The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXX., NO. 4524, JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNBI)AY, JULY 6, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEI CRISIS REACHED, NAVAL CONFERENG STRANGE CASE | NEGOTIATIONS 7 RESULTS FROM | '3 AT STANDSTILL , BYRD'S VISTT DOGSAIDTO BE CAUSE OF .2 SLAYINGCASE SEEKS M'CLIN TOCK GOLD HERE TROUBLE MAY POP ANY MINUTE Stricken l"rcnch War ”vm‘ Walks for First Time Since 1918. PARIS, July 6, — There almost a touch of the miraculous in the visit of Commander Richard E. Byrd nd his three comrades to the Hotel Des Invalides, the home of France's war wounded. For the first time since he was brought down at Ver dun, in 1918, Capt. Charles Legendre, paralyzed French or, stoed straight on his 1d walked. ur courage, despite ov- helming odds and vour splendid exploits have given me cenewed ccuraee,” Capt. Legendre told Byrd. Then with the words: “I will accompany you,” Capt. Legendre arose, hesitatingly greped for a moment for support, then with the most obvious effort of will, took a faltering step forward. Another step followed and the war hero, with his arm resting lightly on Byrd’s shoulder, walked with the Commander slowly but sure- ly toward the entrance of Napoleon’s Tomb. BYRD DECORATED PARIS, July 6.—Premier Poin- care today pinned the Decoration Legion of Honor on the breast of Commander Richard E. yrd in recognition of his flight voss the Atlantic Ocean. Byrd plans to visit England| before” returning home, deciding| not! to sail for the United States on Saturday PLANS HOP T0 NORWAY PARIS, July 6 Jernt Bal- chen, who accompanied Com mander Byrd on his flight across the Atlantic Ocean, plans a flight from. New York to Oslo, the Norwegian capital, He -expects to make the hop in 65 hours e Seek Permlsslon to ' Merge Two Ranlroads of the STy PAUL, July 6.—Application’ for permission to merge the Great Northern and Northern Pa- cific Railroads has been signed and will be presented to the In- terstate Commerce Commission very goon, e ~—————— FILIPINO UNRER ARREST Hermo Villa, Filipino, arrested at Craig July 4 for stabbing an Indian, yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of assauylt withs a dangerous weapon. United States Cominissioner Bagley bound him over to await' trial in the Dis- triet Court, according to the re- port to the United States Mai- shal’s office from Depuy Marshal tibbla, Villa 'is in jail, unable to raise the $1000 bond, awaiting & IRTEST Miss Isabelle Pope, fiance: is sning William D. Shepherd estate. prevented their marriage. Sl of causing McClintoek’s death (LN EUROPE BIG INVESTMENT FIELD NOW / Private American Invest- ments Estimated at Bil- lions of Dollars. WASHINGTON, total private ments abroad were estimated 000 by W. E the Department Inv ments quarter this 000,000, Of the total investments, Thorne estimated that $3,000,- 350,000 in securities of Kuro- pean governments and business enterprises. American ada were credited 200,000 and in §4,000,800,000. These July 6.—The American invest- July 1, 1921, at $12,000,300,- Thorne, expert of of Commerce. of the year were on $411, investments with Latin Can- ,000,- America, include foreign States figures 1do not the war debts owing by countries to the United Government. e e Unmasked Bandits Make . Big Haul in Tacoma TACOMA, W unmasked bandits held wup robbed Simon Gutfield, cashier, and three other employees of the Tacoma Railway ‘and Power Com- pany of $4,300, in the company’s offices . in the business district. sh., July 6.—Four| transportation to Ketchikan on t'w!’l‘hn bandits escaped in Gutfield’s nn\l: mail hoat. automobile. “Home Making” Should Be { SEATTLE, 6.—Boys as well 4s girls should be taugut the ‘“all important business of home-making” the National Edu- cation Association convention dele- gates were told today by Hssie L. Elliott, head of the home econ- omics department of Manual Arts high school, Los Angeles. Miss Efliott, who spoke befor: the American Home Economics association branch, of the con- vention, said “it is foolish to train our girls exclusively” fo: home-making “since no home. i3 a real one withont 50 per cent cooperation on the part of the father.” “The chief aims of a course in home gma,:nicu for boys,” she July Taught Both Boys, Girls declared, “should be to develop an -appreciation of parental res- ponsibility; to help boys to realize the duties of fatherhood, the need of clean wholesome living and to give them some knowledge of child phychology and child train- ing; to study the financial basis on which a home is built; to learn some of the fundamental principles .of food preparation; to develop a ' finer social sense through study and practice of the rules governing conduct, etiquette and correct dress.” Twenty-four states offer boys some training in home economics and in some states the demand for such training is increasing, Miss Elliott said. In some places the courses are compulsory. She charges Shepherd, second | and | e of the late William MecClintock, for a wife's share of his ward’s heir under MeClintock's will hepherd wus ncqullled of charge h. " Exclusive.) Vast Section in Flood Area Not To Be Planted w \\m\h.m'\' ,500,000 acres land inundated by the Mis- sissippi River flood, 1,300, 000 acres probably cannot be used this year for crop production. This i8 the esti- mate made hy Secretary of Commerce Hoover. July of farm 6 or - ) WOMEN ARE SHOT IN HOME | | | {Bodies Are Found in St. | Paul Police Have ; Two Theories. ST. Two PAUL, Minn,, July 6.— women were today found {shot to death in their home and @ police have turned to the {theories of jealousy or possible gang warfare in seeking a solu- tion of the crime, The women had been dead for many hours when found. The partly-clad body of Mrs. ;Tu«l:lv Debois was found beside {a bed while nearby lay the fully- |clothed body of Miss Anne Gren- jville. Both women had been shot through the head. The police have detained for questioning, Charles M. Hutchin- son, who with a taxicab driver, discovered the bodies when they went to the house. The police found a gallon of glcohol under the bed in the home of the women, Levine Plans to Fly Back to New York City PARIS, July 6.—Charles Levine declared here today that he in- tends to fly back to New York as soon as he is able to find a French pilot to accompany him. - —eee GROVER WINN RETURNS Grover C. wmnn, returned to Ju- neau on the Admiral Rogers after a six-weeks trip in Seattle and California. Mr. Winn motored from Seattle to Los Angeles and return and during his travels met many former residents of GdaBtinean Channel who inquired .anxiously about Juneau. Mrs. Winn and children who made the trip with him are vis- iting in Seattle’ and will return to Juneau later in the summer. Albert Chisel Shot Killed by Bert Taylor— Earl French Is Held. | | 'I‘hv shooting of Albert Chisu. Haines last Monday was the .-sllll of a dispute over a dog iwccording to information today by United States Albert White The shot was fired ing, or immediately seuffle in which it Chisel, Bert Taylor man, BEarl French Both ylor and French arrested and are being held custody in Skagway, pending the outcome of the coroner's inguest which is to be held at today The affair took place in of the ecabin in which Taylor French. live Chisel and two called on Taylor and shortly after their the dispute about the between Chisel and French is said to Chisel to enter the pulled his rifle as the door. either (ur following ¢ and a third took part. & front and other and French arrival French. have asked house, and he went in lor obtaining the rifle, shot Chisel, the report said. WHALE CATCH SEATTLE, July 6. stormy weather interfers with the ions of the whaling fleét fn ka waters, Dr. J. C. Wright, tan on the steamer pects a successful season Forty-five whales have already been bagged by the American Pa cific Whaling Compamy which g about 90 per cent of the catch up to this time last year. Dr. Wright said the station Hobron hml caught 90 whales B Coolldge Invited To Visit Sheridan RAPID CITY, 8. D, July 6 C. W. Barton, publisher, and his brother Bruce Barton, writer, call ed on President Coolidge today Victoria, ex at Wyoming. They said fine trout in the Sheridan locality. .. Prince of Wales May Visit Umled States OTTAWA, .luly 6.—~The Prince of Wales will probably take the opportunity, when in Canada latc this summer, to made anoth:: visit to the United States. He will arrive at his ranch at Al berta during the second week i1 August. The Prince expects (o arrive here on July 29, Bribery Indictments In Oil Leases Upheld WASHINGTON, July 6. — The Fall-Doheny bribery indictmenis which grew out of the leasing o the Elks Hill Naval oil reserv have been_sustained by the Su preme Court of the Distriet of Columbia. Under the ruling, Fall, Doheny and his son must stand trial o charges Doheny gave Fall a bribe of $100,000 to gain the oil leasc for Doheny's company. .- QUARTZ UNCOVERED there werc streams in the Among the many promising prospects in the Nuka Bay dis- trict is that of Pete Sather and way. This prospect is located in Yallick Cove, right at tidewater During the past winter the part- feet, going through one forty-foot face measuring fe at seventy-five feet and the lead dips toward the hill. way.) A Gy 4 were in Skagway friends dog arose The scuffle took place and Tay- IS LARGE ONE| -z ithough, who has returned here from Akn-| and invited him to visit Sheridan, |V AT YALLICK COVE Capt. John Smith, says the Gate- ners drove in their tunnel forty rich- looking vein of about twelve in- ches in width and another at the three The overhead is estimated Develop- ment work will continue this fall and next winter,.—(Seward Gate- and received Marshal was reported; Sitting on a powder keg! may break any moment, Shnnghux, Vi Supt. Keller Is Honored DBy N.E. 4. SEATTLE, July 6 | Keller, Superintendent of the Juneau, Alaska, Public Schools, has been nominated Alaska Di- | rector of the National Edueca tional Association at the con- | vention being held here. The nomination is equivalent to | election. | W. E. - DEPLETION OF HALIBUT NOW NOTED Statistical Data Is Given by Chairman Interna- honafl:ommlsslon VICTORIA, B. ( July 6.—J P. Babcock, Chairman of the In ternational Halibut Commission reported that the North Pacific halibut has been serfously de and that ‘‘statistical data tes clearly that depletion has taken place everywhere. The degree of this depletion far ex ceeds anything which could pos- sibly be confused by minor er- rors, such as a difference in gear used. The most striking decline has Been shown on the southern banks." Chairman Babcock said that te Hecate Straits unit showed a steady decline, ->re — East End Favors Brighter Clothing LONDON, July 6.—A “brighter clothes for men” movement in- augurated in London recently has not met with much ‘success in the conservative and fashionabie West End, but in the Bast End. occupied by the cosmopolitain working class, efforts of tailors, hatters, and footwear specialists met with instant success. Hats worn by the East End youth of today are vivid in eolor, bright blue, pink, and claret be- ing extremely popular. The favor- ite hue for clothing is purple, followed closely by a light straw- berry, patterned with a darker check marking. A banana colored shoe is being much worn. The seams of these shoes are covered with black pat- ent leather, and they are long und pointed at the toe, Other shoes are patched with designs in snake- gkin, Some are made entirely of lizard skin and others of bright biue kid. Gov. Smith Invited . To S. D. by Docnh ALBANY, N. Y, July 6.—Gov. Al. Smith said today he has not teceived an invitation reported extended by the South Dakolu Democrats for him to oceupy a cabin in the Black Hills near lthq summer White House, That’s how American Marines in China feel, Trouyle k Fica Pi hows Marines mnrchm to guard icture shows g KE- :C l(ums “Sporting B lood o Can Break Down National J ealousws Is Reported Badly Damaged MANA, Island of Kauai, Hawaii, July 6.-—Carl Spangenberger, in charge, of rigging. .the monoplan= of Richard Grace, made a detailed xamination of the plane and ex wressed doubt whether the plane an be repaired within three weeks :s he had hoped, after the crash yvesterday It is determined cident to the plane which started on an attempt to fly he California maininad, :aused by a broken tube at :ontrol base. This made the unn anageable. FOUR KILLED PLANE CRASH SEATTLE, that the ac- had to was the tail Juy 6.—Four per sons were Kkilled when a sea- plana foll into Lake Washington last evening. The dead are Olaf Johnson, pilot; Roy Wolin, Fred Stancliffe, an Insurance agent; wnd John Bock, Los Angeles Inn keeper. The seaplane, which belonged to the Puget Sound Aurway Com- pany, took:off from the Sand Point Field for a short flight Five hundred feet above the lake the plane suddenly went into a tail spin and plunged into the water. When Harbor patrol boats reached the scene the craft was completely submerged. All bodies with the exception of Bocks, were recovered last night. INVESTIGATION SBATTLE, July 6. — Coroner’s deputies are prepared to open an investigation into the death of the four persons in the seaplane accident. Mob Surrounds U. S. Consulate, Mexico City MEXICO CITY, July 6—Motor- cycle police, armed with rifles, surrounded the United States Con- sulate 'today and dispersed 2,000 Laborites attempting a demonstra- tion \in . behalf of Sacco and Van- zettl. —_—————— INDIAN 18 CAUGHT FOLLOWING ROBBERY Richard Johnson, Indian, was arrested at Wrangell yesterday, us he was attempting io make his escape after having broken a window and entered the store of S. M. Wpyatt, removing goods amounting to $80. It is expected that he will be bound over to the Grand Jury, sald a telegram fo- day from Deputy U. S. Marshal Campbell, Racial Hatreds SEATTLE, oping July 6 “sporting blood” American schools can do more than any other influence to break down national jealousies and racial hat- reds, Augustuc O. Thomas, pre: dent of the World Federation As- sociations, declared before the Na- tional Bducation Assoclation hers today Referring to the New York to Paris non-stop flight of Col. Char- les A. Lindbergh, Mr. Tho asserted that the “sporting trait of the French people made them forget the obnoxious debt issne when Col. "Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget.” “Sporting blood is the most common blood of the human race and should be utilized in bringing about international understandings and in relieving national jealousies and racial hatreds,” Mr. Thomas said. “We seldom have trouble with good sportsman. It is a trait worth cultivating. Through this element we closer to the French people today than we have been the Armistice Intellectual Difficulties “Much international trouble comes from intellectual rathar than economic or political diffi- culties, The . sporting element i3 closely allied to the social side of life. We need to cultivate each other in order to clear away misunderstandings. Misunderstand- ings cause hatreds and hatreds cause war. W thercfore, be- comes an intellectual problem. “Our schools can do more than any other influence to break down the wall of prejudice. The sport- ing sense should be developed. It is the ‘wooden horse’ by means of which we can break into tha walled city of human hatreds. It will strip the mask of deceit from the face of racial and na- tional jealousies. “If the nations can be brought together and can find a common Interest to absorb their attention, they would make more wholesome By de a since («© untlnuexl o NAVAL SESSION Crisis Results in Tripartite Conference—Rup- ture or Treaty. Great Britain Not Planning Aggression | GENEVA, July 6. Firat Lord of the Admiralty Bridge man has fissued a statem nt denying the report that Great Britain is asking a large num- ber of cruisers because of in- tended aggrossive intentions but insisting because of | needed defense and protection of trade routes. GENEVA, July 6. — A crisis has been reached in the tripartite Naval Confer- ence. Whether events will be pushed towards a ruptu.e or a treaty, depends unon the action of Great Brita'n. Late today it was official- ly announced that the Navil Conference is at a standstill and the next word lies with the governments in Wash: ingtxm I.onriim 'gfn?“ pparently ngton must tell London that tlie new maximum cruiser figures submitted by America em- body the United States last upward concession. Japan must let London know that Nation rega on cruiser limitations. PRIVATE CONFERENCE GENEVA, July 6.—The Brii- ish, American and Japanese plen.- potentlaries of the Naval Confe:- ence met privately iate this after. noon in an endeavor to solve the crisis of the conference. PAYING OFF PUBLIC DEBT WASHINGTON, July 6. — Ong third of the public debt which reached the peak in August 1919, is expected by the Treasury offi clals to be paid off by the end of the fiscal year which bogan July 1. Payments during the year will clude retirement of more than $2,000,000,000 in Third Liberty Loan Bonds and the next year $1,309,000,000 of the second lssuc GOLD MEDAL GIVEN BYRD PARIS, July 6. — Command r Richard E. Byrd has received the gold medal of the Fremcu A ro Club which conferred a similar distinction on Col. Charles A S eee JUDGE COPPERNOLL SUFFFRS STROKE OF PARALYSIS Judge W. D. Coppernoll, United States Attorney in the Third Di vision, recently suffered a pare. Iytic stroke, and he is going o Rochester, Minn.,, for treatmant at the Mayo Brothers' clinic Predicts that Progress of Civilization Will Come by Direct Study of Geography SEATTLE, July 6.—~The pro- gress of civilization through the study of geography was predicted by Ernest E. Holmes, of the State Normal School at Lewiston Idaho, in an address today before the National Council of Geography Teachers of the National Educe-’ tion Association. “Human progress has continued down through the ages at a rapid- ly increasing rate,” he said, “as man has better understood ané made use of the conditions in whicih he lived. “Geography, defined as the stu- dy and interpretation of the re- vironmental conditions and lifa, particularly man's lite, touchcs nearly every phase of human pru- Bress. “All questions which involve ovr ! relations to other powers that lik» curselves have patriotic pride and a means to defend their honor have a geographical setting. It is the paramount duty of all eiti zens who wish to see our civil- ization preserved and advancad to know the peoples about thom, their problems, their resources, their possibilities and their !plt —in short, the political and graphical as well as the hi lationships existing between en- ‘uml economic bases of their