The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7299. TWELVE PAGES ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN < ALASKA LINE SCHEDULES RESUMED SECRET SESSION IS BEING HELD TO PREVENT CRISIS Representatives of Twenty- seven European Na- tions Meeting SIFTING CHARGES IN SPANISH WAR || Investigators May Probe Portugal—British Labor Makes Demand BULLETIN—London, Oct. 9. —The Spanish Embasy, coinci- dent with the critical sessions of the Intermational Committee on neutralify, this afternoon charged that 700 Italian soldiers participated with Spanish Fas- cists in the capture of Balearic Island on September 20. The communication laid be- fore the commission gave de- tails of the alleged participation of the Italians commanded by Count DiRossi and that the troops were taken te the island on the steamer Cuidad de Pal- ma, which allegedly bore the Italian flag painted on both sides and carrying two Italian planes which also participated in the battle. LONDON, Oct. 9—A Russian ex- pression of satisfaction came todny| from the secret session of twenty- seven European {tates ponderlng' the grave question of the continen- tal crisis created by Moscow and| Madrid charges of Fascist assist- ance to the Spanish insurgents. H At the secret session here the agenda in¢luded one Russian pro- posal that a commission be sent in- to Portugal, asserted to be the gate- way for alleged military assistance to the Fascist insurgents. | Two formal charges from Ma- ! drid, backed up by almost identical Soviet allegations that Portugal, Germany and Italy are violating the neutrality agreement, were placed | before the secret session. | TO BAR COMMISSION LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 9.—Local; hewspapers publish statements to- day that indicate that the Govern- ment of Portugal will not allow any investigators, as proposed at Lon- don, within the borders of the na- tion. OPEN ARMS MARKETS EDINBURGH, Oct, 9.—At a con- ference here of the British Labor Party a resolution has been approv-! ed demanding Great Britain and, France open the arms market to Madrid if it is shown the neutrality pact is ineffective or breached. | Expressions are made that it is| the belief of the British Labor| Party that the Fascist states have| already broken the accord. WORK IN PARIS ! PARIS, Oct. 9.—British Foreign| Minister, Capt. Eden and Premier Leon Blum are making every ef-| fort to prevent the collapse of the non-intervention accord. THREAT RECEIVED MOSCOW, Oct. 9—~The Soviet Union again made a statement to- (Continued on Page Seven) FASCISTS NEAR MADRID; FIGHT IS CARRIED ON Three Powerful Columns Mopping Up in Capi- tal City Area LONDON, Oct. 9.—Due west of Madrid, Fascist forces are reported smashing through the rugged ter- rain toward the Spanish Capital. Three powerful columns are at- tempting to capture all strategic communities in that section of the war sector. Madrid is reported hiding its cha- grin over territorial losses at its very threshold but hails Russian help long been besieged by the PFascists. {through to a new five year top for| Stump New York for Democrats! REELECT PRES. ROOSEVELT IS PRIEST'S URGE Monsignor Ry;n Takes Is- sue with Father Cough- lin in Radio Talk the first direct issue with the Rev. | Charles E. Coughlin, radio priest, | the Right Reverend John A. Ryan, | of the Catholic University, advo- | cates the re-election of President ! Frankiin D. Roosevelt. The Rev. Ryan said the accusa- | tions of Communism against the | New Deal are “u cowardly and | flagrant calumni n a broadcast last night under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee. Monsignor Ryan said Father Coughlin’s explanation of *“economic { maladies,” is at least 50 percent {wrong and his monetary remedies | are at least 90 percent wrong. If | the latter were enacted into law, they would prove disastrous to & great majority of the people, par- i ticularly to the wage earners.” | Addressing his appeal for sup- | port for President Roosevelt to the | “toilers of America,” Monsignor | Ryan further said: “I implore you | not to abandon your tried and com- | petent champions in public life.” He said assertions that the Pres- Caroline 0'Day, Demoeratic Congresswoman from New York (lef£)3 |isont is a Communist were “dis- rs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, the President’s daughter, and Mrs. | rles S. Whitman, wife of the former New York Governor, are shown goodby to Mrs. Herbert Lehman, wife of the Governor, in New 0 ..'l'zlw aa they left Democratic headquarters on & speechmaking teur STOCK PRICES TAKE UPWARD SWING AGAIN For Fifth Consecutive Ses- sion, Shares Advance in Trading NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Shaking off profit taking in the forward stride, the stock market today thrust | the fifth consecutive session. Gains of fractions to more than two points were widely distributed throughout the list. Steels lagged for most of the day and then came briskly forward in the final hour. Motors, merchandise, oil, rail and specialty issues were in the front ranks. Transfers shares. today were 2,200,000 | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW XORK, Oct. 9. — Closing quotatidn of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 128, American Power and Light| of the state. 12%, Anaconda 41%, Bethlehem Steel 74%, Calumet and Hecla 10%, Columbia Gas and Electric 20% Commonwealth and Southern 4% Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors | 71%, International Harvester 881%,| Kenneeott 52%, Simmons 44%,| United States Steel 76%, United| Corporation 8, Cities Service 4%, Pound $4.90%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, | Jones averages: industrials 175.19,| up 26; rails 59.03, up .28; utilities 35.16, down .16. 5 to 3 Odds Offered by Lloyds that FDR | Will Win 2nd Term LONDON, OCT_B.———‘UO)'d'S insur- ance house is wagering five to three on_the re-election of President| Paim Beachat Kotzebue, P1an of I_le_l. Dimond Suggestion Made for Some-| thing New for Tour- ists—It ' Is SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Alaska Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond, in Seattle enroute to Washington, D. C, is! filled with possibilities of develop- ing a tropical Palm Beach at Kot- zebue, above the Arctic Circle. “Last August, while I was at Kotzebue, men, women and chil- dren were enjoying the water in a lake. I though they must be freez- ing. but I tried it. The water was warm. “The lake is very shallow and there is only a slight tide and the sun shines during August straight! through the 24 hours without over- cast skies. “Of course that is the only month in the year the natives bathe but the locality would make a swell re- sort for tourists seeking something new and a Palm Beach at Kotze- bue would be different, all right.” X-Ray Movie Machine Invented; to Be Used for Medical Purposes ROME, Oct. 9.—Inventions of an X-Ray motion picture machine for medical use has been announced by the Rizzoli Institute at Bologna. ‘The machine, developed under the direction of Professor Putti, will Le demonstrated to delegates to the Orthopedic Surgical Congress at Bologna. MEYRING TO RETURN NORTH NEXT WEEK Gene Meyring, pilot for the Mar- ine Airways, who flew the com- pany's Fairchild seaplane to Se- |attle for the installation of a new motor is expected to leave for Juneau early next week, according picable” | false witness. COUGHLIN TO TALK and violated the Eighth |Commandment against bearing WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—Taking | §§ ‘SCOTTY’ TO FINISH HIS DEATH VALLEY CASTLE “Death Valley Scotty,” the famous desert rat, who says he has “half a million gold in the pot” again, Is | ready to finish his famous castle built In Callfornia’s Death Valley. The first step will be the completion of a $200,000 turquoise blue swimming pool In front of the picturesque structure. Scotty Is looking at the forms and walls. (Associated Press Photo) TEAMER ALICE CAUGHT IN ICE PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 9—ThelCraft Forced to Tie-up at - ONYUKONRIVER Rev. Coughlin last night promised a “full answer” to Monsignor R 3 ‘\in a radio speech that he is sched- Baker Creek—Nenana Reaches Nenana Roosevelt. |to information received here from Alex Holden, manager of the Mar- ine Airways. B G i BABY GIRL BORN A nine pound, thirteen ounce baby girl was born to Mrs. Sam Dapce- vich at 10:05 a. m. today, at St Ann’s Hospital. Both mother and child are progressing well. - e — Or; to put it conversely, they are! offering three to five against his re- election. The premium charged s 60 guineas for each 100 guineas. | It is noteworthy that the under-| writers specify that before offering| insurance, the client must show| thdt he has an actual interest on| the final outcome of the Presiden-| tial election, failing which insur-l ance will not be granted. i The decision to réquire an actual interest in the outcome of the elec-| tion resulted from the leakage in ANKLE FRACTURED Sam N. Milonas, miner, suffering The miners are reported to have|this year's British budget secrets,|from an ankle fracture, was admit- routed the insurgents, killing many on their retreat, ‘ cn which speculators made big|ted to St. Ann’s Hospital early this morning. (uled to xx:pke next Saturday nigh ROOSEVELT ON CAMPAICN TRIP - WESTERN AREA Declares Country Is Safe as Long as in Hands of People DUBURQUE, Iowa, Oct. 9.—Presi- dent Roosevelt opened his western campaign here today with a dec- laration that he was not worried |as long as the Nation's future con- |duct remained in the hands of the "peeple, “I am trying to gain first hand country in the days to come,” said |this information would be useful to him “whether re-elected or not.” TYPHOON RIPS OVER PORTION PHILIPPINES Great Dange Reported Done in North Luzon Provinces MANILA, Oct. 9. — A typhoon ripped through Northern Luzon Provinces last night and early to- day uprooting trees, destroying crops and shattering native huts. No loss of life has been reported. The high winds have delayed the regular eastward flight of the Pan- American transPacific air express and mail service for the past 24 hours. WARRACK IS BUILDING CHEMICALLABORATORY AT UNIVERSITY WASH. Former University of Washing- ton students, particularly those who had to endure the unidentifiable but persistently strong odors of Bagley Hall, more generally known as “the Chem Shack”, will be interested in knowing that a new $100,000 Chem- ical Laboratory is now about 65 per cent completed on the University of Washington campus, adding an- other fine building to the Science group. The Warrack Construction Com- pany of which J. B. Warrack of Juneau is president, is construct- ing the new University building. | information as to the needs of the| the President, and he added that| ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 9. — Ice, blocking the river, has pre~ vented the steamer Alice in mak- ing where she ties up for the winter. ‘The Alice has been compelled to tie-up at Baker Creek, near Hot Springs, The crew of the Alice and the passengers abosrd will be airplaned to Fairbanks. Officials said the Alice has been forced frequently to tie-up on ac- count of unfavorable weather dur- ing late trips. | Steamer Nenana has reached Ne- nana and gone into winter quarters, Both steamers are owned and op- erated by the Alaska Railroad. 40 cents a day. towns report ice running heavily. MRS, SCEARCE PASSES AWAY Dawson Buried in Montang RONAN, Montana, Oct. 9.—Fu- neral services for Mrs. Stanley |Scnrce, aged 52, were held here Imu afternoon. Mrs. Scearce and her husband went to Dawson in '98 and he oper- ated a grocery store in the Klon- dike metropolis. At one time he was Grand Arctic Chief of the Arc- tic Brotherhood. QUADRUPLETS ARE BORN IN PHILIPPINES Twenty-one-year-old Wom- an Is Mother—Father Is Out of Job | | the upriver trip to Nenana| Resident ofEly Days of | New Dormitory Will Be Built, Uniflf Alaska Regents Confronted with Enrollment—New Pro- gram [s Announced The Board of Regents of the Uni- versity of Alaska, confronted with an increasing enrollment, have vot- ed funds to build a new dormitory| and a heating and power plant. The enrollment for the fall term has reached 193 regular students| and 67 short term students. Some| of the students are obliged to seek| private rooms with families at Fair- | banks on account of the housing| shortage. | The regents voted $431,000 for| the biennium, $70,000 of which is for | a dormitory, $120,000 for a heating | and power plant, $20,000 for exten-} sion work and $15,000 for a sum- mer school. The University has 462 extension students in Juneau, Ketchikan, Pet- ersburg and Wrangell. The new | program contemplates adding Cor- | dova, Anchorage, Seward and Nome to the new extension courses. | The present enrollment at the | University of Alaska includes 54 from various states. with Washing- ton, Oregon and California leading |and one from Germany. Mining courses are the most pop- | ular. APOLOGIZE, " EVERYTHING FORGOTTEN British Officers Sorry for Taking Pictures of Fortifications KEELUNG, Formosa, Oct. 9. — A British Consul, accompanied by the Captain of the Submarine mother- boat Medway, has offered apologies | for photographs made by the Brit- |ish officers of fortifications at Tai- houku. The apologies have been accepted and the case is regarded as a closed incident.” “Walked Too Fast” BLACK LEGION TANANA DISPUTE IRONED OUT FOR PRESENT TIME Temporary Settlement Aboard Freighter Averts Threatened Ship Tie-up REPORT ALASKA MAY BE EXCLUDED IN TILT |Government May Step in to | See that Territory Gets | Service Despite Trouble | SEATTLE, Oct. 9. — The | Alaska Steamship Operators Association, of which practi- :lcally all major steamship lines |operating to Alaska are mem- | bers, announced today that it thad received confirmation ;that the reported strike on !the Freighter Tanana in Dry ____ |Spruce Bay, Kodiak Island, | had ended with the result that |scheduled sailings of other Alaska ships would be re- GOLUNEL GETS 's“?::' steamers Oduna and I-lFE s——ENTENcEWMch were cancelled yester- Northwestern, sailings of day by the Alaska Steamship : {Company, were put back on Five Others Also Go to Cell the schedule today, to sail Oc- tober 14, and it was reported —Charges Made in ‘that other sailings were to be » e FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 9. — Open Court DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 9. — Har- least until the expiration ‘of vey Davis, Colonel of the Black Le- ' the 15-day truce October 15. gion, told Judge Joseph Molynihan! who sentenced Davis and six tellow! The North Sea cleared at noon members of the legion to life for today. murder, that Duncan McRae,| 1t was understood that the fire Wayne County Prosecuting Attor- ney, was a member of the hooded FOOM crew of the Tanana had re- order. %lurned to duty on advices from their McRae, in the court room at the ynion headq It % time, denied the charge but admlt-\un - ihshec . Plonttle, Iy ted having signed “several mmy.‘mg the dispute to rest until the while running for office as a Vou‘vcsuel returned to this port. The getter. ! fir % Judge Molynihan told Davis to! " o™ 16 Was sald, had not re instruct his attorney to investigate fused to work as firemen for which the matter, and then sentence was they were signed on, but had re- —— - Ui € |fused to work as longshoremen un- less they got additional longshore cHAINs BGY Tu vay of 95 cents an hour for straight time and $140 for overtime. It is Icuswmnry in outlying ports where :Lhere are no longshoremen for the jcrew to work the cargo. There is nothing at Dry Spruce Bay but a cannery which now is closed for the season and it is reported the Tanana’s crew had been asked to unload supplies for future use at the | cannery. Lad Trudges to School—! Judge Is Informed— | Acts Quickly that Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, had indicated FINDLAY, Ohio, Oct. 9. — Judge that Alaska would be excluded in Paul Capell this afternoon jailed the event of a tie-up of shipping William Leeth, aged 55, after Leeth's and that service would be main- stepson, Robert Feucht, aged ten tained to the north even if it be- years, trudged into a school room came necessary for the government with & 15-foot log chain padlockcd !0 Intervene. McGrady, recently re- around his neck. ot 9ieas B N S RN 7 The Judge said the boy had been! ~ (Continued on Page Six) chained to a kitchen stove last night | for punishment for going into the kitchen to get a piece of pumpkin pie which had been denied him at dinner time. ) A step-daughter of Leeth’s, sum- moned to the court room, said her little brother had often been chained | for running away from her siep father. Judge Capell, terming the affair as “apparently a vicious case,” or- dered Leeth held in jail, without ‘a charge, until a probe has been com- pleted. | carried out as per schedule at REPORT ALASKA TO BE EXCLUDED Report was broadcast last night ® & 0~ 0 00 0 00 00 Steamer Movements NORTHEBOUND Yukon scheduled to arrive at 6 o'clock tonight. Should have 7 cdays mail aboard. North Sea scheduled to arrive Tuesday. SCHEDULED SAIL'NGS Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Octoberr 10at9p. m. Northwestern scheduled to sail from Seattle October 14 at 9 a. m. Northland scheduled to sail Georgia Watervuy\ MANILA, Oct. 9. — Quadruplets,| each weighing three ounces, have| been born to Mrs. Leoncio Englo,| a Filipino, aged 21, attended only| by a midwife, in a small Maragon-| don hut ip Cavite Province. | The quads are all girls and doing| |nicely according to reports. The And Sets Himself Really on Fire YAKIMA, Wash,, Oct. 9. — H. Monda, Wapato Japanese rancher, said from his hospital bed here he “walked too fast” and as a result Is Now Completed AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. 9.—Comple- tion of the cofferdams on the Sa- vannah River lock and dam proj- ect, PWA financed, opens the lock to navigation to and from Savan- nah, T LG S S |only extra attention required by the “six-in-a-bunch’ is coddling among| Was under ‘a doctor's care. | hot water bottles. | Monda’s clothing became saturat- Englo, the father, is a 21-year-old|ed With a- spray he was using in| laborer and recently lost his job|his orchard and the friction caused as a road worker at which he earned | when his legs rubbed together as) 40 cents a day. he walked ignited them. There are two other children in| He was burned on the arms andl lt:: family besides the quadrup- imus, attendants said. ) ARRIED ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 9.— At a church ceremony here, Vir- legs but the injuries are not ser-|ginia Bandy and Walter Swanson lhnve been united in marriage. from Seattle November 13 at 9p m Evelyn Berg scheduled to sail from Seattle October 14 or 15at 9 p. m. Zapora scheduled to sail from Seattle October 23 at 9 p. m. SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS No steamer north or west. LOCAL SAILINGS Estebeth leaves every Wednes- day night at 6 p. m, for ® Sitka and wayports. Ll Dart leaves every Fi day at e 7 8. m. for Petersburg, Kake & and wayports. . ® 000 000000 00 R )