The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 25, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS:ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6505. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CHICAGO POLICE PROBE MYSTERIOUS DEATH SERIES FIRM PRESIDENT TO CONTINUE HIS MONEY POLICY Dollar Devaluation Plan Not to Be Changed, Roosevelt Says LIEUTENANTS MAKE REPLY TO. CRITICS Attack by Smith Provokes No Response from Chief Executive WARM SPRINGS, Georgia, Nov. President Roosevelt today d up on his recovery and ry programs with his Chief enants, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Hugh S. Johnson, Recovery 1inistrator, and Ambassador newly appointed envoy to Russia. Others were also called into the meeting and made their reports. Replies to Attacks Quick replies were made to the allacks on the Administration poli- cies from the President’s field lieu- ter but the Chief Executive only laughed and proceeded on his way. A severe attack by Alfred E. Smith, made in the current issue of the New Outlook, failed to pro- voke Presidential response. Speaks Over Radio Aci Gen, Ac Bu Last night the President spoke | over the air at the dedication of the new Georgia Hall here but con- fined } elf solely to thanks and hopes for caring for children and grownups who are fighting back from paralysis attacks. | Dollar Devaluation In a roadside interview, Presi-| dent Roosevelt made it clear he i3 going along on his dollar devalua- tion plan. As for a reply to his critics, he had nothing to say. It became known that the Presi- dent is looking for new order in Cuba. Although he is not satisfied with the Government there, he hopes for an administration which will meet his requirements for stability. ——————— DORBANDT CASE 1S CONTINUED 10 WEDNESDAY Attorney for Alaskan Flier Given Bodyguard for Rest of Trial - SEATTLE, Nov. 25—The case of the United States Government against Frank Dorbandt, well- known Alaska flyer, seeking to confiscate his plane on grounds of illegal entry into the United States, was continued today until Wednesday by Federal Judge E. E. Cushman. + George Olson, Dorbandt’s aftor- ney, accused the Government of persecuting Dorbandt, who is now ill in California. Olson also launched a bitter attack on Cus- toms Agent A. S. Atherton, who gathered much of the evidence in the case. The case was started yesterday morning. Mrs. John Wiley, a wit- ness, said Dorbandt landed on Charles Island where she and her husband were vacationing on July 27 with Lyman de Staffany and that both spent the night there. Dorbandt’s attorney askad pro- tection against possible attack in connection with the case and was given a bodyguard for the re- mainder of the trial e HARRY SETZER ARRIVES Harry Sctzer, of Danville, Tli-| nois, brother of Charles Setzer, proprietor of the Pantorium Clean- ers, arrived yesterday afternoon| on the Northland from Seattle. Mr. Setzer will be employed at the cleaning establishment. At! present he is registered at the | man’s story in writing, indicating YaUNG COUZENS WINS IN DETROIT STAND ON MONETAR = NEW HOPE IS SEEN NOW FOR SOVIET UNION Litvinoff Declares War Preparations in Full Swing in Europe Maxim | | NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Litvinoff, Soviet Commissar of Fo eign Affairs, said last night that| he saw a ray of light for progress| in his country against the “gloomy background” of increasing militar-| ism in Europe. Litvinoff said preparedness for new wars are. in full swing and| carried on quite openly in Europe.| The Commissar’s statement was) made at a good-will banquet tend- ered him by the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce. | Litvinoff said notwithstanding | the “gloomy background” the So-| viet has been developing indus- trially and agriculturally remain- ing steadfast to the true principles | of peace. | LITVINOFF SAILS { NEW YORK, Nov. 25—Commis- sar Litvinoff -sailed for home to- day, saying he hoped the two| countries would never ‘“lose each| other again. 1 hope our friend- ship will endurs and grow.” e SENATOR ADAMS ASKS PROBE OF JUSTIGE FILES WASHINGTON, Not., 25—In- vestigation Dby the Senate stock market committee of testimony by Louis Mayer, California movie pro- ducer and Republican leader, in which he claimed he had Justice Department records “changed” were demanded today by Senator Alva B. Adams, Democrat, of Lolorado. Mayer and officials of the de- partment during Hoover's admin- istration should be subpoenaed by the committee, said Adams, a member of the committee, if they will not appear voluntarily. Another Senator said he thought investigators should follow up Wil- liam Fox' charges of conspiracy to take his movie properties from him, by calling an attorney iden- fied only as Berenson, who filed the receivership action against Fox. Despite these expressions, most committee members seemed con- tent to let the Fox story stand, rather than extend the hearings. Tt was announced fhat anyonz wishing to challenge the theatre Zynda Hotel. - A turtle measuring four and a half feet across was caught in the Withlacoochee River in Georgia. that the committee would not take the infiative. - e — Three Pampa, Tex., archers killed a coyote with bows and arrows. Frank Couzens (holding hat), 31-year-old son of United States Sen- ator James Couzens of Michigan, is shown surrounded by admirers con- gratulating him on his election as Detroit’s mayor, a post once held by his father. (Associated Press Photo) Marine Freak Is Brought Up On Codline VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 25. —A marine freak without eyes, six feet long, and three inches at the greatest width, smooth body, without fins and scales, has been caught off Siwash Rock, Stanley Park, by the three Barclay brothers. The freak was taken on cod- lines in water 180 feet in depth. The thecry is advanced that it might be a “seaship” which is a colony of minute creatures attached to cach other, giving the appearance of one body. | SKAGWAY MAN ENDS LIFE BY BULLET ROUTE Jake Secrest, Waterfront Character, Found Dead in Cabin (Special to The Empire) SKAGWAY, Alaska, Nov. 25— Jake Secrest, aged 70 years, an old- time waterfront character, was found dead in his cabin yesterday with a bullet hole through his neck. Secrest had been ailing for the past two months and had made application to enter the Pioneers' Home at Sitka. Secrest evidently had been dead about twelve hours. His small oil lamp was still burn- ing on the table. A coroner’s jury pronounced it a case of suicide. e, MILDRED KEATON AT NOME; PLANE TRIP IS DELAYED Miss Mildred Keaton, Indian Service nurse, well known in Ju- neau, is in Nome following the failure of an airplane on which she was a passenger, to land at Shishmareff. She was traveling by air from Kotzbue to Shismar- eff, but weather conditions were bad and the plane had to con- tinie to Nome. Miss Keaton will mak the trip back to Shishmareff by dog team, according to word received by the Indian Service here. Open Air Lanes , STOCKHOLM. — Under an agreement just completed pilot certificates issued in the United |threat of a general strike on the | INDIAN SERVICE | . WILL GIVE JOBS | T0 250 NATIVES| Covernmenlfl'ders Work| - in Villages of Alaska to Start Immediately $ ' Authorization was received last'} night by Charles W. Hawkesworth, [ head of the Alaska division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to im= |’ mediately furnish employment for | 260 persons in useful work con-! F nected with the Indian villages of | § Alaska. The work is to start immed- || jately and last until February 15.,. Funds to be furnished by the Fed- | eral Civil Works Administration i will approximate $65,000. Selection of the workers, who are to be natives, will be done by their local representatives in each village and employment will bel given to the most needy and men with large families. ) The work is to include sanita- | tion and repairs to school houses and other community buildings, and such ‘other civic projects as are needed in the individual cases. —evo——— R. R, STRIKE AVERTED BY A_ncient Atares fortress in Havana (above) was the scene of the latest bloody battle between rebellious eoldiers ar‘\d troops loyal to the government of President Grau San Martin. Members of the ABC, Cuban secret society seeking reinstatement of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes as president, retired to the .'urtru s but surrendered after a day o bitter fighting. Loyal soldiers, pictured here, are sho the fi FI D| Rl MflvE{: ajlamrw previous disorders. (Associated Press Photos) ' >, P ahown Bn the Crivgle | Eatnrs” | MASSACRED N CUBAN ATTACK Former Machado Regimists Taken from Escorting Guard and Killed Under the law, the President's action makes it impossible for the| MATANZAS, Cuba, Nov. 25.—Five workers to break with the railroads former officers of the Cuban Army until the board has had time t0 have been massacred on the high- HOUSTON, Texas., Nov. 25.—The | Southern Pacific lines in Texas and Louisiana, scheduled for noon to-| day, ended late yesterday when President Roosevelt appointed a board of three to investigate the controversy between the company | and employees. | Pierce County’s Fatality List for Year In- creased by One TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 25. — Pierce County’s thirty-fifth auto- mobile traffic fatality of the year came yesterday in fhe death of Ole Harrison, aged 55 years. Harrison was hit by a truck dur- ing a fog Thursday night. J. B. Carlson, the driver of the! truck, was moving slowly but his efforts to avoid striking Harrison were futile. B DOWLING GOES SOUTH A. C. Dowling, Deputy United States Marshal for the Third Di- vision, is a passenger from Val- dez to Seattle on the Northwest- ern. i Woman Found Guilty of Cattle Rustling; Verdict Ends Sensational Trial obtain the facts. The board will way near Colon by a group of un- also recommend a basis for a set- jdentified men who forcibly remov- tlement. ed the officers from guards con- Clara. THlRTY_FIFTH Those slain are one Colonel, one Captain and three Lieutenants, under the Machado regime and in AUTO VICTIM == The detachment was stopped by { a group of men armed with ma DIES TAG“MA chine guns and rifles. Holding tGe ] escorting soldiers at bay, the un- identified group took the former and killed them outright on the field. * AL | AUTOMOBILE | y * MOTORBUS IN GOSHEN, N. Y., Nov. 25—Six persons were killed in a collision |this morning between an automo- bile and a motorbus. The accident those in the bus were injured. The victims are Jack Kalser and his wife Gertrude; Rose, Marie and Katherine Dur, siste and T veying them from here to Santa disfavor with the present Govern- officers six yards from the road occurred south of here. None of Kenneth Baird, all of Middletown. States will be valid here and vica versa while each country will per- mit licensed fliers of the other to navigate its air lanes. % LRI MRS. DAY IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Charles Day underwent a minor operation at St. Ann's Hos- pital yesterday afternoon, return- ing to her home last ‘evening. DENVER, Colorado, Nov. and Mrs. Green Newton, the first wom- an to be tried in this county for cattle rustling, was convicted late yesterday. 25— a “lying skunk, dirty crook a bum.” After the conviction the woman's | attorney moved for a new trial. The guilty verdict was the cli- max to the court room drama of intensity. E. Ellison Hatfield, Deputy Dis- trict Attoreny, called the woman Mrs. Newton was alleged by the authorities to have been the lead- er of a cattle rustling gang op- crating in Colorado and New Mex- ico during recent months. R AEr IOy Gold Price 11 CONVICTED IsSteady ||\ ONE TRIAL At $33.76 1 ~2 7 PHILADELPHIA No Change Made During| X Past Five Days—High- |Scores Found Guilty of er than in London Conspiracy—Sentence Immediately Passed WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. — To- day's gold price is $33.76'an ounce,! & the same as for the past five; PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Nov. 25. days. ! —Seventy-one men were convicted The domestic price is 93 cents of a conspiracy charge yesterday higher than in London on the jn what the Judge and Prosecutor basis of the opening of the sterling 'described as one of the most elab- rate of $5.19 to the pound. lorate criminal trials in the history ST i VR 'of the Federal courts. tenced. This granted appeals which | served as a stay of judgments un- | The seventy-one men were con- ‘vxcwd of participating in a pro- | tection organization which domin- —_— the liquor traffic in nearby NflTHIN' DUIN’ The men were immediately sen- til a higher court acts. |ated 2 Delaware County. Refuses to Accept Premler-i State Senator John J. McClure, Shlp of France— !alleged leader, received the sever- Makes Suggestion a fine of $10,000. | The Government charged the PARIS, Nov. 25—President Le- ring members took money to pro- brun offered the Premiership 10 tect liquor and vice activities and Edouard Herriot, who refused and raiding those who refused to pay. suggested the office be given to L5 NG = Camille Chautemps. KINSLEY COMES TO EXAMINE CLAIMS; | LEAVES ON RANGER 'STRAIN TELLS ON GROCER AS TURKS GOBBLE DOWN FOOD | According to Nick Bavard of the flock of Leaving at mnoon today the California Grocery, the Ranger VI, Forestry Service cruis-' turkeys, one of which is to be ' awarded free to a customer on er, is taking A. C. Kinsley, of the United States Land Office at An-| chorage, to Chichagof, where he will examine a number of mining claims. The Ranger will call outbound next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, are in fine ¢ jon. Mr. Bavard also says he will be relieved of a great responsibility after Thanks- giving these birds have develop- at Mitchell Bay with supplies for ed a ravenous appetite since ar- the trail camps and then will go riving at the California Grocery's to Chichagof. On the return the ranch on Glacier Highway. ——————— boat will go to Sifka and then back to Mitchell Bay fo assist in ROBERT PAUL UNDERGOES moving the trafl crews out for the, BONE OPERATION AT THE winter. The boat will return to ORTHOPEDIC IN SEATTLE Juneau shortly after the first of Rohert Alexander Paul, 11-year- the month. old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Paul, yesterday underwent his third “ 9 cperation for infection of the right SOUTH'PAW CLUB hip at the Seattle Orthopedic Hos- NOW ORGANIZED MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Nov. 25.—A scientific study of left- handed persons’ psychological re- actions is the object of the new “Southpaw Club” organized at Georgia Stafte College for Women with membership restricted to “port-siders.” The director is Dr. George Harris Webber, head of the education ¢ecpartment. pital according to information re- ceived here by Mr. Paul from his wife, who was with their son in Seattle. It was found necessary to have a blood transfusion and Mrs. Paul volunteered, the radiogram stated. The boy is progressing satisfactorily and it is possible that no further bone work will be required, physi- cians at the hospital said. est sentence, that of 18 months and | Y PROGRAM MANY ARE NOW SUSPECTED IN WYNEKOOP CASE Authorities Puzzled Over Cross Confessions of Mother and Son . STORY OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH IS UNBELIEVED Woman Physician Remaing in Custody of Sheriff Until Friday CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—The tragic death of petite Rheta Wynekoop remained much of a mystery today despite the confession of her moth- er-in-law that she shot the young woman. Authorities are frankly unsatis- fied with the statement of Dr. Alice Wynekoop, the mother-in-law, that she fired the bullet only after Rheta had died by accident from chloroform administered while she was receiving medical treatment from her mother-in-law. Being Questioned Further Dr. Wynekoop and her son, Earle, husband of Rheta, are being ques- tioned further. Legal authorities expressed the opinion that the doc- tor's statement is not sufficient to convict her, as it is a confession of defense. The coroner's jury held the belief that Rheta died of a “gunshet |wound, hemorrhage and shock.” The jury recommended that the doctor be held on a charge of murder. Police said they still had many persos connected with the case under suspicion. Loved Her As Daughter Dr. Wynekoop, speaking of her daughter-in-law, said: “She was a quiet little mouse of a thing. I loved her as my own daughter ahd I'm sure she loved me as her own mother. I'm confident I did the, only thing there was to do—the logical thing—I've taken the only step I can. You understand it is difficulty for me to say anything further.” Earle, whom police accused of killing his wife, was quoted once as saying he wanted to “confess all” but when he was questioned again last night investigators as- serted the belief that whatever he wished to say was nothing more than an attempt to shield his mother. New Investigaticns Meanwhile announcement came from the police that investigation might be made into four deaths which occurred in the gloomy man- sion where Rheta died. These were the doctor's husband, who died three years ago of heart trouble; the father of Miss Enid Hennessey, a high school teacher who resides at the Wynekoop mansion; an adopted daughter -of the Wyne- koops, and Mrs. Kate Porter, a patient of Dr. Wynekoop and with whom, police said, she had a joint checking account at the bank. IN CRIMINAL COURT CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—Taken to criminal court today, Dr. Alice Wynekoop remained in the custody of the sheriff to await possible grand jury action for murder of her daughter-in-law. A habeas cor- pus hearing was deferred until next Friday. She threw a kiss to her son, Earle, which he failed to no- tice as he was led away to the county jail where he will be locked up until Monday. Dr. Wynekoop said she would stand by her confession although her 'son called it a “pack of lies told by my mother to save me be- cause she thought I might be in danger.” The only thing true in his moth- er’s entire statement, he said, is that Rheta used to go downstairs frequently herself. to disrobe and weigh