The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 13, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” © VOL. L., NO. 7561. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1937. SOVIET FLIERS AT F Shell | CHINESELAND | BATTERIES IN ACTION TODAY MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS [RBANKD, ANYTIME Fire, Flames Now Raging At Shanghai Mail Aboard Dor. Alexander Is Held Up First clas§ mail, according to INDIAN IS FACING MURDER CHARGE, TYEE SLAYING |Cannery Worker Andrew Japanese Naval Guns Re- postmaster Albert Wile, was held spond Qulckly to RC' |aboard the Dorothy Alexander which arived at 1:30 o'clock this ported Assault |atternoon, until shortly before 3 AT |o'clock. Then the Postmaster him- | OPEN WARFARE NOW | P RAC]ICALLYSTARTEDdone and the Postmaster trucked | iself asked the mate to hoist the| {the mail to the waiting mail| | C"y of 31500v000 People’:‘”?l‘::.second class mail will come" sling up from the hold, which was | Seems Doomed—Nation- fott ot 4 outoek. | A seems that the steamer was| als Rush Vessels to City posted to arrive at 4 and arrange- | ments were made for handling mail | BULLETIN — THINTANO, o that hour, and not before. Aug. 13. — The British cruiser Cumberland is tushing under | Anyway, the first class mail is| off and being boxed, with Post- forced draft to Shanghai with Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Lit- ‘master Wile doing the hustling | " for release from the steamer. | le, Commander of the Asiatic il ol } Fleet aboard. | SHANGHAI, Aug. 13.—The mod- ern city of Shanghal today seemed doomed to destruction by shell fire flames as Japanese naval guns and Chinese land batteries pumped hun- dreds of shells into opposing forces in open warfare. H The Sino-Japanese undeclared warfare flared between Japanese Bluejackets and China's Army Reg- ulars from Shanghai proper all Chilkoot Barracks Tender along a ten-mile front to Woosung. e, axtiny auel “aony . tne Berths This Afternoon— | northern fringe of the city fired More than Score Aboard | scores of buildings in the Kiang- —_— wan and Chapei areas. Col. Ralph W. Dusenbury, Com-| A strong wind threatened to re- manding officer of Chilkoot Bar- | peat the 1932 holocaust, with whole- racks, and his wife, arrived in Ju-| sale destruction to vast sections of neau this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock | the city. This city of 3,500,000 people ghoard the Captain James For-| seemed irretrievably doomed. Col. Duseaburys Arrive Here for Visit._Fnrnanc Phillips, Father of Five, Killed—McCloskey Held Tribal feud flaming anew and whipped to fury by intoxicants, ear- ly yesterday resulted in the slaying of Andrew Phillips, 45 year old wi- dower and father;of five children; and the arrest of D. P. (Pete) Mc- |Closkey, 29, another Indian, who is alleged to have confessed to the crime. McCloskey, arrested yesterday at curred, is held in the Federal jail here and faces first degree mur- der charges. Body Is Found Phillips’ body was found aboard the U. S. Marshal's Office here was immediately notified by offic- Company cannery at Tyee. uty Marshal Walter Hellan and As- sistant District Attorney George |W. Folta boarded an Alaska Airjof the seed order was found neg- |Transport plane here yesterdayl"glble- |forenoon and were flown to Tyee to| investigate. There were no witnesses to the killing, time of which is placed at 5 a. m. yesterday, and the offic- ials could make mo progress until they were able to follow up a trail of blood that led from the end of the scow where Phillips lay, with blood-smeared spltting maul standing in its accustomed place about three feet away, in a corner. The trail of blood led the full length Casualties were undetermined. A Japanese warship bombarded the newly-built $1,500,000 Jukong wharf on the left bank of the ‘Whangpoo River. nance, army tender. | The vessel tied to at the Pacific Coast docks under direction of the skipper, Capt. J. R. Smith. Col. Dusenbury said this was “merely a visit.” He and his wife The U. 8. Asiatic squadron are registered at the Hotel Juneau. steamed to protect a thousand Am- Included in the passengers were erican residents in the Shanghai Mrs. Kirby Green, wife of Major area U. 8. Marines numbering 1,- Green; Mrs. Arthur R. Nichols, wife 050 men were on day and night pa- of Captain Nichols, and Marie Ni- trol in the International Settlement. chols. & The Flagship heavy cruiser Augusta Eighteen non-commissioned army was coming under forced draft from Tsingtao to the North. Machine-gun and rifle cracked all day yesterday. fire men also came to Juneau on this voyage. Included in the other passengers were Mrs. Ralph Wheeler, wife of the minister at Haines; James E. Graham of Haines; Mrs, C. E. Sulli- van of Haines; Mrs. Malcolm, who is to board a vessel for Hoonah; and two Indian girls, Henrietta Wil- liams who is going to Hoonah, and Martha Takurado who is going to Sitka. The Fornance will berth at the Pacific Coast dock until Sunday at a.m. at which time it will return D. A'S MOTHER 1S IDENTIFIED INLA MORGUE -5 Mrs. Mary Hall Succumbs Visit to Juneau as he will leave . Haines next Tuesday aboard the After Hearing of Her Aeutian enroute to Seattie, via sit.. . Son’s Successor ka. The Colonel's next station will be in Omaha, Nebraska, on duty LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 13— with the Organized Reserves. Both Col. Dusenbt The _body of the 71-year-old wom- Dusenbury are xorr;rym .l::veMArls- an in the county morgue Wwas aska after being stationed here for identified today as Mrs. Mary Hall, the past three years. They have mother of U. 8. District Attorney made scores of friends both in Pierson Hall, for whom a successor Lynn Canal cities and in Juneau. was nominated yesterday. i She collapsed and died a few minutes after notification of the nomination of her son's successor was received. Incidents are un- related. She was in the morgue for sev-| eral hours before she was iden-| tified. | e — JERRY VUKOV DIES ON SHIP KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 13.— Jerry Vukov, owner and engineer of the sardine fishing boat Morn- ing Star, chartered to the Naket Packing Corporation, died Wednes- day in his sleep aboard the boat | off Cape Fox as the result of an| attack of the heart. The body will be sent to Seattle for interment. ———,--— Sheep should never be sheared nor the fleece put into bags when the wool is wet or damp. Both expect to return to Alaska at a later date, on a visit. Major Kirby Green will be in temporary command of the post, pending the arrival of the perman- jent commanding officer, who will arrive some time during September. Mrs. W. W. Council is entertain- ing in honor of Col. and Mrs. Du- senbury this afternoon in her apartments. 8 KIDNAPERS 60 TO PRISON Last Members of Organized Abduction Ring Convicted BINGHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 13— Eight men, said by the Government agents to compose the nation’s last organized kidnap ring, have been convicted of the 1913 abduction of John J. O'Connell Jr., of Albany. The eight have ben given prison sentenced ranging from 28 to 77 years. |of the scow and onto another moor- ed alongside, then to one end of the second scow where several splat- ters of, blood were found on the |rail. End Of Blood Trail i Further investigation disclosed |that the seine-boat Traveier had \been moored to ‘the second scow, jearly in the morning, at the end of the trail of blood, but had since moved to the cannery to brail out its catch of fish. Men aboard the Traveler recall- ed having been awakened in the early morning hours by sounds of a scuffle on deck, and McCloskey, a member of the vessel's crew was |found to have smears of blood on | his pants, as well as a bruise on his hand. McCloskey was also determ- ined as the last person to have |been seen with Phillips alive. Drinking Party | The two had met at a cabin in |the village there the evening before and were drinking together for a time, before getting into an argu- ment over ancestral tribal conflicts, Ithat Jed to their fighting. The can- |nery superintendent stopped their fighting and sent them away from the cabin at about 3 o'clock in the morning. It was reported that McCloskey was later seen pushing Phillips toward the Traveller. Upon questioning by the offi- cers, McCloskey at first denied hav- ing seen the slain man after they left the cabin, declaring that he im- mediately went aboard his boat and to sleep. He later changed his story to admit fighting with Phillips on board the boat, declaring that Phil- lips had followed him there, and attacked him with the maul, which he took away from Phillips and that |the latter then ran away, whereupon {he threw the maul after him, hit- |ting Phillips on the pack and | knocking him down. Conflicting Stories The conflicting stories he is al- leged to have told, pointed suffic- ient suspicion at him, that he was taken in custody by the officers and brought to Juneau in the plane by them, along with the body of Phillips, and Phillips’ two smallest children. Authorities report that after be- ing placed in the jail here, Mc- Closkey broke down and confessed to the slaying, telling a story that is reported to check with the evi- dance. Alleged Confession According to McCloskey's alleged |confession, he went direct from the cabin where they had started fight- ing to the Traveller. Phillips, who was very drunk, followed him to (Continued on Page Seven) Col, Ohlson I Re-elected Head '} - 0f Palmer Farms Leo Jacobmmed Man- ager to Succeed R. L. Sheeley PALMER, Alaska, Aug. 13. — Col. |o. F. ohison, general manager of !the Alaska Railroad, was re-elected | president of the Palmer Colony at the annual meeting of directors. The directors also named Leo B. Jacobs, who had been acting mana- ger since Ross Sheeley retired, as manager. Col. Ohlson said the board spent imany hours studying the indebted- | Tyee, Alaska, where the slaying oc- peqs of colonists to the corporation. They designed a program whereby the exact amounts of each colonist should be determined within & month. | Deeds for the farm tracts will be |a scow at Tyee early yestereday and jmade available after payment of indebtedness. | Reports given the directors |ials of ‘the Sebastian-Stuart Fish showed 1200 acres now under culti~ Dep- | vation will be doubled by next year.| —. RAIL WOR | WEIEH 5-CENT | CPAY INCREASE \Hike, One-fourth of Union|Senators Act After FDR | Demand — Amounts to | $8,000,000 Annually ‘ |Less than 100 acres were sown in |winter wheat. The effect of the error R — 'Wage-Hour Bill Be@a Huuse‘ Speaker Bankhead Asks for Free and Open | Discussion i SRS | WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. — The Rules Committee has recommended | a resolution which will make it possible for the Democratic lead- | ership to bring the Administra- tion's Wage-Hour Bill before the | House by suspending parliamentary | rules, provided a two-thirds vote | could be obtained. | ‘The bill is one which is blocking ! adjournment plans. There was no! {indication, however, that the tactics | {would be employed immediately. Speaker Bankhead said he had “no intention” of recognizing any member to call up the measure | under rules of suspension Monday. “The measure is of such import- ance that we should have free and open discussion,” Bankhead said. UNITED STATES SHIPS IN FIGHT FOR CAL. COAST Two Opposing Fleets in Maneuvers—Edison Is Observor SAN PEDRO, Cal, Aug. 13— The United States Fleet has been divided into® two opposing fleets waging a “battle” for possession of of the Chanel Islands. Assistant Secretary of Navy Edi- son is an observer. TODAY UNLUCKY White Man and Negro. Ex- ecuted Together in Arizona Prison FLORENCE, Arizona, Aug. 13. — Dawn of Friday the 13th brought death to two men, one white and one blacky by gas in the Lethal Chamber of the State Prison here. Bert Anderson, 53, slayer of Cecil Kuykendall, 28-year-old farm hand, and Ernest Patten, 200-pound negro, who killed his common-law wife, were strapped in adjoining chairs in a double execution, Eighteen Hurt as F a.st Train Is Dé | " May Be Brought J railed Eighteen persons were injured, two seriously, in the dgrailment of an American Express Tour Special, beund from California to Portland, Ore., near Yamsay, Ore. Two diners and four Pullman cars teetered crazily along the roadbed and caused near-panic among passengers, but none overturned. Several of the cars and the torn up rails are shown. KERS Sub-Gommittee Approves Black, Supreme Court Comments on Legality of Appointment 28 LOYALISTS " SURVIVE AFTER - SHPIS SUNK |Claim Italian Warship Tor- pedoed Their Tanker i —12 Are Killed CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Represen- ~WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. — The| TUNIS, Aug. 13. — Twenty-eight tatives of 800,000 railroad workers Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee survivors of the crew of the Span- |today are meeting to decide wheth- |today swiftly approved the nomina- ish Government tanker Campeador er to accept a 5-cent hour wage |tion of Sen. Hugh La Follette Black |today reached safety at this French increase which was approved by of Alabama for Justice of the Su- possession in Tunisia, on the Med- railroads, instead of the 20-cent |preme Court. the California Coast in the vlcinity1 FOR 2 KILLERS hike asked by the unions. The 5-cent increase is equivalent roughly to a payroll increase of $8,000,000 a year. SR S INSURGENTS BIVEN SWAT BY BRITISH Consular Offices at Gibral- tar Are Ordered to Close Down GIBRALTAR, Aug. 13—The Brit- ish authorities have ordered the Consular offices of the Spanish Insurgent regime here closed down. The order is understood to have been issued on the grounds the Consulate for several months have been issuing unauthorized pass- ports. Great Britain recognizes the Spanish Valencia Government as legitimate. 'DOROTHY BRING | 8 TO THIS CITY ‘ ON TRIP TODAY | Coming in two hours before | schedule, the Dorothy Alexander, Capt. C. Graham and Purser Paul |Coe, brought eight persons to Ju- neau today at 2 p.m. The vessel Is | scheduled to leave for Skagway to- night at 9 o'clock. | Coming here were: From Seattle |—J. R. Murdock; from Ketchikan— |Mrs. Allen Saller, Hazel Jameson, |Mrs, Harry L. Els, Gordon Wildes; from Wrangell— Mr. and Mrs. J. | Aymond, Earl Martin. | A tour party of 16 Y.M.C.A. boys |under the direction of George Good- |fellow of White Plains, N. Y., is |aboard and today were taken on a |visit through the Alaska Juneau | mine. | There are 167 first class passen- |gers aboard. - eee - FATHER ALLARD SAILS | Father Joseph Allard, Yukon missionary, since 1896, sailed south aboard the Princess Alice for his new post at Smithers, near Prince Rupert, B. C, this morning. They acted only a few minutes| |after President Roosevelt had told a press conference that Attorney-| General Homer Cummings had in-| formed him that the nppolnlment‘ was perfectly legal. The Constitutional Sub-Commit- | tee of six members voted to report the nomination favorably after re- |Jecting a move by Sen. Austin to hold up action pending a further study of legal questions involved. All members except Sen. Austin| voted approval of the nomination| after rejecting his plea for a delay. Sen. Austin questioned the eligibil- ity of Sen. Black under a recent| Act of Congress providing for the retirement of Justices at full pay. ‘Thls was enacted while Sen. Black lwas a member. FIRE DESTROYS FISHERIES PLANT Red Bluff Bay Colony in Chatham Strait Re- ported Burned KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 13.— Private advices said that the Red Bluff Bay Fisheries plant on Bar- anof Island, Chatham Strait, was destroyed by fire late yesterday. No details have been learned. The herring reduction plant is believed to be owned by Californi- ans. DI A NORTH SEA HAS {1 PASSENGERS SEATTLE, Aug. 13. — Steamer North Sea sailed at 10:45 o’clock this forenoon for Southeast Alaska ports with 132 passengers aboard, the following booked for Juneau: ‘T. Hansen, Mrs, Lewis Rickner, Miss Faye Dailey, Miss Eleanor Parker, Mrs. Jerry Hold, J. R. King- horn, Mrs. A. P. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chappell, Miss Lucille Stewart, Mrs. H. T. Harwood. FOR THIS PORT |iterranean Sea. They asserted their ship was tor- pedoed by an Italian warship and that twelve men were killed. Capt. Felix Gary, Master, report- ed the ship was sunk in the Medit- |erranean at 8 p.m. Wednesday by the Italian destroyer Saeta, 50 miles (northwest of here. He said five men were killed when the first of three torpedoes hit the engine room. The other. lives were |lost in the following blasts. He said the Ttalian destroyers also stood by. >ee Two fién Face Fedar_al Charge Ex-convicts Held in Con- nection with $39,- 000 Holdup BISBEE, Ariz, Aug. 13. — Two ex-convicts, Philip Hanning, 43, and Stephen George Dickey, 28, were held here today for a hearing. They face Federal charges for an armed robbery in connection with the $39,- 000 holdup of the Minnequa Na- tional Bank of Pueblo, Colo, on July 19. The two men were unable to post $10,000 bail, 1 e RIFLE, PISTUL CLUB | TO MEET HAIDA TEAM A team from the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club will; meet a team from the Coast Guard cutter Haida Sunday in a competition at Men- denhall Range. Cars will leave the Federal Build- ing at 9 o'clock. Quints Have |Now Learned | To Pull Hair ; CALLENDER, Ont., Aug. 13.— The {Dionne quints may be little ladies, |but a recently developed tendency |to pull hair has led to their separa- tion this week as much as possible. Dr. Dafoe blames the develop- !ments of outbursts on colds the | much-publicized ' youngsters have Ibeen sporting. HEAD WINDS ARE STRUCK BY 6 FLIERS Terrific Gal;I?—eported Pre- vailing Over Top of Earth Today NEARING INTERIOR CITY WHERE PLANE REFUELS Route MayKChanged— Instead of Going East May Land Oakland BULLETIN — FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 13. — The Soviet plane from Moscow, over the North Pole is expected to arrive anytime. The field is ready for refueling operations. Pools have been started on the arrival time, Weather is clear as a bell in this section. ‘The fliers must climb 5,000 feet to be sure of. | going over the Endicott Moun- | tains but the altitude of some other passes is lower. Early this afterncon Point Barrow reported a dense fog. BUCKING HEADWINDS SEATTLE, Aug. 13.—The Signal Corps, United States Army, report= ed at 8:38 o'clock this morning, Coast Time, the Soviet plane, hopping from Moscow, over the top of the world, is bucking terrific headwinds. It is indicated that on account of the winds the plane will not reach Fairbanks before 4 o'clock PCT this afternoon. All plans for refueling the plane at Fairbanks are completed. The plane’s next leg is to Edmonton, where there will be more refueling, then to Chicago, to take aboard more fuel and thence to New York, the possible destination if every=- thing goes well. The four-motored plane has a crew of six aboard, Pilot Levanevis- ky, Co-pilot Kostenalieff; Navigator Hector Levchenko, who accompan~ ied Levanevisky on his flight via Alaska last year; and Mechanics Pobezhimoff, Godovikoff and Radia Operator Galkovsky. FOR SPECIAL FLIGHT EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 13.— A plane has been chartered here on behalf of the Russian govern- ment to fly Soviet Representative Vartinian of Seattle here from Van- couver to await the arrival of the polar plane. The plane, owned by the Canadian Airways, Ltd., is pi- loted by Don Lawson. It is due here around 8 p. m. NO REPORTS ACKNOWLEDGED SEATTLE, Aug. 13—The Soviet plane has not acknowledged a wea- ther report for the past five or six hours, it was announced at 10:55 a. m, PCT. Vartinian announced that he felt no anxiety, since he thought radio conditions were good. Vartinian reported that the fliers may go to Edmonton and find bet- ter flying conditions east of the Rockles, but their destination, he declared, is stili Oakland. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 —Consu- lar Constantine Oumansky, Soviet Embassy, said he has obtained in- formation concerning the landing facilities at Edmonton. He will transmit reports to the fliers at Fairbanks but said he would not determine definitely what landings they will make beyopd Fairbanks, until after he studies reports. In event the Soviet fliers land at Edmonton, he will instruct the So- viet representative from Seattle to fly there. RAIN, FOG AT POLE SOVIET POLAR CAMP, North Pole, Aug. 13—A drizzling rain and (Continued on Page Two) e | 'Forecast for Juneau and vi- | cinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Aug. 13. Generally fair tonight and Saturday; gentle to moderate westerly winds. | & “ diinsuesy