The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL PHE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6078. JUNEAU ALASKA MO’\DAY JU[Y I, I932 JMPIRE LINDBERGH CASE H@AXER SENTENCED JOHN HUGHES CURTIS GIVEN 1 YEAR, PRISON' Fine of $1,000 Is Also As- sessed Against Nor- folk Meddler DEFENSE COUNSEL SAYS HIS CLIENT ONLY GOAT Springs Surprise in Making Request that Sentence Generosity Of France Set Forth Premier H;iol Sends Message Through A.P. to United States LAUSANNE, July 11. — Premier Herriot, of France, enlarged on the French attitude regarding the Lau- sanne treaty, |ciated Press. “The United States invited Eur- ope to set an example of union and wisdom of government. We Be H l d have done everything to achieve alte: that end. France made large sac- rifices. She is Germany's largest FLEMINGTON, N. J, July 11—{creditor. After such examples I John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk boat think no one in the world can builder, convicted of hindering the jonger doubt the French generosity. capture of the Lindbergh baby kid- we made sacrifices in the interest napers, was today sentenced to one of peace and reconciliation,” is the year in jail and to pay a fine of message given by the French Pre- $1,000. mier, The maximum sentence under The message followed the re- he conviction is three years Im- parations agreement which was onment and $1,000 fine. signed last Saturday by European he sentence followed an attempt natjons cutting Germany's bill by the defense counsel to halt the from the original sixty-four billion action against Curtis before the gollars to approximately $712,- sentence was passed. 500000 Heated Ar(nment e e S HOOVER; FAVOR Lloyd Fisher, defense counsel shouted: “Curtis is just a man with wild dreams about boats and things.” This was a surprise as the stand of the defense during the trial! of the hoaxer .semed.to be. that Curtis was in touch with the real kidnapers and had done everything possible to obtain a return of the baby and capture the kidnapers. Says Curtis Is Goat Defense Attorney Foster said: “curtis is the goat, because he, was honest enough to come within the State’s jurisdiction. Prejudice resulted in ‘the verdict. Curtis sits there convicted. We plead for mercy. The jury urged mercy but Curtis is the goat. He tried thou- sands of the clues and letters but is charged with obstructing jus-, tice.” After the motion to halt the case had been denied, Prosecutor An- thony Hauck viewed the jury’s plea and also asked for mercy when the sentence was passed. KILLS NURSE, TORNADO HITS IS GIVEN LIFE SOUTH DAKOTA 10. Habhway member of a prom- x:‘mm Fall River, Mass., family, has One Man K]“ed Eleven been sentenced to life imprison-1, Persons Injured—Auto Camp Is Struck ment in the State Prison on con-: viction of slaying Verna Russell,| Fall River student nurse, during an | automobile ride. | SIoUX FALLS, South Dakota, The case was appealed but the July 11.—One man was killed and conviction was upheld by the eleven persons were injured Sat- urday night as a tornado swept 'across the southern outskirts of Sioux Falls, aged 25 State Supreme Court. After being sentenced, Hathaway Elliott Dunkelberger, |vears was crushed to death be- was granted permission to address the court and said: “I want to! neath the wreckage of his house. i The storm, a southwester, de- say T am not guilty.” VSuoyed several buildings, a num- \ber of farms and wrecked a dance L, o o e and amusement place. | ’I‘he wind carried a large steel bridge over Sioux river several hundred feet. YORK, Maine, July 11. —Chn.rles [Progressive Repubhcans of Washington Call Convention SEATTLE, July 11—The State Progressive Republican organization has issued a call for a convention here on July 23 to consider the endorsement of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for President. The call said: “The purpose of the convention will be to consider the proposal to repudiate the can- didacy of Herbert Hoover and en- dorse instead the candidacy of Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt.” .- ™Mrs. R. H. Reed, of Seattle, Goodrich, aged 60 years, wealthy wm was among those slightly tire manufacturer and son of B. F. injured when the storm struck a Goodrich, founder of the Goodrich tourist camp. Rubber Company, also member of | ——————— the Maine House of Representa- tives, died suddenly at his home ! here Sunday as a result of hem- orrhages from ulcers of the stom- ach. 19-Y ear-Old Son Pleads to ‘Be Executor of Father Who ‘Shot Mother of 10 Children OMAHA, July 11.—Sam Fidone,| The police kept Sam from the 19-years old, pleaded last Saturday | arraignmen: telling him it had that he be permitted to act as 9 his father’s executioner when Tities |00 Dinponed. o8, they. & Pidone, aged 61, appeared for bloodshed in the court room. arraignment on charges of slay-| Later the father pleaded not ing his wife, the mother of 10| guilty to the charge of first degree children, including Sam. murder, “1 want to pull the switch that| ®Fidone surrendered after he shot kills my father in the electric| his wife saying he killed her be- chair,” Sam pleaded as he entered |cause she said she was going to the Police Court through a ruse.|leave him. Bids on six paving contracts in St. Louis opened recently ranged from 2 to 18 per cent lower than estimates of the city’s engineers. in a message to the| United States, through the Asso-| ROAD TRANSFER HAS APPROVAL 0F WICKERSHAM Resident Alaskans Will Re- place Army Men, Dele- gate Says “I did not object to the enact- ment of the bill transferring the activities of the Alaska Road Commission from the War to the Interior Department, because in principle I was not opposed to the measure and because it was urged by every agency of the Fed- eral government interested in or fa- miliar with highway construction and maintenance in the Territory,” declared Judge James Wickersham, Alaska's Delegate in Congress, who returned to Juneau Saturday from attendance on the Congressional session now drawing to a close. “All Alaskan matters of a legisla- tive nature had be¥h attended to before T left Washington. The Ter- ritory has experienced reductions in some Federal appropriations, but decreases for Alaska are not pro- portionately heavier than for other parts of the nation and, in instanc- es, not so heavy. Work to Go Forward “Our road work will go forward with the funds that have been allowed for it, and our river and harbor improvements and pub- lic building projects will be taken care of just as soon as under the A economy policy suoh activities are i} RBBSEVELT“M" s L] In explaining his attitude toward | the bill transferring road work from the War to the Interior De- partment, Judge Wickersham said: “The measure was recommended by both Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley and Secretary of the In- terior Ray Lyman Wilbur. It was urged by President Hoover. Tt was introduced into the House of Representatives by Congressman Edward T. Taylor, Democrat of | Colorado, member of the Approp- riations Committee and chairman of the sub-committee having in charge Interior Department ap- propriations. It was considered by a Democratic-controlled committee, |favorably reported after hearings, and passed by a Democratic House. after having been first passed by a Republican Senate. The meas- ure was not regarded from a par- tisan standpoint. Home Raule Principle “I favor the home rule principle, con‘ained in the bill. Resident Alaskans will fill the engineering positions that have been held by Army officers. I have no criticism of the efficient work of the mili- tary men and I regard them highly personally, but T am sure what they have been doing can be done just as well by resident (Alaskans. “Secretary of War Hurley fa- vors returning to military duties Army officers engaged in civilian activities, particularly as a heavy reduction in the officer personnel of the Army is contemplated. “Secretary Wilbur will expend on the road the funds that Con- gress has slioted, which is all that the War Department could do, and he is confident the results under him will be just as effective as they would be under Secretary Hurley. Rivers and Harbors Work “Alaska's rivers and harbor im- provements, lke all other rivers and harbors projects, were in the Garner bill. The Northern pro- jects related to Dry Straits, Btik- ine River, Wrangell Harbor, Wran- gell Narrows and Kodiak Harbor All these have been examined and approved from the engineering viewpoint, have received House committee approval and have been passed by the House. They, like other river and harbor projects, were eliminated from the Garner bill when it was in confer- ence. They will be included, as a matter of course, in a rivers and harbors bill whenever such a meas- ure’ is drafted. Having been con- sidered once, they will not have to be considered again. “Appropriations for Federal build- ings at Anchorage and Ketchikan are also in the Garfiér bill Veto Is Predicted If the bill is vetoed, as predict- ed in news dispatches, the Alaska public building projects, like all other public buflding projects Wwill fail for this session of Congress. However, the Anchorage and Ketchikan projects have Dbeen (Contlnued on Page Two) Governcr Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen speaking before Democratic National Convention in Chicago Stadium. AR A s AN B O o e R * —International Illustrated News Photo. Left to right: James A. Farley, Roosevelt campaign manager; Governor Roosevelt, James Rocscvelt and Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Convention Chairman. Associated Press telephoto of Democrat delegates to the National Convention in Chicago interrupting William Gibbs McAdoo of Cali- fornia during his announcement that the Gold State was “not here to cause a deadlock” and would cast its 44 votes for Franklin D. Roose- velt. Sensing victory, the New York Governor's supporters massed forces in front of the Chairman’s platform. It was said that the change in California’s vote from Speaker Garner to Roosevelt caused the latter’s nomination for the Presidency on the fourth ballot. PAID §12,000 FOR RANSOM, ST. PAUL, Minn., July 11. — A ransom of $12,000 was paid by C. C. Bohn, manufacturer, for the release of his son Haskell, kid- naped about 10 days ago and re- leased last Wednesday. This dis- closure was made by the police last ‘Saturday afternoon. The elderly Bohn Mad previously | /2 said no ransom was pald. The kidhapers first $35,000. Coxey Is Closen For President by Farmer Labor Party OMAHA, July 11.— The Ex- ecutive Committee of the Farm- er Labor Party Sunday chose Jacob 8. Coxey, of Massillon, Ohio, as Presidential candidate to replace Col. Frank Webb, of San Francisco. Coxey is Mayor of Masillon. He was the organ- izer of the famous Coxey Army of a decade ago, demanded | eSSl fh‘mnaumml Ilustrated News Photi. Here are some for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in Chicago Stadium, right: Mrs. Curtis B. Dall Roosevelts doing their share in demonstration Left to (daughter of Roosevelt), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and Mrs. James Roosevelt. | Helpin e Doteonstr el ko Dad THREE PERISH ~ INTOWN FIRE | EVERETT, Wash., July 11. | Charles Swanson aged 55 years, was burned to death, and an un dentified man and woman ved to have met a | fate when fire destroyed five struc- tures at Index, in the Cascade mountains, Swanson's body was found in t ruins and a search is being | for the bodies of thé man man seen Wwith Swanson | before the fire. Three dwellir |and the Mason to the ground. B LIVES TAKEN, shortly e burned | BERLIN, July 11. — Three men were slain and many were injured |in political riots in Germany dur- ing Sunday. GERMAN RIOTS| UNEMPLOYMENT 'MEASURE GIVEN FAST REJECTION Relief Bill Vetoed Within 15 Minutes After it Is Received PRESIDENT EXPLAINS REASONS FOR ACTION Individual Loans Bad for Government, Danger- ous Business WASHINGTON, July 11.—Presi- dent Hoover vetoed the two billion one hundred million dollar relief bill today within 15 minutes after he had received the bill from the Senate and House and the veto message was given to the news- papermen. President Hoover, in his veto mes- sage, again attacked Speaker Gar- ner's individual loans as bad for the Government and dangerous business. The President said it would mean {loans “for any conceivable pur- pose on any conceivable securlty to anybody who wants money.” The President sald the loans would place the Government in pri- vate business and violate the very principles of public relations on which the nation is built and ren- ders . insecure its very foundations. The President expressed hope Congress would, however, pass suit- able legislation on the relief issue, BILL AS PASSED WASHINGTON, July 11. — The unemployment relief bill as passed late last Saturday afternoon by the Senate provides for loans to indi- viduals which was the bone of con- tention between President Hoover and Speaker Garner. Loans are to be made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from the billion, five hundred mil~ lion dollar fund. The bill creates other provisions to set up a $300,000,000 fund, under the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration, for loans to States for relief of jobless and an appropria- tion for $322,000,000 for a public construction program. Received Bill Today Last Saturday afternoon there was little likelihood that the Presi- dent would get the bill before to- day as it had not yet been signed by Speaker Garner and the House was in recess over the week-end. The bill must be signed during & House session. Twenty-nine Democrats voted with 14 Republicans in the Senate for approval of the relief bill and 25 Republicans, five Democrats and Senator Shipstead, Farmer Laborite, voted against it. 2 BRAZILIAN REGIMENTSIN OPEN REVOLT Severe Steps Taken to Put Down Uprising—Other Troops Are Loyal | ; RIO DE JANEIRO, July 11.—Two |army regiments at Sao Paulo, capi- al of the wealthy Brazilian South- |v-n State, have revolted against |the Federal Government, President Getulio Vargas officially announced. The Government is taking severe |steps against the rebels and the movement wil be isolated and promptly dominated soon. The official statement said the rest of the country is quiet and the Federal forces remain loyal. R SKEENA RIVER STRIKE ENDS VANCOUVER, B. C, July 11— Salmon fishing has been resumed on the Skeena River, bringing an end to the fishing strike of sev= eral weeks, s QR