The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. XLVI., NO. 70l5 EMPERBR WILL SOON CALL FOR MUBlLIZATI(lN Effort to Avert Clash 1 East Africa Beheved to Be Futile BRITISH MAY SELL MUNITIONS OF WAR Italy Sends 300 Planes to Border to Be Used in | Event of Hostilities | | GENEVA, July 17.—According to! advices received here, Ethiopia is preparing for war believing that all peace moves contemplated will end in failure. } This new phase was indicated here when it was stated Emperor Halle Selassie is expected to call for a general mobilization of troops. British sources indicate that ship- ments of arms from Great Britain to Ethiopia may be permitted. The League of Natigns announc- es its Council will "probably be called together about July 25 to consider the crisis confronting the relationship between the East Ar- rica Empire and Italy. According to agdvices received here from Rome, the Italian Avia- tion Service is supplying the nal-; jan forces now in Bast Africa with| about 300 planes, indicating Italy| intends to usc the air fleet in even: of mrp)an campaign. JAPAN KEEPING | HANDS OFF IN AFRICAN CASE Ambassador——N;)tifies Mus- solini There Will Be No Intervention ROME, July 17—Assurances that | Japan “has no intention” of inter- vening in the Italo-Ethiopian dis- pute has been given Premier Mus- solini by Yotaro Sugimura, Japan- ese Ambassador to Italy. The lat-| ter gave this assurance, acting on| instructions of bis Government. | —————— HUGE BOMBER AWAITS TEST FROM SEATTLE Boeing Land Plane, Built for Army, Biggest Ever Made in United States SEATTLE, July 17—Described by | Boeing Airplane Company officials as the largest land plane ever to be built in the United States, the glant aerial battle cruiser which is| capable of a speed of from 200 to 250 miles per hour, is awaiting a test here today before being sub- mitted to the Army Air Corps. The ship weighs 15 tons. Its winz| spread is 105 feet overall, and its length listed at 70 feet. The Seattle- made bomber is powered with four 725-horsepower motors equlpped‘ with automatic variable-pitch, con- stant-speed propellers. While the details generally are guarded, it is known that the plane has five machine gun pits, although it is primarily a bomber. Two-way radio telephone communication and retractable landing geer with air brakes on the wheels are other im- vortant features. After tests here, the plane will be flown to Dayton, O., where fight- ing gear will be installed. ., — Tyler, Tex., claims the widest one-way thoroughfare in the state for its 80-foot streets bordering courthouse square, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNI;AU ALASKA WEDNFSDAY JULY 17, EMPIRE I935 Carrying out a congressional demand to investigate complaints of inefficient management of the Mantanuska Valley land colonization project in Alaska, this party i shown leaving Seattle, Wash. Left . E. Parsons, Dr. J. R. Murdock, A. M. Goodman, Mrs. 8. R. Fuller, Jr.; Mr. Fuller, who Ion Comdr. R. G. Davis, Daniel McGralh, representing the attorney-general and depar:- ment of justice, and Lieut. Col. L. P. Hunt. Above, left to right, are Lievt. H. V. Martin, (Anoc(uud Press Fho(o) Hmt Is Gwon 'Dominant Issue,Next Campaign; Attorney General S peakmg Out 1SS FLIERS PLAN FLIGHT MOSGOW-U. S. Nonstop T rip Announced as Soon as Weather Permits MOSCOW, July 17.—A single mo- tored Russian plane will attempt tc tfly non-stop -from Moscow to San)| Francisco as soon as weather con- | ditions permit, it is officially an- nounced here. A full itinerary of the flight was| H. W. Scott, David Williams and as to Probablo HERBERT PLUMMER WAHINGTON, July 17.— There wasn't much said about it in o1 out of Washington at the time, but | the Attorney General of the Unitec States has made a public appear- ance on Capitol Hill which politi- cians regard as significant. | Along with the new Solicitor General, Stanley Reed, Mr. Cum- mings went before the Ways and | Means committee of the House tc fiscuss the Guffey coal bill—de- , orived by some as a possible pat- ern for governmental control of ndustry since the Supreme Court | { invalidated NRA. | Behind closed doors and prompt-| >d by insistent questioning from| members of the committee the At- torney General gave a possible clue | to what may be the dominant issue| |in 1936 presidential campaign It concerned the constitutionality | By nct revealed but it appeared that of the bill. Cummings fefused to the fliers will follow the 120th me- |3ive an opinion one way or the| ridian across the North Pole to|other, but did suggest to members northern Canada near Fort Simp- 0f the committee they go ahead| son, thence across the Dominion of |and leave it up to the courts to de- Canada to Vancouver, then south following the coast line. Details of the plane are a close- ly guarded secret. The Soviet Gov- ! ernment has asked permission to icmss Canada and the United States It is reported that Pilot Levan- effsky, who flew to the rescue of lJimmy Mattern, Round-the-World flier, who wrecked his plane near | Anadir, will be at the -controls. { Levaneffsky took Mattern to Alas- |ka. He was also one of those who | flew to the rescue of the Dhelius- ‘km Expedition last year. Miss Barion Cator (above) dons a Guatemalan costume in honor of the Latin- American colony in San Francisco, which plans a fete at Del Monte. (As- sociated Press Photo) |is 6,000 miles. —— ® @ 00 0 0 0 0w o 00 e STOCK QUOTATIONS | .o-.l."......‘CANvASUSEDlN CALHOUN PAVING the NEW YORK, July 17— Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 16%, American Can| Although working under 140, American Power and Light 31, handicap of wet / weather Anaconda 16%, Bethlehem S!eel |forced the use of canvas covers, 31%, General Motors 367, Inter-|POuring on the first half of Gas- national Harvester 48%, Kennecott tineau Construction Company's Cal- 19, United States Steel 37% ..noun Avenue street paving projec Pound $496%, Bremner bid 40 ask-|Was completed this morning. ed 62, Nabesna bid 58 asked 70, Qlt.‘l Engineer M. A. Lagergren Black Pine Silver bid 33% asked 36.| S2id that, given good weather, he —————— STEELE-DUNDEE GO Freddie Steele, Tacoma's prom- ising middleweight boxer, will get one of the hardest tests of his _Excavation of Second Avenue and career when he meets Vince Dun- Franklin Street continued today dee, former titleholder, in & Seattle|With the gasoline shovel keeping ring July 30, dn'n') trucks busy hauling dirt. ! pouring on the Lower Front Street week. Pouring on Main Street prob- ahly will not begin until next week. ; The length of the proposed flight which | expected that the firm would start, project during the latter part of the| cide constitutional questions. The Coal Bill Situation The Attorney General was repre- | {sented as having said, “off the| record,” to members of the Ways |and Means Committee that there were good arguments available on| |both sides. But ‘“interstate com-| (Contlnued on Page Seven) | caid, “We look forward to our visit MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Glll FOOT NAVY | CRUISER WILL ~ VISIT JUNEAU | New Advices Indlcate Serv4 ice Ships Here from July 19 to 30 Two new and highly important| ietails in connection with the ap-| yroaching visit of a portion of the| Scouting Force of the United States Navy to Gastineau Channel were| lisclosed today. They are: 1. The U. S. S. Indianapolis, 610: ‘eet long and one of the Navy's, yewest ‘and finest heavy battle wrufsers, will ‘visit Juneau’s har- sor between the' forenoon of F‘rl»‘ lay, July 19, and Monday, July 22. 2. 'According to Vice Admiral A. 1. Hepburn, commander of Lhe‘ scouting Force, it is the Navy's in-| ention ‘‘to have either s cruiser or \ destroyer, singly or in pairs, serthed continuously at Junea u' rom July 19 to' July 30." Committee Plans Both items were released by Jhairman A. B. Phillips of lhel Thamber of Commerce Navy wel-| ome committee, when that body | met and arranged a tentative pro- wram-of entertainment at the Gas- tineau Cafe this noon. ; The coming of the Indianapolis| assures this port of visits from at| least two of the Navy’'s larger-type | xsgels, in addition to intermittent ‘ sats of nine destroyers during the 12-day period. Yesterday it' was an- 1ounced that the U. S. S. Detroit,| | 355 feet in length and a light cruis- ar, would call here from July 19 to| July 22. Today’s telegram from Vice Ad- mizal Hepburn indicates, then,'that over this week-end Juneau will be 108t to two of the largest vessels ever to enter its harbor. The In- {ianapolis is 610 feet long, 66 feet in breadth, and has a draft of 22 teet. The Detroit is 555 feet long, 55 feet in breadth and has a draft »f 20 feet 6 inches. 1,260 Men Coming Approximately 1260 Navy men will be in port over the week-end n the two cruisers. The Indianapo- lis will bring a complement of 63 ‘ommissioned officers and 700 en- listed men; the Detroit will have 35 :ommissioner officers and 455 en- iisted men aboard. This visit will precede destroyer :alls announced yesterday. One zroup of four destroyers is sched- uled to arrive here July 24 and to leave July 26; another group is due to make port on July 26 and to leave July 28. However, Vice Admiral Hepburn’s telegram to Chairman Phillips in- dicated today that the city would be visited continuously by some form of Navy craft from July 19 to |July 30. In addition, his message | with the greatest pleasure.” Program Considered While the Chamber’s welcome committee did not attempt to ar- walking into the Federal Court haeuser. Sent to Dotvntum F arm Mrs. Margaret T. Waiey, dressed in sombre black, is plcmred at Tacoma in custody of United States Marshal A, J. Chitty where she was sentenced this forenoon in connection with the kidnaping of nine-year-old George Weyer- Cap PUBLIC DEBT NOW REAGHES T0 NEW PEAK nine Billion Dollars— Borrowings Light range a complete program for the |entire Navy visit, a seven-point tentative program of entertainment (Continued on Page FEaght) Emaciated Woman Charges She Was PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July 17— Grey-haired and hollow-eyed, her \body wasted to less than 70 pounds, Anna Vancleve, 48, started up sud- denly in a hospital cot here today to give detectives an explanation for her emaciated appearance. The only explanation that she offered officers was that for the past five years she had been lock- ud in a garret prison, with scraps for food, because “my band didn’t like my cooking She looked almost 80 years old when investigators found her in bed in a lonely third-story room {which was bereft of light because lof boarded .windows and nalled- |down shades. | Her eyes were sunken deep her head "and her skin hung her bones in loose bags. were sores on her pock-marked { in on ace > Vancleves were married nine years Garret Prisoner and hands. An old black dress was wound about her and was tacked up with safety pins. She clutched bread crusts in each hand. There was a cup of water and a bucket on the floor beside her bed. The room was furnished, beside the bed, with a solitary chair. The door was locked. She was too weak to walk, so she had to be carried to an am- bulance. Her alleged captors are her hus- band, William, 54, and a window- washer, and his sister, Catherine, aged 57. Vancleve said, “She was dirty and filthy. I wanted my sister to do the cooking.” He denied that his wife had been imprisoned. He said she stay- ed in the room voluntarily. The ago. | | WASHINGTON, July 17. — The Federal debt has crossed the twen- ty-nine billion dollar mark to a new peak. The daily statement of the De- partment of Treasury showed on Monday that the debt has reached twenty nine billion, one hundred seventy-seven . million, seven hun- dred and eighty-six thousand dol- lars after receipt of funds of of- ferings of five hundred million dol- lars in treasury notes. This is the figst big increase in the public debt since December Meantime, the Treasury is able to “get by” on comparatively small borrowings by using the cash re- sources also the result of heavier receipts. Childless Homes ‘tog Be Taxed in Austria VIENNA, July 11—A tax on all childless persons, in addition to the bachelor . tax already collected in Austria, is being considered here The semi-off iie“aRcl The semi-official “Reichspost gues that it would have the ble advantage of bringing in revenue and counteracting the idly falling birth rate. ar- dou- new It Is Only e Twenty-| itol Asks If President, Buffeted by the Opposltwn, will Drop W hirlwind Attack| (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) There are growing signs that, |from the standpoint of political | strategy alone, the Roosevelt Ad- | ministration has arrived at a de-| cisive moment. Faced for the first time with | stern opposition on many sides, the President must choose between two | vastly different emthods of com- bat. He can go on with the “whirl- wind” style of campaign, piling at- tack on attack, or he can withdraw to new ground, reform his and seek to outwit the enemy by guile and deliberation. Much may | depend on his decision. On March 4, 1933, Mr. Roose-| assumed his new duties with a stroke of bold leadership which won him international admiration. In| the words of the prize ring (used here because none other is quite| s0 expressive) he came out of his| | corner fighting. The recognized | courage and confidence of his deal- ing with the bank crisis changed the whole naticnal atmosphere overnight. Since then, however, ave happened. Oppozition Dawns is unnecessary to review the in detail in order to realize since that first experience administration has relied heav- l By BYR()N PRICE | | many things It tor; th ily on the power of swift, attack Momentum has prime factor in the “New Deal, and the momentum from each suc- cess has been taken advantage of succeeding to help venture There months had Mr get under was this Roosevelt's political ad- the next no denying rap-'. Continued on Page Three) lines, | intrepid been reckoned a » | known that for fast-moving assault GIRL, 19, MUST SERVE TIME AT DETENTION FARM Young Woman Stands Mute as Court Asks If She Has Anything to Say NO RECOMMENDATION MADE BY ATTORNEYS ‘Second Ser;l:::cing in Fa- mous Weyerhaeuser Case —Suspect at Large TACOMA, Wash,, July 17.—Mrs. Marzaret Thulin Waley, 19, con- victed of kidnaping George Weyer- haeuser, was sentenced by Federal Judge Edward E. Cushman here to- day tc serve 20 years at the Fed- 1 detention farm at Milan, Mich. The court denied motions for ar- rest of judgment and a new trial after overruling the government's objections to motions being filed more than three days after convic- tien. Defense Counsel John F. Dore submitted the motions without any more - argument than those made during the trial. No signs of Emotion e girl showed no outward signs of emotion when called before the bar for sentencing and stood mute , When“the Judge asked if she hiad anything to say. Neither the government nor de- fense attorneys made any recom- ymendations about sentence. \ Harmon Waley, husband of Mrs. , Waley, had previously been cons * -victcd of participating in the kid+ |naping and is now serving a 45- g S MO S a6 S ) (Continued on Page Seven) SLAYING BANK BANDIT IS NOT ~ LONE FUGITIVE { Kidnaper William Mahan Eliminated as Killer of Two TACOMA, Wash, July 17— | Through fingerprint comparisons, Willlam Dainard, alias Mahan, wanted as the “brains” of the Wey~ erhaeuser kidnaping gang, was defi- nitely eliminated as the death deals ing bank robber who Monday shot {Frank Chadwick, chief of Police of Puyallup, and Harry Storem Puyallup police officer, after hold- |ing up the State Bank of Orting. | Fingerprints also eliminated the | possibility that one of.the two sol- |diers, who escaped from the Forf Lewis Guard House recently, might have been the robber and killer. | The fingerprints have been stud- {led by Sergeant Fred Scheutze, Ta- 'cuma Police Bertillion expert, who {1 now comparing them with records |in the Tacoma office. They have also been air-mailed to Washington {for comparison with records there . An escaped soldier, Max J. Butler, 120, surrendered to Olympia police | Tuesday night, saying that hé had {split with his pal, Joseph C. Rapel, }On Sunday. Butler sald he surren- ,dervd to clear himself of connection | with the Orting bandit and to “es- {cape being shot.” SR S R \SPERLINGS BUY ' M’AULIFFE HOME Harry Sperling, Administrative Assistant in the Forest Service, has purchased the home of the late Dr. W. J. B. McAuliffe in the Casey- Shattuck addition, it was made today. It is a seven-room ouse and the Sperlings, now living out at their summer camp, expect to take possession about the first September. Mrs. McAuliffe is staying in the house until that time and then ex- pects to go south. The consideration nounced, 3 was not an-