The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 13, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVI., NO. 6960. JUNEAU, ALASKA, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” AY, MAY 13, 1935 NENANA ICE IS § MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LL INTACT TODA " FLU EPIDEMIC | IS BEATEN IN. STRICKEN AREA Dr. Gillespie Wires Situa-: tion Well in Hand, Bar- row and Wainwright While there are 20G cases of in- fluenza at Wainwright and five of pneumonia and the entire town ef Point Barrow had the flu, the sit- uation is now under control and Cm ernor Troy Optimistic Over Int. Highway CHICAGO, Ill, May 13.—Gov. John W. Troy, enroute to San Diego from Washington, said he feels optimistic that the Federal Government will pro- vide Public Works money to consiruct the highway from Seattle to Alacka points through Canada. The Governor is traveling by plane and expects to retwn to { Juneau about June 1. POLAND'S MAN there is no food shortage, a wire to Dr. W. W. Council, Commissioner of Health, from Dr. F. B. Gillespie oj' Fairbanks, who flew to the stricken area, said Saturday night. Dr. Gil-| lespie said he is now at Barrow and OF POWER HAS | PASSED AWAY, expects to go back to Wainwright where he will spend two or three days. ‘The doctor's wire follows: “Wainwright has 200 cases of flu and have canvassed entire village and found five pneumonia cases,! one critical. There is one death, an aged man with bad heart. Stowell (Etnest P. Stowell, Bureau of In- dian Affairs teacher) has handled situation remarkably well. All Barrow Had Flu “At Barrow practically the entire village had influenza. Have can- vassed entire village and found six pneumonia cases, none critical. Have 15 deaths, one child with tub- ercujosis, one young man with in- fluenza, one infant influenza and 12 people over 50 years. Seven new cases today from the eastward, none critical. Saw six cases in the hos- pital. “The situation here is now well in hand. There is definitely no food shortage; ample native foods avail- able for all. Am returning Satur- day to Wainwright where think it will be necessary to spend two or three days and may leave Nurse Keaton (the former Mildred Kea- ton of Juneau) if necessary. Wil stop at Point Lay if pilot able to land and use judgment as to time necessary to stay, then return to Fairbanks. Plans are subject to change on accou‘xt* of weather con- ditions.” t Nurse Wires A wire from Wiss Keaton to Charles W. Hawkesworth, Assistant to the Director in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, carried virtually the came reports on conditions in the flu area. |Marshal ]oseph Pilsudski, Idol of Common Soldier, | Dies in Warsaw MARSHAL, PILSUDSKI ~ ASSOCIATED PRESS(UNDERWOOD) WARSAW, May 13.—Marshal Jo- seph Pilsudski, aged 66, Poland's man of power, is dead here. Since the rebirth of Poland af- ter ‘the World War, a succession of military disturbances and political and eccnol calamities seemed to be leading the country to inevitable {ruin. At a moment in 1826 when PATMAN BONUS ISSUE HEADED FOR SHOWDOWN President’s Desk Is Loaded with Telegrams and Let- ters Over Week-end WASHINGTON, May 13— With the bonus measure heading toward a showdown ,some leading Demo- | crats predicted that the President in vetoing the Patman bill would include a stand against inflation among his arguments. SOme held ‘that it would be im- sible for the President to retreat Iram his stand already taken that the Government program is design- ed to take care of the needy first. There is still some talk of a pos- \slble compromise or substitute for ,the Patman bonus measure after {action on that bfll is completed. URGINGS ON ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, May 13—Twen- ty-three thousand telegrams favor- ing the Patman bonus by 8 to 1 were on President Roosevelt's desk ‘when he returned from his week- end fishing trip. White House attaches neverthe- less looked for a veto. Besides the telegrams, there were also 2,000 or 3,000 bonus letters ar- riving over me week-end. PRISON BREAK IS WORKED BY FIVE GONVICTS | Guards Locked in Vault, Weapons Stolen from Prison Arsenal | ! { FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 13. - After locking guards in a vault ond then stealing submachine guns and other weapons from the prison- arzenal, five convicts escaped through the main entrance of the ate reformatory by unlocking it with a key taken from a guard. The convicts fled in an auto which was abandcned near Spring Dr. Henry Griest, Presbyterian the outlook scemed darkest, a five- Station and the flight was contin- Missionary at Barrow, is sending specimen from the flu victims to | days revolution swept Marshal Pil- sudski, the "idol of the common ued in two other cars which motor- ists along the highway were forced John Hopkins hospital for exami- coldier and of every socialist, from t° surrender. nation at the request of the Bu- reau of Indian affairs, Mr. Hawkes- worth said, as another step toward battling the disease in the future. AUTO TRAFFIC DEATHS MOUNT UP AT WEEKEND Twenty-three States Re-| port Fatalities—Deaths in Pacific Northwest CHICAGO, I, May 13.— Auto traffic deaths occurred in 23 states| over the weekend and together with other crashes throughout the na- tion several hundred, some serious- ly, were injured., In all, more than 65 persons were killed. Speed seemed the cause of some crashes and liquor figured infre- quently. For the first quarter of the year, auto fatalities fotaled 76, a slight| increase over the first period last year. FATALITIES IN NORTHWEST SEATTLE, May 13— C. Alfred Smith, of Kent, was fatally injured | when struck by an auto at Ta- coma; James Clinton Parsons, aged 9, was killed when an auto- tire blew out and the car turned over near Longview; and W. T. Dicker- son, aged 34, was drowned when his auto hit a light pole and dived into the Columbia River near Kenne- wick. The driver of the car, Mrs.| Bernice Harris, ashore. aged 25, swam ———— The coastal section of South Carolina, once a heavy producer of rice, quit commercial production about 20 years ago, his self-imposed retirement to the head of the revolutionary move- ment,. | In a short time he succeeded in {establishing order and the nucleus of a governmental system. ricing, Pilsudski overthrew the new- ly formed Witos cabinet and with it Fresident Wojciechowski. The enough to cope with Pilsudski's war cry: “Save Poland from corrup- {tion.” On May 31, Pilsudski was, elected President of Poland, but as ihe refused to accept the hono Professor Moisicki at Pilsudski’ proposal, was elected in his stead. Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, who refused to call himself dictator al- er, was born at Vilna July 4, 1867 of aristocratic Lithuanian parents who were landholders of modest Ameans He attended the University | of Cracow where he soon began to mix with socialistic circles. In 1888 ‘he became involved in a plot against the Czar of Russia and was deported to Siberia for four years. On his return he devoted himself | body and soul to the Polish labor | movement of which he and the fu- ture president, Wojciechowski, soon became the accepted leaders. ,—.—— DIVORCED; MAY '~ WED AT ONCE RENO, Nevada, May 13.—Prin- cess Barbara Hutton Mdivani won {a divorce from the dashing Prince |in a ten-minute probate trial today. It is rumcred she will marry again today or tomorrow. - ODOM TO KETCHIKAN M. W. Odom, Frye and Company representative, is enroute to Ket- chikan from Skagway on the North- ‘western, As undisputed leader of the up- counter-movement started againsbl him from Posen was not powerful though actually wielding that pow-| WAR NEARING, ~ EAST AFRICA Italio Ethloplan Situation _Grows Bitter—Mob- ilization Notice GENEVA, May 13—A new Ethio- ' plan note to the League of Na- tions was made public today. The Inote declares the Italian concen- ration of troops and war materials in East Africa “leaves no doubt as to hostile intentions of Italy.” Ethiopia denies she is mobilizing. MOBILIZATION ORDERS ROME, May 13. — Mobilization notices have gone out to soldiers |of the 1912 class as the Italo- iEtmopmn situation grew more bit- Iter. | - Predicts End 10f Republic of United States CHICAGO, IlL, May 13—Unit- ed States Senator Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota, told the mombery of the Bar Association that “if Roozevelt permits his clecticn in 1936 and wins, there will be nc future elections and the Republic of the United States may be only a matter of kistory.” The Senater continued his re- marks by saying “the President has usurped the functions of our Republic and is about ready, like Louis the Fourteenth, to de- clare himself the State.” Senator Schall described the Prciident as a “catline” working tn a much grander scale than the cld Roman politicians and the President’s methods as “fab- ian,” 1 Mae West, buxom film actress, says there “aint any husbands mi: ing” in her life and insists she has' never been married although a reec- ord found in Milwaukea shows the wedding between an actre: Mae West and Frank Wallace, actor, in which several details check with facts about the movie star Mae West, including the bride’s birthplace and parents names. The 1911 record hown as is Mae in a new picture, (Associated Press Photos) DECLARATORY JUDGM NEW YORK, May 13.—Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer has signe d an order serving notice on Mae West that Frank Wallace, vaude- ville actor, asked the court for a on the marriage license found in married Mae in April, He gives Mae's age as 42, In Los Angeles, last Friday time and see my lawycr HOPE SEEN FOR EXTENSION OF RADIOPHONES | General Alhson, Head of Signal Corps, Says Ex- periments to Continue Major General James B. Allison, Chief Signal Officer of the U. S Army, with headquarters in Wash- ington, D. C., who arrived in Ju- neau Saturday with Col. G. E. Kumpe, Officer-in-Charge, Wash- ington-Alaska Military Cable and Teelgraph System, devoted most of his time while here to studying the possibilities of developing radio telephone communication between Alaska and Seattle, which in turn would link Alaska towns, by radio with all the principal centers of the "world. “For the time being we will aon-' tinue to experiment with the ex- perimental radio telephone broad- cast between Juneau and Seattle, the General said today. “I hope that in the future we may obtain funds which will permit the Signal Corps to establish a booth service with secrecy equipment. When t! is achieved a period of expe mental operation with this equip- ment during which it can be tho oughly tried out and the possi- bility of commercial use ascertain- ed, will take place. May Talk to World “Eventually if funds can be ob- tained to carry on the experimental work, and later if the commercial demands warrant it, Alaskans can then talk from their homes to al- mest any ‘number’ in the world General Allison made his first trip to Alaska in 1902, as off in charge of construction of Fort Liscum, [and * sald ‘today that was enjoying his present trip Southeast Alaska. Leave en Yukon ' General Allison and Colonel| Kumpe will will leave tonight on| the Yukon for .Seattle. i Enroute from Seattle to his| Washington, D. C., headquarte: the General will inspect Signal Corps units. he to various | - | FOR HOOD BAY Among the cannery employees taken from Seattle on the North- western’s current trip were workers for the Hood Bay Packing Com- pany establishment at Hood Bay. They were led by A. P. Wolf, super- intendent. Wolf was accompanied by his son, John, and seven oth- ers, WRITE PLAINLY WITH UNFADING INK--TIIS IS A PERNANENT 1911, secretly and he recent publicity of the marriage reports and This sult doesn't mean a thing 'has been revealed here as casual- i only | William Prottas, furniture compan; |lieved they were drowned while at| | Yukon for Wrangell rLACE Op s rgeired ta rapart arviage 0 yon. Do s ot o erigtomi cactifimtas smmat e wwwt dirast to the Stots Sugiotres. FHLED OUY 7O TS BEGISTER OF DEERS when Whe menthiy repert . Tiio Sorte of sartifiaste io 30 bu owed susly by Sand regietvs o R.s supe-ting W the SWCISTER OF DEXDS. SEXD THIS CENTIFICATE CORPLEVELY @nalled tn the stote allivn. DO NOT wiatritate those Mavike bt aflnietrs w athov Comety 40 Mn.waunt& STATE OF WISCONSIN o Mok —Burvan of Vitl Stnistics COPY OF MARRIAGE RECORD 55., Yis ; xfffi’ Cowmty Clah__ !Arun 'chr NT IS ASKED; judgment announcing h on April 20. Justice H was then notified by a Mae's denials have cau declaratory Milwaukee told action would proba Let's se night, when Two Men Kille Navy Maneuvers on Pacific; | Air planes Reach Destmatwn HONOLULU, T. H, May 13— A | destroyer collision that resulted in 'the death of one man and injuring of four others, and a plane acci- dent in which one flier was killed, ties in the American fleet's secret maneuvers on the Pacific. Thirty-two of the 153 warships involved in the maneuvers have steamed into Pearl Harbor. The destroyer Lea tore into the stern of the destroyer Sicard yes- terday morning in the darkness. Admiral J. M. Reeves said 43 planes which left here last Thurs- MAE MUST DO MORE EXPLAIN | € is her husband. She steadfastly denied she is the ty mentionad ammer ordered notice of publication printed. Wallace declares he n attorney in 1915, that he had been divorced. Wallace declares that sed him much humiliation and made him appear as an imposter. bly be filed Saturday, Mae West said: e those divorce papers “He'll just have to come up some 3 YEARS OF TOIL FACE PIONEERS in the Mid-Pacific area, hnve reluh- ' ed their secret destination, 1200 A]] [s Not Going to Be miles to the westward. The ships in Pearl Harbor com-| Wild Strawberries and Cream Says Irwin din Secret prise the mightiest naval concen« tration there in history. The war- | ships are riding at anchor awaiting orders for a westward dash on sec- et maneuvers involving a supposed attack of Hawail. Meanwhile, not far off the Cali- fornia coast two of the twelve dreadnaughts, left in a northwest- erly course to join the Aleutian black fleet. ! PALMER, Alaska, May 13— The transplanted Minnesotans will have two or three years of toil before their Matanuska farms will bear them an adequate living. Don L. Irwin, Manager of the Al- | aska Rural Rehabilitation Corpora-: tion and project construction di- rector, explained that all is not go- NEW DEAL S GOINGTOHIT REP. LEADERS Only ‘Honest to Goodness’ Party Men Wanted at Springfield Meet TOPEKA, Kansas, May 13— A| move to purge the Republican par- ty of the leadership of those who have shown warmness toward the New Deal, is afoot in the Midwest as plans are pushed for the Party’s revival, Leaders have before them the declaration of John Hamilton, Kan- | sas National Committeeman, that “honest to goodness” Repub- licans are wanted as delegates to| the Springlield conference in June. TWO SEATTLE MEN DROWN SEATTLE, May 13.—Green River is being searched for the bodies of executive, and Leo A. Chaikin, at- torney, both of Seattle. It is be- a pienic with four companions, Chaikin drowned trying to res- cue Prottas, said others of the par- ty. - BOUND FOR WRANGELL- E. A. Rasmuson, Skagway banker, | arrived here on the Northwestern from the Lynn Canal city. He plans to take passage on the southbound, | and ‘Foreign Commissar Litvinoff, | Y \Ballot Boxes Are | stabulary as widespread precautions ipine independence. ing to be wild strawberries and| cream for the Matanuska pioneers.! uATI uN IN Only 15 percent of the land w“” | be cleared this year for next year's planum, and it will take two orfi three years to clear the remainder of the 40 acre tracts, but the set- tlers are satisfied. The colonists worshipped on the Sabbath as their forebears, out in the open field in the sunshine and declaring in the Glory of God and Death of Pllsudskl May ;‘l’”‘h:’:‘dk’:;‘;"'“" Pesks” Showlog Cause Realignment of — Political Relations ik STRIKE VOTE LONDON, May 15—European dip- VANCOUVER, B. C., May 13.— lomats today looked uneasily to-| ward Warsaw pondering over what effect the death of Marshal Pilsud-| The Waterfront Workers' Associa- ski will have on Pdland’s place in| tion has requested a ballot for al the continental scheme of things.|general strike to be taken next Foreign Minister Laval, of France,| Wednesday. i of Russia, are in conference in N, Moscow and - plan to extend their One Hundred Name mutual assistance pact, to other Chain Letter Is countries in Eastern Europe Wy There 1 o ndleation Polana wiy Started, Por flflml change her stand against joining any pact not including Germany ;:I)‘FTI.‘IAN,“}:)"":"’ May, 13, British _diplomatic circles said, 1S clty's first 100-name they foresaw the possibility of new chain’ letéer, “which, had 13 trontier difficulties between Poland DAMes within three hours after and Germany with 4 conseqient re-| DeinS filed at one of the city's four new professional promot- alignment of political relationships rolightnt. Birope, ing cffices, made appearance over the weekend. A The letter was filed by a woman whe overruled the brok- er’s chjection as to the amount, and insisted the money be used as a nucleus for a “full-grown” chain. Chain promoters still report- ed business rushing. Destroyed in One Philippine Area I MANILA, May 13.—Destruction of several ballot boxes in the capital of one province by Sakdal Extrem- ists has been reported to the con- MRS. NTON LEAVES Hattie Stanton, mother of . R. J. McKanna, wife of the 1243, “Mea Mllwaukee Bride? Must Have Been 2 .Othor Persons,” Mae NO M[WEMENT INDICATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS Contest Now Goes Past Previous Late Date r “Going Out” NENANA, Alaska, May 13. —The ice in the Tanana Riv- er was still intact at 5:42 o'clock this morning. This means Alaska’s $60,- 000 guessing contest goes on | past the latest date and hour ton which the ice started breaking up in 18 vears. Early last month it was in- |dicated the ice movement hmld be late for the ice is | four feet thick, twice as thick 'as last year. he anchor ice is also very The latcst date for the ice "guing cut” here was on May 1927. dl 2 a.m. ‘I.ATE FLURRY PUTS LIFE IN STOCK MARKET iList Is Milled About Prac- “tically All Day-—Lead- ~ ers Are Hit NEW YORK, May 13.—A Ilate flurry in motors put, life ‘nw stocks today after the list mill~ ed about diffidently earlier in the Prercrred sugar issues and other specialties developed strength al- though many leaders were restrain- led by profit taking. Today’s close was steady. ! CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 13.— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17%, American Can Amerijcan Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 15%, Armour N 3%, Bethlehem Steel 26%, Calumet and |Hecla 3%, General Motors 32, In- ternational Harvester 41'%, Kenne- cott 19%, United States Steel 33, Pound $488, Bremner bid 64 asked 66, Nabesna bid 60 asked 70. TWO NATIONS: REACH AGGORD Return of Hapsburgs to Austria Is Now Re- ported Indicated FLORENCE, Italy, May 13.— Chancellor Schuschnigg and Pre- mier Mussolini last Saturday dis- cussed all problems which interest Austria and Italy and reiterated complete identity of views. Among the vital questions believed taken up were the long mooted Hapsburg return te Austria and a proposed large increase in the Austrian Army to prevent a Nazi putsch. EXECUTED FOR DOUBLE MURDER ARCHANGEL, Russfa, May 13.— A 50-year-old woman, Udoxia Cher- nakova, has been executed for the double axe murder of a woman and her daughter, then rifling their apartment. She was formerly em- ployed to sweep out the military barracks here. el s, A B2 FORMER MATE ARRIVES 8. Swanson, mate on the steamor Kenai, Juneau-Sitka “feeder” ship of the Alaska Steamship Compaday, arrived here on the nwestern Alaska Steamship Company agent here, left Juneau on the North- western for Seattle, She will visii in Tacoma are being taken. to prevent trouble at tomorraw’s plebiscite on Philip- from Seattle. Swanson accompanied the Kenai when that vessel went to Seattle for her annual overhaul “ecentiy.