The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1927, Page 1

IVOL. XXX., NO. 4508. 8 INDBERGH ON | SURPRISE TRIP TOWASHINGTON lu[)s Off E a\]\ This Morn- | ing to Capitol and then Returns to N. Y. MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y., June Capt. Charles A. Lindbergn to Washington in the | hourk ~ this morning for of St Louis, returned of the fa- o'clock. The | in less than il Spirit the other 1s “we” at nd trip was urs Lindbergh left rowad army plane at this morning arrivihg Field, Washington, at He took off for 5:09 o'zlock flight again demonstrated bility the flier to 1out slee Attending a benefi fo French Capt unexpect lof H in 3:03 here a o™ ar 4144 New | lling ock K The of D the missing Lindbergh the theatre for the air porters un nap this day of hing short before another GOING NEW YORK Lindbergh promisec ton soon as hi ception is over TO BOSTON June 16 to go to Bos St Capt Louis re as GIVEN GOLD B, B. PASS N YORK, June 16.—Capt L iilberyb Will tiever Hive 1o 1ovit] through a knot hole to see a lmlli Y he with a solid gold pass by the | National ~Association of Profo 1 Bascball Leagues. » pass is the first : ted as if good for holders life *time and - admission to any park under organized base- ball regulations, e POSITION IS~ - WAITING FOR game, was present of its kind on repedl of the State | House E DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE I‘“\DY FOR HON GLl LU it Ernest Smith, air mail pilot, is | Francisco- Honolulu flight, H ! fiiers in the service, » “ALL THE NEWS ALl THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, FRENCH FLIERS ARE NOT FOUND No Truth in Report Nun- |and hmmg up his plane for thc San e’s regarded as one > of the bat @nternationgl Newsreel |No referendum \On Prohibition Un Hlinois SPRINGFIELD, After bitter, Senate killed bill providing 1L, debate, the We for a June 16. the State ber-O'Grady a referendum Prohibition to 17. The bill everal law. The pas: yote: was 3 ed the weeks 5NEw VOLCAND |- - TO WESTWARD IS INDICATED OCEAN FLIER . b 1 Reponea; Im(")olg,h Wl“ Probably | Offered Manage- m(‘nt Air Service. ST. LOUIS, June 16 Sinee Capt. Charles A, Lindbergh' epochal flight from New Ybrk to § Paris interest in aviation has been a high piteh in St. Louls. When aviator returns to this city probably will ‘be offersd a position of inaugurating and man ing a passenger air service be- tween St. Louis and New York. | Maj. William B. Robertson, presi- | dent of the Robertson Aircraft Corporation, and Lindbergh's for | mer manager in the air mail serv- recently returned here from New York where he talked with iirplane manufacturers regarding the passenger service idea. They favored it and Lindbergh and Robertson some time uzn worked | by Trappers—Anchor- age Quaked Slightly. SEWARD, Alagka, June 16 Trappers arriving from the Lake Clarke country report little visible voleanic activity but they believe new volcanoes have burst intc activity in the main Alaska Range north of the volcano region, on account of sulphur dust found A report from Anchorage rain fell yesterday and brough says l'down sulphur. A severe earthquake shock was felt at Anchorage 10 days ago. Ships arriving from Illiamna re- port no ash to westward and this strengthens the theory of new voleano eruption. - HALIBUT PRICES PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Juné 16,—Halibut sales today totaled 107,000 pounds. American fish sold for 6 and 13 cents and Canadian for 6 and .10 cents. a 1mertcans and C ermans Ahko Welcome in French War Zone PARIS, June 16. — “American Legion” is a magic password into many sacred corners of France, hut - doughboys who return this ummer to attend the Legion convention will find themselves in 1 vastly changed land. The war is distinctly a thing of the past, even at Verdun, where 100,000 German and Allied soldiers we buried within a radius of 25 es. Buses bear signs equa prominence reading, “Man S Deutsch” and “English Spoken.” Even “Petit Michel,” a canine prisoner of war captured at Fort Vaux after the vretreat of th crown prince’s forces, has capitu- lated to. friendliness. For more than a year after the Armistice Petit Michel sulked, refusing to respond to food and caresses. He is reconciled at last, but still looks for his master when there are German visitors. But the war is fresh in the re- collection of soldiers. A Moroccan soldier who halted a Legionnaire on advance buginess for the con- vention was scolded by an officer and told “American Legion is the countersign here any day.” The officer stood at attention, saluted and said, “Pass, American Legion.” There are changes also at the first port of Amgrican debarka- tion. St. Nazaire is mow in the hands of the British. Shipwrighcs and machanics from over the chan- nel are putting the finishing touches on the French Line’s hug new liner, the “lle de Francs The “money exchanged” and “Eng- lish Spoken” signs put up for the A. E. F. have been retained for them. The most important reminder of the Yanks and their coming to St. Nazaire is a huge water reservoir, with accompanying fils ers, built by American engineers. Before the war St. Nazaire was often threatened with drought, but the American water works has a capacity of 7,000 cubic meters a day, while the town’s normal needs are only 3,000 meters, WILL HOP SOON FRANCISCO, June 16 Krnest Smith, of San Francisco, and Capt. C. H. Carter, of .n~< plan a flight from San| ) to Honolulu within two | The backers of Smith an six passenger mono- | has been purchased and that | as the motors can be the hop-oft will take | SAN weeks. nounced plane suon alled a as | ignore be- Smith and Carter the §30,000. prize offer which comes effeetive August 12, Carter will be navigator ane. will of the| & | POLA NEGRI'S NEW HUSBAND MAY FLY: LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 16 Prince S M’Divani, husband of Pola of the movies arrived here recently from Pari \\htl(‘ they were married a f i ks ago, was busy ummlvxlu),‘ lm plans to enter the proposed | nonstop airplane flight to Hawail. | When M'Divani made the an-| nouncement of his plan, Pola put her foot down on ii firmly, say ing she ‘not going to take a | chance of losing my husband so | soon after getting him.” Today she had become reconciled to th project and was waxing enthusias. tie. M'Divani erge who | honorary secretary | of the Inter ional League of Aviators, and flying has been his | hobby for several years. | Air Mail Le‘tl:r.fro; Nome Sent to Garfield SEATTLE Ium- 1l» —Charles D Garfield, Secretary of the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, has received an air mail letter, greetings from the Nome Chamber of Commerce in celebration of the first Air Mail Service to Seward Peninsula. The letter laft Nome May 19 and reached Seattle Tuesda: = e Hugh Caldwell Elected Outer Guard of Shriners ATLANTIC (?I‘I‘Yt June 16. — Hugh M. Caldwell, former Mfly‘ of Seattle, former Potentate of Nile Temple, Seattle, who is weil known in Alaska also, having made several trips to that section with Shriners, has been elected Im- perial Outer Guard of the Shrin- ers, the only contested election at the Fifty-third Annual Con vention, held here. Potent;; of Texas Temple Dropl Dead ATLANTIC (‘ITY June 16, Allen Higgins Rodes, Potentate of El Maida Temple, Bl Paso, Texas, President of the Republic Life Insurance Company, died at his hotel here while attending the Shriners convention, "|Confessed Slayer of 13 Must Pay Penalty AUSTIN, Texas, June 16.—The death sentence passed on Georgc| Hassell, confessed slayer of 13 persons, has been affirmed by the lTexn Court of Criminal Appeals, | previously | might | ing | bia below | age has been done a gesser and Coli Located in Canadian Forest. QUEBEC, June 16.—Inves- tigation disclosed that there is no foundation for the re- port that French Fliers Nun- gesser and Coli have been found alive in the River Bend country, FLARES AGAIN SEEN CHICOUTIMI, Quebec, June 16 Reports received here from two | men employed in the Lake St. John region stated they again| sighted last might what they be- lieved to be dis signals com- ing from the direction of the St Germain Township. The flares reported in this dis- lead to hope the signals have come from the mi French aviators Nunge Coli trict " ; TWO RIVERS - AT PORTLAND ARE RISING Mountain Snow Is Melting and Streaming Down— Lowlands Flooded PORT \\l) The Weather continued slow Ore,, June 16. Bureau predicts & rise of the lower Columbia and Williamette riverg with a height of 25 feet here by Saturday. Moderate temperature over the Columbia drainage basir | has caused a gradual run-off of water from the melted mountain snow The Williamette river has flood- | ed the lower dock levels here | | now The lowlands along the Colum-| Portland bave been con- verted into a vast lake. Little dam preparations were made, RUTH GETS 22ND HOMER NEW YORK, June Ruth made his twen: run this afternoon. Coobs was on | bage. The homer was made in the first inning with Zachary pitching. | Lou Gehrig, following Ruth, slammed out his fifteenth circuit drive. 16. -second home Tr?ged; is Reve;le-d In Vancouver, B. C. VANCOUVER, B. C, June 1"\! —Mrs, Annie Donald, aged 35, was yesterday found unconscious | in her bed in her home with the | side of her head battered in. Her husband, G. W. McDonald, aged 35 years, lay on the floor with a deep gash on the throat. A carpenter’s hammer with blood upon it and a blood stained razor lay on th: floor. The woman will probably die. Chapli; VDivorce Case To Be Heard in August LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 16 —The divorce suit of Lita Grey| Chaplin against the film comed- fan, Charles Chaplin, has been set for trial on August 22 Aged Couple g Execute Suicide Pact SPOKANE, Wash., June 16. Their three score and ten year- fulfilled, Mr. and Mrs. William iwen ended their lives in their home a week ago, the police be lieve. Their bodies were found today by neighbors. A note ind’ cated a suicide pact. The Ewens took poison, leaving the bed on which they died to| pay a $17 debt. A note to a mneighbor told of privation’ of the old couple. They said there was no food in the house. The couple owned their own home but were unable te | Babe | sell it. When reverses came, they were too proud to ask aid, ¥ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE GIRLS THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM 2 S S oo Wet eyed women folk were left behind when Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A, hepped off for Germany, But as soon as they learned the men had succeeded, they bool passage to fcllow them, At left is Mrs. Levine and the two Levine children, Eloyse, nine, and Avddth( nine months; right is Mrs, Chamberlain as she received the news of the success I( fl Eliers, COOLIDGE ON Angles for Several Hours and Returns with Splendid Catch. PID CITY, 8. D, June 16 President Coolidge spent the first moming of his summer tishing for several hours angler White House a fine catch Cecil Gideon, former gamekeep er of the State Park, accompanied the President to the fishing stream vacation The proudly displaying GOOD FISHING PROMISED TE GAME LODGE, S. D 16.—Where the game Loch idles in the shadows « limpid pools, to flash from ob scurity in sparkling arc after taunting spinner or fly leap from the rainbow spray the glistening rapids— There will President Calvin Coolidge, conqueror of brook and lake trout of New England, vie his skill against the fighting moun tain beauties of the Black Hills, Eight pounds—22 inches long. they've Leen taken. All whip-steel, fighting action, till landed. President Coolidge is assured the privacy he desires through the designation of 12 miles of “the best fishing streams in the hills” for his sole use during his vaca- tion at the Game Lodge in Custer State park. Readily accessible to the sum mer white house, two miles of foothills streams, abounding in brook or Lochlaven trout, have been set aside, as have ten more miles high in the hills where thw rainbow bite the best. “Ed” Rhoades, cattleman and former prospector, has donated the foothills course of Squaw creek flowing through his property These waters, together with oth- ers in the hills, have been patroll- ed by fishing prohibited since the last week in May. Rainbow Trout C. B. “Pat” Adams, rancher northwest of Custer, highest town the Black Hills, has offered the treams through his lands, as have June laven to of Leo Bender, Glenn Oatman and J |, (Continued on Page Three.) — .- Guests of Seamen of state game wardens and | { | | | |rived LIBERTY LOAN FISHING TRIP BONDS CAN BE DISPOSED OF {Holders May Sell Direct to Treasury or Exchange for New Bonds. | | from WASHINGTON, June 16.—Hold returned fo the temporary | €8 of second Liberty Loan Bonds who do not wish to exchange tliem for 20-year Treasury bonds, may | sell their holdings direct to the governm until June Secre tary of Mellon ed, The Tr ury’s direct purchase offer coincided with the announce- | t Treasury nnounc ment the government has 14*:‘4-i\'u|r §90,000,000 from 13 nations on | of their indebtedness swelling of the amount the Tréasury. Officials estimated income pay- ments due yesterday aggre §400,000,000 of payments from For eign Governments. [The largest payment was from Great Britain and amounts to $67,000,008. e account further p | reaching Chamberlin, Levine Enroute to Bremen HANOVER, June 16.- lier Chamberlin and Levine have ar from Frankfort on their way to Bremen to meet their wives who are due there tomor- row from New York. SIS S ROGERS NORTHBOUND SEATTLE, Admiral Rogers o’clock this forenoon for South- eastern Alaska ports with 192 passengers, including the follow- ing for Juneau: sister, W. J. Roberts, son and wife. - RHIEL PLEASES C ATLANTA, June 16. Brooklyn Robins passed Atlanta on their spring trek east they - dropped young Billy Rhiel with the Atlanta Orackers, who needed a second baseman. Since then Rhiel either has been leading the Southern Association or has been among the leaders hitting, in addition to playing a jam-up game at the keystone. Last season, as a member of the Greenville South Atlantic team, he was one of the greatest hitters June 16.—Steamer sailed at 10 M. Peter- RACKERS Alaska, Alleged Thieves, in i 1cague. Brookiyn is holaing SBEATTLE, June 16.—R. Bran-| lon, Mike Keane and Adolph Nel- son, seamen aboard the steamer A a short time last night, departed in & jovial oft with $85 which Keane had hidden under a pillow on his bed. ska, told the police two other| sailors, who were their guests for| mood after making | l | the strings it has attached to him. > YAVLORB MOVE Mr. and Mrs. "((! l’. Taylor have moved from the Casey-Shattuck Addition, where they have been residing, to the Carlson house on Sixth Street, which was recently purchased by George Dull, M€l ing lodged in a double-locked cell Pearl Snyder and| When the | through ¢ | conductor | charts during | | | | l | tain !'who BYRD READY FOR FLIGHT Reaches New York from Virginia and Goes Im- mediately to L. I. NEW mander YORK, June 16.—Com- Richard E. Byrd arrived Virginia this forenoon and hurriedly board:d a train for Long Island. The Commander, who will Hop off for Paris as soon as the weather is favorable, did not pause to talk. The train d Byrd studied the trip from Vir- ginia -oe |Suspected “Gorilla Man” Again in Jail WINNII man who esc rney Jail 15 June 16, The ped from the Kil- minutes after be- on suspicion of illa man,” slayer women and United States and | recaptured within after his bscape Captain of Detectives Smith declared that he was cer- the prisoner was the man strangled to death Mrs. Emily Patterson, aged 27 and Lola Cowan, aged 14, Winni- peg several days ago being of a children the “gor- score of in the Canada, was a few hours George i statesmen | torging PRICE TEN CENTS IRUSSIA CAUSES WAR SCARE, EUROPE ] HOP | SITUATION IN EUROPE MOST CRITICAL NOW (Three Factors Causing Great Concern Over Pos sible Armed Strife. | i STATESMEN WORRIED | GENEVA CONFERENCE {Brakes Are Put on Move to Send Warning to So- viet by Powers. June 16 diplomatic GENEVA, Anglo - Soviet 3 the assination of Soviet Fn- voy Voikoff to Poland and the southern Europe trouble Involv- ing Jugo-Slavia and Albania, are tors in the situation which s ausing undisguised concern to attending the League Council. of the statesmen nre to hold it imperative The broak of Nations’ Saveral reported {that preventive steps be inst'tnt- ed at once to avert an outbreak and war. Various diplomatic clouds and the danger of giving the imn: sion in Moscow that Europa is a united front again 't Russia has led to the brakes he- (ing put on the original plan to take formal and collective action denouncing Communistic propa- ganda abroad. It is believed the German For- eign Minister will acquaint Rus- slan Commissar Tchitcherin that actlvities of the Third Interns tionale are militating against Russia. This warning will he given in a friendly way, it is stuted. ASSASSIN SENTENCED WARSAW, June 16. Bor's Kowceda, nineteen-year-old slay- er of Soviet Minister Voikaff, wis today sentenced to penal serv tude for life and the loss of all eivil rights. Kowceda told the Special Court before which he was tried, that he killed the Russian Envoy “be- cause of what the Bolshev. have done in Russia.” He said he did not know Vol- koft personally. Kowceda sald: “I killed Voi- koff but I am not guilty of mui- der.” STENTENCED TO DEATH MOSCOW, June 16.—The Mili- tary and Naval Tribunal at Kron- stadt has sentenced to death Com- mander Klepikoff, who formerly commanded a ship in the Balt ¢ Fleet, on charges of espionage with Great Britain . Extradition .Plpen For De Autremont Boys COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 16 Gov. Vie Donahey has issued ex- tradition papers for the removal of Roy and Ray De Autremont to Jackson County, Ore., to stand trial for the Siskiyou Tunnel train robbery and murder. SouUT 'HhRN lI,I INOIS GANG WARFARE TO BE CLIMAXED IN BIRGER TRIAL BENTON, Ill, June 16. — One more chapter in the violent his- tory of southern Illinois’ gang war will be written when Charlie Bir- ger, Art Newman, Connie Ritter and Ray Hyland go to trial on a date to be determined this month for the slaying of Mayor Joe Adams of West City, Decem- ber 12, ) Since Glenn Young, quor raider, was shot to death, the section’'s gang forces have been headed on one side by Bir ger and on the other by Carl, Earl and Bernard Shelton. The scene in circuit court here is expected to be a dramatic cli max to the warfare which has been carried on to the rata-tat of machine guns, the whir of bombing airplanes, and the bark of everready small arms. Accuser in Prison Harry W. Thomasson, 19, will return from Chester prison to ac- cuse Birger, his former leader. He has asserted that Birger and his three cohorts plotted Adams’ murder and hired him and his brother, Elmo, now dead, to exe- cute it for $50 each. Thomasson said he sought re- venge for the death of his brother, Klan li- burned beyond recognition with three others January 8, when “Shady Rest,” Birger log cabin rendezvous, was levelled by fir» in a mystery that has never hoen solved. The Sheltons undoubtedly will attend the trial of their arch enemy. They were released from the Leavenworth federal nri and granted a new trial in con- nection with the Collinsville, mail robbery in 1925. They were conyicted largely on testimony of Birger, Newman and Harvey Dungy, former Birger Ii- quor runner, who later made o’ fidavit that he gave perjured to.. timony on threats of death by Birger and Newman. Thirteen persons have been mowed down in this section hy up-to-date gangsters’ weapons in the last five months. Information involving the Birg v gang in each of three acens: d murders has been supplied by former members of the gang w’' o have fallen out with their chisf. Charged numerous times with crimes, Birger blamed the Shil- tons. He also asserted they w.ra sponsible for the destruction of hady Rest.”