Hawaii Tribune-Herald from Hilo, Hawaii • 1

FINAL EDITION HILO A DAILY VOL. Member of the Associated Press HOUSE TURNS DOWN MOVE TO GUT SALARIES Senate Resumes Its Study Of: $19,000,000 Airmail Contract Subsidies Senator Joseph. Robinson T. Reopens Question, Criticizing Brown's Attitude WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (P)- The house today turned a deaf ear to attempts to trim the pay of members while the senate went back to the 000,000 for airmail contract subsidies it recently threw out of the treasury and postoffice appropriation bill.

Rep. WIll M. Whittington Mississippi ruled out of order an amendment to give the government service, including congress, an 11 per cent pay cut on top of existing reductions. He tried then unsuccessfully to cut the pay of representatives to $7,500 from the present COo. Senator Joseph T.

Robinson of Arkansas reopened the airmail question with criticism of Postmaster General Walter F. Brown's attitude and renewed demands for a full investigation to determine the proper appropriation for next year The senate defeated the proposal to cut deeply the ocean mail contract, 36-32. The ways and means subcommittee of the house rejected all pending bills to build tariff walls higher against depreciated foreign currency. The effects of the vote on considering one of these bills, however, will be had by the house Feb. 13.

because of. petitions, signed by 150 members which entitled them to, ask its. consideration QUEZON'S VIEWS MAY BE CHANGED Island Chieftain Planning To Confer With Roosevelt In Washington MANILA, Feb. 4 -It was reported in legislative circles that Manuel Quezon, Filipino leader, will be willing to accept the independenco act recently passed by the United States congress provided changes are made by the new Democratic, congress or reassurances are given him by the leaders of the new administration, but there was no sign from Mr. Quezon himself that he had altered his opposition to the measure as it now stands.

After his arrival in Washington, for which he now plans to leave February 25 he hopes to confer with President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is well as with congressional leaders and members of the Philippine independence mission. possible hint of willingness to compromise was given a few days ago when he said that if the champions of the act in Washington could convince him that "the welfare of the Filipino people will be safeguarded, I will have no hesitany in advocating the Would Fight to Last He declared earlier, however that he would "tight to the last, even alone," against acceptance. to meet some of the strongest objections, including the lack of tariff autonomy in the transition perled and present import limitations, might offer way out of the present stalemate in which Mr. Quezon and his allies in the legislature and estremists are albed against the members of the mission, some of the legislators and also a large portion of vocal public opinion in Manila.

Recent developments have tended to undermine Mr. Quezon's announced plan to "work for a better notably statements by Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland and Rep. Ralph Lozier of Missouri indicating there is little chance for w. measure to be approved by LATE NEWS WELLS SUCCEEDS JUDD? movement is on foot to have Gen Briant H. Wells, commander of the Hawaiian department army, succeed Governor Lawrence M.

Judd as governor of Hawall, according to a Washington rumor repeated over radio station Hollywood, Saturday evening. CORBETT ILL James J. Corbett, former world's heavy weight boxing champion is seriously ill in a Bayside, N. hospital. according to a radiocast over KNX TRIBUNE FOR THE HAWAII, SUNDAY, POWER! MORE AND DEEPER DEPRESSIONS? 1800 1952 POWER! An increasing use of energy or power to drive machinery is causing business fluctuation, says Technocracy.

The chart at top illustrates the point, showing a theoretical business curve going up and down and leeper and higher and oftenas energy consumption gains. TECHNOCRACY'S BASIC WORD IS ENERGY -SCOTT Director Declares Drastic Changes Must Be Made In Economic System EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of six articles about Technocracy whose pediction of possible economic collapse started a farflung controversy. The articles give a new insight into Technocracy and present other statistics pertaining to the displacement of men by machines, energy consumption, debts and other points involved, By J. R. BRACKETT (Copyright, 1932, By Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) Energy is Technocracy's fundamental word.

It is on the basis of the rapid ncrease in the use of energy that Howard Scott, Technocracy's director, has stated that drastic changes must be made in this economic system to save it from possible collapse. Technocracy is the name of group of engineers working at Columbia university in an "Energy Survey of North America," the purpose of which is simply, according to public statements, to make a technical analysis which, if successful, the Technocrats believe would indicate necessary in the economic system. Here is why Scott believes ener(Continued on Page 3) HERALD ISLAND OF HAWAII FEBRUARY 5, 1933 Price 5 Cents- PATRONAGE HAWAII FACES PARTY CHIEFS Democrats In Washington Receive List Of Federal Jobs In Islands Many Positions In Honolulu, Hilo And Elsewhere Are To Be Affected WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -With the Democratic new broom poised to sweep clean in Hawaii, offices, members of that party in the house and senate received today a patronage list showing positions not under civil service and hence subject to political changes. Publication of the list.

compiled by the civil service commission, followed its recent submisston. to the senate in typed form at the request of Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, whose resolution asking the information was ndopted by the senate. Prominent among the positions listed by the commission were those which are confirmable by the senate. These included a six $10,000 poitions territory, headed by the governorship which early this July. Appointments of the two U.

S. district judges expir: May 29, 1934, and Feb. 1, 1933. Th the appointment of the chief justice of supreme court and 0' the associate justices, will expire May 13, 1934. That of the other sociate justice holds until February 23 of the following year.

Secretary of Territory Among the earliest expirations of appointments to federal positions in Honolulu are those of the $5,800 secretariat of the territory on Oatober 7, the $6,200 customs collectorship on April 21 and one of the cir. cuit judgeships on February which pays $7,500. The latter appointment will probably be held OVer until the new administration as in the case of other federal appointments coming up in the winter months. Other Honolulu positions include the $5,800 internal revenue collectorship, two other $7,500 circuit judgeships, the $5,600 U. S.

attorneyship and the $4,800 U. S. marshalship. It addition, the there are territory four other confirmable posiby the senate. These are the $7,000 circuit judgeship at Hilo and corresponding positions with the same salaries in Kailua, Hawaii, Lihue, Kauai, and Wailuku, Maui.

In addition to the jobs listed above, however, there are scores of others, some of them of considerable importance, which do not require senate confirmation and yet are not protected by competitive civil service regulations. Other Honolulu. Jobs In Honolulu, jobs in this category include: Chief deputy marshal. two denuty marshals, and assistant attorney prohibition, $2,600, and his clerk, four agriculture department plant (Continued on Page 5) Hoover Tells State Legislators Hopes For Tax Solution WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (P) hundred or more members of state legislatures were told by President Hoover today that he hoped their meeting would straighten out the tangle of overlapping which has grown up in state and federal taxer tion.

The speech by the president opened the national conference of the interstate legislative assembly, which will devote much time to tax problems. Christopher Morley Has Daily Routine; Dislikes It What is the daily routine of a successful author? This question was answered by Christopher Morley, versatile American author who will lecture at the a University of Hawaii in March in an interview conducted by mail between Honolulu and New York. Morley, whose latest novel, "Human Being," is going through editions as rapidly as his publishers can get them out, disclaims possession of anything so formal as a daily program. the university in December follows Hamlin Garland, who lectured at definite schedule every day, rising at 5 o'clock and working steadily until 9 or 10. Unlike Garland, Morley distrusts fixed programe, far as possible I should like to keep each day wide open for its own possibilities," he said." "To begin the day with a fixed idea is to be a SUGAR REPORT 2.65 NEWSPAPER HILO, KUMALAE GETS CLERK'S PAY.

BUT NOT TITLE Mrs. Low Similarly Raised To Deputy's Salary Until End Of March Decision Is Reached By The Board Saturday Afternoon; Funds Transferred The county clerk's department will continue to function with its present staff of Alfred Kumalae, deputy, and his assistant, Mrs. Margaret M. Low, until the end of March at least, with Mr. malae's salary raised to that provided for the county clerk by law, and Mrs.

Low's pay raised to that approved for the deputy clerk in the budget for 1933. This decision was reached by the board of supervisors shortly before It adjourned its regular Febuary meeting at 1:30 p. m. Satuday, following a four day session. A resolution was adopted transferring $495 from the pay of the county clerk, general fund, to the of the deputy for February and March.

A total of $350 was transferred from clerk to the the fund for pay of fund to pay his assistant Pore the same period. To Present The board decided not to appoint a county clerk for the present at least, but to have work carried on by the present staff, with an increase in salary, but with no change in title of the two employes. Applications for the position of county clerk, filed by John S. Rickard and Thomsa Pedro, had a prevtously been accepted and placed on file by the board. The East Hawaii members report ed that they had completed arrangements with the sub-land House the land office in the counter building, with the land office ing a part of the treasurer's office The pare plans engineer for was suitable instructed to accommod- pre- ations for.

the two departments and to proceed with the work at once. To Withhold Request The board reconsidered its actior taken on its resolution requesting th: legislature to have the unexpendec balance of $80,000 from the Kawaihae uka toward Waimea read fund transferred to the fund for a road to Kawaihae. It decided withhold the request for the pres ent. Second reading was passed on th county building ordinance follow ing 3 1-2 of steady reading of the provisions of the ordinance. The poard's, was final to action adopt a before it resolution adof regret at the death of the late Archie A.

Hapai, county clerk for many years. ALL GERMANY TO HAVE ELECTIONS Commissionary Government Decrees Dissolution Of Communal Parliaments BERLIN, Feb. 4 (P) The commissionary government of Prussi today decreed immediate dissolution of all communal parliaments it the state. This action, following by a few hours refusal of the Prussian diet to accept the Nazi motion for dissolution of the diet, means that al city boards of aldermen from BerIin down to the smallest village must hold election on March 12, the week after the scheduled reichstag election. The government expects the elections to result not only unal majorities for the -Nationalist: and Nazis, but also election th farthest Right president of the Prussian state council.

Then, with Hans Kerl president the diet, the new president can dissolve the Prussian diet under the provision permitting dissolution by a 2 to 1 vote of the diet triumvirate including the premier of Prussia, the president of the diet and the head of the state council. Mrs. William A. Moffett To Christen U. S.

Navy's Newest Dirigible, Macon WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (P) -The honor of christening the navy's new dirigible airship Macon goes to Mrs. William Mottett, wife of the chief of the navy's bureau of aeronautics. Charles Francis Adams, secretary of the navy, today designated Mrs. Moffett.

The christening will be held March 11 at Akron, Ohio. After a series of trial flights the Macon will be based at Sunnyvale, Cal, NO. 349 DUCHESS DIES The Dowager Duchess d' Uzes, 86, advocate of equal I rights for women, who died at Pampierre, France Friday. DUCHESS D'UZES, WOMEN'S LEADER, DIES IN FRANCE Was An Advocate Of Equal Rights For Women; Had Many Avocations DAMPIERRE, France, Feb. 4- (P) -The Dowager Duchess d'Uzes, advocate of equal rights for women, died Friday.

The Dowager Duchess d'Uzes was a woman of infinite avocations. The defense of women's rights, sculpture, writing books and plays, the master-ship of a pack of deer hounds, were among the things that occupied her 1 hours, but nothing in her crowded life pleased her more than being appointed, in 1923. Lieutenant. The day when every district in France had an official master of a pack of hounds to protect it from damage by wolves has gone but the office remains, and those appointed thereto now give their attention to protecting agriculture from inroads wild boars, badgers, weasels, otters and crows. The Duchess was the first women to be sworn in as a public functionary, before a judge and a public prosecutor.

She was given the same powers to summon and arrest people as are exercised by the police, military and gendarmery. There is no salary attached to the appointment, the nominees are expected in fact to be in a position to keep a pack of hounds, but they are allowed the privilege, not more than twice a month, of hunting wild boar in the state forests of their districts. Devised Own Uniform A special uniform goes with the appointment, so that the Duchess. as the first woman ever appointed, had to devise one for herself. She adopted a very short blue skirt.

with jacket, like a man's, hunting jacket, with large pockets. She would display the ribbons of many orders on that jacket, as the Duchess was Knight the Legion of Honor, Knight of Agricultural Merit, Commander of Saint Sepulchre, Knight of Serbian Charity, and had received the French medal for nursing the wounded, and Queen Elizabeth's war medal. Anne, Duchess d'Uzes, was born (Continued on Page 5) Brigadier Baynton Of Salvation Army To Inspect Island Brig. Albert Baynton divisional commander of the Salvation Army for the territory, will arrive in Hilo Saturday, Feb. 11, to spend a week inspecting all the work of the Salvation Army on this island.

Mrs. Baynton will accompany him. While here, the Bayntons will be the guests of Adjutant and Mrs. William Nock of Pukihae St. Adjutant Nock will accompany the brigadier on his tour of this island.

Hoover Signs Bill For Loans On Farm Crops WASHINGTON, 4 (AP) President Herbert Hoover today signed the bill providing 000,000 for crop production loans to farmers this year. The production loans will be under the vision of the department of culture. Rules established by the department last, year limited the amount individual farmer might bortee, to $400 and those to landlords with tenants to $1,600. As security for the loan the department takes a lien on the TO HAWAII Buster Keaton, whose contract of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was cancelled Saturday by mutual consent. He is coming to the islands in search of health.

SENATE SUSPENDS DAVID S. BARRY FOR ACCUSATIONS Magazine Articles Charging Senators With Selling Votes Cause Of Action WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (P)-The senate today suspended David S. Barry, its sergeant at arms, for writing a magazine article indicatng that some senators and representatives sell their votes. The action was taken without a record vote after a motion to dismiss Barry was voted down, 31 to 40.

Under the committee suspension motion the judiciary will handle case and the senate will take a final vote on its report Tuesday. Senator David Reed of Pennsylvania moved to suspend Barry Senator George Norris of Nebraska moved for Barry's expulsion. Senator John J. Blaine of Wisconsin suggested that the senate vote next Friday and that the meanwhile summon witnesses, including Alfred E. Smith, editor of the Outlook, in which the article appeared, but this proposal was rejected a viva voce vote.

BENNETT CLARK IN SENATE SEAT Sworn In Ahead Of Time Gain Priority Over Other New Solons WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (AP) The senate has welcomed a new Democratic member, Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri, son of the late speaker Champ Clark. Senator Clark was sworn in ahead tor of' his regular term because of the desire of Senator Harry B. Hawes give him priority over the March crop of new senators. Senators Joseph T.

Robinson Arkansas, Charles McNary of Oregon, Key Pittman of Nevada and Hiram Bingham of Connecticut paid tributes to Mr. Hawes. Mr. Bingham described him as through the stormy opposition" to the bill for PhilippIne independence. Buster Keaton's M-G-M Contract Cancelled By Both Parties' Consent- HOLLYWOOD, Feb.

4. (P) -Buster Keaton's contract with MetroGoldwyn-Mayer was cancelled today by mutual consent. The comedian prepared to leave for Hawaii in search of health and expected to sail in a few days with Lew Cody. The studios explained that Kea-1 ton has been in ill health for several months and that he had contracted influenza during the making of the last picture. Heavy Losses Result From Arabian Battle JERUSALEM, Feb.

4 (P) -Heavy losses on both sides are reported to have occurred in encounters between troops of Ibn Saud, who rules much of Arabia, and rebels in Asir province. The situation is said to have been aggravated by other tribes joining the rebels. SCOUT FLEET. 10.000 MEN TO SAIL MONDAY 21 Vessels To Weigh Anchor And Proceed to Lose Themselves In Pacific Aerial Display To Accompany Departure; 20 Planes To Rejoin Carriers At Sea HONOLULU, Feb. 4 (AP) The scouting fleet of 21 vessels with a personnel of 000 officers and men, will weigh anchor at 1 p.

m. Monday and proceed to "lose itself" in the Pacific between here and the mainland for an attack on the western coast salient phase of the winter maneuvers. As the ships put to sea. army and navy planes based: here will bid farewell from the air ACcompanied by 20 planes from the carriers which will alight on the decks of these ships after the vessels quit their moorings. The general fleet problem begins Thursday.

Radio silence will be obrerved soon after the ships leave Hawaii. gaged Meanwhile the ships army in forces mimic which warfare, encontinue land exercises until Feb. 10. Army fliers engaged today in bombing and gunnery, at Walmanalo, using live bombs and real ammunition. Two planes from the cruiser Louisville are undergoing repairs as a result of a collision in- the air.

Friday. Nobody was hurt. The names of the pilots are not INSURANCE HEADS FAVOR LENIENCY Zacher Says Policy Is To Cooperate To Fullest Extent With Farmers NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (AP) Prestdents of six large insurance companies today defined policies on foreclosures of Homes favoring "as much leniency as, possible." -L. E.

Zacher, president. of the Travelers Insurance said: "Our policy on mortgage loans is to cooperate to the fullest extent possible in aiding home owners to retain possession." The total of farm mortgages in America is estimated at about 000,000,000. The total of mortgages on homes is approximately 000,000. About 1,500,000 of the nation's ow ner-occupied farms are mortgaged, a total. of 3,500,000 farms so 0C eupied.

There are about 6,200,000 farms of all types. Another Mutiny Occurs On Dutch Warships And At Javanese Navy Base BATAVIA, Java, Feb. Another mutiny occurred on Dutch warships in the harbor at naval establishments at Soura baya. This time the mutiny was conducted by native seamen. Four hundred fifty were arrested and will be tried by court martial for refusing to obey orders.

The natives refused to attend morning parade, as did Dutch sailors Monday, but unlike the latter the nit tives persisted in refusal to obey orders when they were addressed by their commanding officers. Martial Law Declared traitor to the Follow Same Pattern In spite of his rebellion at the idea, Morley admits that his days frequently follow an inevitable sameness of pattern. No disciple of the creed of early rising, he gets up reluctantly about 9 o'clock, and has a cold shower and two cups of coffee. "Nothing else," he added in parentheses, with perhaps a slight smile between the lines. "I do about an hour or two hour's work at my desk: then go down town by the Riverside Drive bus to the office of the Saturday Review of Literature, where I look at the mail and answer phone calls," he continued.

"I go out to lunch, preferably with some congenial. souls who are not in a hurry, say from 1:15 to 3:15. Then I return to the office and read (Continued on Page 3) In Rumanian Centers BUCHAREST, Feb. 4 (P) -Martial law has been declared in Rumania. Premier Vaida Voevod said, the measure is necessary to curb rest agitation which recently have reached perilous dimensions.

He referred particularly to rioting. STARTING TODAY The serial by Percival Christopher Wren VALIANT DUST.