The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1933, Page 1

| | | | Ve THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE!\’ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” o, VOL. XLL, NO. 6299, i MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1933. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO BLACKMAIL MRS. LINDBERGH APPOINTMENT OF TROY IS APPROVED CONFIRMATION NEAR, TROY IS TOLEAVE SOON Empire Editor, On Eve of Confirmation as Gover- nor, Meets President | COMMITTEE FAVORS || HIS APPOINTMENT. Final Actio:b—)' Senate Is' Expected to Follow Within Short Time The nomination of John W. Troy, Editor of The Empire and Presi-| dent of The Empire Printing Com- pany, to be GCovernor of Alaska was today reported favorably to the Senate for confirmation, by Lhe‘ e Committee on Territories, according to an Associated Press atch to The Empire from Wash- ston. i The Senate's action on the ap- pointment is expected to follow within a short time. Mr. Troy was today accorded an interview with President Roosevelt prior to dc-l parting for Juneau. He was accompanied to thej White House for the interview by Delegate A. J. Dimond. “The Presi-| dent showed a wonderful grasp of| our situation up there, and he has some ery progressive plans in Two of the four suspects under arrest in Denver, Colo., for the ki are Mrs. Verne Sankey (upper left) and Arthur Youngberg (right). The | Boettcher was held 17 days until his father paid $60,000 ransom is shown. It is in Buffalo county, Seuth __Press Photos) BRIT OFFICER CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON \Gigantic Indignation Dem- onstration Against Ger- | many Pulled Off NEW YORK, March 28.—Despite | |protests of the German Govern- LONDON, March 28— Opening ment that no organized persecu- the summing up of the court mar- tion of Jews existed, thousands of | tial of Lieut. Norman-Baillie Stew-'Jews and others stormed Madison | InNewYork Is Accused of Attempiing! to Get Military Se- | crets to Sell | (SUSPECTS HELD IN KIDNAPING OF DENVERITE mind,” for speeding up Territorial de pment, the Delegate said after Just when Mr. Troy expects to leave Washington, and the date of his 2l here are mnot known definitely. Announcement regarding these will be made as soon as the Senate acts, it Is expected. His nomination was sent to the Senate last Thursday and immediately re- ferred to the Committee. Today was the usual day for making its art of the Seaworth Hignlanders,‘squgm Garden here last night at Judge Advocate P. N. Sutherland an indignation meeting, Graime said he will direct the | speakers included Rabbi Stephen | court to find the accused not guilty 'S, Wise, Alfred E. Smith and Wil- | of three charges in attempting 10 liam Green, President of the Amer- | obtain British Milifary secrets and jcan Federation of Labor. communicate the information to a Madison Square Garden seats ap- foreign agent. !proximately 23,000 and all seats Ten Counts | were occupied. | The defendant is charged with| The police estimated that 35,000/ ten counts in-all, each liable to a gathered in the immediate vicin- maximum penalty of 14 years. ity while thousands more gathered “The whole case for the prose- in Columbus Circle. | report, and favorable action by it'cution is: Did he receive money? e | had been anticipated by the local 1t is only reasonable to suppose he | Democratic organization, it Was did not receive anything for his | i said. | services, which the prosecution al- RPN ki 1 |leges, unless he collected and ob- itained and communicated some- |thing,” the Judge Advocate said. In Tower of London H r months the Lieutenant has | been kept in the Tower of London tand for weeks his ideniity was an !absolute secret and rigid censor- Iship was imposed upon British| newspapers not to make any men- AMERICAN HI, JAPAN BOMBS = 51 Protest Is Lodged by U. S.| Minister with Official | at Peiping GOES TO PRISON Anothe;' Officer of Defunct Seattle Concern Will Leave Tomorrow RESIDENGE OF SEATTLE, March 28.—Adolph |Linden, former President of the de- funct Puget Sound Savings Loan Association, left for prison today, following his conviction for grand| larceny, in connection with the fail- ure of that institution. His attor- neys are seeking a writ of review. E. W. Campbell, also gonvicted of | igrand larceny in the same connec- VERDICT IS RETURNED LONDON, March 28—Lieut. Nor- man Baillie-Stewart was late this |afternoon acquitted on three charg- ‘es of selling military information PEIPING, March 28—The Jap-'to a foreign agent. The decision anese Charge d’'Affairs has received will be submitted to higher au- gta:::l:;;‘x:lsct:‘;m;l‘el s:)r:n;o Un :1 t ::Ichormes for consideration. fan. P i ¢ 1 B h: garding the bombing on March 24 | oth Linden and Campbell have : . been sentenced from five to fifteen by Japanese airplanes of Tmtowy-‘ls ABDUGTED | Wall when it is said damage was| caused to the residence of Charles| idnaping of Charles Boettcher 11 lonely farmhouse in which Dakota, near the town of Chamberlin. Two more men are sought as members of the gang. (Associate¢ JewsStage STOCK PRIGES Big Protest || IETED TODAY BY G0OD NEWS Wheat Tak;Eoost—Divi- dend Information Also Forces Up Shares NEW YORK, March 28.—A boost on the wheat market and construc- five dividend news finally lifted the share market today out of its narrow trading range. . Several prominent issues closed from fractions to three points higher. The final tone was firm. Transfers however, were only 500,- 000 shares. Trading was listless and fluctua- tions were narrow until late in the day. Good Advances Allied Chemical advanced more than three points and American Can about two points. Farm implements were helped by the bulge of wheat. Case advanced nearly three points and Interna- NEW TRIAL FOR MOONEY STARTS LATE IN APRIL Convicted gnb Thrower to Be Given Chance to Acquit Himself PROSECUTION WILL SOON BE ORGANIZED Defense Al—r_eady Starts Services, 100 Sub- poenaes Be Served SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 28--Plans for a new trial one month from tomorrow for Tom Mooney took form today with in- dications the prosecution will soon be organized. The defense, it is said, is ready for the trial already and has com- menced service of approximately 100 subpoenaes for witnesses. Brady Withdraws The prosecution has been dis- organized by the withdrawal of Dis- trict Attorney Matthew Brady who opposed granting of a new trial on the ground Mooney can not now be reconvicted, and the trial will serve no useful purpose. Chance for Mooney Mooney will now be given a chance to acquit himself in the bombing of the Preparedness Day parade here in 1916. He was con- vigted at a previous trial, sentenced |to hang but this was later com- muted to life imprisonment by | President Wilson’s intervention. SEVENNEGROES ARE ON TRIAL ASSAULT CASE | Here is a recent studio portrait of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President. DEMAND MADE FOR LARGE SUM, EXTORTION PLOT Twenty—five—'[_'h‘ousand Dol- lars Sought from Fa- mous Flier's Wife HIGH SCHOOL BOY IS UNDER ARREST Authorities Nab Youth Who Readily Makes Complete Confession AKRON, Ohio March 28. — A crude attempt to blackmail Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh for $25,000 has been thwarted with the arrest of a 15-year-old high school boy whose name is withheld. The boy was arrested last night near a spot where the money was supposed to have been sent. Officers said the boy will be turned over to the Juvenile Court authorities. Admits Attempt Post office inspectors said the boy readily admitted mailing two letters to the aviator’'s wife but said: “I don't know what I would {have done if I had gotten it. My SENATE REPEALS PROSPECTOR AI MEASURE TODAY Votes Uanimously to Wipe Out Statute Designed to Stimulate Mining By a unanimous vote, the Senate today killed the Prospectors’ Aid Act, passing the Senate Judiciary Committee’s bill repealing that par- father will kill me though when he {hcars about this.” i One letter was mailed February 27 and the other March 14. Neither, however, reached Mrs. Lindbergh. One of the letters written sald: “Watching You” “We are watching you. Your lives are in danger. Therse are 30 in our gang. Send moncy hy parcel post to Dad, care Bluebird Inn, Route 8, Hudson.” s The officers said the “Dad” men- tioned was 73 years old, a recluse and a friend of the boy, who dis- claimed any knowledge of the plot. The boy did not implicate him. EXHIBIT GIVEN T0 EXECUTIVE {House Votes Sum Asked by Gov. Parks for Al- aska Exhibit, Chicago By a 12 to 4 vote, the House| this morning passed Bragaw's reso- lution authorizing the Governoy ‘o expend not to exceed $3500 in tional Harvester about one and one- half points. {Second Hearing Is Started i Rails Gain | in Alabama—White Union Pacific rose three points| - Girls Involved while several other rail issues gain- | ed from fractions to more than one point. | DECATUR, Alabama, March 28— Issues up about one or two points | Retrial of seven negroes, accused of included American Sugar, American assaulting two white girls, proceed- Tobacco B, Dupont, Corn Products ¢d today after attorneys protested and United States Stee.l that negroes be excluded from the |jury. A previous jury originaily CLOSING PRICES TODAY | recommended the seven negroes be NEW YORK, March 28.—Closing |sentenced to death. quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| Guardsmen were on hand today stock today is 14%, American Can|to preserve order as the defendants 57, American Power and Light 4 in the so-called Scottshoro assault Anaconda 7, Bethlehem Steel 13%,|case were brought here for a sec- Calumet and Hecla 2%, Fox Fflm\'oud trial, which had been granted 1%, General Motors 12%, Infer-|by the Supreme Court. Spectators national Harvester 22%, Kennecott| and accused men, however, showed 9%, North American 18, United |little interest in the technical pro- States Steel 287%. | cedure. — ——e oo ticular statute. It still has to run|putting an Alaska Exhibit in the the gamut of the House, but senti-| Century of Progress Exposition atj ment there seems to be largely| Chicago next Summer. This is the favorable to similar action. sum that the Governor asked for. Repeal, or suspension at any rate, The Department of Interior will was indicated by the Territorial contribute at least as much or more budget, which, however, didn't money to go into the exhibit, and reach the Legislature until last other Departments arz expected to Saturday by which time the repeal co-operate in other ways. The ex-| bill had already been recommended hibit will be housed in a typical for passage in the Senate. No Alaska log cabin and will be as appropriation was recommended by complete as the space—20 by 40 the Board of Budget. | feet—will permit. Walker's bill to make a felony, Pass Deficiency Bill of conmbu‘uon to 'daunquency of' For the second time this session, minors, was temporarily halted i ypo poue made available money biice Sen_ate :odaylw [;:;m“‘ the to cover deficiencies in various preparation of a minor change. IS g4 for the last biennium. It passage is indicated later this week. | . . passed Senate Bill No. 23, carrying Two new code amendments made approximately $16,000 for that pur- BUSINESS IS ON WAY BACK, SAYS RITCHE Seattle Advertising Coun- sellor in Juneau— New Campaigns Planned A. J. Ritchie, vice president of Western Agency, Inc., Seattle ad- vertising counsellors, arrived in Ju- neau Tuesday on a trip to various jAlaska cities conferring with com- panies whose advertising his agency is handling. their, appearance in the Senate at = o 4 g pose. This measure embodied four tad:;y‘s Se:;m“‘ 3‘0";‘5 ”? delsigtr:ed House bills that originally covered o bring the metnocs oOf SEICUNE|the same deficiencies — including' jurors in justices’ courts into line bounties on wolves and coyotes,! with the Territorial Jury Act ofi ’ 1931, They were sponsored by thel 18 seals and eagles, shortages in, Judiciary Committee, funds for special schools, conting- “There is no question but what business is on the way back,” he said, “This is evidenced by the fact that most of'.the bigger concerns in the states already have directed resumption of their advertising pro- ing, ten miles south of the Great )yeers_ Oscar Kautte, American mission—} ary, and also to the church. Nine| ‘ | Chinese civilians were killed at the, 'SEATTLE BUSINESS MEN OPTIMISTIC, J. C. THOMAS SAYS time of the bombing. | LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 28— The Japanese official said he will A victim of kidnapping and rob-\ Bysiness men of Seattle feel more immediately bring the matter to bery, Dr. Grace Cunningham, Was'ontimistic over the future than the attention of the Commander abducted from her home and rob- they have for several years and of the Japanese forces in Northern bed of $750 which she carried in paya great confidence in the abil- China. |a girdle. Her home was set afire jty of president Roosevelt, accord- | ———————— jand it was partially destroyed. ing to J. C. Thomas, of the Thomas | ANCHORAGE WOMEN RETURN | T R Hardware Company, who returned HOME FROM VACATIONS IS GOING INSIDE on the Northland from a short | TO JOIN DAUGHTER FARM MEASURE REDRAFTING OF ““%bs 1k co | NEW YORK, March 28.—Hard luck struck the underworld of New | York last year, and major crimes | decreased 17 per cent from the |level of the year before, Police PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION ent expenses in the Office of Com- grams, which had been curtailed missioner of Education, and in the during the depression. They are vital statistics and extra clerical laying plans for vigorous merchan- help items for the Auditor’s of- dising campaigns to back up their fice. A Senate bill amendatory of Sec- | tion 3, Chapter 40, Session Laws of business trip to Seattle. NOW UNDERWAY Chairman Smith Expects Compromise Plan Be Ready by Friday \Commgssloner Edward F. Mulrooney ‘nn!ormed Mayor John P. O’'Brien in his annual report. Crimes of vio- |lence decreased 2.6 per cent, Mul- rooney said. 1929, as amended by Chapter 25, Session Laws of 1931, relative ‘o | the administration of small esmes,; was passed by the House today. It| ! gives United States Commissioners authority to administer estates lo-! BEGINS FRIDAY Mrs. A. A. Shonbeck, Mrs. Ha.rry\ 1. Staser and Miss Barbara Staser, | 3 ! “Great preparations are being Mrs. Mary S. Heller, sister of the made in Seattle for the distribu- wellknown Anchorage residents,'late U. S. Marshal Lynn Smith, tion of beer,” Mr. Thomas said. were among the Alaska passengers is a passenger aboard the Alaska «Tnere has been some trouble in visiting local friends today. They enroute to Fairbanks where she geattle regarding the amount of are enroute home after spendinx"wul join her daughter who is On the Jicense. The people -seemed vacations in the south. ‘the staff in the Marshal's office. {9 feel that $1,000 was too high and rop it e . . e amount, but it was ex- Millions of Dollars Worth Of Hoarded Gold Returned; . cu, o o svws HALLSON ENROUTE satisfactorily settled before April| WASHINGTON, March 28—Ro- drafting of the Administration’s Farm Relief Bill is expected to be undertaken with Chairman Smith of the Senate Agriculture Committee hoping to have a com- promise plan ready by Friday. Chairman Smith planned speedy wind-up of the hearin? { It is expected. the bill will be ready for consideration by the first of next week. The Farm Mortgage Refinancin measure is expected to be ready pected that the matter would be Deadline Has Now Expired »= WASHINGTON, March 28.—The [dispatch the gold to the Treasury Mrs. O. D. Hallson, wife of the | i ible, with names Alaska den for the Kus- e eturn of hoarded |as quickly as possi Fame Warde Semtie for phe MR . |of those who, during the past two kokwim district, was a visitor at gold expired at the close of buS-iym, had drawn out large sums local headquarters of the Alaska ness yesterday. . |of gold without returning it. Road Commission today. 'She is The Federal Reserve banks had' TO KUSKOKWIM HOME age in each of the twelve Reserve banks and orders were issued to !cial situation. _cific Coast. velt’s plan of revamping the finan- relatives and friends on the Pa-|on the Northland, which sail for presentation late this week. ————————— TRAVELING MEN ABOARD NORTHLAND FOR KETCHIKAN Robert Wakelin and Gil Rich, The order to return the hoarded enroute to her home at McGrath |wholesale representatives, were pas- $503,000,000 worth of metal in stor- ‘lgold is part of President Roose- after a visit of several months with |sengers from Juneau to Ketchika south yesterday. |Lawmakers Demand |0ld Clothes \For Visit to Mine Old clothes were in de- mand today by Alaska’s law- makers. Almost any kind from overalls and slicker hats, pacs or rubber boots ‘weFe acceptible. Most of the members were Préparing for a visitation to the Alaska Juneau mine as the guests of L. H. Metzgar, General Superintendent. They will be taken through the mill, and the under- ground workings. Lunch will be served at the boarding house in Last Chance Basin. The members will return about 3:30 to town. Both houses will meet at 4:30 p.m. Sevecs@eescscsecsss0se e Coroner’s Jury Will Probe Disaster in Which 13 Persons Killed | OAKLAND, Cal, March 28—A| coroner’s jury made up entirely of pilots and aviation experis™s called for next Friday to make a probe into the deaths of thirteen persons killed last Saturday night when a| plane ploughed through a home in an Oakland suburb. Theories developed at five separ- ate investigations of the crash seem unanimous on the point that ex- for the disaster. SHOE MERCHANT RETURNS TO KETCHIKAN HOME 8. M. Saven, Ketchikan shoe merchant who plans to open a store in Juneau within a few weeks, cated in their precincts up to $1,- advertisifig and the bulk of their ladvertmng funds will be spent with .the newspapers.” ———————— KELLER GOES SOUTH TO ATTEND EDUCATIONAL MEET W. K. Keller, former Commission- er of Education, left for the South aboard the Northland last night. Mr. Keller, who has accepted ceptional bad weather is bhmed‘ PR 8 P T | |Department yesterday, representa- 000 in value no matter where the the position of Superintendent of ‘School.l at Anchorage for the com- The House, after having tacked ing year, will attend the Inland |Empire Educational Meeting in Spokane while Outside. owner may have died. . Continues or. Pags Twol Representatives of Two Largest U. S. War Debtors Conferring in W ashington sonal view, that France will pay $19,000,000 on war debt instaliments due last December 15. He con- ferred with President Roosevelt. At the State Department, Ambas- sador Donald Lindsay continued discussions with Secretary of State. Hull. % WASHINGTON, March 28.—At both the White House and State tives of America’s biggest war debtors, Great Britain and France, engaged in economic discussions of world import. Jacques Stern, Paris banker, returned to his home in Ketchikan aboard the Northland yesterday. Nothing was made public after imember of the French Chamber of Deputies, expressed as his per- |nature of the discussions, the conferences as to the specific o