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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
ARMED REVOLT CALLED

JERUSALEM. June "A call for an armed revolt has been issued in numerous Arabian cities. The call is attached to proclamation with the slogan Beat the Drums of Re- volt" The call and proclamation has been posted calling on Arab youths to uprise against the Jews.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
PLAN ADDS SIMPLICITY

Whatever the political wisdom of such a course. it certainly can be said that an immediate notifi- cation tends to simplify campaign procedure.
 The old system involved a good many fictions. and resulted in many anomolies. Prom June to August a nominee was left official ly, although not actually, on the loose. He was the designated lead CT of his party, yet he had not been invested with leadership.
 Everybody knew that such a can
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
WILL CAST f "
 VOTES, LANDON

HARTFORD, Conn, June 9 - State Chairman Henry Roraback, leaving for the Republican Nation al Convention at Cleveland, said this states delegation will cast 19 votes for Gov. Alfred M Landon for the nomination for President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
Bing Saves Stamps

HOLLYWOOD-Bing Crosby saves the stamps from his fan mail, sends them to Chinese missions which profit by their sale to phi latelists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
TROUBLE ARISES

WASHINGTON, June Z. - The Senate and House conference com mittee failed late this afternoon to agree on the Interior Departments Supply Bill, including@ the twenty million dollars for the Grand Coulee dam. t
 It is said the bill will be sent back to the House for another vote and a review, on the floor, will be given to ascertain what parts will be ac- cepted.f stat ffsS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
GOES TO KETCHIKAN

Attorney Henry Roden left aboard the Aleutian on a business trip to Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
DIR. LOFTUS RETURNS

pr. J. B. Loftus. Territorial Vet erinarian arrived from Petersburg on the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
WAR RUMOR REPORTED

WAR RUMOR REPORTED
 SHANGHAI, June ?, = Japanese sources said the South China gov ernment at Canton has declared war against Japan; also against the Chinese National Government at Ranking
 It is said proclamation has been issued announcing establishment of an independent government at Can ton for the South China provinces. Chinese political sources here however denied knowledge of any such movement and branded the Japanese report as propaganda. It is said relations between Canton and Ranking Governments has never been better and on the verge of a complete unior."
 BULLETIN - SHANGHAI, June 2. Japanese authorities here announced late this after noon that the South China Government has declared war against the National Govern ment demanding the latter Crder national war against Japan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
REHEARsEs PLATFORM IDEAS

Glass has had splendid oppor- tunity to rehearse his platform ideas. Since well before the turn of the century he has been writing them into the Virginia State plat forms.
 The result has been that in Presi- dential election years the appear ance of the Virginia State platform has been news of special import ance to Democrats and Republicans alike who have looked to it as an indication of what the little Vir- ginian had on his mind.
 The Virginia convention this year will be at Norfolk, June IS, week before the. national convention.
 He has said he has not decided what part he would play in the State convention. Glass is up to re- election but has no opponent in either major party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
THE 1ss2 MONEY PLANK

The 1892 plank states: We ad- vocate a sound currency to be pre- served at all hazards and an inter national monetary conference called on the invitation of our Govern ment to consider the rehabilitation of silver and related questions.
 As Chairman of the Senate Ap- propriations Committee he led the debate for the $4,880, ,000, ,000 work relief bill last session although in- dicating throughout that he was concerned about the growing debt ana it's effect on banks required to carry the Government bonds.
 The request for another billion and a half this session also was referred to his committee.
 Will he want to say something about that at Philadelphia?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31

These Prices ,Pre0ai in Warrington Until the
Close of Business. Saturday, Aug. /. 1886
Evening star., 1936-08-25
THE FOX IS Denied
PLEA FOR FREEDOM
Whitaker, Figure in Means
Lindbergh Negotiations
Stays in AIcatraz.

Norman T. Whitaker, who was con.
victed here as "the Fox" In the weird
negotiations between CASTOR B. Means
and Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean for
the ransom" Of the Lindbergh baby.
failed in an attempt in San Francisco
yesterday to obtain his release from
Alcatraz Prison on an automobile theft
charge.
Convicted under the Dyer act, COW
ering the interstate transportation of
stolen automobiles, Whitaker was SEN
fenced to three years in Alcatraz.
With four months left to serve. he
sought his release on the ground he
had not been given credit for time
spent in Jail pending his commitment
to Alcatraz.
The law now authorizes the giving
Of credit for time spent in jail under
such circumstances. but there was no
such law at the time Whitaker was
sentenced. On this ground, the court.
according to an Associated Press dis
patch. refused to grant his request for
writ of habeas corpus.
Whitaker was tried here with Means
for conspiracy to steal $4,000 from
Mrs. Mclean on the pretext the
money was to be used to replace $50
900 Of marked bills included In the
original 100000 she gave Means to
pay the supposed kidnapers. Testi-
mony at the trial showed Means in
troduced Whitaker to Mrs. Mclean as
The Fox" explaining he was a rep
resentative of the kidnapers.
Whitaker was given an l8-month
sentence. which he never actually
served. The Court Of Appeals, in af-
firming his conviction, suggested he be
given credit for the time he spent in
jail pending the appeal. This was done
by dating his sentence back. SO that he
actually served no time after the
Court Of Appeals ruling was announced.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
DIVORCE IS SOUGHT
BY KAPPEL'S Wife
Cruelty Caused Her to Fear for
Her Life, Petition to
Court Asserts,

Mrs. Nellie B. Kappel. 11I9 Orren
street northeast. yesterday filed suit in
District Court for an absolute divorce
from William Arthur (Dutch) Kappel.
IS, we'll known in sporting circles.
Mrs. Kappel sought police protec-
tion last June after her husband was
freed from the District Jail when the
United States attorneys Office nolle
pressed a first-degree murder indict-
ment against him.
In her petition, filed through At
torney Harry Bettleman. Mrs. Kappel
declared her husbands cruelty forced
her to leave him Jul. l. 1894. They
were married in Rockville, Md, in
March, 1881.
She said he never supported her,
that she paid the rent wherever they
lived, and that his abusive, cruel and
inhuman" treatment caused her to be
lin mortal fear of her life"
Kappel was accused of the murder
of Elizabeth r. Lynch. "a. Potomac
Electric Power Co. telephone operator,
found beaten to death last November.
The charge was nolle pressed because
of insufficient evidence against him.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
GarfieId's Home,
Restored, Opened
As Public Shrine
House appears Exactly
as in I88O-Hat
ShO,Un in Library.
Rv the Associated Press.

Rv the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND August 25.-The doors
of the old Garfield house out in sub
urban Mentor swung again today as
they did in the Summer of 1880, when
many high Republican party figure
dropped in to tell James A. GARFIELD
how the campaign was going.
The 22-room. three-story frame
house, shielded from the road by tall
elms. was opened formally to the
public by the Western Reserve His
torical Society after several months
OF work to restore its 1880 appear.
ance. 1t Is to be maintained as Q
memorial to the assassinated Presi.
dent.
I'VE believe We have faithfully re.
placed each piece Of furniture In It's
old position" said Laurence H. Nor.
ton, president Of the society.
In o showcase In the library Is the
high silk hat which President Gar
field was wearing when he was shot
down by his assassin. Crushed as the
President fell, the hat still bears the
wrinkles.
The spacious home. from which
Garfield conducted leisurely, 'front.'
porch" type of campaign, was pre-
sented the historical society by mem.
bers Of his family. The gift included
his household effects and library.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
ATTORNEY ACCUSED
AS ROBBERY BRAINS
Police Prepare to Enter Charges
Against Man Implicated by
Confessions of Two.

Police said today they were pre-
pairing to enter charges against an
attorney held incommunicado at the
eleventh precinct station for the last
three days in connection with the ac-
tivities of gang of colored robbers.
The lawyer has been named In two
signed confessions as the brains" of
the criminals alleged to have been
used by him as tools" in . series
of unsolved District hold-ups, at least
one of which resulted in murder.
The confessions were obtained from
two of three colored men taken into
custody Saturday. A day later the
attorney was arrested, but he insists
he is innocent.
Meanwhile. Detective Chief Ber-
nard H. Thompson has ordered an
investigation of all hold-ups during
the past year involving colored men
to determine if the three in custody
were connected with them.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
La Toilette
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hailed by both sides as a victory
Counsel for the companies pointed out
that the agreement for adequate notice
before further efforts to obtain the
records left them thoroughly protected
Committee counsel expressed satisfac-
ton and announced their intention of
concentrating on the contempt pro-
ceedings. The recalcitrant witnesses
will not be called again on Thursday,
as originally announced.
An added development of the morn
in was the filing of an answer to the
bill of complaint of Rice. in which the
companies and the five individuals
named admit all allegations and "for
further answer say that they intend to
appear before the subcommittee and to
comply with the subpoena duces tecum
and kilograms only because of the
power of the Senate to punish for con-
tempt"
The answer was filed by Leonard
Weinberg and Harry ]. Green, counsel
for the respondents.
Committee counsel pointed out later,
however, that the declaration of in
tention to appear does not purge the
company officials from their offense IN
refusing to testify last Friday.
Await Certification.
As for action in the contempt pro-
ceedings, committee counsel is now
awaiting certification of the case to
District Attorney Leslie G. Garnett by
Vice President Garner. The neces-
sary documents were forwarded to
Garner by Senator La Toilette, Pro-
gressive, of Wisconsin. chairman, and
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of Utah.
committee member.
Those named in the action are w.
w. Groves, w. B. Groves, j. e. Blair,
L. Douglas Rice, Robert s. Judge and
j. K Boyer. all officials OF the Railway
Audit Co. All were under subpoena to
appear last Friday.
Under q law enacted at the last Ses-
sion of Congress. refusal to testify
before congressional committees Is es-
tablished as the crime of contumacy
and Is punishable by maximum fine
Of $1,000 or a years imprisonment, or
both.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
FEAR STORY WAITED
IN PICKFORD ACTION
Flight From "Kidnaper's' Story
PRESUMABLY Will Be Told,'
Official Says.

BY TIE Associated Press.
BOSTON. August 25.-The story of
Mary PickfordS fight from kid
napers" at Boston two years ago, pre-
sumably will be told" when witnesses
in a s1,o00.O00 SANDER suit against her
give their dispositions, Francis B.
Burns said today.
Burns, appointed as commissioner
by the Federal District Court in New
York, set the hearing for Thursday.
Raymond Cornell. retired Welles-
ley organ manufacturer. in bringing
the suit, contended her assertions that
she fed "kidnapers" two years ago
while fulfilling a theatrical engage
ment here had damaged his business
and reputation"
About so witnesses, among them
high-ranking police officials, town and
city prosecutors. would appear, Burns
said.
Cornell claimed he had attempted
to sell the actress a manuscript of
Mary Baker Eddys instructions to one
Of her students.
Cornell maintained Miss Pickford
agreed to meet him and discuss pur-
chase Of the document written by the
founder of Christian Science.
But. he charged. when he finally
attempted to see her he was abused"
The suit was filed in the Federal
District Court of Southern New York.
in New York City.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
Dern
Continued From First Page.)

(COnClnueu FIUlu I II oo dSSJ
while making an inspection trip by
boat of the Southern Intracoastai
Waterway. He was removed from the
Army engineers vessel on which he
was travelling at Charleston, S. c.,
and was flown to Washington. where
he entered Walter Reed Hospital for
a stay of several weeks.
He was anxious to get back to his
desk and later friends became con-
vinced that he left the hospital earlier
than he should have. Almost i'm
mediately on his release from Walter
Reed. he set out on another inspection
trip to an Army's engineering project
on the Delaware River IN Pennsyl-
vania.
On his return to Washington, he
suffered a relapse and again was
taken to the hospital in mid-July, and
has been there since that time. Presi-
dent Roosevelt recently called on him
there.
A prominent operator of gold min
ing properties, Dern served two terms
as Governor of Utah, his adopted
State, from 1925 to 1882. He was
appointed Secretary of War by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and assumed that cab
met portfolio when the present ao-
ministration took Office in 1888.
He was born in Dodge County.
Nebr., and was educated at the FIRE.
mont Normal College in that State
and at the University of Nebraska.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
TELLS
OF GREEN Staying
Gross Quoted as Saying
DiI|inger Aide Reached
for Gun.
BY the Associated Press.

bv Tue hSeOcldttu rItoo'
ST. LOUIS, August 25.-The Post
Dispatch in a copyrighted interview
with George j. Gross, former Depart
ment of Justice agent. yesterday gave
hitherto unpublished details Of the
killing of Eddie Green, ex-convict
"arranger" for the John Dillinger
gang, at st. Paul April 3, 1884.
The staying was an episode inves-
tigated by several st. Paul members
of the Treasury Departments Secret
Service in what officials later declared
was an unauthorized inquiry into ac-
tivities of the Department Of Justice
agents.
Says He Reached for Gun.
One of the chief points in the in
vestigation was to determine whether
Green was shot down without warn
ing or cause. Gross, now st. Louis
lawyer, asserted Green. known as
desperate character. was slain when
he reached for his pistol after being
caught in trap during an extensive
search for Dillinger
Gross said the agents were waiting
in the home of colored woman when
Green drove up in an automobile, got
out and came to the front door.
Aims Machine Gun.
II jammed a machine gun right
through the window glass alongside
tbo y,orcb oe opother ouept shoIIted In
the man to throw up his hands. that
he was covered and couldn't get
away" Gross related.
HE dashed few steps to the side
walk and reached inside his coat
where all of us knew we'll most Of the
mob carried their pistols in shoulder
holsters.
Il fired a shot burst from the ma.
chine gun-five shots. later found
from a clip of 20. At the same mo.
ment other agents fired = ="
Evening star., 1936-08-25
SPAIN REASSURES
]. s. ON PROPERTY
Says Full Indemnity Will Be
Paid for Any American
Goods Seized.
By the Associated Press.

H. tAiN Eh~SONAoNcN itoo'
The northumberland Popular
Front government in Spain informed
the United States yesterday that full
indemnity would be paid for any
American property it may seize in its
struggle against insurgent forces.
A formal note to this effect, handed
the American Embassy by the Madrid
foreign office. omitted conspicuously,
however. any assumption Of respon-
sibility for damage which might be
suffered by American holdings at the
hands of the rebels.
American automobile plants of the
Ford Motor Co. and the General Mo-
tors Corp. at Barcelona were taken
over by forces aligned with the gov
ernment several weeks ago. A num-
Der of private American automobiles
also have been seized in the fighting,
but there have been no reports of
important American property requi-
sitions by the Fascist insurgents.
Follows American Warning.
The Spanish note was in the ma
ture of tentative reply to vigorous
American warning that the Spanish
regime would be held strictly account
able for the protection of all Ameri-
can property in Spain.
The government of the republic"
it said, holds as an unalterable rrin-
ciple not to take possession Of any
property, movable or immovable, be-
longing to Spanish citizens or for
eigners. except naturally in cases of
force majeure, and especially when it
is question of the safety of the
state or public interests so require
I'm such a case it will pay the
value after a just and equitable ap-
praisal and if possible-and this is
the chief desire of the government
in agreement with the interested par
ties or their legal representatives"
Interpretation Of Note.
Observers interpreted the language
of the note to mean the Spanish gov
ernment committed itself with regard
only to property taken over by its own
forces Whether it refrained inten-
tionally from assuming responsibility
for the protection of all property was
not made clear.
State Department officials declined
to comment in the expectation that
further official word on the subject
would be forthcoming from Madrid.
This was indicated in an assertion by
the foreign office that consultations
had not been completed among the
various ministeries concerned on sew
eral points raised by the American
representations.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
BRAZIL ANNULS
JAPANESE GRANT
Senate Takes Steps to
Cancel Concession of
2,410,OOO Acres.
By The Associated Press.

BY ihc Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 25.-
The Brazilian Senate. it was learned
today. has annuled q 2.4l0.000-acre
Japanese land grant in the State of
Amazonas.
The action was taken in secret
session yesterday. The Senate voted
unanimously after hearing a report
in which the army general staff as
sailed the land grant as unpatriotic
and anti-Nationalist.
TSukasa Uetsuka. holder of the
grant, said he still hoped for a cdp-
promise. However, Ephigenio FerreilV
de SALES, governor of Amazonas at
the time the concession was granted
in 1927, said Uetsuka now had but
one course: Appeal to the courts
because the Senate exceeded its au-
thority in nullifying the concession
contract"
Will Consult Counsel.
Uetsuka said he would consult his
counsel, the Amazonas government
oAAN AAAo o"h buSlllCoo dcSOCIdIG6 De-
fore deciding on his course.
The President OF the Senate an
nounced after the secret meeting that
Amazonas had been denied authorize
ttion to carry out the contract because
of the extent Of the lands and the wide
scope of favors granted"
A Japanese business woman close to
Uetsuka said the TOXIC government was
not likely to take any measures In con-
nection with the cancellation because
Toxic is not greatly interested in
Brazil"
Senator Cunha Mello of Amazonas,
speaking on the floor of the Senate.
said that if the contracts we're author
lied 1t would imperil Fort Obidos on
the Amazon River.
Fort Flanked by Grant.
He pointed out the fort would be
fanked on the left by the Amazonas
land grant, while it already Is nanked
on the right by another japanese con-
cession.
Uetsuka replied his concession was
more than 100 miles west of Obidos
and asked: How can it endanger the
fort?"
The concessionnaire added:
Il feel suitable compromise will be
found which not only will protect six
years Of sincere work. 100000 Japa-
nese yen of hopeful investments and
200 japanese farming families who
came as settlers in good faith, but also
will demonstrate that law and justice
is honored in Brazil
Evening star., 1936-08-25

Scotch IF we'd known Ethiopia
could be taken so easily we'd have
done it ourselves five years ago"
The officers who stole the chickens
we'd saved up for Christmas dinner
-. . and We had the same old roast
leg of goat.
Four young aviators, bridge part
ners, teaching you Italian as you play
week after week wherever you can get
together one day two of them
crashed almost in the middle of sew
eral hundred Ethiopians the
other two. flying right behind them,
came down in a crash landing right
beside them probably couldn'
stay up there doing nothing . none
of the four came back no more
bridge.
The lieutenant camped a few feet
away in field of Adigrat stops
by late at night when he sees your
candle burning ... says hello, chins
few minutes See you in the
morning, we move at 4" the next
morning they find him. not 20 zee,
away. head split to the chin by a
short Abyssinian sword that
helped teach you how to sleep With
an automatic pistol in your hand
and things to forget.
Bodies the trucks had to run over
to get down the streets of Adds
Ababa the day the Italians came in
:. smell of Ethiopians dead 10 days
in the sun :. flame throwers burning
up bodies swallowing flies
green water, hardtack and canned
fish.
Relief Of the American Legation in
Adds the night the Italians arrived
i. .. dusk and rain pouring down
the city still in flames looters,
ravagers prowling the ruins. fighting
among themselves Consul Bill
Cramp starts to take the legation
building back from 300 Ethiopians
kills one in his own office
this reporter running gauntlet OF
fire from native houses to see if the
legation is still there.
No question but that they must
have help Italian soldiers. ex-
hausted by the foodless, waterless,
sleepless last four days of the drive,
have dropped in their tracks :. the
city and the American Legation must
take care of themselves . Marshal
Badoglio himself got me 40 white
troops and a truck We cross the
flaming city . helping fight of an
attack on the Greek Legation on the
way a machine gun company has
already come to the American Lega-
tions aid but firing is still heavy
a big Abyssinian took shot at me
from Is feet away, missing my noggin
by a whisker Italians promptly
jumped him, the kids last shot
one lieutenant that night shot 81
Ethiopians each one through tenn
pie would have been remarkable
shooting if each one hadn't been only
a yard away with soldiers holding
their arms.
Evening star., 1936-08-25
INCIDENT ENDED,
W.P.A. CHIEF SAYS.
Indiana Director Silent on
"Third Degree" Of Pro.
grams Critic.
Nv the Associated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, August 25.-De-
ciarinp I'VE are through with the
incident" Wayne Coy. Indiana w.
p. A. director. asserted today ne
would take no official cognizance of
allegations of w. P. A. waste IN
Monroe County and Bloomington
= The Republican National Committee
made public yesterday an affidavit
by John r. Stapleton, Bloomington
city engineer, reasserting the waste
charges and alleging he had retracted
the charges recently after going
through two hours as bad as any
third degree in murder case.
Declines to Comment.
Coy declined to comment on the
~third degree" angle, but Donald E.
Brown, Monroe County Republican
chairman, asserted representative
of Coy's Office had obtained a re-
traction from Stapleton.
Coy dismissed the case by saying
tive are through with the incident
and I believe all right-thinking people
will think no more about 1t When tney
see that Mr.. Stapleton is an on again
off again man"
e Mayor A. H. Berndt of Bloomington
said. THE entire affair started with
out my knowledge; have no direct
information on the facts"
Costs Held Excessive.
Last week the National Republican
Committee published Stapleton's state
ment alleging W. P A. costs in Mon
roe County were 300 per cent above
r. private contracts and that COM
= rmunity cabin which cost $4,000 coule
Y have been constructed for $4,000.
Discussing Stapleton's retraction, the
National Committee said, He not only
3 .sadheres to his original assertions, bu'
8 states that he was given the thirt
y degree by w. p A. representatives anc
gcoerced into signing a denial which
had been written by some othel
s%person."