The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1934, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6761. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LINDBERGH KIDNAPER BELIEVED SLAIN FISCAL BUDGET |Two Cm—wicte;l Dillinger Gangsters Shot in Attempt to Break Prison; One Dead | Other Is Reported Dying OF GOVERNMENT ON 600D BASIS Postmaster General Farley Declares Nation’s Busi- ness on Mend REPLY IS MADE TO CRITICS, NEW DEAL Operation of Departments Millions Below Cost Under Hoover Regime ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 22.—Post- | master General James A. Ferley last night declared that the fiscal| balance sheet of the Government is in a sound condition and said busi- ness is on the mend. He made the reply to critics,| who he said “would have you be-| lieve the Government is on a wild spending spree.” The Postmaster General came to St. Paul to dedicate the new Post| Office buildings in the Twin Cit- les. New Deal to Stay The Postmaster General said the COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 22. —Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley, Dillinger gangsters awaiting execution in the Ohio Prison, were shot and wounded in their cells this forenoon when they attempted a prison break with fake guns. Makley died later. Warden P, E. Thomas had just summoned newsmen into his office to tell them of a tip on the Linbergh kidnaping, when the prison alarm was sounded. Both Pierpont and Makley were convicted of the murder of a sheriff in a jail break. The Lindbergh tip to the newsmen was this: The War- den said a letter signed by Bruno Richard Hauptmann, now under arrest in New York City, had been received by a prisoncr. The letter was written in code and when translated read: “Kill baby.” kidnap Lindbergh’s By prison grapevine it was stated this afternoon Pierpont has little chance to survive his | wounds. WILEY POST IN JUNEAU BOUND ON HUNTING TRIP New Deal is here to stay despite “frenzied exhortation” of those de- | manding the return to what they | call “rugged individualism.” ’ Continuing, the Postmaster Gen- eral said: i “Among other things, we are| charged by our critics with the sin of extravagance. That is rather | amazing in view of the fact that the normal expenses of the various Famous Flier Here Over- night on Way to Fair- banks to See Crosson Wiley Post, modest Oklahoman, who has twice circled the globe at record breaking speed, and held the world breathless at his exploits in the air, arrived in Juneau last evening aboard the Princess Louise Government Departments, in the first year of the Roosevelt Adminis- tration, was seven hundred and fifty million dollags less than dur- ing the last year of the Hooyer fégime.” ; o ‘The Postmaster General ex- plained that he meant normal ex- penses and routine expenditures for services and the Administration that go on year in and year out, in good times or bad times. RODENEME VICTORIOUS BY §4-VOTE MARGIN Independent Candidate De- feats Senator Shattuck —All Returns In Carrying four out of the six pre- cincts, and last, to be reported, and gaining 30 votes by the dis- covery of an error in telegraphic | returns received earlier, Henry Ro- den, Independent candidate, won the Senatorial election in this di- vision, defeating Senator Allen Shattuck, up for re-election, by 84 votes. Delegate Dimond’s vote in this Division was 3,292, Oscar G. Olson, Democrat, had a plurality of 23 votes in the tri- angular race for Treasurer, getting 1495, W. G. Smith, encumbent, running as Independent, 1,472, and Dr. W. H. Chase, Republican, 850. The four Democratic candidates for the House—A. H. Ziegler, A. P. ‘Walker, F. J. Baronovich and Joe Green—finished in the order named. Mr. Zeigler received 2,211 votes, Mr. Walker 2,139, Mr. Baronovich 1970 and Mr. Green 1969. ‘H. G. McCain was in fifth place with 1571 votes, H. R. Shepard, sixth with 1464, P. H. Foster, seventh, 963, Louis F. Paul, eighth, 952. The two independent candidates, Chris Ellefson and W. M. McCall received 503 and 502 votes respectively. The precincts from which re- turns were received today were: Hydaburg, Kasaan, Myers Chuck| and Loring, which were carried by Mr. Roden, and Shakan and Lor- ing which gave majorities to Sena- tor Shattuck. The former received 93 and the latter 39 votes in tne six precincts. An additional gain of 30 votes was made by the Independent can- | didate by the discovery that tele- graphic returns from Klawock had credited his opponent with 30 votes too many. As received by radio from Ketchikan, Klawock gave 84 votes to Senator Shattuck and 26 to Mr. Roden. Official returns re- ceived at the office of Clerk of Court today showed the Shattuck vote to have been 54 instead of 84. The Roden vote was correctly re- ported, thunting. { | ianer a leisurely cruise up the In- side Passage by steamer. He is on his way to the Interior to go and was well equipped with guns and rods for his holis, day trip. In Juneau he transferred to the steamer Aleutian to continue his | voyage, which from Seattle to Fair- banks will require several days Jonger than his usual round the world Tlights. “I really enjoyed the trip north and found it very rest- ful, though T'd rather travel by :plane," he said. i “Holiday Trip” “This is just a little holiday trip and I hope Joe Crosson will be able to go hunting with me when |I get to Fairbanks. Maybe we can get some of those brown bears and do some fishing,” the world re- as to how long a time he will spend in Alaska, but wants to spend some time with his friend Joe Crosson and “kick around some with the rest of the boys who are flying.” “I may like it so well I won't leave at all,” he drawled. He looks just like the news pic- tures of him and still wears the | protective white patch over one eye. | Concerning his personal achieve- ‘mems he is extremely quiet, ‘though jon matters (and experimental work in the air, he is more loguacious and talks with authority. Dropped Race Plans He was forced to scratch his en- try for the London-Melbourne air Irace this fall when a ruined hand- made super-charger used on the machine he was developing, spoiled {his plans. It was then he decided |to come to Alaska to hunt and see |the fliers he met on his round the world flights. Since he completed his record solo globe circling trip last year he has heen working on the de- velopment of a high altitude ship. He was satisfied that his machine was capable of sustained flight at nearly 40,000 feet and would make 350 miles an hour in the rarified air. “Commercial 1o n g-distance |flights of the future will all be made at high altitudes, as it is pos- sible to make so much faster time, he said. “I've got the motor on my old ship, the Winnie Mae, tuned up now so that it will travel 350 miles an hour, instead of the 165 it made before and have got it up to 40~ 000 feet,” he said. Altitude Flying of Future Though he declared he had no idea of making an attempt to beat (Continued on Page Three) SNOW STORM CALGARY, Sept. 22—Southern Alberta’s second snow storm in a week developed into blizzard-like proportions today. Five inches of snow has already fallen and all threshing has been halted. Sand Point, Idaho, and Denver lhave also been visited by snow, nowned flier said. He is undecided | | pertaining to flying| IDIMOND PLANS COMING HERE, - ON BRIEF VISIT | [Delegate Now in Anchor- age—Will Return to Washington, Oct. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 22.— Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond, who has been spending the week here, will leave early next| week aboard the steamer Aleutian from Seward for Cordova. He will remain there, it is said, until the next steamer saiis south, and then %0 to Juneau, thence to Ketchikan, latef proceeding to Seattle and akland where he will visit rela- tives. The Delegate will leave Oakland for Washington about the end of October to attend the Federal hear- jings preparing estimates for the next Congress. The Delegate is busy here aiding the arrangements of the local com- |mittee in relief for the Nome fire sufferers and meeting various or- ganizations, including the resident |President of the Fishermen's Union, A. C. Wamser. The Delegate has been told the union has 1,800 members extending from Seward, | westward to the Kuskokwim River. - — UNI WORKERS T0 END THEIR WALKOUT en to Return to Fac- i tories on Monday i WASHINGTON, Sept. 22— The United Textile Workers have been |ordered to end the most serious strike in the history of the textile industry. Workers have been in- structed to return to the mills on Mondsfy. “We secured the things the strike | was announced for—practical rec- ognition of our union, a reform in the whole administration of labor, provisions of the code on a scale so sweeping that we must confess surprise at the character of the victory we won. Francis Gorman, Chairman of the strike committee, announced in the presence of Wil- liam Green, President of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. Equality for Women Endorsed, Soviet Delegate GENEVA, Sept. 22.—Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Delegate to the League of Nations, took the lead within four days after his nation had been admitted to the League, in demanding equality of rights for women. Litvinoff was the first to sign the petition submitted by the International Committee of ‘Women. “Don’t forget we have com- plete equality for women in Russia,” Litvinoff told the women who presented the pe- tition. e, Tmproved business conditions in | Australia is causing a marked stim- ulation of clock and watch im- ports into the commonwealth. TED TEXTILE |Strike Ended—Orders Giv-| OVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED ARE KILLED, JAPAN Second Greatest Catas- trophe of Empire Takes Frightful Toll MANUFACTURING AREA REPORTED LAID RUINS Property Damage Estimat- ed at 300 Million— Trade Threat Hit TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22.— Shaken by the ravages of the typhoon, which is described as the second great catastrophe of the modern Japan Empire, the authorities counted 1,609 dead and thcusands injured. The nation’s manufacturing area was laid in ruins by yes- terday’s (yphoon, the property damage is estimated at more than three hundred million dollars and is a serious threat to the Empire’s ambitious in- dustrial expert program. The rice crop will be reduced 20 per cent. Late this afternoon a check showed that 5441 persons were injured and 562 persons are missing. Eightecen thousand buildings were destroyed by the typhoon and 800 buildings were washed away by the subsequent tidal wave alcng the lowlands. — e, APPLICATION IS FILED BY T FOR NOME FUND Governor Asks Sec'y Ickes for $250,000 for Mun:- cipal Reconstruction Formal application was made by telegram today by Gov. John W. Troy, as Public Works Adminis- trator for Alaska, to Secretary Har- lold L. Ickes, National Public Works | Administrator, for $250,000 for re- construction of municipal buildings, streets, sidewalks, fire department ‘building and equipment, it was an- nounced from his office. ‘The amount, which was set up in the Nome Central Relief Commit- {tee’s first report, was declared by Tke P. Taylor, Chief Engineer, Al- |aska Road Commission, and B. D. Stewart, Senior Mining Engineer of the Interior Department, as ne- | cessary for reconstruction. | Items Are Specified The items specified in the request are: City Hall Building, $20,000; streets, $60,000; sidewalks, $6,000; sewers and drainage, $30,000; fire department building, $15,000; two fire engines, $10,000; fire mains and hydrants, $30,000; fire hose and other equipment $3,000; fire signal system $2,500; chemical ap- paratus, $1,500; street lights, $5,000; unforseen contingencies, $37,000; to- tal, $250,000. In a telegram received from Mr. Taylor, who reached Nome by plane yesterday, the following comment was made on the request for the $300,000 grant: “Request for $300,- 000 grant for municipal improve- ments and operation for two years apparently liberal but probably will be needed.” The Governor did not ask for the $50,000 item for opera- tion of the municipal government, (vontinued on Page Two) Captain at;Sea/with Accusers in Crew PETERSON' HENDERSON e 8. S. President Cleveland is at sea with are his accusers in the crew. The shi: Y, . m., ~ RANDALL h Captain Robert E. Carey on the bridge, and the four officers who 'p is seen as it was standing by the stricken Morro Castle, when, it is charged by Chief Officer J. H. Hendcrsony Second Officer Dwight Randall, Third Officer Jeremiah Smith and captain delayed Fourth Officer Harold Peterson, thé unnecessarily in lowering boats to pick up suryivors, HOMELESS AT NOME ARE TO BE GIVEN AID Coast Guard Promises Re- moval if Winter Comes ../ Before Rebuilding o] PP WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—Carl Lomen, busily engaged here seek- ing quick aid for Nome, has been informed by the Coast Guard head- quarters that ships will be avail- able to take the homeless out of N..i + if winter defeats the race to rebuild. Lomen said some women and children might spend the winter in the states but he thought Federal aid will enable the rest to remain. IDLE ARE AT WORK NOME, Alaska, Sept. 22.—Many men, formerly idle, are aiding the Alaska Road Commission, and trucks are engaged in clearing away the fire debris, Federal Judge J. H. 8. Morison, who adjourned court last Monday when the court house took fire, reconvened the District Court yes- terday in temporary quarters in the famous old Pioneer Mining Company’s buildings. e, QUINTUPLETS TAKEN OUT ON AN AUTO RIDE Make Trip of One Hundred Yards to Their Own Little Hospital CALLANDER, Ontario, Sept. 22. —The Dionne quintuplets, at the ripe age of 116 days, took their first automobile ride Friday, a trip of 100 yards to their own new hos- pital. ! ‘The move was aimed in removing the fragile mites from the danger of whooping cough. ‘The transfer was made in a vio- lent rainstorm. Ldrge Fleet; Gives Ou ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—(Copy- right by The Associated Press)— | President Roosevelt has a,pproved: of the Baker Board’s report on| Army Aviation and authorized the | Air Corps to prepare a budget calling for purchase of 700 to 800 new airplanes a year until the Air Corps has 2,300 first class sky fighters. In authorizing the Air Corps to prepare the budget, the President turned thumbs down, at least tem- porarily, the agitation for the cre-| L |tion of a unified Air Corps com-‘ Army Air C(;r})s to Have President t Authorization bining the Army and Navy and other governmental aeronautical activities. The Board, headed by Newton D. Baker, Former Secretary of War, ‘was appointed by Secretary of War Dern to study the War Department Air Corps after the death of ten pilots while the Army was carrying the mail. ‘The Board, with the approval of the President, intends to ask Con- gress for funds to buy airplanes. ‘The Air Corps now has between E. F. Zuern Drowns at Wrangell WRANGELL, Alaska, Sept. 22—E. F. Zuern, traveling sales- man, wellknown throughout Al- aska, was drowned Friday when he fell from the dock attempt- ing to board the motorship Norco for his home in Port- land, Oregon, Mr. Zuemn represented the Colg 'wing Company of Seattle the Crown Distil- lers of Seattle. He recently moved his headquarters from Ketchikan to Juneau. Dan Rose was associated with Zuern in his agency connections. B S BOWEN WCOY HERE ENROUTE T0 NOME CITY Red Cross’ Representative Arrives from South by Plane, Keeps Going Bowen McCoy, Red Cross Relief executive with headquarters in San Francisco, arrived in Juneau at 7:30 o'clock this morming on the Alaska Southern seaplane Pribilof, Robert Ellis, pilot, and departed at 9:30 o'clock on the same plane for Nome, via Fairbanks. “I have instructions from A. L. Schaefer, Pacific Coast Manager at San Francisco, to see that ade- quate relief is given to the resi- dents of Nome through the agency of the Red Cross,” Mr. McCoy told Gov. John W. Troy this morn- ing while the plane wa in port. “We plan. to meet each indi- vidual case according to its needs, and are authorized to take the building and furnishing of individ- ual homes into account,” Mr. Mec- Coy continued, “and will make all our purchases through regular Nome dealers. Gov. Troy expressed appreciation to Mr. McCoy for the prompt ac- tion of the Red Cross organization and requested he work closely with the Nome Committee which the Governor recently appointed, with Grant R. Jackson as chairman. He also commended the action of the Red Cross In giving Nome dealers the benefit of their purchases. Ralph Lomen, also a passenger on the plane, and B. M. Behrends, president of the Juneau Chapter of the Red Cross, were present at this morning’s meeting. Col. Lindbergh and Wife Are Reported in Seclusion LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 22— The presence of Col. Charles A Lindbergh and his wife, in New York city, to face the man accused of kidnaping and murdering their baby son, will not be needed for several days, Joseph E. P. Dunn, Chief of the Department Agents here said. Meanwhile the couple is remain- 1300 and 1400 serviceable planes. ing in seclusion, IWILSON FLYING T0 NOME; WILL ' HELP CITIZENS Alaska Steamship Com- pany’s President Acts in Advisor/ ity . iy g, T. B. Wilson, Vice President and General Manager of the Alaska Steamship Company, arrived in Ju- neau last night on the - Aleutian, and took off on a Pacific Alaska Airways seaplane early this morn- ing for Nome, where he will per- sonally aid in working out with the people of the fire-stricken city the most practicable and efficient method of getting in winter sup- plies and relief material. The freighter Dellwood is now loading - and scheduled to sail from Seattle as soon as possible, Mr. Wilson said. The Victoria should arrive in Nome tomorrow and has a large cargo of winter supplies of food and general ,merchandise which Mr. Wilson believes will be ample to relieve immediate needs. G. D. Nelson, general {reight agent of the Alaska Steamship Company, happened to be in Alaska when the fire occurred, and pro- ceeded to Nome immedintely, and has advised Mr. Wilson that he is working with the committee in scheduling shipments under the one-half regular rate which Mr. Wilson announced = would prevail on relief and 'rehabilitation sup- plies. Confers With Governor While in Juneau, Mr. Wilson conferred with Gov. John W. Troy, advising him of the facilities the Alaska Line has placed at the dis- posal of Nome, and that any ships necessary in addition to the Dell- wood, would be available. Gov. Troy advised Mr. Wilson that the Nome Relief Committee is and will probably continue to do all purchasing of authorized supplies and equipment. Mr. Wilson’s plans call for ap- proximately one week's stay in Nome, after which he will make a general trip through Alaska and spend several days in Juneau and other Southeast Alaska ports on his return. While in Ketchikan yesterday, Mr. Wilson attended the Ketchikan mber of Commerce meeting, and said that the Ketchikan cham- ber had authorized that $1,000 be radioed to the Nome Chamber of Commerce for relief, and that he understood the Ketchikan Fire De- partment had authorized an addi- tional $500 be sent. Because of his desire to reach Nome as quickly as possible, Mr. Wilson had little opportunity to discuss local matters with his local agent, R. J. McKanna, but ad- vised him he would spend ample time here upon his return. LUMBER STATISTICS Available stocks of lumber in Southeast ‘Alaska mills are being ascertained by the Governor's of- fice and this information will be forwarded to -the Nome Relief committee, FURTHE BRI R PLOT INDICATED IN MYSTERY GASE “Jafsie” Believes Fisches Met Foul Play on Trip to Germany HAUPTMANN WROTE ALL RANSOM NOTES {Woman Be_i;—g’ Sought by New York Police—Sus- pect No Sign Breaking NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—While belief is expressed by “Jafsie” that at least three were involved in the Lindbergh kidnap and ransom plot, he strongly believes one of them was murdered. Assistant Chief Inspector Sulli- van has sent detectives to search for a woman he believes aided Hauptmann in his alleged part of the case. Dr. John Condon, the ‘Jafsie” in the case, who gave the $50,000 ransom to the alleged kidnapers in the cemetery, said the police should investigate Fisches' death in Leipzig, Germany. “I believe Fisches' body should be exhumed and an autopsy per- formed. T suspect foul play. I be- lieve he was murdered.” Fisches is the man Hauptmann sald gave him the marked ransom money which was found in his gar- age to keep for him. . Ransom Notes Meanwhile, in Trenton, New Jer- sey, Albert Osborn, New York City handwriting expert, has informed Col.. J. Norman Schwarzkoff, Su- perintendent of the New Jersey State Foiice,"that he is | an the Tindbergh = kidnaping notes were written by Bruno Richard Hauptmann, “Is Tough Baby” After almost four days of steady (Continued on Page Seven) STRONG LINKS BEING FORGED KIDNAP TRAIL Extortion Case Against Hauptmann Is Believed to Be Ironclad NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Investi- gators are concentrated to bring to- gether the links of evidence into a final solution of the Lindbergh kid- naping and slaying already woven in the ironclad extortion case around Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Further connections between Hauptmann and the ladder used in carrying the Lindbergh baby down from the bedroom window are being secured. The authorities seek to forge stronger the chain of evidence to that end. Questioning Resumed Questioning of Hauptmann was resumed early this morning by District Attorney Samuel Foley and later he said: “I feel satisfied we have an iron- clad case,” referring only to the extortion case on which charges Hauptmann is at present held. “So far the homicide case is con- cerned, New Jersey must speak for itself,” said Foley. New Jersey End Gov. A. Harry Moore, of New Jersey, today said the State will proceed “when evidence warrants.” The Governor’s statement is tak- en to mean that it is evident the State authorities are not yet satis- fied they have the strongest evi- dence against Hauptmann as the real kidnaper and slayer although his connections with the ladder are the best points against him. Large Money Acceunt The police today quoted one Wall Street broker as saying Haupumann has an account which ran as high as $25,000. Hauptmann is being further questioned this afternoon. . MEHERIN FROM P. RUPERT MR. AND MRS. J. RETURN Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Meherin re- turned to Juneau on the Princess Louise from a short trip to Prince Rupert, A