The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THF NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6209. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SLAYER OF JUNEAU WOMEN T0 HANG IN FEBRUARY ARREST MADE OF MANFOUND . WITH DAGGER ALSO PIST(lI. Would-Be Assallant DlSCOV- ered Crouched in Doorn Tower — Is Taken Across Border DOORN, Dec. 13. — The mystery which enshrouded the man captured with a pis- tol and dagger, crouching in the former Kaiser's tower here has heen partially clear- ed up. The man has been identi- fied illmklod but his real na believed to be Eder, a German. He said he had a message for the Kaiser from Adolf Hitler but the autherities be- lieve he was attempting to kill the former Kaiser. The man was late this afternoon escorted across the frontier. One informant said he appeared to be mentally unbalanced and other sources said he w: normfil menially HOOVER'S PLAN OF REGROUPING TOBEKILLED Whatever Changes Are to‘ Be Made Will Be Left | to Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—On the theory that whatever changes are to be made will be left to Presi- dent-Elect Roosevelt, the Democrats in the Senate and House hav2 joined in what seems like a race to see which nch of Congress will he the first to approve of a resclution blocking Prasident Hoov- er's regrouping plan for the Fed- eral Government. BLANKET DISAPPROVAL WASHINGTON, Dec. 13—Repra- sentative Cochran, of Missouri Chairman of the House Expendi- tures Committee, announced he has called the Budget Director to guage the extent of savings expected as a result of the President’s proposed, Bur:au regrouping plan. The general expectation is that the House will recommend a blanket disapproval of the plan unless real economy is shown to result BODIES FOUND; | SUIGIDE PACT SEATTLE, Dec. 13.—Not see'n‘ by bors since last Saturday,! fhe police entered the home of | Robery Harding and wife and found their bodies, The officers| indications were that Hard- who was a school janitor, shot| his wife and then tock his own life in a suicide pact. Ce——,—t———— MRS. ESTES HOLDS HER OWN Mrs. J. E. Ests, who was taken to St. Ann's Hospital recently fol- Jowing a stroke of paralysis, is re- ported to be holding her own, | comment is made in official quert Arrested when she attempted to foree her way into the White House to present a petition to President Hoover, Gertrude Hessler, New York Communist, is shown being d bodil ail cell .;y capital polica. A demor n of about 100 “hunger dispersed by the pohce, who arrested Mrs, Heé Connson, of New Xi mL (ins TWO NATIONS MAKING DERT RESERVATIONS France and_areat Britain Will Pay Thursday— Future Outlook PARIS, Dec. 13—In a new note prepared today for transmission to Washington, France declares inten tion to pay the $20,000,000 interes due Thursday but asks that this payment be counted as part of the eventual accord. The note also a settlement of debts made, France will be henceforth suppert the which can ke justified only payments of re Weds Oil Heir that cannot unable if a be to by the Another former Follies beauty mar- ried into the millionaire class when Elsa Peterson (above) bec: E. J. “Jerry” Miley at Tia Juana, Mexico, the other da; of the millionaire Siana It is known here that the ldconic British ncte sent ‘to Washingion, also promising to pay the “debt in-, stallment, signifies there has been no change in the basic British p icy of cancellation of debtis or vision. Great Britain will pay J $95,500,000 but still with the under- standing that it is later to be ap-! plied on the final settlement. Great Britain statzd in the note the pu;;~ ment Thursday will be the last the i nation will make under the pr(scn' funding scheme. Papers Sent Heanng in Athens onU. S.! Charges Will Be.Held Shortly 13. — Extradition NO COMMENT WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — I\O‘ French on debt ers concerning th | British viewpoints i ments. and, ATHEVS Dec. L es magnats to wer embezzlement | icharges have arrived at the Umted | States legation. The papers were sent to the For- eign mm try for tran:mls:ion to MARRIED LIFE JUST A BATTLE‘ S A ‘Couple of Valdez, Alaska,' ‘fl] earing. Each Given Divorce in Court at Seattle 1 case, Two ar warrants SEATTLE, Dec. 13—H. J. Har-/$36000 larceny and $30,000 em- ivey, aged 76 years, Valdez busi- bezzlement were handed the For- nessman and Nellie Harvey, Seattle €ign Ministry. Tt was understood (hospital employes, were each giv-|that other documentary evidence ¢n a divorce when each described Was being translated and authen- !married life as a continual batile. ticated. 'They agreed they could never live, The | together harmoniously. iweek, hearing is expected this the return of Samuel| WINNIE RUTH JUDD 70 DIE ONSCAFFOLD; DATEIS SET Supreme Court of Arizona Makes Decision—Attor- neys Plan Further Fight for Woman PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. | —Attorneys planned to con |tinue the fight for Winnie! | Ruth |preme Court decision that ia~he must hang on February |17 for the murder of Agnes Ann LeRei, former nurse of | Juneau, Alaska. The | deraned woman said they will } apply for a rehearing, file a | writ of error, appeal to the State Board of Pardons and Parole and also seek an in- sanity hearing. Mrs. Judd has not heen {ried for the murder of Hed- | vig Samnelson, former schoal teacher of Juneau. The bedies of the two women were found in trunks in Los Angeles, that of Miss Samuvelson having been dis- membered. The women were Iulled hero - WINTER KEEPS STRONG GRIP UPON NATION .Cold Weat;lg Continues Even in California Where They Skate CHICAGO, Tll, Dec. 13. — Un- | rclieved except in spots, winter kept up an assault on the nation today. Temperatures ging. Mercury drops are forecast for states below the Mason-Dixon line | The Midwest is blanketed by snow and more snow i5 promised In California it is still cold. Sac- ramento had ice skating on lakes. | Hundreds of autos are merooned {in various sections. The Rocky Mountain area has today. in the East are For Ins u ll milder t.um!)rr.i'u‘re;> 50 SPORTS MARK HAVEN'T CRACKED | HERE'S THE i CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Dec. 13— | George Wilson has no fears re- garding the longevity of his state ! college athl record, which al-| ready has been on the books for] 35 years. Wilson won the two-mile intercollegiate bicycle race State Normal here in 1897 dn fie i mlnutes and two seconds setting a | record. Bicycle racing has since been abandoned as an int | collegiate sport and American officials are | with evidence to fight the; charging <& SHO'F;NG DA 0 CHR|51MF‘../ 13. attorneys for the con-' 'or - Valley LIFE THREATENED As Flames Consumed Dutch Mail Liner Judd despite the Su- tion broke out after the liner’s fuel tanks exploded, * No lives were lost, but the ship was a total loss, This photo was made from a nearby ship. This spectacular picture shows the Dutch mail steamer Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft as she was de- stroyed by fire in Amsterdam Harbor. The conflagra- Problem of Relief Must Come Up Before Congress; Dole Plan Not Lonsnlored JAPAN PROTESTS 00MM|SSIUN IN Turns Agamsl Great Bri- the (IL stion: can the country tam ok Unfa\o\able | come throu the winter without ps (resort to some form of dole? Market Action The ready answer of most po- e tical leaders is that it can. When TOKYO, Dec. 13.—Disregarding devising an effective ) 1-| the friendly advice of its old ally for direct, personal aid quarter which) Great Britain, Japan has instruct- unemployed, however, the to industrial|ed its delegation at Geneva to re- \”' vague and contradic- ject the proposal that an Inter- The question will persist. national Conciliation Commission budgetary reform, be created in an attempt to settle farm relief may all the Sino-Japanese controversy over aced on the Congres- Manchuria. The British delegation was for ndar, but the issue of to da about those who are most in urging the Commission and Japan’s instructions to re and hungry has a status in time may easily trans- such aen organization has caused legislative programs. unfavorable ac the ket. Resumption of diplomatic tions between China and contributed to the market The British . spokesman “This action of Japan is mos turbing to peace in the world an indirectly thréatens Ja SELLING WAVE DEPRESSING ON STOCK MARKET Leading IssQ;‘Lose Slight- ly—Bullish Activity Discontinued By B\RON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associatcd Press, Washington) The emphasis may be momentar- ily on other things, but the prob- lem of relief of human suffe sounds one deep, insistent under {tone of universal umm‘tamty as NEW YORK, Dec. 13. — A few ripples of selling appeared today| on the Stock Market depressing some of the leading issue a point so. The list was extremely gluggish with transfers only 700,000.1 The cl g tone was s recent bullish a disccmmucd trader: awsiting con ling of the debts controv opments in any other might provide clues trend. Allied Chemical, American Telephone a Case, Union andard Oil of New Jersey, United States Steel common and preferred, New York Cent and Interna- ticnal Harvester from three auarters to on -half points. General Motc Air Reduction g se alternative to - the jes are American Can i Telegraph, A BIG PROBLEM o imates of the number of job- Russia [less in the United States vary decline, | from 10,000,000 to 13,000,000. d: A more nearly ed one point. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is American Can 55%, Anaconda 7'%, Bethlehem Steel 15%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 2, General Motors 13%, Interna- i g tional Harvester 22';, Kennecott 9, Packard Motors United States Steel 31%, Ame Power and | Light 7%, Calumet and Hecla 2%, Chrysler 16'%, Colorado Fuel and| | Iron, mbian Carbon | ST WANDERNELL AR ) WATERY GRAVE |Snow Falls Sl {In Imperial {Slain Globe Trotter Con- signed to Deep as Cameras Grind d | tures for relief. spending $100,000 a day to feed the hungry, no one can fail to under- stand the magnitude of the prob. lem. Recently one of the best-known industrial leaders of the country ¢aid in a private luncheon: “The one big question question of rellef. The states munieip: es rapi ing their resour chartty is capahl and the amounts can no longer be raised by axation (Contimuen wn Page SLO i of needed local \ LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 13, —In the first measurable quan- tity on record, snow fell today throughout Californ- ia's Imperial Vaolley. The man- tle of snow was on inch deep, Snew alss fcll cn the Great American Descrt where the sun athern ;’rhv body of Capt. Walter Wan- derwell, ain aboard his world cruiser yacht Carma on Mond jnight, December 5, was commit ‘m the deep from the yacht is usually scorching | terday, while cameramen (00K mo- — e tion pictures of the scene nal The prosecuting attorney will dn'iu ded in specific trades was re- BRIDAL COUPLE AT 'mounce tomorrow whether a formalicommended to Congress in the an- KNIGHT APARTMENTS charge "of “murder will be filed|nual report of Secretary of Labor against William Guy, Capt. Wan; i P. Orme, derwell’s foe, and described as th(-‘ He Saturday © n gray seen aboard the yacht|ihe suite of ¢ before the globe-trotter's .. tments was foynd in his cabin. WASHINGTON, Dec ng o igration la 13.—Tight- e s 1o limit | | | | | { | \ | | | | Mr. and ‘who . were | evening, have J | TOOmS ‘@t the Knight Apa: 50 ury 'f'd -whm language be made an ial requirement for naturali- ion, Mrs. MFADDEN AGAIN FLAYS HOOVER, SEEKS REMOVAL 1 P ennsylvanian Charges | President Betrayed Coun- try Over War Debts RESOLUTION TABLED BY HOUSE, 361 TO 8 ‘Dean of Democrats Offers Motion that Blocked Move to ]mpeach WASHIN (-TON Dec. 13. —The House by a vote of 361 to 8 rejected the move by | Representative Louis T. Mec- Fadden, of Pennsylvania, a | Republican, for impeachment {of Precident Herbert Hoover lon the grounds he betrayed his country on war debts. | The resclution charged the | President “failed to obey and ! uphold the law passed by the Seventy-second Congress for- bidding canceiiation, in whole or in part of the war debts !due the United States from 'forcign nations and is en- 'Sweeney of Ohio, !attacks by the Penns isailed the President exact conception on the moratorium. dis-|can be gained from the expendi-| } rema AR . Dl)lllx Advocates the reading of |either deavoring and has endeavor- ed to nullify contracts exist- ing between the United States and foreign debtors.” POU MOVES The resolution was tabled on motion of the Democratie Dean of the House, Edward W. Pou, Democrat of North Carolina, with opposition votes only from Representa- tives Blanton of Texas, Grif- fin of New York, Patman of Texas, Romjue of Missouri, Black of New York, Hancock of North Carolina, all Democrats, and Mcladdeén, himself. The House, stunnsd for the time being by the suddenness of Mec= Fadden's moving of the resolution of impeachment, recalled similar anian on President Hoover that led to his party removing the patronage priv- ilege from him after he had as=- a year ago Later, Pennsylvania Republicans e When il is real-|in the House demanded his resig- ized’ that Chicago, alone, has been ! nation as S delegation move for cretary of the State’s as the result of his impeachment. Hecard in Silence a hushed House thab e charges made by Me- Hardly a whisper was i when the reading clerk ran h the first part of the 18« excoriation of the President. entative McFadden did not dd to this when he offered his resolution, When he took the floor his only 5 were; (Continued on Page Two) Tightening t was Fadden hea hrou Of U. S Immigration Laws The secretary, in reviewing his department’s activities in the fiscal year ended June 30, stated only 35,576 immigrants were admitted -~the smafest number in more than 100 years—and that 323838 had been deported, sent jout of the country at their own request or allowed to leave fo. avold deportation. v