The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. XLVI., NO. 6991. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, EMPIRE ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935. WASHINGTON'S FROSH CREW IN NATIONAL WIN California, Huskies, Navy Considered Strong in Varsity Race POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 18. —The University of Washington's powerful freshman crew won the first event of the thirty-seventh an- nual National Collegiate rowing champlonships on the Hudson River here this afterncon. In a driving rain, the Seattle eight easily led home a field of five shells by a three-length margin. The Husky Pups’ victory was the second consecutive one for a Wash- ington frosh crew and crowned Coach Tom Bolles as an outstand- ing rowing figure. The Seattle crew took the lead at the half-mile mark in the two- mile event and tore the race wide open. California, which was defeat- ed by the Huskies on the Pacific Coast earlier this year, alone could keep anything like the pace, but never threatened. The Navy freshmen came up fast to take a third. Columbia was fourth and Syracuse fifth. Washington's time was 10:29. However, orite in the four-mile versity race. even though the Washington var- sity holds a victory over it on the coast this spring. Washington and the Navy are considered strong dark horses in this main event, which will be the last on the pro- gram. HUSKY J. V. WINS POUGHKEEPSEIE, N. Y. June 18.—Washington’s great junior Var- sity made it two straight for the Hurkies in the rain on the Hudson here today, winning the three-mile pull by 1% lengths over the Navy. Cornell was third, three lengths back of the Navy eight. Syracuse trailed a dozen lengths to the rear to complete the field. ‘The Husky junior varsity was the same crew which beat California in a varsity race out on the Coast this spring. However, since then, the Seattle sophomores have been “demoted” to the junior varsity ranking as Coach Al Uubrickson switched a boatload of veterans into the varsity boat. The Seattle junior varsity aggre- gation won as it pleased today, with only Navy threatening during the last stretch, coming within a length. Then Washington put on the steam and pulled away with every stroke. During the final eighth of a mile, they got back open water advantage as they tore over the finish line. The Washington time was 14:58.4, while Navy's was 15:04.4 ————— BUYING URGE, California was the fav-| IS APPE ARING, STOCK MARKET Selectivity Continues in Hammer‘ Kill;r Goes Free After Twelve to Be a “Useful Citizen” Years;Wants | | | | 1 Mis Clara PRl ps PICTURE TAKEN A’ AND CON MINE CONVIGTS | ARE IN MUTINY ; GUARDS SEIZED Over Three Hundred Pris- on Miners on Strike— Cause Not Known LANSING, Kansas, June 18.— Holding 15 mine officers as host- ages, more than 300 Kansas Sm!e Prison convicts mutinied this morn- ing in the prison coal mine. All communications with the prison office were broken by the) striking convicts shortly after they; went into the mine at 7 o'clock this morning. | The Warden's office said the ob- ject of the mutiny is not known as no demands have been received from the self-entombed convict miners. Plans are to send officers armed with gas into the mine. The 15 officers held in the mine| are without arms. The Warden’s office said unless; firearms have been smuggled into the prison, the mutineers are with- out weapons other than clubs, knives and other such implements. TEAR GAS USED ‘Los Angeles hammer slayer, stepped T TIME OF TRIAL VICTION LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 18.— Her debt for ‘murder marked “paid in full,” Clara Phillips, notorious to freedom yesterday through the grim iron barred portals of Teha- chapi women's prison. “I want to go back into the world to be a useful citizen and a model housewife, and to have babies,” she sald when she first sought parole many years ago. Whether these are still her am- | bitions the former “Tiger Woman"/| |has not lately disclosed. But an' through the twelve years of hm‘ ! incarceration—with one brief ex- ception—she has fought to keep her spirits high, to be a leader in such | limited enterprises as prisons per- 'mit and not to give way to the “stir” melgncholia, which is the most dreaded of prison ailments. Convicted cf second degree mur- der for the brutal slaying of Al- serta Meadows July 12, 1922, Mrs. Phillips, then twenty-four years old, entered San Quentin penitentiary June 3, 1923, under sentence of ten years to life. Pricon Leader With her came such a fanfare of publicity as has seldom been equaled. This, added to her stately; beauty and commandihg person- ality soon marked her as the social leader of prison life. Taking advantage of the posi- tion accorded her, the Tiger Woman at once plunged Into prison activi- ties. She had brought a saxophone and soon had an orchestra organ- ized. 'With it and her natural abil- CONVICTION OF HARRY DEGROOT, BEEN REVERSED Appellate Cour! Takes Ac- tion in Slaying of Abe Hansen SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 18— The second degree murder convic- tion of Harry Degroot, aged 46 years, for the slaying of Abe Hansen, aged 36, whom the Circult Court of Appeals described as a ‘moonshine purveyor and a powers ful hard drinking without tems pered bully,” has been reversed. | The Appellate Court in reversing the conviction, said the instructions of PFederal Judge George F. Alex-| ander, at Juneau, were erroneous, | I'in failing to give proper effect to | the self-defense theory. The jury recommended lenlency‘g Degroot was sentenced to 20 years. ! Degrcot was convicted by a Ju-| neau jury of the killing of Hansen! in a feud over the affections of De~ groot's wife, Josephine. Hansen, Degroot threatened his life as well as that of his wife, and fearful the threat would be carried out shot him as he ! was debarking from a power boat,! the Wa Wa, moored near Chieha- gof, Alaska ‘ contended, | Will Be Retried | Re-trial of Harry Degroot, found ' guilty by a jury in District Court | here two years ago of second degree murder in connection with the| shooting of Abe Hanson to death’ at Chichagof, will be held here as| {the result of a reversal by the Cir-| lcuit Court of Appeals in San Fran- | | cisco, District Attorney William Holzheimer said today. Judge Holz- heimer went. south just after the| legislative session and presented; briefs in the case which was carried | to the appellate court by Degroot | who used to be a barber here. His| attorneys are George Grigsby and| H. L. Faulkner. ] Degroot _is now in the federal| penitentiary at McNeil Island, near | Tacoma, having decided to go w‘ prison pending his appeal so that' such time might apply on his sen- \ tence in the event the lower court: was upheld. Now it is reversed and he will be brought back up here for |another trial. The shooting was the outgrowth of trouble between Degroot and | Hanson which involved the former's wife. Degroot claimed self defense after he shot Hanson during an al- | tercation at Chichagof. - France Makes Reply on German Navy PARIS, June 18.—Affirmation MEMBE'R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT‘ W(')(’rhaeuser Kulnapvr Arrwmg in Tacoma MEN DEMANDING To face arraignment in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping case, Harmon Melz Waley and his young wife, Mrs. Margaret Waley, arrived in Tacoma June |12/by airplane from Salt Lake City. were under heavy guard of Department of Justice agents. plane at Pierce County Airport boy acrcss the Washington State Photo. 0il Tanker Strike Called | Without Authorization; All he near Tacoma. line into Ydaho. They Waleys are shown as Mrs. Walu is in the door of the plaone and her hus- band is on the ground, wearing a white cap and with his/ [ wrists handcuffed, Were riished to-the Federal Building in Tacoma and ar: iigned before United States Commissioner H. G. Fitch on charges of conspiracy to extort and kidmapitig and transporting the 9-year-old Tacima /entered plea: Bail for each was fixed at $100,000 on the extortion charge and bail was not set on the cecond count. When arrested at Salt Lake City they guided G-men to /the spot where $90,000 cf the $200,000 ransom collected from the J. P. Weyerhaeuser family for return; ¢f the bey was the Waleys were taken to the Thurston County jail in 'Olympia, the State capital. ‘THEY GET BACK iT(l THEIR J0BS ‘Union Fo;z:s, Convinced They Can’t Win, Look- ing for Way Out WORKERS CALL MASS MEETING TGMORROW Those Des'ir_injg to Work Will Gather in A. B. Hall at 10 in Morning Sentiment in favor of returning to work appeared today to be.ecrys- zing among mine workers.of the Alazka Juneau who walked out 27 days ago as conferences continued to be held by the disputing factions with Federal Conciliator Dewey Knight. There was indication that lead: of the Unicn forces were ced they cculd not get their demands and that they were look- ing for a way out of the difficulty. N Heard, Secretary of the Ala‘ka Mine Workers Union who was ed yesterday on a cri- minal libel charge, sald this morn- ing that believed things were | working toward a settlement. Sees Settlement Near “This talk of Reds, deportation, the election held by the city anc now the stuff you hear about a vigilante committee always is heard in these strikes,” he said, “and when they are out of the system things usually work around to a settlement.” i Though Heard did not comment on the reported waning strength of the strikers, it was understood from other sources that the Union leaders were pretty well convinced that their cause could not' succeed Ibut they still hoped for some agree- (ment that would not entirely de- |moralize their ranks. It also was iunderstood that some of the men, |reported to have led in the walk- jout, were concerned about iheir own chances for returning to work |at the mine as a result oi their They they left the Under heavy guard, they of not guilty to both counts. buried. After arraignment Asscciated Press Officers OQusted; Union Men Make A pplzcatwns for Jobs SAN FRANCISCO, (,al., June 18. — Applica- tions have been made by union seamen on the oil tankers from which they walked off four months ago, it has been revealed. The unions have abandoned the strike. The union men have ousted their officials and said the strike was called without authorization. of the intention to keep her navy stronger than that of Hit- ler’s is France’s answer to the Anglo-German mnaval negotia- | tions, | FINAL AGREEMENT LONDON, June 18.—A final agicement has been reached be- | tween Great Britain and Ger- many on all important points of the treaty to maintain the German navy at 35 per cent of PICKETING IS HELD ILLEGAL LUMBER STRIKE SENATE NEARS VOTE, SOCIAL SECURITY BILL - Meas ure Practlcally Re- | activity. Hola rarade In an effort to boister th ape | parently diminishing strike senti= \ment Union members mustered some 225 men for a brief parade from their headquarters on lower Front street last night. The group was reported made up of min¢ workers, members of the Juneau Unemployed League, longshoremen and several pensioners (men draw- {ing pensions from the Territory), Estimates on the number in the parade, which proceeded along | Front street to Seward, on Seward to Second, across on Second (o ‘KIDNAPERS MAY BE TRIED, SENT UP THIS WEEK lGrand jury Meets Tomor- tence Saturday ~ | Weyerhaeuser, ,’ row—Trial and Sen- | ., June 18—Har-| mon M. Waley and his wife, sb- | ductors of nine-year-old George| will be enroute to; | prisons to start life sentences by! | Saturday, according to Federal [authorities’ plans to clean up the | kidnap case as soon as possible, A grand jury will sit tomorrow. No Comment ne District Attorney and his’ sistant refuse to make any com- ment but it is known they ,hope| to haveé the Lindberg Kidnap Law | hndmmenn returned within a day |and motions will ‘be argued Satur-| Franklin and back down to Front |where it disbanded, varied from /200 to 225. A spokesman for the Union said the parade was held in |an effort "to ' reveal Lhe Union strength. Yt Metting This Mmm In the ‘meantime men represent- ing the' workmen who wish to. re- turn to work ‘were completing plans today for a mass meeting tomor= row mornkig "t further talk over the walkout and endeavor to move toward an early resumption of jobs. The meeting is called for 10 o'clock iy the morning at the A. B. Hall at Third and Main ity as an entertainer—she is a| the Britich strength, it is an- In]undlon to Prevent Ot- streets, Dealings — Rails Take Boost NEW YORK, June 18.—The buy- ing urge appeared for stocks today and although the session was no runaway affair it had a degree of selectivity which continued to domi- nate dealings. A late upturn in rails helped to lift other sections of the list. The close was fairly firm. . CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Jupe 18.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 140%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 14%, Bethlehem Steel 26%, General Motors 31%, International Harvester 44%, Ken- necott 18%, United States Steel 33%, pound $493, Bremner bid 64 asked 70, Nabesna bid 55 asked 62, Black Plne Silver bid 30 asked 35. - DAVE BBANCI! HERE Dave W. Branch, manager of the salmon department of the Libby, McNeill and Libby, arrived on the Yukon and will be here for several days. He is registered at the Gas- tineau, LANSING, June 18—The group of mutinous convicts repulsed the} tear gas attack this afternoon inj the first fighting outbreak in thel damp darkness of the prison coal! mine. The 380 convicts have so far de- fied the officials. 'The gun cage at the base of the mine has been| rushed. This is the only exit from the mine and it is in the hands of the convicts now. ! The guards held as hostages are reported safe. i Guards on the surface are lined-| up with gas masks ready to go into the mine. SHIP SUBSIDY IS DENOUNGED WASH]NGTON June 18.—Charg- ing that the ship subsidy policies have led to “saturnalia” by men bent on “robbing the taxpayer,” the Senate Ocean Mail Committee to- day denounced the past operation of the merchant marine subsidies i i | for and demanded drastic terms any future Government aid, | vhe San Quentin paper, | take her own life. former chorus girl—she became a ‘star”_attraction on the Christmas time and other fete day programs. Also she became a contributor to and a re- ligious devotee. Only once did her spirits reach low ebb. Into the gray San Quen- tin life came a challenger for Mrs. Phillips’ social supremacy. This was Mrs. Louise Peete, Los Angeles murderess, sentenced for the kill- (ing of a prominent oil man. A bitter feud developed between the two women, and on September 16, 1927, Mrs. Phillips attempted to Prison “grape- vine" said it was because of the naggzing and frritations which Mrs. Peete directed at her unceasingly. The murder of Alberta Meadows|: ranks high in the' state’s chronog- raphy of crime, both because of its exceeding cruelty and because ,of the seeming callous indifference with which her slayer regarded its aftermath. The body of the pretty young stenographer was found in a lonely spot on Montecito Drive, the head crushed by repeated blows from a !Nature Shows Man How nounced officially. Germany will be allowed some latitude in building submarines because the French and Italian undersea fleets are larger than the Brit- ish, ' B to Build Dam Quickly| SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 18. 7; For thousands of years Grizzly| Dome has stood a rugged sentinel| towering 1,000 feet above the Nonh‘l Fork of the Feather River. Recently the state highway de- partment decided to cut a notch across its face for a highway and a| power company announced plans Loi build & dam in the river below it. | As though taking umbrage, Na-| ture disclosed how a dam could be ‘built quickly and shook off 75,000 cubic yards of the dome. It swept| |clean 800 feet of the highway sur- vey and made a dam in the river which raised the water 30 feet. BT S SR Miss Elizabeth Suiter is said to hammer and the torso mutilitated Investigators learned of a bm.er (Continued on Page Fivel be the first woman attorney to par- ticipate in a criminal case in east Texas. She was defense attorney in a murder case at Winnsboro. ficers from Interfer- ing Is Denied PORTLAND, Oregon, June 18.— Judge James Crawford has denied application of officials of the Saw-| mill and Timber Workers Union for an injunction prohibiting authori- ties from’interfering with picketing at the Bridal Veil mill property. The union filed a suit last week seeking ‘to enjoin from arresting or dispersing pickets basing their plea on peaceful pick- eting. ‘The decision further bolsters Gov. | Charles H. Martin's announcement | that picketing of mills by others than those previously employed in| them, must cease. SHOT-KILLED EVERETT, Wash., June 18. willlam Cochrane was shot and killed in his Avalon Roadhouse near | here. His wife Cora, is being ques- tiomed. A bullet ihrough his chest, ihe coroner said, might reveal sui- Icide, the authorities| mains Intact—House Has Disposed of it WASHINGTON, June 18. Social Security proram is now ap- |proaching a final vote in the Sen- ate with the major provisions stili (intact. The House has already |the bill. pa e 'PILOT CROSSON IS HERE WITH FAMILY | Pilot Joe Grosson of the Pacific Alaska Airways arrived in Juneau this morning—by steamer. But he |had good reason to be traveling on the steamer Yukon |come from Ketchikan to Juneau |with his family and family e booked straight through from lsmue With Pilot Crosson this morning were Mrs. ‘osson, her youngest child, and Joe Croson, Jr. The |popular pilot had been flown ¢t | Ketchikan Sunday by a PAA pls e | Mrs. Joe Crosson left Juneau route to Fairbanks on the regular |scheduled flight of the PAA Lock- heed Electra piloted by Joe Cro: |this afternoon, — The| ssed for he had| who'! and all men desiring to return to werk are being urged to attend. ———— s Congress May iAdjourn by iduy | It is believed the Waleys will plead guilty and be sentenced im- mediately. Immediate Trial | Immediate trial is in prospect if Lm» Waleys decide to fight the| ‘Jl ly 15 ! Pl Wlllmm Mahan s still sought, . Inquiries into rumors that Mra! WASHINGTON, June 18— lcaders have ret | Waley 1is shortly to become a: Congreslonal their gunsights on July 15 as | \ «,onnnued on Page Seven) ! Adlonmmen! day. Tom Mooney Secures ert of Habaes Corpus; Hearing Is Set for Late in June SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 18.(step in Mooney’s 19-year struggle The California Supreme Court has| for freedom. issued a writ of habeas corpus for, The charges of perjury raised by Tom Mooney returnable June 27| Mooney's defenders is aimed prin- when court attaches said procedure | cipally at the trial testimony of be determined and the date Frank C. Oxman, Oregon cattle- fixed for a hearing on Mooney’s | man, who testified as to events in charge he was imprisoned because the vicinity of the bombing while ol perjured testimony for the 1815 'it is alleged he actually was 90 Preparedness Day bombing in San miles away at the time. ANCISCo. Ten persons were killed The decree injured by the bomb, and 40 marks another legal