The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 12, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5976. JUNEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY MARCH 12 |932 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATI:D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS IMPORTANT CLUE IS GIVEN IN LINDBERGH KIDNAP 202> 2099 <CCCC ©Co0 222> CCCT Lo o d 29920 TOMBS PR}ISONER IS SPIRITED AWAY PREDICT NEW REVENUE BILL WILL GO OVER House Lead;:Have Faith Measure Will Be Pass- ed Unchanged SALES TAX BRINGS OUT BIG OPPOSITION Proposed T;;n 2.75 Per Cent Beer to Get Big Vote Is Claim WASHINGTON, March 12.—House leaders prediot the new revenue bill will be passed substantially unchanged despite the turbulent ion to the sales tax on Vi ¢y all manufactured products. presentative LaGuardia claims ort of the Independents of es for the amendment to shift part of this burden to lux- uries and higher incomes which he | said will be made to yizld $158.- 000,000 more than under the pres- ent plan The proposal to legalize and tax | 2.75 per cent alcohol beer will draw a big vote but it is not considered to have a chance of passing. PG LGS 12 GANNERIES F LIBBYS T0 BE OPERATED Concern Will Not Cut QOut Single Plant, Coming Season Bm SEATTLE, March 12.—Libby, Mc- Neill and Libby will operate on their usual scale this coming sea- son Twelve Alaskan canneries will be operated employing the usual com- plement of 2,600 men, David W. Branch, Seattle manager, in charge of Alaska operations, said yester- day. Although he said he did not con- sider last year's pack profitable to the company, Mr. Branch said they sold 100,000 more cases of salmon | than their own pack. He said he| expects better prices next year. The first contingent of cannery workers left several idays ago for the north and will be followed by others. .- USES DOGTEAM T0 MAKE RACE AGAINSTDEATH Interior Man Wins After Continuous Trip of 150 Miles FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 12. —Thomas Moriarty raced his dog- team 150 miles in 52 hours in an effort to save the life of his friend, Thomas Kennedy. Moriarty started down the frozen Black River with Kennedy on his sled. He covered 20 miles, then Kennedy's condition became so se- rious Moriarty was forced to leave his friend at a neighbor's cabin and continue 130 miles to Fort Yukon alone. Mushing day and night, stopping only long enough to feed his dogs, Moriarty finished his trip with his dogs and himself exhausted. At Fort Yukon, a radio was sent to Fairbanks and Pilot Ed. Young flew to the Black River country and took Kennedy to the hospital at Fort Yukon where doctors gave the patient a fair chance to re- cover. e MARY BERGSTROM KINED ON LIQUOR LAW CHARGE Mary Bergstrom, charged with violation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law, yesterday entered a plea of guilty in the local United States ‘Commissioner's court. She was fined $50 by Judge Charles Sey. This recent snapshot of Charles A, vesemblence to his famous father. ICHINESE LOSE IN FIGHT WITH NIPPON FORGES Biisk Skirmish Reported Early Today—More Troops Landed SHANGHAI, March 12.—Japan- ese military officials said a brisk skirmish between Chinese cavalry and Japanese infantry, north of Kating, lasted for over an hour early today. Here Is Baby Lmdy s Lates Lindbergh, Jr., shows his striking The picture was made by Colone Lindbergh a few weeks ago. Stork Benehclary The Japanese said ths Chinese suffered heavy casualties but the| Thousands of Japanese soldiers | have been landed at Woosung. | Japanese officials said they hope | for the best from the peace par- leys but the army is preparing | for the worst. U. 5. TO COOPERATE WASHINGTON, March 12—The United States is ready to cooperaie with Great Britain, France and Italy in effecting arrangements for the evacuation of the Japanese in Shanghai under the League of Na- tions's plan. Secretary of State Stimson has sent this notification | to Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary of the League. JOAN BENNETT, GENE MARKEY T0 WED SOON Screen Star and Screen | Writer Obtain License in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 12— Joan Bennett, screen actress, and Gene Markey, screen writer, have obtained a licensz to be married here next Wednesday. Markey is a |native of Jackson, Michigan, author of several wellknown movies. Miss Bennett .was divorced more than three years ago from John N. Fox, of Seattle. e —————— CONE IS SENTENCED BY SEY TO FOUR MONTH TERM Gene Cone, charged with viola- tion of the Alaska Bone Dry Law, was convicted in the United States ‘Commissioner's court here and in the local Federal jail by Judge Charles Sey. . | Nippon troops came through w:ch‘ L none killed. | 7 The arrival of an 8- pound baby girl to Mrs. Bud Stillman, the for- mer Lena Wilson, who became the | bride of the heir to Banker James A. Stillman’s millions, just about fills the cu ol h& piness of the young couple, abe was born in a oston hoeplTli! The young papa and ionaire grand- dad were there to welcome the new member of the clan. LAST RITES FOR BRIAND PARIS, March 12—Thousands of French people and representatives of 57 nations united today in fun- eral services for the late Aristide Briand, veteran French statesmen and “Apostle of Peace.” The eulogy was pronounced by Premier Andre Tardieu. REAL SPORT IS ALL OFF WASEINGTON, March 12—The Senate has passed the bill to pre- vent boats from carrying passengers to ships outside of the three mile limit to those engaged in a prac- law. The measure is aimed-at re- _sort ships off the coasts. HAS PROFIT ON T8-GENT VALUES Shows Net of $53,500' Ore Averaging 78.3 Cents in February With recovery values for month averaging but 78.34 cents ton, the Alaska Juneau's operat for February netted a surplus | the company of $53500, accor to the estimated results of o] tions issued from San Fr: headquarters and made public today by L. H. Metzgar, Gel Superintendent. During the month there Wi mined and tramimed to the mil total of 318490 tons of ore. Ti average value was considerably I than the averages for all of The monthly statement of #§ company follows: | Tons mined and = trammed mill—318,490. Cents Per Ton $240,000 7818 500 lG Total 3 $249,500 Operating Expenditures Mining and Tram- ming -...$106,500 Milling All other Juneau op- erating costs ... New York Stock Transfer and San | Prancisco Office Expenses - Operating Revenue Gold Lead and Silver 9,500 Total . $197,000 Operating Profit ...$ 52,500 Other revenue less outside prospecting.$ 1,000 Surplus $ 53,500 e e BANDIT SUSPECT CORNERED, KILLS HIMSELF, WIFE Suicide andTlayer Identi- fied as Son of Mayor of Wenatchee, Wash. SAN JOSE, Cal, March 12—The bandit suspect who shot and killed himself and his young wife, when cornered yesterday in the hills back of Cupertino, has been identified as Sheldon Jackson Mooney, aged 30, son of Mayor John Mooney of Wenatchee, Washington. Mrs. Mooney was the former Opal Vick- ers, of Portland, Oregon. The couple was surrounded after shooting a deputy sheiff four times and after they had attempted to escape by automobile up a blind road. Mooney was sought as the sus- pected bandit who shot a Los An- geles policeman in a drug store holdup last month. Narcotics were found in the au- tomobile. Mooney was a licensed airplane pilot and former student at three well known universities. e LAST HUNDRED FISHERMEN ARE TAKEN OFF ICE Seven Hunm Are Res- cued from Floes Adrift in Finland Waters HELSINGFORS, Finland, March 12.—The last 100 fishermen have been rescued from the drifting ice floes. They lived on cold raw fish and huddled together in flimsy tents for three days. The ice broke away during a storm and over 700 fishermen were caught and carried out to sea. All have been rescued. ——el e ‘Minerva Moore, 4-H club girl of sentenced to serve four months|tice forbidden under this country's|Mt. Vernon, Ky. produced 22020 pounds of tobacco on an acre and l'nade a profit of $275, ALASKA JUNEAU siude la wrs, was used to gain entrance to CoL LINDBERGH AND MRS. LINDBERGH [T AT DINNER AT D uT This diagram depicts the haj bergh home at Hopewell N. f dopewell, N. J. Photo on the rlght is a close-up »f the house from the second story of which the Lone Easles baby was kidnaped from his crib, A dcr, apparently fashioned by the abduc- How Kldnapers Stole thtle Lindy penings in the Lind- from which Charles room. the child’s bed- " Where Lmdy s Son Vamshed MWW At right is an aerial view of the Lindbergh estate, showing the house (circled) set in the midst of 400 acres of woodland. The isolated position of the house made it a simple matter for the kidnapers to come and go without encountering anyone who might supp}y a clue to their escape. A. Lindbergh, Jr., was kidaaped while his par: sat in Lha drawiag rooms MANY ISSUES ARE INVOLVED KIDNAP CASE Unanswered Questions En- hance Importance of “Inside” Work HCPEWELL, N. J, March 12— Countless questions face investi- gators seeking to solve the kidnap- ping. of Charles Augustus Lind- berg, Jr., “the world’s most famous baby.” Countless possibilities must he checked in attempting to recon- struct the kidnapping. What are investigators doing specifically? The public, further removed from the scene, is puzzled by additional gaps in information caused to some ex- tent by necessary official secrecy. The following list of questions shows ‘the various leads that have been run down by those seeking to solve the kidnapping. Some of these questions are answered in news articles. Investigators are seeking the answers to others as they work on the case. | How was the kidnapper able to| time the visit so perfectly? How did he learn the Lindberghs would remain at Hopewell two days | longer than they had intended? Did he stumble upon any “inside information’ 'as to what time the baby would be alone and unguard- ed? If the baby slept alone all night why did the kidnapper enter be- tween 7:30 P. M. and 10 P. M. i stead of waiting until Colonel a ‘Hopewell, knowing that police would | Mrs. Lindbergh were asleep? Had he figured on boldly attempting to| escape by the 10 P. M. train from expect him to use na auto? ‘Were there any unusual cireum- | stances which explain why no one | was within earshot of the baby, 1 (Cantinued on Puge Eight) 2 Denounce(l As Sentence ls Imposed Former SealtTLoan Asso-| ciation Heads Call- ed Despoilers SEATTLE, March 12. — Adolph Linden and E. W. Campbell victed of embezzling funds of the defund Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association, sentenced yester- day from five to fiftéen years in the State Penitentiary, have given notice of appeal. Their bonds were permitted to stand during the ap- peal action. Judge Steinert, in pronouncing sentence, denounced Linden and Campbell as despoilers of widows, newsboys, school children and scrub- women. . An unidentified woman punched Campbell, who was on crutches, after the court adjourned, ying “Get out you big millionaire crook.” Linden and Campbesll were former Presidents of the defunct associa- tion, Predicts State Control of Liquor Plan Will Be Killed WASHINGTON, March 12— Representative Blanton, of Tex as, believes that when the State control ¢f liquor plan is voted on next Monday it will be “kill- ed by the first shot. When snakes as big as my arm come through my State, do you think we take two shots? No.' Although defeat is assured, the wet bloc seeks a record vote on Prohibition. LA H S Sickness among smhool children is estimated by Dr. J. R. Earp, di- rector of the New Mexico bureau of public health, to cost the state's year, ” |on Easter Sunday, taxpayers approximately $800,000a J PROVED FALSE, MYTH PERSISTS ABOUT THE BOY ]dle Gossip Says Lindbergh Baby, Deaf and Dumb —Perfectly Normal con- | HOPEWELL N. J. March 12— Not even the tragedy of the Lind- bergh kidnapping prevails entirely against the myths that have been built up about the Lindbergh baby. Many persons in the United States | picture the child as a deaf and dumb defective. Gossip may be charged with this belief, which is as widespread as it is erroneous. The truth is that {Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was, at the time he was abducted, as healthy a youngster as any mother and father could desire and per- fectly normal, But the gossips, irked probably !by Colonel Lindbergh's refusal to | let his son grow up under the spot- | light, refuse to have it so. In ef- (fect they have insisted—sometimes (by the most vicious sort of innuen- | do—&hat any child must be' peculiar ‘wnosc parents refuse to show it off. l Begun On Flight | This propaganda concerning the | Lindbergh baby began with the pre- !natal flight across the continent i 1930. Dire things | were predicted as a result. Column- lists had their say; old ladies shook their heads; it was authoritatively reported '}n' the child had been rely due to the trans- ; that it had been into the world dead. se rumors, which the Lind- orned to dignify by a de- > refuted in the course of they sprang up again in form and with renewed | berghs | nial, we ‘umo but different vigor. Persistent Stories S0 | tent were the tales that (Continued on Page Two) | Prisoner in SUSPECT TAKEN FROM NEW YORK 0 NEW JERSEY ombs Gives Important Informa- tion, It Is Said SEARCH BEING MADE, SECOND MAN IN CASE Trio Believed Implicated in JCrime—Appeal to Underworld BULLETIN—NEW YORK, March 12. — Morris Rosner, Col. Lindbergh’s gangland fix- er, announced late this after- nocn he has definite knowl- edge that the baby is alive and safe and will be return- ed. FIVE SUSPECTS HOPEWELL, N. J., March 12.—Of five men suspected of stealing the baby son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh from his crib on the night of March 1, two drop- ped out. One of these men who abandoned the plot, which was conceived, according to all beliefs, last November, has {been brought here from the Tombs Prison, New York City. Another is being sought in an attempt to find the three others who are believed to have carried the plot through. The Tombs prisoner’s name is closely guarded. He was brought here after he had been interviewed by Morris Rosner, underworld agent for the Lindberghs. If this clue reveals any- thing, it changes the situa- tion expressed by New York man-hunters that the plot was executed by those on the “in- side.” Appeal Made A circular offering every one in |the underworld to give information under a pledge of strict secrecy, has been sent to every police de- partment in the country after ap- proved by J. Edgar Hoover, Chiet of the Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice. Later, the New Jersey State Po- lice denied the plea granting im« munity to the abductors them- selves. Detective’s Views Acting Captain James Coy, of the New York force, one of the detectives who broke the Rosen- thal abduction, and Michael Fias- chetti, Italian veteran of a score of Black Hand abductions, have in- sisted on the “inside job” clue. Fiaschetti was sure it was not a professional job. “How could they expect to get the money? Why pick on a man so prominent as Lindbergh? They talk about a gang from the Middle West. A gang would know that it's much easier to get $100,000 from a lucky gambler or a racketeer than kidnap the best-known baby in the world. What's more, a gang would not know where the baby slept, which window was unfastened, what time the child was put to bed and when the nurse was out of the room. “Concentrate on the Servants” “This was an inside job, done by somebody with brains enough to plan the job, but not enough ex- perience to see how hard it would be to collect. If I were on the case I would concentrate on people who knew the house. They talk about workmen. All right, workmen could know where the room was. But how would they know the child was alone, how would they know abouf the unhooked screen?” Crank Notes Both men agreed that the Lind- (Continuea on Page Eight)