The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 1, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL PHE TIME” e VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5993. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1932. REVENUE MEASURE EXPECTED T0 THREE NEW REPO WRS. CURTIS 18 OFF ON MISSION IN BABY SEARCH Wife of One of Norfolk Negotiators Quietly Disappears N. J. OFFICER HAS LEFT FOR EUROPE Philadelphia Takes Center of Hunt — Police Scoff at Reprot HOPEWELL, N. J., April 1.—Three new reports today quiekened interest in the search for Baby Lindbergh, con of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, kidnaped from the night of s crib March 1. From Norfolk came the re- port that Rear Admiral Guy Burrage, retired, said there was a new development in negotiations of his group with the kidnapers of Lindy, I He declined to indicate the nature of the developments but it is known that Mrs. John H. Curtis, wife of one of the trio, is out of the city. Curtis, her husband, refused to say whether her mission was in connection with nego- tiations but indicated some- thing definite was looming. Off to Europe Another report was made public by the New Jersey State Police. It was an- nounced that Major Schoef- fel, Assistant State Chief of Police, sailed for Europe a week ago in connection with the Lindbergh search. The police refused to give any more details. In Philadelphia The third report was that the Lindbergh baby would be found in or near Philadelphia. While much concern was at first given to the report, the Philadelphia police scoffed at the rumor. el FOUR POWERS T0 PLAN HELP FOR 5 NATIONS Conference _t—o——Be Held in London to Aid Danube Basin Countries LONDON, April 1. — A four- Power Conference to consider means of helping five nations m the Danube Basin out of economic difficulties, will meet in London within a week. Great Britain, France, Germany and Ttaly will participate in the conference. Austria, Hungary, Czecho-Slo- vakia, Rumania and Jugoslavik are the countries whose plight will be discussed. on 3-Year-Old Child Rescued Alive From Drill Hole PITCHER, Oklahoma, April 1.—Three-year-old Gerald Col- lins was taken alive last night, apparently not ~badly hurt, from a drill hole in the Mary- Ann Zine mine, two miles from here, into which he fell nearly 12 hours earlier, while play- ing. Drfllmworkdoonnant- ly in relays to effect the child’s rescue. Neifolk. Va., clergyman, anncunced kidnapers of Charles Lindbergh Jr. of the baby fo his lpiu‘anf.s soon. Th H opeto Retur;z Lirulbergh —i?al;y Associated Press telephoto of Dean Harold Dobson-Peacock, (left) he and two others, John Hughes Curtis, (right) and Admiral Guy Burrage, had been in fouch with the , and that they expeet the return ¢ three men are optimistic over the progress of their negotintions, it is said. 13 UNPLEDGED | DELEGATES IN MAINE CHOSEN Republicans, in State Con- vention, Complete Work Before Them PORTLAND, Maine, April1—The | Maine Republicans, at a State Convention yesterday, choose 13 delegates to the National Conven- tion not pledged but favorable to Hoover. Before choosing the delegation, the convention adopted a plank op- | BANK ROBBING GANG CAPTURED, CHICAGO RAID Detectives Beat Alleged Bandits to Rack Stor- ed with Guns CHICAGO, I, April 1. — Six members of an organized gang, accused of robbing scores of banks in Tllinois and Wisconsin and other nearby States, were captured in a raid on an apartment house last night. Detectives overpowered the gang NOT DESIRABLE, PARKS ASSERTS Governor Warns Jobseek- ers Against Coming Here from States Asserting that any influx of joBseekers to Alaska would inevit- ably bring serious relief problems to all communities and to the Ter- PLEADS GUILTY INDIST. GOURT Enters Manslaughter Plea for Slaying of Lyle Davis Last Year Walter Gamble today appeared with his ‘attorney, Grover C. Winn, fore Judge Justin W. Harding in the Federal District Court and ritorial Government and handicapientered a plea of guilly to man- them in their efforts to take care|slaughter for the death of H. C. of local unemployment, Gov. George{(Lyle) Davis for which he was A. Parks today issued a warning|under indictment for first degree to those contemplating coming tojmurder. the Territory in search of employ-| Upon the recommendation of menk. United States Attorney H. D. “Anyone who has sufficiesit|Stabler, Judge Harding accepted funds to defray the necessary -ex-|the plea. Sentence was deferred penses to Alaska to look for jobs|until later. that do mot exist, will be wiser Knife Wound Fatal and better off to remain where| Gamble, member of the erew of {he is and use the money to live the ‘motorship Roedda, stabbed on, than to come here and find|Capt. Davis, master and part own- nothing but disappointment,” hefer of the same ship, while it was declared. in port at Chichagof on December Local People First 22, last. 'The ship was hurried here “Alaska, of course, wants set-|after Capt. Davis was given first tlers. Just now, however, it ean-|aid, and he was placed in St. Ann's no: offer prospective ones any in- Hospital where he died five days ducement in the way of jobs tollater. Gamble was arrested by Fed- provide them with livelthoods while [eral authorities shortly after the they are getting established. There- |boat reached here. fore, those looking this way for He was committed to jail without homes, must be (financially able bond, following arraignment before __ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS ANN HARDING, HUSBAND SEPARATE PASS HOUSE TODAY RTS, LINDBERGH CASE INFLUX OF IDLE |WALTER GAMBLE TODAY ON BILL T0 RAISE CASH [Revenue Measure Practic- | ally Completed for | House Action SECRETARY MILLS MAKES COMMENT Sports Are mby Propos- ed Taxes—Baseball, Football, Boxing BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, April 1. — Late this afternoon the House passed the revenue bill 327 to 46. The Senate passed the |Democmtic Tariff Bill, strip- ping the President of tariff making powers, by 42 to 30. WASHINGTON, April 1.— The House is expected to pass the revenue bill today. to provide for themselves for @& year or two if they are to suc- ceed,” he added. “Ordinarily at this season of the year ,our fishing, lumbering and mining industries could absori ‘hundreds of workers in seasomal occupations. They cannot ‘this year. If they are able to provide employment for local people, who are our first concern, they will do as well as can be anticipated. Non- residents, without funds and com- ing morth in search of work, will find mnothing but disappointment in stoye for them, and the money they must spend to get here will at least provide them with susten- ance for at least some time where Uhey now are. Fisheries In Dumps “The salmon and halibut fish- ing industries, major sources of employmenit for transients, are severely hit by the effects of worid- wide depression. The salmon canning industry will operate on a greatly curtailed schedule, re- ducing the number of plants below the normal stage and cutting down the number of jobs normally ‘available from that source will be et a minimum and can easily be taken care of by local labor. the gear used. This means that| Judge Charles Sey in the United States Commissioner’s Court. He waived a preliminary examination. Indicted at Ketchikan The case was taken directly be-~ tore - the Federal Grand Jury ai Ketchikan last January and on January 19, it returned the indict- ment charging first degree murder. Gamble was arraigned before Judge Harding last Friday and given un- til Monday to plead. On that day, Mr. Winn interposed a plea in abatement attacking the legality of the indictment, claiming that the grand jury panel was invalid in that it was not drawn in com- pliance with the Territorial jury law. Judge Harding took the plea under advisement, saying he would not rule until the United States Attorney could file & reply. had not been done when Gamble reappeared in court this afternoon with his plea of guilty to man- slaughter, SEWARD COLLECTOR ON WAY TO SOUTH L. J Chitlbe—ng_-,deputy United States Customs Collector in charge of the subport of Seward, togeth- This | posing the repeal of the Eighteenth pefore the members of the crowd Amendment. jcould reach their well-stocked gun The previous day, the Democrats rack. “Market conditions in the hali- |er with Mrs. Chilberg, and their but fisheries has totally upset|two children, are among the pas- the industry, and fishermen are|sengers on the steamship North- in a State Convention, adopted a| Fifteen thousand dollars in cur- agreed that they can operate only [western, which called at Ju- have announced their intention to eclipsing his, Their three year old CONGRESSMAN VESTAL DIES, CAPITAL CITY Republican “of Indiana Ex- pires as Result of Heart Attack WASHINGTON, April 1.—Repre- sentative Albert H. Vestal, of In- diana, Republican whip, died to- day after a sudden heart attack. Congressman Vestal was born January 18, 1875, on a farm in Madison County, Indiana. He was educated in the country schools, later worked in steel mills and factories to obtain funds for fur- ther education, taught school sev- eral terms, graduated from the law department of Valparaiso Uni- versity and was admitted to the bar at the age of 21. Congressman Vestal is survived Associated Press Phote Harry Bannister, actor and aviator, and Ann Harding, film star, be divorced because her career was daughter, Jane, is shown with them. CAL COOLIDGE HAS SETTLED - DAMACE SUIT 'Pays $2500 to St. Louis i Insurance Man Who Asked $100,000 | ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 1. — A ‘check for $2,600, from Calvin Cool- idge, in settlement of the Court summons asking $100,000 damages, has been received by Lewis Tib- betts, St. Louis insurnace man, who said his reputation was dam- aged by a statement made by Cool- ide in a radio address last Fall Tibbetts, who said he was a “leading advocate in the United d term of life insurance policies,” Coolidge sald: “beware of a so-called twist- jer and abstractor or any agent States of s0-Ci Secretury of Treasury Mills advised the Ways and Means Committee the bill is short about $165,000,000 in taxes needed to meet the anticipat- |ed Treasury deficit. He de- clared the savings in appro- priations expected by the Economy Committee to $241,- 000,000 is impossible to be ef- fected. He estimated the sav- ing will not exceed $125,000,- 000. Yesterday afternoon, the House added $250,500,000 by gift taxes and changes in in- come tax, also taxes on fire- arms, oil pipe line and charges on stock, bond, commodity and real estate transactions. BASEBALL TAX NEW YORK, April 1. — Faced with a 10 per cent amusement tax approved by the House, major league baseball clubs need to play with drawing card skill fully dur- ing the coming season to keep from dipping deeper into red ink. Only seven of the sixteen clubs showed a profit last season. Players’ salaries have been re- duced and the player limit cut who offers to save money for YOU o 5 saving estimated at $750,000 plank in the platform for recom- ..... and sev t sand: ol mitting the Eighteenth Amendment worin - of sec::?tllesh‘);as i ix: to the people for a decision and!fong in the apartment. at a loss at exidting prices.” Mining Offers No Field “While our mining industry is neau last night enroute to Seat- tle. Mr. Chilberg was called south elected 12 delegates, bound by the, The names of four members of unit rule, for Gov. Franklin D. the cang captured are revealed as Roosevelt. RAISE INPAY INDICATED FOR SOVIET CHIEFS Factory Workers Included in Wage Increase Plan by Stalin MOSCOW, April 1. — Members | of the Communist Party, includ- ing high government officials and factory workers, may get substan- | tial reises in pay. The Political Bureau is consid- ering trebling the maximum monthly income allowed the party ! ‘members from $150 to $450. It is planned, in &ccordance with the policy announced by Stalin, to| abolish the system of equal wages for all BROWN SEEKS SENATORSHIP SEATTLE, April 1—Dr. Edwin J. | | | | | | Brown, former Mayor of Seattle, g company last night, lined 16 today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, | Mickey Yaro, Frank Saiber, Ed Hallgren and Edward Bennett, all with records as robbers. The names of two others are not revealed. More members of the gang are sought. It is estimated the total loot lof the gang totals at least $250,- 000. Rl DL A A FOUR DIE IN PRISON CHAIR OSSINING, N. Y., April 1.—Four men were put to death in the elec- tric chair in Sing Sing Prison last night in retribution for two hold- up murders. The men are Peter Sardini, Dom- linic Scifo, Mitchell Roadick and Walter Borowsky, ranging in age from 20 to 24 years. — BANDITS ROB U. . SOLDIERS TACOMA, Wash., April 1.—Tak- ing advantage of the fact it was payday at Fort Lewis for the sol- soldiers ageinst the wall and robbed them of $300, then escaped lin an eutomobile, on the upgrade and the gold pro- [by the serious illness of his moth- duction this year probably will be|er, who lives at Burlington, Wash. by his widow and two children. He was elected to the Sixty- Fifth Congress and served contin- uwously since then. | by replacing your policy in anoth- er company.” Coolidge was served the sum- |mons last month, preparatory to the damage action, but Tibbets 'said the suit will not be filed but larger than last which was the largest in a decade, it affords no field of employment to transients. Alaska mines are abundantly sup- plied with labor from local tom- munities. “The lumber industry here, as in the States, has likewise been hard hit by the depression. Local loggers and mills are operating on a part-time basis, and are well supplied with Alaskan workers. Need Expect No Aid “Alaskan communities and the Territorial Government during the past winter have managed to pro- vide necessary employment relief by taking heroic measures. They have stretched their financial re- sources in this work, and cannot go further than they are now go- ing. “Transients, coming here in the hope of obtaining work, cannot therefore, be given any aid by either the communities or the Ter- ritory. If they have no funds above transportation necessities, or merely limited funds, they can ex- ist more comfortably and better where they now are than they can in Alaska where living costs are PUT HITLER ON FOKE BILLS ESSEN, Germany—Counterfeiters vulge their political WOMAN ON FIRST VISIT IN 31 YEARS Matilde Peterson will soon be in the States for the first time in 31 years. She has lived in Anchor- age for the last several years. She was a resident of Interior Alaska camps at various times previously. She is a passenger on the south- bound steamship Northwestern, which called at Juneau last night. e FUTURE GREATS TO PRACTICE TOMORROW Aspirants for places on the Jun- ior Moose and Junior Blks base- ball teams will begin doing a lit- itle practice at Recreation Park tomorrow afternoon. All boys un- der 19 years of age are eligible for tryouts. When the time comes for regu- lar practice games, Umpire Mc- Guire will call the close ones. 2| WELL-KNOWNSALESMEN RETURN TO JUNEAU Prominent merchandise brokers and representatives of wholesale houses returned to their head- quarters in Juneau last night on the steamhsip Northwestern from business trips to the Westward. They included Joseph J. Meherin, Sam Baker, J. S. Jeffrey and Richard Wakelin, WHITE GUARD OF RUSSIA IN ALLEGED PLOT Paris Communists News- paper Says Prominent Men Threatened MOSCOW, April 1.—A dispatch from a Paris Communisi newspa- per says Russian White Guards are plotting against the life of the Staff and are conducting wide- of the Moscow government. Plots to assassinate Maxim Gor- ky, noted author, in Italy, and Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Foreign Commissar in Germany, are re- ported. ———————— MORE SIGNERS SEEK REPEAL SEATTLE, April 1—Ten thou- sand more signatures have been received in this city for repeal of the State dry laws, bringing the total to nearly 40,000. Fifty thou- sand are needed to place the ques- ‘tlon on the November ballot. flung activities for the overthrow {he will sue the New York Life Insurance Company of which Cool- idge is a director. EDWIN CAREWE CHARGED WITH EVADING TAXES Maker of Many Film Stars Indicted by L. A. Grand Jury | “maker nigl !Edwin Carewe, surrendered last réturn of an indi of stars,” iHe was soon released. | | lJury on Wednesday. Carewe denied any wrong-do- ing and attributed the charge as a book-keeping mix-up. The income tax covers the years jof 1026 to 1929, inclusive. The Government claims the income of Carewe during the period 'was‘ $724,549. Carewe is regarded as the dis- coverer of many film players who ,reached stardom, including Dolor- ‘es Del Rio, LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 1.—/ levasion of the income tax laws.| Four counts, involving $108547, | are contained in the indictment | returned secretly by the Grand| John McGraw blames the um- pires for too much pacificism and says scrappy spirit will bring back the crowds. Not only baseball, but football and boxing will contribute toward balancing the budget under the provisions of the House bill for a 10 per cent tax on all athletic ad- missions over 46 cents. High school games will be exempt. STOCK MARKET GOES FIRMER New Rule on Borrowing Starts Short Cover- ing During Today NEW YORK, April 1.—Short cov- ering gave the Stock Market & firmer appearance today although there was no evidence of a short panic as the new rule restricing borrowing went into effect. Prices tapered off somewhat. Gains of from one to one and one-half points were chalked up by United Sttaes Steel, American Tele- phone and Telegraph, American Can, Santa Fe, Case and Westing= | house. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 1. quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15, American Can 61, Anaconda 6, Bethlehem 167%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Filn 3, General Motors 15%, - tional Harvester 20%, xom 67, Packard Motors 3, Unite e States Steel 39%, Bunker Hill, ny