The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1927, Page 1

THLE VOL. XXX., NO. 4559, DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” jUN AU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — HOME OF JUROR IN SACCO AND VANZETTI CASE BOMBED TODAY Flight Starts; Oakland to Hawan PLANES TAKE A(;R-Evfi’l' AERIAL DERBY STARTS FROM O AKLANL .rllh’l’()l;"l' ,‘F'VE 7é7I;b—WN— AIR IN RACE 0UT OF BEDS, ACROSS OCEAN HEAVY BLAST Five Mechanical Bidds Home of Jeri in Radicil Start Flight—One Plang ; Case Wrecked—Caused Damaged in Crash Trans-Oceanic DEATH, CLAIMS | ST, LOUIS MAN| Reaches Seattle and Seeks Protection of Burns Detective Agency SEATTLE, A attempt ACTRESS by Time Fused Bomb KAST MILTON, Mass.,, Aug 186, An explosion, believed by the polic have been caused by a bomb equipped with a time f vrecked the home of Lewls M - lardy, juror in the Sacco-Van- | zetti trial, seven years ago | McHardy, his wife and threa | grown children, who were blawn from their beds by the foree ¢f the blast, narrowly escaped d-at:, All five suffered cuts and bruiges and Mrs. McHardy is thought to have suffered from concussion of | the brain. She was trapped in a room on the second floor of ths two and one-half story wooden house. The police rescued her.' McHardy was able to work bis way from the ruins and two sond, Jack and Theodore, carried thes: sister Helen from her room. * * Windows were blown fram houses a mile away and nearby trees were stripped of their leaves. With the exception of tha reapr ,walls and _sides, the "y house was blown out of the graii- ite foundation which was eracked The police threw a line about the house and investigation w.§ started by State police. 16.—Asserting made to kill lim, Fred Van Blarcom, aged son of the late Jacob Craigh Blarcom, St banker capitalist here late to the Burns protection have pen OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 16. —Five graceful mechanieal birds raccd out over the Pa- cific Ocean in the Dole prize flight race. The planes left in the wake ~f one or failing in the take-off, another retorning because of motor trouble, START AT NOON ; OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 16.-—Fhe | ) : {dream of the aerial world gince ; = beginning, trans-oceanic ‘Face, [ > was on at noon today when Ben- : nett Griffin, flying the mono- ;‘M{ | plane Oklaoma, took off on thej NS 2,400-mile journey to the Island} Bist "‘_',’““C,m":’““';: {of Oahu, the first of eight started) theatrical paper of contraet at the 42, Van | Louis and wrrived applied Agency unknown enemie: | Blarcom filed suit for his millions which he said to him but distant seeking the estate Vau Blareom told the detec tives that attempts have made to kidnap, and slay him He fled from Louis to pe his reputed ssstiin. Mo was dusty and begrimed frém his | horried travel when he reached heore | Madeline Roland has just ORDERS GHAMP | s..... FIGHT POUR IN o | PARIS, CHIGAGO, Aug, 16.—All records| | Drouhin ingle days fight Inhmvsz‘ smashed yesterday when 200,000 in cash orders were | received for tickets to the cham pionship fight between Tunney and Demp: Tex Rickard said | he much surprised ho never seen anything like it terday Detective against and for parent’ were willed relatives are | i L4 ! | | | ‘ 1 been ¥ | poison | St i as | won the " leading Mm‘“ [for the $25,000 prize Griand | Griffin went into the air at I12:011% o'clock after a graceful| |spring down the runway. i Capt. Irving, in a Pacific flyer,| failed to get off at the first aty! tempt Norman Goddard’s monoplane El Encanto, crashed he at- tempted to get off the runway at the Oakland Airport on the Dole flight, approximately 4,800 feet glven a Neminee Stork Faster as Several of the entrants in the Dole and East:rwood prize awards for the trans-Pacific air flight: trom the start. Neither occu-|from the mainland tc Honolulu and maybe on to Japan. Upper, left to right—Al Henley; Major Liv-| Guards were quickly dispatel. 4 pants of the plane were injured.|ington Irving; Capt. William P. Irwin; Lower-—James D. Dole, donor of the prize; Bennett H.!to the homes of other jurors: The left wing of the plane ¥ Griffin; Arthur C. Goebel, and Mrs. W. P, Irwin, | - completely demolished. ‘The acci-| ————-- CASE nEfoi.i: COURT dent blamed on the rudder’s| [ 5 | BoSTOR: e ane Do fallure to get into action ‘FISHERM:N UF WOMAN’S FAME | DOBTON, Mass. Aus. J0-h | L | BRINGS SADNESS {Supreme Court, after hearing ar- | | m guments, took under advisement ! . SAYS PRINCESS | 76 Depend Upon [the bills of exception filed by tha Fog, occasionsl rain and squalls, | ; e ) ‘ with now and then a eclear patch Expenditures of sky, await the fliers in llu‘i | R (“:\ : i Dole race, the weather man here Tu PUG SOUND E 1 H APID CITY, 8. D., Aug AT AR predicted. [ ' S 5. — Tax tion at the - e AR | S L 11 P of Congress is | | | BERLIN OPERA GOERS | E5 ' el B o \SANITY TESTS nle | § day a e Summer ite VEXED AT BOHNEN|Fypected that Alaskansi]| i . House but the President feels | | FUR GRIMINALS | Sacco-Vanzetti defense counsel to decisions made by Judge Thay:r BERLIN, Aug, 164 puntic 1| Will Fill Out Season | Below—Situation - | Chicago Police to Start. New Procedure—Gen- | {and Judge Sanderson. mounstration against the hitherto | very popular Metropolitan Opera eral Arrests Ordered | barftone, Michael Bohnen, wa | CHICAGO, Aug. 16. — San''y [tests as a new weapon agan-t Aug Mauric fretfulnes: Tax Reduction s SAN FRANCISCO, Auvg. 16| was had hefore. very D | | | | to what extent this reduction will be is to be governed strictly by expenditures auth- orized by Congress. | | | o L Auvg reported m b7 e {ing season, Puget Sound packers | R e Dot land fishermen fear Puget Sound Lt REHSLAL LR _ | runs will be practically annihilat- of “The Barber of Seville,” ¥ 'l ed as ‘Alaska fishermen will join jcame to an outburst of public|ing jocal boats as this is’ con | resentment. The press took up tLe | gqor0q the most logical place for matter the next day, when it was | pon 1o try and fill out the sea learned that Herr Bohnen had sof. | early clog the Alaska fi | the wetieduled “Don Glovannd” per |[25'7 Closidk of, the. Alasks fishy M performance evoked by that artist s abrupt r SEATTLE, Aug. 16.—With % | P fusal to sing the title role in| (gunmen has been adopted by tha |Chicago Police Department. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA ( KROPOTKIN back. | STUNT FLIER not called off the performanc | on account of sickness but, | his former admirers and the crit | ics expressed it, “merely to Qp"-‘l the management of the State Opc ra with whom he had d!flerenm-.‘ as It is impossible to close the gea- son here to allow fish to spawn unless Gov. R. H. Martley reorgan- izes the State Fish Commission which was removed several months ago because of a bitter disagroe- NEW YORK, Aug. 12, Ths purely feminine woman as opposed to the successful feminist has a champion in Princess , Alexandra Krapotkin, who believes economi suceess brings sadness rather than earth shocks have been felt MOSCOW, Aug. 16.—Nearly 106 ing the last few days in the re glon of Fershana, Turkestan. Estimates give ing been killed and The town of persons hay 72 injured. Diamangan Chiet of Detectives 0'Conasr sald that hereafter when gunmen {and other known ecriminals are |arrested and freed of charges 'n irollrl. they will be taken to a Paychopathic Hospital and tested has |as to their sanity. been damaged. O’'Connor sald that If obsarvA- Five hunfired homes in the oll, tions prove them to be inzinna, town of Diamangan have becn|the police will have them lork~d Gestroyed, also the rallway bridge |up and it they are proved to Be First indication of the quakes|sane, that will be made a resord was last Saturday. jin the case and if they are latep |nrrested for some erime and plead insanity the record will be tment over purse sein regulations. :Ambassador Schurman | iy Bishop Rowe Leaves i Is Touring Germany: is. 1. Nome for Int. Alaska BERLIN, Aug. lfi.*Ambasnur!m( Jacob Gould Schurman is determ | % ined to know thoroughly the coun NOME, Alaska, Aug. 16.-—|4n try to which he is accredited Bishop P. T. Rowe, reported sail- The ambassador has mapped out | ing from Seattle on the million a regular - series . of journeys|dollar Coast Guard cutter North- through Germany, in the courss|land, left Nome on Sunday for of which he proposes to study|St. Michael and interior Yukon the land and the people. He beg.n | River.points. with Heidelberg and the country e around it, then attended the Shake | cATHEDRAL OBSERVES spearian festival in Bochum, th~ 550TH ANNIVERSARY center of the Westphalian coal dis triet. He has also visited the Han seatic towns of Bremen, Ham burg, and Lubeck. ——— RUTH DRAPER SCORES joy because with its attainment she loses. hgr natural attribut “Nine out of 10 independ { unmated ‘women are dissat ) she declatés ‘in the Red Book Magazine, “Every successful wom- is faced a thousand ‘times in her business career with the choice between asserting herself ag an efficient ‘worker, and the trick of being purely feminine. “It is every woman's instinct to hope for a mate some day, If not to look for him. The ability to protect herself makes it a thou sand times more difficult for her to find that mute.” If she were treated as a woman {pure and gimple, the Princess be | lieves her feminine pride wou'd be restored to many a woman reaching towards success and fame. ed — - LUMBER FOR TAKU A scow load of lumber bronght out, taken from the Juneau Lumber{ Orders have been issued for tha Mills by the John L. C. for Taku|police to arrest all known gang Harbor, 'leaders and gunmen, wis WOMEN’S GROUP GROWS AT POLITICS FORUMS ago Miss Roy French aviator whose over the delay of starting his trans-Atlantic flight with Le has been | | tempered by the hope of soe | | ng his expected baby before | | he relieved. The stork proved faster that the planc Columhia and Mademosello Monique Drouhin arrived thi J ! morning. | A * W Europa and Bremen Not | -y Attempt Ancther Flight EIGHT UF MUB DESSAU, Germany, Aug. 16 | the jrans-Atlantic flight are ex-| 3 tremely slight owing to the ad vance season said onme of the di-| same o rec of the Junkers Plane| PANAMA, 16 Fight per | SR A——————— Menufacturing Company. The di-|sons are to have beon | Among those suggested as rector added that even from the killed and many Injured in ac| Buccessor ko James R.' Shef. firct, no flight was contemplated | attempt to storm the jail at Buena | /ficld as Ambassador to Mex beyoud mid-August. This means| Ventuta. Dispatches said a mob | jeo, i8 Thomas X. Campbell that the Buropa and Bremen will| sougnt to lynch a pokiceman whom, [(above), former Governor of not make another try at the|it held was responsible for tbe||Aprizona. He also is a former ocean flight, Germany to New death of a prominent citizen. Un- wpresidcnt of the Lengue of the York jable to obtain arms, the mobllqy thiwest . iw T e used tocks and sticks freely as|' h 30 ANTIQUES NOW RENTED the Police and a handful of sol- Uintemationet ey an). ) - | FOR SOCIETY AFFAIRS giers tried to force them S AT Reinforcements had to be called LONDON, Aug. 16.—Many host-|from a nearby town before the esses, of London are hiring the | mob was dispersed. entire decorations of their homes | TR TS from dealers. They do this m:F G 1 give tone to the social affairs. ormer Lovernor 1s Included in these effects are Suspended from Bar| priceless art works, tapestrios, s beautiful old furniture and orna-| SANTA FE, Aug. 16.—Former| YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 16. ments. Sometimes dealers lend | Gov. Manett has been suspended|—Gladys Roy, aged 25, aviatrix thei® decorative pieces without ' from the State Bar of New Mex-| who planned a New York to Roma cha ‘ge im the hope that the weal-ljco by the State Board of Bar|flight as a climax to her seven thy guests will make inquiries and | Comiaissioncis for ane yvear. Sns-|years stunt flying, died last night o some of the articles. In|pension is for one year because in a hospital here from injuries es, borrowers are requir-jof his newspaper attacks on the|received when a whirling propelloe od to pay insurance for_the eve-|integrity of District Judge Holl-{struck her at the Watson Flying ning. Jman. Field, Prisgtrn Several years broke several world’s parachute RIVER GNAWS AWAY ieaping ecors. TOWN’S FOUNDATION 5 4 i - Election of Successor To E. H. Gary Postponed NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—A spec- fal meeting of the Finance Com- mittee of the United States Steel LONDON, Aug. 16. — Without Corporation scheduled for this|scenery, “orchestra or changing afternoon has been postponed un-|wardrobe, Ruth Draper, Ameri- til next week thus removing the|can monologist, filled the Garrick likeliliood of a successor tp E. H.|Theatre for a two-week engage-|&1¢ 525 feet high. Gary, who died at his home here ment, during which performances| In connection with the anniver yesterday morning, being an-!were ofien prolonged until 11:30|SATY the city museum haw arrang:|ginja. Mrs. Harriet Marpole I8|able transformation. nounced at once. because of the applause. l"'d a minister exposition — “Ulm |91, Daniel Miller $9 and Mrs. All activities ©of the United| Her audiences included old|Art from 1530 to 1700"—which whil| Mary V. Marpole 88, The sisters| The Institute this year is States Steel Corporation, which|ladies in bath chairs wearing|Femain open until October. It ’fl-‘marrie(l Thomas and Joshua Mar-|ing feminine.” each morning and night. They »; has more than 300,000 employees| Victorian bonnets, modern flap-|cludes paintings and plastic and|pole, Lrothers and veterans of| Audiences that used to present not allowed to join round tav' will be suspended on the day offpers and mannishly dressed{@pplied art, with particular refer-|the Civil War, hoth of whom are|a sombre appearance to the speak-| ___ the Gary funeral, women of the intelligentsia, ence to the history of the minster. |still active, er are today dotted with an -r-; (Continued on Page BERLIN Aug. 16.—The church with the highest tower in the world has just observed its 6560th anniversary. It is the celebrated minister at Ulm. The tower of this ancient catne | dral s 620 feet high. Its height thus surpasses even that of Col ogne Cathedral, whose twin spires WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, Aug This quiet little college town in the Berkshires, where for the last seven years publicists, pro fessors and statesmen from this WINCHESER, Va., Aug. 16. country and abroad have assem- A brother and two sisters in}bled at the Institute of Politics Frederick County claim the long-|for the discussion of world af- evity record of northern Vir-|fairs, has witnessed ap unmistak- ed island above the town hnlpml' to stay the waves. When the great ice gorge of 1917 swept down the river it changed the course of the waters from the east to the west side of the protective island. A revetment was built by the Iron Mountain iailroad company to hold in check the waters which threat- ened the town. But in 1924 the current cut deep- er into the city frontage, eating behind the revetment. Government engineers inspected the site and (Continued on Page Seven.) COLUMBUS, Ky, Aug. 16. - The Mississippi river, which gave the town of Columbus to the na tion, is slowly reclaiming its gifc For many years the mighty stream, sweeping around a gentl: curve in its course, ‘deposited st and sediment at the foot of a high bluff until the soil was buiic out for almost a mile. On this rich bottom Columbus was laid out.and has thrived. ray of colored summer frocks aud early fall chapeaux. Registration figures show that there are no more than usual-- which means about a third of the 182 regular members are wom:p. Wives of the speakers, howevar, and 73 associate women mnh‘g‘ explain their predominance, oi cials of the Institute say. Asceel. ate members may attend gen: rei. conferences and the lectures ho ;}‘k ¢ 16 e v A LONG-LIVED FAMILY “gn. Floods came from ilmo to tims, but Columbus built levees and a 2500 foot revetment, and a wood-