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VOLUME 36. NO. 35. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Hauptmann’s Jury Listen to Summary
TIME ELEMENT BABY’S DEATH POINTED OUT
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Wants Congress To Reimburse Territory $200,000
HAUPTMANN UNEASY
AS JURY IS ABOUT TO
DECIDE HIS FUTURE
(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, Feb. 11 — Hauptmann’s jurors filed
into the court-room this morning to hear the summary of the
evidence the state has piled up against the defendant which
they listened to without any evidence of emotion.
They then listened to Reilly’s plea for acquittal.* Hov
ey Low. special deputy who has spent much time with
Hauptmann, said he believed the prisoner:
“Thinks things look very dark. For the first time, he
asked me what I though the outcome would be. I replied
i. that’s in the lap Of the God. He said: “I am innocent.’ I
answered: ‘Don’t worry.’ ”
Low said he had seen many changes in Hauptmann’s
demeanor, and he is more worried now that he ever has been
before. He is wrought up over what he feels is a rift be
tween the attorneys. He thinks Lloyd Fisher wants to do
things Reilly won’t let him do.
Low said: “Although Hauptmaan is stiil an enigma to
me, there is something real likeable about the fellow. He
isn't all bad. I feel sorry for the man.”
Reindeer Drive Is
Halted Due To
Loose Ice Floes
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, Alberta, Feb. 11—
The three thousand reindeer which
started a trek conducted by the Lo
men Reindeer Corporation, from the
Kotzebue region in 1930 to Shingle
Point, west of the McKenzie River,
appeared to be blocked within a
hundred miles of their goal, and may
take another year to make it.
Lap herders are driving the deer
to Canadian Eskimos who are to use
them for their food supply and
clothing.
Major H. Walter Hale, post office
official and Capt. Walter Gilbert of
the Canadian Airways reported that
windswept icefloeS at the mouth of
the McKenzie prevented the deer
from crossing. Unless conditions
improve next month the crossing at
tempt will have to be delayed until
next year when the herd may be
driven across on solid ice.
Cold Decision Once
More Postponed To
Another Later Day
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1’—The de
mo Court
be handed UVWIi I
Is prepar
Fear President May
Veto If Powers Not
Granted Request
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—A hint
that President Roosevelt might veto
the work relief bill if enacted with
major changes to which he objects,
was dropped in the midst of efforts
of senate committees to revolt.
One, senator said that the Presi
dent intimated to him that he would
not approve of the measure which
would not permit him to carry out
his program. The President starts
on the second half of his term today
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Italy Calls Men To
Colors To Fight In
Africa On Frontier
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Feb. 11th—Italy called a
quarter million men to colors, as it
started thousands of soldiers on
their way to Africa, as fresh hostili
ties were reported on the frontier
between Italian Somilaland, and Et
heopia. »
The government spokesman said
that the whole military class of 1911
was called out, numbering almost a
quarter of a million, and that two
divisions ,numbering eight thousand
each, had been mobilized at the call
issued “For measures of a, precau
tionary measure.”
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LEGISLATURE IS
HALF OVER NOW
16 BILLS PASSED
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Feb. 11th—With four
weeks, the half way mark, passed,
the Territorial Legislature of both
houses jointly, have approved of
only sixteen proposals of various
kinds.
The house in a brief session Satur
day adjourned and visited the Alas
ka Juneau Mine.
In the brief senate session, Brun
nelle offered a memorial asking Con
gress to appropriate two hundred
thousand dollars to reimburse the
Territory and various cities foi; thj?
cost of education of Indians and Es
kimos, numbering eighteen hundred
and fifty.
An informal joint session is plan
ned for today to consider pension
legislation.
Further Statement
Concerning Mumps
In City Of Nome
Dr. Rex F. Swartz, who has been
questioned and interrogated consid
erably since the publication in Sat
urday’s issue of the Nugget, concern
ing cases of mumps in Nome, stated
today:
It is not the purpose to alarm the
citizens of an impending epidemic
of mumps throughout the city, but,
to warn them to take proper pre
cautions when such cases develop.
“In regard to children in a fam
ily in which there is a case or more
of mumps, those who have not had
the disease should be kept home
from school and other public places,
until there is no longer any mumps
in the family.
“In the case where children who
have had mumps and other: children
have them, the ones who have had
the mumps are immune and can be
allowed to go out.
“There has been certain neglig
ence in reporting cases of mumps,
but there is no danger of a serious
epidemic if ordinary, simple precau
tions are taken, such as advising the
doctor, isolating the victim and in
that way preventing any further
spread of this contagious disease.
In this manner, it can be soon stamp
ed out.”
Friend (to motorist)—What. Three
thousand miles in her this summer?
Some tour Motorist—No tour at
all. Just back and forth to the
grocers for things my wife forgot—
Humorist.
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ACQUITTED OF
KILLING OWN
WIFE POISON
(By The Associated Press)
TOPEKA, Feb. 11—Major Charles
A. Shepard, retired, was acquitted
by a jury of a charge that he mur
dered his second wife Zanana, aged
37, by poison, at Fort Riley, Kansas,
, in June 1929.
He was convicted in a first trial,
but appealed. The Supreme Court
; set aside the verdict of the lower
court, on the grounds of prejudicial
| testimony. ,
In his defense, Shepard set forth
that she was despondent, and a
.drunkard, who often threatened tc
; commit suicide, and probably did,
by poisoning.
Walsh Wires About
Nome Affairs In
The Capital City
Word concerning the $100,000 ap
plication of Nome for a PWA loan
and grant was heard this morning
by Mayor Rex F. Swartz, in a tele
gram received from City Clerk M.
J. Walsh, who is in Juneau, ,fo at
tend meetings of the Te'mtorial
Board of Education of which he is a
member, from the Second Division.
Following the telegram received
by Mayor Swartz, which also con
tains some interesting news concern
ing other measures affecting Nome
and this Division.
Juneau, Feb. 10
Mayor Swartz, Nome.
The Governor’s office and Gridley,
(PWA Representative), assured me
our application complied with all re
quirements and forwarded to Wash
ington with Governor’s endorsement
and we may expect early action stop
Gridley suggests submitting bond is
sue to voters at municipal election
therefore Sullivan, City Attorney,
should prepare same now stop Lyng
bill carrying appropriation ten thou
sand dollars to defray city share of
cost and maintenance Nome school
for two years, passed both houses
and money will be available March
first.
Bill prepared and will be intro
duced tomorrow by Representative
Tolbert Scott, calling for the appro
priation of twenty-five thousand
dollars for Nome school building.
This will encounter stiff opposition
but Second division delegation work
ing as a unit for same and hopeful
of its passage.
Owing to illness of two members
of educational board, meeting post
poned until arrival Northwestern
Tuesday, therefore I request one
week additional leave of absence
LEGAL PHASE OF CASE
DISCUSSED EDITORIAL
IN CITY OF NEW YORK
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 — The importance of the time
element in the death of the Lindbergh baby was pointed
out in an editorial in today’s New York Law Journal which
discusses the felony and murder under which Hauptmann is
being tried. The editorial does not mention Hauptmann.
“Lacking adequate proof of the essential element that
the death of the baby occurred or the fatal injury was in
flicted before the completion of the crimefof burglary, the
prosecution*would fail,” the editorial statecL
It also gives the opinion that the jury mhst bring in ei
ther a verdict of guilty of murder in the firstv degree, or a
verdict of acquittal, or must disagree.
The New York Times, in a dispatch from Fiemington
quotes Prosecutor Wilentz as saying that this baby was kill
ed during the flight from kidpapping and in “My opinion the
flight is part of the uncompleted crime.”
The Times further said that Reilly was of the opinion
that the State made a great mistake in drawing up the in
dictment under which Hauptmann is being tried, saying
“Whether the kidnaper was a block away or ten feet away, •
he was away, and whatever crime there was had been com
pleted.”
Please advise wishes regarding any
matter affecting city.
Signed : M. J. WALSH.
The twenty-five thousand dollar
-bill is in reference to territorial aid
to be asked in the purpose of build
ing a new school building at Nome.
Nome already has a grant of $50,000
and there is a likelihood, according
to past reports, that an additional
twenty-five thousand dollars can be
secured from the PWA a little later1
in the future.
As soon as Congress passes the
necessary bill granting permission
to the City of Nome to bond itself,
the bond issue can be included in
the municipal election to be held
early in April.
Pilot Mirow Does *
Extensive Flying
Over Week End
Pilot Mirow of the Mirow Airj
Service returned to Nome today!
from Kotzebue and Fairbanks. As!
passengers to Candle from Fair
banks were O. F. Weinert and Fred
Weinert. Logan W. Varnell was a
passenger to Kotzebue from Fair
banks.
Today Pilot Mirow had Dr. H. G.
Hughes as a passenger to Candle
from Kotzebue.. Miss Keaton was a
passenger from Deering to Hot
Springs, and Father LaFortune from
Teller to Nome. A quantity of fur
and shee fish was also brought from
Kotzebue to Nome.
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German Air
Defense Cleanups
Reveal Relics
(By The Associated Press)
WEIL-IN-BADEN, Germany, Feb.
7th — Clearances of old lofts and
attics made compulsory throughout
Germany as a measure of defense
against air raids, have resulted in
some curious discoveries in this nei
ghborhood.
Valuable coins and documents
have been foupd *itt- nooks and cran
nies below rafters, where they had
lain in the dust for more than 100
years.
In one old house, a manuscript
of great interest was found, dealing
with local occurrences of centuries
ago, also some unpublished verses
by J. P. Hebei, a local poet of the
18th century.
Canadian Steamer
Goes Aground But
Refloated
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(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 11—The Princess
Alice of the Canadian Steamship Co
which was inbound from Vancouver
and Victoria, grounded at West„ Pt.,
a few miles north of Seattle Harbor,
Saturday night in a dense fog. The
passengers were taken off and brot
here in tugs. The ship was refloat
ed Sunday morning and returned to
Victoria for an examination. It is
believed that no damage was done.