The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 15, 1936, Page 1

T VOL. XLIX., NO. 7 HE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS THE TIME” JUNI:AU /\LASKA TUBD AY, DTCPMB} R 1.3 I‘B() . EMPIRE ————————————] GENERALISSIMO OF CHINA MURDERED CHIANG KAl SHEK KILLED, COLD BLUUI] Marshal Chan g Hsueth Liang Makes Announce- ment Qver Radio GOVERNMENT CIVEN MOST SEVERE SHOCK Other Military aty Leaders Are | Also Dead at Hands Mutinous Troops SHANGHAI, Dec. 15.— Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai Shek and several other Chinese military leaders were killed at Sianfu after a mutiny of the Chinese- Communist troops. Marshal Chang Hseuh Liang made this cold blocded an- nounement by radio. The Northern China Marshal told anxious China of the slay- ing of the head of the Chinese Government, The statement breught an end to the intense hopes of the Premier’s safety. Chang also announced that Gen. Chiang Tso Pi, former Chinese Ambassador to Tokyoe was among the other victims. Martial law was declared im- mediately threughout China by the Nanking Government. Chang’s broadeast from Sian- fu appalled the nation. BELIEVE CHIANG DEAD TOKYO, Dec. 15.—Foreign Min- | ister Hachiro Arita told the Jap-| anese Cabinet today he behevcd1 China's distator, Gen. Chiang Kai| Shek was slain last Friday night| because Dr. H. 8. Kung has taken | over the Generalissimo's posmonw as civilian government. Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang mu-| tinied with his troops and captured Chiang at Sianfu. The Chinese Government, ac- cording to advices received here,| insists Chiang is alive. sia has had a hand in the mutiny | of Chang and his Chinese troops,| Japan cannot remain on the side-| lines because of danger of its own peace and security. Advices state the mutiny was caused so that Chiang would be forced to declare war on Japan as a command of the Communist forces. |to get their children from the burn- SAYS CHIANG IS ALIVE NANKING, Dec. 15—W. S. Mc- Donald, edvisor to the Chinese | Government, has telegraphed he| has personally seen Gen, Chiang, at Smnru and found him in good| He declared, however, | intensive negotiations will be| essential before the crisis is re- lieved” and the Generalissimo is released. MOSCOW, Dec. 15—Soviet Un- ion officials vehemently deny any part in the Chinese mutiny in which General Chiang was cap-| tured and counter with the charge' that the Japanese Imperialistic| policy preclpltnwd the crisis. GOLD AWARD IS PRESENTED TO POST'S WIDOW | | |aware of it. | friends {some new clothing. The furniture | which the Gullfusens recently pur- {i= Adjutant of the Alford John | | | | Mrs. Wallis Warfield GULLUFSENS' HOME BURNED ~ SALES INCREASE mpson, attractive for was taken shortly before she left London for Cannes, As She Left En glaml Ll [Returns from Buenos Aires {BUSY DAYS ARE AHEAD 'FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE | Dec. PRESIDENT IS BACK FROM 28 DAY S. A. TRIP Where He Attended Peace Conference Plan .Legislative Program! for Congress — Pre- pare, Inauguration | Carolina, Franklin D.| CHARLESTON, South 15.—Pr ent | Roosevelt landed here today from! |the Indianapolis, completing a 28- | day round trip that took him to the! Inter-American Peace Conference |at Buenos Aires. | | ashore | during a cold r: Baltimore belle, France. CANNED SALMO E THIS MORNING 13.3 PER GENT: Children Escape in ng,ht Uothlmb Fire of undetermined origin this morning, Mr. and M lufsen and three children escaping in their night clothing from the, burning house. So rapidly did the fire spread from the kitchen, Where it is be- lieved to have started, that both parents suffered severe burns on their hands and arms in fighting | ing building. |portion of her hair when, as she| the children had been, flames into her arms. Fortunately, Mr. Gullufsen already had taken children out on the other side of the house, but his wife was not yet. George, Jr., the son | of the family, carried his smallest sister from the house while his, | father took the other girl and lhe | canary. All their household effects and clothing were lost, the family hav- ing to borrow wearing apparel from | until they could acquire the house, was not insured but | | chased, carried some insurance.! Total loss probably will run into several thousand dollars. 1 According to Mr. Gullufsen, whoi Bradford Post, American Legion, Mrs. Gullufsen, who is an officer |swept the George Gullufsen home|—Organized advertising okyo observers said that if Rus- on Tenth Street about 7:30 o'clock | credit by the salmon canning m- Gul- | dustry for a 13.3 percent llldr(‘dse |ieties of Mrs. Gullufsen was|percent; burned on the face and lost a great|ocks, 14.8 percent. flashed out into her face and biting muv.xsc to orgnmu’d advertising. | e NATIONS FAIL R e Gl Molhor and Three|Industry Credits Organized | whicn | Advertising with General Increase Is Indicated SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 15. is given in canned salmon sales for the first of this year | similar period in 1935. | A sales survey of | nine months over & the salmon| |canning industry covered about 40- 000 retail outlets, Percentage of increase | salmon are Chums, 445/ Pinks, 25.6 percent; Chin-| by var-| A decline in Red sales of 17.3 is broke a window to get to where attributed to low stocks. The industry credits the general TO PAY DEBTS NOW DUE U. 8. ; France Sende Nole for New Agreement—Finland, | as Usual, Pays ; WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—France | has told the United States shel hopes to open negotiations for a| new agreement on war debts, al- plane down on account of low hang-| special - dispensation {rom .)41\ t n0re- | intensive though the French Government and Dressed in a light grey suit, with no topcoat, in contrast to the sum- mer clothes he wore until almost the last day of #he trip, he stepped 9:30 o'clock this morn-| ing. The President was followed his son James and other of the party. They n The secretaries and Mrs. Roosevelt met the party. The entire party left at 9 o'clock this forenoon on the 12-hour trip wack to Washington, D. C. | by | members came ashore James BUSY TIME AHEAD WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, dent Roosevelt, - returnin | White House tonight, fac one of | the busiest periods of his active career. | The President finds the marine strike on the Pacific Co: and ewhere unsettled and fac trong pressure to cettle it at once. He must fill scores of vacancies to | Federal posts and also plan the leg- | islative program for Congress, meets. in three weeks, and | his inauguration which is five weeks away. Presi- to the e BIG TRANSPORT PLANE FORCED DOWN IN UTAH Seven Aboa:(I—Are All OK.! Landing Made Ac- | count of Low Clouds BULLETIN — SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 15—~It is reported this afternoon that the missing plane was not sighted by the searching craft. The plane w»s last heard from about 4 o'clock this morning, according to re- port, and was then believed to be northeast of Milford, high over Delta, which is in 2 moun- tainous section. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, nug' 15—Officials of the Western Air Express, operators of the transport| plane with four passengers and crew of three aboard, which Jeft Los Angeles, Cal., at 11 o'clock last night and was last heard from via a | radio message at :27 o'clock th morning over Milford, Utah, an- nounce that the airplane made a forced landing in Southwestern Utah. A searching plane returned| here this forenoon reporting the| ing clouds. None aboard the plane CORDOVA GETS Former King of TAYLOR BACK BRINGING CARGO | FOR THIS PORT For the first time since (rouble started over her with Edwar psen posed for o photograph with a party of friends at Canne Pheto shows (left to right), Lord Brewnlow Simpson and . L. Rogers, host. and then tr led to romance Wallis Warfield where she retreated during the con- special ey of Edward; Mrs. H. L. Rogérs, This Soundphoto was sent d t from London s and by s ary o New York San Francisco over istered mail to The * telephone reg- Empire. London Lrou d I ’lwl "(’ll Su p port toEd wurd When the controversy between Edward and the Britis et was at its height regarding Mrs. Wallis Simpson, commoners were defermined he should remain King and also wed the American wom- an. Here is a demonstration outside Buckingham Palace gates when English citizens pledged support to their popular monarch. This Soundphoto was transmitted by wireless from London o New York theo over telephone wires to San Francisco, then to The Empire by air mail and registered m | SEVEN TONS OF England in Bed, FROM BUDGET FOOD SUPPLIES SevereHeadache BOARD HEARIN Bakery Also B())‘]‘Owswhll(‘ Intensive Strain uf Past,A. R. C. }m_,m('er Reporl\ Flour to Repl‘uc&’ Few Wm‘ks Said to Wide Alaska Interest at BI’UWI] Bl‘(‘a(l B‘ .llllS(: KI\VI(’I[IO[] LOII{CHSIICC i SFELD, CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. A Housewives rapidly bough Cing en tons of food discharged [ | | Austria, Ed hi dache of Dec. England | the 15. Alaska urned Former Road to Juneau on the after several Washington where ard bed . of Comimisgion, re. up | u with | t few contined to today Princ 1 severe hea because of the|Norah weeks headquarters by local lo strain e men from the mail sieams pas Starr. | were injured as a perfect landing was made. Those aboard the plane are »ilot 8. J. Samson, co-pilot William Bo- of the Legion Auxiliary, had got- iten up to light the oil fire. She |turned on the fuel, lighted the |flame and went to get dressed.| The French note spoke of the | Suddenly, she noted the fire burn-|possibility of some new ‘ rrunge-lgen and Gladys Hill, stewardess ing all over the floor of the kitchen, | ment acceptable to bot parties. 1 Passengers are Mr. ai M _— the oil apparently having overflow-| Finland will pay her mstallmentu!ohu Wolfe, of Chicago, H. W. l-‘(»l: TULSA, Oklahoma, Dec. 15. —|ed. She called her husband, wholas usual. }warfli of Salt Lake City and G. Wiley Post's airmen friends from|attempted' to smother the flames Installments due today total two Christopher, of Dwight, Illinois. distant parts of the nation, joined.hut without success. The place was|hundred fifty-five million, ninety-| Oklahoma admirers last night mwbumlng so rapidly that they hadthree thousand dollars. other debtors have served the usu-| al notice they will not pay the| semi-annual installment due today. Airmen F rie?:ls of Noted! Flier Attend Leremon- ies in Oklalioma 1 BUT WE GAVE HIM SOCKS week An wl The Starr was recently towed| here by the Cast Guard cutter| Tallapoosa from Seward where it iward s had been anchoraged in the stream|that Mrs. Wallace when the crew walked off the ship {Son might occupy at the start of the maritime strike. | refurnished. in Townspeople also found brief ‘h m surcease from a diet of brown| bread when a local bakery bor- rowed half a ton of whtie flour ttendant the chat staying, hinted Warfield Simp- suite now being order to be ar > - MRS. RUSSELL RETURNS Returning from accompanying the mother, Jean of her Mrs. nu; al g s pre-|Grady said, but no decision was near! presenting the widow with the Fed- | eration Aeronautics International Medal for the most outstanding con- tribution to aviation in 1933, the flight around the globe. Mrs. Post did not respond with any remarks, but stood and smiled her thanks wistfully. ‘The crowd of 450 persons then re- | to hurry to get to safety. The tele- phone had been cut off before they could call the fire department, and it was some time before they got to the neighbors to put in a call. ‘The house was a total loss by the time the fire departmént arrived. ‘The American Legion and Auxil- iary immediately mustered their sumed seats to gaze for a long time at the big gold medal. forces today and living quarters had (Continued on Page Three) Finland will pay $231315. e WOMAN ON TRIAL Mrs. Clara Zibio, Juneau matron, went on trial in U. S. Commis-| sioner's Court today on two counts of alleged larceny of furniture. On the first count she is charged with taking goods from the home of Grace Dockar and on the second count from the home of Leo Fesl LAST CHRISTMAS l from Chitina, A surve conducted by Vance shows 65 are here v waiti passage to the States on the available steamer. : RETURN HOME Mrs. Leroy West and daughter doing very nicely and wer able to retum to their home today are body Nordstrom, south for cremation, at Washelli in Seattle, Mrs. Dan Rus- ell returned to Juneau aboard the | Princess Norah. -+ LEAVE HOSPITAL Mrs. T. A. Flemming and went from St. Ann's Hospital and are reported l:m',; along very well. son’ to- to be get- | Board, vealed requests before the Budget decision of which is not re until the budget is ented to Congress The engineer | praise of the partment i Alaska and Alasl Taki en route next month was warm in his way the Interior De- 1 needs. me, dr W over route, spending’ one night in Dal- Texa. where they saw some lof the Centennial. At San | Antonio visited Gen. James the southern las, they {Commission, and now in the oil business there. They then visited the Grand Canyon, Boulder Dam and Los Angeles. Reburning north, ]Mr Taylor stopped off in Port- (Continued un Page Six) GTe . ;ncm-hud on the troublesome hiring ' no in! points, he defended Al-|of agreements. { working in behalf m ers' | { First Large Shipment Gen- eral Merchandise Since Strike Coming Here \GEN. W. C. GORGAS IS ] READY, ALASKA TRIP 1 Third Relief Vessel Await« ing Lifting of Fog at Seattle | | | | | | | | Steamer Arctic, under charter Alaska Packers’ Associa- with emergency food supplies Alaska account of the | present strike, is due to arrive in Juneau tonight at 9 o'= clock according to advices re- ceived by Wyatt Kingman, Agent {for the Alaska Railroad, operating ‘Lhe’ vessel. There are 900 tons of |#weight for Juneau aboard the large 1\:“‘1 consisting of general mer- | chandise, ete. | The Arctic has discharged emer- (gency supplies at Ketchikan, | Wrangell and Petéssburg enroute to Juneau. The vessel left Wran- y yesterday forenoon and | was forced to anchor at Scow Bay at 2; o'clock in the afternoon on - aceeunt. of -a southeast. gale, reaching a velocity of 70 miles an | hour, and a blinding snow storm. Capt. Ramsurer is in command uf the Arctic. Gorgas Ready to Sail An Associated Press dispatch to The Empire from Seattle said 135 | strikebound passengers boarded {the W. C. Gorgas today, but fog {delayed sailing at noon. Officers ‘0[ the steamer said it was necessary | to go into the harbor to swing the | ship and test compasses, but fog prevented them from getting iand | bearings. The craft will sail any heur from Seattle. The Gen. W. 8. Gorgas is manned and wes loaded by union members. The vessel took on 3,200 tons of gen- eral freight including Christmas 1gnods. ‘ Passengers for Juneam Passengers booked for Juneau |aboard the Gen. W. C. Gorgas in=- clude Mrs. Donald Williams, Mrs. Harry Hagan, Mrs. C. R. Coyne, Katherine Gribneff, Thomas Gaff- ney, Donald Williams, Ed Belden, Charles Morehouse, Nick Argros, | Spiros Kairepis, James Ward, Miss Hanioglu, Donald Smith. {from the tion, | for on maritime “ HIRING HALL CONTINUES AS BIG DEADLOCK ntative Agre ement Re- ported Reached But Other Issues Loom SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., A Dec. 15. tentative accord has been hall question, Edward F. McGrady, ¥lor, Chiet Engineer of | | Assistant Secretary of Labor, said |he had been informed by both sides of the present maritime strike, but tentative ‘agreement on . all penalties and infractions The troublesome iscussed subjects were in a conference, Me- reached. Penalties Important The spokesman for the Employ- Association pointed out that lthe ship owners consider penalties 1 few days off from duty equally as important as their side Mr. and Mrs. Tay-|of the question of hiring halls. Wages were not discussed. Nothing Doing Yet The consensus is that nothing further will be done pending the New York address of Harry &m- G Steese, former head of the Road|es, President of the Pacific Co ILA, in New York City tonight. H. P. Melnikow, Labor Ad of the six unions involved in present maritime strike, said: the ship owners make us a d (Continued on Page Six)