The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” WILLIAM CHILDS IS VICTIM OF TRAGEDY HERE Frank Richards Held in Padded Cell for Insanity Hearing After Death OFFICER STRUCK DOWN WITH STICK Alleged Demented Man Is Taken in Custody Aboard Aleutian from Cordova Wwilliam J. Childs, widely known Juneau man and head jailer at the Federal jail, was killed this morn- ing and Frank W. Richards, 28, tormerly of Juneau, is being held for an insanity hearing as a result of the tragedy. Richards is reported to have struck Mr. with -2 small stick when the lat- ter was preparing to put him in the padded cell in the Federal jail. The blow ruptured blood vessels and the jailer dropped dead a few mo- ments later. Found On Ship U. S. Marshal William T. Ma- honey reported that Richards was found aboard the Aleutian after that vessel had left Cordova on the .way.to.Bitka as a stowaway. Taken before Capt. H. Andersen of the Aleutian, the officer concluded the man was mentally unbalanced and when he arrived in Sitka got in touch with Deputy Marshal B. F. Ficken. The latter notified Marshal Mahoney and Richards was kept on the boat under guard until the ship arrived here at 7:30 o'clock this morning. This morning Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan met the boat and took Richards to the Federal jail. He was first placed in the main cell with other prisoners but -created such a disturbance that it was de- cided to put him in the padded cell. Hanging by the main cell door by a string is a small stick some 12 to 15 inches long which the prisoners are allowed to use in rapping on the cell door to call the Jailer, As Childs went into the main cell, Richards is said to have jerked this little stick from its string and pointed it at the officer, and as the latter advanced to take hold of him and move him to the other cell, Richards struck Childs, hitting him on the temple. Prisoners in the cell immediately seized the man and with the officer put him in the padded enclosure and locked the door. As Childs turned away, he dropped to the floor dead. Came In Gold Rush Days Mr. Childs }s well known through- out Alaska, and leaves his wife at the family residence on Ninth street. He came to the Territory as a young man from California in the gold rush days, going to Skag- way, the doorway to the rich Daw- son -country. He later was promi- nent in Skagway as a ball player, playing with the old White Pass Athletic Club in 1908 and '09. He came to Juneau as deputy marshal when J N. “Si” Tanner was U, &, Marshal during the Wilson admin- Istration. After leaving the federal service at that time he engaged in placer mining at Windham Bay and then became associated with Hirst>Chichagof. He was in tem- porary charge of that mining un- dertaking for some time and is said to be the man to whom much.of the credit is due for the mine's ultimate success. When Marshal Mahoney assumed office Childs (Continued on Page Turee) Two Alaska Indian Tribes May Now Bring Suits WASHINGTON, June 20.— Precident Rootevelt has signed ' the act authorizing the Thlingit | and Haida tribes in Alaska to ! bring suits I the Court of Claims. The act also conferred { qurisdiction of the court to “hear, examine, adjudicate and enter judgment upon any and - all -claims” - the ‘Indians may have or claim to have against the United States. Chilgs on the temple| FEDERAL JAIL JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935. ER_ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS G man, directed a tcur of the depa (Associated Press Photo) J. Edgar Hoover (left), director cf the bureau of investigatic- with Dana S. Williams, Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, in Wash ton as the Shriners gathered for their convention. MANHUNTER GREETS SHRINE HEAD l o Hoover, chief rtment of juctice and accepted cun gratulations for the “break” on the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping casa. COMMITTED T0 INSANE ASYLUM Gun Here June 3 Taken South Aboard Aleutian Alex Sidoroff, who ran amuck here June 3 with a gun at the Frank Garnick 1esidence, was ad- judged insane at a hearing before U.. S. Commissioner J. F. Mullen yesterday afternoon and this morn- ing was placed aboard the Aleutian to - Morningside Hospital fer the insane at Portland. Sidoroff accosted Miss Anita Gar- of June 3 and when he asked her to wait for him, she returned to the house and notified her mother who immediately called the Mar- shal's office. When deputy marshals and police officers located Sidoroff he was lurking in the brush near the Garnick home. When they ordered him to surrender he start- ed shooting and after an exchange of shots in which Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan narrowly escaped with his life as the man fired four shots directly at him, Sidoroff ran into the Garnick residence. After tear gas bombs were brought into play to rout him, Sidoroff fired two shots into his head before he was finally captured. He was taken to the hospital where for several days little ‘hope was held for his life, but he rallied and apparently is physically recovering. Mentally, however, he is said to be violently insane and the self-inflicted gun wounds left him totally blind. PRIES FILES LIBEL SUIT Ketchikan Man Seeks Re- turn of Gasboat Caro- line—Goes to Court SEATTLE, June 20—W. A. Pries, ALASKA AIR FENSE UP TO SENATE Man Who Ran Amuck with| Measure Pa@ House—, Importance of Meas- ure Is Shown WASHINGTON, June 8-—(Spe- clal Correspondence)—To authorize construction of six air-defense bases, one of which® will be located in Alaska, the bill introduced by Congressman Wileox of Florida, passed the House June 5. It was in custody of Deputy Marshal C. P.‘during the hearings on this bill mon Waley and his wife will be Mickelson of Cordova to be taken“h“ it was estimated that nine and arraigned in the Federal District a half million dollars would be re- quired for the Alaska base which | would require an operating person- nick near her home the morning|De€! of eight hundred and forty-one the name of William Bainard, is officers and men. | FORD-ALASKA EXHIBIT | Al Alaskans visiting the San Diego Exposition are particularly urged to see exhibit of the Ford | Motor Company. Fourteen histori- cal’ travel routes which once play- }ed important roles in the march of civilization have been teproduced in this exhibit, “Roads of the Pa- |cific.” Among these is the Rich- |ardson Highway which is repro- |duced in a two hundred foot sec- | tion along the side of an arroyo | back of the Ford Building. The ter- {rain has been landscaped to sug- | gest the countryside through which the road passes. STUBBS MAY SUE A bill permitting Duke E. Stubbs to bring suit in the Court of Claims for damages suffered when the | boundaries of the McKinley Park | were enlarged to include his prop- | erty, passed the House June 4 and |is now awaiting the approval of the | President. | JUDICIAL CODE CHANGED | H. R. 6114, a bill to amend sec- | ticn 128 of the Judicial Code so as | to extend the right of appeal from |the judgment of the trial court of |Alaska in all civil cases wherein the ‘Consmuuon or a statute or treaty of the United States or any au- thority exercised thereunder is in- |volved; in all other civil cases of Ketchikan, Alaska, has filed @|wherein the value in controversy, libel suit in the Federal Courf exclusive of interest and costs, ex- against R. B. Pedersen, seeking 10| ceeds $1,000; and ‘in all criminal regain possession of the gasboat| cases and habeas corpus proceed- Caroline which he sald he bought|ings was enacted into law May 31 at a marshal’s sale in January, 1932 when signed by the President. and subsequently sold to Pedersen.! Pries contends Pedersen fafled to NEW MAIL SERVICE make payments and also refuses w‘ Commencing July 1 the frequency surrender the boat. |of the mail service from Valdez to S a | points on the Prince William Sound A log church built in 1788 near | will pe increased to twice a month. Tompkinsville, Ky, and known 85 This improved service was deemed Old “Mulkey meeting house, s said ! pvisanle by the Post Office De- to be the oidesi wooden building in Kentucky, ‘wonunuec on Page Two) TWO KIDNAPERS [ROOSEVELT IS ARE ARRAIGNED, { NOW PROPOSING gress on Newer Taxa- tion Reveals Plan WOULD REDUCE BIG FORTUNES, INCOMES Taken from Olympia This Afternoon MORE EVID7NCE, ABDUCTION CASE vealed—Other Par- ticulars Held Up BULLETIN—TACOMA, Wash. June 20. — The pleas of the Waleys will be entered at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, Judge E. E. Cushman decided when the couple was arraigned in the Federal Court late this after- nocn. Both refused the benefit of counsel and indicated they will plead guilty. Being Considered— Companion to Tax WASHINGTON, June 20.—Before which was sounded late yesterday afternoon in a special asking for a general increase in taxes, particularly to higher levels, passed word he was considering a new broad NRA designed to be in a4 sense a companion measure to the tax program. l BULLETIN — OLYMPIA, Wash., June 20.—Harmon Waley and his wife were ruched to Taccma in two automobiles this afternoon, accompanied by G- men for arraignment at 2 c'elock on charges of kidnaping W Distribution Ang:sximting: #4110 was Dresented to-Congress with ¥ the Presidential comment - it will {~ BULLETIN—TACOMA, Wash., |cnforce a “very sound policy of & | June 20.—The stage was all set |yider distribution of wealth.” for the arraignment. of the The revived NRA, which the | Waleys this afternocn. The cor- | pregident is said to be consider- tidors of the Federal Building |ing is pictured by some of his ad- were roped off to keep the |yigors as an effort to increase crowds back during the arrival |imgics purchasing: power. His ad- and departure of the man and |yisors also foresaw the possibility woman. of another surprise message on the | Stcphen J. O'Brien, local at- |sybject might be forthcoming short- | ttorney, has been appointed by ly. | Federal Judge Cushman to rep- There is one magor “if* on NRA. resent the Waleys. It is said the plan may be recom- mended if the Administration can find a definition of commerce that it considers satis- factory and able to stand a test of ' constitutionality. Forecasts are almost unanimous that if the proposed taxes are left to the House committee, long hear- ings will be necessary, thus pro- {ncomes. left and critieism from the right. ARRAIGNED TODAY TACOMA, Wash,, June 20.—In- dicted under the Lindbergh Kidnap Law, charging conspiracy and using the mails to extort ransom, Har- | Ccurt here this afternoon in the! Weyerhaeuser snatch case. longing the present session in- William Mahan, indicted under definitely. Tax Suggestions |still a fugitive. The President, in his message, Bench Warrants suggested inheritance succession on Bail was set at $100,000. Bench légacy taxes in addition to those warrants were issued following the NOW levied on estates and suitably "action of the Grand Jury which de- ;hmur gift taxes to prevent avoid- voted less than an hour to yester- ance of.other levies and a definite day's hearing with only three wit- inCrease in present taxes on very nesses appearing. ‘The Waleys may plead guilty and be sentenced forthwith. If they do not plead guilty, trial will be set {for next week, probably, It is understood death will not be asked under the Lindbergh Kid- nap Law indictments, Federal court attaches here point- {ed out that the Justice Department may not want to expose any of their case before Mahan is cap- tured in which case fhe ‘Waleys may be returned to Olympia. , Second Ransom Note * | Bald Eagle Protection Urg- The indictments revealed for the Y ”P’ |first time the contents of a second ed il Dlmond ransom letter, how the kidnap was | poses Measure plotted, how the ransom collected " embracing nine overt acts. ‘ | (Continued on Page Seven) NATIONAL PARK ' ON ADMIRALTY WASHINGTON, June 8.— (Special The second ransom note instruct- | Correspondence) Although the ed J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., to get|/name sounds very much like some a room at the Ambassador Apart-\of the alphabetical offices of the ment-Hotel in Seattle at 7 o'clock | Government, the Emergency Con- in the evening of May 29, to reg-|servation Committee is an unoffi- ister as James Paul Jones, Seattle, clal organization located in New “and you will be notified at the York, and actively shouldering the hotel where you are to go. Remem- | burden of 'conserving various re- ter the demands in full. If the de- |sources of nature. Imamds are lived up to in full,| Listed among the “Twelve Tm- jGeorge will be released within 24 mediately Important Problems” of hours.” the Committee are two items di- rectly affecting Alaska. One is to | make Admiralty Island a National |Park * * * “4o provide an adequate sanctuary for the Alaska bears” * * * @t appears that previous in- terests that have been endeavoring |‘0 save the bears for the hunters |will have to contend with the E. C. C. in its efforts to save the bears from the hunters. ‘The other project the Commit- tee is to secure passage of a bill that is now before Congress to pro- teet the Bald Eagle. Needless to say, Delegate Dimond is opposing the offt insofar as its enactment will affect Alaska. DID AS DIRECTED SEATTLE, June 20.—Attaches of the Ambassador Apartment-Hotel revealed that a man registered as James Paul Jones, carried a heavy bag, now believed to have contained the 42 pounds of currency. Shortly after Jones arrived, a taxicab driver called with a personal message to Jones.: Jones checked out three and one-half hours after registering. e Historians say the first European to visit North Carolina was John de Verazzano, a Frenchman, who claimed the land for France. interstate | great individual incomes; graduated | for a share of wealth and taxes, | | | i | | { | 1 Congress recovered “from .the sur- | prise at President Roosevelt's call | message | ¢lose confidents of the President | g The tax plan is intended to break | up great fortunes and reduce large | It was greeted by ex- pressiong of gratification from the ! % ; , family, is pictured performing in the presence of Police Officer James Mooney of that city (this time on the safe side of the fence) exactly as he performed when William Mahan, hunted con- federate of Harmon M. Waley, confessed kidnaper*f George Weyer- haeuser, 9, of Taccma, leaped over the fence and escaped while the dog blocked Mooney’s pursuit. When Mocney hurdled the fence after recognizing Mahan as a man he had arrested seven years before on a bank robbery charge, Jiggs leaped at him in this fashion and prevented Mconey frcm firing at the fleecing kidnaper. “I did not have the heart to kill the dog,” Mooney subsequently related. LEWIS SHOWS ~ WAGNER LABOR DISPUTES BILL PASSES HOUSE {Measure Is Sent Back to Senate for Action on Amendments CONFIDENCE IN CITY BY TALK President of Water Com- pany Tells Chamber of Improvements . ' Expressing confidence in Juneau,| WASHINGTON, June 20.—Disre- R. F. Lewis, president of the Ju-(garding protesting cries the measure neau Water Company, told Cham- |is not constitutional, the House has ber of Commerce members today passed the ‘Wagner Labor Disputes that his company was not discour-|bill designed to abolish company aged with current conditions and dominated unions and create a per- that improvements would continue manent Labor Tribunal. to be made. Already having passed the Sen- Lewis, who is here on a regu ate, the measure is returned to inspection visit from his residence that branch of Congress for action in California, made a short talk at| on amendments intended to insure the Chamber luncheon session held |its constitutionality. this noon at Bailey’s Cafe. | Among other things, the bill sets “The city is doing much paving up & National Labor Relations of streets and is making other im- Board to adjust employe and em- provements,” Lewls said. “We are! ployer differences and is to be an trying to keep abreast of these im- | independent quasi Judicial Fed- provements. Our company believes eral Agency outside of the Depart- that Juneau will be here many ment of Labor, years from now and feels that the city’s position justifies our improve- ments.” oerce workers to join | strike, swas defeated. Branch Speaks | (NS S - ‘Dave Branch, head of the salmon coeimen: ot e o wo WALLACE BILL IS TAKEN UP a brief visit, reported that his con- cern was doing “fairly well in some of our Alaskan canneries this year. “So far this year, we have dou-| bled our pack of king salmon at the Craig plant,” Branch told his listeners. “Taku Harbor is holding her own. As you know our canneries at Bristol Bay have been closed all season by governmental orders. We hope to open later there this sea- WASHINGTON, June 20— An early vote in the Senate is sought on farm amendments to a bill which will invest Secretary of Ag- riculture Wallace with new powers. - son. Reports from Bristol Bay are pleasing; there are some fish there GOING AROUND WORLD Mrs. J. M. Dobhie. Edinburgh, and we hope that there will be more. ‘“Tne Libby, -MeNeill and Libby Company is proud of its Taku Har- bor cannery. We have built a mod- (Conunued oun Page Lmhz) world trip which she is enjoying. effort to write in the amend- | |ment that labor unions shall not| unions or| Scotland, is quite a traveller. She is now on'the Princess Charlotte as a round-trip passenger from Van- couver, B. C. This present voyage is but one leg of an around-the-|. PRICE TEN CENTS LK WITH METZGAR BENEFIT GROUP, ' UNION FAILTOD© GET TOGETHER 7 Walkout Now in Twen(?'- ninth Day as Mine Hea Is Approached COMMITTEE GETS " CONFIDENCE VOTE | |Result of Conference To» day May Lead to Settlement Reporting that their attempt ta |unite with the Alaska Mine Work- |ers’ Union on a solid platform of employee cooperation had failed, |the Workers' Benefit Committee, jafter more than 220 miners had voled them approval this morning, will meet with L. H. Metzgar, Sup= erintendent of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company to learn sug- gestions for ending the walkout, now in its twenty-ninth day of | existence, | The workers' committee of six men, backed by a vote of con- fidence at a mass meeting at the Arctic Brotherhood Hall this morn= ing, plans to call upon Superin- tendent Metzgar during this after- moon for a conference. o The committee includes: Alfred Norman, Ted Danielsen, Jack Fin- lay, James Briggs, John McLaugh- Jiggs, the well meéaning watchdcg, belonging to a Butte, Mont., l‘ n and Jesce Paine. To Query Metzgar The avowed purpose of the com- mittee will be to learn under what conditions and when the Alaska Juneau again will open for opera~ tions. The Workers' Benefit Com- mi‘tee constantly has opposed thi Union in calling the walkout, as- serting that the majority of em- ployees wish to return to work immediately. Yesterday, following the first Committee-sponsored mass meeting, a group of 13 appointed represen- tatives met with the Trustees of the Union and with Federal Con- ciliator Dewey Knight. Again, at night, two Workers' Benefit Com- mitteemen spoke at the Unign meeting at its Lower Front Street headquarters. . The Union, at both sessions, of- (o BRI D ) (Continued on Page Seven) i MINE WORKERS ~ UNION GATHERS. AT ‘PEP' RALLY Headquarters Crowd‘eg'il Last Evening—Parade - Is Also Staged At what turned out to be a rous- ing “pep” meeting, the Alaska Mine ‘Workers Union No. 1 held a rally at- the Union Hall last night at which approximately 300 men, and' a scattering of women and child- ren crowded the hall, with 50 or '~ more persons, who were unable 'to gain admission, crowding windows and doorways. Al Nygren, President, called the meeting to order at about 7 o'clock__" last evening. The session lasted about one hour after which a pa- rade was formed, the marchers car= rying banners and the American lag. Hold Parade Leaving the hall on Lower Front Strcet, about 270 marchers started and on the return trip to the hall between 200 and 300 were in the line. At the meeting, President Nygren fully explained the stand of the Union and invited members of the Workers Benefit Committee to take the floor and address the crowd. James Barry and Fred Orme re- cponded with short talks urging co- operation of the two bodies and that renewed efforts be made to get back to work. 2 d Ready To. Cocperate . President Nygren said that. “we (Continued on Page TWa),