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

* NATIVE TROOPS "tion of retrictions required under vrahei regions for the first real stand THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” . XLVL, NO. 7105. INJURED AS BOMB JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICL TEN CENTS THIOPIAN TOWN TAKEN BY HTALHANS ROUT SELASSIE MEN IN SOUTH | 36 Countri:s_Now Ready | to Apply Financial | Sanctions | CANADA JOINS PLAN FOR ARMS EMBARGOi Concessions to Mussolini to] Be Discussed at Gen- eva Tomorrow | ASMARA, Eritrea, Oct. 30.—Ital- ian native troops from Somaliland are reported here to have captured the southern Ethiopian town of Scil- lave in a surprise attack and pursued th: Ethiopians as far as Gorrahed‘ near Dolo, a point a few miles north of Ethiopian Somaliland frontier. TO CUT OFF CREDIT GENEVA, Oct. 30. — Thirty-si countries have announced readiness to apply financial sanctions cutting off the credit of Italy, it was made known here todsy. Forty countries havs accepted the arms embargo, | Canada having joined the list. According to word here, Premier Mussolini of Italy’ has summoned the women of Italy to fight against the economic sanctions. Committees of mothers and widows of the sol- dier dead have been created and ev- ery family in the kingdom has been organized to aid in carrying execu- the punitive measures. Planning New Advance { It also was reported here that the“ Ttalian armies have sent out advance | parties in preparation for another| general forward movement. Scout- ing forces have met small bands of | Ethiopians ahead of the lines. | The Ethiopians are reported gath- ering at Makale and in the Gor- against the invaders. CONCESSIONS DISCUSSED ¢ LONDON, Oct. 30.~Concessions to Mussolini to end the invasion of Eth- | iopia will be discussed at Geneva temorrow when the League of Na- tions sanctions committee meets to fix the deadline imposing the econ- omic penalties against Ttaly, high| British sources said today: | | Sir Samuel Hoare said any basis | pf peace must be an honorable set-; tlement of the dispute and accept- able to the League, Italy and Eth-| iopia. —_—————— D. OF C. COURT BACKS GUFFEY CONTROL ACT Refuses to Grant Injunc-| tion on Tax Collection ( to Carter Coal Co. | WASHINGTON, Oct.; 30.—Justice Adkins, of the Distriet-of Columbia | | | place at the mine. All mill mechan- | ery should be installed by the last As:ovieted Press dispatches to now moving on Makale, a strategic meuntal Thi: mcvement - o1 the northem freat. “The tewerd (he interior cf Ethlcpm fre NEW ORE MILL INSTALLED AT MAY0 PROPERTY Processing Operations to Start in January at Yu- kon Territory Holdings A new 150-ton mill will begin pro- cessing operations at the Treadwell- | Yukon mine at Mayo, Y. T. next according to Livingston | January, Wernecke, Consulting Geologist and Manager of the Treadwell-Yukon | properties, who arrived last night from Skagway aboard the Bellanca plane owned by the mine and piloted by Charles Gropstis. The new mill is located at the! | Elsa mine, about ten miles from the old Treadwell-Yukon mill at Wer-| {necke Camp, and will process ore from the Elsa mine, the Silver King|—— mine, and two new properties—one | formerly owned by Sinyard and Mc- Cown, and the other purchased from Don Morrison and Howard Colley. The mill building has been com- pleted and all heavy equipment is in | of the year, Mr. Wernecke said, ready for operation in January. 100 Men Employed The old mill at Wernecke Camp will be used to treat ore from the Keno Hill mine, and will be put into condition for efficient eperation in the spring. Last July the Treadwell-Yukon company started the work of renew- ing, operations at the Mayo mine— closed since November, 1932. A.crew Supreme Court,” refused to grant|0f men are at work getting the Sil- James Carter, President of the Car-| ver King mine ready for production, ter Coal Compaity, an W‘”‘““’" re-|and & total of about 100 men are straining the government: from aul--eml’b}'ed at the Mayo properties. lecting from _gpe o a 15 per, Shipment of the first six months, cent compliande tax by thelpfoducnon of concentrates will be| Guffey Control Act. | made next July, Mr. Wernecke said, The decision was made in the nrsf.lflnd thereafter shipment will be! suit challenging the m,m“um_lmndy annually in July. One of the ality of the act, which Carter yes-|big drawbacks at the Mayo proper- terday charged as being “the most|ties in the past is the fact that, gigantic conspiracy for the restraint due to transportation difficulties, an of trade ever arising out of anti-| nvestment of from $450,000 to $600,- trust laws.” 000 without returns for twelve s dipeeits o | months is required to operate the SENTENCE REVOKED | mine. Freight from Mayo must be A six months’ suspended semencej handled several times in transit to previously given Chris Mathisen of |the States by way of river boat to Juneau for drunk and disorderly | Whitehorse, rail to Skagway, and conduct was revoked today by U. 8. thence by steamer. Commissioner J. F. Mullen. Mathisen | Leaves For South was also given an additional six| o T0io 0 ODDUR. CUPIED BY TARGE FORGE o mamns The Empire nm the Ttalians are. m the scuth. Itahan General | Charting course of invasion of Ethi- | opia, as member of Italian board of strategy in Eritrea, is Gen. Terruzzi | (Above), veteran of the World War | and numerous colonial campaigns. U, S EXPORTS TOITALY ON DECLINE NOW WASHDIGTON Oct, 30.—A ml.rk- ed slump in United States expons to Italy during September is re- ported by the Department of Com- merce. Exports dropped $800,000 from August, the report states. PAUL REDFERN RESCUE PARTY OFF TO GUIANA ‘Major Taylor, Companions' Will Seek American Flier, Lost in "27 NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—The start of a rescue expedition to seek Paul Redfern, missing American flier be- lieved alive in Dutch Giana, appear- ed less than two weeks' distant. Major Willie Taylor and compan- ions are ready to fly from the Canal The Bellanaca plane piloted by |Zone soon. A leave of absence has months’ suspended sentence wdny Gropstis, ‘with Wernecke as a pas- | been granted them. Taylor plans to we‘r took off for Ketchikan this | finance the expedition. Redfern disappeared on a barn- storming trip in 1927. .on the same charge. . He was originally sentenced by |afternoon, enroute to San Prancisco, \Judge ‘Mullen on Semmher 5. (Continued on Page 7) - " Members Resigning \ | (REORGANIZE MATANUSKA - ARRC BOAR Five New 'Members Added with Three of Former r 1 A reorganization of the Board of ! Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corpor- { ation was announced today by the ! Governor's office. ! In keeping with the plan to put eon- trol of the Matanuska Valley project “nearer home,” five new members, all residents of the westward or in- terior, were elected to the board and three old members resigned. New members chosen for thé ad- ministrative body were: Ross L. Sheely, Palmer; Alexander A. Mac- | Donald, Anchorage; Luther C. Hess, Fairbanks; P. C. McMullen, Seward, | and William Bouwens, a Matanuska colonist. 2 ‘Those resigning from the board were Attorney General James S. Truitt, Secrotary of Alaska E. W. Griffin, and Harry G. Watson, sec- retary to Governor Troy. i Old members of the administre group who will carry on with { ive | duties are Governor John W. Troy,|| E. R. Tarwater of Anchorage, Col- onel Otto F. Ohlson: head of the Alaska Railway, and Dr. t ;fffllml. Direcpor - of 3 » a1 and Island Possessions in Washington, D. C. E. W. Griffin was formerly presi- dent of the Board, but no new head has yet been selected. Sheely, MacDonald, Hess, McMul- len and Ohlson held a meeting in Palmer last night to discuss future policies of the administration. It was also announced that all transient workers brought to the colony from the states are enroute southward again today. Hereafter ( only Alaska labor will be employed in construction work at the valley, it is said. TROUBLE BREWS ANEW IN COAST & LABOR DISPUTE Fear of Another “‘Hot Car-| i go” Controversy Is Ex- | pressed by Operators SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 30.— | Trouble again plagued Pacific Coast ' ports today as disputes between mar- | mme workers and employers neared | anomer crisis on the impending ar- rival of a ship at San Pedro with freight from Gulf of Mexico ports. Operators express fear of another “hot cargo” controversy. | The Marine Engincers, Mates and | Pilots’ Association also are opposed w the new wages, hours and work- ,ing conditions set up for Emergency . Fleet Corporation and ordered to go into effect on Priday. ! CRISIS ON GULF BEAUMOKT;, Aexas, Oct. 30. Holt Ross, American Federation of Labor’s Southern representative, said | the International Longshoremen As- | “oziation members will be called off | all ships whose owners also operate | in the strike affected ports, if the Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Texas ports’ strike is not settled by Fri- day. Ross said this order came from | President Ryan, of the ILA. The or- | der will affect all United States and | Canadian ports. | BETTY M’CORMICK ‘ REOPENING SHOP Mrs. Betty McCormick, Secretary of the Territorial Board of Cos- metology, announced today that she is reopening her Betty Mac Beauty Shop. While south on an extended trip| Mrs. McCormick attended classes;| in Seattle, on new methods of beau- | ty culture. The classes were under the supervision of instruetors from the New York offices of nationally known beauty preparation special- ists and manufacturers. >>e —— | FIRE ABOARD Army s Laraest lew Aflre Fifteen-ton craft crashes. Upper picture showc ecraft at Be Forced to take his parachute when the landing gear of his pursuit plane was damaged in the takeoff of a formation flight at March Field, Calif., Lieut. William A. Hatcher, of Detroit, Mich., floated safely to 'arth after two hours nrneuv.rlng between CAlcxIco and Riverside. The above photo was made eight mintues before Lieut. Hatcher jumped from the plane and shows the landing gear hanging three and a half feet below the ship. Lower photo shows Hatcher floating to sedetv as his plane burned te a srisp on & dry la FIFTH VICTIM, STREET CAR HELENA QUAKE Thirty of 'Flfty Passengers Invalid Woman Dies of Reported” Seared | Shock, Exposure—Re- by Flames fugees Well Sheltered LO8 ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 30— Thirty persons were seared by flames when they burst from a street car control box. The panicky 50 passen- gers fought each other in opening windows and leaping. HELENA, Mont, Oct. 30.—Mrs, Lenora Jones, invalid, died from shock and exposure last night. She is the fifth victim of the recent se- vere earthquake, Bleak winter winds are sweeping ing vlnm al Sea'tle, Firemen and police blamed a short the still trembling city but refugees | on Tllk(‘-()ff | | { { | :n 2fler bullt, ALASKA IMPORT ' TRADE GROWS - 20% IN YEAR Seattle uhlpmen!s_ to Ter- ritory Approximate $26,006.000 TTLE, Oat. J0.~Shipment of goods to Alaska from Customs Dis- | trict 30, centering in Seattle, in-| | creased approximately 20 per cent 'during the first ten months in this year, compared, to the same period {last year, Saul Haas, Collector of Customs, sald today. Total exports so far this year are | valued at $28,006,000 -compared to 1$24,600,000 for last year's period. | Shipments consisted principally of | food, cannery equipment and mine { ‘uppllw i | | - - BANKER GROUP CENSURED FOR BOND OFFERING Cwn Comr;;tt—ee Declares Market Lower than Price for Public | WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Oct. |30.—The Investment Bankers Asso- | clationi was today censured by its own Committee on Industrial Securi- | ties for offering bonds to the public at too high prices. The committee told the final ses- sion of investment bankers that 40 | percent of this year's new issues were selling on the open market September 1 at less than the price offered to the public NEW COLD WAVE STRIKES WHOLE | { | H | | | :, | | | & |of Lieuts. SHIP CRACKS UP AT DAYTON Leslie Tower, Four Others Hurt as Big Craft Spins Into Earth at Take-off LEFT MOTORS FAIL 100 FEET IN AIR Heroic Acli;)r; V;f Two Lieu- tenants Probably Saved Lives of Victims RULLETIN — DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 30.—Major P. P. Hill is dead in a hospital here as the result oI injuriez received in the crash of the bomber. Pilot Leslie Tower, suffering from burns, will recover, it is ¢2id this afternoon. The others are less seriously injured. DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 30.—Five mén vere injured, two seriously, when a 12w Boeing bomber crashed at the take-off and caught fire here today. The seriously injured are: Major P. P, Hill, Chief Firing Oftiicer of the division. ~ Lettie Wower, of -Senttle, Chief Pilo! for the Boeing Afreraft Company, Others hurt were Lieut. Don- ald L. Patt and John Cutting, teol observers, and Mark Kcog- ler, Wright Field attache. Heroirm Revealed ight Field oficials said the lv:s o ¢ plane occupants pr ‘bab.y were saved through the heroic action R. Giovannoli and L. F. Harman, who rushed inside the burn- ng plane and carried out the men. The Army Board of Inquiry began an immediate investigation. Motors Fail The ship roared into the air and had climbed about 100 feet when he two left motors cut out. The right motors kept pulling, and the ship spun to the earth in flames, but did not overturn, The bomber is reported to have *0st $500,000 but it was understood four-motored crafts of like design had been offered the Army by Boeing for $200,000 each in lots of 25. Tower Widely Known Leslie Tower is one of the best known pilots in the West. He has been chief Pilot for Boeing at Se- attle for many years and tested out most of the Boeing pursuit ships that the Seattle plant turned out for the Army. He was at the controls when the big, new Boeing bomber was ‘lown east recently from the Seattle Boeing plant for an Army test. ‘kne bomber was credited with being the last word in ships of its type. Boeing and Martin bombers have been vying for Army contracts The bomber that crashed is said to be the largest land plane eger bailt in America. It is a 15-ton fighting craft 70 feet long, 15 feet high and had a wing spread of 105 feet. It had four machine gun cockpits, one in the nose, one on top, oné beneath and cne in the sic‘e of the fuselage, circuit for the blaze, are warmly housed. LAWYERS NOT e 0o pote CITED, REPURT hed N W | ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 30—The Government’s issue of 4 new dol- lar bill, which will be distributed Dpext month, is described by Sec- American leerty League Denies Members | retary of Treasury Morgenthau Il’l TrOUble | as the “handsomest ever.” The issue is a silver certificate WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. — The| s and for the first time, American meney will have a picture on both sides with the Great Seal. e e American Liberty League officials to- | day disclaimed any knowledge of published reports that members of the Lawyers' Committee have been | cited to appear before the Complaints GEORGE IN CALIFORNIA and Grievances Committee of the! Joe George is now recovering from American Bar Association for ren-|illness and his present address is dering ‘unsolicited opinions on New 2903 Broadway, Walnut Park, Cali- Deal Jegislation. fornia. PACIFIC COAST October Saow i Portland and Seattle for First | Time in Decades | SEATTLE, Oct. 30.—A new all- time October cold weather wave struck today at various points along‘ the Pacific Coast, and extensive| damage to crops and unharyested | fruit is expected i. the cold spell | does not break 2 In California, the Sacramento Val- ley low mark was 34 degrees. Gales| |during the past few days, felt all| !the way south from Alaska, were} accompanied by smow over a wide| area, and caused extensive damage to the Wenatchee apple crop. Portland had snow ycsterday for the first time in 53 years in .Oeto- ber, and Seattle’s October snow was i the first {n 40 years. S0L0 FLIGHT OVER PACIFIC IS ANNOUNGED American Born Jaranese to Fly from Seattle. = to Japan SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Oct. 30.— Kay Karl Endow, American born Japanese, a writer of Sacramento, ~nnounces financial backing for a 0lo flight from Seattle to Japan next year. Endow said the plane he will use is capable of making 5,400 miles with- cut refueling. The flier said he hopes the good- will flight will minimize the Japan- est-American war possibility. SEATTLE TEST b ] 1