The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS 'ALL THE TIME® VOL. XLV., NO. 6875. MORE EVIDENCE NO DECISION * GOLD CLAUSE CASES TODAY Announcement Made Late Last Saturday by Chief Justice C. E. Hughes PRECEDENT BROKEN BY HIGHEST COURT Waiting Nation Must Spec- ulate as to When and What Decision Will Be WASHINGTON, Feb. 4— The| Supreme Court stepped outside the bounds of precedent late last Sat- urday to inform a tense business world that probably it must wait at least another week for the high| tribunal’s epochal decision on the gold clause cases. With the Administration virtu- ally ready to meet all eventuali- ties of an adverse verdict and markets ridden with suspense, all expecting the decision for today, Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes summoned his clerk late Saturday and dictated the following: Justice’s Notice “The Chief Justice, in order to avoid unnecessary crowding of the court. room Monday, directs.., clerk to announce the Court is not ready, as it has been stated, to announce the decision in the gold clause cases.” With this announcement, Mon- day, February 11, became prob- ably the earliest date upon which a decision on which the whole Roosevelt monetary program is delicately balanced, may be ex- pected. There is a remote possi- bility, however, the decision might (Continued ot. Page Seven) B g TWO BILLS FOR ARMY AIR BASE UP TO CONGRESS Dimond, Dockweiler Pro- posals Would Bring Air Field to Alaska WASHINGTON, Feb. 4— Two bills specifically providing for a major army air base in Alaska have been before Congress since the start of the session. Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has re-introduced his bill under which the base would be in the Fair- banks vicinity and Representative Dockweiler of California has intro- duced a House measure in addi- tion to the House bill of Repre- sentative Wilcox of Florida which calls for major air bases through- out the United States and Terri- tories. Dockweiler Plan The Dockweller bill would per- mit Chief Foulois of the army air service to spend four millions for construction of a field in the Ter- ritory and for equipment and be permitted to select the site for the base. Result of introduction of Dockweiler’s bill was that’ army air officers request funds for new' radio and other equipment for present fields and bases. When army air officers said there was no base in Alaska Dockweiler at- tempted to place provisions in the military appropriations bill for con- struction of such a field, but be- cause items for improvement to present fields only could be added to the measure he introduced a separate bill providing for the base. 3 Central Location Asked While emergency fields will be necessary throughout the Terri- tory in case the major base is placed there, military officials were quoted by Dimond as saying the home base should be centrally located so all points could be reach- ed in a few hours, Fred Snyder's wife, Mrs. Vera Snyder, is on the Hauptmann trial Jury at Flemington, N. J., so Snyder, a blacksmith, is more or less forced o do his own housework. He's shown sweeping the perch of hia home, while hi son, John, plays with a pet dog. (Assoclated Press Photo) ANTI - POLITICS MEASURE HITS AT POST OFFIGE Senator Norris Introduces Bill Proposing Rad- ical Changes WASHINGTON, Feb. 4— Anti-politics bill, under W James A. Farley will have to re- sign either as Postmaster General or as Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, has been introduced in the Senate by Sena- tor George W. Norris, of Nebras- ka. Senator Norris said the bill “takes the Post Office Department, from top to bottom, out of the control and domination of partisan poli- tics.” The President, under the terms of the bill, with the approval of the Senate, would select a Post- master General for a ten year term. Instead of the present sys- tem whereby Congressmen have an important voice in the appoint- ment of postmasters, all employees would be selected by the Post- master General for “merit and ef- ficiency” only. Senator Norris said promotions would be on the same basis. — MAN IS SHOT, WOMAN GIVES UP TO POLICE Expectant Mother Makes No Statement Fol- lowing Crime KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Feb. 4—A charge of first degree mur- der has been filed in the Justice Court here against Miss Marion Meyerle, aged 35, accused of shoot- ing to death Lawrence Lister, aged 42, a business man, in his hotel room. Miss Meyerle gave herself up to the police. Lister's body was found in the hotel room, partly clothed. Miss Meyerle made no statement. The two had known each other for about one year. She is said to be an expectant mother, Nap t'h'Bo'x‘Car Results in Death of Youth SEATTLE, Feb. 4.—Leonard Hughes, aged 19 years, whose legs were frozen when he took a nap in a box car during the recent cold spell, died Sunday as the result of the exposure. One leg was amputated in a futile effort to save his life. .. HUG0 JUNKERS DIES SUDDENLY, T6TH BIRTHDAY Airplane and Engine Manu- facturer Succumbs After Operation DESSAU, Germany, Feb. 4—Dr. Hugo Junkers, airplane and en- gine manufacturer, died suddenly Sunday at Munich on his seventy sixth birthday. He succumbed after an operation. Having centered his energies for many years on the idea of con- structing a serviceable motor, Hugo Junkers in the early days of avia- tion began to interest himself in the combination of airplane and motor. Back 'in 1910 he took out a pat- ‘ent for a metal motor plane and two decades later more than one- third of the then existing world's network of air services were fly- ing plames bearing the name of Professor Junkers. Up to that time the most note- worthy feat of a Junkers plane was the east to west flight across the Atlantic Ocean, made by Bar- on von Huenefeld, Captain Koehl and Major Fitzmaurice. It was the first time the flight from Europe to -the American continent had * 'been accomplished. Endurance Record Another mark established by a Junkers plans was the endurance record of 66 hours, which later was broken in the United States by planes which re-fuel in the air. The significance of Junkers air- planes in international service was shown by the increase in gservice between 1921 and 1926. In the for- mer year Junkers carried 2,230 pas- sengers a total of 210,000 miles, ,while five years later the passen- ‘gers numbered 110,000 and were carried over a total mileage of 14,270,000 (Continued on Page Two) \ Princess Alice Rescues' | VANCOUVER, B. C.. Feb. § | crew of\the ferry were rescued by SUNK; REPORTED ', sengers,.Crew from Sinking® Craft . An unidentified woman\was. d ed today when the West Vang ver ferry No. 5 collided) with & .Canadian Pacific Steamer’ Pringss Ahce and sank outside, the en= tranoe to Vancouver Harbpr. . . Pive\other passengers and the the crew OF_the Princess Alicg. The Princess Alice whs inbeund from Seattle and the \ferry was enroute to West ' Vancouver from Vancouver ‘when the two' yessels crashed in a fog. : | The ferry sank within' 15, min- | utes. e SENATOR LONG MILITARY GRI LOOSENS ABI Sy ‘Murder Plot’ Hearing Sud- denly and Indefinitely Continued BATON ROUGE, La, Feb. %— United States Senator Huey P. Long's military grip on the Louisi- ana Capital was loosened last Sat- urday night when many of his | National Guardsmen were demob- ilized following a sudden and in- definite continuance of his “mur- der plot” hearing. Martial law still prevailed, late Saturday night, however troops from varying sections of the state were loaded in buses and started homeward as the Louisiana dicta- | tor called a respite in his attempt to show he was the intended vic- tim of an assassination conspir- ary. Late last Saturday afternoon, | Senator Long drew from a witness jthat two former deputy sheriffs had conspired to kil him for $14,000. He then suddenly recessed the sessions indefinitely giving no reason for the postponement of further hearings, George A. Davis said he and Fred Parker, both former deputy sheriffs, had made several attempts to shoot Long with rifles, that they tried to shot him through a window at the Governor's man- sion, at the State House and again at a hunting lodge. All attempts failed because thdy were closely covered and watched by the State Palice. —_———— TRADE PACT IS MADE BY U. S-BRAZIL Is First of Several Agree- ments to Be Signed with Other Nations WASHINGTON, Feb. 4— The Administration has completed a trade agreement with Brazil, the latter clipping 25 percent off the Brazilian tariff on 67 American products, in return for which the United States reduces tariffs on seven Brazilian products and prom- ised to keep coffee on the free list. The event is important histori- cally as the first of several' pro- trade agreements to be ‘The reductions include 60 percent -on canned salmon, | been abundant on the markets, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DE AT VANCOUVER Ocean liners, coast guard cutters and other Mohawk (lower left), as it sent out SOS signals being rammed New Jersey coast. At least 47 lives were lost. At the upper left Jensen of the Mohawk being remo from a coast guard cutter. Ji collision. The damaged bow of the Talisman is ghown at the right. ( E " Center of Far East Hostilities v OPEIPING O Bringing another crisis in the Far East, Japanese troops were re- ported pitted against Chinese forces in an invasion of Jehol and Chahar by the Japs. This map shows principal citles and districts in- volved in the newest drives, which are supposed to be aimed at cutting in two a caravan route between China and Russia. Kuyuan is the chief junction point of the caravan route, and troops were said to be headed for Kaigan, 70 miles from Kuyuan, Chengteh is the capital of Jehol, and Tatung is supposed to be a demilitarized district from which Japanese charge the Chinese have mot vacated. Jap planes are reported to have flown over Dolonar. Meat Prices Due to Rise But Vegetables and Fruits - May Stay dt Present Level Recent in the wholesale butter mar] have been upward. This indical may rise r. However, the guide expects to see butter import- ed from New Zealand if the price at New York goes any higher. Egg prices. usually drop at this time of ‘year, but they may not drop as much this year as usual. ‘This 1s becauge the number of lay- ing birds been reduced, and perhaps also’ because the feed ra- tion has cut rather drasti- WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—For the near future, and possibly for the entire year, housewives can expect a rise in meat prices, the consum- ers’ guide gays. The guide is a publication issued by the consum- ers' counsel of AAA. Meat_prices, in their rise, will be doing an “about face.” Between September and December they showed a more important drop, than other foods. They were drop- ping from the high level estab- lished in’ the’ late summer when it became evident the drought dam- age would be severe. Those high levels could not be maintained. The drop was hastened’ by the fact that farmers were forced to send their steers, hogs and lambs to market sooner due to low sup- plies of feed. As a result meat has (Continued . on Page éeve}) U. S. May Sue for Teapot Dome Oil WASHINGTON, Feb, 4.—Secre- tary of Inteplor Ickes has decided that the Elk Hills oil reserve in California, involved in the famous Teapot Oil Dome case, belongs to the United States government. The decision opens the way to Dairy Products Up Too But the situation will not last, the guide says. Livestock econom- ists foresee materially lower sup- plies for early February. Higher prices are expected as a result. Dairy products and eggs also are expected to reflect the high price of feed, . ty-five millian dollars for oil tak- en out of thé reserve by various private concerns in recent years, vessels rushed to the position of the pa: government suits to recover twen-| by the en received a fractured hip in the ssociated Pr Photos) REV. HUBBARD COMING NORTH, Expecis to Spend Year on King Island in Arctic for Purpose ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—Believ~ ing new clues of the origin of the Eskimo and perhaps the American Indians may rest in the spoken language of the natives of King Island, in Bering Sea, the Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, known as the “Glacier Priest,” is planning to ferret them out before it is too late. The Rev. Hubbard intends to study the native language and folk tales then compare them with those of Asiatic tribes and find, if possible, the connection. He will be aidéd by a diction- ary of Father LaFortune, Jesuit priest, who spent 30 years on the island. At present there are said to be about 165 of the tribe that remains. They live high up on a cliff of an island, being the only known cliff dwellers in the Aretic. The Rev. Hubbard expects to spend a year on the island. - e Operation at Sea Proves Successful NEW YORK, Feb. 4.— Stricken with acute appendicitis while the Santa Paula of the Grace Line | was 400 miles south of Mazatlan, Miss Anna Wetsik, a stewardess, of Brooklyn, was successfully op- erated upon by-Dr. Alfred Iason. Dr. Tason, attached to Jewish | Hospital in Brooklyn, was on a consumers' Drices’ pleagure cruise. He was assisted in | the operation by Dr. Bunker and |Nurse Carlisle of the Santa Paula. DECLARES MAID | WAS SEEN, NIGHT BABY KIDNAPED Proprietor of Yonkers’ Restaurant Aids De- fense Gang Outline ONE MORE WITNESS ON ALIBI TESTIFIES Princeton S—tu. dent Sees Man with Ladder in Auto Near Estate FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 4— A woman restaurant proprietor, Mrs. Anna Bonesteel, testified to- day she saw Violet Sharpe carry- ing a gray blanket on the evening the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. She declared Miss Sharpe went to her restaurant near the ferry at Yonkers and kept looking out the opening in the door several times. Finally when a car came along, she hailed it, entered and drove away. Mrs. Bonesteel is the second witness for the defense in this phase of the case in which it seeks to cast suspicion on a gang which included someone inside to Lind- bergh or Morrow households, 5 5 Lindbergh estate the day of the kidnaping, Hans Kloeppenburg testified that he and Hauptmann were at the latter's home playing music and cards the whole evening when the baby was kidnaped. Not Positive Sebastian B. Lupica, Princeton student, testified he saw a man in a dark blue or black sedan with | New Jersey license plates near the | Lindbergh estate. He said the car had a ladder in it, the same which the police exhibited as the kid- nap ladder. He could not identify the man as Hauptmann but on cross examination testified the man resembled Hauptmann. EXPERT BACK ON STAND FLEMINGTON, N. J, Feb. 4— Peter Sommer, handwriting expert returned to the witness chair this ‘Tmorntns as the Hauptmann -case opened the sixth week with the possibility of ending the trial by this week-end. Detectives spent the week-end in checking up -on Sommer’s testi- mony and their inquiries is said to have given the state ammunition for a renewed assault on the Sharpe-Fisch narrative, Two Were Seen Sommer contended he saw a man resembling Isadore Fisch, and |a 'woman resembling Violet Sharpe taking a baby resembling the Lind- bergh baby to New York from the Jersey side on the night of the kidnaping. “Hot Money” Again Arthur J. Trost, New York paint- er, asserted Fisch offered to sell him ‘‘hot money” three months (Continued on Page Five.) | | | 1 iMrs. Morrow May Be Placed on Witness Stand to Provide Alibi During Murder Night | FLEMINGTON, N. J. Feb. 4+ It was announced last Saturday }mght that the grandmother of the murdered Lindbergh baby may be called to the witness stand in |the Hauptmann trial this week to provide a murder night alibi for one of her servants, the dead Violet Sharpe. Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow was the employer of Miss Sharpe on March |1, 1932, 'when the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped. There has been defense testi- ,mony that thé young English wom- an, who committed suicide’ when lfin police returned to question her, was seen late on the night of the crime carrying a “golden bhair- Attorney General David Wilentz, declared Saturday night he had not yet decided whether it would be necessary to call Mrs. Morrow to rebut the testimony given Fri- day by Peter H. Sommer. Wilentz pointed out there are other witnesses who can testify of Miss Sharpe's whereabout: on that night, which Wilentz deciares was in a roadhouse, not far from Englewood, the home of the Mor- rows, and a place forbidden to the Morrow servants, o