The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1935, Page 1

' ETHIOPIANS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRI VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7155. “ALL THE NEWS - SENATOR BORAH " WILL CAMPAIGN EMPIRE STATE To Make First Appearance in New York Jan. 28— Invitation of Liberals NEW YORK, Dec. 28.— United States Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho will invade New York City cn January 28 on his initial eastern appearance preliminary to determ- ining the 1936 Republican Presiden~ tial nomination. The Senator’s decision to appear in New York became known last night. He will come here at the in- vitation of New York Republican | Liberals, who seek to bring Senator Borah actively into the fight to win the Empire State’s convention | strength. Meanwhile, Edgar J. Cook, Chicago attorney, announced hjs decision to | enter Senator Borah In the Illinois pre:idential primary againgt Frank Knox, Chicago publisher. Cook was a “Bull Moose” party worker during | Teddy Roosevelt’s day. | It is believed Senator Borah may | not file in Illinois, but that his name will be entered by his supporters. | e e — PREMIER LAVAL CONFIDENT OF MAJORITY VOT Helmeted GuardsavibliCar- Lot e By ki o 2 Congress Calendar Indicates Session May Run Into Jun bines at Entrance to | Chamber Deputies BULLETIN—PARIS, Dec. 28. ! —Premier Laval was late this afternoon given a vote of con- fidence. The vote was 304 to 261 PARIS, Dec. 28.—Premier Laval, parliamentary observers said today, appeared assured of a majority of 25| votes in the Chamber of Deputies on the question of confidence in his government. | Steel-helmeted mobile guards, with carbines swung on their shoulders, were held in readiness for possible disorders outside the Chamber as the voting opened. PROFIT TAKERS CASH IN TODAY, STOCKEXGHANGE Some Losses Are Recorded —Specialties Remain | in Good Demand | NEW YORK, Dec. 28. — Stock Market profit takers cashed in at the short session today which was exceptionally quiet. There - were a number of losses ranging from fractions to more than one. point. Scattered specialties were in de-| mand. ] Rails and aircrafts were relatively | steady. [ Today's close was somewhat heavy. | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Closing' quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 14, American Can| 132%, American Power and Lighl,f 8%, Anaconda 28%, Bethlehem | Steel 49%, General Motors 55%,| International Harvester 59%, Kel-, vinator 14%, Kennecott 27%, Unit-, ed Corporation 6%, United States Steel 46, Southern Pacific 22%, Pound $4.39%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: | industrials 140.77,| rails 39.39, utilities 28.69. | Charles Mahaffie | Chosen Chairman | I. C. Commission { ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— Charles D. Mahaffie has been elected chair- man of the Interstate Commerce | Commission, succeeding Hugh M.| ‘Tate, Tennessee Republican. Mahaffie, a Democrat, will serve one year under the Commission’s ro- tation plan. g Sééks m]éadgrer Bcafi;y VCrfovrvn MARY JOYCE ON OVERLAND TREK T0 FAIRBANKS Girl Lodge Owner Com- pletes First Lap of Dog Sled Dash to Interior The first leg of an overland trip of several hundred miles by dog | team through the real Arctic, from iTnku to Fairbanks by way of Atlin, | Whitehorse, Burwash Landing and | Tanana Crossing, has been com- pleted by Mary Joyce, owner o | Awin Glaciers Lodge on the Taki Ri I | | [ | | ( ! Miss Joyce, diminutive, dainty} dog-musher extraordinary, left hei | hunting lodge on the Taku Ri ! on December 20 and is now at Tuls seemah. B. C. Her proposed rou will follow the Inklin River up: am to the winter mail ti | from Telegraph to Atlin,” thence | Atlin and on into the Interior, en= “x'cm.e to Whitehorse. { Thence to Atlin : } From Tulsequah she expesets te | travel to Atlin in the company of & I"party of Indians who make several | trips each winter over that portion {of her route. Latest reports from | Tulsequah indicate the trail in that | region is very bad, with holes in the |ice on the Inklin River, and it is thought that about 20 days will be ‘required for the journey to Atlin, | Miss Joyce will make a large part of her trip alone, a big undertaking | for even the most trail-hardened | “*sourdough,” but she places great confidence in her lead dog Tip, and the four other dogs—Taku, Stikine, ____!Inklin and Chesley—3-year-old fuil ' One of the leading competitors for the coveted honor of “Badger | Beauty” at University of Wisconsin is Miss Carolyn McKay of Wau- sau, Wis., stunning brunet. | THINKS ALASKA HAD TEMPERATE CLIMATE ONCE Prof. Stephen Tabor Finds Evidence Arctic Chill Not Always Existent NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—In the froz- en ground of northern Alaska, geol- ogy finds evidence the climate there has not always been intensely cold. Rather there was a period of great cold, followed by a warmer time which eventually was succeeded by the present chill. Placer gold mining made possible this study, described to the Geologi- cal Society of America by Prof. Ste- phen Taber. Beneath the present line of almost perpetual frost, Taber found bedrock showing decomposed conditions com- mon to more temperate climates. SIS EXTREME COLD DISPELLED BY PRECIPITATION Snow and Rain in Stricken States Routs Frigid Weather CHICAGO, 111, Dec. 28.—The cur- rent frigid wave, covering most of the nation, was dispelled by conditions conducive to snow, and in some cases rain, today. The change followed in the wake of a wave of at least 220 deaths, in- cluding 67 from cold or exposure Snow came to the rescue yesterday and last night in the widely-separ- ated states of New York, North Da- kota and Oregon. In eastern Washington rains com- pleted the rout. Forecasters look for week-end rain or snow in the middlewest. e Wool “Cycle” Holds NEW YORK.—The two-year wool consumption cycle theory continued | brothers who make up the balance | of her five-dog team. She depends | upon her ability as a trained nurse 1Lo cope with any mishaps which /" may occur enroute, and despits aer { youth, feminine charm; and slight | stature — characteristics never be- | fore associated with the rigors of {the Arctic trail—her friends are (Chief of Bureau, The Associated | ynanimously of the opinion that Precs, Washington) {she will arrive at Fairbanks on | | | Widely-advertised predictions that | SnedUIe: | the Congressional session beginning | | in January will end in April have a ! | hollow sound when the tasks ahead 1are considered. . kA .., | Mayor of Fairbanks, two cameras— i Thle "pp‘:l_”‘?“g’:kb;fi:m“:“::‘l} {one for taking motion pictures and | zequire weeks of WOEK. 11 5 qUeSLION” | the other for “stills"—and s quan- {able whether any past Congra_ss has tity of Dufaycolor film are among found budgetary problems quite s0 |y, oqyinment aboard her sled. controversy-laden as they will be in ""po the last three years Miss 1936, p 5 | Joyce has operated the Twin Glac- Apparently the tax bill passed last iers Lodge, a popular big-game- session is to be overhauled in some |, ying ang fishing resort on the particulars. Tax legislation always 15| maku River, and often makes trips fine e an_d it peoiiach 1o to Juneau alone aboard her gasboat be particularly so if the subject is ' Mary J. re-opened in the current atmosphere | of government-business conflict. | The impression is general that the Supreme Court will throw out AAA, | and that a new farm program will have to be worked out. Other “new deal” laws also are in judicial jeop- ardy, and the need for a variety of stop-gap legislation is not improb- jable. | The bonus bill already has been given a place on the calendar. A re- vamping of the new neutrality act is assured. The Townsend plan again is knocking at the door. Besides, 1936 is a campaign year. In campaign years Congress gets even more than the ordinary pleasure out of hearing itself talk. Townsend Strength { Unless the advance indications are l By BYRON PRICE Carrying Mail A sack of United States mail, in- cluding a letter from John W. Troy, Governor of Alaska, to E. B. Collins, o KIDNAPED SELF | “IN EFFORT T0 GET STAGE J0B {Caleb Milne Admits Strange| Abduction Was Own Scheme for Publicity NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—J. Edgar JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1935. WIN VICTORY IN NORTH misleading, the bonus and the Town- cend old-age pension plan are des- tined to make special trouble for the Administration strategists. The bonus advocates.have been re- crganized. The opposition appears to have no hope of stopping passage by both Senate and House; and cur- rent surveys raise a doubt whether enough votes can be mustered to up- hold a presidential veto. Washington is hearing surprising things about the Townsend move- {ment, whose leaders are playing the iclever game of staying out of presi- dential politics and concentrating on Congress. The west remains the Townsend stronghold—it is reported that in California no member of Congress {dares to be against the plan, and or- |ganizers claim a voting strength of 20,000 in Tdaho, encugh to turn any lelection in a state which cast less than 180,000 votes in 1932. | But other sections are being heard {from, too. A Townsendite has won |a surprise Republican nomination | for Congress in Michigan. Congress- |men from Texas and Massachusetts recently have disclosed that they were receiving petitions by the thou- sands from their constituents. Last session the Townsend plan re- | !Hoover‘ Chief of the Federal Bureau |of Investigation, today announced |that Caleb J. Milne, scion of a |well known Philadelphia family, “kidnaped himself.” Young Milne recently disappear- ed from his apartments, a ransom note was received by relatives, and several days later he was found in {a ditch near a road not far from |the metropolis, lips and eyes tap- ed and hands bound. e Hoover, in making a further statement, said: “Milne kidnaped himself as a matter of publicity to help him get| {a job on the stage. He broke down shortly after midnight last night and told us the whole story of how he conceived the idea when in des- perate financial straits and could not get a job.” Milne has been arrested with a charge pending. Failures in 1935 Lowest In 15 Years NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—A 15- year record low in both the number and liability total of \lo prove itself during the year 1935. ceived only 56 house votes. All quar- Since 1922 there have been no two 4 ter: ase s consecutive years of either advances 1 SXpoct S [DGLENOE TEk gespian, or declines. [} (Continued on Page six) business failures is in sight as 1935 draws to a close, setting records in this respect not seen sinee 1920, ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ] i Of possible political ligniflcnncc is this meetin, New York at Lambs’ Gambol dinner in New wovernor, was largely responsible for ‘Walker’s resi; left to right, ave Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. 7 NEW GOVERNOR Montana Killer - Shet, Captured | in Butte House L | Desperado Mow ed Down After Terrorizing Mother and Two Small Children BULLETIN — Butte, Dec. 28. | Knight died during the night, | | | BUTTE, Montana, Dec. 28—Wil- liam Henry Knight, former convict,| wanted for the slaying of three per- sons on Christmas Day, was shot and probably fatally wounded last night by police officers, who located him in | a house in Butte, where he had keptj several persons prisoners all day. \ Officers threw tear gas bombs into the building, and, as the fugitive William Elmer Holt (above) of {rieq to escape through the window, ::Ill:e'r'?“za'noc"he,'"lTQMc:n::;,:"nt:: opened fire. A bullet fired by Assist- | governor. He ‘succeeded Frank H. ant Polxc‘t‘ Chief Jack Buggann struck {Cooney, deceased. (Associated Knight in the heali, just back of the | | Press Photo) ear. He was rushed to the hospital,| | where his condition was said to be | CHARGED TO D. VAN VLACK the home of Mrs, James T. Gilligan, Tacoma Kidnaper, in Jail | | | | | | wife of a PWA worker, at 9 am. Fri- | i day while her husband was away at work. He terrorized the mother and two small children all day, but al- lowed her to go to the grocery for| food, warning her, however, against jdisclosing his presence in her home. 1 Tells of Crimes Meanwhile, he calmly told her ofl A killing Officer Tom O’Neill and Fran- | at Twin Falls, Idaho, cis Waish in a Butte boarding house| F 5 T . l on Christmas day, and later of kill- | aces lria ing Floyd Woods near Hutchens, : Montana, Christmas night on a wild | TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 28.— escape. He also told her he killed | Douglas Van Vlack, of Tacoma, has Thomas Meehan, King County dep- | been formaliy charged with first de- uty on November 13. | dree murder in connection with the Police Notified l the death of his former wife, Mildred | when Gilligan came home from | Hook, aged 22, whom he had kid- work, Knight permitted the parents | naped from her Tacoma home. to take their children to their grand- | Van Viack previously had been parents' home, but warned them | charged with slaying State Patrol- against telling the police, declaring | man Fountaine Cooper, who With he would kill them all, then shoot | ped Van Vlack and attempted t0, However, after taking the children question him regarding the abduc- to their grandparents, the parents tion. Givens later died from wounds notified the police, who surround- inflicted by Van Vlack at the same ed the house and captured Knight. time Cooper was killed. ! A VOYAGERS WALK TYPHOON DEAD T0 SHORE FROM - MOUNT T0 38 E 2 | Deaths from the storm, which A" :OSOQ PHSSEII%CYZ of z)"]achod the region earlier this week, viet Steamer lrudge {Include seven from falling trees; 12 . | fishermen, drowned off Siruma, and Town Over 8 Miles, Ice |otner tatatities scattered through o TS | 8ixX provincs VLADIVOSTOK, Dec. 28.—All of | the 100 passengers stranded on rhe? Blomm Festivu] Soviet steamer Lozovski, reached the shore of the Okhotsk Sea, after | Q“em md Escort a trudge of over eight miles on a heavy pack of ice The Lozovski was frozen solidly in ice packs while enroute to Vladi- vostok from Sakhalen Island. Members of the crew are still MANILA, Dec. 28.—The typhoon | dead mounted to 38 as reports came —Betty Brady, 19, “Miss Bentbon of Postmaster-General Farley and ex-Mayor Walker of ‘ork. It will be remembered that President Roosevelt, then tion and “exile.” The others in the group, from ague, Mrs, Farlev and Mrs. Walker, several hours after being shot. | ECONOMIC WOE Deputy Sheriff Henry Givens, stop- himself, if they did. | Die, Auto Accident BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec, 28 | Harbor” in the 1934 Blossom Festival, | camped on the ice beside the ship, and Franklin Hansen, 20, were killed when their coupe skidded into the path of a truck near South Haven awaiting the arrival of another ship with dynamite to blast an opening for the Lozovski. during the night. 1 | Embarrassed Status of the marriage of Homer L. Loomis, Jr., wealthy and socially prominent young New Yorker, to 18- year-old Laura Hampton Hover (above), winner of a California beauty contest, was a matter of con- jecture and statements. Loomis said, “I can not remember any- thing about it.” Miss Hover re- plied, “It's causing me a great deal of embarrassment.” (Asso- ciated Press Photo) GETS PRIORITY OVER POLITICS Dr. Victor Morris, U. of O., Says Disarmament, War, Etc., Are Secondary OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 28— The Pacific Coast Economic Association advocated a world wide organization for long-range adjustment of inter- |national disputes before they reach |the war threat stage. | Dr. Victor Morris, University of New Deal for Walker Seen in F;;le); Grévéti'ngfi MANY Ii\i ADERS KILLED DURING ~ SURPRISE RAID 25 Italian O?f;;rs, 100 Na- tives Are Slain Near Addi Abbi MERCILESS ATTACKS BY AIR CONTINUED Hitler Takc; More Warlike Stand as Armaments Increase DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland, Dec. 28.—The latest of a succession of bold forays by the Ethiopian troops against Italy’s invading blackshirts gave a fresh complexion to Musso- lini’s campaign in Ethiopia today. Italian forces on the northern front were forced to relinquish Abbi | Addi, 26 miles west of the main |northern lines, in’a surprise Ethi- opian attack. The bodies of 25 Italian officers and many native troops were found on the battlefield. One hundred of Italy’s native soldiers were taken | | prisoners. ETHIOPIANS FLEE COMBAT ROME, Dec. 28.—Reports reach- ing here said Ethiopians fled from a third stiff combat with Fascist forc- es on the northern front. The de- fenders are reported to be seeking protection from merciless air at- tacks, and trying to escape into the Tembien Mountain sector to the south. NAZI ARMING PROGRESSES BERLIN, Doc, 28—One aspect to the European situation tangent to the Ethiopian war-was reflected in information from Nazi headquarters here that Adolf Hitler is “taking a bolder stand, as German armaments increase.” Informed sources said Hitler de- clined to discuss the armament limi- tation problem with the British Am- bassador. German officials charge that the Franco-Russian mutual assistance pact now before the French Chamber of Deputies constitutes war danger. HITLER COOL TOWARD ARMS LIMITATIONS German Officials Charge Franco - Russian Mutual Assistance War Danger BERLIN, Dec. 28—Informed sourc- es are asserting President Adolf Hit- ler has rebuffed recent English and French overtures for arms limita- tions. Reports sald the German Execu- tive is taking a bolder stand as Ger- man armaments increase. He is cold toward old proposals for an air pact in which he once asked parity with France, German officials charged the Franco-Russian mutual assistance pact, now before the French Cham- ber, constitutes war danger. Informed sources said President Hitler reserves the right to decide {Oregcn. told delegates that economic | pressure must be dealt with before it | becomes acute. He said disarmament ‘c:mnul, be properly considered until economic problems are adjusted | Sales Tax May | Supplant Levies On Payrolls WAS H G T ON, Dec. 28— Chairman James P. Buchanan, of the House Appropriations Committee, ‘today suggested the idea of levying sales taxes on luxuries to support the New Deal’s Social Security program. Representative Buchanan said | such levies would be substituted for taxes on payrolls, which the act now provides. - 2 {LIVIES COME FRO NAKNEK FOR VISIT Dr. Robert Livie and wife arrived on the Victoria from Neknek and will visit with Mr, and Mrs. J. Livie for several weeks before returning to the westward, his actions after the pact is ratified. | Officials insist the pact is directed |against Germany and smacks of the ;;;m-wur Franco-Russian alllance. CHORUS GIRL ~ FOUND DEAD BUFFALO, Dec. 28.—The broken body of a chorus girl, Helen Lowers, 18, formerly of Greenville, Ohio, was found in an alley three stories below the open window of the hotel where she lived. i The medical examiner said evi- dence indicated the girl leaped to death. Matanuska’l:v’estock to Be Supplied with Tacoma Hay and Feed TACOMA, Wash,, Dec. 28.— Forty carloads of hay and feed will be shipped from Tacoma to Matanuska to tide the colony’s livestock over the winter. This is according to J. Fred Kenworthy, feed dealer.