VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 88.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MASS1E IS FIRST
DEFENSE WITNESS
1 MURDER CASE
REPEATED INFERENCES MADE
AS TO OFFICER’S MIND
FOLLOWING ATTACK
HONOLULU, April 15. (A5)—The
trial of Mrs. Grace Fortescue and
the three Naval co-defendants,
Lieut. Thomas Massie, A1 Jones and
E. J. Lord, continued today.
The prosecution completed its
case Thursday with the sobbing
mother of Joseph Kahahawai being
the last witness on the stand. She
testified that the torn clothing
found in the Fortescue home im
mediately following the finding of
her son’s body belonged to her son.
Lieutenant Massie was the de
fense’s first witness on the stand
and he dramatically related of the
criminal attack on his pretty
blonde wife, Mrs. Thalia Massie,
which act later resulted in the
•‘honor slaying” of the Hawaiian.
He told of the horror of the assault
and the reaction on the minds of
the interested persons following
the outrage.
Defense Attorney Darrow dis
closed that one of the defendants
would admit shooting the Hawaiian
in a fit of insanity and Darrow’s
questioning and repeated infer
ences to the state of Lieutenant
Massie’s mind following the attack
on his wife indicated that it would
be Massie. Massie testified how
the assault had preyed on his mind
as well as Mrs. Massie’s. He also
testified that his wife had to un
1 rdergo an operation after the al
leged attack to avoid motherhood.
Massie said that he first missed
his wife at the dance when she
went for a walk. He finally locat
ed her in their home. Mrs. Mas
sie’s face was swollen, her lips were
bleeding and her clothes were torn.
Massie said that she wanted to die.
Massie then told how he took his
wife to the hospital. Further tes
timony revealed how Massie had
tried in vain to sleep.
HONOLULU, April 15.—Prosecut
or John Kelley introduced testi
mony that revolvers were pur
chased a week before the slaying
by two of four Americans on trial
charged with the murder of a na
tive, accused of attacking the wife
of one of the defendants.
A hardware clerk testified Mrs.
Grace Fortescue purchased a re
volver, as did an American sailor.
The evidence was used to show
premeditation.
MASS IE ON THE STAND
HONOLULU, April 15.—Lieuten
ant Massie was placed on the stand
yesterday in the “honor slaying”
trial and as far as the testimony
proceeded for the day it was
strongly indicated that his was the
hand which fired the shot which
wiped out the young Hawaiian, al
leged assaulter of Massie’s wife. It
was also said the unwritten law
will be the base of the defense.
BEEN PRESENTED HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 15.—
Chairman Vinson of the House
Naval Committee introduced bills
to abolish the offices of assistant
Secretaries of the Navy, War and
Aeronautics and to authorize the
President to dispense with unnec
essary Naval shore stations.
The President would be authoriz
ed to dispose of, or to close, such
Naval shore property as the Secre
tary of the Navy may certify as no
longer required. j
NORFOLK MEN RETURN
j HOPEWELL, N. J., April 15. (/P)—
No developments were made known
here following Lindbergh’s appeal
for secrecy as an aid to attempts to
deal with the kidnappers of the
Lindy baby. Admiral Guy Burrage
and Charles H. Curtis have re
turned to Norfolk after a prolong
ed absence. They said they con
ferred four times with Colonel
Lindbergh and gave no other in
formation.
DR. CONDON STILL
IS HOPES DID) BE
| RETURNED SAFELY
—
NEW YORK, April 15.—Dr. John
F. Condon, “Jafsie,” left his Bronx
■ home in a motorcar hurriedly late
Wednesday. He was accompanied
by his son-in-law after a previous
motor trip “through the park.”
David Isaacs, a retired business
man, was revealed Wednesday as
the man who discovered one of the
$20 bills which Dr. Condon paid in
the $50,000 ransom to the supposed
kidnappers of the Lindbergh baby.
Isaacs obtained the bill from his
bank Monday or Tuesday, April 4
or 5, according to Captain Richard
Oliver of the New York Detective
Bureau. The ransom money was
paid on April 2 late at night.
The ransom bill, a $20 gold cer
tificate, was turned over by Secret
Service operatives to the New York
police headquarters for assistance
in checking up on the persons who
used it.
LINDBERGH LEAVES HOME
HOPEWELL, N. J., April 15.—Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh left home to
day and asked newspapermen
please not follow him. It is pre
sumed he will attempt to contact
the kidnappers of his son. He let
it be known he is confident the
people he has been dealing with
have been the real abductors of his
child and that he will stop at noth
ing to regain the child.
ANOTHER ARRESTED
ST. THOMAS, Ont., April 15—A
man claiming to be D. D. Dicker
son, of New York City, was arrested
here in connection with the Lind
bergh kidnapping case. Police said
he carried letters addressed to Col
onel Lindbergh and to Mrs. Dwight
Morrow, mother of Mrs. Lindbergh,
together with carbon copies of tel
I egrams believed to have been sent
j to the Lindberghs.
SEARCHING IN SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM, April 15. —Police
received orders to search the city
for the kidnappers of the Lind
bergh baby. Pictures of the miss
' ing child appeared on the front
j page of all the newspapers.
ESCAPED CONVICTS WERE
CAPTURED NEAR AUBURN
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TRENTON, N. J-, April 15.—The
search for Harry Fleischer, former
Detroit “Purple gangster,” who has
been sought for questioning in con
nection with the Lindbergh kid
napping case, extended to Nova
Scotia Thursday, where he was re
ported seen.
Colonel H. Norman Schwartz
kopf, Superintendent of the New
Jersey State Police, said officials at
St. Johns and Halifax had been re
quested to watch for Fleischer and
to make a careful survey “of pack
ages leaving Halifax.”
According to the police depart
ment. Fleischer is reported to be
preparing to leave for England.
GREAT PACIFIC FLEET
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15—
The United States Naval fleet',
which recently held maneuvers in
Hawaiian waters, will remain in
Pacific waters for the remainder
of the year, the Navy Department
announced Thursday. Economy was
the reason stated.
CN THE LB LUILOII
It was late yesterday afternoon
that a wireless message from the
liner Yukon, then some three hours
out of Seward, announced that
Mrs. Youall Hanshaw, a passenger,
and resident of Valdez, had been
taken suddenly ill and that the
services of a physician were im
perative.
Within a short time after re
ceipt of the message, Dr. A. D.
Haverstock, accompanied by Har
old Sogn and Nurse Martha David
son, were aboard the 35-foot gas
boat Joan, owned and skippered by
Captain Ed Olsen and with Capt.
O. A. Johanson, in supreme com
mand, was dashing out of the har
bor in the teeth of a stiff breeze
and lowering skies, to intercept the
Yukon.
Like a setter with every sense
attuned, Captain Johanson search
ed Prince William Sound for pres
ence of the Yukon. Knowing the
sea lane like he knows every street
in Seward, Captain Johanson ar
rived alongside the big liner, his
little command resembling a life
boat. There, while monster waves
theratened to dash him against the
steel hull of the big ship, he man
euvered and dodged until he
brought the Joan under the rope
| sling swinging like the pendulum
of a clock. Dr. Haverstock and his
aides stood ready for the moment
when they could leap from the gas
boat into the sling and be hoisted
aboard.
The feat was accomplished while
; hundreds of passengers and every
j member of the crew who could
leave his post looked on and gave
vent to expressions of admiration
at the courage and skill of the vet
eran skipper and his younger pro
totype.
With Mrs. Hanshaw in the hands
of Dr. Haverstock, the Yukon drove
at full speed for Seward. Within
a short time after his arrival, Dr.
Haverstock had diagnosed an acute
attack and had relieved it.
At the hospital it was reported
that Mrs. Hanshaw was resting
easily and getting along satisfac
| torily.
When the Joan docked with Cap
tains Johanson and Olson, they
were the recipients of congratula
tions of men wearing gold service
stripes for the perfection in which
they performed a hazardous and
splendid task.
DRINKS CHAMPAGNE
LONDON, April 15.—One of the
advantages of being an Ambassa
dor to England is that one can
drink champagne. That is just
what Ambassador Andrew Mellon
did Thursday when he drank to the
King’s health. Following a toast,
Ambassador Mellon then addressed
an audience of more than 400 per
sons.
HOUSE VOTE ASSURED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—
A House vote on the soldiers bonus
! is practically assured according to
supporters of the measure. It is
the belief of many leaders that the
bill will pass but others claim that
the opposition is making progress
and that the bill may encounter
tough sledding.
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PACIFIC COAST
Oakland 0, Seattle 5.
Los Angeles 1, Hollywood 10
Sacramento 4, Portland 3.
NATIONAL
Cincinnati 5, Chicago 3.
Detroit 3: Cleveland 1.
Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 4.
Paul Derringer did most of the
pitching for the Cardinals but to
ward the end of the game he was
taken from the mound.
AMERICAN
St. Louis 3, Chicago 0.
GREAT DETECTIVE DIES
SARATOGA, Fla., April 15.—Wil
liam J. Burns, founder of the great
detective agency bearing his name,
died here Thursday.
FAVORS REPEAL
SEATTLE, April 15. — In a na
tion-wide poll on the present pro
hibition law, Washington State still
maintains a 3 to 1 poll favoring re
peal of the 18th Amendment.
WILL LUNCH TOGETHER
PARIS, April 15. — Secretary of
State Stimson of the United States
is due to arrive at Paris today to
confer with Premier Tardieu.
WARRANT IS OUT
LOS ANGELES, April 15.—A war
rant is out for the arrest of Movie
Director Winn Gigson on a speed
charge. At last reports, the war
rant was still out, and how.
A CAFE BRAWLER
TOKYO, April 15. —Alfred Bev
erage, said to be the son of the
Indiana Senator, was arrested in a
cafe here yesterday and charged
with brawling.
FLOODS IN PANAMA
COLON, Panama, April 15.—Flood
dangers are reported from various
sections of Panama. One river is
said to have risen 14 feet and has
inundated much land and causing
much poperty damage.
OHIO COAL TROUBLES
WARREN, Ohio, April 15.—Na
tional Guards have been ordered
into the Eastern Ohio coal strike
area owing to new hostilities re
ported there. It is said that one
miner was killed in riots there.
FINE FOR L. A.
LOS ANGELES, April 15.—A $1,
> 500,000 race track is planned for
j this city. Besides being opened In
nine months, the project will em
ploy a large number of people for
that period.
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REACH DEADLOCK
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—
; President Hoover’s battle with the
I House Economy Committee over
| pay cuts for Federal employees
j reached a deadlock at a second
| White House conference which ad
; journed with no agreement.
WAR HERO DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.—Col.
Robert H. Stillman, hero of the
capture of Manila, and also a com
mander of the 21st Infantry in
their expedition to Siberia a num
ber of years ago, died here Thurs
day.
MUST “COUGH” UP
LOS ANGELES, April 15.—Judge
Green signed an order directing
Alexander Pantages to pay Dr. C
W. Kalionzes $100 for making an
affidavit two years ago that Pan
tages’ health was being impaired
while he was in jail in connection
with the alleged Pringle attack.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
NEW YORK, April 15.—The Ir
ving Trust Company was appoint
ed receiver in equity for the Inter
national Match Company on peti
tion of a New Jersey stockholder,
Morris Bernhard, a $3,000 creditor.
Bernhard charged the* company’s
affairs were so confused by the sui
cide of the late Pesident Ivar Kreu
ger in Paris, that no reliable in
formation was obtainable regard
ing its status.
“HOME-MADE” EARTHQUAKE
SAN DIEGO, April 15. — Early
risers here experienced some of the
sensations associated with earth
quakes as the batleships fired in
annual practice off St. Nicholas
Island. The atmospheric disturb
ance created by the simultaneous
firing of 8, 14 and 16-inch guns on
the battleships rattled windows
and led to a report that the city
was experiencing an earthquake.
WARNED TO KEEP OUT
TOKYO, April 15.—Dr. Koo, for
mer Chinese general, now a mem
ber of the Chinese delegation to
the Shanghai peace conference of
the League of Nations, has been
warned by the Japanese govern
ment to keep out of Manchuria.
The peace delegates are up in
“arms” over the ultimatum and
waxed highly indignant. But there
is no truth in the report that the
delegates will declare war on Ja
pan.
IL S»l¥SUGGESTS
20-YEXR MORATORIUM
ON EUROPEAN DEBTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—
A1 Smith, Democratic candidate for
President, startled the Democratic
Jefferson Day Jubilee by advocat
ing a plan for virtual cancellation
of the European war debts.
He proposed that America “for
get” war debts for 20 years and
that each year it write off obliga
tions one-fourth of the value of
goods which debtor nations buy
from America.
He also declared he would fight
any other candidate who sought to
align the poor against the rich.
This was believed directed at Gov
ernor Roosevelt of New York, who
recently charged the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation was only
beneficial to big investors.
Party leaders reported $765,000
of a campaign fund of $1,500,000
has been raised or pledged. They
were enthusiastic over possibilities
of a tremendous Democratic vic
tory in the coming election.
CHARGES ASSAULT
MOUNDSVTLLE, W. Va., April 15
—Raymond M. Miller, reporter for
the Moundsville Journal, charged
he was assaulted by John Lehew,
an armed constable working under
Justice W. E. Clayton. His news
paper is waging a campaign against
what is called the “thug system”
assertedly used by police in mine
strike arrests in connection with
investigation of liquor law viola
tions.
ANOTHER VICTORY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vic
tory over Speaker Garner and Gov.
Murray of Oklahoma in Nebraska
and his winning of Kentucky’s del
egation, ran his delegate lead for
the Democratic Presidential nom
ination to 216 pledged and claimed
convention votes.
RATE 1DJUSTMENTS ARE
TD BE CONSIDERED MEET
LONDON, April 15.—Members of
the North Atlantic Passenger Con
ference meet here to-study further
“rate adjustments” of steamship
passenger traffic across the At
lantic. Representatives of the U.
S. Lines, Cunard, White Star, Ca
nadian Pacific, French, North Ger
man Lloyd and the Hamburg Am
erican will participate.
The conference wilj consider pro
posals of' pooling the passenger
traffic receipts of all companies on
the North Atlantic service and for
curtailment in schedules of larger
liners.
YANKED RIGHT SWITCH
OAKLAND, April 15. — A four
year-old boy, Norman Swanson, is
the hero of this city today. Yes
terday, while riding on a large trac
tor hauling lumber, the driver was
hurled over the side when a wheel
struck a bump. The tractor ran
wild through fields and fences be
fore the youngster finally stopped
the machine. He said he kept
turning and switching everything
on the dash board until he hit the
right one.
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GOVERNMENT’S ECONOMIC POL
ICY LATELY SAID ALMOST
DESTROYED COMMERCE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15.—
Democratic orators, loading party
workers with campaign ammuni
tion, heaped upon the Hoover ad
ministration the blame for the de
pression and outlined a program
of economic rehabilitation for the
party to espouse.
Through a series of addresses at
a Jefferson Day luncheon, attend
ed by Democratic leaders, ran the
theme that the Republican party
had wrecked business, plunged mil
lions into misery and engulfed the
government in debt due to extrav
agance.
Senator Joe T. Robinson, Demo
crat from Arkansas, said Hoover
had been elected as “an economic
genius with a patent formula to
i insure prosperity” which now
should be thrown “into the limbo
of exploded heresies.” Every policy
! advanced in the 1928 campaign by
“the economic marvel of the age
is now generally recognized as un
sound,” Robinson declared.
The record of the last three years
establishes the conclusion that the
economic policies of the United
States as reflected in extravagant
government expenditures in loans
to bankrupt foreign governments
and in the enactment of tariffs
which have well nigh destroyed our
commerce have been the control
ling factors in producing depres
sion in this country and in caus
j ing it to extend to other shores.
GUARD ASSIGNED
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 15.—
A police guard has been assigned
to the grandchildren of Vice Presi
dent Charles Curtis after reports
of a kidnapping plot.
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SIEGE BLOODY RIOTS
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AUKLAND, N. Z., April 15.—Riots
resulted in violence and bloodshed
here as 10,000 jobless began pro
testing civil service and began
looting shops, breaking plate glass
windows and causing much other
damage.
The mob got so completley out
of control that the police were un
able to handle them in any way.
Blue-jackets from His Majesty’s
training cruiser, which happened
to be in the harbor, had to be land
ed and they quelled the rioters
somewhat.
Reports said that the troubles
had not entirely subsided yet. Over
100 persons have been injured.
TEMPERATURE EXTREMES
SEATTLE, April 15.—Some of the
temperature extremes Thursday
from various cities in the United
States and Alaska were: Juneau
50-42; Ketchikan 52-40; San Fran
cisco 62-50; Denver 74-50; Chicago
42-36; New York 50-36; New Or
leans 76-38; Los Angeles 74-54.
SAN DIEGO, April 15.—Consti
tutionality of the present border
closing hour at Tia Juana is ques
tioned in a suit filed in Federal
Court by George H. Miller, a San
Diego resident.
In the suit filed at Los Angeles,
Miller charges smuggling of liquor
and narcotics has increased as a
result of closing the International
Boundary at 6 p. m. instead of at
9 p. m., Associated Press dispatch
es stated.
DANCE TONIGHT L 0. 0. F. HALL