The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 10, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR] ‘ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” Sl : L W/ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1927. — VOL. XXX., NO. 4503, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LINDBERGH REACHES U. S. TODAY CROWDS CHEER |°“ox ~_ ¥IRST ACTUAT PHOTO . U, S, AVIATORS o ./ ATNOONTIME Chamberlin and Levine Giv- en Further Honors by ’ German People. BERLIN, June atroets lined with cheering noonday | crowds, Atlantic Ocean fliors Clar ence D. Chamberlin and Charles A Lievine drove to Rathaus accompanied | by United States Ambassador Schur man to veceive further honors in récognition of their sensational non stop flight The two American fliers signed the City's Golden Book at a luncheon in their honor The Lord Mayor announced that the thoroughfare leading to Tempel hofor Wield will henceforth by known as Columbia St The Honorary Plaque which is usually reserved for distinguished citizens of Berlin, was bestowed upon the guests. The wives of Chamberlin and Le- vine will not join them at Bremen but at Prague the Capital of Czecho Slovakia, under changes announced —————— WOMAN WANTS TO FLY ACROSS | ~ ATLANTICOGEAN Germany's Only Licensed Woman Air Pilot Ready for Flight — Wants Plane. GEORGIA’S GRAND OLD LADY IS 92 YEARS OLD TODAY ; IS AGAINST PROHIBITION ; HAS WODERN IDEAS;SAYS BOOTLEGGER 1S POWER 10 Betrothed e - m—————— the United States Senate, looks con- fidently at life from her Ninety-Sec- ond Milestone and is going to take Capt. Char! A. Lindberg for her model for future activities Georgia's Grand Old Lady years of age today Everything about the modern area meets Mrs. Felton’s approval, with the exception of ‘“‘poison liquor which is hurting our race and the people won't tolerate present condi- tions much longer,” she said In the days of the bar-room, Mrs. | Pelton was a Prohibition worker but shg said: “Now the people, are| going to have tehir liquor in com-| mon with humanity and: we ought to let them have good liguof in-| ctoad of poison. 1 never had but| | one slogan and that was for a sober { home for mothers and we still have ;them but we ought to face condi-| | tions and realize that. the hoot-| legger is a power today 1 " had got to regu-| y." Mod-| TR | WASHINGTON IS " READY TO GIVE " HERD WELCOME Lindbergh Is 250 Miles Off Coast—Air Fleet Goes Out to Meet Him. BULLETIN — NORFOLK, June 10. — Cruiser Memphis bringing Capt. Lindbergh back to his home country, glided into Chesape:ke Bay late this after- noon. Scores of airmen flew about in a noisy greeting to the Aviation Hero, The cruis- er probably broke the time for American warships crossing the Atlantic. The Memphis is flanked by four destroyers. OF LINDY'S ARRIVAE e CARTERSVILLE Mrs. Rebecca Latimer only woman er to , June Felton, e sit in is 92 10, Through T he Government late liquor selling some w i virls are sweet as tleir| ! mothers were, Mrs. Felton sald, and| | as. for women smoking, “‘why can't} { they, it they want to? Their great| { grandmothers smoked, didn’t they| |and there are lots of worse things |than smoking cigarettes, - besides| there is too much meddling with| other people’s business. Short skirts| |are extremely short at the present {time and that is as bad as the skirts| {were in my day when they swept| {up all of the dust. But moderately ghort skirts are sensible and com- |fortable “president Coolidge s a fine sident and a good man. He w He has common sen WASHINGTON, June city is prepared to Charles A. Lindbergh, with one of the greatest ceremonies in history. The dirigible Los Angeles, 60 |Army and Navy planes and also a convoy of six destroyers, are on the way to meet the cruiser Mem- phis as she rounds Virginia Capes. As the Memphis steams up Chesa- peake Bay and the Potomac River, another a of aircraft including 98 Army, y and Post Office air- planes and more than a score of civilian planes will escort the aviator to the Washington Navy rd dock where he will disem- bark. 10.—This honor Capt. Air Hévo, welcoming An historie moment: Charles Lindbergh’s plane on the erowd-jammed Le Bourget field, Paris, a moment after he landed from his non-stop flight from New York. The unyiclding mob compelled him to stop short, then, mad with joy, dragged his plane into the glare of the searche lights. Photo rushed across the Atlantic. MRS. MARTIN PASSES AWAY IN SLUMBER PERFECTLY PROPER FOR GIRL OF TODAY TO PURSUE MAN SHE WANTS; TIMES HAVE CHANGED ; FALSE SHAME IS PUT ON SHELF NEW YORK, June 10 Borden Harriman, author, that because modern afraid to use their and don’t just “sit girls of the past generation were supposed to do, the flapper of to- day stands a better chance of get- |ting the man she wants than her mother did. Mrg, Harriman said: “In. the old P | raised poor. | notions.” As for the next Felton is keeping | because, she said, {to offend anybod FIRST GREETING U. 8. 8. MEMPHIS, to Associated Press, June 10.-—The fire home con- tact for Capt. Lindbergh occurred today when the U. 8. 8. Destroyer Humphrey met the cruiser Memphis at 6:05 olcock this morning 250 miles off the coast. The destroyer took aboard movie films made of the Mrs. J. declared girls are “not eyes and smile’ and simper,” as sident, Mrs own counsel| do not want/ Pr her “1 President Greets 3800 Disabled War Veterans Rebecca Latimer Felton( Mra W Felton) served two days in the | United -States Senate, Nov. 21 and {22, 1922, by appointment from Gov. | Thomas W, Harwick, succeeded by - eee— - — Washington society hears that \Grace Vanderbilt, daughter of General and Mrs. Cornelins Reformer and Once Candi- 4 . WASHINGTON, June 10 In date for:U. S. President, accordance’ with . the anfial. ou: She is HAMBERG, Germany. dunp. 10.— Thea Radche, Germany's only 1i- censed woman alr pilot, is willing to be the first woman to attempt the trans-Atlantic flight, provided l Vanderbilt, will confess her en~ gagement to Henry Gassaway Davis, 3d, wealthy grandson of Senator Walter F. G a writer and publ speaker. ——————— eorge. Dies* ifxiingland; CHELTENHAM, England, June Mrs. Vietoria Woodhull Martin, au President and Mra. Coolidge Losts to 800 . disabled War ns yesterday afternoon at en party on the south lawn White House. They stood days men dld all of the Niint{hg and the women waited all of their lives and are waiting now. Some pursue the men quite openly. Girls lost aviator during the trip and a bag of offfcial” mall Which 8te “will“ear- ry to New York. POLICE ESCORT MOTHER . BALTIMORE, Ma., June 10.—The hairdressing establishment which Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh visited today was besieged by such a crowd that the doors were barricaded and a squad of police and detectives were sent to escort the filer's mother back to her hotel. —————————— FLIER COMING TOALASKAS KILLED TODAY MONTREAL, June 10 Daldell McKee, of Pittshurgh, wealthy aviator, said to h; held the record for, the longest ' land flight with a seaplane, was drowned at Lacpeche when his plane broke in two as he alighted upon the water. The plane, which was delivered yesterday, was one of two in which McKee had planned his Montreal to Alaska flight. Lieut. Hogan of the United States Army Flying Corps, who was with McKee, was rescued from the water. Hogan said the plane alighted and glided along the water and then suddenly broke in two at the cockpit. Huge W somebody glves her an airplane. “Why should not a woman able to cross the ocean in an air-| plane just as well as a man,” shel agked, “I have not the slighest/ fear."” the late Senator Davis, of West l‘erglma. Miss Vanderbilt was lonce rumored engaged to Prinee It was suggested that Chamberlin might let her use the Columbia and| George of England. % i % though of course I would have to! try it out first and ascertain wheth-| Lu CA L H ELP I N er. it suited me. Machines have their individuality like humans Hoonah Missionary Says Sal- mon Canners Are “Do- realize a flight trom Europe to Am-| erica would be more difficult than; ing Real Good Work “Salmon canners of this from America to Europe, therefore| 1 think it might be wiser to take a mechanic instead of a mere pas- are employing all available bor and particularly trying to im- prove conditions among the Indian senger.” e population,” Rev. George J. Beck, of Hoonah, told the Chamber of Com | merce today. “They are really trying to support local labor and are doing MOSCOW, June 10.—Execution of 20 persons as a reply to “open tran- sition to terrorism” by opponents of | the Soviet regime, is announced in | the official communique in ‘“view of the destructive struggle by Mon- e archigts and the White Guardist|500d work" he added. éloments acting from abroad on in-| Mr. Beck, who was a luncheon structions and with funds from For-|Buest at the Chamber’s regular week- elgn Intelligence Services.” ly meeting today, said he had just 1t is announced the sentences of K completed a trip which covered all death were passed by the State|the canneries in this district. Political Department at its session | Plants All Active on June 9, The sentences were quick All of the plants were actively preparing for the season and, if there are normal fish runs, will have a ssful season, he said. The ten- cy to employ local help is more sneral at present, he added, than in former years. ly ecarried out, the ecommunique stated. At the Deep Sea Salmen Co's plant at Port Althorp, August Buschmann Helen Wills Defeats Mrs. Molla Mallory Y, _{was building new houses, and had 130 Indians employed at the plant. BECKENHAM, Eng, June 10 Molla’ yr. “wag also employing fishermen Helen Wills eliminated Mrs. T e e plsnip taday, | from Hoonah. After getting the plant , Eafing e t2t i o (ready for the season, Mr. Buschmann, The former American champlon de-o ool 3" ¢ Javing off his local help, put them to work grubbing stumps feated the present titleholder 6-love, fand clearing. The Astoria & Puge* and 6-1. Sound Canning Co., at Excursion In- Wilkins and His Party let followed the same policy, and| | genorally all the packers are trying out 'to improve conditions and hire local Now Enroute to sew"diwnrkmm Mr. Beck said T | Local Conditions Best FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 10.—| (onditions in Juneau are more Capt. Gaorge H. Palkias andm}"e!samramm-y_ there is a better spirit ::trr:l ep(le fsf()’:“‘?ew:rd en“ro:tpek‘n t‘i’]'; here, and more actual development §t ] ihe Btison .plans’ Tetrait|292ma 0 he takiiy biace here AR State. The Bmaom e oeeroie |anywhere else in the. district, was N e e e e ot faThaTlkS | the summary of ‘Rev. David Wag- failed. The Alaskan and the omerI:”"m"“ Rho TersEily shlie o B {home here af is § : equipment, comprising three car-goenikan and other towns. The town loads, will be shipped to Detroit. is going ahead with its developments, tting things done and there afe none Wife Slayer Is Hanged o of the signs of dissatisfaction here A delegation of Presbyterians who . that are in evidence in some of |have been' attending the recent an- In Oregon State Prison SALEM, Ore., June 10. — John the other towns, he said. nual Presbyterian Conference in San Karl K. Katz, Traveling Passenger | Francisco. will arrive in Juneau to- Agent of the Northern Pacific Rail- | morrow on the Dorothy Alexander.|gijes of the Atlantic to review th: “{'“{“"fil‘” Poillflnd- was hanged | road, was also a guest of the Cham-|They are making the round trip to|more jmportant events of her active ;lll:n: m‘:' ‘m:‘“';“?:’e'm::$;2: ber today, expressing his pleasure |Sitka, Skagway and Juneau, and are|jifa The manor, given by Mrs. Martin at their home a year ago. He was gilent ag be went to the gallows, the men they really wanted through, false shame which prevented ad- mission of their truest feelings, for love somethin to be ashamed of. Today, girls not only feel free to confess their love for a man, but some have little hesitamcy about pursuing him. I know of instances in which upstanding moderns actually wooed and won the men they married and are happy at | that.” for 45 minutes under an elm tree which shielded them from the warm sun, extending a smile and a handshake to the long line that filed past. The more serious ly disabled men were taken by in wheel chair DF AUTREMONT BROTHERS SAY I Arctic | Guara thor, pioneer suffragist, who ran for President of the United States in 1870, died here during the night Death came during sleep CAPT, AMUNDSEN OFF FOR JAPAN (Says Exploring in Future Be Done from Air—Com- ments on Wilkins. be| Mrs. Vietoria+ Weodhull Martin, a native born American and once a candidate for the presidency, had re sided in Kngland since her marriage to John Biddulph Martin, a noted banker and philanthropist. In her adopted country she carried on her work in behalf of woman suffrage which she began here and which made her known throughont th United States, and in addition wa one of the most active workers in England for the promotion of friend ly relations between that country and America Born at Homer, Ohio, September 23, 1838, Mrs. Martin was the daugh ter of Reuben and Roxanna Claflin Ag a young woman she engaged in the banking business for a short time in New York and also”was editor of Woodhull and « Claflin’s Weekly. Early in life she became an ardent advoc of woman suff fand her lectures favoring the move (ment took her to all parts of the United States. She also lectured oh the scientific and religious improve ment of the human race and W the author number of work dealing with the two subjects Candidate for President Mrs. Martin memoralized Congress in behalf of woman suffrage in 1870 and two yei later w a candidats for President of the United States having been nominated by the -Equal Rights Party. She was the organizer of various conventions for the dis- cussion of «ocial reform and hac carried on propaganda work in the interests of he working classes both in the United States and Europe for more than 30 years After the death of her first hus- band, Dr. Canning Woodhull, in 18 Mrs. Martin went to Europe for a speaking tou It was at one of her lectures at Cld St. James' Hall that she met Mr Martin, and their mar. riage followed. He died in 1897 Since then Mrs. Martin had devoted much of h time and had spent liberally of her fortune in all pro jects to cement the friendship be- tween her tive and adopted coun tries. H TR L, NORTHLAND IS SAILING WEST June 10.—Bound for the ttle, the new Coast Northland, which re r, sailed from Wash esterday VANCOUVER, B. C., June As he sailed for Japan on a tour, Capt. Roald Amundsen traveling he will do in the in the future will be with gun “Exploring will all be done from the air in the future,” said Amund- gen. “I am too old to take up flying and 1 do not intend to start any thing which [ cannot carry out my- gelf. My trip on the dirigible Norge over the Arctic Regions was a mis- {take. Commander Nobile was a flier and 1 am an explorer. We did not |see things alike.” I Commenting upon the Wilkins ex pedition, the explorer said: “The |whole thing was a mistake from the beginning and Wilkins should never have attempted to carry on flights from Fairbanks as a base. He should have used Point Barrow as a base. Wilkins was too ob- stinate.” GUERIN RETURNS FROM SITKA TRIP;CHECKS UP ON WORK SURVEY CREW E. C. Guerin, Cadastral Engineer in charge of the United States Public Survey operations, returned -this morning from a trip to Sitka, where he went last Monday, to check up the survey party which has been working there under the direction of Dan P. Mumbro, United States Engineer and to get them started on the work which will occupy them during the summer. The survey par- ty finished the work in connection with the township of Sitka, and in the immediate vicinity pf that town the first part of the Week, and for the remainder of the season will be on isolated surveys, working from Dixon’s Entrance to Icy Straits. The gasboat Jazz has been chartered by the Survey office for this purpose. “We made splendid time from here to Sitka, considering the fact that a gas boat was used. The trip took just nineteen hours,” Mr. Guerin said. - ——— PRESBYTERIAN PARTY IS DUE HERE TOMORROW 10, lecture aid any North rod and Cutter places the Be ington, D. C., Commande H. Hottel, of Wash- ington, formerly Commander of the Cutter Haida, is the Northland's Mas ter, and he was recently in charge of the Coast Guard personnel in Washington, D. € The Cutter Bear becomes the Coast iuard Recelving Ship on the Pacific t The Northland carries and men e — Continues to Draft Women’s Labor Laws Arraigned in Commissioner’s Court — Both Re- manded to Jail. district local la- STUBENVILLE, Ray and Roy De/ old twins, pleaded arraigned before Commissioner tod robbing a maifl train in the Siski yous, Oregon Bonds were set at! $50,000 each and the pair remanded to jail to await transportation to Columbus from where ithey will be taken to Jacksonville, Oregon, for trial Ray De Autremont's young wife left with her one year old son for her parents farm home near Hang- ing Rock, Ohio. Both brothers waived extradition. It is expected they will be turned over to Oregon officials for trial as murderers. The twins entered the courtroom shackled to their guards Ray's wife gwooned after calling “goodbye.” Vilma Banky Is to Wed Rod La Roque, 10. 0., June itremont, innocence when | a United States y on a charge of 10 | year | (« o 100 officers June 10.—One aves on Lake Sweep Six to Death ONAMIA, Minn., June 10.—Huge waves lashed up by a sudden squall claimed. the lives of five men and one woman who were fishing today on Lake Milleracs. Twelve other per- sons were rescued in heroic life saving work, SPRINGFIELD, 111, defeat is not enough to halt Repre sentative Lottie Holman O'Neill of the Illinois legislature in her ef- forts to reduce the hours of women workers by law from 10 to eight I hours a day. Her original bill having | beeh defeated, Mrs. O'Neill prepared another measure, this time for a 1$-hour wee Social workers have upbraided the state for “laggardness in labor logis | 1ation” because it refuses to amend the existing maximum hour law for women emplo Viola Dana, Husband, Former Yale Football Star, Have Separated REINDEER MEAT IS MENU FEATURE ON N. P. DINING CARS Many tempting dishes e mad: from the fine flavored Alaska rein- deer meat on the dining ears of the Northern Pacific Rallway and they are featured as a speclal treat. The chefs have made a particular study to disc the proper method of preparation of the meat, and recom- ment it highly to their patrons The delicious flavor of the meat which is compared to venison, has made it tremendously popular in ex clusive, hotels, ciubs and cafes in the U. S. and in England LOS ANGELES, Cal., Vilma Banky's dream of a June wedding is to materialize. She and | Rod La Rosque will be married Sun day, June 26, in the Church of the Good Shepherd at Santa Monica in Beverly Hills, | This is the Mae Murray and were married and from where Ru- | dolph Valentino was buried. It is the Catholic Church where so many of the film people worship Their wedding will be one of the! important social affairs of the sea-| son. Second ii;e of Water .Floods Miss. River Valley NEW ORLEAD June 10.—Four hundred thousand acres of land have been reflooded by a second rise pass- ing down the Mississippi River, the Red Cross officials. announece. June LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 10. — The Times says Viola Dana, dimin- utive film star, and her athletic hus- band, Maurice “Lefty” B. Flynn, one- time all-American tackle from Yale, have separated. Miss Dana in confirming the re- port of separation, denied that a divorce was imminent. Business as- sociates said Flynn was in Mexico, The actress declared she was posi- tive Flynn had not gone to Mexico to obtain a divorce. The athlete-actor and Miss Dana were married in June, 1925, sixteen days after Flynn's former wife, Blanche Palmer Flynn, had obtained a final decree of divorce on grounds of desertion. Miss Dana's first husband was John vollins, at one time her direc- tor who died of influenza several years ago, Retirement Mrs, Mar was a moving Bpirit ig the purc! of Sulgrave Manor, tfe home of George Washington's an- cestors and s A generous contri butor to the fund raised for its pur- chase. In rccent years, especially since the gronting of woman suffrage both in the United States and Eng- land, ghe hid ceased many of her activities and lived in almost com- plete retirement. ; Her gift in 1922 of an ancient Eng. lish manor to the British Sulgrave Institution brought Mrs. Martin be-. fore the public again, the occasion being taken by newspapers on both { se | where Mdivani little church Prince puramalian s . s o MINERS ELECTROCUTED BUTTE, Mont., June 10. Foer miners were electrocuted this fore- noon at the Belmont Mine while moving an electric ventilating fan, at being able to visit Juneau again, |accompanied by Dr. S. Hall Young, |in recognition. of the success attend —_ b | Alaskan Missionary, who gives lec- (Continued on Page Two.) tures during the entire trip, -7(7(‘nnunued’:ov|; Pl?a -Sa:m;n‘)» . .