The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLV., NO. 6874. GOVERNOR T0O JUNEAU DEFENSE PLANS INDICATED FOR LATEST MOVES Surprise Witness Gives Testimony Regarding Miss Sharpe, Fisch BOTH BELIEVED SEEN WITH BLOND CHILD State Preparess for Severe Cross Examination Next Monday FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 2— The shadowy figures of Miss Vio- let Sharpe and Isador Fisch, long since dead, were projected once more into the uncertain outline against the background of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's defense as the week-end recess cut short the testimony that had wandered into placing the two into the kidnap | puzzle the defense planned to place them. Previously the state exonerated Miss Sharpe, Morrow household maid who suicided. Surprise Witness Edward J. Reilly, defense coun-| sel, had earlier declared that he would not attempt to link Fisch with the kidgaping. but late yes- terday afternbon, through a Sur- prise witness, Peter Sommer, fors mer fingerprint man of the New York City Magistrate Courts, the: MISS SHARPE'S NAME IS GOING T0 BE CLEARED Every Hour on Kidnaping| Night to Be Account- edfor, Says Peacock FLEMINGTON, N. J, Feb. 2— The state will clear the name of Violet Sharpe of any connec- tion with the Lindbergh baby kid- naping, Assistant Prosecutor Rob- ert Peacock said today. Servants in the Morrdw house- hold, where Miss Sharpe was em- ployed, and Ernest Miller, Engle- wood man Miss Sharpe was with on the night of the kidnaping, will be called during the state’s rebut- tal “to account for every hour” that night, Peacock said. EXPLANATION IS GIVEN FOR TAKING LIFE Suicide of Miss Sharpe Is Reported to Be Clear- ed Up Now NEW YORK, Feb. 2— Violet Sharpe, maid in the Morrow house- hold, visited a speakeasy on the night of the kidnaping, the New York Times says today in ex- plaining why she suicided. The Times says that contrary to orders from the Morrow house- hold, Miss Sharpe visited a banned speakeasy in Orange, and when Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow asked the next day where she had been, the 2 DEAD FIGURE I ‘ BRUNO TALKS IT OVER WITH RElLi.\Y ALL EXCHA MAY BE CLO! FOR FEW-OR JSecurities Commission Bruno Richard Hauptmann (right), defendant in the Lindbergh cace at Flemington, N. J., confers Reilly, as the State concluded its with his chief counsel, Edward J. case against the Bronx carpenter. Hauptmann was his own first witness, mounting the stand shortly after this talk with Reilly. (Associated Press Photo) Great Lake B;sing F orme;l; BOULDER DAM, Nevada, | Feb. 2.—A gate, 12 feet thick, blocked the pregress of the Colorado River yesterday and began the formation of a lake 115 miles long, the largest lake ever made artificially. The water will be used for irrigation and generation of clectrical energy. A small amount of the stored water will be used, as required, to irrigate the Imperial Valley, while the lake is being formed. It is estimated the lake will be 300 feet deep and 60 miles leng by June 1. EDUCATION BILL ACTION LOOMS | 'NEXT WEEK IN - LEGISLATURE House Men;;s Irked at | vivid indication that the Twelfth TURNED DOWN BY COMMITTEE Public Hearing on Proposal Brings Out Arguments For and Against Majority report of the House Committee Chairmen— Pointed Words Education commitiee submitted 0 |perriiorial Legislature is due for the House this morning TeCom* | i, me spirited action during - the mended that House Bill No. 10|ooming week and that some of the providing for the abolishment of the 1933 school law, do not pass| and further recommended that amendments be made in the exist- | ing statute to care for certain ob- jections that have - arisen. The committee asked the law be given another two years. Signing the majority report were Chairman Nerland, Lingo, Scott, Chamberlin and Green. Against | members are irked by inactivity and impatient to get into the bat- | tles to ensue over liquor, fish traps and revenues were given today |in the House when demand was |made on committee chairmen for | action. The free discussion was entered |into when George A. Lingo, Chair- man of Ways and Means, stated |he had just received a copy of the the report were Murray and Pnt,-‘fish trap bill William Sirovich of terson. | New' York had introduced in Con- Arguments for and against re-|gress asking elimination of , fish tention of the 1933 law were heard | traps. at the public hearing yesterday| afternoon in the House chamber, | the main difference appearing to settle around the abolition of rural school boards. It was contended by opponents of the new law that there is too much centralization of power and that local communi- ties have no authority over their own affairs. Teachers, it was charged, are a nonentity under the present setup, and, appoint- ments, it was alleged, are often made without regard to the de- sires of the school community. Economy Stressed Times says, ‘the maid refused to answer. She persisted in her sec- ret and three months later took poison while the police were wait- ing to resume questioning her re- garding the kidnaping. After her death a young man Jyent to the State Police in Alpine, New Jersey, and told the story of his speakeasy visit with Miss Sharpe. The Times says his story was checked and found to be accurate, A. E. Karnes, Commissioner of Education, in explaining the pres- ent operations denied an usurping of authority and actions not in ac- cord with community majorities. Economy, he stressed, was one of the outstanding things the elimi- nation of local school boards has accomplished. A large saving, he declared, has been made generally over the Territory due to the fact Lingo Attacks Bill “If 1 had known the content of this bill I certaintly would not have voted for that ‘resolution thanking Sirovich for his éfforts,” Lingo said. “This bill would put the fish traps out of business in eleven months and as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee I say that if such action is taken it will bankrupt the Territory. I have been in favor of gradual elim- ination of the traps over a period of years, but if they are tossed out as this bill proposes a big percent- age of our revenue will be gone and the Territory will be bank- rupt.” Charles Murray and Joe Green immediately challenged the speak- er and declared it was the wish of ithe people of Alaska to have the traps. eliminated. Andrew Nerland switched the debate, which was reaching* almost personal propor- man refer the matter of the Siro- (Continued on Page Two) (Continued ot. Page Seven) \ Invoke Autocra WASHINGTON, (Feb. 2.~In der to- safeguard invested billions of possible dangers of violent ket . fluctuations, The .Se Exchange 'Commission, is ering invoking one jof its al ly autocratic powers when the Su- preme Court rules on the. cases. ¥ The members of the Commis- sion have studied the desirabfiity of an order closing all during the period, possibly Monday, in which the 8 Court may announce its Forty-seven Exch@nges ASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1935 TURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS T LONGSHOREMEN HAUPTMANN CASE : Higlquys Are Watfer'blvydys in Pacific N. W. s ] One of the most severe storms to sweep the Pacific Northwest in years wreaked In ulw;:t British Columbia and Washington recently. Rivers throughout Western Washington overflowed their banks, marooning thousands, in many instances submerging automobile. Photo shows a side road near Montesano, Wash., covered with flood waters {o a depth of four feet. The.road connects in the back- ground with the Olympic Highway, which was under six feet of water at many sections. CHINOOK WINDS CAUSE SLIDES, WRECK SEATTLE HOMES New York to San Francisco & be involved if the order is o The ‘Supreme Court, in de- cision, will say whether ‘had. constitutional authority, clare invalid-mil' contpactural prom= ises to pay in gold, ‘or its equiva= lent, in the present devalued cur« rency. By suspending trading entirely, the thought is the Commission could largely forestall disruptive forces at work, in% the interim, however brief, between the an- nouncement of the decision and Administrative action. INSTANTANEOUS MOVES WASHINGTON, Feb. 2— The Administration is reported to have completed all preparations for any swift monetary action it may con- sider necessary after the Supreme Court rules on the gold cases. The Supreme Court is expected to bring in the decision Monday on the cases attacking the Gov- ernment's abrogation of the gold clause. It is understood the Government plans to call for almost instantan= eous moves to meet any eventual- ity. NO DECISION MADE NEW® YORK, Feb. 2—The New York Stock Exchange authorities announced no decision this after- noon relative to closing the mar- kets when the Supreme Court judg- ment on the gold clause cases is expected. It is believed in Wall Street that the Exchange is looking to Wash- ington for the procedure to follow and any decision about closing might issue from there. Late Monday There is also the possibility the gold ruling may come after the close of the New York market Monday. From Washington comes word that expectations are the decision in the gold cases' may be handed down Monday afternoon. This is indicated in preparations made for the session by Supreme Court at- taches. Government officials are proceeding as though a history oc- casion is looked for then. Comic Section Missing, Stock Held Up, Strike The” usual four page comic gection of The Empire is miss- tions, by suggesting Speaker Hof- |- ing today because the special stock ‘used is aboard the Yu- kon, traveling over to the west- ward and return en account of the present longshore strike. The stock was not discharged here on the northbound trip and is still aboard the steam- er with other Juneau freight. ———r—— In the fall of the year wisteria pods sometimes explode with @ noise somiewhat like a gun being | fired, mmwdmmwmumwymmmmwmm mumwmumwmwmn State. Two dwellings, wrecked by the slides in Seattle, are pictured. (Associated Press Photo) BALLOT GHANGE NOW ORDINANCE BY COUNCIL 0.K. Local Brewéry Makes City Offer to Lease Por- tion of Dock Juneau has a new voting ordi- nance. Passed for the third and final reading with no opposition, Coun- cllman Henry Messerschmidt’s bal- lot and régistration ordinance be- came official last night by unani- mous action of the City Council at a regular bi-monthly meeting held in City Hall. Teking effect immediately, the measure provides for permanent registration of all voters. All those electors who tegister for the com-|, ing April ‘tunicipal voting will be “on the hooks” for all time. This is subject only to disqualification by taking residence elsewhere or by in any other way losing the privelege of balloting. The other item of Messer- schmidt’s bill provides for alpha- betical arrangement of all candi- dates under their respective offices on future ballots as compared with the former method of listing ac- cording to party affiliation. Secondary in Importance at last night’s session was the offer to| lease that portion of the City Dock formerly used by the old Cold Sforage plant. This lease offer was made by the Mt. Juneau Brewing Company, & local concern, Wwith Flock t«f;" Beach as Heat Hits Giant Waves Force Thou- sands Back — Freak Conditions at L.A. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 2. —Thousands swarmed to the l;xhel as the thermometer hed 85 degrees yesterday. But freakish waves drove the thousands back again. Giant waves damaged beach structures and small craft. The weather man blamed the low pressure area over the Pa- cific Northwest waters for both the hot weather and waves. YOUNG JUNEAUITES LICENSED TO WED A marriage license has been is- sued by the gecord’s office to Anna Viola, Hill and Alvin Alfred Bloom- quist, widely known young Juneau couple. Both are former Juneau High 8chool students where Bloom- quist was a basketball star. He is now connected with the United Food Compapy. He is the son of Mrs. Alma Bloomquist. Miss Hill is the niece of Oscar Harri. " CONSUL® 70" RETIRE G. Carltop Woodward, United States Consul at Prince Rupert, | will retire the Consular Serv- ice June 1, ageording to word from | Prince Ruj Mr. Woodward is widely ki among early resi- dertts, ‘has . been Consul at (wonuinued on Page Two) {Dawson yeals 8go. BE SENT HERE 1S ULTIMATUM Ship Owners Send Radio Indicating Drastic Action Due According to a velegram received here this morning from the Se- attle offices of the Alaska Steam- | ship Company and the Northland | Transportation Company, calls of | all vessels of both companies to | Juneau “will simply have to be ;conflned to passengers and malil | until some local control is estab- | lished permitting resumption of inormal operations.” | The telegram was addressed to R. J. McKanna, local agent for the | Alaska Line, and D. B. Femmer, | Juneau freight agent for the | Northland Company and owner of Femmer's Dock. | Inability of steamship officials here to get more than one-fourth of the perishables on -board the Northland off last night caused the filing of the message. The Northland’s freighting operations were stopped at Femmer's Dock | when more than 400 longshore | strikers and sympathizers broke | through a barricade. The telegram pointed out that “we have done everything within our power to continue the freight service, except meet the demands for increased pay, which would naturally mean further increased rates for Juneau in addition to (Continued on Page Eignt) EXECUTIVE TO TRY AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON Session I:-(—:alled After Strikers Break Bar- ricade at Dock TWO BOATS DUE TO REACH HERE SUNDAY Longshore, Miners Com- mittees Asked to At- tend Session In the hope of reaching some kind of an agreement in the cur- rent longshoremen's strike here be- fore two vessels—both with cargo aboard for Juneau—reach the city tomorrow, Gov. John W. Troy and | committees of longshoremen and sympathizing mine workers were scheduled to meet in the Gov- ernor’s office in the Federal and Territorial Building at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Gov. Troy called the session early this afternoon as Juneau's long- shore controversy entered its sev- enth day of existence. Hope of agreement was the announced pur- pose of the meeting in order that the Northland, due back from Sitka tomorrow morning, and the North- western, due from Seattle tomorrow « “be-unloaded of Jiun b freight. The conference’ was further in- spired when strikers and sympath- jers effectively stopped freighting operations last night on the sec- ond vessel to touch here since the longshoremen demanded a raise in pay early last Sunday morning. The Alaska Steamship Company's Yukon was held up then; the Northland Transportation Com- pany's motorship “Northland was |the victim last night.. Barricade Erected For nearly three hours last night, a barricade of “two-by-fours” er- ected en the approach to Femmer’s Dock held off a crowd of strikers, sympathizers and curiosity seek- ers. When the Northland was berthed at 6 o'clock, the crowd was conservatively estimated at 800 per- sons. However, before the success- ful breaking down of the barri- cade, the crowd had dwindled to half that size. As announced yesterday, mail promptly was taken off and trans- ferred to a waiting truck outside the gate. Then a committee of longshoremen and mine workers was permitted to pass through the barricade and investigate the situa- tion on the dock. While it was gone, the behavior of the crowd was, for the most part, good-natured. Humorous re- marks, mixed with an occasional shout of more serious nature inti- mating a desire for action, were heard. However, no attempt was made at this time to force the gate. Make Report Finally, after numerous confer- ences with workers on the dock and with United States Marshals and Juneau Police Department of- ficers, the committee went back to make its repert. Al Nygren, esi- dent of the Alaska Mine Workers Union, spoke for the committee. He explained that there were four non-union men operating trucks from the ship's sling to the warehouse and that the jitney, brought in the hold of the North- land, was in. operation. He read the names of the men working. He said that mail, express and perishables were being unloaded. Following this report, the sirik- ers, shouting, “Let’s Go,” made a rush for the barricade and almost succeeded in breaking it down This attempt was stopped by Nycren, who asked the men to wait while further information was securcd. ' Taxicab on Scene _This held the sympathizers and strikers quiet until, at 8:30 o'clock a taxicab was driven up the dock approach. The automobile, car:ying a sign “Cardinal Cab” on its side, was maneuvered through the crowd by Driver Dan Stanworth until its front bumper touched the lower- most part of the barricade. Strik- “(Continued on Page Eight)