The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY " VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7134, ALASKA PLANE . v 9 ] . [} R’ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1935. ELLERS TEST " DEFENDANT ON STAND MORE THAN 2 HOURS Datoff - D@sen Affair Again Centers Alleged Riot of June 24 LONGSHOREMEN RALLY TO AID OF DEFENSE George Co;l\—'lcphail Tes- tify for Marion Warner and Tiny Farlin Testimony of Roman Ellers, who says his true name is Greenberg, and one of the defendants on trial in Federal Court for alleged riot on June 24 during the mine trouble, became the point of attack by the prosecution this afternoon. Ellers was on the stand more than two hours, most of that time on cross examination with Assistant Dis- trict Attorney George W. Folta questioning him closely after every phase of the testimony he had given at both the preliminary hear- ing and the present trial. At the preliminary hearing Ellers acted as his own attorney and his testimony and questions at that time became an important part of the examination today. The de- fendant denied today some of the things he is alleged to have tes- tified to at the earlier hearing. No Trouble, He Says Ellers said he had nothing to do with the trouble in front of the union hall the morning of June 24 when men were marching down Front Street to register at the mine. He was there, he testified, but did nothing, saw no one of the defendants do anything, and saw no violence. Later, near the saw- mill, the deféndant claims he saw Ted Danielsen strike Harry Datoff, a defendant, and Datoff take the club and strike Danielsen in re- taliation. On direct examination, Ellers said Danielsen struck over another man’s shoulder at Datoff but on cross examination he testi- fied there was no one between the two men. He declared there was a policeman right there and the whole incident took only a second or so. It is the Government's contention that Datoff ran up be- ‘hind Danielsen and hit him from behind, necessitating treatment at the hospital. Ellers admitted that {Danielsen was bleeding after the encounter, but insisted Danielsen had the club first. Just Curious Ellers, like several of the other defendants, said it was just curios- ity that caused him to be present at the scene at all that day. He Just wanted to find out what was going on, he explained. Asked by Folta when this curiosity had ceased and he had learned what the trouble was, thé defendant said shortly after noon when he left the A. J. office after seeing the men registering. Not until then, [he said, did he know what it was all about. Also like the other de- fendants who have been on the stand, Ellers referred to all spec- jal officers as “club men.” At the A. J. office, Ellers told of seeing Sam Elstad being beaten by “club men,” at least two or three of them, he claimed. Finally, he saw a man fall, and he leaned over to see between another man’s legs and learned it was Elstad who had fallen down after being “clubbed” by the “club men.” MORNING SESSION Longshoremen ralligd to the de- fense of Marion Warner and C. W. “Tiny” Farlin, two of the defend- ants in the riot case now being heard in Federal district court, this morn- ing. George Cox, Port Delegate for the International Longshoremen’s As- sociation here, admitted on the wit- ness stand that he was interested in seeing not only that the miners’ union won its strike but that the de- fendants were acquitted whether they were guilty or iunocent. Cox told of seeing both Warner and Farlin on the morning of the alleged riot near the union hall on (Continued on Page Two) IMONY UNDER MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIR PRICE TEN CENTS ACTRESS PETS WINNING STEER Ethiopians Press Forward Against Invaders Near Makale ROME TiGHTENS HER DEFENSES AT HOME Suit [Filed in New York to Nullify U. S. Embargo Extensions DJIBOUTI, French Somalilang;| 4. — Italian and Ethiopian| 0ops today were girding thems ‘| selves for a long heralded decisive Alex, grand champion Hereford steer of the Los Angeles union stock show, was sold to ‘the highest bidder for $1.25 a pound. The animal was raised on the Winterton Brothers ranch in Kamas, Utah, and the young woman with the prize winner is Marvel Andre. (Asso- ciated Press Photo) SEN. THOMAS O GULF CARGO - NOT HOPEFUL, ' WILL MOVE ON NAVAL TALKS PACIFIC GOAST Believes Lon_d; Conference Harry Bridges Ties Up San' Francicso and San Pedro Doomed to Fail— 1 Ports on Ryan's Order RCBSOHS i WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—United SAN PEDRO, Cal, Dec. 4—Rally- States Senator Elmer Thomas, c¢f ing to the personal plea of Harry Oklahoma, predicted the London Bridges, San Francisco labor leader, Naval Conference is doomed to fail- local President of the International ure becausz each nation is trying Longshoremen’s Association, 800 un- to reduce the other nation’s arma- ion longshoremen of San Pedro “e'siszant to Geneoso Pope, publisher| At the last regular meeting of the | ments rather than their own. pledged not to handle hot cargo Senator Thomas said if the pow- from Gulf ports. ers would specify naval needs in ac- Bridges obtained passage of the cordance with national objectives, it resolution at the meeting last night. would be a long step toward solution The resolution suspends work un- of the problem. (til results of a contract meeting at —_ | Houston today can be learned. 'S Cf v | JARANS CONDINIONS Ll SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT LONDON, Dec. 4—Admiral Osami HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 4—An im- Nagano, Chief’of the Japa dele- - y gat?on at the ?:omlf:g ?;ES:IS Con- Mediate settlement of the Longshore- ’s strike is expected following an- ference, said today that under WSS certain conditions, Japan is will- Douncement that 13 steamship com- ing 6 abolish submarines. He said Panies have expressed willingness to he believed battleships, aircraft car- em;}}:y n;lembers ?f the Internation- rlers and large offensive type of Al Longshoremen’s Association. crutsers should also be abolished, | The boycoit invoked against the Admiral Nagano demands Japan ship operators refusing to use ILA be given naval parity with the \abor hi“ be’;‘ lifted ‘f“’m ““: t” United States and Great Britain, °OMPanies and cargo ffom and for The present ratio is 5-5-3. their ships will be handled by union EN. SUNG NOT | NIGHT STICKS, TAKING ORDERS " TEAR GAS FOR FROM JAPANESE DET. RIOTERS Leader in North China Re- Police Guarding Plant Re- futes Foreign Aid, Puts | quired te-Use Force Faith in Reforms in Disturbance PEIPING, Dec. 4—Gen Sung Cheh, DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 4—Po- Yuan, commander of the Peiping and ' lice, with night sticks and tear gas, Tientsin garrison, told correspond- halted the march of striking work- ents he was “taking no orders from ers at the Motor Products Cor- any foreign power.” | poration plant today and sent 70 He said he expected reforms advo- strikers to hospitals, battle on the East African front. ! | From Asmara, port of entry for the Fascist colony of Eritrea, came & reports that skirmishes between opposing armies on the northern|! front are becoming hotter. A major engagement seemed nearer at hand, and Italian officers said that the periodic exchanges of fire showed that the forces of Emperor Selassie are préssing in with considerable force against the front lines beyond Makale. DEFENSES STRENGTHENED RQME, Dec. 4—An ominous note {was sounded in Rome today, as | troops which were expected to de- |part for the southern front still ! remained in Italy. | The home defenses are being | tightened, and all naval leaves have |been withdrawn. Some sea forces |are concentrating at strategic ,poims against the possibility of | Mediterranean hostilities. | LAVAL NEGOTIATES { PARIS, Dec. 4—Spokesmen for | diplomatic circles here said that | Premier Laval would seek an agree- | ment soon with Sir Samuel Hoare, | British foreign minister, on how much Ethiopian territory to offer . Mussolini as a basis for peace. ITALIAN FILES SUIT NEW YORK, Dec. 4—A suit to nullify the additions claimed to (have been made in Roosevelt’s larms embargo in statements by | Secretary of State Cordell Hull has |been filed by Philip Giordano, as- | Has Shirley Become While Hollywood was hearing that dard to Palm Springs, Calif., meant rift in her close friendship with Charles Chaplin, Shirley Temple was at the resort posing as candid cameraman and getting pictures of Miss Goddard. 1 ATTACK Gossip Reporter? separate trip of Paulette God- Juneau Man Is "aken to Seattle Hospital CHAMBER WILL MEET; SPECIAL * ISSUES ARE UP | Mail Contracts and Also El-| ection Features for Thursday SEATTLE, Dec. 4.—Collaps- ing as he left the Automobile Show, E. E. Ninnis, of the Ju- neau Mbotors Company, Juneau, Alaska, was taken unconscious to a hospital last night, suffer- ing from an attack of the heart. As he collapsed, his head struck the pavement outside of the auditorium. The condition of Niaris is | « improved today. ! Further information regarding air| bk X mail contracts, details of the regu-i lar mail service by the Northland | Transportation Company, the annual NEw SERVIGE election, and at least one other im- | portant matter—the nature of which | has not been disclosed—will be fea- F tures of the Chamber of Commerce 4 luncheon at the Terminal Cafe to-| kL ' gl | Postmaster General Farley The 1936 Executive Board, com- posed of seven members, wii be| Contemeplates Route elected tomorrow, and the members 4 of the Executive Board will elect a | Over Atlanhc president and first and second Vice ! \wAcHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Post- {president from among themselves,| ncror General :lames A. Farley sndiwill apioint & seeretary. said today he will ask Congress for funds to start a trans-Atlantic air cated for North China by Gen. Ho A heavy Police Riot Squad, Ying Chin, War Minister emissary guarding the plant aftér a night from central government, to become long disturbance, used clubs and effective in the very near future. tear gas to break up a gathering CANR TR i i R | of pickets this morning. Dry air absorbs more sound waves One officer was struck by a brick than moist air. and many pickets were injured. | of Italian language newspapers. Chamber of Commerce, B. M. Behr- The plaintiff’s injunction petition|ends, Chairman of the Nominating asserted that statements about the|Committee, submitted the following shipment of oil, cotton and other nominees: Gunnar Blomgren, John commodities constituted an order|Keyser, H. L. VanderLeest, George issued unconstitutionally. The Fed-| M. Simpkins, Harley J. Turner, Nor- eral District Court is asked to en- | man Banfield, and W. S. Pullen. V. join Hull and other members of |'W. Mulvihill and Charles E. Naghel the National Munitions Board of |were nominated from the floor at the same meeting. e ———————— MILDRED HOOK ~ LAID TOREST {Hundreds Attend Funeral Service of Abducted, ’ Slaity Woman Control from enforcing such exten- sions. Attorneys for the plaintiff said that the suit is not aimed at the President’s embargo order on arms, but at improper extensions to in- clude scrap iron, cotton oil, coal| and other materials. Matanuska Pork Finds Ready Market, Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 4. —A shipment' of 600 pounds of pork from Matanuska, re- ceived here as a feeler, was sold out in two days. One dealer said he could handle double the sale of pork if he could get | an’ adequate supply from the Matanuska colony. U. S. Planning Reciproéai Trade Agreement with G. B. LONDON, Dec. 4—(Copyright by [and benefjts of a reciprocal agree- Associated Press, 1935)—The United | ment, and the agreement may be States has undertaken the prelimi- | entered upon by next summer. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 4— More | than 1,500 persons attended the fun- | eral services for Mildred Hook, aged 22, who was abducted and killed by her former husband, Douglas Van Vlack, near Twin Falls, Idaho. The Order of Eastern.Star had charge of the services. nary work of & reciprocal trade agreement with her greatest foreign American exports to Great Britain have fallen off to scarcely 15 percent customer, Great Britain, an author- | of former high points. American ex- itative source disclosed last night |ports are principally raw cotton, to- The move follows conclusion of tie |bacco, a wide variety of raw mater- trade agreement with Canada. It was learned that surveys are underway in London and Washing- ton to determine the practicability ials, machinery, semi-finished pro- ducts, and some metals, from Great Britain are mostly fin- ished manufactured goods. mail service. He said experimental | flights will be started next summer |and the route will probably be in operation the following year. The Pan-American Airways is the only American company that seems interested in the postal plans, of- ficials said. ARMY FLIERS DI IN CRASH WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. — First Lieut. Harry F. Geoffrey, of St Paul, and Major George E. Rice, of Themopolis, Wyoming, were kill- ed when their plane piowed into a hill near, Bolling Field, the Army's Capital Air Station. The plane, |at the time of the crash, was making & flight from Mitchell Field to Long Island. COURT BATTLE POSSIBLE OVER SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Dec. 4.— A court fight between Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Longcope and her divorced husband, Jesse Livermore over the custody of two sons, appeared in prospect today. . Jesse, Jr., 16, is still in a critical attempt to kill him. Friends intimated Livermore might institute court proceedings to have Tmports | the order which gave the children into the custody of his divorced wife revoked, BOY'S CUSTODY, condition from a gun wound the| mother is accused of inflicting in an | ALL CLASSES | OF MAIL FOR N.T. COMPANY Contract Covers First and| Second — Also Parcel Post, Pound Rate The mail contract awarded to the | Northland Transportation Company | embraces all ¢lasses of mail, accord- ‘\ng to Associated Press dispau:hu.;‘ | received from Washington. The Em- | |pire stated yesterday the company | had been awarded a contract for| carrying the mail from Seattle to| Southeast Alaska ports. | The new contract embraces first | and second class mail and also par- cel post, | The rates for carrying the mail will be six cents a pound for first class, and two and one-half cents a pound for second class and parcel post. The company will handle all mail | | for Southeast Alaska that accumu- | |lates at Seattle between 8 a.m. Sat- |urdays and 8 p.m. Mondays. THREE PRISON | BREAKS CAUSE ' FOUR DEATHS One Man Critically Wound- | ed—Police Trail Escaped | Convicts in Two States | CHICAGO, Dec. 4— Four men| wege killed and one was criticaily | wounded in a series of unrelated pris-| on breaks yesterday, which have pris- on officials in two states today trail- ing escaped convicts, while authori- | ties began investigation into a third. | | Hunt for the five fugitives from | the Muskogee, Okla., city jail cen- | | tered around -the Winding Stair {mountains. A sixth convict was |killed and a detective wounded in the break. Officers today pursued three Ten- nessee penitentiary convicts who \eiuded them after escaping by car- \ | rying off a deputy warden, who was freed later. Three prisoners were recaptured after a break from the Massachus- ‘etls State Prison. Two other convicts | were killed after & truck driver was HES; TWO INJURED MISSING MEN ARE FOUND BY SEARCH PARTY Pilot Call, Passenger Her- manson Are Located to Westward BOTH SUFFER LEG INJURIES, FREEZING Accident Occurs Near Ek- man in Bristol Bay Section ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec, 4— Officials of the Star Airways report receipt of a radio which says Pilot Estol Call and Stanley Hermanson, Anchorage druggist, missing on an airplape flight, have been found, injured and nearly frozen, after a plane crash, The accident is said to have oc- curred six miles east of Ekman. The radio said each man suffered leg injuries but gave no other par- ticulars. The victims are reported to have been found by pilots Kenneth Neese and Steve Mills, of the Star Airways Pilot Call and Hermanson left Naknek, on Kvichak Bay, Bristol Bay section, on November 24 for a short flight. When they did not re- turn or make any report, planes were sent out to search for them. Six planes took up the hunt. The radio message received here intimated the plane crashed eight | days ago but gave no particulars of the experience of the victims during the long wait before found. CHINA CLIPPER IS AT MIDWAY Craft Expec_l;ci- to Hop Off Today for Honolulu, Alameda Bound BULLETIN — Midway Island, Dec. 4,—~The China Clipper took off for Honolulu at 10:20 a.m. to- day, Pacific Standard Time, on another leg of the trans-Pacific air mail service. MIDWAY ISLAND, Dec. 4— The China Clipper arrived here at 11:50 o'clock yesterday evening, Bastern Standard time, completing the 1,911~ mile flight from Wake Istand in eight hours and 55 minutes. Capt. Edwin C. Musick reported headwinds slowed the ship slightly on the third hop on its return flight from Manila to Alameda, Califor- nia. ‘The plane is expected to take off today for Honolulu. FED, OFFICER SHOT, KILLED Former Police Captain Also Slain in Alleged At- tempted Hold-up TULSA, Okla, Dec. 4— Louis Pappan, aged 42, Federal Internal Revenue Agent, and George Stewart, former Police Detective Captain, were shot to death at the Sheridan Night Club, east of this city, early today. Two employees of the club, Tyree Park, doorman, and G. R. McCul- lough, are held for investigation. Both declared the slain men were attempting a holdup. | beaten to death | — ARTIN ON NORAH CAPT. Capt. P. Martin of Whitehorse, ¥ | T., is a southbound passenger on the Princess Norah for a vacation. Capt. Martin, one of the first captains to operate steam river boats on the Yukon River, is now in the mercan- tile business in Whitehorse, Y. T.