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

. & [N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1932. VOL. XL., NO. 6023. ATTEMPT MADE T0 ASSASSINATE PROTECTIONISTS 41D HOLZWORTH OVER PROTESTS Mammalogists Approve in “Spirit” Resolution De- manding Sanctuary ALLEGES FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Biological Survey and Al- aska Game Commission Are Criticised WASHINGTON, May 6. — Hot words flew at the meeting of the Society of American Mammalogists yesterday as scientists and Govern- ment officials debated whether brown bears of Alaska were in danger of extinction. A resolution deploring the al- leged failure of the United States Biological Survey and the Alaska Game Commission to provide laws and sanctuaries to protect the brown bears and alleged action of the Forest Service in granting pulp wood concession of lands occupied by the brown bears was approved “in spirit” by the Society. John M. Holzworth, Chairman of the Society’s Alaska Brown Bear Committee, urged that Admirally Island, in Southeast Alaska, near Juneau, be made a sanctuary. Under the Government’s present policy; Holzworth said, the bears will be sacrificed to wood pulp “to print Sunday supplements and de- tective stories.” The Biological Survey and For- est Service officials said the bears were adequately protected by exist- ing laws and pulp operations would not be detrimental. — WASHINGTON STATE 6. 0. . HAVE FIGHT Anti -Hartleyites and Drys to Organize Convention— Wets to Get Platform SEATTLE, May &—Decisive ac- tion for the control of the Re- publican State Convention tomor- row is anticipated. A resolutions committee has assembled in an attempt to frame a platform. For- mer Lieut.-Gov. Lon Johnson, op- ponent of Gov. R. H. Hartley, ap- peared to have clear sailing for selection as keynoter. King County delegates are lined up behind Johnson for temporary chairman and State ‘Senator Fred Hastings of Seattle for permanent chairman. Both oppose Gov. Hart- ley. Both are drys. King County wet leaders are heading a revolt against this slate. Ernest Murray, Tacoma wet, has considerable support for permanent chairman. The wets claim from a bare majority to as high as 550 votes to support a wet platform, but opposition is expected in the Resolutions Committee. —————— TWO MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE NEW YORK, May 6. — Damage estimated at more than $2,000,000 was done at Cunard Line Pier to- day by a fire which at first seemed trifling and its discoverers failed to turn in an alarm. Later a gen- eral alarm was sounded. One hun- dred and fifty firemen were over- come during the fight on the flames. e STAMPS NET ITALY PROFIT ROME—One of the few govern- ment bureaus which show no en- tries on the red side of the ledger is a philatelic office selling Italian 'stamps, new and old, to collectors. Authenticity of each stamp is guar- anteed. ——————— “Lowry,” a pet canary of a St. senior, Mrs. Maude Monell, socially prominent widow of Colonel Ambrose Monell, is shown with her new husband, Frederick W. Vetlesen, Nors wegian naval architect, soon after their secret marriage at the Little Church Around the Corner in New York. The bride, who inherited $15,000,000 from her former husband, is 12 years her husband’s They plan a yachting honeymoon. ASSOCIATIONOF RETAIL TRADE FORMED HERE {Main Purpose of Organiza- tion Is to Promote Buying at Home Organization of a retail trade @ssociation wa saffected last night at a meeting in the Council Cham- ber of the City Hall, of represen- tatives of leading business inter- ests in Juneau. The chief purpose will be to promote and dissem- inate the idea of patronizing stores and industries at home, rather than mail order houses and industrial interests in the States. Incident- ally, attention will be given to ex- its. Last night's meeting was called to order by Frank Harris of the Harris Hardware Company, Pre- liminary gatherings had discussed the project and a previous canvas of merchants had evidenced wvir- tually unanimous indorsement of the plan. Connors Made President J. J. Connors of the Connors Motor Company, Inc., was elected President and John W. Jones of the Juneau-Young Hardware Com- pany, Secretary. In accepting the Presidency, Mr. Connors stressed the wisdom of exploiting the trade-at-home idea. He advocated that the rp>wly form- ed association pledge itself to ex- pend at least $50 a month “toward an extensive advertising campaign to convert the mail order or out- of-town buyers to purchasing at home, or to induce them to make inquiries as to local prices before placing orders in the States.” His suggestion was unanimously ap- proved in the form of resolutions adopted by the meeting. Various Names Suggested Names suggested for the organ- ization are the Juneau Retail Trade Association, the Juneau Credit As- sociation, the Business Men's Pro- tective Association and the Inde- pendent Merchants' Credit Asso- ciation. An executive committee of six members was appointed, and this committee will meet next Tuesday evening in the office of the Ju- neau-Young Hardware Company to consider & name with the object of recommending one to the asso- ciation at its next regular meet- ing. Members of the executive com- mittee are Roy Rutherford, Gun- nar Blomgren, George B. Rice, Thomas George, Miss Christine Halvorsen and H. E. Hollmann. The next regular meeting of the Louis family, eats shrimp, sauer- kraut and beefsteak. association will be held in the (Continued on Page Two) tension and conservation of cred- BODY- OF GIRL - FOUND;VICTIM OHIO MANIAC Dietician in Hospital Is Strangled and Crim- | inally Assaulted TOLEDO, Ohio, May 6.—Strang- {led to death and criminally as- 'saulted, the body of Miss Winifred Refferty, aged 22, dietician at the Robin Hood Hospital, was found in an exclusive residential sec- , tion. The police blame a maniac for the attack. The police said the woman was killed after a terrific |struggle. Her olothes were torn from her body. Death is attributed to strangula- tion. PLAN FURTHER " LEGAL BATTLE 70 AID DOCTOR Motion for New Trial Will | Be Made in Seattle Murder Case SEATTLE, May 6.—A determined 1legal oattle to save Dr. Albert C. (McKeown from prison is planned within the next 36 hours, is the announcement made by his coun-| [sel. A motion for a new ftrial {will be made and if this is denied, ;an appeal to the Supreme Court Wil be taken. | Dr. McKeown was yesterday convicted of second degree mur- jder in conmection with the death {of his mother in his home here |several weeks ago. JOHN OSBORNE AND MRS. HANNA MARRY | John Osborn and Mrs. Hilda {Hanna were married Wednesday |€vening in the parsonage of the Resurrection Lutheran Church by the pastor, Rev. Erling K. Olafson. Present at the ceremony besides {the bridal couple and the offic- jating clergyman were W. Hen- | drickson, brother of the bride, and |Mrs. Hendrickson. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne will make their home on Glacier Highway. Mr. Osborne is associated with the Bureau of Public Roads and has {been active in basketball. Mrs. {Osborne is a well known resident 1of the city. She has been promi- nent in the dairy business. NORRIS BOLTS FROM HOOVER T0 RODSEVELT BN | {|Nebraskan Senator Will| Not Support President in Election THROWS STRENGTH | TO N. Y. GOVERNOR| Second Republican Senator to Announce His Intentions WASHINGTON,, May 6.—Unit- ed States Senator George W. Nor- ris. of Nebraska, Independent Re-! publican, said last night he would | not support President Hoover in the November elections but would throw his strength behind Gov.| { | Franklin D. Roosevelt, if the Dem- | ocratic nominates the New ‘Yorker. Senator Norris said the President “has not done anything he said he was going to do.” Senator Norris bolted the Hoover standard for Alfred E. Smith in 1928. Senator Norris is the second Re- | publican to announce he was not going to support Hoover next No- |vember. United States Senator |Gerald P. Nye, of North Dakota, Party tion. - QUICK ACTION ON BUDGET IS HOOVER'S URGE Sends Message to Congress I to Speed Up—Con- | ference Called WASHINGTON, May 6—Presi- dent Hoover sent a message to Congress today wurging and de- manding ‘the prompt balancing of the Budget. He asked that both bodies of Congress on Capitol Hill get busy at once. Following the| message, the President called the| leaders for a conference. CABINET OF AUSTRIA 0UT Resignation of Members Accepted—Fascists Are Strong VIENNA, May 6—The Ausirian Cabinet, headed by Thancellor Buresch, has resigned and the resignations have been waccepted. Buresch consented to continue in office until a mnew Government has been formed. The fall of the Cabinet resulted in the strength shown by the Fas- cists in the recent election. | ———— | An analysis of the distribution ol‘ the hardware consumer’s dollar by the Department of Commerce shows that 59 cents goes to the manufac- | turer, 27 cents to the retailer, and |14 cents to the wholesaler. |recently made the same declm-l |Packard Motors 2%, United States PREPARE BALLOON FOR NEW STRATOSPHERE TRIP This picture, made In the Tyrolean Alps, shows workmen starting the difficult transportation of Prof. Auguste Piccard’s “stratosphere” balloon gondola to Brusse's, where the Belgian physicist is organizing another ascension. Because of a promise to his wife, Piccard himself will not go on the next expedition, which he hopes will reach 12 miles into the stratosphere. WALL STREET REVIVES OVER 600D REPORTS [Numerous Share Leaders Pushed Up and Retain Their Gains WEW YORK, May 6—Wall | Street derived considerable encour- agement today from renewed ef- forts in Washington to balance the Budget and also the unfavor- ‘able report of the House Ways jend Means Committee on the bonus bill. Prices made fair recoveries al- though the advance was halted by hang-over liquidation. Numerous leaders pushed up one 10 more than three points then slipped, then resumed the advance resuiting in numerous shares going up slightly. President Hoover's message urg- ing action on taxation and economy measures was widely construed as ‘bullish. (American Can, American Tele- phone & Telegraph, Santa Fe, Air Reduction, Coca Cola, Union Paci- fic, American Tobacco “B”, Auburn and Peoples Gas was up to three points at the close. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 6. — Closing, quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11%, American Can 41%, Anaconda 5%, Bethlehem Steel |14%, Curtiss-Wright 1, Fox Films 12, General Motors 147, Internation- al Harvester 18, Kennecott 7%, Steel 30%. Vast Locust Swarm \ Plagues So. Africa: ‘CAPE TOWN, May 6.—A plague of locusts has .descended upon a wide area of the Union of South- west Africa. ‘The swarm ranguig from 45 to speed of many miles an hour. The locusts were traveling so fast they did litYle damage. Millions of the insects settled on the sea and were drowned. The shore was strewn with their bod- les to a depth of several feet, fWilliam M uld;)o WHITE LANS, N. Y., May 6— William “Muldoon, eighty-six year- old “czar” of boxing, has adoped his secretary, half his 'age, as his daughter and named her heir to0! his estate and fortune. This was revealed when it was learned that | surrogate George A. Slater had signed an order epproving the adoption by the state boxing com= missioner of Miss Margaret V. Far- rell forty-three, his secretary for twelve years. The court's order was made af- ter it was learned that Muldoon, who has never married, declared his secretary has been handing 1 n, Ring Czar, Adopts His Woman Secretary his business affairs for many years and he wishes to make her his heir, Muldoon operates one of ! world’s most famous health farms, at whch dozens of prominent fi- gures have recuperated from illness and fatigue. One of Muldoon’s greatest achievements was the physical Comeback of John L. Sullivan, who came to the health farm, broken in health from indulgent living abroad, to get into condition for his special seventy-five-round fight with Jake Kilrain, Gran;l J ur;f Will Probe Means’ Case Obtaining of $100,000 in Lindbergh Case to Be Investigated WASHINGTON, May 6. A grand jury investigation has been ordered into the charges that Gas- ton Means, former Department of Justice Agent, obtained $100,000 from Mrs. Edward MclLean, wife of the publisher of the Washing- ton Post, on false representations he could obtain the abducted son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- from the kidnapers. This procedure was decided up- 'on to prevent evidence against him {rom becoming public. Mrs. McLean has been sum- moned to testify before the grand jury whose proceedings are secret. { Means, who was arrested yes- terday afternoon, spent the night in jail. DEFENDANTS IN HONOLULU CASE CHANGE PLANS ‘Will Discontinue Efforts to | Obtain Pardon on 1 Darrow’s Advice HONOLULU, H. I, May 6— Indications are that upon the ad- vice of Clarence Darrow, veteran criminal attorney and their chief counsel, the Massie defendants will discontinue their efforts to obtain a pardon. Darrow advised Lieut. ‘Thomas H. Massie, Mrs. Granville Fortesque, A. C. Jones and E. J. Lord last night to let the™ matter drop. He suggested that the res-| toration of their citizenship rights, which they did not regain by com- 100 miles in width, advanced at a mutation of their sentence, will| be taken up later. ‘ ASKS FOR PARDON HONOLULU, May 6. — Clarence Darrow, defense attorney, today sent a formal Lawrence M. Judd asking a pardon for the Massie defendants. ————— MOTHER OF ). - SHOUSE DIE OMAHA, May 6. — Mrs. Anna Shouse, aged 90 years, mother of Jouett Shouse, Executive Chair- of the Democratic National mittee, died today at the home of her daughter. Shouse was at her bedside. man ———————— CHILE MAY BUY REINDEER PUERTO MONTT, Chile—The government is considering a sug- gestion that Chile’s cold southern islands be stocked with reindeer, thus introducing a profitable in- ! gustry into those barren places, petition to Gov. | gay Associated Press Photo A, R, C. FUND CUT T0 $354,310 BY NATIONAL HOUSE Appropriations Committee Slashes Alaska Road Fund 60 Per Cent ‘The Federal appropriation for the Alaska Road Commission for construction and maintenance of roads and trails in Alaska for the fiscal year beginning next July 1, has been fixed by the House Committee on Appropriations at $354310, according to an Asso- ciated Press dispatch received to- day by The Empire. This is the smallest sum given the Commission since 1920 when the amount was $350,000. It is. 60 per cent lower than that for last year $800,000, and almost $200,000 under the estimates approved by ,the Bureau of Budget which (amounted to $650,000. The drastic cut, which is far heavier than anyone had thought would possibly be made, will un- doubtedly have a most serious ef- fect in the Commission's current program and limit sharply ths (work that it can do this year and early in the season of 1933. It is practically certain that its entire program for the year will have to be redrawn. | Comment from local headquar- Iters was brief. It will be impos- sible to attempt any new pro- | Jects, or to do any new work on juncompleted projects now wunder | way. In fact, it was pointed out, the amount approved by the House Committee is not sufficient to take care of 50 per cent of the neces- sary maintenance work on existing 10ads and trails. With the assis- tance of the Alaska Pund, which is made up of money derived from Federal taxes on Alaskan indus- tries and trade, it will be possi- ble to do about one-half of the normal maintenance work. Women to Enter Beer Tax Parade oy | | NEW YORK, May 6—Womea| will join in the “beer for taxation” parade on May 14, its sponsor Mayor James J. Walker, said to- . A million persons are ex- pected to participate in the march. | bearing placards and banmers, Fi- | nancial, labor, military and vet- |erans’ organizations will take part| in the parade designed to im- press Congress to modify the Vol- |stead Act to make legal the pro- jduction and sale of beer as a new |source of tax revenue. J. N. Willys Quits | As Envoy to Poland | WASHINGTON, May 6.—John |N. Willys, American Ambassador to Poland, has called upon Presi- dent Hoover and Secretary of |State Carr and announced his res- | ignation, effective some time in June. “I have decided,” he said, “that I should resign as Ambassador to {Poland in order to be as helpful BEAR PAUL DOUMER IS SHOT FOUR TIMES TODAY Chief Executive of France Narrowly Escapes with Life PERFORM OPERATION; CONDITION IS GRAVE Two Othersfiunded Same Time—Assailant Is Under Arrest PARIS, May 6. — An at- tempt to assassinate Presi- dent Paul Doumer, of the French Republic was made here today. President Doumer was shot four times as he was attend- ing an exhibition of books, by an ex-soldier who was im- mediately arrested. The would-be assassin is said to be a Russian. He used a revolver at close range. President Doumer was rushed to a hospital where an operation was perfor med. Surgeons said his condition was grave, The noted novelist, Claude Farrere, and Inspector of Po- lice Paul Guichard were wounded at the time of the attempted assassination. Shots Ring Out After Doumer was shot, Farrere sprang forward and he was shot in the arm. Then Guichard sprang forward and the assassin fired again striking Guichard in the arm. The police had a hard time pre- venting a mob from attacking the Russian who shouted he would “die for the Fatherland.” Doumer gasped: “This seems im~ possible,” after the first emergency operation and then said: “I am all right now.” Note Is Found A note found in the pocket of the assassin said: “This day I kill- ed the President of France.” Madame Doumer was stricken when informed of the shooting. Doumer was critically wounded by two bullets, one in the fore- head, one beneath the arm and the others went wild. Reevnge Is Motive Paul Gouguloff is the name of the assassin. He is a “White Rus- slan.” He said the motive was re- venge for the French refusal to intervene in Russia against the Bolsheviks. Three transfusions made for loss of blood from the shoulder wound is causing the surgeons concern over the President’s condition, .If President Doumer dies, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies would meet immediately to elect his successor. He was elected last year for a seven-year term. ——.——— UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATE CHICAGO, Ill, May 6.—Five men participating in an unemployment protest meeting were wounded by the police this afternoon who used machine guns. The demonstrators, when requested to disband and and scatter, refused and fire “above their heads” resulted' from the po- lice ranks. Policemen said several demonstrators returned the fire. Plenty Food Eaten at 3-Day Wedding Feast DETROIT, Mich., May 6—The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Fill of Highland Park, upheld Ju- go-Slavia's fihest wedding tradi- tions—abundance of food. The guests, assembled in Hungarian Hall, did away with 200 20 suckling pigs, 50 bushels of to- matoes, $100 worth of cake, pota- toes, lettuce, endive and other deli- as possible in a business way dur- ling this difficult period, cacies during the three-day re-