The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1937, Page 1

. NO. 7375, VOL. XLIX HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Y, JANUARY 7, 1937. D PRESS 5 N, PRICE TEN C ARMS EMBARGO LEGISLATION 1S HELD UP 1DAY Parliamentary Knot Ties Up Resolution Passed by Congress PRESIDENT UNABLE TO SIGN MEASURE Senate’s Action Failed to Authorize Signature of Vice - President WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—A par-| liamentary knot which held up the signature of the speedily enacted Spanish Arms Embargo resolution | ‘gave rise today of the possibility of another race to ship war materials to the Spanish Loyalist Army. In the rush yesterday, the senate failed to authorize Vice-President Garner and President of the Sen- ate to sign the resolution outside of the session thereby keeping it from the White House until the Senate again convenes. Both houses of Congress recessed late yesterday afterncon until to-! MOrrow. Richard Dingley, San Francisco munitions dealer, said he hoped to get his four and onme-half millicn! dollar cargo of planes and arms off before tomorrow and is waiting for | Spanish officials who are arrivlngi here today by plane from Mexico; City. A steamer is already to take! the cargo aboard. | The steamer Mar Cantabrico, which raced out to sea yesterday with a cargo of munitions aboard, is today safe at sea enroute to Spain. 2 | | | leral west of the PREVAILS OVER HALF UENATIUN : Suffering Intense from Mississipi to Rocky Mountains TWO EPIDEMICS THREATEN DENVEF Blizzards Whitling Ovet.3| States, Utah, Neveda and Arizona WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—A severe cold wave has enveloped most of the western half of the nation today a€ far west as the Rocky Mountains. Today is the coldest spell so farj of the winter and suffering is re- paralysis. The affair, again to be ported widespread. Sub-zero temperatures are gen= Mississippi River Valley. Denver Stricken Denver, stricken with an influenza and pneumonia epidimic, has a tem- perature today of 9 degrees below zero. Thirteen deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours, mak- Mrs, Emily Lambert e e ——— |One of the largest alimony awards on record went to Mrs. Emily [Milliken Lambert, daughter of the late multi-millionaire chemist, { | ing a total of 142 since December 12, The Yellowstone Park area is ex- 'I;héy’fl rHelpr the President Fight Paraiysis Mrs, George H. Earle, wife of the governor of Pennsylvania, was principal speaker at a meeting in Phila- ! delphia of the local committee for the annual President’s Ball to raise funds for the fight on infantile In the picture, from the left, are Miss Eleanor Davis, Mrs. Earle, Miss Ellen Gower Hood a: Mun Rid?llcd by Gang Gun ~ Fools Doctors—Gets Well| nwEFERREDBY SEVERE QUAKE countrywide, will be held on President Roosevelt’s birthday, January 80. nd Mrs, Kath- ryn M. Sura, TR 4 ACTION ON JONES | MANITOWISH, Wis, Jan. 7— Eight bullets from the homemndc!] u N EA machine gun of the murderous ' “Baby Face” Nelson burned into the | body of Carl Christenten. UC.OFC, FEARS ARE FELT FOR KIDNAPED BOY PARENTS ARE REPORTED TO BE ALARMED |Lad May Be Suffering from Severe Cold Weather Now Raging |ALL AVENUES ARE OPEN FOR FAMILY New Advertisement Ap- pears Indicating Nego- tiations Progress TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 7.—The coldest weather of the winter has alarmed the paretns of kidnaped ten - year -old Charles . Mattson. Dr. W. W. Mattson and his family are fearful that the lad might be seriously affected if he is being kept in some outlying, poorly heat- ed shack, or is releastd on some lonely country road. The father of the little boy, who was abducted from the family home here Sunday evening, December 27, has made preparations to rush the lad to a hospital, instead of his home. The boy had a cold at the time he was kidnaped. All avenues to the family are being left entirely open, to permia contact with the kidnaper. G-men, police, and newspapermen have John T. Milliken, when she received a divorce settlement of $1,60f 000 from her husband, J. D. Lambert, wealthy drug manufacturer. Her decree, obtained in a St. Louis court, was awarded on grounds of mental cruelty and was uncontested. She also won custody of their. two minor children. ICKES ORDERS | | periencing 45 | temperatures. | It is 20 degrees below zero at Bil- lings, Montana. Marooned Rescued At Cedar City, Utah, where it is 18 degrees below zero, nine bus passengers marooned near there for !14 hours during a terrific snow {storm, were rescued this forefioon. degrees helow zero. S REGISTERED - THI MORNING |Estimated as Powerful as {%0ne in May, '35, Which Doctors said he could hardly sur- vive more than a few hours. That was two and a half years ago; and today Carl Christensen still lives— and runs a tavern, Christensen was shot in the en- counter with- the infamous Dillin- ger qutlaw fn wi Capter' Baum, GCr-niR- jCommiltees for New Year Appointed by Presi- dent G. W. Folta l Action on whether to urge suspen- -or “of the Jones law Crown-Pringess Blizzards are reported prevailing the “Little Bohemia™ gunfight be-lwhich prohibits under its Alaska ex- {tween Federal officers and Dilling- | clusion clause the shipping of Amer- withdrawn from watching the fam- ily’'s movements, following Dr. Matt- son’s urgent request yesterday. NEW ADVERTISEMENT SEATTLE, Jan. 7—~A new classi- fied advertisement appeared in the Seattle Times today, reading as fol- “Mable—I am getting all notes. Police are not incercepting them. I accept your message of identifi- cation. All requests have been car- ried out. I will do as instructed, without anyone knowing., Anfn.” SPANISH REBS AGAIN ATTACK MADRID SUBS Repea tedly_Repulsed, In- surgents Today Five Killed 26,000 4% 470k er gangsters, including John Dillin- fican goods via Canadian carrier | . . and Arizona. 3 7 | 2 . | LONDON, Jan. 7.—An earthquake ger, Tommy Carroll. Homer Van|from the States to the Territory WAH MEAS“RES FUHM AI.I.Y uPEN Gfifmall P[ill ce Cold in Washington State |egtimated by recordings on the sels- | Meter and Nelson. was deferred by the Alaska Cham-| It is reported that it is 32 degrees |y oorapy to be almost as powerful | Christensen, a county constable,|ber of Commerce at iis weekly lun-| FUR ENAGTMENT Prospecting and Mining Two Million Subjects Re-' 9 1 | |in various sections in Utah, Nevada 3 5, pastern | % below zero in Chewalis, northeastern | quake in the India Quefte Te- and the two G-men, were packed | cheon today in the Terminal Cafe | Can Now Be Carried on | joice—Cnly One Other | he shington, | 1| : i part of the State of Washington,|gion “which killed 26000 in May, tightly in their small car when Nel- until its next meeting. H. L. Faulk- son suddenly surprised andscovered ner explained some of the features! ] . . . { But Under Regulation Wedding Permitted WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Ala “"fl? ; "E‘i"“{h‘“ Sll;"kz‘"l’-n:"(f‘“;‘- 11935, has been registered. The dis-| Gt f.,’(p(f,.ie,;;;’ ¥ “;,mmfgu:n“u'bflnc‘% is believed to be at least|them with a 38 automatic pictol. |of the act, which is based on the ‘S:Lnle § : 5000 miles away in Central Asial “One of us—I think it was Baum theory of preventing a foreign line | % |or the West Indies. who was at the wheel—made a move [from competing with an American, | e | that Baby Face didnt' like,” Chris-|but due to shortage of time it was [ tensen recalls, “He poked the gundecided to defer action. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jan. | ;’D‘;legfl:s "Imlho_“y 6’» D‘:“““d[ ;‘“dfi.f.& royal maid, Crown Princess ,today that Interior Department Sec-| # B % i retary Harold L. Ickes had issued | JWliana, today became the bride nfl |an order opening Glacier Bay Na-|the German Prince, Bernhard zu UFFIGERS ARE through the coupe window and n]nz-] Major purpose of suspension or| WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—A fast yona) Monument in Southeast Al-|Lippe Biesterfeld, amid the rejoicing | ed away, amendment if it is asked is to per-| growing heap of legislative proposals|yqx, o mineral prospectors under|of two million subjects in the land "unued for 40 minutes. The direc- “Baum was killed instantly. bringing of freight from the | | faced both the Senate and House|yonyg of the measure passed at the| r i oe and windmiiis. KILLING MA —_— ]non and distance is not known. “Newman, now head of the G-|gtates here by Canadian boats dur-| men in St. Louis, was creased on the |ing the strike emergency. forehead by a bullet that did mo yes'l,grciny g Cmgrl?s-\i el thmughvma e The first ceremony was performed prefimiuary forméaliiies. ) He said the Geological Survey de- " e cuoins town hall, a civil cere- | Constitutional amendments Pro-|uibeq the area as “rich in minerali ;o tpen in historic color, in the . . . Claim Prisoner Is Beaten to!ueavy pestrucrion ! Ice- BELIEVED POSSIBLE | Death—Seven Police PASADENA, Cal, Jan, T—A very * OF FIRST MAGNITUDE DENVER, Col., Jan. 7—The Rev.| |A. W. Forestall, seismologist at Re-| |gls College, reports an earthquake (of the “first magnitude,” some- ‘uhere outside of the North Ameri- can continent. | The first recordings started at |6:35 o'clock this morning and con- Amendment Also Provides for Only Six-Year Term for President It was brought out in this con- {nection that the Chambér had wired ! President Roosevelt declaring that Miles from Capital 16 months, finally he was ut.sclmrg-}::,’;dtf::::f;" ROTEIDMGRL BIVICE B et I ed. but he walked on erutches. Now | "o on tho relief situation in|surgents have fought their way to he walks without aid and without % . { the S| limping. Doctors say he is lucky|JUneau was read and action on it|the suburbs of the Spanish capital g 3 Ylalso deferred, subject to discussion|again after being repeatedly re= } serious damage, but stunned him. Eight bullets hit me.” Christensen lay in a hospital for| posed will require a National refer-! ocources” The survey was made endum before America could engage rocently Gh"‘?"“;_ Klerk. the two pronounced | i § : r final vows. in any foreign conflict. Under the regulations no person o | to be alive. A proposal for conscription of in-| dustry in wartime was also intro- duced in both houses, one by Sena- tor Nye and the other by Repre- sentative Ludlow. Other bills. are as follows: Preventing employers from influ- encing workers in national elections. Constitutional amendment provid- ing for a six year term for the President with no re-election. Provision for 5-day 30-hour week in manufacture of goods in inter- state commerce. Several measures to eliminate child labor. RESERVATIONS MADE, SECOND TRIP, GORGAS Seventy-five Anchorage Men Are to Be Given Preference ANCHORAGE, Alagka, Jan. 7.— The Alaska Railroad announces reservations for the second south- bound voyage of the Gen. W. C. Gor- gas. Preference will be given to 75 men who applied on the first voyage but were unable to obtain reserva- tions. MARTEN CATCH REPORTED 600D FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 7. — Trappers of the Fort Yukon area report small catches of fox and lynx but a heavy catch of marten. can obtain title to mining lands. ever, keep up his annual assessment work. Permission to cut timber for mining or domestic use must be ob- tained from the Monument Cus- todian. Construction of roads and trails are subject to approval of the National Park service and pros- pectors will be required to obtain| permission to prospect from the; Custodian unless they have been; granted claims. Hunting in the area| is prohibited and arms are banned except by written permission of the Custodian. Woman Fights Owl | wed in The Netherlands today, and tronella van der Meer who married a canalman. Only one girl was permitted to Prospector or operator must, ow-|yo wag “tne other Juliana, Pen-| men Are Involved strong earthquake, capable of wide- spread destruction, probably orig- HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas, Jan. inating in Central Asia has been [ | The honor was per- T—Second degree murder indict- recorded here. |mitted “the other Juliana” because ments charged seven police officers she and the Princess were born on With “striking, kicking and beating” Dr. C. F. Richter, said that if lhl" WA Sl . SCARLET FEVER | “disturbance is in a populated area,| the same day and at the same hour. .- 'Propose Repairs, Chilkeot Barracks 'at their request, to death, John Dickson, aged 32, undoubtedaly serious loss of life has prisoner in the jail here on Christ- |resulted.” mas Eve. The death certificatsl The quake is the hes showed the man died of pneu-|corded in more than one year monia, but when relatives began IR jest re- bruises, broken bones, ete., the terrific beating was revealed. It is alleged the officers were intoxicated at the time. |Other Public—Places Also| Lock Doors at Fort Yukon FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 7. o | CLOSES SCHOOL | and possible amendment at next week’s session, The following committees, with the first named as chairman, were appointed by President George W. Folta: Aviation—Robert W. Bender, An- thony E. Karnes and Ike P. Taylor. Boy Scouts—Wellman Holbrook. | Civie Improvements—A. B. Phil-| lips, John W. Jones and H. Vander | Leest. | Community Welfare — Charles| Burdick, John A. Glasse and Harold | B. Foss. Fire Prevention — V. W. Mulvi-| | pulsed during the past several weeks |and in the majority of cases driven | back. The :msurgents are rveported to have occupied the rallroad station and surrounding buildings in the su- burbs, five miles northeast of the Capital. GOING TO AID LOYALISTS PARIS, Jan. 7—French border authorities report a steady stream of volunteers from many lands flowing through Franck to aid the Spanish Socialist Government. This is despite negotiations applying a ban on such volunteers.” The volun- The seven men were arrested last night by Garland County authori- ON TOUGHEST OF (90 Army Posts Throughout’ Country May Also Be Constructed | | | | lnon from richocheting. WASHINGTON, Jan. T—A bill| authorizing construction of more than 90 Army Posts throughout the country, the total cost estimated at BURKEVILLE, Tex., Jan. 7. — Investigating a commotion in her chicken yard, Mrs. Josie Woods saw a large horned owl about to make off with one of her prize hens. 3 i She courageously grabbed the)$33,000,000, has been introduced by bird, which dropped the fowl and}Senutnr Sheppard, Chairman of the| attacked Mrs. Woods with beak and|Senate Military Affairs _Commmeai claws. The owl lost the hen and the{ The proposed authorization also; fight, but Mrs. Woods suffered se-|includes $14,000 for Chilkoot Bar-| vere hand wounds. racks on Lynn Canal, Southeast - s Alaska, and Signal Corps Station at Progress 18 Tougll Anchorage, Alaska. on Tobacco Spitting AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 7.—Progress has wrecked the fine art of tobacco spitting in the State Capitol here. Texas statesmen-marksmen for- merly could teeter the low old-fash- PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jan. 7.— ioned cuspidors with a perfect arc; Admiral Albert Gleaves, aged 79, of plug cut shot from a distance retired, the officer who commanded of ten paces. | the transport force during the world Now the cuspidors have been re- | war and also the protecting force, placed by tall tubular receivers filled died here today. He was also the with white sand. They baffle the author of biographies of several most expert marksmen because he naval officers. rinds the “angle of incidence” much! Admiral Gleaves was known as the smaller, There is also less protec-|“man who took them over and brought them back.” Admiral “Who Took Them Over, Brought Them Back,” Is Dead ties. Those charged with the beat-| ing include Lieut. Cecil Brock and Captains “Bob Moore and Arch| Cooper. ELU REPORTED PREVAILING IN UNITED STATES All Sections of Country In- dicate Number of Cases Growing STRIKE ISSUES Four Peace Conferences | Called Today—Officers’ | Hiring Crucial Problem SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. T.— New peace conferences called to: 'to negotiate issues of the seventy- |day Pacific Coast maritime strike |spread their attack on the so-called | “toughest” problem, preferential union hiring for ships’ officers. At least four separate confer- ences, with as many striking union 'groups are scheduled for today, |headed by that between shippers |and the Masters, Mates and Pilots. | The International Longeshormen’s Association District Council has is- WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—A state- sued a bitter reply to Mayor An- ment issued by the Public Health|gelo J. Rossi's radio attack on Service says influenza is on the in-|Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast Presi- crease all over the nation. There dent of the ILA. The Council were 3,998 cases during the week|claims that Mayor Rossi resorted ending January 2, compared With|to lies an misstatements in his 2,088 the previous week. | broadeast speech. The statement said the figures| Friends of Bridges are urging released represent “only a fraction”|that he enter a hospital for treat- of the actual number of cases. |ment of a stomach ailment, for The sharpest increase in in New which he underwent a serious op- York City. 1( ration two years ago. er by airplane from Fort Yukon report the school is closed there be-| cause of four mild cases of scarlet fever which developed after Christ- Advices received by the News-Min- |y N Lester Troast and R. B.| Martin. Forum and Policy—Norman Ban- field and all other Past Presidents. Legislative—Allen Shattuck, W.| | | G. Smith and H. D. Stabler. Owing to the cases, New Year fes- Legislative Reception H L. tivities were prevented. MOV‘“SV‘Fau]kner. H. G. Walmsley and R. dance hall and other places have|p Robertson. been closed, also the annual potlatch | ycal Industries—G. E. Cleveland, has been suspended. 'R. J. Sommers and J. J. Keyser. ——.——— | Membership and Finance—C, D.| : | Beale and others to be appointed. ac n I"g | Mining—B. D. Stewart, Dr. W. W. 5 |Council and J. F. Mullen TULSA, Okia., Jan. 7.-Oil, not| Program and Attendance (First wheat or cotton, is the big money |quarter) —Wilbur Iriving, O. L. Ken- crop in Oklahoma riow. Farmers|dall and Sherwood Wirt. have found their underground har-| Retail Trade — R. R. Brown, vest from oil rentals and royalties Charles Waynor and Tom Dyer. more valuable than wheat fields| Radio Interference—M. S, Whit- gold. |tier, €. E. Naghel and F. A. Boyle. Total income from sale of wheat| Small Boat Harbor—Allen Shat- in Oklahoma in 1935 was $23377-|tuck, W. S. George and Charles 000, compared to oil rentals and|Hawkesworth. royalties totaling $36,750,000. Cotton Tourist Advertising—Dr. Robert lint sales brought $19,175,000 Simpson, M. J. Wilcox and V. W. T———— Mulvihill. | Tl'lil h Shocking w’l‘lrunx.porlauun .;mfi Trade—H. G. | FRANKFORT, Was.—The mouse| Valmsley, R. H. Stevens, T. A. Mor- [that was electrocuted = when he ¥8% Gomar: N- O Rickegts apd %4 gn:um-d lhmu‘gh a light \Vll(‘v in the Delegates to the Territorial Cham- |residence here of Gene Kihm at {1east; went out iiy-u: blase of glowy.| . O Commence—W; 8, Glackss, i gy |Norman Banfield, I Goldstein He blew out all the fuses in the o on wanted, = ©o g house, (Continued on Page Five) road shops. 4 teers claim they have as great a right to aid the Loyalists as the In- surgents who are claimed to be re- inforced by Germans and Italians. QUERIES ARE ANSWERED LONDON, Jan. 7—Germany ‘and Italy, Fascist powers 'in Europe, are reported to have answered the French and British pleas they must stop sending volunteers to Spain. It is intimated that in concil- iatory and reserved notes, the two nations said they agreed in prin- ciple, that volunteers should not be sent to Spain but called on a broad nonintervention plan barring both direct and indirect forms of foreign aid. It is understood here the French Government has announced that 34 warships can be concentrated in Spanish waters within two weeks “if thy are needed.” City Councilman of Anchorage Is Injured in Fall ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. T— Francis Larue, City Councilman, was ‘injured, not seriously, in a fall while working in the Alaska Rail-