The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 28, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME™ — VOL. XLIIL., NO. 6637. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS . PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN MAKES MILD REPLY ON CHINESE POLICY MYSTERY MOVE MADE, KIDNAP CASE As [.egidfi 'Head Answered Critics ARMED TUCSON OFFICERS OUT ON WILD DASH | Leave City Suddenly for Unknown Destination, Robles’ Abduction TUCSON, Arizona, April 28. —A dash of heavily-armed officers for am unannounced destination added mystery to the quest fer the kidnapers of six-year-old June Robles. While the sheriff and de-| puties were on the myster- icus mission, two, men were| questioned at Phoenix but re-| leased when the Tucson authorities expressed satis- faction with the explanation of their movements since the girl vanished last Wednesday. Chief among the rumors teday was the report but prompt denial the girl had been returned to her home and the ransom of $15,000 had been paid. ., TWO ESCAPED _ CONVIETS ARE SHOT, KILLED San Quentin Prisoners Run Down After Commit- ting Robbery VICTORVILLE, Cal, April 28.— Wanda T. Stewart, aged 29, and Walter H. Wyeth, aged 40, who slugged their way out of San Quen- tin Prison Thursday, were shot to «death by deputy sheriffs here last night. The two convicts released two police officers, captured in San Rafael, in San Bernardino. A short time before the shoot- ing th etwo heldup a drug store from which robbery they were fleeing when overtaken by four deputies pursuing them in’an auto- mobile { The fugitives opened fire to which the deputies replied with fatal results: None of the deputies were Jured. The kidnaped officers said they never wanted to make another ride like they had and never wanted to go through a similar experience again. They said the two convicts treated them well but made it plain they would be shot if they put up any monkey shines. No one slept during the wild ride, they said. DEAN EXTRADITION PAPERS SIGNED BY GOV. TROY TODAY Following a hearing held in his office yesterday afternoon, Gov. John W. Troy today signed extra- dition papers for the return of Free- man Dean to Olympia, Wash., to stand trial for grand larceny. The accused man is held at Kefchikan, where he was arrested several days ago, by Federal authorities. Dean will be turned over to Sheriff Claud Havens of Thurs- ton €ounty who arrived here early this week, accompanied by Mrs. Haven. They will leave on the first steamer for the south. Filipinos Are to Cultivate Pearls| MANILA, April 28—The possi- bility of producing cultured pearls near Jolo in the southern Philip- pines is being considered, it was said here by A. A. Palvie, repre- sentative of the Mikimoto firm ©of Japan. Cultured pearls are de- wveloped by arificial introduction of tiny seed pearls in the oysters, in- A PAIR OF $25,000,000 SMILES | Richard Reynolds of Winston-Salem, N. C., is shown with Mrs. Reynolds after he took charge of m father, the late tobacco magnate. Reynolds became eligible to receive the money on hi: twenty-eighth birthday. (Associated Press Photo) 64-Year-Old Monkey Gland Champion, Weds 22-Year-Old Beauty BUCHARETS, Rumania, April 28.—Prof. Serge Voronoff, fa- meus champion of monkey glands for rejuvenation, now 64 years old, and Fraulein Gre- tude Schwaeta, auburn haired, 22-year-old beauty, have been married here. The bride is a cousin of Mme. Madga Lupescu, King Carol's favorite. The newly-weds left for Paris on their heneymoon, following the wedding ceremony. OUTLAW NELSON BELIEVED SHOT IN WISCONSIN “Baby Face” Member of Dillinger Gang Chased by Special Deputy CHICAGO, 1., April 28.—The law's bullets are putting creases one by one in the Dillinger gang but the outlaws have not yet lost enough blood to halt their gun- roaring terror over the Central West. George “Baby Face” Nelson, who escaped from posses in the north woods, is believed by Al Johnson, special deputy, to have been wound- ed near Solon Springs, Wisconsin, last night in an exchange of shots. The deputy was wounded slightly. Johnson said Nelson’s car careened to the side of the road when John- son fired. A $6,000 bank robbery in a Chi- cago suburb is the latest outrage charged to the now widely scat- tered Dillinger gang. 600D LIQUOR IS DESTROYED LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 28. —The Old Pepper distillery was practically destroyed by fire during the night. Old whiskey, valued at more than $5,000,000, wholesale, was lost. Candy Lotteries Are Given Warning' WASHINGTON, April 28 —Back- |ed by a Supreme Court decision of February 5, the Federal Trade Commission has taken action against forty-eight candy manu- facturers to stop lotteries, gaming devices and fifty enterprises used in the sale and distribution of their products, ore than $25,000,000 left him by his ASKS JUSTIGE ‘Evelyn Frechette Says Des- ! perado Can't Be as | | ~ WOMAN PAL Bad as Painted { ST. PAUL, Minn,, April 28—Cry- ing for the life of her lover mark- led for death on sight, Evelyn | Frechette, black-eyed girl, part In- dian, sat in her cell here today pleading for *“justice” for herself and John Dillinger. “He cannot be as bad as they say, for I, myself, know. Anybody who has been so kind and true to me during the year I have known him cannot be guilty of the things \they accuse him of, He is my {man and just as soon as I can convince them I have done nothing {wrong and I am free, I'll flee to | bim, regardless of where he is,” said the woman GANG IN NEW YORK BINGHAMPTON, New York, April 28.—The police in this State swung into an intensive hunt for John Dillinger following reports, that the Indiana hoodlum and some of his {crowd stopped here last night for drinks. The police lacked positive identi- | fication but said they bore ear- zmarks of the Dillinger gang. LIFER MAKES " ESCAPE FROM STATE PRISON ;iCrawls Through Sewer to| i Freedom — Randol Norvell at Large | CHESTER, Illinois, April 28.—| Randolph Norvell, supposed brains of the sensational abduction of August Luer, aged Alton banker last July, crawled through the sew-| er of the Southern Tlinois Prison (near here shortly after sundown | last night and he escaped. Norvell was sentenced to life im- prisonment. t —_————— “Going» Upn LAS VEGAS, Nevada—An in- clined elevator or “monkeyslide” be- ing constructed for use on the Ne- vada side of the huge Boulder dam | Canneries Not Employing | cent WITNESSES IN ALASKA FRAUD TRIAL JOBLESS Men Who Testified in Peonage Case SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 28. —Arthur L. Johnson, attorney for the State Labor Commission, .said yesterday that Alaska cannery workers who testified recently in the trial of four men on peonage law charges, are being made vie- tims of discrimination in employ- ment this season. “We have written the packers asking whether this is the case and they replied, no discrimina- tion as far as they know, but the fact remains that workers being signed so far include none of the dozens of men who appeared as witnesses at the trial,” said Joohn- son. The four men found guilty of peonage charges, are Emile P. Mayer, Arthur L. Mayer, Samuel Young and Ynocencio Lopez. They were convicted of defrauding work- ers of thousands of dollars in re- seasons’ illegal operation of an employment agency. They are now out on bail pending an ap- peal. POLICE GUARD GANG VICTIM Believes S}\e Knows Too Much About Silk Truck Hijacking PHILADELPHIA, Pa. April 28. —Armed officers are on guard at a hospital here against gangland's at- tempts to finish the job of assas- sinating Mrs. Elizabeth Fontaine, kidnaped from Washington, D. C. and then shot. She was found screaming on the steps of a house here yesterday morning. She was clad only in her pajamas. “It is no use to save me,” the young woman told the police. “They will get me anyway, even come in here to do it.” The police believe she knows too much about silk truck hijack- ing operations. A man in a purple shirt walked into the hospital yesterday asking to “make an inspection.” The offi- cers guarding the woman were { warned and the man fled. She was not told of the incident but it is believed to be another attempt on her life. BEET GROWERS LOSING CROPS, NIGHT RAIDS Fields Are Plowed Under Cover of Darkness— Price Offers Refused DENVER, Colo.,, April 28.—With six authenticated reports of mys- terious plowmen who came by night to destroy beet seeded fields of their neighbors, officials in the| sugar beet areas uneasily survey-| ed the troubled situation. Many beet growers have refused| to sow beets on terms offered| by the Great Western Sugar Com-; pany. Other growers have sown beets| only to have their crops plowed| up at night. i In the Mitchell Valley, near Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, officials reported that a group estimated at 700 men plowed up beets on three farms during the mnight. ROOICV;i‘ Has Signed | Home Loan Guarantee WASHINGTON, April 28 —Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the biil will raise a maximum of 40 work- ers 300 feet a minute, 'as interest of home loan bonds, guaranteeing the principal as well . PRIMARY TILTS ' YOUNG WOMAN, |§ Part of the huge parade of 10,000 naires who gathered at Mineola, L. Commander Edward A. Hayes defend Legion policie recently attacked by noted clergymen throughout the RACES TIGHTEN IN DEMOCRATIC | arrais Gains on Olson Kirk C_y_ts Slighlly nto Shattuck Lead . i With nine new precincts re]mrled‘ in this Division and 29, including | Fairbanks, from the Fourth Divi-| sion, the race between Martin| Harrais and Oscar G. Olson for Democratic nomination for Treas- urer tightened up today. Olson had 1903 votes and Harrais 1,652, giving the former a lead of 251 votes. In the nine precincts reported from this Division, W. B. Kirk cut slightly into Allen Shattuck's lead for the Senatorial nomination by 17 votes. The latter leads by 219 votes with 19 precincts yet to be reported. No change was made in the standings of the respective candi- dates for the House of Represen- tatives on either the Democratic or Republican ticket. A. H. Ziegler, Joe Baronovich, Joe Green and | Henry Messerschmidt still held the first four places. John Ronan, Mrs. | Crystal Snow Jenne, A. P. Walker, J. W. Cadwell J. P. Anderson, | Erick Ness, H. R. Thompson and, R. E. Baumgartner follow in the order mamed on the Democratic ticket. H. G. McCain, Walter B. King, | H. R. Shepard, and Frank H. Foster | are in the first four places with Louis F. Paul, fifth. Mr. Paul's vote has increased materially. He is 19 votes benind Mr. Foster who 'Harrais Polls Large Vote trails Mr. Shepard by only two| votes. First Division precinets from | which returns were received today were: Pennock Island, Point Agas—[ siz, West Petersburg, Scow Bay,| Hydaburg, Gustavus, Tokeen, Sti- kine, S8hakan, and the vote on the | ‘Treasurer from Metlakatla. There | were no Republican votes polled at Pennock Island, Point Agassiz and | West Petersburg. | R Dr. Schmidt, Prof. Ushakoff, Are on ‘ Steamer Alaska | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April | 28.—Dr. Otto Schmidt and Prof. George Ushakoff arrived here on a special speeder and pro- | ceeded to Seward to catch the | steamer Alaska for Seattle on | their return to Moscow. In Washington the two will visit Ambassador Troyonovsky. - Fort Revealed { | MOSCOW.—Defenses of the 16th and 17th centuries, moats, walls and sally-ports, were penetrated when excavations began for Mos- cow’s mew subway sustem. The American Legion- L, to hear National Tells Of Shining Husband’s Shoes Michael F. Cudahy (above), Mrs, wife of the wealthy packer, testl. fied in Milwaukee divorce court that she shined her husband's shoes, washed his hair and darned his socks. She is opposing his di- vorce action and seeks custody of their eight.year.old son. (Associ- ated Press Photo) ITH DIVISION ONLY HALF IN for Treasurer from Re- porting Precincts FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 28.— Returns from last Tuesday's pri- mary slowly coming in. At noon 29 precincts had reported as follows: For Democratic Treasurer—Har- rais 502, Olson 275. For Democratic Senator—Devane 415, Powers 288. For Democratic Representatives —Fohn-Hansen 537, Ghezzi 400, | Crowden 534, Lingo 432, Nordale [517, Norris 245, Pllgrim 294. For Republican Senator—Don- nelly 148, Hurley 204. For Republican Representatives —Buzby 199, Colbert 212, Estes 142, Johnston 260, Nerland 287. McGrath and 31 other ptecincts | unreported. > FRED MOTTET PASSES AWAY TACOMA, Wash, April 28— Frederick Mottet, leader in civic, business and cultural affairs in Ta- coma for many years, died yester- uay after a lingering illness at the age of 81 years. He was one of the nation, pictured with forest of flags during march past the reviewing stand. At left Commander Hayes is shown as he addressed the gathering in defense of the much-criticized veteran legislation. STOCK SESSION /1S DULL TODAY:; SALES ARE LOW Rallies of Wheat, Other Commodities Fails to Act as Stimulant t & s i NEW YORK, April 28—Stocks dozed for most of the short session. Prices were generally heavy at the close of one of the dullest sessions| of the year. . Rallies of wheat and other com- | modities failed as stimulants | Only 609,000 shares were sold to- day. | Wheat came back for more than | one cent a bushel and other cereals were higher. ! Silver futures improved and bar metal was up three eighths of a cent, Metal issues were fairly resistant. Most of the alcohols improved. Motors sagged, Chrysler, Hudson, General, Nash and Auburn were off fractionally to more than one point. United States and Bethlehem Steels sagged, also some rails, Dupont was off one point. American Telephone and Tele- graph eased. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 28.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20, American Can , American Power and Light Anaconda 16%, Armour B 3%, Bethlehem Steel * 40%, Curtiss- Wright 4%, Fox Films 16'%. Gen- eral Motors 367, International Har- vester 40%, Kennecott 217%, Sene- ca Copper, no sale; Southern Rail- road 32, Ulen Company, no sal United Aircraft 23, United States Steel 49'4, Briggs Manufacturing 17%, Simmonds 19%, Standard Oil of California 36%. SPRING CONCERT IS WELL RECEIVED BY CROWDED AUDITORIUM Enthusiastic praise for the Ju- neau Public School’s music depart- ment was voiced by those who heard the school's annual Springtime Concert in the grade school audi- torium last night. The uniformly good performances of the young musicians indicated the time and study that had been devoted to the productioh of the concert and play by Miss Pauline Reinhart, director of instrumental music, Everett R. Erickson, play di- rector, and the participants on the program, Possibly the outstanding per- formance was that of George Whyte, cornetist, whose solos, Polka and Alice, Where Art Thou, were especially well received The large audience that the auditorium expressed appre- ciation of the concert with gener- ous applause. e .- — The name of Cumberland State Park in Kentucky has been chang- place where Czar John The Terri- founders of Huny and Mottet, d to Pine. Mountain Park to aveid ble conducted trials of his nobles wholesale hardware company. No|confusing it with Cumberland Falls also was located, heirs survive, State Park, filled | 'GREAT BRITAIN RECEIVE NOTES Official Interpretation Is Made Public by Nip- [ pon Government ‘\i’RESENT TREATIES BE NOT ENDANGERED Open Do ;—Policy Still Supported According to Official Statement TOKYO, April 28.—An of- ficial interpretation of Japan’s China policy was made public here teday. The interpretation was de- livered to the American and British Ambassadors and was couched in more conciliatory terms than previous com- munications on the subject. The interpretation states that while some foreign ef- forts to help China may en- | danger peace in Asia, Japan has no intention of violating | China’s sovereignity and in- tegrity, desires unification of China, supports the open door and has no intention of in- | fringing upon exi sting treaties. NO COMMENT WASHINGTON, April 28. —The restatement by Japan, in a milder form, of her pol- licy toward China, has been | welcomed by the State De- | partment officials but no com- ment was made NEW DEAL TO BE DISCUSSED, COMING WEEK Commerce to Hold An- nual Convention | | WASHINGTON, April 28.—A mi- croscopic examination of the New | Deal experiments is planned by | business men converging from all | sections for the convention of the | United States Chamber of Com= merce here next week. Plans for the meeting indicate (there will be discussions on the Rooseveltian business steps ranging from sharp criticism to the high- est praise. The United States Chamber of Commerce is the largest organiza- tion of business men in the na- | tion. {INTERNATIONAL MAY DAY CELEBRATION { AT FAIR BUILDING The Annual International May Day Celebration will be held at the Fair Building this year, and according to the committee in charge the program will be highly | satisfactory ; | One feature of the evening's en- tertainment will be a performance | by Tamby Lavasieff, who will do the new Caucasian Iran Toe Dance. A good speaker is promised. The program is scheduled to start at 6:30 o'clock and dancing will begin at 8 o'clock. There will be a lunch. - AR SR S 'FRANK 8. GORDON HERE Frank S. Gordoa, owner of the chain of Gordon Stores in Alasks, arrived here on the Northwestern from Ketchikan where he has been inspecting his store there. He ex pects to be in Juneau for some time taking care of his intes here, :United Statfihamber of- TO SPEND SOME TIME S UNITED STATES,