The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 20, 1931, Page 1

N AT 8k s S e e e e s e e e e “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5853. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUES DAY, OCTOBER' 20, 1931, " MEMBER OF ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU WOMEN FOUND MURDERED IN LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENCE OF MANCHURIA NOW PROPOSED Japan Springs New Action in Oriental Trouble, Is Report Today CONCILIATION WAS PERHAPS FALSE MOVE Obiérvers See Hond of Militarists in Latest Attack on China LONDON, Oct, 20.—From Japan- ese sources comes the report today | of the launching of a virile move- ment for Manchurian independence from China. This report, says the move is made by Japan. This action followed shortly after Japan had shown a conciliatory attitudz toward the Council of the Leaguz of Nation's which had attempted to mediate satis- factorily to Japan and China in the Manchurian trouble, and also Japan’s withdrawal of objections to American paticipation in the Geneva discussions. Observers professed to see in the ind:pendence movement the hand of Japanese militarists seeking an»: anese domination in Manchuria | without resorting to military force. | —~—— - STOCK PRICES BOUND UPWARD TRADING TODAY Signs of Cmdence Are Shown—Turnover About 2,500,000 Shares NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Aggressive buying swept bonds and stocks up- ward today and the share market closed near the day's best levels, despite some profit taking during the last hour. There were numerous gains of two to six points. Today’s turnover in shares was about 2,500,000. Signs of return of confidence in the dollar in Europe together with drying up of recent liquida- tion of the bond market are de- scribed as distinctly encouraging. Shares up three to five points included American Can, American Telephone, Allied Chemicals, Amer- ican Tobacco B, Santa Fe, Balti- more and Ohio, Case, Consolidated Gas, Dupont, United States Steel, Industrial Alcohol, Lambert, South- ern Pacific, Union Pacific, West- inghouse Electric. — - . . | CLOSING STOCK PRICES | . . NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 86, Anaconda Copper 17%, Bethle- hem Steel 30%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 8%, General Motors 27%, International Harvester 29%, Ken- necott 15%, Packard Motors 5%, Standard Oil of California 33%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 33%,’ United Aireraft 17%, United States Steel 72, Fox theatres, on curb, 1%. ‘Pure Bunk’ Is Sale of Navy Craft No Truth in Report Air- plane Carriers Are to Be Disposed of WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 20.— To newspaper reports that some- body might buy the aircraft car- | riers Lexington and Saratoga and rebuild them for passenger liners, the Navy’s Chief of Aeronautics answered: “Pure bunk.” “Besides,” added Admiral William Moffet,” it would cost more to re- model the ships than to build new cnes. The Navy will not let the airplane carriers go because they are the most valuable ships we have. Somebody must be crazy to think we are going to give them away.” Newspaper stories said a Boston Corporation was being formed to ‘take the two aircraft carriers off the Navy's hands for remodeling “Best Prospect” and Bride lius Vanderbilt (Sonny) Whitney, millionaire socialite and tur? E:trlf‘:lll::t, and known(u one of the “best marriage prospects” of the | Eastern elite, is shown with his bride, the former Gwladys Crosby Hop~ kins, Mrs. Stevens Heckscher, at Stratford, Pa. delphia’s most prominent society f the nation’s greatest f ; to one o Trag after their quiet wedding at the home of the edies of Politics ride’s mother, The bride is one of Phila- girls, while the bridegroom is heir | ‘ortunes. It is his second marriage. Mark Election Drama in Distressed Britain lailed in Error e A 5 Gertrude Pulscher (above), ot Jamestown, N. D., an art student in Paris, is back in the French capital none the worse after an ad- venture which included spending 20 heurs in a jail at Bardonecchia, IuIJ. Freed as soon as it was evident a case of mistaken identity had occurred, Miss Pulscher re-! cabinet turned to Paris to tell a story of an unusual error caused by her striking resemblance to an Ameri- can woman who is wanted by police for subversive activitier against the Italian Government. BLACKMER IS GIVEN REVIEW IN OIL FINES Colorado Operator, Who Refused to Testify, to Get Rehearing WASHINGTON D. C. Oct. 20.— ‘William Blackmer, Colorado oil op- erator, now in Paris, granted a review by the Supreme Qourt of fines amounting to $60,- 000 imposed by his refusal to ap- pear as a witness during the trials of Harry Sinclair and Albert B. Fall in connection with Teapot Dome oil leases. France Bans “Shining” Game with Auto Lights PARIS, Oct. 20.—Heavy fines and confiscation of the automobiles have been dzcrsed to stop hunting at night behind the glare of head- lights. Pot hunters found they could get good bags of partridges and hares by this method. Just to make the restrictions in- clusive, the authorities also banned hunting from airplanes although no instances of such pursuit of rab- as passenger and fréight ships at an estimated price of sa,ooo,ooo.‘hns has been recorded. has been | LONDON, Oct. 20.—Tragedy, the tragedy of blasted hopes and wan- ing forces, marks the strange politi- cal campaign upon which distressed Great_Pritain has embarked. Ranisay MacDonald, rebuked by the executive of his own constitu- ency and opposed generally by men who fought with him for decades to build up the Labor party, is fighting for his political life, { But at least he is fighting and he has new allies to help him come through the crisis. David Lloyd George, once as dom- inating a figure as the empire has produced, waits, broken in health foer developments that may yet | further shatter the dwindling ranks of the Liberals. Padlocked War Chest He has padlocked the party war ! chest, refusing to grant money to [help the campaigns of men who, | he considers, have betrayed their | principles. Before his doctors made him quit work he had seen a goodly slice of his small parliamentary forces fol- low Sir John Simon in repudiating party discipline. Then, while he was yet in the | convalescent stage, the national was formed and places | therein that might have gone to him by right of his party rank, went instead to Sir Herbert Sam- , uel, Lord Reading, Sir Donald Mac- |Lean and Lord Lothian. Now those erstwhile followers of Lloyd George " | have started down a new path in ithe wake of MacDonald and Stan- ley Baldwin. Anglo-Saxon Politics i In a campaign in which all par- ties have suffered defections, there has entered an element that is istrange to Anglo-Saxon politics. Principles count for little; per- sonalities for much. Even the conservatives have not escaped this altogether. To meet the confused situation without en- | dangering party unity, Baldwin had |to assure the protectionists in his organization that they might ad- vocate high tariffs within their own constituencies. For himself, | he said: “The tariff is the most effective ‘weapon to reduce excessive im- iports and induce other countries to lower their tariff walls.” This is a sort of balancc-of-trade | restoring tariff, rather than a levy \for building up home industries for the domestic market. The average voter is paying only passing attention to these confus- ing phases of the situation. There is a fairly clear cut question for him to settle at the polls, viz: Shall England on October 27 give Ramsay MacDonald and his co- workers in the national cabinet a carte blanche to follow their own | judgments in meeting the prob- |lems of the immediate future, or shall it place the power in the hands of a Labor party which, through Arthur Henderson, has | said: | “The decaying fabric of capital- ii:m cannot be patched up any fur- ther. The country must go for- IS SR SR SRR - B 2 TRIBUTE PAID INVENTOR;BODY LIES IN STATE Thousands View Remains of Thomas A. Edison at West Crange Home FUNERAL SERVICES BE HELD TOMORROW State of New | Jersey Will Turn Off Electric Lights for One Minute 20.—The body of Thomas A. Edison lay in state today while thougands, great and unknown, paid homage and trlbute. The body of the in- ventor, who died early Sunday morn- ing rested in the library of the laboratory. morrow but final were not made is thought however that the.Rev. Arthur Brown, Pastor of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, ' will “of- ficiate. it is said President Hoover is still undecided whether he will atiend the funeral. A public demand for a national tribute to Edison has swept teh country. In New Jersey, all electric lights in the state will be extinguished at 7 o'clock 4omorrow night for one minute as a reminder what it would be like with out Edison’s incandescent electric light bulb. FARMERS UNITE FOR DEFENSE OF RELIEF SETUP Five-Point Program for Unification of Agricul- ture Big Thing By FRANK 1. WELLER (A. P. Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 20.— Through the American Farm Bu- reau federation's 5-point program for “unification of American agri- culture” the administration is be- lieved to have welded a chain by which it expects to hold its farm relief setup against impending at- tacks in Congress this winter. Both Chairman Stone of the farm board and Secretary Hyde of the department of agriculture were present at the federation’s meet- ing in Chicago at which plans were laid to throw a thoroughly organ- ized farm front behind the agri- cultural marketing act. Sam H. Thompson, former presi- dent of the federation, and Frank Evans, long a high official of the | organization, are members of the| farm board. Has Million Members The federation has a membership of almost 1,000,000 farmers, most of them residing in agricultural sec- tions which were interpreted as expressing opposition to existing farm relief laws by changing poli- tical complexion in the November elections. While the new program does not | specifically mention the farm board and the agricultural marketing act it blamed “the failure of so many farmers to support existing organi- zations” as the limiting factor in | getting economic, social and edu-| ‘cational equality for farm people. Foundation for Campaign The 5-point program is inter- preted as the foundation for the now legended campaign to “reform | the agricultural marketing act by its friends rather than its enemies.” It proposes: Strengthening state extension| services to more completely round | up farm people in organization. ‘The use of all agricultural agen- cies and the press to instill prin- ciples of true cooperation in rural communities. ‘Co-ordination of the work of all agencies. Assumption by farm agencies of individual responsibility for meet- | ing misleading propaganda and mis- information with facts. A demand that adequate means be made available by Congress to meet further demands upon the, services which extension depart-| ments are giving. — .- — TRegistration of used passenger cars in Singapore, B. M., this year iward decisively to a socialist so- ‘clety," ‘nre greater than for new machines, WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. | Funeral services will be held to- | announcements | | this forenoon. It | According to advices received here, | F lyiflé H (’rm; Tickér Tape for S ! —Associated Press Photo. Parade with which Seattle greeted the trans-Pacific airmen, Clyde Pangbern and Hugh Herndoen, Jr., after their arrival from Wenatchee Where they landed at the end of a flight from Japan. Cheering thou- gands lined the streets. Seattle breets Ocean Flie —Associated Press Photo. Cldye Pangborn (right) and Hugh Herndon, Jr., trans-Pacific after completing at Wenatchee the first non-stop flight from Japan to the United States. Clyde’s mother, Mrs. Opal Pangborn, is shown COPPER HEADS ARE T0 CONFER NEW YORK CITY Efforts Will Be Made to Revive Industry Over World NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Efforts \to resusciate the ailing world copper CREDIT BANK HAS CREATED GREAT FAVOR President Hoover Told New Organization Is Well Received WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.— Rome Stephenson, former Presi- iAGNES I.ERUYJIJVIG SAMUELSON }SLAIN INPHOENIX AND BODIES SENT IN TRUNKS TO CALIFORNIA Mrs. W. 0. Judd, Wife of Doctor Friend of Two Vic- tims, Is Under Suspicion and Is Sought by Author- ilies, Who Ascribe Jealousy as Motive for Com- mission of Double Crime | Miss Agnes Leroy, known as Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, aged | Judd. SAYS SISTER CONFESSED T0 airmen, were given a rousing welccme when they visited Seattle, Wash., | dent of the American Bankers' As- industry will be made at an Inter- {propaganda methods of the coun- sociation, today told President Hoo- ver the $500,000,000 National Credit Corporation has been received with| Leaders of the copper industry in great favor. the United States and Canada Stephenson said the credit agen-|and those of important European cy will put confidence in banks|corporations will attend the meeting. and place them on a firmer foun- ————— dation since depositors learned there is a reservior to be drawn upon. Much more money has been deposited since the creation of the new credit corporation, Stephen- son told the President i — Going to Fires Ste | national Conference in this city | this week. :Cooperation Is Keynote of New College Plan CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 20.—Sub- stitution of cooperation for rivalry be! seen teacher and student is a | prime objective as the University adily . of Chicago inaugurates its new 'Bnng‘ Reward Of ca‘r(cducationul system. i Oc——LZ_O B uuw-’ “Freedom, opportunity and all the encouragement you can stand” are offered, President Robert M. Hutchins says, to students under the new system. mobile, equipped with a siren and; bell, was the gift of members of the | 8t. Louis fire department to Wil- lam W. Thompson, who has never | had any official connection with the | depatment, but has been “¢0in% (© | Indian School Closed; B0 tiremen Will Not Be Reopened About 500 firemen attended the | presentation ceremony, held in lhe‘ | MUSKOGEE, Okla., Oct. 20— | Despite the fight of Seminole In- municipal theatre. dians to educate their children in R | their own schools, the Mekusukey LENINGRAD—Organization of u; boarding school in Seminole county, university here to train foreign closed recently, will not be reopen- workers, converted to communism ed 2 while employsd in Russia, in the Sam H. Thompson, national su- perintendent of Indian schools, said project | the building was full| thousends of d {quired to put it in SOVIETS TRAIN CONVERTS try, is announced as a for ‘the rear future. The study course will be two years - TWO SLAYINGS 1B. J. McKinnell Claims Mrs. | Judd Said She Mur- | dered Women LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. {[20.—B. J. McKinnell, brother |of Mrs. W. O. Judd, said his sister called him from his classes at 7 a. m. Monday merning and asked him to go to the station. to get iwo trunks. 2 McKinnell admitted his sis- ter confessed the murders and told him she wanted the trunks containing the bodies thrown into “deep water” in the ocean. With his sister, McKinnell went to the station haggage office and said he became suspicious when he saw insects swarming about tha| trunks. Baggage Station Agent Anderson |Wes already suspicious and de- manded the trunks be opened. The woman pleaded she did not have the keys. | As she and McKinnell drove away, the agent ran to the plat-| form and jotted down the license| number of the car and then call- ed the police. McKinnell said Mrs. Judd wns! “extremely nervous” while in the| automobile and asked him for; money. He gave her $§ and she' left the car and disappeared. “The street crowd knew some- | thing was wrong,” said McKinnell. | “She told me she killed the women,” said McKinnell. | ————. British Politics Fail to Shake Family Tie Mrs. Judd's brother, B. J. |away. The bodics of two women, one dismembered, found in two trunks in the Southern Pacific Railroad station at Los | Angeles yesterday afternocn, are believed to be those of Miss Anne Leroy, and Miss | Hedvig Samuelson, both formerly of Juneau. | The Los Angeles authorities have ordered the arrest of 27 years, wife of Dr. W. O. McKinrell, a senior student at a Los Angeles university, has already been arrested as a material witness after he admitted going to the station with his sister to get the trunks. Dr. Judd is also held for ques- tioning. An Associated Press dispatch re- ceived this morning by The Empire said one of the bodies, the one dis~ membered, has been tentatively identified as that of Miss Leroy, technician in a Phoeniz, Arizona, clinic, and the other that of Miss Samuelson, room mate of Miss Leroy. Blocd Leaks from Trunk The Associated Press dispatch said Mrs. Judd and her brother fled from the station when the baggage agent began to question them about blood seeping from one of the trunks. The station agent obtained the license number of the automobile and the arrest of McKinnell fol- lowed but Mrs. Judd is reported to have boarded a train for Phoe- nix. ‘The Los Angeles police, accord- ing to the Associated Press dis- patch, believe the wife was jealous of her husband's friendship with the two girls. Another version regarding the finding of the two bodies was that a woman, believed to have bzen Mrs, Judd, went to the bag- gage room of the station and claimed the two trunks. Nervousness Was Noticeable Owing to her nervousness she was told she would have to open them before she could take them She sald she would do this but would -have to go home and get the keys to the trunks. She walked from the baggage room and never reappeared. Attendants later opened the trunks and discovered the bodies. Milder Climate Advised Miss Leroy, who was a nurse at St. Ann's Hospital, and Miss Sam- uelson, teacher of the third and fourth grades in the Juneau Public School, left Juneau on October 2, last year, for the South as Miss, Samuelson had contracted a severe form of tuberculosis, and doctors advised her she must leave for a different climate immediately. The two went to Los Angeles where speclalists advised that Miss Samuelson be taken to Phoenix, Arizona. LONDON, Oct. 20—Family lines are standng firm in British poli- tics. Ishbel MacDonald is campaign- ing for her father and both are trying to help Malcolm MacDon- ald to re-election. Meagan Lloyd George and her brother have gone back to the hust- ings undaunted. |Lloyd George, “and I'll follow the same leader—Lloyd George.” Too Many Car’ LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 20.— The Los Angeles Examiner, in a copyrighted interview with Babe Ruth quoted a number of reasons why he believes he is paying a hea- vy price for glory. “I can’t go to the movies,” said Ruth, who is on a barnstorming visit, “as it might affect my 2y T have not seen two shows in four years and T love shows. “I cant dance because it is bad for my legs, and I love to waltz, “I can't attend a night club be- cause they would say I was drink- ing and carousing. “I can’t read a book on a train because it is too hard on the eyes. I spend most of my life on trains. “I am still a liberal,” said MLs:l Miss Leroy and Miss Samuelson left Los Angeles shortly afterwards for Phoenix where a little cottage |was secured and a residence was established. As Miss Samuelson gained in strength, although con- fined to her bsd, and did not re- quire constant attendance, Miss ,Leroy found employment in one of the clinics in Phoenix. Took Interest in Case | From letters received by Juneau (Continued on rage ts Taking wight) Joy Out of Life of Babe Ruth; 2 More Year: of It ‘I can't shake hands promiscu- ously becausegit’s dangerous, they tell me, and there is nothing I despise more than to refuse to shake hands with anyone. “I can't go swimming because I would be exposing myself to colds. “I have a 16-cylinder auto but I can't speed it because if I am hurt while speeding my wages would be stopped during convales- cence. “I can't enjoy a round of golf because I'm followed from tee to tee by autograph seekers. “Hang it all. I can't do any- thing, not yet, but wait until two more years and then I'll be through with baseball. Then I am going to break loose, wide open.”