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VOL. 36. No. 288. NOME, ALASKA, Tuesday, DEC. 10, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
FRANCO-BRITISH PEACE EFFORTS SNAGGED
Naval Talks To
Deal Immediate
Tonnage Nation
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(By The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 10, —Auth
oritative sources disclosed
that the international Nav
al Conference had decided
to plunge immediately in
to the question of total ton
nages of the world’s great
navies.
The delegates have re
quested that the Japanese
make a detailed statement
of their demands for total
tonnages.
Japan then pressed for
an immediate consideration
of her demands for real
naval parity with both the
United States and Great
Britain.
Informed persons express
ed the belief that the succ
ess or failure of efforts to
achieve a new agreement,
were hinged upon the next
few days deliberations.
Emperor’s Car
Still In Service
Roads Ethiopia
(By The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 9, — W F
Bentley, has written to The
Daily Telegraph of London
to correct the statement
made by the paper that the
Emperor Menelik of Eth
iopia imported the first
automobile seen in the
country.
“In 1908,” he said “I
drove a Wolseley motorcar
from Djibouti to Addis Ab
ba, taking ten months to
do the journey. (The dist
ance covered, 260 miles, is
now traveled in seven
hours.) I taught the late
Emperor Menelik to drive
and traveled many miles
with him. Before I left the
capital I presented the car
to the emperor. The car is
still in use in the capital.
This was the first motorcar
in the country. Subsequent
ly I produced a book on
‘Menelik With A Motor
car.’ ”
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BRITISH CABINET IS
NOT FAVOR PEACE
ACCORDING PLANS
Peace Plans Laval And Hoare Run Into
Sna<* When Cabinet Declines
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Peace Proposals
Strike Snag: Eng.
Refuses To Agree
(By The Associated Press i
Undated, Dec. 10, — The
Franco-British efforts to
conclude a speedy agree
ment for peace in Africa,
struck a temporary sn^g
today through the refusal
of the British cabinet to ac
cept the compromise plan
laid down by Premier Lav
al and Foreign Secretary
Hoare.
Reports said that the cab
inet demanded certain mod i
ifications. London reports
late this evening said that!
some sections of British of
ficialdom and Parliament
were in revolt over the way.
Baldwin’s government was
handling the peace negotia
tions.
16 Killed In Coal
Mine Explosion
Colliery in Alta.
(Bv The Associated Press)
Coalhurst, Alberta, Dec.
10, —Sixteen persons were
killed and fourteen rescued
including three who were
seriously injured in an Leth
bridge Collieries Mine ex
plosion on the six hundred
foot level, one mile from
the surface.
Officials said they believ
ed that an electric spark
from a telephone line ignit
ed the gas which exploded
last night.
This was the first trag
edy in a quarter of a cen
tury of the Lethbridge coal
field. The blast occured as
the night shift was going to
work. All but one body
were recovered by digging
parties. It has been located
but at present is trapped by
debris.
However, official silence
prevailed as the cabinet
met in emergency session
to discuss peace proposals.
A League of Nation offi
cial said that the possibil
ity of the Committee of 18
meeting scheduled for day
after tomorrow, may be
postponed due to the peace
negotiations now under
way, even though reports
said, this afternoon that de
sultory fighting and hard
bayonet combats had oc
curred in Africa.
Request Use Of
City Chambers
For Meetings;
At last night’s council
meeting. City Attorney Le
oy Sullivan, on behalf of
the Bov Scouts organiza
tion of Nome requested con
sideration of the council of
an appeal by the Scouts for
the use of the city cham
bers hall for their meetings
—once a week.
He explained at some
length the type of work be
ing promoted by Mr. Kirk
patrick who is responsible
for the forming this fall of
the Boy Scouts in Nome,
and in whose care the work
is being carried out. Mr.
Sullivan further pointed to
the civic worthiness of the
organization and requested
that, if the city officials are
going to allow civic bodies
to use the hall at future
dates, that the Scouts’ re
quest for the hall should
receive the serious consid
eration of the council.
His remarks were receiv
ed with the acknowledge
ment of the council that it
was a fine thing for the
city, an excellent example, j
and a demonstration of civ
ic spirit creditable to Nome.
Talks for Pioneers
Thos. D. Jensen, on be
half of the Pioneers of Al
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2nd Mail Flight
Manila Now On;
?lane Slaps Off
(By The Associated Press)
Alameda, Dec. 10, — The
Philippine Clipper, second
of the giant Pan American
Airways flying boats to be
placed in the trans-Paeific
flight service, soared away
from here last night on its
twenty-four hundred mile
flight to Honolulu, Hawaii,
enroute with the second
consignment of airmail to
Manila. It carried fifteen
thousand letters, it was un
officially reported.
Revision Election
Law Referred To
By Att’y. General
Attorney General Directs
Attention of Chapter 36
Of 1935 Session Laws
Calling attention to am
endments to the election
laws made at the 1935 ses
sion of the Legislature, At
torney General James S.
Truitt makes announce
ment that all declarations
of candidacy must be filed
on or before the first Tues
day in February, 1936, for
the primary election to be
held on the last Tuesday in
April, next year. The At
torney General directs at
tention to Chapter .36 of the
1935 session laws, which
read in part;
“All candidates for the
office of Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska and all
candidates for any other
elective, Territorial or Div
isional office now or here
after created by Act of Con
gress or the Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska,
shall be nominated in a
primary election by direct
vote of the people in the
follwing manner:
How To File
“Any' person who is a
member of a political party
and desires to become a
candidate of that party for
any elective office shall, on
or before the first day of
February before the date
of the Primary Election,
make under oath, and file
a declaration of candidacy,
which shall contain the
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NOME COUNCIL HAS
MEETING MONDAY:
MORE HORSE TALK
Former Engineer Accuses Fire Chief
Being: Afraid Of Horses
The Nome City Council
met in regular session last
night at the office of City
Clerk M J Walsh, before a
group of spectators assem
bled.
The horse question which
has been a vexing problem
to the city fathers for the
past two months, again
became an issue, when a
report of the fire commit
tee was delivered to the
council.
Chairman Hagen of the
Fire Committee reported
that during the time be
tween meetings former
driver of the fire depart
ment team George Jones,
and former engineer Blake
Wales had informed him
they wished to resign. Their
resignations were accepted
and two new men—Bud
Curtis and Fred Yenney—
placed in their positions.
The subject of disposing
of the old department team
was discussed and the fire
committee instructed to ar
range as soon as possible
for their disposition.
Following the reading of
Supreme Court
Refused Review
[I’pfiiia^u Case
(By The Associated Press)
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 10.
—The fight to save Richard
Bruno Hauptmann from the
electric chair, started anew
today after receipt of the
information stating the re
fusal of the Supreme Court
to review the case.
Counsel for the defense,
said that new evidence re
covered regarding the kid
nap ladder left open two
course to pursue—a request
for a new trial—or an ap
peal to the court of pard
ons for a commutation of
the death sentence to life
imprisonment.
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the minutes of the previous
meeting, Blake Wales, for
mer engineer, appeared and
requested permission to
speak on the resignation of
both Mr Jones and himself.
He denounced Chief W W
Laws as being afraid of the
new 'team, and that both
he and Jones were willing
to try to get along with
the new team, but that Mr.
Laws was not willing. He
further complained that
they had tried to get Chief
Laws to help them and that
on two occasions he had
walked away. As a result
of the asserted “dangerous”
team, he said, Jones now
has an injury which still
affects him, after being
kicked by one of the hors
es.
Wales said that this was
the reason for their resig
nations and the “straight”
of the horse situation in the
department.
The Council listened to
his denunciations without
commenting. Later Coun
cilman Polet wished to
bring up the subject with
Mr Wales but he was not
present at the time, and the
mayor pm tern remarked
he saw no rea.-: M for con
tintrng thn irre.lng for
u h purpose.
Upon motion duly pass
ed Councilman Andrew
Sadier, chairmen of the
Finance Commute was el
ected mayor pro Ur
the meeting, in the bsen.e
of Mayor Rex Swantz.
All bills approved by the
finance committee ware or
dered paid by the council.
Communications to the
city were read—one from
B J McConaghv, contract
or requesting 40 working
days additional time for
the completion of the city
building beyond his con
tract time. A resolution was
passed by the council ap
proving the request.
The report of the fire
chief was read listing two
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