The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 5, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXX., NO. 4601. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, 192Z. MLMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS YANKEES WIN FIRST GAME OF 'ORLD SERIES; SCORE 5 TO 4 COOLIDGE IS STILL SILENT ON POLITICS No Issues’ Discussed at Breakfast Today to Natl. Committeemen WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. A group of Republican National Com- mitteemen were breakfast guests of President Coolidge at the White House this morning but it is said that neither the President’s state- ment that he does not choose o run for re-election nor any other political subjects were discussed. There had been a prediction ir | some quarters that President Cooi- idge might take advantage of th» opportunity to amplify his much | discussed statement. The Committeemen attending the breakfast, included William H. Butler, Chairman of the Rep- - ublican National Committee; Wil- liam Hodges, treasurer; Roy West secretary; United States Senator George Wharton Pépper, of Penn- sylvania, and C. Bascom Slemp, former Sectetary to the Preslden:,l | LEVINE WILL STOP FLYING Plane Columbia Forced| Down: Near Rome—Will Be Crated, Shipped ROME, Oct. 6.—Charles A. Lo- vine, is discouraged because the trans-Atlantic plune Columbia was forced to make “a landing yester- “day near here. He announced he as given up plans for further flights in it. The g¢ilane will be “crated and’ shipped to New York. and the company' is to be known |} Levine hopes to sail from Europe | on the Leviathan next Tuesday. The forced landing yesterday was “caused by faulty feeding fuel. Alaska-Seaman Arrested, Selling Stolen Goods| SEATTLE, Oct. 5.—John For- net, seamen, has been arrested charged with attempting to sell; stolen radio accessories on mn\ steamer Admiral Evans to L M. Foster, Superintendent of the Ali-| tak Packing Company, Lazy Bay,| Kodiak Island, It is alleged um radio accessories were stolen from the company’s plant in Alaska and Fornet was trying”to peddie them on the steamer. Idaho Has Largest ¢ 7 White Pine Forest BOISE, “1daho, Oct. 5. — State timber, estimated at from $35,000,- 000 to $40,000,000 in value, should be sold only when experts have determined the timber is ready for cutting, H. C. Baldridge de. clared upon his return. from an inspection with other members of the State Land Board of State owned -timber in Clearwater coua- ty. The State holdings in Clear- water county - make up largest -single body of white pine in the Unnsd States. 4 Sme,Hoh- Pichnlli Is Dead Los ANGELM Cal, Oct. 5.— | Sam L. Warner, Vla&?rllklenz of . the Wamer Brothers Pictures, in- corporated, metion pictures - pro- ducers, died here today from pneu- monia, ] ! o— 7 e | -German Fliers | Fail to Reach | Lisbon ! ermany, leg of the latest attempt of German aviators to make the west- | ward Atlantic passage by air, ended at Amsterdam yester- | | day afternoon, instead of at | Lisbon, as scheduled. The | Junker plane came to earth | barely 130 miles from the | starting place. The trip to Lisbon, thence to the Azores | for the dong ocean jump will | & | | ! | | | be resumed later. TAKE A!R AGAIN AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5.—The Junkers plane, flying Germany to the United Sta left for Lisbon on another lez of the journey, with Lilly Dil- lenz, Viennese actress, as a passenger. PUBLISHERS OF N. Y. AND LONDON UNITE Big American and English: Publishing Houses Consolidate NEW YORK, Oct. mation of three of publishing houses of the United States, Doubleday, Page and Co., the George K Doran Company, both of New York, and William Heineman, Ltd., London, is announced. Merger of the New York c panies is eilective immediately, | 5.—Amalgza- | the leading'| England. and as -Doubleday, Doran and Co. The ! London company will be consoli- jdated with them January 1 and | will continue to operate as liam Heineman, Inc. Amerir n of-| fices will be in New York and Garden City. One of the directors of the consolidated company will be Stan- | ley M. Rinehart, Jr., son of Mary | Roberts Rinehart and flr)l)-ilhlnwt of George H. Doran. Doran slart-‘ ed hun’npss in a one-room office. | - | i 1 | | SCHILLER IN NEAR TRAGEDY DENVER, Colo. Oct. 5.—Duko| Schiller, Canadian airman, nar- rowly escaped death when his plane, the Royal Windsor, crash- ed and turned over while .ae was taking off from Lowry Field, late yesterday afternoon. The plane piled into a heap. Schiller's plane collapsed as ‘it was speeding down the runway, preparatory to taking the air for |’ Omaha. The big plane dug its nose into the ground, flopped over on its back. Schiller l.ng two other occupants were not injured. The damage to the plane is esti- mated at $5,000. Confesses to Slaying of Sick. Wife > MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 5.— Because she was begging him to “put her out of her misery,” Adolph Dyplina eonfessed to the Police he killed his ailing wife by bea: jng her over the head with a lead pipe. s e gt e More Gold Sent by Air’ To Capttals of Europe ooy ol t|demonstrate who.could make his|were used. ulqia -wmu ob- mh‘ until from | ¢ Woman Smoker Wins aseball Classic started today where the Pirates clashed with the Yankees, and the thir and fans c\'erywhere‘;re Watching the results. American League pennaut winners. fourth and fifth games will be p)uyed in New York, EMay Saturday and Sunday. e ,4* 2 (GOVERNMENT SHIPS MUST BE REPLACED Shipping Board Vessels Are Out of Date and Building of New Vessels Urged WASHINOTO V, Oct. 5. — lm-' mediate replacements are neces- sary or the government merchant marine will ‘be “frittered away” Commissioner Teller of the Ship: ping Board declared, upon his return’ from an inspection on the X Pacific Coast. | & T / “Foreign competition will drive the American marine off the seas. | unless something is done im- mediately to meet it,” he said. “There is no quibbling about it We must have modern replac s ments and we must have them | Yok now.” | : . | ] | Oppoamg Managers o/ Baseball Teams in World Series + Commissioner - Teller said he would recommend to the Boarl the sale to private operators of the American Oriental Mail Line, operating from _ Seattle to the Orient, and the Oregon Oriental | Line running from Portland to | the Orient but that he would ad- |vise against the sale of the Am- erican—Australia Orient Line, operating out of San Francisco. The earnings of the Seattle and | Portland lines, he said, justify a reasonable assumption that they could be profitably operated by private operators, but that the San Francisco line would not come within the Board’s policy of selling only paying lines to FULISBUKGH, of the Yankees, renn., uct Friday's game, last night, as had been supposed. was hit, The World Series opened im rittsburgh Tomorrow’s game will also be played im Pittsburgh I’ENM)CK WILL BE IN WORLD SERIES GAMES ~—Herb Pennock, southpaw star who has never lost a World Series game, injured yesterday afternoon during batting practice, will be able to pitch in the present World Series, The injury to Pennock’s leg is not nearly A line drive by Cedric Durst, nock above the knee bursting a blood vessel. down 80 rapidly there is scarcely a mark to show where Pennock Dr. Sholl announced as serious struck Pen- The swelling is going assure “their operation. Schlee Collapses at Bangquet in His Honor DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 5.—El- ward Schlee eollapsed when be began a speec aat a banquet In his and Willlam Brock's honor last night. The two men are still tired from their 38 day raco against = time in an attempted flight around the world. Schlee was carried from the banquet hall, in which there were 2,000 per- sons. He was taken to a holpltal‘ and then to his home, Report of Liquor Meal —————— . | r Coolidges Celebrate Anniversary WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. ! President Coolidge and Mm | Coolidge celebrated their wed- | ding afiniversary yesterday. There were no unusual festivi- | ties to mark the event. A | number of congratulatory mes- | sages were received from | triends. £ From kOmnm BERLIN, Oct. 5. — Mia Kat- schke -recently astounded dtty| Annoys Temperance Body veteran male smokers by. grab- Y —_— bing off first prize in- a contest LONDON, Oet. 5.—The Lon- as to who could pull longest at|don and Scotland United Temper- the weed. ance Association wag caused con- The competitive smoking matci |siderable annoyance' when Lon- 1 was stag at Luna Park, Ber-|don newspapers veported that at| lin’s Coneyy Island. Fifty maleits annual et there was smokers had: just recelved a Ha-|served three ‘dishes in which vana each and were about to|quantities of. wfinfi and -lquors - m to Help . hr Naval Base MELBODI.HB. Australia, Oct, 5. It was disclosed today that the | amount of the contribution whuh vew, Zealand is to ' the| il :.gnpo‘: nval v| The faet flm was o Kovt :‘;;,mmrlbum to this R anhr c”tfil in- of Repre- yuterdvv _detence New [} cigar last longer, when young Mia Katsehke entered the stage, found, after keeping the weed | explaining aw lon fire for two hours and fiftecn | temperance minutes, ‘that she had new record and ‘Queén of Smoke) Plane Manufacturer _Dies in Own Machine CHICAGO, Oct. 6. W. A Vackey, President of the Vackey Aircraft Corporation, was burned to death when his airplane crasn- ed yesterd afternoon, from an altitude of feep. The burning plane fell mear the Haywood Alr Mail Field when a wing dropped off. " Vackey, a leading commercial pilot; manufactured planes anl conducted ‘an Aircraft School. Members of his firm said he was making his maiden trip in a Whirlwind, two-seater biplane, of his own construction. He had heen in the air 15 minutes when a wing broke. The plane im- ‘| mediately hurst into flames. Judge I.oo Stalnaker Is Overwhelmingly Defeated TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 5. — Judge | Leo Stalnaker, whose threat to ex- loooumnmbn in’ open court, motion ple- tures of patrons of an alleged Ii- quor selling club, was overwhelm- ingly defeated in the Democratic primary l-h for renomination as Munic| Tom Watkins, was his 1 opponent, and win ner jn BOX SCORE AND SUMMARY ; Gehrig, | \!-mPl ! Collins, | Hovt, Moore, P Total: { | |L. Waner, jBarnhart, P. Waner, rf Kremer, Miljug, p. i *Brickell . | "Totals g *—Batted for Miljus Summary: Two base hits—P. r, Kremer, Koenig, L. Wan. Lazzeri; three base hit-—~Geh- «; first on balls——off Kremer 2, off Miljus 1, off Hoyt none; struck out—hy Kremer 1, hy Mil- jus 3, by Hoyt 2; left on bases -New York 3, Pittsburgh 3; double plays—New York: Lazzeri to Gehrig, Pittsburgh: Wright to Grantham to Harris; sacrifice hits—Gehrig, Dugan, Wright 3; hit by pitcher-—L. Waner; In- nings pitched—~Hoyt 7 1-3 In- nings, Moore 1 2-3 innings, Kre- mer 5 innings, Miljus 4 innings: losing pttql\er— -Kremer. Um- pires — Quigley, Mallin, M fand Ormaby FINE WEATHER WORLD SERIES 27 in ninth, Bright Sups-}fi Prevails in Pittsburgh — Line- ups Announced PITTSBURGH, Penn., Oct. 6§,-~ One of the fairest October days, with a moderate, cool temper: ture, and bright sunshine, greet ed thousands of bazeball faas today for the first game of the ‘World Serles. The sunshine, along with a temperature of 70 degrees, made the fans comfortable. The line-ups follows: Pittsburgh—L. Waner, center field; Barnhart, left field; P. Waner, right tield; Wright, sholt- stop; Traynor, third base; Grant. ham, second base; Harris, 'first bas Smith, catcher; Kremer, pitcher. New York—Combs, center field; Koenig, shortstop; Ruth, right field; Gehrig, first base; Meusel, left field; Lazzeri, second base; Dugan, thirdehase; Collins, cateh- er; Hoyt, pitcher. The umpires of the game: Er- nest Wuigley, Dick Mallin, Char- les Moran and Emmett Ormsby. Downward Air Currents To Be Studied, New Way NEW YORK, Oct. 5—A new study of downward air currents that are a menace to aviation, ie announced as possible means of a new photographic progress and slow motion picture camera. PIRATES LOSE DURING THIRD INNING TODAY 1 Yankees Score Three Run:, on One Hit, Two Er- rors, Two Bases INEITHER PITCHER IS ABLE TO FINISH GAME ‘ John Miljusifirmer Seat- tle Pitcher, Replaces Ray Kremer SCORE SCORE Yfmkees The New York Yllk erican Mfll ]I.m!l ners, defeated the Htthr' Pirates, National League pen- nant winners this afternoon The Pirates lost ly through a bad third . when the Yankees scored three runs on one hit, two errors: and two bases on balls, Neither of the starting pitchers, Ray Kremer for thc Pirates, and Waite Hoyt, of the Yankees, were sble to finish. The two right handed aces saw John Miljus, former hurler of the Seattle Indians. Pacific Coast League, and Wilcy Moore pitching at the finish of the game. No home runs were made during the game, but Lou Gehrig made a triple in the first inning for the Yankees. The following is the play by play: it W YANK!:SREh:Co)mhl it a long fly to Barnhart. Koenig fann < Ruth singled to right. Smith tried to catch Ruth off first bu: Babe elid back. Ruth scored on Geirig's triple to right. Jr wa- a short fly but P. Waner over- ran it. P. Waner took Meusel’s long fly. One rum, two hits, ny errors, PIRATES--L Waner was hit by a pitched bali. Barmhart lin ed out to Ruth. P. Waner double ! to right, L. Waner golng to third. The crowd was frantic L. Waner scored on Wrights sacrifice to Combs, P. Waner g~ ing to third. Traynor flied to Ruth who made a fine rumninz catch. One run, ome hit, nr errors. Second Inning ; YANKEKS — Lazserl sent a (Continued on Page Two.) DECORATED LEGS IN BRITISH MODE LONDON, Oct. 5.—Legs are ‘o be decorated; British. skirts are as short as ever, but— Waists are to be higher. These are some of the dicta of the Fashions Exhibition, which the Lord Mayor, Sir Rowlanil Blades, and the Lady Mayoress opened ‘at Olympia. Aviation suits for women, smok- ing suits and a reception gown which left the back uncovered al- most to the waist, are noveltles of the new ‘style show. The aviation suits are made in suede gazelda with “zip” fronts #0 that they may be changed quickly. Thers is a pocket on each knee “for ‘s sponge and a tooth- brush.” feminine the outfit. The smoking suit, to be worn with an eye-glass ‘and a cigaret: > has loose black velvet trousers that are camouflaged as a skirt. “Romance” is the name of & reception gown which has a lon; train at the back and is Kkneo length at the front. “It has th effect of making you look woman of from m and a lhmw‘ m“ ¥ the front,” said a . Slippers show heels blue, jade or Sahars, butterflies and birds the fldfl A A Lindbergh hat with decorations compltai