The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1927, Page 1

h \ e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX., NO. 4587. “ALL THE NEWS A JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1927. L THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PLANE CRASHES KILLING SEVEN Dempsey Hints “Frameup” in Last Fight With Tunney ™ AERIAL PARADE TO SPAN NATION | ucio sorors e O s e Do I P RESIIENT DEMPSEY HURLS ACCUSATION AT HIS OPPONENY Chicago Newspaper Prints Open Letter Suggesting it Was ‘‘Frameup” CHALLENGES CHAMPION | TG ANSWER QUESTIONS | Tunney Labels Letter! *“Cheap Appeal for N " | Public Sympathy’ CHICAGO, Sept. 19.—~The pre-battle atmosphere of the world’s heavyweight cham- pionship spetcacle, billed for next Thursday at Soldiers’ Field, was enlivened today with the publication in the Chicago Herald of a “cony- righted open letter under Jack Dempsey’s sienature challenging Gene Tunney to andwer a series of guestions about asserted events lead- ing up to the fight last Sep- tember at Philadelphia 1n which Dempsey lost the heavyweight crown. i Tne newaspapet story, which quotes Deffipsey as suggesting| the fight may have been framed,: sks Tunney to reveal “all angles| involved in a suit which Max ‘Boo Boo’' Hoff of Philadelphia, fired at you,” and explain “why a lot of gamblers made a huge betting plunge on you to ‘win the fight after ycu, Hoff, and Billy Gibgon, your manager, had one of those conferences.” Appeal for Sympathy In reply to the letter and newspaper article, the champion has wired Dempsey saying: “My reaction is to ignore it as a ~heap appeal for public sym- pathy. Do you think this is sportsmanlike?” High lights in Dempsey’s open letter are: The receipt of a “tip” by Jack on the eve of the Phila- delphia fight to the effect that there was ‘“‘something phoney” about it, and that he was told ‘‘some sort of a deal had been made whereby somebody was go- ing to steal my title.” Money Agreement Made The letter also asks why Man- ager Gibson entered into an agreement with Hoff to borrow $20,000 on the understanding that this amount would be paid back if Tunney lost, but if Tun- ney won “Gibson would pay back to Hoff the $20,000, and as a sort of a bonus you, (Tunney), were to give Hoff 20 per cent of all your earnings as cham- pion.” The letter describes Hoff as a ¢ boxing fan and political power l’ in Philadelphia. BOTH FIGHTERS ON EDGE AND IN FINE CONDIT:ON LAKE VILLA, ., Sept. 13— Before a crowd of 4,000, Gene Tunney yesterday went througn his-last public workout before he enters the ring to defend his title (Continued on Page Two.) Wins Execution Case; Row (v Ty CHICAGO, Sept. 19. — Edwin} Hedrick, a former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Peoria County, has taken the stump against capital punishment. He | says he became disillusioned | about the death penalty after { Arosecuting successfully his first hanging case, for which he wait- | ed 12 yeaw. ] Hedrick was one of counsel for William D. Shepherd, who was acquitted on charges of com- plictiy in the death of his mil- lionajre ward. RUBY, Alaska,-Sept. 19.—The gastoat Dorothy, Hurk, It toddy for Nenana with several roundtrip = excursionisis an bargé load of dried fish. Tre Dorothy witi lied a1 N Wwith a carzo ef sbles merchants ”flq ,u-i’: . trip » “I'wo airplane fleets are racing irom New XOrs 0 wpusale shown in the map belcw, in the first National Air Derby, designed to prove feasible a northwes! The planes are grouped by capacity into Classes A and B. Above an aerial view of Spokane, the derby destination, and in the inset Walter Evans of Spokane, head of the asscciaticn which has posted $28,750 in prizes for the event. crn air route from the East, PEACETIME MOBILIZA COMPLETE ;14,000 D IN PARIS; FLOW PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS NOW SAZLLING HOT McAdoo and Wieredith At- tempting to Head Off Smith—Lowden East NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—~Presi-} dential political gossip is sizzling in New York at the present time and the air is filled with activi- ties and rumors. William G. Me- Adoo, who last week announced that he would not be a candi- date for the Presidency, and Ed- win T. Meredith of Iowa, Secre- tary of Agriculture in the Cab- inet of President Wilson, are in New York, qn what New York newspapers say is a move to heac off the growing movement for the nomination of Gov. Alfred E. Smith, which has gained greater proportions than at any time since 1928 politics - became a topic of interest. Former Gov. Frank 0. Lowden lhas anneunced his plan to visit New York ghortly, and Republi- can papers have interpreted it as an attempt to offset booms for! Charles E. Hugies and Herbert Hoover which are well under, way in the Mast. ——,e——— Typhoon Sweeps Luzon Island, Damages Heavy MANILA, Sept. 19.—A typhoon swept the northern section «f Luzon Island today, said reporis received here. Bagio, a summer 1esort, was heavily damaged, 150 houses and a school building b: Ing destroyed, TION OF LEGION OUGHBOYS PARADE ERS PLACED ON TOMB PARIS, Sept. 19.—The peace- time mobilization of 26,000 mem- ibers of the American Legion was jecompleted today. The Legion- naires paraded in fu'l strength jat the opening of the conven- tion. The Arc de Triomphe was op- ened for the third time in 1ts his- ltnr) to @ forsign body when 14,000 members of the Legion marched tlirough the gates and laid a great mass of red, white und blue flowers on tnhe grave of France’s Unknown Soldier. The flowers virtually covered the en- tire tomb. The Legionnairez spent part of Sunday in churches of all de- nomiunations. Specizl services nad hecn arranged for them and were well atlended. Afier the church hour, the “‘doughnoys of -’17 and '18,” pro ceeded to take in the sigits of Paris, revisiting old scenes and places of interest which drew them a decade ago when they wore the olive drab uniform of Uncle Sam. The boulevards and Chawups Elysees were favored as promenades. Collar Magnate Fil " Slander Suit, $1,000,000 NEW YORK, Sept. 19.— Max Phillips, PRresident of Phillips Jones Company, collar manufac- turers, today started a $1,000,000 slander suit against Bernard L. Arcus, President of the Bank of the Utited States, and five men: the defendants at- tempted to prevent him from ga! ing knowledge of the bank’s ditlou by causing his arrest in of the Mann White Slave Act, OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 19 Matthew Kimes, youthful outlar was sentenced to death tod:y when a jury convicted him of V.. ELFENDAHL 'CANNERSASS'N Skinner an(:l Eddy Man El ected President of Pa- cific Fisheries Ass'n FRIELE, HARRIS AND BENTLEY ARE NAMED Ope Califormia and Two Alaska Canners Chosen for Vice-Presidents % SFATTLE, Sept. 19.—Victor H. DL 19 W0 %A wong uie mml( prohi A NEW YORK, Sept. 19.— Twenty-five light ccmmercial airplanes took off today on the first legt of the cross- country flight to Spokane in the National Air Derby. The start was made at 6:01 a. m. Eastern Stanadrd time and the last starter left at 6:32, the takeoffs made at ome- minute intervals with smoothness and precision. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. — A dream that had its inception back in 1915 was realized today| when a caravan of airplanes started westward from New York {in the first National Air Derby. Before the event is. concluded on September 21 the racing planes will have spanned the continent, from Roosevelt Field, L. I, to the finish line in Spo- kane, Wash, Proposed in 1915 | Tentative plans for an air der- ’by proposed 12 years ago, had to b2 abandoned when many of | the miiltary planes that would have been the mainstay of the contest ' were required on the Mexican border. The situation was little ehanged in the next vear, and in 1917 ¢ame the war. Last year saw the on-to-Phil delphia sesquicentennial race. Significant of the onward sweep | of commercial aviation is the fact| that this first air derby fs not dependent upon the entries of military planes. In fact, the twc classes into which the evenf is divided permitted only of' the en- try of machines of the commer- cial type. Class A is for large planes capable of carrying two passen- gers besides the pilot. Class B is for planes capable of carrying one passenger besides the pilot The conditlons of the flight ars made to conform as far as pos- sible to the comditions of com- ercial navigation. At about the same time an- other event, the Pacific Coast Afr Derby, was to have started group of planes winging north- ,ward from S8an Francisce to Spo kane. Thu‘rmvh also for com- mercial pla similarly divided mc,gwm. * Prizes aggregating: $28,250 ar- o!n:d by the fllthls!llufli Der- by . Associatfon; in tile transcon- tinental ll.hfi.’i_;flliu of 35,000 will go to the leading planes in S| West Coast contests. % minuts e at Bellofonte Elendahl, Vice-President of the Skinner & Eddy Corporation and Suany Point Packing Company, was today . elected Prosident of succeed Charle: lh, Assoclation 3 He, will C. Burklardt, head of the Alask Cansolfflated Fisheries, now Pres- ident. Other officers elected Askociation were: R. I. Bentley, San PFrancisco, President of the Calitornia Packers, H. B. Friele, VidesPresident and General Man- ager of"the Nakat Packing Cor- poretion. and P. E. Harris, head ol the F. E. Harris ar1 Company, all to be Vice-Presidents. Mr RB!fcndahl, while one of the hy the newer fignres in the sulmon pack-| ing industry, has taken an uctive| interest in its problems since his cggnpany purchaced siveral Alas- kan plamts some two' vears age. ‘He had devoted a large part of his time and energy to davising a marketing policy and sales pro- gram with the aim of steadying both prices and.supplies. Mr. Fricle has had active charge ' of the Nakat Packing Company's operations in the Ter- ritory for several years and is generally regarded as one of the most successful packers engaged in the industry. Mr. Harris is a pioneer in the industry here and 18 Mr, Elfendahl, Mr. caanerymen who represented the industry her: during the last session of the Territorial Legis- lature. Mr. Friele and ———————— COSGRAVE HAS SLIGHT LEAD IN ELECTION Irish Dail Contest Shows Government and i tion Neck and Neck DUBLIN, Sept. 19. — Returns at 3 o'clock this afternoon give the Government a lead of 4 Dul seats over the opposition. The Government has 67 seats ngainst €3 for the opposition. The Government seats are made up of 53 for the Cosgrave Party, 10 Independents, 4 Farm- ¢r Party members; the oppusiito consisgt of F.anna Fail 4v: la- bor ‘Party, 11; National Lcague, 2, and Larkinnites, 1. There are 22 seats unreported. The Irish League has taken the place of the Sinn Fien, whose members refused 1o take the oath of allegiance to the British Crown and did not participate in. the proceedings of the last Dail, ‘ The Lubor Party leader, Thomas Johnson, just before the election, offered the strength of the Labor Party to.the Govern- ment i Presjdent Cosgrave would consent an alllance in which the KLal would be repre- sented. | Nest' $1,000 Has .. Tenfold Increased Some N. Y., Bept. 10— — PERKSKILL, A littie nest egg of ‘Chauncey M. Deped’s foan illustratios of what thrie. will do, He recently dropped into & to tquire abut the fi Be had sayed. He depo irs ago. Now it amol ik of Pacific Fish-| widely known in Alaska ! Harris were all among the| LEGION SOLOIST % BLENDINE HAY S PARIS. Sept. 19. Glendine Hays, soloist for the American Legion convention in Paris, is the wife of an American Legionnairs who holds the Croix de Guerre ! He is Edward Bickel, New York broker, whom France recognizel | tor distinguished service when he was a member of the Forefgu | Legion. Miss Hays is a dramatic soprano with the National Grand Opera Company of New York. She is ! now studying operatic roles in Paris. She gave a special concert 1ot songs for the Women's Auxili- iary of the Legion. Miss Hays was the soloist chos: en by the War Mothers for their | national convention last summe- BUREAU PLANS CURB ALCOROL MANUFACTURERS Rigid Regulations to Con- trol Industrial Alcohol Will Be Adopted WASHINGTON, D. 10.—Rigid regulations, ling the amount of lalcohol cach manufacturer may produce, will be issued soon, it was anndunced today by Cenmis- sioner Doran of the Prohibition Znforcement Bureau. This was said (o be a step to “cut off the lawless fringe” ¢f manufactorers. Thig, ‘natter, the Commi sfoner said, was discussed at some {18ngth with manufacturers of industrial alcohol at a confer- ence held in Baltimore. The con- iemplated regulatory meusures were outlined to the manutactur- ers at that time, and their co- operation with the Government in bringing about effective en- forcement was promised, Com- missioner Doran said. LEADING N. C. WOMAN WAS ONCE BANK CLERK RALEIGH, N. Advancement to officlaldom a small town bank was once d nied Miss Bertha Hellen by its president because she was o woman, Since the caps made their ap- immediately resigned. Today she is assistant and acting cashier of oné of the largest banks In North Carolina. She was re- cently elected the State’s leading business woman. Bank officlals, she says, are generally not in favor of push- ing their women -employees into executive positions. For this rea- son women have to work harder than men to succeed. Because they possess ‘‘jact, personality, honesty, loyalty and care for de- tails; all important banking re- quisites,” she believes the day of women bankers {s dawning. ——eo—— +RUSSIA BANS BANANAS i MOSCOW, Sept. 19.—A foreign er who walked into a state-owned fruit store the other day nearly caused a riot when he asked for some banagas. Bananas are tab.; in Soviet Russia, They are con- sidered & luxury” and a product unworthy to be im- ported. Not & banans has .blzn seen in the Soyiet. Union ce the October revolution in 1917. 4 ¢ C., Sept. control- industria' C., Sept. 19.— in Missing Flyer and Lion Passenger Forced Down,Arizona APACHE LODGE, Ariz, | Sert. 19. — Martin Jensen, missing San Diego-New York | nonstop flyer, was today lo- cated at Chilson’s ranch on | | upper Rye Creek, 40 miles north of here. Jensen and | a lion, which he is carry- | | ing to New York in his plane, are both safe. Jensen left San Diego for | New York three days ago. | No word was heard of him | after his departure untli he | was found at Chilson’s where | | he had been forced down., BOY, FOURTEEN KILLS GIRL, 6, TELLS POLICE Rady of Little Girl Found in Basement of Vacant House After Search CEDAR RAPIDS, Jowa, Sept. 19. — Lyle Messner, 14-year-old vouth, today confessed to havinyg killed Kathleen Forrest, little six-year-old girl. The child's body was found stuffed into a hole in the basement of a vacant house after an all-night seqry Lyle was arrested Island, Ilinois, last Satarday. The boy's father and mother were also arrested charged with obstructing justice. The itnmed- fate cause of the girl's death was suffocatiou. The story Rock told by the boy slayer, as recounted by the pe- Mea, declared he left the little &i body lving on ‘he floor of the basement bnt mot in the pnsi- tion it was found. Poilcé authori- ties said they would questiun the boy's father who had been seen entering the house before the body was found ——o———— P e t———————— Paris Doughboys Get First Taste of Doughnuts Since War PARIS, Sept. 19 — The first doughnute tasted since the war by doughboys who have been living in Paris, | were sampled when Helen Purviance, a Salvation Army | lassie, started the fat boll- ing at American Legion headquarters beside the Seine. The Paris Leglonnaires lined up en masse for their first taste of Yankee cuok- | ing in years. They smack- ed their lips loudly and de- manded second helpings, keeping Miss Purviance and other Salvation Army work- | ers, veterans of the war | time front limes, busy for several hours. satisfying the | demands. — Bears Raid New York Stock Exchange Today NEW YORK, Sept. 19.— The bull movement on the New Yorx Stock Exchange, which has car- ried scores of issues to record high levels during the past few weekc, was territically jolted to- day when it was followed by selling orders which swept futo the market. It carried prices of many lssues down from five to nearly 16 points. Fascist Membership Is Now Past Million Mark ROME, Sept. 19. -—Bhe adult male membership of the Fascist Party has passed the mi'lion mark, it is officially anmounced. ‘The regularly inscribed black shir. forces are sald te total 1. 000,052 men, 76,087 women, 19,659 misses, 126,137 girls and 8,854 un'- versity students. Th» uumber of :‘a.um and boys fs pot amnoun:- Naaeh s GIANT FOKKER CRASHES;KILLS SEVEN PEOPLE Loaded with Many Thrill | Seekers, Famous Air- plane Cru_llf to Earth BROUGHT HERE FROM EUROPE 2 MONTHS AGO Had Flown fil Europenn Airways and Made lr:'?p to West Africa 1 { FLAINFIELD, N. J., Sept. 19, —Seven persons were killed and five others injured when a glaut Fokker airplane, owned by Reynolds Airways, crashed in an apple orchard near here, It was loaded with passengers who had set out a short time before from Hadley Field seeking their first thrill in the air The plane was brought to this country from Holland about two: months ago by the Reynolds Afr- wa It had Tlown over all of the airways of Europe and made a world-famous trip from Hol- land to West Africa. THREE NAVY FLIERS . DIE IN DESERT FALL LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 19: —Three Nuval aviators, appar- ently lost in the Mojave desert when for inla; by fe erchued i dentn 168 urday, it was by offfeial ounce- ment. The dead are Lieut. Eaton Booth, pllot sttached to the staff fo Rear Admiral Reeves; and Machinist Mates 8. C. - Harrison and Kenneth McRae. The plane had been dispatched to Spokane with spare parts for alr derby flyers. It was under orders to proceed along the coaste line. Officials believe probably it was forced. inland by fog and 2 low-lying hase which made navigation over water imprae- ticable. d —— Shoots Girl and Man Then Commits Swicid PALO ALSO, Cai, Sept. 19.— Infuriated because Marie Bannom, 20, formerly of Sant. Rosa, re- Jecied his offer of marriage ani began a friendly association with Roy Nash, 24, William Almgren, 40, shot the girl and (hen at- tempted sulcide. Both have & chance to recover. Tha shool ng was witnessed by Nash and Mies Lila Arnold. GETS STATE BIRD TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 19. —The mocking bird will no longer be “mocked” in Florida. Instead it will have new prestige. The Legislature has just passed a jaw making it the state bird after 200,000 of the 289,173 school chil- dren of the state expressed thelr preference for this songster. —————— NEW BATHING SUITS DEAUVILLE, France, Sept. 18. ~—The opening here brought out * the newest in bathing costumes. One suit had wide black horison- tal stripes. There were a belt and sandals of red. The mannequin from Worth's in Paris wore a long sleeveless black and white coat almost to her ankles. e Many Marooned at , Summer Homes; | Lack Food Supplies ou world, 350 persons a rooonéd at Grand Bea Victoria Baach on the