The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 31, 1927, Page 1

sof THE “DAILY ALASKA = VOL. XXX., NO. 4572 TWO GRITISH FLIERS BOUND ¥ FOR CANADA Hops Off from England EZ]I'{_V Tnday —— ACCO!Y}' panied by Woman UPAVON, England L e Hamilton Minchin hopped off @’clock this morning for Atlantic flight to Ottaw. Ang and Capt ol Lowenstein We financing - th aboard the plane PLANE IS SIGHTED ILFAST, Aug. 31 trans-Atantic plane w trom Galway and Onvr due w After 18 TE( ed of over Gl edin coast lock, pro over ed the Irish the ea ern Irish !mln. about and distance further countered bank of fog The Police Chief at Tipperary, that planc over weather was hazy The fliers w altitude of and ing agts some en a Thurles when there, said passed the maintaining than 1,000 ly less on feet 5 NO REPORT AT QFA NEW YORK, Aug. Shi p\ at sea have made no \\l'l‘l\\ ports on the monoplane Nlluph'ml ate this, erndon, more € zht hours after the h:p-off 7 e plane should be nearing the m d-Atlantie. LEVINE \lAY NOT FLY LONDON Aug 31 Charles Levine may abandon the plans for a return fiight to America in the plane Columbia if the two Jritish succeed in it attempt, he told the As sociated Press. It is indicated that he had in mind an alterna tive fli which might consist of an attempt to break the stance endurance records, towards the west i LAST SEARCH FOR MISSING DOLE FLIERS HONOLULU, The cruiser stroyers the Pacific Harbor to route for flier« The ships will search_ the drift wale from the Great route until they come within miles of 3an Francisco, when the war craft will turn south for San Diego. Madrid Band Scores A aviators pre fly i Tr s Omaha ed Aug. 31 and six de- late yesterday for Coast from Pearl resume search en- the lost Dole flight a World Wlde Renown' MADRID, Aug. 31.—The Band of Madrid, foundes municipality in 1909, has qu'red a reputation beyond boundaries of Madrid, where i8 virtnally alone among the eity’s institutions to be loved by the citizens Recently it was invited to give concerts in Portugal, and was so | Buccessful that it has received other requests from abroad, among them from ds Buenos Afres. n The band, of 88 pieces, has ' been conducted by Professor Ri- eardo Villa. It has given more than 2,000 concerts | jous parks of Madrid, and the sight of the unforms of the play- ers always attracts large crowds. Phe musicians are carefully chos- ' én in competitive examinations ‘and receive salaries ranging from 8,000 to 5,000 pesetas annually. o eee - + HALE GUILTY, FINED Gus Hale, arrested for alleged ‘violation of the prohibition laws, leaded guilty in the United States Commissioner’s Court yes- y afternoon and was fined and costs, City ac- the | their | long | Circle| 2001 by the| it as far away| in the var-| 'AMERICAN LEGION TO REVISIT SCENES OF WAR 10 o'clock | the| 21 4 than | | | | I ninth annual convention of Gaston Doumergue (upper right) {lcft) is Naticnal Commander, f‘thc lower right, SEATTLE, Aug. 31— Twenty members of the Al- aska American Legion Posts, enrqute to Paris to attend the National Convention, ar- rived aboard the steamer Yukon. The party is due to leave here today in a special car for New York with a stop-over at Washington. NEW YORK, Aug s by World War, years by the Americt Legion as an errand of good wi jand a pilgrimage rededicatic to worthwhile traditions of t conflict, is under way for three of | Some twenty | women who se thousand men ans ved in the armed |forces of, the Unlited States in 1917 and 1918 are congregating at four principal points of em to journey . between and September 10 to annual convention of which meets in Pac's 31 the ninth the Legion September 19 to 24. 't will be the first ltory that such a host has been drawn acro the sea on a mis | sion of pea and the event promn {ises to be an episode in friendly Franco-Amerjean relations second only to the World War itself I Seven ocean vessels have start- ed to France with the advance contingent of members of the Legion and its auxiliary bodies since August 9. The major move- ment of the peacetime army wjill get under way August 31, and | the ensuing ten days 15,000 former service men and women for scenes rich with the memori of a decade ago. Heading the host are Howarl Savage of Chicago, national commander of the Legion; Mrs. Adalin Wright McCauley of Menp- ominee, Wis., president of the Legion auxiliary; and Charles A. Mills, chif de chemin de fer of the “Forty and Eight,” honor and playground society of the Legion. The customary program of ti Legion will bé almost incidental, at its ninth annual convention, to the ambassadorial phases of tha pilgrimage. Visits to World War shrines and battlefields, functiong cementing the bond between France and America, and numer lmm official and unofficial reunions time in his 223 In the Palace Trocadero of Paris, the { along the | | will | high spot JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, ON ROCKS; PAS ENTRA shown above, the Yanks wi American- Legien, to hear the gri and to revive world war memor France promises that no such billets as that of 1917, pictured at need be occupied by the veterans on this trin, one time wostern front | augment the customary ronu tine of reports, election of officer ind definition of policie The annual parade, alway in the gatherings of the | will have a deeper signi ficance as the marche make their way from the Place des Iu-| valides, the shadow of Napo | leon’s tomb, across the bridge | Alexander 111 the Sein under the Arc de Triomphe an t the tomb of France's un known soldier down the Champ: Ely S Legion Legion | of ov the ris, gnalizing for ¥ departure of the high official f the n fon will place half 1 wreath on the grave of Amer ca’s unknown soldier at Wash ington on Sept. 9, carrying. the ither half of the wreath to Paris to rest on the tomb there of the unknown warrior similarly hony »d by France. 2 France is preparéd to extend to he Legion the warmest greetings of the ‘nation, both officially and : informally. President Doumergue will extend the nation’s welcome and will exchange courtesies with Legion leaders at two banquets; living leader of wartine civil and military, will be among the convention's disting uished guests, and the populace has prepared for former ser men the same hospitality which | was theirs ten years ago. ' Convertion sessions of the Leg- fon will be held in the Trocadero Palace, opposite the Eiffel tower. Legion bands from Sioux City, Towa, and 8t. Petersburg and Miami, Fla, will be among those which will make the journey over-| seas for the convention. The Leviathan has been desig- nated as the flagship of the Lcg- ion fleet for the Paris migration. General John J. Pershing, Com- mander Mills of the Forty and Eight and Mrs. McCauley, Anx:li ary president, will sail on it from| New York on September 10. ance, SAULT STE. MARIE, Aug. 31.; —Excessive . rainfall “and high| waters have destroyed the forage! of a moose herd on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Conservation- ists fear the herd will be driven from the island, 1On B. C. Fishing | ‘I(vnmin.\- On | several days “ALL THE NEWS INS f 11 gather Sept. 19 to 24 for the ectings of France from President Howard P. Savage (lower | | |One Embargo | VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. The Federal Fisheries officials an-| nounced that prohibition of salmn | ng on the West Coast of Vaa | Island be continuad at least. The embai- | was expected to be lifted to but officials anndunccd impossible owing to ad couditions. | - SUGGESTION T0 COOLIDGE Upshaw Presents Plan to| National Convention ofWCTU \”\\F’\I’OI IH Minn., 31.—William D. Upshaw, Congressman from Georgia, has| wi the National W. C. T. U Convention, in session here, to ask President Coolidge to “ap-| point no consular or diplomatic| representative who drinks intoxi- cating liquors at home or] abroad.” ¥ Upshaw described himself as| the “man who were white badges| for eight years on the floor in Congress.” Upshaw urged that foreign countries be requested to ‘‘con- sider our great moral battle and, not to send representtaives to this prohibition country who claim diplomatic immunity for the transportation and serving| of liquors outlawed by American| citizens."” Intimate with Another Man’s Wlfe' Slmt Killed DALLAS, Ore,, Aug. 81.—Erving B. Priest, aged 57, a hop picker, lagt night shot and killed Georsz: M. Werline, wealthy hop ranche.. Priest charged Werline with in- timacy with his wife, aged 260 years. Priest made no attem: to resist arrest, couver will g0 NOrTawW his I Yobbe Aug former | N [ States ¢ _( I feven | to the countr | Glacie | and ALL THE TIME” 1927. GREAT FUTURE FOR ALASKA 5 SEEN, SENATOR | Frank B. Willis Makes Pre- diction Territory Soon Come Into Own Aug. ol nator Frank Chairman of the Sen Committee, who presidential is more interest than the p SHATTLE, £ B of Ghio, Tepsitori mention iwibility, said he éd in Alaska jential situation, Senator Willis highly istic about the future of L (n.nnm from a pd a is opt Alasl: tour of . The \lnxl\.\ d upon for . tourists, is wonderful, are paying lttle atton- tiofi,.to the great c mineral, dustber, ofl, fish and fur inGustries i none agriculture. In (e Tuthfs, when we awake to the ‘i mefsity of the Terrftory’s natural regburces, now scarcely scratched, it WAk come nto its' own. Nobody knows ‘the exient of its weallh. “One thing I notleod was ha ack of the g pirit. Theve g eplonty Commiunity Spirit, but a Sr as a whole is needed for prosperity.” Territory is too much as a Whil Amori being scepery ns ganerally to Governor's impression “Senator Willis left Alaska stronger Triend “than wrrived a sort three woSk; declared Gov. George A ks today. He accompanied Sen ator Willis to Ketchikan, talkinz Territorial matters which & expected to come before Congr in the near future “The Senator has a very good idea of the general situation hers and, in the time at his disposal, certainly acquired a fund of information. He ticularly well pleased with road and trail development being accomplished. He appreciated th for road construction development owing an he 280, over pat tho neces; proceding to | certain natural conditions peculiar " said Gov. Parka was pleased particularly wiih Highway and Tonga Highway and the developme which has followed their construc. tion. Ha discussed with the Governor plans for creating industrial gchools for Indians and KEskimos, and for extensive medical relief hospitalization activities. He expressed to the Governor a con vietion that the Federal Goverwn ment should enlarge its appro- UruUlunR for these purposes. Offers Suggestion At Seward, in a talk be'ur» the Chamber of Commerce, urged more general unity of action, a getting together of business men and other interests generally o that reai information might be presented to Congress for a piac- tical program. he said: “It may be out of place but wonder if this suggestion might {heilp. I am not herc to offer sug- gestions but I am here to listen |and to have a good time, which I| certainly had. The center of popu- lation is down yonder which makes for a lack of interest in| the Territory as a Territory and| which hinders development. 1| might say lack of cohesion. Bos ton carried on considerable traf-, fic, not with any neighborhing city | town, or colony, but with Europe; | Philadelphia likewise .carried on business, not with its neighboring town or state but in England. The center of trade relations, like Alaska, was yonder. There was, a lack of natural sentiment. For instancé Fairbanks carries on very | | little business with Anchorage: | Anchorage does little business with Seward; Seward does very little business with any town or community near, and so on in th: rest of the Alaskan towns. Tne wise men in those early days or- | ganized ;a committee of correspon- dents and® these kept in touck with one another and made plans for the Union, not for the colony or for any individual state. €, I:am wordering if a similar or- anization in Alaska wculd noi he helpful. g (Continued on Page Two.) In this connection | i i ! ! 1 whicn ! | | | Colia Completel MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE PILES UP Bud Stillman, heir to the Stillman millions, and his back- woods bride, the former Lena Wilson, are nmlnrmg abou! / New picture is first taken of them abroad, and show: Europe. their arrival at Cherbourg. (International Miustrated Noww) Army Fliers Still Detained wondertul In Mexico Aug. 31 Di. state that are r1|1 Army av wland, Satur Am MEXICO CiTY, patches from Ojinaga the authorities thers detaining United State iators Reynolds who were forced own last day. The adviees state the ericans are being with the utmost courtesy. The auth oritis have instructed to al low the men to fly Am erican territory 1no smuggling scheme tied NO REPORT OF PAUL BEDFERN Orinoco Deita Residents Believed Plane Was Seen last Salurdav been back to provided el oy CARCAS, Venezuela, —Some confirmation airplane was igited over the del- ta of the Orinoca River last Sat- urday, was given to the Govern ment by a telegraph operator at Ciudad Bolibar. The operator re ported inhabitants of reareito village, in the delta region, de clared they gaw an airplane fly ing southeast on the day Panl Redfern was scheduled to {his way to Brazil from ' wich. Georgla, e Aug that an IPlead Not Guilty in l Drowmng, Seattle Girl |- SEATTLE, Aug. Nelson, wealthy Amory F. Bell, yacht captain, pleaded not guilty to charges manslaughter in connection witn the recent drowning of Miss Vioiet Maude Payne, dancing teacher, who fell from Nelson’s yacht fol- lowing an alleged drinking party Witnesses at the inguest testiti ed Nelson and Bell stood by nd | made ng t-florl to save the girl. Jl —~F. Creigh | clubman nn<| of May Not Extend Fish * Season, Puget Sound OLYMPIA, Wash.,, Aug. 311t is reported that Gov. R. H. Hart ley has indicated that the Pug:t Sound fishing season will not be extended, EXTRA SESSION MAY BE GALLED - BY PRESIDENT Not Yet Is Chief Executive Made Up Mind Open to Arguments | raPID CiTH, B President Coolidige {open mind on D., Aug. 31 is holding an convening of Con !;.r. at least the Senate, in ‘.n special session, a month ahe tof the regular meeting tim: December, pending further [terences with Congressional 8, OF le lV is declared by thl he will be read arguments for any early session when he returns to Washingtor ALAMEDA ON cent visitors to listen to .~ WAY NORTH SEATTLE, Alameda saile Alaska ports at o'clock last night with 43 passengers, |ing the following for Jun Mrs. A. Decons and two Mrs. H. A. Bishop, Miss J | Miss M. Kolafa, Mrs. John H. E. Ward, Mrs. L. Tilden, ‘.Iumnl and one steerage 31.—Steamer Southeastern AHK for 9 501 Lowe Do Mi i il fnchid | o teq P | there. | the ‘shortly {at Wrangell at |after PRICE TEN CENTS ENGERS REMOVED ~ LINER GROUNDS NEAR WRANGELL TUESDAY NIG {Passengers Taken Off ard Ship Refloats—Being Towed to Wrangell The Canadian Pacific L'n- er Princess Charlotte, Cant. C. Sainty, enroute from Skagway to Vancouver with 269 passengers aboord. grounded at 8:30 P. M, ye*- terdav en Vichnefski Rooks off the nexth shore of Z - embo Island. It was proccel- ing in & dense fog at the time of the accident. The vessel refloated at hizh tide, about 3 o'clock t! morning. Its passeness were transferred to the Const and Geodetic Survey shin Explorer and taken to Wr-n- gell. The liner was taken in tow this morning by tha tug Kvichak, of the Ala<ka Packers Association, which aided by small boats of t'e Peter:burg shimp fleet, was being towed to Wrangell tis afternoon, Sends Out 8. 0. 8, Immediately after grounding, Princess Charlotte sent o t a radio distress signal. The At “8. 0. 8." was picked up by 0. erator Barnette at the loeal . 8. Army_ Radio suunn ‘Qg; P. M. Capt.. Sal ity " 80 stuck fast on the rm:ka At ked that aid be sent to fr¥ns- fer his spassengers. From th*f time until the ship was Felease from its dangerous positicn ik | its passengers cared for contim ous radio communication maintained by the local stat Unalga Goes to Scene The distress signal was im- mediately transmitted by Opera- tor-in-Charge Whitman, of the local station, to Capt. R. €. Weightman, of the Unalga, Agent W. L. Coates of the Canadisa’ Pacific Company, and Capt. Slater of the Princess Louise which w3 |in port at tne time, and Capt, | Dessius, Commanding Officer of the Cygan, also in port Within one hour and 30 miy- utes after recelving the call [ur help, the Unalga was steam'ny down ~Gastineau Channel foo Vichnefski Rocks. The Exjlorer, wulch was working in the south- ern end of the district, was t'y nearest vessel of any size to the stranded ship, and it, also st ed for 'the scene. It after midnight, by until other help arrived and taking over #ll of the passcnger: which it landed in Wrangell th morning. The Unalga arrivid 9 A. M. today, going through Wrange'l Narrows. It remained there but a short time, then find:ng ity help was no longer needed, -left for this port aad will arrive te.nght Engine Room Flooded Associated Press dispatches re- ceived here at noen today said the Princess Charlotte was tak- ing water, its engine room da- abled by water, and water was in its fuel tanks. It was be n% towed to Wrangell at the rate Gf two miles per hour. An Ao~ ress despatch from \if~ tor that a tug was being sent fraom It is presumed it will thw | the disabled vessel to FPrace (< unuuued on Page Bight) BERLIN, Aug. 31.—Ambass | Houghton’s advocacy of a referendum on war has the un- | aualitiea approval of Prof. brecht Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 4]|mmlmr:. executive secretary Dl the Carnegie Endowment for ternational Peace and prnmln«n: authority on international law. His endorsement of the ambassador's plan has appeared here as a preface to a German translation 1of the referendum plan, ador popular “The ountstanding merit of Am- bassador Houghton's proposal to &) GERMANY ENDORSES WAR RFFERENDUU take a decision to go to war o of the hands of governments aad to make the peoples affected Al | cide it for themselves, is Hts st of | ing honesty,” he says. have made suggestions that lo ed good, too. But they were IN& gestlons of the kind that govern- ments wight accept with meut d reservations, and they were fw'l of loopholes.” “One might reply to Mr. fluflp ton,” continued Mendelssohn-B ¢ tholdy, “that democracies are mis R T A MR e o - (Continued on Puge Seven.) 1 received late last night sa’d |