The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1931, Page 1

-Alleged Mu;dger Is Found THE DAILY "ALL THE NEVS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO.5725. JUNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY MA{ 2I l93| PROF. WEGENER IS FOUND DEAD IN GREENLAND | Body of Germen Expedid] tion Head Located by Rescue Party { HAS BEEN MISSING | SINCE NOVEMBER 1 Native Companion Has| Disappeared With Per- sonal Belongings ! BERLIN, May 21.—The body Ofl Prof. Alfred L. Wegener, head of a German Expedition to Central| Greenland, has been found by a rescue party, thus dispelling hopes]r he would be found alive. 1 Prof. Wegener had been missing since last November 1 when he started out with a native com- panion for the western edge of Greenland’s Ice Cap, a journey o{ 250 miles. Shown here are three American women who bowed before King |Geo.-ge and Queen Mary in the royal courts in London May 19 and 20. The body was found 90 mfleslr'rhey are: Vivian Dawes (right), daughter of Ambassador and Mrs. from the starting poiut. It was|Charles G. Dawes; Margaretta Duane (upper left) of Haverford, Pa. warmly clothed and it is believed and Katherine L. B. Hilles (lower left) of Wilmington, Del. ‘Wegener died as the result of heart failure. His personal belongings are miss- ing, presumably taken by his cam- panion. No mention is made of the where- abouts of the native in the brief | message received here from the rescue party. ———————— CHILDREN ARE SLAIN WHILE MOTHER WORKS With Throat Cut; | Will Recover LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 21.— Three children of Mrs. Lillian Wal- ters, the oldest a boy aged 19‘» years, were -slain in their home yesterday. The police later arrest- ed John Streib, aged 45, a boarder, ' who was found in one of the rooms with his throat cut by a razor. The police said he confessed the kill- | ings. Hospital attendants say he; will recover. | Mrs. Walters, aged 38, who is employed in a department store, told the police she had refused Streib’s frequent demands she mar- ry him. The woman has been estranged from her husband for several years. PERCY ARLISS BEATS TURNESA' LEEDS, Eng., May 21.—Percy Ar-| liss, Britisher, this afternoon de-v feated Joe Turnesa in the second round of the Professional tourna- ment 3 and 2. Turnesa won the| tournament in 1929 and was medal- | ist this year. Tony Manero meets Arliss in the quarter finals. Inventor Dies as Result of Burns Received, Explosion PHILADELPHIA, Penn. May 21. — Charles Erastus Vawter, widely known inventor of more than 300 radio and electric de- vices, died last night as the result of burns received in an explosion in his laboratory in his home in Germantown, a sec- tion of this city. BETTERMENT OF ALASKA COAST GUARD ASSURED More and Better Vessels to Be Assigned Here, ’ Says Commandant i More and better cutters and more continuous patrol of Alaska’s CHAMBER HOST T0 14 PUPILS AT NOON MEET Half of High School Grad- uating Class Is Enter- tained at Luncheon Fourteen of the 28 members of the graduating class of the local coastal waters by the United States | Coast Guard can be expected in the near future, declared Capt. H. D. Hinckley, Commandant of the| Northwest Coast Guard Division, | with headquarters in Seattle, who. visited here last night and today. | He arrived yesterday afternoon cn‘ the cutter Chelan, Capt. R. W.| Dempwolf. l With Capt. Hinckley were Cap'.l C. P. Nelson, Area Co-ordinator, for | the Seventh Area, comprised of High School were greeted today by the Chamber of Commerce, ! which had them as its honor guests at its weekly luncheon meeting at the Arcade Cafe. “We are glad to welcome you, and we are proud of your class and your High School,” -declared Dr. W. W. Council, President, in extending the ‘Chamber’s greetings. Addressed by Winn Grover C. Winn, Treasurer of the School Board, and member of the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wy- first graduating class of the local oming, Montana and Alaska; C. S. High School, made a short ad- Kellison and Dr. Walsh, of Seattle. 'dress of welcome for the Chamber. | different assignment arranged for iof the larger cutters in western Needs Are Recognized The needs of Alaska for addi- tional Coast Guard vessels to pro- tect - its shipping are fully recog- nized by Capt. Hinckley who said Division headquarters are working 1for and hopeful of augmenting its fleet with newer and larger ship: for local service. Two or three new cutters are now under con- struction and it is expected with their completion that at least one more vessel can be obtained and a “We hope that it wont be long before we are able to station one Alaska waters,” he said. “The |need for a larger and more. modern vessel for the Juneau station is ap- parent, and we are working toward that end. You have been very pa- | tient here, and if you will so con- tinue for a while longer, I am sure we'll accomplish what is needed.” New Ketcnikan Boat After this year, the Coast Guard expects to keep the local vessel on station here throughout the spring and summer months, and not send it on the seal patrol to the Pribilof Islands. It had not been planned to send the Talla- poosa to the southwestern waters this year but owing to a shortage lof vessels in the district it be- came necessary to do so. “We will try to see that this does not occur next year,” he said. A new cutter, the Alert, has been assigned to station at Ketchikan to ———————— The United States exported 13,-| 094,861 pairs of rubber fogtwear | last year. replace the Cygan. The former is now en route to Ketchikan and (Continued on Page Six) Jail Proves So Popular at Point Hope, Alaska, that New and Larger lemn having you as guests, we do it not only to honor you, but your oarents as well for their sacri- fices, in some instances, in making t possible for you to finish your high school education, and also to honor the citizens of Juneau who have made it possible for you to have the institution from which you will graduate.” Mr. Winn introduced each of the fourteen students attending: Misses Verna Hurley, Betty Barragar, Grace Meggitt, Jeannette Stewart, Xenia Paul, Sigrid Davis, Bess Mil- lard, Mary Giovannetti, and Ell- ott Robertson, Zalmain Gross, El- mer Swanson, John Hellenthal, Loren Sisson and John Stewart. The remaining fourteen members of the class will be guests of the Chamber next week. Sees Much Progress “I am proud of Juneau, the town in which I spent more than half of my life," declared Claud Eric- son, former local business man who was a Chamber guest today. He noted great improvement here since his last visit here. “The town locks mighty good to me,” he as- serted. He extended his congratu- lations and best wishes to members of the High School graduating class. E. R. Jaeger, another former lo- cal business man now visiting here from California, was another guest but did not speak. Capt. H. D, Hinckley, Comman- der of the Northwest Division of the United States Coast Guard, Capt. C. P. Nelson, U. 8. Navy, Commander R. W. Dempwolf, mas- ter of the cutter Chelan, Dr. Walsh and C. 8. Kellison of Seattle, were introduced to the Chamber. Los Angeles Tour Party The secdbnd annual good will tour of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Will bring about 100 members of that organization to Alaska this summer, said a letter from it to the Chamber. The par- ty will spend several hours here on June 15, and réturn southbound a One Is Ordered SEATTLE, May 21.—Jail lifejago for a minor law violation and proved so popular with the .Eski-|placed them in the jail where they mos of Point Hope, Alaska, that|were fed so well and kept so warm Deputy U. S. Marshal Bert M cabled here for & new and larger bastile to be sent north on the schooner C. 8. Holmes. Capt. John Backland, of. the schooner, said Meril informed him he arrésted two natives some time that they spread the glad tidings when released. The result was week later. “Owing to the hospi- tality and courtesies shown our first tour party last year, we are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to our visit this year,” other Eskimos began breaking all kinds of laws and begged for im- prisonment. The Holmes left yesterday with a knock-down jail for Meril, & said the letter. A communication received from ) Delegate Wickersham said the e —_— (Continued on Page Three) IS BOOSTED BY RAIL ADVANCES Selling Fliraes Continue; General Electric, Ana- conda Sag NEW YORK, May 21.—For the | third. successive day, the Stock Mar- ket was bolstered up by poved tone of rail issues. Selling flurries continued to sweep through the market but having an_ im- prominent issues. Small early steel losses and Am- erican Telegraph and Telephone Company and American Can drops were replaced by gains of one pow or two. General Electric and Anaconds sagged to new lows. The former recovered but copper issues gener- ally worked lawer. Rails improved from Tuesday’s prices after eight sessions of steady decline. This is attributed to com= pletion of - liquidation and unof- ficial reports of progress of plans to restore earning power and pro- tect their credits. . TODAY’ STOCK | QUOTATIONS | et ot EW YORK, May 21.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17%, American Can 98%, Anaconda Copper 25%, Beth- lehem Steel 42%, Fox Films 15%, ‘General Motors 38, Granby Consoli- dated 11%, International Harvester 46, Kennecott 19%, Packard Motors 67, Standard Brands 17%, Stand- ard Oil of California 35%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 347%, United Alr- craft 27%, U. S. Steel 997%, Curtiss- Wright 2%, Hudson Bay, no sale; Checker Cab 10%, 10, 10, OCalifor- nia Packing 23%. COPPER SELLS AT LOW PRICE; DEMAND SLACK Sales Are Made at Eight and Three-fourth Cents, Lowest Reported NEW YORK, May 21.—Sales of copper, at eight and three quarters cents a pound, the lowest on rec- ord, are reported. The price represents a recession of one quarter of a cent from the previous quotation. In 1929, copper sold as high as 24 cents. The present reduction reflected the slackening of the demand for the metal after a spurt following a cut in the export quotation early this week. Export sales totalled one million pounds, contrasting with 3,500,000 pounds taken by the foreign mar- ket on Tuesday. TSRS RN AMERICAN RED CROSS GOING T0 CELEBRATE Golden Jufie—e Tonight; Hoover, Huber Broad- cast Speeches WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21.— The American Red Cross celebrates incorporation fifty years ago, to- night. Two Presidents of the units of the international relief organiza- tion will open the golden jubilee. President Hoover, head of the American Red Cross, and Judge Max Huber, of Zurich, President of the International Red Cross Com- mittee will make addresses, both to be broadcast over the National and Columbia systems. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes is to preside. Eight Ambassadors and more than fifty diplomatic representatives will be among the Buests. GARDEN CLUB TO MEET TOMORROW The Juneau Garden Club will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'cl in the Council Chambers, bly Hall. A full attend#nce of mem- bers is requested by the officers. little effect on the bulk of the || MEMBER OF ASSOCIA'[ED PRESS ST[]GK MARKET Fleet of Planes Will “Nest” in Diri zible, Hopping Off in Mid-Air to Meet Attacks B ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENT§ TERROR REIGN CONDUCTED BY DRUNKEN MAN ‘ Drinks His m Beer then Runs Amuck Killing { Three Persons HOLDS SIX UNDER THREATS OF DEATH | Authorities are Summoned Before Further Death Toll Results May 21. — Joseph Fleisch- mann, aged 35, well known buttcr maker, crazed by K- quor, t he authorities said, shot and killed his wife and two small sons and for five hours held two daugthers, an- other son and three adults, in a state of terror while he | talked incessantly of firing bullets at them. (| The three adults, ome a The navy's new dirigible Akron will be able’to launch or take aboard In mid-air a fleet of five planes. Priest, Father Gregory Feut- Artist's sketch shows the trapeze onto which the planes catch in flight. Diagram at lower right shows er, fled amid bullets and call- how planes are carried on mono-rails in the dirigible’s storage compartment; so that any plane may be ed the authorities. swung into position over T-shaped openings in bottom of dirigible. ' The officers answered the ALBERTS IS T0 MOVE OFFICES HERE IN FALL Flory Anounces Plans for‘ Changes—Many Offi- cial Vsitors Coming Headquarters offices of the Fed- eral Government’s agricultural ex- periment stations in Alaska will be moved to Juneau early next Fall, it was announced today by Charles H. Flory, Alaska Commissioner tor' the Department of Agriculture, who returned home early this week after spending more than two months in Washington discussing Alaska pro- jects of that department with Sec- retary Hyde and others of its of- ficers. He sald he was entirely satisfied with the results of his Washington conferences. It had been Secretary | Hyde’s desire to visit the Ten-n,qry this summer but so many matters demanded his personal attention that it was doubtful if the trip could be made. Many Official Visitors However, Alaska will have a great | many official visitors during the next two or three months, Mr. Flory said. In a few weeks, the Con- gressional Committee on Wild Life| Resources will arrive to spend some | time studying Alaska conditions, and this visitation will be followed by others. The Interior Depart- ment’s activities will be studied by a delegation headed by Congress- man Murphy of the Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appro- priations. Congressman Simmons, Nebraska, who is expected to be the Chairman of the Subcommittee for the Agricultural Department of the Appropriations Committee, also due for a visit here. Southeast, Interior and South- west Alaska will be visited by these officials, and by others expected to come notrh. . Maintain Sitka Farm For several months the transfer of agricultural experiment station headquarters from Sitka to Juneau has been in doubt. The decision was finally made after Mr. Flory reached Washington. Owing to the fact that from now until fall isthe busy season for that bureau, the transfer will not take place until in the Fall, Mr. Flory said At that time, Chief Agronomist Al- berts, Eiler Hanson, and the cleri- cal staff will be moved here and offices in the Capitol have been assigned to them. This does not mean that aban- donment of the Sitka station is contemplated, the Comm issioner Jointed out. continued and its work carried on just as in the past. Kodiak Farm Closed The station at Kodiak has been permanently closed. The livestock handled by it cn a range and k | breeding experiment will be moved to the station at Matanuska where the experiment will be continued, (Continuea wn Page Six) is| The station will be; | fication Agent L.A.Gunman Kills Two; | Has Escaped {Former Veteran Police Re-| porter, Real Estate Ex- ecutive, Shot Down LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 21— Herbert Spencer, once a veteran police reporter and unremitting foe of gangland, was shot down in |the office of Charles Crawford,| real estate executive, and long a figure in city politics, late yester- day afternoon. ! Crawford was mortally wounded | and died shortly afterwards in a‘ hospital. Spencer had gone to Crawford’s office for a conference. An unidentified gunmen gained' admittance to the office by telling talk with his employer. The assailant escaped in an au- tomobile. The murders followed warnings circulated in the underworld a | month ago that Spencer and Craw- | ford were marked for death. Depu- ties said they knew the names of two men who circulated the threats. | Investigators said the motive was found in activities of racketeering. No arrests have been made. | 'Guy McAfee, enemy of Crawford, gave the name of a man he be- lieved did the killing, on promise ‘!hat it be withheld. Will Carry " Planes Which | its equipment. jalarm and arrested Fleisch- ‘mann before he could kill his | other children. Fleischmann became in- flam«l from drinking his own NAVY AIRSHIP FIRST OF KIND IN EQUIPMENT He did the shooting and then called Anton Kummer, a neighbor, and made him call the priest and another i man and made them view the ’bodles of his dead wife and 'two chlldren. i Pioneering in a new field, design- LAw Is UPHELD ers of the 6500,000-cubic-feet mon- Is Pioneering in New Aviation Field WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21— A flying machine carrying flying machines, the new navy airship Akron will be first in dirigible his- tory to carry airplanes as part of MEDFORD, Wisconsin, ster to be launched in midsummer ' have only the navy's experiments' with the Los Angeles in attaching BOISE, Idaho, May 21. — The sterilization law, enacted in 1925, Crawford’s secretary he wanted to, and detaching planes on which to placing operation in a Board of draw for practical experience, { Eugenics, composed of heads of The airplane compartment, hous- ‘NYluma and penal institutions, is ing four and later five heavier-than upheld by the State Supreme Court. air craft, probably will be one of The decision was handed down the last of the Akron's features to in the case of the State against be completed. Actual plane tests' Albert Troutman, inmate of the probably will not be made unul Nampa School, colony for the ip= after the airship’s trial flights from sane. the "Goodyear-Zeppelin dock in' The Court said the statute gave Akron, Ohio. 'all persons safeguards of the law A trapeze with which to launch Which was amended in 1929. and catch the plane, refined beyond | The Court ruled the State has the one used on the Los Angecles, POWer to protect the common wel- is being developed, as well as ralls fare against a hereditary type of to hold the planes in readiness feeble ‘mindedness. within the airship. Another, but P AP o e AT later, problem will be spectal types, lAsst. U S. Attorney |General to Visit Support Planes On Rails | KNOWN IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, May 21.—The police said Crawford was a figure of some | prominence in Seattle in 1911 at| the time of the recall of Mayor| Hiram Gill. It is said Crawford was close to Gill and former Chief | of Police Charles Wappenstein,| who spent several years in the pen- | itentiary after graft charges had | been made and conviction secured. | Later Crawford went to Los An- geles and for a time operated a saloon. | — e Big Berry Crop Expected | In 1930 Drought Region‘ TAHLEQUAH, Okla., May 21.— Strawberry acreage in northeastern Oklahoma, an important producing region, was cut almost in half by the drought of last summer. How- ever, observers report prospects for a bumper crop from the surviving plants this year. Many full-blood Cherokee Indians grow strawberries this hill coun- try, ideally adapi to berry cul-’ ture. At one time wild strawberries were found there in profusion. R HOLBROOK CLASSIFYING | LAND IN RIVER VALLEYS | ‘Wellman Holbrook, Land Classi- for the United States Forest Service, is engaged in eclassifying areas in both the Eagle River and Herbert River val- leys. He will be occupied there uns til early next week. ‘suppcrt the planes has been dic- | |plane may be suspended from zhe of airplanes. “A system of four mono-rails to Here for Short Time tated by the dimensions of the room allowed for airplane storage,” says: Comdr. Garland Fulton, navy con- | struction corps expert. “The storage room will measure | roughly 70 feet in length by 60 or | 70 feet in width. The four rails,; radiating from above the central opening in the bottom, will accom- modate one plane each. A fifth! Seth Richardson, Assistant United States Attorney Gen- eral, will visit Juneau mnext week for a few days, according to advices received taday by Gov. George A. Parks. He will arrive on' the steamer Alaska nert Monday and remain over for at least one boat sailing. Mr. Richardson went to Ko- diak Island about three weeks ago for a brown bear hunt. He is making some official inves- tigations while in that section of the Territory, it was re~ ported. trapeze. “Plane types are a matter or future development. Such planes as are now available will be used at i (Continuea o Page Three) | American Beauty Contest Winner Acquitted in Nice of Slaying Jealous Mate NICE, France, May 21.—Mrs. Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger, the for- mer Charlotte Nash of St. Louis, ‘The jury was out ten minutes. The defendant sobbed her story in halting French. She told of bit- who won beauty contest honors | in 1923, has been acquitted of shoot- ing her husband, a Philadelphia theatre magnate, winning on a ter quarrels which she had with her jealous husband who accused her of having love affairs with other men. She denied the aecu- |She wept on the stand and her plea of self-defense. The trial was brief but dramatic. sations. She said that on the night of last March 11, her hus- band strode into her bedroom and mother collapsed in the crowded courtroom. Mrs. Nixon-Nirdlinger said her husband seized her by the throat during a quarrel and she reached under her pillow for a revolver with which she shot him. resumed a quarrel begun earlier. She fired. The spectators cheered at the verdict. “She is too beautiful to be bad,” her lawyer told the jury.