The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5850. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1931, IATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VESSEL BELIEVED T0 HAVE SUNK OFF ALASKA COAST HUNTED MURDERER WIFE SLAYER TRAPPED, NOW UNDER ARREST Everett Frank Lindsay, Relieving Idle in Large Cities Is Greatest Problem of Unemployment Relief Workers i3 RUINED CROPS CRIMP RURAL AREAS ————y Sought in Seattle Mur- der, Is Captured | FINGER PRINTS MADE BY TRICK Police Claim Confession Secured—Extradition | Reported Waived LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 16— Everett Frank Lindsay, sought since April, 1930, for the murder of his wife Audrey, in Seattle, was trapped and placed under arrest last night through the efforts of a restaurant man who read a story about Lindsay in a detective maga- zine. The police said Lindsay con- fessed, waived extradition to Seat- tle, and Sheriff Claud Bannick is s:nding two deputies here to take him back north. Recognizes Description William Sanborn, aged 26 years. for whom Lindsay worked as cook, read the story telling of Lindsay's personal habits and recognized the description of a man who worked for him. Lindsay quit the restau- rant but Sanborn renewed ac- quaintances and tricked him into putting his finger prints on a post card. Sanborn’s suspicions were <onfirmed and he immediately in- formed the police. Disappears from Seattle Lindsay disappeared from Segttle, with an adopted daughter. In- vestigation then revealed that his wife had been murdered and the body buried in the yard of the Lindsay home. The girl was found later in San Francisco and returned north. Lindsay disappeared again and a nation wide search was started. He was reported in sev- «cral places, especially on the Pa- «cific Coast, but eluded capture until last night. ———r —— MOYLE !8 TOLD + TO G0 TOJALL Directed to Begin Serving' Sentence of 30 Day on November 2 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 16-— Don Moyle, who recently completed a flight from Japan via Alaska with C. A. Allen, has bzen directed by the Superior Court to enter the County Jail on November 2 to serve & 30-day sentence for drunken driving. Moyle committed the offense be- fore going to the Orient. — e —iass nas been made from nat- ” hoppers this summer. Gov. Charles W. Bryan (lower right) of Ne-, | | Edltors Note: This is the fourth of a scries of five ar- ticles outlining I conditions throughost the - tion. By F. A. RERCH . CHICAGO, 1l Oot - 164Two unemployment prchlems. face the | industrial and agricultural = mid- west this winter. l The first and perhaps most ser- | lous is in alding the jobless in the )hrger citles such as Chicago, De- troit and Cleveland. The other is providing work and relief in some rural sections hard hit this summer by grasshopper in- festation and drought. The farm areas needing relief most are found in South Dakota and Nebraska. To meet the situation a varicty of rellet projects are put forth. They range from doles to sports events for charity; from public ¢on- | = struction programs to public sub- scription; from efforts to increass odd jobs to preserving surplus crops. In addition many farmers have bartered grain and fruit. i Cook County Relief | Relief measures in Illinols are concentrated in Cook county, which contains Chicago and where it is estimated there are nearly 400,000 jobless. The largest item in the program of Gov. Louis L. Emmer- son’s relief commission s $8,800,000 to be raised in Cook county by pib- lic solicitation. | Indlana’s unemployed are esti- mated at 170,000 by Dr. John H. | Hewitt, director of the state unem- ployment commission. - The state mission has taken over les of state roads fu: nce, A fund -of $750,000 is available for the. proj- The winter unemployment problem in the Midwest and Sont.hwegt_m, and about 5,000 will get work: concerns not only the large cities but also some rural sections where | insects and drought ruined crops. Below is a ficld devastated by grass- |are principally local. Plans for winter relief in Iowa A state commission has been braska has taken steps to aid farmers so affected. Above farmers living P2Med In Michigan by Gov. Wilber in a section where there were bumper crops are shown bartering sur- plus grain and fruit to prepare for the winter. FINK MAKES " JURY APPEAL, - CAPONE CASE Charges Government Is Trying to Respond to i Public Clamor 1 | CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 16.—Albert Fink, counsel for Al Capone, charg- ed today that the Government is attempting to convict a gangster of charges of violating the income tax laws, “only to appease and re- spond to public clamor.” Fink said the big question was whether the jury could be per- suaded to return a verdict of guilty without sufficient evidence to just satisfy a “supposed public excite- ‘mem." ural gas. The material is called' Wool production in New Zealand HEAD CRUSHED "IN FALL OVER - ALASKA CLIFF Body of Father Woodley | Found in Ravine with Sheep He Shot ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 16.— { The body of the Rev. Father George Woodley has been brought here from the Chickaloon district. Search- ers found the body, with the head |crushed, at the bottom of a ravine where the Father had fallen while carrying a mountain sheep he had shot, ‘The body will probably be ship- ped to Boston, Massachusetts, where burial will be made beside the Father's mother. The Rev Woodley was hunting {with his brother Arthur, and Dan M. Brucker to cooperate with fed- eral and local relief agencies. Sena- |tor James Couzens has offered' De- jtroit $1,000,000 if the city raises {an additional $9,000,000, and this will be attempted. Job-a-Week Club In Minneapolis, Minn.,, a move- ment is under way to form a *job- a-week” club through which citi- zens will be called upon to fur- nish odd jobs. Citles and towns in Nebraska have launched public improvement programs, while the state is pre- 1 I 100 These avlators will decide by chance they hav: announced, which one will pilot their tea Press Phote rplane on a projected non-stop flight from Honolulu to Californ a late in November. They will sail for the islands shortly. Left to right: Mrs. Victorine Lederer, Ros Metz, Capt. J. K. V. Hyde ard G. G. McCallum. The latter will not pa ticipate. UNITED STATES AIDING COUNCIL, ORIENTAL CASE Objections of Japan Over- ruled—American [s Sitting in Now Attacks Navy Cut N GENEVA, Oct. 16.—The Council of the League of Nations has formally ratified, over the objec- tions of the Japanese delegation, the invitation to the United States to engage in arbitration in the Manchurian trouble between China and Japan,, Prentiss Gilbert, American Con- sul General to Geneva, took his place this afternoon with fourteen members of the League's Council to| aid in the search for a way for peace in Manchuria. Gilbert is the first active Am-| erican participant in the delibera- tions of the League and he told| goverely eriticizing President his colleagues his Government wants a part in the efforts to! restore order under the Kellogg Peace Pact but will not take a hand in any measures under the League of Nation’s covenants. —_—————— | PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR QUITS Surrenaers ~Of—fice to Presi- ‘dent of Senate Al- fred Moreno WUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 16.—Pro- visional President Luis Larnea Aiba thas surrendered his office to Alfred (Continuea on Page Three) BERGMANN SOLD 70 N, 6. NELSON BY JOHN GREEN Deal Closed Today Chang- ing Ownership of Well Known Local Hotel The Bergmann Hotel, one of the best known of the smaller residen- Hoover for authorizing a cut in America’s destroyer quota, Sena- tor Frederick Hale (above), of Maine, chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, declares that “While Great Britain an Japan build, we destroy.” Th | Senator says he is going to figh cutting the strength of America’ maval forces, STOCK PRICES PUSH UPWARD, TRADING TODAY Numerous Issues Advance . Von Althaus, Hudson Mead, J. PREMIER LAVAL NOW BOUND FOR UNITED STATES {Staff of Financial Experts and Daughter Accom- ... .pany. Official HAVRE, France, Oct. 16.—Pra- mier Laval, accompanied by a staff of financial experts, sailed today on the liner Ile de France for the United States where he will dis- cuss world problems with President Hoover. The Premier's daughter, Josen, aged 18 years, and two of her friends, are also making the trip to the United States. TWO PLANES AT BAYCHIMO Nome Fliers Make Arctic Trip After Marooned Passengers NOME, Alaska, Oct. 16. — Air- |planes aiding in the rescue of a |group of passengers aboard the Baychimo, caught in the Arctic |ice, have been flown from here by !'Vic Ross and Chester Brown. They have arrived near the Baychimo, off Wainwright, and preparations :hxve be:n made to fly the pas- sengers to Kotzebue. e — Sleeper Wakens to Find Teeth Stolen } ' RENO, Nev., Oct. 16—An aged man has appeared before city coun- IS RUN DOWN STRICKEN BOAT FOUNDERS WHEN HELP.IS NEAR ;Jabanese Freighter Sends Out Distress Call, Silence Follows PPACIFIC LINER NOT ABLE TO GET REPLY Yonan Maru, with Crew of 40 Men Aboard Be- { lieved to Be Lost SAN F R A N CISCO, Cal., 16.—Failure of attempts of the liner President Jefferson J\lo communicaté by radio at 6 o’clock this morning with the stricken Japanese freight- er Yonan Maru give rise to {the belief the vessel went |down with the members of El\er crew, estimated to be \’about 40. The Yonan Maru was about 1500 miles west of Dutch Har- bor, Alaska. The liner President Jeffer- son, with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife aboard, was about 80 miles {away when the distress sig- ‘nals--were picked up. The ‘liner’s course was immediate- ly changed to go to assist- ance of the freighter. The Yonan Maru was en- route from Portland, Oregon, {to Shanghai, with a cargo of lumber. DEMAND CASH, COMPENSATION - CERTIFICATES {Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Calls i on President E WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 16.— A demand for immediate cash pay- ment of adjusted World War com= pensation certificates has been laid before President Hoover by Harold DeCoe, Commander of the Vets erans of Foreign Wars. ‘Commander DeCoe told the Presi- |dent the organization has initiated |@ movement to obtain signatures of ten million citizens as evidence of public sentiment favoring cash pay- ment of the compensation certifi= cates in full. Moreno, President of the Senate, from One to FlVe Pomts | eil seeking aid in recovery of a set vinylite. this year totaled 785,376 bales. | Kennedy, merchant of Anchorag&hul hotels in Juneau was purchased Militia’s Gone, Town’s Quiet; The three became seperated last Monday. Searching parties were lat the bottom of a deep ravine. organized and the body was found | today by N. G. Nelson from John {E. Green who purchased it about six years ago from the Bergmann estate and has operated it since who immediately took charge of v in Last Rally the Goverpment. —_— The transfer of power was maue i i after Alba appointed the Presi- ! NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The Stock Market pushed up strongly today | |of false teeth which he said had {been stolen from his mouth &s he farms of slept. There were 1,000,000 tractors on the Unlted' States during 1930 . . ° The Father had fallen from a cliff |that time. The financial consid-[dent of the Senate to the posi-iang while prices showed some re- W lf W k L’f “H' 99 But Evang ellst Kee PS F lg htlng |with the mountain sheep he had|eration involved was not made |UOn of Minister of Interior. cession during the final hours, they | elrare OreK a Lare Obby \ shot. public. Before relinquishing his posi- | came back in the last fifteen min- | JONBSBORO, Ark. Oct. 16.—The militia has come and gone after Meanwhile someone knocked the mayor, H. J. Bosler, to the ground | ENROUTE FOR BODY QUINCY, Mass., Oct. 16—William Mr. Green will contiue to op- erate the business for two or three weeks, the new owner taking pos- | tion, Alba accepted the resignation | mmsJ utes to closé on the best of the entire ministry. for the day. Numerous issues advanced from of Bane, Jobless Aid Leader (o session shortly after November 1, one to five points at the finish, Oct work has been both hob- quieting warring factions of the and the city and county authori-!woodley is enroute to Seattle to 2 | one e points at the finish. | RICHMOND, Va, t. 16.— Welfare work n both h First Baptist church here, but the | ties found they could not cope with Sl Zhe y of his , the }'. ;vas Jannouneed. T ll?m ?:pChurches Must Today’s turnover was about 1,-|“Locking the stable before the|oy and business with him. Social Rev. Joe Jeffers, militant evange- | the evangelist’s disciples. |Rev. Father George Woodley who ;;:1’.“1 m‘;:e::w::m l:fe refli Be Modernize. d, 500,000 shares. horse is gone” is a practice of | oroblems were his favorite puzzles list, stays on and continues his ef- ‘forts to oust the regular pastor. And Jeffers says he intends to keep right on with his campaign. Since he admits it looks as though it may take some time to ‘bring about the dismissal of the Rev. D. H. Heard, Jeffers now s concerned about a place in which to accommodate crowds of 5,000 to 8000 that have attended his ‘meetings in tent-tabernacle in the last month. Jetfers from his pulpit charged Dr. Heard with misconduct while pastor at Big Springs, Tex., and some of Jeffers' followers tried to bring the charges before a busi- ness meeting of the church, re- sulting in a fight in which tw ‘were arrested. V4 While at the head of a crowd he assembled at the city hall to pro- test his followers' arrest, Jeffers invoked God to “strike the mayor dead.” Then came the call for nationai Was killed on a hunting trip near guardsmen, who shouldered rifles Anchorage, Alaska. It is under- with fixed bayonets and planted stood here that another son, Arthu: machine guns about the tabernacle. Jeffers, however, continued his at- tacks on Heard. ‘The guardsmen gave up and left, Among the charges he heaped on Dr. Heard was one that “he is too dignified,” and as such, “has failed to take the sharp two-edged sword of God's word to smite the evil forces present in Jonesboro.” Jeffers said he does not like “pussyfooting,” explaining that he he-man of all time.” Jeffers' evangelistic co-workers are his wife and his two children, Joe, Jr., 5, and Jessie Jeanne, 2. Always near the preacher is Ro- mee Hebert, former pugilist. Jef- fers, hemeyer, deniés reports that Romeo is a pedyguard. patterned his evangelistic style on; that used by Jesus, “the greatest s Woodley, may take the body to Seattle by airplane. | The two Woodley brothers went 1to Alaska several months ago by 'plane which they have flown in the interior of that Territory and back to Anchorage, after visiting missions and hunting on the lower Yukon River section. {Turk Will Study Methods in U. S. ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oect. 16.— Former Minister of Finance Sarad- joglou Chukru Bey has left for New York on behalf of the Turk- ish government to study American methods of industry and agricul- ture and to form financial and eco- nomic contracts. to keep me occupled and Mrs. Green and I will continue to re- side here,” Mr. Green said. Mr. Nelson also owns other substantial Interests in the city, including a partnership in the Triangle Buillding, one of the finest business structures in the Territory. Several weeks ago he purchased the Wright Jewelery Shoppe's stock and fixtures and a few days ago resold this to Paul Bloedhorn. “When I returned to Juneau a few years ago to re-engage in business and acquire realty hold- ings, I said then I regarded this town as the best in the Territory. It is still in the lead and will continue to hold that position. T |am backing my confidence by in- vesting my money in it, and I know of no more convincing way of doing that” Mr. Nelson said today. Shares with gains of two or more to five points appeared for| £merican Telephone, American Can, | United States Steel, Santa Fe, New | | Declares Pastor| WICHITA, Kas, Oct. 16—The, Frank Bane, national diwector of public welfare for President Hoo- ver's unemployment relief organiza- tion. Rev. L. D. Anderson, Fort Worth, | Texas, urged ministers and laymen to use &l agencies at their com- mand for the advancement of the York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Eastman, Dupont, Norfolk West- ern, Union Pacific Southern Pa- cific, Westinghouse Electric. church in an address opening the international convention of the Disciples of Christ here. | Declaring that Christianity is in the midst of a revolution, Mr. An-| derson, the convention president, | urged the modernization of its pro- gram. The National Evangelistic As- sociation, closing a two-day meet- ing preliminary to the convention, adopted resolutions which con- demned war as a means of settiing [ international disputes, urged sup- Dort of the National Prohibition Law and raised a plea for all Christians to exercise their right of . . | CLOSING STOCK PRICES | . . NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mino stock today is 14%%, American Can 83, Anaconda Copper 14%, Beth- lehem Steel 28!, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 8, General Motors 25%, International Harvester 26%, Kennecott 12%, Packard Motors 5%, Standard Oil of California 31%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 31%, United Aircraft 15%, United States Steel 687, Fox Theatres, on suffrage. Acurb, 1%, \ | Foresight has been a characteris- tic of the 38-year-old Virginia com- ‘missioner of public welfare in meet- ing the many social problems that have confronted him in Virginia and Tennessece, and as a member of Colonel Arthur Woods' national jrelief commission last year. | His manner is polite, but direct. |¥e speaks briefly, but a few of his words usually tell a long story. With a thoughtful gaze from be- neath his closely-trimmed blonde hair, the Virginia commissioner af- iu.-r his new appointment, sald: irellef came from public sources. In |this year's emergency a large per- |centage of our relief 'mét come from the same source.” ! He is a firm believer in plvpa-r-l | ‘cdnc.fi. & i “Last year T2 per cent of thel during undergraduate days at Ran- dolph-Macon College. They were the subject of his graduate work at Columbia Univer- sity. He taught them at the Uni- versity of Virginia. However, all his work has not been confined entire- ly to academic treatment of soci= ology. His practical work has included the positions of secretary to the Virginia board of charities and cor- -ections, director of public welfare n Knaxville, Tennessee. For the last six years he has been the Vir- 3inla commissioner of public wel= fare. When the national crisis came with the combined drought and un- employment in the fall of 1930 Colonel Woods named Bane to as- sist in the work of the national rellef committee. He acted throughout the life of the committee as regional director, Supervising relief in the southeast,