The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1935, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ¢ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. XLV., NO. 6869. | NERCHANTS “WORK” VESSEL HERE SURPR ISE EVIDENCE IS SPRUNG AGAINST HAUP [ R TMANN INTRODUGED AS BIG SENSATION Defendant Is Given Sur- prise During Rapid Fire Questioning Today FORMER TESTIMONY ALSO CONTRADICTED Early Even;;re Brought Up Further Implicat- ing Man on Trial FLEMINGTON, N. J, Jan. 28.—A notebook with sketches of a window and a ladder and other such articles figuring in the abduction and murder of the Lindbergh baby, went into evidence against Hauptmann this afternoon as Attorney General Wilentz subjected him io a withering fire of cross questions. The introduction of the evi- dence was a surprise and a sensation. Hauptmann denied the draw- ings and said they were made by a little girl who used to vieit his home, then he made admissions which virtually ab- sclved Isadore Fisch from one of the chief implications of the defense, namely, he might have copied Hauptmann’s handwrit- ing in the ransom notes. Fisch . Admission Hauptmann admitted he did not know Fisch before the time the baby was kidnaped and murdered. He denied writing a telephone number and address of Dr. John F. Condon on a wood.panel in his home which is in direct variance with answers he is alleged to have made to the Bronx authorities fol- lowing his arrest. Assistant Attorney General Rob- ert Peacock declared the ladder and window drawings in the note book were perfect and could “by no stretch of the imagination” be attributed to a ‘child. Asked if Fisch wrote the ransom notes, Hauptman replied: “I don't know anything about them notes.” “Stop That, Stop That” During the rapid fire of ques- tions, Hauptmann halted Wilentz to say: “Stop that, stop that!” af- ter the District Attorney accused him of lying in the Bronx during the extradition proceedings, and to questionings preceding that hear- ing. “Lies, “ies, lies about the Lind- bergh money,” Wilentz said after being interrupted. “You have lied to me, too, in this courtroom,” replied Hauptmann. POUNDING EXAMINATION FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 28.— With mixed confidence and de- fiance, Bruno Richard Hauptmann today confronted Attorney General David T. Wilentz as the State took up anew its pounding cross exam- ination of the defendant, charged with the slaying of the Lindbergh baby. Speculation on the extent of the (Uonunued on Page Two) - e FAR EAST IS BIG WORRY TO LLOYD GEORGE More F earf\i—;f Conditions There than of Those in Europe BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 28.—David Lloyd George, former British Prime Minister, expressed apprehension over the situation in the Far East in a speech here last Saturday night. He called upon Former Kaiser, In Good-Health, Has Birthday DOORN, Jan. 28— Former Emperor Wilhelm of Germany celebrated his 76th birthday yesterday with a one-course dinner in the midst of his chil- dren, grand children and a few friends. A family gathering fol- lowed the dinner. The former Kaiser is in good health, The birthday festival will close tonight with another din- ner. ., ALIBI WITNESS WILL TESTIFY FOR HAUPTMANN Man Will Say He Saw Bruno in Bronx Night of Kidnaping, Says Reilly BROOKLYN, N. Y., Jan. 28.—Ed- ward J. Reilly, in statement in his offices here last Saturday af- ternoon said the next defense wit- ness in the Hauptmann trial will testify he saw Hauptmann at a Bronx gasoline station on the night of the kidnaping. Reilly refusea to disclose the identity of the new surprise wit- ness but insisted the man had even written proof of his conver- sation with Hauptmann on the night of the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby. Disclosure of the planned tes- timony, as announced by the chief defense counsel, is that based in part on the alibi that Hauptmann was not in Hopewell when the baby was abducted. He said he would place the surprise witness on the stand at the first oppor- tunity. Searching for Dog Reilly asserted that the man will testify he is a resident of the Bronx, who on the night of the kidnaping went to White Plains searching for a police dog. Un- successful in his quest, Reilly said, the man will testify he saw a man in an auto at a gas station with a dog strikingly similar to his . The witness, Reilly said, will maintain he approached Haupt- mann, who denied the dog be- longed to him, asserting it was owned by Christian Fredericksen, Hauptmann's wife’s employer. The man threatened to have Haupt- mann arrested anyway. Reilly said the man will tell this to the jury. 2 Other Witnesses Reilly also said he had located two other witnesses he deems im- portant to the defense but he is having difficulty in persuading them to take the witness stand. Reilly wired Montreal for details of the two men's statements that they saw Isadore Fisch in that city about 15 days after the kid- naping with a baby resembling the Lindbergh baby. An affidavit was made last week in Montreal by Michael Barry, formerly newsstand owner, to that effect. Reilly said Barry had not mentioned it be- fore because his friends advised him to keep quiet. Tailor Gives Version Another Montrealer, John Har- row, owner of a tailor shop in a small hotel, came forward in Sat- urday’s dispatches and told a simi- lar story. Hafrow identified Fisch from a’ picture as the man he saw with several men and a woman in a United States car about the time Barry is supposed to have seen Fisch. Harrow said the car drove up to the hotel and the occupants seem- ed nervous. They discussed some- thing in low tones for a while then a man, he believes to have been Fisch, came forward and asked to see a room. Harrow said the woman carried a child into the hotel, screening her face. The couple refused to reg- ister ‘but he heard the woman ad- dress the man as Isadore. both the United States and Great Britain to act to preserve peace and further declared he was much more fearful of the conditions in the Far East than in Europe, B FROM PETERSBURG J. P. Morgan, Libby, McNeill and Libby Company a salesman, was Wilents, Reilly—-Match Legal Sk The clash of legal skill and wit between opposing counsel in the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann at Flemington, being watched from one end of the country to the other by legal experts, two principals in the opposing legal batteries—David T. Wilent times pugnacious veteran of many a murder trial, who is dete RETURN BLANKS FOR INCOME TAX SENT T0 AEASKA Deputy Collector Sullivan| to Hold Conference in Southeast Cities TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 28.— The Post Office Department has just started delivery of several thou-/ sand federal income tax return blanks to the taxpayers of the Ter-g ritory of Alaska to enable them to, begin the preparation of their an- nual returns covering their income for the year 1934, which must be filed in the district office at Ta- coma on or before March 15, it is announced by Alex McK. Vierhus, Collector of Internal Revenue of the District of Washington. To Help Alaskans Collector Vierhus-announces that during February Deputy Collector | 0. S. Sullivan, regularly stationed at Juneau, will be detailed to as- sist taxpayers in the preparation of their income tax returns. Dep- uty Sullivan will visit and hold conferences between the dates of February 3 and 16 with residents of Ketchikan, Juneau, Wrangell and Petersburg. Dates Qf these visits will be announced through the various post offices and in the Amusing incidents sometim :)n'l:" trial on kidnap and murd rol Press Photo) he jumped to his feet and fendant smiling during another incident that brought a ripple of laughter over the courtroom, (Associated ill and Wit BRUNO’S STOICAL CALM BROKEN IN OUTBURST bring a smile to the Impassive features of Bruno Hauptmann dur- ent testified against him, his stoical calm charges, but when a federal outed, “Listen, mister, you stop lyi local newspapers. He can be reach- ed through his Juneau office for further assistance. New Forms Required The most important addition to the annual report of the taxpayer is the requirement enacted by the last Congress in the Revenue Act of 1934 which makes it necessary to file a Form 1094, a public in- formation report, which gives a condensed statement of the gross income, total deductions, net in- come, total credits against net in- come for purposes of normal tax, and the amount of tax paid by each taxpayer. The blanks for this purpose are required to be filed - with the annual return, and the| Two memorials dealing with fish law fixes a penalty of $5.00 to be|{and game made their appearance collected from all taxpayers who|in the House of the Territorial fail to attach this special report)Legislature today, one providing for with the regular return. The Col-|abolishing the Alaska Game Com-= lector is required to prepare this!mission and the other changing statement from the facts-given on|the regulations on fishing viola- the regular return when the tax-|tions. payer fails to furnish this report| The Game Commission proposal, and must assess the taxpayer $5.00 introduced by Howard Lyng of for his failure to file his own|Nome, asks that control of all game statement. The collector will, at a|be delegated to the Territory and later date, be required to assem-|the Commission abolished. The ble his public information reports|memorial declares the preseni set- ve, ABOLITION OF PRESENT GAME SETUP ASKED Territorial Control De- manded in Memorial— More Fish Legislation (Continued on Page Two) STOCK PRIGES 60 DOWNWARD; TRADING DULL NEW YORK, Jan. 28. — Stocks displayed a downward slant today and trade was relatively dull. Rails and metals led the drift- ing movement with declines of around one to two or more points. , Utilities showed some resistance. Today's close was steady. L e e LUMBERMAN BACK Agent for the Columbia Lumber Company here, Thomas A. Morgan, | accompanied by Mrs. Morgan and their infant child, arrived here as 4 passenger on the Yukon from Seattle. — e ARRIVES HERE Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Meherin ar- rived from Seattle on the Yukon.| Meherin is the Hills Brotaers cof-|. fee representative in Alaska. | approved. in Battle Over H auptmann N. J., for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. and furnishes many of the highlights of the sensational case. Above are camera close-ups of (left), dark and dapper attorney genenal of New Jer: edly fighting for the life of the German carpenter. the trial when Wilentz (left) and Reilly posed together on the courthouse steps of the Hunterdon county courthouse. (Associated Press Photos) nd Edward Reilly (right), ruddy-faced and some- n the center i a picture taken at an intermission in 1 WOUNDED AS LONG'S FORCES ROUT CITIZENS Pitched Battle Averted in What Huey Describes as Killing Conspiracy | BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 28— | (Copyright by Associated Press, 1 1935)—Senator Huey P. Long’s dic- tatorship rode out an armed upris- fing last. Saturday night as more than 200 Square Dealers surren- dered or fled into the woods be- | fore machine guns and rifles of National Guardsmen. One man was wounded, | The threatened pitched battle | between the militia and the Anti- 'Long forces came as a climax to an exciting day which saw mar- tial law declared in this parish city by Gov. O. K. Allen, and Senator Long, charging in court that antagonistic officials plotted his death. “Murder Court” It was only a short time after the Senator abruptly ended his in- quiry in the “murder court” into the alleged conspiracy against his life, when Square Dealers started to assemble at the airport. At first they were unarmed but |guns soon appeared as the Anti- Long men began to form a battle line. sALEs TAX BILL | A company of guardsmen reach- {ed the airport, unslung their wea- AGAIN BR“UGHT | pons, and prepared for action. ing!” This plicture caught the de- The opposing forces 'were about I‘soo yards apart. i guardsmen deployed in a line a quarter of a mile in length and began to advance slowly. | The armed citizens, carrying pis- tols, rifles and shotguns, backed against the woods nearby. Two Gross Receipts Pro- 1t looked like & battle was about posals Offered in Senate Clitions Buirnne by President Hess | Pinally the citizens, finding | themselves outnumbered and sur- | passed ipment The sales tax made its first ap-|for the ‘:wsetql:nrt R';u;r;x;d:i pearance in the Twelfth Territorial armed and placed under technical Legislature today when Luther C. grrest, then freed. Hess, President of the Senate, in- The wounded citizen is identi- troduced two measures dealing With ' fied as George H. Allessi, aged 36, the subject. The matter Was UD member of the Tangipahoa Parish before the last two sessions but not! police. He was hit by a charge of { buckshot in the milling around the One of the Hess bills would levy airport. a three percept tax on all gross| Earlier in the day, on Saturday, sales of merchants, both wholesale @ man who identified himself as and retail. The second measure Sidney Songy, testified at Long’s would provide for a two per cent| “murder plot” inquiry, that he had tax on gross receipts of those sell-been given a gun, gas bombs and e LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE SUNDAY FOR HIGHER PAY Mail, Some Express Taken Off Yukon Before Work Halted COMPANY AGENTS AID IN UNLOADING Bu sinessTVl:n Take Off Meat, Perishables This Afternoon BULLETIN—At 4 o’clock this afternoon, striking longshore- men stopped McKanna and Ad- ams from further work in un- loading the Yukon, and the warehouse doors were closed. Agent McKanna said he had wired General Manager Wilson, at Seattle, for further instruc- tions, Ropes were put up on the face of the dock and United States Marshal W. T. Mahoney, deputies and City police were to clear the dock. Before any move was made to clear the dock, advice of United States Attorney William A. Holzheimer was sought. He said such & move was legal. . United States Marshal Ma- " honey, at 4:30 o'clock, was talk- ing with the strikers and en-' deavoring to get them to un- load the Yukon and submit their trouble to an arbitration board. Exchanging their street clothes for overalls, Juneau merchants worked for an hour this afternoon unloading perishable freight from the Yukon, berthed at the Pacific Coast Dock. This action was necessitated when the regular longshorenien went on a strike at 8:30 o'clock yesterday 'morning after all mail and half of the express had been taken off the vessel. R. J. McKanna and Horace Adams, agent and assistant agent, respectively, for the Alaska Steam- ship Company, were continuing the work of unloading the freight at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. Me- kanna said that he'did not think that all of the Juneau freight would be discharged today and that the Yukon probably would not leave for Seward and way ports for nearly 24 hours. Pay Causes Strike Efforts were made yesterday and again this to “break” the strike with non-union and free- lance workers. Under protection from thé United States Marshal's office and from the Juneau Police Department, the merchants began the work which is being continued by McKanna and Adams. The strike is an outgrowth of < longshore difficulties dating back. to last summer. Following a Coast- wide strike in the summer, Juneau longshoremen's pay was raised to 85 cents an hour. On December 31 they threatened not to work a boat then in port if they were not granted pay of 95 cents an hour for day work and $1.40 cents an hour for overtime and Sunday and holiday- work. This is the Seattle scale, This strike was averted, however, when R. J. McKanna, local agent for the Alaska Steamship Com- pany, told the Juneau longshore- men that he would confer in Se- attle concerning the Juneau pay rates. McKanna It McKanna returned from Seattle Sunday morning on the Yukon, However, he was taken directly to bed, as he was ill with an attack of influenza. After all the United States mail had been unloaded and a large portion of the express freight tak- en off, a committee of longshore- men, called on Horace Adams, as- sistant agent for the steamship company, and demanded the high= er rate of pay. Adams told the men that he was not authorized to make the pay ad« vance. The men stopped work. Then, in the early morning D My S (Continued on Page Eight)