The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY OL. XLV., NO. 6878. DAY, FEBRUARY 7 LADDER EVDENCE 1935 TRAIL OF DEATH FROM EAST NOW ENDED IN WEST Murderer Is Arrested on| Highway by Patrolman —Confesses Crime “FLYING BANDIT” OF MICHIGAN IS CAUGHT: Week-Old Tragedy Is Re- vealed After Tip Given to Authorities SACRAMENTO, <Cal, Feb. 7.— A week old transcontinental jour-! ney of death in an auto came to a gruesome end when Highway | Patrolmen stopped an auto and in the trunk on the rear end found the body of a slain man. Shortly after, the patrolmen an- | nounced they had obtained a con-| fession from Clarence Frechette, aged 25, of Kalamazoo, Mich., the| driver. | In the rear trunk was the body of Robert: Brown, aged 30, also of ! Kalamazoo, Brown had been 'shot' between the eyes and in another| place in the head. Killing Confessed ‘Capt. Joseph Blake, head of tha Highway line, near | Mrs. Alice Shepard (left), third {(center), and Mrs. Burr Cooper ( wife of Maj. Charles A. Shepard right), daughter of Mrs, Shepard, went to Topeka, Kas., from Denver to be at the major's side during his second trial on a charge he pol Press Photo) isoned a former wife. (Associated BIG CROWD ON |Baby Bonds to Be Issued Patrol on._the Nevads,. A : confessed he killed Brown on Jan- . | uary 29 in Kalamazoo when Brown admitted he had been intimate with Frechette's girl friend. “I put the body in the trunk of Brown's auto and drove westward, intending to go to China,” said Frechette. Watch Is Set In the auto with Frechette was a woman, who gave her name as| Mrs. Victor Messenger, and her small daughter. Frechette said he| picked them up at Salt Lake City. He said they were hitch-hikers, had nothing to do with the slaying of Brown and did not know his body was in the trunk. Officers said Frechette admitted he was on parole in Michigan for | attempted murder. “Flying Bandit” ! Michigan authorities have wired that Frechette is known in that state as the “flying bandit.” Seven years ago he was convicted of slugging his flying instructor, Har- ry Anderson, with a hammer dur-! ing a flight from Pontiac, then, going through Anderson’s pockets and the plane for anything valu- able. Frechette said Brown was a trucking operator and his employ-; er. Running out of money on the flight from Michigan, officers said Frechette told of holding up two drugstores and Denver and obtaifiing $41 for ex- pense money. NEW BILL ASKS EARLY WORK ON ALASKAHIGHWAY Noidale Memorial Would Demand Congress Start Immediate Construction Immediate construction of the Alaska section of the Pacific-Yu- kon International Highway which will link the states and Alaska by road, is asked of Congress in a memorial introdueed in the Terri- torial House today by A. G. Nor- dale. In asking immediate congres- sional action, the memorial points out the route would materially aid in the development of vast mineral restaurant in| BILLS HEARING Legality of Contract Labor Measure Questioned During Discussion Before an audience that filled the gallery of the House Chamber and extended far out into the hall, op- ponents and proponents of contract labor and the six-hour underground | plan gave their views to the House Labor Committee last night. H. L. Faulkner, Juneau attorney, iquestioned the constitutionality of the "contract labor bill introduced by Charles Murray on grounds that it violated the law -of contract. He 'explained he had given the meas- ure but brief analysis but that section two of the measure ap- peared to be in direct conflict with the right of contract as provided for in the constitution. How Section Reads The section reads: “No employer, whether person, company or cor- poration shall as a condition of employment require any person to sign a contract, written instru- ment, agreement, or any other paper that will require any labor hired by this person, company, or corporation to work for such an employer any stated period of time. Neither shall any oral agreement to this effect be entered into.” Attacks were made by J. B. Dal- ton, K. Ladroff and others that the contract system under which large groups of men were brought north by the canneries to work the season was bad and was unfair t6 the resident workmen of Alaska. A. W. Brindle, of the Wards Cove Packing Company, explained that during the last season the third party contract system had been entirely abandoned and was no longer practiced in the industry. Asked by Howard Lyng of the com- mittee why this had come about, he said the code now applying to the industry had wiped it out. Code Regulation “If any one can prove that this code is being violated they would not only do the workmen a real service but the packing people as well,” he said. Speaking on the six-hour day underground, L. H. Metzgar of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany, said it was his understand- ing that the purpose of the meas- ure was to spread employment but areas as well as giving employment to a large number of men. Several bills are before Congress at the present time requesting that money be appropriated to this end. Loans to Canada to help the Do- minion complete its portion of the (Consinued on Page Two) asserted he believed it would defeat its own end. He explained that in his own company’s instance where low grade ore was being worked at a very small margin any minor dis- ruption in the present set-up would WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— A tentative price range of $75 to $78 for the ten year bond ma- turing at $100 is set by the Treasury Department for the | first issue of baby bonds on | March 1. | —ao—— | MANY GUESTS, MUCH BUSINESS AT .-G, MEET In Addiiion to Fegues Talk Chamber Has Busy Session | Pegues, Director of the Federal Housing Administration for Alaska, tell of the advantages of Title II under his organization, Juneau's Chamber of Commerce heard sev- eral introductions of guests and attended to many business details at its regular weekly luncheon ses- sion at Bailey's Cafe today. The details of Pegues’ speech are included in another article in this edition of The Empire. M. J. (Mike) Heneghan, promi- nent Ketchikan resident, was in- troduced by Vice-President Frank Boyle, acting again as chairman in the ‘absence of R. E. Robert- son. Although Heneghan's remarks were brief, he surprised many of the Chamber members Wwith his statements concerning mining pos- sibilities near the First City. Gold Mines Loom “While Ketchikan has always relied upon fishing as its chief in- dustry,” he said, “I look for the city to see considerable mining dur- ing this coming year. Where Ket- chikan interests have heretofore looked to copper for possible min- eral yield, gold is now showing much promise.” Dr. H. C. DeVighne, recently re- turned from a medical study and pleasure trip to California, also was introduced and spoke briefly. Dr. DeVighne said he was “glad to be back.” A large delegation of Forest Serv- ice men, here for their first gen- eral meeting since 1927, swelled the attendance at today's luncheon so that 56 guests and members were counted. C. H. Flory, Regional Forester, introduced the following Forest Service men from outside of Juneau: W. J. McDonald, Ketchikan; ’ Archbold, Ketchikan; J. N, Wycoff, Petersburg; H. E. Smith, Cordova; (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three) In addition to hearing John E.| Lyle Blodgett, Ketchikan; C. M. Under Mysterious : Circumstances SEATTLE, Feb. 7—Aid of United States Marshal's office in locating her husband, /missi | under mysterious circumstances Alaska since ‘last June; is by Mrs. Robert Wylie, of P Mrs. Wylie told the local shal’s office she last heard her husband when he was from a hospital in . Fairbanks {June 28 where he had been f1 | for a minor head injury. Mrs. Wylie said the her husband worked for sent his clothing but none of his personal belongings, includ&nc cash, his June check, which company officials wrote her’ were holding for her husband. e o o cnerenad GIVES WARNING ABOUT PROFITS ‘.Pla.n to S.tép Governmestal Interference Is Ad- vanced Now DELMONTE, Cal., Feb. 7.—Clyde Conley, President of the Ameri« can Institute of Steel Construction, told the California Steel Confer- ence, that industrial profits must be curbed or divided with labor if | further Governmental interference | with private business is to be { headed off. e —————— DAMAGES ARE * SOUGHT FROM YEAST MAKER New York Woman Brings | Suit Against Fleisch- mann, $100,000 NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—#amages of $100,000 are sought from Max C. Fleischmann by Mrs. Rhoda Tanner Doubleday, o' New York. Mrs. Doubleday charges the mil- lionaire yeast manufacturer slan- dered her in that he wickedly, recklessly and maliciously made |others believe she was “unchaste and guilty of the crime of black~ mail.” WORK RELIEF BILL CHANGED Men Empl(;l Must Be Paid Prevailing Rate, Private Industry | WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— The Senate Appropriations Committee has amended the work relief bill. The amendment requires that la= bor on public projects be paid not less than the prevailing wage of private industry in the locality. Students Pressers Form Organization ATHENS, Ga., Peb. 7—A student cooperative pressing association at the University of Georgia has been announced by A. M. Bennett, stu- dent manager of the new con- cern. The association will be profit= sharing, the students who perform the duties of the establishment sharing in the proceeds of the or- ganization, ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM TRIAL OF SEVENTEEN STARTS Alleged communists charged with violating California’s syndicalism laws went to trial in Sacramento with Neil McAllister as a special attorney general heading the prosecution. Fou right), Lorine Norman, Caroline Decker, Jack Warnick and Pat Chal '(left to Photos), Sources of Illegal Supply Dammed—Another Angle Given WASHINGTON—, Feb. 7.—For the first time since pre-Prohibition days, the Government reported it |- has the upper hand on bootleg- gers. President Roosevelt sald so at a press conference and called atten- tion to recent deaths, as the re- sult of poison alcohol, as proof of the Treasury Agents have dammed the sources of illegal supply until it has become a mere trickle. The President said that the fe- sort of bootleggers to denaturcd} alcohol proves the Treasury agents | have been getting results. But Leslie Garnett, United States Attorney here, revealed, al- most as the President spoke, he! would present charges of liquori smuggling to the grand jury. Gar= Celebration of her 25 years as an ev son is on her way to Ci sof the 17 being tried are bers. (Associated Press Aix;lee Off to vC;fl;ré&—I{meathen angelist over, Aimee Semple McPher- ina to found a mission as a memorial to the first of nett said he has evidence that a| her four husbands, Robert Semple. Photos show her as she was in 1919, gang of some 25 men slipped sev-| eral hundred thousand dollars) worth of contraband liquor into ‘Washington, D. C,, from New Jer- | sey, Maryland and Virginia since repeal. COBBLER USED REPAIR TUBE ASHIS BANK | Over Two Thousand Dol-, lars Found by Admin- istrator of Estate | SEATTLE, Feb. 7.—A roll of bills amounting to $2215 was found in the tube of a shoe repair machine by the ad- ministrator of the estate of Pete Ziano, shoemaker, who died January 21. The money will be included in the estate and sent to Ziano’s parents in Italy. It was first thought the estate comsisted only of mach- inery in the shoe shop valued at $200. Overhead Bridge Now Planned, Tragedy Pomt] WICHESTER, Va, Feb. 7. —| State Highway Commissioner Hen- Ty G. Shirley, has given his as- surance that an overhead bridge will be erected next spring at the; Gaylord crossing in Clarke county where an, elderly Philadelphia cou- | Ple met death Thanksgiving day. | | when she first began to attract national attention, and as she iy today, Price Says Democrats Are Ready for 1936 Campaign, But Republicans Uncertain By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Not much is said for publica- tion, but wunder-surface tions preparatory to the 1936 pres- idential campaign already have| reached a highly active stage. The lieutenants of President, Roosevelt, whose renomination is conceded, could give you from their confidential files a detailed pic- ture of what they expect to hap- pen in every state during the pre- convention season ending in June of next year. On the Republican side the data is far less complete, and anything but conclusive. In the main, it forecasts continuing confusion and controversy right up to the time when the national convention makes its decisions. One of the prime gquestions how many other parties will be in the field. The answer is conceded generally to depend on the eco-' nomic trends of the fe months. next Banking On Better Times If prosperity returns during the coming year, the politicians ex- pect to see litfle significant third- party activity, If things go on as they are, or get worse, a bumper crop of independent movements is | looked for, explora~ | is| | Evidently Mr. Roosevelt is bank- "mg, politically, on a very appre- |clable economic upturn. 1 Recently, his managers have not been taking the pains they once | did to keep the Republican insur- gents in the Democratic fold—that |is, to keep them from going out on their own and organizing against the administration the popular dis- content arising from the depres- sion. Democratic party chiefs are pro- ceeding, instead, on the theory that by November, 1936, improved conditions will have wiped out most of that discontent, and that the natural prestige of the ad- ministration will insure Mr. Roose- velt’s reelection on a straight-out Democratic ticket. Garner 1s Set A year ago there was talk, very high up in the party, of putting up an insurgent Republican as the Roosevelt running-mate. Now the talk is all for the renomination of Vice President Garner. In every state (except Huey | Long's Louisiana) the Democrats are building up, and relying on, a down-the-line Democratic state or- ganization, and frowning on all coalitions. Of course if any discon- tented Republicans want to go along, they are welcome, but they DEFENSE GIVES NEW EVIDENCE, KIDNAP TRIAL Pattern Maker Placed on Stand—Gives Plane Demonstration ANOTHER ALIBI FOR HAUPTMANN Doctor's Testimony Re- garding Nail Hole Is Presented Today FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 7.— In an effort to refute ladder evi- dence by which the state expects to convict Bruno Richard Haupt- mann, the defense this afternoon introduced ladder evidence of its own. The defense called to the stand Stanley Seal, young pattern mak- er. He brought to court a plane and he used it in a demonstration to show nicks in the plane blade would change relationships accord- ing to the angle the plane was held while in use. A similar demonstration had been given by a government wood expert, to show the marks on the ladder were made by Hauptmann's plane. Alibl Witness ‘Walter Manléy, a Bronx painter, testified Hauptmann was in a Bronx bakery on the evening of the kidnaping. Dr. Hudson'’s testimony, given early this morning, that only one nail hole existed in the ladder rail when he examined it, shortly after the kidnaping, was used by the defense in an effort to show the state’s evidence with the lad- der had been “‘framed.” Identification The defense also sought to weak- en the identification of Hauptmann as the man seen lurking near the (Continued on Page Eight) e FISH TRAP TAX CONFISCATORY OPERATORS SHY Industry Presents Views Before Committee Study- ing Hofman’s Bill Enactment of the Hofman grad-‘ uated fish trap tax bill into law would increase the tax load of the cannery operators to a confiscatory point and would virtually put some of the smaller concerns out of business, it was pointed out by representatives of the fishing in- dustry yesterday afternoon at a hearing held by the House Ways and Means committee on the pro- posed measure. J. N. Gilbert of the Alaska Pa- citic Salmon Corporation, one of the largest operators, told the com- mittee his company’s taxes were $119,000 to the Territory ‘in 1934 and that under the Hofman bill this would increase approximately $77,000. This company pays virtu- ally 10 per cent of the Territorial taxes at the present time, he said. Begulatory Measure Speaker J. 8. Hofman, author of the measure; said the primary pur- pose of his bill is regulatory rath- er than a revenue measure, al- though it was pointed by various committee members the tentative estimates of revenue for the Ter- ritory the bill might raise runs up to around $300,000 a year. Chair- man George A. Lingo of the com- mittee, however, said it was not being considered as a revenue measure at this time. Charles Murray, committee mem- ber, claimed the traps were de- pleting the supply of fish in Prince William Sound. He argued the purse seiners could not get fish until they school up and he (Co;tmued oa Pan_ Seven) “(Contipued on Page Twol