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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
March, 24, 1886

Four indictments against Edwarc Krause were returned by the grand jury, all charging forgery and each one for a separate offense. The for geries charged covered a period from August 10, 1913 to Oct. 27 1915. These indictments were par of a series against Krause and werc to be tried in regular sequence be- fore the district court during the present term.
 The first indictment charged that Krause forged the name of K. "a mamoto to an order on the Dexter Horton Bank in Seattle for the pay ment of S20001. k. Yamamoto IS the Japanese who disappeared from Petersburg in 1913 after having left for short time in a gas boat with Krause.
 The next indictment charged that Krause forged the name of K. Yam amoto to an order transferring his account, and the next that he used the name of the Japanese in ob- taining mortgage on the property of George Hartmann.
 The last indictment charged that on October 27, 1915, Krause forged the name of J. O. Plunkett to note in the local customs house, telling of the loss of the gas boat Lue.
 The note stated that the Lue was destroyed by fire while off Hobart Bay on October 24, 1915, and that the fire was caused by a leaky pipe and a back fire It stated that Plum kett was picked up by fishing boat and was taken to Wrangell and left from there for the States.
 IL has since been established that Krause reached Petersburg in the tender of the Lue shortly after that date; that Piunkett had never been seen since leaving Juneau that he never took passage from Wrangell. and that the Lue was not destroyed by fire. She was found anchored in a lonely bay off Krupernoff Is land near mining claims owned by Krause and at the time of the trial was in Juneau.
 The indictments returned against Krause made six so far, one of them being on three counts, and it was understood more would be returned in the near future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24

Mrs. Maurice S. Whittier, accom- panied by her two children and her sister, Miss Lucille Anderson, sailed on the Northwestern for Port Town send, Wash, where Mrs. Whittier expected to regain her health fol- lowing a severe attack of typhoid fever.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
HAPPY -
 -BBRTHDAY

The Empi'e eTtends concratula- lions and best 1Dishes todng. their tt,:rthday anniUersary, So the folloau- ing:
 March 24
 Minnie Goldstein
 Phillip Novel;
 A R. Edwards Mrs. A. Mogseth Morris Tonsgard Henry W.Gieske Buddy Mogseth
 Mike Kosoff
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24

The war went on in Europe. Re- ports said that destitution was sc complete in Poland that there was not child under seven years of age in a population of 20000,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
BETTER TIMES
 GIRLS ARRIVE
 IN SAN DIE 60
Juneau Winners Continue to Be Center of Attrac-
 tion-Wear Badges

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 24.- Better Times contest winners, oil their special train, arrived here this morning and spent the after noon in the famous Exposition grounds, to return at midnight to- night to their sleepers for the ride to Los Angeles.
 The Juneau girls continue to be the center of attraction.
 The group is really in the heart of the tour at present and is lock- forward with eagerness to visits to Mexico, Hollywood, Catalina Islands and San Francisco.
 The average age of the girls is 21, many of them being high school students and stenographers, one a teacher. They are accompanied by hostess, a chairman and director, and have for their use two pullmans, one club car and a diner.
 Highlights of the trip from Eu- gene, Oregon, to San Diego included hot sunshine, palm trees and fruit orchards, and a view of the large Kern oilfields.
 Misses Elizabeth Kaser and Thais Bayers were compensated for hav- ing contracted colds when, on Mon day, the train ran over a skunk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
COURT RULES ON MOTHER OF
 "SONNY BOY'
Mrs. Fletcher Held to Be Child's Mother--Doc-
 tor Contests Claim

CHICAGO, March 24-Superior Court Judge Rudolph Desort has ruled that Mrs Margaret Mann Fletcher, 24, is the mother of Sonny Boy" three years old, whose parent age had been the subject of court fight between Mrs. Fletcher and Dr. Gordon E. Mordoff, suburban Wailmette physician.
 Dr. Mordoff claimed the boy had been born to his late wife, Madge Mordoff Mrs. Fletcher claimed the boy was born to her out of wedlock and loaned Mrs. Mordoff because she couldn't care for him at the time
 Witnesses testified Mrs Mordoff represented to her husband that the boy was her own. The question of who will have future custody of the boy will be decided later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
MAYOR FILES IN CITY CAMP AlCN
 FOR REELECTION
Goldstein, Beistline, Harri, and James Connors,
 IT,, on Ticket

Mayor l. Goldstein, completing his third successive term as Mayor of Juneau, this afternoon filed for re- election On the Goldstein ticket are Ralph H. Beistline, Oscar Harri and J. J. Connors Jr., for councilman.
 Mayor Goldstein has been mayor five times during his 50 years in the city. He said today he is standing on his record in office. Councilman Beistline also has served the city a long time, having been in the Council eight or 10 years. He is head carpenter at the Alaska Ju- neau.
 MT. Harri and Mir Co1nors also are widely known. MT. Harri is pro- prietor of the Harri Machine Shop and MT. Connors is manager of the Connors Motors and son of J. J. Connors, Collector of Customs.
 Three tickets are now in the field. N. G. Nelson heads one, Wal lis George another and the Mayor the one filing today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
GIRLS WEAR BADGES

The Daily Alas..a Empire, sponsor of the campaign with the coopera- tion of local merchants, has been notified by Don Eek, tour manager of the Northern Pacific and South ern Pacific railroads, that ali Jun eau girls have been supplied with attractive Alaska badges.
 Newspaper reports from Seattle tell of the excitement created in the Queen City by the arrival of the seven Juneau Better Times winners.
 Even the staid Seattle Business, published by the Seattle Chamber, devoted one-half column to the ar rival of the Juneau Queen, saying in part, When the M. s. Northland tomorrow docks at Pier 5, she will have on board seven fair Good Will representatives of Juneau, Alaska" ,"
 The Post-Intelligencer, in com menting on their arrival, said. "Sev- en lovely, lovely young ladies of Ju- eau, Alaska, started on their way to Seattle yesterday on the good ship and the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce is all adither pre- pairing to greet them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
TORNADO KILLS B; SCORES ARE
 REPORTED HURT
Fifty Families Made Home less by Terrific Mis-
 souri Wind
SCHOOL TEACHER
 SAVES 30 PUPILS
Marches Charges Into Yard Orders Them to Lie
 Flat on Ground

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, March 24.-One woman, girl and man were killed, several scores injured and fifty families made homeless by a southwestern Missouri tornado late yesterday afternoon
 Striking first at Niangua, 32 miles northeast of here, the terrific wind wrought destruction to more than half a dozen communities before blowing itself out over the lake of OZarks.
 The dead are:
 Mrs Jess Elmore. aged 70. killed as she sought shelter in a storm eel lar.
 Bert Shell, 2l, hurled to death from a roof of house he was re- pairing.
 Miss Reba Keisling, aged IS, who died from injuries received when the hamlet of Rader was virtually wiped out.
 A quick witted country school teacher, Miss Pauline Rader, aged 2l, saved her 30 charges from sure death or injury by marching them out of the building as the storm ap- preached and ordering them to lie flat on the ground in the school yard. The wind demolished the building from which they fled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
By WILLIAM s. WHITE

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The Democratic Partys ace soothsayer, Emil Hurja, is polishing up the crystal ball for another look into the future-as to what may happen in the November election.
 But just how he is adjusting the strange implements of his craft for that look and just what he expects to see remain the secret of Emil Hurja.
 Robust, bland and heavy jawed, Hurja astonished the political world in 1882 with his almost uncannily accurate predictions as to the re- suit Of the voting that put Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. He went far beyond the usual eff forts, and even predicted how indi- vidual counties would go. Then he retired again to the lonely contem- plation of his charts, maps and re- ports.
 Before the 1894 Congressional elections, however, he emerged from the silences with the forecast that the Democrats would make import ant gains in House seats. When the smoke had cleared away the final returns showed just how well he had called his shots.
 His plans for 1886 do not now discussions with news
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
JAFSIE GRANTS INTERVIEW TO
 GOV. HOFFMAN
Key Figure in Hauptmann Case Says Gov. Shows
 Lack of Good Taste

TRENTON, N. J., March 25.-Gov. Harold G. Hoffman has declined to comment on charges of pr. John F .t"Jafsie") Condon that the Gov ernor's activities in the Hauptmann case showed lack of good taste, sincerity and impartiality.
 Bruno's status remained un- changed today.
 Dr. Condon, in a long telegram, agreed to talk in his Bronx home with Hoffman and Attorney Gen eral David Wilentz.
 The aged negotiator defended his activities in the Hauptmann case and questioned the Governors legal authority in his present actions. He referred to statements deroga- tory to me which were allegedly given through your press represen- tatives or agents
 In his communication, he told Hoffman, Although you have ap- parently usurped the functions of the court and duly constituted in- vestigating officials and despite your unfairness I have decided to permit you to confer with me"
 He~suggested that Hoffman write the questions he wants answered.
 The Governor previously had re- 'quested personal interview.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
BRAZIL UNDER
 MARTIAL LAW
 FOR 90 DAYS
President Vargas Places Forty-seven Million
 Under Army Rule

RIO DE JANERIO, March 24.- President Getulto Vargas has pro- claimed what is the equivalent of a state of war throughout Brazil as the result of "subversive activit- ies" and enforced martial law over 47000,0O0 people for period of 90 days.
 The decree was published 51 hours before the expiration of the three months state of seige declared dur ing the November uprising which the Administration characterized as Conlmunistic.
 The decree suspends constitutional guarantees, including those forbid ding the death penalty, punishment, confiscation of property, right of foreigners to enter the nation unmo- tested and makes everybody liable to custody at the discretion of the authorities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
ALASKA 6. OF 6. URGES OPENING
 OF GLACIER BAY
Territorial Group Wires Di- mond Endorsement of
 His Prospecting Bill

The fourteen member chambers of the Territorial Chamber of Com merce have endorsed Delegate An thony J. Dimond's bill, introduced in Congress calling for the opening of Glacier Bay National Monument to prospecting, and last night the Territorial group telegraphed the Delegate of the action taken.
 In the message, the Alaska Cham Der said;
 Referring to your bill House Res- olution 9275, to permit mining with in the Glacier Bay National Monu- naent, will state that after a ref erendum vote of our IA member chambers all unanimously approved your bill and urge it's passage. Lo- cal knowledge confirms the state ment made in 1924 by the late Dr. Alfred Brooks, then chief Alaskan Geologist, in writing to w. S. Coop CT, whose activities were largely in- strumental in establishment of Gla- cier Bay National Monument, when Brooks said there are on Glacier Bay known to be deposits of copper, molybdenite and probably gold and silver. Again in May, 1885, w. c. Mendenhall, Director of the Geo. logical Survey, writing to John W. Troy of Alaska stated such subse- quent information as has been re- ceived by the Geological Survey would make it even more confident of it's earlier conclusions as to the possibility of the occurance of com- mercially valuable naturalization in the Glacier Bay region and further confirm it in opposing any attempt to exclude prospectors from likely mineral areas in it.
 Tn the report of A. F. Buddington of the Geological Survey he states, recent studies in Glacier Bay dis close the fact that that region con- tains numerous mineral prospects containing gold, silver, lead, anti money, molybdenum and iron ore
 Tn the name of our membership we, therefore, protest the excluding of prospectors from this likely min- eral area and urge passage of your bill. Please present our expression | to the committee on public lands and other interested parties"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
TAXES TO BE BROUGHT
 BEFORE HOUSE
Ways and Means Commit tee Includes Ticklish Item
 in Report on Program

WASHINGTON, March 24.-The Huose Ways and Means sub- Com mittee has decided to include proc essing taxes on agricultural and competing products in it's report to the full committee which will form a basis for the start of open hearings Monday on the S792, 100000 tax pro- gram.
 Chairman Samuel B. Hill, Demo- crat of Washington. declined to say what would be recommended, ex- plaining processing taxes were mere ly being included for consideration. Such processing taxes would con- template a yield of S221 900 ,000 covering more than 30 products or classes of products.
 Many subcommittee members are seeking to avoid processing taxes, a ticklish item in election year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
bORAH IS HELD TO BE 6. Q. P.'S
 WHITE HOPE''
Former Senator Declares All Other Rep. Candidates
 Tools of Wall Street.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-For- mer United States Senator Smith Brookhart of Iowa, said today that Senator William E. Borah is the Republican Party's one chance to win.
 Brookhart branded all other Vest ern candidates as tools of Wall Street" declaring: Morgan and Company want candidate and go to Chicago to get an Illinoisan Standard Oil wants candidate and goes to Kansas and picks a supposed independent. Dupont goes out and picks dark horse Iowan. | No names were mentioned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
DICKINSON HAS PLATFORM FOR
 HIS 6. Q. TRACE
Avowed Candidate for President in Cleveland
 Is Campaigning

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 24.- United States Senator L. J. Dickin- son, of Iowa, avowed candidate for the Republican Presidential nomi- nation, said here today that the New Deal has abandoned common sense thrift for policy of borrow, boom and bust"
 Senator Dickinsin proposes sub- stituting program mot nearly so exciting but guaranteeing a safe arrival in port, quit borrowing and spending and settle down when we settle up the nations obligations. {"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
MISS LITTLEPACE
 ON WAY TO MOSCOW

Miss Marjorie Littlepage, 17-year- old daughter of MT. and Mrs. A. Littlepage, sailed early this morn ing on the North Sea, enroute for Portland, from which city she will later embark for Moscow, Russia.
 The girl, accomp p anied by her cousins Georgia Littlepage and Ern- estine Smith of Portland, will visit their uncle, John Lttlepage. Am erican mining engineer who has been for the past seven years in the Soviet employ. Littlepage was recently awarded the highest honor given in the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
Germany Turns Cold Shoulder
 to League Plan
London Offer Said "Unac- ceptable Because Based
 on Discrimination

BERLIN, March B. Germany has rejected all important features of the Locarno proposals.
 It was announced officially her that the German answer described the London offer as unacceptable because based on uncomfortable dis- crimination.
 One feature of the program pro- vided for stationing British and Italian soldiers temporarily in the Rhineland
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
HACOOD GIVEN THREE MONTHS
 ABSENT LEAVE
Disciplined Major General Has TwolHour Talk
 with President

PORT EVERGLADES, Florida, March 24-President Roosevelt has authorized a three months leave for disciplined Major General Johnson Haywood pending decision for "fu- ture assignment to duty"
 The President and the General conferred two hours yesterday af- ternoon as the train travelled across Florida to this port.
 Hagood was relieved of command of the Eighth Corps for terming WPA funds stage money before a Congressional Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
PRESIDENT ON
 FISHING TRIP
 ON DESTROYER
Chief Executive Tells News men He Expects to Be
 Gone Two Weeks

PORT EVERGLADES, Florida, March 24.-President Roosevelt is out at sea, on a fishing trip, aboard the United States destroyer Monag- han.
 Before leaving here. the Chief exc cutive told the newspapermen that he was going to stay at sea for two weeks, if possible
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
KEHOES ON YUKON

J. w. Kehoe, United States Dis trict Attorney for the Third Division, and Mrs. Kehoe are passengers aboard the Yukon enroute to Sew ard. They are returning from a three months trip through Calif- ornia and east to Washington, D. c. While in the east, MT. Kehoe said, they met many Alaskans in- cluding Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond, Harry Morton, who has risen rapidly in the legal department of the Court of Claims, in Washington D. c. and others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
FUR RENDEZVOUS

Widening the activities at the next annual sports tournament to be held in Anchorage, the Booster Club of that city recently voted to invite all trappers of Alaska and all fur buyers to gather there for a fur rendezvous during the sport ing events. It is planned to conduct the rendezvous on lines similar to that of the old Hudson Bay Com pany but without charging commits sions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
National Labor Relations Act Unconstitutional

CHICAGO, H., March 24.- Federal Judge John P. Barnes today termed the National Labor Relations Act uncCnstitutiOn- al and said he will grant an in- junction against the National Labor Relations Board in favor of the Bendix Products Corpor- ation of South Bend, Indiana.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24

papermen, and he waves away in- quiries with few explosive words meaning "No!" and a broad grin.
 Whatever is written or done about the political situation in the most isolated corners of the nation are grist to his mill.
 Studies AAA Votes
 For example. the returns of the various farmer votes on continua- tion of programs under the old AAA and the responses to major Presidential speeches to the coun- try are reduced sometimes even to county divisions.
 Just as he used to analyze mines, so now does Huria try to apply a similarly impersonal formula to an- alyzing the temper and the feeling of the voters.
 This stout and imperturbable A. year-old son of a Finnish immi- grant miner, also is the political right-hand man of James A. Far ley and a job-getter extraordinary
 Perhaps his hardest assignment was when he was sent to the In- terior Department to get jobs for Democrats, in the face of Secretary Ickes' well-known disapproval of the patronage system. P.S. He got the jobs-at least some of them for the faithful, then he returned to his forecaster's desk at Demo- cratic Headquarters
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
PITTShunuH CCNDITIONs

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 24.- Conditions in this city and nearby territory are getting normal and thousands of residents started to clean up flood debris. Scores of plants are planning to operate with in the next few days as soon as ma- chinery is placed in readiness, which includes digging out of the mud, wiping and oiling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
Lamson Jury Cannot Agree, Is Discharged

| SAN JOSE, Cal, March 24.-The jury in the case of David Lamson was hopelessly deadlocked today and finally discharged by Judge J. J. Trabucco. Lamson, visibly shaken, was rushed back to the county jail at the end of his third trial
 Lamson, charged with staying his wife Allene in their Stanford Cam pus home, was convicted and sem fenced to hang at his first trial, but the California State Supreme court ordered a retrial. The jury disagreed at the second trial The jury in the third trial has also disagreed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
GANG LEADER
 CONVICTED OF
 MAIL ROBBERY
Tn omas Touhyy Last of Once Powerful Chicago.
 Mob, Is Found Guilty

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. March 24. Thomas Touhy, the last of the once powerful Chicago mob which bore his name, has been convicted in the Federal Court of complicity in the S78,000 mail robbery here on January 3, 1933
 Judge Gunnar H. Nordby has de- ferred sentence
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
RIVER VALLEY
 INUNDATED IN
 EARLY MORNING
Residents of Lower Cin- cinnati Make Escape
 to Highlands
DIGGING OUT FROM
 DEBRIS HAS STARTED
Stricken Area Sends Out Appeal for Aid Mill
 tary at Hartford

CINCINNATI. Ohio, March 24.-- Twenty thousand residents of the lower Ohio River Valley fled from their homes early this morning to high land to escape from the rising flood waters.
 The river kept rising during the night and early this morning in undated the entire lower sections causing thousands hastily to leave their homes,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
ARE MUCKING OUT

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 24. Residents of the vast flood belt extending from Maine to Ohio and Kentucky in which 168 persons lost their lives, today began to scrape muck and debris from the silt laden cities.
 The Cincinnati section in Ohio, where the crest of the flood swept to new territory, is the only immedi- ate high water zone today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
APPEAL FOR AID

BOSTON, Mass, March 24-Every stricken area in the New England States made an appeal today for Federal aid, both financial and for supplies. There are 80,000 refugees in the New England states and prop erty damage is estimated into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK, March 24.- Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is IS. American Can l22, American Light and Power 12B, An- aconda 35, Bethlehem Steel 56Ss |, Curtiss- Wright "A, Chicago. Mill waukee, St. Paul and Pacific Rail- road 2b, General Motors 64A, In- ternational Harvester 86, Kennecott 37A, United States Steel 63h. Cities Service 5h. Pound $4.96ss, Boeing Airplane 23, United Aircraft 257s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
PALMER COUPLE WED

Miss Mildred Furguson, school teacher at Palmer, and MT Ernie Kling, operator of the Palmer bus service, were wed recently in An chorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
GUARDsMEN ON DUTY

HARTFORD. Capn., March A. Twelve hundred guardsmen are on duty here and patrol the streets to prevent footing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
STOCK PRICES HOLD STEADILY
 MOST OF DAY
Selective Group Sets Pace and Maintains It to
 Near Close

NEW YORK, March 24.-- Tn e Stock Market turned irregular short- ly before the close today after a fairly steady course maintained by selective group of industrial spe- cialties and rails.
 Transfers today totalled 1,950,000 shares.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
GLEE CLUB FOR ELKS

The Elks Lodge in Cordova has formed a glee club of 24 members, who are under the direction of Mrs. Martin Fredeen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
TOP SOIL GONE

HARRISBURG, Pa, March A. Many farms in Pennsylvania will be unable to produce as the rich top soil has been washed away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
BOUND TO HOT sPRINGS

Mrs. D. G. Hosler, wife of the Hot Springs mining man. is a pas senger aboard the Yukon for Sew ard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
DOW, JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 156.56, rails 37.53, utilities 3208.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-24
PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Grace Paschun, aged 30. of Rake, died recently at Petersburg as the result of pneumonia.