The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1938, Page 1

i i > THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LL, NO. 7693. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS KIDN AP SLAYER TRAILED DOWN, WENI Inv NIPPONESE ON 7 WAR FRONTS UNDER ATTACK Chinese Make Counter Thrusts Along Im- portant Railroad TWO-DAY THREAT BEING REPULSED Other Additional Successes| Are Being Chalked Up by Defenders ading At Srrt and En;tl 6f C&th e Career apanese Ar DIMOND BILLS PASS IN HOUSE, 60 TO SENATE Five Measures Proposed by Alaska Delegate Given Approval WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — Five bills by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond have passed the House and were sent to the Senate Monday, as follows: 1.—Provides for employees of the Alaska Railroad right of appeal to Employees Compensation Commis- sion from decisions of the General Manager of the road, on claims un- A Mother Who Seems to Be Proud of Her Son on Defensive ABDUCTOR OF CHAS, . RoSS - UNDER ARREST {Relentless F_BrAgenls Get i Their Man at Los An- % geles Race Track CONFESSION MADE OF TWO MURDERS | Chicago Srmer Hunted | as He Leaves Path of Ransom Paid Notes | SHANGHAL Jun;18. o= Ohircee) der the Employees Compensation BULLETIN—MEMPHIS, Tenn., | counter thrusts have put Jipanese, law. Jan. 18.—A regular passenger armies on the defensive on two im-| 2.—Adoption by electric light plane from Los Angeles ar- portant fronts in their widespread warfare along the Tientsin-Pukow railway north of Nanking, in the‘ Hangchow area, 125 miles south- west. Japanese sources admit the in- vading forces have been placed in| defensive positions in those areas. Strong Chinese units, approxi-| mately 30 miles north of Nanking,| are attempting to cut the Tien-| tsin-Pukow line behind the Japan-| ese column which advanced from| the captured Capital City as part| of a two-day threat against Su- chow. The Chinese officials also tell of two additional successes in South Shantung and asserted that Tsining, 120 miles sduth of Tsinan is “entirely in our hands" and added that a “decisive battle is imminent.” FAR EASTERN SITUATIONTO BE REPORTED Paul McNulTieaves Manila for Shanghai, Then | to Washington ; Supreme Court Justice George Sul is pictured at left as he was in pointed him to the highest court right in his most recent picture. Justice Sutherland in 1922 . . . and today therland, retiring at the age of 76, 1922 when President Harding ap- Justice Sutherland is shown at leaving. his residence to go to the court he will leave Jan. 18 for the last time. plants in Alaska the same schedule of license taxes now imposed on mercantile establishments. 3.—Provision that public utility districts of Alaska might incur bond- ed indebtedness to construct or i prove all types of public utilities, in- debtedness not to exceed 10 percent of the aggregate value of real and personal property within the district, |subject to taxation, with approval lof 65 percent of the voters required {to authorize the issue. | 4—To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to Ketchi- kan for school purposes, courthouse reserve block No. 13 in that city. 5—Extend the right to explore and mine for fold and other prec- (ious metals in land and shoal water between Jow and mean high tide in Alaska. —_——-———— | iffection. new picture of President Roosevelt and his moth- | Mrs. James Roosevelt, offers a study in mater- The president and his mother are shown leaving sage to congre: SAHOOL AFIRE; MANY SAID TO Showifig ofi;an_ay Filhls ~ BISHOP CRIMONT HAVE PERISHED JuSt Another “IHCident”' ENDs LUNG TRIP Over One Hundred Sleep-‘Democrat, Only Man in Eighteen Na.vy Aircraft FATHER, SON EXECUTED IN By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — millions of others, we have both the Panay films; and in spite of uhe pertuburation of the State Department as to the effect they e n T0 VATIGAN GITY Has Audience with Po that Lasted Over ing at Time—Six Bod- | ies Reported Recovered ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, Jan. 18. A, Harry Moore Is Now Governor Of New Jorsey ACROSS PACIFIG History of State, to Be Elected Three Times TRENTON, N. J, Jan. 18. — A. President Roosevelt and his mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt the house of representatives in Washington after he had delivered his rece PATROL PLANES WAKING FLIGHT Take Off from San Diego for Honolulu SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 18.—The P € Twenty-one persons are feared to Harry Moore today began his third | . = i 7] }mve perished when trapped by [ire term as Governor of the state with‘mSL of'16 PITTLERIADE flying. non |as more than 100 persons were asleep the promise that “labor will never| stop to Honolulu, left the bay at rived here at 9:15 o'clock this forenoon. The plane has aboard Pete Anders, alleged kidnap | slayer. Neither the accused man nor the FBI agents left the plane and apparently are en- route to Chicago. | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 18— Relentless Department of Justice °siigation Bureau agents, at the nd of a four-month man-hunt, marked up the capture of the kid- and slayer of Charles S. and they secretly whisked confessed abductor-murderer to Chicago to face trial H head of the Ross, W 007 had been paid, near rd, Illinois, October 8, 1937, nd k om- Hc spent lavishly at race tracks. Last Friday he was taken in cus- ndy at the Santa Anita Park. FBI agents recovered $14,402 in ansom money, found on Anders’ person or in his hotel room. Anders confessed, after which he was secretly taken to Chicago. The bodies of Ross and Gray have not yet been recovered, ac- N ::fifit f;:‘:;j’; ',::ft r,"n“:\’,;:""f,”i.;:::; Half Hour {in @i Collegn f the Baared Heart be bettered than in this State Cap- 8:52 o'clock this morning. |cording to announcement. MANILA, Jan. 18—United States‘ home and throw out our two Japun-‘ T 3 The only victims identified early|ital.” Nine left Lbo bay at exactly 8:52| Played the Ponies High Commissioner Paul V. Me- | ese prints: After an audience with the Popethis forenoon was Brother Jean Gov. Moore, a Democrat, is the o'clock and nine others were in the| Anders irrepressible urge to play — and an absence of five and a half |Baptiste, 64, who leaped from one only man in the history of New Jer- air at 9:15 o'clock. Ithe ponies led to his capture. He Nutt left for Shanghai today to| discuss the Far Eastern situation ‘Fl.l'St Incident of Kind in that we have encountered a ditfer- | It is well to report at this point months from Alaska, Bishop J. R. of the school’s upper windows and died. sey to have been elected Chief Exe- cutive of the state three times. He Several hundred persons, includ- ing the ‘families of the fliers, was passing some of the ransom |money through parimutuel windows with Admiral Harry E. Yarnell,| ence of opini i _|Crimont arrived in Juneau today Commander of the Asiatic Fleet. Massachusetts— T s 1 e attont ot |aboard the steamer Baranof. | Chief A. Bourgeois said six bodies resigned from United States Sen-|watched the take-off. | when he was seized. McNutt leaves late this month Were Slayers bé to’ inette a;iditionfll anti-Japan- “I am extremely happy to be are reported to have been taken ate to take the office. He immed-| A total of 42 planes will be flown| Previously, Anders had been trail- back,” said the 80-year-old Bishop|trom the school which was still iately offered the Senatorship to to Pearl Harbor this year. The fligh d to Spokane, Seattle, Portland, for Washington where he will make | a personal report of the Far East-| ern conditions direct to President | Roosevelt. | TWO SLAYERS DIE IN CHAIR | One Man Killed Hotel Clerk| in Holdup—Other Was | Sex Murderer | | | COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 18—| William M. Gardner, 35, and BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 18—The first father and son ever executed in the State of Massachusetts, went to the electric chair last night. An TItalian immigrant, candymak- er, and his American-born son paid the penalty within a few minutes of each other for the torch slaying |of a stranger they selected in an insurance plot. Anthony di Stasio, 24, the son, was the first to die, and his father, Frank, 53, followed in the chair. R STEAMER BERG ese feeling in the country. Already there is a full pan-fry of anti-Japanese activity in the country disclosing itself in the form | of boycotts against Japanese goods. If the films excited increased boy- cotting, that might be something to disturb the peace and security of the State Department. Likely noth- ing could upset the State Depart- !mcm. so much in its dealings with Japan as to have Japan enter a protest against an “unfriendly sen- timent” on the part of the Ameri- can people. After all, it was (so the Japanese said), only an unfriendly sentiment on the part of the Chinese which caused the Japanese to set about taking over China. - Criment this afternoon, “I havelblazing at 9 o'clock. He said the Mayor Frank Hague, of New Jersey is a distance of 2,500 miles. been gone a long time and seen a lot, but it is good to be back.” For the second time in his life and for the first time in 12 years, Bishop Crimont had audience with the Pope, who the Bishop said was “energetic and fairly well.” | Bishop Crimont spent 35 minutes in conversation with His Holine: the Pope in Vatican City, but visit-| ing dignitaries are generally given only five minutes consideration. The tie between the two went deeper than mere common inter- ests. They had a common friend— the late St. Basco, whose prayers; had given the Pope new leases on life and had 54 years ago given| strength to the ailing body of the |the flames. MORE WRECKAGE victims will probably tween 25 and 30, The editor of the local newspaper| says about 20 persons have perished inside the school besides the Broth- er. He estimates that 85 escaped number be- SRR S WS REPORTED FOUND MISSING HAIDA City, but the latter declined. HENRY GUMM FOUND DEAD, NOME STREET NOME, Alaska, Jan. 18—Henry Gumm, about 60, was found dead on the street Sunday morning appar- ently from a sudden heart attack. He was on his way to his home af- ter attending a card party and dance GRAIN SHIP WINS BATTLE, OCEAN STORM LONDON, Jan. 18.—The British freighter Cragpool won a battle with a mid-Atlantic gale that rip- |ped a gash in the hull of the B~ 1000-ton ship. | The crew of 35 radioed for help, |New York City, Washington, D. C. Miami, New Orleans, then Califor- nia, with Federal Agents close on his trail and watching his every move. Ransom Was Paid Charles S. Ross, 72, retired manu- facturer of greeting cards, with Chicago his home, was kidnaped one Saturday night while riding in his automobile, accompanied by Miss Florence Freihag, 45, his for- mer private secretary, with whom he was discussing business affairs. Miss Freihag gave the officers mea- gre description of the kidnapers as the abduction was quickly made, Ross being forced out of his auto into another and whisked away. For several days no word was re- Charles Teddy Hines, 25, died in| * * 3 reporting water in the engine room the electric chalr last night in s | e AN A now Bishop Crimont. ¢ 5 ; given by the Pioneers of Alaska. er & radi ived by Ross's wife, then finally | N : i " jand later a radio reported that the |celv y double_executjon. i , e R | e Orinont. slae, vatied 32‘53\/655&1 with China War| Gumm was a bachelor. He was a| e wae cloared and the vessel |a rdnsom of $50,000 was demanded Gardner was convicted of slay- : ’ bl - o 2o z g _ (mining operator and had a gold| g, proceed £t T - |and subsequently paid. Days went ing Arch Corner, Columbus hotel to allay the disturbing effect the film|while passing through St. Quentin, tenal oar dredge in the Council section with Was D{Km "‘;‘u;p:‘ temporary re by but Ross never appeared. FBI r s s i . . 9. 5 | pairs to the 3 | 3 clerk, in a holdup. | “The steamer Evelyn Berg, Capt. ml;g:‘d havet?ndththgstet olbj‘”"““y ::‘s“c:;ldbap“é“;b ‘hk‘f _‘_‘a‘“gh;f‘”M‘f lieved Sunk in Storm his partner, Fred Menes and O. C.l” The Gragpool is bound for Ret-|agents were then put on the case v Hines was convicted of the sex |gldred Hansen and Purser E. sword-‘?ne!}:vg: ol e _‘:’“" (S i el i _— Steiner. {terdam from Galveston, Texas,|with the ultimate arrest and se- slaying of Mrs. Edith Caudill, girl- |maker, docked in Juneau this after-| ,omc'.m]f” ‘f}:‘ °D‘; rf:en‘:b °“’l“~ Famyr OB, o ecompanied| . GEOBEE. B..C, Jan. 18, — J. C. Gumm came to the Nome district|wion o cargo of grain. | curing of a confession from Anders wife, in Cincinnati. {noon just behind the steamer Bar-| 5. Une M conla aE: Couclayrp panied 1o, qay. telephone lineman, reports|in the early rush days. He was a e lof the abduction and double AP idnir not have stopped the showing, but|Bishop Crimont on the long trip\y o B0 0 0% 0 F et Haida, [member of the Masons, Pioneers and | murder. an0f. i the film companies recognized the|and also had audience with the| ‘© HF a Union |Eagles T S Over 160 tons of general merchan- interest of the government in’ es-|Pope a ship’s door and part of a Union 3 | “s“r e" s a dise was brought to Gastineau, i i i 1 % Jack on the outside, two and one-; i o Meieh the: Beng 1§ ADI0E public excitement in a trou- TS 1 e AT half miles east of here. This place H i a fln e'“e A M d . to go to Sitka and thence south Lo‘blzi:r::;;ef it Nava_l Air Station is a few miles north of Arm:muh‘Fre"ch cahl“e‘ | { | Seattle. BOVORRL - . Point, on Vancouver Island where | { . “ac a "d LB First: The story already has 9‘ Sitka Comes in . two similar oars and a life buoy ) ! been told in streams of news dis- 1 veel ; old. & 'or Maintenance Sum marked Haida, were found last week + waDRID, Jan. 18—he msur-| DINNER IS GIVEN e e e A o | The Haida is now more than six| | i 5 g i s, pho-|g __ e|weeks overdue on a voyage from| y » [] i gents are repared (o again be mak-| INITIATES HERE BY |iooruphically exceptionsl s they| oyt Ak omons s sontais o | Seathle to Hong Konk carrins i oo sespedin saripess todun 1 | BEEDARE S - St ing a drive northwest of here in an KNIGHTS, 'COLUMBUS |¥e could not bring out. e Naval Supply Bill co ol ot il o thal SBWY groped in darkness today to _— | Prontier, Jan. 18.—The Insurgents attempt to encircle this city. I y lCO Second: The incident is closed.|® ® $2.000 recommendation for ® cninesen ove:/:x;o‘:nalem s for the ind a way out of her 5-day politi-| : o now claim to be again in command ey . |sapan has already apologized. The|q Daintenance of a Naval A i 15 now feared the : {8l dmpasery WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — The|of Teruel after, their artillery made FILE ARTICLES Thirty-five Knights of Columbus|yniveq States has accepted the apol.|® St2UoR 8t Sitka. Planes arc o| now feared the vessel sunk in\ camille Chautemps is trying to House has passed and sent to thely gyccessful counter attack against Articles of incorporation have been attended an impromptu dinner held| o . POl-le now based at the Sitka sta- e a storm. form a second government after|Senate the one billion five hundred|¢he Government forces. A battle is filed with the Territorial Auditor last evening at the Parish Hall 1n| 1o i The pictures were given a|® O 3¢ Sitka. Planes are now o D N George Bonnet and Leon Blum both and fifteen miliion dollar Treasury | sii) raging, the Insurgent report by the Alaska Homestake Gold Min- honor of their initiates, Theodore|iremendous build-up as the first|® C2°¢d ¢ the Sitka station, the o/ MEYER RITES TOMORROW |failed and Post Office Appropriation bill.|gates ing Company of Seattle and Bluff,|A. Keaton, James McNaughton, Joe| sy mino of the actual sinki 7| @ Navy asserts. ®| Funeral services will be held to-| » 5 The total, as finally passed, rep- ., Alaska. Capitalized for $200,000,|M. Gleason, Frank W. Pettygrove, .. ancrican warship. And me“? um"s oo 00000 0 0@ oy at1:30 pm. at the Chapel WARD TO WESTWARD {resented a net reduction of $200,000 KOHLHEPP ILL M. J. Walsh of Nome is named as|Herbert J. Neff and Peter J. Lof-|poved to a good many to be far i of the C, W. Carter Mortuary for| Ray Ward, Fiscal Agent of the U.|below the figure recommended by resident agent and incorporators are tus. less exciting than a Hollywood Since 1743 it has been customary|William Meyer. The Rev. John L.|S. Forest Service, is sailing on the|the House Appropriations Commit-| George Kohlhepp of the B. M. J. G. Galvin of Seattle, E. M. Mich-| Those on the committee for the| ) jjjer for audiences to stand during the|Cauble will officiate and the inter- |Baranof for Forest Service stations|tee. Behrends Co., Inc., has been con- aelson of Edmonds, Wash., and W.|dinner were Emmet Bothello, Al- singing of the Hallelujah chorus in|ment will be at the Evergreen Ceme- |in the Westward in connection with; Four Republicans voted against fined at home for the past few days O. Straight of Seattle. bert Porrest and Henry Harmon. (Continued on Page Eight) Handel's oratorio “Messiah.” tery. fiscal matters, the passage of the measure. due to illness.