The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1933, Page 8

S PLOT TO EXTORT MONEY OR KILL GIRL, ATTEMPTED Terrorist Fatally Shots Himself When Police Go to Make Arrest KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb Thwarted in an: attem $15,000 from R. Crosby Kemper President of the Kansas City Bank and Trust Company, under threat of killing the 9-year-old daughter of the banker, Sally Ann, a ter- yorist shot and fatally wounded himself in the banker’s home yes- terday. Note to Mother He left a note saying: “Goodbye, mother. I can't stand to see you go hungry.” The terrorist has been identified by fingerprint experts as W. K. Lattin or William Layton, arrest- ed a year ago at Hutchinson, Kan- sas, on a charge of transportation of liquor. A maid telephoned the police as the man threatened the child’s mother. Just before the police ar- rived he shot hiinself. ———————— FREIGHT RATES | ON ALASKA R.R. BEING REDUGED Cut of Eleven to Thirty-| four Per Cent Is An- | nounced by Ohlson 16.— ot to extort |C. Bullitt came back to the United Declares He Has Not Been Representing Presi- dent-Elect NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—William S yesterday and denied he h been in Europe representing President-Elect Roosevelt or any- one alse in debt problems. Bullitt said he was just writing a book about statesmanship. He said he had been going to Europe every year for the past 10 years, adding he had hosts of friends “over there.” Bullitt, according to press dis- patches received in this country, was reported going from capital to capital in Europe and discus- sing war debts owing the United States, as a representative of the President-Elect. - e - OREGON HOUSE SEEKING BEER Measure Passed Legalizing Manufacture, Sale Distribution SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 16.—The House of Representatives of the 'Oregon Legislature yesterday voted to legalize the manufacture, sale and distribution of beer up to 3.2 per cent alcohol. The vote was 40 in favor to 20 against. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 16— A reduction in the rates of cer-; tain commodities to Fairbanks 151 announced here by General Man- | ager Otto F. Ohlson, of the Alaska | Railroad. i The new rates are on explosives, | less than carload lots, of $6.99 a| hundred pounds, a reduction of 34 per cent, and carload $4.38 per 100 pounds; plaster wallboard, carlots of $1.58 a reduction of 15 per cent; lumber, carlots, $1.17 a hundred| pounds, a reduction of 17 per cent. | The new rates are effective Feb- The measure now goes to the Senate. The bill carries a 50 cent tax on each barrel. Filipinos May Be Placed in Island Colony MANILA, Feb. 16. — Manue! Quezon, President of the Philippine Senate, in expressing his commen- dation of the Dickstein bill to re- | patriate unemployed Filipinos in BULLITT BACK| FROM OVERSEAS;| - DENIES RUMORS - ___THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 1933, Returns from Cruise to Run Into Tragedy — — ident-Elect Roosevelt and Vincent Astor (left) his host on the sea jaunt which ended last night at Miami, Florida, and which terminated in an attempt cn the lf velt (right) of Rooscvelt. Kermit Roose- son of the late Precident Theodore Roosevelt and fifth cousin of the President-Elect was a member of the party on the yacht Nourmahal, owned by Astor, shown above. attempt to take his life. Elect and Kermit Roosevelt. (Associated Press Phot Rl i o s 3 Men;be;s of Pariy wi th Roosevelt on Yacht | President-Elect as he bid goodbye to advisors and political leaders when he sailed from Jackson- ville, Florida, on the 10-day cruise off the Floi=da Coast and which ended at Miami last night with an Left to right are Fred Kerncchan, George St. George, Astor, the President- [PILOT MOORE IS MISSING T WESTWARD Two Airmen Search Forced to Re- turn on Account Fog ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 16.— Pilot John Moore, flying for the Arctic Airways, who left Anchor- age last Monday to land George Hillery, a trapper, at a point in the Susitna Valley, 100 miles from here, and due back in a hour or two, has not been reported since he left. Pilot Estol Call, of the McGee Airways, and Jack Waterworth, of the Star Air Service, were driven back by fogs when they attempted to search for Moore. It is believed Moore was forced down on the river bottom some- where. He had plenty of provis- ions with him. CONGRESSMAN 1S FOUND DEAD ' IN WASHINGTON |Police Are—U—n—able to Say Whether He Fell or | Jumped from Window 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Repre- | | sentative Godfrey G. Goodwin, of | Minnesota, was found dead today | as the result of injuries received in a fall from a window of his Making| FOURTEEN N. Y. U. HOOPERS FORMER . SCHOOL CAPTAINS NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—A check- |up of the New York University | basketball squad revealed that 11 cut of 14 players were former high school court captains. The material is so favorable that two New York city champion- ship leaders are sitting on the bench. They are Dave Sanders, captain of Monroe high, which won the Gotham title in 1929, and Aa- ran Liebowitz, who led Lane high’s winning team -in 1930. ‘The captain of the Violet five is Samuel Potter, who led New Utrecht as captain when that team was runner-up for the city title in 1928. This year he may be called a captain of captains, for the other members of the starting team were aiso leaders of their high school teams. ———e GOODY SALE SATURDAY Martha Society will hold a goody sale at Sanitary Grocery February 18. —adv, prices. iroom in a hotel. The police said they do notknow | whether Goodwin fell or jumped.’ Representative Goodwin was a Republican. He was elected to the Sixty-Ninth Congress and each; ucceeding one until last Novem- ber when he failed to be re-elected. THEY SAW ALL FUR C0ATS Alaska Seal, Land Otter and Hud- son Seal Coats, Muskrat-trimmed Coats Hair Seal and Silver Fox, Blue Fox, Cross Fox, Red Fox, White Fox Furs and Mink Chokers At Less Than Cost We are closing out all our Manufactured Furs and Fur Garments, and in the future shall make up furs only on special order. This is your opportunity to get the finest Fur Garments at almost unbelievable SALE STARTS MONDAY MORNING FOR CASH ONLY Chas. Goldstein and Co. 265 PEOPLE MARVELED YESTERDAY WHEN ruary 27. Other Reductions \the United States, said today he Effective on March 15, autos and | Was calling a conference of insular LUDWIG NELSON IS M 3 lll . f l “ < G anipulations of Insul HOME o “”M’KT'\L\ 4 the Senate Committee today as MNelson, prominent j(\w-" Deals Being Unfolded‘ .bngan an investigation of stock tment trusts was disclosed Ludwig trucks, carlots, from Seattle to|Officials to discuss a plan of send- . g sty § > = Fairbanks, will be $6.74 per hun-“"g all possible of the repatriates|eler, who underwent a major op-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.— Quic inipulations which ])wr-»ceeded the | D ired pounds, a reduction of 23|to Mindanao Island. eration several weeks ago, left St.|paper profit of $25,000,000 to Sam- |collapse of the Insull utilities. per cent, " There are vast tracts of fertile|Ann's Hospital for his home yes-|uei Insulland members of hisfam- | R SR e From June 1 to October 1, rates|land in Mindanao Island, second terday afternoon. |1y from a single transaction o Old Papers for sale at Emplre. on perishable commodities will be reduced to $475 per hundred, pounds, a reduction of 32 per cent.| Carlots of sugar will be $2.75 per hundred a reduction of 11 per cent. Children Stereotyped In School, Expert Finds ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16. — Present teaching methods and existing text- books subject American children to the danger of stereotyped impres- sions, Dr. Hyman Meltzer, Wash- ington University psychologist, de- cided after questioning 1,200 chil- dren composing a cross-section of Bt. Louis's youth. In his opinion their answers in- dicated too much stress had been placed on teaching them what to think instead of how to think. e Lutheran Church, Friday, Feb- ruary 17, 8 p.m. Congregational meeting and social. Good time as- sured. Free. largest of the Philippine group, which await settlement, but immi-| gration efforts the past decade have made little progress. Quezon said he feared an influx of thousands of idle Filipinos would add to the unemployment problem in Manila. 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