The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY AL JOL. XXX., NO. 4554, * & * »? ONVICTED MEN * * * Ll wo Fliers LIS TALKS NO POLITICAL t day Declines to Comment on Coolidge Statement MERE TO GET FIRST! AND VIEW,CONDITIONS [s Highly Pleased with ]u- neau I lfl(]\ };Vldf nces of Local Prosperity To “get _as much first hand in fformation regarding conditions n Alaskd as I8 possible in the time it his disposal, that is the pur the visit here of Senator Willis, Chairman of the nate Committee on Territories wnd Insularg@#fairs, he said last nicht. He: dise d this at some ength, but declined to talk any LA ronnmhwl with politics Willl the Senator were Congress. man and Mrs. Albert H. Vesta of _Anderson, Ind., the hometown of former Governor Scottj,‘l;nn.v Mrs. Vestal is a cousin of U. Tarehal Lynn Smtih, bf Fairbanks wnd they are going there to visit | im Silent on Nomination Senator Willis declined to com ment on the recent annbuncement President Coolidge that he 1 i candidate for the Republican | ination in 1928 for Presiden President did not dicuss ic, hould 12" the S; v asked mile in reply to a question his opinion and comment Presidential announcement I am_concerned, adjourned now. 1 as much of Alaska observe its wonderful learn of conditions prevail and get knowledge | ssary for intelligent action| various Alaskan matters Which present themselves to Con-| sre: from timw to time,” f Pleased with Juneau ! | 11 said he was particularly bleaced to be able to vigit Juneau pt which he had heard and read uch, and to meet again his old | U. S. Attorney and Mrs | /. Harding. » was delighted with the town said. “You have a delightful| little city here. It is pleasing to mte the evidences of permanence nd signs of progress. While 1| jad come information about the ity and knew it was a substantial fommunity, I was not prepared to find such a fine town as yoa [pave here,” he said. | With Secretary Karl Theile, ind H. G. Watson, Governor [Parks Secretary who met the pariy Jere, Senator Willis and Mr. and [Mrs. Vestal visited various points bf interest around town and went [hver Glacier Highway to Men [lenhail cier and Auk Lake, Mr. Theile met the party at Wran- bell and accompanied it here. [ Talks of Trip This is the first trip Senator Willis has made to the Territory. lommenting on its purpose, he aid, as Chairman of the Com- ittee on Territories virtually all laskan legislation coming to the nate was brought to his notice fe was a member of a similar ommittee during his membership n the House. : “For years I have taken an in e in Alaskan affairs. I have lnade some studies of the Ter itory, reading books about it and tudying official and unofficigl re- ports. Bat I have felt the need f having some first hand infor- jnation on the situation, and the hject of my visit is to get it. am not here in any official apacity, nor have I been sent by ny committee. I came as a pri-| ale citizen, paying my own ex- Question of Development e I am conferring with ) t e hy ith a pn to the ) far ics l' re can, poauty hich o lipon the as poli am as | are to see to to DOPE ON TRIP Dhio Senator Here Tues-, ia VISITING ALASKA U. 5. SENATOK ¥. B. WILLIS Cha mittec Jun tian the frman of t on Territo: who v can jast night while the port ,on his Senate m- ited Aleu- way to es was in Interior .o MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED BY PRES. CUI]LII]GE Goes Far Inlo Wll(lm‘nr"‘ | Today to Dedicate Piece of Granite 10 Lincoln the Pr KEYSTONE, § Washingtor Jefferson, and Roc by followi truth, built for eternity, dent Coolidge declared at the beginning work on Rushmore Memorial D., Aug ovelt ex-, the to ercises gigantic the four Presiden ‘“The funds which they repres wrought into the our country. They are as stead fast s these ancient hills,” lhr-‘ President said. | President Coolidge f into the wilderness to dedi the massive piece of granite of which the four figures of Presidents will be carved The Memorial is sponsored the people of South Dakota principles ented have been | very being of jcame T out! the b3 MILLIONAIRE PASSES AWAY MENOMINEE, Wis., Aug —Marshall Lloyd, millionaire and internationally known as the in- ventor of the Lloyd loom, died to- day of heart failure after an illness of two weeks. He is cred- ited with revolutionizing three industries through his inventions.! Lloyd is better known as the inventor of the loom for weaving fiber furniture by which baby, carriages are mad» London Women Hold Halrdressmg Parties LONDON, Aug. lfl,—"‘lldlrdmss- ing parti with gramophones wine and sandwiches have become very popular in the West End of London. Society women find that 50 much time has to be spent ia| hairdressing that they have do- termined it shall not be wasted. “Come and have lunch with me at my hairdressers,” has becomeg common form of invitation. While one woman is having her hair dried and waved the gramo- phone amuses others who are wait- ing, and there is an interval for lunch while the permanent wave is being set. — e — Missouri Minister Shot, Killed, Unknown Assailant SOUTHWEST CITY, Mo., Aug. 10.-—The Rev. W. H. Hatfield, Pastor of the Methodist Church, and also Towm Marshal, was shot to death today by an unidentified assailant. The Rev. Hatfield “(Continued on Page Seven.) wag a foe to dry law violators. FOURTH FLOOD 10.1" 'Lone Bank Robber l “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, 5 * #* * * » * in ‘Dole Pri JOHN'S GIRL ON VACATION Florence Trumbull, daughter ui the Governor of Gonnecticut and reputed ‘‘girl friend”’ of John Cooliuge, is spending part of her vacaton in Detroit. She’s shown on a te nnis court there. (laternational Newsseel) MINING TOWN | DAMAGED FROM | AN EXPLOSION PITCHER, Okla., Aug An explosion of a dynamite zine in the residential of this mining town, damaged more than OF YEAR HITS | S.EARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 10 by three successive year, . Southeastern Arkansas faced inundation again today as the flood waters poured through gaps in the levees at Pendleton and Medford, forty miles south. Pine Bluff and Arkansas City are both cut off by flood wate 10 Swept maga- floods this a score of jury to anyone Although many residents tributed the blast to radicals, the authorities -scouted the be- lief. The police said investiga- tion failed to indicate the cause French Crigc‘s’l’ropose Academy for Smokers PARIS, Aug. 10.—The Academy of Smokers may take its place along side the French Academy if the plan of Charles Clere, critic, works out. Clerc says an academy of smokers would of necessity be an academy of philosophers Rene Doumic, writer and himself a member of the French Academy endorses the proposal on the ground that it would result in better cigars. Charles Le Goffic, a member of the Goncourt Acad emy of Letters believes the new { group would “stimulate the artistic side of smoking.” g 4 - INDIAN GIRL MISSING Sarah Lott, Indian girl of Wran gell, She has been missing for about three weeks. She had been work ing at Burnett Inlet and gone to Wrangeli for a trip. She had taken her things down to the bhoat to return to Burnett. She went back to get some forgotten articles and did not return. The boat re- turned to Burnett Inlet withou: her. Commissioner Thomas secur- ed the gasboat Nymph to search for her, and it was discovered that she had gone to a fox island he had brought her back to Wran gell. 1t is thought that she feil overboard and that the man on the boat with her was too in Ges $8,000 Loot LONG BEACH, Cal., Aug, 10.—- A lone robber held up the First National Bank * at Bellflower, eight miles northeast of here and escaped with $8,000 in currency, o Bl e COUNTESS SALM ENGAGED NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—H. H. Rogers has announced the engage ment of his daughter Millicent, the former Countess Salm, to Ar thur Peralta Ramoh, a wealthy Argentinian. pened. RN 50 o VA2 R KELLEHER AND BROWNELL BUY FURTH BANK BTOCK SEATTLE, Aug. 10.—Daniel Kol lefier, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Seattle National Bank, and Francis H. Bfowneil, a director in the bank, have par- chased 1,924 shares of the stock in the bank belonging to the lato Jacob Furth, paying for it $632 £94 in cash, o B S ILLINOIS REFUBL!GANS ORGANIZE FOR LOWDEN CHICAGO, Aug. 10.—Friends of former Gov. Frank O. Lowden are in conference here to perfect an organization to obtain his nomina- tion for President by the Repub- licans, e ENGLISH CHIEF JUSTICE COMING TO UNITED STATES LONDON, Aug. 10.—Lord Chief Justice Hewart of England is on the Atlantic bound for a visit . Canada and the United States. He will be due to arrive in America this weel, district | b wrecked or| of Pari toxicated to know what had hap-| W, AUGUST 10, 1927. Rt ORLD-WIDE PROTESTS CONTINU | woeks homes but without causin in-; grows out she is wearing a pu' i udl| HL( calls a is believed to have drowned. | | pital. | tional with a man, but the latter said|® suburban road. | |Victims of Gangsters 4 * * 21 8, NAVY LIEUTENANTS ARE KILLED Fliers Hopping Off to En- ter Ocean Race Meet Death in Accident SAN DIEGO, Ca., Aug. 10 Lieutenants George Covell and R S. Waggener, United States Navy, | who left here this afternoon an aipplane to enter the Dole prize flight to Hawaii, were kill ed when the pland crashed into! Point Loma, near here | The plane was destroyed legs ghan 15 minutes after leav-| ing hers for Gakland. | The plane. burst aften striking. It is believed two aviators| hit the Point in an effort to gain | altitude i An orderly from the Naval] Coal Station at La Playa return ed fo the station and reported| both bodies were found The position of the plane indi ated that it struck on the bank of the Point. Fort F crang covers almost the whole portign of the Point. Many parts are unacesaible owing to heavy underbrush which prevents mov ing about in into flames| we: BACKER OVERCOME OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 10.—Fred W. Burch, of Los Angeles, finan cial backer of the Covell-Waggener plane, was ‘overcome with emotion when told of the fatal accident “It can’t be true,” he cried - Bobbed Mannequins May Lose Positions PARIS, Aug. 10 One Paris dressmaking house is said to have L out the command that all mannequing must have back hau enough to do into a knot In six lose their jobs The head of the partjcular house a recent recruit to the group an women who are letting their hair grow. While her shingle or i on and takeoff knot which Paris chignon. QU AT Fred Dobler Passes Away, Tacolna Hospital TACOMA, Wash.,, Aug. 10 Fred Dobler, aged 63, employee the Alaska Railroad since 1914, died at the Cushman Hos- Burial will be in the Na- Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, on Thursday. Are Found in Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 10. The bodies of two men, believed to have been taken for a ride and shot to death in the usual gang- ster fashion, were found today on The men wers Italians, P Herring Fishing in Prince William Sound Closes Oct. 15 Commercial fishing for her- ring in the Prince William | Sound area is prohibited after | October 15 to the end of the year by a regulation issued by the Department of Commerce recently and made public to- day from local headquarters of the U. 8. Bureau of Fisheries, At the same time the De- partment issued a further reg- | ulation amending regulation three, issued last Spring, af- fecting that area, which elimi- nates the weekly closed period in the herring fisheries be- | tween 6 p. m. Saturday and 6 a. m. the following Monda SKA * HOPE FOR | MPI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES PRICE TEN CE * * * * < WINDSOR AND LY1 il (hn.» w divorce LUS Ams. Anv w indso yesterday afternoon granted well-known film and stage Lytell defaulted The actress testified down by the appearance lawyers said there had property BAD WEATHER SELECTIGN OF DELAYS FLIERS TIMBER AREAS | filin a from Bert tar, on the ground the woman he wag on vers another ll) With over the weath Atlantic PARIS, Aug conditions Ocean still yincertaln, there is| little chance . that jany of the|,. trans-Atlantic flfers’ will nop orr| ilwo Engineers Arriv within the next 48 hour A“! WUlvl\ i” 'll.i\. I ;“i| Leave This P. M. ,..X,.,,,:,i Don. mMetorum, paper he willl engineer of Seattle to Val-|Edmondson, Portland first gineer, arrived here flight in the timber when district and a | to leave tonight | for Hoonah There they will join J | cameron enginee | liams, of the U \\hrl initiated the er is COURTNEY IS DELAYED SOUTHA Eng Owing to adverse wind Capt. Courtney decided not attempt today to fly entia, Ircland, on the of his trans-Atlantic is not announced just attempt will be made. COL. LINDBERGH \ml up m.n»-rm“. 3 Mr. Meldrum with this district | eral weeks here two | TON, ut.1,] and i logeir T ele The lap lay It the Aid thi ron ion for (o] ociate on and | work la we two ne DETROIT, Mich,, Aug. 10 Returning to his birthplace, Col, Charles A. Lindbergh, for the sec ond time since his epochal trans-|ro. Weeks here two years Atlantic flight, landed this fore !":,':”_‘_ S e vl noon at' the Ford Airport from|waef POWEr e Indianapolis i BRANT RETURNS FROM | SEATTLE TRIP TODAY The not He spent years bot sites > (Bill) | Alaska legislatc pioneer of the here last night | where he has barber shop for He will be connected Pioneer Barber Mr. Sherman ig here | in the Territory. Stoarns, secro-|several years at tary to Commissloner O'Malley, yearly days of that camp Miss M. Beatty, secretary to the!to Anchorage shortly Director of Census, Department of | town was establihed Commerce, and Mr. Alec Mon: | ed there until last caster, all of Washington, D. C,| ->--o They wii temain hore until the| RESISTS OFFICER: PLEADS Jommissioner arrives. | GUILTY; i | Brant, flagship of the Bu reau of Fisheries fleet In Alaska waters, Capt. E. L. Hunter, ar- rived in' port shortly before nc today after a quick trip to attle. It is expected to remain in port until Commissioner Henry | O'Malley returns from the south ern end of the district, Aboard the Hrant arrivi were: Miss Alice w. A Sherman nd - well Territory, ar from W been operating several month nge So. 10p here widely Ho re Nome i He after d Spring Charged with | ficer at Craig, SEATTLE, Aug. 10. Halibut | kee pleaded averaged 11 and 14 cents yesteir-| tenced to serve 60 days in day following arrival of four v and fined $50 by United State sels. Sablefish brought six cents.| Commissioner H. S. Bagley, The vessels arriving were tholcording to information Thor, Lagoloma, Antler and Untlat the U. S. Distriet mak, lnmre this morning. sting an a man named guilty and was e HALIBUT PRICES Attorney ~ TO BE PUSHED Irfi and puly rvize, peed unfamiliar sev timbe: [“BILL” SHERMAN HERE TO MAKE RESIDENCE ved | with tae IS SENTENCED 0! * DELAY rize Flight Killed n 1 CLAIRE _rash PROTESTS AND ANXIETY MARK LAST OF EART: 1 While Nac | Prote Pour in O | Rc‘\[)ilv‘ |NO STAY eXPECTED UNTIL LATE TONICHT Governor and Judge A Considering Question of stay of Execution [o] UNDA D all Prote parts save ts came of the cit the lives and Bartol ntenced to die for th Frederick A. Parmer paymaster. his gua last from murder of ter, sho ‘\ factory Berardelli n this, the of their lives mostly p tul, ha in many parts of t Bienos Aires a bomb damaged the Palace of Jus! {®lightly. and in Montevideo wexploded bomb found France, Ireland.and Canada r°- | ported meetings of protest, ma 1 by good order. In Havana and Santo Dominza, American Legations uarded A sixteen-year 1d Chic | Alesand ‘ll 1920 ‘lell lll- | taken place o ‘\\ml In an was old girl 1o erowd that did jacco and Vanzetti began thelr [last day, refusing to eat bre ! apparently apathetic A T. Fulle eply to th or a delay in execut h not expected until 1 1 the r\l\ Industrial sections rn part of the United tranquil this forenoon ‘ll | { w ‘l n the en IUH(:L DEC ISION TON, Mass., Sanderso | Supr Court, i zive his decigion tomorrow muta ng on the guestion as to whet e ) | e the power to permit sei l- ing the full bench of the Court, the bill of h refusal to gran error and writ of habe n the Sace Vzanetti « of the men after midn morning. Whether |announcement presaged postpon will not be told in advas o Fuller 1nnouNCene cision whether gri tay of execution | BO | Jud Stala me announced he i - | preme ex o | tion n | writ | wr and execution for some tim Lomorrow 1 )t Goy RIOT SUPPRESSED CHICAGO, Aug. 10 hundred and wowen dispersed quickly by the h|today when they attempt | start a riot in sympathy for S, |and Vanzett The riot wa ite in a ail print shop wih he I'nions called ol 1£-1i0 siod. The cr wrted rch when it reast r men former know " | EXPLOSION IN WASHINGT” I ELLENSBURG, Wash., A mysterions expiosion I the police attribute to Sy nzetti sympathizers, rocksd through the Kittitas Vu.- So far as known the explo- did no damage. The exhst the blast has not bien “\lu a1 whic { co-V PATROLMAN BEATEN ROCHESTER, N. Y. Aug. 18 Fatolman John McGrath was beaten and seriously injured t aftern when a mob of Sa Vanzetti sympathizers at a pro- test meeting became riotous, ‘Tae i;mlm battled with the ecrewd |\\1l)| night sticks and tear boai.s, Loy “K | Several persons were injured. Jai PICKETEBS mnsm L s £ lmm in rrunt of " (Continued on Page Bight)