The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 9, 1932, Page 1

] THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL, NO. 6129. COL. RAYMOND ROBINS DISAPPEARS; ANXIETY FELT TEN PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRI‘DAYVS};PTE.MBBQ 9, 1932, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY SEARCHING FOR WOMAN IN BERN CASE MISS DOROTHY MILLETTE IS BEING HUNTED Authorities Endeavoring to Locate Woman Men- tioned in Will CHECKED OUT FROM SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL Traced to Steamer then Drops from Sight, Sac- ramento Bound LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 9.—The other woman in the life of Paul Bern, movie ex- ccutive and husband of Jean Harlow, who took his life by shooting earlier in the week, in the home he gave Miss Harlow as a wedding gift, is being sought by the police. The authorities expressed the belief she is in Southern Cali- fornia and probably visited Bern before he shot himself. Miss D. Millette has been identi- fied by the Los Angeles Examiner as the other woman. She checked out of a San Francisco hotel on Tuesday, the day after Bern's body was found. She had been there since May 4 . For years the “mys- tery” woman was known as Mrs. Paul Bern. She-received. cheeks| regnlarly, signed by Paul Bern. The last check was sent to the San Francisco hotel. It is believed Miss Millette is the same “Dorothy Millette” nam- ed in the will made by Bern in 1920. The police hope she will be able to cast some light on the suicide. WOMAN DISAPPEARS FROM RIVER STEAMER SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 9. —Dorothy Millette, possibly the woman named by Paul Bern, sui- cide, disappeared Tuesday night from a river steamer between San Francisco and Sacramento, leaving! her luggage in the cabin, F. J. Oliva, ticket agent of the river lines, told the police this after- noon. ‘Whether the woman is the same as named in Bern's will as “my wife, Dorothy Millette,” has not been determined but Oliva said she signed that name to her ticket. Leaves Hotel The register at the hotel showed the woman left there September 6, the day after Bern was found deadl in Hollywood. The river steamer made one stop' enroute to Sacramento but the boat, officers said she was not xoumi‘ aboard when the craft reached Sacramento. Fair Bathers Fined For Treating Public! PALAMA, Malorca, Sept. 6. The Governor of this island has instituted a campaign against bathers who appear in the streets insufficiently clad. Several British and American! women have been fined for ap- pearing in bathing suits which me' ! BODIES HURLED INTO AIR WHEN Explodes—37 Known to Be Killed SIXTY PASSENGERS jured—Big Blast, Craft Then Disappears carrying more than 200 iron work- ers from the Bronx to their jobs at the new Rickers Island Peni- tentiary, on the East River. The ferry was just when the explosion occurred. The ferry was about 25 feet from the dock. Ferry Disappears The ferry disappeared in a dense cloud of smoke and steam from which were catapulted bodies of men and fragments of wood amnd iron When the smoke had cleared nolhing was left of the wooden vessel but debris floating on the oily water. Police, coast guard and com- niercial boats joined in saving the shore. Priests went to the ferry house, kneeling among the dead, and administering the last rites to the dying. Blast Is Heard Capt. Joseph Rogers, of the Mu- nicipal Ferry Greenwich, said he heard a blast and then saw the iron workers’ ferry blow up. “When the clouds of smoke and steam had cleared away, I could see passengers struggling in the water over a large area. We im- mediately lowered out lifeboats and cruised among the wreckage and picked up four bodies and 1¢ injured men,” said Capt. Rog- ers. United Cigar - Stores File in Bankruptcy NEW YORK, Sept. 9—The Unit- ed Cigar Stores Company of Ameri- ca has filed a petition in bank- ruptcy listing liabilities of $8,502,- 029.90. NEW YORK, Sept. 9—The Ci- |gar Stores Realty Holdings, Inc., lan affiliate of the United Cige: Stores has filed a voluntary peti- tion in bankrupicy. Liabilities were 'listed at $8,701,000, and assets with a book value of $97811957. Beer, Port Vanish As Women Cruise NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Forty barrels of beer and thousands of bottles of ale and port vanished curing the Red Star liner Minne- tonka's ten day trip from Ant- werp. She carried 392 passeng- ers, of whom 279 were women, !mostly school teachers. authormcs considered too scanty. Brother Confesses Murder Of Y outh and His Sweetheart LIMA, Ohio, Sept. 9.—One of the most baffling crimes in Qhio his- tory, the “quarry murders” of Earl Truesdale, 20 years old, and his sweetheart, Thelma Woods, 19, has been solved, police said, by the confession of Loren Elsworth Truesdale, Earle’s 23-year-old bro- ther. ‘The elder brother was arrested by private detectives and gave the confession, the officers said in the presence of his mother’ end father, Jealousy caused by rivalry in love was described as the motive. The younger Truesdale and Miss ‘Woods were slain the evening of Memorial Day, 1931. Their bodies, weighted with stones, were found several days later in an abandoned water-filled stone quarry near here. In the following fifteen months the slaying remained a mystery, further confused by several spur- ious confessions made by inmates of state penal institutions, who afterward repudiated them. Loren's confessions, the officers 'said, told of meeting Farl and Miss Woods in downtown Lima the night 0 the crime. They bought some Tiquor, the confession said, and then drove to the quarry. the brothers argued about girl and Loren got a hammer struck Barl on the head. “He taken several girls away from me,” Loren was quoted as ex- plaining. Loren returned to the girl, when he told her what he had she threatened to meport him. The confession said he then struck her with the hammer and attempted to conceal the killinzs HH |y sinking the bodies in the quarry BOAT BLOWS UP| Boiler of New York Ferry REPORTED MISSING ' One Hundred Others In- NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—At least 37 men were killed, 60 are miss- |/ ing and 100 were injured by the explosion of the boiler on the ferry starting | on the second trip to the island ||} injured and getting .the dead on A Modern Venus Dorothea Cunningham has been lelected by the American Progres- live Chiropractic association as the most nearly perfect health spec- men to e as guide to chiro- sractic. She’s 19 years old, wel 107 pounds and stands five feet three Inches. (Associated Press "hoto) GHANGE MADE IN BUS SERVICE FOR Vehicle Will Make Two Trips to and from Town Every School Day Because of the large number of children on Glacier Highway needing school bus service, a ‘change will be made Monday in the plan of transportation. The route will be divided into two parts, so_there will be two trips to town In the morning and two trips from town in the afternoon every school day, R. 8. Raven, Superintendent of - Juneau Public Schools, announced this forenoon. Schedule on First Trip With the start of the new ser- vice Monday, the bus on its first trip to town, will leave Barnacle Gables at 7:30 a. m., will pick up all children on the route to the Salmon Creek Power House and then will continue to town with- out way stops. Second Trip to Town On the second trip to town, the bus will start from the Salmon Creek Power House at 8:40 a. m., and pick up all thildren between there and the city limits. On the first trip from town after school in the afternoon, the bus will leave the Public School for the Salmon Creek Power ‘House at 3:30 ocdlock. On the second ftrip from town, the bus will leave the school for Barnacle Gables at 4 o'clock. The bus is driven by Johnson. Canada’s Gold Output Expected to Set Record ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—An all- time record for Canadian gold production is forecast by the com- merce department on the basis of increased gold mining operations. It is estimated that at the cur- rent rate of increase in gold pro- duction the total value of Onar- io’s yield in 1923 will reach $50~ 000,000 and the tdtal Canadian yield to $62,000,000. ———————— PETERSBURG MAN IS GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE AND FINED John Thompson, ‘arrested Thurs- day at Petersburg on a charge of contributing to the delinguency of @ minor c¢hild, was found guilty in the United States Commissioner’s Court there. He was sentenced -to serve six months in jafl and pay a fine of $250, Bert SCHOOL PUPILS .= FINE RECEPTION ON AERIAL TRIP Democratic Success Assur- ed in Three Divisions, F. A. Boyle Wires Senator A. J. Dimond's airplane campaign trip down Cook Inlet and along the Alaska Peninsula, ham- pered by fogs and cloudy weather, had all the earmarks of a trium- phant procession, according to the “Log of Tony Dimond,” appearing in recent issues of the Seward Gateway. Due to delays incldent to inclement weather conditions enroute, the Democratic candidate for Delegate will not reach Fair- banks untfl about the middle .of this month, said advices received here today. His campaign to date is de- scribed as most successful. Frank A. Boyle, Democratic candidate for Auditor who is mow in Fair- banks to meet Senator Dimond said all indications pointed to a good majority for the ticket in the Second, Third and Fourth Di- visions. The Valdez Senator held fine meetings in Seldovia, Kenal, Kas- ilof, Karluk, Chignik, S8and Point, Unalaska, False Pass, and visitea a4 number of other communities. He met many old friends and made new ones everywhere he visited. He discussed problems of the several communities, giving ad- vice and promises of assistance where possible. ing framsfer of control over geme and .fur resources from Fed- eral authority to the people of Alaska, he said, was strongly fa- vored by the people of the entire Senator Dimond was at Unalaska on August 31. Since then he has been campaigning in the lower Kuskokwim and lower Yukon River districts and in the Second Divis- jon where it is understood he ‘The Democratic plank advocat- In order to allay any fair land of NI’ n is turmoil and ! the jiny Hunryt Stimson wri now is. MORE TROUBLE LOOMING NOW FOR FAR EAST Inquiry Commission Makes Report Regarding Manchuria TOKYO, Sept. 9—An arrange- ment recognizing China’s sover- eignty in Manchuria, but propos- ing the establishment of its au- tonomy under Japanese advisors, is recommended in the report of the League of Nations Inquiry Commission, according to officiai sources. This report has been filed with the League of Geneva, accordinz to rumors. Ot is said information has been received on the continent that the report makes the above recom- mendation but the Commissioners refused to talk pending the report being published in Geneva. The report of the findings of the Commision was circulated here as coming from Japanese repre- sentatives at Pelping. The Foreign Office spokesman, when asked whether the purport- ec report will be accepted by Ja- tion of Manchukuo next week will be her answer to restore any proposals of Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria. 20 Members of Family Donate Funds to Demos NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—A cam- paign contribution of $1,039.50 from twenty members of one fam- ily in 'Wisconsin is announced by | mDunomchmweemmnp ’.l'he announcement said it came in the form of nineteen checks pan replied the Japanese recogni-|) Aomira KieHisasuro Namms nding its foremost n: ellowship miral Nomura has & from 1915 to 1918, ui as nid- in 1921 and 1922, He commanded lost an eye wl -uKor n thow a bomb Admiral Nomura's mission fs f mw:n( flln-hn ia Ai ricl--.l pln'u rela 'onl. the cry o On this side of the Pacific, DIMOND GETTING| _]apanese Naml Hero to Seek U. S. Good will Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura Named for Mission of Peace to United States. Is Well Known and Popular in Washington. Uuln«‘lfi Alnfl tlu e Jumm.hl panese naval , alth ‘Wolf " or its the P th ly replacing lnlunhon * * Envoy PROMINENT DRY ADVOCATE DROPS 0UT OF SIGHT Fails to Keep Appointment with President at White House WIFE FEARS HE IS VICTIM, BOOTLEGGERS Director Wacock Orders 118 Special Agents to Make Search WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.— Anxiety as to the where- abouts of €Col. Raymond Rob- AFTER SHANGHAI BOMBING prehension that may 'th nlnrdint the friendship of Japan for the United States, the hero to Wuhn'm on a goodwill mission. The envoy who is ‘Washington ’:n-hwnuv-hnd-n .tln into a graup of Nipponese notable: t*hdnl ex chE'N‘TnAL Pa&ment of "h‘ousevm Bonus Is to COMMITTEE IS FOR ROOSEVELT Tammany Controlled Or- ganization Sets to Rest About Attitude NEW TYORK, Sept. 9. — At a meeting of the New York Btate Central Committee today the can- didacies of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner for President and Vice-President were unanimously endorsed. Four minutes after this action was ta- Zen the committee adjourned. There had been some question as to what action a Tammany controlled body would take with reference to the National candi- dates of the Democratic party. The endorsement was for the pur- pose of setting at rest any con troversy on that subject. Dark-Eyed People “Drive Out” Blue Type, Says Doctor TTHACA, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Dark- eyed people “drive out” blue-eyed people when the two types mix, %» was shown in studies of her- edity described by Dr. G. P Pretz, Rotterdam, Holland, to the International Congress of Gene- tics here. = True, blue eyes are comparatively rare, he said, for more oOr lost “blue” eyes conla less brownish-black or yellow pig- ment. Brownish eye color over blue or yellow W are mingled, and yello |over blue. Thus in a co |the United States where d |blue-eyed populations are there would be a tendency ! blue eyes to disappear, accor to Dr. Fretz' rule. — e JORGENSEN LEAVES HOSPITAL do for $4950 each, and a twentieth for the balance. The family, described as ‘“very| prominent,” requested their names lnot be made public, Manttin Jorgensen, who |St. Ann Hospital Mondas |treatment for a broken = the institution yesterday afi«ri00 |for his home, BeDemanded Believed PtEnd Conven- tion Delegates Almost Solid on Issue WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Amer- ican Legion officials here predict- ed that advocates of the immed- iate payment of the bonus for veterans will control more than four fifths of the vofes at the American . Legion Convention in Portland next week. Officials here said they believ ed the convention will over- whelmingly demand payment. Only three states have so far voted ageinst payments—Florida | Nebraska and South Carolina. Sev- | en states took no action but it is believed half favor payment. The others adopted resolutions at the state conventions for the bonus = payment. FOLTA KILLS MOOSE IN TAKU DISTRICT On a hunting expedition to the Taku district, George W. Folta, Assistant United States District At- torney, shot and killed a moose. The animal was brought to Juneau. Over the Labor Day holiday sev-! eral other moose were obtained | near the place where Mr. Folta got his. | With the Assistant District At-! torney were Phil Jolie of this city! and William Spiegelbery of Taku' River. The trip from and back to Ju- s|neau was made in Mr. Jolie’s boat Sheila. . | JOHN SMITH RITES | SET FOR TOMORROW Funeral services for the late John Smith, who had been employed by the Bureau of Public Roads :md who died several days ago in |st. Ann’s Hospital, will be held at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in the | Catholic Church. Interment, under direction of the ergreen Cemetery. MAY EXTEND TOUR OF WEST Nominee May Add Jeffer- son City, Other Points to His Schedule ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 9.—Gov. Roosevelt, Democratic Presidential nominee, is considering enlarging his itinerary in the approaching |€,000-mile Western tour. The Dem- ocratic nominee last night discuss- ed the possibility of adding Jef- |ferson Cify, Missouri, Sacramento. California. and possibly other points to those already scheduled, land a swing into the South. The tenta changes would permit Roosevelt to visit the Mis- souri State Convention. Gov. Roosevelt already is sched- uled ‘to vislt the Paeific Coast. In the Northwest he will visit Seat- tle and Portland and possibly Spo- Francisco and Los Angeles. kane. He will at least visit San | ins, prominent Prohibitionist, whose disappearance was dis- closed by his failure to keep a White House appointment, is heightened today by Presi- dent Hoover’s concern and Mrs. Robins’s fears. Mrs. Robins said she fear- ed the Colonel had been kid- naped and killed by Florida bootleggers, where he fought the liquor traffic. Col. Robins was last seen Saturday in New York City. His life had been threatened often. “Col. Rohins was a prominent Progressive in 1912 and a candi- date for the Senate from Illinois. He was then nationally known as an economist. Search Ordered Prohibition Director Amos W. W. Woodcock this afternoon said he had ordered 118 special Prohibition officers to be on the watch for clews to the whereabouts of Col. Robins becouse of the report he — | might have been kidnaped by Flor- ida bootleggers. Meanwhile a report from Chi- cago, 111, sald a Mrs. W. R. Bryant, friend of Robins, reported seeing him there yesterday but did not speak to him. FARM STRIKE ISSUE NOW UP T0 GOVERNORS Big Demonstration Planied to Take Place in Sioux City i SIOUX . CITY, Iowa, Sept. 9-= The fate of the farmers’ strike for higher prices is in the hands of the midwestern Governors or their representatives gathered here to work out an agricultural relief program. While thousands of the striking farmers thronged the city to await the outcome, expressions of appre- hension came from the city resi- dents but the leaders assured the authorities the gathering would be a peaceful demonstration. The farmers plan a parade with at least 10,000 participating. ‘WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Sept. 9—Officials intrusted with the prosecution of murder charges against Libby Holman Reynolds, former Broadway actress, and Al- bert Walker, Winston-Salem youth. i have before them findings of four physicians who conducted a formal autopsy over the body of the form- er's husband, Smith Reynolds, young heir to tobacco millions, The autopsy was held secretly the night of August 23, the same day on which R. J. ‘Dick’ Rey- nolds, Jr., reached Winston-Salem after a forty-eight-day trip by steamer, airplane and automobile from ‘the Canary Islands, where he was criusing when his brother |ing of July 6. I Body of Smith Reynolds Is Disinterred for New Autopsy Reynolds did not attend the au- topsy, news of which has just come out. Authorities declined to dis- cuss the report of the physicians but ~ The 'Winston-Salem Journal said it was learned the bullet was fired from close range, penetraf- ing the right temple and emerg- ing just back of the left ear after ranging downward. . ‘The 20-year-old youth was found mortally wounded on a sleeping porch of the family home. Reynolda, within an hour after Three weeks later the Forsyth |County grand jury indicted Mrs. ‘Reyno!ds and 'Walker, 19-year-old neau-Young Mortuary will be in Was fatally shot early on the morn- |chum of young Reynolds. Each was ' Ireleased in $25,000 bond, |guests at a birthday party had lefs. - ‘ | ; ! 4