The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 3, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX., NO. 4548. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WLDNESDA\ AUGUbT -3 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS COOLIDGE IS PROBABLY OUT OF RACE STEAMSHIP TRADE WAR INDICATED FEMINISTS TO RALLY FARM VOTE ALASKA 8. 8. CO. MAY FIGHT PAC. O COAST ROUTE Maska lf'amshxp Co. May Place Boats on- Cali- fornia Route. MOVE IS ADMITTED; FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT DECISION NOT. MADE Two Big Steamship Com- panies Probably Engage in Trade War Now SE SEATTLE, -ug mors that the Al p Company is preparing to enter the coastwise service between Seattle and Califor nia ports has been confirmed yhen the company'’s agents roaching local companies with the idea of securing freight shipments over the new service. Waterfront reports say the Alaska Steamship Ccompany which heretofore has spec- alized in Alaska, will start the coastal service immed- iately upon the close of the Alagka tourist season, pre- cipitating a battle for the coastwise and Alaska ship- ping supremacy. Officials admitted the move is<contemplated but asserted the definite decision has not vet been made for entrance into the California service. When the new service is start ed, it will be the signal for trade war from Nome to and will open frictin between the Aleska , Steamship Company and the Pacific Steamship Company in #laska which has been avoided Ly each keeping out of the other territory hould the Alaska ipany turn extra vessels Southern service, the north sentlemen’s agreement will 3.—Ru- a Steam- Steamship C the the Nelson and Bayside com- in the Seattle will be drawn which may merger. said that and engaged trade struggle result in panies Cualifor into the probably HOWARD HART PASSES AWAY Partner of George mack, Yukon Mmer Dies in California a KELEY, Cal, Aug. Hart, aged 76 out\luulmg Klondiker and part- ner of George Carmack, Yukon miner, died here at his home after an illnéss of three months. Heart| tronble was the cause of death.| The fortune Hart amassed in the| Klondike was lost in a shipwrec Then he came to California to! make another fortune in oil. Hart was a former President of the San ‘Francisco-Alaska Club. yea e Father Augustine Bachofere and Father Dominie Waedenschwiler of Mt. Angel, Ore., are tourists on the Princess Alice a Mexico | into; © COLOR \hl) SPRINGS Colo., ts everywhere in office the Kkitchens renewed a I!n Unite thé farms are being tion b 8, on and i iroused leader 1 to their A Lucr amendment behalf Equal the federal marked by activity, the first the National tly closed of the Right con- campaign Mott ia stitution to be sive and rapid cided upon at convention of an's Party, m Plans for carrying the into every congressional and atorial district within the next | years, v completed and new |1y elected officers pledged them- | selves to work unceasingly and | untiringly for victory ded by Mrs. O, of New York, party since its vear the list of officer some of the best knowa active feminists in [|l“ was de annual Woru here figlt ele He: mont the six H P president Bel f g0, | includes ‘and most in | inten- | t organization | New leaders of the National Woman's Party elected for two years, Miss Maud legislative Upper row, inset: Younger, director campaign. Upper row, left to right— Mabel Vernon, executive secre- tary; Florence Bayard Hilles, secoend vice chairman; Gail Laughlin, first vice chairman; Mrs. Clarence M. Smith, chair- man; Mrs. Valentine Winters, national organizer. Lower row, left to right— Mrs, Isaac Dixon and Mrs. Harry Williams, organizers of farm women, | country | the identified wih amendment activities prominently identitied equal rights gampaign Paul, called the “do aad type of suffragist now is | advisory chairman of the party. | However,, Mrs. Clarence M. Smith ‘uf New York will have the hea work of organizing and directing he work of the next two years She will be assisted by Mabel | Vernon of Delaware, Gail Laugo |lin of Maine, Florence Bay-Hilles |of Delaware and Anita Pollitzer of South Carolina. Miss Maud Younger, will direct the legislative campaign for . the | Pqual Rights amendment \ Taking their cue from the malc ‘pullrix al leaders, the feminists are | seeking the support of the farm | vote. Within the next few weeks, |farm women of the country wi'l be organized preparatory to the ‘ninmn.‘ll and congressional ele | tions next year. At the same tim2 a drive to enlist support Women suffrage also are | with the Alice dar | in Con- svess is planned Mrs. Isaac ry Williams, and both ‘“dirt farmers, “round up” the farm women. Mrs. Dixon operates a number of large eastern farms. Mrs. Wil liams, for years a farmer's wife, and a member of the Maryland State Grange, is convinced tha: on the women of the 'ms reste the future of the women the country. “The advent of the labor saving devices, now in use on many farms,” declared Mrs. Williams, “has completely changed the view point of the American farm woman toward her sex. She has tasted freedom and her craving is for more. As the wife of the main- stay of American life she is in a position to wield a powertul influence in our campaign for equal rights. Organization of the farm women behind our banners will mean success for our move- ment.” for December; Dixon and Mrs. Har both of Maryland of NEW MOVE AT NAVAL SESSIU GENEVA, ment of six {the Tripartite 3 Announce potentiaries at Naval Conference |supplemented by three or four |other delegates that a meeting will be held sometime today to Aug plen p i 1 | | -| discuss the new situation created| panese compromise plan| 1 by the | on cruiser tonnage and armament, stirvred hopes of those in the | Conterence circles that a treaty ‘(fln eventually be drawn - a | Juneau Makes Record Says | Atty. General WASHINGTON, Aug. Attorney General John G Sargent announces that good | results are being obtained in | | | Alaska Prohibition Enforce- | ment. Last year, during the week of the July Fourth cele- | bration 16 persons were jailed at Juneau as com- | | pared to ogyly one this year. | 11 Jack Jadoff is in the Iwflliml for treatment. St. Ann’s Women s Club Follow Survev With Drive on Ilhteracy WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. —Ignor ance may be considered bliss in some quarters, but as far as the club women of this country are concerned, it is a state of delight not compatible . with the highes! American standards. . Those who belong to the Gen eral Federation of Women's Clnbs have adopted a working program which will ga, far, they believe to hasten the erasure of illiteracy from the United States, and so raise the country from its position _of tenth among the literate na- “gions of the world, Barly in the year, the fedeia tion inaugurated a “county lite racy survey.” Those states which joined were to prepare a list of persons in a typical county of their state who could neither read nor write. In her preliminary re- port, Mrs. William F. Blackman of Orlando, Fla., chairman of the committee on education, commends more than a dozen states for prompt action in the mpaign. The report says that school and public officials, women of othet organizations and social workers gave great assistance to the listing and the subsequent teaching of tne (Continued on Page Five.) | — | Mrs. Lita Chaplin Again Changes l{fl Attorneys LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 3. —Lita Grey Chaplin has switch- ed attorneys again in her fight for divorce and a slice of the for- tune of her famous film comedian husband. Differences of the mat- ter of policy in the procedure caused withdrawal of her present attorneys. This is the second time she has switched since start- ing her suit. \ |Death from Explosion On Oil Laden Barge VICKSBURG, Miss., Aug. 3.— Two men were killed, two serious- ly injured and oil barges valued at $750,000 were destroyed last night when an explosion occurred on one of the oil-laden barges, ( W 'HURLED 2,000 CALGARY, Aug 3.—Malcolm Gedes, member of the Canadian Alpine Club was hurled 2,000 feet to death today when he at- Glacier near Lake Louise. He was PresideAt of the United Oils,| Limited. William Green Is Expected Again to Head Labor of U. S. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.—No oppos!- tion is expected to the reelection of William Green to the presi dency of the American Federation of Labor at the annual convention in Los Angeles this fall, Chicago labor leaders said. Angeles was chosen for the con vention because of the antagonism there toward_labor unmions. It is known as an open shop ecity. Garment workers will attempt to oust their international presi dent, Thomas Rickert, whose pp- position has prevented affiliation with the Americgn Federation of | Labor, it was said, — e ! 1S ARRESTED ) Harry Pierce was arrested yes- terday by Deputy Marshal Phil dbond was set at $200. FEET TO DEATH |tempted a ski-slide down Lefroy| Chicago delegates said that Los | wilx‘ | WATSON PAS SEATTLE, Aug Fifty-six paskengers of the Admiral Watson arrived here on the steamer Queen {They praised the officers and crow iand, espeeially Stewardess Mock | following the disaster on Ivory {Island when she struck a reef in la dense fog. Otto Gritzmacher, presumably a resident of Juneau, committed cuicide by leaping off the Admiral Rogers after being taken g from the heach. Passeng the Admiral Watson stated he ap- peared despondent during the trip from Juneau Passengers arriving on Queen who were aboard the miral Watson were as follows R. C. Lane. Cordova. 0. Kraft, Kodiak merchant E. Bortz and wife euroute Reading, Penn T J. Akers, Cable office for Miss Dorothy ikan Mrs. eisco. J. W Anne Browning, 1. Barsted, Port Dr. M. Damourette, Miss N. Galner, BEverott, Wash H. Larsen, Bellingham, Wash. T. D. Missingheimer, Bremerton, Wash. C 3. Utah. Miss Ida May Murry, Seattle. E, Munson, Seattle. William Motshe, Juneau. 4%. C. Lave, Cordova. Miss Idna Hov7ll, Seattle. Miss Nettic Noland, Seattle. Ad Juneau, of the Ahlstrom, E. N. Barber, San Browning and wife, Ogden, Utah, Townsend, Juneau Wn Lindquist and wife, Ogden, CURTIS FIELD, N, Y., Aug. 3.— Thea Rasche, German aviatrix, has accepted an invitation to partici pate in the Spokane Air Derby in September, ingo plane fis tered. The invitation was extended by Maj. John T. Fancher, of the Washington Natlonal Guard, who is here in the interest of the Na tional air races to be held in Sp | kane, She told him she would attend the event The woman flyer was the cen ter of an admiring throng as <she came out on the field, The crowds | were so dense that the roads for a mile from the field were block- ed with automobiles. She thrilled her audience with a half hour of stunt flying that included loovs, barrel rolls, side slips and virtual- ly every stunt known to aviators. - ,e— — {More Freight Cars Needed for 1927 Than ’26 Summer WASHINGTON Aug. 3.—Tran- sportation of twenty-seven of the country’s principal commodities during July, August and September of this year will require approxim: ately 416,197 more cars than we: | needed during the same montis | last year, the American Railway Association astimates. Reports from the thirteen ship- pers’ regional advisory boards, thc association said, showed 9,992,620 cars would be needed for these three months, as compared with 9,567,383 for the same period last year. William H. Heamon Dies at Texas Home BL PASO, Tex., Aug. 3.—Wil- liam H. Heamon, aged 68 years, ploneer of the Southwest and Al- aska, well known geologlsts, died at his home here today. He was Professor in the Texas School of Mines and formerly Professor of Chemistry in the Rolla School of Mines. eligible to be en ———————— Alaska Town Votes To Disincorporate .+ TANANA, Alaska, Aug. 3.—By Herriman for an alleged violation|a vote of 27 to 15 the citizens of the Alaska Bone Dry Law. Mis|here decided to disincorporate e municipality of Tanana. the | Miss | providing her Flam- | J SENGERS ARRIVE IN SEATTIF 1% X i 3((’!('(1“1(’83 of Watson Heroine Of Disaster SEATTLE, A\n( gers of the steamer Admiral Watson prepared a letter of appreciation for Mrs. Fronie Mock, of Juneau, Alaska, Stew. ardess of the steamer, who is hailed as the heroine of the disaster. One letter was sent to Mrs. Mock and the other to the Pacific Steamship Com pany. The passengers d she aided greatly in c the disorder aboard, two small children, led singing and fostered the hot breakfast on the jsland beach where the passengers landed after drifting slx hours in the lifeboats 3.—Passen- Ketch- * b8, and Sar anciseo. J. Nerving, Seattle. Dr. W. Penny and wife, Tacom« Miss Nellie Skeoch, Seattle. Mrs. R. Tohenburg, Seattle Dr. C. L. Stanley and Portland. Mrs. D. A. Valada, { Oregon. G. R. Whitehurst, Astoria, Ore Miss Dorothy Wenger, Seattle Edward Baker, B, Webster, W Jenson, E. McHugh, Charles Reed, Mike Auhuba, August Akkson, Chris Christenson, Luke Moranht | Fred Schner, B..Yoprkeson, Ernest | Soitia and W. E. Jullmmll Neubaur wite, ! wite | | Canyon City, WOMAN WILL ENTER SPOKANE AIR RACES DECISION OF GOV, FULLER HELD-UP, DAY Meeting of Commission in Sacco-Vanzetti Case Is Postponed BOSTON, Mass.,, Aug. 3.—Gov. A. T. Fuler's meeting with the Executive Council, which have been held today, has been | postponed until tomorrow. Al- though no explanatory statement |is made, it is surmised at the State House that the meeting v .s delayed to enable the Governor to submit to the Council his findings in the case of Sacco- Vanzetti, radicals under sentence for murder. IN DEATH CELLS BOSTON, Aug. 3.—Sacco and Vanzetti have been removed to the death house at the Charles- ton State Prison and Celestino Madeiros, awaliting death for murdering a bank treasurer in the Wrentham hold-up, has been itaken to the third death house cell. This formality was done pending Gov. Fuller's announce- ment of the decision as to the fate of the radicals. Japanese Laughs After 35 Years TOKYO, Aug. 3. — After 35 years without a smile, a giggle or a hearty laugh, Tuji Takakl, a Japanese resident of Nagano, is now one of the happlest and heartiest laughers of the coun- tryside. When Takaki was 9 years old he fell from a persimmon tree and landed on his jaw. There- after he could not open his mouth. Food in liquid form was given him through a ho'e in his teeth, A A severe toothache led to an operation and its extraction at a Red Cross hospital. Takaki op- ened his mouth and emitted roars of laughter, removal of the tooth having restored the functioning of bis jaw, - was to STOCKS SOAR ON EXGHANGE NEW YORK, A anche selling by the Coolldge announcement zave the Stock Excha a ter- rifie jolt at the opening today but subsequent recovery wiped out the many early losses and sent about a dozen issues to record high levels. ading was on an enormous scale with indications that the day's sales wil run close to $3,000,000 - e JAMES M. SHOUP PASSES AWAY AT KETCHIKAN HOME Prominent Citizen, Lawyer and Former Official Dies of Infirmities of Age. 3 orders An aval- of inspired News was received in Juneau to- day of the death at Ketchikan thi morning of James M. Shoup, pio- {neer citizen, lawyer and former official in Alaska. Probably no man in Southeastern Alaska was better known or had more friends The cablegram announcing the death came to M. H. Sides secrz- tary of the Juneau lodge of Elks of which Mr. Shoup was a life. member. James M. Shoup came to Alaska in 1897 from Idaho as United States Marshal for the Territory under appointment from President William McKinley. He has resided here almost continuously since tha: time, first at Sitka, then at Ju neau and for the last dozen years at Ketchikan. He served as United States Marshal of the whole Territory until it was divided into three Judicial Divisions in 1900 when be was appointed Marshal for the First Division. He came to Juneau when the headquarters of the United States District Court were transferred from Sitka to this place, and continued to serve through successive reappointments until 1909, He then went South and for a time lived in the Pa cific Coast States. Returning in 1913 he began the praetice of law in Ketchikan where he since has resided. Before coming to Alaska M. Shoup was prominent in Idaho politics. He was a member of tha Idaho Constitutional Convention (Conunuad on Page Two.) RAPID GITY FOLK TAKESTATEMENT AT FAGE VALUE Opinion Gains Ground that Coolidge Means to Re- tire from White House NEWSPAPERS HAVE DIFFERING VIEWS Editorial Comment Varies from Complete Accept- ance, Utter Scepticism RAPID CITY, S. D, Auz 3.—While the country has speculated as to what Pre dent Coolidge meant by his statement yesterday the con- viction that he definitely means that he wishes to re- tire from the White H-use has gained ound here. The President mainta‘ned strict silence on the subject. His only remark has been that he thought the time wus right to make such a state- ment as that given to the press. VERMONT SENATOR PRESIDENT 0! WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-—~The word “choose” is frequently used in Vermont to mean “plan" or “intend,” Senator Porter H. Da': of that State said today. He In- dicated that it was his Dbeliet that President Coolidge s defin- itely out of the race for the R - publican nomination for the Preci- dency. NEWSPAPERS HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—The Na- tion’s newspapers’ comment upon President Coolidge’s electrify.ng announcement that he does not choose to run for President in 1928 varies from complete an- ceptance of the face value of thy statement to utter scepticism Many staunch Republican papers anticipate that public opinion will forece him into a third term. The comment of New York ed - tors is typical of the Nation- wide attitude. The World, Demo cratic, says: “By his voluntary refusal, the President has add d great weight to a great princinla, and the third term tradit a which his less thoughtful porters were ready to abandon. We believe the President spoken without reservation and done a great service in the pres- ervation of the essential spirit of our Constitutional system.” The Herald Tribune, Republi- can, says: “The President’s state. ment seems to be a mere expre- sion of his personal feeling with regard to a situation in whiia the President could hardly escape the appearance of being activ t'y a candidate to suceced himsef. What would the President do if he had to choose between h : personal inclination and his obl'- gation as a citizen? We bel.sve firmly that such a call will come and that he will respond to it."” The New York Times, Inde- Dsndenl says the declaration e “‘susceptible of two meanings We shall not be so unecomplimen- tary as to question his sincr ty, and the friends of other cand: dates will be warranted in muin- taining that President Coolidge has taken himself out of -ths fleld.” e WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 As part of its summer program the Woman’s National Democratic {Club will conduect a training school in political organization for women during this month, under the direction of Mrs. Minnie Fish- er Cunningham of Texas. This will be the school's second sum: mer session. A series of u;t_e!zgm‘s courses SCHOOL OF POLITICS TO OPEN FO FOR WOMEN ,embracing individual state pr> blems, each covering a period of a week, will be offered. En o'l ment is open to club’ membsrs and to representatives of demnc. ratic women's clubs throughout *he country which cooperate with m national organization. Other courses include “campalgn machinery.” “the federal govern ment in action” and m m ing.”