The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1932, Page 1

| | AY, FEBRUARY 1, 1932. _ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS RTED FIRING ON NANKING HOOVER ORDERS || TRIAL OF MRS, JUDD RESUMED, PHOENIX COURT Defendant Refuud to Go to Proceedmgs Until teatuxed DR. JUDD MAY TAKE STAND DURING DAY Husband of Accused Wom-| an May Tell of Queer | | MentalHappenings | 8 trhlotwmnum.wdd,iwme, I murder of Agnes LeRol, was re-| after she was pronounced be in court. Sunday Harry Johnson, SPEAKER WINN IS CANDIDATE i the courtroom until she became in- terested in the procedure. Defense attorneys continued reading depositions tending to show insanity in Mrs. Judd's family. Two jurors who have been il o ntnn - FOR THE HOUSE Qast week, returned to the jury box Dr. William Judd, husband of| fthe defendant, may take the mnd and testify to queer mental of, sl wi%e <oon - . they were married. PARTY HARMONY IS REFLECTED hon for {1929 House, today filed his declara- !to the same body on the Republi- ,can ti.cket He is the first to seek Seeks Repubhcan Nomina- : Grover C. Winn, Speaker of the ‘Territorial House of Representa- tives in 1831 and member of the |tion of candidacy for nomination PROSECUTORS AND JU DGE lN PHOENIX TRIAL i Representatives of Arizona who will present evidence able to| an effort to send Winnie Ruth Judd, on trial for killing Hedvig 1 Hed & gallows are (left to right) County Aflorney Lloyd J. Andrews, and his assistants, G. A. lm/ Samu o __.. RAIL WORKERS ACCEPT GUT IN WAGES, 1 YEAR Ten Per Cefieduction in Effect Today Until Next' January 31 IDECISION IS MADE TO STIMULATE BUSINESS “Railrodd E x e c utives Are Pbdged to Keep Up Present Forces CHICAGO, Til,, Feb. 1.—Unlonized \forces’ on ‘the railroads in the United States have accepted & ten {per cent wage reduction for one + |year beginning February 1, today, making the unprecedented decision in the expresssd hope of stimulat- -|ing a business revival. Before The Court lative candidacy on his|f{ § panys tlcket but it is expected that other filings will be made be- fore the period closes tomorrow. AT CONVENTION Connors Relurns from! Fairbanks—Finds Demo- cratic Hopes Are High | States district court, in which 1.1- |ings must be made, closes at 4:30 order to comply with the law. party success in the Territory in | ithe November election, and are equally confident of natiomal vic- gnq Lawrence H. Kubley, Ketchi- tory, declared J. J. Connors, Na- |kan and Arndt Sorset, tional Committeeman for Alaska,|for the House. These four men who returned Saturday after at- ftending the Territorial Convention at Fairbanks. “The conviction is widespread that 1932 is certain to be a Demo- cratic Year, the party followers in all sections are organizing to carry Alaska along with the rest of the country.” Convention Is Harmonious The convention was marked by unusual harmony, and the plat- form wsa adopted by a unanimous vote. The Delégates to the con-; vention were unanimous in their feeling. that Senator A. J. Dimond, Valdez, was the most desirable can- didate 'for ‘Delegate to Congress and weré strongly inclined to en- dorse his candidacy. However, Sen- ator Dimond, who addressed the gathering on the lubjeot pem(n;lgd them to abandon the endorsement and leave the m&twt entirely in the hands of the voters ‘The others are: J. E. Johnson, Ket- | chikan, for Senator; H. P. Hansen | the Ketchikan brnach of the office of the Clerk to be telegraphed here. — o MRS. ARNOTT T0 FACE JURY, MURDER TRIAL Woman Charged with Slaying Husband—Case Starts at Cordova CORDOVA, Alaska, Feb. 1. Mrs, Martha Arnott, aged 60, said The office of Clerk of the United | |p.m., and all declarations will have | {ithe Ketchikan branch of the Office | Mr. Winn is one of five candi-|§ Democrats thl'fi\llhmll Alaska are | gates endorsed by a recent caucus | jubilant over the prospects fOr|of Republicans held in Ketchikan. | probably will make their filings in |§ t in the April primary. The Committee on Resolutions had brought in a report endorsing the Senator. On the floor of th.el convention he moved to amend the report substituting for its endfise-‘ ment a request that all three pros- pective candidates—Dimond, Rep- resentative A.H. Ziegler and George B. Grigsby—to file for the nomin- ation. Sentiment of the convention, to be the first woman to be tried for her life in Alaska, goes on trial here today. She denied the first degree charge of murdering her husband, John M. Arnott, veteran Alaska prospector on last September 7 when he was found shot through the heart. His body,was found in his bed in their cabin on Arnott's mining property. No one witnessed the tragedy. i The Government's case is cir- cumstantial. The woman was a correspond- jence bride and two years ago came from Anacortes, Washington, and she and Arnott were married here. She has two sons in the ‘Wrangell, | § Associated Press Photo This study In moods and emo- fons is of Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, vho is on trlal for her life in hoenix, Ariz., charged with the yunkslayingsof twowomen friends. ¢and alternates. ! Ohemxcal and Bethlehem Bteel, ' prerem-d went up four points. Negotiations were started January 16 and ended Sunday afternoon when representatives of nearly 2,- 000,000 rail workers accepted the . | proposal. Basic rates will remain the same jbut a flat 10 per cent will be deducted, with the agreement auto- {» | matically terminating January 31 Y of next year, The raliroads expect msnve about $215,000,000. i % s i The chiefs of the railroads pledged Marshal White Seeks Al-!,ch® “oamen: "ot meomicased ternate Post for Repub- ’:“0“5 “t; keep up the - present THREE HLI ! Three Territorial luin:rwere made today in the office @f Terri-| TocK PRIcEs torial Auditor—two in the Repub- {lican and the other in the Demo-| | cratic primary election. United | States Marshal Albert White ffled‘l for Alternate Delegate to the Re-‘w publican National Convention, James As w AR Lqus Truitt, Anchorage, for the Demo- | cratic nomination for ’l‘errmm:.fl Attorney General. E. F. Wann,| Fairbanks, filed for the Republican ! nomination for Highway Engineer. A ircra ft and Chemlcals Marshal White is the only can-| Advance — Steels didate for alternate so far to have Also Sh . filed. The Republicans of Alaska | s0 Show Gains are entitled to two each delegates | | NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—The Stock Territorial filings, like Divisional Market threw off last week's heavi- ones, must be made not later than ness today and made the best pro- tomorrow afternoon. ~Any not re- gress in two weeks. - ceived in the Office of Auditor by | Desnite an afternoon sag, the that time cannot be accepted under market closed with gains of from the law. lone to four points. Advices received here from Cor-, The turnover today was 1,600,000 dova today said that Dr. W. H. shares. Chase had sent his declaration of | Aircraft and chemical shares candidacy for Delegate to the Re- went up due to the war looming publican National Convention to be in the Far BEast. filed here. It had not been re-! United States Steel closed up ceived at the Office of Auditor 3%. and efforts to locate it had not; Curtiss-Wright went up a frac- been successful. There is a proba- tion of a point. bility that it will not be received| United and Douglas Aircrafts in time for Dr. Chase to make the were up more than one point. race. /Atlas Powder closed up two —_————— points. b American 'Telephone, Allied CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 1. — Closing BELBVED AGTUH qum.auon of Alaska Juneau mine ! stock today is 15, American Can ssEs IN EAsT 62%, Anaconda Copper 11, Bethle- {hem Steel 18%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, {Fox Films 3%, General Motors 21%, = iInternational Harvester 25%, Ken- The Man from Home" |necott 11%, Packard Motors 4%, pos-| _ Four destroyers sent from M‘. yestorday. 4 AGAINST ANY SALARY BOOST WASHINGTON, D. O, Feb. 1.— A rule prohibiting government sup- cies in Federal departments, been adopted by the House Rules Committee. A Roosevelt Is Entered in Penn. Primary BAB.IHSBUIG Penn., Feb. 1~Gov. Franklin D. Rooseveit has been officially entered as a nomination for President in the Dies at Greenwich Home—Aged 57 GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. thousands as “The Man here at the age of 57 years. Hodge made his first appearance ) on the stage in 1901 and toured ply bills this session containing |the country for six years in “The salary increases or filling of vacan- Man From Hume o 1% William Hodge, one of America's best loved actors and known to From Home,” died Saturday as the re- sult of pneumonia as his home United States Steel 41, Bunker Hill, no sale. NO LEADERSHIP, W.C.T. U. QUITS CARTERVILLE, Illinois, Feb. 1, —The Woman’s Christian Temper- ance Union here has been dis- banded because no women could be found to take the presidency or chairmanship. ESCAPED MAN IS GAPTUREIJl HONOLULU, H. I, Feb. 1.—Dan- KETCHIKAN MAN ooz e 0| WEDS IN SOUTH 31 as an escaped convict and-ac-| SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—Carl C. Bel- cused of attacking a Japanese Wom-|mont, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and an, was captured near here when|Inene Casey, aged 23, of Havre, candidate for the Democratic hesvpeareda‘ammdflsmlhmabudmcoum stu- for food. He gave no msnmdmmmmmmm and is being held in the Oabu Mmetflmmzmhere . Prison in solitary .confinement. ..\for the winter. AMERICANS IN SHANGHAI T0 BE PROTECTED One Thousamnfantrymen Are Dispatched on U. S. Transport FLAGSHIP HOUSTON CARRYING - MARINES Seven Destroyers, Other Naval Craft, with Ma- rines, China Bound WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—The Army and Navy join- ed arms Sunday night to pro- tect Americans in Shanghai. By direction of P r e sident Hoover, the transport Chau- mont has ‘been ordered from Manila with 1,000 infantry- men, in the wake of the cruis- er Houston and seven de- stroyers and other naval ships which sailed from Manila at midnight Sunday. Thirteen hundred American Marines are now in Shanghai. The Houston took nearly 600 additional Marines. the British are also increas- ing their forces in the Chi- nese city. BRITISH SEND MARINES HONGKONG, Feb. 1.—The Brit- ish cruiser Berwick, with 800 Ma- rines aboard, left here for Shang- hai. The aircraft carrier Hermes has embarked all planes and is standing by ready to sail on short orders. FORCES TO CHINA U. S. Marine Goes After 14 Japanese| When Bullets Whiz Past Head of American Sen- try, He Acts Quickly BSHANGHAI, Feb. 1.—Two bullets whizzed past the head of an Amer- ican Marine on sentry duty in the American Area of the Foreign Set- tlement last Saturday. ‘The American saw the men who fited the shots and chased them. In a few minutes he had captured 14 Japanese in civillan clothes. ‘They sald they were under orders to pass through the American area to guard a Japanese cofton mill nearby, The marine marched them all to the American area jail, took their arms away from them and placed them in cells. AMERICAN YOUTH ARRESTED SHANGHAI, Feb. 1.—American authorities are attempting to gain the release of an American youth known as Johnson arrested Satur- day night and accused of shiping in the Hongkow settlement. UNITED STATES BATTLE FLEET UFF T0 HAWAII lion_ that o0 to if Needed SAN PEDRO, Cal, Feb. 1.—The United States fleet, provisioned for a year's cruise, sailed from here today for winter maneuvers and a battle practice off the Hawaijlan Islands. There is some intimation that the warships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines and aircraft carriers are prepared to go to China, if The United States cruiser Hous- [ needed. ton, flagship of the American Asiatic Fleet and a flotilla of de- stroyers are now enroute from Manila for Shanghal, according to British advices. JAPANESE TAKE SECTION SHANGHAI, Feb. 1—The Japan- es2 took the Japanese section of the International Scttlement Sun- day, crushing the municipal gov- ernment of the foreign nations. The Japanese are in supreme command of the section consisting of the Hongkow settlemnt and authorities have ceased to func- tion: AIRPLANES SWEEP OVER SHANGHAI, Feb. 1. — Japanese airplanes renewed activity over Shanghai Sunday morning. Seventeen planes flying low over (Continued on Page Eight) R, J. MCHESNEY DIES IN SOUTH DISARMAMENT SESSION WILL STARTTUESDAY Diplom als of Sixty-four Nations Are Gathered Today in Geneva GENEVA, Feb. 1—This ciy to- day 1 a political forum as diplomats of 64 nations assembled with mingled hopes and fears for a disarmament conference which is scheduled to open tomorrow. China has renewed pleas for the League of Nations to take effective measures to stop Japan's warlike moves. Diplomats and naval air experts have organized forces for a long session before them. The Council of the League of Nations plans to assume delibera- tions on the Sino-Japanese trouble AT AGE OF 60 Veteran Alaskan Newspap- erman Passes Away in Seattle SEATTLE, Feb. 1. — R. J. Mc- Chesney, aged 60 years, veteran Al- aska newspaperman and for several years manager of the Alaska Print- ing Company here, died Saturday. Funeral services will be held to- morrow. A ploneer of Fairbanks, where he owned and published the Fairbanks Daily News for some years, Mr. McChesney came to the coast and published newspapers at Valdez, also Cordova. He is survived by a widow and two daughters. Mr. McChesney is well known in Juneau, For mearly four years he was foreman of The Empire's com- posing room previous to going to Seattle in 1020. He was experienced in all branchés of the newspaper business and had hosts of friends in the interior and along the coast of Alaska, PROTEST §1.75 WAGE PER DAY Picketeers :Elmber Plant at Aberdeen Encount- er Police ABERDEEN, Wash, Feb. 1—A crowd of 200 or 300 men and women picketeers forcibly restrained sev- eral workmen from entering Wilson Brothers lumber plant and then encountered the police in a brief tussle. The picketers protested to the minimum wage of $1.75 a day paid by the company which open- ed the plant a week ago today. ———————— GREEN ON BI]SINESS TRIP B. B. Green, mercmndise broker, whose offices are in Juneau, left Saturday night on the steamship Northwestern on a business visit to Ketchikan, ANOTHER CITY IN CHINA NOW BEING SHELLED American Destroyer Simp- son Says Firing on Nan- king Progressmg JAPANESE MARINES ARE REACHING SHORE Invading Force Leavé Wan ships Under Protec- tion of Gun Fire WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1. — The Navy Department has been notified by the Am- erican destroyer Simpson, at Nanking, that Japanese war- ships are firing on that city. TIME TO DO SOMETHING WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1. — When the news of the shelling of Nanking reach- ed Washington, the British Ambassador notified the State Department that the British considered the latest develop- ments were “unreasonable” and asked if the Uniteq States did not consider it is now the time to express such ‘MA NESARE LANDED. . NGHAL Feb. L—-h- Marines s arg landing at Nllkhgrm protection of gun fire from warships in the Yangtze Riv- | er. . Two cruisers and several destroyers are reported shell- ing Nanking. CHINESE AT NANKING NANKING, Feb. 1.—Thirty sand of China’s finest streamed into Nanking Sunday lined the river front where Jcp.l- zse warships are anchored. menacing aspect of devel ) sought safety aboard mnw ships. Several small Japanese parties were put on the docks no open hostilities resulted up to Sunday night. ‘The charge has been made Chinese started the flahnn( Shanghai but Foreign Minister Lo | Kwen Kan has notified the Japans' ese Consul here that since the . fighting began on Chinese tory, the Japanese must have the instigators. AMERIGAN OIL PLANT RAKED BY JAP FIR Destroyer, Steammg Down Wangpo River, Opens Fire on Shore SHANGHAI, Feb. 1.—Ja fired machine guns on the m can Texaca Oil Company's as the Japaneses destroyer down the Wangpo River. The fire raked the shore. ? Nobody is reported to have injured as the result of the As soon as the American stroyer Parrott tied up at the aco dock, an official said while 4 Japanese vessel was passing ] the night, Chinese set off fire~ crackers and this is believed have drawn fire from the Jap destroyer. —— NEWLY-WEDS COME tmmmmu‘ bride, the former Miss V