The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 25, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5935. ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1932. BANK ROBBER M'GHEE DIES % STATE BUILDING GOV.ROOSEVELT UP TIGHT CASE NOW ENROLLED N JUDD TRIAL AS CANDIDATE Seeks Hai{gr Verdict for Consents to Have Name Slayer of Two Form- Entered in North er Juneau Women Dakota Primary POLICE DOCTOR SAYS |FULL APPRECIATION SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE | OF HONOR EXPRESSED ‘Witness Testifies of Find- |Petitions Wfil_-Be Circulat- ing Powder Marks on ed at Once to Secure } Heads of Both Signatures ing relentlessly toward the comple- PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. 25.—Driv- tion of a strong array of circum- ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 25—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt was formally enrolled Saturday as a candidate stantial evidence by which the |for the Presidency by consenting to State is endeavoring to hang Mrs. |his mname being entered in the Winnie Ruth Judd for the killing | North Dakota Democratic Primary of Mrs. Agnes LeRoi and Miss Hed- | on March 15. vig Samuelson here last October,| *“If it is the desire of our party County Attorney Andrews was to- |leaders of your state that my name day approaching a denouement;be presented as a candidate for which is expected to unmask the"che Democratic nomination for motive for the slaying. A crowded President, I willingly give my con- courtrcom waited for the climax sent with full appreciation of the! which has bzen gradually building ‘honor that has been done me,” up since Saturday when police of- ;Guv4 Roosevelt wrote F. W. Mc- ficials from Los Angeles took the | Lean, Setretary of the State Cen- stand. tral Committee, Grand Forks, One of them, Dr. A. P. Wagner, North Dakota. police physician performing the! The letter was in reply to one autopsy, declared the pistol with | written by McLean notifying Gov. which both were shot and killed | Roosevelt of the endorsement re- had been fired from close to their |ceived from the delegates of the heads, leaving stains from unburn- iDemocratic State Convention on ed powder. ‘January 14. Gets in Full Story ' Over continued strenuous objec- | PETITIONS WILL BE tions from the accused woman’s CIRCULATED AT ONCE counsel, the State has so far pre-| GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, sented the story to the jury of |Jan. 25.—Petitions will be circulat- Mrs. LeRoi and Miss Samuelson ' fd at once to enter Gov. Roosevelt enjoying a peaceful evening in|as a [Presidential candidate in their home on October 16; their | North Dakota, ¥. W. McLean said. disappearance; the shipping of twoé The petitions of nomination will heavily laden.. =, be filed with the tary, of tered suitcase to Los Angeles; the Wwell ahead of Uar) wultimate discovery of the bodies in | deadline, McLean said. a Southern Pacific baggage station | in that city. | WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS Saturday afternoos, Lieut. Pred | SOLID FOR ROOSEVELT Ryan, of the Los Angeles Police] FOND DU LAC, Wis,, Jan. 25— Department took up the story from ; The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt i that point. He described his in- 1 brought cheers last Saturday after- spection of “baggage in bad order” j1oon from one of the largest at- which had aroused the suspicion of | tended Democratic State conven- the train baggage clerk, and iden- |tions in Wisconsin as the delegates tified the receptacles in which were endorsed him unanimousl yas can- found Mrs. LeRol's body, two didate of th‘e party for the Presi- human feet with the legs severed ,dential nomiation. from the knees, the upper portion| The convention also approved of of the human torso including head i the abolition of the two-thirdsrule. and shoulders and the middle sec- | AR S S tion with the lower part of the! body attached to the upper legs. Dr. Wagner, chief autopsy sur- G geon of Los Angeles County, de- clared from his observation of the | 1 bullet wounds, of which he found one in each head, the pistol in each had been held very close in each instance when the shots were Tu s A LvA Do“ fired. Mrs. Judd Unperturbed Mrs. Judd listened to. the wit- a 1932 penny, woman-handling her porled Endangenng handkerchief with which she did F . L everything but dry her eyes and oreign Lives they didn’t need it, she sat bebweeni two of her attorneys, bobbing one foct up and down and listened to ! WASHINGTON, Jan, 2. — ‘the even the most grewsome details i pestmen & i '{m without a noticeable quiver. shsy bu0- Amsriosn: desiroyers Tave She had on another new dnss,arrived off the coast of Salvador today, the fifth In succession since {¥ric 1S DeINE terrorized by Com- the trial started. She seemingly MURist uprisings. The two destroy- has an entire brand new wardrobe | &T% CAITying 59 e S for the occasion. i reached Port Acajutla. The Navy | Department is without word re- m;‘;’e‘e ‘gwc-'fi:’l; ""ohf;"’dwd‘:,"’:‘n“; glnrdlng the seriousness of the situa- the defense may open its side be- ;o0 fore adjournment. The trial prob-| The desroyers were ordered rush- ably will be concluded by Febru- ’ed to the Salvador coast last Sat- ary 1. jurday night when it was reported Ryan Opens Saturday {foreign lives were endangered by Lieut. Ryan was the first witness the Communistic uprising. to be called by the State Saturday.!| The British Embassy has also Called to the baggage station by been advised that a British cruiser Agent Anderson, he picked the lock | Would also be on the scene during on the larger trunk first and dis- today. ¢ covered the body of Mrs. LeRoi| B e which was so decomposed that the| A lady author recommends letter odor was distinctly and disagree- writing as “a safety valve for ably noticeable. lonely farm women.” But it has Packed on top was a plecs of proved unsafe for a lot of lonely (Continued on ragr Eight) city men. Official Held Denver Baker yfi Five Days by Kidnappers; Is Released But Must Pay $50,000 DENVER, Colo., Jan. 25—After|last Tuesday night when two men invaded his home and carried him away. No money has been paid yet. five days in captivity during which time he was kept bound and blind folded in a mountain cabin, Ben- jamin P. Bower, kidanpped Denver bakery official, was thrust from an automobile in West Denver early 'Freedom was gained on -promise to pay $50,000 ransom demanded fused to Capt. Hawks Makes Flight Record Time Covers Three Flag Air Trip For First Time in One Day AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, Jan. 25.—Capt. Frank M. Hawks landed his monoplane here last Saturday afternoon at 5:50 o'clock, complet- ing a round trip three flag flight to Vancouver, B. C., and return in 13 hours and 44 minutes The distance was 2,600 miles. The flight is the first to have been completed in one day, Mexico to Canada, and return. INTERNATIONAL BANKERPASSES AWAY IN EAST Paul M. W;H):rg Dies in New York—Predicted Stock Market Collapse PAUL M. WARBURG NEW YORK, Jan. 25—Paul M. Warburg, international financier, who predicted the 1929 stock mar- ket collapse six months in advance, died here Sunday night as a result of pneumonia. He was 63 yearsold. Years after he had established himself as an international banker, it was said of Paul M. Warburg, that, while his name was one of the best known in financial circles, his was one of the least known personalities. He belonged to that class of bankers among whom reticenc eis an outstanding characteristic. How- ever, there were occasions when he felt impelled to speak his mind on financial subjects or conditions and when he spoke Wall Street listened. Criticizes Orgies One of these occasions was eariy in 1929, when he criitcized as“the present orgies of unrestranied spec- ulation,” the gigantic trading on the New York Stock Exchange. “Stock Exchange operators,’ 'said Mr. Warburg, “have for many months governed the flow of money not only in the United States, but in the principal marts of the world.” He added to his declaration ‘that the Federal Reserve Board through its failure to check specu- lative credit had relinquished its leadership in the money market to the stock exchange operators. He referred to the volume of stock trading at the time as a “de- bauch,” and cited figures to show that 90 representatives industrial, utility and railroad stocks had in- creased $15,500,000,000 in value in two years. This accretion, he in- sisted, was in & majority of cases, “quite unrelated to increase in plant, property and earning power.” M.-Warburg was a close student of international conditions and business, especially from a banking and financial angle, and made fre- quent trips to Europe to study questions as they arose. As one of the speakers at the Institute of Politics at Willlams College in 1922 he criticized the policy of the United States toward Europe. Born In Germany Born at Hamburg, Germany, on August 10, 1868, Mr. Warburg was the son of Moritz and Charlotte Oppenheim Warburg. After com- pleting his education he and his brother, Felix. M. Warburg, came to the United States and the banking business, in two other brothers were in Germany. ‘Paul ‘and Felix eventually became entered which engaged DEMOCRATS OF ALASKA FAVOR F.D. ROOSEVELT Instruct Delegates for New York Governor: lect Candidates 1o Instructing its delegatia National Convention next Franklin D. Roosevelt, the cratic Territorial Conve Fairbanks last Saturday first organization in the States to officially go on record for any candidate, according to Associated Press dispatches to The Empire today. The Convention completed iits labors Saturday night and - ed after adopting a plmm without nominating any candidates. It, however, passed a resolution saying it was the “individual and personal conviction of the dele- gates” that Senator A. J. Dimohd ought to be the candidate for Dele- gate to Congress. Dimond Opposes Nomination Senator Dimond personally op- posed the nomination of himself and at his insistence the conven- tion adopted a resolution urging that George B. Grigsby and Rep- resentative A. H. Ziegler, both of Ketchikan, as well as Dimond, enter the primary and make the race for nomination for Delegate. The Convention, unanimolusly adopting the report of the nom- inating committee, recommending that the following file for the pri- mary: 4 James Truitt, Anchorage, for At- torney General. Claud Helgesen, Juneau, for Audi- tor. i Anthony E. Karnes, Ketchikan, for Commissioner of Education. ‘William - A. Hesse, for Highway Engineer. ., J;..J. Connors, Juneau, N Committeeman, was requests file for re-election. Those requested to file for Dele- gates to the National Convention were: A. A. Shonbeck and Harry F. Morton, Anchorage; John W. Powers, Eagle; T. S. Deal, Fair- banks; and W. B. Kirk and John W. Troy, Juneau. Hesse Has Filed Mr. Hesse has already filed his declaration of candidacy for re-el- ection. The endorsement of the convention probably will leave him unopposed for his party’s nomina- tion. Mr. Truitt is a well known An- chorage attorney and was the party’s candidate for Attorney General in 1928, Mr. Karnes was the party’s can- didate for Commissioner of Educa- tion in 1930 and lost to W. K. Keller, Republican candidate, by a narrow margin. He is Superintend- ent of Schools at Ketchikan. Mr. Helgesen is accountant for Goldstein’s Emporium and is well known throughout the First Di- vision. He is active in American Legion circles and is a. Past Post Commander of the Juneau post. When he was notified today of the convention’s action, he said he appreciated its confidence, but that he would have to give the matter fuller consideration before making his decision. Filings Close Soon The filing period for all offices will close next Tuesday afternoon. Filings for Territorial and Divi- sional offices may be made by tele- graph but those for all party offices must be made either by mail or in person as they require certifica- tion. | It is not known here whether other candidates endorsed by the convention will file. All of the per- sons picked by the Convention to file for party offices probably will have their declarations here by the date of filing expiration. Mr. Powers and Mr. Deal were delegates to the meeting from the Fourth Division and attended it. Mr. Morton and Mr. Shonbeck planned to attend also. Mr. Kirk is here and his declaration and that of Mr. Troy, who is in the south, will be filed shortly. Mr. Connors, who attended the conven- tion, is due to return next Sunday and will file, according to party leaders here. Mr. Truitt's declaration is ex- pected to reach here from Anchor- age next Sunday. SEWARD SHAKEN SUNDAYMORNING SEWARD, Alaska, Jan. 25. — A quake, north and south movement, was felt here and vicinity at 5:30 o'clock Sunday morning. The shock was a heavy one but has been reported, to below. THEY'LL FACE REPARATIONS PROBLEM AT LAUSANNE Here are some of the men who will thresh out Eurcpe’s most pressing economic problem at the Re- parations Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting is faced by Chancellor Heinrich Bruening’s declaration that Germany is unable to continue paying reparations. Left to right: Pierre-Eticnne Fl.l.ndln,' French Minister of Finance; Neville Chamberlin, British Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir John Simon, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Chanceller Bruening. ~ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS GRAHAM IS HELD IN JAIL CULPRIT SILENT TO VERY LAST ONACCOMPLICE B. M. Behrends Congratu- lates Guy McNaughton on Bravery RALSTON GOES HOME; WOUNDS ARE SLIGHT C. J. Graham Arrested as Witness in Connection with Robbery ‘Wiliam A. McGhee, who imme- diately after having robbed the B. M. Behrends Bank Saturday fore- noon, was followed to the sidewalk and in a pistol duel in front of the institution was shot in- the stomach by Guy McNaughton, cashier, died at 1 o'clock this morning in St. Ann's hospital of - the bullet wound. The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Funeral arrarigements will be held in abeyance pending conclusion of an inquest, wheih be- gan this afternoon before United States Commissioner Charles Sey. The injured man gradually grew weaker from the time he was sub- —Assoclated Press Photo. A view of Lausannie is shown INDIAN FUNDS, COMING YEAR, ARE REDUCED Supply Bill of Interior De- partment Slashed— Alaska Items WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25— The sharply trimmed Interior De- partment Supply Bill has been re- ported to the House by the Appro- priations Committee which slashed over $6,000,000 off the budget esti- mates and allowed the Department $50,400,000 for the coming year, $18,000,000 below the current year. The fund for the first time in many years' allotment to the Bu- reau of Indian Affairs has been re- duced and $21,758,000 are allowed for exclusive tribal funds, a de- crease of $3,000,000 under the pres- ent fund. Indian Medical relief in Alaska is alloted $281,800, education of Indians $690,000, Mount McKinley $35,600. e TWO FIGHT FOR GOVERNORSHIP IN LOUISIANA Long Leaves for Washing- ton to Become United States Senator ol BULLETIN—Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 25—Alvin King took the oath as Governor this afternoon when he learned Huey P. Long had been sworn in as United States Senator in Washington, NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 25— The war of Governors is on again in Louisiana. Gov. Huey P. Long's departure for Washington, D. C., to take his seat in the Senate left in the arena two men, one his friend and the other his foe. Armed guards patrolled the capi- tal against invasion by the enemy foe, Paul Cyr, elected Lieutenant- Governor, who announced his readi- ness to take up the battle where he left off when the Supreme Court decided against him in his aftempt to oust Long and take his job on the grounds Long could not be both Governor and Senator- elect. Meanwhile, Gov. Long's .friend, Alvin King, whom Long appointed Lieutenant-Governor when Cyr took the oath as Governor, holds the fort as Acting Governor. DEMOCRATS ON DIRECTORSHIP WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25— President Hoover has named Har-| vey Couch, of Arkansas, and Jessie Jones, of Texas, as two of the three Democratic Directors of the Funeral W(‘tr in Chicago Is Called Off Edict Banning Private Cars from Corteges Lifted After 12 Days ‘CHICAGO, TiI, funeral was over. Officials of the Chauffeurs’ Union have announced the lifting of the edict which banned private cars from corteges for the past twelve days and caused consider- able friction, some times bordering on violence at several funerals. ‘The lifting of the edict was an- nounced after new true bills were voted against the union officials and members charging a conspir- acy to interfere with funerals. An American Legion firing squad was ordered out of a procession at the funeral of Edward Riley, war veteran because they were not rid- ing in a union driven car, At another American Legion fu- neral cars were dispensed with and the casket was carried on a cassion lent by the army. The mourners followed afoot. COUNTRY STORE DANCESATURDAY Moose Willh_S;ring New Feature at Affair This Week-End In A. B. Hall next Saturday night, January 30, a ocuntry store dance will be given under the aus- pices of the L. O. O. Moose No. 700, Music by the Arctic Players, Harry Brandt, director, will be furnished. New and novel features are prom- ised and it is indicated the dance will b2 one of the outstanding events of the season. PREMIER OF . CHINA QUITS SHANGHAI, Jan. 25.—Sun Fo, Premier of China, has resigned be- cause the Government declined to accept his policy of vigorous action against Japan. Sun Fo's Government was form- ed in December. WRANGELL TRAPPER ARRESTED IN CLOSE SEASON: FINED $150 Charged witn rrapping out of season, Paul Putnam, Wrangell painter, last week entered a plea of guilty in the United States Commissioners Court there, ac- cording to advices received by E. M. Goddard, -Acting Executive Of- ficer of the Alaska Game Commis- sion. He was arrested by Homer Jewell, Game Warden. Putnam was fined $150 by Com- Jan. '25.—The S misioner L. B. Chisholm. His traps | no mew reconstruction finance corpora- were also confiscated. He was ceived orders to prepare complete jected to a surgical operation for the removal of the bullet from his body soon after the shooting ANOTHER WAR VERY LIKELY, | SAYS MARTIN One Reason He Opposes Merging of Army and Navy Departments WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25.— Representative Martin, of Oregon, | Democrat, once a Major General and Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army, told the House Expenditures Committee last Saturday, that an- other war was very likely. Representative Martin said Army and Navy efficiency would be en- dangered by consolidation and he expressed unqualified opposition to the pending bills of merging the Army and Navy Departments into a Department of National Defense. Representative Martin said if conditions go on as they are now, those things will lead to war, add- ing that the World War proved the American Army and Navy was | able to function satisfactorily as| they are now organized. — eee RAIL UNIONS MAKE REPLIES, PROPOSED CUT Chairman of Labor Group| at Conference Pre- sents Rebuttal CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 25.—Rallway Unions told rail Presidents last Saturday that the railway em- ployees should not be called on to contribute 10 per cent of theirl meagre earnings for the benefit of other interests of the railroad in- dustry. ‘David Robertson, Chairman of the Labor group at the wage con- ference, presenting rebuttal to the executive’s pleas for a voluntary cut, asserted that in any consider- ation of wage reductions, the man- agement of the railroads “should | at least be as zealous in furnishing | additional employment, relieving unemployment distress, as in solv- ing their own financial problems.” until his demise. Retains Mental Faculties Saturday afternoon, Saturday ev- ening and all of Sunday until Sunday evening he retained his mental factulties and possessed suf- ficient strength to talk to callers. He gave the address of his mother in Seattle, and manifested interest in his chances of recovery, but made no statement implicating other person in his ecrime. C. J. (Shorty) Gréaham, taxicab dri- ver, who was with McGhee Friday night and also Saturday morning just before the bank robbery, was arrested last night in connection with incidents before and after the crime and is a prisoner charged with driving an automobile while he was intoxicated. ' Daniel Ralston, taxicab driver, who grappled with McGhee dur- ing the pistol duel, and who was shot in the lég by McGhee and in the neck by McNaughton, left the hospital Staurday evening. Ris wounds are not at all serious and he expects to be at work again. in a week. Telegram From B. M. Behrends B. M. Behrends, president of the bank, who is in San Francisco, read of the robbery in Saturday afternoon published there, and telegraphed to Juneau for details, ‘They were sent to him. Yesterday, he sent the following message to Mr. McNaughton: “Don’t know how to express my gratitude toward you and everybody who prevented bank from being looted. Have never seen anybody as loyal and brave as you. Am leaving San Prancisco tomorrow (Monday) for the East. Will be home about the usual time (March 1). Best r = gards to you and yours. 7 McGhee inquired of one of the Sisters at the hospital Saturday evening as to his chances of re- covery. E “You are getting weaker,” she replied. “Don't you want to leave some word for your relatives—your father or mother?” “No,” was his response then. Gave His Mother's Address Yesterday afternoon, however, when importuned again, he gave “Tell her I love her,” he said to the BSister. Early last evening he asked for a drink of water. X “Won't you have milk?” the Sis< ter suggested. “Will it help me?” he queried, with a trace of a smile. “I think it might,” she responded, Byrd Will Use Alaska Fur Garments for Exped I NOME, Alaska, Jan. 25.—Richard {E. Byrd and the members of his| |party will be equipped with Alaska | !reindeer clothing and other fur gar- ments on the second Antarctic Ex- pedition. The Lomen Corporation here re- ( } trapping for marten on Pat Creek.equipment for forty mem. It will ition be necessary to ship most of clothing out by airplane as order requires delivery must made in New York June garments as ork his w weight. He has