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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE P — FD.R.CALLSC MAY BE ANSWER TO LEAGUE PLAN T0 “SOUND OUT" Trade Trea'ly with Can:ada‘ » to Be Taken Up with Liberal Leader CLOSE WATCH BEING | KEPT ON ETHIOPIA' Addition of Key Products! to Embargo List Is Under Discussion | WASHINGTON, Nov. 8—Barely ' back here from his Hyde Park home President Roosevelt called into im- mediate conference his foreign af- fairs adyisors, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, William Phillips, Under Secretary,'and Francis B. Sayre, As- sistant Seeretary of State. 1t was assumed the discussion cov- ered not only the Ethiopian situa- tion but the impending trade talks with William Lyon MacKenzie King, newly eledted Canadian Prime Min- ister, whom the President will re- ceive at the White: House later to- day | In Clese Touch | The President has been keeping in close touch with the North Afriean trouble between Italy and Ethiopia as well as the League of Nations discussions in-Geneva even while he was spending a few days at Hyde Park where he went to cast his bal- lot in Tuesday’s New York State elec- tion. It was understood the conference today with Secretary Hull and his assistants had definite bearing on the League of Nations action o, “sound out” the United States on its attitude relative to adding key pro- | dugcts such as oil, coal, iron and sieel | to ‘the list of exports barred from shipment to Italy. Secretary Hull in| an address night before last sug-' - gested putting more teeth in the Neu- | trality Act, and giving the President more authority in conducting inter- national affairs in times of interna- | tional disturbances such as now ex- | ist across the ocean. | After New Treaty } MacKenzie King, the new Canadfl icn Liberal leader elected at the re- | cent Dominion elections, is in Wash- result of the coup which consolidated the “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” seen as a armies of the nation under Prince Ernst von Starhemberg and ousted Maj, Emil Fey, minister of the interior and Starhemberg rival. Kurt Schuschnigg retained his post as chancellor in the cabinet shake-up which. left Vienna in a state of alarm, under virtual martial rule. CLIPPER SHIP TAKES AIR ON WESTERN TRIP Huge Flying Boat Starts Flight from Coast to Coast, for Orient MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 8. — The China Clipper, the huge flying boat ington with the avowed purpose of of the Pan-American line, took off getting a new trade treaty with the this morning under clear skies for United States and his conference Acupulco, Mexico, enroute to San 1Eastern Farmer ‘At Ketchikan; Plans Ranching | il 1 KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 8. | —A. J. Holden, wife and. five | children, arrived here aboard the | steamer Yukon from Erie, Penn- sylvanians, and in te nd to start | truck farming on a neighboring | island, —lr BRITISH GOV, URGED EXPAND NOW MISSING STOCK MARKET SOAR'S qu‘Rfl Smith, famous flier, missing on his “ | flight from England to Australia with | co-Pilot Tom Pethybridge. Tu NEw m% The flier in his plane the “South- by the ship James Melrose over the Bay of Bengal. Ships in the bay have been warned to keep a sharp | lookout. The Royal Air Force, it was an- |nounced tonight, will conduct a | search. Aviation experts fear the | fliers may have become lost in a storm area. SINGAPORE, Straits Settlement, Nov. 8.—Darkness fell over Malaca Strait tonight without any further word of 8ir Charles Kingsford- Utilities Lead Field in | Boosting Issues One ‘ to Three Points 'BEST PRICES IN 4 YEARS RECORDED Tnduetrial'Specialtics. J I in Advance with Some DELAYED IN ITALY The flier in his plane the “Southern ern Cross” left London on his projécted flight to Australia on Oc- tober 23. He was forced down at < Brindisi, Italy, that night by bad Profit Tak]ng weather and announced at the time iy |neé would cancel the hop entirely. | NEW YORK, Nov. 8—In 8 buying | Later, as weather conditions im- stampede for utilities; e stogisiay -y Broved, hy reconsidered and two days Ret today swept many issues up mehfi"‘wul ot agaifi for Sydney, The to three or more points to new highs Bay of Bengal, where he is reported for the past four years. [lost, is on the east and south side A majority of the prices were shad- of India and on the direct route ed slightly during the final hour. the flier would follow between Lon- Today's session was one of the(lon and Sydney. speediest since early in 1934. \ Kingsford-Smith has made the | Industrial specialties joined in the | [light between the two countries sev- advance in the face of considerable |°ral times before. He won acclaim profit taking. fa few years ago for his trans-Pa- Despite a few soft spots, today's cific flight from Australia to San session ciosed with prices firm. Francisco, via the islands. Stores Will Be Closed Here On 4rmistice Day CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 144, , American Power and Light 9, Ana- cenda 21, Bethlehem Steel 43, Gener- al Motors 58, International Harves- | ter 59%, Kennecott 26%, United States Steel 47, Pound $4.92%, Cal- yumet and Hecla 5, United Foundries Armistice Day, Monday, wiil be a business holiday in Juneau. Housewives should take note to place their orders tomorrow as all stares in the city will be clos- ed all day Monday. Public and private offices will also be closed during the day and programs fitting of the oc- casion will be given by the schools and the Legion. The school program will be given at DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 144.25, rails 35.20, utilities 29.30. B MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Recent surrender of their charters by the last two student corps which had resisted Hitler's decree ordering disbandment brings te an end the colorful history of German student organizations. Two of the largest and most exclusive of the student corps had steadfastly, refused to sacrifice their historic rights and traditions and ‘accede te Hitler’s demand that they become part of the Nazi student league. Economic necessity finally forced their capitulation, however, as the Nazi league controlled educational funds. fi:);;e;',Borah Ma y Not Run But They’re Seen as Keys with the President is being watched with interest here. - e UNITED STATES TO PARTICIPATE N NAVAL TALK Official Announcement Is! Made in London—Italy Has Not Yet Accepted LONDON, Nov. 8—The British Foreign Office announces that the United States has ‘ormally accepted the invitation to attend the Naval Conference here next month. Ttaly is the only one of the five big powers invited that has not made a reply of acceptance. — i —— Former President of St. Marys Dies After Long Illness OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 8.—Brother Gregory, former President of St. Mary’s College and at one time head of the Provincial Christian Brother- hood of the Pacific, is dead here after a long illness, e — — United States Marshal Thomas Gaffney of Nome is a passenger from Seattle to Seward on the Yukon. He recently tok prisoners south on board the Victoria. e Lost for five years in the city's sew- er system, an earring has been re- turned to Mrs. Nicholas Weismuller of Danville, Ky. Francisco. | From San Francisco the big clip-| "NAVAL DEFENSE sengers and crew, will inaugurate Slanley Baldwin, Ramsay [ he Trans-Pacitic service to the Or-| MacDonald, Earl Jellicoe } Aboard the ship leaving here was| Court Sea Stren’gth |a six-man crew and six passengers.| | By ROGER D. GREENE | - e TREATY POWER EXAMINED FOR NRA BACKINE Lawyers Investigate Con- stitutional Authorities for New Deal Legislation WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—The pos- sibility of using the Federal govern- ment’s treaty-making power as a basis for further regulation of in- dustry is being studied by a group of NRA lawyers, who have been di- rected to explore every possible con- stitutional authority o’ which NRA legislation might be based if the zohtnment again wishes to experi- ment with something of the kind. Letter Box for Mail Installed Down Town A new mail letter box has been placed at the corner of Seward and Front Streets, in front of the Juneau Drug Company, and mail will be collected from it twice daily. The announcement was made today by Postmaster Albert Wile, | LONDON, Nov. 8. — Full-blast, British Government propaganda | guns are pounding England’s tradi- | tionally slow-awakening millions to |a realization of impending danger. | While a voluntarily subdued press | plays down the war scare, to avoid creating general alarm, other chan- nels are being brought into play to | inform the people of possible jeop- |ardy arising from what Ramsay | MacDonald has termed “the gravest { crisis since 114.” For example, huge type in a se- ries of quarter-page newspaper ad- vertisements declares: “The Navy League is working to arouse a slumbering people to the danger of its situation.” And at the same time, with a sud- denly united voice, speakers of every political party have submerged fac- tional differences to rally support for Stanley Baldwin’s Government in its crusade to preserve peace— even if that policy means war. Party slogans are forgotten. At- tacks on the Government in power, ordinarily flaming at the approach of a national election, have ceased almost overnight as the European crisis momentarily threatens to boil over and engulf Britain in another mighty conflict. A typical example was the speech of 8ir Edward Grigg, M. P., in which he said: “We are told that the demand for strengthening - Britain's defense | forces is not a good ery at election | (Continued on Page Six. 'NAVAL FLIGHTS, 'FROM HONOLULU, Monday morning in the Col- iseum and the Legion is spon- soring a show at the theatre later in the day. Saturday night the Legion is sponsoring the Ar- mistice. Day observance with a dance at the Elks temple. WIDEN DEFENSE 'Annual Maneuvers Reach i to Guam—May Penetrate | lN H_I_I_RchNE Unalaska, Says Admiral ! i e {Commissioner Loses Life "HONOLULU, H. I, Nov. 8—Her-| —“Fishing Fleet Re- | alding naval flights throughout thc} | Pacific, 45 naval seaplanes will leave | portcd Destroyed Pearl Harbor Fleet Base at dawn to-| morrow for French Frigate shonls} NASSAU, Bahamas Island, Nov. and other westerly islands in unnunlil.-lupon,s said that Commissioner maneuvers. |John Eldridge Russell, and ten oth- The 10-day naval exercises are ers were drowned in Great Abaco characterized as the first of several When a hurricane swept the island flights to stretch the United States last Sunday. defenses westward and northward. Five vessels of a sponge fishing Admiral Frederick Horne said the fleet were destroyed and three others navy flying boat eventually will jour-!badly damaged. ney to Wake Atoll, the Pan American| Property damage was small, re- Airways mid-Atlantic base at Guam, POrts received here said. and, during favorable seasons, to Un- T 5% o5 TR s | DAN CALLAHAN IS FLORY LEAVING FOR DEAD, SITKA HOME NATIONAL MEETING Dan Callahan, sourdough of thé —_— iNntthh.nd, prospector and former Charles W. Flory, regional forester | resident of Fairbanks, is dead at for Alaska, is to sail aboard the Al- the Ploneers’ Home according to aska to attend a conference of all information received at the Gov- regional forest executives in Wash- | €rnor's office from Superintendent ington, D. C. | Efler Hansen. The conference, scheduled for No-| Callahan was a member of the vember 18, will consist of a discus-|Territorial House of Representatives sion of routine problems confronting for one term, several years ago. He the service, Flory said. He plans to'is survived by his widow and one return to Juneau about the middle of daughter in Fairbanks, and one son, next month, | the latter sald to be in Juneau now. ELEVEN DROWN to 1936”Rep STEEL HELMETS DISSOLVEDBY ADOLF HITLER Reconstruction of Army Held Complete—Organi- zation Is Unnecessary BERLIN, Nov. 8.—President Adolf Hitler has dissolved Germany's Steel Helmet organization. In a letter to Franz Seldte, leader of the Veteran Group, Germany's counterpart of the American Le- gion, the German president stated the reason for its dissolution. ‘“The first call for recruits to the colors was November 7. The army is now reconstructed, and continua- tion of the Steel Helmets is no long- er necessary." A SENT T0 CEL FOR 20 YEARS Union Secretary Convicted of Directing Assault in Labor Case | PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 8.—John Gillis, Secretary of the Wood Sawyers Union, was today sentenced to 20 years in prison for directing assault| on non-union workers in the recent disturbance here. e e———— METCALF RETURNS Frank Metcalf, civil engineer, ar- rived on the Yukon from Ketchikan. | ST T e BACK FROM PETERSBURG A. VanMavern, West Coast Groc- ery Company representative, arrived this morning on the Yukon from Petersburg, the Zapora. where he went aboardi ublican Puzzle By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, the Associated Press, Washington.) Guesses about prospective Repub- | lican Presidential candidates cover 2 wide range, but in the last analy- sis the conjectures now center main- ly around two men—Herbert Hoover and William E. Borah. This does not mean that the nom- ination lies between these two men. Indeed, the most prevalent guess of all is whether either of them will be a candidate at all. H It does mean, however, that no discussion of the outlook can go very far without someone saying either, “if we only knew what Hoover means to do,” or *“The thing would be much easier to figure if Borah could be induced to announce his real inten- tions.” For no matter how sure the poli- tical prophets may pretend to be when they speak for publication, it can be set down with certainty that they will remain disturbed and doubtful in their own minds unless and until Hoover and Borah declare themselves. REPUBLICAN CONTRAST The reasons for this are apparent. ‘The two are regarded by many vot- ers as personifying the two Repub- lican schools of thought., Each pos- esses a potential influence hot claim- ed by any other candidate. The [strength of both seems to be aug- mented by the contrast in their per- sonalities and methods, and by the fact that each is surrounded by a certain air of mystery. Mr. Hoover is the titular leader of his party. He has been President. He polled (in 1928) more votes than any other Republican in history. In | the year of Republican disaster, 1932, he polled better than 15,000,000 votes. Mr. Borah is a popular hero to large sections of the electorate. His |name has been a household word for nearly a generation. He is possessed of a power of eloguence and per- sussion which some believe has been | equalled in no other American since | Bryan. 4 | * No other aspirant pretends to com~ (Continued on- Page Five) SELASSIE MEN ' FLEE BEFORE DUCE FORCES Dark \Var'rio-;s- Desert Ma- kale as Invaders Pour in from North {DESERTER HEADS = LATEST ADVANCE Report Emperor May Go to Front as Result of Crumbling Resistance ONFERENCE, WAR ACTION MAKALE, Ethiopia, Nov. 8.—Ital- ian troops marched unopposed into this city today, their immediate ob- jective on the northern front. Strid- ing before the Italian columns was Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa, Makale's former Governor who deserted to the invaders' side, and was first to enter the conquered city. Behind him the Italian legions poured into the city from three sides, their advance un- hindered. Eight miles east of Makale a col- umn of blackshirts under General | Ruggiero Santini occupied the village of Doo. ‘The Ethioplan troops left this city .{before. the arrival of the Italians, heading for the Ethiopian strong~ hold at Desaye, 200 miles south of Makale, EMPEROR TO HEAD MEN ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 8.— Departure of Emperor Haile Selassie for the front is believed imminent as the result of the Italian seizure of the city of Makale without resis- | tancé. The Emperor has previously announced he would lead his troops in the field. BRAZIL HELPS ITALY -GENEVA, Nov. 8—Further threat to the successful application of League sanctions came last night from .Rio de Janeiro, with the an- nouncement that Italy had complet- ed an “economically satisfactory” trade compact, believed of guaran- tuan proportions with Brazil. The announcement came only a few hours after Brazil had informed the League she would take no part in applica- tion of sanctions t Ttaly. London, Paris Berlin still awaited conversations aimed to ease the tension. SEIZE GORRAHEI IN SOUTH ROME, Nov. 8—Italian troops add- ed to the victorious capture of Ma- kale today seizing Gorrahei on the southern frent in the Webbe Shibeli region. In still apother military movement the Mussolini forces drove deep into the region leading to Lake Tana in the northeastern section of Eth- iopia an area in which Great Britain ‘s interested because Lake Tana feeds the river Nile. Mussolini has often disavowed any ambitions to- ward Tana but the advance of troops into that area indicates a change in views and a determination to make the conquest of Ethiopia complete. In capturing Gorrahei, a strategic center, the southern Italian army has removed another stone from its vath toward Harar, the walled city. GIRL FATALLY BURNED AS BUS CATCHES AFIRE Seven Odliey Passengers Injured in Early Morning Accident ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, Nov, 8. Mildred Beal, of this city, was burn- =d to death, and seven others were injured, when a west bound South- ern Kansas Stage Line bus hit a culvert, overturned and was destroy- ed by fire. The disaster occurred on the high- way early this morning, 18 miles east of here,