The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY A “ALL THE NE WS ) VOL. XXX., NO. 4588. ]UNEAU ALASKA 'TUESDAY, _......._-w IES TWO KILLED Odds on Fzght Declme CLASS B PLANE SMASHES INTO | JERSEY WOODS Both Groups o o Flye\s: Roaring Way Westward, New York to Spokane FIRST CASUALTY OF AIR DERBY OCCURS Leslie Miller Leading Class A Flight at End of First Day’s Hop LONG VALLEY, N. J, Sept. R0.—Richard Kndm of Marysville, Michigan, pi loting the first of 15 pln.nu to take off from New York in the National Air Derby for Class B machines, and his passenger J. P. Radike were killed this morning when the plane crashed into the woods near here. Eye witnesses said the :me'.:ngm afloflm in apparently was altitude when it over. ‘the machine, plane began again turned mrtopfi t fell, 1 15 PL. S TAKE OFF ROOSEVEELT FIELD, N. Y., Sept. 20. — Fifteen planes took| the air from here at 6 o'clock this morning in the Class B sec- tion of the National Air Derby, New York to Spokane. They will cover the distance in seven hops| in two days, stopping today at Cleveland and Chicago and spend-| ing tonight at St. Paul. | Tomorrow they stop at Aber-| deen, S. D, Miles City and Butte,! Mont., and thence jump. tc Spo- kane, the western terminus of| the derby. The tragic elimination of Hud- son’s plane has left but 13 ma- chines roaring westward. A sec- ond plane was put out of lhe‘ runing when a plane piloted by Emil Burgin was forced bnckl when his oil pump failed. MILLER IN CHICAGO, Sept. 20. — Leslie Miller of Des Moines, Towa, winged his way through perilous fogs over mountain tops to take the lead at the end of the fourth lap of the New York-to-Spokane Air Derby when he arrived here tonight. C. W. Meyers, second, was one and one-half minutes be- hind Miller,swhile J. S. Charles of Richmond, was third, On his arrival here Miller said: “It was the most dangerous hop I ever made. Most of the way I had a visibility range of but 500 feet. When I was about 50 miles east of Bellefontaine, Pennsylvania, it rained so hard (Continued on Page Two.) HE \WWOI'T RUN LOMENS ENTER NOME-SEATTLE S. 3. BUSINESS [ Threat to Alaska S5, Com- Ex-Senator Joseph H. Fre- linghuysen of New Jersey de- tlares he has no intention of teeking Republican momina-: lion for governor at primaries | \ext May. j” Alastrated Nowsh - e —— — QUAKE HORROR IS DESCRIBED BY MISSIONARY IBela!ed Reports Show. Des-; perate Conditions in Re- mote Chinese Area SHANGHAT, tions that Sept. belie deseription exis® in the remote province of Kansg,! s the result of earthquakes more than two menths ago, it was re- vealed here in a telegram received | by the Associated Press from Dr. | L. P. Rand, director of the Chirn| Island Mission. Recurring shocks which devastated the region Jur Mg June and July, and the intens~ sutfering that followed the ear:l.- quake of May ‘23, are described | by Dr. Rand’s message. The telegram said: “Wolves .are devouring the bodies of quake vie- tims at Liang Cholu. paralyzed but slowly returning to rormal; although there is suffering | tecause of famine, floods and ‘d\‘( of shelter. Thirty-five thousand, five hundred and thirty-gix poo- soas were injured. Fined $1 for Parking in Closed ?_ane; Worth It NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Joseph Minkel probabiy will concede that it was worth it. In court fcr parking his car in forbidden ter- ritory he explained that he saw' another motorist who owed him $150, left his car, ran after the creditor, and got the money. “Than you' won’t miss a $1 fine,” said Launch GmDm SHANGHAIL Sept. 20.—A mes- sage from Tsingtao, Shantung, feports 160 Chinese drowned and . 308 more missing following the sinking of the Chinese motor vessel Gento Maru which sprang a leak while plylng in Kiacho Bay with 400 Chinese aboard. - ' Launches from American war- ‘ ships“in the bay t to the res- cue of the passengers and piecked up many who otherwise would e drowned. Magistiate Bridges. German Aviator, on Way to U. S., Hops Off to East COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 20, ~— Lieutemant Otto Koennecke route to the United States, tak- ing the air at 2:42 p. m. His first - scheduled stop is at An- gora, Turkey. Besides the pilot, Count Solms Laugach, financial backer, and Radio Expert Johannes Hermann were also in the plane. ANOTHER SON OF LOUIS HILL FOOTS 2 LADDER T0 BEGIMRAILROAD CAREER Pt ST. PAUL:+ xm Sept. 20— of Louis W. Great North- - Mbru!uuuum.uhml w'lll leave to _enter Yale Univer- sity. L. W. Hill Jr., brother of Court- o b mm -uapfn- with 20.—Condi- ! Business s | pany Supremacy on that Route Is Foreseen SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—A threat ‘o the supremacy of the Alaska Steamship Company in the Seattls --Nome transportation field 1s seen in the announcement thac 1tn2 Arctic Transportation Com- pany, a recently organized sub hnn ary of Lomen Reindeer Cor,o- lntion. had purchased the Nome | Lighterage Company and store, end the lighterage company &t Golovin. Thus the Lomen inter- ests have acquired all tha lumbe: coal, oil and shipping business to Nome. 1he Arctic Trensportation Com- pany announced it will use tie rocently aCtitred *molorship Sier- | 7a, and the Silver Wave and Don- aldson as common carriers paving the way to entering the Alaska transportation business on a large scgle. During the winter season, when navigation to Nome is suspended, the Sierra and any other vessels that may be hereafter acquired by the company, will be operatal in the inter-ceastal business be. | tween Seattle and New York. The Sierra was purchased to bring reindeer carcasses to States In jcold storage and will also haul cargoes of general freight morih. The Donaldson and Silver Wave will sail from Seattle every Spriag for Nome with: general freigh-. After their arrival at Nome they will be used in coastwise shipping j kusiness from Nome to St. Michaal {and Nome to Kotzebue Sounl | ports. Ralph Lomen, president of the | Arctic ‘Transportation Compaay, cald here additions would be made fo th> fleet when business war. 1ants their purchase. “Should s deman arise for passenger se'v !ice, a vessel would be provided. We certainly will take care of e needs of the districts served by us as fast as the need arises,” he said. |“Wet Goods” for Big Tilt Nabbed in Rum Ship Raid PHIADELPHIA, Sept. 20 —Ap- parently the big fight in Chitago will not be so wet as some folks expected. Customs officials say that much of the $2,000,000 cargo seized here on the steal iship Bulko was detsined for com- sumption when Tunney and Dempsey mix. Newton Is Selected to SEATTLE, Sept. 20. take charge of the pastor: that church at Nome, it was nounced today. Chicago Bandits ‘Messengers,Take $95,000 CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—Armed men today held up two Cicero bank messengers and took $95,- The bandits made a clean 000. (e! way with their loot. To Jesse James, Bandit who started as a section| KANSAS Ul‘l"f. Mo., Sept. 20. for the Great Northern last --A movement is under way to ct & monument to Jesse James} Take Over Nome Church — The Puget Sound Conference cf the Methodist Episcopal Church has left today for the Far East em-!#ppointed Rev. R. Z. Newton u; ol nght of F ederal Reserve Board to Fix Re-discount Rates Is Now Questior WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Un- tder what economic circumstances the Federal Reserve Board has the power lo iix.rediscount rates at Federal Reserve Banks af- pears likely to develop into an issue upon which Attorney General Sargent is likeiy to be asked to render an opinion and Congress may be called upon to defina by legislation, The Board recently established a rediscount rate of three and one-half per cent for the Chicago Foderal Reserve Bank -in place | of a four per cent rate. The ae tion was understood to have been based on (he desire of the Board to institute the rate reduwotion the Chicago district which been adopted by most of the fed- eral reserve banks of the ccums try. Disagreement Results However, from several Sources disarmament to the Board’s order is indicated to have resulted, in- cluding the disclosures that the Board itself was not unanimous in its decision and that Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, a De- viocrat of ‘the Senate Banking Committee and co-author of the fpderal re had : against llgt're.aucnnu as “arbit- rary” and not within the mean- ing of the act. The Virginia Sen- ator in a statement later at his Lynchburg, Va. home, expressed the view that Congress should promptly enact legislation on the board's rights “which nobody will misinterpret.” The Executive Committee of the Chicago Bank has instructed its attorney to request the Attorney General to render an opinion on the right of the board to estab- lish the reduction. At the time of the reduction in the. other banks the Chicago bank's direc- tors were said to have declined to make the reduction. Board Is Split The board's vice governor, Ed- mund Platt, revealed that there was a lack of unanimity in the reduction order, saying he had op- posed the action and at the same Itime sald Senator Glass had visit- ed a number of the board’s mem bers and voiced the opinion that the reduction was in contraven- tion to the meaning of the federal reserve act. Surgeon Who Attended McKinley Passes Away RANDORPH, N. Y., Sept. 20.— Dr. Bdward Wailace Lee, 68, one of the surgeons who attended Presidont McKinley after he had been snot,in Buffalo, died here yesterday after a long fllness. He former'y was chief surgeon for the Burlington Railroad in Nebras- ka and the Elkhorn Railroad. Chorus Girl Fears Fat, Tries Take Own Life NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Fear of fat is ziven as the reason for un attempt by Miss Alice Agnew, 21, a chorus . girl, to emd her iife, Her brother Anson Agnew of Media, Pa., said she had broodel on the thought that she might become tco heavy for dancing. Paris Comhunists Tear Down Flags Of France,. America PARIS, Sept. 20. — An anti-American Leglon dem- | onstration in Cliehy,"a.com- | outside of | | I v ere torn down from their i ings, several shots were | fired and a whole lot of | noses were punched before | | | order whs finally restored. Even Switch to Dempsey \ '? AS DAY NEARS %fle, Fpen Letters” ckers Out—Dempsey's i#tGenius Is Curbed BATTLERS SHOW PINK .OF CONDITION ITflnncy on- Edge——]ack Is ¢ psey of Manassa Mau er Days IBABO 1L, Sept. 20.— ting odds on "the Tunney- b ey Ilght have dropped to to five in favor of <ihe chambjon. There is some talk of even meney and, in gn‘ll' qnnnerl‘ even that odds be in favor of Dempsey by Thursday night. (CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—The bat- tle of “Open Letters,” as a part . the Tunney-Pempsey training, fckered out when® the promised r by Dampny lul night was 8 lere ‘wers catl nb’fl “Rickard advlm the Démpsey camp, par- ticularly Manager Flynn, that he disapproved of this form of lit- erary effort. LAYS GLOVES AWAY LAKE VILLA, Ti1, Sept. 20.— Gene Tunney's gloves were laid away last night in a chest to await his next training siege sometime after the Dempsey bat- tle. Tunney boxed for the last time yesterday before he climbs through the ropes Thursday night to face Dempsey's desperate bid to: régain the title. Gene's body was heavily swath- ed in full-length woolen under- wear and a thick purple sweater as he pranced through five rounds against two sparring partners. After assaulting both the light and heavy punching bags six minutes each, ringside critics were unaznimous in the spinion that the champion is right on the edge of perfect condition, DEMPSEY ON EDGE LINCOLN FIELD, CRETE, IiL. Sept. 20. — Unbiased observers who have watched Jack Dempsey in all his fights since he defeated Jess Willard opine that he is on edge for Thursday’s battle. If the present day Dempsey isn't the same,‘old Jack of Firpo days, he (Continued on Page Five.) —_— e, — — Elton Watkins Nominated By Pofllni Democrats PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 20. Elton Watkins, Democrat, was uo- minatél for Represegtative of the Third Congressional District to succeed the late Maurice Crum- packer, the meeting was attend- ed by %20 persons. Watk'ns was a member of tho 68th Congress having been slected election’ by Crumpacker, Repul lican, in 1924. He is 46 years ul!, a native of Mississippl, sradua'u of Wasalngton and Lee and Bach- elor &nd Master of Law from Georguétown University. He has 7 resided f: Portland for 15 years, and sorved as Assistant Unilad States Allorney 1919-21. He was prosecuior for the Oregon Bar Assoeiation 1914-1922. Are Killed Bandits e WASHINGTON,' D. C. Sept. 20.—Two American Marines and one Nicaraguan National Guard- ist were killed fn a fight yester- day with bandits, it was offic ly annonnced here u:day The 340 attacked 20 mm Q!url-an. in 1922. He was defeated for re.| CASES UP IN Administration leaders oppos o DECLIIBER resident Defimtely Special Term New gress, Announced NO PRESSING NEEDS | FOR FLOOD MEASURES lHouse and Senate Leaders taking up in speclal session contests over the election of William 8. Vare, Pennsylvania, (loft), and Frank L. Smith, Illinojs, (right), Apparently, they felt 30 days was not sufficient time to dlup) se of the cases e FEDERAL lNHERlTANCE TAX NOT TO BE ABOLISHED BY CONGRESS, BORAH BELIEVES; MUCH MONEY NECESSARY HOUSTON GIRL REPORTED WED T0 GEO. YOUNG Seattle Records Show ' Wedding but the Girl De- nies it Ever Occurred SEATTLE, Sept. 20— Purported ! records of King County Superior Court gave an account of the mar- 1iage of Miss Mildred Sophia Schweikart of Houston, Texas, to Ceorge E. Young, aviator of Fair-j banks, Alaska. But Miss Schwel- | kart is quoted in dispatches re- ceived here as denying the mar- riage occurred. The Seattie Times of September 6 said the girl is the daughter of a Houston millionaire. The records show the marriage took place Sep- tember 6. Eludes Chaperones ‘The Seattle newspaper quotes unnamed friends of the couple as saying aviatgr Young and Miss Schwelkart met on a steamship hound from Alaska to Seattle. Two chaperones were accompanying Miss Schweikart on the trip but their watchfulness availed nothing. The friends were, also quoted as saying Miss Schweikart, after reaching Seattle pleaded she had a headache and sent her chape- tones to a theatre. She was mar- ricd in the hotel while they were away. SAYS NOTHING TO IT HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 20. Miss Schweikart, who is a teach- er in a vublic school in a Hous- ton suburb, denied that she had married George E. Young, Fair banks aviator, or that she is mai- [rled at all. She sald she was in Seattle and Alaska about the time she is reported to have married but deniel that she knew Younsg: Miss Schweikart is the daugh- ter of Louis F. Schweikart, mem- her of a Houston firm of insur- ance agents. —ee — “Frost Will Finish” No Stocking Fad, Dean Says STOCKTON, Cal, Sept. 20. ““The frost will finish it.” declared Miss Alice Mclnnes, dean of giris at tha High School here today, in disenssing a nostocking styin introduced hy several girl scu- dents. Fuw girls have adopted the mode, she sald. No action s beiny: taken by the faculty, the dean add- ed, %!ln_g being to let natura WABH!NGTON Sept. 20. — Sen- ator Wiliam E. Borah today -ex- pressed his bellef that efforts to | repeal the Federal inheritance tax act at-the coming session of Con- sress will fail. He held that the i iargely increased cost of govern- ment operation made this imprac- teal. Inform Coolidge Major- ity Against Proposal WASHINGTO) C., President l'”- main teasons had been advanced for calling s special . seesion which, earlier this sum- mer, was urged by prominent leaders,” both. Republi ‘Pemocrats, One ‘was to velief for Mississipp! River flood sufferers, and the other to dis- pose of the conteated election cases in the Senate. Information Not Read: At the White House it was sald that all information indicat- ed the Mississippi flood' situation could be handled as easily at the He poinfed out that the ordinary \rexnlnr session, which ‘will meet «' shursement cf the Government; n:ul increased from '$700,000,000 in 1914 to $3,500,000,000 last year, and that $750,000,000 fis necded annually to pay interest on the i public debt. In addition to the normal ap- ! propriaticns for running the Gov- cnment for the next fiscal year, fenator Borah sald the next Con- gess would be called upon to mude heavy appropriations for farm and flood relief. MORROW T0 BE /AMBASSADOR T0 MEXICAN COURT President Names N. Y. Banker and Close Friend to Succeed Sheffield WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Pres- ident Coolidge today named Dwight W. Morrow, New York banker, to be Ambassador to Mexi- co to succped James R. ‘Sheffiel!, resigned. Pl Morrow is a pative of West Virginia, was graduated from Am. next December, “as by a special session of Congress. Sufticient relief funds, it was said, are on hand to provide for all needs until after January 1, 1928. En gineers who are in charge of the situation, it was added, will be unable to have complete informa- tion ready to submit to Congress before Deecmber. Nothing was said regarding ' the matter of the contested elec- tion cases in the Senate. Is Not U ted The decision m President was not altogether unexpected, as he had been advised se' days ago by leaders of both Senate and House that a major- ity of the Republican members were adyerse to an early sessiom, and that Senate Republicans saw nothing to be gained by calling a special session of that body alone. On the day following Mr. Cool- idge’s return to Washington from his summer vacation, Senator Curtis, Kansas, and Representa- tive Tilson, Connecticut, leaders of the majority in the Senate and House respectively were sum- moned by him to the White House for a conference on the proposal to call a special session. it 0. 0k 5 SROTMR R L < (Continued on Page Two.) — herst and Columbia Unlverultlempw Glands of law school, practiced law in New York until 1914 when he joined J. P. Morgan and Company. Is director in 3 score of corporations trustee of Amherst College, Union Theological Seminary and Russel! Sage Foundation and Chalrman of the President’s Aircraft Board. He has long been a close persona! and political friend of President Coolidge. — oo — Two traveling men, John W Jones and Fddie Sultan, passed through Juneau ou the Aleutian today. Sheep, Mw_c_!lool Results BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept. 30. The wool producing capacity of sheep can be vastly increased hy the transplantation of glands, Di. Serge Voronoff, noted gland spe- cialist, told the tenth internationci zoologist congress today. The method with which he experiment- ed for three years on an Algeriau farm placed at his disposal by the French government, resulted in 35 per cent increase in the yleld of wood, he declared. PRUNASIMMONIA IS CURIOUS TREE; ONLY ONE IS KNOWN IN NORTHWEST SPOKANE, Wash.,, Sept. 20, — A’ curious tree is the prunasim- monla, fruit of a speculation as to what would happen it a “board- ing house stew” were allled with the gentje persimmon, J. R. Sullivan, of Spokane, who hag in his back yard what is * jbelieved to be the only specimen of the prunasimmonia in the Northwest, said that the ture of the prune and j resulted in a rough: with widely llllzh; an apricot %