The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE IYEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. XLV., NO. 6876. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935. FIRST LI DISPENSARIES | PROVIDED FOR IN HOUSE ACT Measure Would Allow Sale by Glass and Demand High License Fee RETAILERS PLACED IN 3 CLASSIFICATIONS Levy on Wholesalers Set at $1,500, General Dis- pensary $1,000 Year First liquor control proposal appear before this session of the Territorial Legislature made its ap- pearance today, being introduced in the House by H. H. McCutchoen of Anchorage, and providing for the licensing of liquor dispensaries where liquor could be sold by the glass. The measure divides dispensaries into three general classes, the wholesalers, retailers and manu- facturers. Wholesalers would be re- quired to pay a license fee of $1,500 a year and would be confined to wholesale only, and would not be able to sell in broken packages or by the glass. Manufacturers Manufacturers would'include breweries and - distilleries and the license fee for each would be $500 annually. The proposed act pro- vides that any onhe interested in either a brewery or distillery could not be licensed under any other classification. Retailers would be divided into three classes, general dispensaries, club dispensaries and road houses. A general dispensary would be a' place . where liquor could ‘be sold for consumption on the premises’ in the bottle or by the glass. The license fee would be $1,000 an- nually. Club licenses would be granted only to recognized clubs,, fraternal orders and such groups and the license fee would be $250 a year. Road houses would include dispensaries at least eight miles outside of incorporated towns and ! the fee would be $100 per annum, No Dancing The measure provides that no liquor license would be issued to any place, the principal purpose of which is amusement and social entertainment. No dancing or en- tertainment would be allowed in general dispensaries, the provision not applying to clubs or to general dispensaries outside of incorporated towns. Under the act the license holder would be held responsible for drunkenness or misconduct on his premises, and, the bill recites, it would be assumed by the law that the drunken person received the liquor in the place where he (Continued on Page Eght) S 2 S — WOMAN GOES TODEATH IN GHEERY WAY Tells Captain of Sinking Ferry He Cannot Save Her—She Drowns VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 5— Mrs. Martha C. Burritt, of Van- couver, aged 57, imprisoned in the sinking ferryboat No. 5 yesterday when the craft colllided with the Princess Alice in a fog, admonished her would-be rescuer, Capt. Barious Smith, to save himself and then she herself cheerfully went to her death. “I am afraid you won't be able to get me free in time, Captain,” she told him as he battered her door with an axe trying to rescue her. Capt. Smith kept at his task until waist deep in the water of the sinking ferry. His efforts were futile. He was the last person to leave the sinking ferry, | | | | to! QUOR CO HAUPTMANN'’S SON IN FLEMINGTON Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptman town. (Associated Preds Photo) n, wife of the defendant in the Lind- bergh baby murder case, brought their child, Manfred, to Flemington, N. J., where Hauptmann is on trial for. his Jife. She is shown, with both hands on the carriage, as théy appeared on the streets of the tiny NEW PROPOSAL IS MADE FOR RELIEF PLANS Business Leaders Advance Decentralization of ! Certain Industries WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — Criti- |cizing the Government's relief methods as threatening to demor- |alize the stranded population, bus- {iness leaders have put forward a plan to provide such people with Jobs by moving certain industries from the city to the country. | The Department of Commierce | Business Advisory Council is des- ignated by the Administration as the speaking tube through which industry will convey the ideas to the New Deal. A new Government agency, with a revolving fund to lend to in- dustries “that can be operated more advantageously in the rural district than in the crowded met- ropolitan centers,” is one plan sug- gested. Decentralization of certain in- dustries has long appealed to sev- eral prominent business leaders. - e — COAST SAILING b MAY BE PROBED Washington State Senator Makes Amendmgn t, Marine Investigation WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Senator Lewis R. Schwellenbach, of the State of Washington, has introduc- ed an amendment to the Morro Castle and Mohawk steamship dis- asters’ investigation. The resolution asks a similar probe to be made into the sailing of the President Grant from Seattle during the waterfront strike last summer when the Collector of Customs refused clearance of the liner, holding the force of seamen aboard was not adequate. e HERE FOR TREATMENT Mrs. Hardy Trefzger of Yakutat was brought to St. Ann's Hospital last night as a passenger on the; Yukon. She is being treated for a broken leg. Her husband accom- panied her here, DURING STRIKE A—-—Y_— ‘Third Measure iOn Highway ‘Is Introduced WASHINGTON, Feb. 5— United States Senator Lewis R. Schwellenbach, of Washington, has introduced a third measure | authorizing the International Highway connection with Al- | aska. | Similar measures were intro- duced last week by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond | and Senator Charles L. Mc- ; Nary, of Oregon. ., | | BUNNELL, HEAD OF FAIRBANKS COLLEGE, HERE Alaska Agrjcultural, Min- ing School President Arrives Monday Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, presi- dent of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines at Fairbanks, arrived in Juneau last night as a passenger from Seward on the Yukon. Dr. Bunnell will attend a meet- ing of the Board of Trustees of the College here soon, and, follow- ing this meeting, will present a budget for the institution to the present session of the Legislature for approval. A picture of a school, where every available dormitory space ‘has been taken, was brought to the city by Dr. Bunnell He said |that when he left Fairbanks there were 198 students registered in the | “farthest north” college. There are {18 on the teaching staff. At present, Dr. Bunnell said, there are four members of the lBoa.rd of Trustees in Juneau. They |are, Acting President Andrew Ner- {land, George Lingo, Mrs. James Wickersham, and Mrs. Luther C. Hess. It is expected that the ar- rival of J. W. Gilson, Valdez, soon will give a necessary quorum. John A. McIntosh had been elected pres- ident of the Board, but his death occurred last fall. - INDIAN WOMAN DIES Mrs. Julia Williams, 19-year-old |Indian resident of Haines, died at |7 o'clock this morning at Govern- iment Hospital from an attack of |pneumonia. She had entered the BRITAIN WARNS OTHER NATIONS OF ULTIMATUN Unless Hitler Agrees tL Anglo-French Pact Ger=| many Will Be Isolated NO DOUBT REMAINS [ .. AIR ALLIANCE MADE France’s Attitude ' Is that Germany Must Now Ac-! cept Real Disarmament . LONDON, Feb. 5—Great Britain informed all interested powers, in~ cluding the United States, today that unless Hitler's response o Anglo-French proposals were fav- orable, Germany would be by defensive air alliances. A check of embassies disclosed that Britain had communicated with them verbally removing any doubt that an Anglo-French air alliance had been definitely agreed upon even should Germany reject the proposals. The only part the United States is expected to take in carrying out the new formula is to join the disarmament convention. MANEUVERED INTO POSITION PARIS, Feb. 5.—8atisf: Germany had been & into a position where she must either accept real disarmament or face world isolation characterized France's attitude toward the recent London conferences. FISH TRAP TAX HEARING IS SET FOR TOMORROW Arguments Will Be Heard by House Ways and Means Committee Open meeting of the House Ways and Means €ommittee to consider the graduated tax on fish traps, provided for in a bill now before the Legislature, will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, it was announced today by Chairman George A. Lingo. Anyone interested in the measure is invited to ap- pear before the committee. At this morning’s session, the House passed the Senate memorial to the State of California asking the ban against reindeer meat there be lifted. = Several members ex- pressed the view they would like to have more information on why California had put up the bars but admitted it would probably make no difference as to their favoring the measure. f Petition was read from the Alford John Bradford Post No. 4, Amer- ican Legion, asking the Legislature to throw its support to the Patman bill now before Congress which provides for immediate payment of the veterans’ compensation certifi- cates, commonly known as the bonus. A new bill was introduced by Lingo which would provide for the creation of a Territorial pension fund. 4 PASSENGERS ABOARD NORCO FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, Feb. 5— Motorship Norco sailed for Juneau and way- ports at 5 o'clock this morning with 15 passengers aboard, the following booked for Juneau: A. Lundberg, Thomas Judson, T. E. Taylor and E. Labold. ——, — The increased cost of living in hospital on January 19. The body isat the C. W. Carter Mortuary. Relatives in Haines have been notified of her death by radio. France during the last year is re= ported to have diverted numerous American tourists to other coun- tries in Europe. BILL OFFERED Guards Are Called Out to Quell “Revolt” it In a move to prevent anti- ong forces from selzing control of the c: Tana national guard was called out by Gov. apitol from Huey Long, the Louis 0. K. Allen, an ally of the senator. The governor is shown in center Inspecting troops at Baton Rouge. (Associated Press Photo! l(_?;ngr;zss Can Punish Contempt; Supreme Court Gives Ruling in One Case ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 5~The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress can punish for contempt and has ordered William P. MeQCracken, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, to jail for ten days for failure to give ing Committee papers demanded by the Senate. Sergeant-at-Arms C. W. Jurney, said he will summon Me- Cracken to jail after the 25-day period in which the court may be asked to give reconsideration. for the Senate Air Mail Investigat- BLACKLISTING IS STARTED BY UNITED STATES Move Is Taken Against Antagonists in Inter- national Trade WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — The Government has taken steps to re- taliate against antagonists in in- ternational trade by blacklisting nations which discriminate against American goods. The first to go on the list was Russia. The negotiations toward a settlement of the Russian debt to America, collapsed last week thereby blasting hopes for immedi- ate trade revival between the two countries. There will be no tariff redue- tion on manganese like was grant- ed Brazil under the reciprocal trade agreement signed last Satur- ‘day. Russia sells almost half the manganese purchased abroad by the United States. = ————— NEGRO GHOUL UNDER GUARD CLEVELAND, Miss, Feb. 5.— James Coyner, giant negro ghoul, is closely guarded in the Jackson Jail after sentenced to die on the gallows on March 5 for the murder of Mrs. Aurelius Turner. Following the murder, Coyner cut pieces of flesh from the slain woman’s body, one of which was introduced in evidence, found in one of his pockets when arrested. — e — SALESMAN TO KETCHIKAN N. A. McEachran, representing Schwabacher Brothers; A. VanMav- ern of the Washington Co-Op As- sociation, and P. H. Adams, rep- resenting Seattle Hardware Com- pany, left here last night for Ket- chikan on the Yukon, WEALTH LIMIT OF MILLION IS ASKED BY LLOYD Tacoma Democrat Wants Constitutional Amend- ment to States WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 5— Representative . Wesley Lloyd of Tacpma, Demgerat, today intro- duced a resolution in Congress asking submission to the states of a constitutional amendment giv- ing Congress the power to limit to one million dpllars in gold the wealth any individual could ac- cumulate, Gold dollars in which wealth is measured contajn between 258 and 259 grains of pure gold. Congressman Lloyd introduced a similar amendment in Congress last session. During both his pre- vious campaigns he advocated re- distribution of wealth as one of the major things, he said, would bring about egonomic recovery. TELEPHONE CABLE . REPORTED RUINED| Ruined—that is the reported| condition of the Douglas-Juneau | telephone cable, | Telephone Company oficials sald this afternoon that the cause of the difficulty which suddenly dis-| rupted service between the two communities Sunday afternoon had been discovered. The submarine cable across IGastineau Channel| has been broken and saturated with salt water. Something, according to tele-| phone officials, had caught the cable and dragged it 100 feet. A temporary line of some kind is expected to be established to- morrow so that service can be re- sumed. A telephone company offi- cial said today that the replace- ment of the hroken and damaged cable would cost about $400. 1 % MRS, SAINDON FOUND DEAD IN SHAFT BY ROAD 50-Year—01fi oman Be- lieved Killed by Ac- cidental Fall Apparently the victim of an ac- cidental fall, Mrs. L. B. Saindon, 50, was found dead in an aperture between the sidewalk and the house owned by Jack Dalton on Distin Avenue early this morning. She had been missing from her residence since Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Saindon’s body was found by a small boy, on his way to school. The body was found lying at the bottom of a shaft, measur- ing about 14 feet in depth be- tween the road and the Diston residence. There is a railing along the sidewalk, but where a pathway leads to the Diston house entrance there is no guard. The opening is scarcely two feet wide. o Mrs. Saindon, who lives at the residence of Henry Baman, an em- ployee of the Alaska Meat Market, left her room Sunday afternoon saying that she would meet a man named Kinghorn and see a motion picture with him. When Mrs. Sain- don failed to return that night, Mrs. Baman notified the ®Police Department. Kinghorn, questioned by Deputy United States Marshal Nate Har- dy, in charge of the investigation, said today that he had had an appointment with Mrs. Saindon for 7:30 o'clock Sunday night to see a motion picture, but that she had not kept the date. (Continued on Page Three) TWO DANCERS BET STRANGE DEATH THREAT Police Afford Couple Pro- tection While lFr)wes- tigation Made HOLLYWQOD, Cal, Feb. 5— Rosemary Smith and Robin An- nesley, both aged 20, dancers, have the protection of the police today as authorities investigated a strange death threat. The threat was contained in a letter to the two dancers sent through Robin’s mother. The let- ter was signed by “Queen Emma” who said she was queen of the underworld, AN NOW DERD IDENTIFIED BY WITNESS TODAY Claims Fisch Jumped Over Wall at Cemetery on Night Ransom Paid RESTAURANT MAN GIVES TESTIMONY Attempt to Introduce New Evidence by Defense Is Ruled Out FLEMINGTON, N. J, Feb. 5— Benjamin Heler, aged 24 years, a writer, now employed as a restau- rant cashier and who admitted he was well known as a host at night clubs, testified this afternoon he & saw [Isadore Fisch jump over a wall of St. Raymond’s cemetery on the night the ransom was paid. Under cross examination he ad- | mitted he had once been con- | victed and given a suspended sen- tence. Heler said he parked his car near the cemetery while sitting with a girl friend, whom he refused to name, because she later married and is now dead. He said he flash- ed his lights off when a man, he identified as Fisch, from a pic- his car. He said the man was Fisch. Testimony Ruled Out The court ruled out efforts by the defense to show Fisch visited a woman on Long Island bearing certain packages, which the de- fense tried to bring out, contained the ransom money. Chief Counsel Reilly said he would show “Fisch not only ap- proached one but many persons trying to dispose of the ransom, failed, and finally left it with ‘Hauptmann,” but the court ruled out the woman's testimony. TAXI DRIVER TESTIFIES FLEMINGTON, N. J, Feb. 5.— The plans of the defense in the Hauptmann trial to call Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, of the New Jersey State Police, as the first witness today were altered ofter failure of the defense to force - production in the court of his records. Chief Defense Counsel 4Edward J. Reilly called Philip Moses, taxi driver, as the first witness today. Moses said he was employed in the vicinity of St. Raymond's Cemetery on the night of April 2, 1932, Mysterious Persons Moses testified there were four mysterious persons near the ceme- tery about the time of the ransom (Continued on Page Three) MANY LETTERS ARE RECEIVED BY HAUPTMANN Some Are Delivered to Prisoner, Others Giv- en to Attorneys FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 5— Sixty-two letters sent to Bruno Richard - Hauptmann since he en- tered the Hunterdon County Jail, two of them confessions, have been delivered to him. Others have been kept by attorneys. The two confes- sions were investigated and found to have been sent by mentally ir- responsible persons. The attorney said most of the numerous letters are those seeking conversion of Hauptmann and oth- ers seek autographs. The Sheriff opens the letters and then gives them to the attorneys. Most of them are sympathetic and some contaln toasts to his success in the trial. There are letters from school girls and also from astrologers,