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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX., NO. [RISH FLYER 4585, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927 HOPS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WESTWARD French Cheer ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE RESPONSIBLE FOR CROWDED JAILS, COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHARGES IN SPEECH FINE WELCOME GIVEN LEGION AT GHERBOURG Thousands Cheer Ameri- cans Arriving in French Port for Convention 'ED BY COMMANDER OF | AR, VETS RETURN| Pérshing and American Le- gion Leaders Greeted by Notables in Paris CHERBOURG, France, Sept. 16. ~Led by their old Commander- in-Chief, Gen. John J. Pershing the biggest contingent of the Sec- ond A, BE. F. arrived here this morning on the steamship Levia- than, Bands played, seaplanes whirred overhead, circling over the great ship. and thousands of the resi dents of this port greeted the returning “doughboys” and theic great leader with voluminous cheering. Only a brief stop was made hera the contingent entraining as rapid- ly. as possible for Paris where the American Legion convention opens next week. NOTABLES GREET PERSHING PARIS, Sept. 16.—General John J. Pemshing, and leaders of ths American: Legion arrived in this city at 4:40 p. m. today. They were greeted . at the Invalides Station by many civil and military notables. . $08 SENT OUT BY JAPANESE VESSEL TODAY Toshida Maru, 1,400 Miles Off Cape Flattery Sends Out Distress Call SEATTLE, Sept. 16, — Distress signals’ from a vessel believed to be the Toshida Number 1, were picked up early today by the Se- attle harbor radio station. The nature of the trouble was not known. X The ship’s position was given in the shipping lane between Se- attle and Japan about 1,140 miles off Cape Flattery. The SOS calls were plainly heard about 5 o’clock this morning, three distinct sets of distress signals being pick sl up. The ship sailed from Everctt May 30, with a cargo of lumber for Japan. v Bah Lifted on Salmon SHATTLE, Sept. 16.—The ban on salmon fishing in Puget Sound was antomatically raised again today. State fishing authorities are taking precautions to prevent fish pirateés from going up spawn- inf streams to head off the fish. Craftsmen Use Féet To Fashion Trinkets CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. - —Craftsmen who_fashion trinkets with their hands and f rive in and around. the lazaar,” a little ‘tomb-like city of its own on one of the seven . -hills of Stamboul. Copper and iron shiths ham- mer ‘out their wares in small Tecestes along the miles of ars cades in the great irregular stone bullding that s dark, smelly and dusty with the dust of cen- turies. . ‘Woodworkers -fn beoths around}. this building use a bare foot a TAPS FOR G.'A. R. I'AR IN FUTURE, CHIEF ASSERTS +500,000. FRANK W. WALSH GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 16.—"Thirty” will' not be writ- ten for the Grand Army of the Republic for many years to come, said -Frank W. Walsh, Milwau- kee, Natioual ‘ Commangder, who| led the t -xiddl of_the Union"ve erfli‘sggy neTote Wgr in ‘the convention which closed here today after, being in session since last -Sunday. He was el- ected Commander at the Des Moines encampment last year. With soldjerly firmness, he re- peated the axiom of the G. A. R: “There will be an organization as long as there are two of us left alive.” j Lindbergh Has New Namesake; Name | Has Chinese Flavor | CHICAGO, Sept. 16.—Col. | | Charles A. Lindbergh 'has an- | | other namesake today. A Chi- | | mese couple, impressed by his | | feat, wanted to name their | | baby after him but wanted | a name with a Chinese ring. After much thought the cou ple named their son and heir, One Long Hop. Childhood Sweethearts Make Best Marriages | | | PR | | CHICAGO, T, Sept. 16.—At-| |tacking prohibition as the cause | tof ‘crime, President Anton J. Cermak of the Cook ()ounly! Board of Commissioners laid the| responsibility for overcrowded [jails directly at the door of the Anti-Saloon League. His attack was made in an address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Cook County.Jail and Crim-!| inal Courts building, costing $7,- Mr. Cermak said in part: “If the Anti-Saloon League had not converted the people to believe| that prohibition would do away with the need for penal institu- jtions, T do not believe we would (be gathered here. “I found 50 per cent more pris- oners in Joliet (the State Peni- tentiary) 112 per cent more boys {in the Pontiac State Reforma- tory, 148 per cent more cases of (alcoholic deaths reported since { prohibition.” He declared this is a concrete example of ‘“the utter necessity |for modfiying the Volstead law {and bringing back personal lib- erty.” VOTE IN_IRISH ELECTION BIG; COUNTDELAYED "Heavy Balloting Deemed Favorable to Government —Returns Next Week LUBLIN, Sept. 16.—The slogan for polling day throughout the Irish Free State” was “vote, vote vote; mo matter for whom.” Reports from returning officers indicate that a fairly heavy vote was polled, which is considered in favor the Government's chances, The counting of the votes will not begin until tomorrow. Some of the first preferences may be known Saturday, but the general results are not expected to be known until next week. On account of lack of funds the Sinn Fein did not participate in the election, and in some sec- tions the Labor vote was throwh ‘Iar!ely to the Government, accord ing to estimates made by the Dublin press. The complication of many par- ties and the provision for minor- ity representation will delay the of * | tinal declarations of results. Bicycle Collides with Truck, Two Are Injured AIR MINISTRY FOR AMERICA Convention Will Be Asked to Adopt Strong Resolu- tion on Aeronautics PARIS, Sept. 16.—The American Legion’s National Committee on Aeronautics will urge at the Na- tional Convention in Paris next week that the Legion endorse es. tablishment of a separate depavi- ment in the President’s cabinec for the direction of the Nation’s air service, Commander Howard P. Savage announced today that the comm’t. tee headed by the Rev. Gill Robb Wilson of Trenton, N. J., hae Governors drafted a resolution affirming the | Legion's stand for an adequaze program- of national defense, fav, oring inauguration of a separate department of national aeronautics “with cabinet represéntdtion” and co-equal with the military aad naval departments,” and proposing that the president appoint a board of aeronautic strategy to study establishment of such a depart- ment. Text of Report The report says: “In view of the fact -that no comprehensive program for the national defense of the United States has ever been promulgated (the so-called National Act being but an army. bill), aero- nautics has been left" to devel circumseribed by the limif budgets possible to the army afid navy departments. The army and navy look upon aeronautics as auxillary to their respective ele- mental functions. As a result there has been no development of the real airforce in the United States. “Your committee would in no way deprecate the work of the army and navy in aeronautics when it seeks to have aeronautics brought under a separate depart- ment with' cabinet representation, It feels rather that aeronautics is a distinctive science in itself wiil so great import to the future of the nation that it should not be left to develop as a mere auxiliar power. Air Is Third Element “The land is an element, the sea is an element amd the a's is an element. The technique of each demands specialization of an intense kind. The command of the air should be in the hands of official air men. “The equipment of the American air service in the late war was a wash out. Booted about as branch of the signal ecorps, an air corps or an air service, and (Continued on Page Seven.) —lrl NEWARK, N. J, Sept. 16. —| gANTA ROSA, Cal, Sept. 16..— Funeral Services for Childhood sweethearts are regard- ed by the Rev, Ernest A. D'Aquila, Roman Cathelic, as having the best chance of marital happiness. He thinks the best age for mar- rylng is 20 for girls and 22 for young men. In 34 years he has officiated at 6,000 weddings. Retired Alaska Mariner $ b i Is Missing in Seattle SEATTLE, Sept. 16. — Martin Christy, 65, a retired sea captain who for years sailed in Alaskan waters, was today reported to the police as missing. He is well- - | known in local maritime circles, Capt. Christy was injured in 2 storm several years ago and re- tired. He has been employed as a night hotel clerk here for the past few years. Friday, of last week, he resigned his position.. Whe: he failed to reach home, hix wife notified the police. ~la Comp Murder Trial —_— HANFORD, Cal,, Sept. 16.—The | William Earwood, 7, of. San Fran- cisco, was killed, his brother Everett, 13, was hurt seriously when the bicycle on which thev were riding collided with a truck driven by K. W. Thinkham, of Geyserville. The older boy suffer- ed a skull fracture and internal injuries. \ Make Transition from Tin Plate to Aviation WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—From tin plate to aviation seems to be the transition of one family’s spe- cialty. William B, Leeds has qual- itied for a private air pilot's li- cense. The name of his wite, tie former Princess Xenia of Russia, 'has been given to' a plane now in Dublin waiting to hop to Phila- delphia, His father was the tin plate king. Own Minister, Is Latest BURLINGTON, N. J., Sept. 16 —The latest thing for elopers is to bring their own minister, John T. Kincald and Marfe C.. Geiger Canneryman Held 'l'oday! SEATTLE, Sept. 18. — Funeral services for the late William ‘R. Gilbert, 69, who died aboard thc U. 8. Coast Guard Cutter Haida on the ' way here from Alaska, were held today. Mr. Gilbert was connected with the salmon can- ning mdustry 20 years, and a son, John, is Vice-President of the Alaska Consolidated Canneries. Mr. Gilbert became ill while in western ‘Alaska on business. He died before the cutter reached Se- attle. O’Malley Forecasts | Restoration of | Alaskan Fisheries | VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 16.—At a dinner last night glven in his honor, Henry cast ' restoration of salmon runs in Alasks in the not | distant ‘future, | He said rapid and com- salmon Defene H af O’Malley, United tes Com- | | \ ! Canyon, | the ‘site FATHER KILLS * 11-YEAR-0LD - SONARRESTED Los Angeles Man' Chokes Own Son to Death—Says Had Impulse to Slay I LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 16.| | |—A strange fmpulse to kill is {him strangling his 11-year old son, John, and the grief stricken fu. ther's arrest on a charge of mur- der. The father, according to his own story, choked his- little son de- spite the lad's pleas that he ho allowed to live. Minarich sobbed as he stood beside the body of the little fellow telling the story of his unnatural,crime to police officers whom he, himself, had asked to be called after the kill: { ing. | He told the police authorities he had no quarrel of any kind with the boy;. that his act was prompt- ed by nothing but a strange im- {pulse to slay. Other members of the family were unable to offer any explanation for the act. —_———-—ee——— Coast Guard Arranges | Better Communication { SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. — California * division, will be watched. ‘blamed by Matt Minarich, 48, for| | in Washington,” San :Pedro, Eureks, Santa Cruz | M and here, ffort to check v mnn'h: s':‘fi ::.“ :\x:nnci- would be more effective becaus? d of of the' proximity of the field to ed of landing rumship cargoes the & fivg otfice. Cor vfer on River Problem | DRAINAGE AREA' N THE COLORADO ¥ i Efforts to harness the Colorado River have embroiled seven ]Sutu in disagreement cver power and irrigration rights. Above| i (left to right) are Governors Hunt of Arizona, Dillon of New Mex-| {ico, Dern of Utah, Young of California, Emerson of Wyoming and’ |Adams of Colorado who with Gov. Balzar of Ncvada are concefned rwith the preblem. Below (left) is a scene along the Colorado River and “(right) a map of the river's drainage arca showing| of the nionosed Boulder Canyon dam. Engineless Plane Fails to Leave Ground in Tests COCOA, Fia, George White's Sept. 16. “engineless | wing flapping” machine failed | to get off the ground here | today in a series of tests. An Assoclated Press correspond- ent, who witnessed the tests, was told further attempts would - be postponed because of light breezes which caused | side sways as the ornithoper trailed in tow of an automo- bile. ——l—— CONSERVATION OF FOWL ASKED BY . REDINGTON Says He Fav—-:r—s More Ex- ecutive Offices Being in the Territory “I am going to make an attempt to turn over to local administre-|at jts source—Grand Lake, the tors much of the work now done|iargest body of water in Coloralo by long range from the burean|_the river descends rapidly ua- G.|til in northern Arizona it enters Redington, Chief of the U. 8. Blol-' 3 geries of canyons which grow ogical Survey at the Chamber of!gdeeper and lead to the famous Commerce Juncheon today. #aid Paul ——— e —— SEVEN STATES TRY T0 SOLVE RIVER ISSUE Colorado River, Foe to { Man, Rages Untamed While States War DENVER, Scpt* 16,—When Cap- tain Hernando de Alarcon fared forth fro mthe Gulf of California in- 1640 to seek the seven fabled cities of Cibola he fafled of h:s purpose, but he did discover Ei { Rio Colorado—the Red River of | America—the untamed and un- curbed Colorado river. From the time of his discovery the river, winding its devious | course from Grand Lake, Colc., | southwest through Utah and the Grand Canyon of Arizona, hus bgen the enemy of man. Is National Problem In recent years its problem has become a national one, with the states it touches unable to agree upon a project for its control and { with repeated efforts in congress to pass the Swing-Johnson bill providing for development of the stream. Is Before Governors Lately the governors of Wyom- ing, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, and representatives of the executive of California, Nevada and Arizona conferred at Denvet in a mew effort to, smooth d ticulties between Arizona and Cali- fornia over allocation of water rights set aside for those who states and Nevada In plans pro- Jected for . control of the river. Apparently the states are as ‘ar as ever from agreement, and the problem will be one for congress to try again to solve. From an elevation of 14,000 feet | | | i I | | | | E | | Grand Canyon, where the water Mr. Redington asserted that it:is from 5,000 to 6,000 feet below Coast Guard officials arranged for|!S his bellef that many of the effective communication between | thiNES in cnonection with terri- the 22 eoast guard vessels in tha | torial work handled from head- stationed a: | QUArtérs. in Washington could be ed by local administrators ka, and tHat such work Commiseion Praised Speaking of the migratory bird the surface of the surrounding plateau. From its source to its mouth in the Gult of California it traverses 1,760 miles, and drainage area is 244,000 square mile: i States Sign Compact A compact was signed in 1922 between seven states possessing a share of the Colorado rive: basin, looking to control and use Pershing and Contingent of Veterans ILEGION URGES | DUBLIN PLANE ATTEMPTS HoP ACROSS OCEAN Capt. R. H: Maclntosh, in Princess Xenia, Winging Way West Overseas OTHERS’ FAILURE FAILS TO STOP IRISH FLYER Leaves Dublin 1:30 P. M. Today for New York with. Companion DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. 16. —Capt. R. H. MacIntosh, in the plane Princess Xenia, hopped from Dublin ‘for a trans-Atlantic flight at 1:34 p. m. today. The American made 'plm made a splendid takeoff. losd, incinding 750 "euons of gasoline, a good food sup- ly and plenty of s gu’a( balglre ’he :'fi'.'i';r got into his plane, Capt. MacIntosh saw a black cat which he picked up, remarking: “This is certain- ly omen of good luck,” Capt. MacIntosh announced he would head for New Foundland' and thence for New York. His only companien is James Fitz- maurice, Commandant of the Air Force -of - the -Irish: .. s i P OVER GALW, B 'AST, Ireland, Sept. 16.— The trans-Atlantic plane Prin- cess Xenia passed over Galway Bay at 3:30 p. m., approximately. 115 miles west of Dublin, BO FOR HOME OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Sept. 16.—With Windsor, Ont., their home port, 700 miles distant, their destination, Pilots Schiller and Wood hopped from the beach at 9 a. m. today in the plane Royal Windsor. They plan to make the flight without a stop. EAST GRASPED BY HEAT WAVE, ISPROSTRATED One Deal;:, Many Prostra- tions in New York— Other Ci_tiisuicken s NEWWORK, Sept. 16.—The heat wave which has held the mii- in its grip for the past four days, causing scores of deaths, mov- ed eastward today and has a wids area sweltering. One death and many prostrations are re here from excessive heat, but it is given short life in official weath- er forecasts. As the mercury jumped to 90 degrees New Yorkers reversad their complaint against September for too much rain and too' little sunshine. Today’s heat broke alt previous records for September 16 in New York, Philadelphia ané other eastern cities. At Washing- ton the temperature rose to 103. Von Hindenberg Against “Misuse of Alcshe, Says DIETRAMSZELL, Bavara, Sept. 18.—President Von Hindenburg regards the fight against the abuse of alcohol as {mportant to German health, He has ex- pressed to the German Anti-Alco- holic .League hope that its cam- In his 80th year he has been getting up:at 3 2. m., on his vacation to go hunting. o Trains Are Not Modern plete recovery of the of regulations in the territory Mr. fisheries 4 Redington declared that he had been told that the game com- Enough for Weman of 75 gt o mission in Alaska was doing fine D‘umfm, ’u;a‘:., Sept. 16.—| wark, Traing ave all bt for children,| « " A but they sre mot modern enough| oy ™ z_q- u‘f,n:l.r“m”l::; or‘y' rixnz' Tt A'..,m."’" 75-| they ase to appear each year in | |gra daughten : ‘.“ Wil numbers, and fn order to aid this g them 4 2 T brated Camp | invited the Rev. Willism P, Young e held outside | or g little ride. Lesrning his de- County, -1t was decided | stination _was Bikton, ¢ Strother, of rd - of ‘the stream. In the agreement Secretary Herbert Hoover of the department of commerce was in strumental, deeming development of the river an important item in. a national water program. Was Never Effective The compact a) from the is on t of the | onk hand to hold their cutting|second trial of the chisel in ’hm&#u«u on) mu