The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 22, 1927, Page 1

TH VOL. XXX., NO. 453& JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1927. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN ChNTS DEMPSEY BEATS SHARKEY KNOGKOUT weight championship; ) ENGINEER | FOR CAMERON HERE TO OPEN WORK Wendell Dawson to Begin lnvcsligahons of Water Powers. To initiate work of watorpower data, on streams and Jakes in the Speel River power kroup, Wendell Dawson, repre miing the Cameron intere i, av vived hore yesterday. He will start voric immediately, beginning in vestigations which will be con tinnous for two years at least In addition to his examinations and studies for the Cameron in- Len similar investig ahilain district Cor ion obtainin, tions in the Kei for the Zellerbach He recently speng everal days at Ketchikan install cquipment for guaging am flow recording. Stroam guaging station dy ingtalled on the Sp: group. These will be Mr. Dawson amd stream scorded. In addition he take wdings on Crater and Long lakes, at the outlets, to determine tunnel as it is planned to tap both lakes beneath the sur fa when development is per. ected. He will also investiga'e rock formations for the purpose of selecting dam sites at both lal es. 1. Gastonguay will accompany Mr. Dawson to Speel River to begin preliminary work on the lo- cation of a transmission line down Sneitisham Inlet from Speel Ri- ver to the entrance of ‘the inlei He will also aid him in his stu- dies of dam sites. Mr. Dawson was here two years ago and did considerable work at Speel River, gathering much data which has already been turn- ed over to the Cameron interests, He has been connected for sev- efal years with the water power research division of the U. 8. Geolozical Survey, at Portland. He was given an extended leave from that service to undertake his pre- sent work for the Cameron ani Zelldrbach people. He will- divide his ¢ between here and Keteh ikan. inr sty I Ve e Ri rebui't flow — - HITCHING POSTS GO ST. PETER, Minn,, July 22 Automobiles keep banging int) the irom hitchings posts on Main Stpeet, and so the survivals of Dobbin's day are to be removed from St. Peter streets. Russians Condemn Wife of Slain Spy To Death as Aide MOSCOW, July 22.—Mme. Klo- pikoff has bheen sentenced to death by a courtmartial at Kron stadt, on the charge of aiding hor husband, Commander Klepi- koff, im espionage for Great Brit- aln, ‘%% Lttt L Klepikoff, who formerly com- manded a ship in the Baltic fleet, was exccuted by a firing squad recently after being found guilty of espionage. He was alleged ‘o have confessed to giving report to a British Inumgence agent in Finland. At the same trlnl, Mme. Klepi- koff was sentenced to threa years' imprisonment. The Supreme Courf failed to .confirm the sentence. She was then brought to triul Defora a courtmartial, his fight at out when he knocked out Firpo in the second round . | AI‘TIV(‘S | and | will | ung on Acre and hi tne outcoine a few minutes in tne Boyl N where Georges Carpentier proved uneq fight with Gene Tunney in Philadelph w SHARKEY'S SMILE—THAT WAS Dawson will conduet | | ( | | | | The face that Jack Sharkey when he met Jack Dempse, SA YS DISPUTED BLOW | WAS NOT 4 FOUL ON NEW YORK, July sent Jack Sharkey down close that Sharkey and his wore into the ring last night 99 —The telling blow to the stomach, before Jack which Dempsey last night was so supporters insisted, he had been fouled. Dr. William Walker, of the New York State Boxing Commis- after an examination, said no low blow was struck WHAT MOTION PICTURES SHOW NEW YORK, July 22.—Motion picture operators and laboratory men who developed the official motion pictures of the Dempsey- Sharkey fight, today announced, the films show the disputsd which contributed to n‘-m,m»y« vietory was apparently fair. SEN. SMOOT ~inn, blow, ‘:Vulit'un Organ Warns Against United States |selves against Amerlcan educa- tional ~ moving pictures, was sounded editorially in the Osser- vatore Roman, official . Vatican organ. The editorial says these pictures ar; spreading a deadly poison. “America is a very great couniry whose uncntested doliar superiority has made 1t think it possesses also spiritual superior- ity,” the editorial says. pro s B SRR B 1 WOMAN OF 95 TO TOUR | EUROPE BY AIRPLANE | Urges Special Session of Congress and Gives Two Reasons. RAPID CITY, 8. D, July 22. United States Sentaor Reed Smoot of Utah,, Administrator leader. who came here yesterd renew- ed his appeal to “President Cool- idge for a special Congressional session this fall. Senator Smoot said Secretary of Commerce Hoover's recommen- dation for immediate flood relief makes a special session impera- tive to give relief and stabilize Government finances. Senator Smoot laid particular emphasis on Government finances stating that Congress will have to pass the deficiency appropria- tion bill which was lost in the Senate filibuster. Senator Smoot reiterated that a tax slash should approximate $306,000,000. v — CHICAQO, July 22—To get away {rom the heat try an airplane ride, €. A. Donnell, weather turecnxte.',' < J | { | | LONDON, July 22.—Mrs. J. | E. Henry, of Lincoln, New ! | Hampshire, just arrived im | | Bngland from the - United | States, intends to make a | | tour of KEurope by automo- bile and airplane despite the fact that she is 95 years old. “Now I am here, I intend | to search London thoroughly,” Mrs. Henry said. “I love pic- | tures and mean to explore all | the gaileries, Then I want to | | see the Tower of London, and ! | tour the country in an auto- | mobile, “Aftar T have dcen England ! I am going to fly across the ! English channel to Paris by afrplane. From France 1 shal’ continue to Italy.” suggests. For every 300 feet off | ascent, he notes, the temperature | drops one degree, i3 ring, Pictures recora ual to the task of winning away t! la, where he JACK DEMPSEY-—*“1 knew ¥ lot of credit to Sh of cleverest he was deliriously hap rk th stiff boxe Dempsey ‘It hips but whe 1 will be fightl JACK banging SHARKEY around the was not discouraged Ssh! Coolidge Has Broken Another Record RAFID CITY, D., July President Calvin Cool- idge has broken another rec ord in fishing The two- pond trout he caught a few weeks ago has been super- seded by a rainbow throat which welghs two pound and two ounces. It wa caught in the Grace-Coolidge Cr A trout of this size is cousldered quite a prize in the Black Hills. } | MANY MEDALS ARE GIVEN T0 U. S, AVIATORS Five Airmen Return to America with Large Col- lection of Gifts. NEW YORK, July 22 about the largest collection medals ever won by five men in few short weeks arrived in Am erica on the liner Leviathan when they returned to America | In all the world, with its bil lion and a half of human being ‘ only seven men have flown in | heavier-than-air machine in on hop from America to Contine ntal | Europe. And five of these—Com mander Richard E. Byrd, ‘wx\ Acosta, George 0. Noville Bern ‘ Balchen and Clarence D. Cham berlin, arrived in America on on: ship. Europe loaded them with hon ors and America was ready to aild its congratulations to the grouu All are American citizens except | Balchen, a Norwegian, who intend to become naturalized. The presidents of seven nations | welcomed and honored Chamber-| lin and Charles A. Levine, his| flying companion in the afrplan- Jolumbia, France gave added laurels to the four men who manned the America. The honors of Chamberlin and Levine were gathered in during a whirlwind tour of Burope that| outclassed the fastest-traveling tourists. See Europe By Air The pair who broke Lindbergh non'stop flight record of miles by flying 3905 miles to Eisleben, Germany, subsequently established something resembling another record in “seeing Europe by air” In a Jittle more than = month they visited no less than 21 cities in eight countries. After they were wolcomed Eisleben and made honorary izens of Kottbus there followed a tour including rounds of honors at Berlin, Baden-Baden, Frankfort, Frieddrichshafen, Stuttgart, Han- over, Bremen, Magdeburg and Mu- nish—all in Germany—Vienna, Bu- (coatiweq on Page Seven,) Jus | | I | t | Lue crucial woments in his life. lost the title after geven years, What the Fighters Say | T entered the ring lifted ms up and made m He is a tough 3 | waukee and St. | denied the appeal of the | Confronted with the difficult task I to | at | #dmittedly in a somewhat expect- Left to right: His fight ia Toledo, where his fight with Firpo in New York, fought Jack he m he title; where, some obhservers de And now he has Sharkey, not risking a would win. That reception when fight harder nd rugged boy, ta T ever night I give a a mighty AVYW last today DY and all right long n We dropped them ng when tuck to I am Dempse; is gray-haired.” DEMPSEY UP ~ EARLY TODAY; PLAYS 60 LF “Wl" Seon Go to Los An- geles — Fights Tunney in u(‘ptcmbcr Maybe NEW ing over slight Jack Demps: day and p Manag YORK, no ill-e Jack puffiness July 22,—Show- after his victor: , other than about the was up early to- | 18 holes at golf. | Flynn is prepared for an immediate trip to Los Angeles and A three weeks' vacation be- | fore training for the fight with ' Gene Tunney. Flynn believes the match will be held in Chicago, perhaps on September 15 ‘ Demp is indignant at the| aims of a foul “I never struck fairer blow| in all my life,” Dempsey said PLANS 11,000 MILE FLIGHT DETROIT, An airplan from Detroit Zealand, the ered in five of Frederick aviator, Here is Jack RIP-TEARING OF OLD HA NEW Lelnpse YORK, old, came back last history winning a chance Rallying after a wobbly 's defense with a terrific July night 22.—The in of star right a A th brought the | For Vllth, July flight of 11,000 miles to Wellington, New distance to be coy- hops, is the object |- Giles, Australian 22 o' had apeed, somewhere, approached the younger rival with Dempsey and old a Browing pow Urge Withdrawal U. S. Marines From Nicaragua e Last Bar Is Removed in Rallroad Reorgnmzahon CHICAGO, July the last bar for the organization WASHINGTON, July 22, | The Pan-American Federation of Labor has unanimously ap- proved of a resolution urging | the immediate withdrawal of | the American forces from Nie aragua so the Nicaraguans “may fully and ftreely work out problems.” 22.—Virtually financial re- of the Chicago, Mil- Paul Railway was today when the United Circuit Court of Appeals Jameison Committee and Union bond hold- ers from approval of Judge Wil- kerson’s plan. Coolidge Will Take His Time Picking Envoy RAPID CITY, 8. removed States Carol Seeks Permiuion ’ To Attend ng s Funerall PARIS, July 22.—A high per- sonage in close contact with Prince Carol of Rumania, dis- closed that the Prince expressed desire to attend his father's fun-| eral. This was indicated in a| messnge to the royal family at Bucharest. No reply had been received up to last night. - eee - Six Thousand Greet Lhdb'_erih in Boston BOSTON, July 22-—Continuing| his National Tour in the intere:t| ington government to be confisca-|of aviation, Col. Charles A. Ling-! tory to American interests, areibergh landed at the Fast Boston in the hands of a charge d'affaires, [airport field. A crowd of 6,000 H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, who 1s|persons surrounded the field regarded very highly by Mr, Cool-|among them four New England idge, Governors, D, July 22— of selecting the man best fitted represent the United States Mexico City, President Cool- idge is expected to leave the Am- erican embassy there without an ambassador for at least two months to give him ample time to make the selection. In the meantime, diplomatic af. fairs between the two countrles.l ant state since Mexico revealed its insistence at enforcing oil and land laws believed by the Wash- tit “I TOLD YOU S0~ one to regain the doubled up Sharkey and with a crashing left to the jaw that Joston giant down suddenly. e 1 Jess Willard to win the heavy- clared, De le, but technically ful npsey wa aging his uccess of DEMPSEY S COME BACK Jack most spectacular logt crown Dempsey bored through Shar- to the pit of the stomach smile Victory. rip-tearing of the Dempsey of fights £y hook new store of stamina power, flaying the gained ceuracy a and er U.S.-BRITISH DEADLOCK IS NOW PROMISED Limitations on Secondary Cruisers Probably Raise Another Issue. GENEVA, July 22—The Uniteld States will stand pat insisting lib erty to build any kind of second ary gruisers she desires and mount types of guns best suited to Am erican naval needs. Available information indicated | match, BOSTON MAN KNOCKED OUT IN SEVENTH Sharkey Gaiis to Dempsey in Hard Fought Battle —Ends Suddenly. HAS DEMPSEY GROGGY |IN VERY FIRST ROUND Former Champmn Comes Back with Old Time Vigor, Slams Rival NEW \()RI\ July Jack Dempsey, former heavywaisit champlon of the world, stagsd a sensational comeback last night, knocking out Jack Sharkey in tha seventh of a scheduled 15 round beforo a mad crowd uf 82,000 fans, to determine the m:n who meets GQene Tunney in a championship title bout Sharkey took the count of 10 from a vicious right. The saliny claimed a foul to the midase- tion but Referee Jack O'Sullivan disallowed it Lure of | | | | \ 22, the hard punching Dempsey and clever sallor drew a crowd to the huge Am:rieon League ball park that paid ovar $1,000,000 for admittance. Under a blue gray sky that apparently held some threat of rain, early arrivals began pourirg into the stadium two hours has fors Dempsey and Sharkey wara scheduled to enter the ring. The cheering crowd arose 15 its feet as Dempsey entered sal another mad ovation followed Tov Sharkey. The Boston boy went to Damn: sey's corner - and snarled intn Dempsey's ear but the latter bars. Iy -turned his head. The fight by rounds: FIRST ROUND Dempaey started hammering ‘n short rights and repeated tha attack. Sharkey started land!s left hooks to Dempsey's head an{ took a few on the ribs. Loft hon'y made Dempsay groggy and he was reeling about under a fusilage of Sharkey's smashing rights. SECOND ROUND Sharkey drove Dempsey to The ropes with a right to jaw. Demw sey fought to the body but lail heavy in clinches and swapped jolts to ribs, Sharkey drove D-m sey to the ropes with a she-t right to the jaw. Sharkey rockiry Dempsey with blows to chin, Dempsey landed two with rigat and left. THIRD ROUND Sharkey opened a small eur under Dempsey’s left eye. Dems sey landed a long left to stoma h and took two uppercuts as 19y swayed at close quarters. I'ym». sey landed two rights to chin and started a body attack. Dempsey whipped a right uppercut b ¢ caught a wicked right to the iay Sharkey bored in two lefts, Shor key slipped and fell but wis up without a count. FOURTH ROUND Sharkey is less confident. Ha missed a wild right. Dempess drove Sharkey waround the riny punching the body fiercely snd landed left to chin and righ' ta body. Sharkey landed five to faes Dempsey’s right eye is hlfldlng badly. Dempsef lifted Sharkey's head with an uppercut, Shakey missed an uppercut and tenk smashing lefts. Sharkey misasd frequently. Sharkey on tho de- " (Continued on Page Hight. Gov. I:':dler the British are vigorously advoca:- ing limitation of secondary cruis ers to,6,000 tons with a maximumn of gix inch guns. e ANC‘ENT FETTER LANE CHAPEL IS DEMOLISHED LONDON, July 22. Another link with ancient London has dis appeared. The old chapel of the Scottish Corporation in Fleur-de- Iys Court, Fetter Lane, has been demolished. The Scottish Corporation was a charitable institution founded in 1613 to give help to London Scots temporarily “down and out.” It received its charter during the great .plague of 1665. The chapel was the part of the original build- ing left after fire destroyed the major portion of the premises fif- ty years ago, Talks to Two Condemned Men BOSTON, Mass., July 22—Gor. Alvin T. Fuller, in whose hands lies pardoning power, visited tha State prison today and imtervi~w. ed Sacco and Vanzetti and \‘-‘fl talked with Madeiros awniting - electrocution for another ecrims. but who is asserted to be a mamy ber of the gang which committed murders for which the twe dicals were convicted. Sacco and Vanzetti have b)fi'" on a hunger strike but de this they appeared well when were ushered into the Governor' presence and the committea ch en on July 31 to go into the case. The Governor talked ‘fil‘ men for 15 minutes,