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VOLUME XXVIII. NUMBER 136.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATLRDAY, JUNE 11, 1932.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MORROW HOME ATTACHE TAKES
POISON RATHER THAN FACE
ORDEAL QUESTIONING
ENGLEWOOD, N. J., June 11— i
Violet Sharp, aged 26. a servant in
the house of Mrs. Dwight W. Moi
row, committed suicide Friday,
taking with her guilty knowledge
of the identity of the kidnapers of
the Lindbergh baby, according to
the New Jersey state police.
Faced with impending police in
quiry into her movements on the
night of March 1, when the kid
naping was accomplished, Miss
Sharp drank a solution of cyanide
of potassium and dropped dead tn
a pantry of the Morrow mansion.
INDENTIFIED COMPANION
She had identified Ernest Brink
ert, taxicab driver, whose present
whereabouts are unknown. He was
her companion on the night of the
kidnaping.
Colonel Schwartzkopf. superin
tendent of State police, said Miss
Sharp was under suspicion a few
hours following the time that Bet
ty Gow, Charles Lindbergh, Jr.’s
nurse put the child to bed in the
Hopewell home until the empty
crib was discovered by the family;
Miss Sharp was absent from the
Morrow home. With her during
these hours were “two men and a
woman, whom Miss Sharp was
‘unable to identify’ when ques
tioned by the police.’’
FIRST DENIAL SHAKEN
Her first denial of the identity
of her companions wras shaken
later by the admission that she
could describe at least one. She
admitted receiving a telephone call
from the man wTho invited her out
that evening at 1 p. m. on March
first.
For weeks the police had tried to
question Miss Sharp, but she al-!
ways pleaded she was not in a fit!
condition to be interviewed be
cause of a recent tonsil operation, j
Finally after being shown a;
number of photographs she iden
tified Brinkert as her companion.
It was decided Friday to take
Miss Sharp to police headquarters
at Alpine, N. J., for questioning.!
Fearing a nervous breakdov/n the
police had summoned a physician
to be present- At- noon Miss Sharp
went to her room. Shortly after
wards she staggered out, reached
the pantry, where she fell, dying
without making a statement.
SEEK ARREST OF SISTERS I
NEW YORK, June 11, —The Brit
ish police have been asked to ap
prehend Edna, the sister of Vio
let Sharp, the maid in the Morrow
home, who committed suicide Fri
day. Four days after Colonel
Lindbergh paid $50,000 to the sup
posed kidnaper gang through Dr.
J. F. Condon Miss Sharp left the
United States ,the press was in-1
formed
BRINKERT IN CUSTODY
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 11.’
—Chief of Police William Miller |
announced Friday night that!
Brinkert, the taxi driver wanted;
for questioning in the Lindbergh
kidnaping case, had been arrest- j
ed at New Rochells, and was being
brought here for safe keeping.;
Meanwhile the reporters 1 earn-1
ed that Dr. Condon had looked at
a picture of Brinkert and declared
“that is the man of New Jersey.”
HELD FOR QUESTIONING
DETROIT, June 11, (£>)—Robert
Burns, 20, described as a former
taxicab driver, was arrested Friday
night. Detectives said he is want
ed for questioning in connection
with the Lindbergh baby kidnap
ing and murder case, adding they
are positive he is the former sweet
heart of Violet Sharpe. New Jer
sey officers said, however, they
doubt Burns had any connection
with the case.
SAYS WOMAN INNOCENT
ENGLEWOOD, N. J., June 11, .(/P)
CLEGG IS CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11,
(/P)—The Senate confirmed the
nomination of Cecil H. Clegg as U.
S. district judge of the Third Di- !
vision of Alaska.
SEEK SWELL NUMBER
(ETERIS IT CIPITIL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 11,
(ZP)—Despite the arguing of a not
able list of citizens, including Edsel
Ford, John Hays Hammond, Wil
liam Green, Commander Stevens,
of the American Legion, and oth
ers, President Hoover said he had
no intention of reestablishing a
war-time council of national de
fense, believing it will serve no
practical purpose.
He is unperturbed by fear of
epidemics in the ramshackle camps
of the veterans who seek passage
of the bonus.
Army leaders undertook an ag
gressive enlistment drive to swell
their ranks to 50,000. Recruiting
officers have been sent to key cit
ies.
It is believed the bonus vote will
come late Tuesday or Wednesday.
Congress pushed for adjourn
ment. The Senate approved the
$300,000,000 relief bill and sent it
to a none too friendly House; the
Senate then tackled appropriation
bills, home loans and the discount
system. In the House, agreement
on the economy bill was looked
for today.
OLD STOCK CEOTIFIGKTES
FOUND III NEW YORK
WORTH EDOM
I
! LILET VALLEY, N. Y., June 10.
| —Archie Campbell of Buffalo has
told a story of finding buried trea
sure worth nearly a million dollars.
The treasure, according to Camp
bell, consists of a tin box packed
with musty stock certificates, once
of comparatively small value.
Campbell says he found it under
! the cellar wall of a ruined house in
Panama, N. Y., which was built by
I Jesse W. Pease who died more than
40 years ago. The box, Campbell
j said, contained some water-soaked
i papers that looked like stock cer
tificates and $500 in old money.
“I spent the money and I kept the
j stock certificates,” he said. Cam
bell said he had the certificates
verified and exchanged for more
modern stocks. Twenty thousand
shares of one stock, wrorth nearly
$600,000 at present prices, and a
number of shares of two other lead
ing stocks, which he claims to have
received in the exchange, would
bring the present value of his find
close to $1,000,000.
TIGHTEN BELTS
WASHINGTON, ■ JuKje 11 .—The
i bonus army of occupation tighten
| ed its belts today and settled down
j to a quiet but determined seige of
j the nation’s capital.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 7 - Philadelphia 0
New York 8 - Detroit 7
Washington 10 - Chicago 0
St. Louis 4 - Boston 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
: New York 4 - Cincinnati 3
Brooklyn 4 - Chicago 3
Philadelphia 6 - Pittsburgh 3
Boston 2 - St. Louis 1
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Sacramento 7 - Missions 2
Seattle 4 - Portland 5
Son Francisco 5 - Oakland 4
i Hollywood 4 - Los Angeles 1
—Despite suspicions of the police,
Violet Sharpe, waitress in the
Morrow home, had knowledge of
the kidnaping of the Lindbergh
child, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow re
iterated faith in the woman’s in
nocence, even after the suicide.
She had been with the family near
ly two years.
YOUTHFUL BOY EDITOR i
GHITNIHERILD DROWNS
CORDOVA, June 11, (^—Wil
liam Alfred Moore, 13, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Moore, was drown
ed Friday in the Copper river
when he fell off a log while play
ing.
William was editor-in-chief of
the unique Chitina Herald, a week
ly paper which has been the sub
ject of several national magazine
articles. He graduated from the
Chitina grade school two weeks
ago.
FIGHTING FOR LIQOUR
PHOENIX, Ariz., June 11.—Har
low Ackers, Phoenix attorney, and
former State Senator, today an
nounced his candidacy for United
States Senator. “I am not fight
ing for liquor,” Ackers said, “but I
am out to repeal any law that
makes a laughing stock of our gov
ernment, debauches the people
and robs public and private
funds.” Akers is seeking the De
mocratic nomination
RAZZED CHIEF, WAS SET DOWN
LOS ANGELES, June 11.—For
giving Chief of Police Roy Steckel
the “razzberry” cheer during a
dress parade Patrolman D. W. Con
I logue was suspended for 30 days
' by Steckel.
HUNDREDS MISSING
TOKIO, June 11.—A dispatch to;
the Rengo News Agency from Hak- j
odate, Japan, reported grave fears;
for the safety of 300 Russian fish-!
i ermen and 40 members of the
■ crew of the Japanese fishing ves-;
! sel Genzan Maru, missing since
! abandoning the ship off Kara
I ginsky Island, east of Kamchatka
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NOT A CHANCE
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 11, —
“And not a chance to escape eith
er,” moaned Andy Podgorny as he
sat in a cell in Wyadotte coun
ty jail, to which he had been sen
tenced for two years after a plea
of guilty to a liquor charge#“What
do you mean?’’ asked a curious
guard. “Say, I know this jail,”
wras the reply, “I can’t break out
of here. I helped build it.” 1
• • ALASKA AT THE CAPITOL • •
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Mr. and Mrs. H. C Strong of
Ketchikan were entertained the
other day with friends on the
ship commanded by Captain Col
bert, whose wife is a sister of Mrs.
Mahone, who formerly resided at
Ketchikan. The ship was tempo
rarily stationed at Annapolis.
The House bill that would au
thorize the transfer of the Alaska
Road Commission from the War
department to the Interior depart
! ment had a hearing before the Ter
ritories committee on May 19. The
Alaskan Territorial Chamber of
Commerce had submitted a brief
stating a majority of the member
organizations were opposed to the
transfer, and at length setting
forth the reasons therefor. The
chambers voting against the
transfer were Fairbanks, Nome,
Valdez, Sitka, Petersburg, Douglas
and Juneau. Anchorage chamber
voted to table the referendum,
while Wrangell chamber voted to
take no action at the present time
Cordova, Seward and Ketchikan
did not reply. Both departments
concerned favored the bill, which
is now on the House calendar. A
similar bill introduced in the Sen
ate was also favorably reported
and is now on the Senate calendar.
The population of Alaska now
seems to be quite well established
but an evening paper the other
j day answered an inquiry as to the
length of the coast line of Alaska
in the following information: “The
coastline of the mainland of Alas
ka is 6,542 miles and that of the
adjoining islands is 8,590 miles.”
The Delegate had nominated
Edward F. Stackpole of Fairbanks
as principal for 1932 entrance to
the Annapolis Naval Academy, but
his recent death prevented the ne
cessary mental examination. Jas.
W. McCauley of Fairbanks was the
first alternate and he successfully
j passed the examination at San
| Francisco on April 20. Having
J qualified mentally he will report at
j the Naval Academy about the mid
! die of June for the regular phys
S ical examination and if found
; qualified he will then immediately
I enter the academy.
In the revenue and taxation bill
as it passed the House there was
a provision that coal imported into
the United States and Alaska be
subject to a tax of 10 cents per 100
pounds. When the Senate consid
ered this bill on the night of May
20 there was a persistent effort
to cut out this tax on coal, but it
failed by the close vote of 38-35,
when Senator Walsh of Massachu
setts changed his vote from nay to
yea, making the result 39 to 34, in
order to later move for a reconsid
eration. It is considered that a
tax of $2 per ton on coal will prove
an impetus to the greater mining
of this fuel in Alaska.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs,
under the direction of Dr. Carson
Ryan, Jr., is carrying on an at
j tempt to encourage the production
of ivory work among the natives of
I Alaska. This is being particularly
] handled by Wm. Neeley of White
| Mountain. It is sought to have
J the work standardized and to be
j produced in regular quantities, so
j that ivory products of a definite
! pattern could be handled by firms
| like Bullock’s in Los Angeles, Mar
j shall Field of Chicago and Wanna
amaker’s in Philadelphia and New
York.
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SOCIALIST Jill
ISSUED DECREE TIE
OVER FOREIGN MONET
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 11 —
The new Socialist government
Thursday issued a decree empower
ing the government to take over
all foreign currency accounts in
Chile. Various foreign firms and
the National City Bank refused to
comply with the order. U. S. Am
bassador Culbertson also acted to
ward making representations to
the government- Taking over for
eign currency means the govern
ment converts it into Chilean pe
sos, which are turned over to in
dividual firms at a rate of about
8.30 to the dollar. No » attempts
were made to start runs, but pay
ments were limited to 3,000 pesos,
$360. No exchange rate was quot
! ed on foreign currency pending
[ the appointment of a new control
i commission. Dr. Juan Ebanez, de
! posed President of the Republic,
j made an effort to leave the coun
i try by plane, but was forced by
1 bad weather to remain at the Ar
I gentine Embassy, where he has re
mained since Saturday.
DECAMPED WITH FUNDS
| WASHINGTON, June 11.—Four
| members of the disabled veterans
from Cleveland and Steubenville,
Ohio, took all funds of a group of
59 enroute to Washington and
i fled. The State and local police im
j mediately started a search for
I them.
WINS BRITISH OPEN
f SANDWICH, June 11, (£>»—Gene|
Sarazen won the British Open j
i golf title with a record of 283; Mac- i
I Donald Smith was second with 288; |
Arthur Havers was third with a
! score of 289; Tommy Armour 302; j
Pursey, of Seattle, dropped out in |
the third round.
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j HAWKS OUT OF HOSPITAL
BOSTON, Mass., June 11.—Cap-j
| tain Frank Hawks, famed speed;
| flier, left the hospital and played
| a round of golf. Hawks was in- j
I jured in a plane crash at Worces-!
' ter, Mass., on April 7.
STEEL FALLS LOW LEVEL i
NEW YORK, May 11.—Unfilled
orders of the United States Steel
Corporation during May fell to a
new low since the formation of the
company.
AND E. DE1ERA
LONDON, May 11.—Negotiations
for settlement of outstanding dif
ferences between Great Britain
and the Irish Free State failed
completely Friday. Irish Presi
dent Eamon DeValera, in person,
may carry the controversy to the
British imperial conference next
month at Ottawa.
The sudden end of the confer
ence in London left the govern
ments of DeVolera and Prime Min
ister J. Ramsay MacDonald further
apart than ever on vital issues, in
cluding the Free States’ plan to
abolish oath to the crown, with
hold land annuities from the Brit
ish and unite the north of Ireland
with the Free State.
Britain threatened economic re- i
prisaLs, particularly the refusal of j
a preferential tariff to the Free!
State when the Ottawa conference j
convenes.
Government leaders at Dublin
hinted DeValera’s demand for unity
of all Ireland was chief cause for
a breakdown of the conference in
London. It was said the collapse
was due to failure to agree on the
oath question.
FIST TIME OLD
SALTS SAW WHALES
TURN FLIP - FLOPS
NEW YORK, June 11.—Whales
which turned somersaults on the
surface of the ocean and others
which rubbed ncses in the air as
if to kiss then fell back into the
water were reported by two mari
ners just in from a jollv good trip.
“Never in 35 years on the seas did
I see a whale turn a soumersault
until Thursday at about 4 bells or
6 o'clock in the evening,” Chief Of
ficer A.T.Mott of the Aquitania re
ported. “I noticed a commotion
alongside the ship forward. Then
a whale full 30 feet long rose from
the sea and fell backward. It was
a great sight.” Purser J. J. Law
rer said he saw* two that rose sud
denly out of the water and put
their heads together like they
were going to kiss then fell back.
Wonderful sight, he called it.
MRS. HELD TO STUDY
LIFE OE 8. C. MIIS
The history of the Tsimshian In
dian tribe on the Skeena 'River in
Northern British Columbia will be
studied through members of the
tribe by Mrs. Charles D. Garfield,
wife of the secretary of the Alas
ka bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, this summer.,
Mrs. Garfield plans to go north
alone and liive in an Indian com
munity under a fellowship of Dr.
Franz Boaz, anthropologist of the
Columbia University, with whom
she studied in 1932.
Mrs. Garfield expects to be the
only white woman within 100 miles
of the Indian village where she
plans to live. Through interpre
ters she hopes to learn details of
the origin of the potlatch and
other Indian ceremonials.
In 1930 Mrs. Garfield spent the
summer with members of the Tsim
shian tribe in Southeastern Alas
ka , studying marriage customs
and clan laws in connection with
the preparation for her master’s
degree at the University of Wash
ington.
Says the Klondike News (1898):
“One young man, to show his ap
preciation for his sweetheart’s
cooking, gave $10 each for a dozen
biscuits.”
POLICE HOLDING
TAXICAB DRIVER
FOR QUESTIONING
JAFSIE” UNABLE MAKE ANY
IDENTIFICATION WHAT
SOEVER
TRENTON, N. J„ June 11, UP)—
Col. Norman H. Scwartzkopf an
nounced that Ernest Brinkert,
taxicab driver, voluntarily went
across the New York state line to
the New Jersey police headquar
ters at Alpine for further ques
tioning.
He said that Brinkert offered as
an alibi for his whereabouts on the
night of March 1 and the follow
ing day, by a statement that he
and his wife were in Bridgeport,
Conn. He asserted they spent the
nights of March 1 and 2 “in a very
nice home owned by a negro.”
The man now at Alpine under
: the name of Brinkert is the same
man whose picture “we have and
which picture was shown to, Vio
j let and identified by her, Colonel
Schwartzkopf said.
“Jafsie,’’ who saw him Friday
night at New Rochelle and after
he had been talking to him, told
the police he could not recognize
Brinkert; that he had never seen
him before. “Jafsie’’ could make
no identification of him in any
way.
Colonel Schwartzkopf said the
girl’s body was found just after the
police arrived to question her fur
| ther. They had sent word to the
! Morrow home for her to prepare
I for questioning. She took quick
i acting poison which is so danger
j ous its sale is not permitted ex
i cept by prescription.
I New Jersey police said they will
: seek Brinkert’s indictment but
would not amplify their state
ment. They did not indicate what,
if any. evidence they had. except
cumstantial evidence surrounding
the girl’s story and suicide which
; they will hold against him. Brin
kert’s alibi on the night of March
1 and 2 has not been checked yet
! with that told by his wife who is
still being questioned
(By Special Correspondent)
Five Umnak native boys, led by
Artie Ermeloff, went to Kanaga
with the Alasco VI. and put their
| local boat, the Umnak Native, up
on timbers and patched two holes
’which had been broken on the
rocks- They expect to bring it
back under its own power.
The Princesses Sarah and Tati
j ana Ermeloff will accompany Capt.
| George Devinney to Atka on the
; Alasco VI. with a load of freight
i from the SS Starr
The school garden is doing nice
! ly. Radishes, lettuce, spinach and
turnips are waging a winning
fight against hungry birds, strong
winds and cold, wet weather.
| The “garden bug” is gaining
i headway. Most of the school chil
dren have individual gardens and
a few are scattered about the vil
lage. They have seen and sampl
ed fresh vegetables grown right in
the village. Currants and raspber
ries are also being tried out this
season.
—
Umnak native school finished its
year’s work on May 31 with an ex
hibit and held meet. A program
of songs and playlets was given
the preceding Friday to a large
crowd.
Peter Jensen, the capable man
ager of the Aleutian Livestock
Company, reports a heavy yield of
lambs from the thousands of
sheep under his charge. Ravens
and eagles, however, have caused
much loss.
Chief George Ermeloff took his
vacation by building a new house
on his blue fox islands out in the
Pacific ocean. The chief expects
a heavy catch next winter.