The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1927, Page 1

TH VOL. XXX., NO. 4542, “ALL THE NEW DAILY ALAK S ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS IPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH DELEGATES RETURN TO GENEVA DRY GFFICER IS AMBUSHED; 1S SHOT DOWN Moonshiners Kill Investiga-| I()\st‘ Hunting | r Murderers. { lul TAGERSTOWN, Md., yushed by moonshiner: ed 52 years, head gents in Washington Garrett Countie. death early thi companion, R. E Dry Investigator and notified the hunting the o fired from a den section mear Boons pass July | R. Sto-| of the| Al | and His al imother caped author is for whil The agents a still ->oe JUNE MATHIS DIES SUDDENLY N. Y. THEATRE : the agents were were there look PERSONS LEVINE AND HIS FLYING MATE - EFIREBNT A RS 2 ,;;‘ S Charles Levine (1<), first Atlantic air passenger, is geé ting 1n\p'n|nm over the delay attending his efforts to couw back in company with M. Drouhin (right), | '.l'hc two are shown in Paris. N Aateruational Newsreel) DEATH ENDS FIGHT OF MONEY POWERS FOR RIVER OF OIL Noted Scenario.Writer Stricken with Attack of the Hearty Dies. W YORK, July Junas noted scenario writer | t paid woman exec' motion picture in the victim of while attending a Broadway the 27 he highes in the is dead a attack rmance in a la Vhile de oW night Mi her her eck Oh Mathis mother, about was seated suddenly her moth she arms and screamed: Mother, | I'm am dying, of persons and alley Two bent later arose from hurried alongside from and her thei he th heatre the audience a moment death ushers way into an physicians over her pronounced e Youth Confesses to Cnme- Glrl Is Dead WINSTED, (nnn.. July 27. Corondr Berman announced today | that John Billadell, paroled re- form school youth has confdssed to leeping 10-year-old Rose Bor- dino imprisoned in a de factory, ticd up in a potato s and pinioned by heavy boards| for more than two days at the, end of which time the girl died e Road House Owner i Found, Shot Dead CHICAGO, 111, July 27 —Frank, Hitcheock, owner of a road house| at Burcham, a suburb, was found | shot to death this morning. { Li'tghcocik was kidnaped fromn in _front of his home last night afte: he and his wife had.been | robbed uf jewels | e — | TORONTO ROUNDTRIPPERS | Mr.'and Mrs. A. McPherson an | daughter are round trippers on the | Charlotte. Mr. McPherson is z| prominent merchant of Toronts, Ontario. Runaway Team Shows Off Before Coolidge CUSTER, 8. D., July 27. — A runaway team of horses partici- pating in the Gold Discovery Days pageant here, enlivened the exer: s which were witnessed by President Coolidge and his wife. | +A team drawing a covered wagon broke loose almost in front of President Coolidge’'s au- “tomobile, which was protectec from the vehicle by a low fence, and charged ‘across the fiel through the crowd. No one wae | bard Street, sportsman |“is an Principals in the noted “River of 0il” the Wall Street of London. | White who once had millions of pounds behind him in his South Left is Sir Edward Edgar who led the group American promotion. 1 n.nch &y m\ur struggle waged in Lom- Upper right is James opposed to White and which eventually brought White down. 1 By ANDRUE BERDING, (Associated Press Staff Writer), LONDON, July 27.—On maculate, rich-linen cloth roundtable in restaurant near Piccadilly Circus, a knife traced a map of a portion of Venezuela Through the center of the map the knife drew a wavering line. Aiound the table sat the finan- ciers of Lombard street, the Wall stréet of London. They were ri with eyes welded to that waver- ing line. The knife continued until the hesitant, uncertain row reached the sea. “That,” said a voice, River of Oil” The speaker was a millionaire and ‘promoter, James White, now dead by his own hand and buried at Wanborough. “This river,” his voice went on, underground river of oil It has been there for centuries. Geologists have told me sgo. It flows on and on and on. It has thousands and millions and bil ltons of gallons of oil. T shall tap that river. 1 shall bring the oil to the surface. I shall make—yes, I shall make millions for each of you." Quickly the word spread to the thousands of men who followed Jimmy White on his speculations, Money poured in for the venture. Millions of pounds piled up be- the im- of a a its course fur “is the hind him. Some financiers grew skeptical. One went to Venezuela. He re- turned. “No river of oil there,” he said. “There is,” Jimmy came back. “There is. I know. Geologists. My reports. I'm never wrong.” But there were other “big men” in Lombard street who were finan- cial opponents of Jimmy White. There began such a manipula- tion of the London stock market as it had not seen since the world war. For four months the group opposed to Jimmy White, led by | Sir Edward Mackay Edgar, worked to bring him down from the heights. Since February the group had been gradually absorbing pre- ference shares of the British Controlled Oilfields. . Suddenly during the past few weeks came a great battle of money. Sir Edward's group began ! to sell thousands of shares. Jimmy had to buy them up to keep the market firm. One Saturday Jimmy sent lat. ters to his friends and also to men who were not within his inner circle promising a spectacu- lar rise in the Preference shares. On the foliowing Monday 750,000 shares changed hands. But the rise was only one shilling par of the | | Fielder, Miss | $658,000. In | repeated demands Queen Marie To Again v U, 5. BUCHAREST, July Queen Marie has decided to visit the United States again. She the period of mourning for King Ferdinand is over, she told the correspondent of the Associated Press. - CREMATION OF WOMAN'S BODY hopes to start soon after ' NOW HELD UP Further Investigation Be Made Death of Seattle Music Teacher SEATTLE, Jones has Coron crematiy 217. the July halted 3 music a more complete the tragedy death following a party last aboard a yacht owned by F. Nelson. The decision to halt cremation was reached after conference with. Prosecuting torney Colvin and Mrs. Mab Payne's sister. Mrs. PFielder said: “Even all is not known about my ter's strange death.” Miss Payne met death by drow aged teacher, pendin investigation we t no 8i ing, according to the coroner's jur. verdict fell into the yacht It is said she slipped the water when aboard which had been held early last day morning Nelson is held $20,000 for further investigatic and as a material witness. Tw other members of the party released e i el Germany Abolishes an leavin a Wedns: under bonds o body of Miss Violet Payn: er m 1% of which resulted in her Creigh e a At el w n nd party e. f n wers Ads on Mail Wagons BERLIN, Juh tising signs on mail letter hoxes must whereas “internal adve postal formulas, in the book and im time tables will b allowed to continue, the Postmaster General decrees. By this act the postal depar ment has voluntarily sacrificed very estimable revenue. the first nine months after on mail were introduced, the postal partment derived a net profit $450,000. In 1925 this increased 1926 it reached $68( _'7 All adve disappen tising” ¢ d 000. wagons anc m telephone German During “ads” wagons and letter boxes of to The reason given for abolishing this method of advertising is tw: fold: first, as a compliance wit of many a to abolish vertising firms thi. 0. h d method of a governmental deparl ment to help certain firms in position to or willing to pay Ic such ads; second, a ) because many parliamentarians in the Reichstas objected to having the gover ment’s bright yellow mail wagou disfigured “by hideous signs pr mulgating the best margarine the market” or “the most desirab! dentifrice for the teeth.” i — Champion Did Not Make World Record WASHINGTON, July 27 | —Barographs which Lieut. C. C. Champion fought so valiantly to save in his spec- tacular altitude flight Mon- day when he came to earth safely in his blazing plane, registered for him the dis- appointing figure of 38,559 feet. Lieut. Champion, with his | altimeter which he said showed 47,000 feet, stuck to share, #nd the bears, or sellers, worked quietly and undermined Jimmy's work. In the battle of money, $200, (Continued on Page Three.) | his blazing plane during his sensational descent to save the instrument which thought would yield him | the world’s altitude record. n 13 0 ou le ) [ ! BIG DISASTER AS RESULT OF LONDON, Juy 27.—An un- confirmed report from the Khmedabad - Bombay Press Agency of British India, states one thousand persons are known to have met death in the State of Barcda as the result of a reservoir cov- ering an area of 15 square miles, bursting its banks. The entire district was flood- ed and many villages are re- ported to have been wiped out. The death list may in- crease when full particulars are received. Communica- tion has been cut off. - MANY SALMON RUNNING IN THREE AREAS With word that in the vicinity of Funter Bay, Hawk Inlet and Excursion Inter was materially increasing, the Rev. George C. Beck, Presbyterian mis signary at Hoonah, arrived in Ju nean at 11:80 o'clock this morn ing en board the A. L. Lindsey “The pinks, and humples are running in apparently larger numbers than at any time pre. viously this year,” Beck said. As examples of the amount of fisa brought in the Rev. Beck said tha¢ yesterday two hoats together un loaded 12,000 salmon at Excursion Inlet and at Funter Bay three fu.l scow loads of salmon brought in Although drawing the salmon run were the packing season i near the- close, the can- n the points already men tioned are more optimistic in view of the possibilities of catching up somewhat the reported low pack& of this season, according to the Rev. Beck - e——— TWELVE TROLLERS ARE FINED FOR VIOLATING SUNDAY CLOSING RULE For “beating tihe gun” last Mon day morning on the fishing grounds, 11 trollers paid the Gov ernment $60 and a twelfth fisher man was fined $110, costs being assessed against each defendant They were charged with illegal fishing. The roundup was made by four Fisheries wardens acting under the ries at on direction of Captain M. J. O'Con- nor, agent in charge of the local office of the Bureau of Fisheries. The cases were tried before U. 8. Commissioner F. A. Boyle, who made the trip to Port Alexandcr and vicinity with Captain O'Con- nor on the Widgeon, The fishermen were with fishing during the weekly closed period, Judge Boyle said All of them pleaded guilty to the charges. The violations, it was said, were not serious. Fishing is prohibited from 6 p. m. Saturdav; to 6 a. m. Monday under the Fed- eral regulations. In the cases tried Monday, 11 of the trollers were alleged to have started before 6 o'clock, but after 5 o’clock. One, W. Tetter, pleaded guilty to fish- ing during the closed period of June 19. He drew a fine of $110. Those fined $60 were: Adler Lar. son, E. Holmquist, L. Preuss, E. Iverson, J. Johnson, W. Papke, O. Erickson, J. Wickersham, A. Carl son, C. Reynolds and W. McDuf- fee. charged Newspaperman Found Shot, Hotel Room CHICAGO, July 27.—Christian Hagerty newspape min and for- mer war correspondent, was found shot to death in his hotel he ! room. He had been an invalid for several years and recently conducted a radio column in the Chicago Herald-Examiner. He was employed by the Associated Press from 1899 to 1019, | lalwul the event, BUD STILLMAN IS MARRIED TO HIS CAN “)I AN K ()Hl)\ SUDDEN FLOOD GRANDANSE, Quebec, July Lena Wilson, child of the North was married yesterday to James (Bud) Stillman, Jr., son of James A. Stillman, millionaire hanker, | woodsmen and fashionably dressel New Yorkers After the ceremony when the photographers followed the guests to the luncheon, Mrs. Stillman shoved the nearest away erying “Out of the way. This is for my friends, not photographers.” Un able to reach the other photo- phers, she s »d convenient and hurled it scoring one bulls eye. The photographers ret ted and maintained distance thereafter, AMBUSHING OF U. S. MARINES IS ATTEMPTE MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 27. Gen. Sandinos' forces clashed 0048, by A The marriage was enlivened Stillman's mother, Mrs. J Stillman, throwing crockery a cameraman who went beyond the | boundary lines and approached the wedding refreshments Guests at the sylvan were a strange mixture SHOTS FIRED AT KETCHIKAN MOTOR CRAFT KECHIKAN, Alaska, July 27. Refusing to stop until three shots were fired, the American motor|again with the United Sgates Ma- boat T-609 with J. Buttler and A.|rines and Nicaraguan Constabu- W. Pratt, of Ketchikan, aboard, lary. One Marine and several Con was overhauled by the Coast bulary were wounded in the Guard Cutter Cygan and the mon | skirmish which occurred last Mon- arrested, the boat being towed to duy near San Fernando, 20 miles Ketchikan. from Ocotal, scene of the first engagement, 1es at crockery wedding of back The seizure occurred off Reef Point. It is reported that during the chase, Buttler and Pratt threw thrée sacks overboard. The sacks are believed to have contained li-| quor. One bottle of brandy was found aboard the craft. S e Eva Tanguay Reported errie!l to 'Hungarian LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 27.- | ividence that Eva Tanguay, vaude- ville dancer and singer, is mar- ried to Alexander Booke, Hunga- rian concert violinist, went un- denied by her. A feminine volce at the Booke home, admitted identity as Eva, but she hung up the receiver when . questioned Gen. Sandinos’ forces attempt2d to ambush the Marines and nearly succeeded. Good handling of the enabled attacking men the Marines rebels who to rout tae lost many California Town Has Mystery Case PITTSBURGH, Cal., July 27.— A mystery, blood-spattered rooms and missing man and woman which occupled it, is receiving the attention of the local authori- ties. The room is in a local hotel where. Lieut. R. W. Martin ‘and wife, of San Francisco, registered last Thursday, ! Nichols, EPORTED DROWNED oo/ NAVAL SESSION TOBERESUMED; BRITISH VIEWS Two Delegates Leave Lon- don for Geneva—Sit- uation Not Changed LONDON, Bridgemun, Admiralty July 27 W, € First Lord of the and Viscount Ce¢ left for Geneva today to partic pate in the resumption of the Tripartite Naval Cosaference there. They have been in Lon- don for one week, having come from Geneva to place before the British Cabinet the report of the status of the naval parleys and receive further instructions. Before leaving, Bridgeman gald the Naval Conference would fin- ish the work this time, one way or the other. He sald the Gov- ernment has thoroughly 1iscussed the whole situation and the posi- tion of Great Britain remaing fundamentally unchanged. The two British delegates are {due in Geneva tomorrow morning Foreign Secretary J. Awiten Chamberlin, in a statement’ n the House of Commons, said’ in the opinion of the British Gow- ernment “there need be mo_ difi- culty in arriving at a temporary agreement regarding the immed- late future of crulser bullding e MRS, M'PHERSOH MAKES ANSWER TO AGCUSATION Spiritedly Replies to State- ment of Her For- mer Alde. LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 27.— Mrs. Aimee Semple McPhe A made a prompt reply spiritedly to the accusation of Rev. Glau, her former confideniisl aide, of fabricating a strange sto) ¢ of her kidnapping and impridn- ment in Mexico, The Rev. Nichols, former Anés. lus Temple choir leader and pow head of ‘a Philadelphia cohgr gu- tion, said: “Mrs. McPherson fnd her mother Mrs. Minnie Kennoiv have confessions to make aud until they do, the world will never trust them again.” Mrs. McPherson replied: “I not surprised. Rev. Nichols »nd her church need advertising. I bave no confession to make whatsoev e, I told the truth." “Peace Bird” Dumb LOS ANGELES, July 27.—-AM troops prevented the ambush and j though Mrs. McPherson clain; the peace dove has settled down on the Angelus Temple, her molb- er, Mrs. Kennedy, indicafed (% peace bird is absolutely dumh. Mrs. Kennedy was ousted lasc week from the business manag:- ment by Mrs. McPherson wha served an ultimatum she wou'd also leave the Temple. Mrs. Ken- nedy sobbed out a declaration th-t her daughter will not even speak to her and that the evangehst has not even held a conference with her mother making all eom munications known through M r lawyer. - ONTARIO JUDGE HERE One of the round trip touris s on the Princess Charlotte w i Hon. Justice H. T. Kelly, Juds+ of the Supreme court of Ontariy He is accompanied by Mrs. Kely and their daughter. Polo Grounds Offered for Big Fight NEW YORK, July 27.—Casrlss Stoneham, President of the N-w York Giants has offered the Poly Grourds as a site for the Demin- sey-Tunney battle with ances that Tex Rickard's will be mor¢ than $2,000 with a possible top ptlull" ] a seat,