-
ceived an annual $4,000 salary as
police chief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
New York city, both self-made

of New York City, both self-made
men.
From top to bottom, the state
government was Democratic, with
Tammany Hall, joined in coalition
with the Buffalo Democrats, riding
high, wide and handsome.
The legislature in those days
elected the United States Senators.
Chauncey NJ. Depew (RepJ was to
be succeeded by a Democrat. Will
liam F. Sheehan of Buffalo, power
full ally of Charles F. Murphy.
Tammany Hall chieftain, was slated
to get the place.
Sheehan, "Blue-E Eyed Billy" was
everything abhorrent to the liberal
Democrats.
At this time he was rounding out
his career Of political domination
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22

to arouse liberal Republicans to a
frenzy of enthusiasm. If it should
so happen the name was borne also
by Democrat-well, there were
those who overlooked the fact that
Franklin Roosevelt bore a Dem
ocratic label.
As vote-getter, his supporters
pointed out that he could catch the
ballots on both sides of the street
a phenomenon that promises to be
stressed next week at Chicago.
Franklin Roosevelt's critics have
pointed out the name of Roosevelt,
because of T. r., has become sy-
ronymous with vigor of action,
~ai~h fcr Tardness of purpose, the
g S III, features of temperament
:. Fro Tn Roosevelt himself
hvs r''oll have been widely
his manages as parts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
BY WILLIAM O. TRAP
Scripps Howard Staff Writer

ALBANY, June 22.-Tall, hand
some and young, well-educated with
agreeable manners, Franklin D.
Roosevelt came to Albany as state
senator in 1911.
He had won his first political
victory by house-to-h house canvass
in district usually looked upon as
heavily Republican.
His distant cousin, Theodore
Roosevelt, had finished his pres
idential career, and Armageddon
still was a name known only to
students of the Bible.
Roosevelt was a name al that s..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
GUNS ROUT GHOULS AT
SLAIN GANGSTERS GRAVE

times, but his gun jammed. The
would-be grave robbers continued to
fire as they made their escape, and
crippled the caretaker'S automobile
Barker, a power high in Chicago
gangs, was slain in a machine-gun
ambush early last Friday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
HITS STEPHENSON PLEA
Attorney General Flies Brief In
Opposing Rehearing.

Brief opposing petition Of D. G.
Stephenson for rehearing of his ap-
peal to the Indiana supreme court
from murder conviction, was filed
today by James M. Ogden, attorney
general The brief asserts that the
former khan leader. serving life
term in the Indiana state prison, is
not entitled to a rehearing. and
maintains that in denying it, the
court did not err and counsel for
Stephenson has not shown wherein
the finding was erroneous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
DROPS WINTER PLANS

Economic Conditions to Prevent
Performances, Leaders Say.
By United Press
CHICAGO, June 22-The Chi
cago Civic Opera Company an
nounced today it has abandoned
plans for opera next winter in the
$40 100000 structure lin view of the
economic conditions now prevail
ing"
The company also announced ae-
ceptance of the resignation of Sam
uel insult as president. insult, whose
giant utilities companies collapsed
recently, has gone to Paris, France.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
Touches Third Rail; Lives

By United Press
NEW YORK, June 22.--Frank
Barreras, IA, was dared to touch
the third rail on the car tracks with
a wire he carried. He did, and he
was revived after an inhalator had
been used on him for n hour. He
will recover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
insult Arrives in Paris

PARIS, June 22.-Samuel Insult
Chicago utilities magnate, slipped
quietly into Paris today and went
into secluSion at a hotel, where he
refused to receive callers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-22
1. RS Magic Name Roosevelt Peg
for Franklin DIS Climb in Politics

This is the second of a series Of ar
ticies on Franklin n. Roosevelt and his
record.
Evening star., 1932-12-28
HUSBAND IS FREED
IN WOMAN'S DEATH
Coroner Finds Mrs. Venira Bower,
AZ, Died From Natural
Causes.

Mrs. Venira Bower. Al. found dead
in bed following Chri tmas celebration
in her home. 1873 Irving street, died
OF pneumonia and heart failure lin
duced by drugs" ccroner's jury
decided today. The verdict freed her
husband, Henry Bower. SO, under arrest
since he was found sitting in drunken
stupor beside her body last Sunday.
Deputy Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald who performed an autopsy on
the body. tcld the jury Mrs. Bower was
suffering from lobar pneumonia and
myocarditis Her hus band testified
however. that she had shown no signs
Of i'll health prior to the celebration
that ended in her death.
Bower said he and his wife started
drinking Saturday afternoon. The last
thing he could remember. he declared
was carrying her from another apart
ment in the building and placing her
on the bsd in their suite after she
had passed out" The next thing he
knew, he said, he awoke to find him
self In a cell at the tenth precinct po-
lice station
Other witnesses testified Mrs Bower
was addicted to the use of habit-forming
headache powders and sleep-inducing
tablets. Detective Sergt. Richard ].
Mccarthy told the jury he was in
formed about two months ago that Mrs.
Bower also used narcotics.
Evening star., 1932-12-28
TECHNOCRACY RATES PURPOSE
FIRST, PROPERTY VALUES LESS
Four Principal Phases Given to Study
Presented Before Convention
ofLeading Scientists.

primarily concerned with two phases
Of the problem of organizing a civiliza-
ton to maintain itself, the values ct
property and program.
I'VE ask OF those other groups which
have assumed responsibility in or
ganized society with particular refer
ence to the controls Of the business
machine to have regard for those
processes Of thought and methods of
analysis which have enabled the engi-
neer to predict performance Of the
machine and the factor power plant
before it is produced"
These "other groups" he said, were
newspapers, movies. magazines. schools,
colleges, homes land all other activities
operating to interpret and give mean
ing to life experience"
1T is apparent" he said In closing,
that the progress Of high energy
civilization raises some important prob
lens of social change. and the opera
ton of a social mechanism under the
price system"
Evening star., 1932-12-28
200 GIRLS TO ATTEND
SCOUT CAMP BANQUET
Old English Minstrel to Be Pre-
sented Following Reunion Feast
Tomorrow Night.

Nearly 200 Washington Girl Scouts
are expected to attend the annual
Camp May Flather reunion banquet
tomorrow night at $50 o'clock. IN Bar
and K streets
Mrs. B. F. Cheatham, Scout commits
sioner, will preside and Miss Eleanor
Law, chairman of the camp council,
will be toastmistress Miss Lois Kuhn
is chairman of the Program Commit
tee. Miss Elizabeth Shields, chairman
of the Invitation Committee. and Miss
Carmen Ellington, chairman Of Dec
orations
An old English minstrel will be pre-.
sentsd following the banquet.