The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7131. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ITALO-BRITISH WAR THREAT FADES " DEFENDANT AT GROCERY STORE HE TESTIFIES Mrs. Garnick Says She Talked with Accused Man, Time of Trouble COUSIN TAKES STAND | IN BEHALF OF MINER Correll, on Cross Examina- | tion, Reiterates No | Street Blockade It must have been a couple of oth- | er fellows who caused any trouble | that might have occurred on Lower | Front Street last June 24 at the time of the alleged riot, so far as George Kodzoff, one of the 24 defendants still on trial on charges of rioting, | is concerned, he explained to the! jury in Federal district court late yesterday aternoon. Kodzoff offered what detective story writers term a “perfect alibi.” George says he wasn't even there. The defendant, a former A. J. bull- dozer, told the jury he was in Gar- ' nick's Grocery at the time of the disorder near the union hall and his contention was substantiated by the “testimony of Mrs,Prank Garnick, | who told of talking to Kodzoff in the Garnick store about the time the disturbance was at its height down the street. Fixes Time | Mis. Garnick said she placed the time as shortly after 10 o'clock as/ she usually came to the store at| about that hour. Kodzoff, she said, | was standing in front of her store | talking to another man and she called to him to ask what all the ex- citement was about as men had been ! running down the street in front of the store. Kodzoff came into the store, Mrs. Garnick explained, and in answer to her query explained the men running weré union men and that the marchers were proceeding | on Third Street by Behrends cor- | ner to go down to the Alaska Ju- neau mine office to register. She| said that they talked for some time | and she warned Kodzoff, whom she | had knowu for a long time, not to| get in trouble. Directly the phone | rang, Mrs. Garnick said. She an-' swered it and the call was from one of the women at the Jones-Stevens shop across the street. They talked of what was going on, she explained, | and the caller told her she had heard that tear gas had just been thrown ! down on Front Street. Kodzoff was ! still in the store at the time, Mrs. Garnick said, and she told him of | what she had heard on the phone | and again cautioned him about get- ting into trouble. Kodzoff left short- ly after and went down the street toward the Terminal Cafe, she stat- | ed. Mrs. Garnick estimated that the defendant was in her store about a ! half an hour. Tells Own Story Kodzoff, called to the stand by his attorney, Howard Stabler, told vir- tually the same thing. He said that he had first gone to the A. B. Hall on the morning of the alleged riot.! He stayed there until the marchers had nearly all left. He said he was one of the five last men in the hall. From there he walked along Third Street and turned down Seward, (Continued on Page Two) {Two Companies Present Lincoln Ellsworth and Pilot| BISHOP ROWE T0 CELEBRATE IN NEW YORK To Take Communion at St. George’s Where He Was Consecrated NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Bishop Pe- ter Trimble Rowe, of Alaska, will celebrate communion at 8t. George’s tomorrow at the altar where he was consecrated 40 years ago. Bishop Rowe, after the communion will speak at the Cathedral of St. John, The Divine. "iIT WAS THEIR EYES THAT WON 5. SHUTS DOWN ON DOLE MONEY | T0 THE STATES You gu Judges that won them prize: nett, brown-eyed division; Wilson, best of the blue: grand prize as the prettiest.on broadway. (Associated REGISTRATION PLANE IS T0 EXEMPTION IS ' MAKE SEARCH BEING SOUGHT FOR MISSING In New York. Left to right: Helen Ben- ; Irma Their Pleas to Secur- | Kenyon Lost Since ity Commission | Week Ago WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — ’I'hA!l NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Still lack- United States Steel Corporation and | ing word from Lincoln Ellsworth and Union Pacific Railroad today ap- his pilot Herbert Pollock Kenyon, plied to the Securities Commisslon‘who were last heard from one week for exemption in registration under | the Holding Company Act on the|Bay of Whales, the base ship Wyatt ground they are not utility holding| Earp is leaving today for Magallan- companies. ‘iese, Chile. The two companies moved under At Magallanese a plane will be the provisions of the law exempting picked up and will undertake the industrial and other corporations search for the two missing aviators who are engaged only in small utility in the Antarctic regions. business. 4 —_—————— _amaovorram TRAI| MURDER INVESTIGATION “Old Groaner” Is Killed; Apparent ends tomorrow night. ] regulating those left in existence, {Osnadian Mounjed Botice headquar. Reason , or Groans room cabin at Spring Point on the of the nation’s top rank utility sys-| tems stood formally arrayed today for the legal struggle against the New Deal's Holding Company Act| before the deadline for registration; WILL BE M A DE The companies are expected tog join in the fight, refusing to reg- | 3 TR ister with the Securities Commission, ; Slaymg Is Reporled—Can- and will ask the courts to prevent| prt M’ ed Poli the Government' enforcing the act. 1an 9“"( olice Registration is the first step in| Makmg Probe the Administration’s law which seeks to limit the sway of some utility | companies and eliminate others,{ - FEPMONTON, Nov. 30—The Royal ters announces that Sergeant Vernon Fabric for ecovering airplanes is ;‘i:fdle“s::klf ;m&evwe:t’;:;:m;hi'o::_ now being made: fireproof by chem-} pon,et‘i murder of Johnny Anthony, ical impregnation. 131, a trapper, travelling by dog team on the northern trail. John Harms, aged 65,- Anthony’s | partner, is to be sought for question- ing in the killing, which is said to have taken place in a lonely one- KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 3"__.Sfaskawhewxm-Alberta boundary. Bruce Johnstone is displaying the skull of a grizzly known as “old| EIGHTEEN STARVE Groaner;” shot after the bear recent- — ly charged Johnstone. The skull is| BUCHAREST. — Vital statistics seventeen inches across and eleven reveal that ‘under-nourishment” was inches thick. the cause of the deaths of 11 men Sportsmen found that the reason|and seven women here in Rumania’s why “Old Groaner” groaned was an [capital in September. One of the old bullet embedded in a bone, and |starvation victims was a farmer who scars of another. The bear’s teeth|came in search of ‘Work and food were worn and indicated great age.'after drought ruined his crops. Last Allotments Made, In- ! cluding Alaska, Hopkins | Says Announcing Change | | WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—State and local governments were given notice today by the Federal Govern= ment that it would give them Ho more dole money. Officials said from now on the Federal Govern- ment’s responsibility in relieving dis- tress would be confined to financing works projects which would give jobs to emplorables. After the States have exhausted the dole funds already granted d wrong, it was the eyes these four girls turned on the | them, they will be expected to take care of unemployables with their own funds. New executive ders of the American Bankers Assoclation elected at the New Orleans convention were (left to right) Tom K. Smith, 8t. Loui and Orval W. Adams, 8alt Lake City, Utal president; Robert V, Harry L. Hopkins, Relief Admins istrator, announced the complete liquidation of the Federal Relief Administration which since May 15, 1933, has spent more than $3,000,- 000,000. Hopkins said that all States and Territories, including Alaska, had been given their last allotment of Pederal funds by the FERA. Legal liquidation date of FERAHB December 1. ails; Aviation .and Metal | CHINA PROTESTS Tistes Make Quiet | JAPAN INVASION ~ Advance Todsy NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Some rails, laviation and metal issues edged lqu #tly forward during the short session of the Stock Market today. | There was no buying rush for any group. Developments at home and abroad had no exciting implications and many traders adjourned temporarily to the side lines. Today's close was steady. DULL TRADING SHORT SESSION, STOCK MARKET OF NORTH STATE |Seizure of Post Office in Demilitarized Zone De- nounced, Third Note i | SHANGHAI, Nov. 30.—A vehement | protest against the alleged Japanese seizure of a Chinese postoffice in |the North China demilitarized zone ,was presented in China’s third note |to Japan within two days. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Nov. 30.— Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can ECONOMY ACT Eskimos Desert Pt. Barrow; Go After Fuel and to Hunt POINT BARROW, Alaska, Nov. 30. —This village is nearly deserted as several hundred Eskimos have left for the interior as there is a short- age of fuel and food. Although the temperature is 30 degrees below zerg, the ‘Eskimos de- cided to go inland and work the coal deposits and also trap and hunt. Hunting and trapping is better in | the interior than along the coast. .- - IS BIG ISSUE AT GONVENTION Women Are Holding Two Day Session—Chief FIRM STAND OF FRANCE EASES LATEST CRISIS Il Duce Advances Plans for Swift Finish of War Campaign PLANES BOMB TOWN ON SOUTHERN FRONT New High Command of In- vaders Speeds Up Troop Movements LONDON, Nov. 30—Franco-Brit- {ish collaboration today eased the international tension over the Medi- - [ opnvdnvlu president. (Associated Press Photo) s\ ago today when they took off for t72 | Simultaneously, the foreign office addressed identical notes to all em- bassies and legations in China, de- | nouncing the autonomous regime set up by Yin Ju Keng in the demili- tarized zone of which he is the Chi- \nese administrator. i TROOPS AT GREAT WALL TIENTSIN, Nov. 30, — Chinese |sources today reported 10 trainloads lof fresh Japanese troops have ar- rived ab Shanhaikuan, the eastern gateway to the Great Wall, from Mukden, Manchoukuo. SHIP BEACHED, LEAKING BADLY NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 30.— Leaking badly, the freighter Rigel was beached this afternoon under her own power, 25 miles south of here. The cutter Algonquin has been sent to assist the ship. Slayer of Policeman Sought, Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30—Wil- liam Carson, elusive killer, is sought by state police as a suspect in the slaying of Frank M. Levy, Anderson policeman. Carson has been wanted since Aug- ust 2, 1926, for the killing of his fath- er. He is also suspected in the slay- ing of A. W. Whalen, 19, in 1929. | | Program Outlined 141%, American Power and Light| | terranean war threat, and informed | London circles said that talk of a f(-rlxis between Britain and Italy over | the proposed oil embargo was quieted CONFESSES HE SLEW EX-WIFE Says He,,K_illtd‘.Her cause Officers Set on Trail After Abduction” TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 30 nclude many new officials. Deputy Sheriff Oris Cryder and A. Italian bankers foresee an easing, C. Parker, Chief of Buhl police, said in the near future, of the financial that Douglas Van_ Vlack, Tacoman, sanctions. confessed verbally that he slew s . ex-wife Mildred Hook, whom he kid- DEFENDERS CLAIM VICTORY naped in Tacoma on November £2, ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 30— The Her body, with the head beaten and Ethiopian government annou nced a bullet in the torso, was found in this afternoon that an Italian col- a culvert yesterday. umn had been surprised and routed Van Viack said he slew her be- DY tribesmen east of Mount Mussa cause officers were set on the trail All. One hundred and eighty-three after he abducted her. This state- I!allans were killed in battle, and ment was in keeping with Mildred 20 Ethiopians lost their lives. Hook's frantic note to her uncle, Itallan planes were today report- shortly after her kidnaping, in which €1 bombing the village of Daggah she said her husband had threatened o1 the southern front, Another skir- to kill both her and himself if police Mish on the northern front left ten . Fleming, Washington, presiden IL DUCE SPEEDS INVASION ROME, Nov. 30— New evidence cropped up today to support the be- lief that Mussolini intends pushing his African campaign to a swift conclusion. Field Marshal Badoglio, new high commander in Ethiopia, is planning fresh conquests promptly, “Be. acgurdlng to reports reaching )hore. Muséolint's ‘cabinet fias approved plans for strengthening of Italy's Supreme Council for Defense, and the membership has been enlarged to 7%, Anaconda 25'%, Bethlehem Steel 48%, Calumet and Hecla 5%, Gen- eral Motors 54%, International Har- vester 60, Kennecott 28%, Simmons Beds 17, United Corporation 6%, United States Steel 47'%, Southern Pacific 24%, United Foundries no sale, Pound $4.93%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 142.39, rails 39.20, utilities 28.62. Northwest Lumbermen to Seel: M odification of Recent Trade Agreement WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—After a canvass of the Northwest lumber interests, United States Senator Charles L. McNary said he will ask the State Department to seek a| three-point modification of the Can- | adian-U. 8. trade agreement. This| will be done to prevent injury to t.he;l domestic timber growers and lumber millers, Pat Picks Winners HOLLYWOOD—Pat O'Brien has picked the winner in each of the| last five important prizefights. Hen 18 Years Old | VERNON, Ala—A white leghorn | hen owned by Lewis O, Young is 18| years old. | TOKYO, Nov. 30—The Japanese Cabinet has approved the largest |Army and Navy appropriations in Nipponese history. The total is forty-six and eight- tenths of all estimated expenditures for the fiscal year starting April 1. _J—apanese Cabinet Passes Navy, Army Appropriations, Largest in Nation’s History { The action ended a session lasting | 21 hours. | The Navy gets about one hundred | and fifty-nine billion, four hundred | and eighty million yen, and the Army | old Mary Stammer. |of Walter M, Stammer, prominent ' Cnbanfigwnmpm gets about one hundred and forty- six billion, eight hundred and seven- | | the plant. ty million yen. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 30.— The National Woman's Party opened a two-day convention here today with an attack on the Federal Economy Act as a prelude to a national cam- paign for an equal rights amend- ment to the constitution. Members of the non-partisan fem- inist organization are united in con- demning the Economy Act section under which many married women in the Federal Service are discharged. ——a—— BLOODY CLOTH BIVES ONE CLUE, GIRL'S MURDER Investigating Officers Get HOH in Slaying of a ry Stammer FRESNO, Cal., Nov. 30.—A piece of bleody cloth today gave the in- vestigating officers new hope in apprehending the slayer of 14-year- The cloth was found near a point where the bloodhounds lost the kil- ler’s scent in the hunt. The girl was beaten and then shot in her home. At the time she was attacked she was sitting before a fireplace. The girl was the daughter attorney. e U TS R, Fighting Malaria HAVANA, Nov. 30—Dr. Rodolfo Ipina, Medical Inspector, finding| only 15 cases of malaria in the swamp Cienega de Zapata region, learned that people there combatted the disease by massaging themselves with infusions of an herb known as “bitter broom.” He suggested the Health Department experiment with were set on their trail. Sheriff E. F. Prater revealed that Van Vlack has been whisked to the Burley jail for safekeeping. An inquest jury found the young woman had been slain by Van Vlack. Prosecutor Edward Babcock said he would ask the first degree death penalty for Van Vlack in the slaying of his exwife as well as in the slay- ing of state patrolman Fontaine Cooper near Buhl last Monday. Mildred Hook was the daughter of Joseph Hook, detective-story writer and novelist, who resides in Tacoma. PHILIPPINE BANDIT GANG 1S SPLIT U Thirty-six Members Dead or Captured — Two Chiefs Escape MANILA, P. I, Nov. 30.—Six mem- bers of a bandit gang, led by the no- torious Jose Encallado, are reported to have been killed in a clash with the Philippine Constabulary near San Paloc. Thirty others are report- ed to have surrendered. Encallado and Teodoro Asedillo, the chiefs, are reported to have es- caped from the net and fled with 30 members to the forests. \ |Hardy Ethiopian Barley | Grown in Arctic Fields! | MOSCOW, Nov. 30.—Hardy Elhhi opian barley is now grown success- fully in the far north. i Experiments with many samples brought from Africa by a scientific expedition led to wide scale sowing on the Kola peninsula, well inside the Arctic circle. The Ethiopian variety competes with the best local barleys, govern- ment experts reported. | | 1 Ethiopians dead. e TRIANGLE CASE ISREVEALED IN FATAL SHOOTING San Francisco Banker and Broker Dead—Wife Under Arrest SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 30, —John H. Dumbrell, banker and broker, and Treasurer of the San Prancisco Lodge of Elks, was shot and killed in his home during the night. The police have arrested his wife, Mrs. Amy Dumbrell. She is said to have admitted shooting her husband after a bitter quarrel over another woman. Sanctions Hit Yu uletide in Homes of France PARIS, Nov. 30.—Candied chest- nuts, those Yuletide delicacies with which so many Frenchmen discharge a year's social obligations, may be victims of sanctions against Italy. There are plenty of chestnuts grown in France, but only those from Naples pass through the process of manufacture without falling to pleces. With no alternative supply in sight, makers of the famous “mar- rons glaces” are refusing to take or- ders for Christmas delivery. ?