The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 10, 1932, Page 1

e ———— .. e — o . THE DAILY \OL XXXIX NO. 5974. ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MLMBEi? OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ORE MYSTERY DEVELOPES LINBBERGH KIDNAPPING 222> 0000 <000 0000 00T <C00 NDERWORLD CHARACTER AT WORK STRIFE FEARED IN GERMANY ON ELECTION DAY Coverrinst Tkes Steps to| Prevent Disturbances of Any Kind | 2 HITLER LEADERS | ARE UNDER ARREST Citizens Asked to Remain| Home and Listen to Returns my Radio | | | | BERLIN, March 10—The Gov-| enment is prepared for any even-’ y which might follow the, ential election next Sunday. | There is a possibility of a gen- ral revolt of the Hitlers, Nation- | ts and Soclalists in case the election goes against them. ! Two Hitlerite leaders have been arrested at Ludwigshafen, charged ‘11 illegally manufacturing bombs. wspapers are forbidden to post clection results in their windows or even to project them by lantern £lides on screens. ! Citizens are urged to remain in, their homes and hear i by radio. DEMOCRATS IN MINNESOTA IN | OPEN BREACH Supporters of Roose vell and Smith Split—24 | Delegates Involved g the returns | | | | ST. PAUL, Minn.,, March 10—A rump convention called by support- | ers of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith | y rday disrupted the hntmonv‘ of the Democratic State Convention | and resulted in the possibility or‘ two separate Minnesota delegations ' to the National Convention. Supporters of Gov. Franklin D.| Roosevelt, apparently in possession | 'of a heavy majority of the votes, proceeded to organize, then the Smith supporters convened and vot- ed to send a list of delegates fav- orable to the 1928 standard bearer provided they can obtain seats in the national meeting. The National Convention next Juns must decide which delegation ! will be seated. Minnesota has 24 votes. COURT TERM AT | KETCHIKAN MAY | END MARCH 21 The criminal calendar has been finished at the session of the United | States District Court at Ketchikan and only civil cases are slated for| trial, according to advices receiveil| by United States Marshal Albert! White, The advices also said the court expects to adjourn my Ma:cn‘ 2. i | Alexander of Jugoslavia King‘s Hold on Ju goslavm Grows Shaky;Hidden Forces Said to Threaten Monarchy’s Stablhty KING AND HIS Rumblings of discontent in the (right) | policies of General Pera Zivkovitch, former Commander of the Royal ‘Bodygunnl, whe has been Premier since anuary, 1929. RIGHT BOWER VIENNA, March 10.—Rumblings of discontent from under the placid surface of Jugoslavia are being heard with increased distinctnes in Vienna, the whispering gallery of Balkan politics, Some of the mutterings go so far as to predict that thisspring, April for instance, may echo to outbursts of, perhaps, really serious trofible for King Alexander and his right hand man, ‘General Zikovitch. But on the surface all is se~ rene as it was before promulgation of the new constitution last Sep- tember. The document presaged %he end of the dictatorship which the king established in January, 1929. A new parliament has been assembled and since opposition par- | ties declined to take part in the voting, the legislature is 100 per cent pro-government. Furthermore, the king has the | support of a well-disciplined army, | efficient gendarmerie and an espio- ’nage system as elaborate and close- {ly drawn as any in Europe. There are also “courts extraordinary” to deal with cases involving defénse |of the realm and from their ver- | dicts there is no appeal. Opposition Ties Low The natural result is that opposi- e’ seemingly placid realm of King are ascribed to discontent with the| CHINA READY T0 NEGOTIATE PEACE TERMS ‘Government Insists on Un- conditional Withdraw- al Japan's Forces SHANGHAI, March 10.—Japanese Mmister Shigemitsu has been noti- |fied the Chinese Government is iready to enter negotiations for peace in accordance with the League of | Nations's resolution. The Chinese reply continued to insist, however, on unconditional | withdrawal of the Japanese troobs jand insists on concrete proposals from Japan. ACTION OF LEAGUE GENEVA, March 10.—A League of Nation’s committee has drawn up a resolution declaring the League cannot recognize any agreement China and Japan make under mili- tary pressure. A similar declaration was made in American Secretary of State Stimson’s note to Japan on January 7. ROME, Italy, Maren 10.— Paolo Boselli, aged 93 years, wartime Premier of Italy, until his defeat | at the battle of Caporetto, died today as a result of influenza. I thmg Leads Young Tutor to Kill Himself; Leaves Note FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, March 10: —A note directing the return of an engagement ring to a jeweler told of a failure in love which caused Roland B. Schafer, young Univer- sity of Arkansas instructor, to slip away from a party at his homeand kill himself. He bad taken a young woman to the party as his guest. It was said that she was the object of his af- fections and that his hopes to be- come engaged to her ended when Authorities here have refused to make public the name of the young that she was a stenographer inthe, business office of the university. A note and poem to his sweet-' heart was withheld by the authori- ties, pending ' its delivery to Schafer’s parents, who came here a few days later from Milwaukee, Wis. CHARGES MADE RGAINST JUDGE HAWAIIANGAS Affidavit s Filed Claiming Christy Prejudiced and Therefore Disqualified HONOLULU, March 10.—Defense counsel in the Fortesque-Massie case have filed an affidavit charg- ing that Judge Christy is prejudiced and, therefore, disqualified to sit in the trial, it was announced here today. Christy exerted his official influ- ence and forced the Grand Jury to return indictments charging second degree munrder when the jurors did not want to find any indict- ments of any nature. SEATTLE BUILT SHIP ABANDONED pAOLO BoseLLl DURING STORM DIES IN ROME Thirty-four Members of Crew Are Rescued ! Off Atlantic Coast NEW YORK, marcn 10.—The col- lier H. F. de Bardeleben has been iabandoned off the coast and the crew of 3¢ men have been taken |aboard the freighter Langanbank.; | The transfer was made in a storm, 1600 miles east of here. The collier, formerly the Brem- erton, buflt at Seattle, lost her |rudder and was tossed about for /three days by the storm berorc the ‘crew was rescued. { - GAME POACHERS IN ' KENAI IMPRISONED The defense alleges that Judge! tion people make no great show of courage as individuals. They take { jobs in government offices if they | can get them, or even in the army |and gendarmerie, wear ‘“yes-man” i smiles, and lie low until an oppor- tunity for a sudden and, mayhap, bloody overthrow of those in power | presents itself. It is this characteristic of south- ern Slav opposition which made these provinces a terror to ‘the |Ottoman sultans and is making | them today a worry to their own rnauvc born King Alexander. | Before the new constitution was {given to the people, defining the re- | sponsibilities of the cabinet minis- Iters and Parliament to the king, bub omitting to mention to whom, lr anybody, the king was responsi- ‘ble‘ most of the regime's attention was absorbed by Crotia and Mace- | donla. King Loses Support The “loyal” provinces — Monte- | negro, where Alexander was horn, and Serbia, Bosnia, and Herzego- vina, stronghold of his most pow- erful supporting factions — were quiet. The people believed in Alex- ander and in his promise to give them back their liberties as soon as | conditions warranted. In the five months that have passed since the promulgation of the constitution, however, observers have noted a change in the situa- tion. The king has lost many faithful supporters. Recent student demon- strations were not led by the Croats and Macedonians, but by Serbs, Montenegrins and Bosnians, form- erly his loyal subjects. In Verbska Banja, where Premier Zikovitch was taking a cure, he was grazed by a bullet fired by a student from Belgrade University No newspaper in Jugoslavia repori- ed the incident, and the young man’s family was notified shortly afterward that he had committed suicide. The last really good opportunity for the King to save the situation. |according to some observers, was | given by the opening of parliament. !But he read to the legislators a | carefully, prepared speech from the throne which omitted any mention of a return to liberty, freespeech and a free press, and summed up the dictatorship by remarking that (Continuea en Page Six) HUNDREDS OF - FISHERMEN IN GRAVE DANGER i‘\re Adrift on Ice Floes in mmmuummm-mmm his proposals of marriage and he Warden W. B. Healy. had threatened suicide for nevenl‘ Peter Bulshana, Peter Deloy, Fidel days. | Cortez and Lewis de la Torre were It was learned that he had car-|charged with illegal possession of ried a revolver with him for a!|moose meat. Upon conviction . in week. the United States Commissioner's The girl was quoted as saying|Court, each was sentenced by Judge sh.emompamedhhnwthepafl:ywmhml' Pnfl!hl:o.'iodayshn- woman, but it has been learned X beuueu!nduireoo\:heermm. Mozmmmmmm Alaska Game Commission. |y Four Filipino residenis of Kenail Schaefer, who was only twemy‘}were arrested, tried and convicted Gl.l“ Of leand— five years old, had been instructor |last month for violation of the Al- in English and German at the uni- aska Game Law, according to ad- versity for two years. |mmmmmflv 100 Rescued HELSINGFORS, Finland, March Oie i ™ Boatmen have rescued about 100 of '100 fishermen stranded on ice fl in the Gulf of Finland. The ice broken loose during the storms of the fiut two days. At least 100 horses are seen.hud~ dled on' two floes but so far boat- men have been unable to reach them. The “horses were used 0 'haul in mets and also to carry jflsh ashore. NEW SEATTLE MAYOR PLANS DRASTIC MOVE Will Allow Interest on Rail- way Bonds to Lapse, Force Receivership PLANS THEN TO BUY IN' MUNICIPAL LINES Salaries of ?ly Employees Over $3,000 to Be Cut to that Amount SEATTLE, March 10.—The most drastic shake-up in years is plan- ned by John F. Dore, new Mayor of Seattle. He has served notice on the Puget Sound Power and Light Company that the city would de- fault in interest on the street car bonds and force the municipal sys- tem into a receivership. He then plans for the city to purchase the system from the receiver for $1,- 000,000. Mayor-Elect Dore also declared that all city salaries over $3,000 a reduced to year must be that amount. Yesterday Dore announced radi- cal changes in the Police Depart- ment, abolishing the Detective Bureau and further announcing he would appoint L. J. “Tony” Norton as Chief of Police and Detectives. Police Lieutenants, Dore also an- nounced, would be put in uniforms and placed on beats. B STOCK MARKET HAS DULL DAY; ISSUES STEADY International Silver ;Goes|| Up to New High— Auburn Advances NEW YORK, March 10.—Leading stocks traveled the narrow path today and trading was dull. International Silver rose more than three points to a new high. Auburn went up four and one ‘half points. [Hershey Chocolates was off three points. United States Steel, American Can and American Telephone anrd Telegraph were steady. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 10.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juheau mine stock today is 15, American Can 70%, Anaconda 97, Bethlehem Steel Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 3%, General Motors 20%, Interna- tional Harvester 23 Kennecott 10%, Packard Motors 3%, United States Steel 48%, Bunker Hill, sale. U.S:Ihmi}:v Will Remain in Shanghai Withdrawal Will Not Be Authorized Yet— Weather Severe WASHINGTON, March 10.—The Government has decided that the Thirty-first Infantry will not be withdrawn immediately from Shang- hai although conditions are report- ed to be quiet. The severe weather is urged as one reason for return of the infantry to the base at Manila. no DESTROYERS TO LEAVE SHANGHAI, March 10, — Five United States destroyers are to re- turn to Manila as the result of im- proved conditions here. el Charles G. Kartak, of Anchor- age, who froze his feet some time ago at Lake Spenard, and who -{was taken to the hospital in An- chorage for treatment, underwent an operation a few days ago, it having been found necessary to amputate the left foot just above the ankle and the great toe of his right foot. shown bucking 20-foot drifts to go DRIFTS MAROON TRAINS IN ROCKIES f TWO GENERAL RUMORS ARE GIVEN DENIAL Report that ‘Baby Boy Is Near Home, or Aboard Train, Refuted PRESIDENT HIBBEN ON SECRET VISIT {New Yor k Gangters Are Further Involved—Di- rector On Scene HOPEWELL, N. J., March 10. — Rumors that the kid- napped baby of Col. and Mrs. | Charles A. Lindbergh, abduct- A powerful rotary snow plow, marooned by a blizzard in the Rockies of Colorado. the marooned trains lived on turkey stew made with water from| snow .'md an express shnpment of t\lrkeys | |ed the night of March 1, has | Ibeen found within five miles | |of the Lindbergh home or is | being brought by train from i Chicago, were both denied by |the State Police authorities Associated Press Pho pushed by three locomotive: to the rescue of passenger trains Passengers on JACK PICKFORD LOSES SPOUSE \Loday but at a questioning SEARCH WATERS NEAR WRANGELL FOR J. L. GRANT, Sairdef ;fo;;;ent Busmess Man Disappears—DBe- lieved Drowned BULLETIN—Wrangell. Alas- ka, Maroh 10—The body of John L. Grant, son of a Wran- gell hotel owner, has been found in deep water in the harbor near the hotel. It is believed he fell in the water Sunday. | WRANGELL, Alaska, March 10.—! John L. Grant, aged 24 years, son of J. G. Grant, business man, has been missing since last Sunday and it is feared he has drowned. A search is being made of the‘ waters in this vicinity. Grant is believed to have left on a trip for somewhere in a small MARY MULHERN (above) JACK PICKFORD LOS ANGELES, March 10.—Be- cause Jack Pickford, film and stage actor, was described as having a “terrific jealous natu and as a man who seldom ate and hardly | ever went to bed, Mary Mulhern, actress, is in possissionn of a di-| vorce. “He would seldom . get up until’ 3 or. 4 o'clock in the afternoon,” said Miss Mulhern ’Aml it was a continual struggle to get him to eat.” Miss Mulhern said Pickford be-| came enraged because she had ap- peared on the stage, although he| had given her permission to do so. Miss Mulhern was Pickford's| third wife. His first was Olive Thomas, who died in Paris, and his second, Marilyn Mililer, musi- cal comedy star. NEGRO ROBBER SHODTS THREE NEW ORLEANS, La., March 10. —Percy Thompson, a negro robber, and a prisoner in the local jail, was killed in a second attempt to break free after he shot and killed three policemen and wounded a jail trusty. e Of the 24537864 active spindles } boat, Associated Press Pholo | dent at the University of Wash-! {ington and for the past two seasons | iworked as surveyor at the Cassiar |Hydraulic Mines, north of Tele-| ;graph Creek. Grant is reported to have been {in excellent health and spirits at Lh(' time of his (hsappe rance. MRS. HOOVER ENDS CRUISE WASHINGTON, March 10.—Mrs. Herbert Hoover returned to the White House today after a 15-day cruise aboard the Department of Commerce motorship Sequoi. She i spent most of the time in Florida. She was accompanied by a party ol friends. He was an engineering stu- at the press conference, the police denied that President { Hibben, of the Princeton Uni- versity, visited the Lind- berghs last night. An Asso- ciated Press man, however, did see Dr. Hibben at the home early last evening. Gov. A, Harry Moore said - it is his personal opinion the baby is safe and well. Has Contacted The New York News today says that from an unimpeach- able source close to Col. Lind- bergh, it is revealed that con- tact has been established with (Continuea on Page Two) e KIDNAP CASE ' SCENE COMES T0 NORTHWEST Abduction Planned in Van- { couver, B. C., Is Re- port Circulated SEATTLE, March 10. — Federal authorities are investigating rumors {the Lindbergh kidnapping was plati- ned in Vancouver, B. C., before the child was born. Mounted Police there questioned Mrs. ‘J. Vanderweg and her hus- band, known as “Tiger Jack White,” a wrestler. " Both denied they knew Betly Gow, the baby's nurse, who is re- ported to have visited Vancouver two years ago, or to have intro- duced her to a financial man. An arrest is expected in the United States, the Canadian po- lice sald. ‘Unwritten L Canadian Jury Frees Killer; aw’ Recognized OTTAWA, March 10—Although cautioned by the bench that Cana- dian justice does not recognize the “unwritten law,” an assize court jury bas exonerated Ben S. Edel- son, forty, from blame in connec- tion with the death of Jack Hor- witz, thirty-one, whom Edelson ac- cused of wrecking his home. Horwitz was shot and fatally —were linked was an open secref to the two families. Mr. Horowitz, widow of the dead man, testified. Some two years ago, she stated, her father and brother had inter- ceded and had called a family gathering at which Horwitz and Mrs. Edelson pledged themselves to break off their relations with each other, but the pledge had not been kept. wounded during a struggle with On the night of the shooting, Edelson in the former’s jewelry store here two months ago. Edel- son admitted that he had produced a revolver and threatened the other man with death if he did not promise to break off relations with Mrs. Edelson, but he denied that he had any intention of keep- ing this threat and swore that the revolver had accidentally dis- charged when Horwitz grappled with him. Edelson testified, he had deter- in the United States, 16,855,940 are in the cotton growing states of the| south, The domestic triangle in which Horwitz and Mrs. Edelson — the;simd that they |o uo ‘Horwitz's | latter the mother of seven children, | store.