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VOL. 36. No. 301. NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, DEC. 26, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Ethiopians Routed With Heavy Loss
Deaths, Tragedies, Traffic Accidents Marred Xmas
DEATH TOLL ON CHRISTMAS
MOUNTS HIGH AMONG THE
CELEBRANTS EUROPE, U. S.
Traffic Accidents, Family Difficulties,
SuicidesJLtc., Claim Lives
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 25, —Sud
den death, domestic trage
dies and traffic accidents
marred Christmas Eve in
many homes, both here and
abroad, resulting in twenty
persons being killed.
Eight were killed in a
train crash in Germany,
and a head-on motor car
collision near Freeport, 111.
killed five other holiday
celebrants.
Train and automobile
crashes near Newell, North1
Carolina killed four. A Mis
souri farm couple died in
a similar accident near At
chison, Kansas.
Two men died in Houst
on Texas after their truck
hit a bridge and caught
fire. Two small girls were
burned to death near Ring
wood, Oklahoma.
Phillip Leo, 39, and his
two sons died in a New
York fire. Two men and
a small boy were killed in
an airplane crash near Lima
Peru.
Philadelphian John Rog
ers, killed his estranged
wife, her mother, critically
wounded a third child in
a crib and then ended his
own life.
Two Manitowoc, Wis.,
farm girls were found froz
en to death. A Fort Smith,
Arkansas coal miner was
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Ethiopia Denies
Charge of Using
Dumdum Bullets
(By The Associated Press)
Geneva, Dec. 25, —Eth
iopia cabled the League to
day protesting against the
Italian accusation that Eth
opians were using dumdum
bullets.
The Ethiopians denied
the charge and pointed out
that she does not manu
facture ammunition, all of
which comes from abroad,
subject to supervision be
fore entering Ethiopia.
Propose Extend
Powers Of The
Neutrality Act
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Dec. 25, —A
national peace conference,
organized by approximate
ly thirty groups, proposed
a revision of the neutrality
act, extending the Presi
dent’s power to proclaim
embargoes on arms ship
ments to warring nations.
It was stated that a ten
tative draft of the measure
is expected to be placed be
fore Congress for consider
ation.
The plan proposes renew
and extend the President’s
present mandatory duty to
proclaim the existence of a
state of war between two
or more nations, and pro
hibit the export of arms to
the belligerent states. An
other phase of the plan is
to allow the President to
enter into discussions with
all the powers which sign
ed the Kelogg-Briand Peace
Pact, with the view to con
cluding a supplementary
treaty to settle all interna
tional disputes by pacific
means.
No Reprieve
(By Tne Associated Press)
Trenton, Dec. 26, —Gov
ernor Hoffman said tonight
that at the present time he
did not contemplate re
prieve for Hauptmann, in
case the court of pardons re
fuses him clemency.
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Flanking Moves
Italians Result
Many Casualties
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(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 26, — A
skirmish roundup of Ethio
pian sides was described in
Italian dispatches today.
A caravan descending
the slopes of the central
plateau to the Danakil low
lands east of the northern
lines, enroute to the Ethio
pian saltfields in the north
eastern part of the country,
was attacked by Danakil
irregulars, fighting for the
Italian army.
The Ethiopians were
routed with heavy losses.
.Twelve natives wearing It
alian uniforms were round
I ed up and brought before a
j court martial today, charg
ed with spying. Three of
them were turned over to
. the firming squad and nine
jwere given prison sentenc
es.
The Ethiopian secret pol
' ice pressed their drive ag
ainst suspected Italian spies
expelling the several diplo
matic attaches.
Premier Laval told the
French cabinet that France
wou;d refrain from making
any military naval move to
ward Italy unless Italy
gave provocation of some
kind.
Seven-Fun-Dog
Team Bom For
Father Hubbard
i _
(By The Associated Press)
San Jose, Dec. 25, — A
born-to-order dog team for
Father Hubbard, from an
Akatan wolf and two of the
Glacier Priest’s pack of
dogs, seven pups all male
were born recently at Ak
atan, at the home of Ed Lev
vin who accompanied Hub
bard on his last six Alaskan
expeditions.
Levin declared that with
in two years Hubbard
should have the first team
of brother dogs in mushing
history.
Katmai, another of Fath
er Hubbard’s famous pack,
was killed recently by a
hunter who mistook him
for a wild animal at Lake
Tahoe.
Is Swept Overboard On Hu^e W ave
| E)ii! Fate Turned Ship In Time So
That Next Wave Placed Him Aboard
Operator Liquor
Store Dead After
beaten, KooIkg
(By The Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Dec. 24th—
John F. Weber, 65, opera
tor of a liquor store here,
jdied today from shock and
exposure after two robbers
kidnapped him, and then
disrobed him. He was bea
ten before being forced to
remove his clothing in a
!school yard. The robbers
jescaped with only thirty
four dollars.
—
Await Signal To
Bomb Crater As
Lava Is Flowing
(Bv The Associated Press)
Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. 25, —
Army fliers here awaited
the signal to drop giant
bombs on Mauna Loah as
lava continued to rage
down the slopes, in order
to preserve Hilo’s volcano
threatened water supply.
A hundred, six-hundred
pound projectiles were
brought from the airport in
Honolulu Monday. Six air
planes are to be used in the
bombing which is slated for
Friday.
Solemn Xmas Is
Observed Ital
ian Troops Eth.
(By The Associated Press)
Asmara, Eritrea, Dec. 25
—Political unrest in Euro
pe gave a solemn tone to
Christmas among the Ital
ian troops on the northern
front. No great demonstra
tions took place, and field
chaplains merely celebrat
ed mass. Soldiers gather
ed for community singing
and then resumed their
places in the ranks.
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Tom Olson, cook, spent
the week-end holiday con
gratulating himself, feeling
that he is lucky to be here,
says a recent, copy of the
Ketchikan Alaska Chroni
cle, which gives a detailed
account of the incident that
nearly cost him his life.
An incident that occurred
about the middle of Novem
her—while he was accom
panying Captain J. E. Say
les on the motorship Eski
mo on a trip to Prince Ru
pert—makes him feel that
he should be.
A sea that combed the ves
sel while it was crossing
Dixon entrancewashed him
overboard and another aid
ed in putting him back on
board ship.
Olson was in his stateroom
on the weather side of the
ship and was waiting a
I chance to make his way to
the galley. A heavy sea
was running, kicked up by
a wind that was blowing
out of Portland canal, and
the Eskimo was laboring
heavily in her way across
the entrance.
Look lakes Lnance, Loses
Thinking he saw his chan
ce to make it out of the
room safely, Olson started
to make a run for it. But
he had misjudged the size
of a green comber that was
sweeping toward the ship.
It hit the ship just as Ol
son was well out of his
room and raked the Eskimo
from stem to stern, pilin',
up deeply alongside the
deckhouse as it swept in
over the weather rail. Ol
son was taken on the crest
of the flood and went over
board with it. Captain Say
les and others in the pilot
house of the Eskimo saw
him go over but were help
less to aid. “I couldn’t ev
en have turned the ship a
round in that sea in time,”
the skipper related after
ward.
They saw Olson swept
along [tie length of the ship
and into the sea over the
lee side of the stern. Just
then the Eskimo lurched as
she reached the crown of a
swell and, sticking her nose
down into its trough, her
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(inner Convict
funs \muek And
Death Follows
(By The Associated Press)
Butte, Montana, Dec. 26,
—Henry Knight, a former
convict is being hunted for
the fatal shooting of a police
officer and a second man,
and the wounding of two
others.
The dead policeman was
Tom O'Neill, 37, who was
killed instantly; Frank Wal
sh, 24, died later after be
ing wounded; policeman
James Mooney was shot in
the right shoulder and both
arms which had to be am
putated and he will recov
er.
Mrs. Florence Benvenue
received a minor wound in
the neck. The officers were
shot attempting to arrest
Knight after the shooting of
the woman in the apart
ment of Frank Walsh.
Knight was named by
Jean Miller, Knight’s com
panion, as the slayer of de
puty sheriff Thomas Mehan
on November 13th.
Proposes Abrogate
Kellog-Brland Act
Signed 63 Nations
' Hv The Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 26, —
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
renouncing war as an in
Mrum°nt of national policy
re piv- d criticism today,
which implied nr use of the
discus-dons of American fu
ture through a neutrality
policy.
Representative Tinkham
announced tonight that he
would introduce a resolu
tion to abrogate the treaty
which was signed during
the Coolidge administra
tion by sixty three nations.
Tinkham charged that
the President was using the
pact to support English im
perialism and maintain Eng
lish control of the Mediter
ranian, in the Ethiopian cri
sis. ,
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