The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 28, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX., NO. 4595. JUNEAU, ALASKA, “ALL THE NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1927. ALL THE TIME” PEACE CAUSE IS ADVANCED | | | 1 HOLLWOOD’S VENUS ; D\ OVER WORLDY Delegates to Assembly of § League Pleased at Progress Made GENEVA, Sept. 28—The As- sembly of the League of Nation just closed, is regarded by pra tically all delegates as havin: materially advanced the cause ol peace. “WThe most striking manifesta- tions were the branding of war an international crime; in- :nce upon conciliation and av n; determination to con- struct some machinery of security to prevent fears of nations, sub- jc to attack: and expressions of abiding faith that the masse of the people everywhere encour- age and support the leaders of governments in forging anti-war machines. KILLS THREE AND HIMSELF Quadruple -gl:ving‘ Takes Place—Possible Sui- cide Pact Angle ELLENSBURG, Wash., Sept. 28.—A quadruple slaying with a possible suicide pact angle has stirred the little mining town of Roslyn. William Gorman, aged 50, a coal miner for 20 years. shot his wife and their two children, drowned the family dog in a washtub and then poisoned himself. The tragedy was when a letter containipg $500 to defray funeral- expenses, and re- 'vealing plans, was received by Dan McKean, engineer of the mine, The coroner and gheriff investigated the matter and found the bodies of Gorman and his ‘wife in a car in their garage, and the bodies of the two children in bed. The wife's wrists had b slashed to make death doubly No motive has been found for laying, but the letter hinted rimé had been planned by Gorman and his wife Anthropological Test Determines Parentage Sept. 28. ‘paternity of a child has been established to the satisfaction of a Vienna court by anthropo- logical tests, made by Professor Reche of the University of Vien- na clinic. Examination and com- n. of distinctive marks is the basis of the test. Only 50,000 persons out of 500,00 have identical ‘“papilliary ding,” according to Dr. Reche. Of these only 10,000 will be found to possess heads of the gsame general shape. In the third test perhaps only 500 will show noses of similarity and hardly 100 of the number will bave cars of the same type. Fewer than 20. will show the same shaped eye and only five the same coior of hair and eyes. Fin- ally. but one person remains whose whose fingers show ‘papil- iary drawings similar to those of the child whose parentage is be- ing sought. Jury Declares Love of John Bonham 'Worth $1 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 28. ~—The love ot John W. Bonham, which his wife declared in an aliepation sult against Mrs. Ada Atkifisbn. to be worth $100,000 was declared by the trial jury to b: worth but $1. They returned a yerdict of damages to the wife. Beatrice Bonham, in this amount. Incidentally, under the law /Mrs. Bonham must pay the court costs estimated to be considerably above $100. Bonham testified in support of Mrs. Atkinson, a divorcee, both of whom asserted their relations were purely that of business ac- Quaintances. SCHOOL discoverel VIENNA, 5 Spe.t 28.—8el town of Hol ‘separate schools because of thei ar ‘that swarthy, d de whom anni| tic ren were ts who ere in. The| CHILDREN " FEAR CANNIBALS sthuck: for &y BROTHER OF ALICE ADAIR HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 28.— Fashions in goddesses, as well az garments, change with the years Alice Adair, the Paul's Valley, Okla., brunette who was chosen from among all of the extra girls in Hollywood to be Venus, toe goddess of love and beauty, in a satiric screen version of the life of Helen of Troy, is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 114 pounds and has the boyish figurs so much admired in séreen heroines, Aithough Alice’s academic. train- ing included no course in Homer or any instruction in Greek and Roman mythology, she did study dancing in Dallas, Tex. She danced on the stage here for a year be- fore appearing in dance sequences of several motion pictures. HENRY FORD PASSES AWAY DETROIT, Mich., John Ford, aged of Henry Ford, died suddenly of heart failure ut Fordson, a sub- urb, last night. He was a real estate dealer and President uf the Fordson City Council and also a member of the Michigan Stale Fair Board. John Ford was enroute home from a Council meeting when stricken. Besides two brothers, Henry and William, ke is survived by a widow and three children. Sept. 28, 2 years, brother 1 FAIR IS OPEN TODAY; CROWD IN ATTENDANCE Annual Southeastern Al-| aska Event Starts—Ad- ‘} dresses on- Tonight | | With prospects of the most suc- :essful exposition' in_its history, | *he Sixth Annual Fair of the Southeastern Alaska Fair Asso- :jation opened at 1 p. m. today n its new home on Eleveuth and E. Streets. Good opeuing (rnw(ls‘ were reported this.afternoon and | by tonight the Fair will be in| full swing. ‘'he exhibits presented are ex- :ellent and comprehensive, filling nany booths, and are displayed to excellent advantage. The fea- ture of the opening afterncon was an address by Dr. H. W. Alberts, U. 8. Department of Ag- riculture Addresses for Tonight The formal opening address of the Fair, however, will be made tonight by Gov. George A. Parks at 8 o'clock, and followed by aj| welcome address by R. E. Rob-| lrteon, Fair Director. A fine en-| tertainment program will also be presented this evening. Amid the ballyhooing of the| owners of concessions, which number nineteen, and the crowds of people filing through the ex- | hibit rooms which are well filled with displays of agricultural pr ducts, school exhibits, home eoo! ing and canning, floral exhibits, surios, minerals, livestock and| what not, the Fair had an aus-; picious apening. To one’s left, entering the Fair} experimental station, the mineral exhibits, and the exhibits in sew- ing, canning, cooking, curios, cated in the end room under the seats in the emst end of the struc- ture. Running the length of the pavilion, are the concessions and advertising booths. Animal Room The animal room, containing mink, fox, chickens and so onm, also has the agricultural exhibits with the exception of those from Sitka, Fairbanks and Matanuska. This room is directly beneath the stage. In front of the stage is the orchestra pit, and on each lside of the stage are the rest lruums. To one’s right, facing the stage, is the nursery depart- | ment, where babies may be checked. L Beauty Contest Tonight Probably the most talked-of contest of this year’s Fair is the bathing beauty contest. Just be- for The Empire went to press to- day J. H. Hart announced that there are now 21 entrants. The udges have not been anncunced vet, but the names will be chosen from a large field of applicants and made public just before the bathing beauties file on the stage this evening. Many Concessions Nineteen concessions, all well decorated and ready for the big crowd that is expected tonight, are interwoven with ten adver- tising booths. The concessions are as follows: Fire Depart- ment, automobile; Hub Merchan- dise, Douglas, novelties; Clark J|and Ellingen, soft drinks, candy Weds 3,000 in One Year, Then Takes Bride Himself PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.—Th2 Rev. Ertest E. Weaver, a former “marrying parson” of Elkton, Md., with more than 3,000 marriages as one year's record, was mar- ried here. Mr. Weaver's bride formerly was Mrs. Alda Meyer, a widow, of west Philadelphia, 2,100,000 Volts Jumped Over Arc in Laboratory DEL. MONTE, Cal, Sept. 28.— Electical curreat of 2,100,000 volts was jumped over an arc at the|Coal Ryan high tension laboratory at Stanford University ‘in a demon- stration staged ' for delegates to the Pacific Coast convention of the American institute of elec trical engineers. A second demon stration later was planoed. ibal- Jack Holmes, nov- elties; Lodge, moveltie: Mike Avoian, novelties; Louise Jacoda, candy and novelties; 8. and F. Candy, lg cream, candy and brass ware; Duncan and Mc- Cartney, dry goods and notions Husky Barbecue, barbecue and hot dogs; ties; Ryam and Smith, Monte Carlo; J. B. Caro, roulette; Miss Janssen, novelties; Al Forsythe, country store; Minnie Field, hot dogs and lunch; Leonard and Manville, roulette; Dave Housel, novelties and Orlental goods Bliss and Smith, wheel of for- tune and punch board; Irros Company, candy and soda pop. § rtising Boo! Advertising booths are taken by the following: Pacific Coast 1 Company, Emil Krause, But- ler Mauro Drug 'Company, Bill Johnson, Irros “Company, J. B. Caro Company, Harris Hardware Company, George Peterson of Sitka, Libby, McNeill and Libby and ‘the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company. The ecurio exhibit has not yet been completed, as some offerings are yet to come, but already a good varlety is on display. From Finland the following hibits are on display: twe pairs of handmade boots, one shawl, spin- ning cards and wheel, native tire for women and homespun cloth. This exhibit is from Mrs. Hammer. Two small wood- and ‘“‘huckle”; ildren in the|to build a separate school for the|en shoes from Holland are also on_display. Several small totem )y James Rudolph curio display. includes poles made Building, are the displays of the| flowers and school work, all In-| main room, em each-sidg of thel 8. J. Otteson, novel-| Coolidge Saérs Ntivy Not Over Officered WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.— President Coolidge found somé good in the récent magazine article of Rear Admiral Magrud- er, but he does not agree with the Admiral’s conclusion that the Navy is over officered. It was said (hat Mr. Coolidge's chief desire is to build up navy commensurate to the needs of the nation, Not to reduce ex- penditures but to spend the money appropriated by Congress in the most efficient way. The President was said to be of the opinion that the article was written with a sincere desire to improve conditions in the Navy, PLANE QUEEN OF YUKON 18 IN VANCOUVER Sistership of = Lindbergh's Plane Is to Be Sent Into Interior VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 28. —The moonplane Quesn of the Yukon, sister ship to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's famous Spirit of| St. Louis, arrived here last night from Los Angeles carrying Pilot D. Cruickshank, former Royal ir Force aviator and four pas* sengers, including one baby. The machine will be shipped from here to Whitehorse where it will be equipped with skiis and used for mail and passenger service between Yukon Territory points during the winter. The plane will cut the old 12-day mail schedule beiween Whitehorse and Dawson to five hours, —_—————— IN FIELD TO CROSS OCEAN Ruth Elder and Francis Grayson Are to At- tempt Long Flights NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Women will head the two remaining ex- peditions in the trans-Atlantic air field after Capt. Rene Foncks definite abandonment of the pro. posed Paris flight. Miss Ruth Elder, pilot of the monoplane American Girl, ana Miss Frances Grayson, heading the projected European flight of the Sikorsky amphibian planz, have left for the Curtis Field to complete preparations for the take offs which have been set back day to day by test flights an: adverse weatier. Many Women's Ailments Banished by New: Styles ASHEVILLE, N. C., Sept. 28— Many women's ailments are dis- appearing as a result of the ata- letic type of- clothing decreed by fashion, Dr. Paul Strassman, Uni versity of Berlin professor, de- clared at the recent meeting of the American association of ob- stetricians, gynecologists and ab- dominal surgeons. “Mode rules the world,” lin said, “and the accident that caug- ed strangling corsets and other torturing apparel to be thrown into the dfscard has been a boon to humanity. Anemia was named as an ex amble of disease less prevalent since loose clothing has been worn by women, —————— FROM HEAT TO COLD A. L. Brame, commercial navi- gator of the Hawalian Islands, is a passenger aboard.the Primcess Louise enroute to Mayg to join his parents on Duncan- - Creek Coming north Mr. Brame put on his heavy coat and said he war having a hard time to become accustomed to the “cold” after being in a hot country, e i 'Ruth Smashes Out Homer No. 57, Tuwo to Tie 1921 | N BIG FIGHT J ETS. DRYS PREPARE TO FIGHT 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | | | MRS. DEMPSEY IS GIVEN JOLT !G;eetedrflusband with Smiles, Kisses —Believ- ed He Had Won Title NEW YORK. Sept. 28.—0hdev the impression her husband knock- ed out Gene Tunney and regained the title of Champion of the | ‘World, Estelle Taylor greeted | Jagk Dempsey with smiles ana' kisses when ne returned to their [&partment after the fistic battle, | says Jack Farrell, in the Daily News. “Listening to the blow by blow account over the radio, the sereen | | actress understood the announcer |to count ‘“eight, nine and out” jovar Tunney. i | * What the announcer said was' | “eight, nine and up.” The actress shut off the radir fat this part and proceeded (o] | celebrate. She later greeted Demp- | sey as the victor. She said: #“Honey, it was remarkable.” Dempsey inqui; “What was | Yemarkable, dear Hstelle Taylor came® back with the remark: | “Why, you won, dear, and by a | knockoul Jack, said Farrell, dropped his head on hjs chest and mutteréd: | “Hell, no, honey. I lost the fight on a decision.” b s it First photo of President and Mrs. _upon arrival at !{uhnm COOLIDGES COME “BACK HOME” =+ — ! { Bandits Lined b Up_and Shot;. Is ' Warning NOGALES, Ariz., Sept. 28. | —REighteen captured Mexi- can bandits were lined up here yesterday in a public squate and shot by a firing | squad of Federal soldiers. | Their bodies were then hung in groups of three with warning placards attached. Large crowds witnessed the wholesale executions. Protestant Church Grows Faster Than Population NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Pro- testant church membership is growing faster than the popula- tion of the Untied States, says a statement issued by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, challenging recent fig- t show a loss as mislead- oll, Secretary g committee of Conference at Philadelphia recently reported that 600,000 names were being dropped from Protestant church rolls each year. The 25 principal Protestant denominations gained from 18,- 762,943 to 27,466,470 in mem- bership from 1906 to 1926, ac- cording to Federal Council fig- ures. The statement quotes this as a 46.4 per cent gain in com- parison ' with 36.5 per cent for the nation’s population for the same period. Battleship New York Is Put in Full Commission WASHINGTON,' Sept. 28.—The battleship New York undergoing modernization at the local navy yard for the past year has been placed in full commission. The ship, with only a skeleton crew since work started, now will be- gin assembling her full comple- ment preparatory to a trial run, —————— Airplane Tours Staged At Ameriean Taxi Costs LONDON, Sept. 28.—Any Am- ericans who desire to look over Scotland from the alr may do so for about taxi fares at home, and in addition have a titled pilot. Lord Ossulston, heir to the Earl of Tankerville, rents his Moth plane and his services for 28 centa & mile. Sha . One Hundred Tins Opium HONOLULU, lrt. 28— officials 100 tins with & “fi.“&o: quar McKi o total of. by auth eastba have “ MISSING MAN Heir to Réyholds' Millioos Is Located in St. Louis Cafe ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 28. Search for Richard Reynolds, heir to the Reynolde tobacco millions, ended here last night. Private detectives found Rey- nolds in a restaurant dining with a pretty woman companion. She later vanished. Reynolds sald he was on a vacation after attending the Demp- sey-Tunney fight and hagd been living under an assumed name to prevent being bothered. ————— KOENNECKE AT BAGDAD LONDON, Sept. 28.—Lieut. Otio Koennecke, Garman flier, and hia two companions have arrived ai Bagdad according to a report here and a take-off will be made to- morrow in ' continuance of the flight around the world. Koennecke's plane was forced down by engine trouble in thé neighborhood of Moslemyte, north of Aleppo. After repairs i i were | —Henry Milner Rideout, | | Rex Beach Character “Is Dead’ OKLAHOMA. CITY, Sept. 28 —Frank M. Canton, «ged | 76, a plcturesque character of the old west, died last night at his home at Ed- monds, near here. It was from Canton that Rex Beach drew the central character in “The Spollers.” He was also the character Oweén Wister depicted as The Virginian, Canton was United States Murshal at Circle City dur- ing the gold rush which sent the adventurer to the Klendike. Former Naval Governor Of Samoa Declines Talk | | | [ | HONOLULU, Sept. 28.—Captair | Henry Bryan, U. 8. N, retired, who has just been relieved a Governor of American Samoa, de- clined to comment on Samoan affairs. “I'l let the Navy Department do my talking,” he said. {Noted American Author Dies Aboard Steamship Sept, 28, noted ANTWERP, Belgium, made, the plane proceeded and|American author, died last week reached Bagdad, according to lo.|&board the Canadian Pacific steam cal advices. Much uneasiness was yesterday following the report that Koennecke and his companions were lost. “Jimmy” Attending Many Feeds; May Lose Waistline PARIS, Sept. 28.—“Monsieur the lord Mayor of New York" is af- raid of losing his nifty waistline. Mayor Walker, who was given the len, to addres e banquets he is a tending may make him fat. —————— Speedy Motorist Will Be ship Monteairn just as th eship caused | was entering the Scheldt. | PRICE TEN CENTS | CONGRESS T0 BE SCENE OF LIQUOR BOUT Decisive Battle Predicted to Be Fought—Drys Have Mnnz Votes WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—Th+ Wets and Drys and lining up for resumption of the annual warfar: rin_Congress. Neither side made any mater progress in the way of legis tion at the last session but th: drys are hopeful of getting through some administration pro- posals in the old Goff bill fu- tightening the Volstead act. Conceding the Drys have o preponderance of votes in boti Houses of Congress, the W say there is no parlfmentary method by which they can delnv a decision as the first session will continue five o ~ontl probably until ju e t Republican conver &2 Ju However, propo VA% of additic al dry legislation incline to t view now that with a Presidential campaign in the offing, the party leading will not look with any great favor in enactment of moyr stringent provisions to the law which the Wets charge is im- possible to enforce, HUMAN RAGE INBAD WAY Sensation Created by Pro- fessor- —Extinction Is Threatened 2e 2otemer widely known raclal blology, created a sensn- tion here in scientific circles to- day by declaring the human ra - i in danger of extinction by inter-racial marriages. Such alli- ances, he asserted, are increas- ing throughout the world. Prof. Mehely, in accepting the deanship of the philosophica! faculty of the University of Budapest, startled his audience when he declared parents belong- ing to h duce degenera iages where the contracting partie show a bloodgroup affinity.” He urged governments of all coun- tries to control the birth rate of the proletar! i Fresno Is Site for _ Aimee’s “Lighthouse” LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 28. —Mrs. Almee McPherson has ¢ - lected Fresno, Cal., as fthe si for the first new “Lighthouse” to be established as a brauch of Angelus Tempie under her new plan of a nation-wide Evangellotic navy. BOUND FOR INTERIOR Lee W, Steele, well known hyil- raulic operator of the Fortym''o distrigt, is a passenger on tho Princess Louise for the intericr. He will start operations and then return south in about a month going to Seattle and will com: north during the holidays accom: panied by his wife. Prohibition Leads Nation To Destruction, U. S. Judge Pollock, of Kansas, Asserts DENVER, Col Sept. 28. gthy title in an Invitatiou | pronibition, enforced or unenforc: war veterans, fears|eq {5 leading the nation to inevit able destruction, Federal Judge John C. Pollock of the district of Kansas, is quoted as saying in an interview appearing in the Denver Morning Post. Judge Pollock, who has beer a Federal jurist for nearly 24 ALBANY, Sept. 28.—Presumably | Years, has been in Denver for twy Alblon J. Eckert, Jr., will be car3 ful the next time he bo. speedy aul in the 306.4 his He has been revoked pend- ing Inquiry vehicle laws were violated. Show Big Jump in Value MIRN: Fq—lent. Northwest that he had driven 28. weeks sitting as' special judge in s of his|the United States Circuit Cour: le, He advertised|of Appeals, He left for his Kansas City 5 In 343 minutes. Noy|home last nigat. 'We not only h concrete " as to whether moto: |evidence right before our eyes that the Volstead Law is destruc- tive,” he is quoted as saying, “bu‘ we can turn back the pages of history and . observe what hap- pened in other countries. “China had prohibition over 3,000 years aga, and enforced it. —|The man’ who sold liquor, made last month sola | liquor or drank liquor ‘was punish. more than one{ed by having his head chopped value of thoseioff. But look what it has made the same pe-lof China—a race of people that Cfi Federal Re-|we an-| pared with. would not want to be com “The' Cuiness sre today & sec vile, opium 2ating, non-resistiny people and their plight can b traced directly to prohibition. “Then take Scotland. Thro- hundred years ago Scotland hai prohibition. But the Scotchman re- belled—felt his personal liberty was being imposed upon—and sub- sequently, Scolland threw off pro- hibition. Today, Scotland is th¢ greatest hard drinking nation Iin the world. China or A 4 “Now what is the Unlted Staies to do? Shall we go the China, or shall we follow the nr;c;d-nt P:‘e':“:y Scotland 1" ¢ udge , & Republican, i5 quoted as stating that Gov. A} Smith will be nomisated :fi‘