The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 30, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE YOL. XLVI., M) 7026 “ALL THE NEli'_S ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, 'lUFSDAY JULY 30, 1935 ARMY OF 10,000 MOVING TOWARD FRONTIER AREA Women of Ethiopian Nobil- - ity Volunteer Services to Army in Crisis MOBILIZATION NOT YET PROCLAIMED More Troops Sallmg from' MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICL TEN CENTS Alaska Airmail an amendment. The Winner Italy for War Zone on Eve League Meeting | ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July| 30~Authoritative sources are said| to have received confirmation of a' revolt of a number of native Somalis in Italian Somaliland. | Complete details are lacking. Mean- | while a party of Italians has de- parted from Addis Ababa. /The War Office declined to con- firm reports that an ‘army, 10,000 strong, from Southern Ethiopia was headed for the Eritrea frontier and that. the Commanders wife, mem- ber-of the country's highest nobil- ity, had - volunteered to join the atmy. The Emperor is considering sariously . the offer of other women lé¢aders who have adopted her cqurse. Men volunteers have plunged. into litary preparations with renewed .- General mobilization has not yc‘t ‘been proclaimed. LEAGUE MEETING OPPOSITION “IGENEVA, July 30—The League of Nations' mild 'Ethigpian policy 18! meeting opposition on the eve of: the momentous Council meeting, with England appearing the only mémber likely to call for forceful 'omorrow more troops are sched- uléd to sail from Italy for East Aftica while Ttalian delegates jour- ney to Geneva for the Council session. 8ir Anthony Eden, British Em- issary, has departéd from London to demand a pledge from Mussolini to explore every possibility of peace. Prance has ordered reinforce- ments for its SomaMand garrison to insure neutrality, | — 1 EMPEROR ASSENTS LONDON, July 30.—Reports here ! saild Emperor Haile Selassie has| given assent to the proposal Lhav,‘ Ethiopia be placed under an in-| ternational Eutropean mandate of the League of Nations, granung‘ special economic concessions m‘ Italy. ‘The Emperor is quoted as saying: | “I don't object to the principle of European influence provided it ls purely economic panied by political implnno.n and control.” YOUNG JUNEAU i MAN IS DEA mmn Holst, Jr., aged 20, well- kfiown Juneau young man, son of Chpmin Martin Holst, of the fish-' ifg:craft Anna H. died yesterday i the Marine Hospital at Seattle, | mocording to advices 'received here today. Young Holst wem south for treat- | ment about two months ago and underwent an operation from which he failed to recaver. At the time of his passing, his mother and sister Matilda were at, the bedside. FARLIN RELEASED ON: POSTING BOND| C. W. Farlin, one of the men bound over to the grand jury on charges of rioting as a result of the street disorder of June 24 here, posted $1,000 bond today and gained his freedom. Six of the alleged rioters who must face a grand jury are still in jail, having not furnished bail. They are Harry Datoff, Warren Beavert, Mentur Peterson, CHIf Matthews, Marion Warner and Sven Saren, Service Measure Is Pushed Along WASHINGTON, July 30.—The House bill to permit the Po-tmaster General to contract for airmail service to Alaska has been passed and sont to the Senate for a conference on DON IRWIN 0 - REMAIN WITH Not Return to Uni- versity of Alaska | ! | | | \ ‘ PALMER, Alasks, July 30—Don | Irwin, head of the Matanuska col- ‘ony, Farm Division, instead of re- | turning to his position at the Uni- |versity of Alaska, will stay with | the colony. “I feel that I can render more service here than there,” Irwin said. The colonists thought Irwin was |being pushed aside by others and started petitions for his retention. The colonists are now happy that Irwin is staying because he is al- |ways glad to talk over the prob- |lems and the colonists have much| 1 | confidence in him. | e < ‘Matanuska Chief 1Is | MAT. PROJECT Head of Farm Division 'Will Appointed PERSEGIITI(IN IN GERMANY SLACKENING Nazism Tak.(;-'leed of Q)- inion Abroad—Hits at United States BERLIN, July 30.—Nazism, Ppay- ing. heed to foreign opinion, has} | slackened the - campaign . against State enemies, for the timenbelng, ! and’ turned attention to commun-v ism. Several newspapers Here,’ r\yfex ring to the attitude of the m‘efll of the United States especially on the reported “blood purge,” ysate editorially that other nations should clean their own houses before pay- ing attentian to the Reich. Some newspapers advised the United States to take care of its Communists and warned that “Am-; erica has a duty to prevent Com- e T munists disturbing the friendly re- lations between Germany and the United Sutes" B TORRID ANSWER IN ALIENATION{ SUIT IS FILED [Mrs. Sewell Calls Mrs, | Buster Keaton Very Immoral Woman Island, COLUMBUS, Mmissourl, July 31.— br, walter Williams, aged 71, for- mer President of the University of { Missouri, and Dean Emeritus of the world's first school of journalism _Mere, died at his home last night. Dr. Williams became ill while on a tour of the world winter before {last. He underwent an operation land resigned the Presidency of the { University when his health failed | LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 30— 'Dean Ementus First School of Journahsm, Passes Away [Lt. Col. L. P. Hunt to Be Administrator for Al- aska Reh. Corp. WASHINGTON, July 30.— The telief Administration has announc- »d the appointment of Lt. Col. L. Hunt, United States Marine Corps, as Administrator for the Al- a‘ka Rural Rehabilitation Corpora- tion to e in charge cf the Mata- Miss Virginia Donham, as |nuska Valley project. “Miss Petaluma,” is pictured when she received the trophy which the won when she was |ler's party sent to Alaska -earlier | this month and is now on the pro- Hunt is a member of S. R. Ful-| Bristling with accusations against the character and morals of Mrs. Buster Keaton, wife of the mbvie| | comie, is the answer of Mrs. Leah | Clampitt Sewell, wealthy matron, in’ ,the $200,000 alienation sult filed, 'against her. Mrs. Sewell rocently figured the so-called “wife swapping” vorce suit. Mrs. Sewell said she did not steal in di- Buster’s love because Mrs. Keaton | had already forfeited it by “keeping company with other men.” Kept Him Liquored Up Mrs. Sewell charges in her an- swer to the alienation suit of Mrs.| Keaton, that the latter kept her| to improve. Eminent Journalist A high school graduate who used newspaper work as a path to a high place in the scholastic world, Dr. ‘Williams attained distinction as one of the most eminent American jour- nalists and educators of his time. It was said of him that he found journalism a trade and helped imake it a profession. His work, which began as a print- er’s “devil,” embraced the activities ‘0[ editor, author, goodwill ambassa- dor, founder and dean of the first colleglate school of journalism in ‘Lhe world, and university president | Although his schooling was lim- | also proclaimed “Miss Cata- lina” in a rccent California wide personality contest. Scett Held, well known Santa Cruz, Cal,, orchestra leader and one of the lucky judges, made thc trophy presentation to the “Personality Girl.” ject. Other members of Fuller's party remaining in the ‘Matanuska are Lt. H. V. Martin, U. 8. N., in charge |of engineering and transportation, and A. M. Goodman, of Ithica, New | York, assistant in the farming di- vislcn, movie actor under the influence of 'ited to preparatory class rooms and liquor in order to keep him occu- the only degree he possessed was pled so as not to arouse his sus-|the honorary degree of doctor of picions. |laws, Dr. Williams, by reason of Mrs. Keaton's recent suit charged 'his work as founder of the school’s that Keaton and Mrs. Sewell were| department of journalism was nam- found in a hotel in Santa Barbara ed president of the University of {in a compromising position in a Missourt. He took office January 1, Inja was ncted with 'satisfaction 1 FULLER KEEPING MUM SEATTLE, July 30.—Silent re- PILSUI]SKI HOPE rlsmm to Harry L. Hopkins, FERA, rrived here yesterday from Alas- ka and - said he would report to Hopkins before making any state-| BUIDES POLAND INBALTIC ARER £ 2 255 2 HEVEEEEE Nk LETTERS AT MATANUSKA cles believe the late Marshal Pil- ! sudski’s efforts will be continued PALMER, Alaska July 30.—Of late some crank letters, accusing to normalize Polish-Lithuanian re- lations, - severed when Poland. took | the colonists of being a “lazy and shiftless lot” have been appearinz Vilno in 1920. The statement iaa. “it’ is neces- sary to continue endeavors to find a solution for the conflict with Po- !land,” made in a lecture by For- leign Minister Lozoraitis of Lithua- here. n the mail.of the colonists. These Pre-ident Poses Preblem are received with amusement or an- How hard that i3, however, is in-|8¢r and then passed around. All dicated in the public remark of the| |crank letters are addressed “Mata- Lithuanian president, Antanas Sme- | nuska.” tona, who said: ! “We must have Vilno back, as it is the cradle of our culture. The New Mystery Ray heart buried there (Marshal Pilsud- )¢ eki's) will not paralyze our desire, covered Secret Being Guarded {because the heart of the entire Lithuanian nalion also is bus- fed in Vilno.” FORT MONMOUTH, HIGH- The - liquidation of the quarrel LANDS, N. J., July 30.—Double was one of the marshal's greatest details of military police paced outside the Army reservation here today while officers, amid concerns in his last years of life, for his foreign policy sought the co- the utmost secrecy, studied a new mystery ray. operation of Poland with the Bal- This new ray is said to be tic countries, and Pilsudski had many personal ties with Lithuania, capable of detecting the pres- ence of a ship 50 miles at Since Alexander Prystor, former sea through fog or darkness, (Continued on Page Seyem | bedroom. ( Another Charge Mrs. Sewell alleged in her an-| guarding the Government Matanus- swer to the complaint that Keaton| zutshod guest in several capitals of ka land colonization project, 8. R. and his ncw estranged wife, lived Central and South America. Fuller, of New York, special as- together as man and wife before| their marriage. | . N . | Wins Radio Prize VENTURA, Cal. — Establishing| two-way contact with 230 ama-| /1931, spending the following sum- [mer in a tour of Latin-America in which he was received as distin- | First Newspaper Job ! Dr. ‘Williams was 15 years old when | ; he obtained his first newspaper job| |m the composing room of the Boon- | ville, Mo., Topic at 75 cents a week. Eight years later he became editor w mnamed by Captal ish explorer, Deception Pass, near Mount Vernon, Wash. will bc spanned by a bridge. the new §325,000 structure, erected with local, Sta‘e and Fcderal funds, has been set for noon tomor- row, and it will be opened to traffic immediately. Gov. Clarence D. Martin c¢f Washington and other State dignitaries will take part in the ceremonies. Captain Vanccuver, feeling that he had been de- ccived as to the nature of the inner waterway of Piget Sound, now Saratoga Passage, 1792, named the passage Deception Pass. The ney bridge, 187 feet above the water, connects Whidby second I.II'M island in the United sute-. to the mainland. WALTER WiLLIAMS' in 1890 of the Columbia (Mo.) Her- ald, which bore the reputation of| being one of the model smalltown newspapers of America. From that time on his activities' in newspaper work broadened and he rapidly ° gained recognition for his efforts to raise the standards of journal- | ism. While editor of the Herald he | also directed by telephone the edit-| ing of the Daily State Tribune at' Jefferson City, edited the St. Louis | Presbyterian and wrote for 8t. Lout: and Kansas City Sunday newspai- | ers. “Journalists’ Creed” From his pen came ~“irne Joar nalists’ Creed,” & code of ethics con- ceived with the idea of guiding journalists, both old and young, and setting forth the high ideals of the profession. The, ereed was widely | circulated and. reprinted in many teur radio stations in 50 foreign and part owner of the Boonville| pyplications on. journalism. countries in 90 hours brought Dr.; . Charles Stuart first prize in an in- wmsuonll contest. ! Advertiser and president of the Missouri Press Association. Meanwhile, Dr. Williams' services | (Contlnued on Page Five) He assumed editorial supervision| HOROSCOPE B Do you want to know Do you want to know Do you want to know store for you? your future? something about yourself ? what to do . . . what is in HOROSCOPE It is a new feature starting in THE EMPIRE Thursda y , August 1 You can’t afford to miss this feature. horoscope to foretell th person. IN,. THE EMPIRE | The ancients down to the present time use the e ‘future, especially of a TARTING THURSDAY, Sokoloff Flies to Aklavik to Aid in Moscow-Cal. Flight FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 30. —Nickolas Sokoloff is now at Aklavik ready to radio weath- er reports to Soviet Flier Sig- mund Levaneffsky, on the Mos- cow to California flight. Sekoloff is representative of the Amtorg, Inc, Ruscan trad ing company. He flew to Aklavik Sunday, taking off at noon and arriving there at 5 o'clock in the after- noon. Sokoloff reported unlimited visibility in the vicinity of Ak- lavik, Sokoloff recently flew here from Juneau, BAD WEATHER MOSCOW, July 30.—Weather today continged unfavorable over the proposed route of the Polar fliers from here to Cali- fornia. It is believed they will get away Thumday or later, - |Henry Reifel and his son, George Dedicate Deception Pass Brulgo Tomorrow in Gecrge Vancouyer, famed Brit- Dedication of on June 10, SURPRISE IS SPRUNG, BIG LIQUOR SuIT Suit f Dgllioh Dollars Set- :led for $500,000 SEATTLE, July 30.—Coming as a surprise on the eve of the trial, the announcement was made last night that the Government's civil action to collect seventeen and one quarter million dollars from the Reifel liquor interests of Vancouver, B. C, has been settled out of court for $500,000, The announcement was made by Sam E. Whitaker, special assistant United States Attorney. The Government took the court action to collect the huge sum from C. Reifel, for customs duties, pen- | alties and Internal Revenue taxes |alleged due on approximately ten million dollars worth of liquor the defendants are accused of smug- | gling into the United States. The criminal 'indictments charg- ing the pair with smuggling liquor | during prohibition days, are still on the docket. Recently Government counsel an- nounced an attempt to collect only $3, 000000 AFRICAN SECTS INCITE BLACKS TOKILL WHITES ! BULAWAYO, Southern Rhodesia, |July 30.—Fears of a long-dreaded | black uprising in Africa spurred by recent native strike riots in the copper mines near here which cul- minated in the killing of several strikers and the wounding of sev-| eral Europeans, are still far from quieted. White residents uneasily are eye- ing the spread of the notorious “watch tower” movement with its false but all-powerful gossip that American negroes, hearing of the African natives' “ill treatment, are mobilizing an army and coming over to drive out the white oppres- sors. Pdmphlets Insite Natives The “watch tower” sect has swamped the country with pam- phlets calling on the natives to rise and seize Africa. As a result, offi- cials have noticed a mounting dis- respect bordering on insolence among the natives—danger signs for the handful of whites ruling mil- lions of primarily savage blacks. The sect began in 1902 in the Transvaal, where black witch doc- tors took the doctrines of an Am- erican religious group called “watch |tower” and twisted them to suit " (Continued on Page Sevem) r Seventeen, One|. i |he is sending in a daily column to | R NORTHLAND TO HAVE DEFENSE, AR ATTACKS Indications ‘Are that First of Six New Stations to Be in Interior ARMY AIR CORPS MEN GETTING BUSY Sites for Other Bases Be- ing Determined—One in Pacific Northwest WASHINGTON, uly 30.—Frankly elated at the passage of the Wil- cox Air Base bill, high Army Air Sorps officers today turned their eyes toward maps to determine vhere to build six new air bases wthorized by the measure. The ’lll was sent to the President yes- ‘erday. Depots will be established at six points in specified areas at a . of $120,000,000. Progress will depend upon finan- cial backing of the Public Works allotment. The Army Board be- lieves the funds will be avallable this year for one or two bases. . Reports from an authoritative source indicate ‘Alaska = will ~be chosen first with Fawpanks as the site as the desire is to experiment vith cold weather flying. The second area probably will he the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and Portland. will vie for . which will occupy a key position sinee it will serve as a oonnect- ing link with Alaska and play . a vital part in the coast defense plans. —————— 71-F00T YAWL MAKES JUNEAU JOURNEY OKEH Jamison, Seattle Newspap- erman, Has Fun and Thrills on Trip For two days now there has been a tiny sailing ship tled to a log boom off the Lumber Mill Dock. Now and then there have been evidences of life aboard—bu:, not until today, has a reporter dared to clamber out across those logs for an interview, The ship 15 the Nauty (yes, sir, Nauty is the way its’ spell) Mari- ctta, and it's as trim and Wk’ a craft as has called in Juneau's harbor from southern waters this year. Only 27 feet long, the Nauty Marietta is a strange contrast to the huge 212-foot barkentine In- trepid which berthed ' ‘Hete last week. But she's every bit as seaworthy and satisfactery to her owner, H. E. Jamison, Seattle; newspaperman, and his wife. ‘They are on a vaga- bond cruise which started in Se- attle on May 20, and which will not end until the last of Septem- ber. To Visit Skagway During that time the Jamisons— now both well-tanned from their active life in the sun—hope to visit every hide-away port in’ Southeast Alaska, including trips to Skagway and Sitka. A port of call to Jamison (who insists his wife is the “Admiral”) neans quick work with a typewriter and a dash to the post office. For (Continued on Plue Two) WHAT, ANOTHER? VANCOUV!B. B. C., July 30. Miss Derothy Frooks, New York lawyer and author, has sailed for Alaska in hopes to “find cut what's the matter” with the Matanuska scheme. “They are not happy. I want to know why. I am going to see the Governor at Juneau and.\ then fly -to the colony," she said,