The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 15, 1932, Page 1

VOL. XXXIX NO. 6005. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY, APRIL 15,1932 VMEMBER OF ASSOCIATF D PRESS AITY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS * ONE OF DEFENDANTS MAY ADMIT SHOOTING HAWAIIAN SE@RECY REQUESTED, LINDBERGH CASE WILL ATTEMPT 70 DEAL WITH KIDNAP CROWD Colonel’s Movements to Be Kept from Public for Purpose NEGOTIATORS HAVE HOPEWELL SESSION lnformakionfihhe]d as to Progress Being Made mn Case HOPEWELL, N. J., April 15.—Col Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife y again appealed for secrecy as @ in attempts to deal with the kidnapers of their baby son on h 1. Rear Admiral Guy Burrage and John H. Curtis, Norfolk negotiators, have returned to Norfolk, after a prolonged absence. In Norfolk they ¢ conferred four times with Col. Lindbergh but gave no other information. No further word has been receiv- ed from Dr. John F. Condon, elder- ly Fordham University Professor, vho negotiated with the alleged kidnapers and paid the ransom of $50,000. The kidnapers failed to keep their agreement or return the by He left New York City yes- terday on a mysterious trip. Rumors of various kinds are be- ing circulated and all are denied. 12, INVOLVED KIDNAP PLOT, UNDER ARREST Authorilies—A_ct in Abduc- tion of Wealthy Illinois Doctor PEORIA, Illinois, April 15, — Twelve persons, including two wo- men, are under arrest for the kid- napping of Dr. James Parker, wealthy physician, for ransom last nionth. He was released 18 days 1 unharmed and no money was pa Two politicians, Joseph Pursi- full and James Betson, admitted to being the ransom agents. Ario Stoops and Cecil Menin- ger, Betson’s nephew, are accused as being the actual kidnappers. Mr. and Mrs. Stoops, farm cou- admitted Dr. Parker was de- od at their home. A piece of wallpaper tormm from o bedroom by the police was iden- d by Dr. Parker and led to arrests. e, —— 2 MURDERERS PAY PENALTY EARLY TODAY First Do ub_l:Hanging in History of Washington Takes Place WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 15—Harold Carpenter, ‘aged 39 years, and Walter Dubac, aged 19 years, wére hanged shortly after midnight this morning for the murder of Peter Jacobsen, 86- year-old farmer, mnear Olympia, last July. It 'was the first double hanging in the history of the S‘mq of ‘Washington. Mrs. Ethel Willis, aged 28, cous- in of Dubuc, and the mother of two children, was also convicted of first degree murder of Jacob- sen but was senteniced to life im- priscnment. Potitions containing signatures of more than 6,000 persons, ask- inz commutation of the sentence of Dubuc to l}ife imprisonment were presented to Gov. Roland H. Hartley without avail. Robbery was the motive of the’ ~rime. The trio got only $3. BRIBERY CHARGED TO OFFICIALS RIS RPN City Commissioners R. Earl George L. Baker (left to right) of { grand jury accused of malfeasance Associated Press Photo Riley, John M. Mann and Mayor Portland, Ore., were indicted by a in office and advocating the com. mission of a felony, namely bribery. WML JBURNS 1S STRICKEN, PASSES AWAY Famous Detective Dies in Florida Following Heart Attack SARASOTA, Fla., April 15—Wil- liam J. Burns, famous detective died suddenly at his home here last night at the -age of 70 years. William J. Burns founded the detective agency bearing his name. He was director of the Bureau of Investigation, Department of Jus- tice, from 1921 to 1924. For a short time he figured prominently in the Teapot Dome oi! scandals but was finally clear- ec of blame by the courts, which set aside his 15-day sentence im- posed upon him on a charge of jury shadowing. Death followed a short heart attack. Students May Dance But Neck? No, No! COHSOCTON, O, April 15. ‘With the warning that students will not be permitted to “sit out the waltzes and neck,” the Coh- socton school board has announce- ed fthat Central High School for the first time will be allowed to hold dancing parties, instead of proving harmful to children, danc- ing may “uplift” some of them, Mrs. OIrene Barrick, member of the Federation of Women's Clubs, said in urging that the no-danc- ing rule be rwmn.ded PETERSBURG MAN IS CONVICTED OF SALE OF DEER, SENTENCED Carl Thorsett, arrested yester- day at Petersburg charged with violating the Alaska Game Law, was convicted in the United States Commissioner's Court was sentenced by Judge Clausen to serve four months in the Juneau Federal jail and to pay a fine of $100. Two beaver skins were seized from = Thorsett, who was also charged with and convicted of sell- here on the steamer Northwest- there and l ing deer meat. He will be brought 3 GANGSTERS PUT ON SPOT; BODIES FOUND Leader of Chckao Gang Is One of Those Murdered Early Today EAST ST. LOUIS, Tilinois, April 15.—Three gangsters mwere shot to death sometime during the night at Madison, a suburb, enroute from Chicago to St. Louis. Tommy Hayes, leader of the Cuckoo. gang, whose war with the Russo gang accounted for 20 ceaths; 'Willie Wilbert and Harry “Pretty Boy” . Lechler were the gangsters killed. Hayes' body was found beside an expensive automocbile some dis- tence away from the bodies of the other two gangsters, and this indi- cated he apparently attempted to escape. ——-ee— - FIVE KILLED, MANY INJURED IN EXPLOSION Nearly Completed $6,000,- 000 Ohio State Build- ing Wrecked COLUMBUS O., April 15.—Five persons were killed and probably others were buried in the debris, and 75 were injured in an ex- plosion which wrecked the mnearly completed $6,000,000 State Office Building late yesterday. Fire followed the blast. Officials . are investigating to find the cause. Labor disputes have been numerous during cop- struction of the building. OTHERS ARE DEAD COLUMBUS, O., April 15—It was announced this afternoon that two other men died as a result of injuries in the blast that wreck- ed the building. The authorities are investigat- ing the theft of 300 pounds of high powered dynamite from a powder company at London, Ohio. ——————— MISSIONARY FOUND SLAIN WARSAW, April 15—The body of Edna Dral Mott, American and Baptist missionary, was found to- day in her apartment with her throat slashed. It ds believed she was killed by religious fanatics. She came here from Poland a year ago. .- N. A. SMITH GOES HOME . A. Smith, who entered St. Ann’s hospital Wednesday, return- ed to his home in this city to- day. ; ., — REGISTERED AT GASTINEAU * N. A. Subin, 8. Anderson and J. P. Morgan are among the Neweomb, ern tomorrow by Deputy Marshal | guests registered at the Gastineau Hotel, MELLON GIVES FIRST ADDRESS T0 ENGLISHMEN Appears Before Four Hun- dred at Pilgrim Society Banquet DRINKS TOASTS TO KING, PRESIDENT Malges No Mention of Re- vision or Cancellation, War Debts LONDON, April 15—Hailing = new era, Andrew 'W. Mellon, Amer- ican Ambassador to Great Britain, last night told the members of the Pilgrim Society there was no- thing in world conditions so un- precedented as to justify a lack of faith “in our capacity to deal with them.” This was the first public address of the American Ambassador. More than 400 persons, includ- ing the Prince of Wales, Sir John Simmon, Foreign Secretary, and other dignitaries were present. Before the acddress, Ambassador Mellon drank with the others, toasts in champagne to King George and the President of the United States, in accordance with his seriously expressed intention to conform to the customs of the country. It was hopa2d by many attend- ing the banquet that some indi- cation- of - Ambassador Meliol's mission to England was to amrange for a revision or cancellation of war debts, but they were disappointed as he did not refer to the sub- ject in his address, ESCAPED TRIO UNDER ARREST IN AUTO CAMP Found wi!fiolen Auto; Driver Kidnaped; New Charge Is Made SEATTLE, April 15.C— hester Duckwitz, (former Seattle high school athlete; Wallace Posey and Charles Cotter, who escaped from the Monroe Reformatory last Fri- ¢ay night, were captured at an auto camp last night near Au- burn. Cotter was dressed as a Wo- man. The in an three drove up to the camp automobile which they had stolen, when they Kidnapped the driver. The driver gave warning ond the trio escaped but was sur- roundgd by a posse and captured. The three young men will be prosecuted for kidnapping. ., FREAK WINDS heavy plane from the flying field. seriously injuring the flier. Associated Press Telephoto 0[ the ov(‘rturnl‘d :md damaged plane stonewall at Worcester, Mass., airport. Hawks (insert) was unable to He was traveling 50 miles an hour Farm and Ir STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANGE THEN DECLINE American Telephone Has Extreme Drop; Quar- terly Report Made NEW YORK, April 15.—Early gains on the Stock Market were converted into losses later, but the list hardened again. American Telephone and Tele- graph had an extreme decline of 2% points. Some of the selling is believed to have been caused by disap- peintment over the failure of the New York Federal Reserve to cut the rediscount rate. American Telephone’s first quar- ter report showed the dividends were not fully esvned. The divi- dend is $2.07 a share. Peoples Gas soared five points. Eastman lost a gain of three points and Coco Cola sagged two points. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 15—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stook today is 13%, American Can 51%, Anaconda 6, Bethlehem Steel 137, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 2%, General Motors 13%, Inter- national Harvester 19%, Kenngeoit T0 WESTWARD 0 BE STUDIED Navy Expemn Going to Kodiak Island, Has Two Missions SEATTLE, April 15—Secrets of freak winds on the Kodiak Island region will be studied by a Naval party, headed by Lieut. Robert H. Harnell, aboard the U. S. S. Gan- net which leaves here nevt week. The Navy planes will fly from here to Seward where they will be ldaded on the Gannet and ta- ken to Chignik Bay from where observations will center. Part of the equipment to test the air cur- rents will be by specially made kites, in addition to the planes, ‘The winds have been troublesome to smail craft. While in the north, the planes will also map the district from the air around Kodidk Island, simi- lar to the work done in South- 7, Packard Motors 2%, TUnited Sm’oes Steel 34'2, Bunker Hill, no TRANSFER TAX BEING FOUGHT President of N. Y. Stock Exchange Pictures a Gloomy Outlook WASHINGTON, April 15—Pos- sible closing of the New York Stock Exchange with the danger of a panic was pictured today be- fore the Senate Finance Commit- tee by President Richard Whit- ney, of the Exchange, if the stock transfer tax is imposed. Whitney said the tax would re- duce security transactions almost to the vanishing point and the effect “would devastatingly dimin- =" country. - .o The average life of a passenger automobile in Austria is estimated at five to six years, with an aver- cast Alaska, age mileage of nearly 12,000, the business of the entire Gearing Productwn Wheols To Stable Population Gives wdustry Problem| (EDITOR'S NOTE: A rap- idly growing population once meant to American manufac- turers an ever-incvreasing mar- turers, an ever-increasing mar- stricted and families decreas- ing in size, these manufactur- ers soon may have to face a stationary population, as is ex- plained in this the last of three articles on new popula- tion statistics.) (By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE WASHINGTON, April 15.—A rapidly declining birth-rate may be of scant concern now to the average producer or consumer struggling to keep out of the red but it has become a real problem | for several economists. diagnosed as a world malady, something must be done within the next quarter economists assert, to gear agri- to @ prospectively stable or de- clining populalion. In northwestern most of our Europe, where ! agricultural exports trial exports go, as well as in the United States, the birth-rate has been declining for 50 years, (Contlnued on Pagc 0) With over production already | of a ‘century these | cultural and industrial production and a large share of the indus- | Speed F lier Serwusly In ]ured In Upsot ing a of rank gain enougih mnmentnm to lift his as the craft struck and nosed over, WICKERSHAM IS ASKED T0 ACT IN ROAD ISSUE Alaska Chamber eres Delegate and Fairbanks Is Alarmed Alaska's concern over the pro- posed transfer of the Alaska Road Commission's activities from the War to the Interior Department was communicated today to Dele- gate in Congress James Wicker- sham by the Territorial Chamber of Commerce, M. S. Whittier, Exe- cutive Secretary of the latiter body, dispatching the message. The Territorial Chamber is anx- lous to ascertain what policy the (Interior Department will adopt in connection with road: construction and maintenance in the event such work is entrusted to it. Fairbanks Is Alarmed Fairbanks is alarmed over the possibility of the transfer. That |city is the interior terminus of the Richardson Highway and fear is felt that ithe highway will be abandoncd by the Federal Govern- ment if the Interior Department Jtakes charge of road work. The message sent by the Terri- torlal Chamber to Delegate Wick- ersham follows: “Referring to Executive order i (conzlnued on Page Two) (By FRANK I WELLER) (Associated Press Farm Editor) WASHINGTON, April 15. —1It becomes increasingly apparent both political conventions this summe: may be asked (o write into their platforms a plank for reform of the country’s montetary tem. Edward A. O'Neal, President of | the American Farm Bureau Fed-| eration, which, ‘with the National Grange and the Farmer's Union, is demanding return of what he terms the “honest dollar,” says that if Congress does not “fulfill its Constitution obligation” to reg- ulate the value of money the farm groups will “go before the nation ion this gueat issue.” “Honest Dollar” The “honest dollar” is a gold standard - dollar, but one suffic- iently deflated to bear the same |relation to commodity values as |existed in the period of 1921-1920 |Bills extant propose the Federal |Reserve Board be instructed to change the quantity of gold in the dollar until its purchasing power is mo greater than the index price level of the more than 700 major commodities. Indirectly, vhe process would (Farm Leaders Urge Money Revaluation; Planks May Be Sought Party Platforms be one of c'ommodny mllauan smcc it would increase the number of dollars that could be bought with a given quantity of any commod- ity. | Tt is because more wheat and |more cotton and more catile are required in exchange for the same number of dollars that organized |agriculture insists on a revalua- mon of money based on the 1926 |level of farm prices and the dol- {ar stabilized at that point. Purchasing Power If that were done commodity end money values henceforth would fluctuate in direct rati and corn or pig iron would be constant in purchasing power. Congress has before it the so- jcafled Fisher bill to change the price of gold from time to time to correspond to changes in the general commodity price level and the revised Goldsborough bill which embodies elements of the old Ram- seyer, Strong, Keller, Burtness and | Goldsborough bills calling for res- toration of the pre-deflation com- modity price level. They are strongly opposed in powerful banking circles. The effect of either bill would Jbe to raise the farm price level Jw per cent. 'HONOR SLAYING DEFENSE OPENS HONOLULU CASE Lieut. Mass—ie—,_One of Four Defendants, Is Placed on Stand ATTORNEY DARROW INTIMATES ACTION Navy Man May Assume the Blame for Killing in Fit of Insanity HONOLULU, T. H, April 15— The defense in the “honor slaying” opened yesterday. Four defendants are the centers in this human drama. They are Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, E. J. Lord and A. O. Jones, the latter three navy men, charged with the alleged kill- ing of Joseph Kahahawai, one of the assaulters of. Lieut. Massle's young wife, Lieut. Massie was the first wit- ness, a -defendant, called to the stand. Disclosure Made The veteran criminal lawyer, Clarence Darrow, disclosed that one of the defendants would admit the shooting in a fit of insanity. Ques- tioning indicated that this would be Massie. While Lieut. Massie testified, Mrs. Fortescue wept silently. Lieut. Massie testified as to how the assault preyed on his and his wife’s mind, He testified that his wife had to undergo an operation after the attack of the Hawaiian to avoid becoming a mother. Crime Revealed Lieut. Massie said he missed his wife at a dance, when she went for a walk. He finally located her at home, face swollen, lips bleeding, clothes torn. He said she wanted to die. Lieut. Massie told of how she revealed the attack made on her and he took her to a hospital for treatment. He said he tried in vain to sleep after her story had been told to him. The trial is called the “honor" case because of the outraging of the fundamental principles of ecivi~ lization—the purity of womanhood. All other laws may fail and the race progress but if woman’s honor is trampled undefended, all is lost in chaos. ‘Womanhood Mrs. Fortescue epitomizes wom- anhood in Hawaii and the United States. Not only is she standing for woman's position in Hawaii, but for American womanhood and and motherhood everywhere. Lieut. Massie is standing at her side to right a cruel wrong per- petrated upon his defenseless wife. The two American men of the Na- vy are standing for upholding the honor of the navy and its attitude toward American women. Community Involved The community of Honolulu, in this particular instance, is also sit- ting in the seats of the defendants, in one sense. The community of Honolulu drove Mrs. Fortescue, Lieut. Massie, Jones and Lord to their activities, whatever they were, on January 8, when the crime with which they are charged was coms- mitted. TRIAL DELAYED HONOLULU, April 15— Shortly after the trial resumed this fore- noon adjournment was taken as Attorney Darrow was ill with an attack of indigestion. ANOTHER OUTRAGE HONOLULU, April 15—Pablo Gonsalves, aged 45, is held in jail charged with criminally assaulting a 5-year-old girl. A howling crowd threatening to lynch him was dis- persed by office: Kerosene Lamps Are . ‘ Banished at Coolidge’s Homestead PLYMOUTH, Veront, April 15. Kersosene lamps by the light - which the late John Coolidge ministered the oath of offite President to his son, Calvin, years ago, are being replaced by . electrioity. The Coolidges have used century old homesiead as & sum-