The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6861 CENE IS CAUSED IN HAUPTMANN TRIAL SUSPECT’S WIFE YELLS OUT “YOU LIE” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935. LEADERS CLAIM EARLY VICTORY FOR F.D.R, PLAN Predict Social Security Pro- gram Will Pass Virtu- ally Unaltered BORAH, TOWNSENDITES VOICING OBJECTIONS Aim for Quick Action So State Legislatures Can Co-operate WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Despite signs that strenuous efforts would be made to change the major fea- tures of the social security pro- gram, Democratic leaders predicted today it would go through prompt- 1y, essentially unaltered. Driving for quick action so that states' can act while their Legis- latures are in session, House lead- ers saild they were prepared to curb any revolting blocs by dras- tic rules 1f the step became nec- essary. Praise and Complaint Praise and complaints mingled in the reaction to what President | Roosevelt said was a measure to prevent and alleviate the “dread- | ful consequences of economic in- security.” Senator William E, Borah of Idaho said he was ‘“not satisfied to make an outjpy of nearly a Two Witnesses at Hauptmann Trial WILLIAM ALLEN Who testified as to finding the body of Baby Lindbergh. billion dollars for Armaments and | | fifteen million for old age pen- sions.” May Redraft Townsend Bill Townsendites registered strong opposition. It also became known today that a movement is being made among Senators to redraft the Townsend bill to offer pen-! sions ranging from $50 to $80 monthly and to be financed by a Federal sales tax. >, MAY FORGE VOTE ON BONUS BILL INU. S. HOUSE Patman Me;;e Support- s Claim Sufficient Strength WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Pat- man bill backers who propose to pay the bonus with new treasury notes surged forward today with a threat to force a vote in the House if Administration leaders seek to delay action more than 30 days. Last night 125 House Democrats went on record for quick passage of the bonus and announced they had 218 votes if necessary to force the Ways and Means committee to report the bill out. Assail Vincent Bill The Vinson bill, another plan of bonus payment, is being assailed by some as the bankers bonus bill because they get “bonus in inter- est,” through ite plan for issuing treasury notes. Foes of the Patman bill object to it as inflationary. — e ROUNDED UP AFTER BREAK FROM PRISON Five Members of Tristate Gang Under Arrest, New York City NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Robert Mais, aged 20 years, and Walter Legenzia, aged 41, who shot their way out of prison at Richmond, Virginia, and three other members of a tristate gang, have been ar- rested here. This is according to an announcement made by the D nt i 5 i ORVILLE WILSON Who corroborated Allen’s ver- sien of the discovery of the dead curly-haired child. LABOR LEADERS ' ORGANIZED FOR BIRTHDAY BALL Green Promises Fullest Co- * operation in Promot- ing Benefits NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Labor will again be in the vanguard of mer- rymakers, whose parties will bene- fit’ the nation’s victims of infantile paralysis at the 1935 Birthday Ball for the President on January 30, it was announced at National Birthday headquarters today by Col. Carl Byoir, director of the 1935 entertainments. Following Col. Byoir’s recent an- nouncement that William Green, president of the American Federa- tion of Labor, and Matthew Woll, vice-president, had again consent- ed to serve on the national com- mittee, labor has organized on a nationwide basis to back the par- ties. President Green, in a telegram to Col. Henry L. Doherty, chair- man of the national committee, stated that ‘‘along with you and your associates, I am happy to serve in the promotion of such a worthy cause and such a commend- able entertainment. Please rely upon labor everywhere to cooper- ate to the fullest extent.” Close on the heels of this mes- sage comes word from Washing- ton ‘that nearly 50 international, PAC. NORTHWEST IS SNOW BOUND; SCHOOLS GLOSED Q o everest Storm of Winter Piles Drifts in All Directions MAIL PLANES ARE EQUIPPED, SKIIS Motion Picture Company Marooned at Mt. Baker Lodge, in Wash. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 18, —Traffic moved haltingly today, numerous accidents have been re- ported but with no fatalities, many schools are closed, the mail went through on planes equipped with skils to many places as winter's severest storm piled snow over the Pacific Northwest mountain re- gions and northern California. Several logging camps in the Olympia Peninsula, Washington State section, are closed. Snow is reported two feet deep. Schools near Spokane, Wash., and other Eastern Washington points are closed. Snow drifts are blocking the country roads. A six year record is reported at Spokane, with 11 inches of snow. A motion picture company, in- cluding Clark Gable, Loretta Young and Jack Oukie, are prac- tically snowbound at Mount . Ba- ker Lodge, near Bellingham, Wash., as snow drifted in some places to a depth of 12% feet, Oregon reports heavy snow, in some places the heaviest in 15 years, Nabesna Is Operating Once More Needed Shaft Flown Into Mine Under Plane from Cordova CORDOVA, Alaska, Jan. 18.— The Nabesna Mining Corporation has resumed operations after a shutdown since December 7 be- cause of a broken main engine shaft. ‘The shaft, weighing 1,285 pounds, was flown in from here, suspend- ed under the plane as it was too long to go inside the plane’s ca- b ——,—,———— PRINGE RUPERT HAS FIRE; LOSS PUT AT S50000 PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, Jan. 18—Fire swept a part of the busi- ness district today destroying busi- ness and residential buildings. The loss is estimated at $50,000. It is believed the fire started while thawing frozen water pipes. The chief businesses destroyed were Hayes' block, Rowe’s Sheet Metal Works and Whitehouse Apartments. The S. E. Parker block was damaged before the fire was brought under control. SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN CITY FOR YAKIMA RESIDENT Although her body is to be ship- ped to Yakima, Wash, for burial, a funeral for Mrs. Mary Smith, who died this week, will be held here, it was announced today by the C. W. Carter Mortuary. Relatives of the Yakima woman, who was visiting. here since last summer, will announce the date of the Juneau services later. The Northwestern, which is expected here next Thursiay, will take the body to Seattle. MEMBER O F ASSOCIATED PRESS Sketched in Courtroom at Trial of Hauptmann o S Here, caught in quick sketches on one of the first days of the Hauptmann trial, are six of the leading characters in the drama being played in the crowded courtroom at Flemington, N. J. Top, left to right, Henry Barrow, Associated Press staff artist, depicts Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, wife of the man charged with murdering the Lindbergh baby, and three of the jurors who will decide his fate. Walton, 55, a machinist, is foreman of the jury. Mrs. Stockton, 32, an attorney’s secretary, has a seven-year-old child. Mrs. Pill, a widow, has two grown sons and cares for two grandchildren, supporting herself by bead work. The three jurors were sketched as as they sat in the jury box after having been sworn in, Below are Edward J. Reilly, chief defense lawyer, and Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, presiding at the trial. WATER IS SHUT OFF, WRANGELL, AS SUPPLY LOW Householders Are Meltting Snow for Home Use— Schools Closed ‘WRANGELL, Alaska, Jan. 18— The Wrangell City Council has shut off the water supply as the reservoir has only four feet of wa- ter in it. The shortage is due to allowing taps to remain open during the cold weather to prevent the pipes from freezing. The water in the reservoir is re- stricted to the light plant, Wran- gell hospital and for fire protec- tion. Householders are melting snow for home use. ‘The schools are closed, also in- dustries using water for power, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT S BRIDE AGAIN Mrs. Dall, John Boettiger, Married Early Today in New York WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt announced the marriage of their daughter, Mrs. Roosevelt Dall to Jorn Goet- tiger, in New York City, early to- day. Mrs. Roosevelt and other mem- bers of the family attended but not the President because of press of business. Boettiger is a former member of the Chicago Tribune's Wash- ington staff but now with ‘the Motion Picture Producers' Assos ciation. ' Both the bride and groom haye been divorced and both have dren. Funeral Services for Alaskafi Fisherman Will Capt., Austrem SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 18. —Half a hundred purse seiners of the sardine fishing fleet will file through the Golden Gate from the Fishermens’ wharf tomorrow morning to participate in the deep sea funeral services of Capt. Henry Austren, aged 47, lost overboard last Saturday from the seiner Martindale, The vessels will circle over the point, about three miles west of the Golden Gate Lightship, where 2 SAVED FROM DEATH PENALTY Zinovieff and Kameneff, Revolters, Given Prison Sentences MOSCOW, Jan, 18, — Gregory Zinoieff has been sentenced to ten years and Leo Kameneff to five years for participating in counter revolutionary activities. Recognition of their services in launching the Bolshevist regime allowed them to escape the death penalty, the usual decree in such cases, POSITIONS OPEN; C. S. EXAMS ANNOUNCED ‘The, United States Civil Service Commission has announced exam- inations for the following posi- tions: Telephone Engineer and Tele- graph Engineer, salary $2,600 to $5,600 o year. Assistant Director of Grazing, $5,600 & year. Grazier, salary $3,200 a year. Be Held at Sea; Lost Overboard Capt. Auctrem was drowned. Ser~ vice will be read and flowers scat- tered from all boats, American, Japanese, Italian and Portuguese. Capt. Austrem’s body has not been recovered. ‘The Captain’s home was in Seat- tle. He usually fished in the wa- ters off the Alaska coast during the summer and in the waters of Californja during the winter. Capt. Austrem is survived by a widow and two daughters, SEATTLE DEATH IS CLEARED UP Former Captain, Russia’s Battalion of Death, Confesses Slaying SEATTLE, Jan. 1§. — Detective | Earnest Yoris announces that Mary | Kelly, aged 43 years, who said she was & Captain in Russia’s wartime Battalion of Death, has confessed | she killed Otto C. Johanson, aged 46, for whom she was housekeeper. Johanson's body, with throat cut and head battered, was found ! in a sack on the Duwamish River front last Wednesday. The woman said her Russian| name was Yermani but she mar- ried one Guy E. Kelly in Vladivos- | tok 12 years ago. | REYNOLDS ENTERTAIN | FOR MRS. D. ARMOUR Mr. and Mrs. Percy Reynolds entertained a party of friends last night in their home in the Empire Apartments, in honor of Mrs. Don- ald Armour, visiting here from Ketchikan. Cards were played dur- BATTLE ROYAL ON FISH DUE | LEGISLATUR Murray of ‘Cordova Would Eliminate All Traps in Territory Indication ‘that a battle royal will ‘ensue in the Twelfth - Alaska Legislature over fish traps was brought more into- evidence today when Charles Murray of Cordova brought in a memorial demand- ing elimination. of all standing and floating traps. Speaker J. 8. Hofman of Sew- ard yesterday introduced a meas- ure providing for a substantial tax on fish traps. Representative Murray contends in this proposed legislation that under rresent conditions local res- idents are discriminated against in that they are deprived in large part of a livelihood through fish- ing and selling to the canneries, Covtrolled Outside, Claim Fishing, he alleges, is controlled by outside interests and workers imported, with the returns from the industry going to outside op- erators rather than staying in the Territory. Murray's memorial to Congress comes on the heels of House Joint Resolution No. 1 which was intro- ducéd yesterday by Joe Barono- vich of Ketchikan, Chatrman of the Pisheries Committee, request- ing Congress to transfer fish con- trol from the Bureau of Pisheries to the Territorial Legislature. Two other bills made their ap- | pearance in the House today, one by Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks and the other, a hew deficiency appropriation measure by the Ways and Means Committee. Indigent Fund Nerland’s bill would change the present provisions of those getting support from the indigent fund to | an established residence in the Territory of 20 years. The pre- | vailing Taw provides only for men ing the evening followed with a | {over 65 and women over 60 Who (vontunued on Page Two) PRICE TEN CENTS WITNESS IS ~ INTERRUPTED DURING COURY |Dramatic Incident Takes | Place with General Ex- | citement Reigning |ATTORNEYS . FORCED INTO AN ARGUMENT Judge Calms Situation— Defendant Also Sprung Sensation Yesterday FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan, 18.—Mrs. Bruno R. Haupt- mann this afternoon disrupt- ed her husband’s trial and caused no end of controversy between the attorneys, when she jumped to her feet and gave the lie to a witness, Mrs. Ella Achenbach. Mrs. Achenbach had just testified that two days after the kidnaping of the Lind- bergh baby, Mrs. Hauptmann told her she and her husband had just returned from a trip, { : Mrs. HaUptmann arosé from her seat. Her face paled and - with eyes directed on her from all parts of the courtroom, said in a jerky voice: “Mrs. Achenbach, you are lying.” The attorneys then jumped to their feet and argued over the remark. Judge Thomas W. Trenchard in- terrupted to quiz Mrs. Hauptmann and made her realize the irregular- ity of the situation. He extracted an apology and a promise she would not interrupt any more. Further Accusation Mrs. Hauptmann then heard Mrs. Achenbach relate that Hauptmann had injured his leg, saying Mrs. Hauptmann had told her that while talking with her on their porch. Mrs. Achenbach related Mrs. Hauptmann said her husband hurt his leg while they were on their trip. When Mrs, Hauptmann inter- rupted the court proceedings with her scene, Col. Lindbergh sat quiet~ ly. Spectators in the courtroom leaped to their feet, then se.lled back in their seals as, the altoiuseys discussed the incident. SPLIT IN DEFENSE FLEMINGTON, N. J, Jan. 18— With the drive started yesterday by the state to connect Bruno Richard Hauptmann with all ran- and money, a split came among the defense attorneys, Lloyd Fish- er, dynamic young local attoiney, al one time stalking from the court room only. to retwn when Hauptmann shouted ai a witness who was testifying about his ar- (Continued on Page Seven: COL, LINDBERGH T0 FLY.ACROSS PAGIFIC OCEAN Flight WfllEe’Made After -Hauptmann Trial—