The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 6, 1932, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS JUDSON TICKET WINS ELECTION BY LARGE VOTE Mayor Defeats Dishaw Al-| most 2 to | in Tues- day’s Election MESSERSCHMIDT AND GEORGE, BEISTLINE IN/ Mayor Ge!s Biggest Vote| And Messerschmidt Took Second Place Leading the ticket by a slight margin, and carrying every one cf the ‘three precincts, Mayor Thomas B. Judson, yestérday was, r2-elected for the sixth consecutive time as Juneau's Chief Execu- tive, and the three Councilmanic candidates running on the Citi- zens' Ticket with him were also victorious. The Mayor polled 630 votes to 362 for his opponent Alfred W. Dish- aw.. He received 22 votes more han Henry Messerschmidt, high candidate, and 23 more than M. L. Merritt, Tunning unopposed { Director of the local School Board. Those elected to the Com- mon Council were: mmidt and 'W. 8. George, re- ed, and Ralph Beistline, who 1 take the place of H. G. Nord- retiring member. Outcome Known Early The result of ‘the balloting was never in doubt after the election officials began counting. The trend of the 1ote was plainly toward the et headed by Mayor Judson. After 25 per cent of the vote had been canvassed, it was evident that the entire ticket had been carried into office. ‘The Third precinet was the first to complete its tally. It gave Mayor Judson and Messrs. Mes- serschmidt majorities, and Mr. George was seven votes behind J. B. Burford and O. Bodding who tied for third place with 100 votes each. Henry Meier was in sixth place with 11 votes less than Mr. George. next Lead In First The First Precinct, in which 530 votes were cast, gave the Judson ticket a big vote. Mayor Judson received 333 there to 183 for Mr. Dishaw. Mr. Messerschmidt was high man in the precinot with 338, five more than cast for the Mayor. Mr. Merritt, with 345 votes, got the highest vete of any candi- date there. The Citizens' Ticket carried the Second Precinot, also, although the vote on Councilmen was closer than in the First. The Mayor polled 165 to 103 by Mr. Dishaw, and fled 'his ticket ‘there. Mr. Messerschmidt was runnerup with (Commued on Page Two) HEATING PLANT PROJECT LOSES IN CLOSE VOTE Is Franchise Ordinance Rejected By Voters in Yesterday’s Voting Juneau’s voters yesterday killed ffor the present at least the cen- tral hesting plant project, defeat- ing the franchise ordinance by 47 votes. The vote on the proposi- tion was 410 for the franchise and 457 against. The only precinct that would have been affected by the pro- ject, at least for some time, the Second, voted for granting the franchise, 140 for it and 93 against. Mr. Messer-|Jo TICKET Judson Councilmen Wallis S. George . H. Messerschmidt R. H. Beistline . PEOPLE’S TICKET Mayor - Alfred Dishaw Councilmen J. B. Burford 0. Bodding Henry Meier SCHOOL DIRECTOR M. L. Merritt HEATI\(. ORI)INANCE N TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL VOTE POLLED l i ! JLT OF TUESDAY’ ELECTION Precinct Precinet Precinct No.1 No.2 No.3 Total 333 165 132 630 293 139 93 525 i 338 148 122 608 325 139 m 515 183 103 76 362 162 118 100 380 193 129 100 422 206 114 82 402 345 142 120 607 { 199 140 7 410 255 3 109 457 581 332 248 1161 530 211 210 1011 BRABPRRE ANt it o SRR MITCHWINS IN KETCHIKAN OVER GILMORE Elected By 38 Votes; Other Alaska Cities Go To Polls Tuesday KETCHIKAN, Alaskd, April 6.— F. R. Mitsch is the newly elected mayor, defeating P. J.Gilmore by 38 votes, Mitsch receiving 521. H. P. | Hansen and Henry Erwick were re- lelected and J. S. Burgan was elect- ed to ti§e new City Couneil. Mrs. W. C. Dibrell was unopposed for the Schook Board. The vote was one of the heaviest in the city§ history. Mayor-Eléct Mitsch is'now trav- eling in the east on business. It is understood he is in Defroit. He has lived . in Ketchikan for the past seven years, with his family and owns property. He2 is assistant manager of the Alaska Halibut Fishermen’s Co-Operative Company and Secretary-Treasurer of the Marlyn Fish Company. His platform was for a readjustment of City Government, reduction of taxes as far as the best interests of the city will permit, that city labor and bus- iness requirements be handled im- partially and that all citizens have equal rights before the City Coun- cil. MULVIHILL IS CHOSEN MAYOR FOR NINTH TIME SKAGWAY, Alaska, April 6—The entire Citizens' ticket was elected here yesterday and, W. J. Mulvihill succeeds himself as mayor for the ninth time. Councilmen elected were J. M. Keller, H. B. Thorn- quist and J. W. Grashel. Oscar Sel- man was elected treasurer, L. E. Reynoldson was elected City Clerk and Mrs. J. F. Vandewall as a {member of the school board. CANNERYMAN ELECTED AS MAYOR AT WRANGELL WRANGELL, Alaska, April 6.— F. S. Barnes, President of the Wrangell Packing Company, was elected Mayor yesterday, Arnt Sor- set, George Sumption and F. An- german going in as councilmen. Mrs, M. O. Johnson was elected a member of the School Board. Mr. Barnes began signing pay checks at the Lake Bay cannery 22 years ago. Since that time over one million dollars in pay checks drawn by him have come directly to Wrangell. The Mayor-Elect made no prom- ises except that he will do all in his power to cut the city admin- istration costs in every possible way. OSCAR GILL ELECTED MAYOR AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 6.— Councilman Oscar Gill was elected Mayor yesterday, unopposed. A. A. The First and the Third precincts tejected it, the forner casting 109 for and 255 against, and the lat- ter 71 for and 100 against. The franchise ordinance, to have become effegtive ;would have had to have received 55 per cent of the vote cast. Two Must Die For Attempt To Kill Doctor MOSCOW, April .6. — Judas Stern and Sergel Vassiliev have been sentenced to death for an attempt here on the life of Dr. Fritz Twardouski, counsellor to the German Embassy. They confessed to the on . the doctor's life and lat- Shonbeck, U. G. Crocker and Jack Wadman were elected to the Coun- cil. Mrs. Gus Gelles was reelected to the School Board. By a large majority, the proposi- tion, shall the city acquire the tel- ephone and light distribution sys- tem, now leased from the Alaska Railroad, carried “yes” overwhelm- ingly. BANKER ELECTED AS MAYOR AT PETERSBURG PETERSBURG, Alaska, April 6.— Edwerd Locken, of the Bank of Petersburg, is the new mayor, elect- ed yesterday, with a vote of 229 against Earl Ohmer, shrimp can- nery manager, who polled 149 votes. The vote on councilmen follows: Sam Gauffin 247, Jacob Hanseth . |211, Jonas Olsen 192, Rasmus Enge WORK ON THANE ROAD TO START FIRST OF WEEK Anderson Announces Will Resume Construction Employ 30 Men ‘Construction work on the Thane |road projest will be resumed next Monday moming by the Seims- Spokiane Company, it was announc- ed today by Richard Anderson, en- gineer in charge of the work for the contractor. Camp will be es- tablished this week and every- thing put into. shiape for putting the grews o work Monday. An average of 80 men will be employed throughout the season, probably until the end of Septem- ber, and possibly even longer than that. For a short time, the crew will number 85 or more, the addi- tional workmen being required for grubbing. The United States Bureau of Public Roads began to remove the snowslide mear the Union oil plant this morning. Tt is using the Seims-Spokane shovel for the work and expects to have the job com- pleted by Thursday night. The road to Thane will be open for traffic by late Friday and Mr. Anderson will establish his camp immediately. To facilitate excavation work, a second dumpster has been pur- chased by the company and is en- route here on a freighter, due to arrive the latter part of this week. It is similar to the machine al- réady in use on the job. REPARATIONS NOT PLANNED BY GERMANY Govemment——G_oing Ahead With Financial Budget, Minus War Debts BERLIN, April 6.—The Govern- ment is going about with financing plans or the theory there will be no reparation payments in the Budget for 1932-1933. Prepara- tions make no provision for war debts. This ds learned from offic- ial sources. This is the first time since the World War that repara- tions have not entered in the fi- nancial plans of the Republic. 6ROSS ERRORS ARE REPORTED STOCKHOLM, April 6. — The audito rchecking the accounts cf the Kreuger and Toll Company, following the suicide in Paris of Ivan Kreuger, said the company’s balance sheet issued in December, 1631 grossly misrepresented the true financial position.” — EXCAVATING FOR BUILDING Ivor Maki is excavating a lot on Front Street opposite the Ju- neau Cold Storage Company. He says he plans the erection of a wooden building there this year. ——,———— mcufl.um,o after being shot in the lived byl Seven Bllls Introduced In Senate to Carry Out . Recommendations WASHINGTON, April 6—Con- gress ccanned closely the recoms dations of Assistant Attorney Gens eral Seth W. Richardson containes in 'his report to the Senale reg: ing conditions in Hawaii at time of the alleged reign of crime several months ago and after. U. 8. Senator Hiram Bingham in- troduced seven bills to carry ouf jan Governor and of the court system. Chairman Hatton W. Sun of Texas, of the House O Committee, home rule and said mormdson‘l report would apply to many cities in the United States. Prohibition is Cause Representative Leonidas C. Dyer, would not Prohibtion. “Tb s import good liquor there and they make their own drink, okelehao, from a plant, most of it poison and drives people Dyer said. In his report, Richardson said there 'was extreme laxity in law enforcement, administration of jus- tice was dinsufficient, constituting an invitation to crime, and he have happened before m. ment assume closer responsibility of law and order, this to be plished by Prestdential appllicd ment of heads of the Prosecution and Police Departments and lead- | ing to the Island Constabulary. The Assistant Attorney General found no criminal rackets and the amount of sex crimes seemed less than reporfed from many cities and localities with similiar population on the mainland. e DIES ON EVE OF SENTENCE, LIQUOR CASE Richard I':—r-;nt, Who Helped Send Olmsted To Prison, Dies SEATTLE, April 6—Richard L. Fryant, aged 46, former Prohibition Agent, who listen on tapped wires to conversations which sent Roy Olmsted ‘and other members of his ring to prison, died of heart trouble last night. Fryant was to have been sen- tenced mext Monday after a sur- prise plea of guilty 15 days ago to the charge of carrying on a business of distiller at the huge maham still in Pierce County. Fryant was acquitted as defen- dant in fthe Lyle-Whitney cons- piracy case two years ago. - ee H. J. LOWDON IS SUICIDE Seattle Man Takes His Life; Inhales Fumes From Auto Exhaust SEATTLE, April 6—Henry J. Lowdon, aged 50 years, President and General Manager of the Mul- tacgron Tube Light, Incorporated, committed suicide by inhaling fumes from an auto exhaust. His family blamed ill-health. The au- thorities said a note indicated fi- nancial reverses, RUSTGARD TALKS TO WOMEN'S CLUB At a meeting of the Juneau Women's Club in Mrs. Katherine Hooker's Coffee Shoppe, an inter- esting address was delivered by John Rustgard, Attorney General of Alaska. A reading was given by Mrs. Leon Vincent. A report on recent activities L. the ciuo was subauited by Mrs 7 X the recommendations made, through providing for the appointment of asked a i high officials by the President, would find increasing the power of vhe Hawai~ practically impossible to recommended the Federal Govern- Guilt or Innocence of Dead Hawaiian Bobs Up in Selecting Jury HONOLULU, T. H., April 6—Al- though Mrs. Grace Fortescue and three navy men are on trial for second degree murder, the question in the court today was the guilt or innocence of the Hawaiian, al- Tlleged assailant of Mrs..Massie. On the first day, Judge Charles S. Davis ruled this had no bear- ing in the present case but the question was raised again today by Prosecutor -Barry Ulrich when he rospective juror if he the defendants guilty whether he believed they had a land said that is not the law. necessary. lli-feeling was revealed when a | Hawailan, prospective juror, said he had expressed an opinion that he of Missourl, said the Massle €asé|pslieved the defendants ought to be shot. A tentative jury of twelve has been seated in the box. 'CHAMBER 1S TO GREET ECKMANN AND A. B. HAYES |Airplane Company Officials To Be Guests Local | Chamber Tomom_)w Anscel Eckmann, Vice-President and General Manager of the ‘Southern Alaska Airways and well- known eirplane pilot, and A. B. Hayes, Juneau manager of the same cempany, will be guests of the Chamber of Commerce at its | weekly meeting at noon Thursday at Bailey's Cafe. it was announced :\today by Secretary G, H. Walms- ley. The two airplane officials ar- rived here Tuesday after a two- day flight from Seattle in the seaplane Chichagof. ‘This craft will be based here permanently. A discussion of the omission of Alaska from inclusion in the re- organized Advisory Board, Migra- tory Bird Treaty Act, as recently disclosed in press announcements released by the Department of Ag- riculture promises to interest sportsmen members of the Cham- ber tcmorrow. Secretary Arthur M. Hyde has districted the entire country into 10 areas, giving eacn a member of the new board. Al- aska was not made a part of any cistrict, As announced by the Secretary of Agriculture, the purpose of the Board iz “to achieve a broader representation of sportsmen, con- servatiorists and agricultural inter- ests, and to obtain a large meas- ure of local co-operation in the conservation of the migratory bird resources of the country.” The Advisory Board will study and recommend definite policies affecting the interests of sports- men, conservationists and farmers, including such matters as lengths of seesons, bag limits, shooting restriicticns, zoning, measures for increasing the supply of game birds and waterfowl, measures for conserving the existing supply, and other geme conservation matters that come under the jurisdiction of the Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture. - LABORER IS ILL Charles Woodward, laborer of this city, is a patient in St. Ann’s Hospital having entered today for medical treatment. - eee — Girl Baby Is Born To Gloria Swanson LONDON, April 6. A daughter was born today to Mrs. Michael Farmer (Gloria Swanson, actress,) at the Far- . mer home here. Mother and child are well. This is Glor- ia’s second child, the first, Gleria, is now 10 years old. Her father is Herbert Sam- bern, film euodhe. Gloria's Judge Davis said the question | would be decided when it became | ]mmmmm As the selection of a jury proce slaying of Joseph Kahahawai, Mrs. ing bridge and reading sympathetic Lord and Albert O. Jones, face trial HONOLULU, April little affected by Mrs. Grace Fortesene, er formerly of New York and Washington, awaited calmly the lifting of the court curtain on the next act of the drama ‘that shook! the foundations of Hawaii's social structure. A flat plea of “not guilty” h;us been the sole reply of the sLs;Ler, gray-haired niece of Alexander Graham Bell, and of her three co-defendants, to the accusations that they put Joseph Kahahawai,; a native Hawaiian, to death as| | Mrs. Fortescue's darughter Thaia Massie val Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, one | of the four defendants to answer; second degree murder charges in connection with the slaying. As the time comes when “all is to be told,” there is no hint of foreboding in Murs. Fortesque's appearances. With the gracious- ness born of the drawing room, she received visitors, played bridge or chatted with her daughter and is outwardly composed. Is Unperturbed She read unperfurbed the end- less flow of letters from mainland friiends—many - of them in thigh| en sympathy and moral support— a verdict written by those friends in advance justifying anything she may have done in assuaging a mother’s feelings. But the verdict that Clarence Darrow, chief defense counsel, and | his assoclates have to consider is! the one that will be returned by a jury of mixed racial stock sitting in the atmosphere of the mid-Pa-| cific islands—not the mainland. Mrs. Fortescue and co-defendants declined to talk about the case in advance, saying the trial will bring out the full sto: Prosecution Reticient Equally reticient as to certain cution. Neither side reconstruct- the time Kahahawai was kidnapp- ed from in front of the court- ‘house January 8 until his body was found wrapped in a sheel wound with rope in a car occu- pied by Mrs. Fortescue, Licutenant Massie end E. J. Lord, an enlisted man of the Navy. Was the killing of Kahahawai contemplated in the plans laid for his abduction and accomplishcd by a ruse through which he was lured from the courthouse steps to a waiting automobile?” Another Question Did his death follow torture in an effort to wring from him a confession of a part in the brutal beating and mistreatment of Tha- lia Massie? Which of the defendants will the prosecution contend fired wne shot which pierced the chest of the man freed on bonds after a jury had disagreed as to his guilt on a criminal assault charge? Mrs. F ortoscue Calm as Trial Begins; ‘Not Guilty’ Her Only | Reply to Charge She Is F acing| posed. Previous to the start of the trial she occupied her time play- cue’s son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas H. .-z WALTER. GAMBLE retribution for themistreatment of | Mrs. Massie is the wife of Na-| places. It is a deluge of outspok-| salient details has been the prose-| ed a clear version in the public| mind of what happened between' £.00, WISCONSIN CASTS BIG VOTE FOR ROOSEVLT ‘New York Governor Con- ! tinues*To Accumulate 1 Pledged Delegates 'SWEEPS WISCONSIN AND UPSTATE NEW YORK \Scattered Local Elections Show Democratic Tide Still Mounting | | I | WASHINGTON, April 6.—An ex- ceedingly heavy Democratic vote in | Wisconsin, normally Republican, gave Goyv. Franklin D. Roosevelt a | |landslide victory in the election of | | delegates to the Democratic Na- | i tional Convention over an unin- {structed ticket favorable to former | Gov, Alfred E. Smith. || Gov. Roosevelt also won the con- test with Smith in New York ‘state, {in Buffalo. Other New York dele- | gates upstate favor Roosevelt. I‘ The Tammany bloc winners are | 'not committed to a candidate for the Presidential nomination. v | President Hoover won all dele- gates in New York state but has apparently been beaten by the Pro- | gressives in Wisconsin who favor United States Senator George W. eds in Henolulu in the trial for the | Nos of Nebraska for President. Grace Fortescue is outwardly com- | Democrats In Ilinois l In municipal and township elec~ Ietters from friends. Mrs. Fortes- | tions in Illinois, the Democrats Massle, and two navy men, E, J. stormed the Republican strongholds, mkmg Cicero, Chicago suburb, and ‘Srurlacc Al Capone’s base, for Lhe first time in 16 years. The Democrats, for the first time in a quarter of a century, won in Nashville. Joliet Democrats elected an offi- cial for the first time in 40 years. Hoan Re-elected Milwaukee re-elected Socialist Mayor Daniel Hoan, who has held office since 1916. This time he won his greatest victory. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, a nor- mally Republican city, a Democrat- ic mayor, David Chavez, Jr., and entire Democratic council went in- to office by a big majority. ———, —— STOCK MARKET HAS DULL DAY, MANY BREAKS Several Prominent Issues Drop Then Partially ecover 1 with her. SENTENCED T0 SERVE 7 YEARS ‘Sentence Imposed Today | by Judge Harding on [ Lyle Davis’ Slayer | Walter Gamble, who recently |entered @ plea of guilty to man- slaughter for the death of H. C. | (Lyle) Davis here last December, !was today sentenced by Judge| 'Justin 'W. Harding in the Federal | Distriet Court to seven years' im- prisonment in the McNeil Tsland ! penitentiary. Gamble appeared at 12 p. m. before Judge Harding with his ‘attorney, Grover C. Winn, ! He wiil be taken south on the first available steamer to begin serving his sentence. | Gamble admitted stabbing Mr. |Davis at - Chichagof on December {22, last. The latter was rushed there for medical attention,” but ‘died on December 27. Gamble was indicted last January by & grand jury at Ketchikan on a charge of first degree murder. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter last Friday and, on the recommenda- tion of United States Attorney H. NEW YORK, April 6—The Stock Market® stiffened today after a sharp opening. Trading was set beck and became dull. Losses wer: reduced or erased. ‘The volume cf business in the first half hour was 500,000 shares. United Steel broke to 35%, a |new low, and then recovered to 36. IS' ‘;"“‘:’m?“flt’hg plea was accepled | gunia'me was off 3% polnts at VI SO0, D the worst and cut the loss to a m, fraction. tion’s version assign co-defendant' American Telephone and Tele- Albert O. Jones, Navy man ar-)graph regained a gwo point drop. (rested in the Massie home with |the ‘fake warrant alleged to have !been used to lure Kahehawai to NEW YORK, April 6.—Closing his death in his possession. quotativn of Alaska Juneau Mine These are some of the difficul- [stock today dis 15%, American Oan |ties in the composite picture of 55% Anaconda 5%, Bethiehem |the killing as painted by both the |Steel 15%, Curtiss-Wright, 1%, prosecution and defense and which | Fox Fims 2%, General Motors 13% CLOSING PRICES TODAY await the starting of testimony 1 International Harvester 17%, Ken- for illumination. necott 6%, Packard Motors 2%, Until the opening statements United States Steel 36, Bunker are fade it is not expected the|Hill, no sale. defense will reveal the nature of {the defense piea to harmonize cus-l {tody of Kahawal's battered body | with the not guilty plea that was| entered. o4 . ALBERT WILE LEAVES HOSPITAL; GOING AWAY. Albert Wile left St. Ann's hos-. Admunsters Last Rites to Injured Woman Later to F ind | Auto Victim His Own Mother |ing in an ambulance, the ;'nvmbly, aged 58, visited ,Laurence ’nemh!y. admln.\.%ered nightly, but waited in vain. |the last rites to a woman maimed | A friend later called him to ‘,bfl}ond recognition by an auto ac- |morgue. He lodked again cident. She died later. the victim of the motorear The Rev. Trembly hurried back | dent, fell upon hk “ the - St M‘& GW sob, * him o i where his mother, Mrs. .)omv‘ ——————— | pital teday and is leaving for Ten- Snakes, 106 of them, wern|akee on the motorship Estebeth found. in one nest near Belleville,| Thursday night, for the benefit == Ohio. ‘0( his health.