The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5936 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1932. ' MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MRS. JUDD STARTS FIGHT AGAINST DEATH ON GALLOWS M'GHEE DEATH IS JUSTIFIED BY CORONER'S JURY Graham Gets 30 Days and $200 for Driving Auto While Drunk RALSTON TO BE BACK AT WORK THIS WEEK Gladys Lam_[)jrom Whom Robber Obtained Liquor, Is Fined $200 “The death of William A. Mec- Ghee early Monday morning re- sulted from a gunshot wound in- flicted Saturday forenoon by Guy McNaughton, while said McGhes was fleeing after having forcibly rctbed the B. M. Behrends Bank, and said killing was justified.” Such was the verdict late yester- day afternoon of the jury that was summoned by United States Cbm- missioner Charles Sey, acting as oner, to inquire into the demise McGhee, who was fatally shot in front of B. M. Behrends Bank after he had taken $3,000 frcm the in=titution. No Evidence Of Accomplice ‘There was no evidence at the inquest to establish that McGhee had an accomplice. Clifford J. (Shorty) Graham, who had been eld in jail as a witness for the inquest and who had been in an autcmobile with McGhee shortly before the robbery, admitted that on the day of the tragesdy he had driven a motor car while he was drunk, and this morning he was sentenced to 30 days in the Fed- eral jail and fined $200. Will Continue Investigation “The Marshal's office will con- tinue 'its investigation of Graham's activities Saturday morning,” de- clared- Deputy Marchal Thomas Newcombe. Mrs. Gladys Lamb at whose home ‘Graham testified he and McGhee had obtained liquor an hour or so before the robbery and who was with Graham when th2 car he was driving went into a ditch on Glacier Highway Saturday evening, aded guilty in the Commission- Court this morning to posses- sion of liguor and was fined $200. In default of payment of the pen- Iy, she was taken to the Federal jail where she must serve 100 days in the event no part of the fine should be paid, inasmuch as $2 re- jssion is allowea ior every day's confinement. Ralston Is Doing Fine Dzniel Ralston, wiro grappled with McGhee, : the latter was en- gaged in his pistol duel with Mr. McNaughton and who accidentally was shot twice, once in the neck and cnce in the rignt leg, is rap- ~ily recovering from his wounds at his home. Mr. Ralston will be able to leave his home and to look after his business by the end of the week," his physician, Dr. H. C. DeVighne, said this forenoon. Funeral arrangements for Mc- Ghee are held in abeyance to learn if his mother, Mrs. H. Vance of Scattle, has any directions to give concerning the obsequies. She has been advised of his death by the Tharls W. Carter Mortuary. Developments At Inquest Al the inquest the principal de- velopments were that all three shots fired by Mr. McNaughton took effect, one in the stomach of McGhee and the other two in Ral- sten’s neck and leg; that McGhee probably fired only one shot, which struck the cement wall of the bank; that Harold Gallwas, a teller in the bank, was the person that tcok from the overcoat pocket of McGhee as he lay wounded on the sidewalk the stolen $3,000 in currency and returned it to the bank, and that Graham was fin McGhee's company until a few minutes before the robbery. Witnesses At Inquest The witnesses at the inquest were Mrs. Eita Bringdale, clerk in the bank; Mr. McNaughton, Dr. H. C. DeVighne, who performed the surgical operation for the ex- traction of the bullets from Me- Ghee ‘and Ralston; Thomas Cole, son of Cash Cole who, while work- ing in the Capitol Electric Com- pany owned by his father, Cash Cole, sold Saturday morning be- fore the robbery a charged battery to MocGhee for an automobile; Deputy Marshals T. T. Thurman and James Yorke, guards over McGhee while he lay on his death- bed in the hospital, and Graham. Marshial Albert White, Deputy Marshal Donald E. Marfin and Chief of Police Georgs Getchell made informal statements to the Jury. Mrs. Bringdale testified to hav- LEVATOR MA E Associated Pres: Phoro It took Reginald Wolseley a long time to be persuaded that he should leave his Job as an elevator operator in Waterloo, la., and go to England and assume his inherited title of “Sir Reginald.” But his wife finally convinced him, and here they are shown as they sailed from New York on a bslated honeymoon tn harama~ Sir Reginald and Lady Wolseley. CONVENTIONS ON DIAMOND DRILLS PACIFIC GOAST START SOON FOR T0 AID TRAVEL ALASKA COAL GO, Alaska Will Benefit byLynch Brothers Will Put | Conventions in South | ~Equipment in Favor- | | This Summer,Parks Says ite Bay Zone Conventions of several natlonal The Lynch Brothers, veteran or international organizations, sched- | diamond drillers, are expected o uled to be held on the Pacific be on the coa lproperty of the Coast next summer will result in newly organized Alaska Coal Com- vrihging many visitors of note to pany, on Admiralty Island, within Alaska, Gov. George A. Parks told ten days or two weeks. the Chamber of Commerce today | This is the favorable word re- in a brief talk. His office is co- ceived today by the officers of the operating with Chambers of Com- |company and the stockholders. merce in the States and other | The Lynch Brothers' equipment bodies to induce as many as Pos- is now ni Juneau and it is be- possible to make the northern trip. | lieved that it will b equickly taken 1t is possible, he added, that the| to the coal company's property |Capital to Capital Yacht Race will |and work started immediately on be renewed next summer. If that| diamond drilling operations to lo- is done, many Seattle yachtsmen|cate the best and most accessible are looking toward these waters for | parts of the deposits. summer cruises. : Funds Are Assured Rotarians May Come Practically all of the money for The International Rotary is tolthe contract has been raised in Ju- hold its annual convention in Seat- | peau and the remainder will be tle next summer and an organized |quickly secured when it is realized effort is now being launched to that actual work on a new Alaska bring a large number of the dele-l industry is to be started. gates to Alaska, Gov. Parks told | Ths area selected for the open- the Chamber. He is preparing a|ing activities is on the Favorite letter to be sent to each of the 95 Bay zone, where economic trans- district governors of the orguuza-ipor;auon facilities are offered. tion and they have promised wl The Alaska Coal Company is or- get it placed before every club'ganized under the laws of the Te under' their jurisdiction. The Ket- ritory with 250,000 shares of capital chikan Rotary Club is co-operating stook at $1 par value each. with him in this matter. Seame‘ Officers of Company |steamship companies will arrange! e officers of the cempany, and for the transportation. directors are John Reck, President; The American Legion's annual Thomas L. George, Secretary; convention to be held in Portland, prank Garnick, First Vice-Presi- Ore., late next summer, is expected 'gent: Leroy Nolan, Second Vice- to be one of the largest in the President; Joseph Kaher, Treasur- history of that organization. An g % ¥ 4 crganized effort will bz made by | Geol S. Kayat the Alaska Department, which will ‘4, M:g:s shiook };alesman both in be represented by a large delega- guneay and in the States. He tion, to bring north as many as maintains his business headquart- quart possible of the National officers ons 4n Mr. Reck's office, and delegates from all over v.he; e o country. | . The National Editorial Assccia- | tion will hold its annual meeting LEAvEs HuME FOR DIVORGEE; ) in San Francisco next summer | and its Secretary, who is boosting | for a convention in Alaska, advises | Gov. Parks “that undoubtedly a | number of those attending will; make the Alaska trip after the | meeting. The 1933 convention will g0 to Chicago owing to the World's | pr——— i S ] DEI'ROIT.'MICNZ'AH, Jan, 26— "Murder and suicide closed the 'book of life for Mrs. Josephine | Hudson, aged 24, and David Schafer, aged 35. The body of Mrs. Hudson, di- vorcee, was found yesterday with a Fair there, but it may be possible | for Alaska to land the 1934 gather- Ibullet in the neck, in an automo- bile. ing, he said. Excursions bringing good-will par- (Continued on Page Four) Later in the day, when officers \went to question Schafer, who had |deserted his family for Mrs. Hud- son, he killed himself. ‘The Hudsons and Schafers lived on neighboring farms. Schafer returned to his home and told his wife he was through with ‘Mrs. Hudson but while officers {were talking with him in the be- {lief he had killed her, he shot himself. -t is continuing Wrangell Fox Farmer Sets $200 Price On Ravaging Wolf ® WRANGELL, Jan. 26—A e © $200 price has been set on the e ® head of the outlaw wolf which e ¢ is ravaging an island fox farm e ® near here, killing foxes and ® scattering the others so widely o ® that it is impossible to trap e ® them for. pelting. ° Jack Smith, owner of the o The British government has abandoned for this year its plans for a series of fishery exploratory o 'voyages with H. M. 8. Challenger, | -. © 0000 00 0 0 o o which is nearing completion, | Is |motion of chewing gum, what had N TO BE ‘SIR REGINALD' cHEme GUM MANUFACTURER PASSES AWAY William Wl?ley, Jr., Dies at Winter Home in Phoenix, Ariz. FORTUNE MADE BY ADVERTISING Jest Causes Him to Be- come Intersted in Base- ball—Buys Clubs PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 26— William Wrigley, Jr., aged 70 years, cwner of the Chicago Cubs, world known chewing gum manufacturer, and financier, is dead at his winter home here as the result of indiges- tion. ‘Wrigley was stricken on January 18 with indigestion, after a heart attack, and had remained in bed ever since. His death was expected for several hours. Mrs. Wrigley and their two children, Phillip and Mrs. James Offield were at the bedside. Taught World to Chew Gum William Wrigley taught the world to chew gum, and the jaws of two hemispheres reaped him a fortune in nickels, pfennigs, centavos and piasters. B It was his pride that the sun never set upon the use of his confections, and the arrow-headed elves who heralded his products were recognized from Java to Fifth Avenu:. Upon an article which sold the world over for a nickel or less, he founded in his generation one of the great fortunes of the nation—a fortune as stable as those built on steel or railroads. Selects Chicago Nor were there any accidents in his success, for at thirty he deli- erately selected Chicago as & o ored shipping point and went there from Philadelphia to find a product with a world-wide market. ‘Wrigley selected chewing gum after rejecting soap and baking powders. The latter drew hic ai- tention to the confection in which he made his fortune, for it was while he was offering it as a pre- mium to spur his baking powder sales that his attention was drawn to the possibilities of its exploita- tion. He reasoned that wuile 100 pounds of the soap his father manufac’- ured was worth but $5, one hun- dred pounds of chewing gum was worth $100. It could be shipped anywhers and made to pay ils freight, and still could be retailed at a price within everybody’s reach. The children’s knickknack whica was chewing gum when Wrigley |began its manufacture was made lof spruce or paraffin and put up |in long packages containing prizes. |Under Wrigley’s leadership chicle was brought into use as the basic ingredient of the product, the packages were standarized, and ma- chinery was substituted for man- ual methods. Habit Becomes Custom Within ten years after Wrigley segan the manufacture and pro- been a bad habit had become a general custom. Premiums helped him popularize chewing gum, and he gave away tons throughout the country to help potential customers acquire the gum habit. He advertised on a big scale. When he invaded other countries he used the same tactics. Foreigners knew neither what chewing gum was nor how to enjoy it, but Wrigley put it in their mouths, warned them not to swallow it and shouted from ad- vertisements in newspapers, pla- cards and billboards: “Chew!” Twenty-five years after he had embarked in the business, the pub- lic was paying $30,000,000 a year for his pyoducts, and by 1925 his annual sales were between $65,000,- 000 and $70,000,000. Factories in Chicago, New York, Berlin, London, Toronto and Sydney, Australia, were manufacturing the four brands upon which he had staked his busi- ness success. Buys Baseball Clubs Selling his chewing gum on the read during his early Chicago car- eer, Wrigley was twitted about his city of Chicago by a rival sales- man who remarked that the town did not even own its own ball club —the Chicago National League, controlled by Cincinnati interests. The jest struck home, for base- ball was Wrigley's hobby, and the whim born then was gratified twenty-fivs years later when Wrig- ley and several associates acquired the club from the Cincinnati men who still owned it. A few years later he obtained sole control of (Continued on Page Seven) ‘Movie Thrille’ of the drama that resulted in Charl Solves Slaying, Kidnapping of Cincinnati Girl courtheuse with Black taking the part of the girl's uncle. sympathizing with Bischoff and urging him to confess. garage and the cellar where the body was found, and the confession was the finale, De pdty Sheriffin StarflRole with — STATE CLOSES, DEFENSE OPENS, MURDER TRIAL Final Evidence Includes Letter Written by Mrs. Judd to Husband WOMEN TESTIFY AS TO JEALOUSY It tock a “movie thriller” with a Deputy Sheriff playing the lead to sclve the kidnapping and slay- ing cf 6-ycar-cld Marian® McLean (right) at Cincinnati, Ohio. Capt. Lynn Black (above) was the “star” les Bischoff (below) confessing to the crime. The “play” started at the Black pretended he was wanted for a crime, too, Scenes were laid in the courthouse, a dark WALCOTT DENIES ADVISED CANCEL TIMBER LEASES Wires Empire Denying Suggested Wiping Out Admiralty Pulp Lease Contradicting propaganda broad- cast by John M. Holzworth in his| efforts to force the reservation of Admiralty Island as a brown bear reserve, Senator Frederick C. Wal- cott, Chairman of the Senate Com- mittee for the Conservation of Wild Life, in a telegram to The| Empire today denied that he had ever “advised or suggested that the| Government cancel any of its com-| mitments for developments” there. | Mr. Holzworth in a radio talk from New York last December, which was later reproduced inl pamphlet form and widely distrib-| uted, declared that Senator Wal- cott had suggested to the American Game Conference early in Decem- ber that Chichagof and Admiralty Islands be made sanctuaries for {the brown bear and that he had advised the Conference it might be necessary to cancel the pulp timber | contract on Admiralty Island for that purpose. Reaffirms Original Position The Empire, on December 28 last, editorially commented on Mr. Holz- | worth’s campaign and, referring to his quotation of Senator Walcott as favoring the cancellation of the George T. Cameron contracts on Admiralty Island, declared it did not believe the Senator had been correctly quoted. Confirming’ this, The Empire re- ceived the following telegram today ! from Senator Walcott: “Have just seen your editorial of December 28. I am still of the opinion that the Glacier Bay re- glon offers great possibilities as a national park as well as a sanc- tuary for wild life including the brown bear. ! “I have at no time advised or suggested that the Government cancel any of its commitments for development of Admiralty Island. There is no substantial reason for not believing that bear and other wild life can be protected on Ad- miralty Island alongside of the commercial development because the annual cut of timber will be but a small portion of the timbered area. | “I stand by my interview which you have quoted in editorial. We have had an illuminating hearing | recently which clarifies this entire | subject and will mail copy shortly, | as soon as printed.” Democrats of Alaska Thanked By Gov. Roosevelt DOUBLE CRIME ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. Gev. Franklin D. Reosevelt to- day revealed a telegram he has _ |18 SOLVED BY £EANEEE OHIO OFFIGIAL and Thomas Devane, at Fair- | banks. | The telegram read: “I am grateful to you for your telegram and to the Democrats of Alaska. Please give my friends | my regards and thanks.” The telegram was in answer to ome received frem Fairbanks stating the Alaska delegation to the Naticnal Convention next Jume had been instructed by the Democratic Territorial Conven- tion for Gov. Roosevelt. Complex Nature of Man Unlocked in Three Short Episodes By CHARLES C. CRANMER CINCINNATI, Onio, Jan. 26— | The unsuspecting acting ability of a deputy sheriff proved the key to |the complex nature of Charles Bis- choff who confessed to the kid-! napping and slaying of 6-year-old Marian McLean. The girl's body was found in, Bischoff’s tenement three weeks| before officers succeeded in ob- |taining the confession. A search of the cluttered 1'oom| where Bischoff lived alone, re-| vealed among other things a num- ber of detective “thrillers,” books on criminology, psychology and, physiology. | Bischoff admitted a taste fo1 motion picture mysteries. Detectives studied his peculiari- | trip into Alaska and “the splendid reception I received from its fine citizenship.” He added he was send- ing a copy of his telegram to Mr. Holzworth. The telegram was read to the Chamber of Commerce and aroused | | much applause. | ties, and finally Capt. Lynn Black —— - REBELLIUN IN head of the county patrol, pro- KASHMIR OVER ™= ‘ Name of Wealthy Lumber- man sl Brought Into Sensational Case PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan., 26—After the State had closed its case in chief this morning against her, for the alleged murder of Mrs. Agnes LeRoi here last Ooctober, and Judge Speakman had over-ryled a motion for the defense to tnstruct the jury to bring in a verdict. of not guilty or acquitted by insanity, Mrs. Win- nie Ruth Judd turned at bay and started in earnest to fight against death on the gallows, as her coun- sel struck back at State evidence showing jealousy as the motive for the slayings. The State's final evidence in- cluded introduction of Mrs. Judd's ' letter to her husband, retrieved from a clogged drain pipe in the restroom of a Los Angeles depart- ment store, and testimony of two friends of all three women to show that jealousy existed. Refused Enter Apartment Lucille Moore, a nurse at the Grunow hospital where both Mrs, Judd and Mrs, LeRoi were employ- ed, and Mrs, A. R. Lepker, an ac- quaintance of Mrs. Judd, testified for the State that the defendant was jealous over the attentions shown Miss Samuelson by J. J. ! Halloran, wealthy Phoenix lumber- man. They declared that she re- fused to enter the girls' bungalow on the night of October 15 24 hours before the time the State contends the slaying was done. After Judge Speafihan had over- ruled the defense’s formal motion for an instructed verdict for ac- quittal, the first defense witness— Emil Clements—caretaker at the Grunow hospital, was called. Through him the defense sought to overthrow or cast doubt on the State's proof of jealousy as the mtive. He testified that he saw Mrs. Judd, Mrs. LeRol and Miss ‘Samuelson walking together on the day of the killlngs. Letter Is Introduced The letter introduced Monday afternoon by the State and which it contends is more nearly a true account of what happened than any other statement made by her since her arrest, was written be- tween the time of the killings and her arrest. It follows in part: “H. bought the girls a new radio. Mr. Bisoh had let them have his, but they didn't like to use his radio. H. wanted me to get some other girl and go with him out to the house. I know a pretty litile nurse. So we went out to the girl’s house. Some of H's friends |were there. “The girls didn’t like it, so H. asked us to have dinner with them. 1 refused so he got dinner and came over to the house—the first time he has ever done this, but it was a nice evening. . (Continuec on Page TWO) “Let's put on a movie thriller for him.” (Continued on Page 8ix) Moslems Are on Warpath, | Burning and Pillaging , As Hoax; Gov. Villages Reported SRINIGAR, India, Jan. 26.—Re- bellion, pillage and burning broke | out again today in the State of Kashmir as Moslem leaders from | Punjab started another attempt to drive the Hindu Maharajah, Sir Hari Singh, off the throne and es- tablish a Moslem ruler in his palace. Fourteen villages have been pil- laged. ‘The Moslems are anxious to es- tablish rule over this predomin- antly Moslem State, forming a solid block of States including Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan and Punjab. One tHousand armed Moslems are reported marching from Rajouri for a concentrated attack. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan 26.—Cnce and for all, Gov. Franklin D. Roosz- velt wants the world to under- stand that there is no “Buchanan |estate” in New York walting to be i dumped into the laps of heirs. This is for the benefit of hun- dreds in all parts of the country who ‘write his office regarding the estate. Gov. Roosevelt says there is no ‘hope anyone could pick up ground in New York City on which satnds Trinity Chureh, Chrysler Building or any other building, for that matter. Surrogate Foley, of New York ‘Clty4 said most of the persons in- | quiring had been duped by pro- |moters who collected anywhere |from $15 to $250 from them. | INVESTIGATION MADE LEON TROTZKY MADRID, &an. 26—Minister of the Seattle Daily Times recently Interior Quiroga said the Extremis’ | printed the following: movement to establish a proletar-| An exhaustive inquiry conducted Remembers Alaska Trip Senator Walcott sald he would | always remember his wonder{uil ian dictatorship in Spain is pro-| by The Associated Press in a dozen moted by Leon Trotzky, former | cities of the United States failed Soviet leader, now in exile. |today to produce a single proof of Bficimnan ;Eétate’ Revealed Roosevelt Has revived rumors that immense “es- tates” of President James Buch- nana and his relatives are soon to be distributed, spreading wealth among more than 2,000 “heirs.” Even the claims of the inner circle of “heirs” that the “estates” now to be parceled out are those of other Buchanan than the bacheler President could not be verified and brought, among many denials, the statement of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York that the rumor is “purely a hoax.” The inquiry did reveal, however, at least 200 persons in this state, and Alaska, many of them respon- sible comunity leaders, who claim to be Buchanan collateral descend- ants and many who were anxious to learn whether they are victims of one of the most monstrous hoaxes of recent years. These in= * clude residents of Seattle, Spokane, Olympia, Bremerton, Vancouver,' Mount Vernon, Port Angeles, Ju- neau and Cordova. i “Heirs” At Banquet The inquiry also revealed pracs tically all the Washington “heirs” Final Word for Many ‘Heirs’