The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1927, Page 1

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, “ALL THE NEWS overnment Indlcateq St A.R.C. CHOSEN; ARRIVES SOON ajor Malcolm Elliott Ord- ered Here to Head Road Commission Major Malcolin Elliott, Corps of Engineers, formerly district en- zineer for the New Orleans Dis- rict, has been assigned to duty with the Alaska Road Commission as its President, relieving Major Douglas H. Gillette who will con- tinue on the Commission as En- sineer Officer, it was announced today. War Department orders coyering the change were issued early this month and Major El- liott probably will arrive here within the next 30 days to as- sume his new duties, Major Gil- lette said in making the ‘an- nouncement, The new President of the Com- misgion is a veteran of the Spanish American War _although he is but 46 years of age. He erved in that war with a Cali- fornia volunteer regiment and la- ter with a regular army outfit. He also served through the World war and attained the rank .of Lieut. Colonel in the Engineer Corps of the National Army. He was commissioned major in the regular army in 1920. With Major Gillette and Maj. John C. Gotwals, former Engineer Officer of the Commission, Major Elliott was assigned to duty in Louistana last. Spring and co-op. ! erated with Governor Parker of that State in flood relief work. He had charge of field headquar- ters at Baton Rouge. Col. James G. Steese; whom Ma- jor Gillette succeeded as Presi- dent of the Alaska Road Commis- il sion will leave New York for Co- lombia, South America, in ‘a short time, the latter said today. He is mow general manager of the Gulf Oil .Company of South | America in the Colombia field. The company controls several million acres of oil land. under concession and leases and is launching a gigantic development project which Col. Steese will head. It involves the construction of 400 miles of pipe line, wharvos, warehouses and plants of various kinds. = The Colonel's headquar- ters will be in Bogota, the capi- tal of Colombia. He will fly there from the coast. GENE TUNNEY NOT ENGAGED | Cham pion Reported En- gaged to Three Different Girls — Denies It . POLAND SPRINGS, Maine, Oct. 22.—Gene Tunney'declares here, after a two weeks’ vacation in the woods that “any man who marries, while he, is "champion, makes a big mistak: THe' statement w: Tunney was told he was reported engaged to tfim different girls. Tuneny aid:_ “I am engaged to 0o one. sfortly after the fight, they had me engaged to girls, one in California, then one. in Hlinols -and now. one in Con- necticut. I do not think that it is fair to the giris. It must bé| embarrasing. I do not contem- plate marrying while in. the box- ing ‘profession. T hope the next time they pick out a girl for| me, they will let me in on lt." made when|- Ew HEAD FOR |Living Bemg May Soon Be Artificially Produced By Compounds Chemist Claims SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Oct. 22-- Psychologists here for a World Psychological Symposium, heard a chemist - vision the day when a “living being may be artificially produced in a chemical laboratory and personality changed by usg of chemical compounds.” The visions were ‘portrayed by Edwin Slossons, based on recent laboratory discoveries of chemists and psychologists. “The chemist of the future will turn from his humble task of pro- viding conveniences of life and gain control of life itself,” sald; Slossons. “He may mold a sta. tue and give it character as a sculptor molds his clay. He can turn his attention to proportion j compounds that, contribute to hu-{ man welfare and woe, and stim- ulate virtue.” WOMAN ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY, Mrs. Medill McCormick, of Illmou, w:fe of the llte Semtor McCormick, announces that she will run ig:i Congress on the « Republican "ticket. | ] STOCKS AGAIN ON RAMPAGE, N. Y. MARKET NEW YORK, Oct. 22. — The Stock Market, which suffered a series of reactiomary chills all week, had another sinking spell at the opening today because of its inability to digest the large volume of selling orders that poured into the market over night. Early losses ‘today ran from fractfons to 7, with United States Steel common, General Motors and General Electric all touch- ing new low levels. —— Alaskan Town Eats Much Ice Cream SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 22— Stéamer Starr has left enroute to Seattle for her annual overhaul- Jack Otis, passenger aboard, will bring back lumbér to erect an electric freezer in the farthest west ice cream parlor. During the summer months he sells 30 gallons of ice cream dally at King Cove. ‘The freighter Redondo bas also left here for Seattle, Paris Amuses Herself. ' With Smokers’ Academy PAM'N. 22-Parls 1s golng to have:an Academy of Smokers are to be admitted. manding for woman her proper share in the organization, puts the pipe hr woman ;on & high [t Result of Dice Game | BLUEFIELDS, W. Va., Oct. 22—Jeft Amburger, aged 35 |! years, died in a hospital last | | night at Daiite, the second | victim of a quarrel over a 25 cent coin in a.dice game. Amburger’s life long friend, Zeb Turner, Virginia Deputy Sheriff, fired two shots which resulted in Amburger's death. Turner was killed by Ambur- | ger, who lay wounded in the | road. Amburger raised wup | and shot Turner through the | heart. | g il gt —_——— BRAINS - OF RUSS DEAD - T0 BE KEPT LENINGRAD, uct. 32.—Death) will not bring priyacy and peace to the brains of *llultml citl- zens of Russia if their kinsmen submit to a plan approved by the Soviet Government. . The' plan is already partly in operation and calls for the estab- lishment of a Brain Patheon where the cerebral tissues of de- ceased. cejebrities will be kept in glass bowls, attached to which will be gold plates telling whou brain it is and what the pecul- larities " w MAY . FORCE DEFENDANTS UPON STAND Government Weaves Web ! About Former Int. Sec- retary and Ol Magnate WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Slow- ly but persistently the special Government oil counsel is weavs, ~|ing a web by which they hope Albert B. Fall or Harry F. Sin- clair, or both, will be forced to take the witness stand in - the oil comspiracy case trial in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. 4 The Government’s plan of cam- paign began to develop clearly as the Government's counsel again blocked the defense counsel in repeated efforts to explain away or weaken the Government's case by carrying the prosecution wit- nesses on cross examination be- yond examination. Lawyers for the defense be- came most persistent ‘in cross ex- amination of K. C. Heald, former Government Geologist, about the report he made to Fall, when the latter was Secretary of the Interior, that there was no im- mediate danger of extensive drainage of Teapot Dome. Government counsel stipulated the report offered was only to show such a report had been ,made to Fall who ‘contended the danger- of drainage was the -ju i pelling cause for leasing Teapot Dome to Sinclnlr MANY WEALTHY ARE KIDNAPPED Rich Chmese Bankers,Mer- chants, Professiortal Men, Are Held SHANGHAI, Oct. 22.—A reign|, of terror has swept the wealthy Chinese districts of the Interna- jtional settlement during the last 48 hours as the result of kid- napping of rich Chinese mer- chants, bankers and professional| men. The authorities are unable to cope with the sgituation be- cause the families of the victims are fearful of reprisals and re- fuse to supply information. — > —— GREYHOUND RACING SEEN FOR FIRST TIME IN PARIS PARIS, Oct. ' 22.—Greyhound racing—old as the sport is—will be seen for the first time in Paris soon. A few whippet races have been held on the Riviera, but the greyhound has not yet been seen in public contests. One of the indoor bicycle tracks 1is - being arranged with kennels and the rail on which the mechanical rabbit will be sent ahead of the dogs. The French Canine Federation has ap- proved the plans and will super- vise the contests ——————— WOMAN ENGINEER URBANA, 11, Oct. 22.—The first time in its hhmy the Uni- versity of Illinois has a woman student in the engineering col- lege. She is Grace Wilson, of Urbana, studying te be an elec- trical engineer. She enrolled this symmer. e Terrmmal ; Ll eV SEATTLE, Oet. 23.-Jane Sheldon; born. at- Nome, un- furled the.Alaska Territorial Flag at the Chamber of Commarco luncheon yester- YJ! lo” ot the anni- | 'm ver: AL THE TIME” [OBER 22, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS, agetic Move 1 in Oi1l Case ER AS COMMERCIAL FLIER the field opened by direct{" - A safe fllght from the United States to Denmark is the objective f Mrs. Frances W. Grayson of New York (right). Her twin- motored Sikorsky, “The Dawn,” shown above, can alight on or take off from water as well as land. Below are Wilmer Stultz (left), pilot, -.nd Brice Goldsborough (right), navigator. IS TO SEEK PROPAGANDA History Books in Chicago Library Are to Be Scan- ned, Thrown OQut | CHICAGO, Oct. 22—W. J. Herr- man is the official big game hunt- jer for Mayor Thompson, He has mapped out a plan-for seeking the British lion among the books of the Chicago Public Library. Herrman is a sportsman, the- atye owner and trusteé of the Li- brary. He has been named to read history books in the library to determine the accuracy of charges that British propaganda is being dllnpun.ted in them. Herrmann says he is going ‘o read the books and then burn those he condemns. He estimates that there are 1,000 propaganda books in the library. French Ex’ch Test New “Safe” Gasoline PARIS, Oct. 22.— “Gasoline” that wom't ‘burp-—called ' M honine after {ts inventor—is serted ‘to have proved its value in many tests by Government en- | gineers but there still is a fight {in Parliaiment on the supposition that the ‘new fuel's trial results arc helng suppressed, Many aviators in France, as elsewhere, die, burned to death by gasoline flames. It s claimed for the *4 e’ fuel that such accidents will entirely eliminated. It Is affirmed, also, Iby its supportérs that Makhonine | OF BRITISH i« an efficient dependable fuel,| ALLEGED SLAYER PACES CELL WHILE JURORS PLAY “500” AFTER REACHING VERDICT ; TOO BUSY TO MAKE REPORT BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Oct. 22— W. C. Allen paced a cell in tro County jail last night, nervously awaiting the verdict of the jury . which tried him for the slaying of J. H. Cox at Taft, last April. Judge Dehy called the Bailiff and told him to inform the jurors | that they-would be locked up for { the night unless they arrived at |a verdict. ¢ The. jurors informed the Bailitf they had reached a verdict but were playing “500” and wanted to | finish the game. The jury finally “came in” with ia “not guilty” wverdict. INSURRECTION INNGARAGUA Conditions in Northern Part Are Reported Bad— Amerluns Leave MANAGUA Qct 22, — (‘nndl- tions in the mnorthern part of Nicaragua are ‘getting from ban- ditry into a state of insurrection say reports from Government sources published in a local news- paper. The reports agree with ac- counts given by American en- gineers who have heen forced to; leave the regfon after many years spent there. . The number of bands of so- called finsurrectionists is in- creasing. ———— O'MARA IN HOSPITAL Ike ‘O'Mara entered St. Ann'ul hospital ' yestérday afternoon for medical freatment . Will Rogers Makes ' Long |Trip by Plane LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 22, --wil* terday arrived on a express mail L a four-day jew York. m plane, b "GOAL OF U. S.-DENMARK AVIATRIX BULLETIN—OLD OR- CHARD, Maine, Oct. 22— Aftcr a second false start for Cope Mrs, Grayscn said e just could not fly down in the winds.” After the plane flew 12 miles ouf, it returud this morning., It h to rise a few andl o water. Mrs, onh?:d 'l:&’ t leave again does not like lly two nights- which WIld -have to be done, if-she successfully reaches the other side of the Atlantic, NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—Woman will make a flying leap Into the realm of commercial aviation if the trans-Atlantic flight of Mrs. Frances Wilson Graysom is sue- cessful. | Undeterred by the threat of autumn weather on the Atlantic. Mrs. Grayson, young American business woman, blonde and blue-| eyed, insists that her flight will be made. The ultimate object, she says, |18 the entry of her partner, Mrs, Aage Ancker, and herself into the field of commercial flying. Already she and Mrs. Ancker, wife of a Danish sportsman, have formed the Ancker-Grayson Air- craft Corporation to demonstrate her faith in the feasibility of trans-oceanic, flying. Mrs, Gray- son says that she will fly across herself first. Later, she says, her corporation hopes to act as sell- ing agents for airplanes. For this reason '‘The Dawn,"” giant two-motored Sikorsky am- phiblan plane, was rusheds to completion. . Wilmer Stultz, vet- eran pilot, has been entrusted with guiding the big machine when it takes oft from Old Or- chard Beach, Me. Brice Golds- borough, navigator, and a former chief radio operator in the navy, is the third member of the crew. Every effort has been made to have “The Dawn" safe for ocean flying. Propelled by two Wright Whirlwind engines, it is capable of taking off or alighting on either water or land. It is built to be seaworthy, is equipped with radio and s said to have a cruis- ing radius of 4,000 miles. Mrs. Grayson insists emphatic- llly that she has no intention of “(Continued on Page Bigat) “IDLE LONDON, Oct. 22--Dean Inge of St. Paul's thinks the new idle poor supported on the dole threat. en to be a greater menace to Great Britain than the idle rich of the past. “A new parasitic class is being created,” writes Dean Inge in The Evening Stundard. “The dole is the most mischlevous and ruin. ous devise fog buying off revolu- MAY CALL OUT STATE MILITIA INCOAL STRIKE Industrial Workers An- nounce Continuance of Picket Forces PLEA IS MADE TO GOVERNOR ADAMS County Commissioners Fearful of Results— More Arrests Made DENVER, Colo, Oct, 22.—A {plea for the mobolization of the | Colorado National Guard to deal with the I. W. W. strikers is contemplated by County Commis- sioners who conferred today with Gov. Willlam H. Adams, after abandoning the idea of hiring 100 Deputy, Sheriffs to patrol the mines in the strike area. I. W. W. leaders announced picketing will be resumed despite the law against it and the many arrests already made. MINE GUARDS DARED WALSENBURG, Colo.,, Oct. 22, —~Women heading the I. W. W, picket force in .the coal fields, today dared mine guards to start something, as lhn hurled stones at them. The mien remsined tn” automo- biles while the women took the offensive. Forty persons were arrested. *They sang the 1. W. W. song “‘Solidarity,” almost constantly. Mining practically at a standstill. ——————— FARM RELIEF NOWCAUSING NEW STRIFE Dissc?slign X;;-;es Oin Ranks of Recently Organ- ° ized Bloc WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—With the problem of agricultural re- Hef already causing dissension among the recently organized bloe of independent Republican Senators from the West, it has been made known that President Coolidge, while not ready to dis- cuss a new farm relief bill, is studying the situation carefully and hopeful that the measure of the Administration can be ap- proved and be enacted by the next Congress. The President went over the subject with Senator Willlam E. Borah, who said he felt certain the Presiednt would leave the problem to Congress rather th embody ideas in the Administra- tion bill. The block on which the West- erners have spit is the equlisa- tion fee proposed in the McNary- Haugen bill which caused heated controversy and later the veto of President Coolidge. Beveral of the Westerners are in favor of the fee. is GLOOMY DEAN RAPS POOR” CLASS the conrage to bring the pernici- ous system to a sudden end. Now, no governmeat would dsre to do anything of the kind.” In discussing the dole-takers, Dean Inge says: “They will mot emigrate, for no country in the world l!ll”l things so comfort- able for the ‘Won't‘Works' as It is not easy fo