The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE AUPTMA! | EXPOSIONETTES FOR COMING FAIR ONE OF THREE VERDICTS MAY BE RETURNED Judge Tren;;a;d Gives His| | Final Instructions This Forenoon SAYS ALL EVIDENCE MUST BE CONSIDERED. Defense Makes Objections to Whole Charge—De- | [ fendant Gray-Faced FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 13.— The jury, made tepse by 32 days of testimony and argument, has re- ceived the case of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, charged with kidnap- ing and murder of the baby son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh. | The jurors, four women and eight men, listened gravely while Judge Thomas Trenchard delivered the | i JUNEAU, AL2 od ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \SKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NN’S CASE IS final charge. B Hauptmann was gray-faced as usual and his wife appeared hag-: | gard. I Judge Trenchard told the mem- bers of the jury they must be, guided by the principals of law, which he set forth and added they ! are the sole judges of the evidence, however, “you must not consider what I shall say concerning the evidence as being accurate but must depend upon your own re- collection.” i Consider All Evidence i Continuing, Judge Trenchard said: “You must not only consider the evidence to which I shall re-| fer, but must consider all the evidence in the case. “In every criminal case the de- fendant is presumed to be inno-' cent, which presumption is con- tinued until he is proved to be| guilty. “To support the indictment and justify conviction, the State must ! prove the facts sufficient for that purpose, by evidence, beyond a rea- | sonable doubt, and that burden never shifts from the State. Reasonable Doubt “If there be a reasonable doubt, as to whether the defendant be| guilty, he is to be declared not| guilty. | “The evidence must establish the' truth of fact to a moral ecertainty, a certainty that convinces and di- rects an understanding that satis- fies the reason of judgment of| those who are bound to act con- scientiously upon it. Censider Evidence “But, if after canvassing care- fully the evidence and giving the| accused the benefit of a reason- able doubt and you are led to the| conclusion the defendant is guilty.| you should so declare, by your ver-| dict. “To make out a case of guilt, the State must establish by the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, the death of the baby was the re- sult of a felonious stroke inflicted on March 1, 1932 at the township east of Amwell, this county, and that the jury might conclude . from the evidence the baby was stolen by someone who entered the nurs- ery through a window by meafis of a ladder.” (uontinued on Page Two) FRAU PAULINE HAUPTMANN IS VERY AGITATED Mother of Bruno, in Ger- man Town, Not as Composed as Son ¢ | war jed Abraham’ EULOGIES LINCOLN FROM REPUBLICANS YHoover Mum on' Adminis tration but Others Make an Attack NEW YORK, 'Feb. 13.—Former President Herbert Hoover | eulogigs FOR PRICE TEN CENTS Lincoln' as the Greaf| { Liberal who “believed passionately that Americans should be masters| of the state and not pawns of thel| state,” at the Lincoln Day last night, given by \the Nationall Republican Club Hoover joined ' with ' Dr. G | Frank, President of the Univers of Wisconsin, Theodore Roosevelt ‘and other Republicans paying & great tribute to the Emancipator, but unlike the others, made no at= tack on the present Administra= tion. Dr. Frank said primitive tribal- ism was “exemplified in the post= nationalism,” and | aesailed the National Administra= jtion as “traitors to the very peo= Pretty S8an Diego, Cal,, high school and junior cqllege girls have formed an organization, called the expositionettes, to take an active part in events preparatory to the opening of the California Pacific Inter national ' Exposition. ground) is shown with soma of the Betty Fulkerson. (in fore- (Associated Press Hokfl mi HOUSE STRIKE BACK AT SENAT ON SITKA AGTION Votes to Raise Fund to Pay/ Expenses of Senators on Pioneers’ Home Trip Striking back at the Senate for killing the House proposal to spend $500 in Territorial funds on a trip| to the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, the | House members this morning in| open session voted to contribute $20 each to a fund to pay the expenses of the eight Senate members and their wives on the Sitka jaunt this coming week end. | The clerk was instructed to not-| ify the Senate members that they | were invited to accompany the| House members and that all their | expenses would be paid. | “Senate Fund” A. G. Nordale proposed the “Sen-| ate Fund” and got the ready sec- lond of several members. A. H. Zieg- | ler declared the Senators had set| themselves up as the guardians of | the public treasury at the expense of the House members and he was heartily in favor of raising the fund and inviting the Senators to| go along. Andrew Nerland suggest- ed the invitation should provide that all Senate members must go but Ziegler held “no strings shnuld‘ Ibe attached” and the majority of | the House concurred. There was no opposition when the motion to| raise the “Senate Fund” was final- ly puté to a vote, all the members present favoring the plan. 1 Kills Clerk Bill | Earlier in the morning session the House took another slap at Senate action when it Killed through indefinite postponement, the resolution providing $500 for additional clerical hire for the Ways | and Means and Liquer committees. | The Senate had changed the reso- | lution to include all committees | and to set the figure at “such sum | as found necessary” but not to ex- ceed $500. Do Work Themselves “If this is the way the Senate| feels about it, I for one, am willing to do the clerical work in my| committee myself,” said Ziegler in| KAMENZ, Germany, Feb. 14~ Frau Pauline Hauptmann, Bruno's mother, displayed none of her son's stolidity as she anxiously awaited the news of the jury's verdict. This morning she appeared greatly agi- tated, asking for indefinite postponment | of the resolution and several com- mittee chairmen voiced the same sentiment. The House passed the Nerland repeal bill relating to the right to (Continued on Page Two) Alaska Air Base Discussed at Secret Conference WASHINGTON, Feb. 13— Army officers, at secret con- ference yesterday, gave the House Military Affairs com- mittee, their views of the plan to construct six huge air bases, including one in Alaska. ——————— £, R, JACKSON IN JUNEAU REPORTS NOME PROGRESS FERA Chairman Says All Nomeites Are Cared for Following Big Fire Grant R. Jackson, of Nome, chairman of the FERA Commit- tee in charge of the rehabilita- tion of Nome . following the fire which nearly wiped out the town last September, was in Juneau to- day while the Northwestern was in port. As chairman of the FERA com- mittee, Mr. Jackson reported the committee's progress to Gov. John W. Troy while in Juneau. Most of the work engaged upon by the committee has been com- pleted, Mr. Jackson said. People are well housed for the winter and cared for as far as food and cloth- ing are concerned. Mr. Jackson flew from Nome to Skagway by plane and joined the Northwestern there for the trip south. Mrs. Jackson and their young daughter have been in Se- attle since October. ————————— DINNER PARTY GIVEN BY MORGANS BEFOI DANCE LAST EVENING Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Morgan gave a dinner party last night in their home in The Empire Apartments Elks' Ballroom. Covers were laid for eight. The dinner was served by Mrs. Katherine G. Hooker. R Y PERRY IS MARRIED IN ARIZONA MRS. FA Mrs. Fay Perry, nee Fay Thane, WASHINGTON U ‘STUDENT HELD ple ~whose favor they seek {0 gain.” e — IN CASH PLOT Attempted Extortion Re- vealed in Seattle— Confession Made SEATTLE, Feb. 13—Gray B. Hilsman, aged 23 years, Princeton graduate and University of Wash- ington law student, is held for prosecution after the police said he confessed to be the author of an extortion plot and threatening the life of Elizabeth Case, member of a prominent family, unless her father, Frank E. Case, turned over $1,500. Hilsman is a friend of the Case family. ‘The police said the young man said he did it “for a thrill to see if I could get away with it.” TROAST LEAVES TO CONFER IN CAPITAL ABOUT COLONIZATION N. Lester Troast, prominent Ju- neau architect with the Buraeu of Indian Affairs, is traveling to Seat- tle and Washington, D. C., as a passenger on the Northwestern. He took passage here this morning. To confer with Government of- ficials, Troast will take an air- plane to the national capital upon arriving in Seattle. He has been called to Washington to discuss the Alaska Colonization Plan in Matanuska Valley. Jt is not known defintely how long Troast will be gone from Juneau. SOUND EQUIPMENT CASE GIVEN JURY] After instructions from the court, the case of the Electrical Research Products, Inc, and W. D. Gross went to the jury at 12:50 this afternoon and at a late hour today no verdict had been returned. The case involves differences over certain sound equipment placed in the Coliseum Theatre by the cor- poration for Mr. Gross, then oper- ating the theatre. |before the Firemen's Ball in the| SEAPLANE PATCO BRINGS MINERS Flown to Chichagof yesterday by Pilot Sheldon Simmons, the sea- plane Patco brought Mike McKal- lic and Olaf Nordling, both of the Hirst-Chichagof Mining Company, The world’s largest dirigible, the Macon, lost yesterday afternoon off the coast of California, is pictured above as she thrust her silver nose to the mooring mast at Sunnydale, 35 miles south of San Francisco, in October 1933, upon arrival from the Atlantic Coast. CHAMBER WILL HEAR PROMINENT MEN OF NORTH Dr. Bunnelfiarlan. Daly} to Speak “at-"Lunch= eon Tomorrow Three prominent men of the North will be the featured speak- ers at tomorrow’s regular luncheon meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at Bailey’s Cafe. Dr. C. E. Bunnell, President of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines at Fairbanks, will be one of the speakers. He had been scheduled to speak at last week's session, but was ill He is here for a meeting of the Board of Regents of the “Farthest North” college and to present his report to the Territorial Legisla- ture. J. D. Harlan, manager of the Hammon Dredging Company, one of the most important industries of Nome, also will be introduced. Another prominent man from Nome who will be introduced is A. J. Daly, Alaska Steamship Com- pany agent at Nome. It was announced today by M. S. Whittier, who will continue to act as secretary tomorrow in the absence from Juneau of Curtis Shattuck, -that R. E. Robertson probably again will be in the pre- siding chair at the luncheon. Pres- ident Robertson, because of press- ing business matters, has not at- tended the last two meetings of the Chamber. Vice-President Frank Boyle has handled the gavel. MIKELO, PIONEER, IS DEAD AT SITKA According to word received at Gov. John W. Troy's office here today, Joe Mikelo, well-known miner and pioneer of Alaska, died at the Pioneers’ Home in Sitka on February 8. Mikelo was known variously as “Medal Joe” and “Dago Joe.” He had been a Juneau resident for several years. He was 84 years of age when he died. He last entered the Pioneers' Home on December 14, 1929, —— .- — INDIAN BOY DIES Willie Jackson, 2-year-old Indian boy, died at Government Hospital last night. It was announced at the C. W. Carter Mortuary today that the funeral probably would be held Priday, but that no defi- nite details had been arranged. The boy’s father died in Decem- ber, but he is survived by his mother, — - — TRAVELS TO SEATTLE Arriving here on the Kenal last |Jr, and Sherwood Hancock, were |t0 Juneau. night, Charles A. Haley, well- S Again Escape e e _FISH TRAP TAX. | UNJUST AT THIS TIME IS CLAIM Canriery Men Explain of Vast Merchandising, Advertising Campaign Contending the Hofman gradu- ated fish trap tax bill, if enacted into law, would undo much that has been done over a period of years and at great cost in develop- ing the fishing industry to the mutual benefit of the industry and the Territory opponents of the measure headed by J. N. Gilbert appeared before the Territorial | House sitting as a committee of the whole yesterday afternoon. It was pointed out that while already paying the bulk of the Territory's taxes even in depression years and under the most unfav- orable conditions the industry has gone on with a promotion and ad- vertising campaign that has made the world conscious of the quality of Alaska fish and has built up a Lieutenant Commander Her- bert V. Wiley (above) the only officer to escape from the wreck of the Navy dirigible Akron off the coast of New Jersey on April 4, 1933, was in his third accident when the Macon crash~ ed, and again escaped with his life. U.S. DIRIGIBLE 1S TOTAL LOSS; | TWO MEN DIE Giant Navy Aircraft Gees Down at Sea Off Cali- fornia Coast GAS CELLS BURST; DISASi&R RESULTS Eighty- on_e—_Members of Crew of 83 Are Rescued by War Vessels SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 13. —The United States Navy's giant dirigible Macon is at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean with only two of the crew missing and two injured. The survivors arrived here this morning aboard three battle- ships. One or two of the Macon's twelve gas cells suddenly burst as the air- ship sped through squally air and fog toward her Sunnydale base at sunset last mnight. The delicately balanced craft nosed abruptly skyward. Immediate efforts of Lieut. Commander Her- bert V. Wiley to balance the craft were futile. Sinks on Under his orders she “then - landed stern first in calm seas and sank almost immediately as the water was struck. The crew took to the rubber life- boats as soon as the Macon struck the water and were later picked up by war craft that went under full speed to the scene. The Macon sank in 250 fathoms of water and the Navy will make no salvage attempts. Numerous inquiries into the dis- aster are expected from the Navy and also by Congress. The disaster probably spells the end of the Navy's lighter-than-air building. Cause of Crash The first word of the cause of the Macon's crash was given out last night Ly Lieut. Com. Herbert V. Wiley, who said the gas cells and crumbling of the stern caus- ed the disaster. Two men died—Ernest Daley, of preference and steadily mounting demand for the product from these LUMBER CODE =~ Explains Bill Speaker J. 8. Hofman, author of the bill, explained the purpose was for control with the aim of pro- tecting the smaller concerns and for equalizing the situation as be- tween trap caught fish and seine caught. The measure had previous- e ly been turned back to the fisher- | ies committee by the ways and Decision by High 'l‘nbunallmnE ipaltien Srane ey Awaited with Great |bin is not a revenue measure. Interest—NRA Fate J. N. Gilbert of the Alaska Pa- cific Salmon Packing company, By HERBERT PLUMMER representing the industry as a whole, spoke for two houre before it does not occupy. as conspicuous|tion he had previously given com- a position in the limelight as its mittees and bringing out anew that celebrated companion—the gold| actually the larger packers are ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—While | the committee reiterating informa- | clause—there's gnother case hang- now doing much for the smaller ing fire before the supreme court| concerns in that they maintain capable of beipg a headliner in| sales organizations, keep prices at its own right before long. |a high level and conduct large ad- It is the Belcher lumber code| vertising' campaigns, the benefits case recently appealed to the na-|of which all reflect in behalf of | tion’s highest tribunal and involv-| the small operators who would be ing the National Industrial Recov-| unable to carry on such undertak- ery Act. |ings themselves, or maintain a Briefly, case| market and a price that enables are these: | them to stay in business and pay A small lumberman by the name taxes. of W. E. Belcher was indicted on| Explains Conditions six counts for violation of codel Tt was stressed by Mr. Gilbert hours and wages. He is liable, un-|that over the period of years in der each count, to a fine of $500. which the industry has been de- A federal District Court in Ala-|veloped salmon has been bought |bama sustained Belcher's conten-| rather than sold, but that selling | tion that the Recovery Act was un-| now was becoming the big thing constitutional because Congress so far as the industry and the | couldn't regulate intrastate and! Territory are concerned. Through | foreign commerge; that, legislative extensive merchandising and ad- power unlawfully was delegated; | vertising, he told the committee, | that property was taken without pink salmon, hitherto considered due process of law, and that it en- in the popular mind as inferior, croached upon powers reserved to| has now become acceptable as a the states. 'y food for the home. Considering the efforts that have been made to. the facts in the recently married in Yuma, Arizona,| Manager C. V. Kay said at noon according to word received today|that there were no trips planned by Juneau friends for today. known Sitka resident, took passage | The R 6 NmA this morning for Seattie on the| southbound Northwestern, | | promote the industry and make North Bend, Oregon, radio man, and Edward Quiday, mess attend- and. Daley apparently broke his back in the 125-foot leap before the ship struck the water. Quiday was last seen aboard the craft and probably went down with it. Lieut. Com. Wiley said the dis- clpline of the crew was admirable. The huge air craft landed stern first and the crew took to the Tubber boats. First Information The San Francisco Naval Radio station reported receiving a dis- tress call from the dirigible Macon at 5:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, declaring the big ship was falling. Her position was reported three miles off Point Sur, California, near Monterey, about 110 miles from San Francisco. " (Continuea on Page Two) ———————— RESCUE WORK GIVEN PRAISE BY PRESIDENT Declares, However, that Dirigibles Needed for Military Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Presi- dent Roosevelt gave the Navy a good -word for the rescue work in connection with the Macon disas- ter. The President said no mew funds will be asked of Congress at this time to replace the ship but he did say that lighter-than-air craft had a distinct part in the military service and dirigibles will not be abandoned finally,