The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE''. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6265. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO KILL ROOSEVELT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WOULD-BE ASSASSIN FIRES BULLETS, CLOSE KANGE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MAYOR OF CHICAGQO, FOUR OTHERS HIT SENATE PASSES Shot by Would -Be Assassin BLAINE REPEAL MEASURE, 63 - 23 Prohibition Repeal Resolu-| tion Passed Senate by Three to One Vote [ AMENDED TO ACCORD| WITH DEMO PLATFORM Ratification by State Con- ventions—Early House Action Promised WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.— The Serate today adopted the| Blaine Resolution fer Repeal' of the Eighteenth Amend-| ment with protection of dry/ States from importations of | liguer from wet areas. | The resolution also pro- | vides for ratification by Slate Conventions called for that purpese rather than by Stau Legislatures. Supporters of repeal yesterday afterncon forced an agreement through the Senate for a final vo'e at 3 o'clock this afternoon. This‘ followed a surprise vote on an! amendment tha/ made the Blaine! measure accord with the Demo- \ cratic Party’s national platfonm \Umk out the provlsmn that em-! TWOSUSPECTS FIXED AT §66,600 governments. concurrently o con- Johnson aiid MEn v okl Output Last Month ol lquor fraffic in wet States. | *Held Without Bail for | $249,000 and Expen- The vote on the Democratic sub- | - stitute was three to one. With tis| Death Eva Lawrence | ditures $187,500 R | ! The Alaska Juneau's net oper- out of the way, the Senate quickly‘ set this afternoon for a final yote.! On a complaint, signed by G. A. Vote Marked by Tension | Getchell, The vote in the Senate Was Johnson and Albert (Doc) marked by a noticeable tension.'thews, were formally arrested ye: Many members of the House of terday afternoon charged with| Representatives crowded into the murder in the first degree for the by, Secretary, Senate Chamber, standing behind 'alleged killing of Mrs. the Senators who sat quietly in She was found dead in Johnson’s|Enginecer J. A. Williams, their seats. Each answered his room at the City Cafe early last in charge of operations during the| name as it was called by the Tuesday morning. |absence of L. H. Metzgar, General Clerk. The vote was 63 to 23,| Johnson, who called a physician |Superintendent. registering a full vote on this ques- to attend the woman, and Mat-i In addition, the company receiv- tion for the first time. thews, had been held as suspectsed $5,100 from non-operating sourc- Pnor to the final vote, the Drys before the formal charge was filed. ;es to bring the total profit to! inly scught to restore the orlg-,'x'hev were arraigned before Judge‘sflfim Average recovery values, mal provisions to the resolution, fcharles Sey and ordered held with- |were 73.74 cents per ton and op- moving an amendment to name the lout bond. erating expenditures were Federal Government and the States | Hearing Date Uncertain jcents per ton. as responsible for outlawing me’ No date has been fixed for a This was overwhelmingly lhearing for the two accused men |follow: voted down by the Senate. and it is uncertain when it will|Tons mined and trammed House Vote Monday |be held, Judge Sey sajd today. All| to mill Interest now switches from the of the staff of the United States|Operating Revenue: Anton J. Cermak, Chicago’s Democratic 1933 “World's Fair” Mayor, who was wounded last night at Miami, Florida, by a bullet intended for President-Elect Roosevelt. MURDER CHARGE ALASKA JUNEAU Mat- |January, this year, amounted to, prepared by J. W. Cros- San Francisco, and saloon. Senate to the House where both|Attorney's office is now attending Cents | the Wets and Drys are concentrat-a term of court at Ketchikan. Per Ton | ing their forces for the final bal-jJudge Sey has wired District At-| Gold .. . . $249,000 7374 tle. Prompt consideration is re~,t0rney H. D. Stabler asking when| Llead and Silver. garded as certain and House lead- |he or one of his assistants can be s 1 S TEE AT ers, including Speaker Garner, are here to represent the government Total $249.000 73.74 hopeful of passage. iflt the preliminary examination. In fact, Speaker Garner, a short| Johnson and Matthews, both of time before the Senate vote was;Whom testified before the coroner's taken, announced if the Senate|Jury which accused them of strang- passed the amended resolution,|ling Mrs. Lawrence in its verdict which is said to be practically yesterday, claim she died as she identical with the Garner resolu- |18y in Johnson's bed. Johnson de- tion defeated by the House early clared he had endeavored to arouse last December, it would be, put /her from what seemed to be an through the House not later than alcoholic stupor, shaking her and| next Monday. {slapping her in the face, and us- i [ing cold cloths. Matthews denied |either he or Johnson had laid {hands on her and said both of them knew she was dead when !Johnson summoned . a physician. Matthews, also, testified that John- (son told the jury he had never Iseen her before and knew her Operating Expenditures: Mining and tram- ming - $ 87,500 Milling 81,500 All other Juneau operating costs.. New York Stock transfer and San Francisco office expenses 9,000 287 3,500 Total -$187,500 5553 Operating profit § 61,500 18.21 Add: Non-operating in- come less outside prospecting ..... $ 5,100 Extra Precautions To Guard Hoover, And Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Feb. 16— Added precautions were thrown around President Herbert Hoo- | ——— vér today. Richard Jervis, Chief of the Seward Creek Control White House Secret Service | Act Signed by Hoover | Total profit be- (Continued on Page Seven) fore charges. $ 66,600 KNOWS HIS BOWLERS detail, when informed last night of the attempted assas- sination immediately gave out werd for redoubled watchful- ness, not only over the Presi- dent, but alsoc over the Presi- dent-Elect, | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Presi- dent Hoover has signed the act for estimates necessary for proper maintenance and flood control ,works of Lowell Creek, at Seward, ' Alaska. International Bowling Association celebrates its silver anniversary with a tournament here, Ted Gronewald will be rounding out 25 years of service as secretary. 4 FILED AGAINST NET FOR JAN'Y, $61,500, according to the monthly | Lawren:e,imade public here today by Chief actmg\ The monthly estimates or results | ST. PAUL, Feb. 16—When the| NO REGRETS AT SHOOTING,SAYS MIAMI SHOOTER Guiseppi Zan;ra Declares, He Meant to Kill Roosevelt | APPARENTLY DOES NOT REALIZE CRIME DONE \Tned to Kill Ki King of Italy,{ ! When in that Coun- try, He Says | MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 16.— ‘Wlth bulging eyes, dlldlmg ‘as he talked with his inter- ;rogdtors in the cell in the lo- ical jail, Guiseppi Zangara, | declared he had no regrets [for his attack on President-j | Elect Roosevelt. i | Speaking in broken Eng- {lish, Zangara said: " “I no care kill police. They work for leeving like me. “I like Roosevelt as a man, as President I want to keel him. “I want keel all Presidents. r STOCK PRICES ~ CANNERS ASKED Escaped Plotter’s Bullets i President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt who was selected as the victim of a would-be assassin. This is a new portrait of the next . Chief Executive painted by Lorenzo DeNevers, New York and Woon- socket, R. I, artist. Mr. Roosevelt posed for the picture at Albany. (Associated Press Photo) “I belong to no society. I'm not anarchist. Sometimes I" get beeg pain.” | ngara told his mtenogatms: Iurther that “I want to keel Presi- dents who oppress working men. J Zangara spoke to the officers, | without apparent realization 01‘ {what he had done. He grew bitter |as he talked at odd moments. He !said he came to Miami about twof | | Chief of Police, Paul|ating surplus for the month of months ago “because they tell me| elling flurry on the Stock Market complexioned stocky-built assassin, In U. 8. 9 Years | He said he had been in America Inine years and is understood to be a naturaliged citizen. The examinafion of the swarthy complexioned stock-built assassin by the Secret Service agents | brought out a disconnected, weird story. He said he purchased the pistol in a pawnshop three days ago for $8. He told the officer: he intended to kill President Hoov- |er but when he read that Roose-| 55.53 | velt was coming here, he decided, under October lows. | to give his attention to him. | Kill All Presidents | Asked if he intended to kill Roosevelt, Zangara said: | “Yes and I am sorry I didn't I would kill all Presidents, all of-| ficials. I like Roosevelt person- 'ally but I don't like Presidents.” The police said Zangara told| (them he wanted to kill King Em-| |manuel of Italy, but never had a chance while in that country. Zangara said he lost $200 on dog | races recently. An account book indicated he Jhad about $850 in a bank. | | CHARGES TO BE FILED 1 MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 16.—Four in- formations charging assault with |intent to murder will be filed against Zangara last today. No charges will be filed in con- nection with the shooting of Mayor Cermak as they will be held pending his outcome. — o FELIX GRAY RECUPERATIN RAPIDLY FROM OPERATION Felix Gray, of Douglas, who un- derwent an operation at St. Anr Hospital a week ago, is greatly im- proved and is looking forward being back at home at an ea date. ————— IN HOSPITAL Mike T. Karry entered St. An Hospital yesterday to receive ial care, jduced to from fractions to one point. Today's turnover was over |one of these communities, it was 11,000,000 shares. revealed at today's meeting of that Rails Weak organization. Rails turned weak for a time “’Ihe ;‘;C“Ll Ch'amkl)er I;unched gl Ftbend eto writing 1o all of the Seattle pack. | Industrials and utilities dipped p {tion of recent resistance levels|said to be evident that some of-| and the attempt on Roosevelt’s)ficial agency is essential to bring life as adverse influenc com- | Alaskan labor into direct contact ' Brands 15, eau for the past several weeks. SENTDOWNIN TO ESTABLIS SELLING WAVE LABUR AGENCY {Issues Dlop to Low Levels Chamber of Commerce then Recover Slight- | Presses Effort to Obtain | ly- Before Close Local Preference NEW YORK, Feb. 16—. Another | Continuing its efforts toward ob- taining all possible employment oi‘ Alaska labor in the salmon fishing | and packing industry, the Tham-'! today depressed general price aver- ages to the lowest level since early in last August. The pressure light- iber of Commerce has requested the ' ened late in the afternoon and |Association of Pacific Fisheries to, |many extreme losses of one to|endeavor to have the packers es-| more than three points were re-|tablish employmenttoffices at Ket- chikan and Juneau, or in at least| ers urging them to give preference‘ to local labor this year. Favorable Brokers mentioned the penetra-|responses were received, but it is ined with adverse dividend news. Net Gains Made with the packers. Preposed Change Unfavored International Harvester . lost Gen. Lytle Brown, Chief of U. neuly two points. Texas Gulf|S. Engineers, tentatively rejected was off five points. Consolidated |the request of the Chamber for Gas and American Tobacco B. made net gains of nearly one point. Santa Fe and Union Pa- cific recovered about one point af- the assignment of a representative of the Board of Rivers and Har- bors to Alaska. In a letter re- ceived by the Chamber, he de- ter off three and three and one |clared that inasmuch as most of | half points respectively. the operators of fish trap struc- tures had their headquarters in s . Seattle, the granting of permits fmsgg}{;m;}, f((;m:;v ka |f0F fish traps in Alaskan waters| “meEW ine stock closed today o |could be better done in that city | o :“ ";“0 stock closed today at|py the district engineer than in el ;;“UC“Z 88 %, :::;2:1:: Alaska. Administration of docks, Aght 5% ’ wharves, R S i |6%, Bethlehem Steel 13%. Galu- arves, ivers and Harbors pro jects and other activities of the district engineer, he added, could be carried out more economically and as efficiently from Seattle as from Juneau. The Chamber has taken this) matter up with Delegate-Elect A, J. Dimond and hopes he will be able to obtain the desired change in the near future. No Cruise Extension It will not be practicable to ex- tend the cruise of the famous fri- gate Constitution from Seattle to Alaskan waters, it was disclosed in a communication received by met and Hecla 2, Cur 1%, North American r‘llms 1%, General 5s-Wright 22%, Fox Motors 12%, ter 16%, Ken- necott 8%, Packard Motors 2, Safeway Stores 32! Standard United ates Steel 26%, Westinghous tric 25%. — .- — MIKE WAHL LEAVES FOR CHICHAGOF TONIGHT Mike Wahl, well known pros- pector and mining man, is leav- ng on the Estebeth tonight to bed in the hospital after being ta- {showing on his {bent over Cermak, who continued: jand spoke words of encouragement FIVE SHOTS ARE FIRED AT PRESIDENT -ELECT WHILE SITTING IN AUTOMOBILE DURING VISIT AT MIAMI Just Completes Reply to Welcoming Address When Foreigner Pulls Gun and Begins Firing—Crowd of Ten Thousand Persons Are Suddenly Thrown Into Confusion—Secret Service Men, Police and Civil- ians Turn on Shooter But Not Before Five Persons Are Stricken by Bullets MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 16.—A gunman who “hates” all Government officials tried to assassinate President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt last night at 9:45 o’clock but failed 'as the five shots he fired struck five other persons, one | being Anton J. Cermak, Mayor of Chicago. An old-fash- ioned gun was used by the would-be assassin. Guiseppi Zangara shot wildly into the crowd of about 10,000 persons gathered about and near the auto of Presi- 29 B2 !dent-Elect Roosevelt in the picturesque Bay Front Park | just as Roosevelt concluded a brief speech following a wel- jcoming address upon his arrival here from his ten-day |cruise along the Florida Coast. One bullet lodged in Mayor Cermak’s abdomen. An 'operation is deemed unwise unless his condition becomes Physicians attending the Mayor in a local hospital, worse. ‘rcported this morning he has a little better than a 50-50 chance to live and his condition is not immediately critical. Shocked and startled by the gun play, President-Elect Roosevelt waited to pick up Mayor Cermak and sped with him to the hospital. Roosevelt remained in the hospital for a brief time and visited the other victims as they were brought in and quickly attended. He cancelled his train departure for New York until MAYUR GERMAK this forenoon, waiting for the con- dition of the five victims to be fully Chicago Man Glad He and reported to him. Those Wounded Not President-Elect Is Victim The others wounded are: MRS. JOSEPH H. GILL, of Miami, wife of the President of the Florida Power and Light Company. MRS. MARGARET KRUIS. WILLIAM SINNOTT. RUSSELL CALDWELL, a boy. The victims sustained bulet wounds in or on their heads. All of the victims are reported to have a 50-50 chance to recover. Cenfusion Prevails MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 16.—Mayor Anton J. Cermak, resting on his o s ‘ minutes as the crowd milled about and Secret Service men and police pounced on the would-be assassin. Screams of women added to the confusion. Looking back from his automo- bile, after he had picked up Mayor Cermak, the President-Elect waved reassuringly at the crowd and told those near by: “Tell them I ant all right.” Roosevelt sent word to the yacht he had been cruising aboard that he would return for the night. His statement to the yacht officers said: “I am deeply moved by the se- rious injuries inflicted on my friends. I am remaining in Miami to learn in the morning their con- dition. I am entirely unharmed.” Firing Starts The President-Elect had just fin- “I am mighty glad it was me instead of you.” ‘With a deep expression of agony face, Roosevelt “I wish you would be more care- ful. We need men like you.” The President-Elect replied: need men like you.” Roosevelt held the Mayor in his lap on the way to the hospital “We | and sympathy as he left the hos- pital last night. FOUND NO PULSE MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 16. — Before leaving here this morning for New York, President-Elect Roosevelt said that when Mayor Cermak was put in his car to be taken to the hos- pital, he felt of his pulse and ighed a reply to a welcoming ad- there was none. Then after a dress. He was in his automobile, couple of blocks he felt again and|in the Bay Front Park, surrounded there was a flutter and the beats|by thousands of persons who came became stronger until the hospital|to welcome him after completing a was reached. cruise along the coast. Roosevelt Roosevelt said he kept talking|had been responding to the wel- to Cermak telling him not tomove |coming address, leaning his arms S0 the wound would not hurt. on the car and speaking into a Condition Fair “mike” connected with loudspeak- Mayor Cermak’s condition is re-lers. He had just turned and set- ported this afternoon to be fair|tled back in his seat and begun and no complications have appear- |talking to Mayor Gautier, of Miami, ed for the other victims. also in the auto when the firing Cermak sent a message to his|began. The first bullet whizzed Chicago Aldermen saying: “I know |directly in front of the President- all of Chicago is pulling for me|Elect and struck Mayor Cermak, a and T am going to pull through short distance away. Had Roose- the Chamber from the Navy De- partment. The distance between Puget Sound and Alaska, the lim- ited accommodations for the crew resume development work on property near Chichagof in which he and local associates are inter- ested. 'Mr. Wahl has been in Ju- (Continuea on ?ue .'m l looo in the last twelve months. ! for Chicago.” | velt been in the same position as - e | when talking in the microphone lhe would have been wounded, un- (Continued on Page Two) Japan's population increased 850,-