Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1932, Page 7

HAWAII ASSAILANT GIVEN LIFE TERM Portuguese Is Convicted Nine Hours After Assault on Woman. By the Assoclated Press HONOLULU, March 2 —Quick retri- bution followed the latest and boldest of the assaults upon women of Oahu Island. which have brought men to talk of violence and women to live in fear. Nine hours after he assaulted the Japanese mother of four children, John Fernandez, 21-year-old Portugese, was taken late yesterday to Oahu Prison to serve a life sentence Hope that death would be the penalty was expressed by the victim, Mrs. Miwa Watanbe, stocky 35-year-old woman, who came to court carrying her 4- month-old baby. Circuit Judge Albert M. Cristy ex- plained he interpreted the law as mak- ing life imprisonment the maximum, that the death penalty had not been asked, and that such speedy punish- ment should be a deterrent to that type of crime. The attack was the second in four days. Police described it as the bold- est of the series which began with the assault upon the wife of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie. U. S. N, last September. Clarence Darrow. noted Chicago Jawyer, and Dudley Field Malone, New York international lawyer, announced yesterday they would come to Honolulu to defend Lieut. Massie, his mother-in- ortescue. and two ed of slaying Joseph Kahahawal, one of five men suspected of that assault J. H. Hope Saturday night's sailor husband of last assault victim, will return here immediately from Los An- geles. Police are still hunting the masked man who attacked Mrs. Hope. COMMITTEE FAVORS PHILIPPINE FREEDOM Report Drafted by Hawes and Cut- ting Urges Enactment of Legislation. International strife in the Far East should have no bearing on the future of the Philippines, the Senate Terri- tories Committee ruled yesterday in favorably reporting a bill to grant the islands independence. The report. drawn up on behalf of the committee by Senators Hawes, Democrat, Missouri. and Cutting, Re- publican, New Mexico. urged enact- ment of the measure under which free- dom could be achieved in about 19 years. “The present situation in the Orient should not prevent Congress from taking definite action at this time,” it said. “The fulfillment of our duty towards the Philippines must be determined upon the basis of the welfare of the people of the United States and the 13,000,000 people of the Philippine Islands. To change at this time a long-established national policy because of conditions for which we are not respansible and over which we have no immediate control will be interpreted as timidity or weakness.” The bill recommended provides that constitution and 15 years inauguration shall obtain complete in- dependence if a majority of the citi- pens of the islands favor i in a plebiscite. EVEN ONE VOTE LACKING California Election Boxes Found Completely Empty. Voters of Mill Valley, Calif., held an election on the question of annexing a tract of land. Results, just tabulated show: For an- nexation, 0; against, 0 Even election officials confessed they didn't mark their ballots. ‘Woman Struck by Taxi. 2600 block of Sherman avenue, was in a critical condition in Emergency Hos- pital today from injuries received when struck by a taxicab in front of the State, War and Navy Building yesterday afternoon. The cab was operated by ‘Willfam Carson, 22, colored, of the 400 block of First street, police say. This is the last of four dispatches pre- senting conditions in Honolulu leading up to and resulting from the Fortescue- Massie case. soon to come to trial. The dispatches are written from a completely Getached point of view by m correspond- ent sent to Honolulu for this purpose. LL OWEN. BY RUS | By Cable to The Star. HONOLULU, March 2 (NANA)— It is necessary to go back some time | to show the efforts made to clean up | Honolulu, which finally resulted in the present laws. Soon after Gov. Judd took office he appointed a crime commission to in- | vestigate every problem of crime and |law enforcement, and many of the recommendations made were enacted. But the main trouble was the way in which the prosecutor and police head | were elected. The Governor a year ago | introduced & bill to create the office | of police chief and making it appoint- ive, but it had been thrust aside There has been long conflict be- tween factions in the islands on the advisability of centering more power in the Governor, and great opposition to | this has developed by those who belleve | in local self-government. Clash on Executive Powers. Proponents and opponents of state- | hood have argued unceasingly. There are some who feel that in Hawall, 8s a part of the United States. democratic | Sovernment should be carried to its foical conclusion and all power given the electorate. Others feel just as | strongly that, owing to the mixture of {races, statehood is unthinkable, and that some functions of government | should be taken from elected officials |and placed upon the Governor, who | could then be held responsible for con- ditions. Only recently Col. C. P. Taukea, a leading Hawaiian, greatly respected, said: | "“My opinion is that it would be far | better in the interests of all cuncernet_i. | and of the Hawaiian element in par- ticular, that a paternal government such as Hawail had at its inception as a territory and before subdivisions in the way of counties and municipalities were created by our local Legislature, be restored, with one guiding hand and executive in the person of a GoOVernor. representing the President of the United States, with appointive heads of departments with the approval of the Legislature. Failing which, I for one | would welcome a government by com- mission, comprising the Army. Navy and local citizens appointed by the President with the approval of the United States Senate.” ‘Whatever the merits of either view- point, the condition exists and has un- doubtedly hampered those who wish to bring about more centralized govern- ment of whatever form. When Gov. Judd returned from the mainland in December he appointed a committee from the local House of Representatives and the Senate to form a concrete pro- gram to go before a special session. The Kahahawal killing gave impetus to his demands, and public opinion was now wth him. When the program was submitted he called a special session | and the remedial bills were soon passed. There was no longer a disposition to temporize. | Police Commission Created. The most important of the bills | created a Police Commission, which ap- points and may remove the chief of police, and which creates all rules and regulations for the police department. This commission is composed of some | of the most representative men in the | island, drafted for public service be- | cause of the emergency. They are | Ernest W. Greene, a native of New | York City, mechanical engineet and manager of one of the largest planta- tions; Frederick D. Lowrey, white, & | native of Honolulu, Harvard graduate | and business man: E. E. Dodge, who | hails from New England; A. D, Castro, | a Portuguese from the Madeira Islands and president of a trust company, and | George I. Brown, the only man with any Hawalian blood on the commission, | a brother of the golfer, Prancis Brown. His mother was party Hawaiian and was noted for her philanthropy to all races. The commission appointed Charles F. Weeber, native of Pennsylvania and secretary to Walter Dillingham, one of ness men of the islands, police chief. Weeber already has started to reor- ganize the force and has brought John Greening, a captain of police from Berkeley, Calif, to survey the police department and make recommenda- tions, The commission intends to ob- tain mainland experts for every branch of police activity, particularly to THE EVENING REFORMS IN HAWAII BLOCKED AS JEALOUSIES BRING CLASHES Centralization of Authority in Governor Urged by Many, but Others Defend Rule on Democratic Basis. strengthen criminal identification &nd crime detection and prevention, Wwith some thought for traffic problems. It never has been possible in the courts of Honolulu to introduce fingerprint Identification records which would stand up under cross-examination The next most important hill to pass was that creating the office of public prosecutor, which took control of crimi- nal affairs away from the city and county attorney’s office, John C. Kelley, | white, has been appointed prosecutor, | and has retained assistants to enforce | the new laws. Passage Proved Difficult. There was difficulty in getting the | bill creating this office through the ‘L«glsllluu because of political condi- |tions. It was at first intended the | prosecutor should be appointed by the | Attorney General with the approval of the Governor, but fear of concentrating too much power upon the Governor, which colors all politics, brought sbout a modification of the bill so that the prosecutor s appointed by the mayor | with the approval of the Board of Super- | visors, | This does not remove the office from | politics, the original intention, but the attitude of the Legislature toward all the bills was: “Let’s pass them and if | they are wrong we can change them |later.” Due to present public opinion, | there 1s little doubt they will work well for the time ing. | _ The anti-loitering law has been care- fully defined so convictions may be ob- | tained under it, and other laws make | | possible the death penalty for rape. | make possible & conviction for r without corroboration of the woman's | testimony. In this shifting of offices and 8ap- | pointments, some men with strong Ha- wailan affiliation or blood have been | bereft of authority or jobs. John C Lane, who was high sheriff, was partly Hawaiian and partly white. When he resigned he was succeeded by Gordon Ross. Ross Is & former business man and & major in the National Guard and has a fine record for having quelled strikes on Kaual in 1925, James F. Gilliland, city and county attorney, is soid to be part Hawalian. His power of criminal prosecution has been taken from him by the new law and given to Kelley. Sheriff Gleason, whose affilia- tions " at least are strongly Hawalian, has been replaced by Webber. Drastic Action Needed. This is the present situation so nearly as it can be determined in an imp: tial effort to learn the truth of events which led up to recent crrmes. The his- tory of all these years has been marked by social and political apathy. Sex | crimes started to become serious 10 years ago. and have accumulated un- der the laissez faire attitude of politi- clans until it will require the most strenuous efforts to correct the evils. Certainly vigorous action at the begin- ning would have prevented the crimes which have so horrified the whole com- munity, and would have prevented un- told trouble, both political and finan- cial. nd Hawail is reaping what she has| sowed! (Copyright. 193: | Ne: by t wspaper Alll North American ce, Inc.) | | | | | WASHINGTON'S FINEST STAR, WASHINGTON, WET FORCES RALLY FORTESTMARCH 14 Success With Vote Petition in House Stirs Hope for Showdown. By the Associated Press. Anti-prohibition organizations con- centrated efforts today upon obtaining | a real showdown in the promised Hous» arch 14, on a motion to consider P for a State liquor control amendment to the Constitution. The success of the House wet bloc in obtaining 145 signatures to the peti- tion, which will force the issue, was the signal for the drive. Hailed as Real Test. The Association against the Prohibi- tion Amendment immediately announced it will work from now until election day for all supporters of a popular vote on prohibition and against itsopponents. The Crusaders, another anti-organizatiop. warned it would consider a dry every Representative who fails to cast his vote to bring the resolution before the House The two leaders of the wet group. Representatives Linthicum, Democrat, Maryland, and Beck, Republican, Penn- sylvania, issued & joint statement de- claring the vote will show the people exactly how every Representative stands. They obtained the needed sig- nature yesterday to the petition which takes the resolution from the unfriendiy Judiciary Committee and compels the House membership to record itself on | taking up the plan or casting it aside. Doubt Wet Strength. However, the National Prohibition Board of Strategy, issued an analysis of the petition signatures, which said this showed the wets “less powerful than they have asserted themselves to be": observed that 100 of the signers came from citles or urban centers, and de- clared: “The American people as a whole are still conclusively dry.” WOMAN AWARDED $2,000 IN RESTAURANT SHOOTING ! Mrs. shot In the leg when an unknown patron of the Lotus Restaurant fired a pistol to welcome the New Year, 1930, | was awarded & verdict for $2.000 dam- E against the Co-operative Restau rant Corporation by a jury yesterday before Justice Jesse C. Adkins in Cir- cuit Division 2 Her husband, Ray- mond J. Glesler, was granted $500 for the loss of the wife's services and the expense incident to her illness. The court was told that the Gieslers, with six others, went to the restaurant on the evening of December 31, 1929, and during the hilarity over the New Year firearms were discharged and a bullet entered Mrs. Giesler’s leg. The person using the gun was not identified and the court was asked to hold the restaurant proprietor responsible for injury received by a patron under the circumstances. Attorneys Herbert 8. Ward and Thomas H. Patterson appeared for the Gleslers, while the defendant was rep- | resented by Attorneys Simon, Koenigs- berger, Young & Brez. A new trial will be asked. Blanche K. Giesler, who was| D. ., WEDNESDAY, Gunman’s Approach ay Be Detected By Alarm De By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 2.—It may be tough on gun carriers if = new device displayed at the Northwestern University Crime Detection Laboratory finds prac- tical application. The device, composed of & serles of magnetic coils, an- nounces the approach of & per- son carrying a pistol by ringing a bell. It was presented to the laboratory for experimental pur- poses by its inventor, William | | Breitenstein Tests of the apparatus are to be made at the State penitentiary at Joliet, IIl, to see if it wiil show whether any metal objects, such as saws or files, are wrapped in packages sent in to prisoners. PROBE AIMED FIRST - AT SHORT SELLERS With Securities Market, Walcott Promises. Assurance was given today by Senator Walcott, Republican, Connecticut, that the prospective Stock Exchange inquiry was ‘intended in no way to_ interfere with the regular operations of the gigantic securities market. As head of a Senate Banking Sub- committee drafting the resolution to authcrize the investigation. Walcott is regarded as the probable chairman of the investigating body It is going to turn its first attention on short sellers. However, bulls as well as bears are going to come into range | of the Senate’s spotlight. Walcott and his committee members—Stiewer, Re- publican, Oregon, and Bulkley, Demo- crat, Ohlo—were putting the finishing touches on the resolution today and expected to lay it before the whole | committee tomorrow. Senate approval of the investigation then is necessary. “We want to find the abuses lead- deflation,” explained Walcott. | want to stop one as much as the other. We are not seeking sensationalism and we are going about this in & sane way. There is no intention. that I have de- | tected. to seek legislation Interfering with the regular operation of the stock | exchanges. Walcott, although serving his first term in the Senate, is ably qualified for | the proposed Investigation. He is = | | former Wall Street man, serving at one | | time as vice president of Bonbright Co. one of the leading public utility financ ing companie ’ He has the backing of President Hoo- ver and the administration in an effort to show to the public just what extent a clique of professional short-sellers has been driving down security prices in the face of the repeated Government moves for reconstruction. Hubert Crowe of Herne, England, has a pure white magple with pink eyes which, he says, “talks as plainly as any | | human being. MEN'S WEAR STORE | Many $50 Hart Schaffner & Marx Erima Robinsos. ‘487 colored. of ‘the] the most influential and richest busi-| UIT S added to the Suits, Topcoats and Tuxedos, now on sale at $:Z:;$H5 [MAYOR TRIED FOR VICE | |Inquiry Will Not Interfere| MARCH 2, 1932. term as mayor, is on trial with Police Chiet Harry K. Wurmuskerken. Police Capt. 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