The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 9, 1939, Page 1

0 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8255. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 'ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL HITLER Plane Party From Teslin Marches Out Stranded Americans Reach Atlin After 90 Miles by Snowshoes ATLIN, B. C, Nov. 9. — Three Americans marched into Atlin on snowshoes today with Constable Charles Bennett after a ninety-mile trek that released them from the prospects of spending a winter in the northland bush. The trio, pilot Jack Galbraith and passengers Richard King and Herbert Gishner, were forced down in Galbraith's plane October 8 at Lake Teslin on a projected flight from Bellingham to Fairbanks Preparing today to return to their homes by normal transportation routes after unsuccessful attempts to secure United States aid in their rescue, the trio is in good health Galbraith said they crashed when attempting a forced landing after running out of fuel. He said he plans to salvage the plane in the spring. CHARLES T0 HANG HERE IN MORNING Last Hope foT_ Murderer Is Gone — Gallows in Readiness His last appeal turned down, Nel- son Charles, 37, will die tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock on a gallows in the yard of the Federal Jail here. Charles, Puget Sound Indian who lied about his age in order to join the U. S. Army and fight in France, where he was wounded, will be hanged for murdering his mother- in-law, Mrs. Cecilia Johnson, 51, at Ketchikan on September 3, 1938. The prisoner, living since Monday under the eyes of a death watch, remained calm today, still sure his| life would be spared. ANB Plea Rejected An appeal from the Alaska Native Brotherhood, forwarded yesterday to the President by Gov. John W. Troy, brought a reply from Washington late today that “Nelson Charles pe- tition for commutation of sentence denied by President October 31 af- ter full presentation.” The tele- gram was signed by Daniel M. Ly- ons, Pardon Attorney of the De- partment of Justice. The murder of Mrs. Johnson, a particularly brutal one, took p]ace“ while Charles was admittedly drunk. Charles’ wife, Mrs. Rosie Charles, 32, is at Ketchikan. She will not be in Juneau when her husband pays the penalty exacted by Federal justice, for she herself is in jail, sentenced on October 19 to 90 days for being drunk and disorderly. First Execution Here The trap through which Charles will fall tomorrow morning was built 25 years ago for a Japanese who was sentenced to hang for running a long breadknife through a young cannery worker. He was later par- doned by the President as a gesture of friendliness toward Japan. In 1917, the trap was prepared again for Edward Krause who killed several men on Gastineau Channel. Sentenced to hang on May 11, he escaped from jail here April 12 and was shot by his former partner, Ar- vid Franzen at Doty's Cove three days later. So the trap here has never been used. No legal execution has been held in Juneau. “Private” Execution Only a handful of official attend- ants and witnesses will be admit- ted to the execution tomorrow, U. S. Marshal Willlam T. Mahoney said. Spiritual advisers to be pres- ent are the Rev. Father W. G. Le- asseur and Capt. Stanley Jackson of the Salvation Army. Ooctors in| attendance will be Dr. E. F. Vollert of the Government Hospital and Dr. W. W. Council. Others pres- ent will be those required by law. The general public will not be (Continued on Page TWo) | On Pig-Boat Hunt | i i A Royal Air Force training plane, sarrying a deadly torpedo beneat fts nose, flies over a British sub- | marine in the English Channel as | Britain sharpens its U-boat defense, FLINTISTO - DISCHARGE, - (OME HOME \Cargo Unloae—d at Bergen | =Ship Returning o U.S. in Ballast | BERGEN, Norway, Nov. 9.—Amer- |ican Freighter City of Flint, re- | cently seized by Germany and then |released by Norway and the Nazi | prize crew interned, started to dis- |charge her cargo today preparatory to returning directly to the United | States. Capt. Gainard said the freighter wil, carry only ballast on the return trip. The captain said further that he will travel from one neutral port to another, wtihout cargo, in an at- tempt to avoid entanglement with Iwarshxps of belligerents on the look- out for contraband cargoes. \CONGRATULATIONS HELD IN ABEYANCE BY UNITED STATES ESecretary of State Wais for Official Report from Munich WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull said this afternoon that the State Depart- ment is awaiting official diplomatic reports from Munich regarding the explosion before deciding whether to congratulate Chancellor Hitler on his escape from death. BRITISH VESSEL SUNK, NORTH SEA "LONDON, Nov. 9.—The British steamer Carmarthen Coast, 961 tons, has been sunk in the North Sea. Two members of the crew are missing. Fourteen members, five of them injured, have been rescued. | GUNFIREIS INCREASING OVER FRONT Germans a;dgFre nch in See-Saw Fighting on Northern Flank BERLIN, Nov eral French assaults at near Saarbruecken and on the northern flank of the ern Front the German command. The attacks were said occurred at intervals during the past two days and were staged by forces of varying strength of one to two companies. The communique said the German forces counter attacked after throw- ing back the assaults and added that several prisoners were taken Increased artillery activity has been reported from the sector in which the engagements took place. outposts Pimasens West- BATTLE WARMS PARIS, Nov. 9. — The French War Ministry reported increased activity on the whole Western front today and sharp encounters with German forces, especially | the Moselle and Saar rivers. | French military sources said Ger- man attacks were concentrated | chiefly within a ten mile sector on | the northern end of the front. | The Germans made n oattempt - | to hold captured positions and were jrepulsed, the French military au- thorities said, showing unwilling- { French counter- |ness to face the fire. { The French are watching closely | for a sign that Hitler might be con- | templating to coordinate attacks on | the Western Front and against the | Allies through The Netherlands or | perhaps Belgium, .- /ALASKA JUNEAU MINE OPERATES AT EVEN LEVEL 'Profit and Gold Recovery Practically Same Last Month as September SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9. — The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany estimates an October operating profit of $146,000 as compared to one of $145,500 in September and $193,000 in October last year. The total indicated profit for the first ten months of this year before charges for depletion and deprecia- tion was $1,101,400 compared to $1,- 734,500 in the same period of 1938. Gold recovery was $1.07 per ton in October and $1.08 in September against $1.12 in October 1938. Oper- ating expenses were 69 cents a ton for the past two months against 65 cents a year ago. i —— e COASTWISE NOW CALLED Steam Schooners in Lum- ber Trade Are Af- fected by Walkout —A coastwise strike against steam schooners, affecting about 50 ves- sels in the coastal lumber trade, was called late yesterday by the Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water- tenders and Wipers Association. The union immediately dispatched pickets to 15 ships now in the har- bor and it was announced that other craft will be tied up as soon as they arrive. About 250 men are affected by the action which followed rejec- tion by the Union of the final of- fers of the operators on terms of a contract agreement to replace the one that expired September 30. —Repulse of sev- | has been announced by | to have ! between | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 9.v | f | 8 59-Inch . Guns Amidships | | | By The AP Feature Service Scheer. Two Raiders Now Roaming High Seas Two Planes | With Catapult They are the pocket batt 10,000 tons. Carries 926 men. Length: 609Y/4 feet. Beam: 67!/, feet. Cost $18,750,000. Speed: 26 knots. - projectile 17 miles. DEUTSCHLAND Radius: 10,000 miles. 1 1-inch guns fire a 670-pound Diesel engine. Electrically-welded hull. “%. |er Rudolph Hess. Loose somewhere among the world’s sea lanes are two German raiders capable of doing millions of dollars’ worth of damage to Allied shipping. leships Deutschland and Admiral Their menace lies in the fact that most of the British ships fast enough to catch them do not have guns big enough to sink them, and most of the ships with big enough guns aren't fast enough, a knotty problem. However, Britain’s three battle c uisers—Hood, Renown and Repulse Which is have a speed of more than 30 knots and carry 15-inch guns. Britis; naval men think, too, that several fast cruisers, working together, even though these have only 8-inch guns, might account for a pocket battleship. Until they are ac- | HAZELTON, B. C, Nov. 9. — Jim Logan and Slim Williams have reached here after a journey from Fairbanks over the proposed route of the International Highway. | After several days rest they will | continue south to Victoria, visit- ing there for several days before starting on motorcycles for New York City. ! When the men left Fairbanks they were attempting to motorcycle to the New York Fair, to arrive there before it closed. | Willilams said: “There is only one way to think of building the highway and that is to follow as close to the coast as possible and use the Japanese current for a SENATOR McNARY FEINTS FORLEADERSHIP OF FARM ~ BLOC IN WEST NEXT YEAR STRIKE IS purovsrn | oo OF LIQUOR SALE ASKED BY ANB \Conditions Are Deplorable in Villages, Indian Resolufion Says A permit system for regulating the sale of liquor is asked by Southeast Alaska Indians in a resolution passed at the convention of the Alaska Na- tive Brotherhood, now in session at Bitka. Cropley of Juneau and passed un- lanimously, is as follows: “The ORGANIZED INDIANS OF ALASKA while recognizing the weakness which Indians have for intoxicating liquor, their general reputation for drunkenness which (Continued on Page Three) counted for, Allied merchantmen have a lot to worry about besides submarines. SLIM WILLIAMS BOOSTING | * ROUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ~ HIGHWAY CLOSE TO COAST thawing plant. The route we have followed is the coast route and means that the highway will be open for at least 40 or 50 days longer than any other proposed route.” MISSING SEARCH PLANE E ARRIVES BACK AT FORT VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 9. — The| Canadian Airways plane which left | the northern Fort St. James last!| Saturday hunting for Logan and Williams, and which failed to re- turn, suddenly swooped down at Fort St. James today. { The plane was piloted by Russ Baker and his companion on the search was Constable Frank Cooke. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9—Liberal | Republicans here consider the move of Senator McNary of Oregon to |enter the race for western delegates | :;|.~ one of the smartest moves yet| | made within Republican ranks. | | In his statement announcing he | {was willing to accept the candidacy | | proposed by Governor Sprague of | |Oregon, McNary said he was under | |“no fllusions” about the possibility ! {of becoming President. He had one | | main idea, he said, which was to| [solidify the reclamation states of the west and Rocky Mountains in | a way which would permit them |to dictate farm planks in the Re- |publican platform next year. | An idea McNary did not men- |tion, but which other Republicans did, was that he might also become opposed to those Republicans who‘[ are following the Ruuaevemanl | “help-the-Allies” program. | H | |CAN RALLY THE WEST | Early estimates were that McNary could gather up the 50 delegates | (Oom.\nueg t;n Page ’l'!i'ee: L SAYS NAZIS TALK ONLY WITH FORCE Chamberlai;;ays Strange War May Turn Sudden- ly fo Fierce Conflict LONDON, Nov. 9~—Premier Ne- ville Chamberlain, speaking today relative to peace proposals of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and King Leopold of Belgium, declared: “The stiff-necked men who run Germany speak no language but that of force. Therefore I am not very hopeful of a satisfactory response from the German Chancellor.” Chamberlain’s declarafion was de- livered before the Lord Mayor's luncheon by Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Sir John Simon, as Cham- berlain is suffering with the gout. The Prime Minister wrote: “We don't want to continue the war a day longer than necessary if a satisfactory settlement con be ob- tained any other way.” Observing that “This is the strangest of wars and must seem to many that there is no war at all, but rather a state of siege,” Chamberlain continued that at any moment the war may be changed “into a violent conflict.” Dr. iarrand Passes Away In New York Gave Far-lga—thing Serv- ice fo Mankind in Fight- ing Tuberculosis NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Dr. Living- The resolution, introduced by Jake | the leader of a foreign policy group ston Farrand, 72, former President of Cornell and Colorado University died here last night. He was once characterized as “one whose achieve- ments have been headlined many times, the man rarely.” What he accomplished as a scien- tist, as an educator or as a univer- (Continued on Page Five) 1 No High Officals OnScene ‘OneWomahkiI]ed in Mun-: ich Explosion - Five Men Are Victims | BERLIN, Nov. 9. — None of the high officials accompanied Fuehrer to Munich yesterday for the annual celebration, The killed and injured list an- | nounced by the’ Propaganda Minis- | try discloses that one of the dead |is a woman, believed to be Frau | Maria Henle, cashier in the beer | | cellar, | | Defintely identified others are| | Franz Lutz, Wilhelm Kaiser, radio| announcer; Franz Weber, Leonard | | Reindl, Emil Kasberger and Eugene | Schachta. It is said all were killed instantly. { In Hitler's Party | With Hitler on the trip and who | left him 11 minutes before the ex- plosion and entrained for Berlin, were the following: | Goebbels' Deputy and Party Lead- | ‘ Labor Leader Robert Ley. | Interior Minister Willlam Frick. | ‘ Labor Service Leaders Konstan-| tin Hierl and Alfred Rosenberg. t Head of Nazi Party’s Foreign Po- | |litical Division Ritter von EIL | | Governor of Bavaria William | | Schaub, | | Hitler's personal Adjutant Julius “ Streicher. | & BRITISH SCOFF AT CHARGE MADE . BY NAZI REGIME Make Quick Comeback asi | toCause of Explosion | at Amnich LONDON, Nov. 9-—British offic- ial sources scoff at the charges that {the British Secret Service and | Jews are responsible for the blast | in the Munich beer hall in an at- tempt to kill Fuehrer Hitler. | The British spokesman declared | that “doubtless the gentleman who | engineered the Reichstag fire in| | 1933 knows how to do these things. e OBSERVANCE OF ARMISTICE DAY BEING PLANNED Legionnaires Are fo Have Radio Program Satur- day and Big Dance | American Legionnaires will cele- brate Armistice Day in Juneau with a radio program and a dance Sat- urday. From 11 to 11:30 Saturday morn- ing, a radio program will begin the observance, with A. E. Karnes de- livering an address written by Na- tional Commander Raymond J. Kel- ly. Music for the radio program will | be given by Alice Jones and her or- chestra. A bugle call “To the Col- ors” will end the radio half hour. Saturday night, American Le- gionnaires will troop the colors to tthe big dance in the Elks' Hall and appropriate ceremonies have Been arranged at the dance itself. - e re— — Stores Closed On Safurday; Order Early All Juneau grocery stores and meat markets will be closed all day Saturday, Armistice Day. Housewives are urged to check their “want” list tonight and then place orders early tomor- e { FUEHRERIN CLOSECALL, EXPLOSION Leaves Munich Beer Hall Eleven Minutes Before Big Blast Occurs (RIME PERPETRATED, " SHRINE OF NAZIDOM |Seven Veferan Followers Killed, 63 Others In- jured, 29 Gravely BULLETIN — Heinrich Him- mler, head of all German police forces, has offered $120,000 in foreign exchange to anyone abroad providing information leading to the arrest of the per- son or persons who tried to kill Hitler, The reward will be paid by the German Consulate in the Unit- ed States or anywhere else in addition to the $240,000 already offered for apprehension of the guilty persons inside of Ger- many, ATTEMPT ON LIFE BERLIN, Nov. 9.—Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, safe behind the walls of his new chancellery in Berlin, viewed photogtaphs of the first officlally disclosed - serlogis attempt to kill him since he assumed power in 1933, Meanwhile, the Reich's tremen- dous police power combed the Na- tion for perpetrators of last night's explosion in the Munich Buerger- bau cellar whic would have bur- ied Hitler under nine feet of debris had he not left the beer hall at the Putsch anniversary observance earlier than customary. The blast in the Hall of the Shrine of Nazidom came a few min- utes after Hitler left the hall and entrained for Berlin. 7 Killed, 63 Injured The blast killed seven of his vet~ eran followers and injured 63 oth- ers, 29 gravely, Nazi officials charge the British Secret Service and Jews with the attempt on the life of the Fuehrer but early this morning said no trace of the persons directly responsible has been found im what “must have been a long and carefully planned attempt.” The explosion came from above the platform on which Hitler made his address and indicated the ex- plosive had been smuggled into the room above the meeting hall. Half of the ceiling is hidden by lattice work. Reward Offered ‘The original reward has been increased to $240,000 by an anony= mous additional offer of $40,000. The blast occurred just 11 minutes after Hitler left the hall. Officials said he finished deliver- ing his speech, in which he attacked Great Britain, and said the present war will go on, at 9:056 o'clock and he left the hall at 9:10 o'clock. A terrific explosion tore loose the rafters and also felled a large col= umn immediately behind the ros- trum on which Hitler had stood. The explosion occurred at 9:21 o'- clock, just 11 niinytes after Hitler had left the beer garden. FOR STATE FUNERAL; ADDRESS BY HITLER BERLIN, Nov. 8.—Chancellor Hit- ler is reported tonight to be plan- ning to deliver the chief oration at the state funeral to be held for the victims of the blast which wrecked the Nazi beer hall shrine at Mu- nich. $t is said that Hitler will take the occasion to make an im- portant declaration on the war site uation. OUTSIDE CHANCELLERY BERLIN, Nov. 9.—Thousands of Germans stood cheering in the rain outside of the Chancellery today and raised their hands in the Nazi salute toward the huge swastika sig- nifying Hitler’s presence. The controlled press used colored ink and huge type to describe the mounting indignation over the close~ ly timed attempt on Hitler's life row to expedite delivery. Drug stores will observe Sun- day hours on Saturday and bar- ber shops will remain open un- til 7 o’clock tomorrow night. last night at Munich. ‘The controlled press termed the attempt: “Undoubtedly foreign sec~ " (Continued on Page Five)