The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 28, 1932, Page 1

VOL. XXXIX., NO. 6016, JUNEAU, ALASKA," URSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS FATE OF “HONOR SLAYING” DEFENDANTS UP STOCK MARKET PROBE TAKING ON NEW ANGLE Investigation Is Taken from Administra- tion Hands SPECIAL COMMITTEE WILL TAKE CHARGE Secret Plans Formulated— Many Leads to Be Run Down WASHINGTON, April 28. — A new group of ‘the Senate Bank- i Committee leaders wrested rol of the stock market inves- ijon from the Administration inds yesterday and formulated cecret plans for running down riony leads already developed. _ A sieering committee of five took charge of the in- vestigation. Chajrman Peter Norbeck an- fter an hour of an exe- n that “we are work- in secret on a program that will best develop the abuses of t system that all know exist e hard to prove.” believed the committee in- 5 to send agents to examine Stock Exchange brokerage rec- uvrd in New York City, e SHARES DRIFT UP THEN TAKE SLOW DECLINE Stock Market Shows Firm- er Tone Today, How- ever, than for Weeks NEW YORK, April 28. — The Stock Market showed signs of fatigue today after laboring slowing kigher for four successive sessions. The market sustained a firmness not duplicated since the first week in March. 2 After a slight upturn today, the market drifted into a slow sag. Alaska Juneau dipped two points. United States Steel, common, cased a fraction. Losses of one point or more were taken by American Can, American Telephone, North American, Allied Chemical and Dupont, CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 28—Closing quotation of ‘Alaska Juneau mine k today is 8%, American Can Anaconda 5%, Bethlehem Steel 14, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 2!, General Motors 11%, Inter- nal Harvester 18%, Kenne- cobt 7%, Packard Motors 2%, Unit- ed States Steel 28%, Bunker Hill L3%. ——————— STEEL CONCERN HAS DIVIDEND NEW YORK, April 28.—Beth- lehem Steel today declared the regularly quarterly dividend of $175 on preferred stock. Three nonths ago the Directors omitted Lhe dividend on common stock. S e NAVYBILLIS PASSED, HOUSE ‘WASHINGTON, April 28.—The House has passed the $326,000,000 Naval Appropriation bill after de- feating a motion to send it back to the committee for a 10 per cent cut. International Radio Forum to Be Extended to Sweden Tomorrow NEW YORK, April 28—The In- fernational Radio Forum will be cxtended to Sweden Friday. An adcress will be given by Sigfried First Division 394 Delegate— Dimond Grigsby 806 Ziegler 935 National Committeeman— Connors 803 Frame 539 Hardcastle 577 Delegates, Convention— Deal 634 Heath 923 Hoskins 63 Kirk 860 Moran 82 Morton 708 Rice . 947 Shonbeck 575 T 912 Wacker . 890 Wakefield 817 Walmer . 728 Attorney General— Foster Rustgard Auditor— Charles Cole . 15 Lucas 458 Naticnal Committeeman— Rasmuson 917 White 321 Delegates, Convention— Chase 684 Davies 551 Hungerford 535 Theile . 703 482 929 31 184 229 34 63 98 139 65 65 113 Results of Contests in Democratic, Republican Primaries, 4 Divisions DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Second Division REPUBLICAN PRIMARY DIMOND VOICES GRATITUDE FOR PARTY SUPPORT Third Division 948 93 n Fourth Division 251 194 217 Totals 1857 1148 1035 presses Appreciation of - Wonderful Support Expressing sincere appresiation for the support given him in neau and elsewhere in Tuesd primary election, Sénator A. §. Dimond, suceessful candidate the Democratic nomination for {Delegate to Congress, pledged him- self to conduct a vigorous campaign next Fall for that office, covering the entire Territory. “I am deeply gratified at the wonderful manner in which my Ju- neau friends supported my candi- dacy in the primary election and assure them I shall leave nothing undone that I can personally do for party success at the polls next November,” he declared. Grigsby Pledges Support George B. Grigsby, one of his two rivals for the nomination, was one of the first to congratulate Senator Dimond who arrived here this morning from Xetchikan, ac- companied by Mayor Thomas B. Judson and Harry Race. The two leaders greeted each other warmly. “I am sure it is not too .early to congratulate you and extend my best wishes. My services are at the disposal of yourself and the party, and I shall support you gladly in the Fall campaign.” “I am sorry it had to be you that lost,” replied Senator Dimend, and voiced his appreciation of Mr. Grighy's assurances of support. 603 252 105 238 1714 1027 46 739 562 286 282 461 201 672 227 %5 447 193 254 418 203 229 n 131 580 221 58 800 705 175 179 1908 790 251 126 63 279 1781 71 897 1484 230 389 RETURNS TODAY ADD TO DIMOND DELEGATE LEAD Valdez Senator Carries Second and Fourth— Rustgard Increases Lead With returns from scattering pre- MANY KEYSTONE STATE VOTES ARE DOUBTFUL Roosevelt I'E 40, Smith Confer with ieaders Senator Dimond will remain here until next Tuesday conferring with local party leaders on tentative campajgn plans. He will then te- tirn to his home ai Valdez. That he was inclined to take much of the vote he received and the large primary vote as a tribute to the party, was indicated by him. “The unusual heavy vote in the Democratic primary to me means that Alaskans generally are turn~ ing to our party for leadership. I think this will be even more pro- nounced next Fall, and that 1932 will be a real Democratic year in Alaska,” he declared. 17, and 18 in Doubt in Pennsylvania Nominee for Delegate Ex- [ As Vets World War veterans with banners i on the march. Upper panel show: | man, of Baltimore, past commande: Veterans of Foreign Wars, as he pr INSPECTORS T0 AID GOV, PARKS ~ WITH REINDEER {Inspectors Trowbridge and Gillman to Spend Sev- eral Months Here | ' Alaska to aid Gov. George |A. Parks in his program for put- ung the reindeer grazing industry {upor A stable basis in perfecting inn administrative organization and otherwise, Capt. Charleés R. Tro |bridge and Howard M. Gillman,| veteran field representative of the Here is the scene at Washington, D. to the National Capitol to present petitions bearing 2,500,000 signatures demanding payment of their bonus. Lower photo shows the parade of veterans Made Bonus Demand ¥ C., when 1,200 from 48 States to the Ways and Means Committee. flying marched i The petitions demand immediate full payment of adjusted compensation certificates. Left to right are: Representative Bertram Snell, New York; Senator Smith Brookhart, Towa; Representative Wright Patman, Texas; Representative Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; Senator Charles McNary, Oregon. and (on the step below) Wollman Important CHIMBER PAYS onference | FINE TRIBUTE Colled 017 T INDUSTRIS Disarmament Discussion of | “Big Five” Is Can- jGlretst,Alaska Juneau and celled at Geneva - {* Lumber Mills Staffs at Today’s Lunch Tribute to Junsau's largest in- mining, lumbering and fishing, was voiced today at the Chember of Commerce when it served its annual “Local Indus- Day,” with staffs from the Alaska Juneau and Juneau Lum- ber Mills as its guests. Presi- s Paul C. Woll- r-in-chief of the esented petitions GENEVA, April 28.—Another hope | of early conciliation in'the differ- | ences between France and Germany which would pave the way to suc- cé8s for the world disarmament con- ference collapsed yesterday with the cancellation of the “Big Five" parley schediled for Friday. i Premier Tardieu, of France, has telegraphed that an attack of PRICE TEN CENTS PHILADELPHIA, April 28. With three-fourths of the returns from Tuesday’s Democratic pri- mary in it is certain that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt has won 33 | District delegates to the Demo- cratic National Convention, and former Gov. Alfred E. Smith has 17 delegates.. Gov. Roosevelt's sup- Ppoxters claim seven and one-half of the eight delegates at large. Eigtteen District delegates are cincts in the Fourth and Second Divisions coming in, Senator A. J. Dimond today assumed a com- manding lead for the Democratic nomination for Delegate to Con- gress. He was leading in the Sec- ond, Third and Fourth Divisions and local party leaders said there is no possible chance for him to be overtaken by either of his rivals | —George B. Grigsby and Represen- “I repeat once more my apprecia- tion to the people of Juneau and vicinity, in every part of the Territory who 50 generously cast their ballots for me last Tuesday,” he said. and in fact to all those —_———— DOCTORS ARE Department of the Interior, are laryngitis has made it impossible (spending a few days here digging (for him to attend. |irto office statistics and reports! American Secretary of State \before taking the field. {Henry L. Stimson will also leave They arrived here last Satur-'shortly for his return to the United day evening and will remain for States and this breaks off, it is ancther week. After that they believed, further negotiations be- will proceed to Nome via Fair- tween France and America on their barks, flying from there to Sew-ldirrerenb programs for disarma- ard Peninsula. ment, l e Spend Months Here I | d Wallis . George and his busi- associate Oliver Drange, of Juneau Cold Storage Com- ihe T0 JURY ONE OF THREE VERDIGTS MAY BE ANNOUNCED Jury Given Instructions in Celebrated Hono- lulu Case DELIBERATIONS ARE STARTED LAST NIGHT Darrow Makes Impassion- ed Plea—Kelley Makes Last Arguments HONOLULU, H. I, April 28.—The jury in the “honor slaying” case is still locked up. Judge Charles S. Davis rul- ed the jury could find the de- fendants guilty of second de- gree murder, manslaughter, or not guilty. The jury could find Lieut. Thomas H. Mas- sie only not guilty by reason of insanity. Separate verdicts were ordered. The jury was instructed that the burden of proof was on the prosecution to show Lieut. Massie was sane. “No man can take the law into his own -hands. The fact that the deceased ravish- ed the wife of one of the defendants cannot be consid- ered,” warned Judge Davis. Brings Qut Tears Clarence Darrow, veteran criminal and defense attor- ney, pleaded for the Golden Rule in his final three hour address. In reviewing the attack on Mrs. Massie, he brought tears to the eyes of his listeners. He said the de- fendants would sanctify any prison they would be sent to. “When people come to your pany, were unable to be present.|beautiful isle, the first place Senator A. J. Dimond, Demo- cratic mominee for Delegate to Covgress, Mayor of Valdez and President of the Chamber of Com- merce there, and D. 1. Thomas, Chlef Clerk of the Alaska Division of the Office of Indian Affairs, tative A. H. Ziegler. ‘Territorial wide returns gave Di- mond 1,857, Grigsby 1,148 and Zieg- ler 1,035. J. J. Connors had in- creased his margin over John W. Frame for National Committeeman to 687 votes, 1,714 to 1,027, and he was almost 1,000 ahead of R. E.| Hardcastle who had polled 739. Get Indian Precincts Indian precincts on the lower west coast apparently went solid for Representative Ziegler, Frame and Frame's convention delegate slate. Hydaburg went solidly for that lineup and Klawock while giv- ing Mr. Grigsby a handful of votes, stuck to the Frame combination for the party organization. Craig, another west coast town with a heavy Indian vote, also went for Ziegler and the Frame slate. Sitka returns indicated the In- dian organization remained in the Republican primary, and private advices received here showed the same was true in Yakutat. Kake, Angoon, Hoonah and Klukwan are expected to do the same thing. Brings Up Delegates The result of the lower west | coast vote was to close up the gap | between the two convention dele- gate slates. In fact, M. M. Heath, a Frame candidate, was 57 votes ahead of John Walmer, one of the candidates on the Roosevelt ticket. liowever, returns from the rest of the Division and other Divisions, are said to be certain to elect ‘Walmer. Rustgard and Cole John Rustgard’s lead over Rep- resentative Frank H. Foster for nomination for Attorney General on the Republican ticket grew hand- somely today as belated returns came in from all parts of the Ter- ritory. He had 2,146 to 818, almost three to one. ia still in doubt. erential election, but it is not bind- |ing on the delegates. {from 6,046 out of 8181 districts gave Roowevelt 94,266 votes and |Smith 71,577, den of the 15th Congressional Dis- |irict, who accused President Hoov- er of treachery to the TUnited |States in connection with the mor- jatorium and since then has been |ated, defeating Mrs. Gifford Pin- chot. GEN. MAH IN iWants League of Nations ipatches said Gen. Mah Chan-Shan, \whose loyalties have switched three |times in six months between Japan and China, has telegraphed Pu-Yi, head of the Manchurian State, asking him to request the League lof Nations to give him safe con- duct out of Manchuria. SEN. BANKHEAD INVOLVED IN FIVE. DEATHS Girls Die as Resuit of Al- leged Criminal Operations OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 28.—~Disclosure that five girls died here recently as the result of al- leged criminal operations was made today by County Attorney Lewis Morris. Dr. Richard Thacker is charged with murder in one recent death. He has disappeared. The County Attorney estimated a ring of at least a dozen doctors performing operations. % ———— e LEAVES ESTATE ‘Gov. Roosevelt carried the pref- Returns McFadden Wins Representative Louis T. McFad- persistent critic, was renomin- ——o——— TIGHT PLAGE to Escort Him from OAKILAND, Cal, April 28—The §35,000 estate of Robert J. Bell, Alaska sourdough who died on Ap- 1il 9 at the age of 73 years wes left to his childhood sweetheart, Mrs. Mary Jane MoNeil, of Massachu- setts. — e — The two inspectors will remain in the field for three or four mcriths, possibly longer, studying, problems and seeking solutions. ' They will soon be followed by an expert in range management who | Wl be stationed in the Territory | | permanently. The problem of the management | is regarded as a unique one by | the Department. It is that of as- sisting the Governor of Alfl.ska,‘ who has administrative Jurisdic-‘ tion over the natives' deer, in, bringing order out jof the chaos !of a venture which originated 40 |years ago in a missionary’s at-| /tempt to help an’ isolated people ' and has developed into a live- Istock industry that covers an area 168 big as Texas. Tt is an industry ‘built on the reindeer, an animal !which never before formed the ibade for such an enterprise. R i5 located in the north and west of Alaska, within and near the Arctic Circle, where for months the sun forgets to rise in the win- ter and to set in the summer. It 15 based upon Arctic moss buried under the snow in lieu of corn or |hay, and the instinct of an ani- mal of the north for uncovering and flourishing upon it. Fskimos, who are mative born citizens of the United States, own a large pontion of the reindeer. |Aside from food, the reindeer of- fer the prospect of a “cash crop” to the Eskimo. The plans are to (Continued on Page Two) IS GIVEN SEAT Henry Ford Outlines New ! Economic Plan to Hoover (here from bis headquarters at AR | Washington, D. C., and Harry |Race, Vice-President of the Ket- | chikan Chamber of Commerce were T0 BE SPENT = = ON HIGHWAYS oo e e ¥ Projects to Cost Over One Shattuck. The Chamber recog- P nizes their vital importance and Billion Dollars Are its own responsibility in the mat- Planned ter of stimulating them, he add- (By OSCAR LEADING) led. ! The Alaska Jurieau, he added, in WASHINGTON, April 28.—Adad 'mes like the present goes ahead a little more than 13 per cent to Detter than ordinarily. This, /in the wholesale value of automo- Yi€W Of the relation of its own biless - produced ' in 1931 by the VFOSPeTity to ‘that of the city, United States and the result will Juneau has no reason for- feeling be the sum to be spent in 1932 ANy Of the éffects of business stag- for the nation’s highways. |nation prevalent in the country Altogether, as reported by State [0f the past two years. avthorities to the Bureau of Pub-| President Snattuck presented lic Roads, the estimated state and CGieéheral Superintendent L.H.Metz- local highway and bridge expen- 89T, who, after expressing his ap- ditures this year will total $1,352,- Preciation of the Chamber's rec- 837.261. ognition and its dfriendliness to Comparison with the cost of 1931 the company, introduced the fol- projects cannot be made until late lowing members of his staff: Glenn summer, when final figures are C. Oakes, Wharfinger, R. H. Beist- collected, but it is known that this line, in charge of outside con- year's program represents a 19 per struction; Adrian Roff, Transpor- cent decrease from the total sum tation; Walter P. Scott, Mill Su- spent in 1930, perintendent; H. G. Nordling, Chiel It is possible, however, that the Elestrician; T. A. Hellenthal, Chief 1982 total may be increased since Accountant; Arthur Riendeau, Mine Congress has numerous road ap- Superintendent; J. A. Williams, propriation measures pending. The Chief Engineer; Jack Livie, Mas- iotal cuthorization for Federal aid ter Mechanic; Gunnar Ingman, now amounts to $125,000,000. iin charge of general mill repairs 36,000 Miles of Road | Plea For Home Buying State highway departments alone! H. L. Faulkner, in a short talk expect to build more than 36,000 stressing the necessity here for tiles of roads this year. Though such an enterprise as the Juneau 1032 State highway funds are 10 Lumber Mills, urged strongly that per cent under the 1930 figure,|iL be given preference on its pro- the decline is considerably less ducts over those manufactured Backbone of Community ese industries form Juneau's backbene, and make its prosper- ity, almost its continued existence Cash Cole had a cleancut ma- jority over his two, rivals—P. G. Charles and H, I. Lucas. His vote, this afternoon was 1,735, Lucas 800 D. Bankhead, Democrat, is en- and Charles 573. titled to his seat as Senator from Edward A. Rasmuson, Skagway, Alabama. Former United States banker, was far heaad of Jack Scnator J. Thomas Heflin had White of this city for Republican coriended the eiettion was frau- National Committceman. He hldidlfl(’nt. WASHINGTON, April 28.—The Serate today declared Senator John Ford has outlined to President Hoover his newest plan of saving factory workers about $500 a year through combining farming an iudustry. ’ White House intimated his plan The vote of the Senate was 64 |centers around big factories by placing workers within the reach WASHINGTON, April 28—Henry of the open country where they would conduct on a smell scale, scientific farming, perhaps a com- munity plot where each worker could have ground alloted to him. Speaking on the economic con- ditions, Ford said: “If people who quit business to go into gambling several years ago quit that and go back to producing something, they- could sell all they produce.” Ford, in a surprise visit to the [ than in local funds, because Yhey ave largely derived from motor vehicle and gasoline taxation upon which revenues there has been no marked reduction. Nine States have reported total bighway programs estimated to cost in excess of $50,000,000. Rank- ed according to the total of their projects they stand as follows: (Continued on Page Two) | élscwhere, It is a locally owned plant, hiring local labor, and its successful operation depends in considerable degree upon home patrenage, he said. The mills, he added, like the fishing industry, has felt seriously the effects of present world-wide conditions. “The situation in the Siates is not as easy as some | (Continued on Page Eight) wywqw X they want to see is the peni- tentiary,” said Darrow. Prosecutor’s Plea Prosecutor John C. Kelley, in his final plea, said: “Is there to be one law for the people here and one for visitors? If you let these people go they will make Massie an Admiral because he and Admiral Pratt think alike. They both believe in lynch law. In the language of Smedley D. Butler I say, to hell with the Admirals,” Jury Locked Up The jury was locked up at 10 o’clock last night. The defendants are Lieut. Massie, husband of the wom- an assaulted by Joseph Kaha- hawai, native Hawiian, who was killed; Mrs. Granville Fortescue, mother of Mrs. Massie, and Navy men A. Q. Jones and E. J. Lord. - MAKE ATTEMPT T0 WRECK TRAIN NELSON, B. C, April 28.—An attempt last night was made to wreck the Eastbound Canadian Pa- |cific passenger train at Thrums. 18 miles west of here. An ex- picsion shattered the switch just as the train passed over. TARIFF BILL UP TO HOOVER ‘WASHINGTON, April 28—The meaum’o&l-‘-m duties, has been passed and sent to the President. The House pass- ed the bill by a vote of 202 3