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‘e aw THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLV., NO 6859 __JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY jANUARY I6 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS “HOT MONEY” ISSUE, HAUPTMANN CASE MORE EVIDENCE RUMORED FOR DEFENSE SIDE Special Inv;;fi_ga!or Claims Fisch Was Trying to Sell Money WITNESS ISIN N. Y., DECLARES DETECTIVE State to Soon Give Testi- mony on Discovery of Baby’s Body FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 16— Hastening to wind up the hand- writing expert testimony, the State this forenoon called H. E. Cassidy, of Richmond, Virginia, to the wit- ness stand in the Bruno Richard Fauptmann case. Following completion of the| handwriting testimony, the state announced the next step will be the discovery of the body of Baby | Lindbergh. New Defense Evidence The defense disclosed this fore- noon that it has a witness to tes- tify Isador Fisch tried to sell ‘‘hot money." Henry Kress, a private investi- gator for the defense, said two other men are involved in the at- tempted transfer- of-the ransom wealth and he further said he be- lieves a prospective witness, Gus- tav Lukatis, of New York, holds the key to the solution of the crime. Fisch Identified Kress said Lukatis went to the former’'s office, after Hauptmann's arrest and Kress claims that the information given him indicated more than likely that Hauptmann was not mixed up in the kidnap- ing. Lukatis is quoted by Kress as saying thiree men, one of whom was identi{ied as Fisch, tried to sell him “some good hot money at 75 cents on the dollar,” and that they had about $50,000. Racket Checked Up Kress said Lukatis returned later with two other fellows and just to check up on their racket, found they had suddenly moved. The detective asserted he traced the two men and “if the Justice Department offers to cooperate on the information, I feel certain we will put behind the bars the prin- cipals in the kidnaping.” PRSI 72 ELIMINATION OF CROSSINGS IS KEY PLAN Half a Billion Dollar Pro- gram Is Advanced by Adminjstration WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The half a billion dollar grade crossing elimination program is advanced, according to official quarters, as the key plan of the Administra- tion’s effort to remove three and one half million persons from the relief rolls. The elimination of 5,000 grade crossings, with this sum, has been worked ouf in detail by railroad engineers. GOV. TROY WILL BE HOST TO LEGISLATORS Gov. John W. Troy will be host to members of the House of Rep- resentatives at luncheon Friday and Monday, it was announced by Speaker J. S. Hofman. Eight of the lawmakers will be guests of the Chief Executive at 12:30 Friday and the remaining eight at the same hour Monday. — e STATTER HAS FLU J. F. Statter, Chief Deputy in the United States Marshal’s office, is confined to his home in the|senger on the Norah, on his an-|. Gross Apartments with the flu. LINDY BABY CLOTHES IN COURT One of the most dramatic moments in Bruno Hauptmann’s trial at Flemington, N.J., came when Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh identified these clothes as those worn by he r first son_at the time of his abduce tion. The clothes Were offered as an exhibit by the state. Left to right: Robert Peacock, assistant prosecutor; Capt. John Lamb of the New Jersey state police; Anthony Hauck, Hunterdon county prosecutor, and a movie cameraman. (Associated Press Fho(o) S1X GONVICTS MAKE ESCAPE, | SAN QUENTIN PRISON TODAY Warden Re@ed Injured —Members of Board Kidnaped — Guards Are in Pursuit BULLETIN —SAN QUENTIN, PRISON, Cal, Jan. 16. — Six convicts escaped this afternoon, dangerously wounding Warden James Hollohan and kidnaping four members of the Prison Board. They fired machine gun bul- lets at the pursuing guards. ——————— TOWNSEND PLA TAKEN TO HOUSE BY CALIFORNIA Representatlve McGroarty| Claims Pension Measure Is to Get Attention WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Repre- | sentative John S. McGroarty, of California, has brought to the House the widely discussed Town- send plan for old age pensions. This plan, the Californian said, will meet the challenge of the machine age. Continuing, he said: ‘Ninety five members of Congress are supporters of the measure.” Representative dicted that additional Congress- men will he-converted to the plan which will force consideration. - ASHLEY ON NORAH Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ashley of Skagway are passengers on the Norah, enroute to the States on a vacation. Ashley is master mechanic for the White Pass and Yukon Route at Skdgvnay by il FAIRBORN ON BOAT J. A. Fairborn, agent for the White Pass and Yukon Route, at Mayo, Y. T, is a southbound pas- nual vacation, McGroarty pre- | FISH CONTROL IS SOUGHT FOR quested — Liquor, Is- sue Before House | Fisheries and liquor promise to be two of the outstanding matters to come before the Twelfth session of the Alaska Territorial Legisla- ture it appeared today as both subjects made their initial appear- ance in the Hpuse. Transfer of control of salmon |and other fisheries from the Bu- | reau of Fisheries in the part- | ment of Commerce to the Terri- | torial Legislature is urged in a | memorial introduced by Represen- tative Joe Baronvich of Ketchikan, First Division. The Baranovich | memorial asked that the Legisla- | ture approve and urge passage by Congress of the Fisheries bill in- troduced there by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond. First move on the liquor control | question was made by Represen- | tative George A. Lingo of Fair- ;bank.s Fourth Division, who moved a committee of eight to consider the problem and prepare a pro- | posed hill and report in not more | than 30 days., With approval of | the House, Speaker J. S. Hofman of Seward named the following to | serve: First Division, A. H. Zieg- |ler, Ketchikan, and Joe Green, | Hyder; Second Division, Tolbert P. | Scott, Nome, and A. M. Chamber- lain, Deering; Third Division, H. H. McCutcheon, Anchorage, and | Charles Murray, Cordova; Fourth ‘Dwmon Andrew Nerland, Fair- banks and Willlam N. Growden, Ruby. In a short session, which was | adjourned to 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, the House approved the | following standing committees: Committee on Commiitees S8cott, Baronovich, McCutcheon, | Lingo. Banks, Banking and Corporations | —Green, Nerland, Scott, Nordale. Elections, Election Laws and Mileage — Nerland, Chamberlain, Walker, McCutcheon. Education, Public Health, Quar- artine and Morals—Nerland, Lingo, Seott, Chamberlain, Murray, Pat- terson, Green. Engrossing and Enrolling—Cham- v,Court ruled gold clause securities - LEGISLATURE Transfer to Territory Re-| GOLD DECISION HOLDS FATE OF| fe CHEAPER DOLLAR Program for More Currency OF THOMAS, WHEELER Experiment Anxious- ly Awaited WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Amid anxious speculation as to what | the Supreme Court will say about the new deal experiment to raise | prices by lowering the gold value | of the doHar, inflationists and ex- pansionists gathered today % seek rency still cheaper. Gold Cases Uppermost The gold clause cases 'were in every mind as several organiza- tions, most of them advocates of various schools of inflation, pre- 'pal‘ed to meet with legislators at the call of Senator Elmer Thomas !or Oklahoma. More cheap dollars | torestore the 1926 price level was \the aim announced by Senator | Thomas though both he and Bur- | ton K. Wheeler of Montana pre- | dicted 'a definife¢ program of ae-|. tion. The latter added that all | plans for monetary legisaltion de- pended on whether the Supreme | must be paid in the pre new deal | dollar or the present one. Congress | Can Act Quickly Whatever course the court takes ‘Thomas said it would not bring any disaster and Congress can quickly legislate to meet any sit- uation arising. MARTIN ASKS 29000000 IN - LUXURY TAXES | | | | Washingtori Chief Execu- tive Asks Legislature to Raise More Money OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 16.—Gov. Clarence D. Martin in an optimis- tic message to the Washington State Legislature today outlined one of the most comprehensive legislative programs ever submit- ted to a Washington joint session. It contained more than 30 recom- mendations, one calling for raising $39,000000 additional taxes the next biennium through a luxury tax on cigarettes, tobacco, gifts| and other sources. The Governor also predicted the Coulee Dam in Central Washing- ton would be enlarged to include a high dam and irrigation. He urged the state assume full re- sponsibility for payment of the ad- ministration’s old age pension, | Gen. Kuno Von Steuben, Active for Germany in World War, Passes Away! BERLIN, Jan, 16—Gen Kuno| von Steuben, aged 79 years, active in the World War, is dead here of old age. He was from the family of Gen. Baron von Steuben of Washington’s Army. Von Steuben was Commandant Inflationists in Huddle with] 1926 PRICE LEVEL HOPE {Court Rulmg on New Deal accord on some plan to make eur- E % | newly-convened 74th congres: A vast public works program He is shown during the addre Garner (left) :nd Speaker Byrn .(Anocland Press Photo) Among thos: PINK SALMON RUN CAUSING DEEP. CONGERN Southeast Alaska Fishing Phase Advanced by Com. F. T. Bell WASHINGTON, Dec. 20— (Special Correspondence) — The |drouth in Southeast Alaska may have bad results not expected by | persons who fail to take into con- sideration the effect of such drouth upon the salmon run. A number of years ago In the Karluk region there was an ex- traordinary large escapement but {to the astonishment of most peo- ple, on the return of the cycle very few salmon appeared. of the German War Academy un- til 1914 and went into the service | at the front immediately upon | the outbreak of the World War l was also a year of severe and (Continued ot Pnge Seven) Dr. Creumng Plans Visit to Alaska, Month of June| WASHINGTON, Jan. lfl.-—-EflmPst Gruening, Director of the Division of Territories and Island Posses- sions, of the Department of the Alaska during the month of June | to acquaint himself with condi- | It was. then remembered that | the year of the large escapement | who thronged the galleri hear President Roosevelt's message were t| veit, “gistie” Dall, Mrs. Anna Dall and Mrs. James Roolevelt. (A | | | ker's | “Ma,” aged 60 years, were shot to of the house of repr members of his family: ROOSEVELT FAMILY HEARS PRESIDEN Urging “an American plan for the American people,” President Roosevelt in his address before the d “the federal governn®@nt must and d resumption of necessary relief by local communities were his pro In the house of representatives chamber, Above him are Vice Pres| of I quit this busi tatives chamber in Washington to (left to right) Mrs. Elliott Rooser iated Prcu Pho(o) Honors for Doctor to Quintuplets OTTOWA, Jan. 16.—Dr. Allan Roe Dafoe, physician to the Dionne quintuplets, will be made Commander of the Order of the British Empire, it is reported here today. —————— KIDNAPER AND “MA” DEAD IN FLORIDA FIGHT Two Are Shol Down by Federals After Six- Hour Battle OKLAWAHA, Florlda, Jan. 16— | Fred Barker, long sought in the| kidnaping™of Edward Bremer, wealthy Gaul banker, and Bar- alleged mother, known as |death by Department of Justice Agents after a six-hour machine gun battle in their fine home they were renting. The agents did not suffer any casualties. When “Ma” fell, the agents said, tions and preblems there, He also she was holding a machine gun, announced he plans to visit Ha- !in her hand with part of the drum school Interior, plans to make a trip to|wali next fall, I'ot artridges exhausted, STOCK PRICES NORMAL AGAIN; TAKE ADVANCE {Metals Lead Early in Re- covery then Lead- | ership Shifts NEW YORK, Jan., 16.—8Stocks quietly resumed the advance as order was restored to foreign ex- change after yesterday's relapse. Fears of a deflationary rise in Lhe dollar were stilled. etals led in the recovery but Lhe leadership finally shifted to industrial specialties. ‘Today's final tone was firm. —— JEWS PREPARE T0 QUIT SAAR SAARBRUECKEN, Jan. 16. Three thousand Jews are anxious to leave the Saar Valley, leading Jewish residents said today, as the Saarlanders continued a noisy | celebration over the decision to rejoin Germany. Jewish business men said they are being boycotted and their chil- dren aiready report they felt their playmates are shunning them, PROPOSAL SEEN IN PRESIDENT'S SECURITY PLAN Employers, ——E;;-)loyees May Be Forced to Contribute Toward Annuities PENSION GIFTS TO PERSONS OVER 65 Third Setup—w—éuld Permit Insurance Buying Against Old Age WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—From the 30,000 word report embodying plans dealing with the social se- curity problem, President Roosevelt has drafted his own orders to Congress for a wide program of so- cial legislation. As outlined in authoritative sources the plan sent the Presi- dent by his cabinet committee in- cluded unemployment insurance, financed in part at least by a payroll tax. The federal govern- ment would handle the funds and the states would administer them. Three Divisions Old age pensions would be di- vided in two or probably three parts. The first would give fed- eral and state aid to be financed monthly as gifts to persons over 65. The second would compel em- ployers and employes to contribute to funds which would give persons under 65 annuities when they reach that age. The third plan would permit persons to buy such insur- ance against want in old age. Widen Health Service The program wauld ssk further ald for dependent children through funds given to the mothers and would provide for widening the public health service by making provisions for re-employmen: of persons able to work, lavely through public works. Some officials sald the program would touch one out of every five persons in the United States but no definite figures were availsile. ADHERENGE T0 WORLD COURT IS DEMANDED President R:o:evelt Sends Special Message to Sen- ate—For World Peace WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—In the interest of “world peace,” FPresi« dent Roosevelt asked the Senats in a special message to ratify American adherence to the World Court. The President also asked that ratification “be given in such ¢ form as not to defeat or delay the objective of adherence.” This latter is interpreted in Sen- atorial circles as representing op- position to any mew reservations. “The sovereignty of the Urited States must in no way be dimin- ished or jeopardized by such ac.ion at this period when every act of moment is to the future world peace. The United States has an opportunity once more to throw weight into the scales in fvaor of peace,” the President said. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR CHILD TO BE IN NATIVE CHURCH ‘The funeral for Tony Pagaron, 1- year-old Indian child, who died at Government Hospital yesterday, will be held at the Native Pres- byterian Church at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Rev. David Waggoner will read the funeral service. Fairbanks Man to Marry Oregon Woman SEATTLE, Jan. 16—~A marriage license had been issued to Olinton H. Tracy, aged 27, of Fairbanks,

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