The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1932, Page 1

i3 “would “cut off its nose to spite its THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ) VOL. XXXIX NO. 5975. CAPONE Lo o g d 29D PO DD 3 ccoT “ALL THE NEWS A ]UNEAU ALASKA FRlDA\ MARCH II <CCoC LL THE TIME” 1932, ’\/IhMBF R OF P3P O GO-BETWEEN REPOTED T@ PEAGE PRUGRAM SIND - JAPANESE GASE APPROVED Assembly of League of Na-| tions Adopts Three- Point Program JAPAN AND CHINA REFUSE TO VOTE| All Powers to ASSISt in Maintaining Order in Shanghai Area EVA, March y of the League of Nations) approved the three - point | gram for the settlement of the| -Japanese controversy. yreements reached by military are not to be recognized. The program accepts China’s that the Assembly is com- to deal with the entire ques- t issue. 1 Pow are requested to as- maintaining order in Shang- A committee of 19 members of Assembly will supervise peace nz and set up machinery for | evacuation of the Japanese bs now in the entire Shanghai area. Japan and China delegates ab- | ed from voting when the pro-| was formally approved. The | ancse delegation had been in-| ucted - from - Tokyo not.- to vote.} on the program. BOARD SAILS KOBE, Japan, March 11.-—The[ League of Nations Manchurian | Beard of Inquiry today cailed for Shanghai after a 12-day visit in| INQUIRY FRASER RIVER FISH GROUNDS MAY BE CLOSED Refusal of U. S. Senate to| Ratify Treaty Causes Action by B. C. =g VICTORIA, B. C., March 11.—As| the result of the further refusal of the United States Senate to| ratify the treaty negotiated by Canada with the United States five | years ago for preservation of the| salmon fisheries on the Fraser) River, the British Columbia author- ities will urge upon the Dominion Parliament at Ottawa a complete cbliteration of the salmon in thet river and the development of the northern fisheries. It is intimated in Government circles here that non-ratification by the United States Senate is bas- ed on complaints made by the State of Washington. NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY SEATTLE, March 11.—Victor El- fendahl, former President of the Association of Pacific Fisheries, said he did not take seriously the im- plied' threat that the British Co- lumbia and Canadian Governments | face.” He said transplanting of sockzyes has been tried before without suc- cess. He said he did not see how the loss of the Fraser River spawn- | ing grounds, the largest in the territory, could b: made up. | Elfendahl said most of the can-| nery men were in favor of the treaty but Gov. R. H. Hartley, ofl 11.—The As-|, |faulty material Polue Qluz Her S(ulor F rwml NEw [}LUE IS Associated Press telepheto of Betty Gow, nursemaid fo the stolen baby of Col. and Mrs. Charles A L “Red” Johnson is questioned by police in Hartford, Conn. e satisfied Miss Gow had no part in the abduction officers said they wers after she had been questioned. ROSENDAHL IS " TRANSFERRED T0 SEA DUTY Loses Command of Airship| Akron—Committee Makes Report WASHINGTON, March 11.—The House Naval Committee agreed that no poor workmanship or is shown in the construction of the airship Akron but it “was admitted by Navy rep- resentatives that the ship was over | weight and the Goodyear- -Zeppelin Corporation has been penalized $25,000. While there might have been an attempt at sabotage, ev- erything was done in time to pre- vent anything of this nature.” The report was followed by a Navy order sending Lieutenant. Commander Rosendahl, the Akron commander, to sea after nine years in the airship service. Rosendahl is succeeded by Com- mander Alger H. Drnssel ALEX PANTAGES 1S SUED FOR THO. LARGE. AMOUNTS | Bank Brings Action for| $23,000—Clary Asks for Over $5,000 Washington, was opposed to it. .o —— SLUMP HELPS MANILA AUTOS 11.—Motorists | MANILA, Mu-ch of the Philippine capital find some | balm for busines sconditions in the | fact that 70v caramotas, the two- wheeled pony carts which were a problem in Manila’s narrow streets, were withdrawn from service when their owners failed to raise the LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 11. Suit for $23,651, alleged due on a promissorsy mnote, has been filed against Alexander Pantages and his | associates by the Central National Bank. The note is signed by J. H.! Shreve, acting for the firm of Pan- | Shreve and Company. ! tages, Mills, In another suit, Pantages is sued | |for $5,052 by Charles Clary for ser-| |vices as an investigator and busi- ness a,gent Eight of the 18 representatives in | Congress from Texas and both Sen- ators are formerly University of license fee of $4, ‘Tens students. indbergh, whose “boy friend,” Henry New Jersey THREE SLATES IN CALIFORNIA \Supporters of Roosevelt, | Garner and Smith ‘ Seek Delegates i SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 11. — Slates for delegates to the { Democratic National Convention for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, John N. Garner and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith have been filed by sup- |porters: for the Presidential pri- mary election to be held in Cali- " | fornia on May 3. B Antonio, Tex., physicians re- moved a needle from the arm of {Moses Taylor after it had been lodged there 25 years. I | San | | | named with Itving Bitz @ as -*‘mfi!fl his present trial in REPORTED IN: KIDNAP GASE Salvatore Spltale May Come West Following Late Information ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES § PLANS OF HIS CLIENT One Report_:Tc;oks Pretty Good” and Will Be Investigated } | - NEW YORK, March 11.—' Counsel for Salvator Spl@ale,'» 20 - betweens for t h e Kinds berghs, said Spitale has Been receiving hundreds of tips daily, one of which “looks pretty good.” o3 Spitale’s attorney added that his client will leave for ' the West to follow one tip as the Federal Court, on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Prohibition law, is completed. Both Spitalé and Bitz are members gangland - NEW EVIDENCE' IS DISCOVERED IN VANCOUVER “Red” Johnson Mt Miss | Gow There — Was on Yacht, Alaska Tour VANCOUVER, B. C., March 11— } When confronted late yesterday afternoon by an unnamed man, Mrs. J. Vanderweg, told the Mount- ed Police that she did introduce him to Miss Betty Gow, nurse maid in the household of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, and the last person to see the kidnapped baby. Earlier in the day, the investiga- tion into the kidnapping shifted to this city on rumors the kidnapping was planned here before the baby was born. Mounted Police question- ed Mrs. Vanderweg and her hu bank, known as “Tiger Jack White." Both at first denied they knew Miss Gow, who visited Vancouver two years ago. Later Mrs Vanderweg made the i. 1 of New York's Associated Press telephoto of located in Newark, N. J., addressed to Col. Lindbergh saying the kidnapped baby was safe. States one of the late portraits of Charles A Lindbergh, Jr., and a posteard ASSOCIATED PRESS COTC 229 PRICE TEN CENTS SEEKS RELEASE T0 HUNT FOR KIDNAPPERS b a g2 d 299> HAVE TIP Postcard Note ssoclated Press above statement concerning the in- troduction of Miss Gow to a man. Henry Johnson, Miss Gow’s sweet- heart, who is under arrest in Hart- ford, Connecticut, in connection with the abduction, is reported to have been in Vancouver at the same time as Miss Gow. He was then a sailor on a yacht belonging to Thomas Lamont, banker, then on an Alaska cruise, two years ngo’ [ BALLET DEPICTS MILL MANCHESTER, IIi, Mar. 11.—No —As part of an outdoor cotton pageant here next June, 1,000 danc- ers are being trained for a ballet which will depict a mill n wak- ing up, going to work, ng ma- chinery, spinning cotton and weav- ing the yarn. There will be room for 40,000 specunors Associated Press telephoto of a sceme in front of the home of Cel. and Mrs. Charles A. L | Home Center of Intense Actwlty as Baby Is Stolen from Nurs indbergh their son had been kidnapped, The woman in the group in front of ¢ he door is Mrs, Lindbergh, at Hopewell, N. J,, shortly after STOCK MARKET RIFTS LOWER, TRADING TODAY f:Many Losses of From One | Pomt and Over Sus- 1 tained by Issues NEW YORK, March 11—The Stock Market drifted a little lower toward midday. Numerous losses of from one to one and one half points were re- ported, including Allieid Chemica:, United States Steel, American Can, American Tobacco “B,” Borden | Eastman and Union Pacific, Further runs of shorts Auburn up five points but most oX this advance was -l during the | closing hours of trading. CLOSING PRICES NEW YORK, M quotation of Al a Juneau mine stock today is 14'¢, American Can 68%, Anaconda 10, DL hlehem Sw("‘ 21, Curtiss-Wrig 1%, Fox Films, no sale; General Motors 20%, In- ternational Harvester 23'%,” Kenne- cott 9%, Packard Motors 3%, United | States Steel 46'¢, Bunker Hill, no| | sale. carried | TODAY h 11.—Closing | —— e —— |Foreign Jazz Bands Are Barred by Danes COPENHAGEN, March 11.—On has notified all forelgn fams \‘ur is in the country to leave and today and was extremely apathetic | GANG LEADER BELIEVES HE CAN GET BABY Willing to Put Up $200,- 000 Bond to Be Freed from County Jail ARTHUR BRISBANE HAS TALK WITH GANGSTER Editorial Writer Not Act- ing for Authorities or for Lindberghs CHICAGO, I, March 11.— “Scarface” Al Capone, yester- day said he was “pretty sure” he could get the abducted son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh back if he was released on bond from the Cook County Jail where he is confined pending the outcome of his appeal from income tax evas- ion convietion. The gang leader insisted he “never dreamed the Lind- bergh kid would be kidnapped and had absolutely nothing {to do with it, but probably lCommuea on Fuze Eixht) AUTHORITIES AND NEWSMEN ARE AT OUTS Reporters Chat ged with ! Dictating Search—They Come Right Back HOPEWELL, N. J, Marcer 11— ‘The Chief of the New Jersey State Police today charged the press with attempting to dictate to them and also interferring with the police work. The police announced a discontinuance of the twice a day conference at which questionnaires were submitted by the newspaper- men and replies solicited. All information regarding the de- velopments in the Lindbergh kid- napping case will be issued in bul- letin form. Some of the newspapermen felf they were not receiving accurate information. The police action in discontinuing the twice a day press conferences was precipitated when reporters asked an explanation for discrepancies in previous answers on different days. The police answered that no bloodhounds were available then, but that more than 300 could have been made available two hours after the kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. MYSTERIOUS DIRECTOR 1S OUT ON BAIL Morris Rosn—er. at Lind- bergh's Home Involv- ed, Grand Larceny HOPEWELL, N. J, March 11— Police Commissioner Mulrooney, of New York City, today said that Morris Rosner, man of mystery, ]who has called at the Lindbergh home during the past few days, and reported to be there as sort of & “director” in negotiations with gangsters Spitale and Bitz, as go- betweens, is out on bail on a grand larceny charge involving stock sales. Henry “Red” Johnson, sweetheart of Betty Gow, nursemaid in the Lindbergh household and the last to see the baby before the abduc- tion, revealed that he was placed under arvest on March 8 on & charge of violation of the immigra- | has announced that no more alien Jorchestras will be admitted, (Continued ou Page Eight)