The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7198. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1936. ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIR MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'GOVERNMENT WINS TVA POWER CASE E:[]]uu ETHIOPIA | ABor;il,on}E) Run in Ohio | TROOPS KILLED | ' IN NEW DRIVE Mussolini Casualties Placed at 5,500 in ‘Terrific Six-day Battle SAY NATIVE SOLDIERS DESERT ROMAN ARMY All Europe Considers Arm- ament as War Reaches New Pitch in N. Africa LONDON, Feb. 17.—Claims of a great Italian vietory in mnorthern Ethiopia were put forward in Rome today as the government announ- ed the most sweeping advance of troops in the north since the early days of the war. It was said the Ttalians had captured 300 squars I'ITALIANS CLAIMB miles of new territory in a six-day battle which brought death to 5,- 000 Ethiopians and wounds to 15.- 000 more. The total alleged pian casualties was placed at 2 000 while the Italian casualties was said to have been 5500 with less than 500 killed. The Italians said the front lines in the north are now within 20 miles of Amba Alji. ETHIOPIANS CLAIM SUCCESS The FEthiopian government an- nounced success in the war today and claimed 4000 Italian native troops had deserted . from their commands on the southern fronts and left for the British colony of Kenya. The claim was denied by the Italians. The war had serious repercus- sions in European affairs with most of the European nations seriously concerned with armaments. The British government has asked ad- ditional appropriation amounting to $39,000,000 for the fighting forces for ‘'special measures to be taken in connection with the Ethiopian dispute.” ITALIAN PLANE FALLS Ethiopian reports said an Italian tri-motored plane fell in flames and its six occupants burned to death during a bombardment last week in the northern sector near Lake Haik monastery. ROY D. CHAPIN DIES AFTER § DAYS'ILLNESS President of Hudson Motor Company Passes Away in Detroit Hospital DETROIT, Mich., Teb. 17.—Roy D. Chapin, Secretary of Commerce in the Hoover Administration, and President of the Hudson Motor Company, died Sunday in the Henry Ford Hospital. He had been ill with pneumonia for only six days. Three sons, three daughters, a brother and sister survive. Auto Optimist Roy Dikeman Chapin was one of the persistent optimists of the au- tomobile industry who joined its pioneers in the days before it could be dignified as an industry to help in its development from nothing to one of the leading units of the world's industrial fabric. He drove the first motor car to, make the Detroit-New York trip entirely under its own power. He| had to carry spare parts and wait for replacements from the factory en route. Chapin was only 21 when, at the beginning of the - century, hg left school to take a job making photo- graphs of early motor cars to be used in sales promotion. This paid him $35 a month. Three years later he was General Sales Manager of the Oldsmobile Company, and be- fore he was 30 he became President and General Manager of the Hud- son Motor Car Company. Good Roads Advocate Almost from the beginning of his (Continued ou Page Three) ® Ohio’s Republican presidential primary, May 12, became the focal point for a decisive struggle between G. O. P. conservatives and liberals when Senator William E. tago publisher, both announced Ohio the first battle ground in the Republican presidential race. LAST TRIBUTE IS GIVEN TO MRS, BEHRENDS Beloved Pioneer Citizen Laid to Rest Following Simple Rites Sunday | Simplicity, in accordance with the wishes of her family and her own desire, marked the funeral service, ai tne Northern Light Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon, of Mrs. | B. M. Behrends, gentle and beloved pioneer of Alaska, whdse death oc: |curred February 12 in Ketchikan, where, on her way home from a trip to the south, she was stricken with her brief last illness. The Church, of which she was a charter member, has probably never known a larger attendance than that which filled it yesterday to overflowing, as persons from cveryi walk of life gathered therein to pay final tribute to their departed | friend. Flowers banked the altar ' |and the simple casket. For those| unable to find room in the auditor- | jum, place was provided in the| | church parlors, where, by remote | control, the rites were broadcast | { from the pulpit. | Both the invocation and the serip- | | ture, which consisted of brief selec- | ! tions from the fifteenth chapter of | | First Corinthians, were read by the | Reverend David Waggoner, pastor of | | the First Presbyterian Church, who, as an old friend of Mrs. Behrends, assisted by the Reverend John A. | Glaase in conducting the services. Mrs. Alexander Sings | Mrs. George F. Alexander, com- | plying with Mrs. Behrends' own re- quest while living, sang two hymns, | "Lead Kindly Light” and “Abide With Me.” Mrs. Carol Beery Davis | was at the organ. Beautiful Eulogy | The eulogy, delivered by the Rever- end Mr. Glasse, recounted, with ten- der sympathy for those who survive | | her, the life of Mrs. Behrends since she first came to Alaska in 1886 as a missionary at the Presbyterian training school in Sitka. “Her life,” said the Reverend Glasse, “was like that of Jesus, in its goodness, kind- ness, devotion to others and to God, and was one to inspire all who ever knew her.” Following the benediction at the church, the Rev. Glasse conducted | brief committal services at Ever-| green Cemetery, where the beloved | citizen was laid to rest in a vault in the Masonic plot. Assisting at Church H Ushers assisting in the ceremonies were Walter P. Scott, John New-‘ | (Continued on Page Two) i Borah and Col. Frank Knex, Chi- themselves as candidates, making :Alaskan’s Wife !Poses as Man; Makes Charges LOS ANGELES, Cal,, Feb. 17. —Mrs. Frances Orlando, aged 26, mother ef a sv2ven-year-old v, told Deputy Labor Com- ner Arthur Johnson she had poced as a man for most of her life because it was easier to get work. She alleged she worked 12 hours daily for three weeks in a cafe here and re- ceived only $4 pay. The owner of the restaurant denied the al- legation and Johnson reserved decision. The woman sz2id her husband was in Alaska. - DOUBLAS CHOSEN FOR REPUBLICAN 143 CONVENTION Territorial Committee Meet-, dng Here Saturday De- | cides on Southeast City | Republicans of Alaska will hold| their Territorial Cenvention at Douglas April 9, starting at 10 in the morning, it was decided at a meeting of the Territorial commit-| tee here Saturday. The meeting was the other Divisions. Seward and Anchorage both made bids for the session, Territorial| Chairman Albert White said, but’ when a poll had been taken, it re-| vealed Douglas the favorite. } A large representation from, throughout the Territory is expect- ALEX PANTAGES IS FOUND DEAD INLOS ANGELES - Wealthy Thealre Cwnet, Veteran Klondiker Pass® es Away in Bed LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 17— Alexander Pantages, wealthy thea- tre owner and horseman and a vet- eran of the Klondike gold days, was found dead in bed this morning. The cause of death apparently was caused by heart trouble. Onperating the principal theatres in the western part of the nation, Pantages sold his large . theatre chain to RKO in 1929. In 1833 he again headed an independent ex- . hibiting organization. The 64-year-old theatrical man is s2id to have got his start on $45 earned in a Dawson dance hall as bartender. He took over an insol- vent Dawson theatre and began | drumming up trade. Seats sold on the opening night for $12.50 each. He made good money and later went to Seattle where he estab- lished a moving picture house in the early days of the industry. From then he began to branch out until his chain of theatres reached into 52 cities. - DAROLLERIS CLOSE ON HEEL OF R, LUNDELL Anith: Golitl Leaps to Fifth Position Overnight —Many Votes Cast Ida Rpller, second place candi- date in the Better Times Drive, almost usurped Ruth Lundell of her first place title in voting to noon Saturday, turning in 56,975 votes for a total of 645,000. Miss Lundell turned in only 24250 to total 655, 525. Other than Miss Roller, Anita Garnick was the only other con- testant to surpass the 50,000 mark, Miss Garnick registering 53,925 votes to hold fifth position. No important changes in the ranks of the 30 girls now compet- ing were noticed. Balloting to noon Saturdav fell a few votes short of the half-million mark. Sabotagels Discovered on Brit. Warship Third Instance of Kind in Three Months—In- vestigation On LONDON, Feb. 17.—The British |made up of members from this' Admiralty today announced sabot- Division, proxies being sent in from age has been discovered aboard the day strike, provides for only two cruiser Cumberland stationed at Chatham. This is the third instance of sa- botage connected with the British warships in three months. The case is under investigation Other information is refused. ! NEW FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD COMMISSIONED IG VICTORY IN NO | ! President Roosevelt is pictured with members of the new federal reserve board as he signed their | commissions. Left to right, standing: Joseph A. Broderick, Ronald Ransom, John McKee, M. S. Szymczak anffi Marriner S. Eccles, who was renamed chairman for four years. One member had not been ap- | pointed, and Ralph W. Morrison was absent. (Associated Press Photo) | Extraordinary Proposal, Inter - American Parley, Advanced by Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Pre dent Roosevelt Saturday night un- |an Inter-American Conference en- | compassing 20 Central and South |“at “a permanent peace in this e Republics, the Ghief Executive sug- | Western Continent." | WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 The | gested that a parl be held at | Senate today passed an appropria- | Buenos Aires, Argentine at an early | tion bill providing: for $2,600,000,000. | date in the cause of peace in the ' It includes $1,730,000,000 to pay the New World soldiers’ bonus and $879,000,000 to Of Vital Concern In almost identical personal let- run the independent offices of gov-! Presndent Roosevelt, in his per- ernment during the next fiscal year. sonal letters, said the matter is | — e - | of “vi concern and these steps ! furthermore would advance the cause of world peace inasmuch as | agreements which might be reach- ed would supplement and reinforce the efforts of the League of Na- ¥ ture peace agencies in seeking to prevent wa : dent Roosevelt’s suggestion /s gen- ! erally concedéd,'in fact the stag- ! sk ing of such a peace parley is Longshoremen Refuse to tually guaranteed in advance [ through informzl soundings by t! Unload Cargo from A. siute Department H. Freighler Another Precedent | | The entire procedure however is | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 17, ¢xtraordinary. The fact that the | —A new waterfront dispute devel- President wrote direct to the heads joped here when 108 longshoremen of Governments rather than mov- | refused to unload the cargo from M through diplomatic channels | the freighter Columbian saying the and the assertion that the situation | company was violating the working warranted “personal interchange of | rules. views between Presidents of Amer- ‘ The America-Hawaiian Company ordered the longshoremen to use ican Republics” stirred some spec- ulation that he himself might at- three trailers behind cargo trucks. tend the projected conference. | Harry Bridges, President of the | Longshoremens’ Local, declared the This conjecture drew no confirma- tion from either the State Depart- | award_which ended the recent 30- ment or the White House however. 3 TRAINMEN ARE KILLED | trailers. LAt U5 AL PUERTO RICANS FORROOSEVELT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 17, —After pledging six votes to Presi- IN AGCIDENT Bitter Cold Hampers Res- cue Parties Among Wreckage ed for the convention, which is be-| ing held three weeks before the| Fake Addresses | CHATANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 17- primary election which this year: pojee Commissioner E. J. Bryan will be April 2. The officlal call| oy, pogtieggers here are using a | dent Roosevelt, the Puerto Rican will be tssued in the next few d“ys'] new ruse in an effort to circumvent | Democrats last night also voted to Chairman White said. i the law—putting fake numbers on work for statehood for the island Other business of the Saturday| their homes with the hape of inter- (goal and continuance of the state- session was the election of Frank| fering wj*h \e service of warrants hood plank in the platform they Foster as Secretary of the Terri-| op subsequent prosecution. adopted in 1932. JORDAN, Minn., Feb. 17.—~Three torial Committee. - - engine crew members were killed HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 17—The TR - AR Pl and one injured when a freight Hcllywood Republican Assembly } : Coyotes Paced by Plane irain "of the’ Ghicato, Bt Badt hes recommended that Gov Afred Fairbanks Resident Minneapolis and Omaha raflroad M. Landon file as candidate for crashed into the rear of a stalled freight The dead are Engineer Dwight L. Johnson, Fireman T. L. Long and another unidentified train- man. ‘The Zescuers are handicapped by bitter cold but continue to search the twisted wreckage for other possible victims. On Ice in Tanana River FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 17— Pilot Prank Pollock, carrying Roy " | L and Mary Hanousek, 26, of Seattle. se‘::f: G:gyo'!: Big DD: l;:' lg:efrb:: . ana River ice going in the same clared he would have the ice carni- Alr lines in the United States em- | direction. val dog derby in the bag if he could ploy 197 young women as hostesses. Pollock flew low and speeded the | get a team of coyotes in harness. to Wed in Seattle SEATTLE, Feb. 17—A marriage license has been issued to Gus Oman, 36, of Fairbanks, Alaska, coyotes to their utmost sied be- fore he zoomed ahead Lund, who is a dog racer, looked on the animals with envy and de- CRIPPLED GIRL | - SENT OUTSIDE ~ BY ANCHORAGE Public Subscription Sends 12-Year-Old Child to Orthopedic Hospital ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 17 Lou Ann Markle, 12, has left in the company of her mother for treat- ment in the Orthopedic Hospital of | | Portland | Citizens of Anchorage riiscd more than $500 in less than two cays to finance the journey. | * Doctors advised against the trip, | saying the girl was not in condition | to witnstand it satisfactorily. One | leg is badly infected below the knee. | The father, George Markle, of | Medford, Oregon, wlil meet the| mother and girl upon their arrival | |in Portland | | A radiogram received here said | | that George Hattie, of Portland, read | |the Associated Press story about the | | public subscription and deposited | return fare at the steamship office. | OTHER PERSONS AID | PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 17.—| Befriended by persons who read of | her plight. Lou Ann Markle is now | on her way from Anchorage, Al- ‘aska, to Portland by steamer for| an operation which may save her| life. The operation will be per-| formed at the Portland Orthopedic Hospital. | | George Hattir, of Portland, Pa- cific Coast representative of Yard-| ley's, Inc, of London, read of the| girl’s plight in a Portland news-| paper and he immediately deposited with the Dollar Steamship Com-| pany here money to cover the re- turn trip to Anchorage. Others here, besides those in Alaska, offered hospital funds D URGING LANDON IN CALIFORNIA Hollywood Republicans| Want Kansas Governor | to Make Filing President in the California May pri- mary. The recommendation was made in a resolution forwarded to the Cali- fornia Republican Assembly and urged the “California Assembly give him full hearted support in order that California Republicans may be represented by a delegation of un- questioned sincere party loyalty.” | stitutionally RTH UPHOLDS ACTS OF WILSON DAM Highest Tribunal Rules Gov- ernment Has Right to Dis- pose of Surplus Power |ONLY ONE DISSENTING | OPINION ON DECISION |U. S Purchése of Power Lines from Private Con- cern Also Held Valid WASHINGTON, Feb. decision which did not constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority whole the Supreme Court today upheld the right of the government to dispose of surplus power from dams con- structed for the purposes of navi- gation control or as a national de- ense measure. In an eight to one decision, with 17—in a reach the as a | Justice McReynolds dissenting, and read by Chief Justice Hughes, the court hold the construction of the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals con- stitutional and also held valid the government purchase of transmis- on lines from the Alabama Power mpany to distribute energy McReynolds For Dismissal The minority ruling ccntended the urt - should have dismissed the | cs The Court held there was no con- stitutional prohibition against the manner in which the TVA was dis- posing of electricity generated there. Chief Justice Hughes asserted the authority to dispose of property acquired was specifi- cally provided for in the constitu- ~ tion itself Victory For Government The right of acquisition and the right to sell power were the two major points at issue in the TVA court action. The ruling today up- held the government’s action on the outstanding points at issue. Battle-scarred TVA, the Federal Government’s gigantic electric pow- er development, flood control and soil conservation project in the Tennessee Valley, was one of the first pillars in the “New Deal's” structure of planned economy. Long the dream of Senator Nor- ris of Nebraska and suggested by Mr. Roosevelt shortly before his in- auguration as President, the Ten- nessee Valley Authority’ was cre- ated by Congress in June, 1933. (Continued on Page Twe) e — STOCK PRICES HIT HARD OVER TVA DECISION Gains of Th@oin!s Crash —Utilities Take Brunt of Losses NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—The Stock Market was caught in the wrong guess on the Tennessee Valley Authority decision and watched ga of one to three points crash to losses of fractions to more than one point as a partial rebound. Utilities took the brunt both in the upward and downward swings. Other sections of the list respond- ed similarly. Today's close was heavy. CLOSING PRICES NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 120', American Light and Power 8%, Anaconda 35's, Bethlehem Steel 56'z, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 2%, Gen- eral Motors 58'%, International Har- vester 66, Kennecott 37':, United States Steel 60, Southern Railway 18, Cities Service 57, Boeing Air- plane 25%, United Aircraft 29%, Pound $4.99 TODAY DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 151.40, rails 48.37, utilities 32.75.