The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 29, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5990. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932. LIVES TAKEN BY STORMS, PRICE TEN CENTS ANOTHER 00 NOT EXPECT BABY'S RETURN DURING MARCH Minister, One of Three In- termediaries, Kidnap Case, Optimistic HAS CONFERENCE WITH LINDBERGHS AT HOME Mystery Still Prevails in Negotiations Reported in -Progress HOPEWELL, N. J., March 29— Fope that Baby Lindbergh will be Yeturned to his parents, Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, before; the end of this month, ebbed again today. The Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock risk- ed his life yesterday by a flight here fram Norfolk in a snow storm. ¥e talked with Col. Lindbergh for several hours then flew back home. | He is expected to hold another conference with Col. Lindbergh again Within three or four days. The minister insisted that he and the other two intermediaries, Rear Admiral Guy Burrage and John H. Curtis, Norfolk residents, | are optimistic. Much mystery prevails negotiations of the trio. in the No de- tails, nothing can be learned and|E, J. Lord (right, below) go on trial in Honolulu for the slaying of Joseph Kahahawai, they will be de-' |fended by a veteran of the courtrooms who is accustomed to taking part in noted trials. ‘lrlgh() welcomes the opportunity te take 'the case besause he says it's “unusnal and spectacular.” ] “fmén, E. J. Lord and Albert O.§ the New Jersey State Police are Jetting ' the three men negotiate with the kidnapers of the baby unhindered. —————————— STOCK MARKET 3RISK TODAY, TRADING QUIET Several Leading Issues Ad- vance But Is Large- ly Lost Later NEW YORK, March 29.—St0(:ks; settled back today for a rather| brisk covering movement but main- | tained a firm tone in quiet trad- ing. idvances of from one to one and one-half points made by New York Central, United States Steel, Santa Fe and Allied Chemical were large* 1y lost although the market stead- jed as yesterday's final prices ap- proached. 5 Southern Pacific and Reading made new minimums. There was also some selling in Auburn and Consolidated Gas. | | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 28—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%), American Can| 63, Anaconda 6%, Bethlehem Steel 175, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 3%, General Motors 16%, Interna- tional Harvester 20%, Kennecott 7, Packard Motors 3%, United States Steel 40%, Bunker Hill 19%. Seized Stills to Shelter U. S. Army Munitions SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 29.—Copper stills seized in North- ern California prohibition raids will protect Army ammunition dumps | in the Philippines, officials reveal- ed. Copper reflects heat, and the coolor ammunition caches are kept the better. So the copper stills are being beaten into roofing, of which two tons, all gathered fnr !J. H. Duncan and Brakeman H. P.| | Cummings, were Kkilled. i ldent in the history of the road iw’mch is owned by the British Col- |Fay Thane and Mr. Samuel sa.lis-} 'LINDBERGH HOP Leob-Leo pokl Atto Facts Beneath Massie Case Lure Clarence Darrow to Defense; rney Is Attracted by Unusualness of Crime FOUR ACCUSED “HONOR SLAYERS” AND THEIR DEFENDER «{has accepted his latest job with % Loeb-Leopold and John T. Bcopes When Mrs. Grace Fortescue (center), Lieut. Thomas H, Massis (left), Albert O. Jones (left, below) and Clarence Darrow 3 TRAINMEN ARE KILLED IN ACGIDENT Locomotive and Four Coaches Crash Through Weakened Bridge VANCOUVER, B. C., March 29.! Three men were killed when a Pacific and Great Eastern locomo- tive and four coaches crashed| through a bridge north of Lillooet last night. Engineer Minor Basley, Fireman | Ancther trainman was injured. This is the first serious acci-| umbia government. None of the passenger coaches left the track. A washout had weakened the structure. FORMER JUNEAU GIRL | WEDS IN CALlFORNlA} The marriage of Miss Juliet] bury Perry on March 12, last, has been announced by the bride’s) mother, Mrs, Harriett Lee Thane.! The ceremony took place in Los, Angeles. Mrs. Perry’s father, the late B. L. Thane, was one of Alaska's most prominent mining men for years and promoted the Alaska Gastineau mining operations cen- tered at Thane and Perseverance. During much of that time, Mrs.! Perry resided here with her par-/ ents, i ; COLLECTOR RECOVERS | FROM SEVERE COLD | John C. McBride, United States raids during the past few momms will pe carried across the Pacific on the transport Ludington. It will be utilized at Fort McKinley.'ered. He was at his office today.1 Collector of Customs, who was con- fined to his home several days from a bad cold, is completely recov- Holder of Speed Record in Crash Attempting New Mark CAPETOWN, South Africa, March 29.—J. A. Mollison, holder of the speed record from Australia to Eng- jand, crashed on the beach here last night at the end of a record breaking flight from London. Mollison came down the West Coast, over the Sahara desert in 4 days, 17 hours and 19 minutes. Stops were so few that Mollison had little time for sleep. He mis- judged his distance in landing. He was not hurt in the crash. Mollison traveled 6,250 miles. AlaskaRR. Train Hits ‘Snow Slide Fireman Ki—ll—eg When Lo-| comotive Rolls Ovér —Engineer Hurt ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2. —Robert Lewis, fireman, was killed, and Fred Brayford, engineer, was | seriously injured when an Alaska Railroad passenger train crashed into a snowslide 110 milcs north of here. The locomotive roiied over but the coaches remained on the track. The accident caused a six-hour | delay. ———————— MORE TROUBLE NOW ARISES AT PEACE PARLEY Japanese Accuse Chinese of Attempting to Delay Truce SHANGHAI, March 29.—A new rupture on the Sino-Japanese ne- |gotiations threatened late this afternoon with the issuance of a statement by the Japanese Con- sulate aseribing repeated delays to the “fact no Chinese delegate seem~ ed in a position or willing to as- sume responsibility.” The Japanese Consulate officials accused the Chinese of attempting to break up the peace parleys for a truce and then blame the Japan- ese. On the other hand, the Chinese laccuse the Japanese of delaying ne- gotiations. The Japanese have stat- ed they will not withdraw troops 'entirzly from the trouble zone and will form a new defense line around | Shanghai at a distance of 20 miles. This, the Chinese claim, is the real stumbling block to peace moves. |Diesel Plant Wins | Collier Air Trophy | —_— | WASHINGTON, March 29. / Announcement that the Collier tro- !phy award for “the greatest achievement in aviation in America in 1931 has been given to the Pack- ard Motor Car Company for the Packard Diesel aircraft engine was made by Senator Bingham of Con- necticut, president of the National ‘Aeronautics Association, ) JOBLESS MEN WILL GATHER AT ST. LOUIS {Open Air Convention of Unemployed Will Be Held in August PITTSBURGH, Penn., March 29. —Rev. James R. Cox, fiery pastor of the old St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, who lead a jobless march on Washington a few months ago, |said yesterday, after a nation-wide {survey, that 1,000,000 unemployed |will gather ‘at St. Louis in August |at a National Convention. Each individual will wear a shirt of blue, adopted by the Jobless Party. Delegates will go to the conven- tion by train, bus, automobile or on foot, each group paying its own way. The convention will begin in Aug- ust and will be held in the open alr, Tt — COOLIDGE MAY RUN AGAIN IN YEAR OF 13% {Harvard Professor Makes ' Prediction and States His Reasons | CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,, March 29.— | Prof. Anthur H. Holcombe, of Har- |vard, international authority on political science, predicted that Cal- vin Coolidge “will be an excellent Presidential prospect in 1936 and the conjecture may be safely haz- arded he would like to be President again.” Prof. Holcombe said further: “His problem is much like Theodore | Roosevelt's. Roosevelt seems to have intended to run in 1916 rath- er than in 1912. Coolidge will not repeat Roosevelt's mistake.” Wife Waits While Husband Visits Girl SPOKANE, Wash.,, March 29— After testifying her husband left her sitting in the family automo- hile while he called on a woman friend, Mrs. Louis Little, Yakima, was given a divorce by Superior Judge Charles Leavy. Both had been married previously, (By JOHN W. STARR) CHICAGO, March 29.—Clarence Darrow, identified with many “causes” in American courtrooms, no display of altruistic or ideal- istic purpose, The ' “winner” of the famous trials 1s. going to the defense of {Mrs. Grace Fortescue and Lieut. Thomas H. Massie in Honolulu *be- cause it's an unusual and spec- tacular case—and because I've never been ‘to Hawaii. | - “I don't like to talk much about |the case until T've gone over the ground personally,” Darrow said. “but certainly it's the only case of ‘its kind I ever heard of, and should vield a wealth of interesting un- derlying facts not brought to pub- lic notice yet. “My whole theory about crime is that ' there should be better | understanding of its causes. “Just as in medicine, where the up-to-date praclice is to find out ‘the root of ills and eradicate it instead of merely treating the effects, we should get at the back- | ground of erime in general—and find ‘the deep-seated underlying reasons behind an individual crime | before venting public indignation. “I've always been for the de- ifense, and that's the reason. I {think there are probably many | things about the Honolulu case |that haven't becamie at all gener-/ lally known.” Four On Trial Darrow was procurred by Mrs, | Fortescue's counsel to help in the {trial scheduled to begin in Hono- lulu shortly. Two navy enlisted| Jones, are co-defendants with the ! former New York and Washington. society matron and her son-in-law, | i Lieut. Massle, in the slaying of Joseph Kahahawai, a native, last January 8. . The homicide, involving a spec- tacular automobile chase in which {a police car caught one driven by Mrs. Fortescue, occupied also by | Massie and Lord, and containing | Kahahwal's sheet-wrapped - body, was generally described as an “honor” killing. Kahahawai was one of the five men awaiting re-trial on charges of attacking Mrs. Thalia Massie, daughter of Mrs. Fortescue, last| September. The first prosecution had been declared a mistrial when |a jury of varied nationalities was unable to reach a verdict. Glad To Take Case Darrow, now 75 years old says he welcomes this opportunity to add to his varied experiences as a ‘“defender.” He regards the Loeb-Leopold case, in which he succeeded in ob- taining life sentences rather than death for the two youthful “thrill FOUR KILLED The young lady pulling Wall 'BEERY ADOPTS DAUGHTER | Assoclated Press Photo ace Beery’s mustache is Caitd Addn Priester, 18 months old, who was adopted in Los Angeles by the actor and his wife. Carol is the daughter of Mr! alss are caring for George, 9, and William Beery’s aunt. The Beery's riester, 4. INEXPLOSION IN RESIDENCE Oil Dripping in Home-| Made Heater Believed Cause of Disaster DETROIT, Michigan, March 29.—! An explosion of a home-made heat- er wrecked the home of Oliver Stewart, killed him, his wife and| their two children this morning. Stewart was a garage attendant and he had utilized oil drawn from | an automobile. The oil dripped | through a tube into a coal burning| stove. Firemen said the oil dripped | too fast and the explosion resulted. ———e — NEW FORD T0 BE ON VIEW DURING WEEK murderers” of little Bobby Franks, as the most interesting in all his career. “And I stall have hopes that eventually, that case will have some good effect on the public,” he said. The case of John T. Scopes, Day- ton, Tenn., school teacher, prose- cuted because he taught the the- ory of evolution, Darrow believes “had more effect on people’s views enlightenment and liberality of thought,” than any other case he has handled. “That trial,” he said “served to nip in the bud e program of thought restriction that could best tbe described as ‘a campaign to promote ignorance” No other state wants to undertake such a thing again. It has done a great deal to liberalize the country in educa- tional matters.” e, ALASKAN SNOW COVER The followmng depths of snow on the ground were reported from Alaska, stations, Monday afternoon, March 28: Bethel, 22 inches; Cor- dova, 24 inches; Eagle 22 inches; Fort Yukon, 24 inches; Fairbanks. 23 inches. The ice at Fairbanks iwa sreported 485 inches thick and the jce at Nome 40 inches. Proposal to Repeal \Jones’s 5 and 10 Bill Turned Down WASHINGTON, March 29— A bill presented by Represen- tative Ralph Horr, of Seattle, member of Congress from ‘Washington, to repeal the Jones’s 5 and 10 Prohibition law, was rejected by the House | Judiciary Committee by a viva 4 vice vote today, |rear of the car, Public Showing to Be Made Thursday — Many New Features DETROIT, Michigan, March 29— | The Ford Motor Company an- nounces that its new V-eight will| be given the first public show- | ing next Thursday. | The description of the car is, given but no mention is made re- garding the price. The new eight is described as having a brake horsepower of 65, capable of making 75 miles an| hour. The car embodies a number of | new features including a silent! synchronized gear shift, down draft | carburetor and silencer, automatic spark control, diaphram pump,[ drawing fuel from a tank in the| | | The car is larger than prevlous“ Fords with double acting hydraulic shock absorbers, rounded V-shape | radiator and slanting safety glass' windshield. | The engine is described as a 90| degree V-type. | Automatic Phones p Vacate Many Jobs BERLIN, March 29.—The auto-| matic telephone has thrown over ! 75 per cent of Berlin's telephone| operators out of work. With fifty-nine automatic tele- phone exchanges, Berlin has ta-' ken the lead in Europe as the city with the most modern telephone equipment. Only sixteen telephone exchanges are operated by girls, and they will have been replaced by the dial within another two’ years, Kayoe(i 'By’ Cupid G SN N | Théugh he has had many blow during his career in the boxing ring, Al Singer, former | lightweight champion of the world, | never enjoyed a wallop like that | {he just received from little Kid | e e a hard Cupid. Singer is shown with his fiancee, Miss Belle Becker, at her New York home, following the announcement of their engage- ment. The pair met at a Summer resort and took the full count. GRAF ZEPPELIN NEARING HOME HAMBURG, Germany, March 29. —The Graf Zeppelin, completing a round trip flight to Brazil, was over Cape Creus, north of Barcelona at 8 o'clock this morning. AT HOME FIELD FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, March 28. —The Graf Zeppelin landed at her |home field this afternoon at 4:30 ™ o'clock. it BN LA SEVEN BANDITS GET BIG LOOT MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 29. ~—Seven bandits, four of them car- rying machine guns, held-up 24 persons in an outlying bank here today and escaped with cash and securities valued at $60,000. SNOW PREVAILS IN EAST WITH WIND ROARING Fifteen Persons Reported to Have Been Killed Up to Noon FOUR DROWNED IN PLUNGE OF AUTO GCov. ‘Roose_va Marooned at Hyde Park—Tor- nado in Virginia NEW YORK, March 20.-—Storms in the Atlantic States have taken at least 15 lives according to re- ports received up to noon today. Automobiles are stalled in snow several feet high and many com. | munities are isolited in the New England States. Hundreds of schools are closed in New York and Pennsylvania be- cause of the inability of the chil- dren to wade through the high snow, Telephone poles have been top- pled over by high winds. Tremendous waves lashed the Maine coast. At Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a murderer got two and one-half hours’ respite because the current for the eleciric chair failed. Four persons were drowned when {the driver of an automobile was blinded by the sleet and his auto- | mobile plunged into a lake at Bed- ford, New York. % Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt is snowbound at Hyde Park, New York. A tornado struck Virginia and ifi? dman is reported to have been ed. —————— ' CAPT. NAGOYA IS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Japanese Flier, Who Plan- ned Trans-Pacific Flight, Goes Down NEW YORK, March 29.—Capt. ¥. Nagoya, Japanese aviator who planned a trans-Pacific flight from Seattle this spring, was killed when ‘his plane crashed in Long Island (Sound today. Sergeant K. Ashi, his associate {in the proposed flight, was not in |the plane. Capt. Nagoya was in the air only a few minutes after leaving the Floyd Bennett Field before he | erashed. The plane was a new Bellanca craft: recently delivered and which was to be used by the two fliers in an attempt to win a $25,000 prize offered by a Tokyo news- paper. The Captain took off for New | Castle, Delaware, where the Bel- !lanca Company’s plans is situated. He planned to make final adjust- ent on the flight today. | As the plane struck the water, it |burst into flames. Two other men aboard jumped into the water and !pulled the captain's body from the | wrecked plane, | ! i | —————.——— SEWARD DEPUTY MARSHAL | RETURNS FROM TRIP SOUTH | | Ralph Reed, Deputy United States Marshal in the Third Di- vision with headquarters at Sew- ard, is a passenger on the steam- er Yukon enroute to Mis home. He recently went south with pris- oners for various institutions, iAmerican Engineers, Aiding Soviet 5-Y ear Plan, Quitting DETROIT, Michigan, March 20— | Officials of the Albert B. Kahn, Incorparated, engineering and archi- tectural firm, which has been one of the principal agents promoting the Soviet five-year plan, announce relations with the Soviet Govern- ment have been severed. The reason given was that while Russia was willing to continue the | contract, Russian money was offer- |ed in pay because of the shortage |of gold. Albert B. Kahn said the firm's men were formerly paild in American dollars. | The last of the firm's engineers |are expected to sail from Russia | within the next two weeks, ¥