The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7141. “ALL THE NEWS L THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PEACE PLANS BLOCK OIL EMBARGO POWERS VETO NAVAL PARITY FOR JAPANESE United States Objects Be- cause Program Calls for Increase in Building CONFEREN—C?BREAKS UP, NOON SESSION Hurried Communications | Are Established with TokyoGovernment —_ | IONDON, Dec. 12.—Japan's de- | mand for equalitl of naval strength which she placed before the Naval C nference yesterday, was today re- jected by four great naval powers other than the British dominions. The meeting broke up at noon, with Japanese delegations leavinz hastily to submit certain questions to Toky). Another meeting is scheduled to-/ morrow. ‘1 The United States objected because | adoption of the plan would cause an enormous increase in constructioni rather than a decrease, and because | the proposal did not take into ac- count the different naval needs of the powers, thus would upset the equilibrinm established by former treaties. Great Britain took the lead in rejecting the proposal. French and Italian opposition re- sulted from the Japanese statement ‘hat the common upper limit of naval ‘cnnage should be confined to the Unitad States, Britain and -Japan because there were no varying in- terests among the other three. The French objected to the idea of limiting the tonnage agreement t2 three powers, insisting on ful); powers. South Africans, Canadians and Australians spoke in opposition to the proposal. \ FLOODCAUSED BY BREAK - UP OF ICEJAMS Copper Center and Tekil| Residents Forced to Move | in 12 Below Weather | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 12.—A phone message from - Richardson Highway points states that ice jams breaking in Klutina Lake and Sina | River have caused floods at Copper Center and Tekil, carrying out bridges at both places. i Copper Center residents moved | their provisions, materials and houses to higher ground with the aid of boats. Temperature there was twelve be- low zero yesterday morning, with colder weather indicatea. — e, - AUTONOMY 1S RESTORED T0 EGYPT COLONY King Faud Signs Royal De- cree Restoring Constitu- tional Government, 1932 CAIRO, Dec. 12.—King Fuad to- day signed a royal decree restoring he constitutional government of Egypt. Fnzlend consented to Egypt's re- turn to self-government in the form of the suspended 1932 constitution after a persistent Nationalist anti- British campaign. | Swift developments ,coming on the day the cabinet of Premier Nes+ sim was to resign, did away with the necessity of resignations and the ministers withdrew their plans| to quit. i | e, — ALBERT HANSON DIES Albert Hanson, 22, died as a result | of pneumonia at the Government Hospital early this morning. ‘The remains are at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. No: funeral arrangements have yet been made. L _ Bri[le-To-Be Betty Grable, blonde film player, megaphoned to a 0 Hollywoo recently an admission that she and Jackie Coogan are engaged to marry, that the big ring folks have seen on the important finger is in fact a diamond given by the erstwhile hero of “The Kid” to seal their troth. Young Coogan became 21 last October, also came into contrél of $1,500,000 which he amassed during his film career. The wedding is planned for early spring. SILVER BUYING CONTINUING BY | | | | UNITED STATES Secretary of Treasury De- nies Reports Pur- chases Stopped WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Secre- tary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau ' today denied that the United States stopped the purchasing of silver and asserted the Department has bought the white metal every day this week. “I am continuing to carry out the mandate of the Silver Purchase Act,” declared Secretary Morgen- thau, “and the Department has made purchases every day this week | in many different places.” The Secretary of Treasury stated that the Department, however, de- parted from the usual practice of concentrating purchases on the London market. SPOT SILVER PRICE LONDON, Dec. 12—The price of spot silver was set at 26% pence today, which is five-eighths of a pence lower than yesterday. The quotation of the price was given after consideration of brok- ers. The conference lasted several hours. —————— ERLANDS POINT JURY IS SHOWN DEATH WEAPONS Criminologist Identifies Butcher Knife, Claw Hammer, Bullets PORT ORCHARD, Wash, Dec. 12.—Bloodstained weapons found in the Frank Flieder cottage at Er- lands Point were shown to the jury (of the Leo Hall and Peggy Paulos murder trial. Luke S. May, logist, identified the butcher knife, a claw hammer and three bullets ma: STOCK PRICES TAKE DECLINE; | zoff," on grounds of conflicting and | SILVER DROPS Oils Only Issues Today that Take to Upside of Market NEW YORK, Dec. 12. — Mining and scattered industrial issues fell back in the Stock Market today following another decline in world silver prices. The list dipped and rallied at intervals but there was little to follow through. On the upside, oils gave the best performance. Today's close was rather heavy. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 12—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 135, American Power and Light 8%, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel '47, General Motors 54%, Interna- tional Harvester 60%, Kelvinator 137%, Kennecott 27%, Simmons Beds 18%, United Corporation 6%, Unit- ed States Steel 464, United Foun- dries, no sale; Pound $4.92%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are -today’s "Dow, Jones averages: industrials 141.34, rails 40.74, utilities 2@88. '» J.P.MORGAN IS WITNESS COM. PROBE Will Be Called to Testify to Financing of Allies in World War WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — The Senate Munitions Committee will | probably open an inquiry on January | 6 into currents which drew the JURY MAY GET " RIOT CASE ON FRIDAY, 137H Defense Expected to Com- plete Arguments Today— Folta Closes Tomorrow Arguments by Defense Counsel Ir- Create I | win Goodman and Senator Henry |- Roden occupied this, the 22nd day of the trial in Federal district court here where 24 men are charged with rioting last June 24 on Lower Front Street. Goodman began his address to the jury laté yesterday, continuing this morning with Senator Rodem to | foltow him this afternoon. Howard Stabler, attorney for two of the de- fendants, made his argument yes. terday afternoon, following the op: :n:ng address of Assistant District Attorney George W. Folta. The defense is expected (o con- clude arguments today and Folta probably will close in the morning. After instructions to the jurors by Judge.George F. Alexander, the case probably will go to the jury late to- morrow afternon, Friday, the 13th. Packed Court Room A packed court room is on hand for the arguments, as the respective attorneys outline the case as they see it, the prosecution contending it has proven its charge of riot against the 24 accused men and the defense arguing the testimony is not sufficient to warrant convie- tion. There has been virtually a court room full of spectators at the trial since it opened November 12, although there was a noticeable drop off during the final days of hearing testimony. Seating room, however, was at a premium both yesterday and today, again. In an analytical plea yestérduy Assistant District Attorney Folta told the jurors he believed the gov- ernment had proven its case by the testimony of its 142 witnesses, most of whom, he pointed out, are reput- able citizens of Juneau beyond cor- { ruption which he declared has been | implied throughout the case. The | Prosecutor analyzed the testimony | against each defendant, pointing | where he believed the government| | had clinched its case beyond a rea- | sonable doubt. Mr. Stabler asked acquittal for his clients, Bill Taroff and George Kod- lack of testimony against the two men. He dwelt on the testimony of defense witnesses that Kodzoff was not near the union hall at the time of the alleged riot, as balanced against the identification made by | government witnessees. | In an impassioned plea this morn- | ing, Attorney Goodman called upon the jurors not to convict the de-| fendants on what he termed “the kind of evidence that has been pre- sented here.” He declared testi- mony of certain government wit- nesses had been impeached and ! dwelt at lenzgth on the testimony of Defcnse Witness A. M. Geyer who said he thought the miners were “framed.” Folta interrupted his | remarks on several occasions, con- | tending that Goodman was drifting | away from the actual testimony and | also objecting to Defense Counsel's interpretation of the law which will be included in the Court’s instruc- tions. | — e CUMMINGS T0 - ASK DELAY IN - UTILITY CASES i | ’ Attorney - General Declares | Further Supreme Court Action Unnecessary WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Attor- ney-General' Homer 8. Cummings | asked the Federal Court to delay action on constitutional challenges of the New Deal's utility law by | seven holding companies which have appeared before the District of Columbia Supreme Court. As Chief law officer of the gov- | ernment, Attorney General Cum- mings, citing the suit brought by the government against | the Electric Bond and Share Com- pany, said that further Ilitigation Was unnecessary at this time. B GAME PATROL ENDS Seattle crimin- | United States into the World War., = Game Warden Homer Jewell re- |J. P. Morgan, New York financier, | turned to Juneau late yesterday v be the first witness. He will be as the instruments used to murder called' for guestioning concerning four men and two women. financing of the Allied forces. lntmn'd the Game Commission boat ! 8eal, on which he made a. two-week lpnml of Southeast Alaska waters. | months. | Paxton Von Sweringen, became out- already | . *" " Pretty Pasadena, Cal, Junior College girls, dressed for the occasion tumes, prepare a huge floral flag 10,000 flowers of red, white and blue. 50 historical events in flowers in the famous New Year's Day parade. eggy Munn, Mary Mapp, Evelyn BUILDER OF RAIL EMPIRE PASSES AWAY M. J. Van Sweringen Dies in Cleveland After Months” Illness 1 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 12. Mantis J. Van Sweringen, who with his brother rose from obscure pov- erty to build a great rail empire, is dead here after an illness of several Partners in every enterprise from | office boy days up, Mantis Van Swer- ingen and his elder brother, O standing railroad owners and oper- ators before they had reached middle | age. The era of rail consoyudations found them in 1932 in control, by means of holding companies, of 21,000 miles of railroads with a total value of nearly $3,000,000,000. Their sys- tems extended from the Atlantic sea- board to the Rocky Mountains at Pueblp, Colo., and south to El Paso Texas, The, industrial empire building reached. its apex in 1930 when they acquired confrol of the 12,564 miles of the Missouri, Pacific with its sub- sidiaries, including the Texas & Pacifie, ‘the international Great Northern and the Gulf Coast road. Divide Responsibilities Then, for the first time, the broth- ers found it advisable to divide their responsibilities. Oris became chair- man of the board of the Missouri Pacific, resigning from the eastern roads directorates. This left Mantis at the head of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Nickel Plate, the Erie, the Pere' Marquette, the Hocking Valley and‘allied lines. The brothers were born near Woo- ster, Ohio, Mantis on July 8, 1881, slightly more than two years after Oris. There W%as another brother, Herbert, and two sisters, Edith and Carrie, in the family. The father was James Tower Van Sweringen, one, timg engineer, in the Penhsylva, nia old Tields who had been severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg in the civil war. Fraternal Partnership g The mother 'of ‘the family died when Mantis was only four years old, The children grew up in Cleve- land and there Oris and Mantis de- veloped their penchant for fraternal partnership. . At the age of 15 Oris got a job as office boy for the Bradley Chemical Company. Two years later Mantis followed suit. The boys won promo- tion’ together and became clerks. The younger brother was scarcely of age when they turned their minds to real estate in the rapidly growing Ohio metropolis. Their first enter- | prise in the new fleld was a failure, | but they tried again. | Obtain Options A tract of 2,000 acres was on the | market near the city and with bor- | rowed money they obtained options, | named ‘it “Shaker Heights” and| started a suburb. Mantis was then 24 and Oris 26. ‘They bolstered (Continued on' Page Five.) Floral Wonders for Rose Tournament | | in typical Betsy Ross cos- s, using approximately * will depict more than left to right, for the New Year's Day Teurnament of Ro: This year's theme, “History in Flowers, Photo shows, Calvert and Nadean Reynolds. One Legislative System Proposed For Irish State | | DUBLIN, Oct. 12.—~President : | | FEDERAL BOVT, TAKES REIN IN LIGGETT PROBE 'Attorney-General Cum- i R mings Reveals Request | for Investigation | CHAMBERTO | o foovustn Eamon de Valera, of the Irish Free State, today asked the Dail Eireann to abolish the Irish Free State Senate and establish -one chamber for the Legislative sys- tem. | NATIONS REBEL AGAINST TERMS OF PEACE PLAN Many Take Stand Against Any Dismemberment of Negus Land PROPOSAL CREDITED TO KING GEORGE V. Geneva Sees Move as Be- ginning of Great Four- Power Pact GENEVA, Dec. 12.—~The plan deviced by Great| Britain and France to solve the Ethiopian controversy has blocked the League of Nations' efforts to im- pese an oil embargo on Ttaly. The committee of 18, charged with taking action on proposed embargo, decided today that the League’s council would have to take up the matter of the peace plans before an action on new embargoes is possible, It is possible the Council will meet next Wednesday. Keports received here trom Southern Ethiopia say the South- Italian army is planning’ a big drive teward the north in the near future. LONDON, Dec. 12.—A tide of rebel- lion surged against the Franco-Brit~ ish proposals for peace between Italy and Ethiopia, and many states re- presented on the League of Na- tions’ sanctions committee took a firm stand against any major con- cessions to Italy at'the price of im- pairment of Ethiopia’s sovereignty or weakening of the League Cov- enant Unconfirmed reports were circu- lated here that King George inter- vened personally with the govern- I ment to force through the peace plan. | MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 12— The| | Department of Justice has been | asked by Chief of Police Frank For- estal to take complete charge of cARGn AGTIUN lisher of the Midwest American. L Chief Forestal refused to disclose | ¢ s § | the reason for his action, which oc- | Discussion of A. J. Freight currea atter a conterence with Fed-| Taken Up at Luncheon. !mvul operatives in 8t. Paul. | Particularly Russia and Turkey are -expected to combat any plan granting additional concessions to Italy and the dismemberment. of Ethiopia Some delegates at Geneva see in the program the beginning of 'a the investigation of the assassina-| tion of Walter Liggett, militant pub- 3 Earlier, Attorney General Homer | Committee Named As a result of the refusal of sea- {S. Cummings revealed that he had|move to establish openly a definite | received ‘a letter from Mrs. Liggett|dominion of ‘great powers, perhaps | asking for a Federal investigation.|in the form of a four-power pact, o T.Z(‘f::dm:::,;zfi":z'(:‘:"x;fl:g‘ alibi of Isadore Blumentield, identi- | Juneau mine, while the ship was in | Hia oy Mk witlow :”‘“ layer port here last Tuesday, the Juneau, & & ~Shamber of Commerce will make an | Prizes Will Be nvestigation with aim of helping in;ofl"ed ffil’ Bflt yringing about a solution of the) matter. 'Decorated Tree Commerce | At the Chamber of e luncheon in the Terminal Cafe to- | The Executive Board of the Cham- day, H. L. Faulkner, local attoriey,| ber of Commerce has appropriated hrought up the matter for the con-|the sum of $25 in prizes for the best sideration of the Chamber. | decorated outdoor Christmas tree, “I have no connection with the!and for the best ffimmed Christmas nine or with the mining company,” | window display, it was announced Mr. Faulkner said, “but several/at the Chamber of Commerce lun- seople with whom T have talked | cheon in the Terminal today. since shipments to the A. J. mine| The prizes for Christma: were stopped through action of the | are as follows: $7, first prize, 3eattle . Maritime Federation, have‘sccond prize, and $3, third prize.| 1sked me to bring the subject to|The trees will be judged by a spec- | ‘he attention of the Chamber. We ial committee composed of Frank all know that during the last two | Dufresne, Harry Lucas, and N. Les- )r three months A. J. fright has been | ter Troast, on either Christmas eve| T oaded on barges, but as a fesult|or Christmas night. Persons who »f the recent ruling in Seattle, 80: have decorated trees in outlying districts where they might be missed sons of freight aboard the Alaska | { by the judges on their tour of in- were carried on to the Westward. l spection, are requested to notify the “As it stands now freight is shut »f from the mine, Oxfe man to| Secretary of the Chambere of Com- mercee. (Continued og Page" T) A single prize of $10 will be s E Rv I GE quR awarded the best window display by | i ! Meanwhile, police rechecked tluv:wuh Germany to join France, Britain and Ttaly. COMMITTEE GIVEN PLAN GENEVA, Dec. 12—The League's Committee of Eighteen, which is charged with consideration of sanc- tions, heard representatives of France and Great Britain tell of the {plan to end the Italo-Ethiopian war in a secret session. Premier ‘Laval, of France, and (Capt. Anthony Eden gave the other members of the Committee a vague outline of ghe proposal. M. Komarnick, of Poland, told the Committee his nation is opposed to 5 the adoption by the Committee of any measure calculated to aggrav- ate the international situation and insisted the time has come for world problems to be placed before the League of Nations which should be convoked as soon as possible. British and French delegates ine dicated they would endeavor to ob- tain postponement of fixing the date for oil sanctions. Last of kigit Escaped Convicts Are Captured SPOKANE, Wash,, Dee. 12.—Her- bert Jackson and John Weaver, the AATLANTIC NOW SEEMS CERTAIN Four Countries Practically Agree to Landing Privileges WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—A major aviation goal, commerecial transpor- tation spanning the Atlantic, moved toward fulfillment today with a virtual agreement between four nations to exchange landing priv- | fleges. Officials of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and Canada, have agreed in principle to extend reciprocal landing and operating privileges to make the service pos- sible. i Experimental flying next spring ‘novnppcar to‘be a probability. (CUBAN CABINET 'ELECTS 6OVT, " HIGH OFFICERS ; President lofi Be Chosen To- | night by Cabinet—Hold { Office Short Time HAVANA, Dec. 12—Twice balked | in efforts to meet the Cuban coun- | cit of state, the Cabinet set tonight | for a session to elect a provisional | president and offieials | Quorum restrictions will be | abandoned and a majority of those present will name a president until the January elections. Jose A. Barnet, former Secretary of State who became president af- ter the resignation of Carlos de Mendieta, was mentioned for post. [1ast of eight convicts who escaped | from the Walla Walla' prison three :‘dflys ago, have been, captured here by the Spokane City Police. The police received a tip from an. unknown woman over the tele- phone and went to a house next | door to Jackson’s mother, and cap- | tured the pair without firing = shot. Jackson’s mother is in Cali- fornia. Grays Harbor, Wash., lumberjacks \tell of a Ibluejay camp robber that carried off a full-sized doughnut in its beak DAYS SHOPPING CHRISTMAS