The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 17, 1932, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6032, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MLMBE.R OF ASSOCIATED PRFSS ALASKA FLIER MAKES RESCUE ON ICE FIELD Jerry JonesE]ds on Mul- drow Glacier—Picks Up E. P. Beckwith ANOCTHER CHAPTER OF ILL-FATED EXPEDITION Third Messber of Carpe Party Missing—Search Is Instituted FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 17— Jerry Jones, Alaska flier, has add- ed another chapter to aviation in the thland. Jones rescued E. P. Beckwith, member of the Carpe Cosmic Ray expedition, on Muldrow Glacier, and brought the - sick man back to Fairbanks. The flier hopped off from here al 11:45 o'clock yesterday fore- noon. The flying field was flood- ed by the Fire Department to permit a takeoff with skiis. Lands 6,000 Feet Up Jones landed on Muldrow Gla- cier, 6,000 feet up. Beckwith, who was ill with a high fever had im- proved scmewhat but was brought back here for treatment in the hospital. Percy Olton, Jr., also a member of the Carpe party, remained on the glacier with Ranger Grant Pearson to search for Nicholas Specceveckia, missing for eight days, who left the party to return to go for Beckwith. Trail Is Lost from his plane, lost the Clear Jones, missing man’s trail below Creek. Theodore Fover, member of the Carpe party, lost his life on Mount McKinley by falling into cre- ras Allen Carpe, leader of the expedition, is also believed to have suffered a similar fate as he never has been seen by his companions since they stanted across the gla- cier. Carpe, Mcuntain Climber Allen Carpe was a widely known mountain climber and had ascend- ed many of the world's noted peaks. He was a member of the Explor- er's Club of New York City. In 1921, as a member of the Dr. William S. Ladd party, he was one of two of that expedition to reach the top of Mount Fair- weather. His companion on the final dash was a man named Tur- rey. 'The expedition was headed by Dr. Ladd and Andy Taylor, wellknown guide and mountaineer of e oI food supplies at the mountain camp prevented all of the party from going to the peak. Dr. Ladd, Mr. Taylor and other members picked Carpe and Tur- rey for the honor and themselves returned to the base camp to ob- tain additional food. YOSHIHARA IN ACCIDENT:HIS Japanese Flier, Planning Trip to Orient, Via Alaska, Injured OAKLAND Cal, May 17. — Seiji Yoshihara, Japanese flier, re- cived a broken arm and was oth- bruised and his plane was ted beyond repair in an ac- ent here yesterday afternoon. His engine died soon after a take- off. T. Oisha, mechanic, also received a broken arm. They planned a flight to Tokyo via easy stages to Seattle, Juneau, Alaska, then along the coast to Japan. They planned to take off Friday. 11 KILLED; 700 INJURED, RIOTS BOMBAY, India May 17.—The as the result of the riots between Moslems and Hindus has already taken 71 lives, and 700 are known to be injured. The author- ities now seem to be in command of the situation. Clashes have occurred during the past four days. toll ARM IS BROKEN| lmnd, Oregon, airport. Senate Coalitionists Right Behind Big Revenue Bill WASHINGTON, May 17— The Scnate coalition is back- ing the compromise billion dol- lar revenue bill and drove through with quick approval of the vital income and cor- peratien tax schedules after twice overwhelming attempted changes. e — AL SMITH IS FOR SALES AND BEER TAX Former Presidential Can- didate Joins Hearst in Fight for Sales Tax NEW YORK, May 17.—alfred E. Smith, aspirant for the Demo- cratic Presidential nomination, last night advocated the passage of a sales tax and a beer tax to el- iminate the National treasury de- ficit. Smith's advocacy of the sales tax is stressed because this Presi- dential candidate who has 46 Democratic National convention votes pledged for him has, in this instance, joined his former enemy William Randolph Hearst, who op- posed him in 1928, fcr the sales tax. Hearst has thrown his sup- port this year to Speaker John N. Garner, who has the California and Texas delegations. - Former Gov. Smith, in his radio wddress,s opposed the “‘obnoxious” ‘bonus bill, urged repeal of special acts carrying © appropriations for veterans and the return to “origin- al Wilson principles” for the care of veterans. (He urged a bond issue for improvements. —— .- BOTH AL SMITH AND ROOSEVELT T0 GAIN VOTES Five States Ehoose Dele- gates — 3 for Roose- velt, 2 for Smith WASHINGTON, May 17.—Kan- sas will select 20 delegates to the Democratic National Convention and New Mexico eight today. Those of Kansas will certainly go to Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and prob- ably those of New Mexico. Mon- tana will name eight delegates today and Gov. Roosevelt will prob- ably be the beneficiary. New Jersey will etect 32 Demo- cratic and Connecticut 17. Both States are regarded as favorable to former Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Gov. Roosevelt will have several Connecticut supporters since the delegation will not be bound by the unit rule. OWEN D. YOUNG DECLARES HIMSELF LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., May 17. —Owen D. Young definitely and finally eliminated himself for con- sideration as a Presidential possi- bility. He declared he would not accept the Democratic. nomination for President if it were offered to him. The declaration was con- tained in a letter written by him to John Crowley, publisher of the Little Falls Times, published here. This statement by Mr. Young re- moves one of the principally dis- cussed dark horse candidates from further consideration. WEATHER BUREAU MAN GOES TO FAIRBANKS Enroute to Fairbanks to take a position in the United States Weather Bureau station, as assist- ant to Howard Trompson, in charge R. Frost, Senior Observer of that service, visited the Juneau headquarters office while the steamer Alaska was in port today. He, Mrs. Frost and child are pas- sengers on that vessel for Seward. Mr. Frost is an experienced ob- server. For the past two years ‘he has been stationed at the Port- Favorite Son Delegates Hold Roosevelt s Fate; Their Shift to Tell Tale By BYRON PRICE (Chicf Of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) The Democrats have arrived at a stage in their presidential tug- of-war where almost everything from now on depends on the six state delegations who will go to Chicago pledged to favorite sons. If all, or nearly all, of them stand fast, Gov. Roosevelt certainly |will be defeated. If a considerable bloc of them stampede to him, he surely will be nominated. The power of this group has been increased immeasurably by the Roosevelt defeats in Massa- chusetts and California. Roosevelt no lenger can expect to win without a struggle in the convention itself. He mno longer recruits from the ranks of his| major opponents; the battle has grown too bitter for that. The win- ning votes must come, if they come at all, from the favorite soa states. This means that from now until the roll calls are in progress a‘ Chicago, the delegations from Tll- inois, Ohio, WMissouri, Maryland, Oklahoma and Virginia will ccme under increasing pressure. ‘They will be told on the one hand that if they hold out their particular candidate may emerge the winner after the deadlock. They will be told on the other hand that unless they go to Roosevelt quick- ly, they may miss the bandwagon. They are between the millstones. How It Stands Slated mathematically the situa- ation figures out like thi: AMfred E. Smith generally is conceded somewhere betiwesn 100 and 200 delegates. These delegates are almost solidly anti-Roosevelt, first and probably last, The 44 won by John N. Garner in California were elected after a resentment-breeding campaign. The | possibility that Garner's own state of Texas will switch its 46 to Roose- velt appears much more remote, Inow that (California has joined the Garner movement. Taking the Smith and Garner vote combined, here are, say, 275 on whom Roosevelt could not safe- |ly count at any time. It takes 110 more than this, or 385, to block a nomination. ICan Roosevelt prevent 110—or roughly half—of the 208 favorite son votes from going into solid combination with the Smith and Garner forces against him? That is the whole question. Roosevelt's Claim The Rossevelt claim of victory on an early ballot rests today on a supposition that considerably more than half of the 208 favorite son votes will switch wtihout much de- lay to the Roosevelt column. These suppositions—which have had no confirmation except from Roosevelt sources—are that Mis- souri soon will quit James A. Reed, and give her entire 36 to Roose- velt; that the Tllinois delegation will split away from James Hamil- ton Lewis, and Roosevelt will get at least 30 of the 58; that after about four ballots, 30 or more of the Chio delegation of 52 will leave George White for Roosevelt; that William H. Murray cannot con- trol his Oklahoma delegation, but will lose most of the 22 to Roose- velt; and that neither Governor Ritchie of Maryland nor former Governor Byrd of Virginia will be disposed to hold out their res- pective delegations to the point of precipitating a panty-rocking deadiock. Harmony A Factor However great his handicaps, it must be remembered that several important factors are fighting on the side of Gov. Roosevelt. ‘He has no nationally strong can- didate against him. The party as a whole is anxious for harmony this year, and dreads a deadlock. And the anti-Roosevelt forces are made up of such diverse elements that a harmonious unity of command on the convention floor will be ex- tremely difficult to achieve. AIR FLEET TO COME TO U. S. ROME, TItaly, May 17.—A sec- ond crossing of the Atlantic by an Italian air Armada, under Gen. Ttalo Balbo, is announced for next year. ‘The Chicago Fair is the objective. Twenty seaplanes are !to cross the Atlantic via Treland, )Iceland and Greenland. can expect a sufficient number of | ARMY OF JAPAN IN REVOLT OVER PARTY CABINET Ot Ts, Servid Upon Government—Armed Fist Is Swung NONPARTISAN BODY IS DEMAND NOW Plans of Political Leatlers Are Upset — Navy Seems to Be Loyal TOKYO, Japan, May 17—The Army today swung its fist upon Japanese politics and dictated that a National Nonpartisan Cabinst |be named to succeed that of slain Tnuaki. Army’s ultimatum com- upset the plans of th: leaders made during the day. It had been virtually decided that Kisaboro Suzuki, at present Home Minister should head anoth- er Seiyukai Party, the Government organization, and be named head. This generally means that the party head will become Premier, | The suggestion was made to heal the threatened breach within the party. | Premier The | pletely litical Flat Notice Given The ranks of the Army leaders served a flat notice that they will refuse to support any Cabinet form- ed on political party lines and de- mand a National nonpartisan Cab- inet. Reports spread broadcast that the Navy intended to revolt proved groundless. An official checkup of all Navy stations and bases showed perfect quiet. The Army snnounced that the eleven cadets ‘who surrendered to the military police following ho. assassination of Premier lmmk( and 'the various bomb explosions which occurred last Sunday after- noon, will be soon placed on trial. e 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL KIDNAPED BY 4 NEGROES Ransom of $1,000 De- manded—%$300 Paid— Authorities Investigate BULLETIN — PHILADEL- PHIA, May 17.—The police, late today, said Gerson admit- ted the story of the kidmaping of his daughter and payment of $300 ransom was concocted as a publicity stunt. PHILADELPHIA, Penn., May 17. ‘The authorities are attempting te solve a kidnaping and ransom case of which they were not informed of until 30 hours after its com- mission. Nathan Gerson, laundry owner, paid $300 and procurred authority for the release of his daughter, taking no chances on threats she would be killed unless a ransom was paid. Four negroes, threatened to kill Gerson’s daughter,: Dora, aged 19, unless money was paid immed: ly. The young woman was over- powered on & street near her home by ths negroes. She was taken to a barn outside of the city. They demanded $1,000 but when $300 was paid, the girl was placed in an auto, taken near her home, and pushed from the machine BROMLEY IS - PLANNING HOP DALLAS, Tex., May 17.—Friends of Harold Bromley said he planned a Seattle-Tokyo flight if tests of his plane here proved successful. His plane is being overhauled at the Municipal Airport. Is Drowned After Drinking Beer All Forenoon SEATTLE, May 17. — Law- rence Wilson, aged 34 years, was drowned in Lake Washing- ton yesterday afternoon when a cance upset. W. E. Smith struggled to safety. He said the two had been drinking beer all yesterday foremoon. | | WA LB A ¥ LINDBERGH CASE NEGOTIATOR PROVES TO BE Map Shows Where Kulnapor.s Left Baby s Bod y % PRICE TEN CENTS Associated Press telephoto map showing the location of Col. and Mrs, Charles L. Lindbergh’s. home and where the body of their kidnaped baby was found. Body of Lmdbergh Bab y H ldden inU nderbrush —Associated Press Photo. Associated Press telephoto showing newspapermen and spectators looking at the spot where the body of the kidnaped son of Col and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh was found near Mt. Rose, N. J, a scant five miles from the Lindbergh home near H opewell. Little Lmdy 8 Grlb from Which Kulnaped T This - » —Associated Press Photo. First and exclusive photograph showing the erib in the nursery of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, N. J., from which the baby was stolen March 1 and found dead 32 days later. Asso- ciated Press telephoto, showing the ruffled blankets, probably leoks the same as when Col. and Mrs. SAN FRANCISCO, May 17—The San Francisco Examiner today said |on Tennis Queen’s Parents ‘ .p.x.:dh of Mrs. Helen Wills-Moo- | Wisconsin the Relflmed Ll“ng Apart are now living apart. Mrs.|one time it is sald, will soon leave of athletes who had at some time her daughter who is now |in Mmlber‘h saw it the night their son was kidnaped. Mm: Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Wil W\ to joi he European tennis courts, ¥ | positions, their careers played . In Spring football practice at first string line at was composed entirely backfield FAKER MADE BY GURTIS T0 AUTHORITIES Norfolk Inte—rmediary Ad- mits Story of Contact Pure Fiction ALL BOATS, PEOPLE, IN CASE DO NOT EXIST Authorities Became Sus- picious of Actions— Statement Made HOPEWELL, N. J., May 17.—Col. H. Norman Schwar- zkopf announced today that John H. Curtis, Norfolk in- termediary in the Lindbergh kidnaping case, has written a “complete confession” that all people of whom he told of in making negotiations, that all boats which he said he met, were creations of his imag- ination. Col. Schwarzkopf’s state- ment further said: “At 4 o’clock this morning Curtis sat down to a type- writer himself and wrote a complete confession concern- ing his activities and stated that all boats and all people he has been referring to were creations of his own mind and none exist in fact.” Col. Schwarzkopf said further that “four days ago, when Curtis came to the New Jersey State Po- {lice Headquarters, the police authorities started questioning him and checking up his story The re- sult was that the check culminated in his complete confession that all information he had given was the result of imagination and decep- tion, as well as his desire to make a good newspaper story which would bring him lucrative returns and that there was no fact or foundation on which the story was built.” Curtis is not under arrest. WERE SUSPICIUS WASHINGTON, May 17. — The confession of Curtis bears out the announcement of the belief of the Coast Guard officials that they did not believe Curtis although they made a search of Atlantic coast waters for a “schooner,” to be on |the safe side. MINISTER ASTONISHED NORFOLK, May 17.—The Rev. Dobson-Peacock, second of the Nor- folk negotiators, said: “I am still relying on Curtis. He has been under a great strain. This is the first time I have heard anything like this.” MORE SUSPICIONS TRENTON, N. J, May 17.—Gov. A. Harry Moore said this after- noon that the State Police became suspicious of Curtis because the notes he used in telling his story were in manuscript rather than in memorandum form. GRAND JURY PROBE NEW YORK, May 7. — Col Breckinridge, personal representa- tive of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, was the first witness before the Bronx County Grand Jury which |convened to investigate the ransom payment to the kidnapers. CONDON 1S HOPE NOW HOPEWELL, N. J., May 17—The authorities said Dr. John F. Con- don, the “Jafsie” who paid the $50,000 ransom, has been studying for several days Rogues' galleries in an effort to trace the kidnapers |and slayers of Baby Lindbergh. Dr. Condon said the man to | whom he gave the $50,000, appeared to have been a Scandinavian. He was the only member of the gang he met. This member is presumed to have told him there were four other men and one woman in the gang. This afternoon Dr. Conden talk- ed of hot trail developments which might be sensational. He gave no hint as to his reason in believing progress was being made in the hunt for the slayers. The authorities now pin their hopes on Dr. Condon for some clue in the case as he did con- 1tact with “someone.”