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

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5962. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRU. ARY 25, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS CHINESE SWARM FROM TRENCHES, JAPANESE ROUTED WINNIE RUTH | JUDD TO DIE MAY ELEVENTH Sentence Is Passed on Slay- er of Former Ju- neau Nurse SCENE IS CREATED IN COURT BY MURDERESS Argues with Judge Speak- man on Evidence Pre- sented at Tria! FHOENIX, Ariz!, Feb. 25. ‘Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted slayer of Mrs. Agnes Ann LeRoi, formerly nurse of Juneau, Alaska, facing death for the crime, was denied a new trial in the Superior Court here yesterday. Judge Howard C. Speakan sen- tenced Mrs. Judd to be hanged on May 11 Before sentence was passed Mrs. Judd attempted to argue that the cvidence presented was not suffi- cient to conviet her. She charged that County Attorney Lloyd J. Andrews had not presented all the evidence in the case. Not Killed In Bed “Those women were not killed in ed,” Mrs. Judd said. Judge Speakman stopped her several times during her argument. Sheriff J. R. McFadden said Mrs. Judd promised him she would not try to commit suicide, nevertheless he has'set a guard at her cell with instructions that the con- demned woman be watched con- stantly. Sentence Mandaiory ‘The pronouncing of the sentence on Mrs. Judd is mandatory on the Court under the Arizona law. An appeal to the State Supreme Court is also mandatory in such cases and this will have the effect of staying sentence. No person in Arizona has ever been hanged in less than 15 months from the day of conviction. Mrs. Judd is also charged with the killing of Miss Hedvig Samuel- son, former school teacher of Ju- neau, but has not been tried on that count. HAD ACCCOMPLICE LCS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 25— The Los Angeles Examiner yester- day published a letter purported from Winnie Ruth Judd, alleging she had an accomplice. The letter, in which the name was left blank, said: “I insist that blank be arrested before Judge Speakman sentences me..” In the letter, Mrs. Judd alleged that the blank man came to the house, saw the bodies of Mrs. Le- Roi and Miss Samuelson, and told her to send for a truck to take them to the desert. Then he told her to take the bodies to Los An- geles. The letter said that after aiding her that far, he deserted her and she had to borrow money to go to Los Angeles.*She said she intended to tell the whole story, according to the letter printed. - HOUSE WETS TAKE ACTION ON PETITION Trying to Force State Con- trol Amendment to Vote on Floor WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25— Resorting to parliamentary tactics to secure consideration of the State control, Prohibition amendment, the House wets have filed a discharge petition making a vote mandatory if signed by 145 members. The petition was filed to force a vote on the floor and was spon- sored by both wet Republicans and Democrats. The State control amendment had previously been rejected by the Judiciary Committee by a vote of 14 to 9. .- Oscar W. Dhyse, Arenac, Mich., farmer, became the state’s banner beet grower with a crop valued at $179.50 an acre, D Winnie Ruth Judd must pay the penalty for killing Agnes LeRoi by going to death on the gallows. In the picture above the slayer is shown, steical and unmoved, returning to her cell recently after hearing a jury had convicted her of murder, A jail matron escorted her through the corridor with the sheriff close hehind. WOOD PLANS T0 ASKS HOWARD LAUNCH SHRIMP, TO WITHDRAW CRAB INDUSTRY S CANDIDATE | Wellknown Fisherman An-'Proxy Man in Georgia Re- nounces Plans for New quested to Call Back Industry in Juneau Announcement | | | The establishment of a new in-{ WASHINGTON, . C, Feb. 25— dustry here employing at the outset | Representative - 8am Rayburn, of 15 workers in the immediate future Texas, leader of the Garner for was announced today by Capt. O.[President movement, has asked H. Wood, wellknown local fisher- Judge G. H. Howard, of Georgia, man ‘and owner of the schooner,to withdraw as a proxy candidate Valkyrie. He has just returned from {of Georgia's delegates to the Dem- Seattle and made known his plans}ocx‘atm National Convention, for for opening a ,shrimp and crab\Garner. canning plant in this city. Representative Rayburn said he In Seattle, Capt. Wood found a|did not want it to appear that ready market for all of the fresh|CGammer was in to stop the Roos shrimp he can produce, He also|Velt move. Gov. Franklin D. Roose- obtained a contract for crab meat|Velt is the only candidate entered up to 600 pounds each week. lother than Judge Howard for Gar- “ Iwil purchase all the shrimps b : p nad crab meat offered, and as| Speaker Garner continued silent, these fish in nearby waters, T am‘j AT e R confident T will have no difficulty | in building up a substantial in<\F dustry here,” said Capt. Wood. “For | number of employees will be in- creased steadily. All local people will be given preference.” WITH GAU.HUN purchased. Arrangements for a| £ permanent shore plant here wil'jDefendant Henley Denies be made later as the output in-/( . b Allegations Made by in Seattle and arrived here yesf,er-; day. Both products will be packed| MINNBAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 25.— in one and five-pound tins. [The Foshay enterprises were yes- to locate a wholesale market for |tried with 'W. B. Foshay on charges canned clams. He found a moder- (of using the mail to defraud. ate demand for minced butter | Henley denied the Government’s requirements. of listing. Henley stated the values were 5 { understated from $1,500,000 to $2,- Heavy Fall of Rain at 4 i ship. Ketchikan Takes SIIOWI Henley was Executive Vice-Presi- With 88 inches of rain falling here ————— in 48 hours, ending Wed.ne-day| morning, much of the heavy snow| H. L. McCollum of Toledo, Ohio, and cra bmeat offered, and as,refusing actively fo enter the presi- there is ample supply of both of |dential race. the present I will put 15 pickersi to work, and T am sure that the WERE MANAGED | i 1 Temporary quarters for the plant will be established on the harbor on a barge that Capt. Wood has| creases to proportions that will jus- tify the expansion. Equipment for | crab traps and cans were bought | Governmenl Capt. Wood recently started aterday pictured as having been floating clam cannery and made carefully managed and financed in the trip to Seattle in an effort|testimony by H. H. Henley being clams and will continue to packjcharges that the valuation of the that product. The butter clams properties was “watered” by arbi- were too large to suit the trade |trarily increasing them at the time 1000,000 shortly before the receiver- dent for most of the companies and said the management was con- KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 25.— coryative in its representations. which fell on the lowlands during |took out his lawnmower in Janu- the past week, has been washed|ary and mowed his lawn during away. the warm weather, 8 | proceedings | EJAPAN RESENTS 0. 5. POSITION |Foreign Office Replies to Statement Made by Stimson SAYS SECRETARY SHOWS IGNORANCE | Hints that Washington Treaty Would Be Re- pudiated—Won't Do It TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 25—An of- g | ficlal of the Foreign Office, after reading American Secretary of | State Stimson’s letter to Senator Willilam E. Borah, questioned the f | validity of the assumption of Am- of the| erica’s naval conceptions ‘Washington Naval Treaty and | gugrantees embodied in the Nine |Power Pact. The official said the terms of the naval agreement were completed before the Chinese situation was discussed and he further said Jap- an could have held up the entire The official said “Stimson displays ignorance of the | history of the Washington Confer- | ence. | The spokesman of the Foreign iGI | cor | of Nations saying it will “be equally impossible and undesirable to re- -1 pudiate the Washington treaty.” VIEWS OF OTHER NATIONS LONDON, Feb. 25.—The position | taken by Secretary Stimson of the United States regarding the Sino- Japanese situation is an “excellent stand,” according to official state- ments. | 'Advices received here from Paris | say iStimson’s move is most praise- worthy, a diplomatic document and ! contains a threat that the United | States will strongly fortify Guam | and the Philippines, | OPEN DOOR POLICY | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25.—| The Adminisrtation is watching | foreign expressions resulting from | Secretary Stimson’s letter to Sena- |tor Borah stating the United States | stands behind the Open Door Pol- licy in China and disputing the |Japanese claims the Nine Power | Treaty should be revised. | Th eSecretary of State said ob- servance of ftreaties would have |avoided the present situation. The Nine Power Treaty was enacted |to permit China to develop free | institutions and the Powers realized |it would take a long time for this |to be accomplished. | The communication was sent |Borah and is taken to represent the stand of the United States when a showdown comes in the Sino-Japanese situation and also puts Japan on notice that the |United States considers Japan i< in China in violation of the treaty and will not recognize any settle- ment growing out of Japan's de- mands. - NEW TAX BILL T0 BE READY IN TEN DAYS Garner Announces Several Features Contained in Measure WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 25— Speaker Garner today said the new tax bill will contain a levy on manufacturers’ sales and will be ready within 10 days. He said it has already been decided to in- crease income and other taxes. Secretary of Treasury Mills esti- mated the total needed to balance the 1933 Budget is $2,241,000,000. The Secretary said baby bonds in denominations of $50, $100 and $500 will be offered March 7 through banks. He said the interest will probably be 1% per cent. The baby bonds are designed to draw out lhoa.rded dollars, ce said the views of Japan are! tained in a note to the League | HAWAII CAPTURE DIN PACIFIC WAR MANEUVERS 7 | ¥ : Aubiiaied Fighting ships (upper) steaming to attack In the Joint army-navy war game In the Haweiian felanae as (center) men of the “blue” forces effect a landing. An airplane (iower) laying down a while soldiers were being landed. 4 yaving pltie ot WET PLANK IS DEMANDED FOR 6.0.P. PLATFORM |Meeting to Be Held in Chi- cago—Suggested Slo- gan Is Threat WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb, 25— Leaders of the Wet forces in the | Republican organization are mak- |ing arrangements for a meeting of their supporters in Chicago on March 4, next, it became known here today. The avowed purpose of the gath- ering is to agree upon a wet plank which they will seek to have in- corporated in the party's platform at the national convention in Chi- cago next June. Many of the party’s most out- |standing men will be present at (the March meeting. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Co- Someone’s On the Spot o s There is a quaint idea prevalent in the western hemisphere that the Chinese are for the most part armed with fans or hopelessly obsolete weapons. These snipers, waiting for a potshot at an unwary Jap, belie the idea. They are armed with the latest and most deadly magazine pistols and if they wore Occidental clothes instead of their pictur uniforms, they might pass for a trio of American gangsters putting al rival on the spot. Photo was made in a Shanghai street. BEER STRIKE [SEATTLE CAR IS N JOKE, MEN GET CASH BERLIN, Feb. 25. — The “beer|{ SEATTLE, Feb. muni- | ————— strikers” claim 12,000 Berlin saloons |cipal trainmen are ina better frame | have answered the call to refuse|of mind today after four wueks{ to sell beer until the taxes and|wondering where and when they prices are lowered were going to get paid | Saloonkeepers voted 600 to 55 to| The International Union has sent strike, @as in other cities, until the |$75,000 to cash the pay warrants. price goes down. —————— DAUGHTER ARRIVE| cipal speaker. It is claimed that already more than one-half of the States have assured the Wet lead- ers they will be represented. A slogan has been suggested for the Wets: “No wet plank, no cam- _ | paign contributions.” D STABLER RETURNS NORTH H. D. Stabler, United States Dis- trict Attorney, was a passenger from Seattle for Ketchikan on the Northland. He has been south ap- pearing in a case before the Court |of Appeals at San Francisco. VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 25—A placer gold strike in the Burns |Lake district, about 120 miles north | of Hazelton, was reported here yes- Mrs. C. D. Sellers, accompanied | | terday. A by her daughter Barbara, arrived | The e is said to be drawing on the Northland to join Mr. Sell-| WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 25— men in Jarge numbers to the area. ers. He is in charge of the Lynch The House has passed the State,| Gold is reported in the creeks Brothers diamond drill crew now |Justice, Commerce and Labor De- | like rice and beans.” employed in prospecting by the | partments' supply bill appropriat-| One pariy of 17 members, head- Alaska Juneau, ing $124,215,999. ed by W. J, Brown, of Tulsa, Okla~ lumbia University, will be the prin- | Placer Gol?l Si;ike Reported North of Hazelton;One Party Taking Supplies by Airplane ‘a premium, NEAU WOMAN CHINESE WIN " BACK GROUND ~LOST TO JAPS | Pounded UErcifully All | Day, Surprise Offen- sive Takes Place | JAPANESE LOSSES |"ARE REPORTED. HEAVY Dying and “Wounded Nip- pons Left on Battle Ground During Retreat BULLETIN —SHANGHAL Feb. 25.—Hammered all day, |the Chinese in the Kiangwan sector, late this afternoon, swarmed from the trenches and launched a surprise at- tack and won back the lost ground. The Chinese ripped through the Japanese lines as the ar- tillery duel raged. The Jap- anese were surprised and re- tired quickly. CAPTURE LOST AREA NANKING, Feb. 25.—Gen. Feng Yu Hisang, Command- er of the Chinese forces at Shanghai, has reported to the War Office here that the Chi- nese retreated a short dis- tance from the Shanghai front, then turned and re- captured the lost area with heavy casualties to the Jap- anese forces. TO COMMAND CHINESE NANKING, Feb. 25. — Re- lable reports here said Gen. Chiang Kai Shek, former President of China under the i Nationalist Government, will be appointed Commander-in- Chief of the Chinese forces to recover the lost territory in Manchuria. JAPAN MAKES ATTACK EARLY THIS MORNING SHANGHAI, Feb. 25.—Early this |morning the Japanese Shanghai army flung its full force against ithe Chinese at Kiangwan in the most desperate fighting to date, They claimed the early rush crush- ed the Chinese, forcing them to retreat disorderly. The Japanese attempted to en- circle the city and did tear a gap {in the Spartan-like line of the Chinese but the latter held to |their posts, virtually surrounded as the Japanese pressed to the west. 1 Shells Poured from Guns Japanese guns poured shells into the region and Chinese rifles and (Continued on Page Two) — .- \Prominent Attorneys May Be Engaged for Honolulu Murder Case HONOLULU, H. I, Feb. 25— "Errorzs are being made to. bring Clarence Darrow or Dudley Field Malone here as defense attorneys for Mrs. Granville Fortesque, Lieut. Thomas Massie, E. J. Lord and Al- bert Jones, charged with slaying a Hawalan alleged to have aided in the criminal attack on Massie's wife. homa eand Alvin L. Loveseth, of Edmonton, Alberta, is reported taking in two carloads of mining | equipment which will be set up on McConrnell Creek. Both men are equipped with planes and the equip- ment will be transported by air. It is reported all dog teams and pack horses at Hazelton and near= by localities have been engaged at