The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1934, Page 1

Yer »® THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIIL, NO 6636. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CALL OFF KIDNAPER SEARCH; RANSOM IS TO BE PAID DOGTOR IS HELD FOR GIVING AID, JOHN DILLINGER mits Dressing Wounds of Desperado HELD WITH NURSE FOR/ 4 DAYS, UNDER GUARD Thireatened with Death by Machine Gun Fire Un- less Kept Mouths Shut ST. PAUL, Minn., April 27—Dr. Clayton May, of Minneapolis, tell- ing of treating desperado John Dillinger and another of his gang | for wounds in their shoulders re- ceived in tMe Towa bank robbery, said he was given the choice of treating the wounds or being “rub-| bed out” with machine gun fire. He is held for grand jury action on charges of harboring Dillinger. Dr. May told of being enticed from his office on March 31, the day Dillinger was wounded, and re- | peatedly threatened with death. He | was kept under close guard by Dillinger and his henchman. Mrs. Augusta Salt, Dr. May's| nurse, is also held on the same charge. Enticed to Alley Dr. May said he was enticed to an alley where Dillinger was in a| car with a woman, and then forced to drive the outlaw’s car to the home of Mrs. Salt. She was also threatened with death unless she aided Dr. May in assisting in the treatment of the wounds. Both were told to keep their mouths| shut. For four days, Dillinger, Eugene ‘Green, Dr. May's former patient, his wife and another woman, held Dr. May and Mrs. Salt prisoners in Mrs. Salt’s home while treat- ment was given the wounds. Later Mewed Down Finally Dillinger, Green and his wife and the othér woman left Mrs. Salt’s home when® they. read in the newspapers the officers be- lieved the outlaw and his gang were in St. Paul. Green was later mowed down by machine gun bullets in the hands of Federal agents. Previous Case Yesterday, Dr. N. G. Mortensen, City Health Officer, was suspended when he announced he treated Dil- linger and a henchman for wounds received in the Mason City bank robbery, when $52,000 were obtain- ed by seven machine gun bandits. Dr. Mortensen said he was forced to dress the wounds of the two men at the point of a machine gun. He told them to retpyrn to his office the next day, when he in- tended to turn them over to the police, but they failed to show up. May Enters Case It was then Dillinger and his henchman secured the services of Dr. May and his nurse to give further treatment to their wounds. Federal agents are still searching for Dillinger in this vicinity, it is announced. ————— DILLINGER GANG QUICK SHOOTING GUNNER IN NET “Baby b | Nelson, Be- lieved Trapped by Fed- erals, Northern Woods BULLETIN, Fifield, April 21.—It is believed Nelson has evaded the posses and is now enrcute to the Twin Cities, St. Paul and Minneapolis. FIFIELD, Wisconsin, April 27— A man believed to be George “Baby Face” Nelson, quick shooting gun- ner of the Dillinger gang, is be- lieved to be mear the range of the posse that tricked him into the northern woods. Nelson has been identified as the killer 0f Federal Agent Baum last Sunday -near Mercer. It is believed he is making his last stand, sur- jon. rounded -by Federal agents. - e - KETCHIKAN ELECTION ' HARRAIS GAINS RESULTS OF CONTESTS IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES—First Division l GERMANY ASKS DOg Killed Two Week Ago, Is Taking Nourishment Now; GONFERENGE ON Doctor Hopes to Apply Theory DEBT PROBLEM Government Unable to Pay —Creditors to Be Ask- ed to Aid in-Solution STATEMENT ISSUED BY Treasurer Senator Representatives ¥ [e|E BBl EIE|E|g| 8|58 B]8]8 8 8 (8|2l ™8| 8|S|B|2|8|E|&|l“ E|IB|F|% 8 Bll .|Ell2|8|&|e|”|®|8 | Plg| 8] 8 & e Sl il i 8| L8| o R | fir e | L ) | | 8 | | LR 8 | iy P | |& 1] Pl 1) | Fdh o | Juneau—No. 1 Prcclncl 114] 145/| 185| 174|| 148| 102] 71) 66| 119 185 196/ 74| 140, 30| 43| 135 Juneau—No. 2 Precinct 82| 94/| 104] 96 2| 65 67 43 98| 63| 113] 44 104, 19/ 40, 64 Juneau—No. 3 Precinct 42| 48 63| 55 48| 32| 26| 27| 42| 49| 72| 26| 46 8| 28 32 Jualpa 11 3| 11 4 5, 2 3 4 3] 4| 13| 0 15| s 6 $almon Creek 14| 10 19 17 31 7 8 5) 10} 12| 19 6| 5| 10| 5 10 Thane | 2 8] 5| 9|l 9 0 5 1 0 . et 3 3 0 3| 5 Lynn Canal | 183} 10 20| 5 15| & 2 3 14 8/ 10/ 10 4, 10 3 33 9 Mendenhall | 18 9 20, 14 22| 4 5 11| 16| 19| 14| 8| 12 2| 8 15 Douglas—No. 1 Precinct 43| 26 58 +30 11) 14| 40 88 60, 33 23 3 27 4] 17 Douglas—No. 2 Precinct 19 9 17 14 9 9| 11| 18 15| 16 9 4 6 2l 1 14 Ketchikan, Saxman, Wacker. 285| 59| 84| 269|| 42| 271 20/ 114 116 49| 51| 112| 93| 156/ 83| 314 Lawson Creek 4 3 2 1 3 0, 0] 1 0 6 5 2] 3 2| 2| 1 Skagway | 44| 30| 32 51 28| 22| 15| 17| 38 30| 32 11| 34 6/ 31| 51 Petersburg 92| 11 46] 55 19| 29| 21| 10 22| 47| 20| 105/ 15| 10| 83| 47 ‘Wrangell 39 9l 9| 45 11| 43| 4 6 20 26/ 10 20 9| 7| 14| 42 Sitka 50| 40| 49| 64 31| 47 14| 36| 38| 41| 60/ 20/ 15/ 15| 94| 35 Jamestown 9 6 12 4 5 5 2 2 k| 17 2] 5 1 4| 15 4 Chichagof 8 6 3 12 4 3 4 9 5 5 6 3 2 6 5| 7 Craig 25| 38|| 17 58 25| 22| 16| 13‘ 40, 9 8 10 4/ 50, 48 48 Klawock 28| 20 17, 176 2| 18, 5| 36 14 5| 30| 3| 53 34/ 37/ 103 Hyder 11} 33 4| 11 1 33 2| 18 48/ 18 1 19] 15, 1| 25| 17 Metlakatla . | 0 0 15/ 40 5 47 3| 24/ 33 5 3 23 8/ 25/ 10 53 Yakutat 37, 15 50 5 6/ lG 31 29 14 2 5 9| 32 3| 14 43 TOLEIS ¢ 632/ 879/1115)| 572, 793‘ 376 592 766 650, 708 523 652 398 622 1103 | ON OLSON; KIRK DROPS BEHIND |Olson’s Lead for Treasurer Cut to 262 — Shattuck | Leads Kirk by 236 With but five additional pre- cinets heard from in this Division nnd none from any of the other| three, Oscar G. Olson was still leading Martin Harrais by 262| votes today for the Democratic nomination for Treasurer. Senator Allen Shattuck’s lead over W. B. Kirk for the Senatorial nomination was 236. The five precincts reporting in this Division were Craig, Hyder,| Klawock, Metlakatla and Yaku- tat. No returns of any kind have| been received from the Fourth Di-| vision to date. | Olson’s territorial total to date| is 1,391 and Harrais’s 1,129. Shat- tuck’s vote from 25 out of the Di- vision’s 54 precincts is 1,115 and Kirk's 879. For Representatives, A. H. Zieg- ler has 1103 and is assured of nomination. Joe Baranovich has| 793, Joe Green 766 and Henry Mes- serschmidt 708 for second, third and fourth places respectively. John Ronan had passed Mrs. Crys- tal Snow Jenne for fifth place and had 652. Mrs. Jenne, in sixth, was four votes behind him. A. P. Walk- er, J. W. Cadwell, J. P. Anderson, Erick Ness, H. R. Thompson and R. E umgartner follow in the order named. e GLORIA SEEKS DIVORCE NOW NEW YORK, April 27.— Gloria Swanson, movie and stage actress, announced she is conferring with| lawyers preparatory to obtaining a divorce from her husband, F. Michael Farmer. Contract Is Gambling by Brit. Police Rule HARROGATE, England, April 27. —A ruling by police here that bridge is a game of chance has thrown card players into a tur- moil. Its immediate effect was the cancellation of a bridge congress, but it also has cast a shadow over proposed tournaments throughout the country. ‘The bridge congress was to have been held in a hotel which is li- censed to sell liquor, and gam- ing is not allowed on licensed premises. ‘The police ruled that, even though the only stakes in. the congress were trophies, the latter were the equivalent of money. Lawyers have endorsed the decis- R S LEAVES HOSPITAL F. Perelos, who has been receiv- A special election will be held by the voters of Ketchikan on May 1, to settle the question of whether or not the city shall es- tablish and operate a municipal liquor store. ing medical care at St. Ann's Hos- pital for the last three weeks, left the hospital shortly after noon today. He is an employee of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany. RE PU BLICAN CONTESTS—Fu'st Division Totals ‘REPRE TATIVES——— Foster King McCain Paul Shepard Juneau—No. 1 Precinct 49 45 34 22 50 Juneau—No. 2 Precinct 22 19 16 1 19 | Juneau—No. 3 Precinct 16 12 11 9 16 Jualpa 4 3 1 3 2 Salmon Creek . 4 1 4 2 4 | Thane 3 4 3 0 4 |Lynn Canal 2 3 0 1 3 Mendenhall 3 3 3 [ 3 Douglas—No. 1 Precinct.. 12 9 11 4 12 | Douglas—No. 2 Precinct.. 4 5 3 3 5 | Ketchikan, Saxman and and Wacker ... 49 5 111 31 52 Lawson Creek 1 1 1 0 1 Skagway 1 12 1n 1 11 Petersburg 12 13 11 6 11 | Wrangell 14 117 23 21 13 Sitka 16 18 3 0 15 Chichagof 4 4 3 0 5 Craig 0 0 6 2 0 Klawock 1 0 4 5 2 Hyder 5 6 7 4 7 232 250 336 195 240 CANNON IS ACQUITTED, CONSPIRACY WASHINGTON, April 27— Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and his secretary, Miss Ada Bur- rough, have been acquitted by a jury on the charge of con- spiracy to violate the election law in Cannon’s 1928 campaign againet Alfred E. Smith for President. - Greater Ocean “Deeps” Hinted in Experiments DURHAM, N. C, April 27. ‘The great ocean ‘“deeps” of five miles or more may prove to be even deeper abysses than the sound echoes have shown. The sonic finders give the depth by the length of time it takes a sound to jtravel to the ocean bottom and back to the surface. But now it is found at Duke University that as water is com- pressed at great depth sound trav- els much faster. At three miles deep a sound speeds up possibly 30 per cent. ‘The studies are reported to the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science by J. Ches- ter Swanson of Duke University. Swearing by Teachers Approved by State Supt. SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 27— Teachers may swear and still be gentlemen—or ladies—in the opin- ion of Vierling Kersey, state super- intendent of public instruction. Kersey said he did mnot advo- cate smoking, drinking or swear- ing as common practices for public school teachers, but said swearing will not make a teacher immoral. Acquitted of Slaying Former Law Partner KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, April 27—Horace M. Manning, charged with first degree murder of State Representative Ralph W. Horan has been acquitted. The men were formerly law partners, The shoot- ing occurred in Manning’s office. He pleaded self-defense. |of the Bremer kidnap money in- RANSOM MONEY 'FOUND ON MAN| UNDER ARREST CHICAGO, TIll, April 27.—Wil- liam Vidler, reputed ex-convict, has been arrested by the police and the police said they found $3,000 his possession. Bremer was kidnaped and held for ransom. The Touhy gang was | placed on trial for the kidnaping but acquitted on that charge. | Full Pardon Denied Paroled Kid McCoy SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 27—/ Norman Selby, once known to fistic fans as “Kid McCoy,” must remain on parole from San Quentin Prison. The State Advisory Pardon Board notified the Governor’s office it had declined to recommend a par- don. Convicted in March, 1925, of manslaghter, assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder for the death of Mrs. Theresa Mors, with whom he lived, McCoy was paroled from San Quentin July 21, 1932. Two Nominations Are Made by Roosevelt ‘WASHINGTON, April 27.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has nominated Thomas Jefferson Coolidge of Mas- sachusetts to be Under Secretary of the Treasury, and Rexford E. Tugwell to be Under Secretary of Agriculture which has been created by the President. Tugwell is now assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Cat, Chased, Stays Up Tree Five Days TPANA, T, April 27. —Chased there by a dog, a 7-month-old kit- ten remained fifty three feet above earth in an elm tree without nour- ishment five days and nights. DR. HJALMAR SCHACHT Claims Boycott Agitation, Tanff Barriers, etc., Hard Situation BERLIN, April 27.—German fi- nanciers are ready to place before that Nation's creditors, in a formal conference, a problem they admit- tedly cannot solve themselves, how to pay what Germany owes in for- eign debts. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Presidentf of the Reichs Bank, has already made Germany's position clear, pointing to the “boycott and agita- tion against German goods, tariff barriers, dwindling world trade and currency devaluation by the United States and Great Britain, 'making it increasingly difficult for payment of Germany’s debts.” BRITISH GIVE WARNING LONDON, April 27.—The Brit- ish Government has warned Ger- many it will take a “grave view” of any proposal to apply transfer of the moratorium to the Dawes and Young loans. This warning has been made in a formal message to Baron Konstantin von Neurath, German Foreign Minister, by Sir Eric Phipps, Ambassador to Ger- many, following recurrent rumors the Reich intended to take such a step. MORE HOLDERS OF SILVER ARE - ANNOUNGED NOW : ! Joseph Tunm;' and Num- erous Banks and Corpor- ations Are on List WASHINGTON, April 27.—A new list of silver holders has been sub- mitted to the Senate by the Treas- ury Department and included the name of Joseph Tumulty, Presi- dent Wilson’s Secretary, as having four future contracts, involving one hundred thousand ounces. Tumul- ty is now practicing law in Wash- ington. Other names included banks and corporations. The National City Bank has 7,500,000 ounces and its subsidiaries in foreign countries over 2,000,000 ounces. Everett Sanders, Chairmen of the Republican National Commit- tee; Gene Tunney, Frank Vander- lip and E. L."Cord, auto and avia- tion man, were today revealed as {holders of silver by Secretary Mor- genthau. INVESTIGATION IS DUD WASHINGTON, April 27.—The Treasury’s investigation of silver holders ‘is characterized by the Senate silver bloc members as a | BERKELEY, Cal, April 27.—The mongrel dog clinically killed two weeks ago and revived from death by Dr. Robert E. Cornish in his amazing experiment that has re- sulted in restoring life after death, lapped eagerly as milk was inject- ed mm its mouth today. r. Co STOCKS BACK AND FILL; NO BIG ADVANCE DullnessTgain Rules Throughout Session— Silver Is Better NEW YORK, April 27.— There were a few firm spots in stocks today but the list backed and filled without getting anywhere. A fair rally of commodities fail- ed to create any noticeable en- thusiasm and dullness ruled throughout the session. The close was steady with sales totalling 850,000 shares. ‘The curb was narrow. 2 Silver futures came back half a cent, Bar metal was up one half cent to 43 cents, Wheat recovered about one cent a bushel on the crop damage news. Cotton improved. Gold Shares Move A few oils, gold mining shares and some specialties moved up but only to small fractional changes in the majority. News is fairly optimistic but the street is waiting for more timu- lating developments. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 27.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20%, American Can 101%, American Power and Light 7%, Anaconda 16%, Armour B. 3%, Bethlehem Steel 41%, Cur tiss- ‘Wright 4%, Fox Films 16%, Gen- eral Motors 37%, International Harvester 41%, Kennecott 217%, Seneca Copper 1%, no range; Southern Railroad 32%, Ulen Com- pany 3%, United Aircraft 23%, United States Steel 497%, Briggs Manufacturing 18%, S8immonds 19" Standard Oil of Californja 36'%, pound $5.13%. USE TEAR GAS ON PICKETS IN MINERS STRIKE Washington State Patrol Takes Desperate Ac- tion, Coal Fields ELLENSBURG, Wash,, April 27. —Picket lines have been reformed in the Roslyn and Cle Elum coal fields. Members are still sniffling from the tear gas bomb effects used by the State Patrol yesterday. dud, contending the inquiry has failed to disclose any personal in- terest in silver by the leaders of the move to remonetize it. The silver bloc pressed ahead harder than ever for action this session on its white metal air pro- posals, Sophie Tucker Divorce Revealed CHICAGO, April 27. — Charging cruelty and asking no alimony, Sophie Tucker, singer and night club entertainer, was granted a di- vorce last September 25 from her third husband, it was learned. She married Abe Lackerman, New York dress merchant, at Newport, |Ky., in 1928. She cited two oc- casions on which she charged he asked her for money and slapped her for her refusal. Pioneer Contractor .Ol Olympic Peninsula Dies of Heart Attack PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.,, April She was rescued by members of the fire department, seemingly lit- tle the worse for her experience, and ‘was delivered to her owner. 27.—Peter Coyne, aged 80 years, pioneer .contractor of the Olympic Peninsula, is dead as the result of an attack of the heart. Pickets are being questioned as to citizenship and are being order- ed to return to their homes by state officers. ‘The present trouble is recogni- tion of either the new Western State Miners’ Union or the United Mine Workers. She Makes Marionettes to Get College Degree COLUMUBS, O., April 27.—Out of string and glue and varnish and wood, Miss Marjorie Bat- chelder is weaving a thesis to ob- tain her master's degree in fine arts at Ohio State University. An instructor of stage designing at Florida State College for wom- en, she is constructing a marion- ette production of Aristophanes’ “The Birds” to obtain the degree. She is on a leave of absence from her school. o FALLS DEAD ON BED Robert Jones, 61 years old, fell face downward on his bed in his home at Fairbanks recently and quickly expired from an attack of the heart. e eee— WED AT PETERSBURG Emil Paulson and Miss Annie Weeks were married recently at Petersburg by U 8. Commissioner H. F. Dawes. h said he hoped that|s| the animal's increasing streng eventually would enable it to sur- vive, thereby advancing his start- | ling revivication experiment as an| aid to mankind. It is Dr. theory Cornish's belief that his may someday be applied ully to human beings whose result from heart failure, bmersion or asphyxiation, UPWARD TREND | FOR BUSINESS | IS MANIFESTED Industrial Operations Ad- vance, Says Dun-Brad- street, Inc., Review NEW YORK, April 27.—Trade and business activities since the start of the second quarter con- tinue a definitely upward trend for the first three months says the Dun-Bradstreet, Inc., review to- day. ‘The general advance of indus- trial operations continued this week, punctuated by a little uncer- tainty here and there as manu- facturers attempted to make ad- justments to the new set-up of in- creased wages and shorter hours of work which caused an upward revision of selling prices. Retail sales did more than main- tain the showing of last week, ear- lier averaging five to eight per- cent higher and from fifteen the fifty-three percent greater sales than for the same week of 1933. The wholesale trade turned quiet- er. GERMANY TURNS DOWN PROPOSAL MADE BY SOVIET MOSCOW, April 27.—Berlin has refused the Soviet offer, said an official communique, to sign an undertaking with the German Government to guarantee indepen- dence and inviolability of the Bal- tic Countries which the Soviet regarded as a step to insure peace in Eastern Europe. The communique issued said the Germans considered the proposal “lacking in a polimal sense.” Schmldt Is On His Way to Moscow| Laadi of Booue Party Rescued from Ice Floe, Leaves Fairbanks FATRBANKS, Alaska, April 27.— Homeward bound to Moscow, Dr. Otto Schmidt, leader of the party of Russian scientists rescued re- cently from the Arctic ice floe, left yesterday for Anchorage and Sew- ard, accompanied by Prof. George Ushakoff, of the Soviet rescue par- ty. The two will take steamer Sat- urday from Seward and return to Moscow via Seattle, San PFrancisco, Washington and New York. Binoculars Reveal Graft at Theatre SPOKANE, Wash.,, April 27. While Harry Culbert and Ruth Reilly, doorman and cashier, were {reselling theatre tickets and pock- eting the profits, detective across the street, were watching through binoculars. On their pleas of guilty to charges of petty larceny, Culbert was sen- tenced to jail for a year, and the Reilly gfrl to six months. A e BENDER GOES TO TODD TO FISH OVER THE WEEKEND Robert W. Bender, General Man- ager of The Empire, left by plane yesterday for Todd to spend the weekend on a fishing and outing trip. He was accompanied by Har- | JUNE ROBLES'S PARENTS WILL PAY ABDUCTORS Army of Hunters Retits While Contact Being Made Rescue Girl MOTHER’S ILLNESS CAUSE FOR ACTION |Two Other Little Girls Are Stolen in Texas but Found Unharmed TUCSON, Arizona, April 27.—The army of searchers hunting the kidnapers of six-year-old June Robles, abducted Wednesday, has been called off to permit her fath- er to negotiate payment of the 15,000 ransom demanded. Yesterday’s note, reducing the ransom to $10,000, proved to he a hoax. This note was received by the grandfather of the little girl. The authorities said the' serious condition of Mrs. Robles and the safety of the child influenced the decision to pay the ransom and halt the hunt. The girl was abducted Wednes- day as she returned homeward from school by a man who drove up beside her in an auto, called to her, and then sped away as she entered the car. Two hours later, Rosalio Estrada, a small boy, brought the girl's father, Fernando Robles, member of a wealthy old Arizona family, a roughly printed note demanding $15000 before release of his daughter. CONTACT IS MADE TUCSON, April 27—A Deputy Sheriff, late this afternoon, said |he understood contact was made during the night with the kidnap=~ ers of June Robles and members of the family and is quoted as saying the family is to negotiate direct with the abductors fearing for the little girl's safety. TWO OTHERS KIDNAPED LONGVIEW, Texas, April 27— Winnie May and Beatrice Camp, aged five and seven years, kid- naped while toeir parents at- tended church last night, were found unharmed and asleep in their parents's car which was stolen by the abductors. It is believed the abductors fled when the car broke down. e e, — CRIMINALS TO BE HUNTED BY ARMY PLANES Department of Justice Giv- en Privilege for Call- ing for Aid WASHINGTON, April 27.—The War Department has agreed to al- low the Department of Justice to use its airplanes in chasing down criminals. This has no immediate indica= tion that the Department of Jus-- tice will make use of the planes in the search for desperado John Dil- linger. More Dividends In First Quarter Than All 1932 WASHINGTON, April 27.—More i favorable changes were made in. dividends during the first quarter of 1934 than in the first quarter of any other year in the country’s history, as revealed in the Forbes table of month-to-month dividend action. During January, February, and March of this year dividends were renewed or increased by 466 companies, which is more than half the total of 769 favorable ac- tions in the whole of 1933 and ex~ ceeds by 26 the 440 favorable ac- tions taken during all of the year of 1932. In March 1934, the number was 148, as contrasted with 29 in 1933, 43 in 1932, and 80 in 1931. In March 1933 there were 211 unfavor- able dividend decisions, while last month there were only 20. For the three months of 1933 the total 381 and this year only 64. Types enterprises that acted h old Shaffer, Seattle, a former busi- ness asociate. They will return early next week. reflects more spending by M cans for the necessaries of life and comforts of the home. H