The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 8, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY SWAINSON IS COMMANDER GEOD, SURVEY Wil Have Headquarters in Seattle—Is Import- ant Step SAN PEDRO, Cal, Oct. 8.—Licu- tenant Commander O. W. Swainson, commanding the survey steamer Ploneer, based at San Pedro, has been named United States Geodetic Survey Ccmmander of the North Pacific Division with headquarters in Seattle. The appointment is unusually im-; portant because Swainson will have | supervision of the Coast Geodetic Survey's mapping and topography, of surrounding waters of the entire thousand-mile-long chain »f the| Aleutians. H Four survey vessels are now in the Dutch Harbor area engaged in pre- | liminary work on this project which is independent of the Navy's re- connaissance surveys of the Aleu- tians. | e, — i STOCK PRIGES ARE NERVOUS, TRADING TODAY Utilities and Oil Specialliest Keep Sellng Go- ! ing Slowly NEW YORK, Oct. 8—The Stock Market backed and filled today very nervously. | Firmness of utilities and oil spe- clalties kept the selling up. Some recent leaders were within reason-| able bounds. ! Today’s close was irregular. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Closlngl quotation of Alaska Juneau minei| stock today is 15%, American Can| 138%, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 21%, Bethlehem Steel 36%, General Motors 46%, Inter- national Harvester 54’2, Kennecott 25%, United States Steel 43%,! Pound $4.90%, United Foundry fif- teen-sixteenths. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 13148, rails 32.79, utilities 25.02. MOWED DOWN IN GUN FIGHT Suspected Gunman Killed in Shooting—Two Can- adian Officers Dead CANMORE, Alberta, Oct. 8--A gunman suspect, identified as Jo- seph Posnikoff, is dead, and two Royal Canadian Officers are criti- cally wounded, as the result of a series of shootings while the police sought three killer bandits last night. Three men opened fire on & po- lice car. The men were hunted in connection with the killing of two officers near Arran, Saskatchewan last Saturday. Sergt. T. Wallace was shot through the chest and Constable C .C. Har- rison was hit in the throat. Three men, including Posnikoff, arc suspected of killing M. Shaw and Willlam Walnwright, both con- stables. e ,the foot cf Broad |which faced a hig “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE T:ME” * * * , OCTOBER 8, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Supreme Court, in First Real Home, Seen Facing Its Most Historic Task Chief Justices Hughes, scen above, lead the United States Supreme Court to its bench in the | GREEN TAKES FIRM STAND, AF.L SESSION Assails European Dictator- ship and Commun- ists Attempts ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 7.—Euro- | pean dictatorships and asserted Communists attempts to gain con- trol of American labor movements, were assailed by William Green, president of the American Federa- * ‘Ition of Labor at the Federation's |Fifty-fifth Annual Convention, | which has opened here. | | President Green drew resounding .{applause from the delegates when couri:’ new “palace” yesterday for what Washington observers predict will be its most historic sesssion. The picture shows the front facade of the new building. By SIGRID ARNE WASHINGTON, Oct. 8- The United States supreme court, with- out ceremony or even so much as a | gesture of dedication, assembled yes- terday for what observers predict will ba its most momentous session in history. decisions, the court’s term will be historic, marking occupation of its only real ‘‘home” since its first meeting in the Royal Exchange at York in February, 1790. new chamber they mahogany desk -ceilinged room flankad by .tall, Ionic columns of faintly pink Sienna marble. Fireplaces, Too Between each of the columns, to yards and splashing fountains. carved from large blocks of marble, picture the famous law-givers, af the centuries and such allegorical’ fig- ures as “the power of government,” "land “the majesty of the law.” Just behind . the bench are two open fireplaces which are not vis-. ible to the rest of the room. In front of the bench are science’s latest accommodations. The huge light which illuminates the room from the ornate ceiling is designed with a series of fan- like blades to throw a bright light so diffused as to prevent glare in any part of the room. Deisions On New Deal Due Pneumatic tubes below the press table carry off news of the hap- penings in the room to telegraph keys on the floor below. A book-lift, which operates like a dumb waiter, and another pneu- matic tube carry law books and messages rapidly from the court to the "justices’ private offices and back. 1t is in this room that vital “new deal” legislation is due to come be- fore the couri immediately, includ- ing the Agriculfural Adjust Act, the Bankhead cotton produgtion act, the TVA and the slym-clearance and low-cast housing bill. Ultimately it is expected the court alss will have to pass on the life or death of Social Security, the Utility Helding Ccmpany regulations, the Wagner Labor Bill, and the Guf- fey Coal Bill. Below the building is a garage and drive which permits all employees in the buildinz to enter without tepping cut into snow and rain. Trade Treaty Between France, United States, Expected by January PARIS, Oct. 8—Franco-American business interests, according to a spokesman here, are confident that a reciprocal trade treaty will be ptomulgated between the two coun- tries by January 1. Library Magnificent Behind the court chamber are the three-room suites provided for each| ,ustice. Thece are simply panelled n American oak. In the private of- lice of each justice i3 a dark, gray marble fireplace. ‘There is a central dining room for the court, zdjoining which is a serviee kitchen where the food, Whatever the significance of its| street in New | When the justices filed into their | seated themselves | right and left of the bench, are| |gleaming bronze gates through| ,..e.n jocal waters. Many sal- (garage Where the girl's body was which are visible sun-filled Cou”’"mon pass through the government |found hanging from a door handle PUGET SOUND SALMON RUN PHENOMENAL |Removal o—f_—F_ish Traps Is Credited with Extra- ordinary Increase run of salmon frem Puget Sound into fresh water spawning grounds, the largest in more than 12 years, nas been reported by sportsmen. | The removal of fish traps is cred- |ited with the increase. Fishermen are reporting good |locks at.Ballard intc Lakes Union goes through. ! which the justices have sent in, can | be kept warm or cold. | ©One of the most magnificent -coms is the library for attorneys admitted to the bar. It is panelled with carved oak and flanked with \ series of arches through which can be seen carved oak book cases. Th> ceiling is a rich one of orna- mental plaster in dull gold, rust and dull blue. The rest of the building includes all manner of conveniences; such as book stacks, filinz rooms, clerk coms and a public cafeteria; in the this will really be a building ade- quate for the ages.” The opening was not witnessed by the two men most responsible for the building; former Chief Jus- ize Taft, who talked the idea un- til ‘it became a reality, and Cass Gilbert, the architect. Both have died. The other architects Cass Gilbert, Jr. ,and John R. Rockart. PILOT WEIN FLIES NORTH Spends Night at Prince George with 6 Passeng- ers Bound for Nome PRINCE GEORGE, B. C., Oct. 8. | —Pilot Noel Wein and co-pilot Vic- tor Ross, with six passengers, ar- rived here last night from Wen- atchee, Wash., enroute to Nome, Alaska, via Whitehorse and- Fair- banks. ‘The two fliers are returning north after flying Joseph Most, mining and cannery operator, to Seattle for medical treatment, SEATTLE, Oct. 8—A phenomenal hope, as the architects say, “that, were | CLOSING NET ABOUT SLAYER, - SEATILE GIRL j:’Three Men Held for Ques- tioning, Two Others Being Hunted SEATTLE, Oct. are held here for questioning and |two others are sought north of | Seattle as the police pressed the {hunt for the assaulter and slayer | of seven-year-old Sally Kelley. One suspect is a negro janitor |of an apartment building near the |Sunday night. Deep friezes above the columns,| . Washington each time a ship| Two held are unable to account |for their time last Sunday night. - DIE ON FLIGHT A plane crash near Lordsburg, New Mexico, caused the death of Lieut. Col. J. E. Davis, of San Diego, Marine Air Force Commander, and Gun Sergeant Q. M. Owens, also {of San Diego. i\ i First American Correspondent Is Dead in Ethiopia ‘ ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 8—Willfred C. Barber, Chicago Tribune corre- | spondent, is dead of an illness con- |tracted recently on a trip into southern Ethiopia. | He is the first correspondent to fall victim tec the diseases that 8~Three men | CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 8.— he blamed the Ethiopian-Italian | war on a dictatorial government. He |said American Labor would not |permit this country to become in- | volyed. | | INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY | ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 8—In- 5dusu-m recovery, accompanied by |fewer. strikes than have attended re- |2urninz prosperity in recent years, ‘wu forecast by Secretary of Labor ances Perkins, addressing the | erican Federation of Labor Con- |vention this aftérnoon. Secretary Perkins said: “The en- t.of the Wagner- Act, and the creation of various Government boards, means that fundamental [causes of strikes may be intelli- |gently diagnosed and remedies |quickly provided.” BOOSTS LOWDEN FOR PRESIDENCY C. Bascon Slemp Makes Prediction Which Should Tickle Republicans ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—C. Bas- com Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, declared that Frank O. Lowden, former United States Sen- {ator and former Governor of Illi- i nois, could be elected President next year, carrying the banner of “Get |Back to a Sane Government.” | Lowden received 311% votes in 11920 for the Presidential nomina- gtlon at the Republican National |Convention and refused the nom- ination for Vice-President in 1924. MARRIED HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Oct. 8— Anita Thompson, actress, and John- |ny Quillen, actor, the latter a |brother of Eddie Quillen, the com- ledian, were married here today. FLIER MISSING MEXICO CITY, Oct. 8.—Aviation officials are searching today for Frank Kurtz, aged 21, California ipilot, missing enroute from Guad- alajara. He took off yesterday on a four-hour flight and has not been sighted since. ———————— After January-1, 1936, all auto- ‘mobiles sold in California will be re- quired to use safety glass. plague foreigners in Ethiopia. ?i‘orn;‘strs‘Cel;brating Tizeir - Silver Wedding Anniversary; | Marrying Priest One of Guests Today Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Forrest are having as their dinner guests the Rt. Rev. Bishop J. R. ! Crimont, 8. J., D.D.; the Rev. Wm. |G. LeVasseur, 8.J., and the Rev. J. Allard, OM.1; the occasion being the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding which took place at Dawson, Y. T, in ‘1910. { This incident. is also of special {interest to Father Alard as he ,Was the officiating priest at the wedding, the first he officiated at !after he took charge of that parish |in 1910. For the past several years he has looked after the spiritual needs of Indian missions in North- ern British Columbia, spending the summer months in ihe Atlin Dis- trict. By special arrangement be- tween Bishop Bunoz and Bishop Crimont, Father Alard spent the |winter months working among the Indians in Southeast Alaska. This year, being aware of the coming anniversary, he advainced his return to Juneau by several weeks to join | his former parishioners in the cele- bration of their silver anniversary. Hot Cargo D_Espl;t(_z Settled; SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct dispute is sighted. Stevedores are pcrmitted by work the steamer Point Clear. . 8.—~The end of the hot cargo the British Columbia unions to Three longshore crews started on the Point Clear which has been tied up here for sevral weeks. According to advices received here, per agreement, all car- goes from British Columbia will Suez Canal Cannot Be Closed To Italians PARIS, Oct. 8.—~The League o Naticns cannot order the Suez | Canal closed to Italian shipping, | a group of French jurists re- | poited to the Suez Canal Com- | pany. | The Suez constitution, signed by nine governments and later | by the Versailles Treaty, it was reported, provided specifically that the canal can neither be cloced to any nation nor block- s S Y LONG FORGES AGAIN RALLY - TOONE TICKET Noe Withdraws in Favor of Leche — Every- thing Again Lovely l | NEW ORLEANS, La, Oct. 8—| The shattered ranks of the po-| litical administration left by the/ late United States Senator Huey P.| Long, has rallied. | Lieut. Gov, James A. Noe an- nounces- his withdrawal from the race for Governor against Richard | W. Leche, organization candidate.| Noe bolted the ticket when other| leaders, headed by Gov. O. K. Allen, | left him out in the cold on their| political plans. | Noe, however, made peace with the organization and will seek a post in the State Senate with the| organization’s support. 1 ——————— American Mission Workers on Flight from Communists | | | PEIPING, Oct. 8. — Twenty-eight | missionaries, including 14 Amer-| icans tomorrow begin a 600-mile Yellow River flight from Chinese | Communists. | They are heading for Pactow to| board the train to Peiping. | FARMER DEAD IN MILK WAR Truck Failed to Stop—| | Picket Is Run Over | on Highway | KENOSHA, Wis., Oct. 8.—Herman Slater, a farmer, was killed when, with other farmers, he attempted | to stop one of five trucks hauling| milk. to Chicago. | The third truck in the caravan| ran over Slater as he sat in the road. The trucks did not stop. | Farmers are attempting to stop deliveries of milk in an attempt| to get higher prices. | GERMARY ONLY MARKING TIME BERLIN, Oct. 8—The Foreign O!- fice spokesman says Germany is, be worked. ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS , HOLY CITY. OF B.C. Cargoest_oBe Unloaded AKSUM IS SAID TO HAVE FALLEN | {First Stage of Fight in | Northern African King- | dom Is Completed UNITED STATES "t souieas ON NEUTRALITY Steps Put Forward With- out Consultation with Any Other Nation WASHINGTON, Oct. 8- The League of Nations steps toward eco- nomic sanctions against Italy found of State Cordell Hull emphasizad| has been put together without the advice of any other nation. * TAKES POSITION ey Mode of Wartre I Launched—Air Raids Are Reported GENEVA, Oct. 8—The end of | diplomatic relations between Italy and Ethiopia is imminent. The lazt of the Italian civilians in the African kingdom have been rcorted over the French Somali- land frontier by Italian troops. Rome is ready to give the Ethi- opian envoy his passports. Reports from Aduwa state the | the United States padding out the|Itallan campaign in the Aduwa sec~ | neutrality bulwark which Secretary | tor has been renewed. The British steamer Cameronia |has entered the Mediterranean with 12,000 British soldiers aboard. Secretary Hull declined to talk| about the steps taken or to be takén by the League of Nations af Geneva: but said” the freshly posted warnings to Americans on noutral ity and enunciated by the Prasi: dent in his proclamation, were draw’ without consultation with Great| Britain or other members of the| League of Nations. Secretary Hull made the state- ments in response to questions at a press conference late yesterday af-| ternoon. : | While the Coast Guard and Cus-| toms officials have been ordered to halt shipments of arms or muni- tions to either Italy or Ethiopia, no report of attempts to ‘violate the| ceived to date. INFORMS BRITAIN LONDON, Oct. 8.—American Am- bassador Robert Bingham today sumably told him officially of the| REPORTS AKSUM mm‘\ N _GENEVA, Oct. 8.—A Reuters Tageney ‘dispateh reports “thit " ti |Italians, have .captured -¢he Holy ity of Aksum, virtually completing he first stage of the northern cam- paign in Ethiopia. The same dispatch also says the | Italians used gas for the first time yesterday in the operations around Aduwa. EDAGAHAMUS CAPTURED LONDON, Oct. 8—Dispatches re- ceived here this forenoon report the |capture by the Italians of Eda- ‘gnmmus, ten miles beyond Adigrat. Other dispatches said the Italians |neutrality rulings have been re-|/had not yet entered Askum. The dispatch regarding this was dated early this morning. INVISIBLE FORCES LONDON, Oct. 8.—A new war~ |conferred with Sir Samuel Hoare,| fare is reported from the Italo- | British Foreign Secretary, and pre-| Ethiopian north front. Italian forces, ascertaining how Ineutrality proclamation issued by |quickly they could use ti ‘President Roosevelt, b Joushi fastness to advance, found them- ‘ulvu engulfed in fire from in front from riflemen undiscernible by MAE WEST IS i it e o VICTIM, PLOT T0 GET $1,00 Film Studio Bus Man Is| Under Arrest—Detec- tives at Pay-Off LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 8.—A month-old $1,000 extortion plot gainst Mae West, film star, has| been revealed with the arrest of a film studio bus man on suspicion of the extortion. George Janios, aged 38, was ar- irested after a tense half hour dur- ing which detectives, with machine |guns, surrounded the designated pay-off spot. Detectives said Janios took the money from a palm tree where it had been placed. S e CONFESS IN POISON CASE Oct. 8.— MINEOLA, New York Inspector King, of County Police, announces that Mrs. John Creighton has confessed she and Everett Applegate poisoned Ap- plegate's wife. King announced both will be retreated in bewilderment. PLANES NEAR ADDIS ABABA LONDON, Oct. 8—It is reported | that Italian planes have been seen’ {over Fitschi, 30 miles from Addis | Ababa, | Another report says planes, making a reconn: ce flight over enemy lines, . escaped | machine gun fire and also anti- inlrcrnn guns. During the flight the {Ethiopian planes escaped pursuing | Italian planes. ! lan COUNTER ATTACK PARIS, Oct. 8.—Advices received here state Ethiopians are moving ldarge forces toward Italy’s colony in Eritrea as a counter attack. ARE DESERTING ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 8.—Official dispatches received here state the Ttalian Army in Nerthern Ethiopia is suffering wholesale desertion of native soldiers. PLAN UP TO BRITISH GENEVA, Oct. 8.—A plan to give Great Britain a mandate to super- vise sanctions against Italy is be- ing discussed by the League's pow- ers today. . HURRY NEW FORCES ROME, Oct. 8.—Italy’s million- the Nassau|man army has been stepped up to | defend this nation's coastal cities |in the event of hostilities which may arise from the League's action. | Advices received here state tanks are being used on the northern watching American action for cues charged with the woman's murder. Ethiopian front against flank at- in the Italo-Ethiopian conflict, but the Reich looks to the League's action for guidance. President Hitler sald: “A qum‘ PRI R 35 COMES HERE ON VISIT Mrs, J. H. Calvin, daughter of| island of peace lies in Germany the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, -accom- | | tacks. The general forward move- | ment is reported to be slightly west of south teward the Taccaze river. Cs ios aomen a0 oo seseaseed Motor vehicle accidents killed 246 while unrest stirs the remainder of punied by her daughter Natasha, Kansans in the first half of 1936— the world. Germany’s arms are Ger- | many’s guarantee of peace.” arrived on the North Sea from Sitka for a visit here. I largest toll recorded for a | similar period.