The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7138. RIOT CASE 16 WITNESSES CALLEDBY U.S. FOR REBUTTAL Speeded Ufi;stimony In- dicates Trial May End Sooner than Expected DEFENSE WAIVING CROSS EXAMINATION Officers Deny “Gang with Clubs” Assaulted Union Men or *“Whooped It Up” The District Attorney’s office this afternocn asked that all witnesses be present at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Indication that the jury might get the riot case now being heard in Federal district court by late Wed- nesday or Thursday was given today when the government rushed through a leng list of witnesses in rebuttal testimeny. A total of 48 had been on the stand today up to 3 o'clock this afternoon, 32 being called this morning and 16 in less than an hour this afternoon. The defense was waiving cross ex- amination with exception of a ques- tion now and then and Defense Counsel Irwin Goodwin said that unless other points were brought out by the prosecution than were stressed this morning it was probable the de- fense would call but few if any re- buttal witnesses Those who served as special offi- cers on the day of the alleged riot last June 24 made up most of the witness list today. They were asked mo:tly if they had used their clubs or been instructed to use them on union men or any one else. All said they were told to keep the clubs out of sight and not use them unless ab- solutely necessary. Chief of Police Roy Hoffman, re- called to the stand, said that 50 spec- ial officers had been named and he had instructed them to keep the clubs out of sight and they were not to start anything, and to use clubs only if things got out of hand. He warn- ed his officers against partiality, he explained, telling the officers that if they saw men in fights or other trou- ble to take them all in regardless of which side they were on. The Chief said he stressed the peint that the duty of the officers was to see the marchers through to the A. J. office without trouble. Hoffman said he had heard George Cox, port delegate for the longshore- men and a defense witness, tell May- | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” CONCLU ION Is i—ldmé | | | ' my’s fighting plane strength by 1941, Elsa Maxwell, “playgirl of the west- ern world,” is back in New York from Europe after having played a part, her friends believe, in the so- cial lobby which helped restore King Geo;ge of Greece to his throne. Elsa is Mayfair’s favorite party organizer. JAPAN DEMANDS NAVAL PARITY IN CONFERENCE Baldwin Asks Limitations Be Retained—Davis Pre- sents Roosevelt Plan LONDON, Dec. 9.—Stanley Bald- win, Prime Minister of Great Brit- ain, today welcomed delegates to the International Naval Conferencc in London, with the request that the powers yield some demands and | retain naval limtatons to avert ca- lamity due to unrestricted naval competition. Norman H. Davis, Chief of the American delegation, presented President Roosevelt’s suggestion for progressive reduction of sea arma- ments, proposing a total tonnage | decrease of 20 percent. p A blow was given the existing! treaty tonnage when Admiral Osami Nagano, Chief of the Japanese del- egation, urged a just and fair agree-‘ Hauptmann Innocent, Belief of Veteran Detéctive Brady;: Statement Made in Trento DERN ADVISES EXPANSION OF AR STRENGTH == Would Launch Five- Year- County detectives, last Saturday Pl d 1 P night reiterated his belief in the an to Qua ruple I'reés- :innocence of Bruno Richard Haupt- ent Aerial Forces, 1941 : < |recently in his unofficial investiga- tion of the Lindbergh baby kidnap- gt i "”y“‘gd pr"lg”;“' f\“"‘ Parker is interested in the case, | tended nearly to quadruple the Ar- 'he said, “only as an outsider.” BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Virtually the last #ve- nue of escape from elec was closed today to Brano Rieh- ard Hauptmann when the Bu- preme Court of the United States refused to review his con- viction. % ' mann, but said he had done nothing WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—A five-, slaying. ; | TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 9.—&llis H The veteran homicide investigator, ;ij?:;“;’)ds‘f;y“i?‘gfox)w[;e::‘r"‘who has a national reputation for PN d ‘ untavelling baffling cases, said he l‘;‘:"“]mp“:;:‘“x‘;eii i‘l’?em;‘;:’ of alli}aq done nothing on the case re- In his annual report, made pub- ftfi;‘;?fl:lu:m};adar(;:ald: !:fm}::::t :fi lic today, holding the present B’ir‘hlm Parker was brought into prom- force to be far short of reasonable |y ... i e I:.indhergh case. With requirements, he estimated this pro- |, o one "o ouncement of Gov. gram would equip the army With 3- | gg;014 G, Hoffman, when the later (_!00 comb‘az planes at the end of “‘e}msclosed he had visited Hauptmann °¥~"‘h: ey has 1196 planes of | OCtOPer 17 in his death cell. B o are ot combat type | HOlman said Parker had told him ¥h::re:;m)nm a:::oab ch‘:‘v alt ‘{) p: {he believed Hauptmann innocent. bt gt dgmmpm Aips.. thel, Faker denied emphatically that gt Y {he e 1 planes under con. | D¢ trial that he believed Haupt- " 3 e # " |mann guilty. struction at present. o ’I‘h:&\l ey Other recommendations in Demlsiclared report included maintenance of a Hauptmann, said Parker, was con- regular army whose minimumyiaq of the kidnaping and of the 5'(’);"“2',,}' was 14,000 officers and 165,- | sojjection of $50,000 ransom money 000 enlisted men, an increase of 15~ montn later, two separate crimes ?32 ;\icr_eanng from: 20,000 n 3000C| .rhe underworld already had a by nimum number of arganized .,,v of the ransom note. It would reserve officers to be given two have been easy to have bought a weeks annual training; and the en- sleeping garment and written the rollment of 50,000 youth annually in!giner notes” Parker pointed out. Citizens' Military Training Camps. | parker also said he believes Haupt- _ Last summer 3,000 were enrolled imann got the ransom money found in such camps. lin his possession from the late Tsa- . B3 dore Fisch, German furrier, who was his business partner and who {died in Germany early in 1933. | Parker said he was chiefly inter- |ested in the case because he was jafraid a mistake had been made and {that if Hauptmann were electrocut™ }ed something “might turn up that | would do more to break down justice ‘Hhan anything else in the world.” | Parker added that he “had noth- |ing on anybody else.” Woman May—[;)se Eyesight, —Blaze Starts When Gasoline Used absolute lie!” he de- Colonist Burnsin Explosion MAY ASK NEW TRIAL TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 9.—Egbert Rosencrans, one of the attorneys in !the defense of Hauptmann, stated Ithis afternoon he and his colleagues BULLETIN — ANCHORAGE, |are considering asking for a new trial had told lhe proseculion beford FARM PROGRAM | OPPONENTS ARE STRUCK BY F.D.A, President Declares Political Profiteers Stirring Up Strife “RULE OF TOOTH AND CLAW” ENDED Canadian Trade Agreement Is Also Defended in Chicago Speech CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 9.—Presi- dent Roosevelt declared here today | that political profiteers are seeking to stir up city people in opposition |to the New Deal's farm program. The Chief Executive said the pro- igram was aimed to “stop the rule of tooth and claw that threw the farmers into bankruptey or turned them virtually into serfs, and we have succeeded.” The President made his assertions while addressing the American Farm Bureau Federation. Income Increased President Roosevelt said the| farmers’ income has been increased ! nearly three billion dollars during e last 4w, years .as he ‘result of ! the New Deal's program. In endorsing the new Canadian | trade agreement, the President said, | “agriculture is far from being cru- | cified by the agreement as some have told you, and agriculture ac- tually gains from the pact.” Hits At Opponents Evidently striking at opponents | who contend the Agricultural Ad- justment Administration is an un- | warranted encroachment of Federal | Power into the domain of states, the President said the action of 48 states ‘ in separate movements was power- | less to attain balanced agriculture. | Picturing the whole American | economy policy as a seamless web, | the President deglared higher farm | prices conferred” net benefits on consumers, although he did hit at many retail prices as now being too | high. | COMMON SENSE JUSTICE “Justice and old fashioned com- mon sense demanded that in build- | +Continued on Page Two) | LATE ATTACKS ON AAR CROWD LOOMS NEARER Mother Shoots Son, Is Charge ] NEW PLAN FOR PEACE OFFERED TO MUSSOLINI Emphatic Demand Given II Duce for Speedy Peace in Africa DICTATOR DEFIANT OF STRONG ACTIONS Death Toll High in Battle on Southern Front Near Dolo ROME, Dec. 9. — A new Franco- British united front has demanded that Mussolini show his hand with a speedy Ethiopian peace, or else Mrs. Dorothea Livermore, ex-wife of Jesse Livermore, million- aire Wall Street speculator, is pictured with their son, Jesse, Jr, 16, who, Santa Barbara, Cal, police charge, she shot and probably fatally wounded in their palatial home. When she upbraided the boy for drinking, police say, he got a .22 calibre rifle and dared her to shoot him. The youth was reported to be a in a precarious condition. Mrs. Livermore was recently divorced from her second husband; J. Walter Landcope. She was taken to a hospital in an hysterical condition and subsequently placed under arrest while in the hospital. Her son refused to make a formal accusation against her, the police said. Siock Market s INDUSTRY AN D Given New Cheer | GOVERNMENT IN Trading Leaders RIOT AT MEET | | risk a possible European war, in- formed Italian sources said today. The diplomats are awaiting Il Duce's reactions to peace proposals Adrafted by London and Paris. The terms for ending the hostilities are described by French officials as go- ing beyond anything that has pre- | viously been offered the militant | dictator to force a showdown. Great Britain has made marked conc ons, and the events of the next 36 hours are expected to de- | termine the course of and duration of ‘the campaign. Franco-British !'solidarity has extended far beyond the Ethiopian ecrisis, diplomatic sources said. IL DUCE HURLS DEFY ROME, Dec. 9.—Mussolini today told the Senate: “Italian interests, both African and European, will be defended strenuously. There’s no siege that can make us bow, no coa- lition, however numerous, that can turn us from our path.” He made no reference to the new peace plan that was reported to have been offered by France and Britain. MANY DIE IN FRAY ADDI§ ABABA, Dec. 9— Dis~ patches here said that 850 Ethiopi- « | ans and 1700 Italian Somalis were | killed in a battle north of Dolo on the southern front. Four Italian planes again flew over Dessye, but they dropped no bombs. | | | BOMB RFD CROSS TENTS GENEVA, Dec. 9.—According to official advices received here, the i Ttalian raiding planes killed 55 per- sons and wounded over 300 in the Jlmst bombardment at Dessye. One | hospital and many Red s tents | were struck by the bombs { on the basis of newly discovered evi- dence. or Isadore Goldstein that morning 'ment on disarmament, advancing ! that he (Cox) had credentials in his nation's demand for equality his pocket to call a strike on the en- | with Great Britain and the United | tire Pacific Coast if the ity went States. through with it, meaning furnishing! The conference was called, with police protection to the marchers,‘om_;t Britain, the United States, Cox had denied previously on the|Japan, France and Italy, the five| witness stand that he made such a main sea powers, represented, to| statement. seek a new treaty which might re- Dec. 9—Mrs. George Emberg, who received burns when her new home was destroyed by fire at the Matanuska Valley Colony project, is dead in the hospital as the result of her injuries. me Gains Are Registered Today but Caution Is Keynote SUPREME COURT SR | |MINERS ESCAPE |52 kst R o " NEAR DISASTER Names Called as Coordina-| tor Berry Opens Big Business Conference MAIDEN FLIGHT ) MAIL PLANES | | | | < | | Against Taxes NEW YORK, Dec. 9. — Scattered | | specialties were the cheer leaders in' |the Stock Market today although WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-—Shout ed charges of ‘‘Liar!” between in-| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 9.—A . Sy & ].unctx?' fire, starting when gasoline used td 7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—Legal at- Mayor Goldstein, also called this afternoon, substantiated Hoffman's testimony both as to the Cox state- ment and instructions to the special officers. Both Chief Hoffman and Police Officer George Gilbertson explained that the tear gas was released from tear gas sticks or guns and in bombs by releasing a trigger. One defend- ant said he saw an officer strike a match to light a tear gas bomb. Both officers said they had no such tear gas where watches were used. Other witnesses called this after- noon were Police Officer Kenneth Junge, and the following special of- ficers: Ludwig Nelson, Mort Trues- dell, George Jorgensen, Joe Short, John B. Bernhofer, Oscar Waterud, T. C. Thompson, William C. White, William Gibbs, H. C. Godfrey, Mel- vin Rockstad and Farlin Cameron. Chief Hoffman and Officer Junge testified to seeing Harry Datoff, one of the defendants near the A. J. of- fice between 1 and 2 o'clock the af- ternoon of the trouble He had his hat off and had blood on his face, they said. Officer Giibertson denied he ever | said: “Boys,, let's take it over.” Some of the defendants said they heard Gilbertson or some one make such a statement just before the alleged riot started. — e (Centinued on Page Seven) . !stumps and dead trees in the park SR | place the Washington-London Nav- !al limitation pacts. These pacts ex- pire in 1936 as a result of Japan's | denunciation. | U. S PLAN REJECTED | LONDON, Dec. 9. — The United | | States, at the Naval Conference, this aftérnoon proposed a reduction in the world’s great navies of 20 percent but Japan immediately rejected the plan. The rejection of the proposal was made by Admiral Osami Nagano, | Chief of the Japanese delegation who said: “The cut only prolongs the {ratio system by which Japan is lim- |ited to three fifths of the naval power maintained by either the United States or Great Britain.” Snow Falls from ! Mountain Onto Russian Town MOSCOW, Dec. 9 —Avalanches of snow. which fell from Mount Yuxpor onto the city of Kiruvsk on Kolo Peninsula, killed 88 and injured 44 persons according to adviee - e CLEARNG WORK An FERA crew is at work clearing { | above the bathing beach at Auk Bay. kindle fire in the kitchen stove, ex~ ploded, burned to the ground the Matanuska cabin of George Emberg, of Proctor, Mich., and critically in- juring Mrs. Emberg. The colony’s physician, Dr. Carl E. Albrecht said she might lose her eyesight. Five other members of the family, less severely burned, were taken with | her to the Palmer hospital by ambu- lance. ! ———————— CABINET OF SPAIN QUITS Premier Chapaprieta Re- signs After Two Months in Power MADRID, Dec. 9.—The Spanish Cabinet has resigned after two months in power. Premer Joaqun Chapapreta, who changed the Cabinet around on Oc- tober 24, today turned his resigna- tion in to President Alcala Zamora. The immediate cause for the res- ignation of the Cabinet is the po- litical controversy over the Nation- al Budget for 1936, EDMONTON, Dec. 9.—Fifty-six miners escaped through an air shaft from the Kent Coal Mine in East City today when a sur- face fire destroyed the hoist house and put two elevators out of com- mission. PINCH HIT KING CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 9.—Sammy Bird, outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds, batted less than .30 playing as a regular in the 1935 campaign and .80 in five trips to the plate as a pinch hitter. tacks on the AAA persisted right into the hours set aside by the Supreme Court for arguments important to the future of the New Deal agency. While debaters were marshalled for ordl delivery, eight Louisiana rice millers filed a brief contending that if the legislation is upheld, state lines will he “important only for the purpose of permitting the use of vari-colored maps in geopraphies.” | | The rice millers’ petition, asking | | for a permanent injunction against | paying of processing taxes, contended | that the amended AAA passed last | August is unconstitutional. Shoppers Start Buyingin Ru Better than in Recent Y ears NEW YORK, Dec. 9. — Holiday shoppers in a merry buying mood rushed the retail stores throughout the nation last week for the start of what merchants predict may be the greatest Christmas season in years. Industrial progress has kept pace with the retail trade in the Asso- ciated Press index, where industrial Christmas sh; Trading Is activity touched its highest point since July of 1930. The index, adjusted for seasondl variation, stood at 86 per cent of the 1928-29 average from the twentith through the fifteenth shopping gday before Christmas. Practically every section of the country has experienced benefits in the expanded ‘buying wave, the re- port says. some motors, rails and amusement issues were also firm. Caution seemed the general key- note today. Profit takers showed little reluctance in cashing in on part of the gains. Today'’s close was irregular. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Der 9.—Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 137'%, American Power and Light 87%, Ana- conda 30, Bethlehem Steel 48'%, Gen- eral Motors 58%, International Har- vester 62%, Kennecott 38, United ~ | Corporation 7, Uiited States Steel 48'%, Southern Pa:ific 24%, United Foundries no sale, Pound $4.927 DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow Jones averages: industrials 144.10, rails 41,84, utilities 29.60 NINNIS COMING HOME ON ALASKA E. E: Ninnis, of the Juneau Mo-| tors Company, who suffered an at- tack of the heart last week in Se- attle and was taken to a hospital, quickly recovered and is a passen- | ger for home aboard the Alaska, due tomorrow. Ollie Waechter juntil 1912, dustry and government spokesmen | gave a tumultuous opening today | to the business conference sum- moned by George L. Berry, Presi- dent Roosevelt’s coordinator for in-| dustrial cooperation. A. P. Haake, Chicago, repre.srut-l ing the National Furniture Manu- facturers Association, called Berry an “unqualified liar” when the co- ordinator charged, “You know you| were sent here dynamite this| meeting.” Other business leaders were re- fused permission to speak from | the floor ! - e MADE TO KENAI 'Aircraft Now Supplants Dog Team Service—Mail Dropped from Air ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 9.— The first flight of mail from An- chorage to Kenal and Kasiloff this week attracted stamp collectors of the nation. The two planes, piloted by Chet McLean and Kenneth Neese, were loaded heavily with “first covers.” The mail is to be dropped from the air at Kenai and Kasoliff twice a month and then dispatched to near- | by communities by dog teams. D.as .“ s “Ie[ The planes supplant the former rall and dog team service from An- SEATTLE, Dec. 9—Ollie A. Waech- chorage. ter, aged 59, meat packing business executive and Washington pioneer died yesterday after five months’ illness. Waechter at 18 went into Alaska and established a meat firm in Fair- banks, in 1897, He remained there to Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Brewis and Mrs. Augusta Courtney, both of Fairbanks