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

M o “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVL, NO. 7078. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935. RUSH 10,000 MORE MEN TO AFRICA Mussolini Takes Action in View of Threat Made by Selassie ‘CRUSHING SURPRISE’ | IS CERTAIN TO COME Greatl Britain and ‘Fre.nch’ Governments Are in Close Consultation i GENEVA, Sept. 30—In face of Emperor Haile Selassie’s announced readiness to put two million men in the field for Ethiopia, Premier Be- nito Mussolini, according to ad- vices received here, has dispatched 12,000 more soldiers to augment the Italian army in East Africa. It is estimated that 250,000 Ital- jans with another quarter million native troops will be ready for the Ethiopian campaign when the dry season begins, which is expected to be within about two weeks. Emperor Selassie awaited final word from his Geneva delegation zation plan. According to advices from Addis Ababa, the Italians have “crushing surprises coming” if they invade the Black Empire. French and British Governments are 4n close consultation as to what the League should do to prevent hostilities while diplomats here sug- gested nothing ‘Wil be done until fighting has actually broken out. before going ahead with his mobili- Postmaster General Farley, eqvian Of The Hour’ “SPECIFIC QUESTIONS” PARIS, Sept. 30.—French officials said that Great Britain has asked “specific questions” of France re- garding this nation’s action in spec- ific cases that might arise in.con- nection with the application of sanc- tions under the League of Nations. Officials said that France would be automatically obliged by the League to take sanctions against Italy if that nation made an un- provoked attack against Greaf Bri- tain while the latter was carrying out the orders of the League. Graft Is Found to Be Myth, Washington State FERA Is Cleared of Charge, Col- lusion, Conspiracy WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— The Federal Emergency Relief Adminis- tration reported that its investiga- tion of Relief Administration in the State of Washington showed that “wholesale charges of collusion and conspiracy on the part of relief of- ficials and employees are not sub- stantiated.” In a ten-page report on its in- vestigation, the FERA report said: “Wiiful graft and fraud is neg- ligible, but in some counties ineffi- clency and mismanagement has ex- isted. This occurred largely prior to ‘the organization of the Washing- ton Emergency Relief Administra- tion in April, 1984, under the old County Welfare Boards.” Investigators .said that the evi- dence failed to show that relief of- ficials were attempting to build up a statewide! political ‘machine. Summing up their report, the in- vestigators said: “The alleged $30,- 000,000 steal was found to be a myth.” The report said the inspections falled to substaptiate the charge that Gov. Clarence D. Martin profited from the sale of flour by stores or that stores were coerced to buy flour exclusively from his Cheney Flour Mills under threat of being rem from the accred- ited list of . ———— WHITEHEAD RETURNS Edward Whitehead, District Ad- visor, Department of Air Commerce, arrived yesterday from Taku aboard flown by on Simmons. ' MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INDUSTRY ASKED TO TAKE UP SLACK Strengthenin the expected ba Photo) ITALY MASSES BOMBING PLANES IN AFRICA her position on the Ethiopian front, Italy continues to rush e arena. Here are bombing and scouting plane: they were loaded aboard a transport at Naples, bound for tl pa st African men, arms and supplies to rtly dismantied for lhlpplfl;, . ctor. (Associated Press Critics of Get Answer Takes Hot Shot at Republican Party WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—Busi- ness gains were cited by Postmaster- General James A. Farley 15t mght an the radio as ananswer to critics of the Roosevelt Administration. . “Look at the market reports,” he | said. ' He contended that the next cam- paign issue was whether or not Roosevelt had done his job. Republican leaders, Farley said, were asking for votes “for a candi- date unnamed with a platform yet unwritten, when they do not know if the Republican party of '38 is going to be the same old reaction- sry of the past or if it will declare some pale imitation of the program ‘of the party now in power.” Liner Hits Reef with 950 Aboard Rotterdam A_g-rou nd but Captain Reports All Quiet; No Danger NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The Hol- land - American liner Rotterdam, carrying 600 passengers and crew of 350 men on a West Indian cruise, in the wake of the destructive hur- iricane, struck a reef and went aground early today 60 miles south- east of Kingston, Jamaica. Everybody is well and quiet and there is no danger, said a radio from Capt. Van Dulken. AID BEING RUSHED NEW YORK, 8ept. 30. — The |steamship Ariguani is rushing to aid the Rotterdam and is due to reach the scene late this afternoon and take off the passengers. From the Ariguani came word that the Rotterdam is pounding holds are leaking. The rescue ship has space for only 120 passengers but there is sufficient deck space to remove all of the Rotterdam’s passengers and also ——————— Demand for Money Results in Murder; Slayer Is Suicide CURLEW, Wash, Sept. 30—A corpner’s inquest blamed three shootings to the resentful heir to a small farming estate. The findings said Tom Lagrud, 40, bachelor, killed Mr. and Mrs. James J. Landy, about 53, at their home, then suicided. Lagrud was heir to a one-third parcel of the estate of his uncle. Landy was administrator of the estate. The quarrel climaxed when Landy refused Lagrud’s demand for money. slightly on the coral reefs and her New Taxation Ruled Out by Roosevelt ! Roosevelt; Public Reportls | . Made, Government Finances | | | | > L ] As First Sea Lord of the Ad- miraity and Chief of Naval Staff, Sir Ernle Chatfield has been termed “the man of the | hour” in England. He Is in i charge of fleet movements in- volving preservation of Eng. land’s power in the Mediterran- ean. (Associated Press Photo) Sen. Lewis Improving MOSCOW, Sept. 30. — United| States Senator James Hamilton Lewis, ill with pneumonia, con- tinues to gain strength according to attending physicians. - GOLD CREEK ROCK BANK WASHED OUT| About 20 feet of the rock bank of Gold Creek was washed out yester- day by the high water resulting from recent heavy rains. The part of the bank washed out is below a section which was damaged by the freshet about a month ago and repaired since then by the city. Re- pairs on the 20-foot section will be made as soon as ficod water in Gold Creek has lowered sufficiently to allow the work to be done. Jgxecutive saw - the ¢ | WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— New | taxes have been conditionally ruled |cut, said President Roosevelt in al {report to the people, saying that, improving business has fortified the | {government’s financial. position. Peering into the nation's indms- trial and cial future, the chripl [ collections ‘and government - expen- | ditures swinging toward a meeting ! point. | Big Deficit Cut | He predicted a big cut in the de- | ficit originally estimated for the | current fiscal year, 1936, and ans | other for the next fiscal twelve months. No date was set for a com- pletely balanced budget. ‘The nation’s tax structure was' sald by the President to be “stronger | | than ever before.” | Normal Business He predicted that “the return of normal business will produce reve- | nues sufficient for all purposes. The prevailing rate of recovery fore- | casts a speedy drop in emergency spending. The 1937 budget is being | prepared with a view to sharply :dacrenslng the spread between in- | come and outgo.” The statement was conditional, however, upon a continued collection of processing taxes on farm pro- ducts, the constitutionality of which is now undergoing a test in the courts. The President’s assertions con- tained a statement accompanying |MANY VESSELS ARE WORKING | HOT CARGQ IN FRISCO | [Longshoremen Return to Wharves Pending Furth- er Discussion Dispute ‘BEING LOADED NOW Federal Arbitrator Sloss Refuses to Change Award +-McGrady Westbound SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 30. —The waterfront bustled with ac- tivity today as longshoremen be- gan to load 29 ships tied up because of the “hot cargo” dispute. A truce was declared for further negotiations between the ship own- ers and longshoremen. Assistant Secretary of Labor Mc- Grady is enroute here from the east to help settle the dispute. Last Saturday the waterfront was ominously reminiscent of the pre- lude of last year’s bitter marine gen- eral strike as ships were wharf- bound. On “Eligible” List The supply of “eligible” long- shoremen Saturday approached the vanishing point as the longshore- men sought a reverse of the de- cision of Federal Arbitrator M. C. Sloss, ‘who ruled that 'stevedores ‘must work freight Strikes at existing points of its ori- gin. The longshoremen appealéd but Judge Sloss refused to reconsider his decision - saying he found the longshoremen ' stalemated to abide by the decision to work a cargo as it would assist in breaking the strikes of fellow unions. Return To Man Saturday, nearly 2,000 longshore- men called to work “hot cargo” had been placed on the “ineligible list,” because of their refusal. ) Today, the longshoremen in view !of further discussion of the dispute returned to a man. ‘The shipowners said the right of the award gave them authority to hire nonunion workers if the long- shoremen refused to work. Business on Coast Swings Up the revision of the Budget for the current fiscal year, ending next June 30. The President forecast a deficit of $3,281,000,000 compared to the | January estimate of four and one- half billions. Nome Man Taken South by Airpla John Most Being Flown: & Seattle for Surgical i Treatment FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 30.— John Most, Alaska mining and can- mery man, who is being flown to | Seattle by airplane to receive sur< |gical treatment, was brought to Fairbanks Saturday by plane from | Nome; where he was taken ill. Most stayed overnight in the Fair~ banks hospital and continued the | trip at 5:45 a.m. yesterday in a 12- passenger plane piloted by Noel Wien and Victor Ross. The pilots planned to refuel at Whitehorse and |continue straight through to Se- attle, where they expected to ar- rive today. Although the plane is taking Most | to’ the hospital, it is making a regu- lar commercial trip, carrying ten persons besides Most and the pilots. Dr. Rex Swartz of Nome is ac- companying Most on the trip by plane, which is flying the usual nej. Bright Picture Is Shown by eport of Twelfth Reesrve District SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 30. ~—Annual business conditions in the ‘western states of the Twelfth Re- |serve District, are painted as cheer- ful by the August bank report. “Industrial production and fac- ‘tory employment expanded more than usual,” the report reads. . “The value of building permits oontinued upward, with a substan- tial increase in residential permits. More than usual expansion was D in fruit canning operations and the manufacture of wood pro- [ducts, notably furniture and fix- tures.” Cement production and the out- put of textiles was also reported to have increased considerably. The report also said that “freight car- loadings rose materially, in more than a seasonal amount. There was & sharp recovery of intercoastal traftic.” Department store sales increased “slightly less than usual.” Trapped by Fire; 7 Die CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 30.—Seven persons, including three children, were trapped in a fire early this morning which gutted a three-story tenement, and burned to death. Frank Vitale, one of the tenants, questioning. of}. |First Claim on Spain’s Vacant Throne May Be (left) to renounce his rights to the Spanish monarchists orc trying to persuade ex-King Alfonso vacant Spanich throne as a wed- ding gift to his scn, Don Juan (center), when the latter marries his distant cousin, Princess Maria de Tropical Storm Veers Off —Passes to Seaward Forty Miles Away MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 30.—Red Cross relief trains speeded evacuation of the treacherous Everglades section last Saturday night, but the fierce tropical hurricane, which had raged | toward Miami for seventeen hours, suddenly veered off and headed up the Atlantic coast, forty miles off Florida's east coast. ‘The weather bureau said that Mi- ami and cities along the lower Flor- 1da east coast, believed earlier to be in the divect path of the storm, ‘would escape the brunt of the hur- ricane which had taken 37 lives as it ripped across Cuba and Jamaica, and destroyed thousands of homes. | Hurricane warnings all along the| Florida coast were ordered taken ‘down. Storm warnings were hoist- ed in their places to warn ships of the path of the twister long before refuge trains pounded their way| out of what was feared to be the| storm belt, ‘Persons owning automobiles had also fled. VEERS TOWARD BERMUDA MIAMI, Sept. 30.—The erratic hurricane, leaving 37 dead and 300 injured, moved with gathering speed today toward Bermuda, hav- ing veered from the Florida coast. Parade to Be Feature Dedication Official Dot@ Bridge Op- ening Is Now Set for October 13 A parade, in which prominent citizens of both Juneau and Doug- las will participate, will mark the| formal opening of the Douglas, Bridge on Sunday, October 13. The parade will form at Triangle| Place at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and residents of Douglas are re-| quested to. come over in time to| be in line. | The Juneau Police Department| will be in charge of the parade| and the Douglas police will provide route via Prince George andfis being held by the police for|for parking space in that city. | | Hazelton. i (Contipuea on Page Fagnl) la Esperanza, on October 12. By ALEXANDER H. UHL ‘MADRID, Sept, 30.—Formal abdh cation of Alfonso XIII, former king of Spain, as a wedding present to bis son, the Infante Juan, now titular Prince of the Asturias, who will be married in Rome October 12, PRESIDENT | DEDICATES Alfonso’s Bridal Gift GREAT DAM ; Makes Important, Pointed ! Speech at Government { Built Boulder Project 'POWER YARD STICK Praise Given Senator John- son, of California. for Initiation BOULDER DAM, Nevada, Sept. 30—On the site of the Govern- ment-built and world's greatest dam, President Franklin D. Roose= velt today told private industry it “must bear the principal respons- ibility of keeping the processes of greater employment moving forward with accelerated speed.” He sald that Federal works ef- for's find the credit of the Gov= ernment “stronger and safer than at any time in the past six years. ‘The ‘President proposed a ‘State power liné from this project as a yard stick- to measure the cost of power throughout the United States. Discussion the power yard stick further, Roosevelt stated: ment _shoald proceed to 1ay its mf»fl yard“stick from this great power plant, in the form of & State power line assisted in s financing by the Government, and tapping the wonderful resources of southern Nevada." is the dream of a large section of He also strongly defended count= Spanish monarchists. |less other Federal projects. Efforts to get the deposed mon-, Declaring that “it is a simple arch to give up his claim to the fact that Government spending is crown thus far have been fruitless, already beginning to show definite but high monarchist circles are signs of its effect on consumer hopeful that Alfonso may yield to spending, and that putting people pressure as a gesture in behalf of to work by the Government put restoring unity to Spain's divided other people to work through pfi- monarchists. Hope In Sturdy Prince In Juan, these monarchists see a new hope for restoration of the throne. The prince is 22 and is strong and vigorous in contrast with his two elder brothers, Alfonso, for- mer heir apparent who suffers from hemophelia, 4nd Jaime, who is & deaf mute. He has served in the Spanish and British navies and has been groomed as a potential candidate for the throne. His marriage, too, {s regarded by monarchists as pérfectly in accord with dynastic necessities. The ex- Prince of the Asturias married a Cuban commoner, thus cutting him- self off from the throne, while Juan is marrying a distant cousin, Prin- cess Maria de la Esperanza, young- est child of the Infante Carlos (Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies) and Infanta Luis, Princess | of Orleans. She is just a year younger than Juan. Alfonso’s Popularity Wanes Ex-King Alfonso has lost so much popularity in Spain, both because of his flight in October, 1931, and his subsequent domestic difficulties, that the coming marriage of his son is regarded by many monarchists as a perfect moment to start afresh. At the same time monarchist lead- ers'say it is likely that Don Carlos, 87-year-old Carlist pretender, also could be persuaded to surrender his claim, thus uniting all monarchists behind ‘a common candidate. While Alfonso left his throne in 1931, he never formally abdicated. One of his first acts in exile was to issue a manifesto in which he said h2 had been forced out and had not surrendered his rights. £ The fact that he has replaced his, chamberlain, the late Duke de Mi- randa, by the Marquis de la Eliseda, a young deputy in the present Span- ish cortes, is regarded as indicat- |ing Alfonso himself realizes the need for young blood. Some 4,000 monarchists are plan- ning to go to Rome for the wed- ding of Infante Juan and a sub- scription is being collected for a wedding present. -os Guayaquill, one of Ecuador's most important cities, was founded by Benaleazur in 1535 ,vate employment,” Roosevelt called ‘upon private industry to carry on. “In two and one-half years we have come to a point where private industry must bear the principal ,responsibility of keeping the pros ceses of greaher employment movs ing forward with accelerated speed,’ the declared. I The President gave Senator Hiram Johnson of California the credit for starting the legislation creating the possibility of Boulder Dam. Harold L, Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, who presided at the dedi~ {¢ation, also gave credit to Senator Johnson, saying, “If this dam bore the name of a person, it should b¢ Johnson.” * HOLDS CONFERENCES NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska, Sept. ;30.—President Roosevelt was cheers ed here late last Saturday afternoor by a crowd estimated at 15000 as his special train paused here on its way to the Pacific Coast. The train stopped for 20 minutes and the President spoke for five min- utes. The President is holding conferences with officials of man§ the various States through which the train passes and his private car on the rear end of the train is being converted into a virtual conference chamber. ikt 28 Children Captured, Held By Pirates HANCHOW, China, Sept. 30. ! IS NOW ADVANCED b