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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7350. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1936 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENT? PARTIAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT NEAR STATEMENT BY BRITISH KING DUE THURSDAY Premier Baldwin Replies to - Question in House of Commons BULLETIN—London, Dec. 9.— Premier Stanley Baldwin called the Cabinet into a sudden and unexpected session tonight to discuss the late development in the constitutional essary to approve of for tomorrow’s sessions. are rumors the King may abdi- and no official nor unofficial statement is made. LONDON, Dec. 9.—Prime Min- ister Stanley Baldwin today told the House of Commons that he hoped to make a statement tomor- row on King Edward's decision re- garding his wish to marry Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. The statement was made in re- plying to a question put by Clem- ent Attlee, Opposition leader. At- tlee said the Prime Minister should realize the anxiety over the con- stitutional crisis is increasing. Pre- mier Baldwin said no one realized it more than he did. NO STATEMENT MADE Wells Warfield Simpson “has sign-| ed no document,” according to the American woman's spakesman, Mrdk Brownelow, “Gentleman - In -Wait- Weiting” to King Edward. This| statement was made after she had an hour’s conference with her soli- citor, Theodore Goddard. | Lord Brownelow, Theodore God-| dard and Dr. Douglas Kirkwood flew here yesterday from the Croy-|lege, Dean, as they addressed wed-| don Airdrome, near London, in a| chartered airliner. | Dr. Kirkwood said he came here| to advise Mrs. Simpson that she! was never to fly. Her health, the dtoctor said, was good. DISABLED SHIP IS SAVED FROM | PACIFIC ROCKS Coast Guard Cutter Reach- es Craft in Time to Prevent Disaster | | SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—The Coast —,-— | i | Guard cutter Onondaga is today]m-ougm the Marine Airway's Fair-‘HIFI.E’ PIsTuI. child 71 seaplane into Juneau this' towing the motorship Noumes, of' French Plane Reported Shot Dn@ by Nazi Spanish Embassy in Paris Makes Sensational Charge Today PARIS, Dec. 9—The Spanish Embassy charges that a German Junkers war plane has shot down a French airplane over the Spanish insurgent territory and four aboard the plane were injured. The plane was said to be flying the French insignia and was in the service of the French Diplomatic Corps. SOCIETY BIRL SHOOTS CHUM ON“IMPULSE" Slays College Pal as Two Were Addressing Wed- ding Invitations EAST LANSING, Mich., Dec. 9. |—Circuit Court Judge Leland Carr| CANNES, France, Dec. 9.—Mrs.|has appointed a Sanily Commission | to examine Hope Morgan, aged 25, society girl, charged with first de- gree murder in the “impulse to kill” slaying of her college chum, Elizabeth Gilther. Miss Morgan stood mute at her arraignment on the warrant charg- ing she fired five shots at Miss Gilther, aged 25, bride~to-be, the daughter of a Michigan State Col- ding invitations in the Gilther home yesterday afternoon. Judge Carr directed a plea of not guilty and appointed a Sanity com- mission. Miss Morgan said: “T did it on he impulse. I can't explain why. could not help myself.” — e HOLDEN BRINGS 3 FROM SOUTH Marine Airways Pilot Ar- rives Back in Juneau from Seattle Completing his flight to Seattle and return. Pilot Alex Holden Forecasts that 1937 Will Be Best Year Since 1929 WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. — Secre- tary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper fore: t that 1937 will be the best business year since 1929. He added that .when a “better adjustment in relationships of our national and economic life” is considered, 1937 will be better than 1929, HIGH OFFICIALS OF JAPAN GIVEN SHARPWARNING Privy Council Calls Down Premier—Also For- eign Minister FEAR EXPRESSED AS GLASS PLANE NOT HEARD FROM Inquiry Sent Out from An- chorage, Destination for Which Plane Left Here } Fear for the safety of the Sikor- }skv amphibian plane piloted by |Don Glass and Gordon McKenzie, |was expressed in an inquiry this |afternoon received by The Empire from the Anchorage Times, which reported that the plane had not |arrived, and that no word had| | i been received from it since it left | Juneau. | The Sikorsky, with four passeng- |ers aboard, Mrs. W. H. Erskine, of Kodiak; William Evans and C M. Wells, of Anchorage, and Lor- raine Cozac, of Juneau, took off from the airport here yesterday|Japanese Privy Council today warn- | morning shortly before 10 o'clock,;¢d the Government it has displaced | planning to fly to Anchorage, with e Japanese foreign policy. |one stop, at Cordova. The Council attacked Premier | Weather reports received by Pi-|Koki Hirota and Foreign Minister |lot Glass, before he left here, re- Hachiro Arita and advised them to TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 9. — The | ported unlimited visibility for V,hg:(-xurt a greater caution in future | flight. | decisions affecting the former pol- | SREBECE S R {icy of Japan. | | Foreign Minister Arita made a | | public statement saying there were | no substantial reasons Russia would I | agree to extend the Japanese any | further fishing rights in Siberian F 0 R B u | L D I N G | waters. The present agreement | expires December 31. Minister's statement was also ad- E A E;hcred to by Premier Hirota. ‘ | This aroused the ire of the Japan= i ese Privy Council and resulted in | |the veiled reprimand. Hopes to Get Federal Money | o f | in Program to Accom- ;J HY E'_E modate PAA : TE y | SEATTLE, Dec. 9—City Coun-‘ |cil President Austin Griffiths said | today that the Council will ask Fed- | | eral approval for the Lake Wash-' —_— jington site at Madison Point for a Wife of Slain Man Creates |seaplane base after Robert (x‘ i) e . |Thaten, Vice President of Pan-] Excitement Today in ! American Airways, had told the Council that PAA is “particularly Court Room interested” in having a suitable| 5 base developed here, | Thatch said his company plans a northern route to the Orient via Alaska which would be 2,000 I miles shorter than the route from Dk Mava. Taland Bl and’ twa lamei | county officers. iz e MRS : Griffiths said the WPA will co-| he attorneys are making their |operate in development of the . p { : - . i opening statements this afternoon. base if the city obtains Bureau of Mra. Seabiofn rbatsl doms. ex: Commerce approval. Federal mon- jtement in the courtroom today ey could be made available, he,(rbje('tmg to Mrs. Bertha . Brite, | sald {aged 64, sitting with her two sons. i it | 8 ' SIMMONS MAKES ONE SHORT HOP THIS A.M. YREKA, Cal, Dec. 9—A jury of eleven men and one woman has been selected to try John and Coke Brite, mountaineer brothers, on charges of killing Capt. Fred Sea- IFOURTEEN DIE ‘The Foreign | "»,'fug which cut the IN FLAMES IN PLANE CRASH Dutch Airliner, Taking Off in Fog in England, Sud- denly Comes Down NOTED INDIVIDUALS | ARE AMONG VICTIMS ITwo Aveurd Ship Have | Narrow Escape—Stew- ardess Frees Self CROYDON, England, Dec. 9.—| Fourteen persons, including Juan| de la Ceirva, inventor of the auto- giro, met flaming death this; forenoon in the crash of the “KLM" | Dutch airliner, just four off the runway at the Airdrome, The condition of Walter Schu-| bek, a passenger, and Wireless Op-| jerator von Bemmel is grave. They | yboth escaped from the flames but| jsuifered internal injuries in the crash. a minutes | Croydon | Stewardess Escapes The Stewardess also escaped be- fore the craft burst into flames but she was burned, not seriously, in attempting to pull out two wo- men passengers. The victims of the crash and fire include Admiral Arvid Lindman,| former Swedish Secretary of State and Baron Gootfreid Mayern, of Nornburg, Germany. | Two Women Victims Two victims were women. The plane, heading to a heavy visibility, ! off the runway little more than 20 yards when it hit roof tops, crash-| ed and shortly afterwards, burst into a roaring fire. There were no Americans aboard the plane. Juan de la Ceirva began his ex- periments with the autogiro and its predecessor, the helicopter, twelve years ago. He first flew in March, 1924, | I | | | e e — | HERMLES SAILING | SOUTH ON LOUISE Sailing for the South aboard the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess| Louise are Mr. and Mrs, John Her-| mle and their two children, Jean| and John, Jr. Mr, Hermle, who is joint proprietor of the Home Gro-| cery and American Meat Com- pany, plans to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hermle, in San Jose, Cal.,, and then return to Juneau about the first of the year. RELIEF SHIP FOR ALASKA The Alaska Packers’ steamer Arctic, shown at her wharf at Alameda, Calif., was obtained by Col. O. F. Ohlson, manager of the government- owned Alaska railroad, to carry supplies to Alaska to relleve a food shortage caused by the Pacific Coast maritime strike. Colonel Ohlson negotiated with the striking unions to release the ship. (Associated Press Photo) BUREAU REPORT _ SHOWS HEAVY WOLF KILLINGS Postmaster Gets Many Letters About Avalanche Echoes of Juneau's recent | slide in which 15 persons lost their lives are being heard through the nation. The Empire has received re- peated requests for papers telling of the slide and Postmaster Albert Wile has a stack of letters from vari- ous parts of the country, asking about persons the writers believe to be in Alaska. One of the best letters, the Post- master reported, came from George | W. Craft of 265 E. Avenue, Corona- | Biological Survey Bureau in its an- do, Calif. The writer said he sym- nhual report to Secretary of Agri pathized with the city and enclosed |culture Henry Wallace, released to a check for two dollars to go ‘oward |day, said it had extended predatory the relief fund. It was turned over [control to Alaska primarily to pro- by the Postmaster to the relief com- | §ect reindeer and caribou from mittee, headed by H. L. Faulkner. |wolves and coyotees, The bureau Another letter came from Mrs.|said it had employed an expert on Etta A. Leighton in Auburn, Me., |trapping wolves to co-operate with ingiring as to relatives, and there|the reindeer service and to travel are many others from different m one village to another, show- parts of the nation, the Postmaster|ing the natives the best methods. reported. “Protection of these herds from T severe depredations by wolves is LEGISLATURE FOR 'Biolo, lace 8,000 Reindeer Pr(‘dalory Victims WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The ] { | gical Survey Tells Wal-l MASTERS, MATES PILOTS LEADING LATEST ACTION [Officers Call Meeting to Vote on Proposal Offered by Coastwise Operators ! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Dec. 9.— {A partial settlement of the 4l-day |maritime strike is closer today than at any time since the tie-up began. The Masters, Mates and Pilots |organization called a meeting to vote on proposals offered by the | coastwise shippers operating 70 of |the 225 strikebound coast vessels. The 70 vessels carry ten percent of the coast's cargo tonnage. | There is, however, no sign of an |agreement between the unions and |the offshore operators who carry 165 per cent of the tonnage of Pa- cific Coast ports. The unions and operators are still deadlocked over |the hiring hall issue. Mass Meeting Fifteen thousand persons attend= ed the mass meeting last night in the Civic Auditorium to hear the spokesmen of the unions and oper- |ators, also Mayor John F. Dore, of | Seattle, union backer, who flew |here to make an address. Other speakers were Harry Bridges, of the Pacific Coast ILA, and Robert D. {Lapham, President of the Ameri- can-Hawaiian lines, Appeal by Lapham Lapham said: “You want to go ‘Lu work. We want to go to work. The public demands that we both |go to work. I pledge you our sup- | port to this end.” | Lapham reiterated the offer of | the employers to arbitrate disput- |ed issues and concluded with the statement: “All the employers ask is the right to control hiring.” Dore Applauded Mayor Dore said he was a Har- vard classmate of Lapham 35 years ago and drew thunderous applause when he said the strikers would win. The Seattle Mayor also said |strikers have won every strike in | Seattle during the past six months. | MORE LOADING PROTESTS | ESEATTLE, Dec. 9.—Employers i today joined the unionists in crit- (dcizing the methods used in loading {the emergency ships with Alaska 'supplies. Yesterday the unionists imade a protest as to the methods (employed. | Today the Waterfront Employers’ | Association, through officials said: {®Persong familiar with handling jof ship's cargoes and men on the (waterfront, have been watching | with interest the operations of the the Republic of Panama, to As-|morning from Ketchikan where he toria. stopped last night after coming| CLUB CHOOSES Carrying express and a ‘“cat” Mrs. Hermle and the children plan | a longer visit in the states, first Similar reports indicate depre-|Government loading the Boxer and dations on mountain sheep, boats,' Arctic, noting with amazement the moose and deer, the Bureau re- entire lack of co-ordination. An The motorship was disabled in ag driving wind off Tillamook with engine trouble and called for help| last night, saying the wind was| driving her toward the rocks. The Onondaga left immediately for the scene and early today pick- ed the motorship up and started with the tow for Astoria. JUNEAU YOUTHS LEAD ALASKA CLUB AT U. W. Two Juneau youths attending the University of Washington, were re- cently elected to lead the Alaska Club at the University for the en- suing year. Earl Lagergren, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P Lagergren, was elected President of the Club, at the elec- tion on December 2, and Richard Radalet, son of A. Radalet, of Ju- neau, was voted the Vice-President’s post. Miss Betty Lee Brown, of Ketchi- kan, was elected secretary and treasurer. HENNING RETURNS FROM VACATION A. W. Henning, City Clerk and Magistrate, returned to Juneau on the Princess Louise after a three weeks' vacation to Seattle where he visited with his son, Bob, Univer- sity of Washington student. Stores in Seattle are filled with Christmas shoppers, Mr. Henning reported, and business in that line looks especially bright, although the maritime strike is having its effect on all business. There is a spirit of optimsm that a settle- ment of the controversy will result soon, he reported, and doubtless business on the coast will swing along at a merry pace as soon as shipping is resumed. . from Alert Bay. good weather as far north as Alert Bay, but difficult flying conditions from there into Juneau. The northward flight was made in less than nine hours flying time and just 49 hours elapsed time from Seattle. Holden brought mail, light express, and three passeng- ers, besides flight mechanic Lloyd Jarman. Passengers arriving in Juneau on the Fairchild were: Mrs. Kay Davis and Sam Price, from Seattle; and L. M. Odom from Ketchikan. The plane left Ketchikan shortly| after ten o'clock this morning. LONE PASSENGER THROUGH JUNEAU ON PRIN. LOUISE With one through passenger booked for Skagway aboard, the Princess Louise which arrived here yesterday afternoon at 3:20 o'clock, finished unloading mail and 100 tons of coal shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, and sailed from Fem- mer's Dock for Haines and Skag- way. The lone through passenger was N. Sewell, who is enroute to White- horse to assume aposition there as bookkeeper for the Northern Com- mercial Co. ——————— SALVATION ARMY HOME LEAGUE TO HOLD BAZAAR FRIDAY AT PIGGLY WIGGLY For the first time, members of the Salvation Army Home League will hold their bazaar up town. The articles for sale represent a year's work and will make very suitable gifts for Christmas. Mrs. Tanner is in charge of the affair which is planned for Priday, cember 11, starting at 10 o'clock Holden reported | De- | lony M.l“{" driver to Hawk Inlet, Sheldon Sim- mons, piloting the Alaska Air Transport Lockheed seaplane, took off from Juneau this morning at 9:15 o'clock. At Hawk Inlet Simmons picked up Mrs. Q Henry for a charter flight to Tenakee, from where he |returned to Juneau at 10:30. Returning from Sitka in the Nug- |get yesterday afternoon at 3 o'- John W. Jones was re-elected clock, Simmons brought Charles President of the Juneau Rifle and| Goldstein and George Laiblin, round Pistol Club at its annual meeting| trippers, and Fred Wendt. last night. = Other officers chosen| Simmons had planned to fly to for the new year are: J. P. Wil- Ketchikan this morning with Hugh liams, re-elected vice - president; | Brewster, Aeronautics inspector for Charles G. Burdick, elected Execu-|the Department of Commerce, Jer- tive officer; Leo J. Jewert, re-|ry Reiland and J. W. Gucker, but elected secretary, and J. W. Lelv- was forced to postpone the hop be- ers, re-elected treasurer. cause of weather condtilons. An attempt will be made by the — | ssociation, wit the sim ot hod- CHA%&:‘{DT%%SE;O " ing' competitive shoots to obtain a Election of seven members of the representative team to take part in the National Rifle matches to Executive Board which chooses the officers of the Chamber of Com- . NEW OFFICERS {John W. Jones Again Nam- ed President-—Plan Team for Perry Next Year be held next fall at Camp Perry, |it was decided at the meeting. | Report of the secretary revealed |that the club huas a membership|of the Chamber tomorrow noon in of 51 paid-up members. Last out-'the Terminal Cafe. Nominations can door season it qualified one expert{be made tomorrow in addition to {rifleman, six sharpshooters and{the eleven already nominated. | eight marksmen, a total of 18 fir- —————————— ing the preseribed course during PAYNE GOES OUT the season for the club. The :nnuul] Returning to his home office in issue of supplies to the club de- Seattle aboard the Princess Louise, pends on the number firing the]due to leave Juneau this evening, is course. E. W. Payne, traveling auditor for The club also announces that the|the Alaska Steamship Company, indoor range has been reopened in|who has been checking that com- the A. B. Hall and now available|pany’s agencies in Southeast Al- every night for shooting. aska for the past several weeks. ——————— - JOHNSONS MOVING LEAVE FOR FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. William O. John-| “Sandy” Smith and William M. son and family are moving from the | Peel, former Ensign of the Talla- Davis apartments to one of the Ma-|poosa, are going to Seattle aboard houses at Sixth and Harris.|the Princess Louise. The pair plan expect to be in their new|to tour the states and then go Saturday. merce will occupy the luncheon hour | spending some time with Mrs. Her- mle’s sister, Mrs. H. A. Fowler, in| {Seattle, then going to San Jose to; visit with Mr. Hermle's parents for | a short time. - MRS. TAYLOR RETURNS TO JUNEAU FROM EAST! Returning to Juneau aboard the Princess Louise was Mrs. Ike P. Taylor, wife of the Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission. 8She and her husband have been in Washington, D. C., where he at- tended budget hearings. They then motored west to Seat- tle, where Mrs. Taylor took pas- sage for Juneau, while Mr. Taylor went to Portland to represent the Territory at the Northwest Aviation Planning Council Conference. Mr Taylor is expected to return to Ju- neau on the next steamer, Mrs. Julia and Miss Elizabeth Terhune, who have been occupying the Taylor residence, taking care of Jean and Lewis Taylor during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Tay- lor, have moved into the Foshee Distin Avenue Apartment. ARMY ENGINEERS COMPLETE SURVEY; LEAVING FOR SOUTH James W. Huston and William ‘Thompson, Jr., Army engineers who have been here making a survey for the proposed small boat harbor. have completed their work and are leaving for the south tonight aboard the Princess Louise. They will report o Col. H. J. Wild, District Engineer at Seattle, who already has recom- mended the building of a small boat harbor here. The engineers took bottom tests while here, both and below the bridge. dreds of reindeer are killed in one night are not uncommon, and the reports further indicate that 8000 Six Changes to Be Suggest-| ed by Brotherhood at reindeer were killed during last ported. Forthcoming Session The muskox herd introduced into Alaska in 1930 is doing well, the report said - MOLLER INSTRUCT winter Urge for change in liquor regu-| lations for the Territory will be made to the Territorial Legislature | by the Alaska Native Brotherhood according to William Paul of the . ght, giving a talk on the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Frank| o o8 &Y 1€ & y 4 0 | selection of skiing equipment, C. Johnson, Grand President of the| ™rya moeeting was delayed by con- ANB. from Kake, is planning to be here for the session and will that two clubs were slated to meet present the resolution for liquor|ae ¢pe City Council Chambers at the control by the recent convention game time, the Ski Club of the AN.B. at Metlakatla. The| juneau Rifle and Pistol Club, but resolution has six points, namely: |the latter organization cleared up That Alaska be considered dryithe difficulty when its members territory; that local option districts!courteously changed the place of be created; that no license be |their meeting to the Forest Service granted therein unless there be a'Offices in the Federal Building. plebiscite; that buyers and sellers! At the conchi®ion of Mir. Moller’s both be required to have permits; instructive talk, the club agreed to that those who violate their prom- hold its first outing of the season ise suffer by cancellation of li- next Sunday, when members and cense, and that no license be trans- | friends will meet at the lower end ferable. {of the Spaulding Ski Trail, for e |#ki-hike, A bus is to be chartered by 9 the club to take any who wish to go. Snow Plflp!)ears | After the meeting was adjourned, As Rain Brings | eight members and guests ski-hiked .. up Basin Road to the A-J Boarding Rising Temperature Sap s House. Dan Moller was the principal peaker of the evening, at the neeting of the Juneau Ski Club {fusion resulting when it was found Juneau'’s first heavy snow of win- ter turned to rain last night and today and the white blanket was rapidly disappearing with indica- tion that it would not last long as the U, 8. Weather Bureau forecast more rain tonight and ‘tomorrow with rising temperatures. The total snowfall was 17.2 inches since last Saturday until it turned to rain last night, Meteorologist Howard J. Thompson reported. Fresh to strong southeast winds promises a rising thermometer. MORN GO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING? ING: MR, JONES - NG TO DO AT SKI CLUB MEET, and the | | enormous result.” expense inevitably will Union Criticism The spokesman of the strikers’ delegation, which protested to the Federal officials yesterday, said: It is unfortunate the Spokane {Avenue Terminal was not chosen in the first place as the costs will be high because of the bad plan- ning of the Bell Street Terminal | which is not adequate to the sit= uation. “We do not wish to embarrass either the Government or ourselves when the records are examined in the future. We now have expert men in charge after the inefficient men first engaged. The unions were not allowed to place men as they wished at first.’ “HOT CARGO" OF JAPAN ORANGES BEING PICKETED {Maritime Union Members | Form Line Around Se- attle Warehouse SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—Pickets forma ed lines around a produce comp warehouse here today to delivery ' of Japanese oranges loaded at Vancouver, B. C., sent here by -rail. The oranges are called “hot 80.” The spokesman for the ms unions said all diverted “unfair.” B