The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1935, Page 1

s THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS NEW CONFAB IN " PARIS SEEKING AFRIGAN PEACE [talians Watch Negotiations |, Between French and British . SELASSIE RETURNS FROM BATTLEFIELDS French Eagnial Forces Guard Frontier—Are Awaiting Refugees ROME, Nov. 21. — Premier Mussolini has released 100,000 | soldiers from military duties for three months to strengthen re- sistance to the League of Na- tions’ sanctions. The soldiers have been granted leaves to speed up Italy’s indus- trial and agricultural produc- | tions. :Air Service Plann;d | / , [ ; S | I < | o g N 5 HONOLULU SHAWVAIAN ISLANDS It is also reported this after- | noon that Italy’s northern army | has smashed the Ethiopian forces commanded by Ras Seyom and the Italians are pusuing the re- | treating Ethiopians with full strength. BULLETIN — TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 21.~—Possibility of an up- heaval in the Japanese Govern- ment over the North China sit- uation is foreseen by political experts due to the abrupt halt in the plans for a new State in North China. Experts described a near crisis as a conflict between Japan's civil leaders and military lead- ers in the Asiatic continent. | | | ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 21.—Emper-l or Haile Selassie returned here to- day after a two-day tour of the southern front, which he left just before Italian planes flew over the section, dealing death and destruc- tion. Ethiopian sources close to the Lion of Judah believe that he delivered definite battle orders to his southern | commander, Ras Nassibu, who is now | encamped at Jiwiga. ‘ PEACE TALKS RESUMED PARIS, Nov. 21.—French and Brit- | ish experts are resuming their talks here, seeking a solution to the Ethio- pian conflict. The French diplomats | are said to be skeptical as to the! possibility of a peaceful settlement | in the very near future, but none-| theless are exerting every effort to cooperate with the English. IL DUCE EYES MEETING ROME, Nov. 21.—Italian author- ities said today that they are closely watching the negotiations at Paris; to see if they may be the basis for a settlement that is suitable to Italy.| Meanwhile, torrential rains are said to be delaying Il Duce'’s south- ern army, while air pilots confirmed ! reports that huge numbers of Ethio- pian warriors are concentrating in the area south of Makale. NATIVE TROOPS MARCH | DJIBOUTI, Nov. 21. — French Sengalese fighters have moved farth- er toward the interior in French Somaliland to guard against any| frontier emergency and care for any influx of refugees. ITALY’S ARMY CUT ROME, Nov. 21.—Premier Mus- solini has cut Italy's army in half for three months, granting leave of absence for that period. It is said 500,000 soldiers are affected by the order which it is officially said has no international significance. Cremation Seen As Aid to Crime ABERDEEN, No. 21.—Fear that poisoners might be encouraged was one of the reasons offered by the Aberdeen town eouncil in rejecting a proposal for a municipal cremator- jum. Councillor George Duncan stat- ed that many poisoners would have gone free if there had been crema- tion of their victims. San Francisco Bay to New Zea- land by August were revealed when Prime Minister Joseph G. Coats of New Zealand announced he had approved landing rights of Pan-American Airways, which is ready to establish a trans- Pacific service from California to China. The map shows the proj- ected route, a distance of 6810 miles. (Associated Press Photo) COMMANDER GREAT FLEET PASSES AWAY Lord Jellico Led Battle for British at Jutland, Then Removed LONDON, Nov. 2l—Lord Jellicoe, British Admiral, wh@“zfid yesterday, was the commander of the greatest fleet the world | ever known in the greatest naval engagement since | the days of sail. He led the British at tne Bautle of Jutland, fought May 31, 1916, between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet. Jellicoe had been appointed to the command of the grand fleet soon af- ter the beginning of the world war. The opposing commander was Ad- {miral von Scheer. The indecisive re+ sult of the engagement caused much subsequent controversy. On the one hand, Jutland has been claimed as a British victory since the German fleet remained practically immobilized in port from that day until its surrender after the armistice. On the other hand, the weaker German fleet inflicted more damage than it received and managed to make good its escape at the end of the action when it might have been annihilated. Relieved of Command Jellicoe was widely criticized for his handling of the British fleet, which was considered by some to have been over-cautious and woeful- ly lacking in the “Nelson touch.” It occasicned no surprise, therefore, when at the end of the year “the little admiral,” in spite of his im- mense popularity with his men and his great gift as an organizer, was re- lieved of his command. He became First Sea Lord and later Chief of Naval Staff. In both capacities he rendered service to the general conduct of British naval op- erations. His heart, however, seemed always to be with the grey ships (Ceatinued oL Page Beven) | GRIPPING RACE, AGAINST DEATH COMES T0 END | Rail Speeder Takes Tal- keetna Woman to Anchorage Hospital AIRPLANE, AUTO FAIL IN RACE WITH STORK Mother Recovering After Take-off Crash on Mercy Flight ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 21.— An emergency call on a maternity | case came last night from Talkeetna,' | 90 miles north of here, and Pilot Don Hedge and Dr. A. 8. Walkowski,| : Acting Chief of the Anchorage Hos- pital, hopped off immediately in a sleet storm. They flew under an altitude of 150 feet along the railroad tracks ( “Girl with M tllibn Dollar Legs” 3 | ! | | | | Teity. If Hot Car;c;-bispute Be- | until they came to Talkeetna, where /it was found that the patient, Mrs. | Ole Dahl, needed an emergency op- eration. She was placed in the plane, but 'it hit a hummock on the take-off| and crashed through the ice, break- ing a wheel. An automobile was ordered rushed northward from: Anchorage, but it} i . * $20,000 and !:-vy'!l be seen in.a film production, “The Great !h.hm length, 41 Inches; thigh, 20 Inches; calf, 13 down & few milles” out of the A special gasoline railway speeder was then sent.out into the storm, and finally arrived at the hospital here after an all-night trip, Mrs. Dahl's baby was delivered still- born, but the mother is now recov- ering. STRIKE VOTE TO BE TAKEN ALONG COAST comes Serious, Ballot Will Be Cast SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 21. —Authorization to eall for an im- mediate vote on a general strike if the hot cargo situation becomes iserions. is announced by the emer-| | gency convention of the Maritime| Federation of the Pacific. The convention has adopted reso- lutions sanctioning a strike ballot and also demanding immediate col- lective bargaining with the ship- owners. gt P b | ELLSWORTH OFF | ON SECOND TRY FOR POLAR HOP Forced Baci—i;l—l"irst Flight by Oil Tank Leak in Mot- | or—Favorable Takeoff | NEW YORK, Nov. 21.—The New York Times reported that Lincoln | Ellsworth today hopped off in his second attempt in 24 hours to fly across the Antarctic continent. Ellsworth and his pilot, Herbert Hollock Kenyon, were forced to give | up the first flight and return to the | base ship, Wyatt Earp, because of an oil leak in the motor after three hours and eleven minutes of flying. The pair had favorable weather for the new takeoff today with vir- tually no winds and only a few| light clouds. | — e — GRANTED DIVORCE Sera E. Wright was recently grant- Toni Lanier displays tl The measurements ar: inches; ankle, 8 inche hoe size, ere called the “million- 5. (Associated Press Photo) Income Taxes in W ashington and Alaska Show Gain TACOMA, Wash.,, Nov. 21.—A tabulation showing an average increase of 58 percent in Federal income taxes paid in Washington and Alaska for the year ending November 1 has been released by Alex McK. Vierhus, Collector of Internal Revenue. The total collection amounted to $6,714000 compared to $4,- 462,000 for the previous 12 months. Separate figures on Alaska are not available at the present time. e AIR MALL S TAKEN UP AT C.0. SESSI0 Resume Given of Requests Made to Farley and Others Interested The text of a telegram addressed to James A. Farley, Postmaster Gen- eral, which was sent last Monday by the Juneau Chamber of Com- merce to Seattle, where it was re- ported the Cabinet member would arrive Tuesday, together with tele- grams from prominent citizens and business people of Ketchikan, Wran- gell, Petersburg, Fairbanks and Ju- neau, supporting air mail claims for Alaska, from the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, which were also sent to. Seattle, were read by Secretary Curtis Shattuck at the Commerce luncheon at the Terminal Cafe to- day. President R. E. Robertson of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that since the telegrams were filed it was learned that Postmaster General Farley did not visit Seattle but re- mained in San Francisco, and con- sequently the telegrams were for- warded to Farley in California at his request. The Empire, on Monday, was advised by the Associated Press that in any event he would not be 2d a divorce at Fairbanks from George E. Wright and allowed to re- sume her maiden name of Ballen- tine. . - e —— A fine variety of ostrich is common in Ethiopia. there on Tuesday. Necessity Stressed The local Chamber’s telegram to Postmaster General Farley stressed the necessity for foreign air mail contracts between Juneau and that the Postmaster General’s ar-| rival in Seattle was uncertain, and | 'JUNEAU PUBLIC LIBRARY MARKS NAT. BOOK WEEK |Ann Coleman, Libarian, | Stresses Need of Library in Adult Education | Celebrating National Book Week in its own fashion, the Juneau Public Library reported, for the first time |in the history of the library, a junior | circulation which topped the adult |one by a margin which, though not considerable, was indicative of the |growing need for ‘more books suit- led to youngster. consumption — a need which has existed ever since, in the first Juneau Library in 1914, the | children’s reading room was relegat- ed to a bathroom. Stressing - this need, and, indeed, the general needs of the entire li- brary, Miss Ann Coleman, librarian, |said today, “The task of free public libraries is to maintain the intelli- gence which schools exist to cre- ate. To have compulsory education | without an adequate free public - | brary is like raising a crop and fail- ing to harvest it. We cannot ‘aban- | don our education at the schoolhouse door. We have to keep it up through life.” Although the library is in dire need both of increased floor-space and a larger supply of books, its af- falrs, states Miss Coleman, are prob- ably in & more healthy state today than at any time in its turbulent career. 8ituated on the top floor of the City Hall, it has at its disposal a children’s room, reading room, mag- azine room, and circulation room. Approximately 5,000 books oecupy ite shelves. Of the adult books, 1800 are non-fiction and 1783 are fiction. Thirty-five books a month are added. An average of 225 persons borrow books each day of the week, and al- most as many more visit the reading room, Limited funds provide the services of a part-time assistant, Mrs. Robert B. Piercy. To persons famliliar with the | shelves of the endowed libraries of the States, these figures may seem negligible, but to those who have | followed Juneau's quest for culturc }they are fraught with promise. | Among these latter are many who remember when, in 1914, under the auspices of the Draper Club, the first Juneau Library opened its doors at 222 Third Street, a frame building now occupied by the Hand Laundry (Continuea on Page Hignt) (Continued on Fage Two) HALT CALLED ON AUTONOMY, NORTH CHINA Movement Abruptly Stop- ped in Five Provinces —Reasons Unknown VARIOUS REPORTS BEING CIRCULATED Blame Given in Some Quarters to Over-Am- bitious Japanese LONDON, Nov. 21.—The autonomy movement in five Provinces in North China ‘came to an abrupt halt today{ according to official British advices. A report from Tokyo says an Im- perial suggestion is responsible for the sudden halt, Official sources in Shanghali, ac- cording to advices received here to- day, expressed fear that the halt is only temporary. Movement Definite Other reports state that both Chi- pese and Japanese quarters agreed the movement is definite and a halt has been declared. An official report from Tokyo says the Japanese High d has informed the Asiatic continent of- ficers aratist their authority. Make Own Reforms Japanese military leaders in China are reported to have told the Chinese National deaders to undertake their own reforms in North China, intro- ducing in that area a regime more acceptable to the Japanese. Certain Chinese officials pointed out that Japanese army officials on the continent often exercise in- dependent actions but they also ex- press fear that independent action might be demonstrated again. MEN REPORTED SNOWBOUND N DELTA REGION Fairbanks Asks Funds for Opening of Highway Southward FATRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 21— Civic and Chamber of Commerce of- ficials here have appealed to Juneau for the grant of emergency funds to provide an outlet for many trappers prospectors and settlers who are said to be snowbound and without supplies in the Big Delta region, 91 miles from here. Snow plows are being sought to clear the Richardson Highway be- tween here and Big Delta. Roy Lund, mail carrier, was forced to abandon his truck on the high- way because of snow, and is report- ed to be struggling back to Fair- banks on foot, carrying the letter mail. No word of the request for emerg- ney funds for the relief of snow- bound persons in the Big Delta sec- tion has yet been received in Ju- neau, according to the Governor's Office. Additional information on the matter was being awaited this afternoon. Wildcat Well Chases Mortgage Wolf Away ABILENE, Tex., Nov. 21.—A wild- ‘at chased the wolf from the door of Mr. and Mrs, L. P. Bennett, but the vildcat was an oil well and the big bad lobo a depression-incurred cat- tle debt. ‘The recent discovery of oil on their oroperty enabled the Bennetts to say off all obligations on their 11,040 acre ranch through the sale of min- eral rights for $22,000. The ranch, located in Yoakum county, had been advertised for sale by mortgage holders, Chinese, sep # [ A brunette, blonde and ndhud! were chosen by the Journalism fra- e most typical coeds n‘ ity of Southern Califor| The girls chi b and “that certain thing” were (top to bottom) Paul- ine Berg, Mary Francis Allen and Velma McDoniel. (Associated Press Photo) | BAD EFFECT OF CANADA TREATY TOLD CHAMBER Halibut Tarift Cited by Al- len Shattuck—Play Cast Guests That the recently-ratified United States-Canada Trade Treaty will| prove disadvantageous to Alaska was | pointed out by Allen 8hattuck at the | Chamber of Commerce luncheon at | the Terminal Cafe today. | The tariff on halibut has been cut, under the Trade Treaty, from 2 cents to 1 cent, Mr. Shattuck said, which will result in further difficulty in persuading halibut fishermen to sell their catches in Alaskan ports. Un- der the existing halibut fishing reg- ulations, Mr. Shattuck said, halibut, boats are required to remain idle for certain periods, and as a mult“ the fishermen have been in the habit | of employing the idle time in mak- ing the trip to Prince Rupert or Se- attle in the hope of receiving bet- | ter prices, or that the prices might rise while they were enroute. With the tariff reduction in effect, hali- | but sales in Prince Rupert will con- sequently be increased. The matter was referred to the| Halibht Committee of the Chamber composed of Wallis S. George, Allen Shattuck, and F. W. McDermott. Mr. George stated that it is doubtful that anything can be done to remedy the condition at the present time but suggested that the Chamber of Com- merce work with an association of halibut fishermen, who will lodge protests against the existing regu- lations within the near future. Mr. Shattuck also mentioned the need for a tariff on pulpwood, which is prohibited by the new trade treaty Holbrook's Black Eye Wellman Holbrook, displaying a very noticeable black eye, reported as Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Skating Rink Committee. “As a skating rink committee member,” Mr. Holbrook said, “I thought that I should investigate T Contimied on Page T NAMES DZALOFF, SAREN AS MEN WITH WEAPONS ‘Kinky’ Describes Bolt and Stove Leg Carried by Accused Union Men CLUB STATEMENT IS LAID TO AL NYGREN McDonald S—ay_s Union Head Said “If You Want Them, There’s Clubs in Hall” Lloyd “Kinky” Bayers, son of ~ well known pioneer Juneau family and one of the men who marched down Front Street the day of the al- leged street riot last June 24, occu- pied the witness stand for the gov- ernment this afternoon and identi- fied a number of the defendants now jon trial as men he sald partici- | pated in the alleged riot. In clear |tones and with self assurance the | widely known basketball player reel- | ed off the names of the defendants, many of whom he explained he had | known for years. Among the defendants he named || as_taking part in the trouble were John Ekovich, €. W. “Tiny” Farlin, Marion Warner, Ed Rennie, Simon EM 5 ‘Dxaloft, Stanley Ny gren, Warren Beavert and N. R. Correll. Had Stove Leg Saren, Bayers sald, had a stove leg in his hand when he saw him in the human blockade near the union hall and Dzaloff had a bolt about 10 inches long in his hand. The wit- ness explained that he didn't see either of the men using the instru- ments as weapons. Graner, he charged, was “choosing” everybody in sight, meaning men in the march- ing forces. The other men he named, Bayers said, were just pushing and shoving and attempting to keep the men from passing along the street near the union hall. The witness testified that U. 8. Marshal Willlam T. Mahoney had asked the union men to break up and let the marchers through but had been greeted with booes and Jeers. Bayers estimated there were about 500 men in the column of men wishing to return to work and about 150 or 200 in the ranks of the oppos= ing union men. Asked on cross exam- ination how he knew about 500 men wanted to return to work, Bayers stated the city poll which was taken about that time proved it. He denied that anyone in the marchers’ ranks had weapons other than police and special police officers that day. Dressed i Lat Way The witness identified himself in several pictures and when Defense Counsel implied “Kinky” had been fighting because he had no coat on and his sleeves rolled up, Bayers re- plied that was the way he dressed WOMEN FIGHT OVER FORTUNE OF KLONDIKER Lost Will Figures in Claims to Veteran's Estate— Decision Pending LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 21.—A lost will figures in the contest of two women for a $4,000 estate left . by Joseph M, Griffin, veteran Klon- dike miner. Miss Rae Coulter is seeking the money on the claim that two days before Griffin was killed in an auto accident last April he named her as sole beneficiary in his will, now missing. Miss Mabel Borland, of Keithly Creek, British Columbia, asserted she was left the entire estate under a will made by the miner in 1924. She claims Griffin was her uncle's business partner in Alaska years ago.