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

THE DAILY VOL. LIIL, NO. 7980. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”" 7]UNICAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938. ALASKA EMPIRI MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _ PRICL TEN CENTS RESCUERS, SURVIVORS DRAWING NEAR MUSICA CASE POINTING TO In Drug Firm Sensation TWO MURDERS ' Sinister lighflg Thrown on| Swindlers by New Probings NEW YORK, De ter-Musica mystery already volving millions of dollars, took sinister turn today as Brooklyn de- tectives began investigation of the swindler's possible connection with the unsolved murders of Joseph Cohen, wealthy fish and poultry dealer and his brother Barnett, in 1932 Police Inspector McDermott or- dered detecti®s to question mem- bers of the Cohen family as well as the Coster-Musica's three broth- ers who are being held under $100.- 000 bail each on charges of viola- tion of the Social Securities Act Assistant U. S. Attorney Brien McMahon said the Musica brothers apparently frittered away millions of the McKesson-Robbins Drug Corporation dolls and probably used great sums hush black- mailers. McDermott's tentative theory calling for the reopening of the Cohen brothers slaying followed the same line, with the fact known that the Cohens knew Coster-Mu- sica in leaner days before he be- came a corporation president D DESTROYER IS READY TO RUN INS BLOU(ADE Spanish Governmem Ves- sel fo Make Dash-Weath- er, hods Delay Moves HENDAYS, Cos- i 21.—The to [)(‘L 21.—With cold weather and floods still delaying Gen. Franco’s offensive, interest of border cbservers turned to Gib- raltar where the Spanish destroyer Jose Luiz Diaz has made ready to lash through the Insurgent fleet toward home. Spanish Government sources s the destroyer, which prev blasted its way as far as Gibraltar through a la part of Franco's fleet, has been ordered to return to a Government port as soon as possible. Outside the bay, Insurgents have concentrated the cruiser Canaris and other Insurgent units of the battle fleet, with decks cleared for action if the destroyer attempts to run the bl U(k'l('(‘ id FDR ORDERS "HANDS OFF" BILL DRAFTS : PresidentTells Depart- ment Heads Legislation Is Up fo Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, according to in- formed quarters, is reported to have forbidden Administrative Depart- ments to draft any legislation for submission to Congres: Congressional leaders, asking that their names be withheld, said the President had advised them he had adopted a “definite policy” of leav- ing the jobs of bill drafting up to the Senate and House committees. These informants said the Presi- dent’s forthcoming message to Con- gress will merely make “affirmative suggestions” as to legislation. NO AGREEMENT RUSSO - JAPAN FISHING PACT TOKYO, Dec. —The Foreign Office announces that after the seventh interview between Shigenori Togo, Ambassador to Moscow, and Foreign Commissar Litvinoff, they failed to settle the dispute over the new Japanese-Russian fishing agree. L F. Donald Coster (left), and . Dietrich, in Fairfield Gecorge Coster’s home Conn., as they surrendered of appavent shertages of Seme fifty Wall Street operators, cials of {he giant drug firm haye ticn. Coster later committed both men above assumed are names. assistant treasurer to governme suicide brothers with criminal records and living under President of McKesson and Robbins, Inc., (right, shown at with their attorney, Samuel Reich, are nt agents following the discover $18,600,000 in the company’s listed ass prominent brokers and other offi- been subpoenaed for the inv I was later revealed that SALMON FISH TRAP HEARING HELD AT-KETCHIKAN; PLANS FOR GRADUAL ELIMINATION PAN - AMERICAN CONFERENCE IS IN AGR‘ENENT Both United States, Argen- tina Win Points. on Aggression lssue LIMA, delegations Peru, Dec cipal of the merican Conference have agreed on a de- B tion of cooperative t aggression thus ending a ten dispute between the United and Argentina reliable confer- provides for the ssion political pro- The declaration. once informants said consultation against menace of subversive paganda. Argentina wor ag her point in that European or otl non-American nations are not specifically named The United « States attained its purpose however in obtaining a dv- claration to which all of the American Republics - CHINESE HIT JAPANESE NOW IN NEW AREA Cross Border Info Domin- ated State of Manchou- kuo-Disturbances SHANGHAI, Dec. 21.—Japanese reports, through foreign sources, state that troops have moved into Manchoukuo to put down disturb- ances caused by units of China’s Eighth Army which ore said to have crossed into the Japanese dominated state. Reports from Peiping said from 15 to 20 train ave been crossing the border daily | coulc action | loads of Japanese | KETCHIKAN, Alask Representatives of presented a propose of saimon fish ear per esterday before Lemuel gard, Ala n Agent for Bureau of Fisheries. The meeting here was presided over by Charles Cole, head of the Alaska Trollers Association Wingard was told that the elimin- ation has almost the unani- mou al of all fishing unions from Bay to the Canadian | Dec. 21— \ing - Unions for elimination sé trap: ioc G the plan approv B tol Bound The 20 percent of the traps each year, Union representa also recom- mended conservation of herring which is termed a food fish for king salmon which provides the troilers with their livelihood. One representative fishing union, commenting on meeting later, said he understood that if the Bureau of Fisheries refuses to com- ply with the conservation of the fisheries, as demanded by the un- ions, the unions “are very apt to shut down said fisheries” to con- serve them lh!‘n\\vl\ S, SIKORSKY SHIP AT FIRST CITY American Airways Sikor- ky amphibian, Capt. James Mattis, d'rlm)r'(l into the water gracefully Ketchikan at 2:20 o'clock this af- ternoon after a flight from Seattle mnk‘ 1 by rain and mist. is understood the plane will north to Juneau tomorrow arriving here about noon permitting > GERMAN JEWS for elimination of ‘most destructive ves of the a The Pan come mornin: weather - ARE DESTITUTE wish leader's American BERLIN, D/‘(‘ have reported agencies here that their funds are nea exhauste nd that thousands of German are on the verge of destitution and actual hunger because of the sweeping anti-Semetic decrees of the Reich. It is said that conditions in Aus- 21 through ment regarding rights off the Siber- | at Shanhaikuan for the past sev-|tria are practically as bad as in |eral days. ian coast. [Nazi land. welfare | FAIL TO FIND ~ TRACE OF LOST JUNEAU WOMAN ‘AulhoritiesfiBéIieve Mrs. McCaul May Have Fall- en Overboard No trace of Mrs, T. J. McCaul, well known Juneau woman who was re- ported missing yesterday, had been uncovered today ording to au- thorities. A careful check of all re- latives and friends and persons who might have seen her has been made | by police and deputy marshals with- | out any clue to her whereabouts. Mrs. McCaul was last seen about am. yesterday morning in her stateroom a rd the Northland en route to Juneau. Corrine Duncan who occupied the same stateroom, saw her about that time, she told | officers. The Northand was then around Windham Bay, about 60 mil- es from Juneau. When the vessel arrived here, Mrs. McCaul did not get off the boat nor could she be located aboard it. All members of the crew will be ques- tioned tomorrow when the North- land returns from Sitka in an effort to find some one w30 may | seen her after left her officers said The theory has been advanced that Mrs. McCaul may have fallen overboard when she went out on the deck which was slippery from the cold, frosty weather A re-check by authorities revealed the Marshal’s office said, that Mrs McCaul’s suitcase had been packed as if ready ship with the exception of few articles which could have been tossed in at a mom- ent’s notice. That the bag was pack- ed led officers to the theory that Mrs. McCaul may have thought she was closer (0 Juneau than the vessel actually was and had ventured out on deck. Miss Duncan reported her in her berth at 3 am 5 were being made today her son, Mel Leath Anderson go down the channel with his halibut boat, Sylvia, in an effort to find the body in the event Mrs. McCaul fell overboard. D Beas Rap by Quitting U. S, Jack Doyle Jusf Beats Gun Prepared by Immi- gration Service SAN PEDRO, Cal, Dec. 21 Jack Doyle, 24-year-old Irishman who fights and sings, waved good- bye to America from the Italian motorship Cellina as he sailed for Europe to escape being deported b the Untied States immigration ser vice. At the dock was his Mexican born actress fiancee Movita. CAPTAIN EDEN PLEASED WITH she to leave by U.S. RECEPTION, Declares Frlendsh|p Shown Combined with Vlnmy Candor LONDON, I)u zl Capt. An- thony Eden returned here today as ‘refreshed and stimulated” by learn- ing America’s point of view on In- ternational affairs. Questioned as to what the views | were, Capt. Eden declined to say,| stating: “I am not an interpreter of American opinion.” The former British Foreign Sec- retary also said that he and his wife were “touched at the welcome given them in the United States where friendship is combined with virility and candor.” | ,ee NORWAY ROYALTY ONVISITTOU. § WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. State Department announces that Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha, of Norway, have accepted an invitation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and’ Mrs Roosevelt, to be their guests -at |Hyde Park on their American visit \here next fall, | teroom to have Louie \ political invasicn was the 18 L0ST MEN SEND OUT 50§ Bremerionl'Heflam” Picks Up First Word from Par- ty Since September 12 | PARIS, Dec. 21 { French colonist fishermen are | ling rag storms and cold on far off rocky St. Paul Island in the In- | dian Ocean today while radio sta- phere attempted to gain radio con- | might go to their aid The members of the expedition left France last spring aboard the iny trawler Lisle Bourbon to start | a lobster fishing station on volcanic | st. Paul's Island, midway between the southern tips of Africa and Aus- tralia, close to the northern limit of the Antarctic Ocean’s dreded drift ice. The world knew nothing of the expedition’s fate between Septem- ber 12 when they left Madaga T about 1700 miles away, and Mond when an SOS call was picked up h\ amateur radio operator E. R. Gib- son of Bremerton, Washington The message Gibson received, said SOS, St. Paul's Island—bad weath- | er—coal exhausted—will Madag: | car please call us | confirm—we are forty-eight aboard | the Lisle Bourbon.” ‘ No further word was received. | Fierce storms have been ep- | ing the lower Indian Ocean for sev- | eral days and an unprecedented cold | wave has been noted. GIBSON WORKING BREMERTON, Wash, Dec 21—— ‘Am'lt(‘ur radio operator E. R. Gib- |son, who has been the only person Next spring, Mellick said, he in- fm‘mg Prench colonists of a fishing expedition to St. Paul's Island in the Indian Ocean, failed to regain clear | contact with the party after receiving their SO5 Monday Gibson said today he heard the Lisle Bourbon, on which vessel the Frenchmen sailed, early this morn- ing, but the ve was apparently | communicating in French, which | Gibson could not interpret | - F. H. VIZETELLY PASSES INN. Y Dictionary Edifor Dies at Age of 74 NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Frank Vl Vizetelly, 74, widely known lexico- land, he was for a while special correspondent for French news- papers. He came to New York in '91 and his first job was with Punk and Wagnalls and became internation- ally famous as a result of his work on that company’s dictionaries. J | IN GALE AREA Forty-eight | batt- | tions all over the southern Hemis- | tact with them in order that sln[)s‘ hope for help— | in today | | he ple — The grapher, is dead. A native of Eng-| ry of State immediate and p despotic l ESIG Daniel Commerce, in his resignation for Cordell Hull as he When Hull Sounded New World Ko_ynotv anu P — -amount problem of the Ro forms of government, lLHI IN {HQPh R | S C /\B'N" per, Secretary of who recently handed mpelling personal reasons.” Roper's resig- nation cabinet membe; weeks., Cummi law. was Attol gS President the sec among within a rney G resigned (o pi Roosevelt pressed his regrets upon ac ing Roper’s decision to resign. There also is talk in capital cir- cles of possible resignations by Secretary of War Harry Woedring and Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson. 'COUNTERFEITER GOES T0 PRISON Pleads Gumy io Conspir- = acy of Making U. §. Currency in Canada MONTREAL, years 1 on Charles ded guilty to charge: to counterfeit American cur- | of three impos spirac reney Lamothe | charged tributing The ot rcember with Unit ® | Dr «lnnnlm'lHH« Internationally Known "8 Dec. 21.—A sentence in prison has Lamothe s one of nine men printing ; d dis States currency at Quebec will be taken to court ed $30,000 WORIH MANILA, Dec. announce opium and morphine valued at $30,- smuggled here on ficials 000 OF DOPE SEIZED 21 they Customs of - have seized the liner Empress of Russia. A fee.of 9 is Tequired for ‘(nm n's passport -o issued, addressed the Pan-Ameri The keynote of his speech was that adequate defense against fo every New World. He also denounced WOMAN BEATEN - MAN IS JAILED IN "CTECH" CRISIS | International Argument Leads fo Serious Trouble Here The recent mvasion of Czecho- slovakia by Germany became a ser- ious matter in Juneau early this morning with the result that Mrs. Albert S. Glover of Glover’s Lunch was in St. Ann’s Hospital suffer- ing from severe injuries to her hea face and arms today and Jack Ayr was in the Federal jail charged with assault with a dangerous weapon According to police officers who were called to the lunchroom around 3 o'clock this morning Mrs. Glover and Ay had gotten into a heated argument on the relative merits of the “Czech Cri s. Glover, as near as the officers said they piece the story together, saw no jus- tification in the Hitler invasion and said so, throwing her verbal support to the underdog. Ayres, who had leparted when officers arrived, they said, apparently had taken the op- position That the international crisis argu- ment had reached a situation be- yond mere bitter words was evidenc- ed, the offic said, by broken bot- tles, crocks and other articles found about the place. Mrs. Glover was suffering severely blacked eyes, wounds on her head and arms, and hardly able to talk, the police found, and sent her to the hospital Ayres, who is employed on the Barano Hotel, questioned by au- | thorities today, admitted the trouble, 1according to Assistant District At- torney George W. Folta but de- clared he only struck Mrs. Glover once with his fist and was non- (nlnmll'rll on the Jzech Crisis” S D OFFERED JOB; PATTERSON MEN REACH CAPE CAMP Seven Miles Separate Cut- ter Crews and Seamen This Morning SHIP'S CAT IS ALSO ON MARCH Haida and_Cy_ane Parties Build Raft fo Cross Swollen River BULLETIN — Radio advices from the cutter Haida to the Customs Office here late this afternoon said contact with the Haida shore parties had been lost because of heavy snowfall. Lt Comdr. N. G. Ricketts sald however:, “It is practically cer- tain the parties reached the survivors hy noon today and should be able to get them on into Lituya Bay with the sup- plies they are carrying.” Shortly after daybreak this morn- ing, the sixteen Patterson survivors traggling laong the desolate beach- es northwest Litnya Bay from their wreckes vere only a scant seven or eight miles irom the Haida and Cyane Coast Guard advance parties, carrying food and medicine. At nine o'clock this morning, the Patterson crew, led by Nels Lud- wigson, Juneau guide landed Mon- day at the wreck by Shell Simmons of the Alaska Afr Transport, were t down the beach towards Ci Fairweather camped last night. ht, the Halda and Cyane parties with doctor and guides, and also food and medical supplies were camped nine miles up the beach towards Cape Fairweather from Lit- uya, waitin_ for daylight to build a raft on which to cross a swollen stream. Parties Are As the total me from the Pattersor. at Sea Otter Creek to Lituya Bay is 26 miles, this morning's positions of the nearing survivors and rescuers were but seven miles apart. Haida boats, patrolling the break- ers just outside the surf and follow- ing the marching seamen, said the men ashore had signalled they were “all right” and one man semaphored he had “the ship’s cat’ According to Customs House of- ficials here, Navy planes will be asked to transport the survivors and resouers, totalling 30 men, from Lituya to the cutter Cyane at Port Althorp, should the Halda boats be unable to take the men through the dangerous entrance to Lituya Bay and out to the cutter offshore. 30 Men On March The thirty men on the march in opposite directions this morning in- cluded the sixteen survivors and their lone guide, one ensign, one doctor and three enlisted men from the Haida, and one officer and fofir men from the Cyane. It is belleved today that the en- tire party will have joined by mid-~ day today and probably will reach Lituya Bay late this afternoon ‘or tomorrow morning. - — wnd Cyane aring distance = GIRL MISSING after of eon-| KING Pa Police in the eight-state search ing Margaret Martin year-old daughter of County Commissioner peared last Saturday | block from her home. | The young lady had gone out to meet a man who was to offer her a position as stenographer. The police are apparently baffled | TON Dec, for miss- pretty 20-| a Democratic | morning, - - Daughler of Gould by the situation | Dies in New York; MARGARETSVILL N. Y., Dee. 21.—Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard, 70, railroad | daughter of Jay Gould, builder, is dead here. She had been :Hl for the past two months, 21 —State admit they lack definite clues | who disap- | sl Money in Chess, Yes, Somelimes CALGARY | | | Al Fred Le ceived carved ¢ t from the estate of his mother i Germany five years | ago he valued it merely for senti- men‘al reasons. The other day he read of a movie ‘acu)r ble antique chess set and .ubmuu.d his own to experts. They said it was a fine example of | Chinese ivory carving and worth 37000 Dec. 21.—When an old hand- | SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS