The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR "ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7171. JUNEA U, ALASKA, MQN_DAY MAY 11, 1936 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS TENSE SITUATION PREVAILS AT GENEVA OHIO PR'MARY Wost Isolated Man i BATTLEGROUND, ON TOMORROW .. Senator William E. Borah | Contesting with Native Son for Delegation VOTING TUESDAY MAY GIVE POLlTlCAL HINT Predictions Are Made— Campaign Is Ended by Idaho Aspirant WASHINGTON, May 11.—Ohio’s primary, the battleground which may give a possible indication of the middle-western voting trend, is being watched sharply today on| the eve of what state officials ex- pect to be a record balloting to-| MOrrow. United States Senator William E. Borah contests with Robert A. Taft, favorite son entry, backed by the Republican State organization, for delegates to the National Con- vention in Cleveland. Prediction Made Col. Breckinridge, of New York, opposing President Roosevelt, made an address last night in Ohio and Father Coughlin, in a talk, said tb Congressional candidates ,who are endorsed by the Union, “will take half of the State.” United States Senator Borah wound up his Ohio campaign last night CHARGES IN ILLINOIS CHICAGO, IIl, May 11.—Edgar J Cook, who managed the Illinois Re- publican campaign a month ago, said he had talked with Gov. Henry Horner regarding charges of fraud in the Illinois vote. Cook said he had turned his in- formation over to the Prosecuting Attorney’s office and added: Frank Knox is too fine a man” to have any knowledge of alleged frauds WEST VIRGINIA VOTES WHEELING, West Virginia, May | 11.—Factional struggles are the fea- tures of the West Virginia primary to be held in this state tomorrow. BORAH PANS REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP \ Asserts Segment of G.OP.| Leaders Foster Mono- polistic System CLEVELAND, May 11.—Senator William E. Borah asserted a seg- ment of the Republican leadership is fostering a monopolistic system and bringing “scanty meagre living for incalculable wealth for few.” In an appealing radio speech given Satur- day night he made the statement in support of the Ohio electorate for Tuesday's G.O.P. primary. Senator Borah said: “The Repub- lican organization and men are making every effort to seize con- trol of the Cleveland convention. The oil companies, utility magnates, DuPonts and Browns of Ohio be- lieve in monopolistic system and defend it.” ROCKS FALL ON HOMES AS THEY ARE EVACUATED People Leaye Homes o Base of Hanging Cliff, Just in Time SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 11.— Residents near the base of a hang- ing cliff were ordered to vacate their homes by police who feared 50,000 tons of rock might loosen and crush the buildings. Residents began moving their be- longings from 13 homes, aided by police, and firemen, when a large crack opened in the hill sending rocks crashing down the slope. “Col. | the vast majority and almost| Alaska Visits This City l The Most Isolated Man in Alas- Robert E. West, PAA radio op- rator at Canyon Island, left his | post for the first time in “exactly | cne week less than a year” when he arrived here aboard the PAA Fair- child plane last Thursday The Canyon Island radio station is located on the highest point of the island, atop a huge rock at the | upper end, and is about 120 feet above the river, according to calcu- lations made by Operator West. From that point visibility is very good, both up and down the river, |and radie reception is excellent, he |said. Mr. West is also a weather observer, cooperating with the Gov- ernment Weather Bureau, and has both PAA and Government weather instruments at his station. About one visitor every three months is the rule at Canyon Island, Mr. West said, but traffic was heavy last winter. Capt. William Strong called at the island during the lat- ter part of last November, he said, | and less than two months later Miss Mary Joyce stopped in while en- | route to Fairbanks with her dog team. His first visitor this year was PAA Pilot Alex Holden, who landed at Canyon Island last March 6. while enroute from Brownsville, Texas, to Fairbanks with a PAA BRISTOL BAY FISHING WILL BE AS USUAL Coffey Dec l ares Alaska Fishermen to Deliver Salmon at 13 Cents ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 11.— Ed Coffey, Secretary of the United Fishermen of Alaska, said members are ready to deliver salmon at 13 cents to the Bristol Bay canneries. | coffey said the demands for 17 cents made by the Alaska Fisher- { mens™ Union will have no effect on the price as the members of that organization are composed of fish- |ermen from the States and are not | residents of Alaska. | 'The announcement by Coffey fol- | in Bel- lowed the statement made |lingham last week by Archie Shiels ju at the American Pacific Fisheries | would probably not operate in Bris- itol Bay this season owing to the demands for a higher price for sal- ’mon Ha T Dr. Gruening Due Here On Alaska Dr. Ernest Guening, Director of | the Division of Territories and Is- !land Possessions, Interior Depart- | ment, is scheduled to arrive in Ju- neau about 10 o'clock tomorrow morning on the Alaska. He will be | joined here by Gov. John W. Troy | and the two officials will go on to Palmer, center of the Matanuska | colony, for a meeting of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, and then fly into Fairbanks for com- mencement exercises at the Univer- sity of Alaska. They probably will return to Ju- neau by plane the i9th or 20th and Dr. Gruening is expected to spend several days in this district, flying to Skagway, Sitka and Ketchikan where he will catch a boat south. Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer for the Alaska Road Commission, and Harry G. Watson, Secretary to the| Governor, who is arriving on the | Alaska from a vacation in the| States, are expected to accompany the Governor on the trip to the| Westward and Interior. | - e MAHANISIN, | LOOKING 0UT TACOMA, Wash., May 11.—Wil-| liam Mahan, the man with 15 elias- es, and one time public enemy No.| 1, looks upon the world today #fom | the walls of McNeil Island Peni- tentiary. He is under sentence of 60 years for the kidnaping of 9-year- old George Weyerhaeuser, of Ta-. coma, last May. .. — Molly Perrin was admitted to the Government Hospital yesterday for medical treatment. Fairchild plane, and Capt. William Strong called again this year on April 21 Two complete sets of mechanical and radio equipment are kept at the Canyon Island station, Mr. West reported, to insure communication with other PAA radio stations at all times. In addition to the radio| room and engine room at the sta-| tion, the building includes modern, living quarters, equipped with elec- tric lights and plumbing facilities, for the operator Mr. West, who was forced to cut his own hair during all of last year, stated that he did not attempt | to do much about it except amund‘ his ears, where luxuriant hirsute growth interfered with his headset.' “I have chopped down most of the spruce trees near the station for firewood,” Mr. West said today, “So I thought it was up to me to| provide food for the squirrels on the Island. I ordered 50 pounds of pea- nuts from Juneau last fall, but I still have most of them left, because lh'-‘ squirrels disappeared early last win- ter. I was worried about it until I cut off my beard a few days ago, and discovered that they had built a nest in my whiskers.” Mr. West was flown back to his! station last Satur More Money for Teachers Who Improve Selves - $10 Mnnthly Incerase Vot- ed Instructors Who Com- plete Summer School Rural school teachers who go to summer school and complete the required number of hours are going to receive salary increases of $10| per month, according to decision reached by the Territorial Board of Education at its concluding ses- sion here Saturday. The move is planned to encourage Alaska teach- ers to take summer school work and at the same time raising the teachering standard generally. The schooling problem at Mat- | anuska was gone into thoroughly by the board and it was decided to await the further report of Com- missioner A. E. Karnes on the situation in the colony before tak- ing action. The Commissioner is leaving for Matanuska tomorrow on the Alaska and following the re- port of his findings a special meet- ing of the board will be held to determine the further course. Ap- proximately $100,000 is being spent by the Territory in schooling facil- ities at Matanuska colony. Addition was made to the regula- tions relative to certification of teachers and now certificates are required for all administrative posi- tions. Regulations and rules for vocational work and bus transpor- tation also were drawn up .o - COMPROMISE REAGHED ON FISH TREATY U.S. and Cfian Interests | party’s only Agree on Proposed Salmon Pact WASHINGTON, May 11.—A con- ference of the United States and Canadian fishing interests has reached a compromise agreement over a proposed new imternational Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Treaty and recommended the set- i ting up of an advisory committee of ten members, 5 from each coun- try to act under the International Commission, provided the 1930 trea- ty be approved by Canadian Par- liament. The treaty was never ap- proved by the United States. The matter designating what type of gear is to be used was left to the State of Washington and the Province of British Columbia as at present the commission has no regulatory powers until two cy- cles of eight years of fish life have passed. The first eight years are to be spent in fact finding. M. J. Evich of the Purse Seine Vessel Owners' Association was the spokesman at the conference. WASH, STATE UNINSTRUCTED Landon Is Turned Down Fist Fight Occurs— Platform Adopted SPOKANE, Wash, May 11.° — Washington State Republicans last | Saturday elected an uninstructed delegation to the National Conven- tion at Cleveland after an attempt to win the endorsement for Gov. Alfred M. Langdon of Kansas wlsf beaten on the floor of the conven: tion by a chorus of noes. The convention delegates adopt- | ed a platform which is a stinging | rebuke to the National and State | Democratic Administrations. The | preamble of the platform denoune- | ed the “supine and cringing Cun-f gress and an erratic and irrespon-| sible legislative majority.” A fist fight nearly disrupted !hew convention at one time. Arthur Varco, of King County, and Wil- liam Weaver, of Pierce County, ' clashed on the floor after a bitter| exchange of words and Weaver was| knocked down. Other delegates sep- arated the two men. IDAHO FOR BORAH MOSCOW, Idaho, May 11. Idaho State Republican comvnuon | elected delegates to the Cleveland convention Saturday and gave Sen- |ator William E. Borah full support in his campaign for the Presidency. | Although Senator Borah was ab- ent, he dominated the convention and speakers pictured him as the hope and salvation. THIRD ANNUAL PENNY DRIVE CLOSES TODAY Campaign o Hasee. Hunds for Orthopedic Hos- pital Ending Here Penny drive envelopes and boxes are being collected today ending the third annual campaign in Ju- neau to raise funds for the Ortho- pedic Hospital in Seattle. The en- velopes had been distributed by members of the committee in var- ious buildings of the down-town | district to allow contributions both large and small to the charity or- ganization which helps so many crippled children. Proceeds from the drive will not be known for a few days, it was announced by members of the com-, mittee today. Mrs. J. F. Mullen was re-appo.nt- ed chairman to take charge of the drive this year. She received her appointment from Mrs. G. W. Skin- ner of Seattle who is chairman in|{ charge of the campaign. Assisting Mrs. Mullen on the drive !commmee are Mesdames I. P. Ta, lor, E. W. Clifford, A. W. Stewart, A. VanMavern, and the Misses Jane Alexander and Nell McClos- key. BILL Dfl(lMEI] CLAIMS BYRNS' Frazier - Lempke Measure Has No Chance of Being Passed WASHINGTON, May 11.—Speaker Joseph W. Byrne today said the Frazier-Lemky Farm Refinancing Bill for three million dollars in new currency had “no more chance of | passing at this session than any- thing in the world.” Speaker Byrne made the state- ment at a press conference. ANOTHER VIEWPOINT [ WASHINGTON, May 11.—Forces backing the Frazier-Lemke bill | scored two quick victories in the House this afternoon, assuring ac- tion on the measure before the week is out. A general debate for six hours will take place tomorrow prior to consideration of the amendments and actual vote on the bill. ‘ed the cold and wet spell W S C “Bhu”’ L(m E This Associated Press photograph sho body demonstrating against the administration’s “B'ue Lav dent E. 0. Holland, about sccial restrictions inaugurated by termed some of them “suggestive” and threatened o call a strike i alized. The strike was ultimately called, lasted one diy, and then the classes were again attended. Quadruplets Are : TRAVELERS SURE Qusérvits v ROOSEVELT WILL $2%+-Week e BE RE - ELECTED N. 1, May Quadruplets were born day to Mr. Marshal Mahoney Reports are in fine condition. 80 to 90 Per Cent of The father is a $20-a-week and M Kacsper. The babies, one girl and three boys, and the mother, aged 36, . | railroad roundhouse worker. Sentiment for F. D. R. | “rhe quadruplets nave not A been named yet. Eighty to ninety per cent of the people one meets in travelling in the States are convinced that Presi- dent Roosevelt will be re-elected in November, according to William T. Mahoney, U. S. Marshal, who re- turned to his headquarter: here on the Northwestern after a trip Outside with prisoners, The Mar- shal went as far east as Omaha, Neb.,, where he delivered Howard Scott, who was arrested here and is wanted in Nebraska for alleged auto theft. He also stopped in Idaho with inmates for St. Anthony’s, Ore- gon state prison at Salem and at McNeil Tsland Federal penitenti- ary near Tacoma THEY'RE NAMED PASSAIC, May 11. — Today the quadruplets were named Frances, Frank, Ferdinand and Felix. The babies had the hospital staff worried for a time today when they took a sinking spell but rallied quickly when they took their first human milk since birth. - WIDOW FOUND MURDERED IN SMALL ROOM Woman Cnmma“y Assault- ed and Then Blud- geoned to Death Everywhere he went on uams fel- low travelers were talking politics, he reported, and the prevailing opinion was that the President was a sure thing to repeat. One Repub- lican business man whom he talked to admitted that business' was just fine under the “darn Democrats only the business man used a stronger word Unemployment, the Marshal found, has virtually disappeared in many places and there is a notice- able absence of bread lines every- where. Considerable building is going on in Omaha and the city is enjoying - a restored prosperity Butte, Mont., where mining is back at its old activity, was reported to him as in need of 1,000 miners. Uni- versally the trend showed marked improvement and people were in much better spirits than during his last vislt to the States. BRI CHICAGO, May 11—Mrs. Lillian Gould, 55, widow of a gift shop manager, was found bludgeoned to death in a small 1o6m in the YWCA Hotel on Michigan Avenue just south of the Loop. Dr. W. T. Harsh Jr., said that she had apparently been criminally assaulted The almost nude body lay partly under a kimona. One end of the kimona and a pillow were placed over her head. The room gave evidence of a terrific struggle. Ho tel employees said they heard nc counds that night. Near the body ay a slab of bloody concrete with which, police said, the woman was killed. A silk nightgown hung in PREvAlI-S EAST shreds from her shoulders. Only M.n agile man, police decided, could | have escaped from Mrs. Guild's | room by the fire escape. FED, BUILDING FOR ANCHORAGE Item is on Eligible List— Sitka, Wrangell Needs Are to Be Sludled 11— GO DOWN TO CONEY WASHINGTON, May NEW YORK, May 11. — Sunny |port on the Defluenc) Appmpnv skies drew 350,000 to Coney Island|tion bill hearings showed Anchor-' yesterday. The temperature here age, Alaska, is on the eligible list was in the upper sixties | for Pederal building projects. ——————— The bill proposes $60,000,000 for a OLSON IN. TOWN Federal Building program for the fiscal year starting June 30. Federal buildings for Sitka and Warm Wmds Disperse Cold and Wet Spell i Middle West CHICAGO, 1Il, May 11. — Spring | fever developed into summer heat[ Sunday over most of the Nation ; | Warm winds from the south buck- ‘The Hudson's Bay area was’con-| siderably warmer than normal. C. J. Olson, American Can Com- pany representative, arrived on the Northland. determine the need. ___ ' doubt of Wrangell are now being studied to urday with a 1 i)ll‘t cf the Washington State College (Pullman) student while a committee conferred with Pre Annie M. Fertig, Dean of Women. 3 They f the regulations were not liber- “Blue Laws” were modified and U, S, OFFICIALS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR GOOD WORK ‘Rt‘pl(’\(‘n[dll\r(‘\ in Ethiopia Promoted for Display of Bravery WASHINGTON, May 11.—~Corne- us Van H. Engert, Minister to sthiopin, was promoted by Presi- dent Roosevelt in recognition of his valiant Addis Ababa dit attacks. sisted of in the Foreign set-up was ex two Vice Consular The President his promotion S ce in defending the Legation against ban- The promotion con- Service. ended to Aides. notified by a A similar Engert's Engert of radiogram | which also expressed admiration of | the conduct of Mrs. remained with her husband in the besieged Legation, and four Navy radio men who continued flashing {the only news received here \ing the four-day reign of |at the Ethiopian capital The promotions, Ill( must confirm, mean a salary ncrease of $1,000 annually to Eng- xrt, and about $500 each to William Cramp. Philadelphia, and Robert Hunter, Milbank, S. D, Vice suls. Engert, who D CONGRESS 1S NEARING END, \djournment May Be Tak- en June |, Declares Sen. Robinson WASHINGTON, May 11.—A def- nite prediction that Congress will conclude work by, June 6, possibly June 1, was made by Senator .]ns- eph T. Robinson, Arkansas Dvmm cratic leader. “With taxes and relief on Hun way, we are apt to adjourn by the| first of June, miore probably June 655 he dieSmem cmf cmfw 6, he said. Senator Robinson add- ed that bill will probably be taken up by the Senate this week. This $360,000- 000 measure involved considerable Administration approval NEW RESORT IS DESTROYED, FIRE BRINNON, Wash May 11 The Olympic Inn, a Hood Canal resort {just opened, and several outlying cabins, were destroyed by fire Sat- estimated at $25.- sa 000. ) an advance of one grade dur- | terror| which the Sen-! Con- | OPINION NOW ROMAN EMPIRE | IS PROCLAIMED BY MUSSOLINI Total Italian Sovereignty Over Conquered Ethiopia Decreed ENTIRE WORLD IS DEFIED BY PREMIER i [ | | | i Dictator Announces Nation @ill Defend Country Against Anyone BULLETIN — Geneva, May 11—Baron PompeoAloisi, Italy’s invoy, walked out of the League of Nation’s private Council ses- sion early this afternoon, an- nouncing he would not negoti- ate anything in the presence of W “so-called delegate from Ethi- Late in the afternoon Aloisi returned to the Council at a public hearing, when only minor questions were discussed. Members of the Council said a most delicate problem is being faced. ROME, May 11.—Premier Ben- | ito Mussolini, after fifteen centur- ies, has proclaimed the restoration { of the Roman Empire of the Caes- ars, decreeing ‘total Italian Sover- eignty over conquered Ethiopia and proclaiming Victor Emmanuel, his | King, Emperor. From a balcony, last Saturday mgln, standing in the flaming light of searchlights and f Pramier Mussolini shouted The Italian pegple have credwed an Empire with theff own oiopd, They will fertilize it with their own work and defend it against any one with their own men.” MARSHAL NAMED ROME, May 11.—General Rodolfe Graziani, Commander of Italy's Southern forces in the Ethiopian campaign, has been appointed a Marshal of Italy by King Victor Emmanuel at the recommendation of Premier Mussolini e MOP-UP CAMPAIGN ROME, May 11.—Marshal Uletro Badoglio, now Viceroy of Ethiopia, sent the Fascist troops filtering through tie remote sections of the conquered land to complete occu- pation Dispatches received here said the territory is completely garrisoned | in the north and columns are pene- | trating other sections. | It is said residents of Addis Ababa are willingly surrendering their wea- pons. ANNEXATION PROTESTED GENEVA, May 11.—Haile Selas- sie bitterly protested to Mussolini's annexation of Ethiopia to the League of Nations as the session opened here today. A direct communication from the former Emperor from his ex- ile seat in Jerusalem vehemently protested the decrees issued Satur- day night by Premier Mussolini. Selassie asked the League of Na- tions to stand firm on the question. ‘ PARTIAL DEMOBILIZATION ROME, May 11.—Premier Musso- | 1ini today ordered a partial demob- ‘|lx/dl|nn of the principal classes he icalled to the colors for the war on | Ethiopia. NEW U. S, SUB IS LAUNCHED IN - THAMES RIVER Perch, One of Three Craft I Planned This Year, Nears Completion the omnibus flood controi| GROTON, Conn., May 11. — The | submarine Perch, fourth modern un- derseas craft built for the United States Navy by the Electric Boat Company, slid down the ways into the waters of the Thames river Saturday. The construction of the ship is almost complete. After official acceptance trials, the Perch will take a place in the service along with the Cuttlefish, ark, Tarpon and two more subs to be launched this year.