The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1927, Page 1

THIE VOL. XXX., NO. 4522. “ALL THE NEW JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 2, DAILY ALASKA ALL THE TIME” 1927, A MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VIANY ARE STRICKEN BY HEAT IN EAST BYRD AND HI§ PRESIDENT CATCHES HIS DINNER PARADE WILL GUUD WEATHER COMRADES ARE NOW IN PARIS Tremendous Ovation Xa Given to Americans— Receptiore Is Held. PARIS Richard F L Anticipation July 2 Byrd on the arrived Commander and his three comrades trans-Atlantic ht have here tremendous ovation was the after a short fight their way to automobiles while the red wildly and threw . path of the fliers held should- in the air, to of the fliers the guests at a ¢ President ( Blysea P: n receiv- ing that recen- crowd to were on high The tion Doumergue { which fluttered with American flag The Chief Executive Irance congratulated and Byrd the fiier recer ton of fliers seribed the Commander de flizht briofly South Pole Flight Commander Byrd said he pects to fly the South with Noville and chen. IHis plans are not complete. He said ‘he will off from the great ice pack of New Zealand. Bert Acosta. pilot of the plane America is suffering from fractured clavicle and must carry arm a sling Commander Byrd is so fatig that ho must forego all social fairs for a fe Agonizing Two Hours aid the last two t of the America for the men that about it for pub. bad confidence out of the ad- ex- Pole Bal over associates take- south a his in | ued I af 1ge Def Squaw Creek, f Rapid ( to his House visit White th a fishing ifter 3 in the haunt inity on near nmer w days Vi o ty,’ 8. JUHN DEMPSEY MURDERS WIFE THEN SUICIDES Brother of Former World Champion Principal in Tragedy Today. SCHENECTADY, 2.—John Dempsey, aged 38 yea | brother of Jack Dempsey, | heavyweight champion of the world, shot and killed his wife Jdna, aged 21, then turned the gun on himself and fired, dying almost instantly, The woman in a lodging { months an infrequent her and after tion with her, to her rooms is nours ', wa 1 o agonizin none will talk lication. Not one they would alive Postpones Ilight Over The Pacific MANA, Hawaii, July 2 Richard Grake, Hollywood mo vie aviator, postponed his flight for California and the mainland until af: ter two unsucces mpt today. come veniure TRANSPORTATION HOME WASHINGTON July Cem mander Byrd has been offered transportation for himself ompanions, also plane, on a Shipping Board but may return home on a battleship and tomorrow vessel ful atte a PROPdSES A.WARD WASHINGTON, July 2 award of the Distinguished ¢ Cross for Commander Byrd be recommended to Pre Coolidge by Secretary Wilbur, - * AMERICAN 18 suusizs e | NELD) RANSTM VERSURMER, Tl %~ | e Work of dismantling the mono- g "ron hoa o plane America, in which Com- g it O RS mander’ Richard E. Byrd and his M””“”_‘ _m,““"” o tade three comrades were forced to .. ‘(.‘m‘ aher-af ks Sttty bring down early yesterday morn- | Chie hul (it iy belog "“.M e Ig angtze River between Ichang| lady heard three shots. She went watiAider wir by the French Air | ‘ {upstairs and found the woman 4 {and Chun | 8 Force men from Cherbourg. ] i | PR |still breathing. She called \e engines are being mknn DICK SURATT COMING i;xmhu!am‘-\ Dempsey was dead out ard packed with other Pnrw’ TO SECURE PICTURES #"d the woman died before the for shipment to Paris. . | |ambulance arrived. A c¢rowd of villagers and sum- ' representative{ A three-year-old mer ‘visitors, regardless of the | of the International|Ruth, survive pouring ' rain, made a will arrive on the! iy the pléne after it had been dragged | Northwestern this evening and| WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, from‘the water to the beach and yexpects to take pictures of Ju-|N. Y. July 2.—Jack Dempsey before ‘'anyone could intervene,!neau’s Fourth of July parade, the|left his training camp for Schen- stripped it of most of the fabric|German cruiser Emden, officers,|ectady this afternoon. as souvenirs. The structure of the w and band and other inter- - g xlluno was not damaged however. ng featur Alaska Grown spllds Shipped to Seattle SE:\"TTLE, July 12.—Another {jolt has been given to' the almost extinct impression that Alaska is a cold place when the Alaskn Railroad send a carload of pota. toes grown in Alaska to Seattle, Investigation led to the arrest|mpe Alaska spuds were sent to of a postal clerk, Karl Kessler,! wholesale houses. It is said they who had a key to the strodg|are the first Alaska grown pota room of a hank at Krolewska Huta.{yoes to reach hepe, He confessed to having hidden the money with a pal, Gottfield Ciesslik, who gave it to his wife for safe keeping. The same night both men skipped aeross the frontier. A few days later Mrs. Ciesslik stuffed as many of the stolen zloty as she could into a teddy-bear which she gave her little girl to carry and so also got across the border without a hitch. She repeated . this trick a number of times until the entire 1.500,000 zloty were safely in Ger- lm‘uny‘ The Fly- N. Y., July ing former will dent Navy of had house Dempsey, been living for several who had been visitor, called on a brief conversa- both went upstairs Fintcs, July 2 United Hankow Chinesa | steps to The al of Tchang chan e | is for | Richard ka Suratt, daughter, BANK ROBBERS CARRY LOOT IN TEDDY BEAR BERLIN, July 2—A teddy bear stuffed with 400,000 Polish zloty, or about $50,000, was the means repeatedly employed by a trio of bank robbers to smuggle 1,500,000 stolen zloty from Poland into Ger- many. When a man stepped up to the cashier's cage of the Disconte Bank at Frankfort-on-Main recent- ly with the request to change 500,000 zloty into German marks, the large amount made the cashier suspicious, Tha bank communicat- ed with its Breslau branch and wiis told that the bank notes were 0. K. but attention was called to a bank robbery recently committesd al Krolewska Huta. e ACTRESS SENTENCED LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 2.— Dorothy Mackaye, actress, was to- day sentenced from one to three years in San Quentin following conviction on conspiracy charge after the death of her husbani, Ray Raymond, musical comedv star, killed by a movie actor. - eee ABERDEEN, Wash., July 2. — Samuel Been, founder of this city, is today celebrating his 95th birthday, He settled here in 1859, thel’ MOVEMONDAY | AT100 GLUGK March Is Given—Par- ade to Be Reviewed Juneau's ]mnlh of July will be held Monday starting promptly at 10 o'clock order to be reviewed in time for the Patriotic Exercises to be held at the Palace Theatre at 10 o'clock All participants in the parade are requested to be at their plgce, assigned by 9:30 o'clock and n later than 9:45 Mar+ of the Day, Jack Hayes, will| the forward march” order exactly 10 o'clock It is requested that automobiles park between 9:30 o'clock and until after the parade passes, on other locations than on Front strect from Triangle Place to the dock and a keep off Front street between Franklin and Main streets Formation of Parade The formation of the parade will be as follows Marshal of the Day Jack Hayes. Juneau Fire Department Colors carried by American | Legion delegation Juneau City Band Bugle and Drum corps, Chilkooct Barracks. 30 o'clock Two companies of Tnited States soldiers from Chilkoot Barracks and colors Goddess of Grand Arm Liberty Float men in automobiles. Spanish-American War veterans Boy Scouts Song Moon Camp Fire Girls. Moose organizations with floats, Costumed characters Decorated bicycles, Industrial or commercial Decorated automobiles. Assembling for Parade Juneau Fire Department form on Front street, north the Admiral Line Way. The Juneau City Band will as- semble opposite the rear entrance floats The will of (Continued on Page Bight.) L Stovae 'SUB PROBLEM NOW CAUSING SOME TROUBLE Difference Reported Arisen at Tripartite Confer- ence in Geneva. GENEVA, July 2.-Difficulties have arisen at the tripartite naval conference concerning the sub marine problem. It is reported that both the United States ani Japan are insisting on more elas ticity in the sizes of submarines than is permitted under the Brit ish project. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 2.— Any British proposal at the Geneva Conference that cruiser tonnage should total 500,000 tons in con trast to the American recommen dation of 300,000 tons is viewed here as one which will afford no limitation at all, but will result in competitive building. Lindbergh Hops Off On Ottawa Flight ens, Mich., July 2.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from here early this morning for Ot tawa accompanied by 12 fliers in a pursuit group. Col. Lindbergh is going to Ottawa to participate in the Canadian Jubilee Cele bration. OTTAWA, July 2. — Tragedy marked the arrival of Col. Lind- bergh to attend the Canadian Diamond Jubilee Celebration, when an accompanying plane, driven by Lieut, C. Thad John- son crashed. Johnson was killed. morning | SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mt. Clem-| IS PREDICTED - FOR JULY 4TH Formation and Line of All Indications Favorable— City Prepares to Cele- brate Fittingly. Continued fine weathor over Sunday and probably Monday i {indicated by reports received b | the U Weather Bureau, it was announced today by R. C. Mizc Meteorologist in charge. There no ‘“alarming” indications where and no pronounced 118 present weather | ekpected, he said. } And Juneau was today propai ing for the biggest ceiebration in lits recent history. Virtually th | entire program for the Fourth i | to be staged Monday, basabal game and a band concert Sunday afternoon and evening being the jonly two events for tomorrow. Th Sunday night concert will be from 7 to 8 o'clock at the reviewing & and 'riangle Place. any chang conditions ar in Tr Exercises at Palace s Monday’s celebration will be | Usher in with a parade at 1f o'clock "through the downtown dis tricts in which many organizations and individuals are expected to take part The patriotic exercises will' be beld in the Palace Theatre at 10:30 a. m. Hon. Justin W. Hard Wz U. 8. Attorney, will doliver address there, preceded by by the City Band and ading “of the Dec ion | Independence by Miss Anita Ga nick The will official have reviewing party on the stage ut the Palace during the exercises H.: L, Faulkner will preside over the meeting At 12:30 p. m. the sports pro gram will start at City Park. The events for children will be run off first, followed by specials. A track team from the Emden will enter the open 100-yard dash, and later run off a 100-yard event in which entries will be limited to boys from the German crui An seats Hnnllnuwl on Page Eight.) - MRS. CHAPLIN MAKES DENIAL ALL CHARGES Files Answer to Husband’s Cross Complaints— Further Accusations LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 2.— Lita Gray Chaplin has filed an answer to the cross complaint of her screen comedian husband, Charlie Chaplin, denying all of his allegations and declaring them to be based principally on hearsay and without foundation of fact. The hrst specific charge, that of improper association of Chap- lin with an unnamed woman, made her answer more pointed than contained in her first di- vorce suit complaint. According to Mrs. Chaplin, on' a date in July, 1925, at 10:30 o’clock in the evening, Chaplin was with the “woman’ in a bungalow own- ed by him on the studio lot. Sim- ilar misconduct she, charged oc- curred in Chaplain’s Beverly Hills mansion and other places in Southern California. Mrs. Chaplin, answering more sensational charges of the film comedian’s counter charges denied that during her marriage she had ever been “infatuated with any man in any sense other as an innocent and friendly pre- terence.” SEBPRI NS AP R BANK STATEMENTS WASHINGTO. July 2.—The Comptroller of Currency has is- sued a call for conditions of all National banks at the close of business on June 30, the- “FIRST LADY” SEES THE SIC HT Mrs. Calvin Coohdge pomts out a pretty scene in thc Black Hills, near the Summer White House, to one of her pets. — FEELING OVER ™ MNARY -HAUGEN VETO LESSENS President Finds that There Is Little Resentment Over Defeat of Farm Relief. RAPID CITY, 13-Year-Old Boy Proves Hero at Ketchikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July Thrown into the water in | Boy Scout Lake when a raft on which he was playing over- turned, Harvey Higgins, aged 15, was saved through the ef forts of Elmer Chase, aged 13, of Sealtle. Chase swam from shore when Higginsg cried for help and attracted his atten- tion N. D, July 2. In the quiet of his mountain re treat President Coolidge re ceiving the flrst soundings of the popular reaction to his veto of the McNary-Haugen farm religf bill from the residents of a State which is a part of the great agricultural cradle which s ed this farm measure ag ers that were proposed. The ¥ dent has yet to welcome a visitor with a message other than that the veto, while deplored at first in some section is no longer| spoken of in harsh or disappointed tones. Some of his callers pre- dicate their opinion that resent- ment of the veto is passing upon the hope that President Coolidge is considering a new ralief pro- posal, one affecting a compromise between the proponents of the equalization fee and its opponents. e - DUNCAN GIRLS ARE TO MARRY 9 HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Rosetta and Vivian ternationally known edy actresseg, are engaged married. The younger sister, Vivian, an- nounced she will wed Nils Astor, film actor and Rosetta will marry William Beri, of the Mack Sen- nett Comedy Corporation. The wedding, which will be a double one, will probably take place within a month. Higher Sidewalks A IR klrt RECORDS ARE SAVED For Shorl s & PARIS, July 2. Commander PARIS, July 2.—Higher Byrd has found to his happy sur- justify higher sidewalks, say prise that most of his charts and scientific members of the important records are among tha traffic commission. They many sidewalks and the safety July Duncan, in- to he skirts the city tiink erica, | Coolidge will be renominated | less the President signifies wishes musical com-| articles saved from the plane Am-| AMERICAN FLIERS GREETED IN PARIS WHlRTYTHREE DI TERRIFIC - HEAT, CHICAGO Three Days of Extremely Hot Weather — Ohio and Mlchlgan Suffer CHICAGO, July 3, — Deatlis {from heat in this city has reach- ed 33 last night following thie third consecutive day of intensely hot, humid weather. A thunder- storm struck the city last night but the mercury resisted stib- bornly. ! More than a score of persons are reported dead in Ohio " the heat, most of them due to prostrations but some from | drownings. ! Tempertures in Ohio from 82 to 97 degrees. 27 DEATHS REPORTED DETROIT, Mich., July - 2, | Twenty-seven deaths in Miehj- {gan during the past three days is Iuid to the TFI'U]‘I' heat wave, B[lRAH BIVES - HIS OPINION ON POLITICS Coolidge Probably G.0.P. Nominee — Smith or Reed, Democrats. BOISE, hlnhn‘ July 2.—United States Senator William E. Borah, home for a vacation, gave the Associated Press a statement (n the 1928 political outlook in which he named Calvin Coolidge as prah. |ably the Republican standard :hunrf-r and Gov. Al. E. Smith »r United States Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, as “most dis- cussed for the Democratic nomidu- tion."” Senator Borah said seems¢ to prevail ranged the opinini that President un- to the contrary. Senator Borah said he is of the opinion the R »- | ublican Party will nominated him. FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HERE Sunday night at 8 o'clock Elks' Hall, there will be a lecture on Christian 8¢’ i1 fias noa |under the auspices of the Chwis- tian Science Soclety of Junrau, and the public is invited. Mrs. Nelvia E. Ritchie, C. §. {who will give the lecture, is 4 member of the Board of Lecture- ship of The Mother Church. The members of the Board are called upon to give these lectures all over the world, in China, Ja n Egypt, Africa, throughout Eur- ope, and in every country of the English Empire as well as in North and South America. Mrs. Ritchie is now making a tour of Alaska, having given 9 lecture at Ketchikan, She will go to the interior from Juunu. islands are so low as to be too easily climbed by excitable auto- mobile drivers. The commission delved into rec- ords and found that the sidewalks jand pedestrian refuges—called in French “Fool Protectors”—were made low in days when women’s skirts dragged the ground. Now that skirts are higher there seems to be no reason why women can't step a few inches higher. LONDON, July 2.—The Regist- rar-General has disclosed that oue marriage out of every hundred fails in England. Divorce in England, where' dis- solution of marriage is granted only on grounds of adultery, is bécoming more and more common, especially since newspapers wera forbidden by law to publish di- vorce case details. Before the San Francisco Raising Money for Ocean Flight SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—It it announced that $22,000 have' already been subseribed to the, fund for the San Francisco-Hono- lulu flight prize. The prize is expected to be a $£0,000 purse. World War the number of pér- sons divorced was about 1,000 a year. Since the war the figure has One Engltsh Marriage In Every 100, Failure been increased five times. Three of every five divore d persons get married again. The majority of these are men, of whom 79 per cent marry spins. ters, 13 per cent marry widow" and 8 per cent marry divoresd women. Of the divorced wom. n who remarry, 70 per cent talan bachelors for their second hu: bands while 20 per cent prefer widowers. Two out of every thres divorced men marry again but only one half of the divm-q. women remarry.