The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1936, Page 1

'S e THE DAILY ALAS VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7205. 000 HOMELESS IN CALIFORNIA FLOODS OIL SANCTIONS FADE AS ITALY WARNS BRITAIN England Held Retreating from Stand — Eden Avoids Question MUSSOLINI SCORES MUTUAL AID TREATY | Italy Renounces Naval Agreement Until Sanc- tions Removal LONDON, Feb. 25.—The oil sanc- tions issue, once the cause of war- like words from Fascist Italy, lost some of its power in the eyes of the British House of Commons lobbies ! || today. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, ' in his long-heralded speech tQ the Commons yesterday, avoided any definitc commitment on the ques- | tion, und .oservers believed that| thre is oriy a slim change that| Bi-lain would press for an oil em- | bargo against Italy. Pact “iotested [ Italy agam protested to England | against the formation of the Medi- | : terranean pact for mutual assist- ance, by which Britain, France, | Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia agree ' to mutual aid in case of aggression in the Mediterranean area. | Eden is on record as saying that | England is opposed to any pacts of | encirclement. H Another Punch | In another diplomatic thrust, Italy injected the question of the war with Ethiopia into the Naval Con- | ference, notifying the British that | Muscolini would refuse any new | naval agreement until the League of Nations' sanctions are removed. | | ETHIOPIANS THRUST AGAIN | DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland, | Feb. 25.—The Ethiopians claimed to | have cut through Italian communi- ! cations lines back of Makale again, | killing a total of 668 Italians in the process. The Ethiopians said their losses were negligible. SABOTAGEIS REPORTED ON BRITISH SH Fourth Case of Damage to Fighting Vessels Injures Destroyer Velox 1 LONDON, Feb. 25.—The fourth case of suspected sabotage aboard British fighting vessels this winter was reported early today by the Ad- miralty. The destroyer Velox, being refitted in Chatham dockyard, has been ! damaged, the Admiralty said, and the | mine-releasing apparatus of the ship | put out of gear. | Sabotage previously had been re- ported on the cruiser Cumberland, the Battleship Royal Oak, and the submarine Oberon while in drydocks. The Admiralty in each instance | refused to make statements. HABEAS CORPUS ROBS ALCATRAZ OF P. 0. ROBBER Ray Lagomarsino Becomes| First Prisoner Ever to Escape Island SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.— Ray Lagomarsino became the first pris- oner to win liberty from Alcatraz Island Penitentiary, when Federal Judge Michael J. Roche granted him a writ of habeas corpus. Lagomarsino, robber of the Coma, Oalif., post office, was sentenced ten years ago to serve a term of twenty years. He was transferred from Leavenworth about seven months ago. He contended he was given dou- ble punishment through the 20-year sentence, although he committed only one crime. Judge Roche agreed. P. C. Coryell (left), 75, retired Aéed Liiigant Kills Two mining engineer, killed two men in a Seattie law office and then calmly surrendered his weapons, which included pistol, knife and a bag of buckshot, to Sheriff W. B. Severyns (right), as shown above. He shot Richard E. Morris (inset), Seattle attorney, and V. M. Laigo, Filipino, in a dispute over a lawsuit. (Asso- ciated Press Photos) Elizabeth Rydner Enters Beauty Contest in Seattle SEATTLE, Feb, 25, sea-going viol smile and hkazel alluring have drawn much attention from eyes passengers on the Alaska Steam- ship Company vessels on trips to Alaska, has entered a beauty contest sponsored by the Seattie Central Federated Clubs. POLICE GUARD DAUGHTER OF FILM ACTRESS Susan Ann Gilbert, 2-Year- 0ld Child of Virginia Bruce, Is Threaiened HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 25. — A police guard is being maintained at the home of Virginia Bruce, screen actress, whose two-year-old daugh- ! ter, Susan Ann Gilbert, is reported threatened with kidnaping. Gladys Hall, film writer, told de- tectives an unidentified woman warned her that the blonde player’s child was in great danger. Susan Ann is the daughter of John Gilbert, recently deceased. B P R R MRS. G. BACON HAS 4-LB. BABY A gruelling trip by dog-team from | Tulsequah to Taku Inlet and thence by <pecial boat to Juneau found + tne mother of a baby weighing 1our pounds, twelve born in St. Ann’s Hospital early this morning. Both mother and child are do- ing nicely, hospital authorities re- orted Mrs. Bacon, Joe Smith, and Mr. and Mrs, James Linguard were the objects of a special trip to Taku Inlet made by the Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa recently, when radio advices reported the party marooned at the end of the Tulse- quah trail. Mrs. Bacon and Smith were brought to Juneau on the Tallapoosa, and the remainder of the party followed in the gasboat Alaskan. Mr. Bacon, who accompanied his wife to Taku, returned immediately to Tulsequah, to remain with the couple’s other children. - LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEETS NEXT FRIDAY ", when Mrs. George | MANY SCHOOLS" BEING CLOSED - AS FLURAGES Epidemic Forces Suspen- sion of Institutions i Washington SEATTLE, Feb. 25.— Schools have been closed in eight communities in ‘Washington state due to precautions against influenza. The Ellensburg School Board has closed all schools for one week fol- lowing absence of 561 students be- cause of illness as result of flu. Schools in the nearby Thorp dis- trict have also been ordered closed the same reason and other Kitti- rict schocls may follow suit situation does not improve. In Snohcmish County, schools in Everett, East Everett, Mukilteo, Lake Stevens, Sultan and Startup have alzo been ordered closed. FOUR DEAD IN SPOKANE deaths as the result of influenza |is reported here and an undeterm- ined number is reported ill. — o> 'WOMAN DIES ~ PARTYING AT ~ MARDI GRAS {Florida Visilor_Found with SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 25.—Four “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936. A EMPIR MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS MAILPOURS IN FROM COMMENT ‘More than 5(% Letters on First Boats After Column- | ists’s Alaska Paragraph Included in the heavy mail brought | by the Princess Norah last night mail” is the phrase because The | Empire received slightly more than | 300 letters on the subject to which * | Mr. Brisbane refers. The Empire} | positively knows that Mr. Brisbans is altogether too modest. { February 14, 1936. M§ dear Mr. Bender: i I enclose clipping from the | front page of the New York American, which appears in Mr. | Hearst’'s other papers and a couplc of hundred ‘dailies be- sides. 1 envy youg Mving in a new country. 0 square | ! miles divided ameng 60,000 peo- ple, ten square miles for each seems pleasing. I hope my reference to your editorial will not bring you too many letters. 'Probably you can turn them over to some Gov- | ernment agency if they should | run to more than a dozen or | %o, Sincerely, ARTHUR BRISBANE. The original story was published Saturday, February 15 in papers throughout the nation. The same day The Empire received it from Washington, D. C. by radio press and printed it. Forty-two letters arrived on the Norco, February 22, sailing from Se- attle on the 17th. Several of .the Norco letters were postmarksd New York, February 15, also a numbet from Chicago, one from Miami, Florida, and many from along the west coast, proving that air mail brings Alaska close to the eastern centers; also evincing the tremen- dous interest Alaska holds through- out the country and the enormous amount of publicity the Territory received through Mr. Brisbane's comment. A wide range of questions and re- quests for information is covered in the letters, many from people who ' are not job seekers but inquiring about possible investments. As soon as the more important letters have been answered The Empire will publish a series of them. ——eo——— - BY BRISBANE' is the letter reprinted below. “Heavy . . e, WHAT A MESS THIS TRAIN WRECK LEFT i | | This is the scrambled wreckage of one of the locomotives of a double-header freight train of 60 cars that resulted when it crashed int were killed 2nd tiree others inju. Plucky Anchorage Giri’s 0 another freight stalled near Jordan, Minn. Three of the train crew red. (Associated Press Photo) ANOTHER ARMY MAKES REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN STRIKE IN OHIO Sheniff Prepares to Enforce Injunction on Mass Picketing AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 25— Sheriff James T. Flower announces he is seeking aid of the National Guard iroops to control the strike situa- n at the Goodyear Tire and Rub- ber Plants as he prepared to enforce PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 25.— Dr. Leo S. Lucas, Assistant Surgeon |of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children, today voiced the belief that 10-year-old Lou Ann Markle’s race with death will be successful. POLITIGAL ROW & L.+ 'Democratic Leader Hurls | “She has been a very sick girl but |1 ‘believe everftning wil turn out] Chatge at General Bolles, all right,” said Dr. Luocas. “Her right | . Seventh Corps Comdr. knee is wide open and infection has 14 spread to the hip joint. However, | | I think our chances for saving the | limb are very good.” An operation will probably be per- | formed tomorrow. | | Miss Letha Humphrey, Hospital Superintendent, said scores of tele- phone calls inquiring the little girl’s WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Charge that Maj. Gen. Frank C. Bolles, com- mander of the Seventh Corps area, Omaha, was activel engaged in politics developed in a Senate de- bate today on the suspension from duty of Maj. Gen. Hagood of his 3 . 5 duties as an illustration of terror- ndition are being received. “She is | s in government when Senator [fine and T have never seen a more | jocon T, Robinson, Democratic plucky patient” Miss Humphrey | jeaqer, hurled the charge about said. Gen. Bolles. He coupled it with the | The little Anchorage girl flrn\'edi assertion that Senator Hastings PRICE TEN CENTS FEAR EPIDEMIC AS VAST AREA 1S INUNDATED Damage All;;zg(Iy Estimated at Million Dollars as Wat- er Continues to Rise 4 RIVER VALLEYS SUFFER IN DELUGE Refugees Being Innoculated to Guard Against Out- break of Typhoid Fever SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 25. —Thousands of acres in northern California’s fertile valleys lay un=< der water today as health officials urged precautions against a possi- ble typhoid epidemic. The weather bureau forecast more rain for the hundred-mile long flood stricken district along the Secramento river as added fresh levee breaks were re- ported at scattered points. In the Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced river districts, unoffic- ial estimates placed the total dam- age to crops and buildings at more than $1,000,000. . Dr. John J. Sippy, San Joaquin health officer, cautioned refugszes to undergo innoculation for typhoid and to drink no water from flooded wells. No cases of disease were re- ported, he said, but more than 500 persons arc homeless. SNOW STORM IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—A new snow storm settled over Western and Cen- tral Washington last night accom- panied by zero weather east of the Cascades. Storm warnings were posted at stations along the coast and at the mouth of the Columbia river. Spokane reported occasional snow, southwestern Washington had two more inches of snow last night and a heavy snowstorm swept Seattle and Puget Sound points. It is one of the most extended cold weather periods in Western Wash- ington and Oregon in years. FIVE ABOVE HERE Fanned by a biting Taku wind, the thermometer sank to five degrees above zero here at 11 o'clock this morning and at noon had risen one the court’s injunction against mass here Sunday from Alaska, accom-| g “instrumental in sending Brig. degree to six above, according to U. picketing. Sheriff Flower said he telephoned to Adjutant General I. B. Brown for ‘troops and was referred to Gov. STOCK PRICES TAKE DECLINE, DULL TRADING Selling Wave Hits Market i Final Period with Num- erous Losses NEW YORK, Feb. 25. — After drifting dully for four hours, the Stock Market prices suffered a sharp relapse at the beginning of the final period. Numerous losses of one to four or more points were recorded at the height of the selling wave. Today's close was weak. ! CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Feb. 25. — Closing iquotation of Alaska Juneau mine Martin L. Davey. Pickets today blocked the intersection leading to one plant and another group prevented several freight cars from entering on the Belt Line Railroad. REDLINGSHAFER TELLS OF SCOUT WORK IN JUNEAU Splendid Proig resé Since Movement Started in '22, | Rotarians Are Told | As principal speaker in the series | of “Know Your Juneau” talks spcn- | sored by the Juneau Rotary Club,| H. L. Redlingshafer told Rotarians | street | |panied by her mother, the trip hav- | Gen, William Mitchell, former air ing been made possible by public| corps chief, to his grave without subscriptions. The girl's right leg i | yagtitution due him.” infected as the result of being cut| The depate, sping out of the Ha- ‘by a skate runner. ’good suspension, involved half a B | dozen Senators e [Man Who Found ALASKAITEMS | ARE INGLUDED, *wul5i ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 25. — Page " ' | Diogenes, for undoubtedly here is | an honest man. Mrs. J. W. Clements, J e lost a $10 bill in the local post office Communication Systqn a"d‘lobby and advertised for it in the Flood Control Projects Harold N. Pinkham, who lives in in Bill by House Macon, 95 miles from here, prompt- WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—(Spec- ]y replied: “I found the money, but ial Correspondence)—The War De- have spent most of it for food and partment appropriation bill for the clothing, since I have been out of a fiscal year 1937 has passed the job for five years, but I'll come to House carrying several items rnr‘m]:mu\ and work the money out.” Alaska. They are: | o Alaska ‘Communlcnuons 4Sy.stc-m‘wElRD “METEOfiTE" ' inciease of 8505 over the apors. ALARMS STAG PARTY; | BLAME WEATHERMAN a widow, |lost-and-found column of a news- | paper | Bullet Hole in Temple |stock today is 15%, American Can —Friends Quizzed T4 1117%, American Power & Light 8, NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb, 25, — Anaconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel | As the Mardi Gras opened, police |36, Curtiss Wright 5%, Chicago, discovered the slaying of a 29-year- Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific old woman, Mrs. Estelle Hughes, Rallroad 2%, General Motors 58 visitor from Panama City, Florida,|International Harvester 67%, Ken- found with a bullet hole in her Decott 36%, United States Steel 61%, temple in a remote grassy spot be_llsouthern Railway 17%, Cities (|rv- rind the Louisiana-Arkansas rail-|ic€ 5%, Blaw Knox Steel 19, Boeing way station. ‘Airplane 23%, United Aircraft 28% Police said she went out with Found $4.99%. friends last night. One of the party, | Jack O'Day, jockey, admitted he was too drunk to remember what | happened. “I might have shot the woman rails 49.27, utilities 31.68. i for ail T know,” he declared. Three persons are held for ques- DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, ! today at the weekly luncheon in|Priation made for the fiscal year| the Terminal Cafe of the splendid 1936. In testifying before the sub- Bty progress the Boy Scout movement|committec having charge of the An aurora borealis, of the ray has had in Juneau since being 'or- |bill, Gen. James B. Allison, Chief structure type, was observed by many ganized in 1922 Homer Nordling was the firs Scoutmaster when Troop One wa’ organized in 1922. In 1923 Mr. Red lingshafer acted as Scoutmaster and | held that position until 1929. | The broad, encompassing moral benefits of Boy Scout work was stressed by Mr. Redlingshafer in his talk today. He said that four well organized troops and one sea Jones averages: Industrials 15078, SCOUt troop were mow active in Ju-| traffic, for various Government Weather balloon, with lantern at- neau and Douglas. | Three new members were elected | to the club today, J. J. Connors,! | year 1935, the same being receipts of the Signal Corps, called atten-| Douglas residents Saturday night, ion to the fact that the opera-|but it faded into insignificance be jon' of the system turned in to side a “celestial phenomenon” ob-| the United States Treasury in cash served by several Juneau men late | the sum of $290,819 for the fiscal that evening. i The men, returning to their homes | from commereial business, and that from a poker party, beheld a lumi- | in addition the system handled|nous round object floating lazily | without, . charge during that year over the channel to Douglas. Raised about four million words, approxi- | €yebrows at their tale spurred them | mately one-third of the aggregate!fo further investigation. It was a! tached, released at 1:30 a.m. Observer John Keyser. departments. by Flcsa Uencrol tioning. e | GRIDLEY TO WESTWARD Ross A. Gridley, State Engineer- | Inspector for the PWA, will leave on |the Northwestern tomorrow morn- The bill also carries an item of FUNERAL SERVICES OF | Jr., Jack Hayes and M. J. Wilcox. | MARTIN HELD TODAY Appllcah?n for Radio | Through the cooperation of KINY, $800 for.maintenance of the Sal-| Station at Petersburg }nhe personal history talk of Robert mon River flood control works. ; | Bender was given in way of an al-|This is to be supplemented by $200 Funeral services for George Mar- WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Permis- | leged radio interview. Paul Brown supplied by the city of Hyder, mak- tin, Who died on February 19 in sion to establish a new radio station ' furnished the incidental music used |ing the total sum available for the Indian Village, were held in at Petersburg,’Alaska, has been ask- | at times during the interview. | maintenance $1,000. the chapel at the C. W. Oarfer The Central Library Committee ! ing for Cordova, Valdez and Anchor- will meet next Friday evening, and age, where he will view preliminary not tonight as was previously report- |work for public works projects in ed of the communications system by Edwin A. Kraft. The applicant has asked for 100 watts power, unlimited time, on a frequency of 1420 kilo- Howard D. Stabler announced that | For flood control of Lowell Creek Mortuary this afternoon at 1 o'clock. S. Meteorologist Howard J. Thomp- son. The wind reached a sustained five-minute velocity at 10:14 last night of 30 miles an hour while short gusts whipped up to a peak of 34 miles. The average velocity today was 25 miles from the northeast. Little immediate change in the weather is seen as the forecast calls for fair tonight and tomorrow with moderate northeast winds. A temperature of zero was report- ed at Petersburg last night. e ALCOHOLISM 1S HELD TO0 BE DEATH CAUSE Strangling Thought Only Contributory Factor in Decease of Mrs Palm LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 25.— Acute alcoholism was the primary cause of the death of Mrs. Ethel Palm, 40 year old divorcee, County Autopsy Surgeon Frank R. Webb said late yesterday. The woman's bedy was found in her apartment early Sunday morn- ing. A knotted silken nightgown, twisted tightly around her throat, was the contributory cause of death, Webb reported Officials are undecided whether to hold an inquest. S e e SWANSONS RETURN TO BEN-MY-CHREE Mr. and Mrs. O. Swanson, in charge of the tourist resort at Ben- My-Chree on West Taku Arm, Tag- ish Lake, are passengers to Skag- way aboard the Princess Norah, returning from a vacation in Vic- toria. During the summer iths Ben-My-Chree is reached by boat everything was in readiness for the| near Seward, Alaska, the bill ap- | The ‘Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff of-|from Carcross, but at this season Swanson will travel from which will be held in the Terminal — | Russian section of Evergreen Ceme- | Mrs. ed, it was announced today. ' those cities. cycles. Cafe, Saturday evening, February 29 (Continued on M_“ Twor tery. ]R,otnry and Rotary Ann banquet|propriates $8,000, an increase of |ficiated and interment was in the|navigation is closed and Mr. and | Whitehorse to their home by plane.