The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 12, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVI., NO 7011. JUNEAU, A EMANDS CONVICT WEYERHAEUSER EXTORTIONIST IS ARRESTED Justice Chief Announces Arrest Wagner - on Letter Charge IN 7 CASES, S, MAN ASKED $465,000 Hoover Explams Prisoner Faked Membership Kidnap Gangs ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, July 12. —J. Edgar Hoover, Chief of the Bu-| reau of Investigation in the Depart- ment of Justice, announced the ar-, rest yesterday in New York of Al-| fred Otto Wagner, 38, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Wagner is charged with writ- ing extortion letters demanding a| total of $465,000 from relatives of| seven persons who figured in na-| tional disappearances or kidnaping, cases. These seven cases included the, ‘Weyerhaeuser abduction from Ta-! coma, Wash. | Wagner was trapped while at- tempting to collect extortion mon- ey, Hoover said. The prisoner has a criminal rec- ord. He was paroled from Sing Sing, N. Y., prison in May 1934. The letter to the Weyerhaeuser family, a$ released by Hoover, sought to imply that the writer was| one. of the kidnapers, and that the kidnapers were changing their plans. It read, “If you don't keep your mouth shut you will never see your son. 'We “mean -business. stroy all other notes.” * Wagner is the father of several children and has been on relief recently. Hoover added that Wagner had not received any money from his intended victims. However, he s:ld\ the letters added greatly to the agi-| tation of families of kidnaped or ernment investigators in their de- ductions. —,— MELVIN PURVIS, MAN HUNTER, IS QUITTING JOB Chief of Chlcago Office,' Bureau of Investigation, Has Resigned CHICAGO, T, July 12—Melvin, Purvis, head of the Chicago omu: of the Department of Justice, Bu-| reau of Investigation, and the man who directed the successful hunt for desperado Dillinger, announces he has resigned from the Depart- ment of Justice. Purvis said his plans were too indefinite to disclose. He will re- main in Chicago. Only 31 years of age, Purvis has been @ man hunter for the Depart- ment for several years. He is a mild-mannered Southerner and a crack shot. Whether Purvis fired the shot that killed Dillinger, he won't ad- mit, Purvis has been chief of the Chi- cago office for the Department for three years and is credited with rounding up most of the hoodlums in the Chicago area. DIKE BREAKS, CITY FLOODED Two Thousand Reported Drowned in Another China Section HANKOW, China, July 12—A small portion of Hankow’s main dike fronting the flooded Yangtze River has collapsed allowing the mud-laden torrent to pour over the city. Authorities tried to close break without success. The breach is within the Japan- ese concessions. According to adyices received here 2,000 persons have perished, in a the flood with the entire ecity of Lao-|companied by his wife on this Al-|passengers on. the North Sea from|Mr. jaska crulse. hokow inundated. Trik) I nt(; Stratosphere nderson e —————Ste The flight pe National Geographic Phele, sonnel ¢f the National Geopraphic-Army ctrato- sphere expedition iS compezed of the following: Left ts right, Capt. Orville A, Ander<-n, pilot; Capt. Albert W. Stevens, commander and sojentific, chserver, and Capt. Randclph P. willinm;, ground officer. = STRATOSPHERE WARTER QUSTED FLIGHT IS OFF ININTEREST OF FROM AGGIDENT HARMONY, CLAIM missing persons and hampered gov- Giant Balloon Collapses as Con fusion in Establlshlng Bag Bursts, Helium Gas Escapes RAPID CITY, South Dakota, July | balloon, giant bag, coliapsed from an unexplained cause just one hour before the scheduled take-off this morning, set ai 4 o'clock. Nene were injured. PFive men were working prepara- jtory to lashing the metal ball to jthe balloon and were forced to jump to safety. The guards also scattered to avoid injury. Without Warning The giant bag burst without any warning, permitting 375,000 cubic feet of helium to escape and defi- nitely halting the flight. Capt. Albert W. Stevens said there “absolutely no explana- tion.” is The helium, a colorless gas, rush-| Warter was replaced. ed out and a blue haze appeared. Cause of Haze National Geographic officials said the haze was caused by talcum powder inside the balloon which was used to prevent friction in fold- ing the giant bag. This could not have caused the accident, they said. The bag was inflated to only about one eighth capacity to allow for expansion when the sun’s heat would strike it. ‘The . expedition cost $175,000. ‘Whether another attempt will be made is hot known yet. MEHERIN, CLIFFORD OFF ON FAIRCHILD ON CHARTERED TRIP Joe Meherin and Earl Clifford left Juneau this morning on a round trip flight to Sitka with sev- eral stops enroute. The PAA Fair- child flown by Murray Stuart with flight mechanic Eric Shutte, was chartered for the trip. BRYAN’S FORMER 'PARTNER TRAVELS A former law partner of William Jennings Bryan, former Secretary of State and a national political figure, is a passenger on the Aleu-}Court on a charge of rioting. tian as that vessel completes her round trip voyage from Seattle. He is A. R. Talbot, noted attor- ney from Lincoln, Neb. He is ac- | | Commissiary Brought on Manager’s Removal ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 12.— {12.—Disaster overtook the National|Coincident with the arrival here of Geographic-United States Army Air‘specia.\ FERA representatives |Corps stratosphere flight when the |route to Palmer, Thomas C. P en- Anchorage lawyer and associate torney for thé Alaska Rural Rcha- bilitation Corporation, issued a statement under the direction of Manager Don Irwin of the Corpora- tion laring Charles E. Warter, until recently manager of the com- missary for the (Corporation at Falmer, was not discharged for in- efficiency or irregularities. The statement, he said, was due to the confusion which existed in estab-| lishing the commissary in such a short time; that the Colonists did| not appreciate the handicap under which Warter worked, became- dis- satisfied with his management and that in order to gromote harmony Coming te Juneau Warter is leaving Friday to in- terview Gov. John W. Troy and other Juneau officials. Later he is going to Washington. Twenty-six documents filed in the Anchorage district Thursday recorded the conveying of as many tracts to the Matanuska Land Cor- poration to be held for the Colo- nists. Prices ranged from $3.50 to $7 an acre, The tracts range from a quarter to a full section. Some of the tracts were bought from the original set- tlers. It is undecided just what pro- cedure will be followed in trans- ferring the land to the settlers. GIRL BABY BORN PALMER, Alaska, July 12—A girl baby was born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Van Wormer, Michigan colonisis at the Matanus- ka project. Mother and babe are do-, ing nicely. = LN IS OPERATED UPON An operation was performed upon Mrs. Warren Beavert, at St. Ann's Hospital. Mrs. Beavert is the wife of Warren Beavert who is held in jail under $1,500 bond after being bound over to the Grand Jury in the United States Commissioner’s — .. FROM OAKLAND 'MORE MONEY 1S ALLOTTED UNDER NEW PWA SETUP creased from $87,900 to $93,000 'WASHINGTON, July 12.—Secre- tary Harold L. Ickes has approved | cover 55 percent of the cost of a {long list of projects, the remaining 45 percent of the cost to be from work relief funds. The allotments increased included !the grant of $87,900 for the Pio- neers’ Home at Sitka which was increased to $93,000. Under the old PWA system funds LASKA, ERIDAY, JULY 12, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS How U. S _—— Pioneers’ Home Grant In:‘. loans from the old PWA funds to were distributed on the basis of 70} percent loan and 30 percent grant: | Some of these funds were not used | through projects not being carried: out und as a result the money res DENVER ~v ~..__.)o verted back to the PWA. This mons ' ey is now being expended on new 55-45 basis which is the pers |centage in effect under the n i PWA, it was explained by officials | here. As a result it is anticipated | some of the (been short of funds for comple= | tion will now be carried out. Sev-; ieral of the non-federal projects in ‘the Territory have expended their {allotments and under the new set- up it is expected there will be sur- |ficient funds to complete them. iSome of the items in the plans for | \the improvements at the Pioneers’ Home were eliminated at the last call for bids due to limitation of money, but with the new increas allotment it is anticipated it wi be possible to - eamplete the entir proomm » DICTATORSHIP projects which have) new subterranean vault is now New York and Philadelphia will A few months ago nearly three billion dollars worth of gold was shipped from San Francisco to Denver. lanned in the center of Forf Knox, near Louisville, Ky., where all gold from be guarded by the army’s motorized cavalry, These moves mean that the nation’s monetary base will be guarded from foreign invasion by the Rocky Mountains on one coast, and the Appalachians on the other, A CANNERIES T0 CLOSE UP, PUGET SOUND OF SEN, LONG IS COMPLETED Is Vlnually in Control of City Government of New Orleans | 1 | 'Operators Announce Prices Demanded by Fisher- men Too High ANACORTES, Wash, July 17— Operators of six large fish cannc: {ies announced today they will close }up and dismiss their crews on the, |grounds that the prices asked by NEW ORLEANS, La., July 12— United States Senator Huey P. Long has apparently rounded out' his dictatorship over this state by gaining virtually complete control of this city. | District Attorney Eugene Stanley,| bitter enemy of Long, has resiznf'd\ and State Senator Charles Byrne,| Long supporter, has been sworn in to succeed Stanley. Supporters of Mayor Semmes ‘Walmsley have deserted him in Lhc | meantime to make peace vmh' | Long’s State Administration. Ma)or‘ Walmsley reiterated he is not going to “quit.” Six special sessions of the State| Legislature wrote an end to local | government in New Orleans. TAX PROGRAM UNDER ATTACK Na!ionwid_e_Offensive Re-| ported Started—Leg- islators Alarmed | WASHINGTON, July 12—A na-| tion-wide offensive is being con- ducted by business leaders against the Roosevelt new. tax plan and this drew apprehension from some I)(‘mv ocratic legislators considering plan. | A new shower of telegrams is pouring in as the result of a coun- try wide distribution of the state- ment the United States Chamber of Commerce is attacking the tax pro- gram as “destructive, confiscatory and a perversion of taxing power. through inheritance, gift and in- come taxes. ———.,-—— CITY OFFICER'AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR SKAGWAY VISIT Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Markle and| son Buddy will leave on the Vic- toria Saturday for Skagway to visit Mrs. Charles Nye, Mr. Markle's Mr. and Mrs. H, Rostad, residents of Oakland, Cal, are round-trip Seattle. mother. They expect to be away from Juneau for about two weeks Markle is Assistant Chief the Juneau Police Department ol the Fishermen’s Union are too high. The packers offered 60 cents for sockeyes, 20 cents for cohoes, 10 cents for pinks, and 75 cents to $1 for springs, fourteen pounds or over. The Union asks 14 to 15 cents for humpies, 80 cents for sockeyes, 30 cents for cohoes, and $1 inside and 75 cents outside for springs, 12 pounds or over. SEATTLE, July 12—Washington state canned salmon brokers looked to Alaska for their principal season- al supply as indications grew there will be little salmon packing on Puget Sound this year. The Columbia River canneries will operate as usual. Officials of a majority of the Puget Sound canneries announced they are unable to operate because of the strike of more than 2400 union purse seiners. Only one plant, the Bellingham Canning Company, is operating. Troll fish are expected to be a | normal product. 5KNOWN DEAD, SEVEN MISSING, COLORADO FLOOD GRANADA, Col, July 12—Five | bodies have been recovered and seven persons are missing, follow- ing a flood which struck here after | cloudbursts. The dead are Mrs. Algada Karn and son Leo, Mrs. ‘Anton Eder and son Glenn, and daughter Ruth. Several other members of the Karn family visiting at the Eder ranch are missing. ————————— ARRIVE ON NORTH SEA Mrs. Walter Sharpe and her daughter, Sharon, arrived here on the North Sea from Ketchikan. Mrs. Sharpe's husband is employed here in the .Territorial Treasurer's office. Mrs. Sharpe and Sharon came from Seattle, but visited with friends in Ketchikan enroute. | Hawaii, World Hungers for Peace General Ew s Tour Shows RIOT CHARGES LONDON, July 12.—General Evan- geline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, noted “a great hunger for God and peace” in the | world tour she has just completed. “I have too much faith in men to believe that another war can break out,” she said. Asked about the Sino-Japanese question, General Booth said she had talked to the emperor of Ja-~ pan once, and found him very un- derstanding. Will Talk of Peace ““Maybe I'll go to Japan and talk to him again,” she added, “and if I do, I'll sure talk to him about peace.” On her tour, Which embraced In- dia, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, South Sea islands, Hawaii and Am- erica, the general made a hundred speeches to 200,000 people in 34 days. Her record was eight meetings addressed in one day. Inspected Army's Work She saw for herself the army's work among the criminal tribes of India, the lepers in India, Java and the destitute children and aborigines in Australia and the in- ebriates’ island in New Zealand. She found that Dr. Willlam H Noble, director of the army’s Trav- ancore (India) hospital and physi- cian to the maharajah of Travan- core, was the Cornell boy she “con- verted” to the army at one of her meetings years ago. ARMY PLANE TO FLY TO PT. BARROW NOME, Alaska, July 12.—A United States Army amphibian plane land- ed at the Nome field Thursday af- cemoon at 3:30 o'clock from Fair- banks. Capt. Hez McClellan, A. C and Sergeants Krause and Thom- ason manned the plane which came from Bolling Field, Washington to Fairbanks, via Juneau, to clean up the affairs of the flight of bombers last summer. ‘The plane will fly north to Kot- or two. Capt. McClellan declined to state the purpose of the flight to Point Barrow. — e LEAVING FOR NOME A. E. Steere, new projeci engi- neer for the PWA at Nome, was scheduled to get away by plane this afternoon for the northern city. Mr. Steere arrived here the first of the week from Washington {and has been conferring with PW/ | officials here the past few days be- fore going to his new post. He is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y., and has been connected with the Washing- ton office of the PWA. It is his first trip to Alaska. zebue and Point Barrow in a day. MEN FREED ON TO FACE PROBE/: District Attorney Will Pre- ent Information on All Arrested to Grand Jury Information against all the men arrested in the labor trouble of June 24 when two groups of men clashed on lower Front street in connection with the A. J. walkout, including those released after hear- ing in Commissioner's Court, will be presented to the grand jury when it convenes in the fall, it was an- nounced today from the office of District Attorney William A, Holz- heimer, More witnesses are being inter- viewed daily, George W. Folta, As- sistant District Attorney, said, and all the evidence offered at the pre- liminary hearing as well as infor- mation gleaned later will be given the jury, Thus far 15 men have been bound over by U. S. Commissioner J. F, Mullen and 10 released. Several have not yet had a hearing and warrants are out for some who have not been apprehended. Only three of the 15 bound over to the grand jury Rad furnished bond up to this afternoon. They are George Kodzoff, Ed Rennie and Lee Johnson. | | | | At’s Against the Law to Pet Fish in lowa! DAVENPORT, Ia, July 12—Ev- eryone has heard about the fellow ‘who catches fish with his bare hands. Well, here’s how it's done. The best way, says Otto Klinge, deputy game warden, is to take a point of vantage along a slow mov- ing stream at night. Then when the ' fish aren't’‘looking thrush a bhand under water and feel around until a fish is enecduntered. The next step is to stroke the fish, that is pat it, on one side un- tl it turns over. Then, the fish- erman can slip his fingers through the gills and pull it in. Klinge swears by the efficiency of the method, but he warns Iowa disciples of Izaak Walton not to try it. It's against th(- law. QUAKE TOLL DECREASES TOKYO, July 12.—~The death toll as the result of the earthquake in the Shizoka area is now placed at only nine with four missing, but the property damage is about $5,- PRICE TEN CENTS MRS, WALEY IS ON STAND, HER OWN DEFENSE Girl-Wife Implicated in Weyerhaeuser Kidnaping Gives Testimony SHE WAS THREATENED BY WILLIAM MAHAN Motion for Directed Ver- dict Denied—Cross Ex- ination Is Started TACOMA, Wash., July 12.—Tes- tifying in her own defense in the Weyerhaeuser kidnap trial, 19-year- old Mrs. Margaret T. Waley de- clared that Willlam Dainard, alias William Mahan, now a fugitive de- fendant, threatened to kill her- self, husband and George Weyer- “aeuser if “I asked any questions or let on like T knew what was go- ing on.” Those threats coupled with Dain- ard’s display of two pistols, she told the jury in Federal Judge Ed- vard E. Cushman's court, were what caused her to rent the hideout jouse In Spokane. Judge Cushman, late yesterday, lenied Defense Attorney John F. Dore’s motion for a directed verdiet. The court récessed last night un- il this morning, after Mrs. ‘Waley'’s lirect evidence was given. Today she is tg be cross examined. WOMAN DENOUNCED TACOMA, Wash., July 12—Scath- ingly denounecing what he said was Margaret Waley's effort to use ‘he Mormon religion to avofd the’ :riminal law of her country, Assist- nt United States Attorney Hughes, n summing up the Weyerhaeuser kidnap case, demanded her convic- ixon under the Lindbergh kidnap aw. While Mrs, Waley, her own sole witness sat at her counsel’s table staring -at - him angrily, Hughes stormed at her contention that her only participation in the case was “because she had been reared in the Mormon faith which teaches abso- lute subjection to @ husband.” Hughes eried out: “If she has any woman's soul she knew that the mother, Mrs. Weyernaeuser, was waiting here for her boy. But with that boy's words, ‘Can't T get out of here, mister, ringing in her ears, she went on through with it, Sinee the State of Utah was ad- mitted to the Union, women of Utah have equal rights with men and they are permitted to vote. She Is possessed of enough education to know what she is doing.” Attorney Dore, defense attorney, decided at the last minute not to call Harmon Waley from the peni- tentiary as a witness, He is serving 45 ymx MISS INGALLS MAKES RECORD PLANE FLIGHT Is First Woman to Cross Continent on Non-Stop Trip — Good Time BURBANK, Cal, July 12.—Laura Ingalls landed here at 7:51 o'clock last night after a nonstop flight from New York. The aviatrix is the first woman * to make sueh a tnnmomlnenld [light. Miss Ingalls' time was. 18 hours 19 minutes and 30 seconds. . The west to east mark is held by Amel- ia Earhart Putnam, with a time of 17 hours 7 minutes and 30 seconds. The flight from east to west “owever, generally takes longer on account of headwinds. ,-— “Hemng Parties” Aid British Home Industry LONDON, July 12.—“Humble her- ring” parties are the vogue for 1935 debutantes. The jubilee empire spirit prompt- ed the fashion, and by its means ‘young society members are as- sisting a home industry which has been badly hit recently. In 1930 it was the “ham and 2gg” ‘party, replaced by the “kip- 000,000 per” party in 1933,