The Kusko times. [volume], April 23, 1932, Image 1

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TAKOTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY.* APRIL 23 1932
PRICE 20 CfcSYH
;Fr. Hubbard
And Part]/
E5SEHCUED WHILE MAROONED OJ
DESOLATE SHORES OF KAT
MAI BEACH.
»
*
SEWARD—After subsisting on do]
f Vied and shellfish for two weeks
”• while marooned on the desolate shore
* of Katmai beach. Father B. B. Hub
1 bard, Santa Clara geologist and Padr
« of the Glaciers, and his co-explorera
Kenneth Chisholm of Sacramento am
• Jack Morton of Anchorage, have beei
* rescued by the schooner Poar Bear, i
1 was learned here tonight. The parti
successfully reconnoitered Moun
- Katmai and scaled the great peak fo:
the first time in winter.
It was during the descent of Moun
Katmai on the return to Katma
- beach that disaster overtook them
Ice in the Katma river broke up sud
• deny and preepitated the party int<
the stream. It was with difficulty
that the men saved themselves am
their valuable scientific data by wad
ing and swimming through the rush
ing icy water.
Casimir Naudtz was a Monday ar
rival from Yankee creek, to whicl
point he returned on Wednesday. Re
turning with Mr. Naudtz was Alber
Ivey, who came up from McGrath oi
Tuesday.
John Krieger was a Wednesday de
parture for Ophir.
Lindberghs
Still Waiting
[ SEVERAL INCIDENTS, BUT POS
ITIVELY NO REAL -DEVELOP
MENTS DURING WEEK.
r HOPEWELL.—A magnesium ilare
» lighted early today , at the home of
’ Col. Charles A. Lindbergh illuminated
the countryside for miles and led ob
servers to beieve it was a signal
| bearing on efforts to return the kid
( naped baby.
t State poline at Trenton said a
r State Trooper stationed at the Lind
^ bergh home had found .a.dud flare and
. decided to test it, so shortly after
midnight he lighted it. An aviation
. expert at Hopewell said the flare was
| of the type designed for parachute
landings at night. He estimated it
could have been seen from the .air
( 60 miles distant .and from the ground
r for 20 miles. An airplane bearing
I the numbers NC-9746 rwae seen flying
low over Hopewell early Friday night.
The flare climaxed a night of more
. than usual .activity at the Lindbergh
! home. Several visitors were admit
. ted. Among the late arrivals was a
i small coupe carrying two men. The
. license plates on the car were covered
l with cloth. One of the occupants re
i! sembled Dr. John F. Condon Jafsie.
! Shortly before the coupe appeared a
girl, who identified hersdlf as Greta
- Grany, of^Minneapolis, a friend of the
Colonel’s mother, called on the Lind
Alaska Interests At
The Nation’s Capital !
By W. A. S.
WASHINGTON, March h21.—Mrs.
Max Behlke, of Fairbanks, is anxious
to have her sister, Miss Erna Quandt,
come from Wismar, Mecklenburg,
burg, Germany, to locate in Fair
banks and join her in the ladies’ fur
nishings and dresmaking business.
But there has been some trouble
; about securing the necessary consular
visa at Hamburg, and Delegate Wick
■- ersham has been caled upon to get the
matter straightened out.
There is a desire upon the part of
some people in the Interior to take
aver the leasing or management of
theagricultural experiment station at
Hampart. The Delegate has taken up
the matter with the Secretary of Ag
riculture.
Several communications have been
Deceived lately from Alaskans who
wish, to enter the Army Aviation
School at San Antonio, Texas, but
* but the applicants have either been
been below or above the age limit for
- entering the school, which is between
the ages, of 20 and 27. Applications
are aso .frequently received by the
* Delegate from young men who wish
tov enter either the military academy
= . at West Point or the naval academy
- at Annapolis. There will be no va
canty at West Point for Alaskans
until 1934, and .nothing at Annapolis
until 1933.
In December last the Department
of Justice sent a bil for introduction
in Congress to the chairman of the
* Senate and House judiciary commit
i -taea, that, provided for the consolida-.
tion on July 1, 1932, of the Second
and Fourth judicial divisions in Aas
ka. The bil was accordingly intro
duced in the Senate in December, bia
was overlooked in the House com
mittee and was not presented until
March 17, which has no particular
significance, however, as the Senate
bill has not even had a hearing.
There has been considerable delay
in awarding the contract for the con
ctruction of the Federal building at
Fairbanks, because the lowest bidder,
Wm. MacDonald & Son, of St. Louis,
whose bid was for $393,000, were in
doubt as to whether they wanted the
contract when they learned that they
had made some miscalculation on
freight charges for steel material.
But the MacDonalds finally decided
that they would take the contract un
der their original bid and not have
new bids called for, which act was
under consideration by the Treasury
Department. Had this been done
considerable delay would have result
ed and possibly the plans and specifi
cations changed somewhat, which is
just what the people of Fairbanks do
not want. Deegate Wickersham in
terested himself in the matter, and on
March 18 appeared before Supervis
ing Architect Wet more and his asso
ates, with the result that it was de
cided to recommend lo the interde
partmental committee 4hat the con
tract be immediately awarded to the
MacDonald Company.
Two hills affecting.fytflaxkA have
been passed by Congre«Kr..juid ap
proved by the President?'One revises
(Continued mu JJbffetS.)
berghs. Her visit was said 'tc»..ftaye
m> (connection witri "the lrid«*,pir.K
search. The flare was sot-Vef?' 3J-\e
minutes after she departed. ’
HOPEWELL.—Colonel Charles &..
'Lindbergh believes' that contact - has
been reestablishel with kidnapers of -
his son, as reported by' Jifnt'i I anc.
again has asked that ;_privgbe :Mgcd i
ators be not followed. The Coowel*r
statement, besides contradicting one;
made by-John FV Condon Sunday,-said
that reports of demands for addition;;
ransom " were untrue. Tie pointed out
She difficulty encountered by .himself
..and his agents in activity to return
his son due to-continued “following of
our representatives.”
New 3ersev policetepotied no pro
gress in their (investigations.
The liner Europe, docking Monday
at Brooklyn, -was (searched for the
Lindbergh baby after an anonymous
message said the infant was on .board.
The .search-was futile.*
John-Hughes Curtis, Norfolk ne
gotiator, was reported in conference j
again Monday with Lindbergh. His
colleagues said there were no develop
ments in Norfolk.
HOPEWELL.—Roliue und private
negotiators continued with their
search for the kidnaped Lindbergh
baby today,■with no apparent success.
A pane "from Kansas City brought1
two callers to the Lndbergh home.
Dr. John F- Condon still was continu
ing his mysterious trips, the latest
ending in mishap. He was returning
from a six-hours' trip in a rowboat
in East riyer when he fell overboard
! near a pier. Nearby boatmen pulled
I him out. His answer to queries about
his negotiations was: “‘Yes, !I gat-a
message.”
MRS. MASSIE TELLS TALE DF
HORROR IN HONOLULU TRIAL
HONOLULU.—Sobbing IhystericsaW
ly and near collapse, Mrs. Thaliea
Fort.escue Massie, blonde Sl-ycar-cld
wife of Lieutenant Thomas H.-Massie
today took ^Jie stand and told of being
kidnaped, cursed, beaten and attacked
I by five natives. She vvas the last 'wit
hiesa called by the defense in the trial
of her hushand, he)- mother and two
navy enisted men, all charged with
the honor slaying of Joe Kahahawai,
one of the natives. Wild disorder re
sulted when Mrs. Massie deliberately
tore to shreds a document which the
prosecution handed to her on cross
' examination. Spectators applauded
; noisily. The judge shouted for order,
' and Prosecutor John Kelley shouted
that at Last the defense is seen in its
true colors. Darrow, enraged, shout
ed, “Strike that from the records.”
A few minutes later, amid an uproar,
the defense rested. The defendants,
spectators and court attaches were
in tears as Mrs. Massie, sometimes
speaking low and sometimes almost
screaming, told the story of horror
that followed her departure from a
party .givenhy Lieutenant Massie and
other naval officers at Alawai Inn.
Several times it appeared she could
not go on, but she struggled against
collapse, won out and continued her
testimony under questioning by Dar
row. “They wouldn’t let me pray;
they cursed me and knocked out my
teeth; they beat me and dragged me
into the bushes!” Sparing herself
nothing, Mrs. Massie told details of
the attack, while her husband, face
in his hands, sobbed.
Mrs. Massie was called to the stand
after alenists bad been cross-exam
ined for several hours wthout being
shaken from their testimony that
Lieutenant Massie was insane when
he held the gun-with which Kahaha
wai had been-killed.
Items of Importance
In Reecnt News Events
HOOVER THINKS SOLDIERS*
BONUS Bli.L WILL NOT PASS.
WASHINGTON.—President Hoover
is firmly convinced the soldiers' bonus
bill now before Congress has not the
slightest chance of becoming law. He
believes if the House should pass the
bonus the Senate will defeat it, and if
the Senate should pass it he will use
the vseto. According to Administra
tion estimates, the bonds, directly or
indirectly, would cost the country
two billion four hundred million dol
lars, whether it was paid with a Gov
ernment bond issue or by an issue of
new currency, as provided in the Pat
man bil. The President feels-that the
country at this time cannot bear such
an added - burden, and if Congress
doesn’t .prevent At he will.
TWO MINERS KILL EACH
OTHER ESLUILK -DUEL.
QtlESNEL,>B £•,—Members of the
North-west Mounted Police speculated
tonight over the reason that John
Kopok and WitbldfNo w o k ow sk y, Rus
sian miners and devoted friends for
years, had killed each other in a gun
duel. Policeman *V.ickers returned to
day .from Antle* croak .deep in the
back country, whew the two men
worked their claim.- There was ample
evidence, Vickers-said, that they shot
it out «t;close ranpp with revolvers.
Nowokowsky fell dead. -Kopok, mor
tally wounded, did not touch-the-body
of-.his .former friend. He shouldered
a rifle and attempted to walk to,the
nearest.habitation/.mwy miles away.
Miners found his body- *w* the trail.
Division .ofgold may hnve-eamferf-tlK
quarrel, Vickers-said.
3 KRUEGER DIRECTORS 3
ARE UNDER ARREST.
STOCKHOLM.—Throe directors 6i
the Kreuger & Toll Company, with
worldlwide interests, went under su
rest today, charged -with helping the
lute Ivan Kreuger, Swedish • match
king, to falsify 'books of the -. com
pany, thereby -fraudulently "mislead
ing stockholders. 'Stockholm news
papers had demanded police interven
tion as a result Jeff charge®'that Kreu
ger had been involved in tho'printing
of $20,000,000 w orth of .forged'Italian
bonds.
RENO, Nev.—Jack'Dempsey, for
mer heavyweight champion of the
world, advanced a notch Atm the po
litical ladder today when.he was elect
ed a Washoe county -delegate to the
Republican Slate-.converttion. A few
nights ago Dempsey was chosen a
representative • tot die-eounty conven
tion by Mont Rose ..precinct of Reno.
SODA STRINGS, Calif. — Eight
passengers of a United Air Lines
plane, erc route tfrom Oakland to
Reno, were brought- to ' the Soda
Springs Hotel late >. today after the
pilot, Harry Huking, made an emer
gency landing about ten.miles east of
Cisco, Calif. The "passengers were
not injured, although the plane was
.badly damaged. > dJukinr received a
slight cut on thfrthenc. ’ j
SAN PEDRO.UTno Union Oil
company’s tanleev-JCathwood is drift
ing disabled off-iVMSntra wit ha jam
med propeller shaft*'‘and broken an
chor chains, according to radio re
ports received vhere.
IN MIDAIR SHE DECIDES
TO NOT COMMIT Sl ICIDE.
VICTORIA, B. C—It’s -a woman’s
privilege to change -her mind, but
when an ederly Victoria matron de
cided not to commit suicide just as
she jumped from a tall down-town
apartment building here today several
hundred passersby were treated to
heart-stopping thrills. Those in the
street sarw her leap from the room
and they gasped. Then the woman
turned rn midair and grasped desper
ately for the cornice of the building
Gasps continued. The woman’s grip
on the cornice was good, but her
struggles to regain the roof were
fruitless. Firemen raced to the build
ing, but power wire prevented them
from reaching her with ladders. The
woman hung dangerously for five
minutes. When the firemen reached
the roof, one grasped the other’s legs
and the lower man seized the woman’s
iwrists just as one of her hands
silpped from the cornice a»d she was
pulled to safety.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR
DENIES MOONEY PARDON.
SACRAMENTO.—Governor Rolpb
today denied a pardon to Thomas J.
Mooney, serving1 a life sentence at
San {Quentin prison for participating
in the San Francisco preparedness
day bombing in 191C. It was the
fourth time a California governor has
refused to intercede in behalf of
Mooney, who has consistently dis
claimed any connection with the out
rage that, cost ten lives.
ESCAPED FUGITIVE BACK
in pen at McNeills.
TACOMA. —Shorn of privileges
which permittel his attempt to escape
-last Thursday, and under special
guard* James Sarge&rt, desperate Cal
' ifornia mail robber, and suspected of
'a New Jersey slaying, was back in
his cell- at McNeills Island peniten
tiary tonight. Sargeart was found by
two guards hiding inside a large pipe
at the prison power house. He had
laid there, slowly growing weaker, as
police of the Northwest searched for
him. Sargeart, known as ‘'California
Eddie,” was sentenced at San Fran
cisco-to serve five years in prison for
participating in the $57,000 train rob
bery at1 Nobel, Calif.
j -GENEVA.—The most impressive
‘gathering of world statesmen in the
history of the League of Nations will
begin in Geneva tomorrow when the
premiers or foreign ministers of ev
ery great .power except Japan meet
informally for discussion of outstand
ing international problems. There-is
considerable optimism concerning the
outcome of the conversations, partic
ularly in regard to the possible solu
tion of the long-standing Franco
Italim deadlock-on naval limitations.
SAN FRANCISCO.—Five hundred
feet of pier were torn out, three box
cars dumped into the bay and naviga
tion menaced today when the Union
Oil Company tanker Warwick ram
med the company’s Oleum wharf at
Martinez. The Warwick was rammed
into the wharf by wind and tide when
stern lines broke, Oil company offi
cials said. The tanker .was not dam
aged and was able tf<- • proceeiU~4»
Portland, Oregon