The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 9, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932. IS REPORTED IN <«oCC MFJVIBFR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN GEN [S VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5973, — SECRET MISSI 222> LINDBERGH CASE «CCOC 299> ATTORNE Rad 2 d 29929 <o 2999 ED SEATTLE MAYOR "IPERPETRATOR |ROOSEVELT IN Southern Ho.leymooners GLOSE FRIEND IN U. S. FILMS IS CHOSEN BY BIG MAJORITY Hlected City Executive. of OF BIG PLOT Held Under $100,000 UNDER ARREST Fugitive Ansrchiit Suspect LEAD IN FIRST New Hampsh—ire Delegates, Pledged to N. Y. Gov- STATEPRIMARY OF LINDBERGHS IS ON MISSION Leaves Sourland Mountain Estate Last Night on | i | \ Seattle Over Mayor Robert H. Harlin LEVINE RETURNED | [} TO CITY COUNCIL! | Frank Fitts i Roy Mis-| ener Also Successful in Municipal Race ernor, Elected RURAL DISTRICTS COME IN STRONG Returns from Cities Cut| Down Lead 2 to |— Hoover Men Win CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 9.—Robert Jackson, Secre- tary of the Democratic National Committee and one of the leaders of | the municipal election ye;ber(.!a\ 3 : % Tt is believed Boeri is the perpe-|the Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt | over Mayor Robert H. Harlin, in-/ N trator of the widespread bomb plot | forces, today claimed the election cumbent, ending a bitter campaign | o against prominent Ttalians last De-|of the complete slate of Roosevelt which was enlivened by Vic Meyers. | cember. pledged delegates in the country's orchestra leader, in the primary. | Boeri has been posing as a gro- presidential primary. The state made numerous promises | eer. A large quantity of explosives | primary was held yesterday. the primary campaigh and| and bomb making paraphernalic| TRural returns, early this morning, | since then, in the run-off cam- has been located in his home. |had given Roosevelt approximately paign, including cutting of tax Boeri is held under a $100,000 a 4 to 1 lead over former Goveronr eliminatioing many high pay-| bond. Alfred E. Smijth's slate but cities ing positions in the city ;;overn-\ Two accomplices are also sought|cut down the lead to 2 to 1. ment { in connection with the bomb- plot. The Republican ticket delegubcs’ Mayor Harlin stood on his NCDH‘ Two postal clerks and one explo- |to the National Convention were made since he was raised to the | sive expert were killed at Easton, Bail in Chicago BELIEVED IN STIGATOR RECENT BOMB OUTRAGE Quantity of Explosives Found in Home— Others Are Sought CHICAGO, Ill, March 9.—Col- ombo Boeri, aged 47, fugitive an- archist suspect, wanted for deporta- tion, has been arrested here. Secret Trip PROGRESS IN CASE | FINALLY REPORTED Believed C omm u nication Is Established with Baby’s Kidnappers HOPEWELL, N. J., March 9. —The police maintained strict secrecy concerning reports that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh or his representatives are in com- munication with the kidnap- pers of the Colonel's son, ab- ducted from his crib in the nursery a week ago last night between the hours of 7:30 and 10 o'clock. That something “is in the air’ 'was learned last night a few hours after a close friend of the Lindberghs left the Sourland Mountain estate on a secret mission. | SEATTLE, March 9.—John F.| Dore, criminal attorney, won an overwhelming ucmry for mayor. in | | | Associa‘ed Press PEote This cameo-like profile of Lil Dagover, beautiful German moving picture actress, who recently completed her first American picture In ‘ | Hollywood. Surprised by er they had surprised a host of friends and Jdmlrers by their secret marriage, Colleen Moore, petite Hollywood position of Chief Executive after the recall of Frank Edwards. Dore is reputedly wealthy. h‘ nounht dl\bmment br ers sucLessrullv Councilmen Elec Councilman David Levine, memb led the councilmanic ticke! with two members, Frank T, Fifts| Twice acdom labor BRIAND'S BODY LIES IN STATE HISTORIC PLAGE 20 ARE DEAD ~ OF GAS TANK and Roy B. Misener spelling defeat | in the mail intercepted before they their intended victims. ’Struggling : from Grip Penn., by the explosion of a bomb Other bombs were | reached | | pledged to Hoover. The delegates | were elected with no opposition, SMITH SUPPORTERS TALK WASHINGTON, March 9.—Sup- star, and her new husband, Albert P. Scott, New York stock broker, Word that progress was being are shown outside their hotel in Miami Beach, Fla, where they are spending their honeymoon. They were married at Fort Pierce, a few days after Colleen ‘had arrived for what she declared was merely a vacation. | made in the case was telephoned |to the State Police headquarters, \at Trenton last night, in responsa to a question at the night press Smith deny that Gov. Roosevelt's sweeping victory and capture of the eight New Hampshire delegate: is any indication of the results inj Connecticut, iMassachusetts or Ver- porters of former Gov. Alfred E.j UNIFICATION OF UNE PROPOSED H conference, For the first time since the kid- napping this is the first time that ‘Lho word “progress” has come from (Continued on Page Twon) FEDERAL AGENTS TAX EXPLAINED e mont where further contests be- tween the two political leaders are impending. James A. Fariey, Roosevelt lead- er, predicted Roosevelt will have 100 votes by April 1 including Towa, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wash- ington and Alaska. Minnesota names 24 delegates to- day and the fight is between Roose- velt supporters and Smith, who is after an instructed delegation. Roosevelt now has 24 pledged votes and Gov. Murray, of Okla- homa, has 22. for Councilmen Phillip Tindall, who ren fourth. Other candidates for| the council were E. L. Blaine and Oliver T. Erickson, both who sought;‘ a “come-back.” | The revised count, made this af-{ National "Flgal Be Held Saturday for ‘Apostle | of Peace’ Spark from Plck or Shmel Of Storm Causes Disaster in New Jersey City | i | HERE IS URGED BY GUMMITTEEIZ KiDN APPERS Willr Tolls Congres s Manfacturrs givy‘xould‘; ARE ARRAIGNED ~IN OHIO COURT Money Could Be Saved by Little Annoyance Abduckors: of - Yeur il Local Organization Boy Plead Not Guilty on Two Charges WARREN, O, March 9.—Dowell Thirty-three Lives Lost in Severe Winter Weath- CAMDEN, N. J, March 9—At| PARIS, March 9.—The body of & er in East ternoon, shows Dore received 72,- | 448 votes and Harlin 41,212. -In the least 20 workmen are believed to!Aristide Briand, “Apostle of Peace,” primary election, Dore received 45-{1:0 dead as the result of the explo- lay in state today in the historic 653 and Harlin 22,626. |sion of a gas tank at the Public office of the Quai Dorsay. Dore secured one of the largest Service Electric and Gas Com-| A national funeral will be held majorities ever given in a munici- | pany's plant at South Camden, |next Saturday afternoon for the pal election. About 30 men were engaged in| veteran French statesman, Premier Fitts and Misener were recall cleaning the tank which was 25 of France a dozen times. NEW YORK, March 9.—The east | today struggled out of a storm that | took at least 33 lives when severe| winter ruled during the past 48 hours, along the Atlantic Coast to the south and far inland. Four persons died from exposure in Kansas. A Jersey coal barge and two fish- ing schooners are missing with a total of 18 men aboard. DENTIST FACGES NEW CHARGE IN MATRICIDE CASE X McKeo;r;,— of Seattle, May Be Arraigned on First Degree Murder SEATTLE, March 9.—Prosecuting Attorney Burgunder said today he is considering changing the charge against Dr. Albert C. McKeown, matricide, from second to first de- WASHINGTON, March 9.—The House was told by the Ways and Means Committee today that no other source of revenue would yield ! the amount needed by the Treasury “with as little protest, annoyance | and disturbance” as the 225 per! cent manufactrurers’ sales tax is expected to do. ;Hargraves and John Demarco plead- The report of 5000 words 'ex- ed not guilty when arraigned on plained every provision in the new charges of kidnapping James De- bill including minority views advo- Jute, 11-year-old son of a wealthy especially a single, all-embracing |cating a $5 a barrel tax on 275 per contractor of Niles, Ohio. budget would effect a great econ- |cent beer. | The two men are also charged omy in that Territory.” - iwuh an attempt to extort. During the day, President Hoover The trial has been tentatively declared. Congress must make fur- | CHICAGO DOG WINS TRIALS set for tomorrow. ther reductions in Governmental | s | Search for a third suspect con=- expenditures. JACKSON, Miss, March 9.—Sea- tinues. The maximum penalty, if Chairman Byrns later demanded | VieW Red Dixle, female pointes, convicted, is life imprisonment. that the President submit his rec- |owned by Dr. T. G. Jones of Chi-| Young DeJute was kidnapped last ommendations to the special House | Cago, and handied by E. E. Downes week Tuesday and was not re- Economy Committee of Seneca, T, won the Cotton leased until last Saturday when States Field Trial association derby the police, acting on a tip, found him in a gambling house. The two stake, on the Mannsdale course here. men were arrested at the time. WASHINGTON, March 9—Sec- retary Ray Lyman Wilbur, of the | Interior Department has made sug- gestions for economies in his de- partment to Chairman Byrns of the House Committee on appropria- tions. The suggestions include a report showing “complicated Federal Ad- ministration in Alaska.” | The statement of the Secretary | said “unification of control, and SMITH ASKED TO QUIT BOSTON, Mass., March 9. Mayor J. M. Curley has sent a let- ter to ‘Al Smith urging him to with- draw his sanction for a Smita pledged slate of delegates in the Massachusetts primary pointing out, to him the result of the New Hampshire primary as the reason for withdrawing. W. Z. Foster Sought for Ford Riot Evidence of Criminal Syn- dicalism Is Report- ed Discovered SEATTLS, March 9.—The funeral of Edla Barklund, aged 77 years,| \mmve of Sweden and former resi- | | dent of Juneau, Alaska, is being ! held here this afternoon. ! Inquiry today failed to reveal any ,information regarding Edla Bark- |lund, mentioned in the above Asso. ciated Press dispatch. —————— TAKU MAN IS HERE Gus Beeban of Taku is in Ju-| REGISTERED AT GASTINEAU peay for a few days on business. S. Anderson is among the guests He is staying at the Alaskan' BYRNS MAKES DENIAL WASHINGTON, March 9.—Presi- dent Hoover's statement that the | entire Administrative staff was co-| operating with the Legislators seek- | ing to cut down Federal costs by reorganization, is denied by Chair- man Byrns of the Special House Northuwest Sets Up Defenses for Summer ‘Hopper Invasion’ under the City Council A spark, from a pick or shovel ices. John F. Dore announced this amar- ———————— Thousands of messages of con- - the elmre depafl,mem under Ca.p., STUCK PRlcE cops. ! until nek) June. He declared May-! was chosen. chapter - amendments. Tost ' by @ Rails Take Spurt then Lose committee and the other a manager ————————— NEW YORK, March 9.—The ad- workers against former Mayor feet square and about 15 feet above | Premier Andre Tardieu will be MAYOR-ELECT'S PROGRAM |is believed to have been the cause ~ Burial will be at the little coun- noon he would abolish the Detec- | ED BA KL“ND dolence have poured in from all L. L. “Tony” Norton as Dore plans an ouster suit to take | ADVANGE H|T or Harlin' was named by the City, The Street Railway control re- close vote. One would have estab-| Some of Gains__call vance of stocks was checked today Frank Edwards. ground. /the principal speaker at the serv- SPATTLE, March 9. — Mayor |of the explosion. |try home at Cocherel in Brittanny. tive Bureau “aristocracy” placing ZDurts of the world. Chief. Detectives and Lxeut“nan's“ will be put on beats as uniformed | DIES |N suuTH office at once instead of wailing Council only until a new -mayor| BY s E L I_I N G mains the same as before as two lished an independent five man Money of 21/2 ’; when moderate selling trickled registered at the Gastineau hotel. | through the market. Hotel. Rails showed a firm tone. Santa Russian Women Quit Their Kitchens; Go Into F actorws‘c MOSCOW, March 9.—Housewives rapidly are becoming things of the past in "Moscow and other parts of Soviet Russia. The success of the goyernment’s campaign to attract more women into industrial work is revealed in the capital’s latest census of house- wives, showing that at the end of 1931, there were only 100,000 here compared with 290,000 at the close; of 1930. In the preceding year, 600,000 were registered. Industry Draws Women With women already comprising more than one-third of all indus- trial workers in the Soviet Union, more and more constantly are be- ing drawn into factories and man- ufacturing plants by the state’s efforts to abolish what it terms “domestic drudgery.” T is estimated that 63 laundries | now operating in Moscow do the work formerly done by 41,000 house- wives. “Factory kitchens,” immense cookeries where thousands of meals'1932. {Fe, Union Pacific and New Haven moved up a point or two but most jof the advance was later lost. American Telephone, Consolidai- d Gas, United States Steel ana American Can were off fraction- all» Call money was renewed at 2% per cent. are prepared daily, communal din-‘ ing rooms and day nurseries are other institutions which rapidly are | % being multiplied to make it easier CLOSING PRICES TODAY for women to leave the home and| NEW YORK, March 9.—Closing get jobs. ‘quovauon of Alaska Juneau mmeI Nurseries Extend Work ‘sm.k today is 14%, American Can| Meanwhile, some day nurseries|71%, Anaconda 10%, Bethlehem operated in conjunction with fac-|Steel 22 Curtiss-Wright 1'“\.] Fox | tories, are extending their work to Films 3%, General Motors 21%, In- |the night-time as well. One young | ternational Harvester 24%, Kenne- | mother employed on a lathe during ott 10%, Packard Motors 3%, Ithe day is taking a course in ech. United States Steel 49%, Bunker |nical instruction at night and may, Hill 22. She leaves her baby five days and five nights in the factory nur- esry, where she can see him at, |stated hours, and takes him homen n the The census revealed that 18 perl DUBLIN, Mm'oh 9.—Eamon De- jcent of the present number of Valera was today elected President housewives here are over 69 years of the Irish Free State by a vote lof age. Officials hope to reduce of 81 to 68 when the Dail Eireann !be considered typical of the new woman worker. DE vALERA Nuw ito spend the day with her o NEw EXEGUT|VE {sixth, which is her day off. {the 100,000 to half by the end of!convened. He succeeds William T. lCoszrave. L) gree murder. Keown and Leslie Barret! party on the same day last as McKeown killed his moth: postponed yesterday. Barrett second degree murder. HENRY PU-Y| CHANG CHUN, Manchur 9.—Henry Pu-Yi was tod ally inaugurated Dictator new Manchurian-Mongolian in the new Presidential Palace. ese and 15 Japanese. ———.— SILVER AND BLACK Mrs. Edward Campbell. pleted the costume, Arraignments of both Dr. Me- who killed his mother at a drinking week were is also charged with IS DICTATOR Mar. y form- of the State The attendance was limited to 30 Chin- FOR LUNCHEON GOWN WASHINGTON—A dress of black chifon with cloth of silver sleeves was worn at a recent luncheon by A wide silver bracelet and small silver tur- ban, ornamented, with two small quills, one silver, one black, com- DETROIT, Mich.,, March 9.—As- serting there is “evidence of crim- inal syndicalism’ 'in the fatal riot- ing at the Dearborn Ford Motor plant, Prosecuting Attorney Harry 8. Toy today sought an immediate grand jury investigation. Search is being made for Willilam Z. Foster, National head of the ‘Communist Party. Four persons were killed and 50 injured in the rioting last Monday of 3,000 unemployed who attempted to storm the gates of the Ford plant but were stopped at the gates by the extra palrol of pollcemcn INDICTMENT ' DISMISSED NEW YORK, March 9.—The in- dictment charging former Sheriff Farley with misappropriation of funds, was dismisesd today in the General Sessions Court. Farley denied any criminal intent and sald he kept interest on money en- trusted to his care on advice of counsel. Parley was recently ousted by Gov. Franklin D, Roosevelt, Economy Committee. Byrns said mo word had come from the President except througn| MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 9. the press and he wants - | —Farmers of the northwest prairies |[not be caught unprepared again suggestions from the Pre: dvn* already have started to erect de-|this year. fenses for an expected return en-| Tons and tons of poison bran gagement of a devastating grass- | mash, made attractive by including hopper army next summer. | molasses in the mixture, will be Agriculturists predict that mil-|offered to the hungry insects in lions of the strong-winged insects— |lieu of less tasteful but more valu- even more than the hordes which|aple grain. made the 1931 visitation one of the ! most distastrous in history—are | Tmsp"::';' e B'_Spm‘; o now in the egg stage and willmake |y i ™o V‘ag‘“r‘ic"’e"unu my pe WASHINGTON, March 9. — The their appearance spring turns fonviec can be ovr B Senate has passed the $188,000,000 | into summer. | grasshoppers’ paths at a cost of Agricultural Department appropria- Alarming Situation about 30 cents an acre, and it prob- tion bill. |ably will constitute man’s chief This is the first annual supply bill to be passed by both Houses of Congress. The bill will be re- turned to the House for action on | &St a Senate amendment 180 “The number of eggs laid in the | soil last summer and fall in cert: am’ districts is alarming A | tmplsment ‘of | baftle. s, Minnesota entomolo-| On one hope only is reliance me areas as many as | Placed that the war may be sue- have been found per |Cessfully waged without great ex- e ‘)enae——that the weather may be u AG l fested are how severe, apparently have WASHINGTON, March 9—The| Out of last year's devastation |effect on the egg pods, Dr. Norris Muscle Shoals Governmen! |came intensified study by coumy\gles said. Thus, if nature is operation bill, vetoed last session of | agenis, agricultural colleges and|to come to the farmers' rescue . that from 100 m.“e‘- in the spring, for long econ- " shoppers will pe |tinued rains during the hatching Congress, was today approved un-|workaday farmers as to the habits | fectively it will have to be in a animously by the Senate Agricul-|and possible means of control of form of wet W during M As a result the northwest will ns foot in May and June. Roadsides, |g7eatly veduce the numbers of the diten banks, edges of fields and |invaders. the most thickly in-| Winter temperatures, no matter boiling out of the ground per square |season, in May and June, may wral Committee, the hoppers. and June,