SUITE ALIENISTS SAV
. LT. MASSIE WAS SANE
HONOLULU, April 25.—Alienists
for the State Saturday still ham
mered at the contention Lieut.
Massie was sane when he assert
edly shot to death a Hawaiian for
* an attack upon his wife.
Court was adjourned Saturday
until today after two physicians
testified they believed the Naval
man sane when the Hawaiian was
kidnapped and slain.
“Lieut. Thomas H. Massie was
sane when Joe Kahahawai was
killed.’’ Dr. Paul Bowers, Los An- j
.eeles alieni.U, testified in the trial
of Massie and three co-defendants
m charges of killing the native.
Dr. Bowers, called as a rebuttal
witness by the prosecution, said
hat after reading testimony and
records in the case, he “was con
vinced Massie was .sane when he
shot Kahahawai."
Bowers testimony was in direct
t contrast to testimony of defense
psychiatarists. who testified Mas
sie became temporarily insane
when Kahahawai, while Massie
• stood over him with a gun, con
fessed participating in an attack
on Massie’s wife.
Prosecutor Kelley said he would
ask the court to throw out Mas
sie's insanity plea and instruct the
rpry to find him guilty of second
degree murder.
He did not reveal his attitude
toward the other defendants, Mrs.
Grace Fortescue, Massie's mother
inlaw; E. J. Lord, and A. O. Jones,
enlisted men.
TERRIBLE ORDEAL
HONOLULU, April 25. — “Natur
ally, we are anxious to see the end
of the trial. It has b^ert a terrible
ordeal for us all. We are hopeful
for acquittal ’’ With these words,
Lieut. Thomas H. Massie Saturday
summed up his attitude and that
of his co-defendants accused of the
“honor slaying’’ of Joseph Kaha
hawai.
PLANNED TO COMMIT
SUICIDE BUI THE DROP
IS IIBII TOO HIGH
VICTORIA, B. C., April 25.—In
an interview here recently with the
press, Mrs. Smith, elderly Victoria
woman who horrified spectators
when she hung from the cornice
^ of a tall building for over five min
utes after she had changed her
mind regarding suicide, said she
had been ill for a long time and
that together with financial trou
bles, she had decided to end it all.
But on realizing what she was
* doing just as she was about to leap
off the roof, she added, her com
mon sense immediately returned to
her, causing her to quickly change
her mind and want to live. She is
apparently a very well woman now.
REBELS Hi MARINES
. BATTLE IN NICARAGUA
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 25.
—More heavy fighting between the
Nicaraguan National Guard, which
is led by American Marines, and
rebels of Sandino were responsible
for further casualties over the
» weekend.
Several Marines and American
civilians have been killed and a
number of Nicaraguan soldiers as
well as bandits have been killed in
fighting in the Coco River sector.
The present onslaught of San
dino and his rebel horde is said to
be an attempt on his part to, once
and for all, rid himself of the hind
rance caused by the Marine-led!
Nicaraguan National Guard. San-1
dino’s army is reported to be well
+ equipped. j
REFUSED NEW CREDITS
PARIS, April 25.—Oscar Rydbeck, I
president of the Swedish Match*
Company, was refused new credits (
by the French government.
H
SENATOR HAS THEORY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25.—
Senator Bingham of Connecticut
said in the Senate Saturday that
the fact that A1 Capone had twice
offered to find the kidnapped
Lindbergh baby if released from
custody lends support to the belief
"the kidnapping has been done by
friends of Capone for this very
purpose.”
LONDON. April 25. — Chancellor
Exchequer Naville Chamberlain
presented a balanced budget for
1932-33 fiscal year in the House of
Commons. The budget estimated
expenditures at 736.000.000 pounds
and revenue at 764,300,000.
He indicated British expectation
of reduction or concellation of war
debts by admitting the absence of
anv provision to meet war debt
payments to the United States
pending the results of the ap
proaching Lausanne reparations
conference.
He also disclosed the govern
ment decision subject to Parlia
mentary approval to create a fund
of 150.000,000 pounds to maintain
the stability of the pound while
Britain is off the gold standard.
Also that present world condi
tions prevent Britain's returning to
the gold standard soon, and that
new import duites will be announc
ed shortly.
FUND if NOT SEND
TEAM TO OLYMPICS
HELSINGI- GRS. Finland, April
25.—Finland undoubtedly will not
send a team to the Los Angeles
Olympic Games if the Interna
tional Amateur Athletic Federation
disqualifies Paavo Nurmi, Finnish
marathon hope, Paavo Parikko,
secretary of the Finnish Athletic
Federation, announced.
Nurmi’s amateur status is being
investigated after charges of pro
fessionalism were filed with the
federation.
CHINESE GENERAL IS
TOKYO, April 25.—Following the
lifting of the censorship of Jap
anese military affairs and move
ments it has been revealed that
General Ma Shan Chan, who com
manded the Chinese forces against
the onslaught of the Japanese in
Manchuria and particularly at
Chin Chow, is being held a prisoner
by his fellow war lords in Manchu
ria. General Shan Chan is being
held because he failed to divide
with the other war lords the $1,
000,000 he received from China to
protect Manchuria from invasion
by Japan.
MOSLEM LEADER MARRIES
BOMBAY, April 25. — Shanukart
Ali, 60, one of the most important
Moslem leaders in India, married a
young English woman in the pres
ence of an armed guard last week
after his son had stopped one cer
emony by threatening to cut off a
priest’s head. The bride was Mrs.
Elizabeth Ryan, 25, divorced wife
of an Irish army officer.
CLOCKS MOVED AHEAD
IN EASTERN CITIES
NEW YORK, April 25. — Thous
ands of persons were affected here
and in other Eastern cities as day
light saving time was adopted
Sunday. Clocks were all moved
ahead one hour. Principle eastern
Canadian cities will adopt daylight
saving time May 1.
One woman was killed as a re
sult of this change to daylight sav
ing time. She mounted a ladder to
set the clock ahead and when she
reached the top, she fell off. She
died as a result of the fall.
BOSON ROAD.
ALASKA RAILROAD
BATTLE STARTED
COLONEL O. F. OHLSON SERVES
NOTICE ON HIGHWAY
COMPANY
The first big gun in the battle
between the Alaska Railroad and
competitive interests in what has
developed into rivalry for freight
and traffic business to Fairbanks
was fired recently when General
Manager O. F. Ohson addressed
the following letter to S. O. Breed
mar. of the Richardson Highway
Transportation Co.:
“Mr. Oscar Brecdman.
“President Richardson Highway
“Transportation Co.,
“Cordova. Alaskar
“Dear Sir: It is my understand
ing that you have contracted with
the Piggly Wiggly concern to han
dle their perishable commodities
from Valdez to Fairbanks in trucks
that you have recently purchased;
also that you have announced in
auguration of bus service between
Valdez and Fairbanks this year.
In view of the above find, it ne
cessary to withdraw my agreement
to handle the sale at our Chicago
office of sight-seeing bus tickets
for your company. We will also
discontinue to handle free over
the Alaska Railroad any baggage
of passengers traveling over the
Richardson Highway.
“I have also instructed our Chi
cago office to discontinue sale of
any Golden Belt Tour tickets in
either direction, and you are also
advised that in our next folder no
mention will be made of the Rich
ardson Highway Transportation
company and the Golden Belt
Tours. Yours very truly,
“O. F. OHLSON,
“General Manager.”
To which Mr. Breedman replied
as follows:
“Colonel O. F. Ohlson,
“General Manager Alaska Rail
road, Anchorage, Alaska.
My Dear Colonel Ohlson: Yours
of March 23rd received, contents
duly and carefully noted, and I
will say in reply that I think your
are taking a rather arbitrary at
titude toward the Richardson
Highway Transportation company.
“You state in your letter that you
have instructed your Chicago of
fice to discontinue selling both the
Golden Belt Line tickets in either
direction over the highway and
sight-seeing tickets in Fairbanks.
Up to the present time your Chica
go office has never sold any sight
seeing and very few Golden Belt
Line tickets. The Richardson
Highway Transportation company
has always done all it could to pro
mote the tourist business in Alas
ka, over the Alaska Railroad as
well as the highway, and has prob
ably done much more to help the
Alaska Railroad than the Alaska
Raliroad has ever done to help the
Richardson Highway Transporta
tion company.
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FINANCIAL FAILURES
CHICAGO, April 25. — Additional
units of Samuel Insulls colossal
public utilities domain passed into
receivership here. Receivers were
appointed for tnsull Utilities In
vestments, Corporation Securities
Company and Mississippi Valley
Investment Company, involving
half a billion dollars.
Insull, himself, and two other
Chicago financial leaders were
named receivers for Middle West
Utilities Company, parent com
pany, a $2,500,000,000 group. All
actions were friendly, designed to
protect the concerns until the re
covery of market securities.
REPORT FAVORABLY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25. |
(/P)—The Senate Judiciary Com- j
mittee reported favorably on the)
nomination of E. Coke Hill as Fed- j
eral Judge of the Fourth Division j
in Alaska.
LOVE TRIANGLE IS
BLAMED FOR DEATH
MIAMI, Fla., April 25. —Haden
Clarke, young Miami aviator and
journalist, was found fatally
wounded on the porch of a bunga
low he occupied jointly with the
famous Australian aviatrix, Mrs.
J. M. Keith-Miller, and her tech
nical advisor, Capt. William Lan
caster of Pittsburgh. A revolver
lay nearby. He died at a hospital, j
States Attorney Vernon Haw
thorne said a love triangle caused
the shooting, but he was unable
to determine yet whether it was'
murder or suicide.
The aviatrix and Lancaster •
claimed they had retired early;
when they heard a shot and rush- j
ed out to find Clarke lying on the !
porch.
The aviatrix and Lancaster have i
been closely associated in flying
enterprises for many years, but
Hawthorne said he believed she
was planning a marriage with
Clarke.
RAILROAD MAT OBTAIN
COMPETITIVE DDAL BIDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 25.
1 (/P)—Delegate from Alaska James
Wickersham introduced a bill in
the House today authorizing the
manager of the Alaska Railroad
to obtain competitive bids on the
coal bought by the railroad.
Delegate Wickersham said that
the competitive bidding would en
courage the mining of coal in Al
aska and prevent the coal indus
try in the rail belt from becoming
; a monopoly. He said it would in
sure two or more companies op
erating coal mines adjacent to the
railroad.
HEROINE OF EASTER
I REBELLION GHALLENOES
| DUBLIN, April 25. — Extremist
Irish Republicans have issued a
statement challenging the right of
President Eamonn de Valera to
head the Free State government.
Extremists, members of the ori
ginal Sein Fein movement, de
clared they alone were entitled to
rule because the government of
the Republic was established by i
the Easter rebellion of 1916.
Mary MacSweeney headed the
group issuing the challenge. She
was the heroine of the Easter re
bellion who led the troops against
the British soldiers
BIBE RUTH BITS HIS
FIFTH HOMER SEASON
NEW YORK, April 25— Babe
Ruth hit his fifth homerun of the
season in the first inning of the
game with the Athletics Saturday.
Rube Walberg was pitching. Babe’s
clout helped the Yankees score six
runs in the inning.
This puts Babe one up on Lou
Gehrig, who has tallied four hom
ers so far this season. Bill Terry,
New York Giants first baseman, is
leading the Yankee sluggers with
six homers, he having tied the
modern record for six homers in
four games Friday.
SOVIETS GONtlNUING
TO MISS TROOPS
SHANGHAI, April 25.—Latest re
ports received here from Siberia
stated that the Soviets are con
tinuing to mass a huge army along
the Manchurian' border and un
less something happens in the near
future serious trouble may soon
be near.
The reports added that Japan is
rushing military supplies and ar
mies to northern Manchuria, but
great secrecy is being maintained.
THE STOCK MARKET
SEATTLE, April 25.—Latest quo
tations: Alaska Juneau 13*/2 Free
port 15J/s; Chrysler 97/8; General
Motors HV2; Kennecott 7%; Radio
5%; Kroger 13; Radio-Keith 3V2;
Tri-Cont. 2%; United Corp. 6%;
U. S. Steel 30%; Cities Service 4%;
U. S. Gas 1*4; Bib Missouri 7c.
FURTHER TESTIMONY
HONOR SLAYING CASE
CONFUSING TO JURY
HONOLULU, April 25—Clarence j
Darrow, brilliant defense attorney j
in the murder trial now underway!
in Honolulu, remained in seclusion
all day Sunday which gave rise to
the belief that he was preparing |
his plea to the jury for the exon- !
eration of the four defendants for
the slaying of the young Hawaiian.:
Dr. Catton, alienist for the prose- j
cation who arrived from the main- !
land last week, was expected to
take the stand today to disprove
the defense’s contention that Mas
sie was temporarily insane when
Joseph Kahahawai was slain. Ob
servers think that further testi
mony on the part of the alienists
will only tend to confuse the poly
got jury.
The jury represents several races
and lay occupations ranging from
meat cutting to manufacturing
potato chips and have found little
to guide them in determining'
Massie’s sanity. Their impassive I
faces gave no hint of their inner i
thoughts. It is believed that the
stories of mental and physical tor
ture the young officer and his wife
had told will weigh heavily in up
setting the nice balance of con
tradictory evidence.
WOMEN PLAN TO HALT
ORLEANS BEER PARADE
NEW ORLEANS, April 25—There
will be no Jimmy Walker beer pa
rade in New Orleans if members of
the Women’s Christian Temper
ance Union of that city can help it.
Members of this union were to in
vade the council chambers of New |
Orleans today to vigorously oppose j
any such demonstration.
The beer parades are to be held :
in various cities throughout the!
United States simultaneously, and j
were suggested by Mayor Walker
as a means of creating sentiment
in favor of legalizing beer to pro
vide a revenue source for the gov- j
ernment.
HUGE THRONGS CRINESE
HONOR LATE 01 AVIATOR
SHANGHAI, April 25.—Traffic in
the International Settlement of
Shanghai was virtually at a stand
still and was badly disrupted as
hundreds of thousands of Chinese
and people of many nations gath
ered to pay homage to Robert
Short, American aviator who died
for the Chinese cause when, single
handed, he grappled with a number
of Japanese planes.
The funeral services were held
Sunday with the aviator’s mother
and brother present. Mrs. Short
came all the way from Tacoma,
Wash., to attend the services.
Short was buried at the Honjao
airdrome.
The mob was so thick that hun
dreds of persons were injured and
the scene of the many persons was
said to be without precedent in
Shanghai.
A PUBLICITY STUNT
BERLIN, April 25.—It was reveal
ed here Sunday that the report
from Stockholm of the impending
marriage of Greta Garbo to one
Wilhelm Sorenson, bookwriter of
that city, was merely a publicity
stunt on the part of Sorenson’s
backers- Sorenson has been in
Berlin for several days seeking
publishers to accept his book. Sor
enson is reported to have suffered
a nervous breakdown here.
BRIGHTER DEVELOPMENTS
REVEALED IN LINDBERGH
NORFOLK, Va., April 25.—Citi
zens here were all agog Sunday
and expected early developments
in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
case. It was revealed that the
yacht Marcon, early connected with
the case, was standing by and that
John H. Curtis, Norfolk intermed
iary, was aboard the craft. The
vessel was said to be ready to de
part on some mystery trip.
Then a Coast Guard tug, the
Owl, was also reported standing by
at Norfolk and was awaiting fur
ther orders.
The yacht Marcon, owned by
Charles H. Consolvo, millionaire
hotel man of Baltimore, Richmond
and Norfolk, was riding at anchor
in a small inlet known as Little
Creek, 10 miles from Norfolk. Cur
tis has been on the yacht since
Thursday.
Although associates of Consolvo
claimed that the presence of the
boat in Virginia waters held no
significance and that it had been
driven in because of threatening
weather. All Norfolk was tense
with excitement and expectation
of dramatic developments within
the next few days.
Colonel Lindbergh refused to
make any enlightening remark as
to the purpose of the developments
at Norfolk Sunday.
HOOVER BELIEVES BONDS
BILL NEVERJE PASSED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 25.—
President Hoover is firmly con
vinced the soldiers bonus bills now
before Congress have not the
slightest chance of becoming law.
He believes if the House should
pass the bonus bill, the Senate will
defeat it. And if the Senate should
pass it, he will use the veto.
According to the Administration
estimates of the bonus, directly or
indirectly, would cost the country
$2,400,000,000 whether it was paid
with a government bond issue or by
an issue of new currency as pro
vided by the Patman bill.
The President feels the country
at this time can not bear such an
added burden and if Congress does
not prevent it, he will.
SIX PEwTliltD
III SEMES CMS
MARMOT, Va., April 25. — Six
persons are dead here as a result
of a series of three caveins which
occurred here Sunday. The first
cavein buried to workmen and
when rescuers attempted to aid the
workmen, another cavein occurred.
In the second cavein, four more
were buried. >{
By this time, a number of spec
tators had gathered. As work was
progressing, a third slide came
down and injured several of the
spectators. Five of the bodies have
been removed from the caveins but
still another body is thought to be
buried.
GIRL TOOK A CHANGE,
NOW LIES IN GRAVE
CLEVELAND, April 25—The ca
reer of a pretty 23-year-old girl
detective whose adventurous spirit
frequently led her into the haunts
of the underworld, ended there in
death.
The girl, Mrs. Kathryn Jones, a
divorcee, was beaten to death, po
lice said, because she spurned the
advances of three men compan
ions who accompanied her on a
speakeasy party.
Police found her dying at the foot
of a flight of stairs in an apart
ment building. She had been beat
en and then thrown down the
stairs to die.