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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
DOUCLASCHOSEN FOR REPUBLICAN
 1886 CONVENTION
Territorial Committee Meet sing Here Saturday De-
 cides on Southeast City

Republicans of Alaska will hold their Territorial Convention at Douglas April g, starting at 10 in the morning, it was decided at a meeting of the Territorial commit tee here Saturday. The meeting was made up of members from this Division, proxies being sent in from the other Divisions.
 Seward and Anchorage both made bids for the session. Territorial Chairman Albert White said, but when poll had been taken, it re- vealed Douglas the favorite.
 A large representation fro m throughout the Territory is expect ed for the convention, which is be- ing held three weeks before the primary election which this year will be April 28. The official call will be issued in the next few days, Chairman White said.
 Other business of the Saturday session was the election of Frank Foster as Secretary of the Terri torial Committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
CRIPPLED GIRL SENT 0UTS SIDE
 BY ANCHORAGE
Public Subscription Sends l2-Year-Old Child to
 Orthopedic Hospital

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. IT, Lou Ann Markle, 12, has left in the company of her mother for treat ment in tbe Orthopedic Hospital of Portland.
 Citizens of Anchorage raised more than $500 in less than two oays to finance the journey. Doctors advised against the trip, saying the girl was not in condition to withstand it satisfactorily. One leg is badly infected below the knee.
 The father, George Markle, of M dford Oregon, will meet the mother and girl upon their arrival in Portland
 A radiogram received here said that George Hattie, of Portland, read the Associated Press story about the public subscription and deposited return fare at the steamship office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
IDA ROLLER IS CLOSE ON HEEL
 OF R. LUNDELL
Anita Garnick Leaps to Fifth Position Overnight
 Many Votes Cast

Ida Roller, second place candi- date in the Better Times Drive. almost usurped Ruth Lundell of her first place title in voting to noon Saturday, turning in 56,975 votes for a total of 645 ,000. Miss Lundell turned in only 24,250 to total 655,- 525.
 Other than Miss Roller, Anita Garnick was the only other con- testant to surpass the 50,000 mark, Miss Garnick registering 53,925 votes to hold fifth position.
 No important changes in the ranks of the 30 girls now compet- ing were noticed Balloting to noon Saturday fell few votes short of the half million mark
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
ROY ). CHAPIN
 DIES AFTER $
 DAYS ILLNESS
President of Hudson Motor Company Passes Away
 in Detroit Hospital

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 17-Roy D. Chapin, Secretary of Commerce in the Hoover Administration, and President of the Hudson Motor Company, died Sunday in the Henry Ford Hospital. He had been ill with pneumonia for only six days. Three sons, three daughters, a brother and sister survive.
 Auto Optimist
 Roy Dikeman Chapin was one of the persistent optimists of the au- tomobile industry who joined it's pioneers in the days before it could be dignified as an industry to help in it's development from nothing to one of the leading units of the worlds industrial fabric.
 He drove the first motor car to make the Detroit-New York trip entirely under it's own power. He had to carry spare parts and wait for replacements from the factory en route. '
 Chapin was only 2l when, at the beginning of the century, he left school to take a job making photo graphs of early motor cars to be used in sales promotion. This paid him s35 a month. Three years later he was General Sales Manager Of the Oldsmobile Company, and be- fore he was 30 he became President and General Manager of the Hud- son Motor Car Company.
 Good Roads Advocate
 Almost from the beginning of his
 Continued ol Page Threel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
Extraordinary Proposal, Inter American Parley,
 Adudnced by Rooserelt

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Presi- dent Roosevelt Saturday night un- covered a proposal extraordinary, an Inter-American Conference en- composing 20 Central and South American Governments and aimed "at permanent peace in this Western Continent
 In almost identical personal let ters to Presidents of the various the Chief Executive sug- gested that a barley be held at Buenos Aires, Argentine at an early date in the cause of peace in the New World
 Of Vital Concern
 Presndent Roosevelt, in his per- sonal letters, said the matter is of vital concern and these steps furthermore would advance the cause of world peace inasmuch as agreements which might be reach ed would supplement and reinforce Jilt tllOltS LII IIlt lJCdB uc LII Nd- tions and all other existing or fu- ture peace agencies in seeking to prevent war;
 A favorable response to Presi- dent Roosevelt's suggestion lis gen. orally conceded. in fact the stag ing of such peace barley is vir- tually guaranteed in advance e through informal soundings by the State Department.
 Another Precedent
 The entire procedure however is extraordinary. The fact that the President wrote direct to the heads of Governments rather than nov ing through diplomatic channels and the assertion that the situation warranted personal interchange of views between Presidents of Amer ican Republics stirred some spec ulation that he himself might at tend the prot ec ed conference. This conjecture drew no confirma- tion from either the State Depart ment or the White House however.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
MORE TROUBLE. ON WATERFRONT, SAN FRANCISCO
Longshoremen Refuse to Unload Cargo from A.
 H. Freighter
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Feb. 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. IT. A new waterfront dispute devel- oped here when 108 longshoremen refused to unload the cargo from the freighter Columbian saying the company was violating the working rules.
 The America Hawaiian Company ordered the longshoremen to use three trailers behind cargo trucks. Harry Bridges, President of the Longshoremens Local, declared the award which ended the recent 30- day strike. provides for only two trailers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ACTS
 OF WILSON DAM
Highest Tribunal Rules Gov ernment Has Right to Dis
 pose of Surplus Power ONLY ONE DISSENTING
 OPINION ON DECISION
U. s. Purchase of Power Lines from Private Con-
 cern Also Held Valid

WASHINGTON, Feb 1T-in a decision which did not reach the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a whole the Supreme Court today upheld the right of the government to dispose of surplus power from dams con- structed for the purposes of navi- gation control or as a national de- fense measure.
 In an eight to one decision, with Justice McReynolds dissenting, and read by Chief Justice Hughes, the court hold the construction of the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals con- stitutional and also held valid the government purchase of transmits sion lines from the Alabama Power Company to distribute energy.
 McReynolds For Dismissal
 The minority ruling ccntended the 1 Court should have dismissed the case.
 The Court held there was no con stitutional prohibition against the manner in which the IVA was dis posing of electricity generated there. Chief Justice Hughes asserted the authority to dispose of property con- additionally acquired was specifi- cally provided for in the constitu- ton itself
 Victory For Government
 The right of acquisition and the right to sell power were the two major points at issue in the IVA court action. The ruling today up- held the governments action on the outstanding points at issue
 Battle-scarred IVA, the Federal Governments gigantic electric pow CT development, flood control and soil conservation project in the Tennessee Valley. was one of the first pillars in the New Deals" structure of planned economy.
 Long the dream of Senator Nor- ris of Nebraska and suggested by MT. Roosevelt shortly before his in- auguration as President, the Ten nessee Valley Authority was cre- ated by Congress in June, 1933.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
Alaskan's Wife Poses as Man; Makes Charges

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. F. Mrs. Frances Orlando, aged 26, mother of a seven-year- old boy, told Deputy Labor Com missioner Arthur Johnson she had pOced as man for most of her life because it was easier to get work. She alleged she worked 12 hours daily for three weeks in a cafe here and re- ceived only S4 pay. The owner of the restaurant denied the al- legation and Johnson reserved decision.
 The woman said her husband was in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
URGING LANDON
 IN CALIFORNIA
hollywood Republicans Want Kansas Governor
 to Make Filing

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb 1.-The Hollywood Republican Assembly has recommended that Gov. Alfred M Landon file as candidate for President in the California May pri- mary.
 The recommendation was made in a resolution forwarded to the Cali fornia Republican Assembly and urged the California Assembly give him full hearted support in order that California Republicans may be represented by delegation of un- questioned sincere party loyalty
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
OTHER PERSONS AID

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb IT, Befriended by persons who read of her plight, Lou Ann Markle is now on her way from Anchorage. AL aska, to Portland by steamer for an operation which may save her life. The operation will be per formed at the Portland Orthopedic Hospital.
 George Hattir, of Portland, Pa cific Coast representative of Yard ley's, Inc, of London, read of the girls plight in a Portland news paper and he immediately deposited with the Dollar Steamship Com pany here money to cover the re- turn trip to Anchorage.
 Others here, besides those ir Alaska, offered hospital funds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
3 TRAINMEN
 ARE KILLED
 IN ACCIDENT
Bitter Cold Hampers Res cue Parties Among
 Wreckage.

JORDAN, Minn.. Feb. 17-Three engine crew members were killed and one injured when a freight train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad crashed into the rear of a stalled freight
 The dead are Engineer Dwight L. Johnson, Fireman T. L. Long and 0 her unidentified train man.
 The -rescuers are handicapped by bitter cold but continue to search the twisted wreckage for other possible victims.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
TRIBUTE IS GIVEN TO
 MRS. BEHRENDS
Beloved Pioneer Citizen Laid to Rest Following
 Simple Rites Sunday

Simplicity, in accordance with the wishes of her family and her own desire, marked the funeral service, at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon, of Mrs. B. M. Behrends, gentle and beloved pioneer of Alaska, whose death oc- cured February 12 in Ketchikan, where, on her way home from trip to the south, she was stricken with her brief last illness.
 The Church, of which she was a charter member, has probably never known a larger attendance than that which filled it yesterday to overflowing, as persons from every walk of life gathered therein to pay final tri but to their departed friend. Flowers banked the altar and the simple casket. For those unable to find room in the auditor ium, place was provided in the church parlors, where, by remote control, the rites were broadcast from the pulpit.
 Both the invocation and the scrip ture, which consisted of brief selec- tions from the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians, were read by the Reverend David Waggoner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, who, as an old friend of Mrs. Behrends, assisted by the Reverend J o h n A. Chase in conducting the services.
 Mrs. Alerander Sings
 Mrs. George F. Alexander, com plying with Mrs. Behrends' own re- quest while living, sang two hymns, Lead Kindly Light" and Abide With Me" Mrs. Carol Beery Davis was at the organ.
 Beautiful Eulogy
 The eulogy, delivered by the Rever- end MT. Chase, recounted, with ten der sympathy for those who survive her, the fife of Mrs Behrends since she first came to Alaska in 1886 as missionary at the Presbyterian training school in Sitka. Her life" said the Reverend Glasse, was like that of Jesus, in it's goodness, kind ness, devotion to others and to God. and was one to inspire all who ever knew her"
 Following the benediction at the church, the Rev. Glasse conducted brief committal services at Ever green Cemetery, where the beloved citizen was laid to rest in a vault in the Masonic plot.
 Assisting at Church
 Ushers assisting in the ceremonies were Walter P. Scott, John New
 al.0ur1nilad on Ra0A IW0l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
Sabotage Is Discovered on
 Brit. WarShip
Third Instance of Kind in Three Months-In-
 vestigation On

LONDON, Feb. 17-The British Admiralty today announced sabot- age has been discovered aboard the cruiser Cumberland stationed at Chatham.
 This is the third instance of sa- botage connected with the British warships in three months.
 The case is under investigation.
 Other information is refused.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
PUERTO RICANS
 FOR ROOSEVELT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. IT. After pledging six votes to Presi- dent Roosevelt, the Puerto Rican Democrats last night also voted to work for statehood for the island goal and continuance of the state hood plank in the platform they adopted in 1892.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
Fake Addresses

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Jan. It. Police Commissioner E. J. Bryan says bootleggers here are using a new ruse in an effort to circumvent the law-putting fake numbers on their homes with the hope of inter fering yi'h N:e service of warrants or subsequent prosecution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
PASSES APPROPRIATION
 TO PAY BONUS

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT. - The Senate today passed an appropria- tion bill providing for $2,600 100000. It includes $1,730, 100000 to pay the soldiers bonus and $879,000,000 to run the independent offices of gov ernment during the next fiscal year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
Coyotes Paced by Plume
 On Ice in Tanara RiUer

coyotes to their utmost st,7ed be- fore he zoomed ahead.
 Lund, who is a dog racer looked on the animals with envy and de- clared he would have the ice carni- val dog derby in the bag if he could get a team of coyotes in harness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
STOCK PRICES HIT HARD OVER
 IVA DECISION
Gains of Three Points Crash Utilities Take
 Brunt of Losses

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Stock Market was caught in the wrong guess on the Tennessee Valley Authority decision and watched gains of one to three points crash to losses of fractions to more than one point as partial rebound.
 Utilities took the brunt both in the upward and downward swings. Other sections of the list respond ed similarly.
 Today's close was heavy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. IT, Pilot Frank Pollock. carrying Roy Lund to. the Big Delta, overlook seven coyotes running on the Tan ana River ice going in the same direction.
 Pollock flew low and speeded the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
CLOSING PRICES TO-DAY

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is l55s, American Can 1904, American Light and Power 8$, Anaconda 35is, Bethlehem Steel 56l2, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 29s, Gen eral Motors 58l2, International Har- vester 66, Kennecott 37l2. United States Steel 50. Southern Railway Is, Cities Service SIS, Boeing Air plane 25ss. United Aircraft 29ss, Pound s4.99i2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
Fairbanks Resident
 to Wed in Seattle

SEATTLE, Feb. l7.-A marriage license has been issued to Gus Oman, 36, of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Mary Hanousek, 26, of Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are today's Dow. Jones averages: Industrials l51.40. rails 48.37, utilities BAYS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17

Air lines in the United States em- ploy 197 young women as hostesses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
ITALIAN PLANE FALLS

ITALIAN PLANE FALLS
 Ethiopian reports said an Italian tri-motored plane fell in flames and it's six occupants burned to death during a bombardment last week in the northern sector near Lake Haik monastery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17
5,OOO ETHIOPIA TROOPS KILLED
 IN NEW DRIVE
Mussolini Casualties Placed at $500 in Terrific
 Six-day Battle
SAY NATIVE SOLDIERS
 DESERT ROMAN ARMY
All Europe Considers Arm ament as War Reaches
 New Pitch in N. Africa

LONDON, Feb. 17.-Claims of a great Italian victory in northern Ethiopia were put forward in Rome today as the government announc- ed the most sweeping advance Of troops in the north since the early days of the war. It was said the Italians had captured 300 square miles of new territory in six-day battle which brought death to B. 900 Philippians and wounds to l5,- 900 more. The total alleged Ethio- plan casualties was placed at 20.- 900 while the Italian casualties was said to have been $500 with less than 500 killed.
 The Italians said the front lines in the north are now within 20 miles of Amba Ali.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-17

ETHIOPIANS CLAIM SUCCESS
 The Ethiopian government an- nounced success in the war today and claimed 4,000 Italian native troops had deserted from their commands on the southern fronts and left for the British colony of Kenya. The claim was denied by the Italians.
 The war had serious repercus- sions in European affairs with most of the European nations seriously concerned with armaments. The British government has asked ad- ditional appropriation amounting to S39OOO,OOO for the fighting forces for special measures to be taken in connection with the Ethiopian dispute
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
MARINE UNIONS AWAITING MOVE
 OF EMPLOYERS
Harry Bridges Asks Con- gressional Investiga-
 ton of Issue CLOSING ORDER OF
 SHIPPERS SAID NEAR Companies Warn Uni ion s All Contracts Must
 Be Lived Up To

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 24. The threat of a coastwise lock out cast pail over Pacific Coast waterfronts today.
 Harry Bridges, militant leader of the left wing of the Maritime Fed eration of the Pacific, said ship ping interests will issue a closing order sometime today, tomorrow, or Monday"
 Its nationwide conspiracy of the waterfront employers, ship pers and allied financial interests to wipe out the maritime unions on the Pacific Coast" Bridges declar- ed.
 Bridges said the Maritime Fed eration has appealed to President Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Per kins and other officials for a Con- gressional Investigation
 Thomas c. Lant, president of the Waterfront Employers. Association said: No lockout is contemplated but employers must insist that all maritime and longshoremen's un- ions scrupulously observe their con- tracts with us if we are to continue our relations with them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
SENATE HEARS CASTICATI0
 OF AL SMITH
Liberty League and Ring leader Raked Over by
 Schwellenbach

WASHINGTON, Jan 24.-Demo- cratic castigation of the American Liberty League as controlled by 'rascals and crooks" are affording a rousing prelude to the Leagues dinner which Alfred E. Smith will address on Saturday.
 In words that held many in crowd ed Senate galleries breathless, Sem ator Louis E. SchWellenbach, Dem ocrat of Washington, said "leeches and bloodsuckers" surround Smith in the organization.
 Senator Schwellenbach related how President Roosevelt had sup ported Smith for the Presidency in 1928 while running for Governor of New York at Smiths request but at the risk of his own health, and shouted, No man can successfully turn his back on a friendl'
 Senator Schwellenback also at tackled other Liberty Leaguers who have been caustic against the Ad- ministration.
 The Senators declared purpose was to discredit the League for the dinner by publicizing the "charac- ter of it's packers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
Quarantine at
 Anchorage Will
 Soon Be Lifted
One Man Convicted of Vio. lations Is Given
 Heavy Sentence

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 24.- No new cases of scarlet fever or smallpox have been reported here for the past five days and the Ter ritorial Health Office said the quar- antine on public gatherings will be lifted soon.
 Thomas Brown has been con- victed of three violations of the quarantine regulations and fined $250 and given l30 days jail sen- tence by United States Commission CT Thomas Price.
 Brown left his quarantined home three times before special guards were posted to keep him in, officials said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
MoRCENTHAUTO REMAIN ON J0b;
 NOT TO RESIGN
White House Denies Ru- mors Secretary Not
 Commenting

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Rumors that Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau might resign and be- come personal advisor to the Presi- dent, brought White House denial. but Secretary Morgenthau declined to make any comment at the press conference. The Secretary said he was devoting all of the attention to problems looming before his De- partment Friends also said he had no intention of leaving office.
 Stephen A. Early, the Presidents secretary, branded the latest reports that Secretary Morgenthau would be replaced by Jesse H. Jones, Cair- man of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as ''ill founded"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
NAVAL PLANE
 CARRIER ON
 COOK INLET
Aviators Find Temperature Far from Arctic-Plan
 Two Weeks Stay

SELDOVIA, Alaska, Jan. 24-The plane carrier Ranger has anchored in Kachimak Bay, Cook Inlet, where aviators seeking subarctic flying weather found instead a tempera ture 38 degrees above zero and driv- ing rain. A two weeks stay in this area is planned.
 The anchoring of the Ranger in the h harbor frequently used by navy ships inspired speculation as to the possibility that the protected bay might be chosen eventually for the Alaska naval base. , The Ranger is accompanied on her course by the destroyers Roper and Lea as plane guards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
BETTER TIMES CONTESTANTS
 DINE TONIGHT
Dinner and Entertainment Planned at Terminal Cafe,
 6: 30-40 Registrations

Reservations for 40 contestants in the Better Times Drive conducted by The Daily Alaska Empire through the cooperation of channel merch- ants have been made for the Pep Dinner at the Terminal Cafe to- night at 6:30 o'clock.
 In addition to talks by Empire rep resentatives on the various phases of the contest, the itinerary of the round trip to Mexico, and questions on the campaign, smart entertain ment program has been arranged, with dinner music by the Musgrave Triolians.
 Contest is Rolling
 Votes are rolling in by the thou sands as the Better Times Drive goes into it's fourth day. New candidates names appear daily. Today marked the withdrawal of two candidates, Miss Louise Tanner, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Eli Tanner, and Miss Clara Atkins, bookkeeper at the Ju- neau Cold Storage Co., Miss Tanner, in letter to the Better Times Drive editor, stated that she was ineligi- ble this year, but was planning a trip for next year! Miss Atkins stat ed that because she was much of a stranger here now, she would with draw from the list.
 Don't Waste Votes
 Better Times votes cast in favor of Mae West. John Dillinger, and oth- CTS are waste of time on the part of those entering them, and should be used toward sending some worthy young girl on the Mexico trip. In counting yesterdays votes, names of the above were found in ballot boxes.
 Vote the local ticket STRAIGHT and win!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-01-24
OFF IN FOG FOR
 PR. GEORGE
Pilots Crosson andHall May
 Go on to Vancou- yer Today

Taking off in heavy fog-with visibility and ceiling rated as zero" the PAA Lockheed Electra. flown by Pilots Joe Crosson and Walter Hall, left the local airport at 10:l0 o'clock this morning, enroute to the States. The plane climbed above the fog and clouds and strengthened out on a course to Prince George, B. C., at which point the weather was good this morning.
 Unfavorable weather was report ed from Seattle and Interior Wash ington today but the report from Vancouver, B. O.. was somewhat better, and the Electra may go on from Prince George to Vancouver this afternoon.
 Pilots 4Crosson and Hall are en- route to Burbank, Cal, where the two-motored, ten place plane will undergo a complete overhaul at the Lockheed factory.