The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLV., NO. 6851. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ___JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1935. _ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ BUDGET MESSAGEPRESENTED CONGRESS LINDBERGH BABY’S NU BETTY GOW IS WITNESS TODAY, MURDER TRIAL Tells of Events on Evening Flier's Son Was Kid- naped from Crib CROSS EXAMINATION STARTED BY DEFENSE| State Takes_‘l;:t One Hour in Bringing Out Evi- dence Wanted FLEMINGTON, N. J, Jan. 7.— The second week of the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, ac- cused of the slaying of Charles A. | Lindbergh, Jr., began today with Miss Betty Gow, nurse, being plac- ed on the stand to tell her story of the crime. The defendant, rest-| ed over the week-end, appeared in | good condition for further ordeal | but was pale in the face, almost ashen, while Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh was as boyish looking as| ever. | Hauptmann talked to his wife as | pictures were taken. ; Threats Received Anthony Hauck, Jr., Hunterdon RSE TE STIFIES Chief Counsel for Haup Challenged to Make G ood on Charge, 4 Involved, Kidnaping FLEMINGTON, R. J., Jan. T— (Copyright by The Associated| Press.)—The announcement last | Saturday afternoon by Edward J.| Reilly, Chief Defense Counsel for Bruno Hauptmann, that he would name four persons this week as the | “actual kidnapers” of Baby Lind- | bergh, evoked from Prosecutor An- thony M. Hauck, Jr., last Saturday | night, a challenge for Reilly to name the persons immediately. Attorney Reilly, in New York for the week-end recess of the trial of | Hauptmann, on the charge of mur- dering Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., announced that he would dis- | close the names of four persons; | probably about Thursday, and that | Hauptmann would not be one of them. No Comment Reilly would not comment when asked directly if Betty Gow, the baby's nurse, was one of the fourf | he intended to name. { “If Reilly knows any other per- sons connected with this case, as a member of the bar and an offi- cer of the court, he should disclose their identity to the prosecution and authorities of Hunterdon Coun- ty immediately,” Hauck said. “The authorities of the state of New Jersey are not attempting to EDWARD JI. REILLY can produce the persons he believes were the actual kidnapers, I can- not understand why the defense attorney desires to wait until the prosecution advances the case fur- ther.” No Identity Hint Reilly gave ho hint as to the FOR ALASKA IS GIVEN INCREASE President Makes Recom- mendation for Northland in His Budget Message HIGHWAY TOTAL | IS GIVEN BOOST Expenditures ' Submitted Are Exclusive of Fund for Alaska R. R, WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—An in- crease of $320985 in the Budget appropriation for Alaska for 1836, compared with that of 1935, is re- commended by President Roosevelt in his Budget message given to Congress today. The total expenditures are esti- mated at $2,464,185 for the Terri- tory, exclusive of the Alaska Rail- road. A special fund and trust funds contributed amounted ‘to $1,194,185 while in 1935 the similar: appropria- tion was $716,2200 greater. For Roads For maintenance of roads, bridg- es and trails there is half a mil- lion appropriated, an increase of $48,000 over' last year. tmann|APPROPRIATION | Revive Moves to Change Calc IR S ;;oa Calcndal;/ . | Nears n&ar as 1935 Nith the arrival of @ new year and the inaugura- tion of a new drive of agitation,”the move for % Dr. S. Parke calendar. Two suggested modified calendars have considerable support. One is that urged by the' International Fixed Calendar league, providing for Cadman BILLIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR BOVT. OF U., President Sends Important Financial Document to Lawmakers |SECOND ACCOUNTING, NATION'S NEW DEAL Specifies Sum for Remaind- er of Fiscal Year, Also Next Year WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Presl- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt today | asked Congress for a four billion dollar work relief fund in a mes- sage forecasting a new peak in the public debt of thirty-four billion two hundred and thirty-nine mil- lion dollars on June 30, 1936. | Declaring unemployment alone blocked a balanced budget, the President envisaged evening the Government's expenditures and re- ceipts as “rapidly as private in- dustry is able to reemploy those who now are without work.” New Deal Spending This second financial accoun'ing of the New Deal allows for the spending of seventeen billion one County Prosecutor, disclosed that|persecute Hauptmann but as far salendar reform has been revived once more,* The hundred and one million docliars both he and Col. Lindbergh have received threafening letlers. #inge: the trial started. Guards have been stationed at the Inglewood home of Mrs.| Dwight W. Merrow, Mrs. Lind-| bergh’s mother, to protect the Lind-| bergh's second son, John. Col. Lindbergh carries a pistol. Recounts Events Miss Gow identified the under- shirt which she put on the baby and which was found on its body. She said she made the shirt for the baby the night of the kidnap- ing and recounted the events of the | afternoon preceding the crime. She | said she and the baby played to- gether upstairs in the nursery. As David T. Wilentz, Attorney General of the State, showed Miss Gow the little discolored shirt, she stiffened in her chair and identi- fied it without faltering. She also identified cloth cut from the samei‘ material as that which she put next to the baby's skin because of a cold he had. Tucked Baby in Crib Miss Gow told how, before leav- ing the nursery the night of the; kidnaping, she secured the blan-| kets firmly to the mattress of the | crib with safety pins, when she tucked the baby in. Miss Gow said she had dinner with Mrs. Whatley in the kitchen. She said Whatley, the Lindbergh’s | butler, was in the pantry and she saw him from time to itme. Miss Gow told of other details in the household during the even- ing and was then turned over to Defense Counsel Edward J. Relilly who said he would subject her to a severe cross examination. Miss Gow was questioned by the prosecution less than an hour. Collapses Under Strain Miss Gow collapsed after a stra.n (Continuea on Page Two) —————— HAUPTMAN IS PRAYING Reiterates Faith in Inno-| cence of Suspect, Now on Trial KAMENZ, Germany, Jan. 7. Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s moth- er, Frau Pauline Hauptmann, wept unrestrainedly here as she reiter- ated faith in her son's innocence to the charge of slaying Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’'s son in kidnaping the baby. “No, it cannot be true that there is no rest for me in the world,” she sobbed, and wrung her hands. “Lord, why must such a disaster come over us. Cheer up my boy in his prison cell by telling him I am praying for him every night.” {Compiled Results Will Aid} as the evidence thus far uncover- | identities of the four persons he . discloses, he and he alone. gom=..5ajd ‘Were gufity of. the kidnaping mitted this crime,” Hauck said. and made the announcement at a Hauck then added: “If Reilly (Continued on Page Six.) SR | Juneau Man’s LIQUOR BALLOT /e Mo MAILED TO ALL "=t JUNEAU VOTERS ;57 Sweden, mother of Amos Ben- zon, well known Juneau resi- dent, attained the century mark on January second, in Seattle, according to an Associated Press dispatch received by The Empire. 5 Mrs. Benson has another son, Charles, in addition to her son in Juneau; also two daughters, nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren, Mrs. Benson attributes her longevity to moderate living. Council and Legisla- ture in Law ’ Is Juneau satisfied with its pres- ent liquor dispensation system? I That's the principal query bnck‘ of the questionnaire mailed Satur-| day to all registered voters in the city, by the City Council. The bal- | lots, which are expected to be re-| turned to the Council for tabula- tion by January 15, include 12 questions covering every phase of | the liquor situation in Juneau. i After the votes have been count- TAKEs uAT“ uF ed, the results may be used by the | Council in forming new legislation UFFIGE Tu D AY | | governing the control. of liquor in New Postmaster of Juneau the city. It also is expected that the results will be presented to Assumes Duties This Morning the Territorial Legislature for guid- ance alone similar lines. Action As Elsewhere ‘The ballot idea is similar to ques- tionnaires sent to the electorate of | Wrangell and Petersburg by those city’s councils. City Clerk A. W. Henning mailed | the ballots to the 1400 registered | voters in the city. However, Hen- ning has more ballots at his office and explained that any adult resi- dent of the city, even though not a registered voter, could obtain a vote. The ballots were accompan- ied by a self-addressed envelope. No signatures are required when the ballot is returned. The complete ballot follows: “Are you satisfied with the pres- ent system of liquor dispensation through beer parlors and liquor stores? “Would you favor the closing of all private liquor stores and the operation of a municipal liquor store; or, At 8:30 o'clock this morning, Albert Wile, pioneer resident of Al- aska, took the oath of office as Acting Postmaster of the Juneau Post Office. The oath, administered {by United States Commissioner J. !F. Mullen, in the office of the |Postmaster, was witnessed by Mrs. |Josephine T. Spickett, retiring Postmaster, Mrs. Martin Lavenik, |a member of the Post Office staff here since 1914 and Joe George. The Posi Office accounts are be- ‘ing turned over to Mr. Wile today by Mrs. Spickett, who has held the office since “June, 1926, receiving appointments under both the Cool- idge and Hoover administrations. Mr, Wile will immediately assume charge of the office. Change of Hours “Would you favor the closing of | While Mr. Wile stated that no all private liquor stores and the op. [Changes in personnel were consid- eration of a Territorial liquor store |red for the present, the hours of on a profit-sharing basis with the |the Post office will be from 9 City? o'clek until 6 o'clock in the evening “Assuming that neither the Ter- {henceforth rather than from 8 For support - of reindeer stations and management. o herds, q&u is appropriated, an increase of $2,- 755 included for buying and dis- tributing reindeer fo natives, Public Schools ’ The public school estimate is|-—— SOLON, WANTS HIGHWAY ACTION persons, $179,000 is appropriated. Representative Refuses Last year’s sum was $161,600. ‘The appropriation of McKinley Political Discussion ~—Asks Aid National Park for 1936 is $25,000. For 1935 the appropriation was $22,270. S e Although refusing to discuss poli- tics, Joe Green, representative from the First Division who arrived here Priday for the coming session of DEMOCRATS IN SENATE GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS Organization Completed— Committee Chairmen |which would link Alaska with the United States. Are Announced Mr. Green is from Hyder, and o|that city'’s nearness to the route of the Highway, makes the First Division solon concerned abouf the thoroughfare, ‘According to Green, there is a definite problem of which route Montana, Chairman of the Inter- ‘:’c’:fim{nmgu“fi;wm};m; state Commerce Committee. Cintioast Alag.sks. Hhois P 130 Senator Royal &. Copeland, of open. Engineers, now, seem to favor New York, Chairman of the Com~{an eastern course. This would be meten Oomifiee. most unfavorable to Panhandle Senator Matthew M. Neeley, of cities, Green explained. West Virginia, Chairman of the} "mme original western route would ey’ Copnptios. give such towns as Hyder, Ketchi- Senator Elmer Thomas, of Okla~|gan ang Juneau a chance to join homa, Chairman of the Indian Af- the Highway with branch roads. IRBY Conifofiiee. The thoroughfare, at present, has The Democrats will gain mem-|poen constructed as far as Hazel- bers on all major committees and|¢on B O, but engineers now are the Republicans will lose ONe| ongidering swinging up north iaybes o, sash, qommnijtoe. through the interior of British Co- Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, | yumuia and the Yukon Territory. of Washington, will be put on the {mme western route would bring the Agricultural and Forestry Commit~ Highway through Telegraph Creek tee, Military Affairs Committee,| gng Atlin, B. C., and would come Claims Committee and Immigration | siocer 1o the Alaska coastline. Committee. Unified Acti Senator Homer T. Bone, of Wash-| «gmat we need at the present ington, has been changed from the time, here in Southeast Alaska, is Agricultural to Interstate Com- % merce Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7— Senate Demccrats have completed organization by making commit- tee assignment including the fol- lowing four new Chairmanships: Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of (Continued on Page Three) I;;oduction of Gold in U. S. Reaches New Peak in Value; latest move was made by Dr. S, Parkes Cadman,”, New York clexgyman,’ when he' revealed that the . Orthodox_heads of the Orthodox and Protestant, churches, and the’ Roman; Catholic§church,” the Jatter, unofficially,! favor.azchange in_the present, | quarters, plus a/Year-End Day and a Leap Day, 13 months of 28 days each, plus an extra holiday on Dec. 29 and a Leap Day on June 29 in Leap Years. The other, pushed by the World Calendar association, favors- a 12-month year with cqual Mayor of . [CONVENTION OF Vancourer | 3 Sk FISHING £ MEN DUE HERE Making Sweeping Change First Session "of All Work- in City’s Adminis- tration Forces ers’ Groups Schedul- ed for Wednesday For the purpose of uniting on three major issues now confront- {ing them, delegates representing an | estimated group of 9,000 Alaska | workers in fishing and allied in- John Cameron as Chief of Police,| dustries will meet at the I. L. D. has been named Chairman of the Hall here Wednesday morning. Boxing Commission. This was the announcement George [Fitch, secretary to four|made here last night by W. M. Mc- Vancouver Mayors since 1922, and | Call of Ketchikan. McCall is the Richard . 8. Stanton, driver for organizer of the coming convention, former Mayor L. D. Taylor, have and himself, represents four im- been dismissed, Mayor McGreer portant Alaska groups. saying he wanted to appoint his| He is president of the Alaska own staff, Fishermen's Association, president ————— of the Alaska Boat Owners Asso- ciation, president of the Fisher- men’'s and Cannery Workers Indus- trial Union, vice-president of the | Alaska Native Brotherhood, and secretary of the Alaska Seiners’' As- sociation. FORKETCHIKAN 5" = PLANNED NOW ot e o VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 7.— Mayor G. G. McGreer, in making a “clean sweep” of the civic admin- istration, has brought replacement of the entire Boxing Commission, and dismissal of the City Hall em- | ployees. Col. W. W. Foster, who succeeded | scheduled to attend the convention from outside of Juneau. This city SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 7.— | also will have representation. Building projects planned by the, Cyril Zuboff, grand president of Government as announced by W. A.| the Alaska Native Brotherhood, Newman, United States Architect, | #6reed last night to attend Wednes- include & post office and Federal|9ay’s session. Other delegates will house at Ketchikan to cost|Pe’ Ed Coffey of Anchorage, sec- retary of the Alaska Resident Fish- ermgn’s Union; Louis Giske, of Cordova, vice-president of the Cop~ per River and Prince William $300,000. Would Withdraw Recognition from Chester (Red) Carlson, of Gor- Mexican Republic, dova, president of the Copper River | group; and Jim Davis, of Cordova, ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — The president of the Cannery Workers' controversy over religion and edu- Union. cation in Mexico has “registered” Three Issues with Representative John P. Hig-| The three issues which McCall gins of Massachusetts, and he as- indicated would be subject for dis- serts he will offer in Congress a cussion, are: L. Adoption of living wage scale demands for common la- borers, iron chinkmen, slimers, resolution demanding the Uniwd: States withdraw recognition from) Mexico and remove Ambassador | Sound Pishermen’s Association; €./ ritory nor the City engage in the o'clock until 5 o'clock, as has been liquor business, do you favor con- fining the sale of hard liquor to stores handling no other merchan- dise? “Do you favor the closing of the liquor stores on Sundays? “Do you favor closing the beer parlors on Sundays? . “Do you favor closing the liguor the case in the past. “I feel that these hours will best accommodate the people of Juneau,” Mr. Wile said. Mr. Wile first received word that he had been recommended for the position on December 1, in a radio from Delegate Anthony J. Dimond. His appointment was confirmed in (woniipued on Page TWO) Alaska Helps Out in Total WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — The gld production during 1934 in the United States and possessions is valued at $107,631,700, a record value. The previous high year was 1915 when the value of the gold) production was $101,035,700. The volume for 1915 was greater, being 4,887,000 ounces compared to 3,075,192 ounces in 1934. Alaska’s production of the yellow metal is placed at 541,238 ounces valued at $18,944,900, ! Daniels from the country. ‘The Representative had previous-, ly written President Roosevelt ask-| ing to protest to Mexico against| closing Catholic schools and expul-| sion of priests. Seéretary of State Hull, answering the letter, said: “It is not within the province o!: this Government to intervene in; the situation in Mexico to which you refery” fish pitchers, skilled laborers, pile-drivers, trap watchmen, 2. Formation of a reply to Alaska Delegate Anthony J. in a two-year fiscal period w.ich ends 18 months hence. - For the fiscal year, half of wiich has already past, the Government plans to spend eight billion five hundred and eighty-one million dollars, and for next fiscal ycar, ending June 30, 1936, plans to spend eight billion five hundred and twenty million dollars. Of these sums, nine billion cight hundred and forty-one million dol- lars are allotted for recovery :nd relief, the remainder being credited to general expenditures neccisary to run the Government. Recovery—Relief Of the money spent for recovery and relief, roughly five and one quarter billlons will be spent this year and four and one-half billions during the 1936 fiscal period. ‘The President’s request for the four billion dollars for work relief is coupled with the recomme: tion the money be “in one :u subject to allocation” by himself. ‘This phase of the budget is ex- pected to stir a Congressional con- troversy. Congress was informed that the Government's income would meet all expenditures except those to give work to the unemployed. No New Tax Levies ‘The President did not consider it advisable to propose new tax levies but asked continuation of the existing levies. Receipts are estimated about half of the expenditures and the re. mainder will be obtained from borrowing money and from the billion, three hundred million cash on hand in the Treasury. The President told the newsmen " (Continued on e Two) —m NEEDED FUNDS " FORTHCOMING, BANKERS SAY {Money Markets of Nation i Will Finance Peace i Time Outlay | NEW YORK, Jan. T—Leading | bankers are widely of the opinion funds necessary to finance the rec- ord peace time outlays mentioned | by the President in his Budget | message, will be readily forthcoring from the eountry’s money markets. It is pointed out that with the excess of reserves of the Federal 1m;erve member banks, a lLuge | total of about one billion, eight | hundred million dollars, commer- cial banks are under great pressure ’w find employment for depositors’ funds and the Government securi- ties will be readily absorbed, i% is i y {