The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6777. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS [TALIANS INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION YOUNG WOMAN IS BEATEN, [CABINETOF | WEALTHY MAN'S WIFE IS STOLEN FROM HER HOME Member of ProminentKen- tucky Family Abduct- ed in Louisville MAID IS TIED TO CHAIR THEN GAGGED Ransom No:l_eft in Up- stairs Bedroom — Blood Stains Found on Floor BULLETIN — LOUISVILLE, Oct. 11.—Fears that Mrs. Berry V. Sioll, young society matron, might die in the hands of her kidnapers is based on the fact she was beaten with an iron pipe until blood came. She was 2lso suffering from a severe cold. The $50,00. ransom note demanded LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 11.—Mrs. Berry V. Stoll, aged 26 years, wife of a wealthy oil man and daughter of a retired capitalist, was beaten then kidnaped yesterday from her home here. A Jote found in an upstairs bed- room demanded ransom Mrs. Stoll's :maid was found bound and gagged by Stell. She told the kidnaper pretended he came to repair the telephone. Escapes in Car The maid said “he had not been in the house but a minute before he drew his pistol, pointed it at Mrs. Stoll. The first thing he did then was to tie me to a chair and stick a gag in my mouth, then he beat Mrs. Stoll and made off with her in a car.” ¥ Blood stains were found on the floor of the room from where the abduction took place, indicating Mrs. Stoll was bleeding from being beaten. Of Prominent Family Mrs. Stoll is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William 8. Speed, prom- inent fdmily of Kentucky for gen- erations. The abducted woman's husband is vice president of the Oil Refin- ing Company. She is also the niece of Frederic Sackett, former United States Senator and Ambassador to Germany under President Hoover. The two families are regarded as among the wealthiest in this sec- tion, Note Gives Warning The note found in the upstairs bedroom is understood to have warned the family not to notify the Federal authorities and also advises the family to contact certain in- dividuals of national importance. REHABILITATION OF NOME CITY 1S RECOMMENDED Col. E. W. Clark, PWA Of- ficial, Wires Approval of Plans to Washington Plans for the rehabilitation of Nome City, through PWA allotment for the construction of a Federal building and a loan and grant to the city for necessary ecivil im- provements, and smaller sums for specific needs, been unquali- fiedly approved by Col. Elmer W. Clark, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Administfator of PWA who arrived in Nome last Monday. Recommendations for rehabilita- tion plans were wired by Col. Clark this morning to Phillip B. Flem- ing, Acting Deputy Administrator of PWA in Washington, D. C. and a copy of the wire was sent by him to Gov. John W. Troy. The wire follows in part: Expenditure Justified “Probable future justified money for Nome. It is needed as a cen- ter for this section. serving five thousand people, Good prospects for | continuation of mining activities, Recommend tentative allosment of (Continued on Page Eight) KIDNAPED ‘RBEbEe’ onWay Out Wirtrh Bo:s.‘si9 i ot N Frances M. Robinson | & Washington's official circles are wondering what will happen to Miss Frances M. Robinson, dimunitive private seeretary of Gen. Hugh Johnson, should the NRA administrator gd ahead with his oft- 'rumored plan of resignation. y Since 1933, when the Blue Eagle was born, “‘Robbie” has served as Johnson’s “walking encyclopedia”, |of Commerce at Bailey’s Cafe this| LIVELY SESSION HELD TODAY BY JUNEAU C. OF C. Meeting Dedicated to Ju- neau Fire Department— Boys Are Given Praise Sufficient action and material for half a dozen lively meetings| were crowded into today's weekly meeting of the Juneau Chamber noon In observance of Fire Prevention Week the meeting was dedicated to the Juneau Fire Department and informative talks were Fire Chief J. L. Gray, representing the department and H. R. Shepard, representing the Chamber. Excerpts from Mr., Shepard’s speech follow: ‘Each year, in the interest of the prosperity and well-being of the citizens of the United States, the President proclaims a Nation- al Fire Prévention Week. October 7-13 of this year has been so desig- nated by the President; all citizens are being called upon to practice fire prevention so as to reduce the | nation’s fire waste. “Figuratively speaking, the Ameri- |can fire alarm never is silent. Fif- teen hundred fires every day mean an average of more than one fire brain-truster and *‘girl Friday”. She has traveled more than 40,000 miles by plane and train with Johnson while the chief moved around the nation, expounding the industrial philosophy of the New Deal. “Robbie” is accredited by Washington newspaper correspondents as being quite influential in NRA gircles./ MRS.MARY ERWI DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 11:55 Victim of Bullet Wound Did Not Regain Conscious- ness Before Death Mrs. Mary Erwin, who was found unconscious on Gold Creek bridge Monday night shortly after 9 o'clock with a bullet wound in her head, Penetrating the brain, passed away at 11:55 o'clock last night at St. Ann's Hospital. She did not regain consciousness before her death. The .22 short pistol, with which the wound was inflicted, was found by the city police on the bridge, close to the place where she was found, sitting in a humped-over position. Pages torn from a cata- logue of a Chicago firm, on which guns of the same type were adver- tised, were found in her room at the Cliff Apartments and gave strength to the supposition of sui- side. ‘Birthday of First Lady Is Observed |At White House | WASHINGTO! Oct. 11.— Overruling the First Lady's ob- Jjections, the White House was ready last night to celebrate Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fiftieth birthday today. “I have a theory that when you get to be my age, birthdays should not be the titke to cele- brate. The more you forget your birthday as you grow older the younger you stay,” said the First Lady of the Land. Observance of the birthday will be a family party. e e HAUPTMANN'S EXTRADITION 1S HELD UP Order Signed by Governor but Supreme Court Grants Writ Habeas Corpus NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Gov. Her- bert H. Lehman's order extradit- ing Bruno Richard Hauptmann to New Jersey, was served on the New York police late yesterday afternoon. Hauptmann’s counsel eclared he would make a vigorous fight against the extradition. Inquest Is Held An inquest was set by U. S. Com- missioner J. F. Mullen beginning at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Erwin was born in Switzer- land in 1883, and was brought to the United States when a girl. She came to Juneau several years ago from Petersburg, where her hus- band and two sons now reside. Mr. Erwin is expected to arrive here on ' the motorship Northland. | Was Stenographer | NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—New Jer- For several years she did occa- sey suffered” a setback in efforts sional stenographic work in various |for the immediate removal of Federal and Territorial offices, and Hauptmann to that State for mur- later was employed by the firm |der of the baby son of Col. Charles of Hellenthal and Hellenthal, attor- |A. Lindbergh. A writ of habeas pies, until she was appointed to corpus in an effort to prevent ex- the position of secretary in the {tradition was granted by the Su- NRA offices here by Hugh J. Wade, preme Court on request of the de- Deputy Administrator for Alaska. fense. Hearing was set for next She had been absent from work be- | Monday. . cause of illness, for a week prior | ———— to the tragedy, but at 5 o'clock | A Monday afternoon had stated that | @ssenger Train Goes she was all right and would be af ()U Track at Curve; 5 Dead ;Engine Explodes work Tuesday morning. [ | GUTTENBERG, Iowa, Oct. 11.— EFFORTS BLOCKED e INJURED CHILD FLOWN Pilot Hakon Christensen landed | The engineer, fireman and three | his Curtis Robin plane at the Fair- |passengers of a Milwaukee pas- banks airport after making a flight |senger train were killed, and an from Valdez Creek with the five- |undetermined number of passeng- month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs, ers were injured when the train John Nicoli. The child fell out of |left the tracks at a curve south a swing and was injured. The par- of here this morning and toppled ents accompanied the baby in the | from a small bridge into a creek. plane, The boiler of the engine exploded. ' | them before they break. | for every minute, night and day,| When losses reach a yearly total of | more than one-half billion dollars | In dbsolute ‘destruction, as has been | the case, and when to this is added | the distressing loss of thousands of | human lives, it can be seen that | even the efforts of the best trained |and best equipped fire fighters are | not sufficient; it becomes impera- | tive that an effort be made to lim- ?il the number of fires—to fight “Matches and smoking are the| greatest contributing causes of fire losses in the United Stdtes. “If the public can be made to realize the individual and commun- ity losses that are caused by fire, people will hasten to practice the simple precautionary measures that are advocated to protect life and property. When it is considered that more than 50 per cent of fires of known origin are wholly preventable and the remainder are partially preventable, it seems certain that concerted, sustained and well-di~ rected efforts would bring valuable results. “It should be unnecessary for me to call your attention of the many ‘dont’s' that should govern us, your own common sense and judgment will tell you not to leave matches where children may get hold of | them, do not allow combustable ar- ticles to accumulate, put out the last spark of your cigarette, be sure your match is out before you | throw it away, have your electric wiring inspected regularly and re- paired when necessary. Do not light fires with kerosene. Watch carefully and prevent the spreading of a brush fire and so down the line to the end that a fire will not oceur.” Mr. Shepard congratulated ti Juneau Fire Department for the efficiency of its personnel and the splendid apparatus that the City of Juneau “has consistently over many years purchased for it. He further stated that - while some complained of high 4insurance in Juneau, this was not true, that some frame building -towns were given by ' {had started, an | in To Heal Trees Tree surgery will be looking up when Juanita Miller of Los Angeles completes her course at the Uni. versity of Washington in Seattle, FIRE AT NOME [INDICATES HOW BOVT, CAN WORK Distress Is Met Quickly with Governor and Dele- gate Right on Job WASHINGTON, C., Sept. 22— (Special Correspondence) —The Nome fire provided a striking il- lustration of the speed with which the Federal government is now geared to act in case of distress. Less than 48 hours after the fire emergency grant of $50,000 had been made by the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- tration. ties were being concentrated under the new Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Depart- ment of the Interior. . Ernest Gruening, the Division’s director, was preparing to move with all possible dispatch in assisting Nome a permanent reconstruction plan. The $50,000 given by the FERA was intended for immediate relief needs. It is to be expended under the direction of Gov. John W. Troy. Gov. Troy and Delegate Dimond were in constant touch with Wash- ington. Washington officials looked to them for advice in assisting Nome to rebuild. Delegate Dimond was quick to stress the fact that fundamentally Nome is on a sound basis. With many years’ work ahead in the placer field the permanence of the community cannot be questioned. Without exception officials here quickly grasped the need to move without delay in view of the ap- proaching cold weather. Their atti- tude was a refutation of the charge that bureaus cannot move other than slowly. On the morning after the fire Secretary Ickes announced the Public Works Administration was willing to do its share in re- under 100 per cent higher rates. As a word of warning he concluded (Continued on -Page Elght)_ construction. FUNTER POSTMASTER ‘Upon recommendation of Dele- (Continued on Page Three) e Colonization WASHINGTON, Oct. | possessions entirely i Chapman, Assistant “Alaska is under-populated to every ten square miles. The of Alaska b v Homesteaders of Old Spi;‘it of Pioneers Being Considered 11.—The Administration’s policy of economic autonomy to make A Territories and island seif-supporting,” is outlined by Oscar L. Secretary of Interior. Chapman said the Administration might work out a plan to increase the density of the Alaskan population. with less than one inhabitant Possibility of colonizing Alaska with a limited number of American homesteaders, imbued with the cld pioneer spirit, is cngaging the Administration’s earnest A study,” Chapman said, ‘Shakeup Is Forecast Over| | CRITICISM REACHES { Others Markj for Death| At the same time all relief activi- (opened a subscription campaign for FRANCE NOW THREATENED Assassinations as Pro- test Storms Increase LARGE PROPORTIONS According to Reports Re- ceived by French Police BULLETIN—Paris, Oct. 11.— Rumors spread late this after- nooa that the Government of Premier Doumergue might re- sign and reorganize as the re- sult of the assacsinations. Min- ister of Interior Saurrat has al- ready resigned. PARIS, Oct. 11.—A shakeup in | the French Cabinet today appeared | increasingly probable as the pub- lic denunciation on police failures | arose to a storm of protests. Newspapers and members of Par- liament widely demanded the resig- nation of Albert Sarraut, Minister of the Interior, in charge of the French Police. This whirlwind of criticism was supplemented by the fact that the Fontainenbleu police let three sus- pects escape but later recaptured two, Others Marked ‘The police have been informed that “high French Military person- alities” have been marked for death by assassins, but whether their time was to come with that of the as- sassination of King Alexander, or later, is not revealed. Yolande Parisis, 14-year-old girl, wounded by a stray bullet in Tues- day’s assassinations, died today, bringing the total number of deaths to six. To Erect Monument A monument to King Alexander will be erected on the spot where King Alexander was assassinated. Newspapers throughout France have the purpose. War scares raised by the assassi- nations Tuesday appeared to have died down until reports were circu- lated that two suspects held are natives of Italian towns. Preparations are being made for the funeral services of Louis Bar- thou. The body of King Alexander is expected to reach Ljubljana, Jugo- slavia, sometime tomorrow. ———,—— REVOLT BROKEN BY GOVERNMENT, SPAN. REPUBLIC Scenes of Horror Are Re- ported from Isolated Asturia Province MADRID, Oct. 11. — Scenes of | horror in the isolated Province of Asturia, now the center of the Red Revolt, are described by a correspondent accompanying Gov- ernment troops. The soldiers encountered in- stances where civil guards had been ain by overpowing forces of more than 1,000 rebels. It is known that 15 guards were killed “at Campomanes. The rebels then took possession of the district. Campomanes has been retaken by the Government forces but many were slain on both sides. Elsewhere in the Spanish Re- public the revolt has apparently been broken. ———— CLARK BACK IN JUNEAU | Harvey Clark, accompanied by | Mrs. Clark, returned to Juneau | from a recent trip to the States, made necessary for the benefit of Mrs. Clark's health. They are both very glad to be back here. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the parents Mrs, Tom George, of Olive Branch Extended by Italy’s Premier ROME, Oct. 11.—Renewal of Premier Mussolini’s offer of understanding with Jugoslavia, is made on the heels of the as- sassination of King Alexander. An editerial in Gicrnale d' Italia, Government mouthpiece, declared the Duce’s attitude in proferring the olive branch was not changed. KING PETER IN PARIS ONWAY T0 JUGOSLAVIA Extra Precautions Taken to Protect Eleven- | Year-Old Monarch BULLETIN — BELGRADE, Oct. 11.—The boy Crown Prince Peter, who was met in Paris by his widowed mother, Queen Marie, has been proclaimed King by both Houses of Par- liament sitting in National As- sembly amid a scene of sad- ness. PARIS, Oct. 11.—Eleven-year-old King Peter, of Jugoslavia, arrived here late yesterday, unobserved. Throngs jammed the Central Station while the ~ authorities” put on an elaborate show of precau- tions to cover his entry, but the special car was detached from the train outside of Paris where the transfer was made in a Government automobile. QUEEN PROTECTED PARIS, Oct. 11.— While little Peter and his mother, Queen Marle, | were in Paris, extra precautions| were taken to protect them. The wife of President Lebrun, of France, offered herself as a pledge of Queen Marie’s safety and disguised with a veil, rode through the streets of Paris, in an auto with the Presi- dent, sitting at the place of honor that spectators might think she was the widowed Queen. Queen Marie was smuggled from a Marseille train to the Jugoslav Legation where she joined her son, until they took their departure for their national home. ALASKA WILL PARTICIPATE INCAL. FAIR Gov. Troy Accepts Honor- ary Vice-Presidency of Int. Exposition SAN DIEGO, Cai., Oct. 11.—Al- aska’s participation in the Califor- nia Pacific International Exposi- tion was indicated today upon re- ceipt of a letter from Gov. John W. Troy, accepting the Honorary Vice Presidency of the Exposition. pressing pleasure over the in- tation extended to him, Gov. Troy said: “I shall be pleased to do whatever I may be able to do in behalf of the Exposition.” Plans are being made for an Alaskan exhibit at the Exposition, THO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY OF FRENCH POLICE Alleged Accomplices of King's Slayer Are Ar- rested in Paris BOTH NATIVES OF TOWNS IN ITALY Third Suspect Escapes in Gun Fight — Anti-Ital- ian Riots Break Out PARIS, Oct. 11.— Passports carried by two suspects, arrest- ed as accomplices of Petrus Kal- eman, assassin of King Alex- ander of Jugoslavia, and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, at Marseille, showed them as natives of Italian towns which were in Austrian territory befere the World War. The suspects under arrest are Viadislav Benes and Yaroslav Noack. According to the passports the two suspects were born in Zara and Novack. Both pass- ports were issued by Czecho- slovakian consulate at Trieste. Third Suspect Escapes A third suspect got away. He is Sylvester- Chanly. - Before. -he es- caped the police took an automat- ic pistol clip away from him. The clip corresponds to that found in Kaleman's submachine gun. The police, stung by assassination criticism heaped upon them for failure to protect King Alexander, made the arrest of the two suspects who are alleged to be Terrorists. They shot it out with the third man who escaped, but not until they had secured a pistol clip. ‘The arrest of the two Italians again startled European capitals where fears were subsiding regard- ing events of the assassination of King Alexander. Anti-Italian Riots Anti-Italian riots are reported to have broken out at various places in Jugoslavia after meetings at which speakers alleged all attempts against the life of King Alexander, including that made at Zagreb last March, were financed and ar- ranged in Italy. Speakers at the various meetingy drew deductions that it is possible the assassination by Petrus Kales man was inspired by the same source. A crowd is reported to have at- tempted to attack the Italian Con- sulate in Belgrade, but the police intervened. . PLANES ARE READY PARIS, Oct. 1l1.—According to unofficial reports received here from Belgrade that while outward- ly the situation is practically nor- mal with the exception of several anti-Ttalian demonstrations, twen- ty-seven military airplanes have been made ready for instant ac- tion “just in case” something hap- pens. Otherwise no special security measures are observed ADMISSION MADE PARIS, Oct. 11.—Suspect Wladis- lav Benes admitted this afterncon that his real name wa Ivan Fajtich and that he was born in Jugoslavia and not in Italian ter- ritory. Yaroslav Noack refused to talk which will open in. Balboa Park | here May 29, next: year. All phas- es of life will be represented in the displays and many foreign na- tions and territories of the United States already have indicated a de- sire to participate. One of the outstanding features of the Exposition will be a color- ful mining camp in which mining of past eras will be contrasted with the mining equ’ )ment of today and tomorrow - - CHET JOHNSON RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TRIP Chet Johnson, merchandise brok- er, arrived in Juneau from a busi- ness trip to- other cities of South- east Alaska, on the steamer Alaska. STRIKE ENDED AFTER 6 HOURS All Demand:o—f Radio Op- erators, More Pay, Short- re Hours, Are Granted SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 11, —After a six hours’ strike, wire- less operators on two steamships and eleven freighters of the Pa- cific Steamship Company, returned to work under conditions they de- manded, more pay and shorter work hours,