The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLV., NO. 6782. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS KIDNAPED WOMAN FOUND, TAKEN HOME FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR DEMAND, DEATH THREAT Son of Auto Manufacturer Near Victim of De- troit Youth FEDERAL AGENTS MAKE ARREST; CONFESSION Guilty Plea Is Entered and Ten Years Sentence in Prison Pronounced DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 17.—De- tment of Justice agents today losed an extortion plot against Edsel Ford, but this was frus- trated with the arrest of Edward Lickwalla, aged 20, who confessed pa under penalty of death. Evades Trap Lickwalla evaded the trap five days ago, failing to pick up the dummy package left on a porch of a designated house. The authorities questional all persons in the neighborhood. Last night Lickwalla approached and told officers he had information which would help them. He was arrested. His writing was identical with the extortion note. Just A Scare Lickwalla said: “T never meant to kill. T just wanted to scare him. He has got lots of money and 1 wanted some of it.” Lickwalla immediately pleaded guilty of attempted extortion and was sentenced to ten years in the Federal Prison at Leavenworth. Other Threats Made Edsel Ford is 41 years old and the only son of Henry Ford. He has been President of the gigantic Ford Motor Company for sixteen years and has four children. Numerous letters in the vein simjlar to the cne of October 8 have been received by the Ford family members but virtually all have been put down as the work of cranks. So far as the police recall, this is the only attempted Ford extor- tion case in which an arrest has been made. . ALASKA DAY T0 BE OBSERVED BY JUNEAU C. OF . Local Organization Will Meet as Usual at Noon Tomorrow The regular weekly meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce will take place tomorrow nocn al Bailey's Cafe. In addition to routine business, a proposed Hallowe’en Night en- tertainment for children will be discussed, according to the report of the Executive Committee, which met yesterday. Highlights of tomorrow’s program which is dedicated to Alaska day, will be a talk on Alaska by Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, and the singing of “Alaska, My Alaska” by the composer, Monte Snow. Important guests at tomorrow’s meeting will be Howard Thompson, who succeeds R. C. Mize as head of the weather bureau here, and Dr. W. P. Blanton, who arrived in Ju- neau early this week, and is pro- fessionally associated with Dr. H. C. Devighne. Ankle-length Skirts LONDON.— Ankle-length skirts will be seen on many afternoon gowns in London’s society circles this winter. ———————— ON WAY SOUTH Mrs. J. J. McKinnon is a south- Acung Captain Castle, Four NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—The Fed- eral Inquiry Board charged negli- gence, in the Morro Castle holo- caust of several weeks ago, against Acting Captain William Warms and four ranking officers for fail- ure to protect passengers sufficient- ly when the ship caught fire. ‘The Morro Castle was returning from Havana with excursionists | of Morro Others, Are Charged with Negllgence aboard when fire broke out during ‘n storm off the New Jersey Coast. It was testified to at the inquiry | that much time elapsed before the SOS was sent out and then the ship was virtually a mass of flames, Nearby steamers went to the scene, as did the Coast Guard, and picked up survivors from lifeboats, or who had leaped into the sea to escape the flames. ‘Acting Director” Is Car- rying On—No Indica- tion of New Chief By HERBERT PLUMMER ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 17— There is a seeming contrast in the present attitude of President Roose- velt toward the Bureau of the Budget and that which he display- ed at the outset of his Administra- tion. was Lewis Douglas of Arizona as Director of the Budget. Douglas was named more than a week be- fore Mr. Roosevelt was inaugurated and his selection was announced before even some of the members of the cabinet. The President went still further. He took occasion at the time to emphasize that he_considered the budget office one of the most im- portant in the government and al- most on a rank with the Cabinet. Douglas resigned, presumably be- cause he did not see eye to eye with the President on budgetary policies, and an “acting director” is carrying on in his place. AN ‘ADVISORY OFFICIAL ‘The President has given no in- dication of plans to fill Douglas’ post. The Budget is in process of preparation for submission to the next Congress, All inquiries as to whether a new director is to be appointed are answered simply by the White House with: “The Bureau of Budget is func- tioning in normal fashion.” ‘This is just another way of. say- ing that it makes little difference whether a new director is appoint- ed or not. The President directs the preparation of the budget. Under the law# the bureau has authority ‘‘to assemble, correlate, revise, reduce or increase the esti- mates of the several departments and establishments” of the govern- ment. All this is done, however, un- der the immediate direction of the President. The director of the Budget is nothing more than an official serving the administration in an advisory capacity. ESTIMATES FEDERAL FINANCE There is a .Budget officer ap- pointed by the head of each gov- ernment department and establish- ment who prepares the estimates of appropriations and such supple- mental or deficiency estimates as may be required. These officials are liason officers between the De- partment and the Bureau of Bud- get. The Bureau in turn prepares for the President the annual Budget which is submitted to Congress. The director of the Budgef con- fers with the President every week during the year, laying before him statements on the condition of fed- eral finances and estimates of fu- ture expenditures and receipts. Douglas’ appointment as Direc- tor attracted wide attention be- cause of President Roosevelt's pledge to effect economy in gov- ernment. The young Arizonan ini- tiated the economy drive when he was a member of the House and was author of the resolution cre- ating a special Economy Commit- bound passenger on the steamer |tee. Alaska. She is the wife of J. J. McKinnon, former Dredgemaster with the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields at Nome. —l ‘Twenty-two states now have a sales tax levy in one form or an- other. BUDGET BUREAU FUNCTIONING IN NORMALFASHION writing a letter demanding $5,000 |¢ MYSTERY DEATH REVEALED; MAN IS BEING HELD Stoll Kidnap Case Enters Into Crime, Accord- ing to Police CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 17. — The police said Albert Annan is held in the mysterious death of Mrs. Ottilla Griffin, aged 45 years. He admitted he struck the woman yesterday during a drunken argu- ment. The Stoll kidnap case was brought into the slaying case when call while investigating Mrs. Grif- fin’s death. A voice on the telephone said: “Whatever you do, get word to Al that Mrs. Stoll is back.” The caller warned Al to beat it and then rung up. Annan said he and Mrs. Griffin had been living together for a long time. Annan accounted for his interest in the Stoll case as being inspired merely by a friendly solicitude. He said he attended Sunday School as a boy either with the father or the grandfather of the kidnaped woman's. husband. He originally lived in Louisville. DWINDLING RACE VISION OF DUCE ALARMS FRANCE Fear Invading Hordes May Eventually Pour Over Her Frontiers By RICHARD G. MASSOCK PARIS, Oct. 17.—France, warn- ed by Mussolini to halt her falling birth rate, is worrying about her place in Europe’s population race. She is afraid invading hordes eventually will pour over unde- fended frontiers if the population dwindles as Italy's premier pre- dicts. Unless French marriages and babies multiply in the near future, Mussolini warned there will be only half as many Frenchmen within a scant 60 years, or 20,- 000,000 as compared to the present 40,000,000. Sees Colored Peril The prophesy by the Italian chief was in an article in which he won- dered “if the white man’s civiliza- tion” would not disappear in the face of the “continual numerical growth and uninterrupted territo- rial expansion of the yellow and black races.” “There is not an hour to lose in seeking remedies,” he told France. ‘That neighborly warning from a foreign chief of state has served to focus France’s attention on an “appeal to the nation” issued by 20 prominent French leaders a few months back, but generally ignored. ‘‘Rapid depopulation,” said the appeal, “threatens commerce and industry with failure for want of consumers, the state with bank- ruptcy for want of taxpayers and the country with inability to pro- tect its frontiers for want of de- denders.” Marriage Bouns Urged ‘Tha appeal was signed by such personages as former Raymond (uonrnuéd on Page Two) & pollce” “answered a telephone | 23 - YEAR - 0[9 1 Blocked by Secret Servnce in Bloch Abductlon SON, WEAI.THY Snatch Racke! Hits Bronx Again — Ransom of | $20 000 Demar{ded NEW YORK, Oct. 17, The snatch racket has struck the Bronx again with Louis Esposito, 23-year- old son of Anthony Esposito, wealthy junk dealer, held by"kid- napers for $20,000 ransom. Young Esposito vanished Monday evening. His auto was found south of Bruno Richard Hauptmann’'s home but this is not considered signifi- cant. Louis’s sister phone call, fainted. The voice over the telephone told her “we have Louls. - ¥ou won't see him again unless you pay $20,000.” A second telephone call, this one from a woman, later ordered the brother of the kidnap wvictim, to meet her at a restaurant. The brother went to the restaurant but was unable to find the womeh. > STOCK PRICES PUSHUPBUT answered a tele- screamed and = then HIT SNAG, P.M, Early Gain of Sone Possas inent Shares Are Reduced NEW YORK, Oct. 17.— Stocks pushed up early today to encoun- ter resistance around the upper layer of the trading range of the past three months. Gains of one point or two were registered for several prominent shares but losses | occurred this afternoon. Today's close Wwas mixed with most of the changes off more than one point. Some remained with gains of more than one point. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 17.— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 18%, American Can 103, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 11%, Armour com- mon 5%, Bethlehem Steel 28%, Calumet and Hecla 3%, Curtiss- Wright 2%, General Motors 30%, International Harvester 34:, Ken- necott 18%, United States Steel 33%, Pound $4.93%, Briggs Munu- racturmg 17%. FARM PRODUCT PRICES ARE TO RISE SHORTLY In Fact the Improvement Is Already Noted in Eggs, Chickens, Etc. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17— The Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicted ‘today a continued im~ provement in the volume of the farm income during the remainder of the year and for next year. ‘The Bureau, in the October re- port on prices said there will be higher prices for wheat, corn, cat- tle, eggs and chickens and a short- er seasonal decline in hog prices. There is no improvement in po- tato prices but there is an im- provement in industrial purchasing power. It’s Not in the Color ‘WOOSTER, O.—The yellow color in butter is not necessarily an in- dication of vitamin-A activity, it is concluded by W. E. Krauss.and T. 8. Sutton of the dairy depart= ment of the Ohio experiment sta- tion. For one breed, the color may be an indication—but not for dif- ferent breeds. is on her honeymoon, Harry under Lindbergh law, Whfle Betty Bloch (left), 24, Wheelmg, Thornton whxch carries gcenber) 81, and Thurman F, Bo W. Va., tobacco heiress whom they attempted to abduct for ransom wn (right), will be awaiting trial eath pennlty. Agents of the Department of Justice frustrated » ‘Dlob to steal the debutante on the eve of her marriage. SILVER PRICE 1 1S BOOSTED TO ANOTHER HIGH Gaes Five aidl | Five-eighths Cents Higher than When Nationalized NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—For- eign cilver for domestic and | industrial use has advanced to another new high since 1929 to | 55% cents an ounce, up three eighths of a cent. The latest boost which car- ried silver 5% cents above the price at which the Federal Gov- ernment nationalized it last summer was not based on fur- ther increases in London as the silver market since the price there continued unchanged at 24% pence an ounce. — e ——— ‘TRIGGER MAN' PIERPONT DIES, ' ELECTRIC CHAIR Slayer of Sheriff Satber, in Dillinger Jailbreak, Is Executed ‘COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 17.—Har- ry Plerpont, Dillinger gangster and known as the “trigger man,” was electrocuted shortly after midnight this morning for the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarber, of Lima last year. The murder took place dur- ing a jailbreak in which desperado Dillinger made his escape. NICK BEZ LEAVES FOR SOUTH AT CLOSE OF FALL FISHING SEASON _ Following the closing of the fall salmon fishing season, which ex- tended from October 1 to October 15, Nick Bez left for the south on the steamer Alaska. Mr. Bez has operated the float- ing cannery LaMerced, of the Al-| aska Southern Packing Company, | at. Tenakee during the fall season with a total pack for the fifteen days of 17,600 cases. Approximately 200 natives were employed in the Tenakee area during the season, including seine boats and em-| ployees, many of whom did very | well, Mr. Bez said. Nt Bobby Grayson, plunging back of Btanford’s football varsity, sends all Ppietures given to him to his mother y Scon Lucas (above) of Havana, Wi, chalrman of the I sommigsion and former n: Ludun advocate of the American egion, was nominated by demo- crats from the lllinols Twentieth distrlct for the congressional seat held by the late Rep, Henry T. Rainey, speaker of the house, (As: Press Photo; COWS PRlWIDED socl LATEST PUZLLE : COLUMBIA, 8. O, Oct. 17—In moving famished cattle from the drought-stricken West to the South a serious mathematical - problem arises as the beasts take on weight |and size wnh each feeding and watering. Alfred G. Smith, FERA Su])cr- visor in charge’ of the ‘movement, found difficulties popping up after the cattle trains got under way. “We would start out with 45 to 0 cows 'in each car,” he recalled. “But 'after we had’ stopped enroutc |to unload, feed dnd water them, at least three would not be able to squeeze back into the car. They simply filled out.” And that's why trains arrived at | their destintions with a car or |two more than they had at the start, Counts Coal Re;rves r— SHANGHAI— Coal reserves in |China total 257475,000 tons, about half of which are in Shansi prov- (ince, says a report from the Na- tional Coal Industrial Union. ———————— Ninety-gight percent of the cities of - California have zoning ordi- in Portland, Ore. 1nances. - | Rocky HAUPTMANN IS LOSER; MAY BE | GIVENTON. J. Writ of Habeas Corpug De- nied—Appeal Will Be Heard Friday NEW YORK, Oct. 17.— The State of New Jersey won the first round in the legal fight tor the extradition of Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann to that state for trial for the kidnaping and slaying of Baby Lindbergh. The court denied Haupt- mann’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus which would have nullified the extradition order. Hauptmann's appeal from the order dismissing the habeas corpus writ has been set for Friday. {HUNTING PARTY " ' BACK FROM TRIP TO ROCKY PASS | Enthusiastic over the success of the hunt and their enjoyable 11 days in the open, members of the Pass Hunt Club returned here yesterday on the motorship Estebeth. ‘The party camped at their lodge at Big John's Bay and spent most of the time fishing between hunts, and succeeded in getting good bags | of geese, duck and grousé, a num- | ber of deer and good sized catches {of trout. Those who made the trip, which has become an annual affair, were Charles Goldstein, Ed. Jones, Guy McNaughton, Tom McCaul, John Marshall, Robert Simpson, Ben Leaming and Allen Shattuck. B ENTHUSIASTIC NIMRODS ARE ON TEN-DAY HUNT Four enthusiastic nimrods who are on a ten-day hunt aboard the | motorship Norah, are Dr. George F. | Freeburger and Simpson MacKin- non, owners of the craft, and Minard Mill and Joe Johnson. They left Juneau bound for Rocky Pass but expect to stop at various likely looking spots while they are out. They plan to return the early part next week. ———.e—— Auto Owners Pay LOS ANGELES.—Owners of au- tomobiles paid an average of $51.29 a car in federal, state and muni- cipal taxes during 1933, aceording to the Seuthern - California Auto- mobile club. ‘Phis, the report add- |ed, indicated an increase of $7.05 |over the 1932 average. of | MRS, STOLL IS FOUND ALIVE BY FEDERAL AGENTS Abducted Wnan Taken from Car Found on Highway, Indiana FORMER INMATE OF ASYLUM IS SOUGHT Ransom Money Paid Over Express Office Counter Gives Required Clues BULLETIN: LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 17.—The death pen- alty will be asked for Thomas H. Robingon, Jr., District At- torney Thomas Sparks said this afternoon as the police contin- ued to search for him and the remainder of the ransom mon- ey. Only $500 was found on Mrs. Robinson who will probably be charged with conspiracy to vie- late the Lindbergh Law. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 17— Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, kidnap vietim of a former insane asylum inmate, has been re- turned to her family. Department of Justice agents found the young wife of Berry V. Stoll, wealthy oil man, at Scottsburg, Indiana. The agenis named Thomas H. Robinson, Jr,, as the kidnaper. This Nashville, Tennessce, man has been scught ever since the $50,000 ransom note was found. Robinson’s wife was arrested by the Department of Justice agents. With her and Mrs. Stoll in the car, were the Rev. Arnold Clegg, Indianapolis min- ister, and his wife, but the agents said they were not in- volved. Clue Is Found The clue that enabled the Fed- eralagents to rescue the woman came when the ransom money was secured at an express office in Nashville where it was shipped in accordance with instructions in the kidnaper's note. After the money was received, Mrs. Robinson telephoned from the Rev. Clegg's home, agents tracing the call. Mrs. Robinson then start- ed in a car to return the kidnap victim but the agents overtook her enroute. An intense search has been start- ed - for Robinson who was once " (Continued on Page Two) — e KIDNAP TRAIL IS PICKED UP IN NASHVILLE Abductor’s Father Receives Ransom Money, Gives it to Daughter-in-Law LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 17—The Federal agents understand that Mrs. Stoll, the kidnap victim, ar- rived in Indianapolis last Wednes=~ day night, a few hours or so after the abduction. Mrs. Robinson got the ransom money, then took up the job of guarding the victim. Robinson, the abductor, left the Indianapolis apartment on Tuesday morning and it is not known where he went but he is believed to be in Chicago. Wemen Go Driving Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Stoll went driving yesterday, then ars= ranged to drive back to Louisville with the Cleggs. The Robinson woman was slight- ly hysterical, the Federals said, and had $500 of the $50,000 in small bills when caught. Is College Man Department of Justice agents said | Robinson, Jr, is a college man and was formerly employed by the Stoll Refining Oil Company of which Berry V. Stoll is President. The return of Mrs. Stoll was e LA L e e (Continued on Page Two.) .