The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1936, Page 1

o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7238. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 1936. ALL THE TI B MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —~ PRICE TEN CENTS BRUNO’S EXECUTION DATE IS MYSTERY DEATH FIGHT | IN ETHIOPIA IS NOW EXPECTED Two Ax‘mitez—Facing Each| r Other in Moves for with 35 of 66 Prox- | Mastery | ies in Pocket } MANEUVERINGS ARE NOW TAKING PLACE NerandIson | Way to Douglas G. 0.4!1.Meeting, {Is Enroute from Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 2—| Andrew Nerland, Fourth Division | delegate to the Republican Terri- | torial convention at Douglas on | April 9, left here yesterday by train | carrying nearly 35 proxies out of a| total 66 for the district. Most of | the others are from extremely re- | mote sections but it is expected ad- | ditional proxies will be telegraphed to Nerland at Douglas. Selassie Watching Badog- lio’s Next Move—One Fatal Clash ASMARA, Eritrea, April 2—Ttaly’s | i e i, Northern Army and the personal | | troops of Emperor Haile Selassie are | F E A R FEI_T FnR J‘ | maneuvering carefully today to- Ty s e ids ) s AFETY UF FUUR | pending death struggle in the \\'ur’ in Ethiopia. \ season has not set in| | y and military autorities | do not believe any downpour will re- UF JUNEAU BUAT tard operations Emperor Selassie has withdrawn the heights overlooking Lake ; — Captain, Man, Wife, Baby| Aboard Lost Craft— | Ashangi awaiting the next phase of the attack to be launched by Gen.! Hoonah Boat Missing | | to Badoglio Yesterday Emperor Selassie took what is believed to have been the launching of the opening move in the impending struggle by throv: Fear for the safety of the gas- ing 20,000 soldiers on the left of |boat Washington and her passeng-) the Italian flank. This was an al-}cr% which left here last Saturday | tempt to split the two invading!for Hoonah was expressed here army corps. He failed only after an|today by Joe Johnson, Indian, who | all-day battle and it is estimated reported to the U. S. Marshal's| several thousand Ethiopians were office that no word had been re- killed before the troops were with-|ceived from the boat since she left drawn to new positions. and she is not believed to have| At larrived at Hoonah. | |Johnson, is Captain of the Wash- 2298 REGISTER; Collins Is Only [FRANCE W BOOKS CLOSE ON Candidate Filing, | { SATURDAY, 5 PM. Three Tickets in Field as Fairhqllks Mayor Ten Have Placed Name on HOLD PARLEY ONPROPOSALS Ambassadors from Four ILL " 'Labor Leaders Form Le(;;;ue Which Is Dedicated to Work for Reelection of Roosevelt ANSWERS ALL EVASIVE ON WASHINGTON, April 2—Threc® nen’s Union; John L. Lewis, Presi- |leading figures in the American| dent of the United Mine Workers; of Filings Close — Gold- stein, George, Nelson With but two days remaining be- fore the books close at 5 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon, city registration today had reached a total of 2,228, a marked gain over last year when the total registered vote was 1,998. Of the 25 voters registering yes- terday, City Clerk A. W. Henning reported that several of them were new voters, some just having estab- lished their residence in the com- munity and others becoming eligible to vote for the first time. No new filings for city office had been made yesterday when the time for filing candidacies closed at 5 o'clock. Three mayorality tickets are in the field and R. E. Robertson, Chairman of the School Board, has filed for re-election, the only can- didate for Board membership. For Mayor is found I. Goldstein, seeking re-election, and running for councilmanic seats with him are Councilman Ralph Beistline, seek. ing re-election, Oscar Harri aud James J. Connors, Jr. Another ticket is headed by Coun- cilman Wal S. George, seeking election as Mayor, and Frank Mc- Gafferty, C. O. Sabin and R. J Sommers for the Council. And a third ticket finds N. G. Nelson run- ning for Mayor and for the Council, Henry Meier, Lewis Dyrdahl and Severin Swanson. The election will be Tuesday, April 7. -oe ——— held next Nations Are Summon- Ballot for Council— | | ed to Paris Four to Be Elected FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 2 May- or E. B. Collins, completing his sec- | CUNNING PLAN IN ond term, will be elected for the HITLER,S ACTION third term, by acclamation as fil-! —_— ings closed with no other candidate ' : 4 P Y Premier Flandin Wants Strong Attitude Taken | Ten have filed for the city coun- cil, four to be elected. Three mfieq Against Germany filed for the school board, one to! be elected. Eight hundred and three citizens; PARIS, April 2—Premier Flan- have registered as compared to 594 @in has summoned French Ambas»i last year. The election is next Tues- 5adors at London, Berlin, Brussels day. and Rome to a parley here. —— e ¢ France is expected to present s | strong - attitude against Germany's 1 violation of the Locarno Pact trenty ) {and will also employ tactics to de- MAINE' GIvES ‘der which there will be limiting Jof Germany's fortifications in the G.0. P, PLANS £ L] 1 H lay discussion of the German pro-' 1 Posals while searching for s peace { plan more favorable to France un- Cunning Plan { France sees in President Hitler's Federation of Labor yesterday took | *nd-Sidney Hillman, President a hand in creation of the “Labor's ! Non-Partisan League,” and organi- zation dedicated to work for thel reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ringleaders are George L. Berry, President of the Printing and Press- DUCK HUNTING MADE LONGER Sixty Consecutive Days Agreed as Minimum, Du- fresne Tells C. of C. Frank Dufresne, Assistant Execu- tive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, who returned recently from a trip to the States, reported the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Berry told reporters he had not discussed the new organization with President Roosevelt or the Demo- cratic National Committee. He said he was a Democrat, but that Lewis had been a Republican and Hillman a Socialist before the 1932 ALASKA-REGION W. B. Kirk-véi—ves Out In- formation—Mary Joyce Talks at C. C. Today The possibility of converting the Territory of Alaska into the 17th Naval District was explained at the Chamber of Comerce luncheon % proposals a cunning plan to split recent legislation of benefit to|in the Termi Cafe today by W. Senator Steiwer, of Oregon, ' the Locamo signatory powers and Alaskan hunters at the Ghamber B. Kirk who recently rotommd o make him dictator in Europe. of Commerce luncheon today a seven-montk’s trip to the States. Announces Program' Hitler proposes that four months' “I was just a buck private at A number of naval men think State Convention negotiations be considered as an the battle of Washington,” Mr. Du-{ that we are entitled to a naval dis- K “armistice” and Germany would fresne said, “but I fought for and | trict here,” Mr. Kirk said, “as we BANGOR, Maine, April 2—As- 98Tee not to increase troops in the argued for an extended duck Sea- ' have about 2500 miles of unprotect- serting that Tammany greed has Rbineland and France and Bel- son, and when I left it was agreed | ed coast line. gium will be required to give the same guarantee. French officials want The Hague or other tribunal to pass on the leg- ality of Germany's act in remili- arizing the Rhineland and also wants answers to Premier Flandi permeated th> New Deal relief and other activities, United States Sen- ator Frederick Steiwer, Republican of Oregon, today told the delegates attending the Republican Stete | Convention that the G. O. P. must assure the destitute that funds vot- that the minimum season was to be sixty consecutive days.” It was also agreed to zone Alaska into four districts, reported Mr. Dufresne, who said he hoped the duck sea- son schedule would stand as ten- tatively set when he left Wash-| Johnson said his father, Sinclair | WAR THREATEN BETWEEN JAPAN |ington and with him when he left | | Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Peter | | Hawkins and baby, bound for Hoo- | {nah. They ran into bad wealher‘ BLONDE SLAYER OF WAR PILOT ed for them “will not be wasted on the cost of a topheavy bureaucratic Administration.” The address was billed as a key- note, and Senator Steiwer outlined |and returned to Mendenhall bar | |but when he went out there Mon- | !day he found they had left Men- | ! ldnenall and he assumed they had | |started out over the bar agzain| early Monday morning. | The gasboat Urania which ar-| rived here Tuesday and her cap- cain reported having seen a wrecked |boat in the vicinity of Point Re- |treat on March 31, but he saw no| persons about. A Juneau fish buy- | |ing boat reported this morning hav- ing had a scheduled redezvous with !Scott C. Lynch, of Hoonah, who |was supposed to have put out of {Hoonah and that Lynch's boat, a Since yesterday’s report that both |98 foot craft, No. 314191 also fail- sides had retreated temporarily to {ed to keep the appointment. r respective borders, no official | Queries were sent to Hoonah to- | siatement has been received. Late |qay by ‘the Marshal’s office via last night, however, indications were | radiophone to Deputy Marshal G.| that fighting had been resumed. W, Samples but late this after- The first actual battle oceurred |poon no word had been received. yesterday on the border near Foron, |1y was poesible that the Tallapoosa advices recelved fram MosCOW. BV | mught 56/l b fiAkA & sekedh ing the battle was waged between for both the Washington and the the Mongolians and Japanese. Lynch boat. Each side charged use of air- AND SOVIET U Strict Censorship Prevents Knowledge of Mon- golian Battling LONDON, April censorship, rigidly adhered to in both Tokyo and Moscow, today drew a forbidding curtain across probable battle on the Manchukuo and Outer Mongolian frontiers. 2. — Continued FACES VERDICT Vera Stretz Stoical as Law- yer Pleads Justifi- able Homicide NEW YORK, April 2.—Attorney for Vera Stretz, stoical 31-year-old blonde, pleaded for her freedom to- day after Judge Collins refused to rule out the death penalty as a pos- sible verdict in her trial for the | murder of Dr. Fritz Gebhardt. He will ask for a verdict of self-defense. Mss Stretz sat with eyes down-| cast while attorney Samnel Liebow- itz attacked the memory of the slain man, | Served With Richofen | Gebhart, former war pilot with | Baron von Richofen's “crcus” and | professor of * political economy at!| the University of Frankfort, was found dead, clad in a nightshirt, in| his 21st floor apartment by police a four point program. Senator Steiwer déclared that re- employment of American labor would only be brought about by re- establishment of American industry. The Oregonian challenged the fairness of the Democratic argu- ments that the Republicans do not have a program for the farmer and then outlined his program before the convention delegates as follows: One—Nationwide land conserva- tion, both permanent and practic- able. Two—Guarantee the American producer shall enjoy the American market to the extent and ability to supply that market. Three—Government aid in dispos- ing of farm surpluses. Four—Lower interest farm mortgages. SENATOR URGES rates on questions asking if Hitler really would renounce aggressive inten- tions. TOWNSEND PLAN INVESTIGATORS GET LOWDOWN Former Secretary-Treasur- er Clements Testifies Before Committee WASHINGTON, April 2. — The House Committee investigating the Townsend Old Age Pension organ- ization, learned today that receipts from the Townsend National Week- ly were between $500 and $600 week- ly in March, 1935. R. E. Clements, resigned Secre- tary-Treasurer of the organization, testified that Townsend National ‘Weekly was owned by himself and Dr. Frances E. Townsend. He said | the circulation in March, 1935, was planes by the other and Japanese reports implied the use of poison er of another Russo-Japan- ese war looms strong, since Mon- golia has recently concluded a mu- tual assistance pact under which the Soviet Union pledged that in case of unprovoked agression Russia would lend her troops to Mongolia’s aid The recent battle comes directly after an official note from Russia to Japan, protesting border clashes, and indicating that war would be an alternative. THOUSANDS OF TIES REQURED BY ALASKA RA Entire Production of North- ern Mills Will Be Purchased ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 2. —Col. O. F. Ohlson, Manager of the Alaska Railroad, said that he would IRWIN RESIGNS MATANUSKA J0B, FORU. OF A.POST Ross Sheely Is Enroute to Washington for Con- . ference with WPA | ‘WASHINGTON, ~“April 2. — The Works Progress Administration an- nounces that Don Irwin, assistant manager of the Federal Govern- ment's Matanuska project, has re-| signed to return to his agricultural | experiment post at the University of Alaska. The spokesman said Irwin had only been loaned to the Federal Government to aid preliminary de- velopment of the Matanuska pro-| Jject. { Ross Sheely, manager of the pro- ject under PWA, the spokesman said has been called to Washington for a conference on general prob- lems of the administration’s pro- ject. summoned by telephone. On a nearby fire escape they found Mss Stretz, sobbing, clutching a handbag which contained the $100,000 GRANT 4 pistol from which, they said, ballis- tics tests proved the fatal bullets were fired. To their questions she replied: “Please get me in touch with my lawyer." Was His Secretary Miss Stretz was employed as sec- retary to Gebhart, who had recent- ly opened a German commercial agency in New York. Photographs and letters prove the depth of their relationship, accordng to police. A night prior to the shooting, ac- cording to detectives, Miss. Stretz trailed Gebhart to a Timjes Square hotel ‘Where, they added; he kept a rendezvous with another girl. The detectives said Miss Stretz left without interupting the tryst. Underwent Operation The New York American reported that it had “learned officially” that Vera Stretz underwent a mysterious operation recently in a Women’s De- tention Hospital. “Medical dence,” it said, “was introduced to show the operaticn was made neces- sary by an attack committed by Gebhart on the night of the shoot- ing.” ——— POSTMASTERS CONFIRMED evi- | - TOPROBE WPA Republican of Pennsylvania ChargesBureau *“Chuck- ful of Politics” WASHINGTON, April 2—Sen- ator James J. Davis, Republican of Pennsylvania, today urged that $100,000 be appropriated to investi- gate the charge that the Works / Progress Adimistration is ‘“chuck- “ful of politics.” Although the Adminstration lead- ters had rejected his proposal of a probe, he told the Senate Audit Committee that he had originally suggested a $5000 probe of the Pen- nsylvania situation only. A larger sum, he said, was necessary to probe all the states. The' Committee deferred action GOES i ot | UTH TO | ACQEH POSITION Mrs. Mabel Dukleth and son Bob- Iby are passengers on the Princess Norah for Seattle, where the young liady has accepted a position with a | about 100,000 and the copies were bought outright by Townsend Clubs at three cents a copy with no re- turns, Clements said the Townsend area managers received one cent out of the three cents charged by the Pros- perity Publishing Company. Clements testified that Repre- sentative John 8. McGoarty, of California, ordered 3,500 copies of his bill embodying the Townsend Plan from the Government Print- ing Office in Washington, D. C., to be distributed free to Townsend Clubs and McGroaty was reimburs- ed for the cost of the printing. Representative Joseph A. Gava- gan, Democat of New York, member of the House Investigating Commit- tee, said he considered McGoarty had “abused the Congressional privileges,” but the other members quickly expressed disagreement with his expression. JOHN KINCAID DIES IN WASH. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., April 2.—John Kincaid, 77, founder of the Citizens' Electric Company and ington: Mr. Dufresne commented upon the great publicity given by Wnsh-y ington, D. C. newspapers to the| exploit accomplished by Mary Joyce | in driving her dog team from Taku | to Fairbanks. “Several times while I was in Washington I thought I would like to exchange places with | !you,” Mr. Dufresne told Miss Joyce, | who was a guest at the luncheon. Business Upturn John Jones, another returning member, stated there is a dis-| tinct upturn of business affairs in the States, and quite a feeling for | better quality of merchandise, which ; is probably a sign of returning! prosperity. Hirst Is Speaker | Claude M. Hirst, Director of Edu- cation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, also spoke briefly at the| | meeting. Mr. Hirst commented upon the fine work done in the short time the Government had admin- istered Indian affairs. The natives have advanced here more than they have in any part of the States in the same time, he said. A thor- ough examination of conditions will be made before he is ready to an- nounce any plans, Mr. Hirst stated. | The visiting Ketchikan DeMolay | basketball team, which defeated the | Juneau High School team here last night, and members of which were guests at the luncheon, was intro- duced by U. 8. Marshal William T. |Mahoney. by | “The boys haven't lost a basket- !ball game since they left Ketchi- {kan,” Mr. Mahoney said, “and they (Continues on Pake Ewnt) 1 TWISTER TAKES SIXTEEN LIVES, OTHERSMISSING Georgia Torn by Wind and Storm Soon After Dawn —Red Cross on Scene CORDELE, Ga., April 2—Torn- | adic wind, rain and storms killed at least 16 persons and left the fate| of more than a score in doubt, des- | troying also a million dollars worth o fproperty last night. | Eight bodies have been removed from splintered homes and business ! in the Aleutian Islands. He said that | [ olulu, Mr Kirk said, the 15th Naval | Mr. Kirk stated that creation of a naval district here would mean that gunboats and mine sweepers would be based at a naval station and a sub-station in Alaska, one of which would probably be located in Southeast Alaska and the other he had had several talks with Naval | officers in the States and expressed | the opinion that there is a very| good chance that the -proposed | idea will be successful. Delegate’s Views | Mr. Kirk read a letter from Alaska | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond ad- dressed to Mr. Kirk, which M.aled‘ in part: | “Your letter of January 12th dir- | ects my attention to a matter which | I had never thought of or heard mentioned before. In view of the in-| creased recognition of the import- | ance of Alaska in any proper scheme of national defense, it does seem | obvious that the Territory should| be created into the Seventeenth Naval District with at least one Admiral in charge “At the earliest possible oppor- tunity, I shall take this matter up| with Admiral Standley or such oth- | er officer as may have power in such matters, and se what can be done.” The 14th Naval District is in Hon- | District is in the Canal Zons, and election. | NAVAL DISTRICT SEASONTOBE MAY BE CREATED ~ DEATH HOUR Prison Warden Makes | Statement that Can Be Taken Two Ways MRS. HAUPTMANN VISITS HUSBANP State Officials Are Sum- moned Before Grand Jury Session TRENTON, N. J.. April 2.—Mys= tery today surrounds the possible execution of Bruno Richard Haupt- mann, convicted kidnaper and slay- er of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. set for tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Col. Mark O. Kimberling, when asked a direct question: “Will Hauptmann go to the death chair tomorrow night?” replied: “Yesterday I set the execution hour for Friday night at 8. I might, { however, ask authorities as to when the week of March 30 ends—Satur- day night or Sunday night.” Non-Committal Hauptmann's attorney, Lloyd Fisher, said he did not believe his client would be executed tomorrow night but gave no reason for his belief. At Gov. Hoffman's office, his sec- retary refused to make any state- ment. Mrs. Hauptmann, after spending an hour teday with Bruno in the death house, expressed confidence she would see him again and ap- peared to be in a cheerful mood when she left the prison. “I'll See You Again” Mrs. Hauptmann, however, will not be permitted to see her husband again alive unless something inter- venes to backset the execution date 1s the prison rules forbid family | visits on the last day Mrs. Hauptmann left the death house, spoke to Attorney Fisher, hen returned to Bruno and said: “T'll see you again.” Prison guards told the newsmen ‘hey believed the execution would ‘ake place tomorrow night as an- | nounced yesterday. Nothing is announced from the Mercer County Grand Jury regard- ing anything connected with the present investigation. TWO OFFICIALS ARE SUMMONED, GRAND JURY TRENTON, N. J., April 2.—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, of New Jersey, and Attorney General David T. Wil- entz were today summoned before the Mercer County Grand Jury in the investigation of the confession of disbarred attorney Paul H. Wen- del that he was implicated in the the 16th Naval District is in the Vir- gin Islands Seek Endorsement Lindbergh kidnaping. Dr. Carroll Jones, Superintendent of the State Colony of Feeble-Mind- The Juneau Chamber of Com-|ed. where Wendel was kept for four merce Executve Board, at the reg- | Weeks by Gov. Hoffman's investi- ular meeting last Tuesday, instruct- 8ator. Ellis Parker, Chief of Bur- ed the Secretary of the Chamber | lington County detectives, was the to write letters to Delegate Dimond | first witness before the Grand Jury Whether a successor to Irwin will be named will be determined later. ———.———— HYPERIEN IN FROM BANKS The Hyperien, Capt. S. Anderson, by 85,000 to 90,000 ties this sum- :}Ler as the supply was depleted last summer. Col. Ohlsen said it will take every tie that can be produced in Alaska | including the mills of Juneau anddocked at the Juneau Cold Storage Ketchikan, and that he will also|Company dock today with 13,000 ship 25,000 ties from the Seattle|pounds of halibut. It had not yet market. sold\ at 3 o'clock. leading women's ready-to-wear e: Confirmation of the appointment|tablishment. ~Mrs. Dukleth has | of Serena B. Pollack as postmaster been visiting her sister, Mrs. Jack at Anchorage, and Otto H. Kulper Wilson, for the past two months. as postmaster at Cordova, has been | - made by the. Senate. The new ap-| MOVES TO COLISEUM pointees will not take over the dut-| Miss Margaret Nelson, whose en- | ies of their offices until the expira-| gagement to Mr. Arthur Burke was tion of the terms of the present in-}reeently announced, has moved in- cumbents. to the Coliseum Apartments. builder of the first alternating plant houses in the wake of the twister, here, died at his home today. which struck soon after dawn. Res- Included among his survivors is Cue workers are seeking other bod- Mrs. J. R. Fulton of Ketchikan les. k RIS eOs i Additional storms killed six in MINING COURSE ENDS Iceurgm and one each in Aabama The successful mining course giv- and South Carolina. en at Petersburg by H. G. Wilcox| Red Cross units and National has ended. . The total registration Guardsmen hurried to the scene to for the course was 65. | assist overtaxed local physicians. i | and Rear Admiral J. K. Taussig, presenting the endorsement of the proposed creation of the 17th Nav- (Continued on Page Pive.) LINDBERGH IS GRANTED RIGHT TO FLY IN ENG. Air Ministry Authorizes Use of Private Plane— Bans Commercial Trips LONDON, April 2.—The British Air Ministry has authorized Col Charles A. Lindbergh to fly his pri- vate plane over Great Britain, pro- vided he doesn’t engage in commer- cial flights or accept pay for ser- vices. It is reported the Lindberghs might fly to the continent for a brief Easter visit. Their possible destina- tion was not disclosed. eeoe WRANGELL PIONEER DIES George F. Scott, pioneer of the Wrangell district since 1889, died recently at Wrangell on his 8lst birthday after being ill four days with pneumonia. His will bequeath- ed his property to the Bishop | Rowe Hospital. | today. | Condon To Testify | The Marshal’s office announced | that Dr. John F. Condon, the “Jaf- | sie” in the case, has left his Bronx (Continued on Fage Two) | SPITT FREED ON FINE PAID - BY GOVERNOR New Jersey Executive | Wants Convicted Forger in Kidnaping Case CHICAGO, Il April 2—Stephen Spitz, convicted forger, has been released here on cash payment of a fine furnished by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New, Jersey. Spitz is al- leged to have $5000 of the Lind- bergh ranson money cached in the | east, | According to Mrs. Bernard Fin- | nigan, wife of Spitz’s attorney, Gov. | Hoffman wired that “I am very glad ta pay the fine if Spitz will promise to.hurry.to New Jersey and furnish whatever information he can re- garding the kidnaping in the Lind- bergh . case.” It is believed Spitz is now on his way east.