The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 2, 1927, Page 1

G | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4625. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” NOVEMBER 2, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS JURY IRREGULARITIES CAUSE PRICE TEN CENTS MISTRIAL, FALL-SINCLAIR CASE SITUATION IN CHINA TAKING ONNEW PHASE Old Nationalist Movement Revived—Chiang Hai Shek Is Leader SHANGHAIL. Nov. 2.—A new deal is seen in the Chinese politi- cal situation with Canton again assuming the place of leadership of the Nationalist movement. Gen. Chiang Hai Nationa Generalissimo, is back in harness again and appears to be the lead factor in a revival of the original movement which started at Canton. It th at a meoting of Nation in a resclution w ed declar the time h for the re hlishment of a trud Nuticnali overnment under purely civilion control, embody- ideals of the late Sun i, the first Chinese Presi- and founder of the move- is dent ment. Chiank Hai most youthful figures, mand the Shek, one.of the Chinese military is slated to assume com- of the military forees of newly-formed government. e 3 Assassinated As an Act of Vengeance < IR REDE, and Risto € brother, and Vancha Mihailoft; prominent member of the Mace- donian Revolutionary Committee, were nated today on the Vardar dge at Itsip. populace which has not forgotten the assassination of Gen. Kovachecitch, became panic strie laying is supposed to have been an act of vengeance by Bulgarian Federalists for the Killing of several of their own leaders. Koennecke’s Plane Is Believed Seen CALCUTTA, British India, Nov. 2,—An airplane presumed to be that of Lieut. Koennecke and his comrades, has passed over Cal- cutta traveling in the direction of Ranggon. —————— i German Ambassador To U. S. Confirmed BERLIN, Nov. erich Wilhelm von Prittwitz Gaf- fon, Councillor at the German Embassy at Rome, has been con- firmed. as successor to Baron von Waltzan, late German Ambassa- dor to the United States. e Sl T’ Will Attempt to Flight Reeord | LONDON, Nov. 2—Capt. | MacIntosh announced today /| his intention to fly on a non- stop flight to India in an at. tempt to break the world's ! long distance record now held | by Chamberlin and Levine. | Macintosh ~ will start about | November 8 or 9 from Lon- | don. | il 2.—Dr, Fred- - | | | | { hek, former | 2 NEW YORK, Nov. 2. |World affairs point to new international conflicts in the| opinions of Thomas A. Edi-| |Count Ottakar Czernin, Min-| {ister of Foreign Affairs of‘ Austria-Hungary during the% World War. European nations will| “socner or later” combine in a war against the United States, Edison predicted to-| day. s many will mass “in the near{ future” against Russian Bol-| shevism, Count Czernin be- lives. | It will come. New International Conflicts Looming; Europe Vs. the U. S. ki son, American inventor, and| ! England, France and Ger-} Edison said: “Dont’ make any mistake about that war. We may run/along for a good many years without it but sooner or later the nations of Europe will combine against the United States.” Edison Is Conducting NEW Thomas A. Edison is con- | ducting his own research | into the field of rubber pro- duction as a war prepared- measure. He revealed this in an interview which | will be published tomorrow in the I ember issue of Popular Science Monthly His objective is the dis- covery of a plant which will produce rubber quickly in Ameri in the event of AT with Europe. The inveéntor said he as not interested | in rubber as a commercial | product. ness {Atlanta Society Now Robbed of “Debs” o S Miss Mary Louiss Bramby Is "HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING IS REACHED WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.— The highest standard of liv- ing ever attained in the his- tory of the world was reach- ed last year by the American pecple, the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue said in a re- port made public today, showing that 117,000,000 people in the United States had a total income in 1926 of nearly $90,000,000,000, an increase of approximately $27,000,000,000 or more than 43 per cent increase in five years, since 1921. The average per capita in- come of persons gainfully oc- cupied was $2,210 last year compared to $1,627 five years ago. —_——————— e - with Teapot Dom Charles Holt, connection left to right: in row, Karn. Holmes. row, left to righ row, left to right: Photo of jurors in the trial of Albert B.-Fall and Harry Sinclair » oil case, which Mrs. Annella Bailey Bdward Kidwell, Gardner Grenfe| William Goue Robert Flora, in Washington, Bernice Heaton, on charges of conspiracy discharged today. First Conrad Heérzog and John I, Norman Glasscock, B. W. John Costinette. wits PROSECUTION DEAD MEMBERS | OF FISH BOAT CREWDEVOURED Cannibalism Indicated|] Aboard Jap Vessel ! Picked Up on Coast PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.,| Nov. 2.—Evidence indicates that! the two Japanese, whose bodies | were found on the.lanamese fish-' ing smaek picked up off the’ N+ 4 and Prosperous Voyage." Washington coast by the liner, Margaret Dollar, devoured the, bodies of their eight shipmates' on the fatal cruise of the vessel| Tyo Mei Maru meaning “(}oadl The bodies of the two .lummuet were found on the pilotless vessel after drifting with sea currents, fof more than 4,000 miles rrnm’ 2 the coast of Japan. | Physicians, who went aboard; | the fishsing smack when it reach- ed here in tow ef the big liner, sald there was no question but, that cannibalism had been prac-| ticed by the last survivors. The| bones found aboard were those of humans, the physicians of the United States Quarantine’ Station,' said. i The bodies of the two Japan-| ese were found in bunks in the | tiny cabin. (left) is President of Atlanta’s Debutante Club of which Anne Spalding (lower right) is & mem- ber. Dr. L. P. Heavey, Quarnn!(nel Officer, announced -officially that the whitening bones strewn about the deck were'bones of the eight| other humans composing the crew. 1 Barely decipherable Japnnesel characters scrawled upon a board In the cabin gave a meager record | of the last few days of the starv-| The three men, reading from ing crew. itop to bottom, are Payton Gor- The writings, it i8 said, inai- 9on. Owen J. Roberts and Atlee cate the ship drifted helpless lor""‘"‘"““e' prosecutors of Albert ,. Bootsie Perkins (upper right) preferred going to work tolseven months after the crew des-iFa!l and Harry Sinclair for the entering the social whirl, and her example followed by so many of|Paired of repairing. the stalled|Covernment in the Teapot Dome the younger social set of the city has reduced the number of this year's debutantes fo eight. ATLANTA, Nov. 1—For the first time in_the memory of the city’'s oldest chronicler of social lite, Atlanta is faced with a shom- age of debutantes. Only eight girls will be pra. sented” at the annual Hallowe'en ball, at which the fall crop of “debs” is aiways ‘crmally intro: duced for the gay season of dances, teas, other festivities— and weddings. Last year, thera were twenty-six girls. Education and th2ir preference | ROOSEVELT SPURNED NAVY,SAYS HAGEDORN NEW YORK, Nov. 2—How Theodore Roesevelt, as assistant secretary of the navy, took com- ,mand of the y department one afterncon in’ 1898 soon after the attioship Maine was blown up,| d did all the things he deemed ecessary to make the navy ready for war, ia told dorn ¢ F ‘Roosevelt's life for work are the attributed causes of the shortage. An overwheln ing majority of the eligiolos de- cided they needed ancther year in college. There may be no con- nection, but at least s~ven of the girls enrolled in a local co-eduea- tional ‘institution which during the yeat has provided froquent head- lines and stories recounting clope-} ments and secret marriages of students prominent in younger set. Following in. the footsteps of numerous society girls, Mies Bootsie Perkins passed up the, so- cial “whirl to become stylist in an exclusive women’s shop. ' Miss Ann Spelding, however, decided 8he could mix business with the obligations of a debutante and is retaining her job in another wc- tion and official Roosevelt biogra- pher. % ¥ John D. Long, secretary of the navy under McKinley. and ‘Roos - velt’s supérfor, was convinced that war with ‘Spain ‘was out of the question, Hagedorn relates, and b 7 Roosevelt, why -| thought 1t inevitable. as an alarm. | ist. S y men’s store. : s Miss Mary Louise Brumby, grand-daughter of the Late James R. Gray, editor of The Atlanta Journal, 18 presidnet of the Debu- tantes' club, while another grand- daughter ' of the famous itor, Miss Mary 150 is a o 8’ Three months ago the ©il &rab. e engine. starving crew gave up the hope | of living when they saw the g Dogs in first of their number dead. . . . ‘Great Britain Many Bachelors Have |Put on Qvercoats More Room than Prince] LONDON, Nov. 2—With the ar- rival of Jack Frost and the foot- ball season the ‘American “hot don bachelors have . larger andd08” has donned his winter over- more elaborate quarters than th-|coat. It is a flimsy covering of Prince of Wales will occupy when |Rlass paper intended to protect he takes up his residence in Mar!. |the sausage from germs and other borough House. The heir to th~|bothersome things. British throne” will occupy only| But the football spectators did five rooms and the staff of the "ot appreciate this fact at first. entire household will be only| When the first lot was handed eight. {out at the playing ficlds the fans, The most attractive room in the | 8!l in overcoats themselves, took Prince’s new home i8 a combined for granted that the little red library and study, which Is on | skinned edibles had been given the ground floor and looks i xtra covering and special doses the garden. It is decoratea i. °' "¢l Pepper so as to aid keep- shades of deep cream and pale! "8 the “hot dogs” hot inside biue. New . health department - rules | make fool jaekets compulsory. | The hot dog was introduced to Princess w | ondon last winter, and is now [s0ld by hundreds of thousands at Libel &‘G“‘ Ovenm oufdoor. sporting events. . 4 ————— Aissks. Nov. > Passengers on Moter nsel rep- # pacin:| Busses Are Marooned — Utah, Nov. 2.—Nine- LONDON, Nov. 2—Many I,m|~| 9 KETCHIR ~—On_applicat! resenting 3 Railway in against th the hearing . terday until’ answer ‘of libel will €ourt case 1> arlotte,| OGDEN, ned yes-|teen the Denver ckers' | nar Federal jaud 47 in busses are by snow in Wyoming | PRESIDED AT OIL TRIAL Justice Siddons of Criminal Court of Washington, D. C., be- fore whom trial of Harry Sinclair and Albert Fall was heard and who discharged the jury today on {account of charges of jury irregu- i larities. ————— Naval Qil Reserve Leasing Events to Date ———— WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—Hers is the chronology of events grow- ing out of the maval reserve oil leases: April, 1922—Flk Hills (Calfs fornia) nnd"l‘en'm Dome (Wyom ing) reserves leased to Edward L. Doheny and \Harry F. Sinclair, respectively. April 15, 1922—Senate inquires whether leases have been made. January 16, 1923-—Senate final- ly orders investigation of leases by public lands committee. October 15, 18923—Public hear- DEFENDAN 1 Albert B. Fall (upper) and Harry M. Sinclair (lower) who must go before a new jury in the Teapot Dome oil lease case. ———— Direct Communication BERLIN, Nov. 2—Americans living on the Philippines can now ing gets under' way before Sen- ate committee, January 24, 1924—Doheny frank- ly admits he sent $100,000 to Al- bert B. Fall, interior secretary, in little black satchel during lease negotiations. January 31, 3924--Scnate adopts resolution directing appointment of special counsel to seek annul- ment of leases, February 1,° 1924—House proves annulment resolution, February 2, 1924—Former Sen- ator Atlee Pomerene (Ohio) and Owen J. Roberts (Pennsylvania) appointed as special oil counsel. February 18, 1924— Edwin Den- by resigns as maval secretary a ter severe attacks on him in Sen- ate for his approval of leases. March 13, 198 Annulment suit in case of Peapot Dome entered at Cheyenne. ' ' March 17, 1924— Annulment suit in case of :Elk. Hills entered at Los Angel March 31, 1824 Sinciaiv indiet- ed in Disi of Columbia su- preme ¥ contempt of Sen- ate_in estify further if Senate on. June 5, 19 I, Sinclair, Do- heny and som, Edward L., Jr., fo- dicted in ap- l ! tefgk of Columbia s l il and Sinelair ‘conspiracy, and ohenys charged preme. charged and’ with ,1926—Full and Page Five.) . work. communicate quickly by direct wireless with friends in Germany. Communication between Nauen, the German government wireless station, and the American radiy station at Manlla has been open- ed for commercial use. Ordinary, urgent, half rate apd press radiograms can be handed in at any German post and tels- graph office for direct transmis- sfon to the Philippines. The rate for ordinary messages is 3.20 marks (about 77 cents) to Man- lla, and correspondingly more for other points on the islands. Th: press rate is 95 pfenninge (abou 23 cents). } From Berlin to Manila “ TAMPERING WITH JURY 1S CHARGE Justice Siddons Grants Mis- trial on Agreement of Attorneys GRAND JURY IS TO MAKE INVESTIGATION Mass of Evidence Must Be Submitted Again to New Jury in Case ChVASHINGTON, Nov. 8.— arges of jury irregularities has resulted in a mistrial of the conspiracy case of the Government against Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, and Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate. The trial came to an end soon after - court convened this morning as the result of charges that detectives for the defense had proper efforts to. esf contacts with the jury amd that a juror talking about the case remarked he ex- pected to have an automobile “as 3 The def publicity a ernment’s charges enact unfavorably on the de- liberatiohs of the 1 mitted by the Government attorneys to back nx charges l;‘_l t?« Dilt‘riot‘ ttorney’s office 1s pressing action, Justice S?ddonn wl?ir the jurors they were not only diseharged from further attendance at this trial but also from further at- tendance in his court. No J Action Justice Siddons then adjournad . court without taking any immed- illate action affecting Juror Ed- ward Kidwell, who is alleged to have done the talking and which had a part in the decision to de- clare a mistrial. The mistrial means the mass of testimony presented in the past 12 days, goes by the board. The Government counsel must present again before a new jury M O T NS S i (Continued on Page Eight.) it Armistice Day Proclamation Is Issued | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.— President Coolidge today called upon the people of the | United States to express on November 11 their gratitude for peace which exists and | | thelr hope for continuance | of amicable relations with other nations. This was made known in a proclamation in which the President set aside Nosember 11 as Armistice Day R e | | . [ — U. S. BUILDING PLANS READY FOR CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—The government’s countrywide puhblic building program, designed to sup- ply much needed facilities for the rapidly growiug postal service and other federal activities, I8 - ex- pected to come before again early in the December ses- sion, Commencement of the building program was halted by congress' failure, at the last session, to ap- propriate money to carry out the Authorization ¥ given, however, cost $100,000,000, and everything is in readiness to go ahead with construction In morve than 100 cities when tunds are provided. . The authorization voted by last congress will provide for than half of the complete build program worked out by offich Their plans now call for ture of another $100,000 or u > to meet the ‘space’ re % B e