The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 11, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7167. “ALL THE NEWS ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1936. s ALL THE TIM MEMBER OF A EMPIR * PRICE TEN CENTS ASSOCIATED PRESS |DEGROOT GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE CLEMENGY IS * DENIED FAMED BABY KIDNAPER Story of Dr, " Jafsie” Con- don Disregarded by New Jersey Appeal Board KILLER GOES TO CHAIR NEXT FRIDAY| Stir Raised Over Report Bronx ‘Go-Between’ Knew More Than He Testified BULLETIN — TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 11. — Bruno Richard Hauptmann has lest his plea when the Court of Pardons an- ncunced that clemency is de- nied. The Ccurt of Pardens made the anncuncement after an hour’s deliberation. TRENTON, N .J., Jan. 11.—Tem- porary escape from the electric chair | loomed suddenly today as a distinct | possibility for Bruno Hauptmann as | thie court of pardons considered, in ! secret session, a plea for clemency.| The opinion spread swiftly around the state capitol after Gov. Harold ' G. Hoffman, President of the court. ! announced he would ask retention for questioning of Dr. John F. “Jaf- sie” Condon. The date of Hauptmann's execu- tion for the kidnaping and slaying of the Lindbergh baby is set for next Friday, the day Condon’s boat docks at Cristobal. Therefore, it is impos- sible to hear Condon’s story before the execution date. Pastor Asks Clemency C. Lloyd Fisher, defense counss! | presented Hauptmann's appeal. The | state is not formally opposing the ! appeal but Attorney General David T. Wilentz, who prosecuted Haupt- mann, and Anthony Hauck, Jr., the Hunterdon county prosecutor, were | present. Hauck said he had no krowledge of any new evidence. | One of the appeals for clemency | was made by the Rev. J. Matthiesen, Hauptmann'’s spiritual adviser, who expressed belief in his innocence. William Conklin, press aide o Gov. Hoffman, said the Governor would order Dr. Condon, who left the country last night, taken into cus-' PTMANNLO Are in Munitions Probe ‘Thomas W. Lamont J. Pierpont Morgan, among them Thomas W. Lamont Committee investigation of World War profits of muni hew the United States became is now a witness before the committee. of North Daketa, is Chairman. ALASKA'S CASH AT NEW PEAK ON YEAR'S END Treasury Has Net Balance More than Double Five Years Ago The net cash balance of the Ter- ritorial Treasury on December 31, ing to a monthly report made to the Governor’s Office by Treasurer Os- car G. Olson. This represents continued gairs | i | noted financier, and his banking partners, appearing in the Senate Munitions ns and involved in the confliet. Morgan Senator Gerald P. Nye, PILOT HERMAN | AND PARTY ARE ~ INFAIRBANKS :Plane Forced Down Near Kaltag, Finally Reach- es Destination | FAIRBANKS, Jan. 11. — Pllfl\! ‘Jnck Herman and a party of four ;1935, amounted to $637,998.36, accord- | Passengers, arrived Friday from Nu- terday appointed a committee of ‘mw. ‘They were'marooned four days and five nights 20 miles from Kaltag ]when gas was exhausted by bucking | head winds. All members of the party are saf> {West Coast Soil Conserva- tody for questioning. In referring to in the year-end cash balances, and | e L a magazine article by Condon, the is roughly two and one-half times and uninjured. They lived on thel: Governor’s statement said: the amount for five years ago. |emergency rations and had plenty The Treasury's net cash balance as | 1eft to last several days if it had been Challenge Statement | “He makes the flat statement that ©f November 30, 1935, was $716,050.62. more than one person was involved Total receipts during the month of | in the crime and goes so far as to| December were $716,050.62. Total write that he knew two of those in- receipts during the month of Decem- volved. If Dr. Condon knows these ber were $36,112.26, while disburse- things, I feel the authorities should ments amounted to $114,164.52. have the information.” i The net cash balances on Decem- Conklin said the Governor would ber 31, of the past five years were as instruct Attorney General David follows: 1935, $637,998.36; 1934, $457.- wilentz to take such action against!109.90; 1933, $314,803.84; 1932, $239 - Condon regardless of the action of 953.40; 1931, $265,363.84. the court of pardons today. necessary. Pilot Herman and the others in the party snowshoed many miles to the nearest station to get a sufficienv supply of gas to proceed to Nulato, from where they were forced down. Passengers aboard the plane were Deputy U. S. Marshal Nelson Ander- son, Teddy Neilsen, 10-year-old bov, both of whom boarded the plane at Bethel; Dr. Morton Meyers and Wil- liam Chenoy, both of Akiak. All of the passengers came to Fairbanks to attend the present session of the LOOMING LARGE IN CONFERENGE Something ;ss‘Than Cash Payment Anticipated i Upper House Bill NEW FARM PROGRAM IS TAKING FORM| tion Expert Called to Take Part, Parley WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. — The nine Senate votes which made the President’s bonus veto stick last year loomed large today in the eyes of conferees who seek conces- s in the bill which swept | through the House yesterday. With neither house in session, the muni- tions committee’s inquiry into war commerce off until Monday, at- tention centered in the Adminis- tration’s effort to build a new farm program to replace AAA and in speculations on the Senate action on the bonus. Framing Substitute Senate leaders worked secretly tfl‘ frame a substitute for the cash| bonus measure and Administration leaders were using the nine votes of last year to force some conces- sions from the conservative Finance Committee which meets Monday | to consider the bill. Leaders look- ed for a recommendation for some-: thing less than full cash payment.! Bonus backers struggled to work/ out a plan to win enough votes to| pass the bill over a veto. | Hurry Call to Teller It was learned that Secretary| Henry Wallace had asked Howard| R. Toller, soil conservation expert,| to hurry from the West Coast to| take part in the farm policy. The| call for Toller was considered signi-| ficant because President Roosevelt,| Wallace and AAA Administrator | Chester Davis were said to consider | it advisable to approach produc- tion control through subsidized soil conservation. The farm session yes- 13 to prepare a draft of the new program. | NEW FARM PROGRAM WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—It is reported an agreement is near on the general policies for a new farm program. A committee of thirteen farmers and Representatives have requested an immediate conference with Secretary of Agriculture Hen- ry A. Wallace and Chester Davis, Chairman of the Congressional Committee on Agriculture. INJUNCTION TO PROTECT AAA 'Q_ViEifl VUTTES - Building Germany’s Aviation to Equal Others Ever since reaching agreement with Great Britain last June, Germany has been vigorously building her ai force to a par with European Powers, says Gen. Hermann Goering, seen left with in the first public el i SOVIET RUSSIA Hallett Bailey REARMING FOR Dies, Fairbank [8S, Fairpanks PflsslBLE wAR FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. & . . ers of Lavery and Bailey store, and & Comm{ssar Anno_unce"s Ag heavy property owner in Fairbanks gressive Intentions” on |He came originally from Victoria during the Klondike gold rush. Mr. Part Japan, Germany E 8 11.— died Friday of pneumonia after a brief illness. He was one of the found- Bailey retired from business more than a year ago. He is survived by MOSCOW, Jan. 11.—Soviet Russia, | his widow. one of the world's strongest military -, powers, has frankly announced an JnHN GILBERT even greater rearmament program because of “aggressive intentions” of Japan and Germany. Vyacheslaff Molotiff, President of the Council of Commissars, disclosed | far-reaching military plans in a | bristling address to the All-Union Central Executive Committee. | report of his Air Ministry. Right is German squadron in flight during maneuvers. Hallett Bailey, 62, pioneer merchant, | JUDGE TRUITT MAKES FORMAL FILING TODAY it | Attorney General Will Seek ! Re-election on Demo- | cratic Ticket Attorney General James S. Truitt | today filed his formal declaration of | candidacy for re-election on the| Democratic ticket. Judge Truitt, who | swept into office in the Democratic ! landslide of 1932, has been endorsed by all of the Divisional conventions. He is widely known in the Terriwry' and was a prominent attorney at| Anchorage for many years before be- coming a public official. He is opposed on the Republican ticket by Harry G. McCain of Ket- chikan, who filed recently. February 1 is the final date for filing of candidacies. e e CLIFFORD RETURNING HOOVER CALLS ON SEC. ICKES FOR APOLOGIES Challenges Statement Acts of His Administration Were Held Void NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Herbert Hoover called on Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes for an apology for his assertion that laws passed during the Hoover Administration were. heid unconstitutional. In a telegram Hoover told Ickes that “not one of several acts pass- ed during that period was held unconstitutional.” Hoover said Ickes' statement was made January 4 before the City Club, Rochester, N. Y. He declared that Charles Michelson, Democratic Pubicity Chairman, and other New Deal sources were responsible for Ickes’ remarks, the falsity of which was proved by former At- District Court. CONSPIRATORS MAKE APPEAL Representative and Son Out on $1,000 Bond in Washington ~ ISFILED IN PA, Halt Interference Until Referendum Called PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 11.— A bill of complaint has been filed with the Federal District Court to ‘ enjoin Government Executives from . interfering with the operation of the AAA until directed by a refer- endum vote of the people. The complaint declares it is the ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—Repre- sentative John H. Hoeppel, of Cali- fornia, and his son Charles, are .,..jienaple right” of the people free on $1000 bonds pending dis- 4, getermine the constitutionality position of their appeal from sen- o the get, |tences of four months to one year for conspiracy to sell an appoint- Bill of Complaint Would| | | | | { “Russia now has an army of one million strong and thousands of air- * planes and tanks,” Molotoff said, “but these military resources must be outdone.” Recent Russian press reports of a secret alliance between Japan and Germany ‘came as no surprise so far as we were concerned,” Molotof{ declared. The Soviet leader asserted that Poland was included among Russia’s potential aggressors, asserting thai Warsaw has ambitions to expand its Baltic states. Tokyo previously had denied rum-' ors of a secret Japanese-German al- INHOLLYWOOD Film Colony Friends Gath- er at Private Service for Famed Screen Actor HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jan. 11. oday paid last respects at the little mortuary chapel in Beverly Hills. Jnly a scant hundred persons stood wbout outside as Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Barrymore and sthers were admitted to the chapel y card to private services, the time | SES LASTPARDON HOPE ‘uehrer Hitler in Berlin NAVAL SESSION AGAIN DELAYED UNTIL TUESDAY |Postponement to Give Dele-| gates Time to Discuss Japan's Demands TOKYO, Jan. 11.—High of- ficials of the Navy Office and also Foreign Office have de- cided to instruct the Japanese delegation at the London Naval Conference to attempt further conciliation before walking out of the conference. LONDON, Jan. 11.—Authoritative | sources said the next meeting of the | Naval Conference, which is expected to reconsider Japan’s demand for |naval equality with all nations, wili | probably not be held until Tuesday. The reason for the postponement | 19:30 last night. | dict was read in the courtroom this LIFE SENTENCE AWAITS SLAYER OF ABE HANSEN Jury Deliberates Nine Hours and One-Half in Mur- der Trial SECOND APPEAL IS HINTED BY DEFENSE Retrial of Chichagof Death Case Ends in Stern- er Verdict A verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, with a 'recom- mendation against capital punish- ment, was returned at 10:36 am. today in the Federal District Court by the jurors weighing the case of Harry DeGroot. DeGroot, charged with the slay- ing of Abe Hansen at Chichagof in March, 1933, was found guilty of second degree .murder in that year and sentenced to 20 years. Granted a new trial after an ap- peal to the Circuit Court of Ap- peals, he now faces a life sen- tence. Term Mandatery The passing of sentence has not been set by Judge George F. Alex~ ander, but the life term is man- datory upon the return of such a verdict under the Compiled Laws of Alaska. The defendant took the decision calmly in court this morning, and Defense Attorney H. L. Faulkner indicated that the case might again be appealed. The return of a sterner verdict, in the retrial of a case which has been successfully appealed, is said to be compar- atively rare in court annals. In the DeGroot trial it was said to be due at least in part to the com- plete reversal of her previous tes- timony by Mrs. Peter Kirkibo, the | former Mrs. DeGroot. Deliberate Nine Hours The jurors were given the case at 11:55 a.m. yesterday, and reach- ed their decision, after nine hours and one-half of deliberation, at Their sealed ver- morning. DeGroot was accused of Kkilling Hansen, alleged bootlegger, aboard a gasboat at Hirst-Chichagof after the former barber and electrician had gone to the island in an as- |serted effort to persuade his wife to return to Juneau with him. Mrs. from Monday to Tuesday is not given | but it is understood the extension of | time is for the purpose of giving the | contacts before the next meeting. It is generally expected the con- ference will break down unless some compromise is found. It is reported the powers are not willing to grant Japan's demands. DeGroot, the present Mrs. Kirkibo, is said to have refused, and elected to remain on the island with Film colony friends of Jjohn Gilbert | elegations more time for further |Hansen. Self-Defense Claimed The shooting is said to have oc- curred just as Hansen and the accused man's wife were taking their leave of him. The Government, represented by liance. Extent of armament increases were not specifically set forth. - e VETS CHARGED IN COMMUNIST COLLEGE RAID Five Accused of Unlawful Assembly in Connection with Seattle Trouble and plaee of which previously were ‘tept secret. The Rev. Neal Dodd spoke no eulogy. ‘Two former wives, Leatrice Joy and Virginia Bruce, were present. Fairbanks Man Is to Wed_ i_n Seattle SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—A marriage license has been issued to Calvin W Franklin, aged 26, of Fairbanks, Alas- ka, and Edna Schieck, legal age, of Seattle. e ROADHOUSE KEEPER DIES Authoritative sources, commenting | Assistant District Attorney George n reports that Germany and Russia | W, Folta, claimed the victim was might be invited to join the confer- | shot in the back as an act of cold- |ence if Japan should leave, asserted | plooded murder. | Crushed Under Earth Following Quake | the invitation might be extended to| pefense Counsel Faulkner cited all other naval powers, thus extend- | threats assertedly made at DeGroot ing the scope of the conference. ";hy Hansen, and declared the act Stories Conflict The trial, marked by continuous | objections from both sides as to fme admissibility of certain evidence, DEAD' sLInEs:declamnon that statements made at the first trial on behalf of her 5 e | husband were “all false.” [ous threats made by Hansen and [his drunk and belligerent condi- | tion, she declared to have been | “carefully rehearsed” with her hus- | z G o5 SRS (to be one of self-defense. 300 BELIEVED was featured by Mrs. Kirkibo's One TOWn, TWO Villages‘ Her original story, citing numer- |band before the trial. ‘ BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan ment to the West Point Military Academy. R LIBRARY DEDICATED Signalizing the opening of the University of Alaska’s handsome li- | |brary quarters, forma 1 dedicatory services were held recently in the gymnasium in the same building. URGES RAY T0 BE CANDIDATE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 11.— The Progressive Republican Club Many residents of Fairbanks, mem- fof Anchorage voted to urge At- ance. SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Five mem- bers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, including C. R. Christie, for- {mer National Junior Vice Com- mander, surrendered to the Prose- cutor’s office here today on charges | of unlawful assembly growing out of a raid on the Communist College here earlier this week. They were re- leased on their personal recogniz- | { Theodore Rodigkeit, 55 years old, More than 300 deaths are feared{Neu‘s Island, she said she proprietor of a roadhouse at Fort to have resulted from land slides!oq what ;Yukon. died last week in Fairbanks which crushed the town of Tuquer- of a chronic illness after he had been | res and four villages in southwest- : truth” removed to that city by plane for |ern Narino Province after a violent | gra) should be granted. emergency treatment. et it ANCHORAGE MAN DIES James Fitzsimmons, 81, of Anch- |orage, died recently of anemia. He| 11— After he had been put in Me- “learn- kind of a man he was,” vowed to tell the “whole if his appeal for a new and | earthquake. | The jurors in the case were ex- Relief work has been organized |oused until January 20 this morn- |for the stricken area. ing, when the hearing of civil cases NOWELLS RETURNING will be held. bers of the university faculty and torney L. V. Ray, of Seward, to E. N. Clifford, well known broker, | torney General William D. Mitchell is returning to his Juneau head- |in Washington. quarters aboard the Northwestern. Ickes said: “No answer.” The library is possessed of 14,000 volumes. | student body, and others attended. enter the primaries in April as a Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress. Six prominent attorneys will de- \had been an employee of A. A. Shon- Murder Case Due Arguments for a new trial in the fend the veterans. The complaint was sworn to by Wesley L. Randall, director of the school. imeck for several years, having been in charge of his chicken ranch near jthe golf course. | Mr. and Mrs. Willis E. Nowell and Everett Nowell are passengers aboard the Northwestern for Juneau. case of Jacob Williams, native