The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1932, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6222. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN1Y 'WINNIE RUTH JUDD IS TAKEN BEFORE GRAND JURY >, Prince and American Heiress “Ideal Match” That Burnt QOut * * * * * * Rocks of Incompatibility Ended Matrimonial Voyage of Georgian Nobleman and Beautiful Bud of Astor Tree. EXTRADITION OF INSULL IS TURNED DOWN Courts of Greece Refuse to | Grant Request Made | by U. S. | CHICAGO CHARGES 1 ARE NOT SUSTAINED | Crowd at Athens Shout Approval of Decision —Next Move ATHENS, Dec. 28—The Gresk ccurts has rejected the American petition for the extradition of Sam- uel Insull, Chicago utilities offic- ial. e Insull will be given his lib-| v immediately. { Insull ate dinner with friends er the decision was made. | The courts refused to sanction the extradition saying the depo- sitions from Chicago, IIl., charging mismanagement of funds of ‘' In- sull's utilities companies did not| support the charges. | A large crowd shouted: “Long Live Greek Justice.” Insull said: “I owe thanks to the | Greek justice for the sympathy; expressed.” NEXT STEP IN FIGHT CHICAGO, Tll, Dec. 28. — The!} next step in the fight to brmg‘-’ Samuel Insull back to the United States to stand trial is indicated by the State’s Attorney. He will| & “ possibly ask the State Department| e .. ki g to request the Greek Government| PstiicE and PRINcESS ALEXIS MDIVANI to deport Insull to a country from By divoreing her noble husband in H i % 2 which he might be extradited. | exchanged the titls she acauired by Sarige For ine foerican firl lne | rificed in order to be called Princess. When Louise Astor Van Alem PUSH INVESTIGATION ’mn—rled Prince Alexis Mdivani, Georgian nobleman, last year at the WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Chair-| home of her parents in Newport, R. L., friends of the couple hailed the man Norbeck, of the Senate Bank-| union as the climax of the “perfect romance.” But the reef of incom- v a wrecked the mari ing Committee, sald his gfoup Wil| Erved its perfoction. Tha. couply hare bron: cotmrrgeryty ey o thet continue to inquire into the Insull! several months, the gossips intimeting that both the Prince and Prinzcu crash regardless of the Greek ac- have other matrimonial plans, The Americas girl, it is said, has already tion. 1 ée.leeted her n.'!'h“?:i?ndl" b.n:l:on}e Sp. drd, nL"nb" of an ancient 5 e e Prince Alexis is said to i Senator Norbeck said if Greece's| o Barbara Hutton, ons of the richest And most becutiful action had any effect at all, it will| girls in America. Miss Hutton, who inherited many millions of the Wool- be to make the United States push| worth fortune, in Paris recently, on which occasion she was the the investigation harder. i recipient of mu'c'h attention from Prince Alexis. But the Prince has some strong competition there, for the lovely Barbara has but to lift her | Ginger to virtually take her pick of American eligibles. » BEER DEBATE 'WILSON TO HAVE IS POSTPONED FIRST PLACE IN Escaped Convict Recaptured; Back In Prison Cell WALLA WALLA, Wash,, Dec. 2.| ~Jimmy Arnston, whoescaped Irom{ the State Penitentiary early Ilast! Miller, service station operator and former guard at the Monroe Re-| formatory. ok, e b o oar| ) NEX_T WEEKjAMERIGESGREATi i |Senate Judiciary Commit- Arnston had hitch hiked from‘| f ‘Walla Walla and had dropped into| tee Prevented rom the service station to get warm. | Discussing Bl“ Miller recognized him and noti-| fied the prison authorities and| . cHINGTON, Dec. Arnston is back in his cell. 4 — e — fowa Grows Tall Boys As Well as Tall Corn! Josephus Daniels Says Am- erican Will Class Wilson with Washington and Lincoln 28. — Lack of a quorum delayed action today! by the Senate Judiciary Committee {on the beer bill. Chairman Norris has called an- tral figure “in the most epochal other meeting of the committee ""jcra of modern Hisbory,” declared PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28.—Wood- 'SALES TAX IS row Wilson will stand as the cen-| TOPEKA, Kas, Dec. 28. — Iowa‘ be held next Monday. i!ormer Secretary of the Nayy Jose- = | phus Daniels, in an address to a well as the tall corn Towans like DRAFTS AMENDMENT | U700 DHRRE 0 e “Olub today to sing about. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Sena- commemorating President Wilson's One of the former is Car Boldra | tor Borah said this afternoon he is seventy-sixth birthday anniversary. of Hamburg, Ia., whose six feet | drafting an amendment to the beer He quoted Gen. Jan Smuts's esti- and seven inches permit him to{bill to impose an excess profits taX mate of the great War President drop the ball into the basket with-|on brewers in an effort to increase|yy,, said “Americans of the future out much stretching. revenue produced by the measure. ' wi) yet proudly and gratefully rank Coach George Gardner of Wash- ey AN him with Washington and Lincoln. burn College is trying to develop| India has-a new divorce law un-!pgis fame will have more universal Boldra, tallest of his freshman der which Hindu women may di- significance than theirs.” recruits, into a center for his team. |vorce their husbands for laziness.| b A | John D. Gives 'Christmas Party; Gifts Distributed ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Dfc. 28—John D. Rockefeller held a dclightful Christmas party at his winter home here last night and locked on delightedly as the tardy Santa Claus gave billfolds to the men, toys to produces tall basketball players as| &ourse On Matrimony Is Now Offered by University; | Other Trouble to Be Solved INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 28—| “We are convinced that some To prepare men and women for|special degree of education is now, matrimony and to solve problemslneeded for happiness and ma:—-l of the already wedded, Butler Uni- | riage. ! the children .and sewing bas- versity announces it will offer a| “This is believed to be the first, o.ts and other gifts to the course in marriage. time an American college has of-! women. The instructor will be Charles| fered a course of marriage for gen- T oo Metzger, agad 39 years, twice mar- eral registration. | ried, and an attorney with ex-b “There will be weekly evening! Scnator Marcy of New York, in perience in divorce cases. {lectures on physical, phychological, 1832, in the course of a speech, The official statement of the| economical, social and religious as- coined the phrase, “To the victor University says: pects of wedded life.” ‘ibelangs the ' spoils.” .S.. IS SAFE “ADVOGATED AS MONEY GETTER |Speaker Garner, Senator Smoot, Both Come Out Favoring Proposal | \REVENUE IS NEEDED TO BALANCE BUDGET ing on Plan to Reduce . All Appropriations ™~ | WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Speak= er John N. Garner, of the House, and United States Senator Resd | Smoot, Chairman of the Senate] Finance Committee, have botH| come out for a sales tax. , Speaker Garner remarked: “If is necessary to pass a manufacturs! ers’ sales tax to balance the Budw get, I'd do it.” b Senator Smoot said: “The onlyt way to raise the need>d revenug to balance the Budget is to adopt the general sales tax, exempting only farm products as they come from the farmer.” s O®THER METHODS WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Means of balancing the Budget withouk |resorting to a sales tax is now sought by Democraiic leadership in| Congress, 4 Yoen Emphasis is placed on appro- | priations of Government funds and fixed expenditures amounting to| {more than one billion dollars an- nually. These items are now under| close serutiny. | A drive to legalize and tax beer| Ihas taken added strength. | ROOSEVELT SURPRISED ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 28.—Ad- visors of Gov. Franklin D. Roose- | velt said he is horrified at the sug-l gestion he endorsed the proposal | that a general manufacturers’ sales |tax be put through at the present| | short session to balance the bud- | get. Press dispatches rumored that he had made the suggestion. B Nude Bodies of Young | Couple Found in Cabin, | Calorado Tourist Camp) | DENVER, Colo., Dec. 28. — Wit faces distorted, the nude bodies| of Doris Gilllan Cool, aged 19, and Harold Crawford, aged 24| {were found early today in a tour- | ist camp in the suburbs. Officers said the two may been | {asphyxiated as a gas heater was| found going full blast and thel |cabin was tightly closed. | Investigation will also be made (of the stomachs of the pair as two empty wine bottles were found. The two rented the cabin Christ- mas night after leaving their res- | pective homes. FRANCE MUST PAY WAR DEBT Opened Until Cash Is Received WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The Government plans to insist that France meet the December debt payment before there are any new negotiafions with that government. This statement was made today by Secretary of State Stimson. DEBT SUBJECT UP PARIS, Dec. 28. — The unpaid debt to the United States was forced to the front again today as the matter came up for dis- cussion on the floor of the Cham- ber of Deputies. The occasion was the openting of the debate on the proposed French loan to Aus- tria. —————— O. NICKOVIGH AT HOME ©O. Nickovich, who entered St. {Ann’s hospital December 18. left rhe institution today for his home. Other Congressmen Wp’fl:—i RODSEVELT The f’residént and HlS C This is_the last group photograph that will be posed for by President Hoover and his cabinet. It was made on the White House lawn and sho seated : ‘ecretary of the Treasury dent Curtis,” President Hoover, Secretary of State son and Sceretary of War Hurley. Standing, Stim: “LEADS HOOVER BY 7,054,520 | Complete Returns Give Democrats Largest Vote for President in History | WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—(Copy- left to right, are Secretary of the ws, left to right, | Mitchell, Postmas Mills, Vice-Presi- 12.Year-Old REPUBLICANS Girl Proves “Real Stuff Drives Dogteam 22 Miles Through Night to Aid Trapper CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 28— After a 12-year-old girl had trav- eled by dogteam for 22 miles at abinet Pose for Last Time ABROAD : Secretary of Commerce Chapin, Interior Wilbur, Attorney-General ter-General Brown, Secretary of the Navy Adams, Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Secretary of Labor Doak. It was the first time the Cabi- net posed since the appointment of Secrétary Chapin " OBSTRUCTING LEGISLATION Senator Robinson Makes| Charges—Looks Like Extra Session | | | | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—United| right by Assoclated Press)—Com-!pight through the wilderness to| States Senator Joseph T. Robinson, sociated Przss, show that the larg- est vote in the history of the Na- tion was cast at the November el- ection. -The total was 39,734,351, Three other records were made. Gov. Roosevelt received more popu- lar votes than were ever before given to a candidate for the Presi- dency and President Hoover re- ceived mor: than were ever given to a defeated candidate. Roosevelt received 22,813,786 votes | and Hoover received 15,759,266. Minor Party Vote Candidates of minor parties re- ceived 1,161,209, These figures are comparable to a total vote of 36,724,647 in 1928 divided as follows: Hoover, 21,392,190; Smith, 15,016, 267; minor party cadidates, 316,- 190. The final vote showsd an in- crezse of 79 per cent, or 2,935,682, Rocsevelt’s plurality was 7,064, 520, exceeding Hoover's plurality of 6423612 in 1928. While Roose- velt’s plurality exceeds any ever cast in a o party battle it falls slightly ind Coolidge's record plurality in 1924 of 7,338,513 over John . W. Davis when Robert M. | plete returns from all the forty-|summon aid, an airplane 'flew to (eight States, compiled by the As-| Klutina Lake and brought Amos Fluery, a trapper to the hospital here. Fleury had broken through the overflow ice but was rescued by his partner. ®His partner, with his feet frozen, attended to Fleury while the girl, whose name is not given, mushed to the nearest cabin to summon aid ————— CONFESSION OF CALLICOTTE IS DECLARED FAKE Chist of Police Quinn De- clares Portland. Man Is Liar SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 28. —The confession of Paul Callicotte of Portland, that he unknowingly placed the satchel containing a Democratic leader in the Senate, yesterday accused the Republicans of engaging “in a policy of parti-| san political obstruction to prevent the enactment of legislation, ap- parently with the idea of forcing| | the incoming President to call a, | special session of Congress.” Senator Robinson further said m:‘ | Democrats have no fear of an extra session and will push legislation| they are offering now but the “re- |s|mn<:bimy for delay and added burden to the American taxpayer| | will be on the Republican Party.” b A ! §Widow of Chauncey | } Wright Dies, Seattle | | SEATTLE, Dec. 28.—Mrs. Anna Fidder, widow of Chauncey Wright and operating the famous chain !of restaurants, died here last Sat-| urday night. ! Before coming to Seattle, Chaun-| |cey Wrignt and his wife operated |a restaurant in the Klondike and ,they often told of selling soft- boiled eggs at. $1 each. Following Mr. Wright's = death, the widow, who remarried again, continued to operate the chain of eating places which have won a 2 JUNEAU WOMEN IN NEW MOVE 'Reported Husband Wil Make Sensational Ex- pose to Save Wife from Hanging PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 28.—Winnie Ruth Judd was suddenly called before the County Grand Jury today. She was brought here from her prison cell secretly and nothing has'been divulged as to the reason of her appear- ance. y Dr. William C. Judd, her husband, was with her. Recently, Dr. Judd threat- ened to tell all about the mur- der of two Juneau women, Agnes Le Roi, a nurse, and Hedvig Samuelson, school teacher, both of Juneau, Al- aska, that would put another | behind the bars and free his wife. Mrs. Judd is sentenced to hang in February for the murder of Miss Le Roi. She has not been tried for the murder of Miss Samuelson. MYSTERY HANGS OVER ATTEMPT TO KILL WOMAN Staltman Released on Alibi —No Other Arrests in Thompson Case Mystery today still shrouded the attack made Monday evening on Mrs. Jerry Thompson, in what seemed to have been an effort to “take her for a ride” in true gang- ster style. Joe Staltman, ques- tioned early Tuesday morning by Federal officials and held by them, was released from custody yester- day afternoon. He is said to have established a clear alibi. Both Federal and Mu- nicipal officers today said little progress had been made, but they intimated that developments might be expected at any time and ex- pressed confidence that arrests would follow shortly. ‘Woman Is Recovering Mrs. Thompson, who was badly beaten about the head, suffering from two broken ribs and a minor knife-cut, was reported by hospital bomb which exploded here at the No Negotiations Will Be|5iat led to reach La Follette got nearly 5,000,000 votes. Roosevelt got more votes than all candidates combined at any elec- tion prior tc 1920. He carried 42 States as azainst 40 by Hoover in received 472 electoral t 59 for Hoover. homas, Socialist, fail- the high mark for that party made by Debs in 1920. Thomas reccived 881951 Debs'’s high mark twelve yéars ago was 919,799, oo Widows (17-Count ’em) ' Exhaust Mother-in-Law PEIPING, D¢ the squabbles of daughters-in- the mother of ‘General Cha Tsung-Chang, late governor of Shantung, has entered 2 nunnery hére. Chang was assassinated recent- ly at Tsinanfu immediately his widow and 16 subsidiary wives began quarreling his estate. The widow got to Dairen with valuables reporied to be worth $7,000,000. The : hen wrangl- ed so fiercely $200,000 in real estate that senior Mrs. Chang fled to tke nunnery. «b.—Harassed by her widowed 17 Preparedness Parade, killing many persons, and for which crime Mooney-and Billings are serving time, is branded by Chief of Po- lice Quinn as the tale of a “con- fessed liar and publicity seeker.” —_——————— MISS MORROW WEDDED TODAY ENGLEWOOD, N. J, Dec. 28— In a simple ceremony, with only relatives and a few intimate friends attending, Miss Elizabeth Morrow will be married to Aubrey Neil Morgan, of Cardiff, Wales, late today. Appropriation ‘Bill For Int. Department Is Passed by House WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The second appropriation bill of the present session, carrying $43,000,000 for the Interior Depariment next year, has been passcd by the House and sent to the Senate. |attendants today to be making a |rapid progress. Her injuries were | vielding nicely to treatment. She |was expected to be able to leave the hospital in a few days. Although she talked more co-~ | herently vesterday about the at- | House today continued c"""“d”m"zaek shy .w ot able to add o | tlon of the Agricultural ! iy dhecn, e 0 I:Jepun—J | ment supply measure. (Continued on Page Two.) Study of Economic Situation | Is Now Demanded for Purpose Of Finding Roadto Prosperity ot S o Bt ocrat of Mississippi, has proposed |that a systematic Senate Commit- | nation-wide reputation, i e A House Considerin Agriculture Bill | WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The| Senator Harrison said he would include ewrency stabilization and inflation of silver. He said: “We are now grouped in economic des- pair. For more than three years tee search for a road to prosperity.|the situation neither at home nor The ranking Democrat of the|abroad has shown marked improve- Finance Committee said he will ment. Methods which were adopted offer a resolution calling for a|were merely palliative. The situa- {study of the “whole economic situa- | tion has become cancerous. The tlon with a view of primarily ob- |best constructive thought of the taining constructive suggestions Nation should be given thai Com= from the leading economists and |gress and the new Administration and a statement as to|will be uided in the adoption of ¢ and policies to resiore |the wisest policies which will hast« economic stability.” | en economic recovery.”