The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 7, 1927, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR] “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS A —— " PRICE TEN CENTS U. §. AVIATORS LAND NEAR BERLIN 600D DIPLOMATS WANTED BY U. S. . Vice -President Dawes Says New World of Diplomacy Demands Best of Men. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 7.—~A new world of diplomacy of groater frank ness and more direct negotiation is made necessary for the United States to carefully choose high diplomats Vice-President Charles G. Dawes d clared at the Commencement exer cises of the Washington University here this afternoon. The Vice-President said that if the nation is to maintain prestige and property protect its interests in new order of things, the diplomatic representatives men to have been known met great responsibilities of emergen —_————— — MADOO IS IN "~ AUTO ACCIDENT BLUEFIELDS, W. Va,, June 7 William Gibbs McAdoo narrowly es- caped serious injury late vesterday when his automobile collided with another near here. McAdoo, his wife and ('Imuf(mll'l of the machine, all escaped injury but Charlotie Bivens, aged 10 years, an occupant of the other car, was probably fatally hurt. important must to in be have times Political Talk GREENVILLE, Tenn., challenge to political leaders of all | parties to make known their stand on prohibition, was sounded by Wil liam G. McAdoo with a warning that efforts to nullify the Eighteentn Amendment is part of a movement menacing the foundations of popular government. The former Treasury Secretary addressed the Tusculum College at the Commencement ex ercises this afternoon. Abandon [ll-Fated Indiana Railroad MUNCIE, Ind., June 7.—The relict of midwestern railroads—the old Central Indiana—is about to be abandoned after a b0-year struggle for existence. Unless & purchaser comes by autumn, the Pennsylvania Big Four railroads, its present own: ers, may junk the line, the inter- state commerce commission has rul- ed More than a million dollars have been $pent by various groups to make a paying venture of the line, which runs from Muncie to Brazil, Ind., through Noblesville, Anderson and Lebanon. Its history dates from 1876, when the Anderson, Lebanon & St. Louis railroad laid 18 miles of track from Anderson to Noblesville and gradual- ly expanded the line. It fell into one receivership after another, and finally the two railroad systems which now own it acquired the prop- | erty. H Students Hold Rites In Old Beer Vaults MADISON, Wis., June 7.—Winding stairways lead to a subterranean vault, 76 feet below Madison's busi- ness district, suggesting the cata. combs of Rome. Three flights below the street, the vault now serves as the setting for initiatory rites of the Union Board, student governing body of the University of Wisconsin. Once it was merely a storage place for barrels of beer manufactured by a brewery which occupied the prem- ises above, and which found that the deeper it built its vaults, the cooler was its beer. Today the cold dark recesses are used only for the induction of new members into the student board, and few are aware of the vault's exist- ence. June 7.—A ! de. along and ———————— NORDLING RETURNING Homer G. Nordling, who has been south and east on a business trip, will return home on the Princess Louise tonight. ‘Alphabet Parties Are Now New Riviera Stunt NICE, June 7.—Alphabetical weekz\ end house parties form the latest amusement for Riviera society. A typical invitation reads: ‘“Saturday dinner ‘C,’ Sunday dinner ‘M. Sun- day supper ‘H.’ Please gather ideas.” The guests are expected to arrive early enough to go marketing with the | 1 | I ACROSS THE PACIFIC The next great air flight will be the spanning of the Paci are under way to fly from Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, via Hawaii. Plans are also being made for flights to the This recalls the efforts of the late Commander John Philippines and Japan. d Report Attempt | To Assassinate | President Calles NOGALES, Ariz, An unconfirmed Daily Herald sa was made dent Calles one report sald Maria gui fired several Mexican President but all went wild The woman was placed in an asylum as being irrespon- sible | June 7 report to the an attempt inate Presi Luisa Jaure- shots at the OCEAN PLANES MAY BE BUILT Company Is Organized in New York According to Designer Bellanca. NEW pany to YORK, June 7.—A build multimotored air-| planes, ch capable of carrying not less than 40 pasengers to Europe on a commercial bas being or- ganized by G. Bellanca, designer of| the craft which carried Chamberlin com- The | |40 SAN FRANCISCO, next epic of the air |of the Pacific, Charles Lindbergh's flight from | New York to Paris and Chamberlin and Levine's flight to Germany, has turned aviators to speculation on the possibilities of spanning the great rs to the west of aviators are now seek- backing for flights from San i , Los Angeles, or Vancouver Australia, the Philippnies or Ja; The United States Navy has |long had plans drawn for a hop to | the Philippines. And at least threc |fliers are already making prepara- itions for the flight to Australia. They are Captain the Royal Air Force; Gilber Jenkins, of Melbourne, Aus: tralia, an dEngineer L. T. Palmer, formerly of the Royal Canadian Air Force. They have contracted for a Sikorsky plane and have visited Van- couver to make preliminary arrange- ments. They entended, they said, to hop off some time this summer. The flight across the Pacific of- fers very little greater difficulties than the flight across the Atlantic. The distance is very little longer than Lindbergh's flight from San Diego to Paris, but the hops are of no greater distances. From the Am- erican mainland Hawaii would be the first stop of all flights. From there the planes could, as Clarke and his men plan to do, fly the Fanning and men plan to do, fly by easy stages to Australia June 7.—The the conquest [ | pan John Clark, of Flying Officer Weather Conditions Weather conditions over the Pa- Irlfiv over storms of year San would probabiy be better than the Atlantic. While tropical might be encountered west Hawaii, there are periods each when the atmosphere between Francisco and Hawaii calm. A prize of $60,000 was offered by the late Thomas H. Ince, in 1919 for the first trans-Pacific flight. Ed- die Rickenbacker was one of several who planned to make the flight, but the offer expired before any planes were ready, 4 On of the thing¥ Pacific flight more att tors now is success at makes the ive to avia Lindbergh had invention of Maurice Titterington. The compass measures the angle between the brushes of the genera tor of the compass and the earth's magnetic field and enables the pilot to set his course at any angle to these lines of force, which point to the magnetic north. Power for the generator comes from a little wind wheel set through a hole in the fuse- lage. The compass is affected by magnetic variations just as a ship’s compass is, but it does not swing with the motion of the ship. The entire outfit weighs thirteen pounds EFFORTS OF RODGERS SAN FRANCISCO, June 7. Re newed interest in the proposed trans- | Pacific flight recalls the daring ef. fort ma by Commander John Rod- gers and four men to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu in the naval seaplane PN-9 No. 1. The PN-9 No. 1 and the PN-9 No. 3 feft n Fran cisco on Aungust 31, 1925, for the i1Hawaiian Islands. A string of ships NEXT GREAT AIR with his earth inductor compass, the | PECT. 200 miles apart, was in readiness to aid them in case of distre: The | No. 3 was forced down after going 400 miles. Tho No. 1 lost sight | of. On the next day came a radio mes- | sage | “Running out of gas; will probably have to land at Asoostook or Tana- | ger. Please stand by.” The ships mentioned were several | hundred miles from the end of the | 2,100 mile hop. Constant lookout was maintained, but no trace of the plane was seen Day after day stroyer squadron, on its way | from a visit to Australia, ent Lo the scene. Constant radio messages | were sent out. But no word or sight | of the plane was seen The Navy reported that almost | every miles of sea had been search- ed, and that not even wreckage could be found. Everyone believed that the plane had come down on the water and that a wave had sunk it, Then, on September 140, the subma- | rine R-4, on its way from Honolulu | to meet the fleet, picked up the plane | about fifteen miles east of the Island of Kauai. The plane had drifted hun- | dreds of miles after landing on the water when the gasoline supply gave | out. The radio sending equipment | had been dizabled. Rodgers and his crew were alive and well but a bit thirsty. The flight went down as a failure, but Honolulu gave the airmen a wel- come as enthusiastic as Paris gave Lindbergh Rodgers died | de home | passed.. The in an airplane acci dent this and Levine to Germany 17 Belianca said finanacial backing| for the project has been assured. He| declined to reveal the names of his| associates but said experimental work on plane to cost $175,000 has been started. He said the planes| would probably be of the biplane! type. Stops will be made at Newfound- land and the Azores with a total; time from New York to of| 36 hours a Paris | HENRY S. O’CONNELL, | OLDTIMER, IS DEAD| Word has been received of the death at the Pioneer's Home at Sit- ka, Alaska, of Henry S. O'Connell, an oldtimer in Alaska, who has many friends throughout the Territory. Be: fore going to the home, Henry O'Con- nell lived on his homestead near An-| chorage, for many years. His health was poor and he had been in a critical condition for months, so that the end was no great surprise to those who had been with him, said Theodore Kettleson, Superintendent of the Pioneers’ Home. Asthma was one of the ailments from which he has suffered for years, according to his friends. Burial took place in the Pioneers' Home Cemetery at Sitka. Cigarettes Smuggled Into Canada from U. S. MONTREAL, June 7.—From 600,- 000,000 to 1,000,000,000 cigarettes have been smuggled into Canada from the United States yearly. H. 8 Bourke, Sales Manager of the Im- perial Tobacco Company told the Royal Customs Commission here. He estimated the loss in revenue to the Dominion has been $10,000,000, - HARRY FLORY BRUISED AT BOY SCOUT CAMP The first casualty at the Boy Scout Camp became known last evening, when Harry Flory wus brought to town by Alvin Dodson, Fairbanks Liquor Case Before High Court in October | June 7.—At | uest of the Government, | Supreme Court has ad- | to October 3 the hear- the case against Berk- | Fairbanks, Alaska, to whether the Alaska relating to issuance warrants for private | was repealed by the | National Prohibition Act The jovernment declares it is im- | portant in Prohibition Enforce- ment in Alaska to have the un- certainty removed as soon as | possible. WASHINGTON the the vanced ing in ness, of test out Dry Law of search dwellings, [t g HOPEENINSINY 50| Japanese Woman Suicide Preventer TOKYO, June 7. Hundreds of girls, despondent over love affairs or other misfortunes, commit suicide every year by drowning in Lake Suwa in northern Japan. Recently Mrs. Takeyo Takanama, a social worker in Suwa Village, placed large sign boards at various spots around the lake shore, bearing large let- ters: “Wait a minute! If you are overburdened with perplexities, come to me. There is always a way out.” Mrs. Takangma's name and address are given. Already a number of girls who went to the lake to end their lives have read the signs and re- considered. They have gone to Mrs. Takanama, who renewed in them the desire to live. ——-————— ARE MARRIED HERE Virginia Montana, Sigourney, of Billings, and Robert E. De Mond ried last Saturday evening sioner. with a badly bruised shoulder. It was received, according to young Flory, playing ball. the hostess. Everything served at the various meals must have a name which commences with the key let- ter, jury is not serious, Mrs. F. Maher. of Seattle, Washington, were mar- in the office of the United States Commis- Mrs. De Mond came north from Seattle several weeks ago with Since they have While the in-{been here they have been employed| WMrs. Taft was responsible for the it is doubtful|by the American Beauty Parlor. Mr.| California 300 Rare, Historic Trees Cast Shade on Presidents June 7 The White House inds, 16 acres which contribute generously toward Wash ington’s reputstion as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, are flush at this season with the full glory of their verdure. Few parks harbor such collection of trees. laid out, landscape gardeners have applied themselves to the cultivation of as many kinds of trees as wore compatible with practical uses for which the gardens were intended The result is that 300 cast their !rich shadows about the home of the presidents, including many rare speci- ments imported from Europe and Asia, . The American elm, because of its shade-giving qualities, has the largest representation in the grounds, but it is followed closely by the ash, oak and basswood. Among the foreign trees the Japanese cypress, European elm, purple beech and horse chestnut are most numerous. The most val- uable include specimens of cedar of Labanon, the Japanese varnish tree, Kentucky coffec tree, Japanese weep- ing cherry, certain mimosas and a black walnut, rarely seen in a city. Some of the enormous ash trees are s0 old they arve believed to have flourished on the site before the Revolution In the southern part of the grounds are two boxwoods which legend says were planted by John Adams or Madison. The magnolias which have perfumed the slumbers of presidents for the larger part of a century were planted under the windows of the principal bedroom by Andrew Jackson. The large East knoll WASHINGTON, a varfed elm whic¢h crowns the was planted by Hayes, while two beeches which stand on each side of the KEast garden en- trance were placed there by Roose- velt. McKinley contributed a fine oak in the northwestern section of the grounds, and Wilson set out a young elm in the northeastern part to re- Lllce a big one which had been up- a summer storm. rooted in privet hedge that sur- that he will rejoin the Scouts dur-{De Mond worked until recently at|rounds the southern section of the ing the remainder of the camping|Latouche, Alaska, but plans to re-|grounds, Mrs. Harding planted a trip, said his father, C, H. Flory, |main in Juneau during the summer. magnolia near the northeastern en- P | seasonal spraying, regular inspections | Ever since it was | | | | [ | | | hore its first flowers Mrs. Coolidge has planted a silver birch in honor of the mothers of the presidents. All of the trees are given meticu- lous care. In addition to the usual trance which this year, and made by experts, and t El is applied whenever necessary. o SRR NEW FLIGHT 1S UTLINED NEW YORK, June 7.—Gluseppe M. Bellanca, designer of the Colum- bia, announced that a flight from New York to Rome in a ‘‘single; motored plane” will be made prob- ably in October. Names of the pilot, navigator and backer are mnot di- vulged. Bellanca said that if Chamberlin had a navigator with him he would| have reached Berlin. “I sincerely| admit Levine’s courage In going but I am sorry he went because I am sure if Chamberlin had a competent| navigator he would not have strayed | from the course,’” said Bellanca. | Bellanca said he was speaking| tully from the standpoint of an| aeronautical expert and not belit- tling Chamberlin or: Levine whose courage he admires greatly. are Bery — e — CAMPBELL TOURING ALASKA G. A. Campbell, of Armour and Company, with headquarters at Se- attle, leaves for the south tonight on the Admiral Evans, after making a trip over southeastern Alaska with L. M. Carrigan, who represents Ar- mour and Company in Alaska in the | interest of his company. “Buginess, all through the territory, which I have covered, is picking up, and the merchants are all optimistic over the prospects for the coming season,” said | Mr. Campbell. “We found good weath- er everywhere, and have had some interesting experiences on gashoats of various sizes which we used to get from place to place when a large hoat was not available, | who | ence | bergh does not | lin ACLE! FRANCISCO Rodgers and a erew of four to fly from San Francisco to Honoluln. They wers lost for more than a week before found drifting within a short distance of the goal. The inductor eompass, used by Charles Lindbergh on his flight from New York to Paris, makes the Pacific flight more feasable, LLOYD BERTAUD HAS NO PRAISE FOR TWO FLIERS Describe European Flight as “Sloppy Navigation”— Was Ill-Timed. CLEVELAND, O., Bertaud, Cleveland air mail was once scheduled to trans-Atlantic flight with D. Chamberlin, declared that “sloppy navigation of Chamberlin and Levine on the flight to Ger- many has done more to point out to, the, public the really excellent job Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh did thin anything else’ could have dons.” F aud declared he was not sore because of differences with Levine, which prevented his making the trip. “The fact they went a few hundred miles further than Lind- mean much of any- whereas Lindbergh did a job of navigating," sald ‘““They wobbled all over Earope. It would have been better for aviation, better sportsmanship, better for all concerned, if Chamber- and Levine had delayed their flizht until Lindbergh returned and received the plaudits of the Ameri- can people.'” Lawsuit Is Ended After 200 Years NOVOSIBIRSK, A lawsuit which has lasted than 200 years was recently by a decision of the Supreme Commission The litigants were two Siberian villages, Pushkarevo and Gorbunovka, near Tomsk. The suit arose over and - which both villages claimed The affair is of historical interest, in all documents and records have remained intact The Soviets have now declared the 1 land belongs to Gorbunovka. ne's order and other docu- ments, among them the original agreement signed between the vil- lagers and the Tartar authorities, who were once rulers of Siberia, are said to be kept by Grechanin in an iron chest which also serves as his bed June 7 Lloyd pilot make the Clar- thing, splendid Bertaud 7. more ended Land Siberia, June A5 A B Arkansas Farmers Again Flee from Flood Waters LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,, June 7.— Farmers and wives, busy rehabilitat- ing their homes after the recent flood, have been forced to lay aside the plow and cook apron again and flee before high waters in Eastern Arkansas, PLANE COLUMBIA 1S WELCOMED BY THOUSANDSTODAY {Chamberlin Flies to Field | Near Berlin—Circles City | —U. S. Flag Is Run Up. TEMPELHOFER FIELD, Ger- many, June 7.—Clarence D. Cham- berlin and Charles A. Levine brought trans-Atlantic monoplane Columbia down to Tempelhofer Field at 5:51 o'clock this after- noon completing their interrupted flight from Roosevelt Field, New York. They flew from Kottbus, Brandenburg Province, 70 miles southeast of the Capital beginning the short hop at 4:15 o'clock. The Columbia was first sighted from the field shortly before 5:30 o'clock and there arose a great roar of welcome from the sembled thousands. As Chamberlin circled the field, the American flag was run up on the main flagstaff at the air- drome. After having made his initial appearance, the pilot swung over Berlin proper In order to give the people that awaited him eagerly, a chance to catch a glimpse of the plane, then he headed back to the field and came down. Ambassador Jacob Schurman wel- comed Chamberlin calling him a messenger of good-will and friendship from the nerican people to the German people and invited Chambes- lin and Levine to be his guests at the American Embassy. Fifty thousand people on the field went wild trying to get near the fliers and their plane but a strong police cordon held them back. Chamberlin mounted the fusilage and acknowledged the tribute. The reception platform was filled high with floral tributes. The crowd is estimated larger than the one that greeted Lindbergh in Paris. Chamherlin topk off. alone for a short flight this morning from Klinge to Kottbus over a specially con- structed 100 yard runway surface. Chamberlin made a remarkable take-off rising in the air as soon as the plane gathered speed. TO FLY OVER EUROPE LONDON, June 7. — Special dis- patches from Berlin said Clarence D Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine plan to successively fly to Viennn, Rome and Paris but “do not make a definite statement to this effect” says the FExchange Telegraph dis- patch telling of the contemplated flight The dispatch also stated that Cham- berlin expressed a determination to fly back to America from London where he is due June 15 Wives Go Abroad HOBOKEN, N. Y., June 7.—Mrs. Chamberlin and Mrs. Levine sailed yesterday on the liner Berlin for Bremen where they will rejoin their husbands. RAS 30 (Continued on Page Two.) i CAPT. LINDBERGH T0 BE HOME BY NEXT SATURDAY U. 8. 8. CRUISER MEMPHIS, by wireless to the Assoclated Press, June 7.—The cruiser Memphis will deliver Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh to Washington on time, next Sat- urday, Admiral Burrage said, bar- ring unforeseen weather. Admiral Burrage, remarking on Capt. Lindbergh’s crossing the At- lantic in less than 34 hours, said it recalled his first trans-Atlantic voyage to Gibraltar as a midship- man aboard the Frigate Lancaster, which required 79 days. Commercial Air Lines Cover Europe; Berlin at Crossroads June 7.—Berlin within a has become the largest civilian flying in the BERLIN, few years airport for world. In much the same manner as Chi- cago is a railway crossroad of North America, Berlin is the aerial junc- tion point for Europe Germany, prevented by the Treaty of Versailles from military flying, has concentrated her energy on eivil jan aviation, and the development of comfort and security. Air passengers from London stop in Berlin, enroute to Moscow. South- bound travelers from Scandinavian countries transfer here for a trans- Alpine hop via Munich to Milan or Rome. Points as far apart as Madrid rm(l Helgingfors are brought within 29% hours of each other by an air route through Berlin. The former drill grounds of the imperial army, the Tempelhofer Field, have provided a starting and landing place within 15 minutes from the commercjal heart of Berlin. Alighting at the aerodrome from an omnibus of the “Lufthansa,” which picked him up at his downtown ho- tel, the passenger is greeted by “air boys” and escorted into an adminis- tration bnflding with spacious res- taurant terraces, a postoffice and rest rooms, to which soon will be added hotel accommodations for 80 guests. Aerial departures are called out with the regularity of railway sched- ules. The passenger is conducted to e e (Continugd on Page Five,)