The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 18, 1935, Page 1

POLICE OFFICER TE NAMES FURTHER! DEFENDANTS AS PARTICIPANTS Gilbertson Declares His De- mand to Disperse Greet- ed with Boos, Jeers BOOKER, GREEN TAKE| WITNESS STAND TODAY Policeman Describes Ar- rest of Ivan Diboff, Ed Rennie, Lee Johnson ! Further identification by Govern-j ment witnesses of some of the 33, men indicted by the grand jury on charges of rioting on Lower Front Street on the morning of June 24 last when a group of men marched from the A. B. Hall to the Alaska Juneau mine to register for employ- ment centered the testimony this morning when the trial resumed in | Federal District Court. Al Booker, the first witness called today and one of the marchers on the day of the trouble, declared John Ekovich and Alfred Neilson, two of | the men indicted but not yet ap-! prehended, as among those he had seen in front of the Union Hall caus- ing trouble and urging others to' keep the marchers from going through. Of the 25 defendants now on trial he named Sam Graner, Ed Rennie George Kodzoff, N. R. Cor- rell, Marion Warner and Lee John- son as men he had seen in the union ranks offering resistance to the marchers. Warner, he said, was but- ting the marchers back with his head and shoulders and the others, he charged, were pushing. Beoker Testifies Booker said as the column pro- gressed down Front Street there were shouts of “come on union men,” and that the union men ran along ahead and formed the barricade in the street in front of the union hall. Revealing the feeling that gripped the community at the time of the trouble, Booker, under cross exam- ination and in reply to questions relative to his testimony at the pre- linminary hearing of the men in Commissioner’s Court, said he tried to “smooth things over” when he testified at the first hearing. “I didn’t want to get mixed up in the thing,” he stated frankly, and ad- mitted he did not tell all he knew at that time. City Policeman George Gilbertson proved one of the star witnesses for the Government this morning. Gil- bertson is one of the officers who ordered the men to clear the street in front of the union hall and re- leased tear gas after repeated de- mands were ignored. He told on the stand of how he had attempted to “talk the men out of it,” meaning those blocking the street, and how his efforts were met with boos and Jjeers. He explained how Marshal William T. Mahoney and Assistant Chief of Police William Markle also had talked to the alleged rioters and asked them to disperse as they had (Continued on. rFage Two.) ——a—-—— JAPAN ASSISTS WITH BIRTH OF “FREE” NATION New Puppefitale to Be Set Up in North China This Week, Is Report TOKYO, Nov. 18.—Japanese dis- patches to Peiping and Tientsin an- nounced a new nation in North China will be born this week. Like Manchoukuo, the new nation will be created under the protection of Japan's military machine, which the Chinese National Government seems powerless to oppose. It seemed likely that five more Provinces will follow the fate of the four Manchurian Provinces. The population of the new nation will be ninety-five million. Southern ‘State Beauty Queens Alnbnm- At an interstate beauty contest at Tupelo, Miss., Miss Tommie Peck of Muscle Shoals, left, was chosen “Miss Alabama”, and Miss Rachel Smith, right, of Booneville, Miss., was crowned queen of her native state by Senator Pat Harnson of Mississippi. HOOVER GIVES ~ STOGK PRIGES HIS PROGRAM, TAKE ADVANCE IS POLICIES BRISK TRADING National and Fiscal Reform Bullish Forces Take Charge Plans Announced i “ Until Profit Taking N. Y. Address { Occurs | NEW YORK, Nov. 18— Former NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Bullish/ President Herbert Hoover last Sat- | forces were again at the helm dur- urday night enunciated a program |ing most of the Stock Market ses- for Natienal and fiscal reform after | sion today although profit taking voicing sarcastic and sharply-edged | finally succeeded in .rocking the censure at the New Deal’s economic | boat. planning, in a speech before the| Today's .lose was somewhat ir- Ohio Society on New York. It was the regular. second of a series of addresses on| The ticker tape wds occassionally national problems. | behind in ihe active trading. “We can express the Government's i expenses in figures but no mortal | CLOSING PRICES TODAY man can compute the costs of the, NEW YORK, Nov. 18. — Closing burdens and dangers imposed upon | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 120,000,000 people by these actions,” gsiock today is 15, American Can declared Hoover. | 143, American Power and Light 8%, “The, cost in national impoverish- | onaconda 23, Bethlehem Steel 49%, ment will far exceed even taxes and | General Motors 58, International its losses will be larger than the|parvester 64!, Kennecott 28%, National debt * the speaker said. ‘Umted States Steel 49%, Pound His Way Out |$491%, United Foundries %, United Asserting the way to settle con- | Corporation 6%. ditions, which “we should no longer | | tolerate,” was by abandonment of | the present fiscal policies, Hoover | outlined his “constructive fiscal pro- | 3 gram” as follows: “Waste of taxpayers’ money is un-| necessary and public works should | end. The Administration’s rehefl should be turned over to local au-; thorities and the spending on vision- | ary unAmerican experiments should | be stopped. This horde of political | bureaucracy should be rooted out.! The Budget should be balanced, not by more taxes but by reduction of follies. . Purchases of foreign silver | should be stopped and the Gold Standard should be reestablished, even on a new basis of confidence and validity of the Government | should be restored.” DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, ones averages: industrials 147.05, rails 37.18, utilities 29.40. e FEDERAL JURY INDICTS R. R. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 18.—U. 8. Attorney B. J. Hustings revealed | that the Chicago-Milwaukee and | Chicago-Northwestern Railway com- panies are charged with violating In- | terstate Commerce laws by two fed- eral grand jury indictments. Husting said that the Barry Trans- fer and Storage company and the | Northwestern Trans f er Company, | both of Milwaukee, are also named on charges which involve rebate to | shippers. HOOVER-BORAH SPLIT SEEN BY POLITICIANS WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Politi- cians see the possibility of a Hoover- Borah struggle over the Republican Presidential nomination and plat- form for 1936. Senator William E. Borah, of Ida- ho, was Hoover's chief campaigner in 1928. | Hoover, in his New York speech! last Saturday night, devoted him-| | self entirely to the principles he be- | lieved the Republican Party should\ As the usual holiday rush is start- make. Principles, he inferred broad- | Ing at the Juneau Post Office, Post- ly, should predominate over per- | master Albert Wile announced today sonalities but it is believed Hoover |that two new men have been added and Borah may clash strenuously on | to the staff, Kenneth Ross and Don- ald P. Foster. The latter is from the Civil Service list. ol R o e 'HOLIDAY RUSH AT POST OFFICE NOW CAUSE, MORE HELP (Continued on Page Three) TARIFF CUTS ARE MADE IN TRADE TREA {Mutual Slashes Are Ag to Between Canada, United States PRESIDENT SAYS PACT BENEFICIAL Details of New Agreemen! Are Announced from White House WASHINGTON, Nor. 18, — The American - Canadian Trade Agrees ment, embracing sweeping mutual tariff slashes designed to promote “general economic recovery” of both nations, was made public, personally, | Sunday, by President Roosevelt. Surrounded by newsmen. in the Oval Room in the White House, the | President expressed the belief that between the two countries in a year ' or two, with the consequent efleet {of reducing unemployment. Results Attained The Department of State snid t,htt Canadian import charges wil ered on products of which thebnn.ed States shipped $415,000,000 won.h during the year which en March, 1930, the last year fon the Dofnitiion boosted levies. = The.! | Departmtent of Staté"estimated thlt this country's tariff reductions will affect commodities which accoum,ed for two-thirds of $50,000,000 in Can- adian imports in 1929. Effective January 1 the pact will result in doubling trade ! FIRST PICTURE The Duke of Gloucester and his bride, the former Lady Montagu-Douglas-Scott, waving to throngs @ few minut iv Associa Ble) HUGH BREWSTER ¢ MAKING CHANGE, ALASKA FLYING < Pilots Must Not Swope Low on Arrival at Towns | The treaty becomes effective on | January 1, and remains in force un- : —Bethel Field Closed til December 31, 1938, and indefin-; FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 18.— | itely thereafter unless six months’, ‘nouce of intention to terminate the treaty is given by either party. Duties Lowered Duties on a number of agricul- tural products entering the United | States were reduced, as were those! lon Douglas fir and Western hem-|landing lakes half a mile back of lock. There was also some reduction on fish. Canada, on her part, also lowered a number of duties, especially those onmachinery and manufactured goods., Disapproval Expressed Farmers generally, and lumber in- terests in the Pacific Northwest ex- pressed disapproval of the treaty. The cedar shingle industry, how- ever, expressed satisfaction as the received import was ‘“limited to twenty-five per cent of the United States consumption.” The duty on Douglas fir and West- ern hemlock was cut from $3 to $1.50 per thousand, with imports limited to two hundred and fifty million board feet, but this met with violent. opposition from lumbering interests. Pulpwood newsprint was retained on the free list. Fish Tariff Changes The duty on fresh or frozen Can- adian halibut was cut from 2 cents to, 1 cent a pound, salmon from 2 cents to 1% cents. The duty on pickled or salted salmon was reduced from twenty-five per cent advalorem, to twenty per cen$. There were also reductions on lesser fish and shell- fish. No changes are made in the duties on cod, haddock or canned razor clams. The Administration said the im- portation of halibut in recent years domestic consumption. (Continued on Page Three) amounted to only 10 per ‘cent of the <. ‘Hugh Brewster, Aeronautics Inspec- tor for Alaska, arriving here by | plane from a tour of inspection of air fields in the Kuskokwim aréa, an- nounced that he has closed the Beth- el landing field in front of the town. He says that planes can find good |the town, and he will recommend that Juneau authorities include in the projected aviation program for | Alaska, the building of a new land- |ing field immediately back of town, which can be done next spring. Brewster also issued an omlér pro- hibiting planes from, flying low over any Alaska towns, except in emer- gency, due to thick weather. Flying Jow over towns to let the populace know of ‘arrival, Brewster said, was flying too low for safety. ‘Brewster also ordered planes tak- ing off from the long runway here to make & right-hand turn eastbound and left westbound. ‘Brewster will be here for a few days and will then fly to Juneau }and Anchorage. Mrs. Brewster is now éhroute from the States to join her husband. {Clark Gable, His Wife, May Soon Be Reconciled HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Nov. 18 —Re- conciliation between Clark Gable, movie star and idol, and his wife, is forecast by their mutual attorney and business manager, Tvan D, Park- er. Recently the couple, it was an- nounced, had separated but no jm- mediate divorce was contempiated. o e Card playing is a popular pas- ime in Burma where the United . States, Belgium and Japan are the leading suppliers a! cards. NEW YORK, Nov. 18, — Brigadier General Charles H. Sherill, recently returned from Europe, urged in an address last night that the United States “call a spade a spade,” and extend the Monroe Doctrine to the Caribbean Sea and the elimination of naval stations maintained there by Prance, England and Holland. Sherrill ‘suggested that President Suggests Roosevelt Extend Monroe Doctrine to Take in Entire Area, Caribbean Sea Roosevelt, whose naval knowledge | the Caribbean Sea from European | fits him for an “opportunity to free flags,” negotiate with England und‘ Prance for their colonies in exchange | | for “unpaid war debts.” &herrill further suggested that a | purchase arrangement also be made | with Helland, similar to that with | ' Denmark, for the Virgin Islands. from Buckingham palace balcony after their wedding ceremony. This Associated Press Photo was taken after tne services, radioed to New Yerk and then rushed to this newspaper. (Copyright (‘otton (,ontrol Case Goes Direct {Highest Court W ASHINGTON, Nov, 18— Over the protest of the Govern- - ment, the United States, Supreme Court today agreed to permit Gov, Etigene Talmadge, of Geor- gia, to file a suit attacking the constitutionality of the Bank- head cotton produetion control direct in the high court without going into the lower courts. ICE CAPTIVES RESCUED AFTER 24- DAY WAIT Canadian mays Plane Takes Captain and Crew Safely to McMurray EDMONTON, Nov. 18.—Held pris- oners for 24 days when their boaL’ became trapped in the ice near the Goldfields Mining Settlement on the north shore of Lake Athabaska,) Capt. H. B. Livingstone and a crew | of four were rescued by an airnlnne‘ over the weeksend. A Canadian Airways plane brought the party to McMurray Sunday. —— CAR OVFRTURNS, AUTO COLLISION SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—Clyde Murray, aged 32, of Everett, was killed in an auto collision near Everett when his car overturned in the crash. Mrs. Vivian Christofferson, aged 22, of Seattle, was fatally hurt in a collision here, Three others were in- jured in the same nccident Bttt Locomotive thel Into Truck, Hurled from Track SAN F'RANCE Cal., Nov. 18.— Southern Pacific’s Daylight Lim- ited smashed into a truck near Gill- roy, severely shaking up the passen- gers and injuring several men, one, critically. The locomotive was hurled from the rails and two baggage cars also left the tracks but remained upright. The locomotive crew jumped just before the crash and escaped with minor injuries. - Descendant of British Naval Hero Passes Away| PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 18— Rear Admirgl Charles P. Nelson, de- scendant of Lord Nelson, British Naval hero, died here last night. IATLANTIC COAST HIT HARD; GALE SPREADING. OUT Millions of B(?l?ars in Dam-| |. ages Reported—Towns Are Flooded NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—A million- dollar gale roared north and east- ‘ward today, after battering the At- lantic Coast from North Carolina tc Maine. New Jersey and the southern shore (of Long /Island suffered most, as waves and flood tides, the worst in jtwenty years, hammered the coast both south and east of New York. Two freighters, the Florida and the Hartwelson, are crippled, and 'one tug unreported. Pleasure boats {were wrecked and one seaman was swept overboard from a freighter to {his death. At least eight highway fatalities were caused by slippery roads and snow and pelting rain which covered windshields. Entire towns are flooded. New Jer- sey and Long Island are isolated. Newspapers estimate the damage from one to fifteen million dollars. At Deal, New Jersey, seas caused $100,000 damage. A sewage treatment plant and a $35,000 bathing pavilion were destroyed ARMED REVELER TAKEN T0 JAIL CROSSFIFLD, Alta., WNov. 18— 8hots blazed in an East Community Hall near here, where a dance was held last night, and Arthur Heywood, 50, was taken into custody by Royal |Canadian Mounted Police, pending ian investigation. Warned that Heywood was headed \for the hall, looking for trouble and armed with a rifle, Corporal Ed Cam- |eron accosted him on the highway. Immediately, police charge, Hey- wood opened fire, the bullet just mijssing the officer's head. A second shot went wild. Unarmed, Cameron returned to Crossfield and warned the hall by telephone. As Heywood entered, it is alleged he fired a shot through the ceiling. He was overpowered by dancers and held until the arrival of the police. D Coughlin Announces New Deal Opposition | DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 18—~The | Rev. Coughlin turned the National Union for Social Justice definitely away from the Roosevelt Adminis- tration with the assertion that New Deal practices and the principles of his organization “are unalterably iou)med." 151 COUNTRIES BEGIN PENALTY AGAINST ITALY Demonstrations Flare in Rome as Great Em- bargoes Start REPRISALS STUDIED BY DUCE’S COUNCIL Ethiopians Take New Courage from World- Wide Penalties BULLETIN—ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 18.—~The Ethiopian Govern- ment announces Italian air- planes bombed the town of Ed- erta, near Makale, killing and injuring many civilians and dam- aging many houses. The official communique said the bombing was carried out because the na- tives refused to give up cereals and cattle to the Italians without payment. GENEVA, Nov. 18. — Premier Mussolini’s undeclared war on Ethiopia met world oppesition today, as the League of Na- tions' economic sanctions became effective at midnight last night. Today thus is the first day of the great program whereby 51 nations belonging to the League' are agreed to prevent the importation of Italian goods and stop the exporting of cer- tain raw materials to Italy. As the punitive measures went into effect, Italy is reported to display im- placable opposition to the sanctions, in the showing of banners through- out the nation. The Faseist Grand Council is meet- ing to study the details of Italy's fight against the nations supporting | the embargoes, and to consider peace proposals raised by diplomatic con- tacts. EMBASSIES GUARDED ROME, Nov. 18—Italian troops guarded the British Embassy here today as well as headquarters of other sanctionist countries when Roman youths began demonstrations denouncing the League of Nations' penalties. Reports from Africa reveal that the Ethiopians have been pushed be- yond the Takkaze River by the Ital- lan Second Army Corps. Ethiopians reported several casualties in the conflict. Ras Nassibu, Commander of the Abyssinian armies in the south, is reported to have withdrawn troops to the region of the city of Harar. AID FOR ETHIOPIANS GENEVA, Nov. 18.—According to reports received here, thousands of black warriors from British and \Dontinued on Paze ‘Three) FERRY STRIKE CONTINUES IN PUGET SOUND Coast Guard Places Cutter Arcata in Service as U. S. Mail‘Boat SEATTLE, Nov. 18—Residents of communities in North Kitsap County protested against the virtual par- alysis of the Puget Sound ferryboat transportation systems, while oper- ators of striking unions marked time. E. J. Turner, member of the com- mittee named to confer with both sides, said that 7,500 persons in the district are without convenient transportation. Poultry raisers are unable to mar- ket products because of the ten-day= old strike. Ferryboats operating last week continued on curtailed schedules. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard has placed the cutter Arcata in service as a United States mail boat be- tween Seattle and Bremerton.