The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 26, 1927, Page 1

Startling Revelations Are THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX., NO. 4619. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1927. NPREPAREDNESS NOTE SOUN U.S. ARMY ARE LOW, VERY OLD Made Public by War Dept. Official HANFORD MACNIDER | GIVES STRAIGHT TALK Take from Six to Nine' Months to Get Action from Manufacturers CHATTANOOC 26 Tenn., Oct. stocks . army are “in desperate circumstances” due to the dwindling of the supply and' old age, Assistant Secretary Han-{ ford MacNider of the war depart-| ment said in an address today at | the annual convention of the Na- ON¢ \Beautiful Princess MUNITIONS OF | Peautiful Frinces Runs¥armin Spain / To Support Family ammunition ! { ‘le:l States Senator Charles Curtis, . |has entered the Presidential race., MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS STEAMER SINKS; MANY LOSE LIVES SEN. CURTIS CANDIDATE, PRESIDENT Announcement Formally Made by Kansas Sena- tor for Nomination WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Unit- of Kansa, leader of the Senate, In a letter to Roy L. Bone, or-! | ganizer of the ‘‘Curtis for Prenbl dent Club,” the Senator meI that “if my friends desire to send a delegation to the next Repub- lican National Convention favor- able to my nomination ,I will be a greatly pleased candidate.” The Senator also said that “I will not allow myself to be used as a stalking horse for anyone.” This statement s taken to mean he does not wish to have ing purposes in the convention the Kansas delegation for trad-|; | | CRITIC OF U. S. NAVY CENTER OF OFFICIAL STORM GREAT LOSS OF LIVES IN SEA DISASTER Palatial Italian Lines Goes Down Off Coast of Brazil Last Night {BOILERS REPORTED TO HAVE EXPLODED iDeath Tolliporled at Over 350 Persons, Mastly Immigrants BULLETIN—RIO DE JAN- ERIO, Oct. 26. — Although the number of casualties is not known, the National Telegraph Bureau has re- ceived a message stating that 350 ngers a the Principessa Mafalda are missing. DED | and would consent to run . only |y \ tional Association of Manufactur- ers We have no munitions and to bridge the gap between the last hour of our rapidly deteriorating and fast the day when the industry . can, get underway' with “its’ qiiality production, would. be three months after our regular Natjonal Guards- men . could be . nqqrniqu to strength, and go into action,* sald [ “«MacNider, o e 4 “We have not rifle nor machine aun with which to get into quick and direct action. I speak with authority, when I say that with the best possible advance plan- ning for the manufacture of mu- nition, it leaves gap of from six to nine month BIG WELCOME IS EXTENDED WOMAN FLIER Noise Rings Out from Land, Sea and Air, Greet- ings to Miss Ruth Elder TLISBON, Oct. 26.-—A welcome which sounded from land, sea and air, late yesterday greeted Miss Ruth Elder and George Halde- man when they arrived on the steameér Lima from the Azores after their disastrous attempt to fly from the United States to France /in the plane American Girl, and their dramatic rescue at sea, | Airplanes circled overhead, harbor craft' swarmed around the steamer while whistles screeched greetings. ,A vast crowd at the docks and in the city streets shouted joy- fully, welcoming the two fliers to the old world. Ruth Has Flu LISBON, Oct. 26-—Miss Elder is sutfering from influenza and has taken to her bed. She needs a complete rest. © Her departure from Lishon for Madrid, enroute to Paris, has been postponed in- definitely, ‘ —— 2 For a trip to the outside, Ralph B. Norris, Koyukuk mining man, is on the Yukon from the west- ward. antiquating supply, anit! | Beatrice of Spain, whose family heavals. | for herds and chickens, tending BY JAMES A. MILLS (Associated Press Staff Writer) MADRID, Spain, O¢t. 26—Royal princesses are usually pictured as leading pampered lives, into which neither work, worry nor woes ever entered. But in most instances the exact reverse is true, especially since the war cost many princesses or their families their fortunes, ‘ The beautiful Infanta Beatrice of Spain, cousin of King Alfonso and sister of Queen Marie of Ru- mania, has to work 12 hours a day on her farm near Madrid to | support herself, her husband and three sons. She can be seen any day dig- ging potatoes, feeding poultry or caring for the cattle and pigs. She also has a large rabbit farm, and she' looks after her father-In-law's vineyards* and other properties, since her husband, the Infante Alfonso of Spain, gives all his timg, to the Spanish military avia- tion schools,*of which he is head. “It is no sinecure to be a farm- er,” said the charming princess as she scattered corn to several hundred chickens she had raised on her farm near Madrid. “We have lost our fortunes, and I must work like a Trojan every day be- cause our daily bread depends upon it. Agriculture has always been my greatest hobby, but now it has become a grim reality to me. The management of the farm and of my father-in-law’s vineyards and lands causes me many sleepless nights.” Like her sister Marie, the In- fanta Beatrice not only possesses rare beauty, charm and grace of manner, but has many gifts in other directions. She is an ex- | GERMANY BUILDING HUGE FLEET OF W AR PLANES, SAY DANES COPENHAGEN, Oct. 26—The ish Sociglist press has launch- n at on the German afr- plane manufacturers, Ji rs and Rohrback, saying they are build- Copenhagen most of the airplanes were heavily armed waf playes, buflt at Malmoe and in France. oy N % LN Being a Princess means anything but a life of ease to Infanta, lost its fortune in post-war up- She wcrks long hours on her farm near Madrid, caring rabbits and managing vineyards. pert at painting, wood-carving, modelling and gardening. “Custom and tradition,” said the Infanta, “usually invest the lives of princesses with romance and glamour. But 1 «assure you we don't always lead fairylike exist- ences. We must work. Happily my father and mother saw to it that all the children of the fam- ily were given pradtical instruc- tion in useful arts. “If we were forced to shift for ourselves we could all make a comfortable living on our own talents. My sister, Queen Marie, not only is an accomplished paint- er, ‘but an able writer, Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia, my eld- est sister, is a splendid flowep painter. 1 stadied wood-carving at Oberammergau.” Infanta Beatrice in addition to six other languages speaks ex- quisitely perfect English. “I love horseback riding, swii- ming, tennis, airplane flying and figure skating,” she says. “I also love to sing, having studied with Tosti and Rezski, but I have al- ways been terrified at the thought of singing in public.” The princess wants to visit the United ” States and study Ameri- can methods of farming, poultry- raising and dairying. : “l was to have goue last year with mysister, the Queen of Ru- mania,” she sail; “but King Al fonso was afraid undue *political or social significance would be attached to my visit, and so I had to put it off.” | | Mystery Man NOME, Alaska, Oct.’ 26.—, The unidentified mystery man being sought for by searching parties after land- ing in a bHnding snow storm thought to be the lone roam- er known as K. L. Gray. He | left Nome for Seattle weeks ago in a 14-feot . skiff. Gray arrived at Nom last Spring after being wrecked along the was_probably blown his course during. as a serious nomination. FALL SHOUTS OUT AGAIN IN COURT. TRIAL ‘Wants Technical Evidence . Admitted — Sinclair | Counsel Opposes WASHINGTON,, Oct. 26.—Dif-, ferences of opinion hetween de- fendants Albert B. Fall and Har- {ry F. Sinclair, developed as the jovernment counsel continued to unfold to the jury the story upon | which is based the indictment; for criminal conspiracy in connection with the leasing of the Teapot !Dome Naval Oil Reserve. Breaking into the proceedings for the second time in less than {a week, Fall almost shouted that |he had no objection to presenta- {tion of cerfain techmical testi- mony by the Government to which Chief Counsel Hoover, for Sinclair, offered a vigorous pro- test before Justice Siddons, pre- |siding in the case in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Roosevelt Is Witness Theodore Roosevelt, jr., former assistant secretary of the navy, was called today as a government witness in the Fall-Sinclair case. While waiting for the court to | convene, Roosevelf stood outside the inner railing of the room. Fall brushed by him but neither of the former officials of the Harding administration spoke. Roosevelt testified that he first learned of the entire lease of Tea- |po¢ Dome in April, 1922, He said he had no knowledge prior to jthat time of the intention to lease Teapot Dome. After he declared he had little knowledge pf the plans relating -to naval oil re- serves, because he was too busy with other matters, Roosevelt was excused from the stand. ———elr e Highest U. S. Court Refuses to Rule on - Dry Law Padlocking WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—The United States Supreme Court has refused to review the validity of the new federal prokibition en- forcement practice of pad-locking night clubs and restaurants which serve ginger ale, cracked ice and glasses to patrons who bring their own liquor. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Red Star Motor Drivers’ Association’ and others, challenging the walidity of the Detroit ordinance regulating jit- | neys. The court held that a fed- eral question had not been pre- sented. Miss Venetla Pugh left on the. Yukon for bere she| will visit wi Judge and Mrs. T contender for the|. » His criticism of the U. S. Navy; out lined in magazine story, has placed Rear Admiral homas P. Magruder in the center of an official storm. Despite hints of federal action, Ma- ruder has remained unmoved. Photos show the Rear Admiral working in the garden of is home with his'wife. The destroyers pictured are included in the navy craft that came under fire in Magruder’s article, (International Newaresl) PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Oct: i26.—Rear Adijial’ Magruder,, whose recent ‘magasine artlélé” ou Nidvy ‘econfomy “cullsed @ stir In fiaval circles, has Been deotached from duty as Comimander of the, Fourth ‘Naval District. A telegram, notifying him he had beem détached and ordering him to report to the Secre- tary of the Navy about November 5 was received by Magruder from Secretary Wilbur. The Rear Admiral said the order came as a distinct shock to him although he had been aware his magazine article had not met with the approval of some of the naval officials, would be strai hoped the matter of the whole affair. He stated he ghtened out but now he would insist on a thorough investigation EXPEDITION ' COMES NORTH | NEXT APRIL Party Will Explore Vol- cano Region in West- ward Alaska WASHINGTON, Oct, 26—An ex- pedition to study the unknown Pavlef yolcano group of islands of the Alaskan -peninsula will be sent north next April by the Geo- graphical Society. Dr. Thomas A, Jaggar, director of the -Geological Survey station at the Mount Kilauea Voleanie laboratory in Hawali, will lead the party which will also explore the region west of Mount Katmai, one of the world’s largest active voleanoes, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. McClintock Will Figkt Nearing Final Stages CHICAGO; Oct. 25—The last stages of the fight for the estate of William: Nelson McClintock, whose death led to the sensational jcharges against his guardian, W. liam Darling Shepherd, is sched. uled to start November 15 before Circuit Judge Ira Ryner. Shepherd, who was acquitted in the consequent court trial, is to file his answer to the petition of the natural heirs seeking to set aside his claims. He is the chief heir under-the whl. Shepherd has already filed a de- murrer to the cross:bill of Isabe! Pope, who asks dower rights in the estatd, valued at $1,200,000, on the ground ' that Shepherd pre- vented her “to McCiln- tock. This’ charge wag denled. Circle, Alasks, Note OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 26.— Aftirming the King coylty Court, the-State Supreme Court has held that P, & t sliould recover $1.864 from ‘the estate of Joseph ‘on_ & prom! DISH WASHING CONTEST IS LATEST; i | l CHAMPION DECIDED, SO. CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 26— Sylvia Bolder last night scrubbed her way to dish washing cham- pionship in Southern California, winning the title' in competitiofi with 19 other giris. The contest was held at the an- nual food show. The champion won by washing 30 pieces of chinaware and then drying them, in three minutes and 21 seconds, More than 260 pieces of crock- ery were smashed hy the enthusi- astic contenders, “Spank Him Till It Hurts;” Court Edict CHICAGO Oct. 25—A hair brush applied where it hurts the most was recommended as pun- ishment jar disobedient boys by Judge Francis B. Allegretti. Mrs Afina Monroe testified “her son, Jolin, sixteen, refused to obey her. “Use the hair brush on him good and plenty, and if he has to £0 to the hospital for repairs, I'll foot the bill,” promised Judge Allegretti. The case was continued, await- ing improvement in young Mon: roe’s hehavior, or a hospital bill, e Among the arrivals on the Yu. on from the westward, was E M. Polley, territorial tax collec- tor. He will remain in Juneau for a short time before going to Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchl kan, 5 - Atta, Girl! Old, But She’s Going to Flap | " —— | SAN”’ CISCO, Cal., | Oct. 26.—Mrs. Esther Beale, oldest pateint in the State | Relief figutes that a | ough to do | | when - she | _years. Accord- to bob her a short skirt. | tury birth- Saturday and y longevity .is | sdrink lots, ‘go up early and TAKES SUDDEN TRIP, NORWAY Capt. Roald Amundsen Leaves Cancelled Lec- ture Tour and Medal NEW YORK, Oct. behind him a cancelled lecture tour and the Explorers’ Club medal, scheduled to be awarded him at a dinner in his honor next Saturday evening, Capt. Roald Amundsen sailed for Norway to- day wtih no explanation of his hasty .departure. Amundsen telegraphed officials of the Explorers’ Club: “I am sailing today. Sorry I cannot be with you.” ——————— GROSS RETURNS W. D. Gross, Manager of the Coliseum Theatre, returned to Juneay on the Alaska after a month’s absence, part of which time was spent in the States. On the return from Seattle he stopped off a week in Ketchikan in “connection with his theatre there and also for a few days in Wrangell, as the theatre there has the same service that Mr. Gross patronizes. 20—Leaving clwu DOWN OFF COAST RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26— The luxurious Italian steamship Principessa Matfalda,, carrying more than 1,000 pasengers, moat of them TItallan immigrants to Brazil and Argentina, navk last night oft the coast of "Brazil, with a loss of life estimated to number into the hundreds. Rescue ships are standing to pick up survi ‘The steamship sent otit “SO8” - alls at 7:16 o'clock last night and five hours later the big craft went down when the boilers ex- ploded. 3 Shipping circles here said 1,- 600 - persons were aboard the steamship but owners of the ship insisted there were’'not more than 1,200 and al\ but 110 were Ital- ian immigrants bound for their new homes in' Brazil or Argen- tine. No word as to the cause of the disaster has been received but it is thought possibly due to hit- ting a submerged rock with the Imlh-aquent explosion of the boil- ers. X —_— CROWDS STORM OFFICES ROME, Italy, Oct. 26.—Anxious crowds stormed the oftices of Mavibazione Geherale to learn the fate of their relatives or friends. . This was immediately upon publication in a special edi- tion of newspapers reports giving the loss of life aboard the steam- ship Principessa Mafalda. It was announced here that the vessel, when she sailed, had 52 first class, 89 second class and 827 third ¢ passengers. Shakespeare Invades Eut_ll_! of Londen LONDON, Oct. 26—Shakespeare !has replaced Dickens in popular- ty among the children of London's east end. In fact, the voting of the boys and girls ranging in ages from 10 1to 14 was move than two to eme in favor of the Stratford bard. The test question was luhnltg to patrons of the juvenile of the Methnal Green public - brary, the librarian reporting an the result of the poll attributing the preference for Shakespeare as being due chiefly to Lamb's \“Tales From Shakespeare” and Mee's “Children’s Shakespeare,” NEW YORK VETERANS DENOUNCE TEXTBOOK NEW YORK, Oct. 26—A cam- paign to prevent the use of the text book “Modern History,” by Professors Hayes and Moon, in public schools of New York State has heen launched ‘hy the Veter- ans of Forelgn Wars, ‘who find the book ‘“subtle falsehoods de- signed to restore America into sentimental, spiritual and politi- cal subjection to Great Britain. Declaring that the volume is “unfit for pubic use,” the Amari- can! committee of the vet- erans and the e councll | istration department of 1 of the ! has. introduction of the beok into New York State public schools. The national L also (s attempting to force the withdrawal of the history from use in Chicago and other cities in the West. 3 Carleton J. H. Hayes is a. fessor of st Colum University. co-author of veterans’ organisation