The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 3, 1935, Page 1

i 1 x l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLVI NO 6952. DISAPPEARANCE | OF JUNEAU MAN REVIVED HERE Clothing, Teeth Belonging! to Missing Charles Bender Found on Mountain The strange disappearance of Charles Bender from Juneau about five years ago was revived here today with announcement by the Marshal's office that clothing, shoes and a set of artificial teeth| belonging to Bender found high up on the Mt. Juneau, back of Evergreen Cemetery. The discovery brought speculation as to whether Bender died on the mountain side, was| murdered or left the clothing as a| “plant” and then left the country. The wearing apparel was first| noted by an Indian who was in the vicinity Wednesday. He noti- fied the Marshal's office and depu- ties immediately began investiga- tion. Near the clothing, which was badly rotted by ihe elements, they | found the artificial teeth which| Dr. C. P. Jenne identified as be- longing to Bender. A blue serge' coat was located nearby the teeth about three quarters of a mile up| the mountain in one of the steep- est places. About 200 yards helov.l was a pair of gray trousers and) some distance below was a shoe! and still farther down another | shoe. Evidence of underwear which | had rotted away in the weather also was found, Deputy Marshal| W. G. Hellan, said. | Had Blue Suit { Definite identification of the| clothing was not made but Mrs. Bender, who still lives here, told| the authorities that her husband had a blue serge suit and the shoes were about the size her husband wore. They had net been living together for several months before Bender vanished. Only one bone was found in the vicinity and officers have not de- termined whether it is from a| human body. There is one hole in the bone as if made by a bullet, giving scme support to the theory that Bender may have been mur- dered. Authorities, however, were inclined to discount the theory. Bender disappeared five years| ago this month, Mrs. Bender told the investigating officers. He is re- ported to have been last seen walk- ing in the direction of the moun- tain with a shotgun over his shoulder. From time to time re- ports have been made that Bender was seen in various places. One woman is reported to have said she talked to him in Montana. Deputy Marshals are checking this statement, attributed to a Juneau woman. Effort also is being made to determine if the bone found is from a human body. The fact that only the single bone was discovered lead authorities to conclude that Bender had left the clothing and his teeth on the mountainside and then gone elsewhere. However, there is also the possibility that wild animals may have carried the bones away if he was killed or met accidental death. Bender was a carpenter by trade and at one time operated the gas- boat Tillicum, TACOMA MAN IS CONVICTED OF LARGENY AGAIN County Commissioner 1s Found Guilty of Fraud in Purchase of Supplies TACOMA, Wash., May 3—County Commissioner Cal Guthrie has been convicted of grand larceny and Ar- thur Berg, business man, and Herry Peterson, former manager of the county sanatarium, have been ac- quitted in a verdict of a Superior Court jury here. Guthrie previously was convict- ed with Martin and Thomas Joyce, brothers, of defrauding the county. Guthrie, Berg and Peterson have been on trial more than two weeks, accused of defrauding the county out of $4,000 in the purchase of sup- plies for a sanatarium. . — There are more than 200 self-help cooperative associations in Califor- had been| ; side of | | nia providing full or part subsist- | Douglas MacLean (top), film pro- ducer of Hollywood and former screen comedian, will try a trial separation from his wife, Lorraine Eddy (below), who plans a return to her New York stage career. (As: sociated Press Photo) LEFT WINGERS ARE TO CONFER | ON 3RD PARTY Ultra-Liberals Eyeing Sen- ator Long as Pos- | sible Cohort WASHINGTON, May 3. — With Senator Huey P. Long again assail- ing the Roosevelt Administration, half a hundred or imore left wing leaders headed for a conference tomorrow to decide whether the time is’ ripe for a national third party movement. Jome of the ultra-liberals ap- peared inclined to look upon Long as a possible ally although feeling his program does not go far enough. Senator Long attacked the Ad- ministration once more as a “St. Vitus Dance Government.” He sug- gested Congress might well “con- tract with Vincent Astor for his $5,000,000 yacht, not only to take! the President out in British wat- ers to fish for a few weeks, but| to keep him there several months| and trust to luck the country will | find its way back to normaley.” Senator Long also advocated his own share of wealth movement and suggested that telegrams to Sen- ators be sent asking them to back the Patman bonus. The attack was made in a radio broadcast. German Singing Corps Top Lists of “Vereins” BERLIN, May 3 —Germany is still the classic country for ‘“vereins” despite repeated trimmings by the nazis. That the sometimes drastic curbs did not affect song-loving Germans became apparent from, statistics which reveal that there are 23384 singing societies in Germany with 873,091 active members. Passive members, content to sup- port music by paying their dues and listening to others sing, num- bered 769,438, BATTLE FLEET | MOVING NORTH BREMERTON, Wash., May 3.— Part of the battle fleet maneuver- ing in the North Pacific left as silently as it came three hours after arrival. The destination is not kown. RECAN S o U RD A great volume of travel to winter resorts in southern Florida caused railroads serving that territory to "City Fathers argue over | to be a calm one. | tion which has caused national dis- | cussion for | Then | tempt LIQUOR CODE MAY BE PASSED BY COUNCILMEN City Falher—s—Meet Tonight for Important Discus- sion at 8 o’Clock Discussion and possible passing through the first reading, of a municipal liquor code will hold the spotlight of attention tonight as the City Council meets in regular ses- sion at 8 o'clock in City Hall. Beer and liquor dealers are ex- pected to attend the session in large numbers and it is not improbable that “bone dry” enthusiasts also will form part of the audience as the several clauses of contention. The session tonight is not likely The City Coun- cil will be faced with a proposi- years. Juneau, like other towns everywhere, had its eriod of running ‘“wide-open.” Prohibition brought an at-| at ‘“bone-dry” observance. Tonight the council will attempt to decide just what regulatory meas- ures are necessary to the proper handling of the local liquor traffic. Hours May Bother Clozing hours for liquor stores and dispensaries may provide a point of argument. Some discussion on this point was heard two weeks ago, when the code was presented in rough draft. The proposed code, which has been studied by council- men since that last meeting, in- cluded the foliowing closing hour regulations: Closing from 1 o'clock Sunday mormng to 7 o'clock Monday morn- ing, Clpsi from 1 o'clock every morning un i1 7 o'clock every morn- 'ing. Most of the councilmen indicated they favored these two closing re- strictions, aimed at Sunday and “all night” purchasing of liquor. Vote Due However, if the councilmen can agrez on an entire code to fit in with the Territorial Board of Liquor Control regulations, it is likely that the new ordinance will be passed through its first reading tonight. Liquor will not take the entire «potlight tonight. Glenn Suther- land, former Tacoma resident, will| attempt to convince the City Fath- ers that his “dart game” is one oii <kill and not a gambling device. Sutherland came here recently with the idea of starting his game. Darts are thrown on to a board with squares of numbers. If the player is lucky enough to spot the “right” number, an order for mer- chandise at any local store is given Romance Is Cause of Crime ‘Barber's Wife Is"Held Fol lowing Shooting of - Mining Operator CENTRALIA, Wash, May 3.—4 purported romance between E. J. Nixon, aged 50 years, mining oper- ator, and Mrs, Harry E Clark, wl. of a barber here, has been un= covered, the authorities said, a&s they investigated Nixon’s slayings Mrs. Clark is held as a coroner's jury blamed her for the shooting @f Nixon near here. A Nixon was shot three times as he stood in the road near Mrs. Clar! car after meeting her there. | The police said she admitted Ii romance with Nixon and wanted o/ break it off. A quarrel resulted in the shooting. Searchers found Mrs. Clark hid- ing the woods after the shooting. -ee HAUPTMANN'S LAWYERS LOSE ONE BIG POINT Cannot Take Testimony! Convicting Jury Not Properly Protected TRENTON, N. J, May 3—The Court of Errors has denied the Ap- plication of attorneys for Bruno R. Hauptmann to take testimony sup- porting its allegations that the juny convicting him was not properly sequestered but did grant the at- torneys permission to include in the record the opening addresses of the Prosecuting Attorneys and also the summation of the case by Attor- ney General Wilentz, Hauptmann's counsel charged the jury, by not being properly sequest- ered, resulted in “undue and im- proper influence” upon it by per- sons out side of the court’s juris- diction. Only oral argument was presented before the Court of Errors. RANSOM IS UP AGAIN NEW YORK, May 3.—The Lind- bergh ransom payment has been thrust into the limelight again with Harry 'Whaley, member of the Bronx Grand Jury, summoned be- fore the present Grand Jury today as the result of his published as- sertion that ‘‘Jafsie” told the 1932 him. Sutherland explained the idea to |Mayor Isadore Goldstein this week, but His Honor has asked the Ta- coman to appear before the Council tonight. ———e——— . ANCHORAGE TO GREET FARMERS WITH BIG MEAL 7| Plan Mata_r—l—u—; ka Dinner Menu — Colonists Are Reported Seasick ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 3.— Flans for a civic welcome to the Matanuska colonists, featuring an all Matanuska dinner menu are taking form here. A radiogram received here from the Army transport St. Mihiel re- ported many adult apssengers sea- sick but the youngsters aboard the vessel are having the time of their young lives. ———.——.— ANCHORAGE CANNERIES PLAN BUSY SEASON; INCREASE Anchorage as a salmon packing center will take on more importance this season than it has for years, according to the Anchorage Times. Both the Kustatan Cannery, owned and operated by Al Jones, and the Emard Cannery, owned by Henry J. Emard, will install new equip- ment to increase their output. Jones' plans for the coming sea- son include the employment of 35 per cent. more fishermen and can- nery workers than he had last year and Emard’s plant will require ence for 9316 families or 37,264|start their tourist trains a month|about 50 per cent. more in his persons. ,earlier than usual this season. crew. ’| accident last Sunday in which John ‘Grand Jury he could not then and never would be able to identify “John” to whom he paid the ran- som. At Hauptmann's trial ‘“Jafsie” positively identified Hauptmann as the “John.” FIRE BUG TO FACE MURDER CHARGE NOW Magazine Writer Confesses Terrorizing Chicago by Flames CHICAGO, Ill, May 3.—Herbert Carle Peterson, aged 30 years, magazine writer, who set down his strange fascination for fires in three bulky diaries, confessed, the police said, that he was a firebug who terrorized the North Side and the Rogers Park residential section Peterson admitted setting a series of ten fires and will face a murder charge by arson because a woman was trapped in one fire and burned to death. i RN GOOD CHANCE TO LIVL Dmitri Lutzenko, who was crit- ically injured in the highway auto Rojnovsky lost his life, is re- ported showing vast improvement at St. Ann's Hospital and a good chance for his recovery is now felt. He is suffering from a fractured skull. e eeciinsomr: MRS. SHATTUCK IMPROVES Mrs. Allen Shattuck, who "5 con- fined in St. Ann's Hospital with pnenmonia, was reported today as improving. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, GUVERNUR TROY SHOWN HONORS IN. WASHINGTON ays GoverTment Should Carry Burden of North- land’s Development WASHINGTON, May 3.—Gov. John W. Troy, of Alaska, was the honor guest at an informal lunch- eon yesterday given by Harllee Branch, Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General. Governor Troy said Alaska was on the verge of the greatest develop- ment in the Northland’s history. He declared that because -the Gov- ernment owns over 99 per cent of the land it is only reasonable that it carry a proportionate burden of the Territorial development and| Government. Costs Are Low Governor Troy said the Govern- ment costs are exceedingly low, considering the holdings. The Governor praised the Matan- uska colonization as the major step to agricultural development. He pictured furture motoring from [Seattle to Fairbanks over the Inter- { national Highway. Guests -at the informal luncheon included Vice-President John N. Garr Speaker of the House, 1Joseph W. Byrns, Attorney General Homer 8. Cummings, Alaska Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond, Postmast- er General James A. Farley, Emil Hurja and several senators. No politics were discussed Farley and Branch. Mining Development Soon after Governor Troy arrived said from the northland he made a pro-! posal for an mineral resources, inventory of Alaska conducted by OCC campers under supervision of| United States mine inspectors, opening development of hidden lodes by prospectors from the United States. Defense Program The Governor also laid before the War and Navy Departments pro- posals for defense as follows: A navy aeronautics and sub- marine base on the territorial coast to block attack via the short “great circle” route from Asia to Seattle via the Aleutian Islands and Alaska. An interior army air base to back up the navy defenses and afford Army pilots essential training in high-altitude, cold-weather flying. TIGHT GAG ON RELIEF PLANS IN WASHINGTON Governor Troy and Others| Find Officials Not Talking Much WASHINGTON, May 3.— Gov. John W. Troy, of Alaska, and all others button-holing relief officials | for project approvals, found a tight gag on relief information. President Roosevelt had told his Bureau Chiefs that information on the four billion dollar spending program must come through Frank C. Walker, heading the public works clearing house, subject to the ap- proval of the President. MINING DEAL IS ANNOUNCED Guggenheim 2 Interests in Elkoro Property Sold —To Build Mill TWIN FALLS, Idaho, May 3.— The Elkoro Mines Operating Com- pany of Salt Lake City, has taken over the Guggenheim interest in the Elkoro gold and silver mine at Jar- bridge, Nevada, and will start a new mill within a few days and im- prove the Twin Falls-Jarbridge road. This is according to Earl B. Young, President of the Elkoro Mines Operating Company. The El- koro has produced millions in gold. e “Tip” Hughes, sophomore of the Stillwell, Okla., high school, walks 80 miles each week to attend classes and had a perfect attendance record for the first semester. 1935. WINDHAM BAY MINE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Preliminary (Investigations) of Property Encouraging | Says Mathew Rees “Preliminary investigations of the Windham Bay Gold Mining Com-| pany property have been most en- couraging and if milling operations prove out our assays of ore from all sections of the tunnel and cross | cuts, the mine has a bright future before it,” Mathew Reese, mining engineer in charge of operations at the property, said today Mr. Reese and Patrick J. Heney, Jr,, president of the company, came north late in March and during the last five weeks, Mr. Reese has been | imaking a careful examination ol {the mine. | | “Both mill and mine are now| | ready to operate and we are milling all ore to determine whether the results bear out my convictions | {based on samples which have been | | ass yed. So far the lowest assay | {has been fifty cents and one of the most encouraging results has |been that we have not yet drawn a! !blank,” Mr. Reese sald | Operations of the mine and mill will be carried on during the sum-| mer with a crew of approximately | fifteen men and considerable equip- | ment has been sent for to be used in handling the ore. Heavy ma- chines that will drill 12 to 20 foot holes, mechanical muckers and other modern equipment is to be used, ac- cording to Mr. Reese. “I feel decidedly encouraged about the future of the mine While the ore is low grade, there is {a vast body of it and, if it proves lout, the property will be a large scale operation, “Mr. Reese said, Mr. Reese and Mr. Heney arrived in Juneau aboard the motorship| Excel to spend a few days on busi- ness matters and will return to me| property on the mail boat Dart. e — SPIES BEING - EXCHANGED IN ' EUROPE LAND Germany Ciien Up Polish| Baron for Beautiful Woman, 2 Men } BERLIN, May 3.— Polish Baron| George Sosnowski, regarded as one; of the most dangerous spies in| Europe, has been given back to Pc-‘ land in xechange for three German | spies captured by Poland. One of |the three German spies returned is a woman, the beautiful Frau Theo- |dorea Drazga. i HOODED GROUP KIDNAP 2 MEN GALLUP, N, Mex.,, May 3.—Rob-| ert Minor, New York radical jour- nalist and attorney David Levinson for ten unemployed facing mass murder charges, have been kidnap- ped from an old Spanish plaza by a group of hooded men in aulos. ‘This is according to a report given. out by associates of Minor and Lev- inson. LOCATED IN HOSPITAL ALBUQUERQUE, N. , May 3 —Minor and Levinson have been lo-| cated in a hospital at Tohatchi, the | ‘Governor has been informed by a newspaper here. The two men said they were beaten up by masked hoodlums, who kidnapped them at Gallup and then abandoned them in the desert. They said they were picked up by a Government Indian Service truck and taken to the hos- pital at Tohatchi, 20 miles from Gallup. J, K, ARMSBY PASSES AWAY ROSS, Cal, May 3.—James Armsby, aged 68, founder and Pw\x-‘ dent of the California Packing Cor- poration 'and one of the directors of Alaska Packers Association, is dead here as the result of pneu- monia, |also ill. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Mrs. Doris Trethaway and Rich- ard Smith (inset), private pilot, were the objects of a widespread | hunt when they failed to return to the Alameda, Calif., airport in an airplane they had flight to Petaluma, Catif. The search started after thay had been ' missing more than 24 hours, (Asso- | cla(ed Press Photos) CRESTREACHED, FLU EPIDEMIC, POINT BAR Three Hundred and Thirty Cases Reported—8 Victims Die POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 3.—Fighting a heroic battle despite lack of adequate facilities, Dr. Hen- ry Griest said he believed the crest of the influenza epidemic, which claimed eight lives during the past ten di has been reached Dr. Griest about Wainwright and other com- munities to the south. The epidemic here affected 30 per- sons and developed before discover- ed. Dr. Griest has two nurses and one native helper. The sick are placed in halls, dining rooms and base- ments. An airplane brought the wrong vaccine just at the critical time. The dead include Mrs. A. H. Hop- | son, Eskimo midwife, and her hus- band, Isiah, noted whalez. E. O. McDonnell, of New York, Vice-President of the Pan-Ameri- can Airways, covered. Dr. The shortage of food, fuel and a famine in canned milk makes the situation acute. > THREE NATIONS ARE LINING UP AVIATION PACT Challenge of Germany on’ Air Threats Is Ac- cepted by British LONDON, May 3.~—~An authorita- tive source revealed that a draft of a plan for a western European uvm- tion pact has been drawn up and | taken under consideration in" Paris, | London and Rome, with receipt of information here that Germany has facilities for building 100 airplanes a month as replacements. Meanwhile the British Air Min- istry is meeting Hitler's challenge in the air and has announced a new program for substantial in- creases in the Britsh fighting plans, airdomes and the Royal Air force,! - D JACK SAVOSKY SERVING AS MERCHANT PATROLMAN Owing to the illness of Jack Bar- nes, Juneau’s exclusive Merchants’ night patrolman, Jack Savosky i tramping the beat and seeing that all doors are properly locked. rented for a ' said he did not know | was {ll but has re-| Griest and his assistants are | PRICE TEN CENTS o DARTS OF TWO STATES HIT BY TERRIFIC WIND Over One Hundred Build- ings Are Unroofed Dur- ing Height of Gale KENTUCKY DERBY HORSES FRANTIC Thoroughbreds Stamp in Stables—Many Towns Without Lights | LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 3.—Furi- fous wind storms, accompanied by lightning that killed three per- 80 and drenching rains spent themsclves eastward after spread- ing damage over sections of western Kentucky and Southern linois. Churchill Downs, where thorough- breds are on edge for the Ken- tucky Derby tomorrow, was not damaged but the sensitive animals were excited by the thunder and lightning | More than 100 homes and 50 busi- buildings here nd part of nearby towns were unroofed Louisville and other are without lights. READY FOR CLASSIC LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 3. {Twentytwo thoroughbreds have been (entered for tomorrow's Sixty-First running of the $40,000 added Ken- | tucky Berby. { 'The entries include all of « the | highly regarded eligibles such as | Nellie Flag and two surprises, Color Bearer and Calumet Dick, the lat- |ter a stable mate of Nellie Flag, Nellie Flag is a granddaughter of Man O'War. Odds are against her |5 to 1 but she is a sturdy racer ’and many give her a strong pos- | eibility of being a favorite at post time. FIREMEN WANT MORE DAYLIGHT FOR BASEBALL tSunny Hour Conservation Idea Favored at Meet- ing Last Night Juneau's Volunteer Fire Depart- iment would like to see a system of daylight saving adopted in the {city this summer. Because adop- {tion of the system, annually a Ipoint of discussion in cities of the ;staw:,, would give the Firemen- sponsored City Baseball League an hour’s more playing time, the Fire Eaters favored the idea at their regular meeting in the Fire Hall last night. ( The way the situation was last | summer, without a daylight saving {program in vogue, the baseball contests were seven-inning affairs on good days, and, toward the end of the season, they were reduced to five innings. Kelly Blake, leader of the Fire- men movement to adopt the new system, pointed out that the league would be assured of seven innings and probably the regular nine all ,season if the extra hour were added. Franke Heinke was indorsed by the department to handle all col- {lections at the Baseball Park dur- ing games. The third item of important | businéss was the decision to do- inate $25 to the American Legion |for the improvement of the Second |Avenue and Franklin Street play- ‘nem ey REPORT SHOWS TRADE BETTER % DURING WEEK NEW YORK, May 3-—The weekly [review of Dun-Bradstreet, Inc., de- clares that facters took precedence un trade developments during the !week. This conclusion is based on reports of “widening of operations (in scme :industrial . divisions, ex- pansien in mining and building ac- | tivity and evidence of broadening of conzumer demands.”