The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1934, Page 1

l HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6841. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VICTIMS MANGLED, CRASH OF TRAINS 2 AVIATORS MAKE ANTARCTIC FLIGHT ELLSWORTH AND BALCHEN REACH BAY OF WHALES Explorer and Companion Fly 2,400 Miles from Deception Island TWO REASONS ARE GIVEN FOR FLIGHT Adventurers Are to Wait | f | Until Supply Ship Goes and Picks Them Up WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. 26. — Lincoln Ellsworth, An- tarc'ic exploer, and Pilot Bernt Balchen, are reported by radio to have made a plane flight across the Antarctic from Deception Island to the Bay of Whales, approxi- 2,490 miles. purpose of the fiight was to termine if the Ross and Wedell ; are connected and find out ¢ if Antarctica is in reality two inents sworth did not plan to return ption Island at the con- of the flight. He and ichen are to camp on the edge 6 the Bay of Whales until the Wyat: Earp, supply vessel, breaks through the ice and completes a b -mile journey around the edge of Antarctica and pick them up. TRAFFIC TOLL, KING COUNTY, S INGREASED Five Deaths Are Added to Casualty List for Present Year SEATTLE, Dec. 26.— Christmas Day added five deaths to the traf- fic toll bringing King County’s total traffic dead for the year to 180. This is 36 more than the previous record. e SOFT PEDAL IS PUT ON NAVAL TREATY ISSUE France Not to Denounce Limitation Pacts, for Present at Least PARIS, Dec. 26—Foreign Min- ister Laval and Naval Minister Pie- tri have agreed to postpone an- nouncing France’s hands are free on the naval limitation policy hop- ing that a temporary silence will improve the International atmos- phere. Foreign Minister val soft-ped- alled Pietri’s intended denunciation cf existing treaties but did say France intends eventually to an- ncunce opposition to existing naval parities and will seek a treaty based on individual defensive needs <f naval programs to be announced one year ahead. BREAKS LAND PLANE RECORD French Aviator Smashes Time Made by American, the late Jim Wedell ISTRES, France, Dec. 26.—Ray- mond Delmonte broke the land plane record speed yesterday with an average of 314 miles an hour. One lap was made in 321 miles an hour. The old record was 306 miles made by an American, the late Jimmy Wedell, last year. A PLOTTING THIRD POLITICAL PARTY |Couple Married |By Woman; Groom Not Kissed | | AN CHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 26.—Miss Frances Nichcls, aged 24, assistant to United States Cemmissioner Thomas Price, of- ficiated at the wedding cf Rob- | ert Weiler, auto mechanic, and | Catherine Cavanaug:. ! Miss Nichcls kissed the bride but not the bridegroom. { Miss Nichels is believed to be the first woman to officiate at a wedding in Alaska. D BLUE BLOOD I "CALLED IN FO HELP TO GOV President Roosevelt Goes Into New Ranks for New Dealers ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—One of the striking features of the “New Deal” is the way President Roose- velt has called in blue blood as well as brains to help solve gov- ernmental problems. Some of the most important posts in the Administration held by social registerites. And they are among the hardest work- ers of any officials in Washing- ton. The most recent addition is that of Francis Biddle of the famous Philadelphia family who has been made Chairman of the National Labor Board. ‘The wealthy young Biddle pre- sides over the destinies of labor. Time was when organized labor would have been suspicious of a man of his background in such a position of authority. There was a hint of this when labor learned the President was considering him for the post, but it came to noth- ing. Biddle takes over the chairman- ship of the board with the bless- ing of William Green himself, President of the American Federa- tion of Labor. CALLED JOHNSON'S SUCCESSOR Another blue blood high in the councils of the “New Deal” is W. Averell Harriman, the wealthy the Union Pacific Railroad. Harri- man’s rise to power in NRA has been little short of sensational. those in Washington who say that he now holds the place in that (Continued o1 Page Seven) Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota, chief of the Farmer-Labor party in his home state, is shown emphasizing his points with gestures as he addressed a St. Paul conference of mid-west ultra-liberals who express- ed a belief that a national third party some day would be strong enough to elect a President. (Associated Press Photo) - young Chairman of the Board of As a matter of fact there arc, FEDERAL BOARD OF TAX LETTER CIN K. J. CASE City Af!orney Faulkner’s Advice to Council Is Published With Christmas goge and inter- est turning to other channels, Ju- neau citizens again were talking of Friday's decision by the City Council to maintain the existing tax exemption contract with - the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- ! pany. 3 | In fact, interest in this decision | has reached such a height that The Empire, today, is publishing the full text of City Attorney H. L. | Faulkner's letter of advice to the Council on the subject. City Attorney Faulkner's letter follows: “At the regular council meeting | held December 7, you asked me to repare for you an opinion on the contract entered into between the | City of Juneau and the Alaska Ju- | neau Gold Mining Company on | March 7th, 1913, by the terms of | which the Alaska Juneau Com- | pany, in consideration of certain services to be furnished by it, had a portion of its property within the corporate limits of the City of | Juneau, ~xempted from taxation |for a period of thirty years. “The Council's attention was di- | rected to this subject by a letter |addressed fo it by the Hon. James | Wickersham. The matter present- | 'MAKES REPORT ONACTIVITIES Steel Production, Auto Output Increases—No | Gain, Employment WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. A somewhat heightened industrial ac- tivity, but no improvement in fac- tory employment over last year, is seen by the Federal Reserve Board the latest business survey in reporting on conditions in Novem- ber and early December. The Federal Reserve Board found steel production on the increase, contrary to the seasonal ‘tendency, and also a rise in automobile out- | put. In lumber production and cotton | consumption there are shown slight declines. A seasonal drop is noted in fac- {tory employment which is reported to be no better than one year ago. POLICE CHIEF ' 1S SHOT DOWN WITH OWN BN Negro, Under Arrest, Kills Official—Is Later Rounded Up ELLAVILLE, Georgia, Dec. 26.— Charlie Dodson, negro, is held in the Columbus jail charged with the | killing of Police Chief W. B. Souter with the chief’s own gun. Dodson was captured in the swamps. The authorities said he confessed. Fear is held that a mob might |form and try and lynch him. The negro was arrested Christ- /mas Eve on a charge of theft. He grabbed Chief Souter's gun while enroute to jail and shot the officer, then took to the swamps where |he was later captured. % Conscience Bothers cf One Red Cross Faker KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 26— During the annual Red Cross rol! call, a counterfeit $10 city warrant was found among the contributions. A few days later a bonafide $10 warrant was sent to Red Crdss headquarters with this note: “I couldn't sleep, please forgive ed involves not only a question of |1aw but one of policy. | “On March 7, 1913, “the City of | Juneau entered into a contract with | |the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining | Company, which contract was au- | thorized by resolution of the City | |Council dated the same day. At | that time the Alaska Juneau Com- pany had apparently not erected its | milling plant, and it would appear from the terms of the contract and the resolution of the City Council | that the erection of at least a por- |tion of the plant within the cor- | porate limits of the city by the company depended upon the exe- cution of the contract. ‘‘By the terms of the contract a portion of the millsite property of the company situated within the corporate limits of Juneau, togeth- er with all buildings, machinery and improvements of every char- acter placed thereon, were to be exempt from the payment of city taxes for a period of thirty years, and, as a consideration therefor, the company agreed to erect the greater part of its plant within the corporate limits of Juneau, a por- tion which might otherwise have been erected outside the corporate limits. “The company further agreed to install a water system and a salt water pumping plant and furnish both fresh water and salt water for fire protection, and to allow the city and its inhabitants to take away tallings free of charge for use in filling in the tide lands and streets of the city. The tailings mentioned in the contract appar- ently include also waste rock. “This contract, has been in force, and the terms of same have been observed by both parties, for a pe- riod of nearly twenty-two years. It might be pointed out here that not all of the company’s property sit- uated within the corporate limits is exempt from city taxes by the ferms of the contract, and I find by the records that the company pays taxes to the city each year amounting to approximately $1,000; this tax being paid upon property which is not described in the eon- tract but which the company owns within the corporate limits. It might also be pointed out that not all of the milling plant is within the corporate limits. The boundary line of the municipality cuts through the mill of the company, 50 that approximately one half of the mill is outside the corporate limits. “The question of law presented is whether the Council in 1913 had 1 naping, matches u, COMPLETETEXT | New Ladder Clue Points to Hauptmann indi Tow below. BETTY GOW IS ABOARD LINER; WILL TESTIFY Former Lindbergh Nurse- maid Comes for Trial of Hauptmann NEW YORK, Dec. 26— Betty Gow, the last person to see little Ch: s A. Lindbergh, Jr., alive, has arrived to participate in the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, She came on the liner Aquitania. The nurse was dressed in a travel- ing suit of gray tweed and appear- ed tired and apprehensive over the prospects of the forthcoming pro- ceedings. The former Lindbergh nurse was listed under the name of Beatrice Galloway and it was not until the liner landed were the passengers aware of her identity. Miss Gow declined to talk to questioners. She occupied a tour- ist cabin on the line £0LD WEATHER ALONG ROCKIES Storm Sweeps Down from Canada — Four Are Dead in Montana DENVER, Colo, Dec. 26.—A be- lated cold snap and snow hit the Rocky Mountain states yesterday for a Christmas present. A storm the power to enter into the con- tract involved and to exempt the portion of the company’'s property from taxation in. return for the services furnished by the company. “The Organic Act of 1912, which (Continued on Page Twos from Canada brought sub-zero weather to Montana where four persons are reported to have been found dead. Highways are covered with ice in the northern states. Snow is reported to have fallen in Chicago and Duluth and gen- erally over the state of lowa. Tuwo Cent Tax on Checks Will “MILLIONAI Expire Next Tuesday; Special | Levy Has Brought Good S 4 um| WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-People, who pay by check will get a break | next Thursday. | The two cent tax on checks ex- pires January 1. i This tax, it is estimated, pro- duced forty-one million dollars dur- ing the last fiscal yedr but many quarters predicted it will not be revived. ! Others intimated that Congress may be asked to levy new taxes on other things. More than a score of taxes ex=- pire or change six months hence, unless reenacted. These temporary levies have produced four hundred and sixteen million dollars during the present fiscal year. p B T R o EXPANSION OF CCC PROPOSED May In clude Both Older Men as Well as Mar- ried Men WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.— Ex- pansion of the CCC to carry more of the burden in helping unem- ployed is under consideration by the Administration’s relief experts One proposal being considered is to expand the CCC to include old- er men and also married men. Finds Valuable Check ALBANY, N. Y—Marty Welch, who wanders about the grounds of the State Office Building picking up papers with a pointed stick, found he had stabbed an envelope containing a certified check for a large sum the other day. He promptly turned it over to the authorities. e el They Lived Long BUDAPEST Recently found death registries of the 18th century gave the following ages for persons who died in the Hungarian village of Hodmezovasarhely: Janos Lente, 172; Janos Soos, 162; Mihaly Mate, 160; Mihaly Hezso, 159. ; | “millionaire straphanger,” because | 1 A Police have former residence of Bruno Richard Hauptmann (right) under strong guard, since discover: that wood used to patch ladder found at window of Charles A. Lindbergh residence the night of the kid- with piece in attic of Hauptmann home that had been sawed away. The identification was made by Artgur Koehler, U. S. Forestry Service expert, who is shown with ladder. segn looking in Hauptmann closet before the‘:i iaund carefully concealed trap door leading into attc, indicat, Detectives sra RE STRAPHANGER" PASSES AWAY John FJnorryiKndrus Dies at His Yonkers Home —IIl Only 3 Days 16 ARE KILLED IN COLLISION, CANADIAN LINE Fast Express Runs Into Special Christmas Train on Siding ACCIDENT IS WORST, DOMINION’S HISTORY Many Passengers Scream in Agony for Hours Beneath Wreckage HAMILTON, Ontario, Dec. 26.— The splintered wreckage of a Christmas excursion train is being cearched today for more victims as officials of the Canadian Na- tional opened an investigation into the collision with another train. Sixteen are known to have been killed. Scores of persons were injured, some still in a critical condition. A Detroit to Toronta Express tore into the rear of the station- ary special Christmas excursion train on a siding at Dumdas, seven miles from here. Women Mangled Five women were mangled in a horrible manner. All victims are Canadians. Two wooden cars of the special at the rear, were crushed. Meany passengers, screaming in agony, were pinned for hours be= neath the wreckage Averts Greater Tragedy Engineer B. Burrell is credited by the rail officials with averting a greater tragedy. Seeing no hope of preventing the locomotive from piling into the special train, he or- dered it cut loose from the coach- es behind and prevented them from telescoping. ‘W. C. Rice, Toronto traveler, is hailed as the hero, removing six passengers from the splintered coaches before collapsing himself. Worst in History It is one of the worst train wrecks in Canada’s history. The express was traveling at 55 miles an hour as it approached the siding. Engineer Burrell said he drove straight through as his orders |called for. Burrell said: “Suddenly YONKERS, N. Y, De¢. 26.—John Emory Andrus, capitalist, known as the “millionaire straphanger,” died at his home here today. He had been ill only three days. { John E. Andrus rose from a farm hand to one of the country’s weal- thy men, with his only help an or- | phan wife, but his taciturmity kept him from the publicity usually sur- rounding wealth until after his' sixtieth birthday. Then he became known as the | of his continued patronage of the subway. The reason for this was the identical one that prompted most of his acts which contributed to | the number of anecdotes concern- | ing him—economy. 1 Mr. Andrus was born at Pleus-: antville, Weschester County, New York, Feb. 16, 1841, and achieved his financial position without mak- ing an extended trip from home. His only recorded trips were those to Washington when he attended Congress between 1905 and 1913 as the Representative from his dis- trict His wealth, variously estimated from $300,000000 to $800,000,000, consisted of the chemical factor- ies on which he built his fortune, and large property holdings in New Jersey, Alaska, New Mexico, Ari- my train swerved violently. T cut the coaches behind me loose, then the crash came. That is all T know. The cause will have to be de- termined.” —————t SCORES DEAD IN TRAGEDIES ON CHRISTMAS [Fires, Traffic Accidents, Drownings, Etc., Take Heavy Toll CHICAGO, I, Dec. 26. — Grim tragedy stalked over the United States: and one section of Canada on Christmas. In the United States, the death toll reached 163 according to fig- ures gathered up to this forenoon. ! A train wreck near Hamilton, Ontario, took 16 lives. X Fires, automobile accidents, drownings, suicides, and other trag- jedies turned the day from joy to sorrow for scores of families. It 15 -estimated that 115 died zona and Florida, (Continued on Page Seven) AMé&srdge‘ to Nation Is Given as a result of traffic accidents. One suicide left a note saying “Merry Christmas.” Out by President Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—In a Christmas message to the Nation, President Roosevelt proposed that “courage and unity” be made the spirit of the oceasion. “It is the way for greater hap- piness and well being. We are en- \titled to the new hopes and m] anticipations toward which we looked last Christmas. With an- ticipation and hope passed we have seen fulfilled many things that a year ‘ago were only hcpes. Ouf l‘humnn life thus goes on from an= ticipation and hape to_ fulfillment,” said the President. : ]