The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 17, 1935, Page 1

» navies. . HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1935. MEMBER OF A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS , VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7145. FEAR DEADLOCK OVER NAVY PLAN AT CONFERENCE British Pur;; Only Con- struction Required for National Defense U. S. AGREES TO STUDY PROPOSAL 'Davis Tells Japan Not Oc- casion to Change Existing Relative Naval Power LONDON, Dec. 17—~The United States delegates to the naval con-; ference today promised to study the British proposals for a new naval agreement in-a' friendly spirit on understanding the definite proposal ¢+ would not contain a major variation | from the principles of the existing treaties. DETAILS KEPT SECRET LCNDON, Dec. 17.—British dele- Is Shot Down gates to the naval conference are| concerned by the signs of a possiblel deadlock ensuing from the unn strieted rivalry over naval constru tion as proposed in the compromise plan for fleet tonnage and limitation. | Precise provisions of the plan have been kept secret, but the best in- formed sources said the adaptation of modernization, as the previous stmilar proposal advance in prelim- inary negotiations, was rece:ved without enthusiasm. Tha British proppse that each| power announce and live up to a program of warship construction re- quired for national defense. Under the plan each nation could con- | struet and maintain a navy sufficient to assure equality and security in| accordance with the varying respon- » sibilities and vulnerabilities of the several powers. Gives U. 8. Viewpoint Norman H. Davis, | l | chief United | States delegate, told the Japanese | that inasmuch as neither the United | States nor Japan has any intention | of taking the offensive against the other there is no reason for a change | in the existing relative power of the | —eo—— | LEGION DEMAND OUTLINED FOR BONUS PAYMENT Comdr. Ray Murphy Sub- mits Legislative Program to President Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— The American Legion's demand for cash payment of the bonus was laid squarely before President Roosevelt today. Commander Ray Murphy submit- ted the Legion’s legislative program which included, in addition to the bonus, pensions for widows and de- pendent' children of world war vet- erans, a universal service bill for wartime and adequate national de- fense. The President refused to comment on the interview. Murphy told news- men he had reason to believe the , Legion and the Veterans of Foreign * Wars would be united on the bonus at the coming session of Congress. JUNEAU’S CHRISTMAS TREE TO BE LIGHTED Tomorrow morning the force of the Alaska Electric Light and Pow- er Company will start the work of stringing lights on the Community Christmas Tree, sponsored by the Juneau Woman's Club, which has been erected in front of the First National Bank. The annuakChrist- mas program at the tree, including . community singing of Christmas carols, will be held next Sunday af- ternoon at 4 o'clock. B Fire Damages Igloo of Cordova Pioneers CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 17.—The L , Pioneer Igloo here was damaged by fire Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at $1,700. i 1 Walter W. Liggett (above) | * paticnally known writer and editor of a weekly newspaper in Minneapolis, Minn., was shot and killed last week under mys- teriouz circumstances. He was editor of the Skagway (Alaska) Alaskan, in the early days- of Lhat city. CHRIS N. CRONE DIES, ST. ANN'S HOSPITALTODAY Caretaker of Governor's House Passes on' After Lingering Illness Chris N. Crone, 44, Legionnaire and caretaker of the Governor’s House, died in St. .Ann’s: Hospital at 12:30 o'clock this, afternoon of septic poisoning. He ‘is survived by his widow, Mrs. C. N. Crone, popu- lar cooking demonstrator, who re- sides in the Goldstein Building. Mr. Crone’s death was the cul- mination of a lingering illness which had depleted his health for'several years, and which caused his con- finement in the hospital during the past four weeks. It had been planned to take him to Seattle for special treatment on the Princess Norah tonight. Mr. Crone was born in Atlantic, Towa, in 1891. In June, 1918, he enlisted in the American forces of the World War, and served as a mechanic in France for the 158th Infantry during 1918-1919, receiving his honorable discharge May 18, 1919, He came to Alaska in 1927, and he and Mrs. Crone lived four years in Hyder before coming to the Capital City. He has been employed for the past two and one half years at the Governor’s House. Mr. Crone was a member of the Alford John Bradford Post of the American Legion in Juneau. made for the funeral. The body is at the C. V. Carter Mortuary. LRI AT COOKING CLASS DEMONSTRATION ing Demonstration, Thursday afternoon, has been in- definitely postponed, according to announcement, late today by the Vo- cational Education Department. Postponement was made neces- sary by the death this morning of popular demonstrator. —— . SIMPSON GOING SOUTH on the Princess Norah enroute for California, where he will join his wife. He expects to attend the Pasa- dena Rose Bowl conflict between | Stanford and Texas Christian on| New Year's Day. ,UFFER THEORY LIGGETT SLAIN ~ BY GANGSTERS, Police Compare Bullets | Which Killed Publisher, | Motion Picture Czar O { CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—A theory that | Walter Liggett, militant publisher of the Midwest American, was slain | by a Chicago gang, is being investi- | gated here by Chief Deputy Coro- nor William Schlagerrorder and Lt. Joseph Wilmovsky, ballastics expert, who will get photographs of the bul- lets used to kill Liggett and will check them against those used to assassi- nate Thomas Malloy, motion picture operator’s czar, February 4. Bullets will also be compared with | those of a submachine gun stolen from Willow Springs Highway Po- lice. e, — Tonnage of Alaska R.R. Increasing | | | | Secretary Ickes, in Annusl] Report, Makes Finan- cial Statement WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—Secre- | tary of the Interior Harold L. lckes,, in his annual report, says the ton-| nage of the Alaska Railroad increased ' 15,702 tons during the fiscal year | 1935, conpared with the 1934 period | due largely to freight movement into | the Government colony at Matanus- | ka. In a financial statement attached to the report, Secretary Ickes said | the total deficit in rail and river line operation, plus miscellaneous work during the year, dropped to $73,674, a decrease of $105,208, and pointed | out that “from this should be de- ducted $16,619 expended during the fiscal year for investigation of min- | eral and other resources, reducing the | deficit to $57,055.” Secretary Ickes reported an in- A general view showing the assembly of the American Farm Bureau Federation in the International Amphitheatre at the Chicago Union Stock Yards where President Franklin D. Roosevelt recently delivered his address in defense of his farm policies. interrupted with applause and given xmcral npprovM for his ouhpo krn, strong defense. REPUBLIGANS SEEKING AID OFDEMOGRATS To Solicit Support for Next Campaign—Alaska Dele- gation Is Increased WASHINGTON, Dec. 17— After selecting Cleveland for the 1936 con- vention city, the Republican Na- | w3 crease in revenue of $126,527, making tional Committee made a bid to the the total income from all sources, anti-Roosevelt Democrats in the next $1,476,567. !election. The bid to solicit support Mining Stimulated | from dissatisfied Democrats came af- Secretary Ickes, in his report, says|ter a spirited debate and was un- IS POSTPONED; The Vocational Education Cook-| scheduled (or} C. N. Crone, husband of Mrs. Crone, | Dr. Robert Simpson leaves umight‘l the stimulated during the year by the favorable gold price, may be expect- ed, under the current price, to con- | tinue to develop and expand durlng the coming year thereby increasing the tonnage of the Alaska Railroad. | “The colonization project, which | created a large amount of tonnage for the railroad during the latter part | of the fiscal year, will resolve to a volume of traffic normally to be ex- pected from a farming community of its size on completion of the con-| struction and development.” ‘The Secretary praised the work of investigating the resources of the railroad belt and said the topograph- ic and geologic survey of the Mata- nuska bituminous coal field between Eska and Moose Creek will ultimately be of great value not only for de- velopment of private mines but will also enable the railroad to ascertain the available coal reserves in this part of the field. — ., MILLIONAIRE IS ABDUCTED {Found Alivery— Police After i Held Week for $500,- 000 Ransom HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 17.—Nicholas Castano, millionaire, kidnaped a | week ago and held for $500,000 ran- |som, has been found alive by the { Cuban Army police. It is believed the {kidnaping was staged by the Leftist Revolutionary group. GOVERNMENT NURSE LEAVES ON NORAH Miss Esther L. Sandstrom, gov- | ernment nurse at Tetlin and Tan- ana Crossing, who arrived in Ju- neau on the steamer Northwestern, leaves on the Princess Norah for her home in Massachusetts, where she will spend her annual (urloux’h. No arrangements have yet been| “mining industry having been | usual action for a once dominant party to take. The National Committee also voted to limit the number of delegates and as a result the next convention will ;have 997 instead of 1154 delegates, | the number attending the 1932 con- | vention in Chicago. In rearranging the number of dele- gates, however, a few places will gain, |including Alaska, which will have three delegates at the 1936 conven- | tion, compared to two in 1932, - | Alibi Witnesses in Mass Murder Trial BULLETIN — Port Orchard, Dec. 17.—Leo Hall took the stand late today in the fight for his life. The first part of his testi- mony was devoted to the outline of his early activities. PORT ORCHARD, Wash,, Dec. 17.| —The state rested late yesterday | in the trial of Leo Hall and Peggy | Paulos charged with the mass mur- ders at Erlands Point and this morning the defense started the fight to save the two defendants. Leo Hall's sister, Mrs. Clara| Logue, of Seattle, told the jury Hall ate breakfast at her home on the morning the state alleges he leni the Feilder cottage after the killing | of six persons. T. J. Cole, Seattle shingler, said he saw Hall in his mother’s home | on the night of March 27 when the | crime was supposed to have been | committed. | A DRt Greek Assembly Is Dissolved by King| ATHENS, Dec. 17—King George has signed the decree dissolving the Assembly and ordering a general election for January 26. | Santa Llaus Arrwes Tomght Aboard Steamer Victoria; To Entertain from Seven to Two| Seven. o’'clock tonight is the hour for children of Jupeau and Douglas | meet Santa Claus Arriving on the “Christmas Ship” Vietoria, of the Alaska Steamship to | Co., at 5:45 o'clock, Santa Claus and | of Sitka, | his crew of entertainers will be ready | to meet their public at 7 o'clock. ‘There will be candy and toys, or- chestra music, singing, and enter- | tainment for young and old, wnh: George Ponier, chief steward of the Cordova, enacting the role of Santa, and Arch Stewart, Alaska SL(‘amwhl D Company official, the adult guests. \ Besides having gifts for both chil- |dren anll' adults, the Victoria is bringing: presents for the Girl Scouts sent to them by the Na- tional Federation of Business and Proles~xnx)al Women'’s Clubs, whose \Gald Diggers’ Cruise the Girl Scouts entertained last summer. Stopping at all ports from Ketchi- kan to Seward, the Victoria’s an- nual trip brings Santa Claus to an \esummed 6,000 children. entertaining INCOME TAXES AID TREASURY WASH!NGTON, Dec. 17.— ’l]u: Treasury income tax collections for the first half of December, the pe- riod for paying the last installments on 1934 incomes, was 31 percent over last year. The sum received between Decem- ber 1 and 15 was 3216 425,000, STOCK MARKET AreTestifyingNow FEEBLETODAY o NEW YORK, Dec 17.—Buyers and sellers were comparatively few today and the stock market was feeble al- though selected issues managed to keep a lap or so ahead of the pro- cession. Mining and equity issues rosiswd | another cut, Todays trading volume was the smallest since early in October. The | close was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 17— Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine, stock today is 14!2, American Can 132, American Power and Light 8%, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 457, General Motors 55, Internation- al Harvester 60%, Kelvinator 13%,| Stmmens Beds 18%, United Corpora- | tion 6%, United Foundries, no sale, Pound $4.93. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 140.60, rails 40.08, utilities 28.29. D PENSION BOARD MEET!’ €. H. Workman and H. R, Vander- Leest, members of the Territorial Pension Board, were continuing their conferences with Gov. John W. Troy Loday on routine business. KIDNAPED MAN JUST “MISSING” NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Federal Agents, spurning assistance of the | New York City police, pressed a fruitless search for the missing Ca- leb J. Milne, Jr, member of a prominent Philadelphia family, | who disappeared last Saturday from | his New York apartment and was reported Sunday to have been kid- naped for ransom, The police split with the Federal Bgcnr_s on clues and continued to fe- Ine as merely “missing,” ._.-..w by TOWNSEND PLANNING NEW POLITICAL ACT ‘Thlrd ‘Party , Petitions to Be Filed in All States, He Declares CHICAGO, Tl Dec. 17.—Dr. F. E. Townsend, leader of the movement | to provide $200 a month pension to day announced his organization will | positively file Third Party petitions | in all states. Dr. Townsend explained that this tion-wide vote on the Townsend Plan in 1936. He said the movement did not necessarily mean the organ- lization would enter a Third Party in the election, but it will place the organization ready for such a move- ment unless one or both of the old parties will establish a favorable at- titude toward the pension plan - A. Jennings, Sitka poat builder, is a through passenger from Sitka to Seattle on the North Sea He was frequently MCCAINTOSSES HATINTO . 0.P. | | Well Know—r:_Ketchikan Man Files on Republican Ticket for Atty.-Gen. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 17.—| Harvy G. McCain, of Ketchikan, and POLITICAL RING GUNS AGAINROAR ALONG BATTLEFRONT WAR IN AFRICA 'FLARES OUT AS TROOPS ATTACK Ethiopian Force Routs Ital- ian Outpost on North- ern Front LAVAL BACKS PLAN TO SETTLE DISPUTE British Believed Retreating from Support of Joint Effort DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland Dec. 17.—The Italo-Ethiopian war which for weeks has been fough( mainly by diplomats, flared out in ac- tual combat today, when a force of 3,000 Ethiopians outmaneuvered an Italian detachment near the Tahkaze River valley on the northern front, The Italian outpost forced back with considerable losses. The main Italian forces immediately went into action with airplanes and tanks. PEACE PROPOSALS PARIS, Dec, 17.—Premier Laval today told the Chamber of Deputies he has agreed on the Franco-British peace proposal to end war, constitut- ing about the first outright commit- ment to the scheme. Meanwhile reports here from Lon- don say that a British retreat from {active support of the plan is strong- ly indicated, as the government out- lined its position in a cabinet meet- {ing today. ARE SWOOPING DOWN ASMARA, Dec. 17— Reports of | fighting along the northern front indicate the Ethiopian forces are swooping down on the Ttalian out- pests in test skirmishes preliminary |to a mass attack. Sporadic fighting is known to have occurred along the front on Tigre | Provinece and it is apparent, from the |nature of the fighting, tbe Ethiop- ians are sending forward highly mo- |bile and closely connected advance guards. formerly of Cordova and Anchorage, | action is to be taken to insure a na-| mailed his declaration of candidacy | day. Friends said he thus set defi- nitely at rest rumors that he would seek the Republican namination as Delegate to Congress. Mr. McCain has been active in Re- publican politics throughout the Ter- ritory apd is Republican precinct committeeman here. He is a practic- ing attorney and a member of the Ketchikan uxy council. HOOVER WOULD DECENTRALIZE {Former President Advo-| cates Cutting Federal Al- lotments to States in Two ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17— HPerrL Hoover, in a caustic indictment of the | New Deal, demanded the removal of | relier into a decentralized setup I)|~~ ed on Lhu voluntary spirit of numm service.” Hoover said his relief plan Auuid “go far to assure a clean election.” He declared, “People on relief have suf- fered enough from having playboys take America apart to see how the wheels go round. ‘ The speech was made to members persons 60 years of age ar over, to- |of the Jonn Marshall Republican |™ |Club. Among other reforms in the | |relief program, Hoover advocated |cutting Pederal allotments to states Iby more than half. DUDE ‘GAME COMMISSION’S REPORT MADE READY A report on Lhe annual sesnun of the Alaska Game Commission held last week is to be issued tomorrow by Executive Officer Hugh W. Ter- hune. the Commission, plans to leave Ju- neau aboard the Victoria, emroute to his home in Pairbanks. for Territorial Attorney General on | the Republican ticket to Juneau to- | RELIEF SETUP ! Irving McK. Reed, chairman of CARBON GAS IS HELD CAUSE OF STAR'S DEATH | Police lnve—sTgate Reasons | for Miss Todd's Pres- ence in Garage | | | | LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 17— | The death of Thelma Todd, blonde xmm star, today remained a mys- tery, as police attempted to learn how she came into the garage, why ‘3 she went there, and what happened. The well-known screen player was found dead in the front seat of her automobile, clad in evening clothes she had been wearing when lagst seen in a fashionable Holly- wood cafe. Although there was blood at the throat and nose, there | was no evidence of foul play. Following the autopsy, Dr. A. A. | Wagner, county surgeon, said death | was caused by carbon monoxide p()h‘on RELIEF WORKER KILLS FELLOWS LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.—Charles ‘N Layman, vengeful relief worker, \killed four fellow workmen and | wounded three others, two critically. ‘}[l‘ told police he shot the victims (because “they had been picking on | { D - ' The dome of McDonald observa- tory in Texas is painted with alum- inum paint and is visible 50 miles |away