The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY A VOL. XXX., NO. 4602. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TH 2 REDUCTIONS (POLE INVENTOR BUILDS AQUAPLANE [SAYS MRS. WOODROW . WILSON PROBABLY BE | RUNNING MATE, SMITH GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED Taxes, and Public Debt to[ Be Reduced—Treas- ury Dept. Plans ! WASHINGTON, Oct. | duction of both taxes and public debt ‘is expected to be included, in the.'Treasury Department| recommendations to Congress at! the next session. | It is expected the recommenda-, tions will strike a compromise! between the demands for both a heavy debt retirement and a sub»‘i stantial tax reduction. The normal debt retirement of' $587,000,000 is expected to be made next year, $UPREME COURT IN WASHINGTON Cases to Be Heard Beats| Record of Recent Years —Many Issues Involved WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. — The new term of the Supreme Court is now in session and the Judges find that the summer recess pro- duced cases exceeding any record in recent years, but that the total number awaiting its consideration, including those carried over from last term, is less than a year AR on v b g e The court imimediately got down to business having a list of 34 cases set for oral arguments, bnt it is expected to follow prece- dents, and deliver no opinions during the first week in any cf “the five cases it has in hand from ithe last term dwaiting. decision. These include the famous Teapot “Dome case, brought to evict Harcy F. Sinclair and his companies from ‘the naval oil reserve in Wyoming. The others are one attacking the validity of cooperative marketing laws, raised by the Liberty Ware- house Company in Kentucky, an ‘effort by the Skinner & Eddy Company “to force Comptroller General McCarl to pass on a $9,- 000,000 claim against the govern- ‘ment, the right of states to tax ‘the gross receipts of taxicab com- panies in a case from Pennsylva- nia, and a houndary dispute be- tween Texas and New Mexico, in- volving land near El Paso. Disputes Between States The most important dispute be- Atween states before the court which probably will be decided during the term involves Chi- cago's’ diversion of water from Lake Michigan. Former Justice Charles E. Hughes hy direction cof the court took evidence in the Wisconsin guit against Illinois and the Chicago Sanitary District, and the case will be set for argument soon after “his report, including his findings, is filed. There are Awo other cases, one by Michigan and the other hy New York, which may be controlled in a large meas- ure by the Wisconsin decision. All told, the court will. be con- fronted with approximately 575 cases compared with 668 at the beginning of the last term, some of them of outstanding importance. Owing: to extraordinary efforts made by the court during recent iyears to expedite the disposal of ccumulated business it closed its fast term in June with 283 cases @awaiting consideration, against 409 the year previous. In the summer ‘Tecess about 292 cases were filed wompared with only 259 during the evious vacation recess. . About 250 of the cases placed on the' docket since: last June ; petitions asking the court to A S e S S A " (Continued on Page Seven.) "L St - AYS COOD DO NOT DIE SO YOUNG /AS PREVIOUSLY ; CHICAGO DOCTOR IS OUT WITH NEW FACTS AND FIGURES : 350 thpa i YANKEES WIN SEC URSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1927. ASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” FOR SEVENTY-HOUR VOYAGE TO U. S. new aquapanc, WARSAW, Poland. Oct Atlantie surface of 6.—The has been crossed on the pond, the | surtace and over the surface—but now come two young Polish ens | gineers who say they are going to er it by the hop-skip-and- | jump method. They have comstructed an aqua- plana which will leap from wave to wave, “just touching the high spots,” and they hope to make New York from Warsaw in 70 hours, traveling 70 miles per hour. A 25-year-old inventor,’ Stefan Witkowski, who has eight impori- ant the under 3 | Called Man Lazy; Murder Is Result YORK, Oct. 6.—A | laziness, hurled at NEW | taunt of is said by the Police to have | been the cause of a murder : | at the Grand Central Station | | last night. Jacob Seigel was ! found fatally wounded stabled in a railway coach. | The Police arested Joseph | Presto on a charge of murder. | Detectives said the stabbing | | followed reproof by Seigel of | | Presto 'for shirking his work. Board Exonerates Big Red Apples LOS ANGELKS, Oct. 6.—The City Health Deparment has nn-‘ nounced that after a thorough investigation into the illness re- cently or more than a score of persons, mainly motion picture people, as the result of eating box lunches from the same source, they had determined that meat sandwiches were the cause. Apples imported from outside of the State, and carrying traces of arsenic spray, which were found in the box lunch estab- lishment, at first were held to be the probable cause of the ill- nesses. But the officials said that after considerable checking up, they had found that none ot the persons affected had eaten one car cleaner by another, | | and | | ! The aquaplane, called the “Sten- or,” was constructed with the revenue from his investions, - nancial help from Edward Grabski, sugar manufacturer, and The W aw Daily ABC. Witkowski was a student last year at the Warsaw Polytechn:e school. He has been studying fo: | fwo years the problem of adapting | aquaplanes to waving surfaces. ! During the summer he remaincd sixteen hours on the Baltic sea in an aquaplane during a storm. He will be accompanied by the aviator Count Uorbert Jezierski. They have food for ten days. In view of the conmtinuous bad o The Steno.,” Stefan Witkowski, young Pelish inventor, hopes to maks 12 “hop, skip and jump” frcm Warsaw t> New York in 70 hours. IS IN SESSION The aquaplane is shcwn above, i the right inset is Witkowski and to his left Court Jezierski, aviator, who will accompany him. the prime mover fo the venture.;weather reports and the news cf! | the postponement of many trans- | Atlantic flights, The Warsaw AB? ,‘asked them to give up their idea, ! freeing them from all obligations} but both young men decided o try the voyage at any price. They plan to follow the Vistula ifrom Warsaw to Danzig, then (o {ecross the Baltic to Plymouth, KEng. land, and to go thence to Lisbon, Portugal, to the Azores and io New York. Witkowski hopes that his aqua- plane will settle the probiem oi quick transportation to America, i because this type of craft can carry more passengers than & plane. FOR DEFENSE IS PROPOSED :Marvelous Anti-Craft Gun i Is Devised—To Be Manufactured \ ABEDREEN PROVING Ground, Md., Oct. 6.—An anti-craft gun which automatically sights targets {in the air is the huge weapon | members of the Army Ordinance Association will be called upon to manufacture and operaje if war comes again. This new gun is comtrolled by a sensitive instrument which de- tects the position of a moving airplane by sound waves ‘at night A .similar instrument, attachel to a high searchlight throws iis beam directly upon an airplane simultaneously with the discharge of the gun. developments in the fighting equin ment on exhibit to those attend- ing the Ninth Annual Convention of the Army Ordinance Associa- tion. Sends Obscene Matter Through Mails, Arrested NEW-WEAPON The weapon is one of the new' . Further checkin .| MADISON, Wis., Oct. 6.—Miriam :\l:]yte;”nl;e,!s, ;g,‘:ll: Ch(il s:p::_ Noel Wright has been arrested by vlulnl' Inspector said, in estab-|the Federal Authorities and placed lishing definitely and positively|upder guard in her hotel. She vn:;a that the meat sandwiches avere|aPPrehended cn a charge of send- the source of the malady. Those| (D& obscene matter through the taken ill later recovered. United States mall, atter, com- [ TSI u L plains ‘had been made by her i former husband, Frank Lloy1 F m‘a.‘ Allcll)lfiflfl Wright. The alleged obscene ‘mat- oman ..d s“ul. ter, it is understood, was sent t> ? one of ;Mfs. Wright's friends, who SEATTLE, Oct. 6.—The fun-|turned the letter over to Wright. éral of Edward J. Gould will be| IR the letter she expressed her held at 1 o’clock tomorrow after-|oPinion of Wright. noon. He was the father of BB e i Gop T :llru.kldl C. Green of Anchorage, ru. “ G-'Il : : " Gomez Is Unknown EL PASO, Tex., Oct. 6.—Chi interest in the Mexican revolu- tion situation lies in the fate dentisl candidate who oppose Gen. Obregon’s aspirations to a second they died fterm ‘as Chief - Executive. ‘Gen. Gomes is charged with by irs of the ra- years, than in | Shall Girls Go Bare Legged to High School? SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6. | | —The Student Council at. the. | Polytechnic High School faces the question of whether girls | must wear stockings to class- | es. Three girl students precipi- | tated a crisis by appearing in ' sehool with bare legs. | In defense of their action, the girls declared physicians said tight garters caused vari- | cose veins; that hoslery is expensive and that hygiene | teaches that the bare legs | are more healthful. JALAPA CITY IS EVACUATED VERA CRUZ, Oct, 6.—All Gov- ;ernment employees have evacu- ated Jalapa, Capital of that State, and arrived here by train. Communication with Tampico and Nautla is interrupted while freight coastwise traffic has been ¢ancelled. Rolling stock is be- ing concentrated here at the re- quest of the military authorities. —eo——— May Make Rubber From Big Trees PASADENA, Cal., Oct. '6.—The automobile tire may take a place alongside pickles as a by-product of California’s most poular back- yard fruit, the fig tree, if experi- ments being conducted by Dr. Frederick Osius prove out the rubber specialist’s first findings. Dr. Osius announced today that| rubber in commercial gquantities| may be obu}ned from the pan- ache or French fig, and that the common California varieties, the| Kadota and the Adriatic, are be-| Ing subjected to research process- es now, He sald he had tapped the milk from the panaches and had produced a fine plece of rub- ber from it. 4‘-;5. in Ve / TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 6.~Mrs, ith's running' mate on the I?l Democratic ‘National Ticket, the opinion of Hugh Wallace, bassador to France, under ident Wilson, and who has Just returned home here follow- | ing an absence of several months. iMr. Wallace looks to the widow of thé war time President to re- turn his party to power in the elegtion by holding the solid Souti in line and carrying the far wes:- ern states. v ‘Smith will contribute his part by sweeping the east, the formor Ambassador said, —eo—— EVEAL PLOT ' KBAINST LIFE Woodrow Wilson Was in iDanger of Assassination —Disclosure Made NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—An alleg- efl plot against the life of Wood- rbw Wilson during the Worll War was disclosed at the State Crime Commission hearing by John Treavor. He told of the plot as an argument for registra- tion of aliens In peace time as well as in wat time. Treavor said he was unable to give all details since_all records Government tiles, "The réported “to Thim as the Army Intelligenca Service in this district at the time, by 'a German, who over- heard the plotting through a reg- ister of the floor in his room. Members of the Army Intelligence Staff raided the house but the plotters ~escaped. A quantity »>f explosives' were stored in the building, Treavor related. PR Telegraph Concern o Will Use Radio SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6.—The MacKay Rad‘o and Telegarph Company, recently organized as the concern which will operate the merged Federal and Postal Telegraph companies, has an- nounced plans for building four plot wag head of 3 |[powerful radio transmitting sta- tions in the Pacific at a cost of about $2,500,000. The MacKay company's an- nouncement said stations would be establistied at Hawali, Guam, Midway Islands and the Philip- pines and probably would be in operation within the next six months, Plans include a fifth station at Shanghai, company hopes within two years. The announcement was made by John F. Skirrow, Vice-Presi- dent and Chief Engineer of the MacKay properties, following a conference with A. Y. Tuel of San Francisco, who will be Vice- President and General Manager for the comcern. San Francisco will be headquarters for the company. Funeral Costs Are Now to Be Reduced CHICAGO, Oct. 6. — The dele- to have buiit the National Selected Morticians offered a ‘cheering word in the |statement of George W. Olinger that funeral costs are going down. Olinger sald the prices will range from $160 to $10,000 compared to $250 for lower priced funerals two years, ago. Has Policeman Right to Be - TANNER IAID AWAY ALONGSIDE OF HIS WIFE' Josias M. Tnner, former Unit-| of Gen. Gomez, remaining Presi-|ed States Marshal and prominent |ties il am ' aceusation Bkngwny'l!l foF thiity years, laid away today in the mauso- leum at Tacoma alongside of hi:| wife whq. passed away last spring and with whom he lived happily Dress Censor? WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—The right of & policeman to censor a woman’s ‘skirt: will be tested in an investigation before the Dis- trict of Colambia Park authori- against rark Policeman Lawler, brought by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Keller. They .charge the officer with or- dering \Mrs. Keller to pull her dress “down while “sitting on a ark HKeller at first was pull’ his wife’'s dress Keller re- . 8pologize FORMER PRES. which the} Woodrow Wilson will be Gov. A, Quits Post to Marry |rut:, r woman appointee to the diplo matic service, has given up her vernment career for married ife. She left her post at { Panama City to prepare for her, weddi y tis with Dr, George Cun. e, — FOR AVERTING OF GONFLICTS iSecretary Navy Gives Praise to Wireless, In- | ternational Affairs WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. — Tha i radio made it possible for tha iUnIled States to avoid serious conflicts in China and Nicaragua 1 where its armed forces are pro- tecting Americans; Secretary of Navy Wilbur declared today in an address before the Telephone and Telegraph Sections of the American Railway Association. Secretary Wilbur said through the radio, decisions of leaders of the American forces in those countries were placed before the | President and his Cabinet and ir a few moments, instructions were isent back. | Secretary Wilbur also stated that if it had not been for radias and airplanes in the recent Mis- sissippi River Valley flood, 19,000 lives would havé been lost. Idaho Republicans Will Make Earnest Fight for Borah BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 6. — The Statesman in a survey of the 1928 political gossip of Idaho declares: that Idaho Republicansg are out to make a determined fight for first place on the Na- | | Willlam E. Borah as the Repub- |lican standard bearer. Republican leaders are cred- ited with the wish to welcome the Borah candidacy because they have a faint hope of bringing the Progressives back to the fold. The enthusiasm of the third par- ty for Senator Borah is well known. —_———————— Grover doll I '_ mg for .Pmpofl WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Grov- er C. Bergdoll, who fled to Ger- many, during the World War to evade the draft, has made appli- cation to the American Consul at Stuttga¥t for a passport, Staie, De; officials announced. Almfi message did not say, 1t I8 presumed that Bergdol! wikhes the passport so hé can travel in P & passport will be is- been decided hy sued I ofleia 18, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ND GAME, SERIES BOX SCORE AND SUMMARY NEWCOMER T WORLD SERIES - TODAY'S HERO \George Pipgras Holds Pitt:- burgh Pirates to 0 Just Seven Hits *| YANKS SCORE SIX RUNS, PIRATES TWO B 1! b o[New York Pennant Wii.. ners Make Three Runs Each in Two Innings a2 ! | Combs, cf. | Koonig, ss. rig, 1h. b A 3h | Bengough, ¢ S et Totals 35 PIRATES | A L. Waner, cf. 3 Barnhart, 1f. |P. waner, rf. 3 Wright, ss. Traynor, 3b Grantham, 2b, Harris, 1b. Miss Lucille Atcherson, firsi | I Gooceh, c.. Aldridge, Cvengros, | Dawsen, | *Smith . D. P Totals *—Batted for Cveng aighth. Summary: Two i Grantham: base three hase Waner; Sacrifice hits— h, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Barahart, Waner; stolen bases——Meusel, 1; first on balls --off Pipgras 1, off Aldridge 4; struck out—by Pipgras 3, by Aldridge 4; left on bases Yankees 7, Pirates 5; double plays--Lazzerl to Koenig; wild pitehes — Aldridge; hit by pitcher —- Combs, by Cvengros; runs off Pipgras £ in 9 innings, off Aldridge 3 in 7 1+3 innings, off Cvengros 3 in 2-3 innings, off’ Dawson none in one inning; los- ing pitcher—Aldridge; umpires— Quigley, Maliln, Moran and Ormsby, 3 —_————— MURDER CASE HAS APPEARED MAYS LANDING, 6.—Willis Beoch, missing wit- ness in the Lilliendahl. murder mystery, gave himself up to the police today and it is said that he holds the key to the mystery. Df. William Lilliendahl was killed while riding with his wife, much his junior. She said two negroes shot her husband but no motive was disclosed. Mrs. Lilllendahl was later ar- rested and ' released on $25,000 bail after various groups of ne- groes were arrested and released, proving alibis, Former Bootleg Kin Kilfl Wife CINCINNATI, 0., Oct. 6.—Mre. Surrenders; Imogene Remus died this after- noon from a bullet wound suf- fered when shot by her husband, George Remus, former Cincinnati bootleg king, when she tried to escape as he pursued her through a park. Mrs. Remus was on her way to prepare for a divorce hearing. Remus took his wife to the hospital and then surrendered to the police. ———eo——— Junkers Plane Forced Down, Bathing Resort SANTA CREZ, Portugal, N..J., Oct. Oct. gates attending the convention of|tional ticket by urging Senator|g__The Junkers plane D-1230 re- mained all night off the coast in the waters of a bathing resort having been forced down by a fog while flying from Amsterdam to Lisbon, enroute via the Azorns to the United States. The plane is expected to hop for Lishon|_ sometime during today. SHORT SCO! J ng H E e 8 IIs of T38s I Pitts] 7 pitchers, ridge startin the game, then relieved b; Cvengros who was later re- lieved by Dawson. L. Waner, centerfielder of Pittsburgh, good hitter and fastest of base runners, brought in both scores for the Pirates. In the first in- ning he stored after trip) eighth inning, Lioyd Waner, having walked, raced to third on a single to cemter and scored when his brother hit a sacrifice to Meusel. Bright sunshine with a cloudless sky was on hand this morning for the game. Fair weather is forecast for the third game which will be played in New York tomorrow, The play by play of to- day’s game follows: Combs filed +1 Barnhart. Koenig singled ‘nt: center. Ruth fanned and i ¢ crowd howled. Gehrig ,walked. Aldridge threw out Meusel »* first. No runms, one hit, mo er- rors, PIRATES—L. Waner tripled to left and scored on Barnharta sacrifice fly to Ruth. P, Waner fanned. Wright flied to Ruth, One run, one hit, no errors. First YANKEES — YANKEES—Lazzeri singled o Aldridge's glove. Dugan fovicd to Gooch. Benough fouled to Gooch. Pipgras lined out o Grantham. No runs, no hits, no errors. PIRATS — Pipgras threw ort Traynor at first. Grantha 1 singled into cemter. Gehrig too% Harris's gounder and touched first, Grantham going to second. (Continuea vn rage Twa.) BRITISH PROFESSOR TAKES SLAMS AT WOMEN, LONDON, Oct. 6.—~A woman re- sembles an ape, more than man, according to Dr. Arthur Thompson, eminent British Anatomist and Professor in Sclence at Oxford. Since 1893, Dr. Thompson said, women's legs are usually shorter than ber arms and longer than a man’s. He declared it is oniy concelt which makes mankind be- dleve it has mot descended from apes, although generations brought great changes in ahatomy. “Similarities are too great to ‘Thompson, SEVERAL DIRECTIONS “A baby, until it can walk, ros sembles an ape in nearly ever, respect.” Z . Dr. Thompaon took another slar at women when he said they ary ' not good judges of hi