The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 5, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE \ T | VOL. XXX., NO. 4550. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED ' PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HIGH OFFICIALS INVESTIGATED Appeal Is Indicated in Sacco-Vanzetti Murder Case L'RDER I M CASE T0 BE TAKEN HIGH COURT cco - Vanzetti Defense llakes Statement—Die Next Thursday 5 It Tadi- the in vill was the BO vation that, Un TON, Mass.,, Aug 1 appeal to t States Supreme Court behall of Sacco and Vanzetti be within a short time, given at the headquarters of Defense Committee today. Gardner Jackson, member the Def Committee, said appeal be taken direct ihe Federal Court and Vanzetti, who are gcheduled to be electrocuted next Thursd slept well last night Both condemned men refused to toke breaifast today Sacc prolomged hunger for the twentieth day “LONG LIVE ANARCHY” BOSON the death Prison, made of an to will Saceo strike Mass., Aug. 5.—From house in the State ! and Vanzetti wrote brief firey lett denouncing Gov A, Fuller, prosecuting offi- cials and ‘“state perjurers” as murderers, ¢ Van This is war. liberty, against dic for Anarchy. fdrchy.” PATROLMAN EXONERATED Lyle Finds “*Kinky’ Thompson Shooting Was Justifiable co letter ends with. Plutocracy against the people. We Long live An- SEATTLE, tion Aug. 5.—Prohibi Administrator Roy Lyle has exonerated William Nerbonne, Tacoma motorcyele patrolman of any blame in the fatal shooting of “Kinky"” Thompson Lyle revealed that witnesses of the shooting varying stories and their mony was worthless. With Lyle's statement, considered closed. e supposed told the case is otiomley, Former British Lawmaker, Ends Prison Term LONDON, Aug. 6.—~Horatio Bot tomley, widely known wartime fig ure in Great Britain, former mer ber' of Parliament, lecturer and filareier,’ has been released from Maidstone Prison where he had been” serving' a seven-year term for fraudently converting to his own: use £5,000 subscribed to a victory ‘loan ‘bond club which he founded while a member of the House of , Commons. Goodl behavior reuslted in Bot- tomley's “ ‘rélease after serving alightly more than five years of his 'sentence. Bettomley, who had a large fol- fowing among the general publi¢ in Great Britain during the World War and for a few years after it, still retained the admiration of his home town, Hailsham, Sussex, despite his imprisonment and ex- pulsion from Parliament. A great welcome was prepared at the town for his return, which | is not expected until next week, but, the prison authorities freed him secretly and he returned hom# unheralded. - e Nungesser-Coli Fund Is $31,186 NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—The Am-! erican committee of the Nunge:- ser-Coli fund has turned over to Paul Claudel, the French Ambas- sador; a check for $31,186.44. ‘The money will be transmitt: by the ambassador to the Presi- dent of the French republic with instructions that onme-half of it he delivered to the mother of Cap- tain- Nungesser and the other hali testi-| | ‘tmnwm ll OMEN FIGHT FOR NOMINATION IN KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Kentucky has another claim they are entering pelities successf Mrs. Emma Guy Cromwell (right) to the Democratic nrimaries. FR Two n limelight. They for nomination primary of August es the final stages. Mrs. Emma Guy retary of state, party nomination urer T \re ANKFOR wome in }\ ntu L are ¢ the [ ampaignin democrat which reach c is for the state tr ”.m.m. (1u|n\\ 211 and makin two successful cam Democratic ticket of schools ir eed Mrs tate, SuC a is after the superintendent county race for the treasury Mrs. Cromwell Albert Phillips and while Miss Lewis is Frank P. Hager are college grad on for In nomination, posed by § Guy Ranney only opponent Both women uates is op - 12-Year-Old Girl Is Real Heroine ATTLE, ear-old saved the ar-old the caught fire Aug. Irene life sister child's dr while playing with matc She tore the clothes from Frances and also Aiko Hanoaka, six-year- old Japanese girl who was also burned with matches, Both girls are in the hospital and their conditions are || ave. | 5 Twelve bhane Bris- of her Fran- MURDER AND SUICIDE IN MOVIE LIFE HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 5.— Unrequitted love is held by the Police to have caused Betty Got- tlieb, aged , to slay Hamilton Mannon, aged 26, movie studio official, then fire a bullet into her own head while the two sat in an automobile, about midnighr. Mannon was dead when the Police called by neighbors who heard the shot, reached the scene. Miss Gottlieb was slumped ‘n the seat beside Mannon with a wound in her head and a gun ia her hand. She died in the Lane Emergency Hospital. The Police reported ciates of Mannon told couple had been in each others company for more than a year) and recently Mannon tried to end the friendship. - e Chamberlin Believes He Can Make Record NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Clarence D. Chamberlin declared that it was only a matter of getting hold of a Bellanca plane' to bet- ter the endurance record of the Coiumblia. Branch Bank Held-up And Robbed of $10,000 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 5. —Four masked men held up the that asso- them the vaults, Company’s branch late yesterday afternoon and escaped with $10, 000 taken from the tills Lndl United States Bank and Trult] il i to fame for its women now that ully. are campaigning for nomination |JOHN DILLON PASSES AWAY ’Famou; lrl;h Pohllcal Leader Dies in Lon- don Hospital LONDON, Aug. §. famous Irish leader, terday in, the -John Dillos, died late yes London Nursiag Home following a severe abdomin.| al operation John Dilon, who succeeded John Redmond as chairman of the Irish Nationalist party ' in 1918, was for more than 50 years one of the outstanding figures in the fight for Irish Home Rule: Almost from the day he entered Parliament from Tipperary in 1880 at the age of 29 years he. was conspicuous in Irish politics, ba ginning his career as a supporter of Charles Stewart Pearnell, coad- jutor with CGladstone in starting the fight for Home Rule. Long an understudy of ' Red- mond, there were many who mair. tained that Dillon dictated the policies of his chief and shaped the Nationalist party's course for years before taking over the lead- ership in name as well as in fac:, The war brought about many dif ferences between the two men, but there never was a serious rupture. In all his ideas, vehement- ly, often vociferously expressed, Dillon was regarded as the ven- turesome pioneer, while Redmond acted as a force of sober, second. day reflection. Politician By Nature Dillon was a physician by train- ing and a politiclan by natura, Retiriffig from Parliament in 1883, he spent two years in California, but the thought- of a political campaign was uppermost in his mind and the year 1885 found him back in Ireland running for office. He was defeated as mem- ber from North . Tyrone, whera- upon he entered the race to rep- resent East Mayo and went in by | a substantial majority. Barly in the second year of the world war he bitterly opposed the: British government’s plan to raise an additional 1,000,000 troops. Failing to carry this program, he launched an attack against con- seription, but finally agreed to o Miss Ella Lewis (left) and| {Chichagof Island Redfern Hops From Detroit To Brunswick DETROIT, Mich., Aug Paul Redfern hopped from ' thé Ford Airport this for noon for Brunswick, Georgia fn a Stinson Detroiter mone= plane. At Brunswick he will start on an attempt to fly to Rio deeJanerio, the longest non-stop flight on record. " -—a SELECTION OF TIMBER AREAS STARTED HERE |J. W. Frost and J. P. Wil- | liams Start Cruising Thane Pulp Unit To begin lhe selection of tim- ber areas in the Thane pulp tim- ber unit for George T. Camepen and assoclates, W. J. Frost, log- arrived’ here last Forestry hoat Weepoose from Ketchikan. He was accompanied by J. P. Wil- liamg, of the local Forest Servy ice staff, who is co-operating in the selection of the areas both in this unit and at Ketchikan, Both men will leave here to- morrow morning to start the work. They expect to bhe ocqu- pied in the unit five or six weeks at this time and, later, will con- tinue it. They have just com- pleted six weeks work of the same character in the Ketchikau unit. Mr. Frost said he found the timber there to be very good for pulp manufacture. The_ first areas to are between Pt. Glacier Bay on the north of Icy Strait. From there they will go to the west shore of Admiralty Island and later to K. 0. Fosse, logging expert for the Zellerbach Paper Company, will arrive here about the last of this month and join Mr. Frost and Mr. Williams in the field. SEEK T0 STOP night on the be cruised mainland CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—The Coli- seum Club, headed by T. J. Clem- ents, announced through Ralph \Rnsen, chief counsel, intent to |start court action to prevent the Dempsey-Tunney fight. It is alleged that Dempsey, in March 1926, contracted to box Harry Wills under Clement's promotion An injunction was obtained in the Indiana Courts to prohibit the fight last year but it was not recognized in Philadelphia. PUBLICITY STUNT NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—The in- tended suit of the Coliseum Cluh is a mere bid for publicity, Tex Rickard declared here today. Five Banks Close Doors; Blame L. A. BISHOP, Cal., Aug. 5.—Every bank in Owens -Valley, totalling five, have closed their doors and posted notices saying the action was the result of the ‘“destruc- tive work carried on by Los An- geles City” in the water war with the Valley ranchers. o - Flagpole Sitting Record Broken; Man Sits On LOS ANGELES, Cal.,, Aug. 5.—A masked and unidenti- | fled flagpole acrobat. who has been sitting on top of a flag- pole for 17 days, above a downtown business building, breaking the world’s sitting record at 2 ¢'clock yester- day afternoon, continued to sit’last night and stated he would stay until noon today, anyway. Couverden and| TITLE BATTLE 600D RESULTS | FROM GENEVA NAVAL SESSION British Government Be- lieves Great ‘Good Is Accomplished Aug. 5. LONDON, ~ jovernment officials optimistic about the of the Geneva Naval Conference although the actual results were a great disappointment. It is felt that adjournment was made in such a good atmospherc that the cause of disarmament was not injured. In fact, offi- cials insist, that time will likely prove the Geneva Canferencc served a mos: useful purposa in doing preparatory work British are grimly termination HAS WRONG VIEWS IVA, chief to GEN Gibson, Aug. b.—Hugh of the Amerjcan delegatin the recent Naval Conference, ‘evidently labored upder a misapprehension in mak- lnzz the statements regarding the armed merehant , Great Britain, Admiral fo¥mer Commander of the Grand Fleet declared to- Jellico, British day. p Admiral «Jallico declared that converted merchant ships were for defense of trade and not for attack Admirai Jellico said Mr. Gib- son, in his statements of the of- Xmslve power of converted mer- chant ships, referred to Jellico as an authority and the Admiral explained that the type of armed ships referred to as offensive ships were German raiders of war which were disguised men-of-war with guns carefully concealed. SURVEY SHOWS MODERN GIRL 5.+No girl house- Mrs. YAKIMA, Wash, Aug. generation ever produced more eager to be good wives than those of today, Joseph C. Gawler declares. She bases her conclusion upon a nationwide survey of home econ omics teaching recently made oy her as chairman of the heme economics division of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, The much criticized flapper, sne tinds, is displaying more interest than her mother did In methods that will make her a good home- builder. “Despite eccentric barbering, mannerisms and dress, the girl of 1927," Mrs. Gawler says, “wants to know how to cook and how to raise strong, healthy babies. Girls are even more keenly alert than mothers and school authorities to the value of instruction in home economics.” ‘Gray Will Not Testify Against Ruth Synder OSSINING, N. Y., Aug. 5.—Hen- ¥ Judd Gray, on advice of his counsel, will not testify against Mrs. Ruth Snyder in her legai fight to save the $100,000 insur ance for her 9-yearold daughter, Lorraine. The Prudential Insur ance Company is contesting the payment of the insurance which was taken om the life of Mra Snyder’s husbend, for whose death both have been sentenced to death. New World Endurance Record Made DESSAU, Aug. 5.—Cornelius Ed- zard and Johann Listicz brought their junker plane to earth at 10:13 o'clock this forenoon after they established a world endur- ance flight record of 52 hours and minutes. The = former record as 51 hours and 11 minutes held by Chambérlin and Acosta. Edzard and Listicz began thetr HOME BUILDER ¥ WHAT DOES } eeson | (International » “FLYIN | PICK HER PILO ! SAN DIEGO, Cal, Waiting here for the the plane in which she fly as navigator from cisco Bay to Honolulu with two male aviators for the Dole prizs of $25,000, Miss Mildred Doran, young Michigan school teacher, told how she happened to decide on the attempt “Although I had been flying as passenger on a number of flights in the last three years,” she saia, | “it was really Colonel Lindbergh';} | transatlantic flight which caused me to enter the Honolulu race | I want to be the first woman to fly to Hawaii.” Flips Coin for Man She also told how she decided who was to be her pilot. Ely Sio niger and Auggie Pedlar, both firsticlass pilots, wanted the hon- eor. The argument became warm, she said, so she suggested that the toss of a coin should decide it Mr. Pedlar won, and he left bring her plane from Santa nica to North Island for a com- plete test of the airplane’s com- passes. William F. Malloska, an oil man of Flint, Mich., is financing | the flight. Navy Man to Go With Mr. Pedlar and Miss Do ran will go Manley R. Lawing, regarded as one of the Navy's foremost aerographers. He obtain- ed leave from his post at North Island to make the flight. Miss Doran weighs only 108 pounds. Attired in.a natty flying suit, she is attracting a lot of attention among the male at North Island. Back in Flini, Mich., she teaches a class of thirty-five youngsters in the fifth grade. £he said she expected to return to her school work after the Honolulu flight Brunette by Dly? Blonde by Night NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 5 Maidens of this old creole city, it would seem, are taking seriously the assertion that gentlemen pre- fer blondes, Blonde transformations are hay ing a record breaking sale this summer, declare the beauty spe- clalists, Most of the purchasers have dark hair, cut boyish fash- ion, “In_the afternoon a man likes a good Wport,” one titian-haired beauty buiider. “That is where the short-haired girl, who can play tennis, swim and row with him shines. But outside of athletics| he wants a dream girl, a fairy Aug. arri hopes to San Fran to Mo flyers | 'THIS MEAN? Nicholas Longworth, Qpenker of the House, has refused to eonfirm reports that he is a candidate for the Presidenc 2] nevertheless he's fishing at Glacier National Park. And fish- lng do seem to be the means of getting in the voters’ eyes this P, S.—He uses flies and not worms!| Newsreel.) SCHOOLM’AM” FLIPS COIN TO T FOR HAW AIIAN HOP| PRINGE CAROL BUYS CHATEAU PARIS, .»\lm b5.—Former Crown Prince Carol of Rumania, who has been living in a villa in Neuilly with “his companion, Mme. Lupo- scue, since his exile from his native land, is completing the de. tails for the purchase of a chatean about 100 miles from Paris It is understood Carol is buying the chateau at the request of the Rumanian royal family and that it will be paid for with money pe- queathed Carol by his father, the late King Ferdinand. e Pilot Chosen for Lendon-to-London Flight This Month LONDON, Ont, Aug 5.—James D. Vance of Toronto, 30-year-oll Canadian aviator with a brilliant war record, has been named pilot of the projected flight from Lon- don, Ont, to London, England. for the $25,000 Carling prize. Charles Burns, president of the Carling Brewerles, Itd, who made the selection, said the 3,000-mile nonstop flight would take place this month, e British Princes Leaves Ottawa; Continue Trip OTTAWA, Aug concluded their visit to the Can- adian Capital and are leaving for Brockville, Ontario, where the party will board a yacht for a cruise through the Thousand Island reglun to ngnon —The Prince of Wales and Prince George have 'SECRET PROBE IS UNDERWAY WASH. STATE Bnbery and Law Viola tions Probed by Under Cover Agents SEATTLE, Aug. - After a ifive weeks' investigation in wh ch not even the highest of high of- ficials escaped scrutiny, Internal) Revenue Intelligence Agents have begun preparation of a report on | the allegations of bribery and law vioations of Western Washington Federal Prohibition Agents. This was revealed after Con- gressman Albert Johnson fssued a statement in Hoquiam reveal- ing he is in possession of facts in connection with the investiga- tion which he ‘“cannot give to newspapers " The report, when compleied, will be forwarded to Washington This will be in a couple of days Two agents under Prohibition Administrator Roy Lyle were ar: rested in Aberdeen last week on conspiracy charges sald to Involve i bribery. The Intelligence Agents visited ithe Grays Harbor district and concluded thelr investigation. They have been working under cover here for a month, much of the time while Lyle and hig leg:! advisor, W. M., Whitney, were in ithe Bast PRESIDENT IS " LEADING EAGLE |Coolidge Is Made Chief of Sioux Tribe at Big Pow-Wow DEADWOOD, 8. D., Aug. 5.— |With 100 Indians surrounding him and war whoops echoing |from the hills, President Coolidge was made Chief of the Sioux T'ribe and named Leading Hagle After crowning the President | with eagle feathers, in the nat- {ural amphitheatre, Chief Yeilow | Robe said: “‘Good White Father, we hope you will continue ta guide this great nation on still greater destiny.” Make Desperate Try To Save Their Lives CLAY, Ky., Aug. 5—Mute evid- ence of the frantic struggle of two negro miners to save thair lives in the West Kentucky Cos! ! mine disaster, was found by rescne ! workers. The two men had torn the eloth- ing from their bodies and stulfed it into cracks of the entry room in a desperate attempt to shut out the poisomous air. The bodies of 15 miners who died as the result of the explosina have been brought to the surface. No other workers are miss! Washington Pioneers . . Planning Alaska Trip SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—A spa excursion to Alaska for the W ington Pioneers is the plan of W. R. Gritfin, of Orcas Island. The excursionists will go north on the steamer Northwestern sall- ing from here September 6. Stops at canneries will be included Ia the trip. PARLIAMENT WOMEN ARE GOOD ORATORS LONDON, Aug. b6.~Oratory Iis sexless, parliamentary reporters of long experience think. In the speaking of Margarat | Bondfield and the Duchess of Atholl there is much that recall: the prominent male speakers of past generations in the House oi Parliament. Miss Bondfield makes the saire skilful uee of her lorgnette that princess with long golden hair. many male members of the House ; u .m wm, ‘That s why our, tun-brmuou of Commons have made of thair are 50 papulan” | ————r— I noseglasses, or spectacles. She never lets her hands get in hr way, never seems awkward nor ill at ease. Her voice rises lua falls etfectively. Miss Bondtield, the Duchess’ M Atholl and Lady Astor have ld as many years of platform ¢x- verience as most of the younmg r male members of the House & the House of Commons. are constantly speaking all sorts of conditions own constituencies, and fast to m the ods ot piajiogm