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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 299> <00 'ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PO D2 2 Ao & JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1932. MEMBER OF A aad < L 2 J 2999 <CCCC ASSOCIATED PRESS _ PRICE TEN CENTS KIDNAPPED LINDBERGH BABY IS STILL MISSING Lo 2 d 2909 299> COLONEL IS READY TO PAY RANSOM HOSTILITIES | HALTED NOW ( | AT SHANGHAI Japanese Forces Ordered to Consolidate Around 1214 Mile Zone WOOSUNG, LUNGWHA REPORTED FALLEN Peace Conference Planned| Aboard Flagship .of British Admiral BULLETIN—Washington, D. €., March 3.—Ambassador De- buchi, this afternoen, said he expeoted a truce will be defini- tely in effect tomorrow between Japan and China. TO STOP FIGHTING NANKING, China, March The Government has notified the} League of Nations that the Chi-| nese has been instructed to cease unless attacked. 3—| SHANGHAI, March 3.—The Jap- anese Army and Navy Command-| have ordered their forces to e hostilities in the Shanghai| area and ordered all divisions to consolidate on positions in a twelve one-half mile zone around the which the Japanese now hold | and from where the Chinese were crdered in an ultimatum to retreat.| In quick succession yesterday, the Jepanese captured -Woosung; - then Kating, 15 miles northwest of fhanghai, and then Lungwha, at| the extreme south of the fighting | area A peace conference is expected to be held aboard the British Ad- | miral's flagship. FIGHTING PROGRESSING SHANGHAI, March 3.—The Chi- nese Army Headquarters said a de- ament of the Nineteenth Army Liuho was engaged by the Jap- se and fighting is still going on | 2 the truce and ‘“cease hos- tilities” proclamation. Fighting is also reported near Nanziang. e eee TWO MATRICIDES INVESTIGATEDBY Reziuty Betrothed to Briton ?{"e iz?ficha(x:r}:)in]g portrait of lovel T. and Mrs, Charles H. Bosworth of Evanston, 1., whose engage: to Dr. Trevor Charles Stamp of London, Eng., has just been i r. Stamp is a son of Sir Josiah Stamp, director of the Bank of Eng- land and co-author of the “Dawes Plan.” By a curious coincidence, Miss Bosworth is & cousin of Ambassador Dawes who collaborated with Sir Josiah in the fiinancial scheme that bears “Dawes” name. y_Frances Bosworth, daughter of ARCTIC BOUND FLIERS MAKE ANOTHER HoP Rinchid: Faivbsnks Lake Yes'erday fl‘Om Da\vson —Nome Is Next On Speaking Tou ] FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 3.— William R. Graham and Mrs. Edna Christofferson arrived here late yes- terday afternoon from Dawson en- route to Point Barrow, via Nome, in search of the Baychimo, miss- ing Hudson's Bay Company’s trad- ing ship. They will take off for Nome at the earliest possible op- portunity on their way to the Arc- tic. to -salvage the valuable fur cargo reported aboard the Bay-| chimo. : So successful has “Dolly” Gann MELVIN PLANS TO GO | -| future of the League of Nations. i \‘Axsvmb!y Dr. Yen said the Japanese termsJ BACK TO SHIP BAYCHIMO NOME, Alaska, March 3.— Leslia Melvin, Seattle youth who mushed here from Herschel Island and sister of Vice President Curtis proved as a public speaker that tht republican national committee seni her on a speaking tour of five states MEETING OF LEAGUE NOW IN PROGRESS | Extraordinary Session, with 51 Countries Repre- sented, Convenes |SINO-JAPANESE CASE WILL BE DISCUSSED American Delegates to Dis- armament Conference Sit as Spectators GENEVA, March 3.—Delegates of 51 countries met in an extraordinary session of the League of Nations today to attempt to solve the Sino- Japanese problem. The session adjourned for four | hours after electing Paul Hymans, Belgian representative, as Presidént of the session. . The American Disarmament Con- | ference delegates sat as spectators. Small powers will have an equal voice with the larger powers at the extraordinary session which may have an important influence on the NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN GENEVA, March 3.—Negotiations for an armistice in the Sino-Jap- |anese situation at Shanghai have | broken down, said Dr. W. W. Yen, |Chinese spokesman, to the League’s were unacceptable and ‘meant vir- ‘tua] surrender. He said further | hostilities were unavoidable. | 4 WETS ARE T0 SUPPORT ONE BEER MEASURE |0'Connor Bill for 2.75 Al cohol Content Bever- age Given O. K. WASHINGTON, March 3.—Both Republican and Democratic Anti-| Prohibition groups have agreed to | support the O'Connor bill to 1egal-\ ize with 2.75 per cent alcohol con-| |tent by weight and tax the new age 3 cents a pint. | | | be | Dl WILL PAY RAN $50,000 FOR BABY | | | | Associated rress Photo Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, according to press dispatches, will pay the ransom demanded by the abductors of his baby son, kidnapped from the family home at Hopewell, New Jersey, last Tuesday night. TRAILS LITTLE WHITE DOG TO GAIN RELIEF HOPEWELL, New 'Jersey, March 3.—Seeking rellef, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh left his home here today and trailed a little short-legged white dog. The two plunged into the woods and were seen ploughing their way through the dense growth, The pair aroused the sympathy of the hardest heart The man’s face was drawn and white. The little dog dashed first to one side and then the other, as though hunting for his lost playmate. Col. Lindbergh was dressed in high boots and rough muddy clothes. It was first thought he was seeking an appointment with the kidnappers but it was found he was merely seeking relief from the strain. Occasionally, the haggard face of Mrs. Lindbergh was seen from the window of the nursery from which her baby was abducted. STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE, TRADING 600D Holmes’ Successor Kidna p ping» | Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his s | ! Is Reported, Ohio State Son of Wea]t—}l; Contractor Is Abducted by Two Men in Auto Ohio, | NILES, March. — Like | wife, Mr. and Mrs. James De- | Jute today waited in anguish for the return. of their kidnapped con, James, Junior, aged 11. The boy was kidnapped by two men who fled in an automobile, DeJute is a wealthy contractor. The police of Ohio, Pennsyl- vania and West Virginia have been asked to be on the look out. ——————— WOMAN FLEES AFTER SENDING | LINDY LETTER Another Clue Springs Up at Boston—Post Office Clerks Are Active BOSTON, Mass, March 3. — Al woman about 60 years of age, who! sent an air mail letter to Col.| Lindbergh bearing the notation out-| side: “Spare no efforts to rush this message—there is no hope but it is vitally important,” fled .from the post office. Clerks saw the auto license and| {the number was traced to a man| who said he knew nothing of the| woman. | ———— EVIDENCE OF STEALERS 1S FOUND IN CAR 8 Abandoned Automobile] Contains Baby Ribbon, Receipt, Code Marks COUNTRY WIDE SEARCH FAILS T0 FIND CHILD “Abductors of Son of Flying Couple Are Still Se- creted with Baby RUMORS CIRCULATED BUT ALL ARE DENIED Lindberghs Have Not Been in Communication with Kidnappers A description of the kidnap- ped son of Col. Charles A. Lindberg, has been broadeast throughout the country, as fol- lows: One year, eight months and nine days old. Two feet and nine inches tall Weight, 30 pounds. Has blue eyes, fair, curly hair and light complexion. HOPEWELL, N. J, March 3— Baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, kidnapped from a crib in his nursery in the family home here last Tuesday night between the hours of 7:30 o'clock, when he was put to bed, and 10 o'clock, when someone looked in and found the crib empty, is still missing and only clues and rumors prevail with no definite results. Home Blazes with Lights The Lindbergh home was cleared last night to make an easy return of the baby by the kidnappers who are reported to have demanded $50,000 which Col. Lindbergh is ready to pay. All night the home blazed with lights based on the postcard mailed in Newark saying the baby was safe and the kidnappers “would await further instructions.” Col. Lindbergh asked the news- papermen to leave the estate for the night so it would be easier to communicate with the abductors. No Communication Gov. A. Harry Moore, visited the Lindberghs today and said there has been no communication with the kidnappers and he further de- nied rumors that fingerprints had been obtained from the window sill of the nursery. | Gov. Moore said the Lindbergh LINWOOD, New Jersey, March 3-;garage has been turned into a sub- —An abandoned car of a 1927 model,m“Ce station with 15 telephones, | The sponsors of the bill esti |was picked up by the police in | police radio set and teletype cut in. with the crew of the SEATTLE POLIGE Dentist Accused of Killing| 81 - Year - Old Mother Over $10,000 Note ATTLE, March 3.—Police au- ies here are investigating two gs in which sons are ac- of matricide. Albert McKeown, dentist, is held in connection with the death | of his 8l-year-old mother, Mrs. Rhoda McKeown. Nineteen year old Leslic Barrett is accused of killing his mother, Mrs. Lucy O'Brien. Woman’s Head Crushed Mrs. McKeown was found at the foot of the stairs at her son’s home. Her head had been battered and crushed. She came here twomonths | ago from Towa. t is said by police that she had an argument with her son over a promissor$ note for $10,000 which would become invalid in tae event of her death. She wanted a new (Contes on Page TWo) e Chinese, As She Is Spoken, At Shanghai SE. WASHINGTON, D. C., March | 3~Here is the way educated Chinese, speaking the Mandarin dialect, pronounce geographical names in the Shanghai fighting arca, the stress being virtually the same on all syliables. Whangpoo — As if spelled ‘Whong-poo. Hongkew—As if Chapei—Chay-pay. Poashan—Pow-shan. ‘Woosung—Woo-soong. Kiangwan—Kee-ang-wan. Shihtzelin—Shee-zer-lin. Shilungkow—Shee-long-kow. Liuho—Loo-huh. Hong-cue i tial |the firt time in 30 years. stopped Baychimo, is so sure the vessel has not sunk that he plans to return to the vessel and claim salvage rights providing he can make arangements with Pilot Graham when he arrives here. ‘Melvin claims he packed one bale REVOLTERS IN GUVI MURRA Minister of Interior Is Re- GuING AF‘I‘ER | placed — President to | 3—One of the demands of the Lapua Fascists, who have been in ! Born, Minister of Interior, re- for Th"ee‘Day T()Ul‘, ! placed by Gen. K. L. Oesch Soliciting Votes isonal leadership of the National Defence Forces to put down the - FINLAND HAVE of muskrats from the ship to shore. ! Put Down Outbreak !revolt for the past five days, was Meanwhile President Pehr HELSINGFORS, Finland, March Arrives in North Dakota met yesterday when Baron E. Von | Svinhufvud said he would ta per- revolt, FARGO, North Dakota, March -. Gov. W. H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray, of Cklahoma, arrived here today for a three days’ tour of the state seeking the North Dakota presiden- ‘New Radio Tube Able nomination at th> Democratic primaries on March 15. Gov. Mur- | to Control Railroad ray is opposing Gov. Franklin D, Roosevelt, of New York, whose name | p has also been entered in the Ppri-| PITTSPURCHI, Penn March 3.— maries. {'A new radio tube capable of carry- Gov. Murray met his brother|iNg enough power to cperate rail- George, a farmer of Berthold, for ¥0ad trains ha sbeen demonstrated | here. The exhibit is 3000000 times |more powerful than the ordinary 'radio tube. Alternating current ) used to operate elect pliances and to light homes, Westinghouse is converted by the direct current rail- ol an entire rail- NG L2 Sl “Ukule_i; Ike” Sued by Ex-Wife for $25,00 LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 3. Sngineers say, Suit for $24,99992 charging breach |§1ant tube into of contract, has bgen filed by Irene ' ficlent to contr L. Edwards against her divorced |Way System. it husband, Clff (Ukulele Tke) Ed-| AR Bt b TS Wpods, /e S, { Yugoslavia possesses the largest The petition declares that under prigge in the Balkans with the an agreement executed May 6, 1929 completion into Belgrade of a mul- she was to receive one-third his tiple span type more than three- s GAIRiagS fourths of a mile in length, mated the legalizing of beer of 2. | the outskirts of Linwood yesterday.| Gov. Moore said there was ne ivind | ;])&‘r cent would create a sale that| | will raise $500,000,000 annually. LAST CARD PART! GIVEN BE REBEKAHS Fourteen tables were in play at the card party given last evening by the ladies of Perseverance Re- | bekah Lodge in the Independen: | Order of Odd Fellows Hall. Th:| |affair was the last and the largest of the season. No more card par- ties will be given until next Fall ‘Winners last night were: Whist—Ladies’ first, Flossie Doo- lin; consolation, Mrs. A. Smith Men's first, Bob Keeney; consola- tion, Dr. Clayton Polley. Bridge—Ladies’ first, Mrs. Frank Foster; consolation, Mrs. Jerry Go: Men’s first, John Green; consola- tion, Art Judson. Winners of Grand Prizes: Whist— Ladies' lirst, Gertrudc| Waltonen; consolation, Mrs; Tom | Dull. Men’s first, Peter Bond;| consolation, Tom Dull. Bridge — Ladies’ first, Mrs. A Kasalica; Ladies’ second, Mrs, A Radalet. As no men had attended all three parties of the series in bridge no men's prizes could be awarded the bridge section. | | | “Ma” Ferguson Is Seeking Job As Governor Again AUSTIN, Texas, March 3.—M Miriam A. Ferguson, Texas' ‘woman governor, has laid aside her housewife’s apron and begun her fourth campaign in seven years for gubernatorial votes, She has issued a formal state- ment asking Texas voters to place | her at the head of their state gov- ernment again. Her candidacy ! | sale. |Girl Leads Raiders ‘|the place. The band aattcke |charges of disorderly conduct. Profit Taking Fails to Wipe Out Gains of Many Leading Issues NEW YORK, March 3.—Fresh buying gave stocks a lift today and issues were subjected to consid- erable profit taking Trading on the Stock Exzchange was active and leading issues ad- vanced from org to two and one-| half points. Much of the gain was| lost in quick realizing but the lst| became firm again toward the close, | Issues gaining and holding to the advance included. United States Steel, American Telephone and Telegraph, North American, and General Electric. Auburn sagged. Agsociated Press Photo Chief Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo of the New York Court of Appeals has been nominated to the United States Supreme Court of the United States by President Hoover and confirm- ed by the Senate. He will take his seat this month. Mexico May Adopt U. S. Reserve Plan | NEW YORK, M: Motes de Oca, former m on N. Y. Dress Shop‘finunce in the Mexican R said here he had accepted a com- NEW YORK, March 3.—Led by mission from President Ortiz Rubio Celia Peters, 28 years old, fifteen to study the Federal Reserve sys- men, all described by police as tem of the United States for pos- Communists, raided a dress shop sible opplication in Mexico. of Abe Furer and all but w CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 3—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 15, American Can) » Anaconda 9%, Bethlehem , Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films | %, General Motors 21%, Kenne-| cott 10, Packard Motors United States Steel 49%, Bunker Hill, no Luis of ster Fur- er and his thirty employes. The sixtesn invaders were arrested on| Canada’s Governor o to Cut His Own Pay attack, police said, was part of OTTAWA, March 3—The gov Communist campaign of intimida- nor general, representative of tion. ————— portion of his 1932 salary to the MINER IS IN HOSPITAL 110 per cent reduction which is be- Evert Maki, a miner, is a patient Ing put into effect throughout the subject to the Democratic prim- lerhs of mext July. in 8t. Ann’s Hospital, having en- public service, Premier Bennett an- tered for medical treatment, rounced in the House of Commons “|—A telephone call was received at| nment | Crown, will contribute voluntarily a | In the rear of the car, a shortifoundation for the rumors that |piece of pink baby ribbon, about|col, Lindbergh and his wife ex- |one and one-half feet long, Was pected their baby to be returned found. ity A receipted lumber bill, signed| |by the Bandon Lumber Company.i lowing the purchase of Iumbet| NEW YORK. March 3—a cone @mou})tnu, L Ot %80, i " _i eei‘scrvnt!vn estimate places the num- fi g w_" SR 'SE‘ ypes Of|per of peace officers cooperating T (Coutinued on Page Eight) with citizens in searching for the AT Oy Lindbergh baby at 100,000. This comprises officers in the Eastern BABY Is SAFE {part of the United States and Can- Iaman field. PHILADELPHIA, Penn., March 3. 100,000 SEARCHING i Thousands of automobiles have {been stopped at bridges, railroad |stations and steamship docks are | guarded. WILLING TO PAY $50,000 HOPEWELL, N. J, March 3.— the City Desk of a Philadelphia|Col. Lindbergh has announced he |daily newspaper last night say-|is willing to pay $50,000 for the re- |ing: “Lindbergh baby safe and is|turn of the kidnapped child un- in hands of trained nurse.” |harmed. He said he expected it The police believe the message|would be brought back home today. was the work of a crank. (Continued on fagr Eight) deol Pé)pul(ttiufi Growth Called Major U. S. Problem WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3. —8chool superintendents have been | told that the recent rapid increase | in school population had created problems more momentous than any arising from the nation's present | economic strife. Charles H. Judd, dean of the has become so complex that it no longer desires the labor of young people.” “The schools,” he said, “have been struggling for a generation to pre- pare for this new order, while those who lead in the operations of our modern machine industry School of Educ n, University of | have given little or no heed to the Chicago, addressing the annual con- | change which has been impending { vention of the department of su- for years. perintendence, National Education| “If we can keep the parent as soclation, said “this crisis is a |tax-payer full conscious of his duty ymptom of a new social order.” as a parent,” he added, “adequate | He attributed the addition of 5.~ |support can be secured for the | 000,000 children to the American |schools.” |echool systems from 1920 to 1930 Dean Judd said instruction in “forces originated in an indus- | high schools and cclieges can be m which has substituted | reorganized to provide more com- for human hands and]paot and useful courses, to rrachines