The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 20, 1927, Page 1

THE VOL. XXX., NO. 4511, NAVAL PROPOSAL MADE, CONFERENCE é 60V, PARKS IS COMMISSIONER “FOR S DEPT, D ignated !)y Sccrc‘!ary Work to Rvpr('s'ent Him illl(l ;‘)\“ P)UI'(’.EIUS l{f‘l’(’. nation of Goy nissioner Department In announced Gartland, Depart nd special rep- of retary Hubert arrived here Satur-| He will remain in the Ter-| m of! George for the of ment by J. F Inspector entative who ritory until a definite progr: departmental procedure for rdinating its activities here has| been determined * | The Governor will represent the Department and all of its bureaus on the tri-Departmental Joard, comprising representatives of the Interior, Agricult and Commerce Departments, Dennis| Winn to represent Commerce anc ’ the representative of Depart ment of Agriculture to be the til named Push Program Vigorously “Secretary Work s pushing| with vigor the co-ordination of| the work of the Interior Depart- ment in the Territor said Mr Gartland. “It is his belief that everything for Alaska should be done in Alasl That can be aid " to be slogan and | his| policy so far the Territory concerned is shaped with that end in view.” Sometime following passage last February by Con- gres the law authorizing the three Departments to designate resident Commissioners for coor- dinating _ and correlating their work here, the Interior Depart- ment started activities on the Washington end to carry out its part undertaking. Gov Parks will represent the Secre- tary directly and all of the De- partment’s bureaus under the new his as ago, the e in this plan Work With Governor Gartland said his trip at time is to co-operate with Parks in making final ar- rangements for the work and how t shall be done. He will be in Juneau sometime studying the ituation from here. Later he will go to Me tla, Anchor- Seward and Fairbanks. He aid he had no definite idea how long it would take to complete the task but would remain in the Territory until it com- pleted. BABIES DEAD ~ POISON Fo0D SPRINGFIELD, 111, June 20.— Three babies are dead, another is believed dying and five mothers are seriously ill from food pois oning at the Sprinfield Redemp- tion Home, an institution for in- fants, under the care of the Courts. Food served Sunday morning is blamed for the illness which af- fected half of the children at the home. Samples of the food have been taken for analysis. The Home Matron, Minnie Manley and housekeeper, Alice Paul, also be- came ill but their condition is not alarmin Fobe Thauks Cutholics Mr. thi Gov. In the United States|” ROME, June 20.—Pope Pius in an allocution at the Secret Con- sistorv paid a tribnte to the Catholic Episcopacy of the Upited States for aid in making known the situation of the Catholics in Mexico. — Strange Tribesmen 'Are Found CHICAGO, June 20.—Strangg Madagascar tribesmen, some of whom never bathe or wash their clothing, who sleep on carved wooden pillows and live largely on a diet of sour milk, have been found by Dr. Ralph Linton, lead- er and captain of the Marshall Field Bxpediion to Madagascar for the Field Museum. The tribesmen follow a curions Al- | i ; Dies is| i 3 1 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1927. Is Officially | «d Emden to advic vod ys ago by the local G officiall nged 1 might be annual celebra Day received autho; v erm; that here f here fo 1 der the tion of cording | by the The last bor. Independ letter Governor. Emden was reported | | Saturday at Dutch Har- It will proceed down the and here on June and remain in this port | | | until July 7. i J. R, THOMPSON DIES AFTER § YEARS'ILLNESS Man Who Made Millions in ‘One-Arm’ Restaurants in Chicago. e 3om e ! to the coast arrive 26 ,,‘A;rag@rfnlv PRESS | ‘aJOHN RATHOMPSON. CHICAGO, June 20.-—John Thompson's belief that he could make a better cup of coffec than the one served him at the Chicago World's Fai which started him in the restal it busin an‘l netted him millions of dollars as he added to his “one-arm” strir was recalled by the friends of the late capitalist who died Sat-| urday after an illness of six years. | pined from a gen- Vermillion County, | I, supplied the initial capital! with which John R. Thompson | made a fortune in “one-arm” whita | tile cafeterias. The | | R The profits eral store in self-serve idea was nv’l his, but he capitalized it on such a large scale that today there is a “Thompson’s” in nearly every large city in the country. In 1891, Thompson bought a small restaurant in South State Strect, Chicago, Number 1 of his eventual chain of eating places The restaurant -was notorious for the number of times, and the speed with which, it had been “turned over.” Thompson told a 1 the place must have been 'stock in trade” for a chattel | mortgage house, which ; received substantial cash payment each time the restanrant changed hands. Made Money But Thompson turned the tide that lunchroom’s misfortunes he paid off his mortgage and made money. He added two Chi- cago restaurants to his “string’ in 1894 and began there with a phenomenal expansion of the cater. ing business which had no pre- cedent. As his business enlarged, he instituted quantity buying and standardization of equipment. The John R. Thompson Coni- pany was incorporated in 1907. A $6,000,000 corporation took over the business in 1914, although the | controlling interest remained with its founder, A group of 70 groceri in Chicago, which Thompson started in 1920, was sold to syn- dicate in 1924. His first 6 years spent on a n of @ eustom of scaking their clothing in grease, Dr. Linton said. (Continued from Page Five.) | mean ! Alaslxa;YuI;on Ciub to | aska. | EXPLAINS WHY BREAK FAILED T0 BRING WAR MOSCOW, June 20.—A break i diplomatic relations no longer nec mes K. E. Voro Soviet Commissary fou explained to a Moscow that wanted to know wh Russia did not begin hostilitic with G Britain A rupture of diplomatic rela tions was formerly tantamount to declaration of wa he 1 but today conceptions dif ferent. A rupture doe: yot war. Voroshiloy essarily 18 war, hilov, dience are not asserted that Britain for the past two had been “systematically ing for the encirclement of the Soviet Union” and that the dan ger of war is not excluded. “Only a thorough preparation of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re publics will prevent an attempted attack by the British,” he said. Great prepar Hold Big Celebration SAN FRANCISCO, June 20 Thirty s ago, on July 15, the steamer Excelsior entered San Francisco harbor with a half-mil lion dollars in Alaskan gold and that was the first “scoop” on the Klondike the Alaska-Yukon Club of Francisco is holding a Pot pass upon plans for years after” convention Alaskans are invited t) yes aboard, big Now San latch “Thirty and all attend A. McL. to a Hawks, Mining En gineer, says that sburdoughs and chechakos alike are welcome at the convention, It will be a great | rounion of old timers, and an endeavor will _be made to turn the present Alaska-Yukon club | into a stronger organization which | can do beneficent work | The proposed organization may | be called the Yukon-Alaska-Klon dike Sourdoughs, which may be | shortened to “YAKS.” | Alaska-Yukon Club headquarters are at Court Hotel, 555 Bush St., where old timers are always wel come. CHALLAMBRA IS STILL ASHORE SEATTLE, It June 20.—Motorship | Challamba, wooden freighter of the Pacific Steamship Company, | which went ashore 20 miles south | Prince Rupert last Saturday,| is still stranded with indications | that it will be a week before i will be’ refloated. Marine experts expressed fear of further damage to the hull. The vessel struck at high water and was left almos high and dry on the beach. It will be June 26 before the"next big high tide. The Challamba was from Seattle to Southeastern of enroute Al “Lindbergh Lids” PARIS, June 20.—Of course! The ladies are out with felt hats fashioned to suggest an aviator's helmet. They are in honor of Cap- tain Charles A. Lindbergh who jumped across the Atlantic. Prices determine the name. The best, from exclusive little shops, are called “Transatlantic Toques.” Those are the expensive ones. “Lindbergh Lids” are the pop- ular variety of head-piece at prices within the reach of all. Knights of Columbus Have Silver Jubilee SEATTLE, June 20. The Knights of Columbus of Washing- ton and Alaska are assembled here for the Silver Jubilee tonight in honor of James J. Gorman, wac | 25 years ago organized the Pacific Coast Councils of the order. Two thousands’ knights will attend the ceremonies tonight. R — MULVIHILL HAVE DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. ¥v. W. Mulvihill are the parents of a baby girl weighing eight pounds, which was; born at St. Ann's Hospital Satur- day night. Mr. Mulvihill is tha ticket agent of the White Pass and Yukon Railway in Skagway, where they make their home. Mrs. Mulvihill and daughter both dolng well. | today ., | White U. S. DELIGATES TO ARMS PARLEY ‘American delegates #o,the arms reduction conference in Geneva are seen leaving the House after a conferésie with President Coolidge. Left to right: Allen W. Dulles, legal advisors; Hugh 8. @ibson, Minister to Switzerland and head of the delegation; Admirals | Hilary P, Jones and F. H, Schofield. WOOD ARRIVES FROM ISLANDS ENROUTE EAST Governor General Comes for Conference with President Coolidge VICTORA, B. C., June 20 Summoned by President Coolidge and Secretary of War Davis to meet with them in a conference and discuss matters of economi welght and political | regarding the Phi Gen. Leonard Wood arr aboard the liner Madison. Gov. Gen. Wood will not cuss the political situation in any phase nor admit there is any par ticular need for his hurried; re turn to Manila. not deem it proper to air views regarding the condition affairs in the Philippines until the whole matter had been laid before the President, Prosident d’s hi of WILL VISIT COOLIDGE WASHINGTON, June 20 wireless' message from Gov. Gen Wood to Major General Frank Melntyre, Chief of the Bureau of sular Affai stated he doubtedly would leave Seattle by a night train enroute to the sum mer White House and there port to I lent Coolidgo then resume his journey to Wash ington for conferences with the heads of the War Department - - - VIOLATORS ARE ARRESTED, FINED re and A number of arrests have made by the Prohibition Enforce ment officers in the neighborhood of Ketchikan, according to a re port received by E. 0. Birgfeld Federal Prohibition officer Juneau. Ted y, taxi Fe: was ar man, He said he did| un-| been | Enforcement | rested the latetr part of May, for | a nuisance and will ‘be tried in the present term the District Court in that place Roy Churchill was charged with possession of intoxicating liquor and fined §$260 and given 30 day in jail by Judge J. W. Kehoe United States Commissioner Ketchikan. Barney Anderson, also charged with possession of intoxicating 1 quor was fined $250 and given 1) days in jail by Judge Kehoe. Duke Helfnar, and old offend: was charged with possession, giv en a $50 fine and 60 days in jail, by Judge Kehoe. A. T. Lowman, who has a placc on Tongass Island, was arrested his place searched and a still with 20 gallons of corn mash found, 15 gallons of beer and a quantity « hops. Judge Kehoe, who accom panied the prohibition officers or the trip, held a trial on the boat and fine dLowman $100. Veteran Troller Is Found Dead, Ketchikan KETCHIKA ——Accidental poisoning caused the death of Frank Door. veterar troller, the autopsy disclosed maintaining at . Alaska, June 20 Door was found dead on the eve| of his departure for aboard his hoat Virginia I. Seattle DPassenger to Chamberlin_and Levine Decorated By Austria June 20 Hainisch,, of the Republie, today upon American Chamberlin and Le viae, the Republic’s highest Order: of Merit the Golden Barenzeighen der Republic, i recoguition of their tran, | Atlantic flight from New York to Germany. VIENNA, Bregident Austrian conferred | Aviator 'FOR DISABLED 1970 CONTINUE | BL PASO, Tex, June 20 President Coolidge, in a letter tc the Disabled Amerfcan Veteran {w sent to be read at the Convention, lavded the anization for the work In se ing a for wounded veterans and declared the Government will continue its work in compensat ing the disabled s “Paris Bootblacks | Listed for Legion ch he ional PARIS, |are But their June 20.—Shoe a hard thing to find in American Legionnair at convention here next Sep | tember, can avoid the troubles of the ordinary tourist in that re spect Thoughtful members of the is post of the Legion have arefully compiled a list, with ad of all’ the regular boot the city, shines ’aris U. S. Commissioner To Turkey, Resigns RAPID CITY, S. D —Mark I Bristol h as High Commissioner key, effective July 25, of his appointment to be CGom mander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet. This was the announce ment made today at the summer White House. o BN ey LEAVES ON VACATION June 20. resigned to Tur in view J. W. Woods, agent for the New vork Lafe Insurance Company, in Juusuu, eailed south on the Prince gupert carly sunday morning. Mr. Woods is enroute to Wiscons'n where he will visit with relatives for a few weeks and will retu to the ccast to spend the summ months. He will attend a con pany convention this summer in | Spokane. Mrs. Woods, who Is vie- iting in the States at present, will return north with Mr. Woods about the middle of September. - e, PRINCE RUPERT SOUTH steamer Prince Rupert, of the Grand Trunk Line, returned to Juneau from Skagway early Sunday mofning enroute to Van- couver. J. W. Woods was the enly sail south on the The steamer, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS — T TSR B BAD WEATHER IS DELAYING BYRD'S TRIP NEW YORK, June After v long conference with weather xperts, Commander Richard Byrd announced last nizht tha: the Fokker mononlane Americn would not hop off before Tues lay. There are streng east winds with local rainstorms along ‘the North Atlantic seaboard and the ‘oW pressure area extending icross the.ncean indicated unfave wrable eonditions, Byrd left early today for Bos- ton where he attended the Tuft’s ‘ollege commenc ent today and where he received Honorary Mas*2r of Science sree Lieut Jernet Bzlchen, former Norwegian naval officer, has been hosen as th2 fourth member of he crew of Byrd's plane. WATCHES ARE GIVEN” SLI He Still Rcmra’ir’]s True to Old Time Piece—Car- ries it With Him. exercises the de 2 8T. LOUIS, Mo., Capt. Charles A, received a doz but he still June 20.— Lindbergh has( n watches as gifts remains true to the yellow gold time piece and af- fectionally calls it “grand-dad. He has carried It throughout his werial career and it has been in pocket on four emergency parachute jumps and a score ot more of minor thrilling incidents ————— Mrs. Coolidge Tries Her Luck at Fishing RAPID CITY, S. D., June .20. ~Clad ‘in a miniature cowhoy hat, hoots, sport skirt and slick- er, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge set out this morning for a trout stream near the summer White House to try her luck at fishing with pole and fly. Lt e s 1 LUTHERAN SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC ON TOMORROW Lutheran Sunday Sechool of the Resurrection Lutheran Chureh will hold its annual pic- nic tomorrow at Salmon Creek. Cars will leave the church at Third and Main Streets at 10 o'clock. If it 1§ raining the pic- nic will be postponed until a fu- ture date. to The Boy I{zll(:d On Trestle By Train SEWARD, Alaska, June 20. - While crossing a trestle last Sat- urday, Bernard Horton, aged 16 years, was struck by a passenge: train on the Alaska Railroad and kil'ed. This is believed to be the firsi accident of this kind in Al aska. The boy was a son of Capt.| Andrew Horton, S8eward dockkeep: er, DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS \U. S. NAVAL STRENGTH DEPENDS ON OUTCOME OF PARLEY AT GENEV A Three Powers Begin Con Limitations of Naval ference Today, Discuseing Armament—Work DBe- gun at Five Power Conference in Washington Is to Be Completed. BULLETIN, GENEVA, June 20.—Extension of the 5-5-3 principle for naval strength of cruisers, destroy- ers and submarines of the United States, Great Britain and Japan was proposed at the three Power naval limi- tation conference today by the American delegation headed by Hugh S. Gibson. Reduction of the size of battleships from a limit of 35,000 tons to under 30,000 tons was rec mmended by W. C. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty of Great Britain, thus opening mat- ters that had been settled at the Washington Conference. GENEVA, June Whether Great Britain and Japan are ready to @ on limitation, if not reduction, of their naval strength the question which the Amer- fcan government desires to answored at the three-power naval which opens here to en soe conference day The answer—affirmative on ne gative, as the case may be—is ey pected to determine whether the United States will be content with keeping up her present naval pow- er, or, pushed into preparedness, decide to develop considerably her fleets, perhaps, indeed, entering a naval armament race, which Pres- ident Coolidge has indicated he wishes to avoid. Three Power Conference The object of the three-power naval conference is to complete the work of limitation of naval strength begun at the five-powe onference in Washington. Ther: a treaty was signed in 1922 limit ing the tonnage of battleships for the United ates, Great Britain Japan, France and Italy, limiting also the total tonnage of air craft carriers and limiting the size of individual cruisers to ten thousand tons. The Washington treaty laid down the now famous ratio of 5-5-3 and resulted in the scrapping of a large number of battleships By the treaty, Great Britain was permitted to have a total bat- tleship tonnage of tons, he United States the same ton wage, Japan, 315,000, and France and Italy each 000 tons. The giving to France and Italy of a lower ratio than to the others caused in later years consider able criticism, especially in France where it was openly stated that France could never accept a sim- ilar ratio for auxiliary craft, de- stroyers and submarines, whic are to be treated at today conference, Maximum Tonnage The Washington Treaty fixed ,000 tons standard displacement as the maximum fonnage of each capital ship to be constructed by the signatories, and fixed the maximum calibre of guns aboard at 16 inches. The total tonnage for aircraft carriers was placed at 136,000 tons for the United States and Great Britain; 81,000 tons for Japan; and 60,000 tons each for France and Italy. Although the treaty fixed the maximum tonnage of individual cruisers at 10,000 and the. maxl- mum gun calibre aboard at inches, no limit was placed upon the number of cruisers that any signatory could construct. And one result of this fact has been that both Great Britain and Japan built up cruiser forces in of that of the United have excess Statos A feature of the Washington conference was the United States acceptance of a Japanese pro- posal to maintain the status quo with reapect to fortifications an) naval bases in tho Pacific Qeoan This meant that the United Statas could not increase its fortifications or naval bases in the Philippines, {Guam and the Aleutian Islands though Americans are free to add to their fortifications in the Hi- wailan group and In the islands adjacent to the coast of tha United States, Alaska and tu: Panama Canal Zone. American Proposal In an address delivered at Now Haven, Conn.,, December 20, 1727, Charles E. Hughes, who was See- retary of State and head of the American delegation to the Wa h ington conference, voiced his gret that an American proposal for the limitation of ‘auxilliary warcraft was not accepted by the conference. The American delrgi- tion had proposed a ratio In auw- illiary craft similar to that r cognized by the treaty for capital ships. The failure to settle ths problem of auxilliary ecraft at Washington induced Presidsni Coolidge to convoke today's jconference in order that naval limitation shall be extended to »'l categories of warships. Naval et perts here are quite ready to ad- mit that unless the soal of limi:- ation affects all warships, thave will inevitably be increased oot struction by nations of those wa-- ships upon which no restrietlons are laid. ? Treaty Expires 1936 The Washington treaty rem-~in« in force until December 31, 193r, In case none of the contracting powers shall have given notica two years before that date of its intention to terminate the treafv. it shall continue in force until | the expiration of two years from | the date on which notice of torm- | ination is given by one of tha | powers. The Washington conferercy achieved other things besides th~ limiting of capital ships and ai~ craft carriers. It arranged a treary concerning the use of submarines and poison gases; it defined prin- ciples and policies in matters con- cerning China, including Chincre customs tariffs; it elaborated th» Shantung Treaty between Ching and Japan, whereby the provinca of Confucius was restored to Chi- nese sovereignty; and finally, rnd in the opinion of many foreign statesmen, most important of all, it got rid of the Anglo-Japaneas Alliance and substituted therefors a four power treaty between the United States, the British Eni- pire, France and Japan, which, based upon their insular posses sions and dominions in the Pa- citic Ocean, is really an in ment for the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Importance of Conferensa Hughes has given as one of thi main reasons for the success of the Washington Conferenge tha fact that it was restricted in naval matters to a small gronn of powers who were dealing with problems in which they had a ecm- mon interest. It is believed that the same remark may apply 17 today's conference, where tha three big naval powers concernfu are supposed to have a commen interest in reaching an unde: standing concerning auxillinry warships and a common desire o avoid a naval race which involves enormous expenditure in the com- struction of warships. Although the United States, Great Britain and Japan, are pre- tically in accord concerning tha method of limiting navies, their | (Continued on P-a;a Two.) PARIS JUDGE UPHOLDS RIGHT TO BEAT WIFE PARIS, June 20.—A husband’s right to beat his “If sha needs it” is upheld by Paris courts. Husbands in gally heads of families, supreme in authority, but in practice they frequently are bad seconds in fam- ily rows that get into court, wife France still are le- Judge Pontremoli is the magis. rate who is trying to restore the old order of things. His decisien justifying a husband charged with - striking his wife set forth th™ such brutality is not reprehensihip. when it is excited “by the irrita- tion caused by a wife's bad con- duet,” ST