The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6866. SUSPECT WILL REFUTE CHARGE, SLAYING BABY Accused Man Takes Oath to Tell Truth, Then Begins Testifying MOTION FOR VERDICT | OF ACQUITTAL DENIED| Defense —PTts Up Plea, State Counteracts, Trial Is Proceeding FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan.| 24, — Bruno Richard Haupt-| mann took the stand this| afternoon to refute the| charges he kidnaped and mur- dered the baby son of Col.| and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh. | Hauptmann took the stand; after the State rested its case, and the court denied the de-, fense motion for a directed) verdict of acquittal. The defense attorneys chal- | lenged the jurisdiction de-i claring there was no evidem:e‘; the baby was murdered in| Hunterdon County, where' Hauptman is on trial and that the legal presumption is, the baby was killed in Mercer| County where the body was found. The defense stated that un- less it proves burglary Haupt- mann cannot be convicted of murder. i Attorney General Wilentz, | for the State, answered that the “State’s theory is the de-| fendant is guilty of this mur- der because he broke into the| Lindbergh house at night; with intent to steal. He did this, also did he commit bat- tery upon the baby.” i 5 RPPRTEY 5 1 | DEFENDANTIS T0 STICK TO FIRST STORY Defense Qutlines Testi- ,mony that Hauptmann Will Give on Stand FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 24— Attorneys for Bruno Richard Hauptmann, charged with the slay- ing of Baby Lindbergh, said their client will stick to the story he told at his extradition hearing in the Bronx court. room, but it will | be elaborated. Chief Counsel Edward J. Reilly indicated the defense would ad- vance several new angles to his alibis as to his whereabouts on the nights of the kidnaping and ran- som payoff. . Plea for Dismissal The projected defense plea for| dismissal of the indictment, after completion of the state's case, are based on the following points, it was announced this morning: Hauptmann has not been placed in the nursery. He has not been placed on the grounds of the estate. The date of the killing has not been established nor the cause of " (Continued on ! l”aée‘i’rwo) SURVEY OF INT.HIGEWAY IS PROPOSED death determined. ‘The prosecution has failed to prove and cannot prove the baby was killed in Hunterdon County, which has assumed jurisdiction over the case. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935. Unusual View of Hauptmann Trial Scene Y 1] Bruno Hauptmann ° (arrew) comfers with Egbert Rosecrans of his counsel as another ludln of the trial gefs under way at Flemington. Newspaper writers and ‘artists liné the next row. Over ome million words describing the trial have already been wired from the little New Jersey town. (L L N.) JOHN BARTON Year Moratorium on Duck Hunting Is Voted Down at American Game Conference PAYNE PASSES AWAY QUIGKLY Former Secretary of Inter- | 1or, Red Cross Chairman, Dies Suddenly WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— John Barton Payne, former Secretary of the Interior an¥ Chairman of the American Red Cross under four Presidents, died suddenly this morning at 1:06 o'clock as the re- sult of pneumonia.. He would have been 80 years of age on the 26th of this month. Mr. Payne was taken to the hos- pital several days ago suffering from influenza, which developed into a case of appendicitis and he WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Voting dGown a proposal to declare a year moratorium on duck shooting in the United States, the Twenty- First American Game Conference, closing a three-day meeting, passed | a resolution leaving final det,ermi-\ nation of the length of the 1935 | season to the United States Bio- logical Survey. The American Game Conference also passed a resolution petition- ing Congress for an appropriation of sufficient sum for the Biological Survey for adequate enforcement of the laws and regulations re- lating to migratory birds. J0 LABOR BILL 'ASK REINDEER “INTRODUCED IN LOWER HOUSE BARS BE LIFTED IN GALIFORNIA With its purpose the lifting of Undaryens i Spetapon, {Fu wasvsix-'Hour Day Underground‘the bars on reindeer meat in Cali- followed by pneumonia. Mrs. Payne died several years ago. They had no children and the closest survivors are nieces and nephews. While Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Payne made a trip to Alaska in company with the then Secre- tary of Navy, Josephus Daniels. Was Hard Worker A winning personality and a bent for hard work were the en-| Proposed with Aim to Spread Employment ! The second labor bill to make ‘i'.s appearance in the Twelfth Ter- ritorial Legislature was offered to- |day in the House by A. P. Walker lof Craig, limiting the hours of| |labor underground to six in any | 124 hours. The previous labor proposal was | | fornia, a memorial to the Governor and Legislature of that State was |introduced in the Senate of the | Territorial Legislature today when it met for a short session which was adjourned to 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. It was introduced by Senator James R. Campbell of An- chorage on request. The memorial cites that Cali- fornia is the only State in the Union that bars reindeer meat and dowments which enabled John|offered by A. G. Nordale of Fair-|asks the executive and lawmaking Barton Payne to lift himself from poverty to plenty, and from ob- scurity to fame The ladder up which he climbed was builded of experiences as a farm boy, country store clerk, law- yer, newspaper publisher, mayor, Judge, government counsel, Chair- man of the Shipping Board, Di- rector General of Railroads, Sec- retary of the Interior, special dip- lomatic envoy and head of the far-flung philanthropic activities of the American Red Cross. A native of Virginia, he held his first public office in the neighbor- ing state of reached the maximum of his pow- ers and responsibilities as a citi- zen of Illinois. Frony Farm To Store His birhtplace was near the lit- tle village of Pruntytown, and the date, January 26, 1955. Mr. Payne took his first step toward world acquaintanceship when in his teens he exchanged life on the farm for a job as a clerk in a general store at $100 a year. In that capacity he won the respect of his superiors by his display of common sense West Virginia, and | |banks. It would provide for the| | establishment of the eight-hour| |day and six-day week generally in| the Territory. | | To Spread Jobs i Representative Walker explained | the primary purpose of his measure | is to spread employment. The pro- | |posed act declares it is injurious| |to health and dangerous to life to| |work underground, such as in var-| jous mining enterprises, and pro-| | vides for setting up in this industry | lof the six-hour day, emergency |cases being excepted. Another fish memorial will be| introduced in the House tomorrow by Walker, asking for the elimina- tion of herring reduction plants. It |will conténd herring is a food | | supply, and the principal food of |salmon and halibut, and that the| plants are rapidly depleting the |supply of the small fish. Pish meal, for which the reduction| |plants use the herring, can be| obtained from other sources, the| ! memorial will recite. Bills Read Second reading of bills and dis- (Continued on Page Seven) body there to amend the law to allow entrance of the meat. Al- though reindeer is not included in the Federal Meat Inspection Act, it is permitted to move interstate. Senator Roden’s bill to make uni~ form any reference to the Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933, was approved by the upper house but Senator Powers’ law revision measure rela- tive to polygamy or adultery fell by the wayside, being defeated by a vote of six to two. Opposition to the proposal was based on con= the prevailing statute. The delinquency bill, also brought in by Powers, came up for brief discussion but was finally referred again to the Judiciary Committee |to iron out the legal technicalities. | Einstein’s Daughter Loses German Land BERLIN, Jan. 24—The Prussian | government has confiscated a plot lof land at Caputh, near Berlin, be- | longing to a daughter of Prof. Al | bert Einstein, it was announced " (Continued on Page Eight) here, " GRIPPED, COLD WEATHER WAVE early One Hundred Vic- tims Are Reported, Var- ious Parts of Country RECORDS OF FIFTY YEARS ARE BROKEN I Lowlands in Wa shington; ; State Remain Under High Water—Floods in South CHICAGO, 1ll, Jan. 24. — The| § storm-ridden nation today counted close to 100 victims of the weather. | Relief is believed ahead for the Northern States but part of the South remained in the grip of the season's worst weather, / There is some moderation fore- cast tomorrow for the snow-laden Bast and Southwest. ! Temperatures Rise Temperatures have risen some- what over the western Canadian Provinces and extreme northern plains. There is some relief promised in the Midwest where the cold records of 50 years standing have been broken. Die in Floods At least 14 lives have been lost . floods in the ‘South where riv. ers are on a wild rampage. Streets, highways and homes in the lowlands of Washington State remained under water as the result of thaws and continuing rain. Slides in northern Idaho men- aceqd lives today. ——————— COLD WEATHER STOPS FLOODS, PAC. NORTHWES Waters Are Reported Re- ceding Some Localities —Many Danger Spots SEATTLE, Jan. 24. — Receding waters and cold weather in the mountains have lessened the North- west’s flood danger. The map is still splotched, how- ever, with isolated towns and cities by high waters. Many mountain communities are still in danger. The main danger spots today are in the Chehalis River Valley, Couer d’Alene area and Vancouver, B. C., which remained a victim of one of the worst winter storms in history. —_——— POWER ISSUES MOVE UPWARD, OTHERS LOWER NEW YORK, Jan. 24—A few power company issues moved up moderately today in the stock trad- ing but most of the list dragged at slightly lower levels. Metals also moved slightly, but were heavy. Today's close was easy. tention that it tends to duplicate (GOVERNOR’S RECEPTION TO LEGISLATORS TO BE HELD AT 9 TONIGHT ‘This evening from 9 o'clock un- ti1 midnight, Gov. John W. Troy will be host to the public of Ju- neau and other Gastineau Channel communities in honor of the mem- bers of the Twelfth Territorial Legislature with a reception at the ‘Governor’s House. The reception will be from 9 to 10 o'clock after which there will be dancing until midnight. The people of Juneau and other Chan- nel eommunities. are cordially in- vited to attend, instant Mary Pickford there were reports she would marry Charles erstwhile movie star-orchestra leader. the reports. He and “America’s MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS HAUPTMANN IS PLACED ON STAND IN OWN DEFENSE PRICE TEN CENT§ NATIflN STILL Mary; D;ug Divorced; Rogers Romance Denied decree, (“Buddy”) Rogers, Rogers, in London, denied sweetheart” are “just friends,” he received her interlocutory said. They are shown together as they appeared in a scene in a picture they made together. Trawler and Crew Believed Lost in Gale GRIMSBY, England, Jan. 24. —After drifting in a badly .damaged and helpless condi- tion in a violent gale off the Iceland coast, the trawler Jeria, with the crew of 14 men, is believed to have gone down. om0 g o FLIER HURT AS PLANE CRASHES NEAR SEATTLE Rex Sweet Suffers Fractur- ed Skull as Ship Cracks Up, Duwamish River SEATTLE, Jan. 24—Rex Sweet, aged 26, local aviator, was critical- ly injured when his plane crashed to the banks of the Duwamish Riv- | er, south of the city. Workmen nearby rescued him before the rising tide covered the plane. His skull was fractured. Blind Mule Escapes Fire as Others Die in Barn CULPEPPER, Va. Jan. 24. When lightning set fire to a barn here recently, the only animal to escape death in the flames was a | blind mule. Panic-stricken at the heat and| roar of the fire, it crashed down a door and leaped through to safe- ty. ‘Three othre mules, even though they could see, were not so for- tunate. Unable to find their way to an opening, they perished. R = LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 24— An income tax lien for an addi- tional $525.80 on 1932 earnings has been filed here against Pola Negri, motion picture actress, CHAMBER HoST T0 GOVERNOR, TERR, SENATORS |Large Gathering Hears Speeches by Gov, Troy and Three Solons Featured by messages from four high Territorial officials, a meet- |ing of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce honoring Gov. John W. Troy and the Senate of the Twelfth Legislature, was held at Bailey's Cafe at noon today. Brief talks were made by Gov. Troy, President of the Senate Luther Hess from Fairbanks, Sena- tor James Frawley of Nome, and Senator M. E. 8. Brunelle of Cor- dova, All speakers were introduced {by R. E. Robertson, President of | the Juneau Chamber. ; New Revenues | In giving two illustrations on the often incorrect impression of leg- | islative matters held by “the man {in the street,” Gov. Troy spoke of | the need for new revenues which | faces the Territory. He said that |he had suggested to the Legisla- | ture four possible sources, These suggestions are: A sales tax; a slight increase in taxation on the mining industry; a gasoline tax; a property tax. “I am sure that in the Senate this year we have as finea group of men as the Territorial Legisla~ ture has ever seen,” Governor Troy said in conclusion. “I will do every- thing T can to assist them in the hard work that lies before them.” May Ask Advice The next speaker, Senator Hess, thanked the Chamber on behalf of the Senators and indicated that, if the occasion arose, the Senate | would call upon Juneau'’s Cham- | ber of Commerce for advice on legislation. | Senator Frawley, in addition to ]mphml]y describing the devas- tating conflagration which struck \wontinued on Page Two) GREAT PROJECT PLACED BEFORE SENATE OF U. S, Senator Mc—l;‘;y, of Ore- gon, Introduces Reso- lution on Highway NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA SUGGESTED Two Appropriations Are Included in Measure—- Issue Before House WASHINGTON, Jan. 21— A survey of the proposed route of the highway [rom the United States through British Columbia and the Yu- kon Territory to Alasla, is proposed in a resolution in- troduced by Senator Churles L. McNary of Oregon. The resolution empowers the President to negotiate for the survey with Canada. The measure would also appropriate $2,000,000 to con- struct the Alaska portion of the highway dnd $100,000 for the prposed -ur- vey. Similar measures have :!so been introduced in the House by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond. The highway, if construct- ed, will be an extension of the Pacific Highway and would provide an automobile route to the Arctic Circle in the north and deep into Mex- ico in the south. The highway bill has been be- fore a previous Congress but nro- ponents are now hopeful thal an agreement will be reached with Canada whereby the United Siates can advance & portion of the cost in that Dominion in a manner similar to that employed in ad- vancing funds for the construciion of highways in the Central Am- erican Republics. To Determine Route Under the McNary resolution, the’ survey would determine the most practicable route and cost of the project. It has been estimated tha' the cost of the construction of the highway will be $13,000,000, irciud=- ing $2,000,000 for the Alaskan por- tion. No money will be authorized for the construction of the hiszhway until an agreegient is reached with the Dominion Government. Fairbanks will be the immediate northern terminal with the pos- sibility of an extension from 'lere northward. REINDEER HERD BELIEVED NE AR RICHARD'S ISLE Carl Lomen Has Indirect Word at Seattle of Movements SEATTLE, Jan. 24—Word ceived here by Carl Lomen him to believe the reindeer from Seward Peninsula has ¢ close enough to Richard’s 1 in the delta of Northwestern ada, and will save many I from starving. It is not exactly known v the herd, enroute five years, L. &t the present time, but it is known it reached Georges and should be near enough to Richard's Island to save the lives of many natives.