The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \fo' xxx1x NO. 5981. MEMBER OF ASSOC[ATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SECRET CONFEREN SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY PRESSED ON Something mbably Re- vealed at Important Hopewell Session BELIEVE CONTACT MADE, ABDUCTORS New Developments Are Expected to Be Made, According to Report HCPEWELL, N. J., March 18— 7 Jersey State Police officials d other authorities held a secrev conference with - Col. Charles A, bergh last night, As a result the conference the search for e baby son of the Colonel, kid- ped from his crib in his nursery the night of March 1, was ssed on. No results are apparent, but the belief persists that Col. Lindbergh is in communication with the kiri- napers of his son. It is not known er the contact with the kid-; is personal or whether| the underwolrd go- bfl- P napers through tweens, New developments are expect.ed it is intimated. e e HOUSE MEASURE WOULD GUT ouUT E LINDBERGH CASE Los Angeles SoupKitchens Lose Patrons Hundreds /;e— Lopped Ofl | When Work Cards ‘ Demanded | LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 18.— Patronage of soup kitchens took a sudden decline here when custom- iers were required to show cards proving they had, if physically fit, worked three hours a day on some public project for their two meals. One soup kitchen, operated by Aimee McPherson Hutton’s Angelus Temple, fed only 32 persons yes- terday, 25 of whom had physical disability cards, whereas last week the daily average was 2,100. L. N. Watkins, who for nine | months fed an average of 900 daily, at a cost of $20,000, closed his es- tablishment when the work card requirement reduced patrons to 13. Many of his former ‘patrons, he said, who were regularly employed were hitting his place for the daily lunch. IRISH BALLAD SINGER PASSES ~ AWAY ABROAD Olcott, Who “My Wild Is Dead Chauncey opularized Irlsh Rose, FOUR OFFICERS | Proposes Consolidation of Courts in Second and Fourth Divisions WASHINGTON, March 18. Chairman Hatton W. Sumners, Democrat of Texas, yesterday in- troduced a bill to reduce the num- r of United States district Judges, B torneys, clerks of court and mar- ; shals in Alaska by one each. ‘The measure provides that “thers shall be only one district judge, one clerk of court, one district attorney and one United States Marshal for the Second and Fourth Judicial Divisions of Alaska.” It also provides that the terms of th officials now serving in those divisions shall continue until June 31, 1932, or umtil their successors are appointed and qualified. This measure is apparently iden- tical with one introduced last De-| cember in’ the Senate by Senator N , Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Nothing has been heard drom the Norris bill since its intro- duction. Advices received by local residents from privdl€ sources some time ago said the Senator would not press it for consideration. ———————————— FOSHAY JURY IS STILL OUT MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, March 18. | —The jurors in the W. B. Fosha.y- H. H. Henley mail fraud case, ASsOciaTe © Passt i CHAONCEY 'SECoTT PARIS, March 18. — Chauncey Olcott, retired actor and famous singer of Irish ballads, is dead at Monte Carlo. His wife was with him at the end. A little home in Sutton Place, New York, was “Lucky House” to |Chauncey Olcott. It was so named |beca.use the actor was brought there !in & dying condition in 1920 and | quickly recovered. | Again when he became seriously | in Ann Arbor, Mich,, in the win- 'ter of 1925, while touring with a play, and physicians said he was at deaths door, his wife removed him ucky House.” Ten days later, ‘Olcozc was able to take a walk. “A wonderful thing has happened %o me,” he said. “Even my physi- cian says my recovery is a miracle. {of the General Land Office, and worked 14 hours yesterday and it Al my friends began praying for is announced they will deliberate me Many priests throughout the 14 hours each day untll a Ver- country offered up mass on Sunday dict is reached. The case was given to the jury| last Wednesday afternoon. 1{0 my recovery. And now their (Continued on Page Two) Plane, Auto Spell Defeat for Rebellious Moroccan Tribes RABAT, Moroeco, March 18— The airplane and fast desert auto- mobile are proving too much for the dissident tribes of Morocco. Slowly, but with inexorable pres- sure, the French are penetrating into southern Morocco, building lines of small forts and keeping watch over these outposts with airplanes. ‘The latest native stronghold to fall was the oasis of Tafilalet, just south of the Great Atlas Range and for many year a rallying point and hideout for desert outlaws. French columns in automobiles, accompanied by large bodies of native partisans, swooped down up- on the oasis at night, attackiny from different directions. After a sharp battle, the attacking columns met in the center of the oasis. French colonial 'officials assert that this capture of this place is the most important single opera- tion toward the pacification of Mo- rocco since “Abd el Krim, famous Riffian warrior, surrendered m | omona, DENY SUFFRAGE T0 WOMEN OF FRENCH NATION |Chamber of Deg Deputies Elim- inates Provision in Reform Bill PREVIOUS ACTION TAKEN NULLIFIED Issue Recently Caused| Ousting of Premier Laval, Cabinet PARIS, March 18.—The Chamber {of Deputies turned thumbs down last night on woman suffrage, less than a month after it had voted overwhelmingly for it. The vote last night was 209 to 217. By the vole, the Chamber of Deputies eliminated the equal suf- |frage provision from the electoral |reform bill. ‘The first passage of the electoral reform bill with its provision for woman suffrage, helped precipitate the crisis which led to the fall of | Premier Laval's Cabinet recently, | The Senate turned the Premier out |of office soon after the Chamber |of Deputies had passed the meas- re. B INTERIOR DEPT, 'HEADS PLAN TO VISIT ALASKA Governor Parks Announces Tentative Plans for Alaska Trip Three officials of the United States Department of Interior— Assistant Secretary Jonathan H. Edwards, Commissioner C. C. Moore, Frank M. Johnson, Supervisor of Surveys—probably will visit Alaska next summer, according to word received by Gov. George A. Parks. “Tentative plans have been made for their visit, but definite arrange- | ments will have to be deferred for | several weeks,” said the Governor.| “Unless som®thing unforseen arises, | it is expecte dthey will sai lfrom Saettle about the latter part of June for an extended visit to the Territory.” Secretary Edwards and his com- panions will spend several days in Juneau, the Governor added. They will also visit Ketchikan, Metla- katla, Wrangell and the new indus- trial school plant near there at Shoemaker Bay, the rail belt to the interior terminus at Fairbanks, in- cluding an inspection of the in- dustrial school at Metlakatla. Gov. Parks will accompany them on their journey through the Terri- tory. i ——————— DENVER GANG GUNS KILL 1, WOUNDS THREE! DENVER, Colo., March 18—Cli- maxing a year of intermittent gang violence which began on St. Pat- rick’s Day, 1931, shots from a gangland execution car yesterday mowed down four men, two of them known as gangsters. One of the mén was killed and the others wounded. The dead man was known as Vincent Mortellaro, believed to have been a whiskey runner. None of the wounded men are in a serious condition and they re- fused to name their assailants. Mrs. Frank Wright Dies in Bellingham BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 18, —Mrs. Frank Wright, wife of the President of the Carlisle Packing is dead here, |Netw Crop of Tgxpayers to Be Rais ed; Income Levy in 1,33 to Reach Classes Now Exempt SQ By ALEXANDER R. Gsonufi WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18, —Hundreds of thousands of icans who have never paid f income taxes will do their bit year in helping to pull the e ment out of the depression: ened financial hole, if the hew bill is enacted. These new income who would contribute their mite for the first time on March 1933, would be recruited from large ranks of the relatjvely income class exempted present regulations from any payments. Seek To Spread Burden ncle Sam would be short 1,241,000000 next year if taxes were maintained at present rates. He must balance the budget 1 scales "hese increased contributions of the income taxpayers would only a part of the burden which framers of the bill have to spread equitably among all ferent classes of citizens, Millions of citizens would carry the load of a sweeping ufacturers’ sales tax which would more or less affect the price 9f virtually every important item in the family budget with vhe excep- tion of food staples. Cilothing, furniture, gas, elec~ tricity, lubrictaing oil, telegrams, radio messages, phone calls, the- atre and prize fight tickets, would be subject to sales taxes or special excises. Income Tax Exemption Cut The new revnue bill, reducing the exemptions for single men from $1,500 to $1,000 and for mar- ried men from $3,500 to $2,500 would bring into the income $ax | paying class single persons with no dependents who have pet incer, s ranging from $1200 to $1,500, and | jmarried persons with one depend- ent having. net incomes from ' $3,- 500 to $4,000 For example, John Jones, un- married and with no dependents, | does not have to pay any income tax this year if his net' income in 1931 was $1,500 or under. If he has the same income this year, he| QEFICIT his budget under provisions of the The chart shows how the balance would be effected. By means .of new bill he plans to get more funds from increased taxes for this side of the scale. He hopes to det $5000000. more than deficit~or $1,246,000000~the weight of all the little bags shown below Millions of citizens will be called upon to help Uncle Sam balance new tax bill presented to Congress. e |from $500 leaves $312.50 on which |he would pay a tax of 2 percent next year or $6.25. | “Henry Smith, married, and with {one dependent child, pays no tax this year if his 1931 income was $3900 or under, because he now has a marriage exemption of $3,500 e would pay a tax of $625 in 1933; and $400 deduction for his child, provided of course he did not take |making a total exemption equiva- to himself a wife or other depend- | |lent to his entire net income. With ent. |the $3900 income this year, he Jones' tax would be computed in {would pay a tax of $1825 next this manner. He would be allowed |Year. an exemption of $1,000 on ms. Besides the new taxpayers, those $1,500 net income, bringmg it down individual incomes which are now to $500. He also 'would receive a ux-payiug would provide consider- credit of twelve and one-half per- ably more money for the govern- cent on the amount of his nez‘men:, coffers next year because of earned income which wou! amount to $187.50. That deducted two major methods of increasing payments provided by the new bill. They are thé reduction in exemp- tions for both single and married persons, and the increased rate of taxation. Thdividual rates are increased by the tax bill from oneand one-half percent to two percent for the first $4,000; from three to four percent for the second $4,000, five to six percent for the next $6,000. Surtax rates would apply to individual net incomes in excess of $10,000. 4 A man with a net income in | excess of $10,000 and not in excess of $12,000 would pay a surtax of one percent of such excess. Tf his income were $12,000 he would pay a surtax of $20. For an income of $24,000 the surtax would amount to $560. and from ROBBERS RUN INTO GUNS IN POLICE HANDS Seattle Store Hold-up Is Tipped Off—Three Men Shot SEATTLE, Wash., March 18— Three men were shot last night when two robbers attempted to hold-up the grocery store of George Tkeda, in a residence district. Forwarned of the robbery at- tempt, the police hid in the back room of the grocery store. Tkeda was shot twice through the abdomen and may be fatally wounded. The others wounded were Detec- tive Lieutenant W, D. Rehmke, shot through the wrist, and one of the robbers who was captured later. The other robber escaped in an automobile. IKEDA DIES SEATTLE, March 18. — George Ikeda, Japanese store keeper, shot last night in an attempted robbery, died today as the result of his wounds. The robber captured has been identified as George Slate, aged 32 years, of Tacoma. His chances for recovery are slight. He has a prison record, according to the po- Yee. e —— CLIFFORDS RETURN FROM TWO-MONTH STAY IN SOUTH Mr, and Mrs. Earl Clifford have moved into their home in the Blomgren Apartments after an absence of two months during which they visited in the south. Mr. Clifford is Alaska represen- tative of Marshal Wells & Com- pany of Portland. “Gamest Kid in America” Dies Today Clarence H;t—i;lgs, Aged 14, 177 Days in Res- pirator, Passes Away SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 18— Clarence Hastings, aged 14, called the “Gamest Kid in America,” died today after spending 177 days in a respirator, preventing moving any part of his body but his head. He was a victim of infantile paralysis. Further complications resulted from an -operation last Tuesday for ab- dominal obstruction. L o e DROPS DEAD AT CORDOVA CORDOVA, Alaska, March 18— P. Otto Holm, residence unknown, dropped dead on the street here last Wednesday night while the steamer Yukon was in port. Holm had a ticket from Seattle found in his pockets. He was about 63 years of age. Papers in his possession gave no identification as to his former residence and no indication as to his occupa- tion. ... STONE AGE HORSE RELICS BAD KOESEN, Germany—Quan- tities of wild horse teeth and 1,500 stone axes and knives were un- earthed in a paleolithic settle- ment in the Saale river. It is de- duced that stone-age hunters drove the horses over the cliffs into the river, i to Seward. The sum of $42 was, MURDER PLOT IS NIPPED: 5 UNDER ARREST Washington, D. C., Police Perhaps Save Lives of Union Leaders ‘WASHINGTON, March 18.—The police said today that a plot to kill C. E. Haury, John Possehl and Frank Langdon, Labor Union lead- ers, has been foiled by an eleventh hour raid in which four men and one woman were arrested. ‘The police said they obtained evi- dence by listening to conversations of the group and after anonymous itelephone messages warned the in- tended victims. Similar attempts were made last | year and Langdon had an eye shot out. Arthur Huddell, another La- bor Union official, was saved at the time, when his pockethook stopped a bullet. ! Haury was publicly horsewhipped by a woman who accused him of keeping her husband out of work. The Union officials designate Jobs. ————— COPPER TAX WITHDRAWN WASHINGTON, March 18.—The House Ways and Means Committee today reversed itself and decided against the proposed four-cent a .pound excise tax on copper im- ports in the big tax bill. The recommendation for the tax was ]made yesterday. CLAIMS G. 0. P. T0 BE LIBERAL terview Given by Sec- retary of War SETTLE QUESTION ON STATE RIGHTS BASIS Predicts Repeal of Prohibition Law CHICAGO, 11, March 18.—Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War, in an interview, predicted the Re- publican National Convention will take a “more liberal” stand on the Prohibition issue. United States Senator Otis F. Glenn, Republican of Illinois, in an address last night, forecast that the Prohibition law will be repealed. Secretary of War Hurley, in the interview, said he thought the ques- tion will be settled on the basis of State rights. He said he beliév- ed Federal enforcement would be limited to preventing liguor traffic in dry States. In addressing the members of the Irish Fellowship Club here yester- day, Secretary - Hurley predicted Hoover's reelection. 1smcx MARKET HEAVY TODAY; LIGHT BUYING Many Leading Issues Sus- tain Losses of From One to. Three Points NEW YORK, March 18.—Stocks turned heavy today. The market lacked buying support. Declines of from one to three points were sustained by leading issues. American Telephone and Tele- graph was off four points. American Tobacco “B,” United States Steel, American Can, Allied Chemical and Western Union were off two points. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 18—Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 14%, American Can 65%, Anaconda 9, Bethlzhem Steel 18%, Curtiss-Wright 1!, Fox Films 3%, General Motors 18%, Interna- tional Harvester 20%, Kennecott 9, Packard Motors 3%, United States Steel 42%¢, Bunker Hill 21. PANTAGES SUES ~ HIS ATTORNEY LOS ANGELES Cal., March 18., to recover $5,000 from L. E. C. damage suit brought by Eunice Pringle. The suit was withdrawn ON PROHIBITION. Prediction I-s-_-l\—/l;xde in [n—I Republican “Senator. Als ol —Alexander Pantages has filed suit Davis, attorney he retained in the| NORTH DAKOTA SWEEP HAILED AS IMPORTANT Breaks Down T Theory that Murray Had Captured Agricultural Vote PRIMARY WARNS G.0.P. OF AGRARIAN REVOLT Majority of Hoaver Diele: gation Met Defeat in Tuesday’s Poll By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) WASHINGTON, March 18—The result of last Tuesday’s Presidential primary voting in North Dakota, (regarded here as significant, has demonstrated two facts. It indicates that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, and leading candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for President, commands the rank and file of Western voters, It also gives warn- ing to the Republicans of agrarian dissatisfaction in the West with the present administration. Gov. Roosevelt's sweep of the Democratic primary in this West- ern State breaks down the belief that Gov. Willilam H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray, Oklahoma, and Roosevelt's only opponent in the North Da- kota test, had become the idol of distressed agriculture. on” “with' the “Hoover Administration’ was voiced in two ways. First, by the record vote cast in the Democratic primary. The second was even more direct. Two slates were presented to the North Dakota Republicans for ap- proval. One consisted of candi- dates for delegates to the National Convention who were pledged to vote for the renomination of Presi- dent Hoover, and the other of un- instructed delegates. A majority of the Hoover delegates were defeat- ed, and the voters voiced their | desire to send an uninstructed dele- gation to the Chicago convention next June. With the North Dakota delega- tion, Gov. Roosevelt now has 50 delegates definifely pledged to him for the Presidential nomination by his party at its National Conven- tion, also to be held in Chicago. e NOMINATION IS OPPOSED American Federation of Labor Representative Against Mackintosh WASHINGTON, March 18.—Ed- ward J. Tracy, representing the American Federation of Labor to- !day opposed the nomination of Kenneth Mackintosh, of Seattle, to ibe Judge of the Ninth Circuilt !Court. Senator Wesley L. Jones defended Mackintosh. - e BERLIN FINDS ART RELIC BERLIN—Cleaning of a dingy painting in a church at Karlshorst, and settled out of court. Pantages a suburb, revealed on it the sig- said he advanced the money to nature of Lucas CFinach the el- Davis but services were never ren-“der (1472-1553). The painting de- dered. picts Gethsemane, Drastic Decrees SOFTA, March 18.—Communism is on the increase in Bulgaria, de- spite statutes which makes a Com- munistic party illegal. To get around the stringent “law for the defense of the state” what formerly was the Communist party now operates as the labor party. This legalization move, under- taken more than a year ago, en- abled the Communists to poll 160,~ 000 out of a total of 1,320,000 votes in the general elections of June, 1931. Hence there are 31 labor party deputies in Parliament, which has a total membership of 274. The mid-February municipal elec- tions revealed Communist gains, al- though the government bloc polled 50 per cent of the votes and won 65 per cent of the mndam.omol‘ Fail to Suppress Bulgarian “Reds” 170,000 votes cast, 37,000 were com- munist, and in two towns—Sliven {and’ Troyan—the left radicals poll- ed a majority and will form *red” | municipal governments. As a matter of fact there are al- ready more than 60 villages with similar “red” administrations. Nothwithstanding the laws aimed at them, the Communists pursue an active campaign of propaganda. At ilem 50 days in the year are diesig- nated as “manifestation” days. On such occasions there is always a clash with the police, frequently with a list of dead or wounded. ‘The economic crisis is blamed 4s the chief cause of