The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 20, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7123. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS . RIOT WITNESS, DEFENSE IN SHARP CLASH ET TROOPS MARCH NORTHWARD T0 MEET INVADERS Ttalian Concentrating Point Near Makale Goal of Warriors CASUALTIES HIGH IN SOUTHERN CONFLICT Mussolini Exhorts Farmers to Aid National Food Campaign BULLETIN — Addis Ababa, Nov. 20—One thousand of the best marksmen of Ethiopia have cnccessfully halted the Ttalian advance at Radowa Hills and in- flicted heavy losses on the in- vaders. This is an official com- munique iscued late this after- noon. ASMARA, Eritrea, Nov. 20.— Ethiopian warriors are reported to be marching to attack the Italian northern front between D:lo and Makale, after a sharp pattle on the southern front caused casualties reported at more than 450 for both sides. 'I‘)oiéor;ed Bakin Toll of Death; San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.—Resi- dents of San Frantisco have been warned that 800 pounds of baking soda they bought at bargain prices jcontains a deadly poison. The soda has already resulted in the death of | three persons. { Dr. J. C. Geiger, Health Director, | said he cannot understand how the {soda became contaminated acci- dentally. g Soda Taking |LA THREATENED Residents of Given Warning, BY GOVERNMENT, HOT CARGO CASE [West Coast Shipping In-| terests Charge Vio- lation of Laws [ 1§ An investigationy is now underway. WARRANTS ISSUED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Nov. 20.— Warrants for the arrest of two men who allegedly sold- poisoned baking soda, have been issued, charging| them with violation of the Pure Food | Laws. One of the men to be arrested | is a wholesaler and the other a re- tailer. STOCK PRIGES HIT HARD BY - SELLING WAVE Issues Take Tumble for Losses from One to Three Points NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—A heavy selling wave broke over the stock | market in the final hours today and | prices toppled for losses from one ‘o three or more points. | The ticker tape fell some five min- utes behind in the late deluge, which | : £ Lincoln Ellsworth i The Italian headquarters here re- ;. a¢triputed partly {o technical fac- ceived word that a strong column Of |y connected with the lengthy and Emperor Selassie’s soldiers are ad- |y pany uninterrupted advance.. .| vancing toward Selicot, eight miles below Makale, into the territory where Italians have been consolidat- | Today's close was weak. CLOSING PRICES TODAY Is Off on Flight, Antarctic Regions NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Lincoln Elleworth took off today from Dundee Island on a projected Antarctic flight. Herbert Holick Kenyon is piloting the plane in it route across an unknown por- tion of the Antarctic to Byrd's former base, “Little America.” Ellsworth hopes to complete | maps of the region described as “unknown.” At | TROUBLE REPORTED | NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The i New York Times is in receipt of | a message from Ellsworth saying his fuel flow guage has broken Quring his flight fo Ross Sea. No | further details are given. Ob- | servers express the belief that if | the guage could not be fixed, Ellsworth will be forced to turn | back. ———— | | laws by conspiring to interfere with {the free flow of {Treasury Department Bu- WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—Depart- | ment of Justice officials are inves- | tigating the request from the West Coast shipping interests for prose- cution of the International Long- shoremen’s Association. The request is contained in charges the union is violating the anti-trust interstate com= merce through refusing to handle hot cargo at Facific Coast ports. —— -, DISBURSING OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE CHANGED reau Starts New Du- READY TO VOTE ON BIG STRIKE Roosevelt Notified of Im- pending Maritime Tie-up by Ryan SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. — A telegram stating that President Roosevelt has been notified of the threatened widespread maritime strike, has been placed before the convention of the Maritime Federa- tion of the Pacific here. William J. Lewis, International Vice-President of the Longshore- | men’s Association, received notice of the strike from Joseph P. Ryan, In- ternational President. Lewis placed the matter before the convention for action, and announced that Pacific Coast members must vote before the strike can be called. The trouble arose over the Gulf strike, DISBAR LAWYER IN TRIALS OF NST MARINE UNI0N87 F.D.R. GETS HIS RED CROSS BUTTON President Roosevelt receiving his Red Cross button from Miss Augusta Burton at the White House. Left to right: Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Red Cross chairman, the President, Capt. Wilson Brown, naval aide, and Miss Burton. (Associated Press Photo) LESLIE TOWER 1S DEAD FROM Great Britain Facing Strike Of Miners | BARNESLEY, England, Nov. 20. — Members of the Miners voted to empower the National ties December 10 | MHETLO i The Juneau headquarters of the| Bureau of Disbursements, U. 8 ‘ACCUSECI Assassins Al’e on Treasury, will begin taking over all 7 Federal departmental dissursing| Hunger Strike—Lawyer GflNSEI_RATllRS{ ing their positians. In the battle in the south today more than 150 native soldiers from Italian Somaliland were killed or wounded, while Ethiopian casualties were numbered at over 300. FARM PRODUCTS STUDIED ROME, Nov. 20.—Mussolini today called together the nation’s fruit and vegetable growers and leaders of the syndicates selling these foodstuffs for a plan for increased production. More Jand will be tilled as & part of the program to enlarge the national agricultural output in csder to fight the League of Nations' sanctions. FRENCH VIEWS PARIS, Nov. 22—France feels that the settlement of the war depends entirely on a decisive battle between the two forces. Hopes for a peaceful settlement without a major success or defeat for the Italians have now largely been abandoned by l“rmchJ authorities. — e U.S.POLICY BLAMED FOR JAPAN MOVE Nipponese Say Foreign Currency Policies Inten- sify Chinese Troubles TOKYO, Nov. 20—The campaign for political independence in North China is attributed in part by the Japanese Foreign Office to have its source in American and British cur- rency policies. A summary of Japan's position said the United States *silver purchase policy was intensifying China's eco- nomic troubles, and that#Great Brit- ain's support of Nanking currency reform was among the factors stimu- lating the movement. Rengo dispatches said the declara- tion of the new nation may be de- layed because two powerful Chinese generals who support the plan are still wavering. . CONCERN EXPRESSED WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Admin- istration officials are described au- thoritatively as becoming more con- cerned over Japan’s intention to seize control over North China. American business firms have large holdings and investments there, William Phillips, Undersecre- tary of State said. 1t is learned the State Depart- ment is not considering sending a note to Japan, at present. | NEW YORK, Nov. 20— Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 15%, American Can 1145, American Power and Light 8 Anaconda 24', Bethlehem Steel 50%, | |General Motors 57%, International {Harvester 63%, Kennecott 28%, Unit- {ed States Steel 49, Pound $492 | United Foundries 7%, United Cor-) poration 7%, Southern Pacific 20. | ' DOW, JONES AVERAGES 5 The following are today's Dow, \Jones averages: Industrials 146.55, | rails 36.97, utilities 29.48. ! o - OFFICERS FOIL BIG DOPE RING IN BALTINORE {Police Seek Smuggiers of| More than Half Mil- lion in Opium { BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 20.| —With approximately 45 pounds of contraband opium already in pos-| session, Federal authorities and po-| lice today scoured the Locus Point district near Baltimore for an ad- ditional 80 pounds reported found by an. unidentified man. | The seized narcotics are valued at $100,000, while the entire lot has a value of more than half a mil- lion, nearly equal to the total legal importation of the United staoes‘ during 1933. The huge consignment of dope is believed to have been smuggled on tramp freighters from the Orient, | and taken ashore in Baltimore har- bor by small boats. FISHERMAN RUSHED TO MEDICAL AID Nels Pearson, elderly fisherman,| was rushed to St. Ann’s Hospital| this afternoon from near the Bethel| Mission on the highway, in an; ambulance by Andrew Rossness, who | found the fisherman suffering from | what appeared to be severe poison-| ing. | Wickstrom. | FRANKF.FRYE | functions for the Territory on De- | | cember 10, Disbursing Clerk J. R. Elliott announced today. | On that date the Bureau will as- | sume charge of the disbursements of | | the Customs Service, to be followed K ETB H I KAN IN | by assumption of the same duties {1’ | the Department of Agriculture. All other agencies of federal depart- | ments will later turn their disburs- | ing over to the Treasury bureau, | probably at intervals of ten days, De]egates Are Elected to|when reports are periodically sent to Washington from the Juneau of- Wrangell Meet — Ju- |rie. neau Meets Monday | The change in the set-up is made " in accordance with an executive or- Democrats in caucus Mondag night | der of June 10, 1933, according to| in Ketchikan elécted delegates to Elliott. To date his office has oper- the Democratic Divisional Conven-|ated only for emergency agencies. tion to be held in Wrangell, Deum-l‘ The offices of the Disbursing Bu- reau were moved yesterday afternoon from the House Chamber to the The Kem}ikm precincts elected | quarters formerly occupied by the the following to serve as delegates National Recovery Administration, for the Wrangell meeting: R. E.|Which closed last week. Hardcastle, Fred Wallace, J. Krause, ey s 55 A. H. Ziegler, William Wickstrom,'NORLimEN HOI:D Neil Reed, Jack Bailey, Walter Gaff- POT LUCK SUPPBR ney, H. M. Pederson, S8enator Nor-| man Walker, C. §§. Hansen, Harry The Norlitemen of the Presbyter- Godfrey, A. Hedges and Margaret A0 Church met last night in the | Church parlors for a 6:30 o'clock pot Juneau precincts will elect dele- |luck dinner, followed by a program gates at a caucus to be held here}ooncerned. for the most part, with | Monday at 8 pm. in the Moose Hall, |21 interpretation of what the Pres- !hyrermn Church is accomplishing | {in the present-day world. G “Our Church and Our Day,” a mo- | tion-picture illustrating the three- | fold purpose of the church in teach- |ing, healing and preaching activi- | ties, was shown and the Rev. John lA. Glasse spoke briefly on the pro- | gram cf the Northern Light Church {in Juneau. | | The Norlitemen voted to purchase a radio set to be diverted to use ber 10, according to information re- ceived here this morning. DIES, SEATTLE Pioneer Packer Passes Away in Hospital— | Christmas charity work. Long Illness . i Tworecent grooms, Clarence Rhode SEATTLE, Nov. 20. — Prank F.|and Monte Grisham, were presented | Frye, 72, pioneer Seattle PGCkinxiw“h a “priceless formula” for mat- company executive, died last night rimonial happiness; and three men in a Seattle hospital after a pro- whose wives have been absent in the longed illness. He is survived by his | States, received similar formulas cal- widow, residing here, and a daugh- |Culated to bring them back before | ter, Mrs. Marion Ditmar, of Cleve- |the holidays. These men were Gun- land, Ohio. | nar Blomgren, O. H. Stratton, and Hints, International Plot AIXEN PROVINCE, France, Nov. 20.—Three Croat terrorists, on trial for complicity in the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia, began a hunger strike in protest against the disbarring of Lawyer Georges Desbons, hired by Croats in America to defend them. Desbons, dragged from the court room, shouted: “I am disbarred by French justice in order to prevent damaging revelations as to the re-| sponsibility ‘of certain foreign. na- tions in the assassination.” In a later statement, he said: “Six months ago a Balkan diplomat of- | fered me 400,000 francs to insert |three questions in the trial which, | the diplomat said, would start the next war in Europe.” He did not dis- close what the questions were. Louis Barthou, French foreign minister, was killed with the King. The assassin, Dimitrov Kerine Ve- litchiko, alias Petrus Kalemen, was struck down on the spot. The three on trial are said to be accomplices. TRIANGLE MERCHANT RETURNS TO JUNEAU Alaska is still God's country, in the opinion of N. G. Nelson, prom- inent local merchant, who returned on the Princess Norah from an ex- tended visit to Berkeley, Cal. As for the States, Mr. Nelson is quite willing that they be “returned to the Indians.” Berating the general lack of pros- perity in West Coast States, Mr. Nelson, owner and proprietor of Triangle Cleaners, said today the event of his trip had been his view of the two studpendous projects in San PFrancisco Bay—the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland-San Fran-| cisco Bridge. Mr. Nelson was called south sev- eral weeks ago by the serious illness of his two-year-old daughter. Im- provement of the child’s condition, 1 In the early days the company was| Frye came to Seattle from Towa | in 1888 and joined his brother, C. H.| Frye, who later organized the pack- ing company of Frye and Company. known as the Frye Bruhn Companyv} | Hospital examination revealed no specific ailment other than the usual | symptoms of old age, aggravated,| perhaps, by faulty diet. He may be| confined in St. Ann’s Hospital for | an indefinite time. e - — | ENTERS ST. ANN'S | Fritz Larson, 72, entered St. Ann’s| Hospital today for medical atten- tion. LORD JELLICO DIES, LONDON LONDON, Nov. 20.—Lord Jel- lico, British Admiral and out- standing British naval figure in ‘the World War, died here to- day. Bill Byington. | which enabled it to be removed from Community singing brought the)the hosptial, hastened his return meeting to a close. to Juneau. Dillingham Movie Fansto See Films Three Y ears Old HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 20.—|years old or moré because when he Movie fans at Dillingham, Alaska, | takes films in they have to stay will probably see “Journey's ENd” | inere yntil the ice thaws late in the and “Hell's Angels” and similar pic- spring and movie exchanges won't tures run elsewhere several years ago, next spring. | permit mewer films to be tied up Alec Bradford, picture exhibitor at | that long. [D\lllnghlm, is here on a shopping | Bradford supplies the picture needs tour. He has to take pictures threej to about 150 in his region. | | | Federation of Great Britain have i Executive committee to call a na- l tion-wide strike, if necessary, to enforce demands for an increase of 50 cents a day in the wage scale. RELIEF BUDGET " GIVEN THOUGHT " BY PRESIDENT ‘Will Meet Aids at Warm } | Springs Resort—"Nu | Person to Starve” 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.— Presi- ! dent Roosevelt, after saying that the Federal Government will allow no person to starve, has placed nexy year's budget on the top of his work | schedule as he made ready to leave on his annual visit to Warm Springs, | Georgia. Daniel Bell, Director of the Bud- get, and Representative Buchanan, Chairman of the House Appropria- tions Committee,” have been asked 0 meet Roosevelt in Warm Springs Monday to go over the Departmental budget requests and perhaps give some thought to relief needs after July first. - ESCAPES MADE " FROM FLAMES Seven Persons Flee from Fire in Their Night Clothes VIKING, Alberta, Nov. 20.—Fan-| ned by a strong wind, fire has de- stroyed seven buildings, including the Viking hotel, on main street of this town. The estimated loss is $100,000. Seven persons escaped from the flames in their nightclothes. This town is 91 miles east of Ed- monton. INDIAN BUREAU MEN LEAVE FOR SURVEY Dr. J. F. VanAckeren, Medical Director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and N, Lester Troast, South- were to leave this afternoon for an inspection tour of Kake, Klawock, Hydaburg, Metlakatla and other towns to the southward. The tour,| primarily for a suryey of health and | Ihouslng conditions, will wind up n{ Ketchikan in about ten days. west Supervisor for the Bureau,| BOMBER CRASH Test Pilot, Boeing Army Plane, Dies in Dayton from Injuries DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 20.—Leslie Tower, widely known test pilot of the Boeing Airplane Company of Se- attle, is dead in a hospital here as the result of injuries received in the October 30 crash and burning of the Boeing bomber being tested for the U. 8. Army. Tower, lanky Montana cowboy, who graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle in engi« neering, before taking up aviation, had been remarkably free from ac- cidents until the fatal crash came. Tower was not at the controls when the huze bomber fell and burned. Blood transfusions were resorted to in order to save Tower’s life and yesterday afternoon, as he was in an oxygen tent, attending physi- cians said he had a fighting chance for his life. Tower tested the bomber at Se- attle on all flights and made a rec- ord on the air trip from Seattle to Dayton, bringing the big ship here. JUNEAU GOES LITERARY IN NIGHT SCHOL Feature Writing Draws Big- gest Registration—En- tries Close Thursday With short story and feature writ- ing drawing most attention, night school registration, held last night in the Principal's office of the Ju- neau High School, did not attract enough students to make establish- ment of any course a surety. Registration will be concluded Thursday evening, with 'classes in cooking, band and orchestra offered, in addition to the eontinuation of last semester's typing ‘and short- hand classes. An especial appeal for registration in band and orchestra work was made today by A. B. Phillips, Super- intendent of Schools, who said that if enough students registered, there need be no charge for the course, the band or orchestra being able to pay its way by a concert at the end of the semester. This class, it is emphasized, is not for beginners, but for those who have already mastered |the fundamentals of their instru- | ment. | B ENTERS HOSPITAL J. R. Silva, of the Alaska Welders, entered St. Ann's today for medical treatment. RODEN TACTICS DRAWS REBUKE FROM COURT ITrial Enlivened by Word Tilt Between Attorney and Julius Popoff TROUBLE CENTERS AROUND BEAVERT Motion for Mis-trial Denied by Judge—Jury Told to Disregard Incident Testimony of Guy Graham, one of the men who marched to the A J. office to register for employment last June 24, brought on a sharp clash between prosecution and de- fense this afternoon at the riot trial. Graham had pointed to Mentur Pet« erson, one of the defendants, as a man he had seen running near the A. J. office with something in his hand wrapped in paper which re- sembled a club, Defense Counsel Irwin Goodman read to Graham his testimony at the preliminary hear- ing in which he had called the man Ed Engberg, another defendant, and Graham said at the time thought the man was Engberg but that latter he learned it was not Engberg but Peterson. He explained he was sure of the man but not the name at that time becausé Peterson had been pointed out to him as Engberg. Folta Scores Point Assistant District Attorney George W. Folta insisted that the prelim- inary testimony read by Goodman was not full and that Graham had cleared the matter up at the pre- liminary hearing. Defense Counsel refused to concede the point and re- cess was taken while Court Reporter John H. Newman, who took the tes- timony in both instances, looked up his previous notes. Newman, then under oath, testi- fied the transcript read by Goodwin was not complete and then proceed- ed to read the complete transcript of the preliminary trial in which Graham had pointed to Mentur Pet- erson as Engberg, explaining that it was Peterson he meant and not the man known as Engberg. Names Others Defendants named by Graham as alleged participants in the trouble were, in addition to Peterson, John Ekovick, who is indicted but not in custody; Jack Romer, Ed Rennie, Benny Larson, Stanley Nygren and Alfred Neilson. The last two are indicted but have not been appre- hended. Wayne Graham was another wit- ness called this afternoon and testi- fied to seeing Marion Warner and Ekovick offering resistance to the marchers.” MORNING SESSION Spirited clash between a govern- ment witness and defense counsel over answer to certain questions bearing on the alleged riot of last June 24 on Lower Pront Street and testimony of another witness that he had heard a threat made by one of the defendants the night before the street disorder enlivened the riot trial of 25 men in Federal district court this morning. So noisy did the word contest be- tween Julius Popoff, on ‘the stand for government, and Senator Henry Roden, attorney for the defense, be- come that Judge George F. Alexan- der had to order Roden to his seat and reprimand him for what he termed uncalled-for tactics. Said Beavert Pushed Him Popoff had testified that Warren Beavert pushed him during the en- counter on the street near the union hall. “How long did he push you?” de- manded Roden, The witness attempted to explain that every one was pushing and shoving, but before he could get the words out of his mouth, Roden was at him with a demand that he an- swer the question. ¢ “I'm trying to answer the question, but—" began Popoff. But Roden again insisted that the question be answered without ex- planation. Again the witness began to talk but again was interrupted, (Continued on Page Two)