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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927. E MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PROPOSE NEW NAVAL P Government Loses Big Point in Cons ROG RAM piracy Trial REFUSAL OF WITNESS TO TALK UPHELD M, T. Everhart Need Not Disclose Where He Se- cured Libery Bonds JUSTICE SIDDONS MAKES DECISION Important Clue in Teapot Dome Lease Is De- nied Government 25 reve in Liberty! Bonds has he * by a man the Government contends can furnish the information wanted in the present criminal conspir-| acy trial of A, B Fall and Harry Sinelair The man 18 M WASHINGTO! Oct. to —Mat source T. Everhart, of Pueblo, Colorado, a hanker, and son-in-law of Fall. The Goverr- ment contends, Everhart visited New York, Washington and other Eastern points and then return-! ed home with $230,000 in Lib- erty bonds which went into a i ¥ e 1l 1 i al the! King Boris of Bulgaria wil evercome, MRS, HILL 1S NOW SEEKING HER DIVORCE lock box held jn the First Na- ¢hird daughter of King of Italy, religious obstacles having been BULGAR KING TO WED PRINCESS { | 1l soon wed Princess Giovanna, BEAT SPOUSE | | | { i Former Fomes Beauty Has! | Warm Weather' Strikes Cities In Illinois i t | CHICAGO, Oct.-28. — The thermometer reached the un- heard figure of 83 degrees | for late October, with' an- | other day of unseasonal | weather in sight. Springfield reported 84 de- grees, and Peoria 86 degrees. | Many went to the beaches | and found that Lake Michi- | gan hat not been influenced by the excessive tempera- | ture, u— ——————— BERGER PICKS GOV, SMITH T0 BE PRESIDENT Socialist 'Congressman Says Smith Be Nominated and Elected NEW yunK, Oct. 28—Vietor L Berger, for many years Socialist member of congress from Mil waukee and leader of the Social ist party in the United States predicted the | nomination and CLAIM MANY | LOST AT SEA IN' DISASTER Survivors of Principessa Mafalda Believe Over 400 Drowned SHARKS DEVOUR MANY | RSONS, IT IS SAID >ropellor L;STWhich Per- miits Inflow of Water i—Boilers Explode BAHIA, Brazil, Oct. 28.—Be- 'lef ghat the Captain and 400 Jassengers and members of the crew'of the sunken )alatial Ital- lan ¥ liner Principessa Mafalda weng down with the vessel, was ed here by survivors who iate yesterday afternoen. 8 despite reports from other es that less than 100 of 1,200 aboard perished. first victims to reach here @ aboard the French steamer| la and they told of the hor- t night when -the Italian went down off the coast axil, despite the warmth’ of ater and calmness of the Four of those rescued by the from Mosella died exposure be- - MOTHER DEVOTES LIFE TO NURSING : 'PLAN ON Fuo'l' FOR BUILDING LARGER NAVY iFailure of Geneva Confer- ence to Limit Arma- ments, Starts Action NAVY OFFICIALS ARE LINED UP IN REQUEST Representative Britten to Introduce Bill for More Warcraft WASHINGTON, Oct, 28. — A perceptible move is on foot to bring the naval building prograr: forcibly before the approaching Congress, While plans of big navy men are in somewhat of a nebulous state, there is current thought among a number of the members of Congress that' failure of the Geneva Conference to reach an agreement limiting war craft ton- nage not affected by the Wash- ington Armament treaty, calls for serlous consderation of the advisability of providing funds for additional fighting craft, Representative Fred A. Britten, of IMinois, rarkihg Republican o the House Naval Committee, de- clared he will introduce a bHl pro- tipnal Bank of Pueblo in Fall's election of Alfred E. Smith to the | fore reaching port. . | nosing onstruction, aver a five- name Everhart based -nis refusal (o apswer on his “econstitutionai righ! -, ~ontendipg te; ihgnl Tnerfminate hime an to aa indictment: on the churge as Fall and Siuclair Justice Siddons announced he would determine” latér whéther O} rt- will be required to tell ir whom he rcceived the bosds. : The Government contends Sin- gave the bonds to Fall as t of the consideration for the of Teapot Dome Naval Oi] Reserve, Request Denied The Government was today stopped by Juastiece Siddcns from ‘ forcing M. T. Bverhart from dis- closing the soywrce of the $230,- 000, in Liberty Bonds. Justice Siddons this forenoon informed the Government counsel that the question was one of the most difficult the Court has been called upon to decide. “It is the duty of the court to see that a witness is not trifling with the court, but a wit- | ness must be given his full con- stitutional guarantees, and in this court he is going to get it,” said Justice Siddons. Bodies of 2 Women Found, Dismembered NEW ORLEANS, a., Oct. —The bodies of two women, crudely dismembered, packed in two unlocked trunks, have been foumd in a house in the old French quarters. The police be- lieve the bodies are tliose of the wives of Henry and Joe Mouty, broghers. Joe. has been arrelué amd efforts are being made to finl Henry and the five children af the two families. The women ware ‘murdered, the police claim, with a huge sugar cane kndle, same it . « .. former Fol- lies girl, fil¢d a ‘eomplaint for di- vorce from Walter Hill, son of the ‘late James J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad. Mrs. Hill iy Walter Hill's third wife. The clerk of the District Court here admitted that the suit had been filed but not made public until the summons could be serv- ed on the man. The clerk states that as he remembered it the ground set forth in the complaiut was cruelty. Mrs. Hill in company with Mrs. Eva Finan of New York arrived here and employed State Senator T. J. Walker to act as her coun- sel. MRS, HILL SAYS HUSBAND IS WILD AS MOUNTAINS NEW YORK, Oct. 28—The New York Daily News says Mildred Richardson Hill, former Follies beauty, is seeking a separation from ‘Walter J. Hill, son of James. J. Hill, railroad magnate and em- pire builder. The Daily News quotes the fol- +lowing. telegram sent by Mrs. Hill from Hill's ranch in Montana to her physician and -friend, D Morton K. Hertz of this city, “Left Hhusband | October 10, Filed suit October 17, charging habitual intemperance and cruel treatment. Found him wild as the' mountain scenery here. He pretended- to be a gentleman while courting me in the East, but he {s a regular Jekyll and|trousers go.hand in hand and is|®entence he was twice Hyde. Have suffered intense hu- millation at his language and ac- tions everywhere. He is insane- ly jealous and thredtened me it I left him, but I finally got up the (Contin_uad_on Page Eight.) Average Man Goes to City; Has Just Ideas Of the Average M. . «CHICAGO, Oct. 28—Roy L. Gray " of Fort Madison, Lee County, lowa,——America’s ~“average man” ~—hag come ‘to Chicago for a couple of days to give the big town the once over, meet some of the boys, take a peep, maybe, at the ‘night life, and find out if Chicago - hasn’t a few “average” c¢itizens of her own. folks in Fort Madison themselves picked ‘Gray as being most rep- regentative of them all and there- fore as being the “average man.” Is Invited to City A reporter went to Fort Madi- son yesterday and found Gray selling an average topcoat to an average fellow townsman. “Suppose you come to Chicagy,” said the. reporter, “and meet’ the ‘people. there and give them a chance to see what nmtmm really look like from the. other i fellow's point ‘of VM. Mayor | Mrs. Helen Rath, night club| hostess in New York, gave her hubby a good beating for bothering her, Magistrate dis- charged her. (international Newsreel) Chelsea Scores Poets Who Dress Too Neatly LONDON, Oct, 28—Chelsea still clings to the idea that poetry, long hair, flowing ties and baggy o very indignant at the comment the London press has been mak- ing generally about Alfred Noyeu'l spick and span appearance. The vers libre writers of Chelsea stu- {dlo’l don't think Noyes is a poet at all, Neither do they respect luuunce Binyan, another British poet, who always has his trous- pressed immaculately and is st conventional Jn his attire. 8ir Henry Newbolt, likewise, is denied brotherhood in the Chelsea !poeflc circles, and John Masefield also, for both of them eschew all the trappings of genius and wear clothes that attract no attention in any West End club. ———— e Teacher Flies Once; . # g Takes Up Aviation NEW ORLEANS, za., Oect. 28— Miss Reatrice Townsend, New Or- leans school teacher, took one flight in an airplane and then packed her ‘suitcase to g0 to a That was last summer. Now: she i8 back in New Orleans, ‘s full- fledged ‘aviatrix after & o n aviation ‘at the Lambert ‘Piylng { Leader, presidency in 1928. “If the Democrats do not name Al Smith then it matters little who _they name,” Berger said “Their prospects will be hope. less. “It the Democrats nominate | him he would not only carry the solid south, despite religious pre- judice, but he would also carry New ‘York, New Jersey, Connecti cut, probably Kentucky and in a pinch Tllingis.” Representative Berger declared that he was confident that Smith ‘would accomplish this even though President Coolidge was his opponent. ~a Berger now becomes national chairman of the party he helped to organize nearly 30 years ago. He was the first Socialist to em ter congress when he took his seat as a representative from Wis consin in 1910. Socialists Are Wet Berger declares that the So- cialist National platform to be framed at the April convention will contain a wet plank. Other issues to be espoused by the So- clalists in their 1928 campaign include national ownership of wa- terpower and unemployment in- surance, Berger said. In 1918 Berger was convicted with four other Socialist party of. ficials for violation of the espion- age act based on speeches he de- livered and articles written by him for his paper, the Milwaukee in opposition to Ameri- can participation in the war. He was sentenced by Federal Judge Landis to 20 years imprisonment. The conviction was reversed by the supreme court. While under elected 1o congress: but denied his seat. He was seated on his third election and since has been a member of the house of representatives. Milo Eggers Kept o n Jadl 36 Hours SEATTLE, Oct. 28.—Milo Eg- gers and his wife have been re- leased from jail after being held for 36 hours, ,suspected of beiny participants in an attempt to rob a theatre safe. Egger's sister, Mrs. Erna Brown and three others are still held and will be charged with &ttempted burglary, the police annqunced. Eggers was re- cently acquitted at Victoria in a hi-jacking ecase. SEATTLE, Oct. 28, — Edward Curtis, authority om the North American Indians, has been freed of the contempt. flled against . wife_for fal B of $4,400 overm years. The (had neither pay. Curtis % | tober 10 Survivors said ‘many others res- cued will not live and they said it WOt be surprising if eath toll amounts qu elween 600 and 800. v Some of the survivors ifsisted| | that many persons wete devoured, ‘ by sharks as they struggled in) 3 tne watei. Members of the ‘Principessa Mafalda crew said Capt. Simon Culi went down with the ship. The disaster was due to the loss of the propellor in such a way as to permit an inflow of water cavsing the boilers to explode. | 'Lvnescu (helow) she has Javis| Princess Helen of Roumania (upper left with King has given up all hope of happiness in marriage and ing her life to fiursing and to establishin girls. Since she was deserted by Prince E “Mickey”) is dedicat- a home for wayward arol (rifi(ht) for Mme. REPORTS OF HORROR . RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct, 28.— The cause of the disaster to the [talian iiner Principessd Mafalde ‘s obscured in conflicting stories told by those snatched frem the! jaws of deatn. Some of the sarvivors declarel the ship was torn by the explo- sion while others s#nid the ship simply foundered in .four an’ one-half hours when water swept in through a break in th& screw shaft of hold No. 1. One group of passengers sald Captain Cull committed suicide while ‘others said he was en- gulfed in the sea, crying ‘Viva Italia.” Many survivors declared lifeboats were in bad conditicn and some of them shipped water, while others were swamped by the crowds as they wore lowered. Charles Newcombe Dies of Hemorrhage|denica. Rear Admiral Magruder is to NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Charles|report to the BSecretary about M. Newcombe, aged 60 years,|November 5. Vice-President of the New Yorl Stock Exchange, died of hemorr- hage this forenoon following col- lapse on the street. COOLIDGE NOT T0 INTERFERE IN NAVY CASE WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Pres ident Coolidge has refused to take a hand in the controversy arising out of the recall of Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, as Commander of the Fourth Naval District, Philadelphia, for writ- Navy administration. The announcement of the Pres- ident’s action was made by Sec- retary Wilbur, who after a con- ference, told the newspapermen the Admiral’s request for a per- sonal interview anc for revoca- TALKED T00 MUCH PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Oct. 28. — Rear Admiral Magruder, who has been detached from com- ,mnnd of the Fourth Navay Dis- ————— Dr. Henry Suzzallo 3 Is Going to Europe’ rict, recis that the mistake of —_— his life has beem that he “talked SEATTLE, Oct. 28.—Dr. Henry[too much. I have been lucky in uzzzllo, former President of thelmy careef up to this time. Navy) University of . Washington, sallcimen are taught to keep their n January for Egypt to intcrpret|{ mouths rhut. When a Navy man Awdrican ideals in education for{opens his mou he gets into students of half a dozer of Eur-{trouble. - That has been my ex- op>'s leading Spark Plugs, Dies PARIS, Oct. 28.—Albers Cham- pion, Franco - American spark plug manufacturer, died here while on a wvaeation from the United States, He founded the| spark plug company, in- 1905, with W.' C. Dursnt. ; From a six francs a week mes- cenger boy im Paris, Champion hecame one a_{ the spoediest cyclists {m h orld and was D racing driver. America and pany which made FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. | 28.—Ivory ecigarette holders, | carved By Eskimos near | Nome, will be presented to : the players of the Oakland | basel teasm as personal u':ou H. G. Tiderton, el Agent of the Alaska Rali) . The bmul ar- | thelten and verbal eriticisms of the tion of the recall order has hun; hed tender care on King Michae) e o o e e | 3 Roosevelt Medals | Are Awarded NEW YORK, Oct. 28— This city paid tribute to the memory of Theodore Roose- velt on the anniversary ot his birth. The Roosevelt Association presented Secr8tary of Com- | merce Herbert Hoover, Gen. John J. Pershing and John Bassett Moore, with. 1927 | Roosevelt medals for dis- tinguished service. Secretary Hoover was the only one to recelve the medal personally, the others being | in Europe. YOO R ;Big B. wCT Estate S;d For Mofie_l'ro‘lcfifi VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 28.— I | l | | j | | 1 | | | | | 1 ] | | i | | | | | | | | | | | Burbridge . estate by James J. Wright and Major Bruce Carter, of San Francisco, for use In con- nection with motion picture pro- ducticps is announced » The Jdeal involved $100,000. TLe purchas- ers sald they will ereit a 50-acre movie studio. The venture will ve capitalized at $10,000,000. ! The ‘purchase of the 923-acre| year period, of 30 cruisers of 10, 000 tons each and two airplane OITY OFFICES UNDER GUARD OF POLICEMEN Two Claim Mayor's Office in Indianapolis—Duvall Holds a\Gi"lip Hand INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 28. — A detail of policemen stand guard | today over the Mayor's office as two men claim the place. Jokn Duvall, whd was electad to fill the office until January, 1928, and Claude Negley, ap- pointed by the Council last night, are the two claimants. The Council decided that the oftice of Duvall is vacant since his conviction on September 28 of violation of the corrupt prac- tices: act. The Council named Negley, its presiding officer, as Mayor pro tem. Immedtately | | following the {Council’s action, Mayor Duvall sent a detail of policemen ' to guard the Executive offices. The officers are said to be heavily armed. Even the doors of the City Hall are locked. Informed Prince Carel Is c.-a.h:__ ing Army BELGRADE, Oct. 28. — Jugo- slavia Government troops came into collision at Kishinev with National Peasants whto were fr- formed that Prince Carol was ia Rumania and commanding the Army. Numercus arrests have been made. EVOLUTION’S FOES ARE CHALLENGED BY LONDON BISHOP LONDON, Oct. 28--Church eir- - | swer tion and adherents to the doc- : trine of transubstantiation issued by the hishop of Birmingham. In an open letter to the arch- I bishop of Capterbury, primate of | England, the bishop defined his position on theological = matters and declared: . “No protest must hindér me as a bishop, and indeed as @& tian, from upholding r truth. No man shall drive to Tennessee or to Rome.” Answers Canon The letter is the bishop's an- to the dramatic . protest made last Sunday by ‘Canon C. R. Bullock-Webster to the bl shop’s presence in the pulpit of the historical 8t. Paul's Cathedral Although the Right Rev. Ernest Willlam Barnes, bishop of Bir- mingham, concluded his letter by saying, “Of course it calls for 5 public reply,” it Is posed the archbi wilt some rejoinder. would done perhups to try to allay (Continued o Page