The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 11, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1935, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS PILOT HERMAN, 5 PASSENGERS, "7 "% . . Prohibition Amendment Is BALLOON OFF, FLIGHT INTO Retwins now available from last Tucsday’s election show that Kentucky has repealed its 16- year-old prohibition amendment NO CLUE FOUND, OF LOST AVIATOR L Mars Atwake - REACH DAWSON Six Forced Down on Flight‘ by 2 majurity exceeding 90,000 STRAIU_SPHERE‘ INBAY OF BENGAL ‘World's Largest Bag Sail- Royal Air Corps Bombbes to Fairbanks, Back at Starting Point FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 11.— The News-Miner has been informed that Pilot Jack Herman and his five passengers, forced to land near the Cassiar roadhouse on November 1, on a proposed flight, Dawson to Fairbanks, have all been returned to Dawson. The report said Herman planned to take his passengers to Fairbanks as soon as the plane is repaired. The passengers are Peter Funk,| Oscar Adamy, Okay Ogren; W. James and George Townsend, all Klondik- ers. None are any the worse for their experience, Dawson reports. . MINING MEN ARE ENROUTE FOR OUTSIDE Capacity Train Load Leaves Fairbanks to Connect with Yukon FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 11.—A train left here last Saturday after- noon to connect with the steamer WORLD MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF ARMISTICE President l;l;d_ges Nation to Peace “But Must and Will Protect Herself” WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—In mar- tial atmosphere today the world cele- brated the 17th anniversary of the end of the World War. Fascists continued to push into Ethiopia as Mussolini told the Ttal- ians the armigs were ready to de- | fend “their interests in Europe, Af- rica or anywhere.” President Roosevelt standing be- | fore the tomb of the Unknown Sol- | dier here pledged the United States “will ever seek ways to peace, but | must and will ‘protect-herself.”" Ceremonies in London Ir London, a booming gun from the | Horse Guards parade stilled traffic | for two minutes of silcence and mem- bers of the royal faamily participated [in ceremonies at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.. | In Paris clashes between the Na- ticnal Leftist party members and war veterans broke out near the tomb | of the Unknown Soldier as the Ar- mistice Day parade ended. Heavy forces of police strove to maintain or- ed Upward Early This Morning ! B | CHICAGO, I, Nov. 11—At 12:55 o'clock this afternoon, Eastern Standard Time, the bal- loon is reported to have reached 72,000 feet and is expected to reach the ceiling shortly. This breaks the world’s altitude record. RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Nov. 11.—The Explorer II, the Wworld's largest balloon, took off at 7 a.m., Mountain time, on the long awaited journey into the stratosphere for a | scientific exploration. ! The big bag rose in almost quiet air after all-night preparations. A tear in the lower part of the bag about midnight caused some delay |in inflation but was repaired with | a triple patch without loss of gas. ! Capt. Orvil Anderson, pilot, esti- mated the bag contained 235,000 feet of helium. {~ Captains Anderson and Albert w. | Stevens' stated they believed the "craft would reach a record height ' of 14 miles. Capt. M. K. Baisley, following the ballcon by airplane, reported at 9:37 Eastern Standard Time, the craft was up 17,000 feet over the Chey- enne River, southeast of Rapid City. | This information was received at jthe flight base. It was indicated that about 1,000 pounds of ballast were dropped quickly to avoid graz- Combing Area Where Smith Last Seen - SINGAPORE, Nov. 11. — Another{ fleet of Royal Air Force bombgrs roared into the air today, ing the search for Sir Charles Kingsford= Smith, famous flier missing om flight from England to Australia. was reported last seen over the Bay of Bengal. The bomber pilots cars ried instructions to skim low over the island coast line and the wes Malay Peninsula strip of the Bay of Bengal between Rangoon in South Burma and Victoria Point. 3 C. James Melrose, who was re- ported to have last sighted the flier, expressed the belief the famous aviator may have glided to an un- inhabited island and made landing| in the moonlight. - THIRD PARTY PREDICTED BY MIDDLE WEST Pres. of Farmers' Holiday Assn. Says Nine States Will Have Tickets NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—A third par- ty ticket will be placed in the field in eight or-nine states in the 1936 i i }. By HOWARD WHITSELL ‘| Ullustration by LOUIS BIEDERMANN ‘ International Mlustrated News ARMIES MOVING TOWARD SINGLE RAILROAD LINE Sasa Baneh and Daggah Bur Fall to Advancing ! Southern Troops | ROME, Nov. 11.—Italy's southern army pushed menacingly toward the Ethiopian life line railroad connect- ing Addis Ababa and Djibouti, the | forces moving on the week-end to occupy Sasa Baneh. The drive also held Daggah Bur with advance pa- trols. The Italians have crossed more ! than half the desert region lying | between Italian Somaliland and the provincial capital of Harar. Addis Ababa reports said Ras Kassa was joining Ras Seyoum, Gov- ernor of Tigre Province, with 100,000 | warriors, The troops are concen- :tmwd behind the Kindonmirt range { of mountains south of Makale in the northern sector. FIRST MAJOR OFFENSIVE ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 11. | —Thousands of Ethiopian warriors { have been rushed to the northern | front in an attempt to halt the ad- | vance of Mussolini’s legions. Emperor Halle Selassie; it is_expected, ‘Wil | have half a million Wgfl-armed | troops on all fronts by November 20. Long range artillery equipment, rifles and ammunition are being { brought to Addis Ababa daily and | dispatched to the field. The Ethio- | pian Government said it had started Lits first major counter offensive {against the Roman invaders. The Ethiopian strategy still is to | strengthen the mountain strongholds to meet the Italian attack there. Yukon at Seward. The train arrived a capacity load of Alaskans enroute to the outside for the ‘Winter. The departees included a number of mining men who flew here from Ngme, Circle, Koyukuk and other mining centers where operations are closing for the winter months. Arrivals reported two dredges of the Hammon Consolidated are still operating at Nome. . - e, — CHINA SILVER POLICY STIRS JAPAN WRATH War Department Will Op- nase— Social and Polit- ical Confusion’ Imminent TOKYO, Nov. 11.—The publicity board of the Japanese War Depart- ment stated that Japan must op- pose China’s nationalization of sil- ver. It is stated that Japan cannot overlook the social and political con- fusion bound to come in north China, which at present has close relations with Japan and Manchou- kuo. Attempts to enforce nation- alization of silver in Nanking is re- ported. Referring to reports of a British loan to China of about $50,000,000, the impending statement charges the Nanking leaders with selling their country to a foreign power. — INSANE MEN DIE IN FIRE MONTREAL, Nov. 11.—Five violent ward patients of the St. Jean Devieu Hospital for the Insane perished in a night fire which ravished one wing of the institution. The patients, all men, burned to death when they fled back to their Of Sitka, were honored gtests of |Senator McNary said that lumber- proportions. burning quarters after the wing had | Madame Helene Orloff at a Russian|men and people were aroused over Wheat from the prairies is stead- | been emptied of its hundred occu- | dinner given last night in her home.|a rumor emanating from Canadaily trickling southward. | pants. Property damage is estimated | Also in attendance were Miss Esther |that the treaty concluded involved First quarter exports were ap-| import du- proximately two thirds of those to entered St. Ann's Hospital for treat- | the United Kingdom. in excess of $50,000. Origin of the fire is unknown. ing cliffs. | der. | ———,——— Churches Urge Peace = | The blessing of world peace was | stressed from thousands of pulpits at religious services marking the 17th anniversary of the World War ar- PREMIEH AGREE | mistice and today throughout the nation similar expression was voiced |in public addresses at fitting cele- Roosevelt Says Under- standing Will Work to Advantage, U.S., Canada Jbrations of the day. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Presi-| | The Federal Council of Churches | of Christ and many other denomina- dent Roosevelt revealed today that he and MacKenzie King, Canadian | tional and non-sectarian groups urg- | ed universal expression of prayer and Premier, had reached a definite agreement which would eliminate | pastors pointed to the conflict rag- the disagreements over unreasonable |ing in Ethiopia and the still not | completely extinguished threat of its trade restrictions and thus work to | ' | the advantage of both countries. spread to other nations as cvidence |that the lesson of the World War | had not been grasped. i | The lighthouse tender Cedar, Capt.| 7y, g e President cited trade barriers J. W. Leadbetter, commanding, ar-|as the cause of international restric- | rived at noon yesterday for supplies| tions and pointed to the discussions :mhg :;lfin;horfly after 10 o'clock | with the Canadian official as an ‘ example of neighborliness. | Thle iCed‘-;:l'. “;lhlch is the largest| Negotiations, first started last Jan- hesse n the United States Light-|yary, were resumed this week upon | ouse Service, has been on her pres- | the arrival of Premier King. ent cruise for the last »'.wo weeks and| Economic advisers of the President will return to her station at Ket-|said they would like to see the pact chikan within a few days. The Cedar | cover as many commodities as pos- | has delivered coal, oil, and supplies| sible, thus increasing commercial ex- | for the winter to 13 watch stations, | change between the tW%o countries. | which includes all of the stations| Commodity tariffs are stil in the | north of Ketchikan, and has relieved | discussion stage. 2 all of the buoys in Lynn Canal, — .- — — Stephens Passage, and Icy Strait. : | The Cedar encountered high winds oT |all yesterday, Captain Leadbetter R TARIFF B. C. LUMBER t Ut ' LIGHTHOUSE TENDER IN PORT SHORT TIME | Not Disclosed—Men to campaign, John Bosch, inneapo- lis Vice-President of the Farmers’ Holiday Association, said today. Bosch said a farm political revolt | of both old parties is rapidly taking form in Wisconsin, Minnesota, parts of Towa, North and South Dakota, Colorado,, Montana, Washington, and to some extent, in California. “There will be definitely a Third Party formed in 1936 with a national | program. Whether it will have a| national ticket is still open to ques-| tion. It is still a question of strategy whether a Third Party will enter the | Presidential campaign or whether it will concentrate on Congressional candidates,” Bosch said. The national ticket, he declared, will' serve a chief purpose of regis- tering opposition to the major par- ties, but whether such a ticket could command candidates sufficiently MANY SUBJECTS ceroatcme vz GOMING BEFORE 60V, MARTIN CRANGE SESSION VISITS CELLS "‘Convenson Thi Wk OF GONDEMNED in Sacramento Purpose Is Result of Talks SACRAMENTO, Nov. 11.—A host |of economic problems confronting the farmers will be reviewed this week as 7,000 delegates gather here | to attend the National Grange Con- vention, Hang November 22 The session is expected to develop | T examination of the economic status | WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 11.— | of agriculture from the standpoint Gov. Clarence D. Martin visited two | or moth national and State legisla- c_ondemned slayers in the peniten-|(ion. The political administration ;\’;’;’Ymm n’:}‘:flz‘::fih or result of | future, industry, financial position . The two con-| or the Federal Government, infla- demned men, Merritt Hunter, Olym- | (o farm financing, electrification, pia, and Carl Patterson, Napato, are| gistripution and wealth taxes are :;th facing the gallows November |among the questions to be taken up. % ., | said, “But we expect that in the winter months,” he said. CELEBRATES 74TH BIRTHDAY BY DINNER i John Dodson celebrated his seven- tw-fouflh birthday yesterday by giv-| SALEM, Ore., Nov. 11.—Senator| |ing a dinner at his Eagle River|Charles L. McNary said he may go ml ‘mzhw-y home. Covers were laid| Washington within a week to protest| | for 15. against President Roosevelt's nzn-“ ing any treaty between the United! States and Canada reducing import duties on Canadian lumber. i In a telegram to the President, - | ENTERTAINS AT DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kettleson, Lundsetter and Mrs. Jennie Brom-|the-reduction of lumber berg. ties. ’ | SUNDAY FIRE ALARM A small blaze probably caused by Canadian Wheat Being an overheated chimney, was ex- Sent to United States ool tinguished by the Juneau Fire De- WINNIPEG, Nov. 11.—Canadian parment at 7:15 a.m. yesterday at wheat found a market in the United | the residence of Al Lundstrom at States during the last three months | 10th and B Streets. Damage, result- even larger than during last year ing almost entirely f-3m smoke, was | when exports first reached sizeable very little. c.—— HAS INJURED HAND Robert Bryant, mine employee, has | ment for an injured hand. That men could soon erase The stweet oft-murmured phrage “Zest we forget?” WWihat greater lobe? Dou gabe pour pouth, your lives, Placed raging Marg in grbes, Enthroned the dove. Sleep on, pe brabe! Tho' war's red beatons burn @And greedp nations spurn The gift pou gabe. PASSENGERS OF 'WRECKED SHP AWAIT RESCUE |Small Fleet Braves Perils: of Straits to Save ! 30 Persons i MANILA, Nov. 11.—A small fleet braved the perils of the dangerous San Bernardino Straits in an at- tempt to rescue the passengers and crew of the wrecked British freight- er Silverhazel, marooned on a rock. Indications that some of the 50 or. more persons reported on board may have perished were received in an: intercepted radio message from the skipper: “Thirty persons on rock.” This may mean that 20 on board were lost when half the ship Landon Given Approval by Dolly, Charlie WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Dol- ly Gann today praised Gov. Al- fred M. Landon, her brother’s choice as a Republican Presi- dential nominee. “Certainly I am interested in Landon,” she said. “He is from my own state and has made gocd as a Governor. I am for him.” Charles Curtis has personally endorsed the candidacy of Lan- don, ————————— SAYS ENGLAND WANTS BATTLE Rev. Coughlin Asserts Real Situation Is Between Britain aud’ italy sank. | The forward part of the ship is reported wedged firmly in the rocks near San Bernardino. % DETROIT, Mich;, Nov. 11. — Rev. | Light tides repeatedly turned back Father Charles E. Coughlin, “Radio | Small boats from three steamers. | Priest,” charged in his Sunday| TR IR i broadcast: “England is willing to| FLORA CLARK PASSES AWAY | force the entire world into war to| Flora Clark, five-year-old Indian defend her commercial supremacy | girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob and keep her colonial possessions in- | Clark, died at the Government Hos- tact. Everyone knows that the real | pital yesterday. The remains are at issue in the Ethiopian situation is|the C. W.Carter Mortuary. No defin- between England and Italy.” | ite funeral arrangements have been He cefined Ethiopla's crisis as “no- | made, but the funeral will probably thing more than camouflaging for | be held on Wednesday. a maurauder who on 90 recorded oc-| Fora Clark is survived by her easions has invaded Italian-African | parents and two sisters. Her father, territory.” wellknown in Juneau, was born here. IL DUCE TALKS PEACE PARIS, Nov. 11.—Mussolini, it is reported in private French sources, has made a proposal for Mediter- ranean naval accord with Great Bri- tain which has gone unanswered. The proposal included mutual as- sistance agreements which ' Medi- terranean countries wo'ud be asked to sign. D e, o o cumseaeed SUITORS HELD IN MURDER OF BRIDE- TO-BE Girl's Body Found Badly Beaten, Strangled with Wrapping Cord MOUNTRAINIER, Md., Nov. 11. —Two men, one her fiancee and an- other a suitor, are held by police for questioning in investigation of the murder of pretty Corinna Laor- ing. Aubrey Hampton, said to have been a suitor of Miss Loring about five months ago, has been arrested in Washington. Richard Team, hospital attehd- ant, to whom the girl was to be mar- ried last Wednesday, two days after she disappeared from lome, has al- ready been jailed. The girl's body was found Satur- day five blocks from home, badly beaten, and strangled with a piece of wrapping cord. O RURAL SCHOOL HAS OWN BAND GRAHAM, Tex., Nov. 11.—It’s their own music, from the instruments to the echo, that’s dished up by 14 mem- bers of the 'Ming Bend rural school rhythm band. The bass drum is & nail keg with cowhide top and bot- tom; the triangles are horsehoes played with large nails; a cereal box is a snare drum, and baby rattles, tin and whittled sticks furnish other tempo.