The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7136. TWELVE PAGES MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935. PRICE TEN CENTS ITALIANS BOMB AMERICAN HOSPITAL DEFENSE ELSTAD BIVES HIS VERSION OF DISTURBANGE Rusty Musket Incident Winds Up Direct Testi- mony for Defendants REBUTTAL TO BEGIN ON MONDAY MORNING Trial Expected to Take An- other Week—Jury May Get Case by Friday The defense in the prusecuuan: of 24 men on charges of rioting here last June 24, being heard be- fore a jury in rernl District Court, rested its ci at 2:56 this afternoon, the 18th day of the trial which started on November 12. Re- RESTS CASE IN RIOT TRIAL Senator Norris to Support Roosevelt for Reelection WASHINGTON, Dec. States Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, listed as Republican, has pledged his support to President Roosevelt's reelection but announced he himself will not seek reelection. “I believe Roosevelt deserves re- alection,” said Senator Norris today, 6.—Unitedand I expect to support him active- ly. I can perform this duty more effectively if T am not a candidate therefore I will not seek renomina- tion and will not be a candidate ai the Nebraska State primary.” Senator Norris’ term expires io 11937, CHINA CLIPPER COMPLETES HER MAIDEN FLIGHT Sweeps Out—;f_ Clouds This Forenoon Ending In- augural Mail Trip ALAMEDA, Cal., Dec. 6. — The| (COLD WEATHER IS PREVAILING AT FAIRBANKS Planes, However, Takeoff ot Arrive from Dis- tant Sections FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 6.—The cess was taken shortly afterward China Clipper swept down out of coldest weather on record here for until 10 o'clock Monday morning | the clouds at the end of the inau- the last 20 years failed to prevent when the Government will begin gural mail flight to Manila and re- calling some 30 or 40 witnesses in|turn at 10:36 o'clock this forenoon, rebuttal, to be followed by defense Pacific Standard time. rebuttal and arguments to the jury' Flying through the night, the China which is estimatdd to take the Clipper covered the 2,400 miles from greater part of next week before Honolulu in 17 hours and 1 minute. the case actually goes to the jury.' The total flying time for the 8- Assistant District Attorney George 000 mile return trip was 63 hours W. Folta said the Government re- and 28 minutes. buttal witnesses would take twof The flying time for the 16,000 mile days and Defense Counsel Irwin round trip.was123 hours and 15 min- Goodman said the defense rebuttal utes. would be comparatively short, de- pending on the matter brought out HONOLULU, H. I, Dec. 6.—The by the Government. There is a China Clipper hopped from Peartl possibility the case might get to Harbor yesterday afternoon at 5:35 the jury by next Friday, a week o'clock, Pacific Standard time, bound from today. for its base at Alameda, California. Ye Old Musket | Capt. Edwin C. Music said he ex- Defense ended its case this after- pected to make the 2,400 mile flight noon with a humorous incident in 18 hours. 4 with the recalling of Charles Croz- Capt. Musdick planned to fly south jer to the witness stand. Crozier of the regular course to avoid a re- came into the court room carrying ported mid-ocean storm. a rusty old musket and an equally The China Clipper has aboard 51,- rusty pistol which he deposited 000 pounds of cargo including 903 on the clerk’s desk in front of the pounds of mail. jury and took the stand. Senator A T Henry Roden of the defense counsel started Yo ask him relative to the T guns which were reputed to be in the union hall at the time of the alleged riot, but Folta was im- mediately on his feet challenging | the whole procedure grounds that it was merely an attempt at I Sched- ridicule, and demanded the Court Imporzant Meetirg S.ched uled for Monday Night order the witness to take the arti- | cles from the court room, and the n the A B Ha“ An important meeting of special jury be ordered to disregard the whole incident. { The Senator retorted that GOVern- | et to all members and former ment witnesses had te_stmed rela- | mbers of the Sea Scout organiza- tive to guns in the union hall and yons wi pe held at the A. B. Hall it was his purpose merely to ShOW, yjongay night at 7 o'clock. As a re- what the “arsenal” amounted tO. i of recent conferences between BECOME ACTIVE Orders Them Out Judge George F. Alexander, how- ever, upheld Folta’s objection, say- ing he did not think it material, and ordered Crozier to take the! old guns from the court room, commenting, “Take them out, you brought them in.” As Crozier walk- ed from the court room amidst the smiles of the spectators with, his Daniel Boone squirrel gun and| old pistol in hand, Defense Counsel Goodman announced, “the defense rests.” Sam Elstad, miner and former special Deputy Marshal at Yaku-| tat, was the last witness testifying for the defense. Elstad is the man, alleged to have been beaten with| clubs near the A. J. mine office the| day of the trouble, last June 24. Elstad stated that the ‘morning of the trouble. he intended to go to the sawmill to order two loads| of wood. On the way, he stopped| in at -the union hall and then! decided to go to the A. B. Hall, which he did. Leaving the hall, he started down the street and met a woman with his baby in her arms. The child cried and he took the baby, he said, and con-! tinued walking down the street along with the marchers, near the front. His purpose, he declared, was to find the child’s mother, who was down town. He walked with the marchers, he said, because it was the easiest place because of the crowd on the sidewalk. Arriv-, ing at the union hall, he took the child in the union hall and left the baby with a woman there whfle, he started acrogs the street to (Continued on Page Two) 4 | Officer, , Officer of the local crew. Both'Dom- | |iney and Craft are Eagle Scouts, and | Wellman Holbrook, Scout Executive, George Jorgensen, Chairman of the Sons of Norway committee sponsor- ing the local Sea Scout troop, an other Scout authorities, Kinky Bay- ers has been appointed Scout Master and Skipper; Charles Dominey, First and Floyd Craft, Craft has had seven years of exper- ience with the 8cout movement in the States. . Over the week end the Pacific, the local Sea Scout ship now lying on the mud on the tide flats, will be raised to an upright position by a piledriver, and the work of cleaning the vessel and putting it in “ship- shape” condition will be begun. The Pacific is destined to be a stationary “Jand ship” and will be outfitted in approved nautical fashion and used as a training ship for Sea Scouts, is the plan. FIREMEN 0UT UNDER STRIKE CHICAGO, Dec. 6—A strike call- ing out all locomotive firemen em- ployed in the Chicago-Burlington- Quincy Railroad on December 9 has been issued by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. The company had refused to in- crease the engine crews of diesel and electric streamline trains from one to two men. & From 1500 to 1700 men are affect- ed by the strike order. Second ! planes from taking off for various destinations. One plane, piloted by John Lynn, took off for Nome with Dr. and Mrs. William Charteris, of Seattle. Dr. Charteris will relieve Dr. Rex Swartz, Mayor of Nome, who will leave soon for Washington, D. C. | Al Monsen arrived from Kusko- kwim points with Mr. and Mrs. Pat- rick' Savage, of Flat; Charles Her- bert, consulting engineer at Medfra, and Carmen Smith, radio operator at McGrath. PUGET SOUND ARBITRATION ~ HITSSNAGS Attorneys for Union and Operators Halt Peace Con- | ference After Deadlock SEATTLE, Dec. 6.—Attorneys for striking unionists and Puget Sound ferry line operators have halted peace conferences, each charging the other with refusing to continue. This action threw the'entire mat- ter back in the hands of Gov. Clar- ence D. Martin, at whose behest th= conference was started night before last in an effort to reach a common basis for resumption of ferry opera- tions, pending a review of the recent arbitration award of Willilam Gaines. It is against this award that the Ferry Boatmen's Union and the Mates, Masters and Pilots Associa- tion went on strike almost a month BOYLE FILES. FOR AUDITOR Filing of Candidacy Is First One for Territor- ial Office Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle today filed his candidacy for renom- ination for the post by the Demo- cratic party at the primary elections next April. Mr. Boyle is the first to file for a Territorial office. Frank Price of Sitka recently filed his candidacy for a Divisional office, seeking the Republican nomination for Terri- torial Representative. Boyle was elected Auditor in April, 1933, succeeding Cash Cole. His term expires in April, 1937. All filings for office must be in by February 1, 1936. CITY COUNCIL IS MEETING TONIGHT ; BUILDING CODE UP The first meeting of the City Coun- cil for this month will be held to- night in the Council Chambers in the City Hall. The building code will be taken up as part of the regular business of the session. TRADING QUIET PROTEST JAPAN INTERVENTION To Call Attention to Tokyo Agreements Under -Power Treaty LONDON, Dec, 6—Formal British ‘epresentations to Japan because of the North China situation are un- lerstood to be under consideration. Following American expressions of ‘oncern, informed London circles said the British government is con- idering drawing Japan's attention to its agreements under the nine- power treaty. Unless the autonomy movement is quickly clarified, Great Britain is uso understood to be considering a strong action to maintain China’s erritorial integrity as guaranteed ander the treaty. JAPAN TAKES STAND TOKYO, Dec. 6.—Japan takes the stand, a Foreign Office spokesman aid, that the nine power treaty was| never fully effective because China failed to meet some of her obliga- tions. From now on, the spokesman de- clared, Japan insists on talking di- rectly with China in arranging trea- Battle Total 15 Building Total 4 ( Under Age 3 ( Building 3 ( { Aircraft Carriers Total 16 Under Age 15 (142,425) Building 3 ( Total 10 ( Under Age 10 ( Building 9 ( Total 213 Under Age 8 ( Building 53 ( Total 84 ( Under Age 39 ( Building 16 ( Total 342 Building 84 ties affecting China. - | “CHINA PESSIMISLIC: | SHANGHAT, Dec. 6.—A Chinese government official, while express- | ing himself as pleased with Ameri- | can and British declarations, said| {the North China situation was def- | initely worse. .PEIPING, Dec. 6. — The Rengo| News Agency reports it has learned from reliable sources that a tenta- tive compromise in the North China situation has been reached be-! tween representatives of the Central | Government and North China. ) (For the American angle on the autonomy situation see page 1 of sec- | ond section of today’s Empire.) | e~ - STOCK MARKET «NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Cautious’ buying of coppers, oils, -aircrafts,| commurication and specialties led| the chief support to the quiet stocx" market today. Some recent rail and | industrial favorites were backward under moderate profit taking. Con- fusing foreign developments tended to cool the bullish fever. Toda, close was fairly steady. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Dec. 6. —Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 138, American Power and Light 8%, Ana- conda 27%, Bethlehem Steel 48, Gen- eral Motors 54%, International Har- vester 62, Kennecott 29%, Simmons Beds 17%, United Corporation 6%, United States Steel 47%, United Foundries no sale, Pound $4.72%,| Southern Pacific 24%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 144.48,! rails 41.21, utilities 29.33. ALASKA AIR MAIL SUBJECT TAKEN UP “BY HIGH OFFICIAL A letter from A. D. Lawrence, Su- perintendent of Railway Mail Ser- vice in Seattle, read at the Cham- ber of Commerce yesterday, stated that a representative of the Second Assistant Postinaster General's of- fice in Washington, D. C., has been in Seattle and has gathered data which will be presented to that of- fice with regard to the proposed air mail contracts urged by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. “Let me assure you,” Mr. Lawrence said in his letter, “of the sympathies of the Postoffice Department to ex- tend to the residents of Alaska the best service possible within the fi- nancial means available.” | early this morning. BOMB THREAT MADE AGAINST GERMAN SHIP Bremen Guarded in Newi York Harbor by Coast Guard Cutters | NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Convoyed by Coast Guard cutters, the North Ger- man Lloyd liner Bremen was docked safely following an anonymous threat to officials the ship might be bombed. Throughout the night, as the ship | lay at quarantine, coast gun.rd.smen} maintained a protective convoy. | New York detectives also were on guard aboard the ship. An alleged Communist plot to damage the big liner led to the pre- cautions taken. THREE OF FIVE JAILBREAKERS NOW CAPTURED Police Surround Two Re-| maining Fugitives—One | Slain in Battle in Okla | MCcALESTER, Okla., Dec. 6.—Dan | Heady, one of five Federal prisoners who broke from the Muskogee jau! last Tuesday, was slain, and Dewey Gilmore, his companion, was captur- ed at a farmhouse near Weathers Heady was killed when he refused to surrender. | Gilmore offered no resistance and | readily threw up his hands. | Officers are believed to have sur-| rounded the other two fugitives. Russell Cooper, the fifth prisoner to be in the escaping gang, was cap- | tured late yesterday afternoon. el Demo Delegates To Wrangell Meet Tonight * Delegates to the Democratic Divisional Convention to be held in Wrangell next week, will meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock in' the office of J. A. Hellen- thal. All delegates recently el- ected at the caucus are re- (464,300) Under Age 12 (384,200) (241,105) (1,087,700) Under Age 87 (730,910) (289,450) | vessel quested to attend tonight's " [BRITISH WILL [U. S. Builds Toward Naval Treaty Limits As Powers Meet For Parley In London UNITED STATES | GR. BRIT. | JAPAN | FRANCE | ITAL 15 (474,750) 12 (381,450) (None) (None) (None) 92,000) 80,500) 54,500) 6(115,350) 6(115,350) 1({ 22,000 149,775) 19 (183,396) 17 (163,600) 39,000) (None) (None) 36 (183,480) 15( 91,360 12( 96,400) 70,500) 70,500) 90,000) 170 (199.229) 59( 80,014) 27( 36,715) 11,075) 84,050) 70,020) 42,210 21,900 57 ( 56,879) 37( 45,624) 9( 10,235) 146 (877,398) 49 (165,350) This table shows the comparative naval forc:s of the five major sea powers, with the total ships afleat in each classification, the number under age, and the number being built. shown, Japan has made appropriations for an aircraft carrier of 10,000 tons, a light cruiser of 8,500 gons, 9 destroyers of 13,777 tons, and one 700-ton submarine. The totals wt bottom of the table make possible a quick comparison of relative strength of the world’s great navies. . By LLOYD LEHRBAS WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — The Washington Naval Limitations trea- ty, around which discussions will re- volve at the London Naval Confer- ence came into force on August 17, 1923, and will end on December 31, 1936, as the result of its denuncia- tion by Japan. The Japanese, long dissatisfied with the total tonnage allowed the Japan- ese fleet—and strongly opposed to the 5-5-3 ratio which they consider detrimental to their national pride —took advantage last year cf treaty provisions to give formal notifica- tion to the United States and other signatory powers that they no long- er would be bound by its limitations after 1936. In Agreement Effect The' London Conference is a re- newed effort—through discussions of all possible angles of naval affairs —to reach an agreement under whica some kind of naval limitation will be followed after 1936, Unless an agreement is reached there will be no international understanding on sea strength. During the naval holiday that fol- lowed the Washington conference the United States lagged far behind in the construction of even suffic- fent new ships to build up to the to- tal tonnage permitted in the differ- ent categories of ships. The Vinson bill, however, designed to provide funds for a navy of full authorized strength by 1942, has pro- vided the necessary stimulus to in- sure the building of a powerful fleet. Stilly 54 Ships Short Ships now under construction or appropriated for, plus under age vessels in commission, leaves the United States still 54 vessels short of the desired goal. Every effort will be made to sign contracts for their construction and have them slide down the ways for | active service by the end of 1942. A summary of treaty provisions as effecting the United States navy shows: Battleships A capital ship (battleship) is a war (not an airplane carrier), whose - displacement exceeds 10,000 tons or which carries a gun with a caliber exceeling 8-inch bore. The treaty provides that any bat- tleship built for replacement after it has reached the age of 25 years cannot be more than 25000 tons The United States, without naval bases sufficient for long-range ac- tion, stands for battleships of that size, while other sea powers desire the size to be lowered to 30,000 tons. Aircraft Carriers An aircraft carrier is in excess of 10,000 tons designed for the specilic and exclusive purpose of carrying aireraft, with equipment for launch- (Continued on Page Five) 9 (272,070) 5 (154,750) 4(68,370) 4(68,370) 1 (10,050) 14(123,520) 12(107,800) 22(110,375) 17( 91,995) 3( 25,500) 102 (123,313) 62 ( 85,443) 11( 15,180) 9(185,925) 2( 44,378) 3( 88,000) 4(86,532) 1 (21,555) 2 (70,000) ) (22,146) 1 (22,148) (None) (None) {None) (None) 10 (105,923) 7 (70,000) (None) 11(103,641) 7( 70,000) (None) 9(59,414) 7 (46,502) 5 (38,000) 17(77,974) 13 (65,858) 2(15,748) 88 (91,488) 50 (61,647) 12 (12,480) 81 (125,788) 57 (108,000) 17( 17,868) FIERCE COMBAT STARTS AGAIN ON ALL FRONTS Haile Selassie’s Temporary Palace Also Hit in Air Raid POPULATION THROWN IN PANIC BY BLAST Warriors St:i‘lgBehind Ital- ian Lines Along North Front ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 6.—Nine Ital- jan planes bombed Dessye last night, hitting Emperor Selassie’s tempor- ary palace and wrecking the office and one ward of the American Sev- enth Day Adventist Hospital. Casualties were heavy among the 59 ( 71,649) 47( 61,731) 10( 13,700) 303 (1,213,084) 210 (769,297) 147 (570,089) 25( 64,430) 99 (86,648) 70 (66,631) 12(11,798) 69 (45,720) 48 (37,550) 18 (14,827) 209 (585,844) 144 (357,657) 37 (155,664) 189 (405,355) 119 (256,610) 34(113,085) In addition to those NEW INTEREST AROUNDDEATH CELL OF BRUNO Special Investigation Is Re-| ported to Now Be | Underway NEWARK, N. J,, Dec. 6.—Rapid de- | velopments in the Lindbergh kid-| naping and slaying case, centered today in new interest around the death cell of Bruno Hauptmann. Two reasons are given for the new interest. One centers around the re- cent visit of Gov. Harold G. Hoff- man, who spent sometime alone with Hauptmann in his cell and the other is the result of an article in the New York Daily News which says an| anonymous letter indicating Haupt- mann is innocent of the crime has caused a new investigation on the information. | WOOD EXPERT TALKS CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 6. — Arthur Koehler, Government wood expert, said only one piece of the wood in the kidnap ladder was traced directly to Hauptmann and no effort was made to trace the remainder. APPEAL UP TO COURT WASHINGTON, Dec.. 6.—Bruno Hauptmann's plea for a review of his case is before the Supreme Court.| A decision is expected, maybe to- morrow, on whether the court will) review the case. RADIO INTERFERENCE | DISCUSSED BY SWIFT | . AT CHAMBER MEETING Ross A. Swift, recently authorized by the City to eliminate unnecessay | radio interference, stated at the| Chamber of Commerce meeting y terday that most of the radio noises here are due to a poor type of wiring | in the past, and to a lighting system that is not grounded. Static, which is not a serious hazard to good re- ception in this region, can be largely eliminated by the use of the proper types of antennae, he said, and many noises which apparently come froum | outside agencies, are actually due to defects within the set. “The difference between interfer- {ance and set noises may be determ- ined by leaving everything else as it was with set turned on and remov- ing the aerial connection. If the noise ceases it is outside interference, civilian population, and panic broke out throughout the city. Major G. A. Tifaport, Beigian of- ficer, was wounded and Miss Petra | Hovig, Norwegian nurse, suffered a broken leg. Twelve persons were re- ported killed and more than 200 wounded. More than 1000 bombs were dropp- ed, and the hospital was evacuated | Just a few minutes before the raid- !ing planes appeared overhead. Beds, surgical equipment, operating tables and other paraphernalia were siréwn |all over the place by blasts of three bombs which pierced the corrugated iron roof. An official Italian communique reported that 24 Ethiopians and three Italians died in intensified combat between patrols along the Northern front, the outbreak being interpreted as marking the start of the first major Ethiopian offensive. Reports from Makale said Ethio- pians were making swift thrusts on towns where detachments of invad- ers are encamped, and also on sup- ply trains. They are said to be deal- ing out punishment behind the Ital- | ian lines and then withdrawing tem- porarily. SELASSIE DIRECTS FIRE GENBVA, Dec. 6—Official advices received here said Emperor Haile Selassie personally directed the ma- chine gun fire at the enemy ma- chines during the bombing of the palace and then surveyed the dam- age after the raiders left. PROTEST IS MADE GENEVA, Dec. 6.—Emperor Haile Selassie has protested directly to the League of Nations against Italian bombing of Red Cross Hospitals and killing women and children. The protest said it has been clear from thestart that Italy does not intend to risk her own soldiers but intends to destroy the Ethiopian peo- ple by mechanical means and toe use of native troops. JANIE K WAS NOT ON PICKETING DUTY Union olf\cia;t_o:fly said the gas boat Janie K. was not on picketing duty when she developed engine trou- {ble off Point Salisbury Wednesday night The boat was taken in tow by the A. J. tug Trojan, and later by the Amy and towed to Juneau. The Janis K. was wrecked in a squall at Gam- bier Bay recently with five hunters aboard, and four of the men spent some time there repairing the dam- age and preparing for the trip back to Juneau. e LEAVING John E. Pegues, Federal Housing Administrator, is a passenger for Ketchikan on the Victoria on busi- ness. but if the noise is still apparent, though dim, it is in the set itself, he said.