The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5680. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1931, NELSON BOWLES, MISS LOUCKS A HOOVER FACES|Tammany W HARD PROBLEMS i 1932: Go AFTER YAGATIGN\ ALBA! Change in Leadership of Republican Commit- tee Is Wanted FARM BOARD, DEFICIT, ARE OTHER OBSTACLES l Extra Session of Congress, | . Unemployment Are } Brought to Front { frem Gov. Roosevelt.” WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30 —President Hoover returned to the White House last night after an 11-day cruise to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, his first vaca- tion trip of the year, and faced a series of nine addresses in the next several weeks. The first address to be delivered is at the Pan-American Union meeting in Washington on April 14. Prcblems also facing the Presi- dent dnclude proposals to change the leadership of the Republican National Committee. There are reports of a revolt in the party’s southern ranks and friction over the number of vice- presidential “booms.” The Federal Farm Board's de- cision to abandon wheat stabiliza- tion is another big problem to be censidered. The Treasury deficit estimated to have mounted to $700,000,000 matst also be given some attention. Unemployment is another seri- ous proposition, a total of 6,050, 000 being without work. Demands for an extra session also lcoms. B N candidate when he returned from is ehown before the microphone a arrival. BOOM LEWIS FOR PRESIDENCY Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Hiinols was by Chicago Democrats who started' a boom Yo make K Associated Press Photo lven an ovation a presidential a vacation In Arizona. Hers Lewls ddressing a crowd shortly aver his ASPHYXIATED BY FUMES 0F TOWING AUTO Another Man Meets Tragic Death—Pulled Down by Artificial Leg SEATTLE, March 30. — Violent deaths claimed 16 on the Pacific Coast over the week-end. Automobiles headed the list with 9 vietims. Three persons were drowned, there were two suicides, one death was caused by an air- plane accident and one in a train accident. Charles Pears, of Spokane, was ALASKA JUNEAU MINE STOCK UP TO 14 FROM 11 ‘Moller and Hodges Return to Fairbanks After Tough Experiences FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 30. —Fred Moller, the “flying pros- pector,” and Frank Hodges, are back home, gan March 9 when they starte: for the Nabesna district on a prospecting expedition. They were NEW YORK, March 30.—Alaska Juneau mine stock continued to jump and reached 14 today from 11. Other closing quotations are as follows: American Can 122%, Anaconda Copper 33, Bethlenem Steel 55%, General Motors 42, Granby Con- solidated 17'%, International Har- vester 52%, Kennecott 24%, Pack- ard Motors 9%, Simmons Beds MAKE CAME N COLD WEATHER il Su I;i)ort Al Smith for President F. D. Roosevelt Is to Be Discarded Y, N. Y., March 30.—The Kniskerbocker Press says it has learned from “unimpeachable sources that Tammany is ready to support former Governor Alfred E. Smith for President in 1932 and discard Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt.” The newspaper said it learned this after a two-day conference between Smith and other Tammany district leaders. The Knickerbroker Press further stated the “combination agreed to go to the front in the defense of any investigation of Mayor James James J. Walker. ment was also made to attempt to wrest control of the State Democratic organization |60V, RoOSE An agree- VELT SEEMS CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT, | | | Queries Are Sent to |928’ Democratic Delegates and Alternates NEW YORK, March 30. — Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt appears to| be the Presidential choice of a ma- Jority of the delegates and alter- nates to the 1928 Democratic Na-( tional Convention according to those who answered queries made by Jesse Straus, New York mer- chant. | From queries sent to 2,000 men ARE FREED OF KIDDIES JUMP, SING, WRESTLE TO FIGHT COLD s | Tragic Story Told of Chil-| dren Caught in Bus | in Blizzard BOOKS AND TABLETS | BURNED FOR HEAT Five Found Frozen to Death —Bus Driver's Body Lo- | cated by Searchers | BULLETIN— Towner, Colo- rado, March 30.—The body of Carl Miller, bus driver, has becn found by scarchers, froz- en in the snow about three miles from the bus. Miss Maude Moser, teacher at the Pleasant Hill School, missing since last Thursday when che started to walk to her home from the school in the blizzard, has been found safe at a farm house. Tele- P ~ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS S ALLEGED CRIME [ | | | phone Communications were broken so she could not report her safety. The dead in the blizzard in the Rocky Mountain states and | by a jury at Hillsboro, Oregon. court officials. The inset is Judge and women, Straus got 942 replies. Ninety-eight expressed no prefer- ence. Four hundred and seventy announced they were for Roosevelt, 125 for Al Smith, 73 for Owen Young, 39 for Gov. Albert E. Ritchie of Maryland, 38 for Senator Joseph T. Robinson, 35 for Newton D. Baker, and 15 for former Senator Reed of Missouri. Forty-one replies were scattered. ROTTEN MESS, 'PANAMA CANAL, SAYS SENATOR = Brookhart Declares He WAS 50 BELOW Saw Drunken United ! States Soldiers I | i PANAMA CITY, March 30— Senator Smith W. Brookhart, of Iowa, today said he intends to in-| troduce a resolution in Congress to bar army and navy forces from any place in the Panama Territory where liquor is available. { Senator Brookhart said a “rot- ten mess” exists especially in some areas of Panama City. He said he into a fence. FUER, BO Vs Ore bed drove through one section and| saw drunken United States soldiers. Senator Brookhart said condi-| plain states is now twelve. | the trial. TALE OF SUFFERING TOWNER, Colo., March 30.—The story of suffering from exposure, and herolsm of the 20 children| y ranging in age from 8 to 14 years, was told as the surviving 15 of the ] { RACED AT NOME blizzard which swept Southeast- ern Colorado, were rescued from the school bus where five had Favorable Trail, Ideal] | Weather Conditions Prevail for Classic died. ‘The 15 children were huddled in a heap in the bus near a farm house, all unconscious, when Au- gust Reinert found them. Start Out in Blizzard Bryan Untied, aged 13, whose brother Orlo was found frozen to death, told the story. Bryan is suffering from pneumonia. Bryan said the children left in the bus for the Towner school last ‘Thursday morning. Carl Miller, bus driver, whose little daughter was one of the victims ,did not want to start. The distance was seven miles to the school. The storm got so bad, Miller could not see. ‘When he attempted to turn back he became stuck. Books are Burned Miller drained the truck of water and used an old cream can for a stove. He burned books, tab- lets, stacked the bus seats t{o- gether and burned them. Lunches were lost when the bus crashed NOME, Alaska, March 30.—In the annual Borden Dog Derby, Al Carey's dogs won first place, time 1 hour, 53 minutes and 45 seconds. Pete Olsen’s dogs were second, time 1 hour, 54 minutes and 21 seconds. ! Amos Statuk, Eskimo, drove hisf dogs to third place in 1 hour, 58 minutes and 21 seconds. Fred Top- nok, native, was fourth, his time being 1 hour, 58 minutes and 35 seconds. Among the 14 entries were teams from Nome, Dime Creek, Deering, Nulato, White Mountain and two from Mary's Igloo. Stickman Handicapped Joe Stickman, from Nulato, who lost one of his leaders a week ago enroute here, was handicapped with a new leader he picked up here. He expects another leader via plane tomorrow from Nulato for the “Miller made us sing, wrestle and jump to keep warm,” said young Bryan. “He went for aid. Nelson C. Bowles and Irma Loucks have been found not guilty They are shown above in charge of Associated Press Phot George R. Bagley, who presided at N. C. STORE IS DESTROYED B FIRE, M'CRATH Mrs. OliverT\Eerson Pain- fully Injured—Plane Takes Aid FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 30. —Fire last Friday destroyed the Northern Commercial Company's store and adjoining cabin at Me- Grath, Mrs. Oliver Anderson, wife of the manager, was painfully in- Jured but not seriously burned. The blaze started while Mrs, Anderson was cleaning clothes with gasoline in the housekeeping rooms above the store. The wind prevailing at the time. drove the flames away from the/ warehouse. Ed Young landed at Takotna as news of the fire reached there. He took Mrs, Carl Lottsfeldt, wife of the Alaska Road Commission Superintendent, a tralned nurse, and flew to McGrath to treat Mrs. Anderson’s burns. They both re- turned to Takotna with Young. PRICE TEN CENTS CQUITTED BY JURY VERDICT IS RETURNED IN QUICK TIME Millionaire andFormer Sec- retary Are Freed at Hillsboro Trial DEFENDANTS THANK JURCRS SEPARATELY Demonstration Starts in Courtroom But Quick- ly Suppressed HILLSBORO, Oregon, March 30. —Nelson C. Bowles, Portland mil- lionaire, and Irma Loucks, his for- mer secretary were acquitted late Saturday afternoon of the al- leged charge of stabbing Bowles’ wife to death. The acquittal was returned after an hout’s deliber- ation by the jury. The jury, ten rugged farmers, one lather and one train dispatch- er, with faces in smiles, came into the court room. Judge George R. Bagley was giv- en the verdict by the foreman but it was not immediately announced. He ordered the bailiff to locate the District Attorney, Lotus L, Langley and George Mowry, Chief Deputy. They could not be found and the judge read the verdict. Bowles was found not guilty first and a similar verdict for Miss Loucks was then read. Applause started but the Judge commanded silence and there was no further demonstrations, Jurors Thanked The millionaire and his former secretary walked to the jury box and thanked each juror, individ- ually. They took no apparent no- tice of each other. Without a single reference to the death penalty but a statement that “Gentlemen, I know your verdict will be fair,” Deputy Mow= ry ended the state’s plea to find Mr. Bowles and Miss Loucks guilty of the alleged murder of Mrs. Bowles. No mention was made of the gallows or the state’s prison. * The defense's plea was “hang them or set them free, there is no Mrs. Bowles was found dead in Miss Loucks's apartments in Port=- land, Oregon, last November. Bowles, on the stand, testified that his wife stabbed herself. Miss Loucks, on the witness stand, testified that Bowles did not kill Mrs. Bowles, neither did she. Natural Gas 15%, Standard Brands 18%, Stand- | ard Oil of California 43'%, Stand- ard Oil of New Jersey 42%, United Aircraft 34%, U. S. Steel 140, Cur-| tions on the Atlantic side were Some of the children became cold. the Nab lf:irvc;d wgg:nou?eoa; gasennddl::;i equally as rotten. (I tried to keep the children mov- ed on a small lake, The plane Oen. Preston Brown, Command- ing but got tired myself and laid i » Depart-|down. When I awoke I was in Is Struck on Nome championship race on April 8. Stickman's time was 2 hours, 9 minutes and 45 seconds. asphyxiated when overcome by monoxide gas as he was steering a car being towed behind another. The store was insured. o ing the Panama Canal George Didler, aged 51, of Rio Vista, California, was drowned when his motorboat turned sharply and bhe struck his head and fell overboard. Peter Rizzon, of Oakland, Cali- fornia was drowned when he fell from a canoe and was pulled under by a heavy artificial leg. tiss-Wright 4, Hudson Bay 57 General Foods 52, Checker Cab 14, 13%, 13%. PEACOCK'S KEYS RETURNED, MAIL Missing Astoria P. O. Of- GIBBS IS ON WAY To NURTH ficial Heard From— e 51 Was in Nevada Will Inspect Army's New| asroria, Oregon, March 30— I 5 The keys belonging to H. 8. Pea- Radlo ln“allahons cock, Assistant Postmaster, miss- in Northland ing 14 days, have been received from Goldfield, Nevada, by the SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March | Postmaster. 30—Major General George S. The shortage of Peacock’s ac- Gibbs, Chief of the Army Signal’coums is alleged to be more than Corps, said within a few months | $8,000. Alaska and the States will be in| The keys are for various boxes direct radio communication. He is{of the office, and were mailed on a visitor at the Presidio on his|a train leaving San Francisco on way to Seattle to inspect the March 26. Army's new radio installations ln’ Peacock’s auto was found aban- the link between Alaska and the'doned on a nearby creek a few States. 'days after his disappearance. Former Show Girl of Broadway Takes Life " In Spectacular Way NICE, France, March 30.—Peg-|feet to her death. { gy Davis, aged 37 years, former, She was the wife of an Austwal- Broadway showgirl, gave the Ri- ian, David Townsend, well kncwn| viera a new tragedy Sunday when|on Wall Street. the drove her automobile over a| She left. a note asking forgive- steep cliff in the vicinity of the|ness, and that her husband ‘ake Vanderbilt estate and dropped 200/ care of her mother. S & thlwb!hhldhthe!ul. turned over but neither of the occupants were injured. Moller's face had previously been frozen when flying in 38 degree below zero weather. The first night, Moller and Hodges camped out near the plana, It was 50 degrees below zero and a strong wind was blowing. est night he had ever spent in the open in Alaska. Moller and Hodges mushed to Nabesna village, then autoed to McCarty. be made to recover it. — .- {Amos and Andy Nominated for Humor Academy NEW YORK, March 30.—Be- cause their work is “purely American,” Amos and Andy, otherwise known as Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, have been nominated for the Academy of Humor along with Peter Finley Dunne, George Ade, Harry Leon Wilson, Will Rogers and Irving Cobb and others. The nominations were made by Thomas L. Masson in his book “Our American Hum- orists.” Author Dies Suddenl At His New York Home | NEW YORK, March 30—Dr. George A. Dorsey, author of “Why ‘We Behave Like Human Beings,” died suddenly at his home here on Sunday at the age of 63. He idied half an hour after receiving the final revisions of a new book Moller described it as the tough- The plane was left in the iso-| lated country and no attempt will| ment, refused to make any com- ment on Senator Brookhart's state- ments. 5-Cent Gas . Tax Battle Is Started Washington State Automo-|* bile Club Takes Case | Into Sup. Court | OLYMPIA, Wash., March 30—| [An attack on the emergency clauae“ |of the new 5-cent gas tax effec-; tive April 1 has begun in the | Supreme Court by the Automobile | Club of the State, asking an order !compelling the Secretary of the| | State to accept for filing a refer- | endum petition postponing the tax, on the effective date until January 1, when the new $3 flat fec is also 1in effect. The test of the emergency clause | will be argued before the court on April 24, ALASKA PEAK 1S ERUPTING PORTLAND, Ore., March 30.— C. H. Watson, amateur radio op- erator, reported intercepting a message from Unga, Alaska, say- tion. It is believed the message was sent by Lilly Osterback, at Unga, Alaska, amateur radio op- . erator, |held in a lodge hall at Holly, to- ing Pavloff volcano was in erup-j|. The race was run on a most favorable trail and weather condi-| tiuns and a few seconds longer than Leonhard Seppala’s record time a few years ago. Starts on Ice The race started on the ice on Bering Sea opposite Nome and was witnessed by the largest crowd in years with zero temperature but sunshine. Automobiles, dog teams and airplanes were all moving over the frozen sea at the same time. Carey was the thirteenth man to start and he lost five minutes by his team running off the track at the start and he was also forced to pass all other teams ahead of him, otherwise it is believed he would have broken Seppala’s record. | The derby is sponsored by John Borden, Chicago millionaire sports- Iman, who visited Nome several | years ago -after being wrecked in Bering Sea. the Reinert home and warm.” Five of the children afflicts with pneumonia have been taken tc the Lamar Hospital in a cabin plane. Little hope is held out for their recovery. The others were taken to their homes. ARE FOUND FROZEN CHEYENNE WELLS, Colo., Mar. 830.—Two persons have been found frozen to death in Cheyenne coun- y. Pred Snyder, aged 44, occupying a small house in Cottage Camp, died from exposure. ‘ Miss Fern Terrill, aged 72, was found dead in her small ranch house where she lived alone, also 8 victim of the winter's most’se- vere blizzard. HOPE FOR RECOVERY LAMAR, Colorado, March 30.— Mrs. Mary W. Wadham, Superin- tendent of the Maxwell Hospital, sald there is hope for the recov- ery of all children rescued from the bus tragedy. Coroner H. G. Hopkins sald there will be no inquest. A joint funeral for the five chil- dren and the bus driver will be/ PUBLIC WORKS | BEING BUILT {Contracts Let Since Decem- ber 1 Total Over Billion Dollars WASHINGTON, D. C, March 30.—Chairman Woods of the Em- ergency Employment Committee announced that nearly one billion dollars in contracts for morrow. —ero——— In Duel Over Affections Of Woman SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Mar. 30.—Percy Benson, aged 50 years, a merchant, was seri- ously wounded by William Hardnedy, aged 42, in a duel over Mrs. Hardnedy's affections. The police said Benson admit- ted calling at the Hardnedy home in an effort to persuade ber 1, 580,000 let last week. buildings, post offices, Federal buildings, state and municipal hos- | fense. BURKE TAKEN T0 MICHIGAN America’s “Most Danger-| ous Criminal” Escorted by Armored Convoy ! | ST. JOSEPHS, Michigan, March 30.—Fred Burke, America’s “most dangerous criminal,” has been re- turned here by an armored motor convoy from St. Joseph, Missouri, | a 15-hour trip, to stand trial for the murder of traffic officer Jos- eph Skelly during a trivial argu- ment a year ago. | If Burke is convicted it means life imprisonment. A Burke has hired lawyers in St., Josephs and Chicago for his de- He has been put in the strongest cell in the old Berrien County jail. A plea by the father of Skelly that he be placed as guard, was refused. Farm,Wash. 'Five Million Cubic Feet Flows Out Every 24 Hours BELLINGHAM, Wash,, March 30.—A flow of natural gas, esti- mated at approximately 5,000,000 cubic feet every 24 hours, by A. L. McDaniel, driller, has been struck on the Willlam Lange farm, 10 miles north of here. The flow of oil is two barrels an hour. ‘The gas was tapped at 1,200 feet. Son of McAdoo Is Placed Under Arrest BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, March 30.—The hearing of the charge of drunkenness and disturbing the ° peace against Willlam Gibbs Me- Adoo, Jr., has been continued one week. McAdoo was arrested Sate urday night and arraigned at Sherman, near here, today. Priest Obtains Transport License; Coming North to ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, of a church near Newark, N. J., ing missionary in Alaska. The Rev. Woodley will lcave for | duties as flying missionary, going public | March 30.—A transport pilot’s li- | west to Seattle by easy stages. At works have been let since Decem-|cense has been granted to Rev.|Seattle he will equip his this total including $45.-|George A. Woodley, Catholic priest | with ponfoons and thence start. for Nome. fly at Brooks and Kelly fields Teuas, with his brother the woman to elope with him. |pitals and churches and colleges.| Alaska April 15 2aa take up his|Army flier and instructor, i | ‘The projects include semi-public|and he proposed to become a fly-l The Rev. Woodley learned to