The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1935, Page 1

“"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVL,, NO. 7072. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 193 NEW DEMANDS 5. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DE BY MUSSOLINI FOUR HUNDRED |Spans Atlantic, Bound for Lithunania, But Crashes in THOUSAND COAL MINERS STRIKE Walkout Ordered at Mid- night Sunday Over Wages and Hours PROSPECTS REPORTED \GOOD FOR AGREEMENT No Immedi;t—e—Danger of Shortage of Fuel Ex- pected by Trouble BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—The soft coal strike reached out to 26 States today, including Washington, with 400,000 miners reported out. Prospects of ending the strike, called last midnight, are re- ported good by Assistant Secre- tary of Labor McGrady. Two thousand miners are out in Washington State. There is no immediate danger of a coal shortage, INDUSTRIAL STRUGGLE WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—An in- dustrial struggle carrying a threat of paralysis to basic industries, is declared underway as the United Min¢ Workers called on the soft coal . miners, numbering 400,000, to stay. away from the nation's pits today. o The strike ' call, issued late yes-, terday, instructed miners not to work - unless the operators agreed to & new scale and hour agreément by midhight Tast night. | At that hour conferecs were still “in a dispute. Presidential action’ was expected sometime today. MRS. KENNEDY PASSES AWAY AT ANCHORAGE Pioneer of Juneau Will Be; Brought Here for Interment ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 23.— Mrs. Catherine Kennedy, aged 82, pioneer resident of Juneau, Sitka and. Anchorage, died here Saturday as the result of heart trouble, while resting ip a chair at her home. She is sutvived by three ‘sons, John, George and Dan, all mer- chants'of Anchorage. The remains of Mrs. Kennedy will be taken to Juneau and laid to rest beside her late husband, Dan Ken- nedy, from whom Kennedy Street, Juneau, was named. ——aao—— “SHOOTER" OF WHITEHORSE RAPIDS, DIES Character of Early Klon- dike Days Passes Away m Illinois TUSCOLA, I, 8ept. 23 —Calmer Barnes, aged 72, of Arcola, who achieved fame in “shooting” White Horse Rapids during the gold rugh to the Klondike, died here in a hospital as the result of a heart ailment. His death recalled the daring ex- ploits of Barnes and his twin broth- er, Dr. Omar Barnes in the days when they carried gold crazed passengers and their baggage through the swirling waters of the White Horse Rapids. Autumn Begins; Only 98 More Days in ’35 Today is the first day of Autumn_ and incidentally there are only 98 more days in 1935, ‘ 2 oo e | and rain. BALLINROBE, County Mayo, Ire- land, Sept. 23.—The transatlantic solo flight of Felix Waitkus, 28- year-old Wisconsin -aviator, ended Sunday in a smashup in a rough field here. The flier was unhurt. Fog-bound, and buffeted by se- vere storms along the Irish coast, ‘Waitkus, who had hoped to fly| nonstop from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania, his birthplace, brought the plane down in a hazardous ! landing, bounced over the rough field, and crashed into a tree. Prantic villagers rushing to his! assistance found Waitkus climbing | out of the plane, declaring he felt | himself lucky to escape without a scratch. He said he had intended to land at Ballinrobe but was unable to find it in the fog. He wanted to land because he| had used more gas than he had anticipated in bucking the wind Waitkus, came down at 10 a.m,/ which is 4 am. Eastern Standard { Time. He had been in the air slight- ly less than 22 hours. He took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New I‘Iork at 5:45 p.m. Eastern Standard | Time, Saturday. His flight was planned to com- yonmaseata that of Stephen Darius | and Stanley Girenas, who weref killed in & crash 375 miles short of | the Kaunas goal two years ago. | Waitkus faced bad weather over the North Atlantic. 8ix hours af-| ter his takeoff reports from New- foundland said flying conditions “could ‘scarcely be worse.” . Waitkus had intended to fly the sub-stratosphere, t hier eby escaping most of' the rough weather, but was unable to gain that altitude. The plane passed over Harbor Buffett, Placentia Bay, flying east ‘st 2:20 pm., EST. Harbor Buf- Ireland; Hazardous Flight Felix Waitkus fett is about 50'miles east of Bell Island. The plane was not equipped with| radio sending apparatus, but the former army fller was equipped| with a compass with. which he could obtain the direction. The Irish radio station at Athlone sent out weather reparts to the flier the' first Guarter of évery hour. i Waitkus was ‘f1¥ing a spaady‘ Lockheed monoplane named “Litu- naica IL" E. WHITEHEAD ARRIVES HERE BY AIRPLANE i Official Comes from Wash- ington—Off for In- terior Tuesday Edward Whitehead, District Ad }vlsor, Department of Air Commerce | Washington, D. C., arrived Sunda} by PAA plane from Seattle. Mr. Whitehead expects to leave Juneau 'Tuesd:y for Fairbanks and Nome, and will return to the States in about six weeks. Disclosure at this time of the nature of his official business would be premature, Mr. Whitehead said, but he added that upon his return from the Interior he will have in- formation. A great deal of attention is being focused upon Alaska in Washington, D. C., Mr. Whitehead reported. “I have been in Washington a number | of years,” he said, “and within the last year and a half or iwo years all departments from the heads down have displayed increasing in- terest in Alaska.” The newly aroused interest re- sults in part, he said, from first- hand infermation developed by re- cent visits to Alaska by many gov- ernment officials. Air Mail Service Much recent legislation of inter- est to Alaskans, including the pas- sage of H. R. 5159, a bill introduced by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, which authorizes the Postmaster General to contract for air-mail service in Alaska, was largely due to the efforts of Delegate Dimond, Gov. John W. Troy, and many Alaskans who have visited Wash- ington recently, Mr. Whitehead said. H. R. 5159, as it became opera- tive, reads: “The Postmaster Gen- eral may provide difficult or emer- gency mail service in Alaska, in-| cluding the establishment and the equipment of relay stations, in such| manner as he may think advisable,' without advertising therefor; and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract, after advertisement in accordance with law, for the car- riage of all classes of mail within the Territory of Alaska, at a total sost of not exceeding $25,000, by urplane, payment thereof to be made from the ‘appropriation for star-route service in Alaska.” " (Continued o Page Seven) Japan Now Undertakes New Stunt {River War Flotilla Report-' ed Bound for Inter- ior Soviet MOSCOW, Sept. 23.—The official press published reports from Kha- sorovsk, on the Manchurian fron- tier, that the Japanese are plan- ning an attempt to send a river war flotilla into the interior waters of Soviet Russia. The report by the Tass Agency 3ave no reason for the attempt, but said they plannmed for a late Sep- ;ember dispatch. It was said the atlempt would e made by Sungari River, the fleet, then to try to make its way through Kassakevicheva. Channel near Kha- barovsk. FAMOUS STAR PASSES AWAY EARLY TODAY DeWolfe H;l—a;er Dies Sud- denly in Hospital in Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Sept. 23.—De- Wolf Hopper, aged 77, noted actor, died suddenly of heart disease early today. He was ill yesterday when he participated in a radio broad- cast and after the program was tak- en to a hospital v/he;e he grew gradually weaker and passed away. Hooper was one of the best known light comic opera stars of the United States. He created more operatic ctharacters, perhaps, than any other man in that line of en- tertainment. He will always be known, to those who have seen his performances, as the original re- citer of “Casey® At The Bat.” ROGERS CO! NORTH Cliff J. Rogers, Controller of the White Pass and Yukon Railway, was a passenger on the Princess Louise enroute to Skagway where he will spend three weeks on busi- ness connected with his Seattle. y WATERFRONT _ CRISIS NOW. BUBBLING UP Difficulties Between Long- shoremen, Employers Near Showdown SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23~ A new waterfront crisis growing out of the employers’ attempt to force longshoremen to han- dle cargo involved in strike: disputes, today moved steadily ! te a showdown. » s Representatives of the Inter- national Lo ngshoremen’s As- sociation and the employers are meeting in an effort to work oat a settlement and unless one I8 reached a general waterfront tieup may result. BONUS ISSUE 1S PARAMOUNT, A. L SESSION Seventeenth A nn ual - Con- vention Starts in St. Louis Today ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 23.—Amer~ jean Legion members opened Seventeenth Annual Convention to- day with the bonus foremost on the program for settlement. | | do- lutions asking payment. at. value, with |interest and refund of interest al- ‘ready paid. 3 e, — PIONEER OF TACOMA ON LAST TRALL { John Albert Longmire, of { Famous Springs, Pass- es Away in Auburn | TACOMA, Wasn., Sept. 28.—John | Albert Longmire, aged 83, one of the best known ploneers in this re- gion, died Saturday at the home at Auburn. Longmire came to the state when one year old on an ox-drawn schooner from Indiana. James Longmire, John’s father, took a land grant at Longmire Springs, on Mount Rainier, and raised a large family there. Funeral services are being held here today. EYEING HOME AND FAMILY GALLUP, New Mexico, Sept. 23. —John Barrymore is casting long- ing eyes at his home and family, intimating a possible reconciliation with his estranged wife, Dolores Costello. Barrymore said the romance or estrangement with Elaine Barrie, radio singer and his erstwhile pro- tege - who trailed him half way \across the continent and return- jed to New York is a “lot of I Barrymore said the diamond he gave her might as well have been @ topaz “as for significance.” RUNS AMUCK; 18 SUICIDE OROFINIO, Idaho, Sept. 23— Wallace Johnson, section hand, dur- ing a quarrel shot Matt Mattson three times, swung his rifle on Mrs. Mike Bobell and Mike Covich, fir- ing shots into their arms, suicided. | Mattson’s condition is described as extremely critical. ————— ZENGER RETURNING J Al Zenger, cashier and book- keeper of The Empire, Is returning catlon in the Pacific Northwest, | of his daughter, Mrs. Ione Keene.‘ then | A [ b % Day bombing outra ered by the Californ| he left the prison, Pretty TEl”aWifie Btirr;e js Foiled.in Her Chase After John Barrymore; Eludes Her w936 TAGTICS “vancellation of accrued | | | FOR CAMPAIGN ARE AWAITED € !Republican Executiv Committee to Meet This Week in East WASHINGTON, Sept. 23— Al- 'though a flurry of words over “con- stitutionalism and confidence” was intensified during the past week,| more concrete evidence of the 1936 tacties for and against the New Deal awaits the fortnight ahead. After months of paper work and speechmaking, the Republican Ex- ecutive Committee gathers here on! Wednesday. The Republicans plu.ni early organization and greater ac- tivity a day or so following Presi- dent Roosevelt'’s take-off on his much planned transcontinental trip and political opportunities. A wealth of material is at hand and on' each side it is realized that irecent developments portend |a campalgn based broadly on whether the New Deal is legal, | whether it has helped or hindered| recovery. ! The Republican Party leaders ad- | mit there is a split over how to deal with the agricultural issue be-| cause the farm states are well rep- resented on the Executive Commit- tee. | This week’s meeting will be watched with much considefation. | St ABANDON HOPE " MISSING BOAT; 3 ARE ABOARD | PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. Sept. 23.—After, an intepsive search by water and air, bope has been aban- doned for ‘the fish packer South Seaman, missing since September 13, when it left Barbwell Islands for Butedale. The craft carried Capt. {Gerald Hamilton and two others. COUPLE CLUB IS TO MEET THIS EVENING The first meeung after summer vacation of the Northern Light/ Presbyterian Couple Club, a social couples, will be held this evening in | the church S. ing games. parlors. Potluck ‘dinner will be enjoyed. office inaboard the Yukon after a brief va- The evening will be spent in play- fy ‘in the Tom Mooney habeas cor- at the Chichagof mine, arrived yes- KANSAS OITY, Mo., Sept. 28— Elaine Barrie, pretty . 20-year-old | admirer of ‘Johh Bartymore, aban- doried her dash last Saturday night from New York in an effort to over take her westbound &53-year-old screen lover with whom she quar- reled in New York. Tired but smiling after her search, the dark-eyed girl made reserva- tions to fly back east. A wild dash through the out- skirts of Kansas City by taxi from one train to another by the stubble- bearded Barrymore enabled him to continue toward California without meeting Miss Barrie. ager, or someone else, plotted against seeing the actor, and she declared: “I love him dearly and I know he loves me, so it is bound to come out all right, but when, I do not know.” Barrymore was accompanied by two men, believed to be bodyguards. They did a lot of dashing around between stations as the actor changed trains here. —————— GOLDSTANDARD . . 'DOES NOT WORK MEMORIAL TO SAYS GANNETT Speaker at Mining Con- gress Cites Europe * | as Real Example CHICAGO, Il., Sept. 23.—Europe offers concrete and convincing proof that the old Gold Standard does not work and is a cause for deflation and depression. This statement was made today by Frank B. Gannett, publisher of the Gannett newspapers, in an ad- dress before the American Mining Congress. Gannett said the Gold Standard was fixing the price of one com- ‘modity which caused depression. ‘He advocated a Monetary Authority corresponding to the Supreme Court, with Congress setting up guide posts for changing the gold content of the dollar. BILLINGS T0 . APPEAR NOW, | MOONEY CAS amed Prisoner Leaves San Quentin Temporarily serving a lite sentence for conviction of the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness left San Quentin Prison temporarily for the third time to attend a hearing ord- ia supreme Court on his application for a habeas corpus writ. This picture, taken as shows Mooney (center right), Warden James Holohan (center left) and two prison guards. (Associated Press Photo) APPEAL MADE BY ROOSEVELT . ON RELIEF AID President - Makes Address Calling on Private Agencies to Help WASHINGTON, Seépt. 45 ~Point- ing to “definitely better economic skies this year,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on private agen- cies to take over a good share of the work of relief. Speaking from the porch of the White House to leaders of the third annual Mobilization for Human Needs, he said: “We have a problem still, in spite of definitely better economic skies this year, and it demands the best both of us can give. “I know that the great mass of private employers realize that they must help by offering employment to the utmost extent of their ability. “The government has been help- ing with loans to industry, banks, and home owners. The actual pur- chasing power of people has risen greatly since 1932. This means that as a whole we are better able to provide for private charities.” WILL ROGERS TAKING FORM Commission Headed by Vice-President Garner Has Full Charge WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Erec- tion of a memorial to Will Rogers has been plaged in the hands of a commission headed by Vice-Presi- dent John Nance Garner. The commission is to decide on the type of memorial or memorials and choose the location. Both Oklahoma and California have advanced claims for the Rog- ers memorial, Rex Beach, author, is among the Vice-Chairmen of the Commission. Members include such persons of Rogers' wide range of friends as: Herkert Hoover, Al E. Smith, Vin- cent Astor, Eddie Cantor, Irving 8. Cobb and Henry Ford. .- STEEL MAN IN NORTH P. H. Desrosiers, President of the Sorell Steel Foundry Works in Sorell, Quebec, was a passenger for +Skagway on the Princess Loulse. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.—Re- State Supreme Court today decided that Warren K. Billings should be ‘brought hefe from Folsom to testi- pus hearing now In progress, He is traveling on business and organization of young married versing its previous decision, the will return in a few days. e MINE FOREMAN HERE James Chapados, mine foreman terday morning on the Fstebeth, PREMIER WANTS 'LARGE GRANT OF ETHIOPIA LAND Counter Proposal Submit- ted to Those Cutlined by Committee PREPOSTEROUS IS ADDIS ABABA REPLY Italian D;-gation May Walkout at Confer- ence at Geneva GENEVA, Sept. 23. — Rumors swept through the League of Na- tions’ lobbies today that the Itallan delegation, angered by the attitude of the Italo-Ethioplan committees, might leave Geneva. These reports were heard after the British delegation took the position that Italy's counter-proposals to the League plan for settlement of the dispute were unacceptable. The League plan was accepted by Ethiopia and rejected by Italy. Counter Proposals Over the week-end, the Roman government offered counter-propos- als which were reported to include the demand for a wide belt of Ethi- opian territory .connecting the Ital- ian colonies of Somaliland and Eritrea. This was characterized as pre- posterous in Addis Ababa, where Selessle’s spokesman. sald such a grant = would leave Ethiopia only mountains and deserts. Situation Eased The tense situation in the Medi- terranean 'n%_:% by --an” offG1al" D fto the British ambassador to Rome, | assuring. Italy ‘that neither of the naval concentrations meant im- mediate war, Cause For Reflection _ Prench. cirdles were reporied as holding. the opinion that . Britain's preparations in the Mediterranean were causing! Premier Benito Mus- solini to reflect seriously concern- ing his proposed incursion into Ethi- opia. More confidence was shown in financial quarters. Business was fairly good in London stock and other foreign exchanges. CONTINUES MOBILIZATION ROME, Sept. 23.—Two hundred thousand soldiers reported for duty today bringing Italy’s military mob- ilization to 1,000,000 which Premier Mussolini promised would be under arms by October 1. i — - HITLER YOUTH . STABS GIRL IN BORDER RAID French Children Attacked —Assailants Scurry Back Home METZ, France, Sept. 23.—Police reported thiat one girl was stabbed when eight members of the Hitler organization crossed the ' frontier from Germany and attacked a group of French children. It was sald that Investigation showed the Hitlerites, approached the French children who were tend- ing cows, and told them they would soon be Germans again. When the children protested they ‘waunted to remain Frengh, the ats tack took place. The Germans recrossed the fron tier into Germany. 3 e ee—— The United States department: of agriculture expects the low point in the cycle of horse and mule pro- duction ‘n this country to be reach- ed about 1938 or 1939. - et - W estern Business Gaining SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. last year,