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VOL. 37. No. 108 NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
Weyerhauser Kidnaper Is Arrested
MAY OFFICIALLY ANNEX ETHIOPIA SAT.
German Dirigible Off On Long Flight to America
Washington State
Students Strike
Account of Rules
STUDENTS OBJECTED BLUE
LAWS. WANT CLEAN-MIND
ED POLICIES ADMINISTRA
TION IN THE FUTURE
(By The Associated Press)
PULLMAN, Washington, May 7
—Washington State College stud
ents voted at a mass meeting to
day to strike tomorrow and re
main away from classes until the
administration removes the Blue
Laws, and the granting to the
students more, instead of to the
faculty, control of campus affairs.
The vote was taken at the end
of a conference between students
and faculty groups. It appears
that most of the three thousand
students will walk out and lead
ers say they will picket the class
rooms.
The demands include progress
ive and cleanminded administra
tion, noncompulsory class attend
ance and with no penalties for
failure to attend social gather
ings, the abolition of the Dean of
Women’s social regulations and
the administration’s ultra-con
servative and dictatorial admini
strative policies.
Attempt Be Made
Free A1 Capone
From Alcatraz Is.
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, 111., May 7, — It was
disclosed today that an attempt
to free A1 Capone, erst-while
Chicago gang leader, imprisoned
at Alcatraz Island Penitentiary in
California through a newly discov
ered loophole in a federal stat
ute, would be launched in Chic
ago, soon.
His attorneys may apply for a
writ of habeas corpus in the fed
eral court in San Francisco.
Capone is serving eleven years
in jail for income tax evasions.
Approval Made
Navy Money Bill
By Committee
(By The Associated Press')
Washington, D. C., May 7, —
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee approved the five hundred
and thirty-one million dollar nav
al supply bill, essentially the
same as passed by the House, for
the construction of thirty-three
airplanes, twelve destroyers, six
submarines, and the continuance
of work on eighty-four ships of
varying types.
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Prohibition Party
Selected L. Colvin
To Run President
DR. D. LEIGH COLVIN WAS
ELECTED ON FIRST BALLOT
TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AS
PROHIBITION MAN.
(By The Associated Press)
Niagara Falls, New York. May
7. — The National Prohibition
Party today nominated Dr. D.
Leigh Colvin of New York, for
many years best known as the
country's dry leader, for presi
dent.
Colvin received 16G votes to
Harry Kidder of Barre, Vermont
twelve, on the first ballot.
Agreement
France Was Made
Public State Dept.
<Hy The Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., May 7, —
The State Department announced
today an agreement with France
on a reciprocal trade pact.
Following the announcement
made early today, great import
ance was attached in both coun
tries, to commercial accord, which
is intended to lower restrictions
now applied by the French ag
ainst American products.
Fiance is America's fifth best
customer, and the present agree
ment is regarded second in im
portance to the recent Canadian
treaty.
Women’s Contest
Scotland Ended
Tie Games Today
(By The Associated Press)
Gleneagles, Scotland. May 7, —
The third renewal of the Curtis
Gold Cup competition between
American and British women, to
day ended in a tie, each team
scoring four and a half points.
Each won one foursome, and
three singles, and one foursome
was a draw.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 3
New York 6 Pittsburgh 5
Boston 6 Chicago 8
Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 2
—
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 3 New York 14
Cleveland 7 Philalelphia 1
St. Louis 4 Boston 7
Chicago 5 Washington 1
COAST RESULTS
Seattle 3 Portland 1
Oakland 4 Sacramento 14
San Diego 7 Missions 0
San Francisco 0 Los Angeles 16.
ITALY MAY ANNOUNCE
ANNEXATION SAT
OF ETHIOPIA
Announcement, if it Comes W ill Be In
Face League of Nations Meeting
Which Is Scheduled Monday
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED. May 7, — A Satur
day night decree of total annexa
tion of conquered Ethiopia it was
predicted, will come in the face
of the League of Nation’s meet
ing at Geneva Monday.
An Italian news agency report
ed that the Fascist army of occu
pation took complete charge of
the French-owned Addis Ababa
to Djibouti Railroad extending
from the capital of Ethiopia to
the boundary of French Somali
land.
The railroad is the only egress
from the city to the sea.
It is not known whether the
seizure is considered to be per
manent. The French government
announced that it would refuse
to relinquish its rights to the line.
Simultaneously it was announc
ed that Italy’s armies had all but
completed the subjugation of
southern Ethiopia with the cap
ture of the important town of
Jijiga. The Italians pressed into
service Selassie's own Imperial
police to mop up the riot-torn
Addis Ababa.
WILLIAM MAHAN WEY
ERHAUSER KIDNAP
ER APPREHENDED
Man Who Has Eluded Law For Almost A
Year Caught in San Francisco
With Ransom Money
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., May 7,
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
U. S. Bureau of Investigation, to
day announced the capture of W;1
liam Mahan in San Francisco, at
noon today.
Mahan was wanted in the two
hundred thousand dollar Weyer
hauser kidnaping case.
Chief Hoover said he had sev
en thousand, three hundred doll
ars in ransom money on his per
son when apprehended on Min
osy Street between sixth and sev
enth avenues.
Most of the bills showed that
the serial numbers had been al
tered.
Hoover said that Mahan ad
mitted his identity but refused to
confess to the kidnaping.
Hoover declared: “He didn’t
have to confess. We have enough
evidence on him to convict him
easily.” Mahan was unarmed, it
was made known.
Red Flag On Top
Supreme Court
Agasts Capitol
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7,
—An amazed capital city awoke
this morning to find a Red Flag
flying over the huge marble tem
ple of the United States Supreme
Court, apparently raised during
the night by some prankster.
The fluttering emblem struck
consternation into the ranks of
the Supreme Court Guard assign
ed to protect the dignity of the
nation’s highest tribunal.
Frantically the guard and a de
tachment of the metropolitan po
lice struggled for four and a half
hours to get it down but without
success.
Finally firemen, mounted on a
lofty extension ladder touched
the flag with a gasoline torch tied
Continued on Page Four I
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
April 4, 1936.
A further measure of self
government will be extend
ed to the Territory of Alas
ka if the bill introduced by
Delegate Dimond during
the first session to author
ize municipal corporations
in Alaska to incur bonded
indebtedness is enacted.
This bill, H R 8766, was
favorably reported on April
1st by the house committee
on territories and is now on
the calendar awaiting ac
tion by the House. The Sec
retary of the Interior, to
whom the bill was referred
by the committee for a de
partment report, has recom
mended that the bill be en
acted. It is not generally be
lieved that there will be ob
jeetion from any source to
the passage of the measure.
At the present time, un
der the Act establishing civ
il government in Alaska, no
city or town can incur bond
ed indebtedness unless spec
ifically authorized by an
Act of Congress. Even
though the Delegate has
made a remarkable record
in securing the passage of
the necessary individual
Acts in nearly all instances
where Alaska municipalit
ies desired to issue bonds
for local public works,
much valuable time is ncc
essarily lost in this process.
It was to correct this situa
tion and also provide a for
ward step in the progress
of the Territory toward self
government, that Delegate
Dimond introduced and is
urging the passage of this
proposed legislation.
The bill stipulates that ap
proval by at least G5 per
cent of the qualified elect
ors of the municipality
whose names appear on the
assessment rolls is requir
ed before bonded indebted
ness may be incurred. It
also places a limitation of
10 percent of the value of
the taxable property in a
municipality as the limit to
the total of outstanding ob_ j
ligations that may be incur
red. It provides that at least |
20 days’ notice be given of
the election to be held inJ
!
Hindenburg Is
Over Atlantic
Bound For l .S.
i
107 PASSENGERS. 3,300 LBS.
EXPRESS AND 20 SACKS
OF .MAIL CARRIED ABOARD
ZEPPELIN ENROUTE TO U. S.
r B.v The Associated Press)
London, May 7, —The German
dirigible “Hindenburg", averag
ing seventy-five miles an hour,
struck out across the North At
lantic ocean on its first flight to
the United States, with sunshine
and favorable weather prevailing
on its start.
It left Freidrichshaven. Ger
many at 9:30 P. M. last n.ght car
rying one hundred and seven
pass* ngers. 3.300 pounds of ex
press and twenty sacks of mail.
Many of the passenger.-' aboard
remained awake all night t > see
the ship pass over the mnu’h >f
the Rhine and latei glimpse the
Isle of Wight, f m above the
English Channel.
a municioalitv f >r the our
pose of determining the is
suance of bond.-, and it also
limits the interest pava'^ip
on such bonds to nut
ceed 6 percent, and tl oa
turitv date of the bo,. ’ ' o
be not greater than >,)
years. The governing 1
ies of the municipalii.es
will have authority to de
cide upon the type' f b nds
to be issued as well as the
letails relating to their sale
and retirement.
March 28, T r .miner
for the Federal Co. numica
tions Commission M e'.nree
ot the hearing on he ipli
cation of John A. S unrip,
for construe'ion of > -id:o
broadcasting station at Fair
banks, today reconim ■nded
that the construction per
mit be granted. Final ac
tion of the Commission on
the application cannot be
made until May 4, in order
to allow the required time
xceptions to be fi 1.
Mr. Stump proposes to
construct the station to op
crate on 1210 kilocycles
with a power of 250 watts
during the daytime and 100
after sunset.
March 31. The House
Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries today
made a favorable report on
H R 11036, a biil to amend
the section of the Revised
Statutes (U . S. C. title 46,
(Continued on Page Two)