The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 24, 1935, Page 1

CONGRESSION WASHINGTON, VOL. XLVI.. NO. 7073. JUNEAU AlASKA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 I935 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS MILLION DOLLAR FIGHT ON TONIGHT "’@VHET WARSHEPS MOVE TO FRONT BATILE FLEET REPORTED NOW ON NEW MOVE Armed Vessels and Trans- ports Are on Way to Medlterranean Sea CABINETS OF ‘OF TWO NATIONS MEETING Geneva's Big Five Commit-| tee Finds No Basis to Solve Present Crisis | GENEVA, Sept. 24—A newspaper here says rumors have been re- ceived from Soviet sources declaring | that 15 warships and transports have sailed for the Mediterranean Sea. It i3 not known whether the "\F’S ClRL SHOPS FOR FURNITURE fleet will join the cencentration of British vessels or move to new| positions, CABINETS IN SESSION GENEVA, Sept. 24—The cabinets of Great Britain and Italy, worried by the International situation, met in formal deliberations today, ac-| cording to advices received here. | The British cabinet decided to, continue its Imperial Defense Com-| mittee as a Council of Action until the situation is further- clarified. The “Big Five” Committee is re- ported as acknowledging defeat in its efforts to find a basis %o solve, the crisis. It turned in a report to| the League of Nations Assembly here. lt draws no conclusions, mera- Iy 1 ing historical facts. ‘ The case will be taken up by the League's Council. Relations Improve From Rome came reports that re- lations between Italy and Great' Britain seem definitely improved, as a result of a conference between | Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, and Sir Eric Drummond, the Brit- | ish ambassador to Rome. | In Ethiopia, warriors were report- ed marching toward the border as; a precautionary measure against n‘ suprise attack by the Italians. NO WAR FOR MONTH LONDON, Sept. 24— A Reuters dispatch from Addis Ababa quoted a prominent medical authority as saying that there would be no war for at least a month, although the rainy season is virtually ended. ! The authority, explained the dis- patch, said that virulent fever would break out in the Ogaden desert! + area and part of the Tigre area as soon as the rains ended and would continue until the end of October.| ‘This places the possible outbreak of war around November 1. DISCOURAGEMENT GENEVA, Sept. 24¢.—Discourage- ments at attempts to solve the Italo-Ethiopian crisis is expressed by French Premier Laval who said he is convinced his efforts to avert war are useless and the League of Nations will probably have to move ahead with sanctions against the| aggressor. The League's Committee, this af- ternoon, stated it has decided it has failed in efforts for peace. —————— NAVY OF JAPAN IS MANEUVERING ON NOR, PACIFIC Battleships Hide Behind, Screen of Secrecy in Final Phases TOKYO, Sept. 23.—~The Japanese navy, hidden behind a screen of almost complete secrecy, engaged today in the final phase of its two and bne-half months of annual grand maneuvers somewhere in the Northwest Pacific, The ships are working out prob- lems understood to involve the de- While Jce Louls trained for his tangle with Max *Basr, Miss Marva, Trotter (azbove) ccouted around Chicage furniture stores se- lecting furnishings for their new home as they lan to be m New York slwfl.ly after tanlgm‘s fight. ed ote) (Associated Press SAYS IGE-CAP IS RETREATING Explains Fallacy of Glacier Depths—To Prepare for New Expedition The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, | is. J, famous ‘“‘Glacier Priest” of | Santa Clara University who has spent the past month studying the Mendenhall and Taku glaciers, left Juneau on the Alaska, enroute for Seattle. He was accompanied by his three geological assistants, Edgar Levin, Kenneth Chisholm, and George Getty, who joined him in Seattle this summor after having climbed {and mapped the Pavlof volcano earlier in the spring. The Rev. Hubbard, who came here with the intent of disproving present scientific theories concern- ing the pos§ible depth of glacial de- posits, expressed himself as “im- mensely pleased” with the result of his inspection’ of Taku and Men- denhall. Stupid Assertion “It has been asserted that the ice in the Antarctic and in Greenland might attain the depth of 10,000 feet,” he said. “This is as stupid as saying a skyscraper might be built of beeswax; certain laws of na- ture make such an achievement im- possible. We have definitely proved this summer that ice cannot at- tain a depth of more than 2,000 feet.” Father Hubbard bases his conten- tion on the fact that pressure generates heat, and that, since ice requires a lower temperature to congeal under pressure than on the surface, ice below a certain manda- tory "dépth lould automatically melt itself. “Glagial ice {smot frozen water,” said Father Hubbard, “but compressed show, which achieves enormous pressure in a few feet.” Lowered Into Crevasse To provide scientific proof for their theory, young George Getty was lowered into a crevasse in the Mendenhall Glacier, and the tem- perature of the ice at each 50-foot level was taken. “We ascertained that the temperature dropped one degree with each 50-foot descent,” said Hubbard. “From such experi- ments, it becomes a mere mathe- matical problem to discover that between 1800 and 2,000 feet is the greatest possible depth for a gla- cial deposit.” The ‘Rev. Hubbard caused much fense of the empire against an comment by his announcement that REV. HUBBARD NEW MINERAL POLICY GIVEX, MINE CONGRESS Speaker Advocates Sus-| pension of Antitrust Laws —Govt. Supervision CHICAGO, 1, Sept. | pension of the Antitrust laws as they affect the mining industry, is urged by Dr. C. K. Leith, Vice- Chairman of the President’s Plan-| ning ‘Committee for a mineral pol-; ficy as the first step in the na-| tional conservation program. Dr. Leith told the delegates at- tending the American Mining Con- gress that it is impossible, to con- erve America’s mineral resources otherwice than as he proposed. He advocated such suspension be ac- companied by Government super- vision to prevent the industry ex- torting extra profits. PROFESSOR IS ALARMED:SAYS CRISIS COMING Sometime, i‘l_e_Says, There May Be Another Price Collapse, Etc. BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 24—Pre- liction that the Roosevelt program will lead eventually to another price rollapse and economic crisis was made here today by Prof. Melvin T. Copeland, of the Harvard Busi- ness School. Prof. Copeland said: “Over ex- Jansion and credit currency will ead, some years hence, to another price collapse, yet here we are pil- ing up another huge debt which may be a millstone around our necks when the next crisls ‘occurs.” R JUDGE KELLOGG QuITS POSITION GENEVA, Sept. 24.—Former Sec- etary of State Frank B. Kellogg has resigned as Judge ofythe Per- manent Court of International Jus- tice and will returri to his home in 24 —Sus- | IDENTIFY BODY AT EAGLE RIVER AS HIIFFMAN’S Store Recelpts Found in Clothing Bear Name of: Well Known Rancher f The body found Sunday on the Eagle River flats was fdentified: yesterday by U. 8.- Deputy 4 John McCormick as that of James C. Huffman, rancher and miner, who disappeared last October Wi enroute from Douglas to his on Eagle River. He was belleved be the victim of a severe s vhich swept this district then. Though only bones and rotting clothing remained, papers' found in the pockets revealed the remains to be that of Huffman. There were pieces of several store receipts bear- ing his name. He also had some paper money, some of it almost be- yond identification, though one $20 bill was in fair shape and there were several silver dollars and smaller coins. b Sure oi identity ) There was no question, authomi- ties said, the body was that of Huffman, who probably was lost where his boat capsized in the storm. It was being brought to Ju- neau today where further investig- tion will be made. The hody . Wgs buried in the sand and so badly de- composed it was impossible for Mc- Cormick, who was accompanied by | Charles Jenne and John Krugness, ;boys who found it Sunday, to bring | the remains in. Huffman, who had lived by him- Iself on Eagle River for many years; [dxsappemd during - the latter days of October, last year. He had gone into Douglas in his 18-foot skiff for supplies and spent the night of Cctober 26 at the home . of John McWilliams, an old friend in Doug- |las. The morning of October 27 he | started out for his home with his dog in the boat, despite the advice of McWilllams that he stay over until weather conditions improved. That was the last time he was seen alive. Find Dog Two days later Harry Stanton (and Carl Anderson, returning from Yankee Basin where they had been prospecting, came across an empty | cabin near Yankee Cove and saw a ‘doz skulking around it. They re- ;cognlzed the dog as Huffman’s, but not seeing the man they went to the latter's cabin on Eagle River. | This they found locked and no one they reported the matter to the Commissioner’s office. Commission- er J. F. Mullen sent out a searching party headed by Oscar Oberg but nothing was found. Find Boat Last spring, May 6, Edward Paine reported to the Commissioner that he had found a boat washed ashore between Yankee Cove and Bridget Cove. Steve Early went out and identified the boat as Huffman’s. In it was found a box of dynamite. Nothing further was seen or heard of Huffman until the boys ran across his foot protruding frem the sand on Eagle River flats Sunday. Huffman was a pioneer of this section and lived for years in Doug- | las before going to Eule River. TYPHOON ROARS AGROSS JAPAN; HOMES FLOODED Communications Are Dis- rupted—Shipping Is Tied.Up TOKYO, Sept. 24. — A typhoon swept over Japan last night from Kagoshima to Toyko. Torrential rain fell and combined with the wind, destroyed scores of houses and flooding thousands ofj others, Communications are disrupted. Shipping in all dnrecnom is tied They Battle Tonight Mike Jacobs Bomber Joe Louis and Maxie PROSPERITY IS SHOWN, RISING P. 0. REGEIPTS Postmaster General Farley Addresses National Association CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 24—Stead- ily rising postal receipts as a re- Hable barometer of business condi- tions is termed eyidence of ‘“re- turning prosperity,” by Postmaster {General James A. Farley in an address today before the National Association of Postmasters. The Postmaster General said the postal income increased from $588,- 000,000, the year ending June, 1933, to $630,000,000 the past”fiscal year and this despite reduction in the ‘| postal rates: in evidence. Coming into Juneau: GEM ROBBERS SECURE HALF MILLION LOOT Thieves En;— Cathedrals, Make Big Hauls— Guards Be Placed By H. E. KNOBLAUGH MADRID, Sept. 24— The looting in recent weeks of more than a hnl( million dollars worth of jewels Ifrom Spanish cathedrals has prom measures for betber pro- tection’ of the treasures accumulat- ed | through - the centuries by the| Catholic church. Heretofore but little pams have been takén to guard the millions of dollars worth of gems and art works ‘on idisplay in the Spanish churches. But when a daring raid on the cathedral at Pamplona was follow- ed by the pillaging of several other churches in widely seperated sec- tions, the Government took a hand. Church Called Careless It severely criticized church au- thorities for not guarding their vast collections of jewels and re-! ligious art, pointing out that it was only natural thieves should be tempted. In many instances vast fortunes in jewel-studded furnishings have been in charge of an unarmed caretaker who watched them only during visiting hours. ax Baer Mneetlonl(htinthllmue Stadium in what is said to be a million déllar gate. ¥t promises to be the greatest battle since Tunney ago in Chicago. Mike Jacobs is the n—r-uyelxhtnm i it Woman Sentenced To Death for Stealing Chocolate LENINGRAD, Sept. 24.—A woman worker in a Soviet choc- olate factory has been sentenced to death for stealing chocolate to sell on the open market, The woman’s husband was given ten years in prison as an accomplice, Bt SIS STOCK PRIGES EDGING HIGHER QUIET TRADING Trade News Brighter But' European Crisis Re- ards Activity NEW YORK, Sept. 24— Stocks jedged quietly higher today for the second successive session. ‘The Street was a little more hope- Ethiopian dispute. ers are still cautious pending more definite news from Geneva. There was sufficient buying to push much of the list up from frac-' tions to more than one point. Today's close was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, 8ept. 24— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today s 16%, American Can! 141'%, American Power and Light %, Anaconda 20%, Bethlehem Steel 38'2, General Motors 45%, Inter- national Harvester 56, Kennecoit 24%, United States Steel 45%, Schenley Distilleries 37'%, United Foundry 7%, Pound $4.92. ! DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’'s Dow, |Jonea averages: industrials rails 35.17, utilities 25.25. CONDITION OF U. 8. SENATOR | STILL GRAVE | MOSCOW, Sept. 24.—Doctors said ! the condition of United States Sen- ator James Hamilton Lewis of Il- ful of a compromise on the Imo-} Trade news was bright but tnd-i Louis to Win Says Doctor; {His Dope blu’(‘l NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Dr. J. L. Moreno, who visited the camps of Louis and Baer and wrote stories for the Associated Press from a psychiatrists viewpoint, picks Louis to win. Louis should win by psychol- ogical probabilities, said Dr. Moreno. That score is 2 to 1 in the Negro’s favor. He further says the greatest probability is Louis will win by a technical knockout nnylime after the ninth round or take the de- cislon in the second. The prob- | obility is Louis will knock Baer cut in the middle of the round. There is an cutside chince for Baer to knock out Louis within three rounds. MIGHTY GROWD 2 GLADIATORS Returned According to Gate Receipts NINETY THOUSAND TO BE IN YANKEE STAD. {Fair Weall';,—Warmer Is . Promised for Non-cham- pionship Match - TWO FIGHTERS WEIGH-IN FOR ' FIGHT TONIGHT EEaer Tips Scales at 2|01/2‘ Pounds and Louis at 19914 Pounds WO Sept. 24~—Max Baer ab-210%. pouydd_ and Joe Louls at 199% pounds. | Both men were calm at ' weighing-in at noon. Louls just nodded in xeply to Baer's “hello.” Dempsey will Baer's corner. | The two fighters posed for pic- tures without talking. | Baer scored two important points, during the stormy session following the weighing. Louis' manager agreed to adopt a special type of glove desired by’ Baer and conceded to use additional bandages and tape on the hands this in effect ylelding to Max’s de-| |sire for all possible protection to his previously damaged fists. Baer’s hands were pronounced in per!ect fighting condition. y Physiclans said the knuckles were . knotty but showed no signs of in-| jury or inflammation. The odds late this afternoon were }sml 1 to 2 on Louls along Broad- wny the definitely be in PSRN PSPt HEADLESS, NUDE! BODIES OF TWO 'MEN ARE FOUND | CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 24— 1The headless nude bodies of two| men were found in thick brush at, the foot of an isolated ravine late | yesterday. The coroner said one {man was about 45 years of age| (and had been dead for about three |'weeks. The other man was about| 30 years old and had been dead| \about four days. The missing heads were found burfed in sand nearby. i Two boys stumbled onto the bod-| ies. ¢ | CHAS. EDGERTON .. PASSES, RESULT (HEART TROUBLE | i Veteran Chief Steward, Al- | aska S. S. Company, Dies ! at Port Alexander | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 24—| Jcmr!es Edgerton, veteran Chief | Steward of Alaska Steamship Com- | pany vessels, died Sunday night at ! Port Alexander as the result of heart {trouble. He left the steamer Cor-[ later NEW YORK, Sept. 24—The roar 'of the mightiest crowd lured to & ringside by fight ballyhoo in eight years signalizes the return of pug- ilistic prosperity tonight in the vast cpen spaces of the Yankee Stad- ium Joe Louis is the main magnet of the million dollar show. The weather forecast is fair and warmer for tonight. Big Gate Close to 90,000, paying one mil- lon one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars, are expected to \see the non-championship mateh, Some tickets of the $25 class are bringing $60 and $200 each on and the pugilistic populace h Each fighter is assured of m $300,000 for tonight's performance. Louis Is Favorite Louis s still the favorite to win but caution on either side, it is believed, will prolong the fight and disappoint thousands anticipating & |repetition of the Dempsey - Firpo brawl. The best guess is the fight will last not more than six, or seven rounds. About Chances Baer hasn't the speed, stamina or boxing ability to cope with Louis in a drawn-out engagement. If the negro weathers the open= ing blast his strength should In- crease with each bell for each suce ceeding round AMER, LEGION IS ON PARADE IN ST. LOUIS iOne Hunci—lf;—d Thousand Participate Today in Demonstration ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24—One hune (dred thousand Legionnaires dusted off their uniforms and polished up their tin hats for the parade which lasted for six hours today. There were scores of tamks in the pro- cession. The parade moved along the prin= \cipal streets and business was waived in favor of the big demon- |stration. CONSTITUTION. 0 ISSUE FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN Morris Says Repubhcans Will Fail in Impres- sion on Voters WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—United stntes Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, sald it is not disre- !spect to the founding fathers to amend the Constitution “whenever and wherever it is necessary to - meet the changing conditions of civilization.” “I think as much of the Consti~ tution as anybedy.” he said, “but I don‘t think it is sacred or divine™ Senator Norris argued that if the ,L,nuu ill with pneumonia, showed dova there two weeks ago to re-lmpubhcnm are to make that his- Pugilistic Prospenty Hu WILL WITNESS P enemy advancing over the f¢ up. 'slight improvement today over yes- ceive treatment. toric document an issue in the 1936 den great circle route of the Pacific. orth (Continued on Page Three) -rid-| the fce-cap which feeds the Taku|th¢ United States within the next week. Il health is given as the cause for Kellogg's resignation. ) This was the case at Pamplona According to repon.s reneived &b R noon, there were no casualties. (Continued on Page Two) terday but he is not to be consid- ered out of danger yet. Edgerton has two sons, both em- campaign, they will fail to impress ployees on Alaska vessels. jthe voters.