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THE DAILY VOL. XLIX., NO. 7398. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY 'KIDN PER KILLS VIC OR, .G, DAVIS [Eison Takes Oath as Navy Aide |ALASKALIQUOR . 1S MURDERED BY ABDUCTOR ith' Arrested, Grilled by icers, then Leads Them ene of Crime NANSCM DEMAND OF $5,000 SENT IN NOTE Body Is Found Pierced by Bullets—Guilty Man Hid- den, Undisclosed Jail BULLETIN—Willow Springs, Mo., Feb. 3.—Sallow faced over- alled Robert Kenyon, aged 20, a farmer, has confessed to kill- ing Dr. Davis affer luring him from his home last week on a fake medical call, G-Men an- nounced. A first degree murder warrant has been issued. Ken- yom, it is announced, has been taken to Kansas City for safe keeping. | left vacant by the death of Henry Charles Edison, son of the late famous inventor, Thomas A. Edison, fa shown as he took oath as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, filling the place Latrobe Roosevelt. The oath was administered by W. D. Bergman (right), chief clerk, in the Navy Depart- ment building at Washington. WILLOW SPRINGS, Missouri, physician in this section, was found in an Ozark thicket by officers early reau of Investigation, said a yauthisuEs UN TRIAL’ identified as Robert Kenyon, of‘SE A TTLE GUURT | west of, here. |False Statements Alleged Dr. Davis disappeared from his| Made Regarding Mining Catch Abductor J Connelly said the man responsi-| Feb. 3.—The bullet pierced body of | Dr. J. C. Davis, aged 69, prominent | cAPT PETERSBN | i today. Early Connelly, of the Federal Bu-| Grimmett, Missouri, had been grilled since yesterday regarding the ab- duction and led the officers to the| body near a roadside, 14 miles south- office a week ago on a medical call | by a “Mr. James.” Claims Near Nome ble for the crime “led us to the spot|taining $5,000 from four investors and gave us sufficient information. in connection with falsely repre- We know he was the kidnaper and|senting mining property on Dime| he then took us to the body.” | Creek, near Nome, last year, Capt. Connelly told the reporters, short- H. M. Peterson, elderly mariner, 1y before daylight today, that Ken- has gone on trial in the Superior yon had been taken to an undis-|Court for alleged grand larceny. closed jail to avoid possible mob, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Al- violence. = !bert Rosellini charges Capt. Peter- SEATTLE, Feb. 3.—Accused of ob-| Connelly said Dr. David had ap- parently been killed soon after he wrote the ransom note. Arrested Yesterday Kenyon was arrested yesterday morning on 2 farm near Grimmett y & )opcrs aciing on a tip. r. Davis was held for ransom in 00. The ransem note, own handwriting, ved by his family last rsday morning and was mailed Plains, 22 miles from here. Ransom Demands The exact contents were not made known but it was reported (e kid- naper demanded a packet of cur- rency containing the money in de- nominations of $100, $20 and - $1, all bills. An unsuccessful attempt was made by the family last Saturday night to |son made statements to investors that he owned ten claims and had work2d them for three previous summers and that it was only about four feet to bedrock on the claims. He further is alleged to have told e investors (uat the ground was gold bearing sand gravel rather an clay and that he owned a tug and barge company to constitute security on the investments. The attorney 0 claims Capt. Peterson aid he expended $12,000 in de-~ |veloping the properties. | Capt. Peterson said he made no |misrepresentations and he presented nly facts. NEW ¢ - ABINET pay the ransom and segure the dOC-"‘ tor’s release. | The family then feared that Dr. Davis had been slain as his medi- cine bag was found by Buster Brixey, a farmer, brushwood of a stream. thrown in the | IS ANNOUNCED Emperor Ends Constitution- ——————— | al Crisis—Truce Is | i <‘ Temporary One FA I R B A N K s Is | TOKYO, Feb. 3.—At a brief bus- iiness-likc ceremony in the Imperial | Palace, Emperor Hirihito ended Ja- pan’s constitutional crisis by for- rmal acceptance of Gen. Senjuro CALLED BEYOND Pioneer Woman of Interior ! Stricken—Funeral to Be Held Sunday FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 3. Mrs. Oarl Priess, aged 63, pioneer who has lived here for 32 years, is dead as the result of a sudden at-| tack of the heart. Her husband, Carl, retired baker, survives. Mrs. Priess was a native of Michi- gan. She was a member of the Al- aska Pioneers Auxiliary. Rebekahs, and Eagle Ladies’ Club. Funeral services will be held next Sunday, |Hayashia and his compromise cab- inet. The ceremony lasted 20 min- utes and provided a temporary truce | between the military bureaucracy |and the Parliamentary leaders. ———. e — { . . - Pigs Is Pigs POTTER, Neb., Feb. 3.—Pigs real- |ly mean something to Fred Reetz, who' points to his pyramiding of | profits from one $36 hog. ; A year ago Reetz bought a hog {for $36 and recently sold it for ‘stssvloi. While he owned the hog, raised 11 pigs which sold for $362 72 % HOUSE PASSES MEMORIAL ON ALASKA CLAUSE \Change in Jones Law to In- | clude Territory Asked by Legislators After several members had charg- ed the Alaska Steamship Company | with maneuvering the Alaska ex- clusion clause into the much disput- ed Jones law, or Merchant Marine Act, and one member had stated he didn't believe the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce came anywhere near voicing the sentiment of its community, the Territorial House HEARING STARTS INWASHINGTON r Control lRela— ! :System fo ) = tive to‘Inc Being Discuss CTOR i Carl Lomen Also Appear Before Senate Committee | WASHINGTON, Feb r Thomas, of Okl {man of the Senate’s ITndian ¢ it |tee, said yesterday's liguor ng was the first of several planned te |determine whether Congressional |legislation is necessary in the in- terest of Alaska liquor control. | Carl Lomen, of Nome, said erad- |ication of tuberculosis and control |of liquor dispensing were “para- | mount problems concerning Alas- !kan Indians. Even Indian women |and children consume liquor and become intoxicated, with the wo- {men drinking as heavily as the| men.” 3.--Senator ma. O Hirst Testifies Claude M. Hirst, of Juneau, Direc- {tor of Education for the Bureau of |Indian Affairs, testified that the ;F‘edeml Government is carrying out {an education program with respect !to “Yiving " conditions ‘which - “eré {bound to have some good results.’ |1f we can prevent the Indians from having too much liquor, they will {have greater opportunities for pro-/ |gress.” | One Instance | | Loman said he knew of one In-| |stance where a school teacher in | Teller allowed two Eskimo youths | {to send to Juneau for liquor. | | “We were informed at the time | and forced cancellation of the or-‘ |der,” said Lomen. | | Hirst said the case was never re- | ported to the authorities, but, “how- |ever, rest assured a full investiga-| jtion will be made.” e | s e+ et o NGW GONFGIBNCE Congress urging that the Alaska | exclusion clause be eliminated. The| vote was 10 to six. Voting in favor of the Memorial were: Anderson, Coffey, Dan| Green, Laiblin, Litchenberg, McCut- cheon, Nerland, Tolbert Scott, Smith and Speaker Green. Opposing were: | Davis, Kennedy, Race, Rogge, Ross and Nell Scott. The Memorial | now goes to the Senate for action. The request has been before the Territorial Legislature for years, but | has never reached final approval.| Bit of Strategy | Virtually every ‘member of the| House has something to say on thei proposal except James V. Davis of the First Division, who opposed the measure, but who was called to the Speaker’s chair by Speaker Dan| Green that the latter might ex-| plain the purpose of the Memorial | which he strongly endorsed. A wave of amusement Swept over the House| as the Speaker was visibly credited with a bit of strategy. The Speaker explained that the Alaska exclusion clause in the Jones law is directed only against Alaska | as the United States and other possessions have all the privileges of the act. He declared it was only| fair that Alaskans should be given| the same privilege as other Amer-| ican citizens. The act, which is| aimed to protect American shipping, carres the words “Alaska excluded.”| Cracks Alaska Steam H. H. McCutcheon, of the Third,| who introduced the memorial, ex-| tended the remarks of the Speaker and declared, “the Alaska Steamship | Company put this clause through| in Auto Strike Is Being Jrrangad Plans Are Reported Made by Gov. Murphy to Bring About Peace DETROIT, Mich.,, Feb. 3.—A new conference aimed at a peaceful settlement of the strike against the General Motors Corporation ha been arranged by Gov. Frank Mur- phy according to reliable authority and made early today. | The conference, it is said, was| arranged soon after arrival of Joha| L. Lewis, of the Committee of In- dustrial Organization, and leader of | the sitdown strikers, who have until | 3 o'clock this afternon to comply | with the court orders issued yester- | day by Circuit Judge Paul Gadola and evacuate plants they have held‘ since December 30. i ———— ) | i STOCK QUOTATIONS | - s AL e S NEW YORK, Feb. 3. — Closing quotation of ‘Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 1087%, American Light and Power 14, Anaconda 56%, Bethlehem Steel | 83%, Calumet and Hecla 18%, Com- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- | ©f Cairo faces the crisis Motors | the fight against the flood. Rising tiss Wright 7%, General With their surf-boat packed on & flat car behind them, at Jersey City, N. J., as they give the Atlantic Coast water sea where the swollen Ohio River has DRIVEN FROM HOME BY FLOODS Flood wat Standing -9 TIM o Coast Guardi Off to Flood Area taken possession ers of the St. Francis river torced this couple rom their home near Senath, Mo. They a attempting to save some of their possessions. (Associated Press Photo) ‘Two Important Poinis Are Uut in Speech by Roosevelt at Inauguration CAIRO FACING FLOOD CRISIS: WATER RISING ™ Flood Now Within Six Inch- es of Top of Huge Concrete Barrier CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 3—The city today in and assassinated the bill as far as 67%, International Harvester 106%, WAers are again reporied after a Aleska is concerned.” He declared|Kennecott 61, New York Central|15-hour standstill. The guage moved the exclusion clause Was originally 43%, Southern Pacific 48%, United UP to the 59.5 feet mark, less than States Steel 99%, United Corpora- |5iX inches from the top of the huge ‘Washington and that lobby had been|tion 7%, Citles Service 4%, Pound concrete barrier. the result of a powerful lobby in able to keep the clause in through| the years. | Opposing the. passage, Victor B.| Ross of the Fourth, said he was| fearful it might prove a detriment and cripple the present boat ser-| vice. He cited that the Juneau! Chamber of Commerce had opposed | (Continued on Page Eight) $4.90. Meanwhile predictions that the |“worst is over” cheered down river DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 188.69, rails 56.13, utilities 35.93. et e i DOTSON IN HOSPITAL Mississippi communities. R RETURNS HOME Mrs. Ture Holm and her baby |daughter, Elizabeth Kay, went t0 5 fascist state. Others looked upon John Dotson entered St. Ann's their home today from St. Ann’s Hospital today for medical care. Hospital. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — Two things stand out in the President's inaugural address: evidence of alarm that prosperity may upset his reform progrem, and assurance of the government’s “interest &nd | concern” about the welfare of |every American citizen. The President has said before that zeal for reform diminishes in the man whose cellar is filled. Div- | idends, wage increases, higher farm | prices and increased employment |now have become, in a sense, foes ‘ut the President. He must push his program on wages and hours, farm | tenantry and child labor ahead of the arrival of complete recovery. That may help to explain why he invites the cooperation of the su- preme court rather than attempt to shove aside its objections by the slow process of constitutional amendment. If the court wants to fight back, delay is its best weapon. | « e » FASCISM? The President’s statement that “we are determined to make every | American citizen the object of his country’s interest and concern” raised some eybrows. One critical writer promptly asserted that such a view was exactly the philosophy oi |7 (Continued en Page Seven) MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS RODY these members of the U. S. Coast Guard are shown a farewell look before invading a new sea- -the fresh- ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” , FEBRUARY 3, 1937. FOUND | e, END OF WALKOUT ALONG PACIFIC INDICATED NOW ' Definite Announcement May Be Delayed for One More Day, However | ALL BALLOTS ARE " NOT DISTRIBUTED 'Seattle Unions, for Most Part, Decide to Re- sume Old Positions SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. |Feb. 3. — Stormy weather {which had delayed distribu- tion of the ballots in the Northwest and also to San Diego to the membership of the International Longshore- mens’ Association, may make it impossible, it is announced, to complete tabulation of the vote taken on ending the mari- time strike on the Pacific Coast and returning to work. Leaders said the delay is “due to conditions beyond control.” Ship owners rushed plans for immediate resumpiion of Duty of thousands of homes. operations. L Votes Pouring In Votes are pouring intc the headquarters of the Joint Strike Committee. All tentative agréements must be ratified by the vari- ous unions before resumption of work, tentatively set’ for Thursday but now facing the possibility of one day’s delay. | At San Pedro, as elsewhere, Marine Engineers, the Mas- ters, Mates and Pilots, Sailors |and Radio Telegraphers are voting heavily and favorable cn the proposal to return to ‘vork. VOTING iN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Feb. 3. — Offi. ials announce the Sailors Un- ‘on here voted 700 to 74 to ac- cept settlement. The Marine Engineers have |voted 412 to 118 to return to iwork and arbitrate unsettled | points. GON{;RESS GIVEN | The Masters, Mates and Pi- |lots, also the Cooks and Stew- IMMENSE PuBLIc {ards’ Union have voted over- | whelmingly to return to work. It is not disclosed what the Radio Telegraphers have WORKS PROGRAM President Roosevelt An- voted. The Marine Engineers are voting today. | nounces Grand Scale 5 54 The ILA has not yet voted, Policy of Construction |officials stating that the delay is due to a mixup in getting ballots here from the south. BOMBS DROPPED NEAR WARSHIP OF GT. BRITAIN Spanish Planes *‘Accident- WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Declar- | ing that Public Works have hereto- | fore been undertaken “somewhat | |hurriedly,; because of emergency | |conditions, President Roosevelt to-| {day sent to Congress a five billion eleven million dollar program of !public works, as a basis for consid- eration in a “long range plan policy | of construction” in planning against | future periods of depression. The program announced by the| President was prepared by the Na- | tional Resources Committee, whose | executive officer is Charles W. Eliot, | 2nd, and which includes Cabinet ally” Do Stunt But members Harold L. Ickes, Henry | Wallace, Daniel C. Roper, Frances | Inquiry Is Made ‘Perkxm. and Harry H. Woodring. | T |" The committee recommended pub-| LONDON, Feb. 3—Three Spanish \lic works planning on a grand scale, |Govemment planes are reported to |including hundreds of specific pro- |have dropped three bombs near the jects for drainage, in areas covering British battleship Royal Oak off the whole country. One of the prin- |Gibraltar. |cipal profects recommended is the| British officials “assumed” the eighty-five million dollar flood con- battleship was mistaken for an in- trol program for the Ohio Bnin."“'lem ship and are inquiring of recently devastated by the nation’s!the Spanish Government regarding worst flood disaster, the “accidental bombing.” .

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