The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1935, Page 1

s i - g A e THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE I, 1935. VOL. XLVI,, NO. 6977. KIDNAPED BOY REL - * * * * * * * * * * CMPIRE Sp— * * L * * * * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SED; RANSOM PAID * * * ABDUCT@RS KNOWN SOUGHT | BOY'S CAPTORS ~ IDENTIFIED BY LITTLE GEORGE, ‘Hary, Bill and Alvin® Are Names of Kid Snatch- ing Gang GREAT MAN HUNT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY| Certain Pontlac Sedan Is; Hunted — Karpis | Crowd Involved i TACOMA, Wash., June 1.—John| Dreher, newsman, said George Weyerhaeuser identified three o his captors as “Harry, Bill and Al-, vin, who must be that Karpis fel- low.” Ever since the boy was kidnaped it ‘became known today that the army of Federals, State and City officers, have been attempting to connect members of the Alvin Kar- pis gang, sought for the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer of St. Paul,| with the Weyerhaeuser abduction. Many witnesses have said they | have seen members of the Karpis gang in Tacoma at various times| during the past year and even dur-! ing the weekend of the Weyerhaeu- | ser abduction, CREAT MANHUNT STARTED TACOMA, Wash, June 1.—As soon as George Weyerhaeuser ar- rived at his home this morning, the greatest man hunt this section ever knew, was unleashed to capture the; abductors. State Patrolmen are sald to be| seeking a Pontiac sedan, last year | model, as one source. It is said the license number is 29867. Descriptions of the alleged Kar- pis gangsters and the auto have; been wired in all directions. | PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 KANSAS CITY, June 1.—Offi- clals here identified the men the boy called “Harry, Biil and Alvin." Alvin Karpis is Public Enemy No. 1. Harry is Harry Campbell, Karpis's much sought lieutenant, both of | whom are suspects in the Weyer- haeuser kidnaping. They do not know who “Bill” is however. ARE HEADED SOUTH PORTLAND, Oregon, June 1.— The entire resources of the Ore- gon State Police have been thrown into the search for the kidnapers at the request of the Washington State officials. The latest word received is the kidnapers, six in number, are head- ed south from BSeattle in a tan Hudson and gray Buick. The sed- ans have been abandoned. The Pontiac was found near Seattle. RANSOM MONEY PAID WASHINGTON, June 1. — The Department of Justice said the ransom money was paid as speci- fied. Serial numbers have been ob- tained by the sauthorities. LUMBER STRIKE WORKERS GOING BACK TO JOBS Agreements—Re ached in Many Sections of Walkout Area PORTLAND, June 1.—Agree- ments heading the workers back to jobs popped up like mushrooms in many sections of the lumber strike today and the movement back to work is underway in practically every affected area. Oregon and Washington, except Portland and Seattle, estimated 12,- | 000, would be returned to jobs by Monday under the new agresments. —— .- BARRY TO PORCUPINE A. Barry is returning to mining property at Porcupine, as a pu-{ senger on the Alaska to Haines, CONSTITUTION REVISION TALK GROWS LOUDER Predict President Will De- lay Further NRA Action Pending Public Action DANIELS COMES OUT FOR REFORM MOVE Democrats Are Divided on Whether Amendment Be Attempted WASHINGTON, June 1.— NRA sources close to the President pre- dicted today he would not ask| Congress to enact new NRA legisla- {tion immediately but would wait to see if public support develops for a Constitutional amendment. Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico, after a visit 0 the White House, said a constitutional con- vention should be called to “reform the constitution to meet the con- ditions of 1935.” Secretary Wallace searching for amendments to bolster the farm adjustment act against possible at- tacks based on the Supreme Court's NRA ruling conceded any legislative props proposed might be inadequate to the American Liberty League which accused the President of re- nouncing states rights. Senator Jos- eph Robinson quickly denied the charge. Opposition developed among Re- publicans in Congress to Roose- velt'’s hint of effort to revise the Constitution and Democrats were divided with some favoring and| some opposing. It is reported to have been agreed at the White House that Congress should proceed to enact the social security bill, the Wagner labor rela- tions measure and amendments to the farm adjustmem act. ANIMALS MOVE INON INDIA’S STRICKEN CITY! Death Toll in Earthquake! Area Believed to Exceed Estimated 20,000 QUETTA, India, June 1.—Jackals from the surrounding hills have descended to the debris-choked streets of this earthquake stricken city in search of prey, adding new ‘horrors to the ruined piateau area. The death toll, beyond computa- tion, is believed to exceed the early estimated 20,000, including some 200 Europeans. Shots from the rifles of sentries were answered by the shrill snarls of pain as the fur- tive beasts were struck, and wailing cries of Allah by the half-de- mented natives were the only furtive beasts were struck, and wailing cries of Allah by the half- demented natives were the only sounds that broke-.the deathly si- lence ‘which hangs over the city. All structrues of the city might well have been of paper as they| were crushed down by the mighty gusts of wind through Bolan Pass. Flu Scientists Reach East From Barrow NEWARK, N. J, June 1— Dr. Horace Pettis and Dr. Sergeant Pepper, Philadelphia scientists who went to Point Barrow to study the flu epi- demic, returned here early to- day by plane. - —— BESSIE O'NEIL TRAVELS To visit mining property near Fairbanks, Bessie O'Nell arrived| here on the Alaska from Seattle. She will board the rext. Wesward- [ %8 Arrow points to Gecige Weyerhaeuser, kidnap vietim, in this picture of him and his friends in the third grade of the Lowell Scheol in Tacoma. The pictare was taken by Miss Johanna Johnson, school principal, shortly before the kidnaping of the nine-year- old boy ¢n his way home. Srhool Mate BRUCE BOWMAN School friend of George Weyer- haeuser, who left him shortly before he disappeared, the last playmate to see him before the kidnaping. ALASKA YACHT CHEF IS BURNED IN EXPLOSION !Jack Hurlburt of Pleasure Craft Dies in Wran- gell Hospital WRANGELL, Alaska, June 1. Jack Hurlburt, aged 56, ol Seattle, died in the Bishop Rowe Hospital here of burns received' in the ex- plosion of a can of alcohol in the engine room of the Campbell Church yacht Caroline. He jumped overboard and: was.in the water far 15 minutes before pulled aboard and takeén to the’ hospital. - The -yacht -is- chartered -by a bound boat for Valdez and will go into Pairbanks from there. J plensure party. Hurlburt was chef on the yacht. * Details of Kidnaping Are | Revealed; Deductions Made By Investigators Are O. K. able to hurt.” COVERED WITH BLANKETS George said after they put him in the auto at the tennis court they covered him with blankets which he said were certainly dirty and drove and drove. He said the abductors teld him not to yell out and he would not be hurt so “I kept my mouth shut.” George said he signed his name three times, once on an envelope which carried the ran- some note, once on the ransom note and another on the bot- tom of a blank piece of paper. NEWSPAPERMEN MAKE { ROUND-TRIP JAUNT Many newspaper and magazine | editors and writers are round-trip | passengers on the current run of | the Alaska fromr Seattle. Probably one of the best known | newspapermen aboard is R. H. | Calkins, veteran *marine editor for George. One grabbed him and | (he Seattle Daily Times, on a_brief rushed him to the auto, the |yacation tour with his wife. ° other clapping his hands over | Another prominent journalist, al- the boy's mouth. [though one probably not so well All four got in the auto which | known in Juneau, is Gene Hogle, was started up immediately. cditor of a national publication, the George was blirdfolded and | National Motorist. This magazine, covered with blankets. the mouthpiece of the National Au-| George said that during the | omobfle Club of San Prancisco, eight days he was held, the kid- | has often published descriptive ar- napers used two autos, one a | ticles about Alaska. Mr. Hogle is| tan sedan and the other a big accompanied by his wife, and a| gray Buick. San Francisco couple, Mr. and Mrs. George said he saw six men Jay Hawley Kugler. of the gang while he was in the | Still & third journalist is W. H.| kidnapers hands. Fink, publisher of the Redding, Cal., | When he was led | Searchlight and Courier-Free Press. TACOMA, Wash,, June 1.— Detaile of the kidnaping, which were well planned and executed, were related by little George Weycrhaeuser on his speedy race to his home in the taxicab tc John Dreher, and verified decucticn: of the investigators. George said he walked past the Annie Wright Seminary to the tennic court and climbed a flight ¢f steps to the curbing. Two men were waiting on the curbing and another one was near an auto, nearby. The one near the auto, George came to knew as Alvin, ““Come cver here, son,” one of the two men on the curbing taid. “Can you tell me where Stadium Way is?” “I don’t know,” George said he replied as he approached them. “Why so chy,” one of the men countered, as George ap- preached, Suddenly both men seized into the hou'e near Issaquah he was blindfolded and the same con- dition resulted when he was taken out early today. He was taken for a little ride before he wag released on the forest-lined road. George said the six men in the gang wore masks on their faces. “They always gave me all T could eat. I ate the same things they did, and they liked gcod things,” said George. “They treated me fine. They only burt me once and thai was when one of them lifted me by grabbing me - under the arm. The man said he did not want to hurt me as I was too valu- ’His wife is accompanying him. 'CHAMBER ATTENDANCE BOOTH APPLICATIONS |MUST BE IN TUESDAY| | All applications for attendant of | the Chamber of Commerce’s sum-) . mer tourist information booth must | be in the hands of Curtis Shattuck, cecretary of the Chamber, not lat- er than noon, Tuesday, it was an-| nounced today. The Executive Board of the Chamber is’scheduled to meet at| nocon Tuesday, at Bailey's Cafe, and | will consider the applications for ‘me three-month position then. The Victim GEORGE PHlLlP WEYERHAUSER Nine year old, heir of the fa- mous timber family’s estate, who was held for $200,000 by kidnapers. Kidnaper’s Bill For One Dollar To Be Framed RENTON, Wash., June 1.—A $1 bill given George Weyer- haeuser by the kidnapers be- fore he was released, along with a blanket, was used to buy gas to start him on his way home, Ed Walske, service station op- erator related. Boniface and the boy drove into his station looking for a telephone but he did not have one and Boniface said he had to get some gasoline. When the time came to pay for it, George said: “I'll pay for it,” and gave him the $1 bill after telling me where he got it. “I'm going to frame that bill and keep it,” said Walske. — - SEATTLE DOCTOR ARRIVES Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Woodward arrived from Seattle on the Alas- ka. They are here on a short visit with their son, Walter, an Empire reporter. Dr. Woodward, a Seattle | physician and surgeon, probably will return early next week, with Mrs. Woodward staying a few days longer. PRICE TEN CENTS GEORGE WEYERHAEUSER, NINE YEAR OLD VICTIM OF KIDNAPERS, GIVEN HIS FREEDOM EARLY THIS MORNING | i Lad Is Dumped from Automobile on Lonely, Dark Road About 25 Miles from Seattle; Trudges to Lighted Farmhouse and Tells Who Is He; Rancher Starts for Tacoma, Met by Seattle Newsman Who Re- turns Youth to Parents; Ransom of $200,000 Paid to Gangmen by Boy’s Uncle; Spirited Away in Trunk; Brief Story of Experience Is Told. SEATTLE, June 1.—The Seattle Daily Times in an early morning edition said the Weyerhaeuser boy was re- leased early this morning near Issaquah after the down payment of $200,000 ransom. RETURNED TO PARENTS, UNHARMED SEATTLE, June 1.—Found by a farmer, George Boni- face, on his ranch about four miles from Issaquah, 25 miles northeast of here, George Weyerhaeuser, aged nine years, was returned to his anxious parents in Tacoma after being in the hands of his kidnapers for eight days. Ransom Paid by Uncle The sum of $200,000 was paid the kidnapers for his release by F. Rodman Titcomb, uncle of the kidnaped lad. Boniface reported the boy walked to his home about 4 |o’clock this morning, unharmed and cheerful. Boniface dried the boy’s clothing and then started for Tacoma after daylight. At Renton, Boniface stopped at a gas station and attempted to telephone the Weyerhaguser home in Tacoma. Telephones Tacoma Police Failing after 10 minutes to arouse the household, Boni- face called the Tacoma Police Headquarters, informed them of the boy’s safe return, and then started toward the City of Destiny in his discrepit model T Ford. Is Met by Newsman Outside of the city limits of Tacoma, Boniface and the released boy were met by John H. Dreher, Seattle Times Sports Writer, in a taxicab. * Dreher gave Boniface back the pair of shoes the farmer loaned the boy, then took the boy to the Weyer- haeuser home in his taxicab. Boniface was glad to have the shoes returned as he said he needed them for his daughter, so George made the rest of the trip in his stocking feet. Kidnapers Did Not Hurt Boy “Did the kidnapers hurt you George,” asked by Dreher. “No, they did not hurt me because they all kept say- ing ‘he is too valuable to hurt,’” the boy replied as the two rode in a taxicab back to his home from which he was kidnaped on May 24. Kept in Trunk “They told me once we were in Oregon and I remem- bered we were in Aberdeen,” the boy continued. He said his abductors put him in a trunk while travel- ing but said he was not uncomfortable because there were air holes. George said he was kept in a house for three nights and four days and was allowed to read the newspapers and (uontinued on Page Two) JOHN DREHER, !KIDNAPED BOY VETERAN,GETS ' BADLY SHAKEN KIDNAP STORY BY HIS ORDEAL S tatement b ball by Silvery Haired Newsman of Spokesman for Abduct- Seattle Times Gets ed Boys Famlly Big Break Today TACOMA, Wash, June 1.—A " statement issued by H. M. Balcon, Seattle insurance man, spokesman the boy was 1.—John H. SEATTLE, June Dreher is the oldest reportial em- ployee of the Seattle Daily Times in point of service. He got his training as a police reporter and many times in recent years has been called to drop his golf column and cover a major crime story haired, quiet-spoken put on the Weyer- almost as soon as it The silvery Dreher, was h r case aroke. When the Tacoma police got the call from the unknown farmer of Issaquah, it was Dreher who grab- bed the taxi and w the first newsman to see the boy. for the Weyerhaeuser family, after the boy’s arrival at his home in the newsman's taxicab, said little George was frightened and nervous- ly upset and unable to answer all questions clearly. Balcon said: “The boy is suffer- ing from the terrible ordeal he has gone through and has been brought back a badly shaken little boy. We request further details regarding his frightful experience be withheld from publication to reduce any bad effects on his future life. Balcon further said: “We are very grateful for the many expressions of sympathy already received and ‘oflfluflm 0fl Page m.)