The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXX., NO. 4541. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS OIL COMPANIES THREATEN WARFARE New Developments Naval Conference Not Promising AGIOURNMENT NAVY SESSION IS NOW SEEN Absence nf Brlllsh Delega- ||U“ (/auslnfl UnCOm- fortable Feeling. GENEVA, July 26,—The long guspension of the Tripartite al Conference because of the of the principal British flelegates is creating an uncom- fortable feeling that the confer- is headed towards indefinite adjournment There is nothing said officially on t point, however There is a great deal of cabling tween the American delegation and the State Department at Washington, D. C., to meet pos sible new developments upon the rety of the British delegate €iee ] BRITISH STATEMENT N, July 26.—The Brit- Government will make statement in the House of Com- mons Wednesday or Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House today Mr ment a Churchill desired to make ment, tomorrow possibly, but did not say definitely whether it would be then or postpone. until Thursd LETTER SENT TO BRITISH GHUNEVA, July. 26.—Seeking information to the resumption of negotiating in the naval par- ley, the American delegation to the partite Naval Conference has sent a letter to the British delegation asking when Lord Brigeman and Rarl Cecil may be expected to return to Geneva 80 tkat the conference m be re-umed Both of the Ml\l\) leaders are now in London con ferring with Government leaders N. Y. TRANSIT COMPANY MEN MAYWALKOUT Underground and Over- head Railways Service May Be Tied-Up. '‘NEW YORK, July 26.—With the employeées and transit com- panies still at loggerheads, New York's 2,500,000 daily under- ground and overhead railway users are midsummer strike. Officials of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit com- panies, who operate the New York transportation lines have affected and continued mustering of substitute workers to man trains if the members of the Amalgamated Association and Street and Electric Railway Em- ployees Union strike. A vote has been taken to srike, if other parleys fail. Further discussion will be takep up tonight at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum. Govern a state- said the made Thursday, | prepared for another! THREE AFTER mm p ab- | , ALVARO OBREGON. stand for re-election. A:nulfo Gomez. nRe IDE ANEAS FRANCISCO SERRANO. Political maneuvers in Mexico point to another bellicose Presidential campaign. «enerals are disputing the succession to Plutarco Calles, who cannot, under the constitution, The three are Alvaro Obregon, former President; Francisco Serrano and MS ARNULFO GOMEZ. Three (International Llustrated News) INVENTION T0 AID AVIATORS NOW CLAIMED Device Is Reported Per- fected by Which Fliers Make Safe Landings. WASHINGTO::, . T, Invention of a device by which safe landings maye be made by laviators in foggy weather, claimed by C. Frances Jenkins Washington jinventor, in an an- nouncement 'made public today He is known widely the in- ventor of a number of airplane devices which are now in use. Mr. Jenkins said he has orig- inated an apparatus which wil enable aviators to make safe land- ings in either fogs or mist. The instrument measures the time which it takes for sound to travel from a plane to the earth and back again, and which will tell the aviator whether he is five feet, fifty, or even foot from the ground July 26.} a >ee Los Angeles to Get Plane Plant LOS ANGELES. Cal., July 26 With tentative plans being out- lined for a $500,000 airplane man ufacturing plant to' be erected in the vicinity of Los Angeles, cur- poration papers for the U. 8. Alr- plane Corporation, capitalized at $3,750,000, have been obtained un- der the laws of Delaware. This is the announcement made by James A. Wallace, local rej- resentative. The incorporators are Malc¢olm Wilson, F. W. McKee and W. A. Hancock, all of New York. Col. li'l;l“bergll Arrives, Vermont SPRINGFIELD, Vt., July 26.— Col. Charles A. Lindbergh ar- rived here this afternoon in the “Spirit of St. Louis” and was greeted by State officials and an !lmmense crowd. TWO CITIES SURVIVE . INSIDE DETROIT, Mich., July 26.—Con trary to widespread belief, mose than ha!f the automobiles that are “made in Detroit” are really n:t made there at all. . It is a matter of boundary lines, involving ' two unique municipali- ties—Hamtramck and _ Highland Park. Aithough both are entirely surrounded by Detroit, they have steadfastly refused to be annexed. Cities within a ecity, they have maintained their entity while De- troit “has' moved omt to them, around them and far beyond then. Within ' these two “island sub- urbs” are located large automobile plants. Highland Park is the orig inal home of the Ford Motor com- pany, from the tax payments of ) OF DETROI which its largest revenue comes, and Hamtramck has its Dodge Brothers' factories. Neither suburb is mere than a 20-minute cab ride from down- town Detroit. Detroit street cars run through each without extra charge to passengers, and stran- gers rarely learn that they have travelled from one city to anotke: and then back to the first all in one continuous straight-ahead jour- ney. Hamtramck, tifough its light is concealed under Detroit’s bushel, is Michigan's fourth largest cicy, with a population of more than 70,000. Highland Park’s 62,000 in- habitants entitle it to sevenih ranking ‘Aponx cities of the _luh. e 1| g \ ! | Census Takers See Longevity Increasing BERLIN, July By 1965 Germany will have double the | number of old men and women above 65 years of age that it has today, according to the an census bureau. Today there are about three and a half million persons in Germany whose age Is above 66. The census dopesters have | it that this number will reach almost seven millions by 1965, and ecight and a quarter mil- lions by 26.- HINDENBUR RESIGNATION IS RUMORED BERLIN, July 26.—Will Presi- dent von Hindenburg, on the oc- casion of his eightieth birthday on October 2nd, announce to ta: world that he feels he has don: his bit for Germany and resigh from the presidency? Those intimately acquainted with him poohpooh the idea. They say that the soldier-president, us ed all his life to obey the call of duty, will also remain at his presidential post until his term is up. Among German politicians. however, the rumor persists tha: the resignation is impending. Five names crop up as possible successors to Ebert and Hinden- burg: Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann; Hans Luther, Presi- dent of the Reichsbank; Hjalmar Schacht, former chief of the Ac- my; General Hans von Seeckt; and the Chief Justice of the Su preme Court, Walter Simons, Babe Ruth Gets His Thirty-Second Homer NEW YORK, July 26.—Back to the Stadium after the Yankees western invasion, Babe Ruth this afternoon smashed out his thirty- second home run of the season in the game against the St. Louis Browns. There was one man on base. Gaston was pitching. Babe Ruth is now one home run ahead of Gehrig. = Ruth hit his second home run of the game later in the after- noon, making his record now 33. S e Wilkins May Try Antarctic Flight LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 26.— Capt. George H. Wilkins, polar flyer, plans to explore the Antarc- tic regions by air, he hinted tn day. Wilking planned his South Pole ftlight for December, He will interest himself in meteorological data in addition to actual explora- tion if he makes the flight, Wil kins said. The Arctic flyer is considering flying to the South Pole by way of ttle, Tokyo, Anstulh and New INVESTIGATION IS MADE INTO WOMAN'S DEATH | |Seattle (ase May Result Unexpected Develop- ments—One Is Held SEATTLE, July 26. State, County and City authorities spent yesterday in an intense criminal investigation into the mystery surrounding the death of Miss Violet Payne, music teacher, whe disappeared last Wednesday after a party aboard F. Creigh Nelson’s vacht and whose body was found Saturday. The coroner’s jury, after delib- erating two hours, returned a r port expressing belief Miss Payne's death was dental, as a possible result of drowning, and further declared that the male members of the party were “cowards and morally respon- sible” for the girl's death because they made no effort to rescue her Sensational Developments Some officials expressed the be- lief the girl might not have met death by drownimg and pointed to testimony that the space be- tween the boat and the dock was insufficient to allow a woman’s body to fall into the water and “promised unexpected and sensa- tional development Nelson Released Nelson was released from cus- tody on $20,000 bond furnished by his mother., He is a material witness and refused to testify against A. F. Bell, skipper of the yacht, Mrs. A. F. Gorman and E. E. Barriugton, Assistant Sec- retary of the Seattle Yacht Club, members of the party. Mhey were teleased without bonds on open charges. The three testified that Miss Payne slipped into the lake and little effort was made to res- cue her. Barrington testified that he joined the drinking party aboard the yacht., As he was leaving early Wednesday morning, Miss Payire slipped into the water. He jumped in and made a futile ef- fort to rescue her. He then agreed with the other members of the party to hush up the death and report she mysteriously van- ished from the party and keep Nelson's name out of the affair Testimony of others was practi- cally the same. More Action Demanded Mrs. Mabelle Fielder, sister of Miss Payne, demanded a more thorough investigation into tne latter’s death, although the cor- oner’s jury absolved four persons from criminal responsibility. Officials of the Seattle Yacht Club said the part played by Nelson in hushing up the inci- dent would be a special order of business to be considered by the club Thursday night, Prosecutor Colvin sald he would confer with Coroa:r Jones again. The latter sald: “‘Science is with us now. There is no need to have the funeral now, or as long as there is a mmuty of new light on the case.” . ESTIMATES OF A, R C. FOR 1928 | ARE $2,000,000 Steese to Leave Saturday —Go Over Them with Washington Officers. Estimates submitted to the Chief of Engineers by the Alaska Road Commission for mnext year call for an appropriation of 000,000, it was announced to by Col. James G. Steese, denit, He pointed out that this gum s also called for by the Com mission’s nine - year program adopted several ye. ago, which was given the approval of the War Department Col. Steese will leave here Saturday night for Seattle en route to Washington. There he will confer with the Chief of En- gineers regarding the various a tivitiessof the Commission, Rivers and "Harbors work in the Terri- tory, and appear before the Di rectdr of the Budget to give per sbhal support to the estimates submitted Division of Funds The estimates submitted are di vided into. four sections. The major portion of the money is re quired for repair and mainten- ance of existing projects for which $850,000 is estimated as being the sum which could be profitably. expended. The other «rain divisions are: for the con- tinuance of work already launch- :d upon approved projects, $400,- 000; for initiating work on ap- proved projects upon which no work has yet been done, $550,000; and for work upon new projects likely to develop during the year, $200,000 One special project is also car- ried by the Commission in its e timates for next year. This is for a system of protection and control of Lowell Creek, at Sew- rd, which it is estimated will cost $125,000. Of this sum, Con- gress will be asked to appropriate $100,000. The Territory has al ready authorized the expenditure of $10,000 from its funds, and the town of Seward will contri- bute $15,000. Goes Kast Early be in readiness should special session of Congress be called early next Fall, all de- partments in Washington are get- ting their estimates in to the Budget much earlier than nor- mal. For this reason, Col. Steese hias been called to Washington much earlier than he customarily leaves each year. He will be there October 1, providing no special session s called for October. In the latter event, it is probable he will not return until the Road Commission’s estimates have been presented to Congressional committees, probably after the first of the year. He will go from here direct to Washington and be busy in the office of the Chief of Engineers for three or four weeks. He will then take a leave of two weeks and visit friends and relatives in the east, returning to Washington to ap- pear before the Director of the Budget in September. Should there be mno special session of Congress he will then return here. Social Habits Change In England Since War LONDON, July 26. — Daylight saving, economically priced auto- mobiles and shorter hours of busi- ness have caused many changes in the social life of the average Eng- lishman, One of the most noticeable changes is the dinner hour, Be- fore the war dinner was seldom later than 7 o'clock. It is now customary, particularly in the sum- mer, not to dine before 9 o'clock or even ten. In many London clubs sandwich bar8 have been established, so that members may have a & early in the evening. They may then go to the theatre, have a round of golf or take an automo- bile rid: in the country and dine ul ir return, Dinners are shori- lhy were before the war next To a until about DIPLOMAT LONDON, July Chamberlain, Foreign Secretar played an important role at the| wedding of Miss Matilda Hough ton, daughter of the American Am bassador to the Court of St. JameSs, who became Mrs. Chandler .1, Anderson, -Jr., at St. Margaret’s Westminster, Lady Chamberlain was also present at’ the ceremony. After the services Sir Austen was the first to wish the bride 26.—Sir Austen RUMANIANS T0 SUPPORT CHILD KING Political Unity Is Affected| —Public Demonstra- tion Is Staged. BUCHAREST, July 26 Ru-! manian political unity around child King Michael has been vir- tually achieved when former op-| position leader Gen. Averescue embraced Premier Bratanino and recognized authority of the Re- gency Gen. Averescue, who has been a bitter opponent of the Premier and bostile to the late King For- dinand, made reconcilfation more emphatic by staging the embrace of the Premier in the full pres- ence of the Senate. CAPT, COURTNEY AGAIN DELAYED SOUTHAMPTON, England, July| 26. — Weather conditions again| made an unavoidable delay in| Capt. Courtney’s proposed flight| across the Atlantic to New York. There is no immediate prospect of Capt. Courtney taking off. The flight, however, will be from Valentia, Ireland, stated today. Says Nothing Wrong At Angelus Temple LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 26.— Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson is putting a soft blanket over the reported Angelus Temple rebel- lion. She said she never offered to leave the Temple. “If any dif- ferences existed, they have been settled . and the organization is it was functioning smoothly, Glory be to; God,” said Mrs. McPherson. Mrs. McPherson said her motl- er, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy has not resigned as Vice-President but is going to speak at Taft and will return the next day. “Confession” Due LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 26.-- Gladys Nichols, who led a band ot sessionists from Angelus Temple two months ago, declared today that “Mrs. McPherson and her made; mother both have a confession to make to the world and I felt they ought to make it and get it off their consciences,” S DAUGHTER WEDS happiness and to extend his con- gratulations fo Mr. Anderson, whom he had known for several years while the bridegroom was private secretary to Mr. Hough- ton ; i Mr. and Mrs, Anderson left after. the wedding for a tour ol England . and Scotland ' by auto ‘mobile. Phey planned to réturn o New York City.early in Augus:, where they will make their home. EXTRA SESSION NOW URGED BY TWO SENATORS Both Smoot and Harrison Issue Statements to President. WASHINGTON, July 26.—United States Senator Reed Smoot, Re- publican of Utah, and Pat Harri son, Democrat of Mississippi, have returned to the Capital and im- mediately issued statements urg- ing the President to call a spe- cial session of Congress. Both Senators declared the ses- glon I8 necessary to get an early start on tax legislation. Senator Smoot suggested a $300, 000,000 cut and Senator Harrison urges §500,000,000 cut. Chancelior Marx Quitsfikepublicm BERLIN, July 26.—Divergence of views between Chancellor Marx and leaders of the Reichs Banner Association, especially upon tho Vienna riots, has esulted in the resignation of Marx from the Re- | publican Association. DANCES TO REST PARIS, July 26. — Foot-work and head-work are two different fields and there is nothing like dancing to rest the tired young business woman, says Nadja, an American dancer whose Oriental interpretations are seen nightly at a Paris music hall. 0IL CONCERNS NEAR A BREAK, REPORT TODAY Disruption Between World's Largest Com- panies Threatened. YORK, July 26.-—7g- of threatened warfar: several of the world": largest oil companies were in- tensified today by a statement |issued by Sir Henri Deterding, Managing Director of the Roavil Dutch Shell 0il Company. The portending disruption is undep- stood to be over trade relationa with Soviet Russia. The Deterding statement todsy attacked a policy of the Standard Oil Company of New York and the Vacuum Oil Company. These have contracts under which thay purchase oil from Russia. The Royal Dutch Shell Com pany is aroused because its twop big competitors, it asserts, haye flouted its anti-Soviet peliel@a. The statement said the purcha® s of Russian oil run counter to tle best Interests of humlnlly angd trade honesty. Berlin Has Hotel ' For Children Only BERLIN, .Vllly &—Th. ahy of Berlin claims to huve the first hotel for children only. This hotel was erccted By the city's juvenile welfare organig~- tion in"one of the quiet distriet of Berlin. It dccommoddtes ehil- dren sent ' to recreation pla’ s, who have {o make a stop-over ‘in Berlin. The hotel has room for 3560 youngsters. Prices are very low., For.a night's lodging ten cents 1% charged. Breakfast is 3% cents, {and lunch or supper 7 cents. Gond care s taken In handling the baggage of the youngsters, and insurance to the amount of $1% against fire and theft, is provided at a charge of half a cent p A 5 DICKENS MANUSCRIPT SOLD LONDON, July 26.—The or'g- inal manusecript of Dickens’ story, ““The Mudfrog Papers,” has been purchased by Mr. Charles Sessler, of Philadelphia. The manuscript has been in the possession of the family of the publisher since the first issue of the work mineiy years ago. It consists of 94 full jquarto pages. i B COUNTIES BANKLESS DENVER, Juiy 26.—The specire of frozen assets and bank failur s does not frighten the less than 2,000 residents of Dolores, Hiis- dale, Jackson and Mineral coun- ties in Colorado—for there ara no banks in any of the counti s In Custer, Gilpin, Lake, Pitkin. San Juan and Summit countri.s there is one bank each. NEW ports among T | ] I | NEW YORK, July 26—~Lou | | Gehrig and Babe Ruth remain | | tied at 31 home runs in 93 | | gamee, They are seven behind | Ruth’s 1921 record. il —35 J) e Moderns Have No Need For Cupid’s Messenger BERLIN, July 26—Fifty years of messenger service have trans. formed 75 years old Wilhelm Schmgrsen, Berlin's oldest profes- slonal messenger, from a bearer of romantic love letters to one of mere prosaic business commu- nications. “Back in 1877 and the years following,” Schmarsen recalls, “my chief job was that of assistant to Cupid. The flappers of those days were watched closely by their stern mamas, and rendezvous with their lovers were difficult. They knew they could depend upon my discretion, and engaged E’ to no- tify their lovers when and whore to meet them. -Vice-versa, the young swains used me to, cony 'y messages to their sweethearts g it often required all the diplomacy at my command to get the my + sage to the right person unob:é ed. “All this has changed. The ¢ phone, the auto @nd other < means of communication, M‘qfi'f with the greater liberality of ers toward their daughte made my services as Cupid' senger superfluous. Ro has gone out of my job. remains the prosaic