The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1927, Page 1

HE DAILY A]%%%SI“{.A_ EMPIRE —— —— - - -~ VOL. XXX., NO. 4491, RID 27. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIET RUSSIA - Expresses Belief that Sylvia Gaines Is Still Alive STARTLING NOTE ENGINEERS SAY | __Separate 'NIG LIBERAL | ExSenator to Wed’ |pF) ATIONS ARE INTERJECTED IN | S FILL FEASIBLE | WPl GENERAL SHOT | OFF BETWEEN 2 + GAINES MURDER | B 4 | ON WATERFRONT! 7o« i A8 | BY U, S, CAPT. NATIONS, EUROPE Attorney Clalms Body of | . 1 Capt. Richards of Marines {4 | H fC Officiall Sylvia Gaines Never Iden- : . o Emphasnze Cheapness of Con i : ' Shoots and Kills General A . OX:)epr(:)vesmEomlfi:Z—-NI:ll: Y tified — New Clues. ; " : Sh;g:;zs E S‘IZ:E’LF“_ . . i : Cabulla, Disturber. | 'y g Given to Soviets. OLYMPIA, Wash.,, May 27.—An - o { S, i CHINADEGA, Nicaragua, May ? i i unexpected contention that the body > : From an engineermng standpoint, 5 3 Capt. William P. Richards, of the \ L Tiie Brifisls which was found on the shore of 1] thp proposed waterfront fill from 3 3 United States Marine Corps, shot . N X Aot - 5 : ; 1 . Bta M: . she " J diplomatic and ‘rade relations with Green Lake in Seattle last June was , s ‘ [lower Front Street to a point op- and killed Liberal General Cabulla | A Rusala was Appraver: by the d e not that of Sylvia Gaines has inter- g | posite the J. B. Caro & Co.’s prop-| S 3 allegedly in self-defenso, Cabulla is 3 ¥ |[of Commons after an exciting de- - Government's decision to break off jected a mew and starling note into |erty on Main Street is entirely feas k 2 g declared to have bheen intoxicated bate, when the House, by a vote of the Wallace C. (Bob) Gaines’ ap- o , |ible at a cost comparable nowhe e £ and firing his revolver at people g 157 to 111 adopted a motion by peal from his. conviction as his : 5 i else in similarly situated commun in the street when Richards opened | Rentoul, Conservative. dauglirer’s murderer % : = | ties, the Chamber of Commerce was| g : fire. % \e vote on the motion was ap- Attorney G. E. M. Pratt, of Seat-1 [told 1odey by several engineers who v Gen. Cabulla has been regarded as! & ded tle, appearing as a friend of the S have studied the proposition. Every| & & i : 4 constant trouble maker for the! Yy % he decision was to withdraw Court, told the Supreme Court that lavailable seat was taken in tha| [B¥ : i American Expeditionary forces, diplomatic privileges which has the body was not that of Syl ? \ [Chamber’s luncheon room at the S % - e been ‘“so gravely abused.” Gaines and had never been l:lmlll— " | Alaska Elecric Light & Power Co. 'fll o \ o & The Labor resolution that the fied ~such during the Gaines 3 - | building when the project was dis-| g ¢ g . country ought not to be committed trial The body was found to be 5 % {eussed in more or less detail for| 3 : ~ t ¥ ¥ ’ to the Government's policy until four inches taller than Sylvia's, the !murn than one hour A ¢ . o 00 - after a full inquiry of facts, was attorney declared. “ % At the end of the discussion, the| ’ ; . . | : & | ldefeated by a vote of 367 to 118 The fingers were blunter than 4 o {Chamber unanimously adopted a| g : | 1 4 i T Sylvia's and the chin was receding, ; Iregolution endorsing the work of ‘ ! T T While Sylvia's was not, the attorney Engineer A. Metcalf as far as| 2 ; 3 | RELATIONS ARE SEVERED asserted - ~ lit has progressed and authorizing| f& « % 3 | LONDON, May 27.—The British Tha body weighed 130 pounds, L . the Board of Directors to appoint 3 & : . note severing relations between shenbhd. Uikl ‘al the nes girl . : & special cammittes of three to con-| J . g Great Britain and Soviet Russia was weighed only 107 pounds, he told o fer with the property owners in- !delivered at the Chesham House, the the "f";'!- i volved and City Council relative to} : ; Soviet Legation, requieste The defense attorneys centered the arriving at a program for undertak- . ! : A . he official Soviet representative to attack on the testimony of Louis - L Th work . Planes Will fak(- Air in New| & : Hes : b : i [Soviet Legation, and it requested | < Stern, one of the principal wit- Local Situation Ideal 3 g York Clly for S[JOI(BI'IC, : | T .- The mnote specifies who will be i \ nesses for the prosecution who told ; { ] Wibie | allowed to remain to wind up the 1 > e project eml s the con- o4 1 b | - K NaLTS e i S strution o ok el and i f g et | Gibert O Htahaock, of | SRS o0 bt L e e & s in behind it wtih tailings from the| e Nebraska, who served two | B o000 ed immediately. No date has been set for decision T : kst ; pie LIRS 5 e ey e : " of \e‘abeat: . . (Aldsl:('n ~"'?-"n""'lw':,’:3|’ hel h’:m:i‘p.::]n n'.).:‘ ¢ ¢ 2 _\\‘,\.\H NGTON, May The Na-\ terms in the aned States It has not yet been decided who > 0 B SR ey A . 2 - 1 tional Aeronautic Associution has ap-| gonate, and Miss Martha |will look after the British interests s : St flume from the mill. proved of plans for an air race from | a BELIEVES GIRL ALIVE Mildred Spierling, Kansas re situation here is ideal for o % (B o i B (3] Harris, of Memphis, are to |in Moscow. = o0 SEATTLE, May 27. — Attorney| QCity nurse, offered her blood in | such an undertaking, making it pos-| | a startSeptember 20 for < to-| marry on June 1. He is sixty-, ‘ Pratt expressed positive belief that| ‘g vain effort to save the life of [sible to acquire made ground at a . ‘. taling $33.000. nine; she is forty-four. The, ",‘;,‘,’,‘,‘,1,3_5';““,“;,,‘.;",;‘;’,““;;‘;‘ie“‘,?g,‘l:,'.““{.;- s ] s alive, based on evi- . ¢ . ; ; I i y :g:f;‘: g:';?:!zhizu»finlivfi\nriuug the last| ber sweetheart, Edwin J. Cut L?yfl(‘.,"flfl"‘b"-":« m:‘."«’ 'r':\:?do(.’xr.-emlm idnf i il K 1"“,"""""' Is wponsored by Spo-| eeremony will unite two large |look after the Soviets' interests few montha. A shaw. A few hours after doc- |, %0y "how valued,” Mr. Mot- . . . o e o e Gl | fortunes, but greater interesf |here. ; The attorney's theory is that the| gors decided not to make 8 |caif taid the Chamber. The cheap- L ALIRANAAY - to. GOMDALEE, 3 in the marriage has been caused Premier’s Statement Gaines girl was kidnapped by ruf-| ‘grancfugion Cutshaw died. The [ness with which the project could " Prives ote85000 il be offered at| by the frequent mention of | Premier ~Baldwin emphatically ans w sla E her girl and va 50 e | i 1 . . | dec e I he rela- "",‘,sfil:g'“u};"':.(:,l;;"u'l:"’f,:::' Siliente| eouple, who met in college, were | be carried out was also emphasiz Bainbridge Colby, former Se-- {the same time for a similar race| Hiteheoek as Democratie Presi- :’f,,‘,:f,‘r-':::“,.[‘:'l,,,,:";,";;,:mn,;;f|,:m';y po : L . Metzgar, general super 5 3 1 te r g Francise: 3 a ot 'the crime the gang placed| to have been married shortly, |pY L. H. Metzgar. & M Dl u"‘""-" of State, is to divorce |from San Francisco to Spokane. | dential timber. against Russia. It means just what endent of the Alaska Juneau, 3 o e gl : Sylvia's clothes on the body of the (International Newareel) fams. District Engineer, B. P.| || Mrs.Colby, the former Nathale The long distance events will bey it appears to mean that we do not = - followed by National Air race .|| intend to have any further political other girl. ————— and Emil Gastonguay, of the| §8edgwick, whom he married 15 Aftidavits gathered by the testi- R INew York in 1905, according 1 |SPOKa1e on September 24 and 25 deatings with MoRSDW Bk are Wil mony tend to bear out his beliefs N T "“’—“_ 5 oy | ly in favor of the pursuit of legiti- and he said ultimately Sylvia w : Form Improvement Company JFeports from Paris. ~ |Boats Are Operating | mate trade between Great Britain appear and save her father from the Mr. Metcalf said if the 35 prop-| (nternational Newsreel) -~ and Russia Our decision is mnot gallows. This the attorney said he T‘:::_v t(;::n:‘riqlvmit::?rr (n:x:::(‘:l 1{:::1:[.;11'1 ————— To Tanana on Yukon‘ SA the result of a ,]gqplllhl plot [n.ge: believes. | ke T na — | up a world combination agains e \Pra a5 héad b i project, it was planned to form an F R FE ¥ e R WAL e Rl oy AGAIN DELAYEDKilnpmvemmu company which would| | TANANA, Aluska, May 27.The| ) Russia attorney o |handle the business end of the! first travel on the Tanana River of | HEME. . May " §7—Cohumiader de he is working on the case solely h ” ‘he & er season | ived. Small |, i . RUSSIAN VIEWS . - i ndertaking. He asked for the he summer season has arrived. Sma Wi S " 3 5 in the interest of justice and has| PAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 27.—|Chamber's endorsement and the ap- boats brought consignments of fresh | (o0o1°, 1% G4 Lo arrive In the Azores| yoscow, May 27, — Convietion been retained by no ome. =~ While|cap George H. Wilkins' hop-off for|pointment of # committee to handie fruits and vegetables and eggs. %”“,m-““. Duiliee A mesmne woat thelobtaining in - all Soviet political reading the transcripts of teStIMOWY| Point Barrow was postponed yester-|the matter with the property own- The Kovernwgt Hoat DvIs: with | et s {circles, widely disseminated through Tecon P e o ifiention of the|day for another day when his planefers and the City Council. ~The e mail and passengers, arrived 12 days|ana' sound aboard the steamer Super.| the press. is that (.rener‘rnnln is no positive dentificatic e ks i b 4 o g % or tha A i HOL 5 € Super-| oo parked upor t n- bmlvl. Clothes found near and on w.{usml ',f’ rise with an 1,800 |nvum|fi‘(hvilmhv-l unanimously agreed to do Mm_!en and Wolf N t IIIII.I lh_.nvuw. lv % § _1ga, which has no wireless. De Pinedo | v’mhnl‘(n‘(lv | x.n. war ol n‘ ervxle Y vever. been identi-|198d. Wilkins plans to fly from this | Ol IN| The Yukon River is said to he free | "onviove’ ie four continent flight | 101 0f Which severance of relations the body had, however, been 1de0ti| Point Barrow to Ktah, Greenland.| Final estimates of the total and Large Demand—Blue ~ |from ice although drittwood is run-|gooording to the message 8Ot jg the first gun. The next siep ex- fled by several witn ; The Detroit News No. 2 plane, a|individual costs are in progress ot} r' Sell Well ning : by . ,,L.(.u.(:', (:wl"ewg]lmpersn:nz". ‘:vlilll:::; s y smaller one than the Alaskan, has|caleulation and will be ready within “ox ell. - PR e an effort toward a financ Sensational Trial been substituted for the trip to Point|a few days, Mr. Metcalf said. He pihce Sentencing of Five for COM?Il:nut Adfim“ 1.-(-..;.11,...@” blockade l"x;.kl)(;:lhl:fdsu:;: The Gaines' trial was one of the|Barrow and across the Arctic to,had approximate costs estimated at SEATTLE. M P et reate . | weaken the Sovie J most sensational in Seattle’s court{Etah |about $1,200 average tor each prop-| SHATTLE. Moy 27 -Marten and Manslaughter Is Deferred ns Many Nations| ;" cCleni i Wil be attackea with i ars gust 19, ———— rty owner and total cost about b 5 impunity Tt e O (et Se0.00: all other pgits went Tapldly yester- e PARIS, May 27 Minister of| The Izvestia, crgan of the Federal st year, Gaines was convicted offp s« + $50,000. However, the completed|all < s ANGELES, G : orga ]l,ll;; clayiig of his daughter whose Pribilof Islands Are figures may show some variations|day at the monthly auction of the| LOS ANGELES, Gal ¥ i linterior Albert Sarragut told the|Central Executive Committee of the body was found in a clump of Stil from these amounts Beattle Fur Exchahige Rehtencing ' of * Mrs./ € Chamber of Deputies today that|Soviets, declared England’s hope “In bushes on the shores of Green Lake, till Surrounded, Ice! "% pointed out that the City| The prices announced were as fol.|and four others for manslaughter in|Communist activity in nce and|inciting other nation- against Rus- Seattle, early on the morning of St [would be materially benefitted in|lows: the slaying o Tom ck, movie|aphroad constituted a grave danger|sia can only end in disaster for June 17, the crime having been| DUTCH HARBOR, Ala May numerous ways should the project| Lynx sold on an average of $25.40|Cowboy at a moonshine iking var-iio national .m.x..m England and the Allies since the committed presumably during the|—For ihe first time in 21 years. ice|be carried out. It would largely| With large skins bringing $35. o i T Saaiele favct s T early ight of Tunelconditions in this section are delay-{lessen fire hazards and lower insur-| Marten sold at an average of §20 cenled a4 motion for 4 ne al. The which a repressive program is be- ;2”’ l{’o':\.r:n ":mf{l?. hat the girl|ing all sealing activities. The ] e e e bilid. solve . GIRL y“,‘. best Tot at $40s Court permitted filing of applications | Alr Expedltlon Plam to ing preparcd, sained strength which came from Massachusetts to make|islands are still ice bound, preventing|cult sanitation situation which| Ermine sold rapidly and averaged for probation '""" 1' Search for M,“mg Airmen| enables her to defy her enemies. her home with het father who had|the government seal employees trom |exists along the harbor front by|¥$1 LIME DEPOSIT IS 4 ” been divorced from her mother|landing. previding for deep “vater ;!i!pofi?' f:i, r(:‘uer ‘:uh.n\]\'u'I v]:unzzr}. ':l“rl x:.\"‘nlfu Inl- FOUND WASILLA| WASHINGTON, May 27. he| STEFFANSONS HAVE DAUGHTER many years previously. Testimony s S sewage which is now dumped in|crease over las ( eraged LA Gant. ; Department been advised 3 » bt v Brétranson asd yas introduced showing, unnatura) Crippled Liner Being . e e rnth wuctures on| Wolt pelts arc Walf sold at an| | Gorit Snider of Wasilia, who camo | UnoMilully that an ait expetition! i congratwiations on-the birt relations between a s 8§ u L otr b bt v bhge in Saturday for the week-end on busi- |5 under consideration into the in-; %% Bogobssgidet daughter, Ber propable uitimate re Convoyed Into Port| i’ souty i o Front sireet. ™ ™ avoruse of 31117 nd Bish a1 s1070 | BT, 3, B 6 WL el otoumiand s o o, dashter welghing soven pounds, Jome. . The prosecution claimed this| NEW YORK, May 27 Tugs ar, Pointin? e at that ne was inter-|Proved at 20 per cent selling at an|one of the largeat deposits of car-|Lhe Labindor Const (o search fofiyoinor and daughter are doing nice- ¢ > 4 oV eie missing French fliers Nungesser and | was what caused the slaying. Wit-|slowly towing 'into the harbor the|ested only in an abstract manner,|average of $5175 oo :’l?lr;m[:urlmull:;:x('t::'::ry‘l::c;s:js:(‘t;:l on | Coll. " nesses testified that Gaines was a new giant Matson liner Malolo cripp-|Mr. Metzgar said the project was 543.\‘0(.' % et Bed|the farm of Chris Stern, one and g P 3 o n | drink.ng man, to a considerable de-ljed in a collision on the fi very feasible and “certainly can be; A i Ay . e Erco. The case was Nard TOUEDL OF | or (he triar tn ot a0y | et which 1 well worthe| Wolverine was strong and the best|& half miles rom Wasiila. Snider| Summer White House 1 ; both sides. boats and destroyers are steaming be-| While.” While he had ‘not made| ol hrought 320, e average binging |y Geclares the lime doposits are May Be in So. Dakotaj . Housewives side the vessel ready to transfer the|any close study of Mr. Metcalf's|327 81 i 2 extensive enough to supply hundreds | Must Shop —_——-———— - sid . 0 s The next sale will be June 27. { Daughters of llle Nile créw, and ; phsseigers - should “need|dkures he'ghia the work Con'd Saslly o . i of thousands of tons of lime.—(Fair-| WASHINGTON, May 27. Such ex C Alask i . banks News-Miner) i President Coolidge has| | T\ w s = hanks News-Miner). |amination as President Coolidge has| | Tomorrow Are °mmg to Alas al Rt b R SR Fhmlng Gas Well Causes made of the situation. in the Black Y R gested it pe % - ~——31| Hills, South Dakota, convinced him Housewives must do their Sue § SPOKANE, Wash., May 27. sary to face the seawall with a ':""“I Five Deaths, Texas Town|* i the site is adequate for the summer | | day and Monday shopping tomor- | Twenty-seven eastern delegates to| PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., May 27.|concrete apron to prevent washing ¥ ¢ - Capt. Lindbergh White House. He has not decided| row as Monday fs Memorial Day | the Daughters of the Nile Nationall _palibut sales today were 70,800(0f the fill by surface and drainage| SANFORD, Texas, May 27.—Fivs P & R s pts Heetar Tt (LStals. [ row: ab BouRiy 18 MANEHAL re_] Convention will leave for a lwo‘lmun(ln American halibut sold for 6 (Continued on Page Eigit.) are dead from a flaming natural gas| | Not Interested in patched Col. Edward Starling, Whits! | main closed all day. i and his companions are safe weeks' Alaska trip from Vancouver and 13 cents and C: well which ignited yesterday giving se Secret e e next Thursday. ‘]2 e 8 and Canadian for 6 and .. the ol town & baptism of fire through Any Ll)llfi{ l‘lmhls ',III{;‘IIIT: M‘(;;v(,.yAHe-rvlm man, to mak & #lthe night. Tho oar of the raginy gasser can be heard for miles around PARIS, M.n "7. Capt. Charles | BUSINESS RECLAIMS | Byrd Wants Capt. i R oo = e A pinaperels = oottt | SCHOOL “DUNCE” MAY Lindbergh to DRILLING PLACER GROUND | long distance flights and will not | CHICAGO’S “BOWERY?|| Share All Honors || e S et ot S || tho ‘At Fross i s | BE BUDDING GENIUS urday from the Sunrise district] | ment was made in connection | NI-;W RYlClmKd LMng z'l.—fdjn;? bringing the good m-w»l lhgl lxhts with the news of the proposed | _——— W mander Richard E. Byrd sal e | i company he represents, the Sunrisel| | ¢ etition for $25,000 for the | CHICAGO, May 27.—North Clark| Park. The street s being virtuslly' | favors *waiting until Capt. Char. | | syivenic & Drodsing. Coo. Have al | fomoeon IO s ronine | | LONDON, May 27—Dull children| “One of Sir Walter Scott's teachs Btreet, Chicago's Bowery, is passing|rebuilt. A score of new buildings,| | les A. Lindbergh comes back” | [crew of six gelting things in shape| | Honolulu from the United States. | |are not always dull adults. ers described him as having the through a reformation like that|{most of them with pretentious fa- before hopping off for Paris but on Six-Mile River, preparatory to P s The boy who stands in the cor-|thickest head in school,” said Mr. which the Bowery has undergone. cades, are under way, giving af ! that final decision rests wmn.} placing drills in the ground to de- Flies Over Paris | |ner with a dunce cap on his head [ Cowen. “The mother of Hume, tha Once the Street was the most lurid | eprucer aspect to the once down-at-| | Rodman Wanamaker, backer of | |tarmine values. The company, which| | PARIS, May 27.-Capt. Lind- | |may be Chancellor of the Exchequer |historian, said he was ‘weak-minded.’ of the city's night life thoroughfares | the-heel artery. One of the business| | the America’s flight. Byrd said: | |is amply financed by Californians,| | bergh flew over Paris in & French | | thirty years hence or may be a|Chatterton was declared to be a —a ribbon of honky tonks, cabarets, | structures is the tallest skyscraper| | “Although nothing we could do | |will put a dredge on the ground| | plane for an hour today and ||budding Sir Walter Scott or a sec-|confirmed dullard, and Fanny Bur- saloons, ramshackle hotels and cheap | outside the “loop.” would detract from Lindbergh's | {next year providing this season's| | pald homage to the French un- | [ond Hume, so C. W. Cowen told the|ney, who wrote a classic at twenty, lodging houses. Today that phase of | The strect was named for Gearge| | courageous achievement, I think | |drilling results warrants the move.| | known soldier flying over the | | National Union of Teachers in a|was known as ‘a little dunce’ at its history is passing. Rogers Clark, the explorer. The| | he ought, for the time at least, | | Two drills, a two ton truck and a five| | tomb in the Arc de Triumphe in | |Plea for more elastic classitication | school.” One by one the resorts are being|origin of the name was recalled late-| | stand alone in the glory of his | [ton caterpillar have been ordered| | graceful curves descending to | |of children in schools and the aban-| Mr. Cowen sajd the present Chan- wiped away as legitimate business|ly in protest against a propesal to| | accomplishment.” | |from the States and should arrive; | within 150 feet. donment of age as the standard by|cellor of the Exchequer, Winston 'nkex‘o"r the two mile sweep from | rechristen the thoroughfare Broad- in Seward by the first of the month. which children are judged in assign-| Churchill, didn’t do very well at the Chicago river bridge to' Lincoln way, ! G- (Seward Gateway), e gy Mg them school work, school, but has done very well since,