The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1927, Page 1

THE D XXX., NO. 4515. [ ] “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” | JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 1Y ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS NEYY EUROPEAN PEACE PROPOSAL MADE Siskivou Train Robbery Details Are Given in Confession GOLD BLOODED CRIME; 3 MEN ON THEIR HONEYMOOIH ARE MURDERED | Brothe Public l H>(HI De Autremont Confession Made Trio Now in Sine 944 De Autre-| confessed | men during the tuunel hold-up in taken Salem last ey will lite MEDFORD, Roy mt, br Ore., Hugh who ind sther v killed four kiyou €re to rve gathered the owd at 1 ration took it no demon De Autre birth | Washing Mon- | for Hugh ne had its in the Reformatory he tate at erved a term yudicalism of the roe where radical The plans whi in a lo to Portland brothers ma- | they were working| camp. They went and purchased automobile that figured in evidence at Hugh's trial Planned Bank Robbery The brothers first planned Dank robbery but unable to finc one they decided to hold-up train. When they began prep- for the Siskiyou affair drove to the mountains. After studying train movements! they decided after three days, hold-up. the Shasta Limited, tured ging an the aratin they Each Afraid Hugh said: “The night all was ready, all of us w decided but each fraid back out because we feared others would he had feet. ;When the train came along we ran the Ford to the blind gage. 1 got on. Roy dropped gun and nearly missed the ain. 1 held out my hand and helped’ him.’ The broth nder dowr the ore un- to the cold was say s crawled over the| into the engine stopped the, prepared to blow up the mail car but the clerk locked the door ind refused to come out Dynamite Mail Car After three warnings, the dyna-| mite detonator exploded wrecking| the car. | After the explosion, the broth- fireman and engineer went| to the train. The tunnel| fall of smoke. They saw nan coming with a fuse and Ray red at him with a shotgun. The an fell. Hugh forced the en-| ineer to get back into the cab an draw the train from the moky - tunnel. When the en- cineer *'fooled ‘around” and fail-| ed to start the engine, Hugh gnrl mad and shot him. “Then Roy shot Hugh. Airplane Close The brothers then ran into the| woods where they had a secret] he.' In the flight toward the! st, an airplane searching for them passed close while they hid beneath a tree. They became| hungry and nearly came to the| point of giving themselves up| but comtinued until they reach-| ed a logging camp. Hugh stole| beef. They passed many special| agents, The brothers later sep- arated. cab on ers, back was the fireman,” ald I REACH PRISON IM, Ore., June 24.—The De Autremont brothers arrived| from Medford and entered the| State Penitentiary. HUNG IN EFFIGY | MEDFORD, Ore., June 24— The De Autremont brother were hung in effigy by a crowd of Ashland citizens angered over the compromise of a confession for lite imprionment. Ashland was the home of Charles Johnson, brakeman murdered by Hugh De| Autremont. The dummies were tuken down by tae poiice Chamberlin, Levine Are Going to Paris PARIS, June 24.—The American fmbassy has been informed that American ocean fliers Chamberlin and Levine will arrive Sunday night from Prague, Szecho-Slova- kia. | Mi | ing T This, the first plcture of them together, shows Thomas ‘A, Robinsom, of New York and Michigan, and his bride, Ernestine, the daughter of President Calles of Mexico, They are now on their honeymoon in the United States. P (Tntarmetional Nawaraald Secret Service! D ———" 1\ & Newest photo of W. H. Mo- ran, chief of the United States Secret Service, shows him sail: | ing for Geneva to attend an in. ternational conference for sup. pressxon of counterfeiters, . . BEBE BREAKS WITH PADDOCK LOS ANG h] l& Cal., June 24 { Charley Paddock, champion sprint- d Bebe Daniels, screen star, have decided to “remain only friends.” News of the broken engagement the couple came in a written atement from Paddock, who an of | nounced that he was speaking for | both Miss Daniels and himself. The engagement of Paddock and Daniels was first rumored last July and last November the athlete in a formal statement at Albany, N, Y. confirmed the re- port. Baldheaded Women Foreseen by Expert LONDON, June 24.—Bald head- {ed women are coming as sure as fate, in the opinion of Dr. Leon- {ard Williams, who has been peep- hats worn heads to as- under the tight by British shingled certain the effect on their hair. “The present generation »f young women will most certainly go bald,” Dr. Williams declared before the New Health Society here, gled and wear tight hats like men, with the result that when they reach the age of thirty or forty they will find their hair falling out.” “Most women are now shin- ; ‘NU DANGER OF FUEL FAILURE SAYSWILLIAMS Oil Burner Manufacturer Says Oil Fuel Produc- tion Will Keep Up CHICAGO, Juna 24—l drink all the oil that ever found fn Oklahoma” is the promise once upon a time by H. H. Rogers, active in the Standard Oil com pany. He could well attempt drink ' the Mississippi as it daily sweeps over additional thou for from the Semi- only part of Okla- production sh day 000 barrels of crude oil, to yield gasoline for of the United States' 00,000 automobiles You can always bet on American refiner said C. U. Wil liams, president of the Williams 0il-O-Matic Heating Corporation of Bloomington, Ill, in an ad- ress here. “Twenty years ago an shor vas predicted. To- day we have an immense over- production. The greater the de- mand for gasoline, the more cheap fuel oil we will have, for it is a by-product of the manufacture of motor fuel “We have had elght years' con- tinuous satisfactory use of oil burners and there continues to be an ample supply of cheap fuel oil for householders and industrial concerns throughout the country 0Oil production has not reached its maximum and there still is nor the maximum production of cheap fuel ofl from the original natural supply. On top of it all comes word from Germany that fuel oil is being produced successfully and cheaply from that country’s im- mense deposits of cheap coal.” Date of Honolulu Meeting of. U. S. Chamber Set Ahead SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. The Fifth Western Divisional Meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States will be held at Honolulu February 89, 1928, instead of January 21-23, 1928. This change of dates was decided on by Western Vice-Presi- dent Paul Shoup and his Advisory Council so as to assure the pres- ence at the meeting of Lewis E. Pierson, Chairman of the Am- erican Exchange, Irving Trust com- pany, New York, thé newly elected President of the National Cham- ber. Important eastern engage- ments made it impossible for Mr. Pierson to attend on the earlier dates. to sands of acres, field, oil nole homa’s comes sufficiont one-third the oil SHANGHAI, June 24. — The United States transport Chaumont carrying 1,500 Marines sailed to- day for Tientsin, | ures Arnn Planes to Pacific MEASURES T0 CHECK CRIME BEING PASSED Sentences Are Being Gen- erally Increased—19 Legislatures Act. YORK, designed have been pe legislatures thus NEW June 24 to check sed by 19 far in Meas- crime | measures, | the made | | last | fire survey revealed. Thirteen other such as penal codes to misdemeanors felonie considered general anti lation, but not specific | erime. The 19 ward with states adopted make former which were rime legis- checks on in the tended to- sentence, the legal criminal, and hold- measures adopted °8 generally n increase of a tightening of net about the habitual the gangster, gunman up man A signif crime legis to follow curbing | criminals nt feature of the anti- ation the tendency New York's pattern in the activities of habitual and the operations of bands of organized ecriminals. A number of states enacted laws Lcomparable to New York's Baumes act, a piece of anti-crime legisla- tion passed in 1926. It provides mandatory life sentence for fourth offenders and generally tightenc up the criminal code, Stop Nut Chewing The measures enacted in the 13 states range frem Montana's banning of the chewing of mesca! nuts by Mexican laborers, a prac thought by some to be nec to certain religious rites to Oregon's new measure making it unlawful to skin dead stock without the owner's consent. The measure is a check on cattl> rustling. Oregon was also one of the 19 states adopting legislation to check crime A number of cussed the tice essary ai of al with legislatures carrying and use arms. Many states had ready provided themselves checks against this practice, and several “followed suit in 1927 Measures providing for eriminal identification were passed by sev eral legislatures, Dr c Action The most drastic action toward curbing crime was taken in Cali fornia, South, Dakota, North Da kota, Towa and New York. New York's legislature passed 17 of 41 anti-crime bills sub mitted by the Baumes Crime Com mission, headed by Senator Caleb H. Baumes, author of the Baumes act. Those filing of passage wer. considered the most important by the Baumes Commission. Most of the 17 laws enacted are virtually amendments to the penal Law and ((‘nntlnued “on l’nge Threa) those altering : F by New Method SAN DIEGO, Cal., The United States 24 per- June Army is Hegenberger to attempt the San Francisco to Hawaii flight to en- deavor to fly by means of direc- tional radio waves flashed the two Army radio stations ected at San Francisco and I’nn on the Island of Maui The sign will be continually by both stations the airplane wili follow radio line. and the Flight Authorized WASHINGTON, June 24, — The un Francisco—Hawaii nonstop flight by the Army Air Corps has been authorized by Secretary of War Davis. The 2,407 flight will be attempted by Lieutenants Les ter J. Maitland and Albert P Hegenberger, now at 8an Diego with a three motoréd Fokker plane especially equipped for the trip. The departure July. Secretary Davis sanctioned fiight after it was reported final tests by the two pilots been satisfactory. The fliers plan to start the flight from the Airport near Oak land where a speclal runaway will be constructed It is emphasized that the Army time may be in the that had i not attempting to compete with | civillan airmen for e Laly’s “Book Week” Is tquoost Reading FLORENCE, prizes June 24.—To stimu late taste for reading and of literary Italian books, o fliterary men have just carried out “Book Week"” throughou' the country. Not only have the booksellers' windows been unusually tempting with a display of the best and | brightest wares, but in_all the | large cities book fairs have been held in some central square. In Piazza Venezia at Rome, in Piazza S. Marco at Venice, beneath tha arcades of Plazzo Vittorio Em- inuele at Florence, crowds ha gathered round gaily decorated a to appeal to and sold at popular pric In Florence thousands of vol- 1mes were purchased at the fair In the theatres on Italian plays were performed and in public halls well-known authors delivered lec tures on the importance of read ing as a factor of happiness. —— Game Warden Guilty Of Double Murder Va.,, June the average reader 8. NORFOLK, State Game Warden charged with shooting to death of Lee Waterfield and J. L. Bon- ney, two game club keeperg who were hunting duck out of season last February, has been found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to a 10 years pen- itentiary term. 24, Merce., NEW FUEL M PHILADELPHIA, June 24 - Officials of the Philadelphia Navy Yards announce the perfection of a special apparatus for pulverizing coal for marine use which it is predicted will cut the fuel opera tion cost of ocean going vessels in half. The invention will mean the saving of approximately costs of a ship, according to 8. Jefferson, head of the fuel con- servation section of the U, S Shipping Board. The apparatus is the result cf several years of work by the fucl experts of the Shipping Board in that cheap coal pulverized by « by compressed air into burners gives the same efficiency as oil. Coal burned under the present system gives approximately 4,000 | British Thermal units less than by use of the new apparatus. Thus per cent of the total operating | the local navy yard. Tests show crusher on board ship then forced | ACHINE TO CUT coAL COST ON OCEAN LINERS | the invention not only does away with the present system of “hand firing,” but also gives as much heat as oil with a great deal less expense. Coal, costing 90 cents a ton, has been tried out and proven satis- | factory with the new apparatus The cost of installing machiner s for burning and crushing the coul is about the same as for the present oil burners or coal buro- ers, officials say. A Shipping Board vessel usineg the new machinery will put to sea before the summer is over for a long practical test of the ap- paratus, Jefferson announced. Government officials predict the the 300 Shipping Board vesseis now engaged in ocean traffic and probably in the near future on the remaining 500 vessels of the Ship- ping Board, mitting Lieutenants Maitlanfl and| trom | flashed | a groun | stalls piled high with books likely | { | { | | | | \ apparatus will soon be installed on ! and wife, | Britain {miralty announced. A CASH VALUE FACE u/"(‘h the head on the new Austrmn Squal!s Delay Hop-Of of Byrd llH()Sl"VI‘lT l'l LD, N. Y., June 24.—Commander Byrd said it was importable that the America will take off on the trans-Atlantic flight either to day or tomorrow. Squalls are delaying the fl - AGREEMENT IS REACHED OVER NAVYVESSELS Great Britain Will Accept Parity with United States on Cruisers. June 24 Great will accept parity with the United States in the matter of 10,000-ton ¢ruisers, W. C Bridgeman, First Lord of the Ad The question cruisers Is GENEVA, of parity of other under discussion Formation of committee of experts to study limitations of cruisers, destroyers and submar- ines has been accomplished and they will study in groups to reach decisions from technica! viewpoints. LINDBERGH T0 FLY T0 OTTAWA \VA‘-HIII\(:T()N ]III](' 24.—A call of Secretary of State Kellogg and Post Master General New and a business conference constituted the chief activities of Capt. Char les A. Lindbergh. He will prop- ably leave late tonight for New York. He plans to fly to Ottawa about July 2. Capt. Lindbergh announced he had been in conference over the advisability of establishirg a pas senger transport service in the nation of wide scope. Capt. - Lindbergh hopped late this afternoon in an plane for New York with cort of two Army aviators. a off army an es- et DICKINSON STOPB OVER F. 8. Dickinsen, lumber man from Seattle, who made the round trip to Sitka and Skagway on the Admiral Rogers, with his parents round trippers on th» boat from Seattle, returned to Juneau this morning and is regis- tered at the Gastineau Hotel. Mr. Dickinson's parents and Mrs. Dick- inson continued to Seattle, 2 O ———————— Mrs. Herta Matwald, noted European beauty, posed fux‘ ten groschen piece. Wants Divorce Another movie star wants a divorce. Agnes Ayres says S Manuel Reachi is jealous and bas neglected her. BANDIT KIMES UNDER ARREST PHOENIX, Ariz., June 24.— The newspaper Republican has received information that Mathew Kimes, notorious Oklahoma bank bandit, has been captured in the Grand Canyon and the Sheriff is taking him to the County Jail at Flagstaff, It is reported Kimes engaged in a pistol duel with one of the arresting officers - MacMillan Expedmon Has Serious Accident WISCASSET, Maine, June 24. The Arctic Expedition of Lieut Com. MacMillan scheduled to sail tomorrow for Northern Labrador, was threatened with a serious set- back when an explogion of a gasoline blow-torch started a fire in the engine room of the Schooner Radio, unit of the flotilla. The fire was extinguished with no damage done, Robbel_': D:.m;; Theatre in Seattle SEATTLE, June 24.-—Robbers in the Florence theatre did $5,000 damage and wrecked the organ last night. They escaped with §100. The robbers gagged two lhnnorg, PEACE PACT S PROPOSED BY GERMANS rorelg,n Minister Urges Germany and France Combine Aid Europe BERLIN, that France gether and June 24 A ples and Germany get to- stabilize the* peaps of Europe was made by Forelgr Minister Stresemann in a speech before the Reichstag in which he reiterated Germany's desire to oh- serve rigid neutrality in the An- glo-Russian conflict, but the For- eign Minister served notice that the Moscow Government must ceal Bolshevisit propaganda abroad Stresemann pledged Germany's aid in carrying out resolutions of the international Economie Con- ference and at the same time de- clared it was imperative for the big Powers to approach the prob- lem’ of disarmament in the spirit of sincerity and determinat.on, otherwise the very existence aof the League of Nations i3 threat- present, ened. e ——— CHAMBER PUTS UP ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR ATH Grants $300 for Increased Expenses of Augmented Program for Fourth. To care for the expanded pro- gram planned for the annual Fourth of July celebration, ths Chamber of Commerce today ap- propriated $300 additional to cary for necessary expenses involved A statement from the Committes in charge of the plans for th: celebration indicated that sum would be necessary cover all items. The Chamber gave the Com mittee authority to stage a free public dance, using two halls W necessary, for the Fourth of Ju'y The unusually large number out of town visitors who will b+ it was said, would r~ quire two halls to take care of the crowd. For the past two years a charge has been made for th. dance. This will not be dona th's year. Other extra expenses involy ed in the program include certsin expenditures incident to bringing the troops here from Chilkoot Bar racks. Buchanan Party Coming The Chamber was informed t George E. Buchanan, Detroit m chant, who for several years h-. been bringing parties of boys to Alagka for their summer vacation will leave Vancouver on July 6. on the Princess Louise with be- tween 40 and 50 boys. He -ng- gested the Chamber might pro='!s a speaker to talk to the bo's about Juneau and Alaska goneral- ly while they are in port. Ha also suggested one automohi's might be furnished to take a f w boys out to Mendenhall Glac . A committee composed of M. 3 Whittier, Rev. A. P. Kashevaro'¢ and H. L. Redlingshafer, was an- pointed to look after this part™ President Lucas also appointnd a committee of three, B. M. Bsh- rends, H. L. Faulkner and R. K. Robertson, to confer with »+ George A, Parks and Mayor T. R. Judson relative to plans for celving and entertaining the vis itors aboard the German crui‘ Emden. Realizes Years' Dream W. L. Peyster, of Rochester. ¥ Y., is realizing a dream of °% years by visiting Alaska. He was a guest of the Chamber todsy and said he had read, dream~? and thought of a trip to this erun- try for 26 years. He arrived h» » last Saturday for a week's s, He plans to spend three months in the Territory and sald alrea’y he wished it were three year-. He told the Chamber he he 1 experienced much difficulty in #2*- ting information of any kind n to the east about the Territory, a” i