Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune, The (Newspaper) - January 12, 1932, Muscatine, Iowa Honolulu Has THE MUSCATINE JOURNAL Heavy Guard AND OMer Than the State of Iowa Streets Resound to Tread of Sailors and Soldiers Washington AP dent Hoover today discussed with his cabinet the situation In Hawaii precipitated by the ar rest of a society matron a naval lieutenant and two enlist ed men on a charge of murder Washington AP Gov Lawrence Judd of Hawaii today cabled the islands dele gate In the house that reports of danger to white women there were malicious and gerated Honolulu f A P Soldiers and sailors warned against vio lence reentered Honolulu today for the first time since the killing of a native charged with attack ing a naval officers wife a reign of fear Freedom again to visit the city was granted enlisted service men following a conference between Gov Lawrence M Judd and Rear Admiral Yates Stirling at which they decided the crisis of an hys situation has passed Men Warned The men all are warned when given leave or liberty to exer cise restraint and themselves properly Steps preliminary to the prose of Lieut Thomas H Mas sie U S N Mrs Granville Fortescue society matron and mother of Mrs Massie whom the native killed was charged with assaulting and tvo enlisted navy men were completed by city au A grand jury was drawn to meet Friday and the panel of a trial jury will be drawn Thursday Guards on Patrol Despite the insistence of city of that no cause for undue alarm remained heavy guards of naval and military police patrolled the city Please dont worry was the message Mrs Fortescue sent her husband in New York from her temporary prison aboard a wor ship Major Fortescue promi nent soldier and author is critical ly ill with pneumonia Legislative Committee Meets A special territorial legislative committee meeting to determine if an extra session of the law makers should be called to treat the situation requested copies of all documents passing between naval officers in the Hawaiian Is lands and naval authorities in Washington The request was preceded by word the United States senate had directed the attorney general at Washington to investigate the trouble here and the character and efficiency of all territorial of from Governor Judd down Governor Judd refused to com ment on the senates action but other civilian officials denied con ditions were as bad as pictured in navy reports to Washington and said the investigation was fied Documents Made Public The documents requested were made public in Washington Mon day by Admiral William V Pratt chief of naval operations One concerned the attack on Mrs Massie and others contained infor mation upon which naval officers based their assertion 40 women in Continued Page 2 Column 4 Hagemann Seeks Senatorial Seat 1930 Candidate for Governor Asks Democratic Nomi nation Waverly la AP Fred P Hagemann of Waverly demo cratic candidate for governor in 3930 today announced his candi dacy for the party nomination for United States senator Hagemann said he would his campaign largely on the ques tion of economic recovery and the return of better times and ex pressed belief that the first step should be to seek a fairer level between the products of industry and agriculture He said that while not stressing it as a campaign issue if elected he will favor a resolution submit ting the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the various states AUNT HEX BY ROBERT QUILLEN The reason I served taffy candy was because Id been hearin Jennys teeth wasnt natural an I wanted to jee if shed risk it in public 1931 Publishers Smelt cate Mrs Thomas H Massie above wife of a naval ant stationed at Hawaii has been revealed as the woman whose mistreatment by five na tives resulted in the sensational vengeance slaying Held on board a warship at Pearl Harbor Hawaii Lieut Thomas H Massie above is one of four persons charged with the murder of a native The latter had been named by Mrs Massie as one of five men who attacked her Johnson Has Opportunity in Primary Washington AP The chance to head the united anti Hoover forces within the republi can party lay with Senator Hiram Johnson of California today through a invitation toof fer himself for the presidential nomination From North Dakota first state to require filing came the bid It presented by her two lican senators Nye and Frazier and it was received with the same silence Johnson has maintained whenever anything definite on the subject has come up But he must decide soon The Dakota entries must be made by March 1 The primary will be held March 15 Odds ire Heavy A Johnson campaign would be undertaken under heavy odds In half a century no president seek ing renomination has been re by his party As both men are there would be something like a showdown of strength in the home state which holds a presidential primary If Johnson passes up the chance a third party movement is in sight out of the west The senator has Continued On Page 2 Coi 5 Mail Clerks Fear Bomb Find Coin Naples Italy AP The clerks in the postoffice stepped back in alarm today when they uncovered a suspicious looking package from the United States ESTABLISHED 1840 NO 10 MUSCATINE IOWA TUESDAY JANUARY 12 1932 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Holmes Quits Supreme Court labelled medals the king and addressed to It was only four inches long but the bomb squad took it into a vacant lot Carefully they remov ed the wrapping while an expert stood by with advice They disclosed an American Credit Is Passed by Senate Vote Promised in House Within Two Days Washington AP The house received the senates freshly passed reconstruction todas but ignored It and went ahead with the measure that had originated in house committees Thre are many differences be tween the measures and undoubtedly they will have tn be composed at a conference One of these Is the manner in which tho board of directors of the tion corporation would be The house would di vide between the president and speaker of the house the ap pointment of the tour who would serve besides the secre taries of treasury and ture arid the governor of thr federal reserve board The sen ate leaves all the appoint ments in the hands of the dent o Washington AP Over whelming senate approval of the reconstruction corporation meas ure signalled today a general ad vance for the entire presidential program of economic legislation The dollar recon struction unit passed the senate late Monday night 63 to 8 with only few amendments attached to it Already in the house in the form of a companion bil the proj ect advanced there today with a general debate headed for a vote late Wednesday or Thursday Without missing a beat the sen ate turned to take up number two in President Hoovers list the to increase the capital of fed eral land banks by 5100000000 It already has passed the house Push Other Measures Committees pushed forward their hearings on the other eco nomic bills among them a new one to set up a corpora tion to release deposits in insol vent banks This is strongly sup ported One of the most important of the defeated amendments in the re construction would have turn ed a portion of the corporations capita over to cities in fiscal Child Killer New Yorks Mayor Walker was a leading instigator in this 50 Million for Farmers One of tne amendments which Continued on Page 2 Column 4 William George Taken by Death Lifelong Resident of County Passes Funeral Arrange ments Indefinite William George 68 died at his home in Park Place at this afternoon after an of 10 months Apoplexy caused his death Mr George vas born Dec 12 1864 in Muscatine county and had spent nearly all his life here He was the son of Wesley and Sarah George Mr George was a car penter by trade and was a mem ber of the Moose lodge Surviving are his widow four children Mrs Bert Holmes Ham mond Ind Mrs R M Smalley Muscatine Wesley George rural route No 3 and Earl George Davenport two sisters Mrs Fred Buthman St Louis and Mrs CHARLES BISCHOFF Girls Slayer Faces Quick Court Action Cincinnati of justice were set in motion Riddle Will Serve Time at Anamosa Pleads Guilty and Is Given Sentence By Jackson Harry Riddle 25 was given an indeterminate sentence not to ex ceed 10 years at the mens refor matory at Anamosa by Judge D V Jackson in district court at noon today when he pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering a store building With his plea on this count charges of as sault with attempt to commit murder on the person of Charles Hoefflin Woodlawn avenue gro cer were dismissed Riddle with Frank Broders of near Pleasant Prairie and Elvin Bailea of Des Moines given simi ilar sentences Monday will be taken to Anamosa by Sheriff Fred Wednesday Broders plead Objectors to T B Test Misled Claim justice were sec in moton gd of domestic to dispose quickly of the case of ima and to of a Charles 45 the fessed kidnaper and slayer of 6 yearold Marian McLean Seeking a first degree murder indictment Robert N County Gorman Prosecutor arranged to present the case to the grand jury only a little more than 24 hours after Bischoff related his part in the childs abduction and death If convicted on a first degree murder Bischoff unless granted mercy will be sentenced to die in the electric chair Bischoff Monday night remain ed apparently unemotional al though expressing sorrow for the deed He took the attitude that now the crime had been commit ted be couldnt help it yet fully expecting to go to chair he said electric motor vehicle Frank Stewart who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of child desertion was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail Riddle and his younger brother Weldon 15 both of 222 13 Wal nut street were arrested early in the morning of Nov 29 by police officers after they had broken In to the Pilgrim market on Park avenue Later the elder Riddle confessed to the robbery of the Hoefflin during which Charts Hoefflin the proprietor was shot in the left side He also confessed to having en tered the Murdock store on West Seventh street the Whitmer sand wich stand on east hill and the Muscatine cafe for other j Continued On Page 2 Col 3 Officers to Arrest Unlicensed Drivers Farmers Really Not to Blame Hell Tells Veterinarians Misunderstanding of the bene fits resulting from having herds of cattle tuberculin tested were blamed for much of the which resulted in Iowa during the past year in the en forcement of the state testing aw by Dr Henry Hell of Wilton president of the Iowa Veterinary association in his open ng address this morning at Des Moines before the 44th annual meeting the group A campaign of education was advocated as a means of eliminat ing this misunderstanding Slaughter demonstrations with owners viewing the post mortem examinations of condemned ani mals are the most convincing ar gument in demonstrating the ef of the test he said Dispenser of Misinformation Dr Hell continued When the public was left with out knowledge of the importance reliability and desirability of tu testing it left wide open the most fertile field for the dis penser of misinformation to thrive upon It so happened that such an opportunity was immediately made use of by interests which believed they saw a great oppor for mercenary gain and la ter political preference Doesnt Blame Fanners The fanner was being told over the air three times a day that the tuberculin test was taking his good cattle and leaving the badly infected and the scrubs that it was a between the veter and the packer to get the good cattle for little or nothing that all but a very few of the sS called reactors were passed as fit for food this proved they did nipt have tuberculosis and that tuber culin caused contagious abortion that It sickened and ruined herds caused of stringy milk and so on through all of the outrages that were be ing heaped on the herd owner by the squirt gun doctors You cannot blame the farmer 50 cent piece dated With it George Jackson Muscatine one was a note to his majesty from a barber in New Jersey I send you this coin 100 years old in token of my affection Rosa had written De brother Frank George DeKalb III 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are in complete King Carol Dominated by Clique Says Brother State Sets Friday as Deadline lor Ap Automobile owners and drivers of Muscatine county who have not made application for their driv ers license by of this week will be arrested and charges filed against them This state ment was given out by Charles H inspector of the state motor vehicle department this morning It is estimated that about 4000 automobile owners and drivers have not yet made application for their licenses Mr pointed out and the number of at the office of Sheriff Fred B has almost come to a standstill Officers Instructed All members of the sheriffs office and members of the police department have been instructed by the states representative to start inquiring for licenses be ginning Saturday Jan 16 and those drivers of cars who cannot show either a chauffeurs own ers or drivers livense will be ar rested and prosecuted Of course if the application for license has been made it will exempt the driver from any ac tion by the officers However Mr wishes it to be made plain that the license either must be presented or proof of an application being made for the license shown or the driver of a car will be taken into court Chauffeurs Also Warned In connection with this drive Mr said will also be made campaign against chauf feurs who have not yet applied for their license All chauffeurs truck drivers etc who have not their license or who have not Continued on Page 2 Column 1 I London AP Titian haired Mme Magda Lupescu companion of King Carol during exile in Paris reports from i private sources today said was j named as one of the principal fig jures in a protest to Rumanian I political leaders by Prince Nicho in which the prince charged royal brothers actions were being controlled by a clique At the same time the reports said Prince Nicholas announced he has no intention of giving up his bride the former Mme Jana Lucia in spite of King Carols reported denunciations of the marriage and that he intend ed to leave Rumania with her perhaps forever The report said Nicholas called separately Dr Nicholas Lupu J G Duka and Jon lead ers of the peasants liberal and national peasants parties respec and told them they must act and act quickly in accord ance with your duty to the coun try the king and the dynasty to break up the clique He said he had done his utmost to make King Carol see reason and refuse longer to be a tool of the clique but it was without avail Therefore he said he was forced to break off relations his brother and leave with his wife Weather Iowa Probably rain tonight and Wednesday changing to snow Much colder Wednesday and Wed night fresh to strong j winds Illinois Rain tonight and Wed changing to snow Wed in extreme north portions slightly warmer tonight in ex treme south colder late day in extreme northwest much colder by Thursday River Stages Dubuque 22 rise 03 Davenport 27 fall 05 Keokuk 48 rise 04 St Louis 126 fan lS Japan Will Reply to Stimson Note Tokyo AP Japan will reply to the recent note of Sec of State Stimson on Man within a few days the Rengo News agency said today and will state that it believes the various movements for ence there and in Mongolia should not suffer interference either from Japan or any other nation The reply also will say accord ing to the Rengo report that Japans military operations have by no means transgressed the nine power treaty of the and pact which were cited by Sec Stimson in his note The government would size the agency said that it be lieves the urgent problem at the moment in Manchuria is to re store peace and order and that Japans aim is to make the terri tory a safe place in which to live making possible an open door pol icy of equal opportunity Aged Kingston Farmer Called Death of John Tee Occurs at Hershey Hospital Mon day Night John Tee 83 Kingston la who has been engaged in farming for 75 years died at Hershey hospital at Monday night Mr Tee whose farm is located at King ston had been making his home with his daughter Mrs William Brockway since last October John Tee the son of Richard Tee and Elizabeth Welch both natives of Pennsylvania was born at Pottsville Pa May 2 1848 He married Mary Dearlove in Des county 56 years ago His wife and two of his nine children preceded him in death the death of Mrs Tee occurring six years ago The survivors are seven chil dren Harry Tee of Burlington Mrs James Stapleton and Mrs J W Thornton of Mediapolis Mrs L G Hutchcroft of Walsenburg Colo Mrs William Brockway of Muscatine Mrs H C Cosens of Sperry la Edmond Tee of Bur lington One brother William Tee of HI 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive The body is at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals where it will remain until Thursday morning when it will be removed to King ston Funeral rites will be held at 10 oclock Thursday morning at St Marys Catholic church of which he was a member The Rev R J McGrath will be in charge Burial will be in St Marys ceme tery at Kingston Continued On Page 2 Col 2 Dawes Supports Herbert Hoover Lauds His Work as President and Pledges Entire Sup port to Candidacy Chicago AP Americas retiring ambassador to Great Britain Charles G Dawes has served notice on the country in general and the politicians in par that he Is a loyal sup porter of President Hoover thus eliminating himself as a pos for the republican nomination Any intimation he said in a formal statement handed to news paper men to the effect that in any possible way or under any possible contingency he dent Hoover will not have my loyal and entire support is an In sult to me The statement Issued to silence speculation as to his availability as a candidate for the president or vice presidential nomination amplified that which he issued on his return to Chicago when he characterized such talk as dame nonsense As for President Hoover he said whatever may be temporary political they are unimportant in such has made a record in presidential initiative and constructive accom unparalleled in the eco nomic history of this nation or of any other He has done with out faltering and without agement Economically this coun try generally has started on tte upgrade we have passed the bot tom The American people with indomitable spirit have resumed their onward march OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Muscatine Goes on Air Friday Night Muscatine talent will be heard Friday night between 9 and from the stage of the Uptown theater in a broadcast over sta tions of the Central Broadcasting company at Daven port and Des Moines The Friday night broadcast is the first of a series in which Muscatine talent will be presented over the two sta tions by remote control from Mus catine The broadcast Is to give radio listeners over the na tion a conception of Muscatine as it really is and remove false ideas about the city which may be held about by listeners The half hour on the air was made possible through the gen of Dr B J Palmer of Dav and the cooperation of the Muscatine chamber of commerce The time on the air from the two stations is free the only expense being wire charges from here to Davenport Funds to cover this expense were being raised today The broadcast will be from the stage of the theater in full view of the audience Included on the program ed are an historical and industrial review of Muscatine by Irving B noted historian and author baritone solos by C C Hakes two groups of selections by Harold Smiles Heinle and his 11 piece orchestra and xylophone specialties by Miss Ruth Spring born A second Muscatine broadcast being arranged for 9 to 10 p m on Jan 25 Ill Health Blamed for Resignation Veteran Justice Near ing 91 Resigns From Benck Washington AP Olivet Wendall Holmes has resigned KM justice of the United States su court President Hoover today accepted the resignation The justice in a letter to the president dated Jan 12 said the condition of his made the move necessary Bows to Inevitable Holmes told the president the time has come when I must bow to the inevitable Announcing receipt of the resig nation the president said I must of course accept It The veteran justice will be 91 on March 8 Step The strength of Mr Holmes has been markedly late months His step became somwhat en at times and he has be come stooped He frequently re quired the help of court pages or of his fellow justices to take his seat and rise after the session was over at recent meeting of the court Hughes Holds Ann It was noticeable on Monday that Chief Justice Hughes held firm band on the aged Justice Holmes arm as he took his scab Although his speech has at been halting and a more pronounced Justice has delivered his share of opinions In the brief period of this term He delivered one only his last submitting Us resignation to the president amid Th Letter with slon of the judicial code as amend ed section M States code I tender my nation as Justice of the supreme court of the United America The condition of my health makes It a duty to break off con that 1 cannot leave with out deep regret after the relations of many years Judge Wilkerson Given Promotion Washington AP Judge James H Wilkerson of Chicago who recently sentenced Al was from the district to the circuit bench today by dent Hoover in recognition of his services in breaking up gangster activities in Chicago Voted by Board of Education Establishment of an oppor room in which handi capped grade school children may receive special instruction was approved by the board of educa tion Monday night after the proj ect had been outlined by Henry Van Hettinga superintendent of schools The matter was left in Mr Van hands with power to act and will probably be pat to operation soon after the second semester starts Jan 18 Children who because of faulty vision and other handicaps are unable to keep up with other pu pils in regular classes will be j grouped for special instruction j Mrs M A Barr head of the continuation school will teach the i special class With only 12 corx On Page 2 Col Entire French Cabinet Resigns Premier Laval Left Free to Form New National Union Government Paris AP The French cabinet today followed example of Aria tide and placed their In the hands of Premier Laval leaving him free to do as he ia re constructing the ministry This action not altogether in expected followed a between the premier and U Brland whose Impelled him to ask last week that he be permitted to retire as foreign minister This development with the sudden death of Andre not minister of war precipitated the cabinet crisis After he had received the ters the premier sent for Edouard Herriot chief of the radical so whose support at needs U he Is to form a national government something like Gnat Britains to face the international conferences The premier has three arUna He may step out in cast the radicals should decide to the cabinet he may resign to form another government drawn from the right center or he may simply reorganize the pretest cabinet school pupils at pres ent and eight hours of instruction a week required half of which foi boys is given at the high school and half for girls handled by high school instructors she wbl be en to accommodate mately 14 in the special class Students from the normal train ing department at the high school will aid Mrs Barr in the opportunity room Recommendations for fire pre vention measures in city school buildings voiced by Werner Axel of the insurance committee were adopted Included were the pur chase of 21 new fire extinguish ers new hose for three schools and minor building repairs and Continued On Page 2 Col Z POOR PA BT CLAUDE I think Bettys beau Is little too vain she turned the lights off when they was sittin by the fire but he turned on again sc he could see him self In the mirror 3331 cite
