The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 21, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6760. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NET TIGHTENS AROUND KIDNAP SUSPECT e HUNDREDS FOUR THOUSAND BUILDINGS LAID INRUINS, 0SAKA School Houses Collapse— Pupils and Teachers Wind's Victims DAMAGES ESTIMATED 90 MILLION, ONE CITY Very Heart of Flowery Kingdom Reported to Scene of Horror BULLETIN — TOKYO, Sept. 21.—The known dead, estimat- ed up to this afternoon, is 1,346, injured 4,203. The typhoon roared across Western and ~Central Japan, creating the worst disaster since the 1923 earthquake when 91,000 were killed in Tokyo alone. TOKYO, Sept. 21.—The most de- structive typhoon in a generation has lashed the teeming cities in the heart of Japan leaving 867 known dead, more .than 3,000 in- jured and hundreds missing, with scenes of horror reported every- where. Tokyo newspapers, from brief dispatches received, estimated Osa- ka City alone has suffered $90,- 000,000 damages. Schools Collapse Sixty seven school buildings there collapsed, killing at least 421 pu- pils and teachers. The injured, outside of the schools, is given in first reports as 1,300. Kyoto briefly reports hundreds killed, hundreds injured and 500 buildings destroyed. 4,000 Destroyed Osaka reports at least 4,000 build- destroyed. Seas swept in with a tidal wave drowning many in the low lying areas of the coastal villages. Nine trains were either derailed or overturned in the Osaka Pre- fecture, one train counting ten dead and 165 injured. Tokyo was spared from the main force of the typhoon but five han- gars have been blown down, twen- ty planes wrecked and other mi- nor damage reported. Only hazy pictures of the full sweeping destruction have yet reached Tokyo. Communication systems have been badly battered by the wind which in some places reached a velocity of 120 miles an hour. ICKES STUDIES PWA PLAN FOR HELPING NOME Housing Corporation Funds May, Be Supplied for Fire Victims . WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Sec- retary of Interior Ickes told re- porters that the PWA is to con- sider whether homes destroyed in the fire at Nome could be rebuilt through the Public Works Housing Corporation. ‘While asserting he saw a possi- bility of extending the housing as- sistance, Secretary Ickes would not commit himself definitely. Gov. John W. Troy, of Alaska, Secretary Ickes said, has asked especially that the PWA aid in re- building the Federal buildings, but the Secretary said he did not know whether such construction would be justified and that he had not consulted other interested Gov- ernment Departments. Secretary Ickes said he had re- ceived a telegram from C. C. Gar- land, Chairman of the Alaska De- velopment Committee of the Ta- coma Chamber of Commerce, re- questing that one million dollars be alloted for the buying of sup- plies for Nome. The Secretary said KILLED: TYPHOON SWEEPS JAPAN'S COAST | Wiley Post, globe cir join Alaska flier - Famous Flier in Juneau ng aviator, is a passenger aboard the | Cenadian Pacific steamer Princess Louise for this eity, | Joe Crosson and together they'will hant bear, He is to RALPH LOMEN T0 FLY TO NOME; 4 OTHERS ON TRIP | Disaster Relief Worker Bowen McCoy, Commer- cial Men, Make Flight The Lomen Party is expected to arrive in Juneau during this afternoon enroute to Nome. Aboard the plane, besides Mr. Lomen and Bowen McCoy, are C. M. Mathews, lumberman, and Jack Keseler, Portland dry goods salesman. SEATTLE, Sept. 21.—According |to plans anounced last night, Ralph Lomen was to get away for Nome at 5 o'clock this morning in a plane which is also taking Bowen Mc- Coy, Disaster Relief Worker, and Red Cross Representative from San Francisco, and three repre- sentatives of commercial concerns. The Fairchild plane of the Alaska Southern Airways carries the party and Robert Ellis is pilot. The party expects to be in Nome Satur- day afternoon. ot s AR el JAMES CURLEY 1S NOMINATED - FOR GOVERND Former Mayor of Boston Overwhelmingly Swept Into Executive Race BOSTON, Mass,, Sept. 21.—James M. Curley, three times Mayor of Boston, original Roosevelt man in Massachusetts and ardent cham- pion of the New Deal, was swept to victory in yesterday’'s state wide primary to become the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Curley defeated Gen, Charles Cole, political ally of Gov. Joseph B. Ely, Democrat and outspoken critic of the New Deal, by a sweep- ing majority. Lt. Gov. Gaspar Bacon, also a New Deal critic, was nominated for ‘Governor by, the Republicans. WWoman, Being X-Rayed,ilr)ie; | “I didn't do it.” | NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—A pre- liminary finding that Mrs. Sophie H. Berger was accidentally electro- cuted while about to have her head X-rayed in a doctor’s office, was made here by Dr. Thomas A. Gon- zalez, deputy chief medical exam- iner. Mrs. rger, wife of a Brooklyn real estate man, had gone into the office of the physician while her husband waited in an ante room. Suddenly, according to Ber- | ger, the doctor ran from his office, | ) erying: Dr. Gonzalez said a death cer- tificate was filed which stated in error that the cause of death was a blood clot inducing heart failure. An assistant medical examiner, making an autopsy, advanced the belief ‘the woman had died of | “congestion of viscera, burns of the right arm and left ankle.” Dr. Gonzalez, making plain the phy- sician had not been at fault, said: “There is nmo doubt in my mind her death was accidental, caused by electrocution .during X-ray treat- ment on a table.” Police were assigned to examine the doctor’s X-ray apparatus for Reconstruction Committee | | blance of the return to normal {is now used for a meeting place as | well {lan are aiding the local officers in | Road Commission, has arrived here | preparations were being made for PUBLICSCHOOLS OPEN AT NOME; REHABILITATION Bringing Conditions Back to Normal NOME, Alaska, Sept. 21.—A sem- conditions after last Monday's dis< asterous fire is now apparent with the reopening yesterday of the Pub- lic Schools. The Native School willy reopen next week as the building as free eating and sleeping quarters for the homeless. An- other portion of the building is being utilized for Coast Guard headquarters. The Coast Guarders of the Che- patrolling the burned area. Ike Taylor, Chief of the Alaska from Fairbanks by airplane with Murray Hall of the Department of Commerce Aviation Service. Taylor was ordered by Gov. Troy to survey the disaster and he will work in connection with the rehab« ilitation committee, headed by Grant R. Jackson, Chairman, which was named by the Governor. The Nugget will begin issuing a daily newspaper probably by Sat- urday, using a borrowed mimeo= graph, to’ publish -the activitiesyof Gov. Troy’s Reconstruction Com- mittee and general press news. e — COMMITTEE T0 LIST NEEDS OF NOMECITIZENS Systematic Work Starts at| Nome — Will Rebuild Along Modern Lines A census of Nome to determine the needs of the populace of that fire-devasted city was launched there today by the Central FERA Committee, Gov. John W. Troy was advised today by Grant R. Jack- son, Chairman. At the same time rebuilding the city along more modern lines than the old town. M. J. Walsh yesterday designat- ed by Gov. Troy to be FERA dis- bursing clerk under Federal Judge J. H. S. Morrison, has been ap- pointed Clerk of the Central Com- mittee, Mr. Jackson reported. The Committee is now at work on a defects. ., STOCK PRICES ' TAKE ADVANCE; GLOSE IS FIRM Merchandise lisiés Take Lead—Business Reports Show Improvement NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Stocks were up one to around three points today. The close was firm. Merchandise issues lead in the advance and other groups improved reflecting better retail business re- ports. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19%, American Can 99, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 11%, Armour com- mon 6%, Bethlehem Steel 28%, Calumet and Hecla 3%, Curtiss- Wright 2%, General Motors 29%, International Harvester 28%, Ken- necott 19%, United States Steel 32%, Pound $4.99%. - e A 6,000 foot tower is planned at this could not be done out of the| United States Senator David I.|Paris for the fair to be held there Public Works funds. ‘Walsh, Democrat, was renominated. in 1937. comprehensive program. Its first objective is to take & * Mussolini Telling Arm; to Be Ready for War Scene at Italian ariiy maneuvers at Bologna, when Premier Benito Mussolini told the assembled soldiers “war clouds” were hoverinf Mussolini’s side is Gen. EPIC Plan—;’ropose(i be U piofi Sinelair Unanimously Adopted by Democrats of SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 21.—Upton Sinclair's EPIC plan, to end poverty in California, by which the unemployed men may " be placed on idle farm land and in defunct factories to produce their own necessities, was embodied virtually in full in the plat- form overwhelmingly adopted by the Democratic State Conven- tion here yesterday. The vote was 113 to 4. These voting in favor of the platform, to which only a minor amendment was added, included George Creel, Chairman of the convention, the man who ran second to Sinclair for the Democratic nomination for Governor, and United States Senator William Gibbs McAdoo. over Europe and that they must be ready to respond to the eall to battle. At talo Balbo (arrow). who is recarded as his probable successor as dictator. CERTIFICATE FIRST CAUSE OF SUSPICION Gasoline Filling Station Manager Alert—Arrest Follows His Tip NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Walter Lyle, aged 35 years, gasoline filling station manager, disclosed that his suspicions of the $10 United States gold certificate supplied one of the major clues in the apprehension of California State % DELLWOOD T0 CARRY FREIGHT, NOME DISTRICT John C. Kirkpatrick Also to Make Trip to Sew- ard Peninsula SEATTLE, Sept. 21.—Loading.of the steamer Dellwood, of the Alas- ka Steamship Company, for Nome, complete census of the town so that its needs can be definitely as- certained. This information, Mr. Jackson said, will be compiled quickly as possible. In the mean- time, clearing of debris from the streets has been launched and is absorbing a limited number of men. begins tomorrow. There will be a cargo of about 5,000 tons including one million feet of lumber already booked. The company officials an- nounced they could put five other ships in the relief service if necy essary. The John C. Kirkpatrick, of the Northwestern Steamship Co., is| A legal subcommittee has been|sailing September 27 for Nome. appointed by Mr. Jackson and is|Another ship will be chartered to obtaining consent from property|take care of the Kirkpatrick’s regu- owners to the use of private prop-|lar sailing to Southeast and South- erty for the purpose of widening|West Alaska, POSTPONEDATH HEAT SATURDAY ticipating future municipal econ- struetion along modern lines. A Coast Guard detachment from the cutter Chelan which arrived yesterday, is patrolling the burned area, and otherwise giving all pos- sible assistance to the citizens, Tke P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, ar- rived yesterday by plane from Fair- NEWPORT, R. I, Sept. 21.— banks. He and B. D. Stewart were| There was no race today be- co-operating with the committee| tween the British challenger in its survey. N. Lester Troast,| Endeavour and American de- Office of Indian Affairs architect,| fender Rainbow. aboard the North Star, was to Sopwith asked for a post- ponement until tomorrow so he could install a new Genoa jib which has just arrived. ———-——— MARSHALL MAN MOVES Joseph F. Plein, old timas Alas- —————— kan, who arrived at Anchorage re- Under the government emergencyjeently, from Marshall for medical drought relief program, 42,000 cat-|treatment, has left the hospital have been brought to Nome by plane today and will assist in com- tle were purchased in Oklahomaijand plans to remain in Anchorage. piling estimates for building ma- terials and supplies needed for temporary and permanent construc- tion. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Lind- bergh kidnap suspect. Lyle received the certificate last Saturday morning in payment for gasoline. Remembering gold cer- tificates had all been called in by the Government, he decided to take it to a bank where it was discov- ered the serial number was one of the notes paid in the Lindbergh ransom. Previously Lyle had noted the li- cense number of the car and a check-up led to Hauptmann, B TET, STRIKE MAY BE ENDED BY TOMORROW President Makes Personal Appeal—Manufacturers and Workers Meeting LINDBERGHS ARE TO FLY EAST AGAIN Secrecy Surrounds Move- ments Since Arriving in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 21.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh are reported preparing to fly back to New York. ‘The flying couple are in seclusion and secrecy has surrounded their movements since they flew here last Monday at the end of a leis- urely cross-country flight. It is said they knew in advance that an arrest was expected in the kidnaping case. An intimate friend of the Lind- bergs said they have nothing to say except to the authorities. Episcopalians May Bar Wives as Deaconesses HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 21.— President Roosevelt has appealed to the textile workers and manu- facturers to immediately end the strike. NEW INDICATIONS WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Ter- mination of the textile strike by NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—The Epis- copal Church announces that a Joint commission will recommend tomorrow at the latest is indicated to the fifty-first triennial general as the Executive Council of he convention of the church in At- Textile Workers met to act on the lantic OCity on Oetober 10 that report of the President’s Mediation married women be excluded from Board. the office of deaconess. | George Sloan, President of the e | Cotton Textile Institute, in the 3 | first statement after receiving the YOUNG SELDOVIA MAN DIES |prasident's appeal to end the strike SUDDENLY AS HEART FAILS goi4 he is “recommending that closed mills open as o Rovert. Mitchell, of Seldovia, ciomes il el s dropped dead just outside of the| door of his home at noon, Sep-i tember 6. Mitchell, 32 years old,| came to Alaska four years ago! from California. He had just com-| Out-of-towners in Anchorage re- pleted the season’s fishing at Bris- | cently were K. V. Peel, of Naknek, tol Bay. He is survived by h‘szndy Petersen, of Santwell, Mr. wife, formerly Mary Hunter, of|and Mrs. Sidney Black, of Wasilla, Seldovia, his mether and other rel-|R. Erickson of Takotna and B. H. atives in San Francisco. |Mayfield of Talkeetna. ———e———— IN ANCHORAGE MAN ARRESTED INLINDBERGH GASE GRILLED Authorities Believe Great- est Clue in Nation’s Mystery Obtained DIFFERENT STORIES ARE BEING RELATED One Warrant on Extortion Already Outcome— Jaf- sie Again Enters Plot BULLETIN — NEW YORK, Sept. 21—Stolid mild-mannered Hauptmann displayed no emo- tion this afternoon when the Magistrate held him without bail on a charge of receiving ransom money. He looked down to the floor in the Bronx courtroom during the arraign- ment on a formal charge of extortion. New Jersey went ahead with preparations to try him on a charge of homicide. Meanwhile the authorities are divided whether the kidnaping and slaying was a one man job. The police believe more than one man was concerned. Hauptmann will have the choice of pleading guilty and walving slead- ing not and luc an im- mediate hearing. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Mild- mannered but tight lipped Bruno Richard Hauptmann, aged 35 years, a carpenter, faced fast-pacing de- velopments in the Lindbergh kid- naping case of two and one-half years ago. He is undergoing an in- tensive gruelling by the authorities. A formal charge of extortion has been entered naming Hauptman in connection with receiving the ran- som money of $50,000 but the au- thorities are unable as yet to con= nect him with the original crime of kidnaping and slaying the Lind- bergh baby. Extradition Warrant A warrant for extradition on a homicide charge against Haupt- man has been signed in Trenton, New Jersey, by Gov. A. Harry Moore. Meanwhile Hauptmann’s blonde blue-eyed wife Anna has been re- leased after questioning by the po- lice. She declared she “absolute- ly had no connection with the About That Money Questioned concerning the find- ing of $13,500 of the ransom mon= ey in his garage, Hauptmann said he secreted it there ‘“because he had no confidence in banks.” Perfect Case During questioning today, Chief Police Inspector J. J. Sullivan de= clared: “We have a perfect extor= tion case against this man. There is no doubt in my mind he will have to answer a more serious charge.” Startling Developrhents There is optimism among the (vontinued on Page Two) e —— SUSPECT BAD BOY; GERMAN REPORT GIVEN Secret Service Receives In- formation from Abroad About Hauptmann NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Reports received by the United States Sec- ret Service, from Kamenz, Ger- many, said Bruno Richard Haupt- mann was known there as the town’s bad boy and that he had been sentenced to prison on charg- es not disclosed. Hauptmann'’s mother still lives in Kamenz. Another report said a man named Karl Pelimeir, alias Hauptman, had been deported from Germany in 1923 after he entered the country as a stowaway.