The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1938, Page 1

B THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LL, NO. 7696. “ALL THE NEW § ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938. S ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS "PRICE TEN CENTS ORIENTAL PLOT DISCOVERED IN SEATTLE SLAYER TAKES OFFICERS INTO HIDING PLACE Abducted Chi(;ago Manu- facturer, Accomplice Killed by Anders MORE CRIMES ARE BEING CONFESSED Bank Robb;‘E Are Added to Growing List — Ran- som Money Recovered ST. PAUL, Minn, Jan. 21.—An amazing story of kidnapings, slay ings and bank robberies, attributed to Peter Anders, surly former lum- berjack, was related after the re- covery of the bodies of Charles A, Ross, abducted Chicago manufa urer, and James Atwood Gray, ac- complice in the kidnaping, in a cave, deep in the northern Wiscon- sin woods. Whisking Anders back to St. Paul after a tortuous two-day foray in the frozen fastnesses of Minne- sota and Wisconsin, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, said all of the $50,000 ransom paid in vain for the release of Ross, has been recovered or accounted for. Anders detailed each of his num- | erous crimes, the confession cov- ering thousands of words, said | Hoover. Hoover said Anders killed his ac- complice Gray during an argument over the ransom money. Another Kidnaping Hoover also said Anders confess- ed to the kidnaping of John Borg and his wife Olivia in Chicago, robbing one Minnesota and three Wisconsin banks. The Brogias were released without any ransom be- ing paid. i When Anders was arrested last Friday, a week ago today, at the Santa Anita race track in Cali- fornia, he possessed about $14,000. Hoover said an additional $30,000 was found hidden in Minnesota woods. Robbed in N. Y. Anders said $3,000 to $6,000, the balance, was stolen from his auto- mobile in New York City. The the latter nude, were found just before dark yesterday. Small brush concealed the cave in a desolate section, 12 miles north of Spooner, Wisconsin. Hoover said the killer slew Gray first and then shot Ross, the 72- year-old kidnap vietim. chained the two bodies logcthflr;mlllmn dollars in CCC funds in the | Chief of the| bodies of Ross and Gray,!| { | | | | | Joseph P. Kennedy, right, talks with maritime chiofs A new picture of Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the maritime com- mission and newly-appointed ambassador to Great Britain, was taken in San Francisco as he talked with leaders of Pacific coast shipping. Harry Bridges, head of the C. I. O. west coast maritime union, is at extreme left and Kennedy, right. Filibustering - J ;l,st Hod; It Is Accomplished Some Days, Also Far Into Night SHORTAGE IN By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. — This little playlet is entitled “Much Ado Abut Nothing, or A Day In the Life of a Filibuster.” Scene: -The Senate chamber. A dozen Senators are sitting about, maybe two dozen at times, some lis- tening, some drowsing, some sign- |ing letters, some just sitting. The | Senate is debating the anti-lynch Startling Revelations Re- il Red-and-white-whiskered Sena- ported Before Senate tor Lewis of Illinois has just pro- Public Lands Com. posed to remove a paragraph which RO | exempts gangsters and labor dem- WASHINGTON, Jan, 200 — The |Onstrators from the grip of the bill Senate Public Lands Committee The argument seems m_hc that; the bill exempts gangsters or labor dem- heard the General Accounting Of- onstrators without the need of say- Anders |fice is investigating shortages of a ing so in a special paragraph. PR and covered them with brush and |gouthwestern part of the United|PRO AND CON debris in the cave. SKULL FRACTURED SPOONER, Wis, Jan. 21.—Harry Dahl, Washburn County Coroner, said Ross, kidnaped victim, appar- ently died as the result of a frac- tured skull. In St. Paul, Hoover quoted Anders as saying he shot RoOsS. TESTIMONY IN PLANE CRASH BEING GIVEN Two Experts Give Opinion as to Cause of Acci- dent, Bozeman BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 221.— Vibration of the tail assembly that might have weakened rivets, and caused the rudder’s vertical fin to be lost in the flight, is given as a possible cause for the crash of the transport plane in testimony before i States Senator Lewis: “Mr. President, s 4 |1 have moved to strike out of the Chairman Adams made the Infor-| iy ghe provision I hawe read, sl P ‘C(“‘E‘ e ":“I}l"g ":‘ ‘bgwuucmng the question of exempting ;DW:";}_'OTXL, Ut et e ?vlm oln gangsters from the provisions of the babig ant Secretary of the In- i and also those involved in labor lcn‘ox 3 s ke o0 | disputes.” Chairmon Adams read the list of| "gepgior Barkiey of Kentucky: “I AneRtions pr?partf(l by Benator Nye do not believe there has been any to submit to Major General Walter | oi.iiivicm of the wording which Reed, Army Inspector General. One would eliminate labor disputes.” of Nye's questions was whether Reed | gonovor Lewis: “Mr. President, had heard O_‘_ "hL mvesu.gauon-.. I am pleased to inform the disting- Reed sald "no” to Nye's question. ycheq jeader, the Senator from He did say, ho»\(v\eir‘. that a short"Kemucky. that I am informed by age of $250,000 was supposed to be|the genator from New York (Mr. Eunm ¢ Wagner) that upon information gt called before the com-|grom gources, it is both desired and mittee for requestioning as to the|cqneenteq to that this reference to ] {manner that Reno Stitely, former|j,po; gisputes be eliminated. I do voucher clerk of the Interior De- not gnow for whom he speaks, but partment, padded CCC payrolls 0 .r course 1 take his word.” the extent of $84,000. Senator Connally of Texas: (Note Richard Elliott, »Acvmg Comp-|__pe hates the anti-lynching bill as troller General. said he neither ,,, offence against Southern state knew about the shortages nor in- sovereignty): “Would the Senator vestigation of them, and added that gy p1inois mind telling me who| if the charges are (x'ue."“l \vould‘me,’.e mysterious, occult, insidious, like to know about them. and influential interests are which Several days ago Senator Pittman ;.. gominating the Senate without told the Senate Public Lands com-|gisciosure of who they are or where mittée that he had received “as- they are from?” tounding revelations in regard t0| y.wis: “I have none of that oc- laxity, inefficiency and criminal cult power to detect such influences. carelessness,” in the Interior De- I am compelled to say my infor- the Federal Board of Inquiry by a partment. mation is from the two Senators, Bureau of Air Commerce inspector and pilot for the Northwest Air- lines. Both witnesses testified that in their opinion the missing parts of the tail assembly were lost before the plane crashed January 10 near here and in which accident the ten persons aboard were Killed. i Senator Pittman then stated that nj. vyan Nuys of Indiana and Mr. Stitely, Interior Department pay Wagner of New York, whom, I as- clerk, had allegedly defrauded the syme, have had their information Government of $84,000. ‘rrom a proper and legitimate . source.” After trying two weeks, Joseph Conally: Gelardi, Providence, R. I, welder, i caught a live 135-pound shark in the Warren river, “The Senator from II- ought to unmask himseif W e Continued on Pnéo Two) JAPS BRINGING PUPPET RULER Battle Movements Harried| by Driving Snow and Cold SHANGHALI, Jan. 21. — Japan's “Lawrence of Manchuria” is report- ed to be setting up a puppet regime {to govern the conquered heart of |China, according to Chinese sourc- les Lieutenant General Kenji Doi- hara, political manipulator for the Japanese Army, whose efforts| launched the dismembering of Man- | churian North China, said he wssl bringing in an “acceptable” North- ern Chinese to rule Shanghai and the Nanking area The Japanese Lieutenant said he had established headquarters tem- ily at the New Asia Hotel, the zvous of high Japanese com- manders, who are prospective poli- tical advisors. Doihara’'s undercover work is credited with having kept China in INTO SHANGHA! JAPANESE SHIP T0 BE BOMBED, 1S REVELATION | Youth Bares Story of At- | tempt to Attack Nip- pon Shipping | | |EXPLOSIVES REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND Nude Body of One Man Al- leged Implicated Found in Elliott Bay BULLETIN — SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—Customs Agents at Smith Cove announce that a bomb has been fished from Elliott Bay near where the Hiye Maru is moored and is being examined. Officials of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, owners of the vessel, said they Dixie Graves Senatorial shift in Alabama sends Representative won a primary in Alabama, and was named to the Lister Hill to the senate to replace Mrs. Dixie position by Governor Graves to serve until April |turmoil for the past decade. Although slowed by snow, sleet,| ‘und bitter cold accentuated by L\“ piercing wind that is creeping dis-| mally from the frozen interior of the plains country, a Japanese col- umn of infantry is advancing north from Nanking. The column is said to be approach- ing Pengyu the halfway mark drive toward Suchow, the junction of the Tsinpu Railway. | Mingkwang, southeast of Pengpu,! is said to have changed hands twice |in brisk fighting. GOLDPURGHASES MOSTLY FOREIGN WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. — The| United States Treasurery announc-| ed today that it had bought $1,502,- 400,000 worth of gold and 312,205,000 ounces of silver last year. Of gold purchases, $1,308,000 of the total came from foreign coun-| tries. Movement of gold into the| United States has virtually ceased,| however. | | L B 1." STOCK QUOTATIONS | 1 | | - NEW YORK, Jan. 21. — Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 81, American Light and Power 5%, Anaconda 33, Bethlehem Steel 61%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5, General Motors 36, International Harvester 65, Ken- necott 38, New York Central 17'%, Southern Pacific 187%, United States 58%, Cities Service 1%, Pound $4.997.. i i DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 130.69, down 161; rails 29.80, down .64; utilities 20.78, down .27. THAT'S NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—When you- re in a New York bar and want an- other drink, you tell the bartender, “Filladuppigen.” If he thinks your pupils look too dilated, he replies, “Yoovadanuff-| bud.” } Don’t argue, or he might ask,| “Wannamayksumpnuvvit?” That formidable-looking word is “1938 Al- “an defined in the WPA’s manac for New Yorkers invitation to a brawl.” Other definitions of New York- ese, upheld by the almanac editors as “being “at least as fruity and full-flavored as ever proper Eng- lish could be,” are: Braykidup, brayrdup: Policeman’s as WANNAMAYKSUMPNUVVIT; |were informed a bomb has |been found in a suitcase at- tached to a railroad tie, float- o ing in the water and wedged behind stringers near the wharf where the Hiye is ) FISHERMEN ~ Famed Pioneer NEWSPAPER i, “ARE MISSING; ~ Taken by Death ~ STRIKE ENDS SEARCH IS ON At SewardHome INPORTLAND Cutter Spencer Off from Joe Badger, Colorful Alas- Three Dailies Resume Pub- Cordova—No Trace of | kan, Succumbs to Linger- lication—New Wages il ol 3 Missing Trappers ing lllness_af Age 68 | Are in Effect f'x)laxpnneé Sitthes s};arch of A1iG | PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21.—The harbor for an explosives load- CORDOVA, Alaska, Jan, 21 SEWARD, Alaska, Jan. 21—J0e | 4 of the composing room forces,|ed suitcase. Coast Guard Cutter John C. Spen- Badger, 63, widely known Alaska members of the International Typo-| The youth, George Part- cer left late yesterday to search be-|pioneer and proprietor of the Van graphical Union, over wages and! . 5 2 S i ./ ridge, 22, held for question- tween Belkorski and Sand Point,)Gilder Hotel here, died yesterday hours, which has been in effect . a . ko il ‘ |since last Saturday noon, was set- ing, told Police Captain Mar- where two fishermen, Gass and Nil-|following a long s { (tled last evening. ishall Scrafford, that he and son, have been missing since Janu-|from a bad heart condition. | The wage scale, finally arbitrated, Ralph Fe th, V: & ary 2 in a small boat. | Badger was one of the real old-|is $9 for seven and one-half hours'| “A.P orsyth, Vancouver, |B.C., teacher, were hired for Graves, wife of the Alabama governor, who re- signs. Mrs. Graves was named to the position by her husband upon the elevation of Senator Hugo L. Black to the U. S. supreme court. Hill recently 26. 1In the photo, above, Mrs. Graves is congratu- lating the new senator, Hill, right, in Washington, as Senator Alben Barkley, majority leader in the upper house, looks on. | BIZZARE STORY SEATTLE, Jan. 21. — Au- [thorities continued this after- |noon to check a long-haired |Canadian youth’s bizzare |story of the International Plot |by “Orientals” to blow up the | illness, suffering - BULKY EDITIONS | When Forsyth’s body was |found, Partridge acknowledg- ed he knew the man and then 0PIp in| 'SPECIAL MEET OF JUNEAU ATHLETIC CLUB SET TONIGHT For the purpose of finishing out- | unfolded his weird story. GARBAGE PROPOSAL DUE TO COME UP AT £ | The cutter has just completed an | timers of the north, coming in the | daytime and $9.50 for the same num- i 3 : unsuccessful four-day search for|gold rush days and staying on, en-|ber of hours at night time. The the bombing job. He said he Glen Collins and Ray J. James|gaging in various enterprises. Hm:fi:)::g:m::) rg:vshgg; °:fm.yfa§u?,'§d 15|]ast saw Forsyth early yes- trappers missing since December 27igormerly operated a laundry here| o |terday morning, splashing in when they left Johnson's Bay, prv-%b B st 18 Veats haasopertl i b 8 th bi ters of Eili sumably for Seward but never ut for the pasl 3 s has ope | The wage increase amounts to 45 e numbing waters of 1- reached there lated the Van Gilder Hotel where/cents a day over the 1937 scale. ott Bay, pushing a railroad tie - e {he became famous for his free and“v LT‘Ihvr Il\‘/l"m”l:l:f(\iulOrL:;loz‘l‘zatn“::m;e::-‘to which ‘was lashed 8 suit lcasy way of handling guests. AVRY PrEparec 1o BRE S it loatuas |"Tt was a tradition at the Van|Sunday morning edition and the Case containing explosives. |Gilder that every guest carried ms;gl';'}'-l'»:';OJI_Z‘C'"T:“,;"L“’) fli",’;’fi;‘”f;::‘i DO OR DIE ATTEMPT gage. Badger saw to that. ol B B s b & 3?’:"\1,;:85‘1\%;0.“ h:: put in practice ial feature and bull-dog for today's “I'll do it or die in the at- EXPEGT STURK when he first opened the plucm’?’“f' fd’]““m» i i | tempt,” Pdr?ndge said I-~or “Your room is to the left on uw}mifhtthgl&g"‘mt ll’im;f;:;u; l;:;“syth told him before swim« e s . and don’t forget to 8 0f 8,010 phyes B A P & M : second floor, and domt forget (015 "0 "o very, stereatypers, act,{ming toward the Hiye Mary, HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 21 take that bag up with you, wah‘d--k s e “b hod, 4t B 40 Joan Blondell, screen actress, and|/one of Joe's famous greetings. He| ** men and reporters, to resume er‘ ed al {er A her actor husband, Dick Powell, are| never showed a guest to his room.Work. Forsyth’s nude body, expecting the stork within a few|Rather, he handed the guest a k:“y‘ )clothed only in a life jacket, months, This was disclosed at the|and gave general directions, with| BT, 4 3 studio foday where the actress is|the added advice, “don’t forget your| PORTLAND, Jan. 21.—The morn-| " &> found a short time later making her last picture before u..,-{bagsage.” His place was a rendez-|ing and the two afternoon daily|DY @ Japanese seaman. The event. IVD(l;S forflrti:v(‘le"s !azl over rmx']' "0‘;"1“‘110%1)1!1"‘“ turned out kulky edi-|coroner’s inquest decided that me of the traditions of the Van tions today to satisfy the public’s| o W= |Gilder under Badger management|thirst for news that they do not and Forsyth met death by drown (was the famous three-weeks bridge'cannot get over any radio bm.,d.img. A FIGHTING W\NORD‘CO"!&SL' Some years ago three wo-|cast. | Partridge was arrested by {men tourists came north who were| Typographers were augmented by 4 wharf watchman, first held |devoted to bridge. At Seward, in-|special workers to meet the heavy # ’ ¥ ggestion to any group of loiter-|stead of going on the usual trip to|demand for composition. |as a suspected box car thief. ers. {McKinley park, they decided to| Downtown stores and transporta Later Partridge said “Ori- an excessively curious ques 2 st ol s y e tical business lul uring the strike, | : : Takadiway: “Please remove it trip to the park. The stay, of course,|said trade was brisker immediately I OTSYth in blowing up Japan- from sight immediately. was to include bridge morning, noon following the announcement of the ese ships loading scrap iron Dombeeztoopid: Expressing 1})!' :r:xd m;;rkn. ‘IJ;)e an e::pésrio bridze".\eg;vmenn ; |and war materials. He said he cific disagreement, with under-|player himself, was aske make heaters last night had the| ;. o . tones of disparagegent a fourth. |standing room only signs out as fhd not know their national- Ladderide: Warning not to pur-| For three long weeks, the great they had been showing to nearly ity sue the subject further. ontest went on with money at empty houses as people look to the| Whyntchalookeryagoyn? Rhetori- stake. During the period Joe an- newspapers for their theatre news. cal expression of relief used (by mo- swered no telephone calls if it hap-| - torists esp.) after a near-collision Ipened to come in the course of the Whatddadajintzdoodisaft? “Did game. Nothing, he decided, should | the New York National League base- disturb his visitors’ desire to play (bridge, and he gallantly made the BEEZTO! fourth hand himself. o™ Back around 1900, Badger took the o States by storm. Those were the banner days of Nome and Joe Sténding, unfinished business, the. COUNCIL TONIGHT was there. A basketball team was Juneau Athletic Club has been call-| (organized and so expert did they ©d in special session tonight at 7 Regular meeting of the City Coun- become that it was decided to tour|0'clock in the Athletic Hall. |cil will be held at 8 o'clock tonight !the States with Badger as Manager. Charles Contey will preside at the in the City Hall with Acting Mayor ball team win today, I hope? (Ex-|The Nome team under Joe's ma,,_“meev.mg and announces that the G. E. Krause, presiding. Discussion cept in Brooklyn). |agement never lost a game Outside Meeting will begin promptly in or- of plans for garbage disposal is Sowaddyasaybabe, or Hozzabort-|and were declared the champions dér to cover the amount of busi- among the scheduled matters of utbabe; Prelude to romance. |of North America, ness scheduled, |business to come up. I