The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1936, Page 1

e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7159, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - EN BY ROOSEVELT 15,000 ARE. MOVIN PICKED FORGES ARE ADVANCING ON ETH, CAPITAL Fifteen Thousand Troops in| Motor Cars, Are Speeding On NO RESISTANCE IS ' Populace Warned of Being Bombed — Airplane Drops Leaflets GENEVA, April 27.—The motor- ized column of 15,000 soldiers from Badoglio’s northern Italian Army to- ' day drove down the Imperial Ethio- pian Highway enroute from Dessye to Addis Ababa. Marshal Badoglio sen: out white Italian soldiers Sunday morning to augment the advance guard of na- tive Askari warriors already advanc- ed in positions far along the High- way. Over 1,000 trucks bearing soldiers and supplies from the cavalcade chesen from 30,000 soldiers who re- cently arrived at Dessye for the assault on the Capital of Ethiopia. No opposition, according to advic- es received here, has been encoun- tered by the main army on the drive since the capture of Lake Ashang about half way between Dessye an Addis Ababa. 1, d An Italian piane, circling over Ad- dis Ababa, dropped warning leaf- lets to the population saying the city will be destroyed if any resis- tance is offered to Fascist occupa- tion. On the Southern front it is re- ported three columns of Fascist troops are menacing Harrar, the second city of Ethiopia lying near the only railway line from the coast to the interior. ———r————— * CHARGE FIRM WITH STOCK MANIPULATION International Concern Faces Possible Expulsion from Exchange NEW YORK, April 27.—The Se- curities and Exchange Commission has served a show cause order on the international investment bank- ing and brokerage house of White, Weld and Company accusing it of manipulating the price of listed stock. The.company, member of the New York Stock Exchange, denied the charges. The firm was formed some 40 years ago. In addition to New York, it has offices in Boston and London as well as representatives in Paris, Amsterdam and several South Am- erican cities. It also holds member- ship in the New York Curb Ex- change and the Chicago Board of Trade. This is the first time since the passage of the securities lagy that the Government agency has acted against such a prominent firm. { Stock on which the show cause order was issued was the commmon stock of the A. O. Smith Corpora- tion, prominent manufacturer of automobile parts, welded pipe and other products with principal of- I BEING ENCOUNTERED! ON ADDIS ABABA 1 1 ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL GOAL OF ITALIAN INVADERS R Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, was the goal of an Italian flying column of hundreds of trucks, flanked by tanks and protected by airplanes, which sped forward after Fascist forces announced the capture of Dessye. Here is an aerial view of Emperor Haile Selassie’s new palace, gial of the invaders. (Associated Press Photo) PRISONER IS NavyPlanesto (CHENA RIVER " KILLED WHEN TRIES ESCAPE | Maneuver for 6 Waafiin Suuth ~ ICE GOES DUT . ON SATURDAY First Inmate of Alca[raz!Million Miles of Flying Con-lpioneer Miner Is Awarded Making Break, Shot by Guards SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 27. —Joe Bowers, aged 40, mail robber, the first inmate of Alcatraz prison to attempt to escape, met death when he plunged over a 60 foot cliff as ,guards fired at him. | Bowers tried to scale the wire fence !enclosing the work area on the | west side of the island. The guards yelled at him to halt, ' Flight Warden James A. Johnson said, but he continued to scale then the guards fired. They saw him disappear over the cliff. The tide ,was low and the body was recov- !ered. | Bowers suffered a broken neck |in the fall. He was struck on the right shoulder and thigh by bul- lets. Bowers was serving a 26-year term for violation of the postal laws and “armed robbery. MINER BURIED 'IN CAVE-IN IS RESCUED ALWE {Harold Spiker Dies Later from Broken Neck, Crushed Body GRANTS PASS, Oregon, April 27. | —A cave-in at the Joker Mine, 30| miles northwest of here, caused the | | ! front Aviators with Big Fleet SAN PEDRO, Cal.,, April 27.—More | $1,300 for Being Near- est to Breakup Il | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 27— lmn WEATHER than 1000000 miles of airplane|The ice went out in the Chena flights over the Pacific confronted |River last Saturday afternoon at the aviators of the United States|12:33 o'clock. Jack Mutchler, pio- Fleet in annual maneuvers starting Deer miner, was given the $1,300 today. There will be hundreds of land- ings on the open sea and more than 1,000 landings on the flying decks of four aircraft carriers. There will be 450 planes with the 150 ships of the fleet in the man- euvers lasting for six weeks. The planes embrace all types of naval aircraft including the big cruisers stationed at the fleet air base in the Canal Zone. The maneuvers will be in the vic- inity of the Panama Canal and the planes will participate in both d and night flights. The fleet moved to sea today from San Pedro and San Diego, dividing into opposing maneuver forces. The return to home ports is scheduled for June 8. A AR B WILL BE NO WAR DECLARES “NEW OFFICIAL Japanese Foreign Minister | Says Alarmists Are | All Wrong death of Harold Spiker several hours after rescuers dug him from | beneath 25 feet of earth. ) Spiker’s neck was broken and his body crushed when timbers crack- ed and the mine caved-in yester- fices in Milwaukee. A hearing will be held in Wash- ington in June. The commission | has directed the firm to appear and show why it should not be suspended for 12 months or expelled from the three exchanges in which membership is held. e FIRE ALARM A shingle fire, resulting in very little damage, at the home of M. D. Johnson in the Indian Village was day. He was about 400 feet from the entrance at the time. E. H. Siegrist, aged 11, ran two and one half miles to another mine 'and gasped out the news of the miner’s plight. Five miners and 20 CCC boys dashed to the rescue and after he was recovered took him back to camp on a stretcher. e L e OUT FROM MATANUSKA extinguished at 11:50 o'clock this forenoon by the Juneau Fire De- partment. ——————e— BARNETTS GO SOUTH J. 8. Barnett, agent for Standard Brands, and Mrs. Barneit sailed for Seattle on the Yukon. Two more families returning to the States from the Matanuska Colony are passengers aboard the Yukon. They are John Widding, Mrs. Widding, June, Norma and Lyman Widding; and George A. Emberg, Phyllis and Ronald Em- berg. TOKYO, April 27.—Hachiro Arita, Japan’s new Foreign Minister, de- clared that “alarmists rumors in Europe and America concerning.the possibility of a Japanese-Soviet war seem to be unjustified.” The new Minister said he did not believe such a war is imminent de- spite “frequent unfortunate fron- tier disputes occurring recently be- tween Manchoukuo and Soviet Rus- sia in Outer Mongolia.” S e Election Returns To Be Announced By The Empire As usual, election returns from tomorrow’s primaries will be given out tomorrow night by . The Empire. Returns are not expected to be received much before 9 o'clock then inquirers may secure them by phoning 602, \award for being nearest to the |time the ice would go out. Up to last Saturday afternoon, the Nenana River has raised four feet since Friday noon. The ice is full of cracks and the |water is cutting channels. The breakup is expected within three lor four days from the time the {Chena River ice goes out. ARRESTS MADE "IN VICE RING; BIG BAIL IS SET “Ruthless Inhuman” Group Being Run Down by wo Agencies ) | NEW YORK, April 27.—Federal | Agents joined in an official drive to smash commercialized vice in New York City by arresting three ne- groes and five white women whom they described as members of a | | “ruthless inhuman” group with Chi- cago affiliations. Bail for the two négroes was set STOCK PRICES FORECASTFOR = CRASHTODAY: PRIMARY VOTE SELLING WAVE Polls Open from 8 a.m. to{Losses Run from One to 7 pm.—Not Neces- | Ten Points—New Lows sary to Register for Year Are Reported NEW YORK, April 27.—The Stock Market went into a tail spin today and crashed for losses of one to| ten points or so at the worst. Numerous new lows for the year were recorded. At the height of the selling stam- With forecast for good weather,| Alaska voters go to the polls tomor- row to select nominees for Territor- | | ial offices and the Legislature at the;I primary election. Polls will be open | from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and all persons | . pede the ticker tape fell several | 21 years of age who have lived In| iy eq hehind the floor transac- | the Territory one year and resided | tjons, 1in a precinct 30 days are qualified| Late support reduced some de- | to cast a ballot. It is not necessary | clines somewhat. to register. ‘Today’s close was weak. | - Voting in Juneau will be in the CLOSING PRICES TODAY | customary three precincts, No. 1 at| NEw YORK, April 27.—Closing the fire hall, No 2 at the Venetian qyotation of Alaska Juneau mine | Shop 2¢ ¥ront and Main and No. 3|ock today is 13%, American Can 8t 732 E Street. This is the store:lzz‘:‘ American Power and Light room just north of the Home Gro-|gi, Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel | eery, a change from the city elec- 513, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul| tloni; {and Pacific Railroad 1%, General Each party will nominate tomor- ! Motors 64!, International Harvest- , row its candidate for Delegate toler 79%, Kennecott 36%, United | Congress, Territorial Auditor, ngh-}szmes Steel 61%, Cities Service 4%, way Engineer and Attorney Gen-|Pound $4.93% eral and in each division four candi- | dates will be nominated for the House and one each to the Senate, | In the First Division the Democratic | tieket offers contests for Territorial | ails Auditor and for the House of Repre- | 7 sentativese while the Republicans| haye a contest for Auditor, Highway | Engineer and for the House. EFRANGE GoEs The complete list of First Division | candidates follows Democratic Ticket Delegate—Anthony J. Dimond, in- cumbent, unopposed. Auditor (one to be nominated)— | Frank A. Boyle, incumbent, and Joe S. Hofman. | Highway Engineer — William A. s Hesse, incumbent, unopposed. | Communists Gains Are In- Attorney General—James S. Tru-| . [ itt, incumbent, unopposed. | dicated—Runoff Is House of Representatives (four to| Nex[ 5unday be nominated) —Kenneth Junge, Ju- | neau; Erick Ness, Petersburg; J. VJ PARIS, April 27.—Sharp Com- Davis, Juneau; George H. Peter-| munistists gains in the Paris in- son, Douglas; J. T. Moran, Char.dustrial suburbs and a pronounced coal Point; Frank Peratrovich, Ju-|Leftist trend elsewhere in the coun- neau; J. P. Anderson, Juneau; Joe try, arose in the returns of France'’s fiffiifiugyfiifie,?yét“lzfif?waflfi'e’::’132“ tvobe for a new Chamber of | - 5 3 ) puties. and J .S. Ream, Ketchikan. | Failure of the candidates in at Republican Ticket | least two thirds of the 618 districts Delegate—Lester O. Gore, unop-|to receive a clear majority neces- posed. sary for election is indicated by in- Auditor (one to be nominated)—!complete returns and left the re- C. H. MacSpadden and Cash Cole. sults in doubt until next Sunday’s Highway Engineer (one to be nom- | run-off elections. In these close inated)—Roy J. Storey and E. F. contests, the Leftists by consoli- ‘Wann. dating forces, are expected to emerge Attorney General—Harry G. Mc- | victorious with a small majority. Cain, unopposed. | Communists, Socialists and Rad- House of Representatives (four|ical Socialists are indicated for the to be nominated) —Mildred R. Her- new Chamber. mann, Juneau; Jack Wilson, Ju-| T neau; Frank D. Price, Sitka; Harry| Race, Ketchikan, and Hanford H}THREE DEAB Henning, Ketchikgn. y Senate—H. R. Shepard, unop HUUSE BI.AZE posed. {Father and Two Children DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 147.06; 43.01; utilities, 29.61. TO POLLS FOR | Precinct No. One Vandenberg and Steiwer Seen As Da_rk Horses | Possibility of Two Being Compromise G. O. P. Candidates Foreseen WASHINGTON, April 27. — The names of Senators Arthur H. Van- | denberg of Michigan and Frederick Steiwer of Oregon have assumed | greater significance for the June Republican Convention at Cleve- land. If a deadlock threatens be- tween the leading possibilities for the Presidential nomination friends of the two Legislators would be in a more strategic position to adve- cate them at Cleveland since the Michigan R e publican Convention endorsed Vandenberg and Steiwer was named as keynoter. No such deadlock has been pre- dicted but observations heard at the national capital indicate that party leaders have not dismissed the pos-} sibility ' of advancing Vandenberg and Steiwer as compromise candi- dates in the hope of attaining the principal goal, harmony. Some say that the claims of Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, Col. Frank Knox of Illinois, and Senator | William E. Borah of Idaho, overlap to an extent which suggests the full story must await the actual balloting. Meanwhile Democrats are not worried about pre-convention af- fairs, expecting nothing more than a flurry of unti-Roosevelt senti- ment at Philadelphia, if even that | develops. -—— POLITICIANS ARE WATGHING PENNSYLVANIA Primaries in that State At- tract Attention, Also C.C. of U. S. Meet WASHINGTON, April 27.—Politi- cal interest in the states centered today on tomorrow’s Presidential primaries in Pennsylvania and the opening of the Annual Convention of ‘the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Members of Congress are slow to make any comment on the Presi- dent’s Saturday night speech. The Advancement of United States Senator Arthur H. Vanden- bergby Michigan State for Republi- can nomination for President at- tracted new attention with an ef- fort in the Senate to force publica- tion of big benefit payments under AAA. Senator William E. Borah is run- ning unopposed in Pennsylvania but some party leaders are watching as to how his vote will compare with Roosevelt in the Democratic pri- mary. s Judges—Charles E. Rice, Mrs. Jes- ! sie Baker and E. K. Olafson; clerks, W. R. Garster and Mrs. E. It. Kaser. & Precinct No. Two Officials announced today for the three Juneau precincts are as fol- Lose Lives—Others Are Burned | at 87,500 each and bail for the wo- | Judges—Agnes Manning, William | men was set at $2,500 as material | Steinbeck and Kate Jarman; clerks, witnesses until the Federal Grand |D. M. Bothwell and A. B. Cain. | jury investigates. Precinct No. Three | The group maintained six apart-| Judges—Mrs. Henry W. Ander- ments. in the city, Assistant United | son, Mrs. R. H. Burns and Mrs. Gud- States Attorney Seymour Klein as- | mund Jensen; clerks, Grant Bald- lows: WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 27— Fire sweeping a three-story apart- ment house in nearby Hanover Township yesterday killed a father and two children and seriously burned two other members of the family. serted at the arraignment and also | win and J. M. Sharples. The dead are John Kohl, aged operated houses in Boston and Clevelang. wa o |WINGS ENROUTE TO wiitien In longhand, which deaied| HYDRAULIC PROPERTY the methods of forcing women into prostitution and keeping them there to earn as much as $200 each week. | Walter passed _through Juneau on In Washington, D. C., Chief Hoo- |the Northwestern enroute from Car- ver of the Federal Bureau of In-|cross, Y. T.to McDames Creek, where vestigation said his agents havethey will operate their hydraulic proof that white women are mnen|propeny on Quartz Creek, a tribu- to New York and “forced to prosti- | tary of McDames. A good season is tute themselves with negro men in{expected from their hydraulic as the Harlem district and their illic-jwell as from other quartz claims Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wing and sonI 28, his eight-year-old son and one daughter, aged 3. {WILLIAMS, LOWELL FIRST TO CLIMB MT. JUNEAU THIS YEAR Distinction for being the first to climb Mt. Juneau this season goes to Dean Williams and Leonard Low- ell, Juneau high school boys, who ascended the peak Saturday. Re- it earnings furnish incomes for ne- gro men.” ST o ALASKA DUE TOMORROW . Steamer Alaska is scheduled to arrive in port at 1 o'clock tomor- row afternoon according to radio 'advices at 4 p.m. today. ports are that it was plenty muddy and wet in some places, George Benson of the Federal | they own. A new discovery of quartz is re- ported that will greatly stimulate JUNEAU PARTY MAKES SUNDAY BOAT TRIP TO TAKU HARBOR A large party of Juneauites en- joyed a trip to Taku Harbor yes- terday aboard the gasboat Jazz, visiting the big Llbby, McNeill and Libby cannery at that place. In the party were Cash Cole, owner of the Jazz, James Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tew, Mrs. James Ramsay, Jr., Fred Barragar, Miss Charlotte Polet, Oscar Gudbransen, Henry Nepil, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Swift, Sally Pride, Mrs. N. A. McEachran and daughter Doris, and Charles Sly. Mr. Cole was host for the party. P SR HALIBUT SOLD HERE Sebastian Stuart PFish Company purchased 4,000 pounds of halibut Saturday from the Flynn, Capt. Scott Lynch, at prices of 5.80 cents and 4 cents. Halibut boats loading ice and bait over the week-end in prepara- building staff and a party scaled the peak yesterday. - Mrs. Joe Lynch was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital Sunday. McDames activity and a new road is promised to be put in the full length of McDames Creek this year by the British Columbia govern- ment, it is said, tion for sailing for the halibut banks were: Ina J, Capt. Peter Hammer; Dixon, Capt. Emil Sam- uelson; R-D, Capt. J. R. 1Eliott; and Ida II, Capt. John Sunderland. KEYNOTE FOR CAMPAIGN 1S GIVEN BY FOR “Higher Wages for Work- ers and More Income s for Farmers PRESIDENT GIVES ADDRESS SATURDAY “Political M)sophy" Is Announced—Replies to Critics NEW YORK, April 27.—After hit~ ting directly at Republican critics, President Roosevelt last Saturday night expounded the campaign of this year as one of “political philos~ ophy” of “higher wages for workers and more income for the farmers.” Facing more directly toward the oncoming Presidential campaign than in any recent speeches, Presi- dent Roosevelt, before the National Democratic Club, said that even though the objective he mentioned could not be obtained in a month or a year, “we are on the way, very definitely on the way.” What Program Means Higher wages and increased farm income, the President said, would mean “more goods would be pro- duced, more and better food eaten, fewer would be unemployeu and there would be lower taxes.” “That is my economic and so- cial philosophy, incidentally my po- litical philosophy, as well,” the Pres- ident said at the conclusion of his address and added: 1936 Philosophy “I believe from the bottom of my heart it is the philosophy of the 1936 :ampaign.” Speaking frankly in a political vein, the President at the outset urged the reelection of Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Roosevelt's personal friend of many years. At intervals during his address, e struck at Republicans and other critics and twice referred to indi- viduals who are never satisfied and once mentioned the newly formed Republican Brain Trust. AT HYDE PARK HYDE PARK, April 27—President Roosevelt arrived here yesterday af- ter a leisurely motor trip from New York City where he addressed the National Democratic Club Saturday night when he advocated higher wa- ges for workers and more income for the farmers which he said, by increasing the buying power of a vast number of persons, would react as favorably to industry as to labor and agriculture. ALASKAN TRIBE T0 BE STUDIED Portland Lectuier Coming North—To Use 25- Foot Boat PORTLAND, Oregon, April 27— Amos Berg, Jr., Portland lecturer, said he will begin a 3,000-mile cruise in June to study Northwest Coast Indians in British Columbia and Alaska, particularly the Haida tribe of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Berg said he would film the Haida Indians, who he described as fast dying out. Berg will start from Seattle in a 25-foot boat in which he round- ed the Horn two years ago. - Pensions for World War Veterans Urged WASHINGTON, April 21— The National Tribute, publica- tion for war veterans, urges pensions for World War veter- ans “disabled because of age or other infirmities.” The front page editorial said: “Pensicns are inevitable,” and added the publication did not pretend to speak for any organi- ization of World War veterans but did voice the “views of the great rank and file of organized and unorganized.”