The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7236. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1936. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HAUPTMANN'S EXECUTION IS DELAYED DUFRESNE SEES AL SMITH HOOK TROUT IN TANK, Game Executive Reports Good Chance for Length- ened Duck Season Seeing hrown-derbied Al Smith catching a trout at the New York Sportsmen's show; convincing Fran- cis W. Olin, President of the Win- chester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven, Conn., just how those rainbows bite in Russian River, and convincing him so successfully that | the wealthy arms manufacturer is | coming north this summer to try it himself; plugging for a longer duck | season for the hunters of Alaska. These are just some of the inter- | esting things that occupied the time | of Frank Dufresne, Assistant Exe- cutive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission and well known Alaska | writer, on his extended trip east' FloridaAQlieeh Crowned in Raint r (s Norme Crim GONDAR TAKEN | BY ITALIANS IN BIG PUS “Every Dust Cloud to i Horizon,” Commands’ Starace—Columns Move . WITH NORTHERN ITALL ARMY, GONDAR, Ethiopia, 31.—This important strategic* at the head of Lake Tana fell nto the hands of an Italian column led by Achille Starace, retary of the General Fascist par Preparations for attack wel e made in great secrecy. Correspon- dents were not allowed to menti the thrust until Gondar was reach: ed. g Before starting the final thrust’ Starace made an inspiring M ordering “every dust cloud to Escaped Death for Tonight IRON NERVE OF BRUNO CRACKS: WEEPS FREELY FORTY-EIGHT HOURS GIVEN, BRUNOSLIFE | Composure Disappears as/Extension Is Granted To- 0 Hour for His Death Approaches DECLARES HE IS AN INNOCENT MAN ks with afKimberling Who Is Summoned to Prison Cell TRENTON, N. J,, March 31.—Bru- Tal /no Richard Hauptmann's compos- ure was broken this forenoon as the | hour for his death approached and | be asked to see Col. Mark O. Kimber- horizon.” Five hundred trucks i officers’ cars, 20 armored cars, ¥ machine gun and motorcycle ¢om= ling, principal keeper of the state prison here. | Attaches of the prison said Bruno | night Just Prior to Go- ing to Death Chamber BULLETIN—Trenton, N. J., March 31.—Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann’s electrocu- tion for the kidnaping and slaying of Charles A. Lind- bergh, Jr., was tonight de- layed for forty-eight hours. The reprieve came at ths request of the Grand Jury sitting at Trenton, N. J., in the case of Paul H. Wendel, disbarred attorney, 'who at one time confessed to the pany, and a cclumn of soldiers, all from which he returned this morn- : ) Florida crowned its 1936 state || | s white, chediently moved forward: had been grumpy since he received | ing on the Alaska. { y 2 queen in the rain when a deluge kidnaping and murder of May Lengthen Season For sportsmen, Dufresne brings back the good news that the Biologi- cal Survey bureau chieftains in ‘Washington look with favor on lengthening the duck season. What action will be taken is problematical but there is reason to be hopeful, he descended just after attractive Norma ‘Crim was chosen new beauty queen at the annual com- petition at the Miami-Biltmore e RELIEF ACTION AWAITING WORD pool. reported. It was at the New York Snn-te men’s show with Corey Ford and J astair MacBain ' that Lu.ooi. ... Joyed the feature of his trip. Herb Welch, American fly-casting cham- pion, had just been revealing his prowess as a caster ,and, as the Al- askan can testify he's a real cham- pion, when Welch invited New York’s famous Al to try his hand. The casting was going on in a big 100-foot tank especially arranged for the show and there were a few real trout in it. Welch changed flies before former Gov. Smith cast and about the second or third time that StOCk Market the good-natured politician’s fly hit the water, a beautiful rainbow NEW YORK, March struck. The cheers that went up Dess of steels and specialties lifted when Al landed that trout could the Stock Market sentiment today. have been heard in Alaska if we had gelected issues were up from frac- been listening, Dufresne believes. tions to four points. crease Sentiment in 31.—Firm- Defends Stories SOME ISSUES TAKE ADVANCE Infom Rotary e Steels - and —S—pecialties In-|{One Hundred Copies of Empirelstc | FROMHOPKINS Inform Rotary o 2elnie Avever Yet Re- | ceived Whether Territory Is to Get More Funds funds will be allotted to Alasis | lwas still a problematical question | (today. No definite word had been | | forthcoming from Washingten. | A message to Mayor I. Goldstein from Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond this morning in response One-hundred copies oi i.ie Daily | 5 previous wire from the Mayor Alaska Empire Progress and Devel- | caiqd opment Edition will go to Rotary| .pjscussed matter tod ay with Clubs scattered throughout the €N~ | Apbrey Williams, Assistant Admin- tire world, the Rev. O. L| Kendall, 'y tor for FERA who has general told members of the Juneau ROtary cjarge of Alaska matters and urged Progress Edition to Be Mailed to States Club, at their weekly luncheon Up at New Haven, the Alaskan was called upon to defend his fish stories that have gripped the popu- lace of the United States these many years. | “Are you the guy who has been writing all those yarns about fishing in Alaska?” demanded President Ol- in of the Winchester Company, an Trading was dull. A few of the recent leaders back- ed away before profit taking. Today’s close was firm. Transfers were 1,100,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 31.—Closing ardent fisherman himself. But be- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine fore Dufresne had much more than stock today is 15, American Can :f;sc:?;:t;?x:yv}ithfiq‘:;wZxéuoé‘e[: 119%, American Power and Ligit to Russian river and do you stippose 12%, Anaconda 547%, Bethlehem an old man like me could get in Steel 56'%, Curtiss-Wright 7', Chi- there without walking too far?” cogo Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa- After one of the most pleasurable gific' Railroad 2'%, General Motors interviews of the entire trip, Du- 67'%, International Harvester 85, fresne left with the assurance from gonnecott 38, United States Steel Mr. Olin that he would come to fish g4z~ Gities Service 5, Boeing Air- Russian river this summer, and, jlane 99% United Aircraft 25, furthermore, he's coming to Juneau Pound $4.95%. and make the Game. Commission | executive prove there really are| brown bear hereabouts. He wants, just one trophy. { Sportsmen Coming North Scores of sportsmen are coming north this summer, Dufresne says, and it will be an especially heavy DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, |Jones averages: Industrials, 156.34; |rails, 4693; utilities, 31.93 meeting in the Terminal Cafe today. Since the establishment of the Rotary Club in Juneau many letters from all over the word have been received and answered by the local club, and the special editions will go to those clubs which have shown | an especial interest in the Juneau| allotment of $40,000 in accordance with Governor's telegram to me March 28. No definite answer given since pressure for additional funds for relief from all parts of country are almost overwhelming. Please advise Governor.” | A message to Gov. John W. Trcy; from Delegate Dimond said: EG-Mcn GE[EOZfi,OOO—" coherently. \ % BRUNO RICHARD HA 1936 BUDGET FOR FEDERAL ~ Reply Hinted DEPTS. MADE | il JPTMANN Conciliatory fru@ Germany | Von Ribbentrop Enroute i i | Guests Today | Urged allotment $40,000 additional Guests at today's luncieon wore for unemployment relief but was| M. D. Williams, District Engineer,|unable to obtain definite answer.! 3 \ e | “saw Aubrey Williams today. o Committee Lauds Activ- | by Plane to London— Bureau of Public Roads, former member of the Ogden, Utah, Rotary | Club; Don Abel, Pacific Alaska Air-i ways, and James C. Cooper, certi- fied public acountant of Anchor-| age. Mr. Williams gave an interesting account of a visit to Rotary Club Number One, in Chicago, at which approximately 1500 Rotarians were in attendance, including delegates | to the International Council, from far flung parts. He stressed the good | work Rotary Clubs do in commun- | ities and wished the local club suc- | cess. | Personal History season for hunters, with the probab- ility that every guide in the Terri- tory will have all he can do. Among the horde coming north is Myer Prussian, wealthy Detroit manufac- turer of automobile machinery, and a party of friends. Many others told Dufresne to expect them. The Alaskan was in attendance at the Wild Life Conference and | presented the Alaska picture. Rep- resentatives from Canada and Mex- ico were in attendance in addition to representatives from all the states and many of them were awed with the wild life abundance of Alaska, ' “There just isn't any hunting wua | fishing left in the States,” Dufresne was told time and time again. It was the concensus of the Wild Life Conference. Thus it was that the story of Alaska was so warmly re- ceived Confers With Dimond In Washington, the executive con- ferred with Alaska Delegate An- thony J. Dimond, especially taking up the matter of a $30,000 appropri- ation for wolf control in the Ter- ritory. The amount is now in one of the deficiency bills and the Dele- gate believes it has a good chance of being approved. If granted, the money will be expended in helping trappers and other residents of the Territory in capturing the wolves who are known to do great damage annually. 2 (Continued on Page Eight) CONTEST GIRLS REACH SEATTLE Alaska’s Nuggets Complete Tour to Old Mexico— Sailing Dates Alaska’s Nuggets are back in Se- attle now, after the thrilling Bet- ter Times Tour down the Pacific Coast to Mexico and return. The seven local winners have al- ready made reservations for their return to Juneau, according to ad- vices received today from the Al- aska Steamship Company office in Seattle. Esther Davis and Thais Bayers will be the first to sail, booking passage on the Yukon, leaving Puget Sound April 4. Catherine York and Elisabeth Kaser will leave on the Alaska April 11. Ida Roller chose the Yukon on the 18th, while Ruth Lundell, top winner in the local drive, and Eleanor Gruber, will sail for home on the Alaska on April 25, according to present information. Outside of Misses Davis and Bayers, the local girls are staying over at their own expense in the Queen City, to visit longer with relatives and friends. In a personal history talk, J. J. | Connors, Jr,, told Rotarians he was born in Candle, Alaska, which he | remembered as a small town “where prospectors came into town and went out again,” and also that most of his playmates were Eskimo and that when he first attended school iin Seattle, he had to learn a lot Iabou! getting along with children of his own nationality. Connors graduated from the Ju- neau High School spent a year at the University of Alaska, and three years at Santa Clara University, returning to Juneau upon gradua- tion. Wilcor Welcomed M. J. Wilcox, Alaska Steamship agent, was welcomed today as a new member of the Club. An excel- lent, informative talk on the pur- | poses of Rotary was given by Sec- retary -Kendall in a welcoming speech to the new member. Howard D. Stabler, President of the Juneau Rotary named Charles Carter as chairman of the com- mittee for the distict meeting be held in Vancouver May 10 to 13. Conditions Improved Walter Bacon, recently returned from a business trip to the states, announced the purchase of a new motor coach, and reported pumerous definite instances of greatly improv- ed business conditions in Washing- ton, in the motor coach building (Continuea on Page Egnt) i Have you asked Secretary of In- terior.” ‘This afternoon Gov. Troy radioed (to the head of the Interior De- | has r ities, Points to Savings | WASHINGTON, March 31.—The | House Appropriations Committee nmended $114,667,400 for | | Negotiations Expected ‘ BERLIN, March 31. — General Joachim von Ribbentrop, President Adolf Hitler's special ambassador, partment, explaining the situation.|running the State, Justice, Com-|flew to London today, carrying an The Chief Executive in a full message to Harry L. Hopkins and Delegate Dimond several days ago pointed out that there were 2,141 FERA activities came to a close merce and Labor departments dur- ing the next fiscal year. More money for Department of | Justice agents, additional inspec- building of Federal prisons and ex- answer which was said by a high authority to contain a gesture of conciliation toward the Locarno | powers' proposals for European lactive relief workers in Alaska when | tors to increase safety on ships, | peace. | Von Ribbentrop and his staff oe- | tensi irw vere incl in | cupi irplanes, the size of the March 26. These workers carry 2,- tension of airways were included m‘cupmd two airpl 000 additfonal persons, he said.| the measure, which is $9,000,000 delegation indicating that Germany There are 960 families in the Ter- higher than the current mlowancc,: ritory on direct relief, represenungiflnd $7,000,000 under budget esti- 3,000 persons. “Aggravated by the new arrivals on all boats, despite warnings to centers of pepulation in the States, I do not see how we can finish| the winter without $40,000 addi- tional,” the Governor said in his message. A meeting of representatives of various organizations in the city is being held in abeyance pending further word from Washington. A delegation representing relief families and unemployed called on Gov. Troy this morning to learn the status of relief and the com- plete picture was given them by the Governor, who pointed out that all funds are exhausted at this time. | $276,000 URGED FOR FISH BUREAU WASHINGTON, March 31.—The| House Appropriations committee to-| day recommended $278,000, of which | $100,000 would be immediately aw ailable, for general Alaska service| of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries| during the 1936-37 fiscal year. Of the total for Alaska fisheries ,$69,900 is recommended for protection of | seal fisheries in the Pribilof Islands, | the remainder for maintenance of | the Bureau’s salmori protection and cimilar work. | mates. The committee lauded activities of | was prepared for lengthy negotia- tions. Since von Ribbentrop has been| ordered to communicate directly the G-men under J. Edgar Hoover, and recommended $6,025,000 for their use. “Through efforts of this Bureau, fines and recoveries of savings dur- ing 1935 amounted to $38,5500,000, and $8 saving for every dollar" spent,” it was ‘stated i with British Foreign Secretary An- thony Eden, it is suggested the gesture contained in the note is such as Eden had previously implor- ed Hitler to make. COUNTER PROPOSALS BERLIN, March 31.—A four- month “armistice” and a three- FILINGS FOR CIT | man im.crnauonall commission mw omcEs CLOSE AT | control both German and French- |Belgian sides of the frontier were 5 P.M. TOMORROW |reported by reliable sources to be Adolf Hitler's counter proposal to All filings of candidates for city the Locarno powers ¥ office must be made by 5 o'clock| During this figurative or moral tomorrow afternoon, the closing |armistice, Germany would agree not hour, it was announced this after-|to increase Rhineland troops. noon by A. W. Henning, City Clerk.|France and Belgium would be re- With ;but a day remaining, mrr.-emun‘«l tickets are in the mayoralty ficld, antee headed by Mayor I Golds 1 Councilman Wallis George and N.| G. Nelson. The lone candidate lm"CARPENTERs VOTE the hool board R. E. Robert- | o b chftn, iz FOR NEW OFFICERS re-election, { BIHR CHILKOOT BARRACKS PR \ Members of Local 1944, United | Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, last night vot- SOLDIERS COMING [cq for new officers in a spirited . balloting held in the union hall. Headed by Capt. W. J. Muller,| Result of the vote will not be twenty-five men from Chilkoot announced until the next meeting, Barracks . will arrive in Juneau Monday, April 6. Sunday aboard the Fornance, ac-| The recently-acquired A. F. of L. cording to reports today from the charter have made reservations. Jafter which the meeting adjourned. to give the same guar-| was accepted and. hung | lZyndl Hotel, where the soldiers uypon the wall with due ceremony, the information late yesterday that‘ the Court of Pardons refused to give him clemency. The iron nerve of Bruno cracked | and he wept freely while talking to | Col. Kimberling and cried out that | he was innocent. | “There is absolutely no change in | my story,” cried Bruno. “Any change | would be a lie and it could not be borne out.” Col. Kimberling said it took him | three or four minuces for him to| straighten up Bruno so he could talk | Bruno asked about his last meal and declared to Col. Kimerling: “I would like to have that last meal sent to Doctor Condon.” Bruno refused to eat. | ——————— ANOTHER STAY OF EXECUTION IS KTTEMPTED | Justice Trenchard Denies | Latest Legal Recourse | Taken by Defense | TRENTON, N. J, March 31.—| |Supreme Court Justice Trenchard | today denied a stay of execution | to Bruno Richard Hauptmann in {what he conceded to be the last |legal recourse before tonight's ex-| | ecution. | In denying the stay, the Justice, | |referring to the repudiated con- | {fession of Paul H. Wendel, upon | which the plea largely is bused, declared, “They do not justify any |arrest of execution nor do they| | Justify any rule to show cause why |a new trial should be granted, much | l’e‘“ the granting of a new trial.| |1t seems pretty plain to me that ;me Wendel confession is incredible | jon its face, since it is out of har- {mony with the known facts of the |case, and without the slighest cor- | | roboration with respect to matters | | which could easily be corroborated. I don’t think I am authorized to | |interfere, hence I will have to deny | the counsel's motion.” | Justice Trenchard presided at the |original trial of Bruno Hauptmann. | The plea, brought by Defense | | Counsel Floyd Fisher, was based on the confession of Paul H. Wendel, ex-Trenton lawyer, who later re- pudiated his statements. He is still |held in the Mercer County jail on |a warrant charging him with the |Lindbergh baby’s murder. Author- |ities have taken no action against him. ———e— LOUIS OLSON | DIES, SEATTLE Former Mining Man of Fair- banks Section Suf- fers Stroke SEATTLE, March 31.—Louis Ol- | son, aged 57, mining man of the Fairbanks area from 1900 to 1918, is dead here as the results of a par- alytic stroke. For several years he has been engaged as a landscape gardener. Olson is survived by three neph- ews here, two sisters and one brother in Sweden, the Lindbergh baby but lat- er repudiated his confes- sion. DEATH WALK TO START TONIGHT AT § 0'CLOCK Two Agencies Refuse to In- terfere in Execution of Bruno T et TRENTON, N. J. March 31.—The execution of Bruno Hauptmann to- night appeared certain this morn- ing as final clemency appeals had been refused. Last night, the New Jersey Par- dons Court and also Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, apparently the only sources able to save Bruno, refused to take further action to spare the condemned man’s life. The death walk was this morning set at 8 o'clock tonight. Attorney’s Visit Late yesterday afternoon, Defense Attorney Floyd Fisher came from the prison and said that at that time, Bruno had “kept his chin up but still had hope.” Fisher further said that Bruno | “never flinched when I told him clemency had been denied. He look- ed just as he did in Flemington when the jury found him guilty. He kept repeating over and over again; ‘T can't believe it.’ " Wife’s Last Visit Mrs. Hauptmann visited her hus- band a few hours before clemency had been denied. This was their last meeting as she was not permit- ted to see him again today. She was hysterical last night but calmed down this morning. She was depres- sed in her home and remained tearless. Hauptmann has not seen his own son since he was arrested in Sept- ember, 1934, No Interference Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, early this forenoon stated he would not interfere with the execution to- night of the death sentence. Lindbergh’s Attitude Advices received from England said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh spent the day deep in study of a “mech- anical heart” as an aid to science to prolong life. Bruno's Mother Hauptmann's mother, in Ger- many, reiterated belief in her son’s innocence as she bent over a wash- tub in her home. — MRS. MEDDING PASSES AWAY SEATTLE, March 31.—Funeral rites for Mrs. Geradeen Kathrine Medding, 59, who died of heart ail- ment, has been set for Thursday. Mrs. Medding was the wife of Fred Medding, printer. Survivors in- cluded Mrs. Francis Hayden of Ju- neau and John Parrack of Peters- burg. — - — CLIFFORD HERE E. H, Clifford, merchandise brok- er, arrived on the Alaska after visiting towns in Southeast Alaska.