The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7144, JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN C LPHIAN KIDNAPED 'NAVAL SESSION FEAR JAPANESE ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT POWERS Observers See ijkyo Try- ing to Drive Wedge Be- tween America, Britain EFFORT BEING MADE TO SIDETRACK PARITY U. S. Delegation Is Uneasy Over Trend to Play One Nation Against Another LONDON, Dec. 16.—The Naval Conference temporarily has ride tracked discussion of the Japanese proposals for total ton- nage limitation and fleets and ha decided to listen to the Brit- i propoeals for limitation, size of ship: and guns. The British will make the proposal for sach qualitative limitation at the next meeling of delegations. PARITY ISSUE LONDON, Deg. 16.—Viscount Mon- sell, First Lord of Admiralty, sum- marizad the naval conference situa tion to Premier Stanley Baldwin, to- day while delegates sought te un- ravel the snarl resniting from Ja- pan’s equality demands. Informed sources expected negotiators tolat- tempt to dispose of or sicetrack \the parity issue soon to per:mit the con- ference to proceed with the discus- sion of limitations of submarines tonnage, type of warships and arma- | ments. . A secret session of the chiefs alone of the American, British, Japanese, French and Italian delegations was slated late today. Shadow Over Conference The shadow of secret diplomatic maneuvers has fallen across the week old conference which is struggling to extricabe itself from the compli- cations of the Japanese parity de- mands. Uncertainty hinges on two developments, both originating with the Japanese. Some observers ex- presced fear the conference might be turned into a “super secget” session. Coupled with the launching of sep- arate talks, they said this might steer the conference on the rocks of bi- lateral conversations which wrecked the preliminary negotiations last year. Great Britain Acts Americans were uneasy over the trend after the open round table dis- cussions which, they feel, are vital to avoid playing off one nation against another. Great Britain’s delegation hasten- ed to clear up the situation in its private talk Friday night with the Japanese which was said to be pure- ly supplementary to the conference itself. Such talks among various dele- gations is continuing from time to time, nevertheless, feeling remains among observers that the Japanese are trying to drive a wedge between! Americanis and British in their op- position to Tokyo’s equality proposal. Nagano Assures England Admiral Nagano of the Japanese delegation has made an effort to as- sure the British their interests in the Far East are in no danger from Ja- pan and therefore the British oppo- sition is untenable. Both sides have expressed a desire to avoid a dead- lock. BUDGET COUNCIL CALLEDBY DA, WASHINGTON, Deec. 16—Presi- dent Roosevelt has called his chief financial advisors for a budget con- ference, presumably centering on estimates of emergency outlays for next year. Those asked to confer are Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Ad- minisirator; Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, Public Works Admin- istrator; Secretary: of Treasury Henry Morgenthau; Daniel Bell, Acting Budget Director; Under Sec- retary Rex Tugwell, and Frank Wal- ker, head of the National Emer- gency Council. "IN APPARE Mrs. Irene Castle McLaughlin, herself a veteran air-traveler and pionee) in many fields, including bobbed hair, still follows her progressive tend- encies and initiates her children, William and Barbara, to air travel a» they board plane at Chicago field, BIVE RERIAL ("2 = . LEAD TO U. S. American mining engincer and one time connected with the Gazlinean Gold Mining Com- France Strays Behind by| One Point in Official pany, at T hane, has been awarded the Lealr Decoration, Tally, Air Races WASHINGTON, Dec. 16— Five the highest honor given in the new aviation records, including the Ko | | Soviet Union for aid in devel- ing the Soviet gold industry. For the last seven years he has been doing engineering work in the Soviet gold mines. Presi- dent Michael Kalinin person- ally made the award according to Associated Press dispatches received by The Empire. 3 John Littlepage left Juneau 10 to 12 years ago and for a time engaged in mining en- gineering in Utah and Nevada. He then went to Russia where he has been successfully em- ployed for the past seven years. POPE REFUSES ANY COMMENT ON ETHIOPIA Would Be *Deliberately | Misconstructed,” He Says —Prays "For Peace” land-plane speed record establishel by Howard Hughes in Santa Ana, put the United States ahead of France in a race for aerial supremacy, the Na- tional Aeronautical Association an- nounced today. Three new records approved by the Federation Aeronautique Interna- tionale of Paris, as well as two other figures set for light type seaplanes this week at Miami, were cited by Ben King of Washington as giving the United States 39 points against 38 for France, as soon as final offi- cial approval on the latter two rec- ords s forthcoming. % Hughes’ flight of 352.388 miles per hour at Santa Ana on September 13 i is described by an Association repre- | senitative as likely to be unbroken for a long time unless somebody wants to spend a million on it, as Hughes did. The Association recognized the flight of Lieut. Comdr. Knefler Mc- Ginnis with his twin-engined navy flying boat “Coco” in a solo flight from Panama to Alameda, October} 14-15 as the world’s long distance | VATICAN CITY, Dec. 16.— Pope record for that type of plane. | Pius purposely avolded any discus- Major Alexander P. Deserversky is | sion of pending Ethiopian peace credited with a new straight line proposals in the secret consistory to- speed record for amphibians, flying day where he created 20 new cardi- 370.814 kilometers per hour. nals. — e The Pontiff said that any observa- \ |tion he might make would not he ANN“AL GONFAB | well understood or would be deliber- ately misconstrued in many places. He did, however, “‘pray God fervent- ‘1y for peace with justice, with truth, and with charity.” | SRS COMES TO END ELLIOTT ROBERTSON | ; HAS APPENDECTOMY Alaska Game Commission-| ers Conclude Seven- Day Meet Here | swedish Hospital in Seattle last .. | Wednesday, according to advices The Alaska Game COMMISSION | eceiveq here from his sister Carol, concluded its annual meeting here| wn, reports his condition satisfac- at 12:30 p. m. today. ' | i tory. The commissioners were in ses-| Ay and Mrs. Robertson left on sion with Executive Officer Hugh ihe North Sea to spend the holi- Terhune for seven days, reviewidg | gays with their. children. activities of the game organization | ReHRETIE SR T during 1835, and drawing up rec-| SNARINGS HAVE BOY ommendations on proposed 1936 game regulations to be submitted in| ars Harold Sndring became the Washington. mother of a nine. o { -and-a-half pound Commissioner Karl N. Ohmer len‘b“y boy at 8:30 o'clock this morn- at 1 p. m. today aboard the Seal rcvr'mg In St Ann's' Hospital. Both his home in Petersburg. Chairman Irving McK. Reed olrgP:era e | mothef and child are in satisfactory awaiting the next plane to the In- | coRdItion- terior, while Commissioners Frank Williams and Andrew Simons will ! embark on the next steamer for| |the States. Williams will renew| Mildred Kendler underwent an ap- acquaintances in Seattle, whiie Si-|Pendectomy in St. Ann’s Hospital this mons is accepting invitations from | Morning. She is reported by hospital sportsmen friends in the east to|a8uthorities to be resting quietly this visit with them. | afternoon. I Elliott Robertson, son of Mr. and | Mrs. R. E. Robertson, underwent an emergency appeedectomy in the e APPENDECTOMY ]‘Surivie'ys Made Tins 5 Year Benefit Alaka, Says Ickes WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, —Sec- retary of Interior Harold L. Ickes reveals in his annual report that the Geological Survey has map- ped more than 46,000 square miles of territory during the 1935 fiscal year. In Alaska, Secretary Ickes ys, bureaus have surveyed min- 1 resources including special mopping quite “indispensable to enferprices concerned with the development of the Territory.” SRR R I STARWITNESS 1S CALLED IN MURDER TRIAL sa; Letter, Making Request for| Money After Slaying, Is Revealed FORT ORCHARD, Wash., Dec. 16. Carrie M. Stickles, Memphis, Ten- nessee, dietician, told the =mriands Point 1nass murder jury that Leo Hall w killings ve her three days after the March 28, 1034, asking for money with which to. flee to. Secpl attle. “ other witness, described having ob- | served a scar on ‘Hall's cheek “late in April or early in May” of 1934. She quoted Hall as saying he had re- celved the scar in an automobile wreck when returning from Vancou- ver, B. C. A letter introduced by the pros cution 4s having been written by Hall to Miss Stickels stated that the writer was in a jam, that an attempt had been made upon his life, and that he feared another attempt would be made. He said he wanted money to get away. A score or more of witnes: tified Saturday for the pros most of them being introduced for the purpose of corroborating the tes- timony of Mrs. Peggy Paulos, Hall's co-defendant, who is also his chief accuser on first degree murder charg- es in connection with the sextuple killings. STOCK PRICES CONTINUE T0 SLIDE LOWER Heaviness of Metals De- press Other Issues in Dull Session NEW YORK, Dec. 16—With the exception of a few specialties, the stock market prices continued to drift lower at today's session. Renewed heaviness of metals tended to depress other sections of the list. Losses of fractions to two or more points predominated at the {heavy close. Trading was dull throughout the session. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 129%, American Power and Light 8%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 45%, General Motors 54, In- ternational Harvester 60%, Kel- vinator 14, Kennecott 27%, Sim- mons Beds 7%, United Corporation 6%, United States Steel 44%, Unit- ed Foundries, no sale; Pound $4.92%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are Dow, Jones averages today: industrials 139.11, rails 39.55, utilities 28.16. el o S i, SR GLEASONS GO SOUTH Robert J. Gleason, Superintendent of Communications for the PAA, Mrs. Gleason, and small son Robert, Jr., are passengers on the Northwestern from Seward to Seattle for a holiday vacaticn, Miss Joan Umek, of Olympia, an-‘E SAYS NATION DANGEROUSLY NEAR TROUBLE Senator Ny;—éi North Da- kota, Comments on War Scare with Japan NEXT CONGRESSIONAL SESSION DISCUSSED Delegation from Orient Re- turns to Seattle— Leave for Homes SEATTLE, Dec. 16. — America, which should set an example to the world in the war against war, ln-l 1 stead is setting the pace in warlike | preparations, Senator Gerald P. Nye, | | Republican of North Dakota, told a | {Seattle audience last night, fol ing his arrival here with the Con- gressional delegation, headed by Vice President John Nance Garner, from | the Orient. Senator Nye left today on a plane | for California, where he will deliver a series of addresses before return-| {ing to Washington to launch an in- | vestigation of how the United States | i became embroiled in the World War. | Most of the other members of the | egation ~left- last night for: the t. { War Scare | “Just now Americans are victims| jof a war scare with Japan,” Senator |Nye said,, adding “America hasn’t faced more dangerous days since the | | World War.” The plea of National Defense was | { charactérized by Senator Nye as be- ! coming too much “market for profit. | “I have no cure for all the diseases | which cause war but I believe we can do much more to greatly les- {sen the danger of our being drawn | {into another war, first, by tightening and enlarging our neutrality policy, Ithen by removing profit from war | itself and from the preparation for | 1 | enator Nye advocated government, | {ownership of the munitions industry, |and said the sentiment was growing stronger in favor of taxing incomes above $10,000 a year, even as high as 98 percent in time of war. Political Threat ‘The returning delegates were wary of discussions of the coming session | jof Congress, or the importance as a | | political threat of the reported new | Townsend party. It was admitted guardedly by some of the fourteen Senators and 25 representatives who made the Philippine jaunt, that the Townsend old age pension plan would be a potential political threat in the coming election. Democratic Congressmen said that both Houses of Congress are over- whelmingly in favor of paying the soldiers’ bonus during the next ses- sion. Some thought the session would {be wound up in May, others that it might be a long-drawn-out affair. Leaders agreed that the new Com- monwealth Government in the Phil- ippine Islands faces problems of fi- nances and national defense Lut they are most optimistic concerning the ultimate success of the venture. Vice-President Garner refused to | comment on political affairs. SILVER STILL ON TOBOGEAN NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The price of foreign silver is quoted today at 50 3-4 cents an ounce, a decline of one cent from the quotation posted Friday. ‘The London quotation is 26 pence an ounce on bar silver, off 7-16 pence from Saturday’s nominal price. a S REBUS T ol A NT SNARL ‘M;AVRYVVII;JGNVMI)AI‘VANI"AT IT 7A(7}>—/V\I;N ! SG"]N fli: RICH " FAMILY LURED - FROM ROOMS 24 - Year - Old Youth of Manufacturer Being Held ! in Country for Ransom | 'BROTHER RECEIVES | INSTRUCTIONS NOTE 'Authorities Throw Full | Strength Into Search as Snatch Evidence Grows NEW YORK, Dec. 16.— Caleb J. Milne, IV, member of a socially prominent Phil- adelphia family, disappeared Saturday frem his New York apartment and Sunday night was reported kidnaped for ransom. Spurred on by the growing belief of relatives that Milne has been kidnaped for ran- som, officials today intensi- fied their search for the mys- teriously missing 24-year-old scion of one of Philadelphia’s first families. BREWSTERIS Reports from Newport, R. I, have it that Prince Serge Mdivanl, one of the well known marrying Mdivani brothers, is engaged to Loulse Astor Van Alen, former wife of his brother, the late Prince Alexis. Prince Serge hown above with his rumored affianced (right) and May McCormic, opera singer, one of his two divorced wives. (Assock ated Press Photos) Noted Screen Stéf Found Dead in Her GarNea_r_Heanme Thelma Todd Dies at Los Angeles—No Evidence of Foul Play | R IN CITY FOR BRIEF VISIT Aeronautics Inspector Ar- rives on Northwestern— Goes Out on Victoria Hugh Brewster, Inspector of Aero-| LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 16— nautics, Department of Commerce, | Thelma Todd, blonde screen actress, arrived from his headquarters at|was found dead in an automobile Anchorage on the Northwestern. | ol ;z:ragn NE Dot seasie Toms Mr. Brewster is here to confer with | drf:‘i:l\;z;zily‘thcx-o was blood at the Ike P. Taylor of the Alaska Road|mouth and nose, there was no' im- The youth’s grandfather, Caleb J. Milne, Jr., retired textile manufacturer, reluet- antly agreed with the kidnap theory. A brother, Frederic, has re- ,ceived a note saying the youth had been kidnaped and was being held in the coun- try and that a further letter of instructions was coming, ROPER PUSHING AIRPORT WORK * FOR TERRITORY Secretary of Commerce Asks Conference to Press Demands for Action Commission, and William A. Hesse, | Highway Engineer, to pay his re- | spects to the Governcr, and :'Gul'mfl‘ inspection of airplanes and pilots. At the present time there are in Juneau only two transport pilots, Sheldon Simmons and Bob Ellis, | and two planes, the Alaska Air| Transport Patco and the Juneau| Flying Club Klem Skylark. | Mr. Brewster expects to sail for | Cordova, Valdez and Anchorage on| the Victoria tomorrow. R CLEVELANDTO GET REPUBLICAN % CONVENTION Ohio City Gets Call Over| Chicago and Kansas City | . After Secret Ballot WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. — The| Republicans have chosen Cleveland for next year's party convention to| nominate a Presidential campaign The declsion was made by the Republican National Committee af- ter a secret ballot in place of the customary roll call vote. The poll| NOWELLS GO SOUTH Willis E. Nowell and Mrs. Nowell are passengers gboard the North- western for Seattle to spend the holidays. L ik e TAKING TRIP SOUTH Iver Reppe, Krafft Cabinet Shop employee, left for the States on the North Sea, . gave Cleveland 54 votes, Chicago 39, and Kansas City six IChairman Henry P. Fletcher op-| ened the committee meeting with the assertion, “We all know the New Deal is slipping. We've got the Democrats on the run.” Miss Margaret E. White was named to fill the vacancy from Al- aska. | neau | ment in Washington last Septem- mediate evidence of foul play. Miss Todd, clad in a fur coat and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C pink party dress, was slumped back Roper is pressing demands for favor- i’ the front seat. able action on the $2,900,000 alloca- She was last seen Saturday night i, of funds tor Alaska airport im- | accountant in Charge. in a fashionable Hollywood Cafe. & 2 ¢ provements, according to information Capt. Bruce Clark, West Los An- ‘yop, waghington today via the Asso- geles police, sald he could find no clated Press, The Secretary has ask- evidence of murder. LR SR v s ed Postmaster General James A, Far- ley, Secretary of War George Dern Z A and Delegate Anthony J. Dimond to confer with Harry L. Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administra- tion, with the purpose of pushing the proposed projects forward. Secretary Roper declares the pro- m—— jects will benefit the Department of J. G. Wenzel, Assistant Account- Commerce, Army and Navy in ad- ant in Charge for the Treasury dition to aiding in the developmens Department, is to leave aboard the o Alaska, Victoria for Matanuska, where he| rhe airport program has been dor- will assume control of the account-' pone for the last several weeks. ing work in the Federal Colony, £ & &, according to Charles E. Naghel,| Juneau office in about a month, will supervise the change from the| u Corporate to the Federal accounts| and disbursing setup in Matanuska. He will be accompanied by S. Dan-!| MANILA, Dec. 16. — Commercial iel Putnam, Assistant Disbursing, transpacific fiying became routine Clerk, who will handle the work today with the arrival, precisely on for the Disbursing Office. | schedule, of the Philippine Clip- Wenzel was transferred to Ju-| per with airmail and cargo at from the Treasury Depart- 11:54 p.m. Sunday. ber. FOSS RETURNS FRO i TRIP TO WESTWARD H. B. Foss, head of the Foss Con-| struction Company, arriveed on the | Northwestern from the Westward, after a successful business trip in connection with PWA work bemz] handled by his firm in Cordova and | Valdez. OKAY, SANTA .1 WON'T BF & SCROOGE !