The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 5, 1927, Page 1

e 7 VOL. XXXL, NO. 4628. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1927 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS RAGING RIVERS FLOOD MANY Italian Breaks iSpeed Record In Hydroplane ARMED FORCE MOVING UPON COAL FIELDS Colorado State Law En- forcement Organiza- tion Is Formed ROME, No Debarnadi, Italian ace, at- tained a speed of 315 miles an | {hour in a hydroplane test, smash- ing all exi records for speed. | NP ! 'WASHINGTON U ' AND STANFORD | | DENVER, Colo., Nov. 5. A State Law Enforcement Depart- ment as been formed by Gov. 'Willism H. Adams in hope that| the State officer: an cope with; ST | the strike situation in the Cole- H . ¢ I rado coal flelds and. this makes|RAIN and Heavy' Field Glyes‘ Odds to Huskies to Win Mario| - MEET ON GRID ~TUMUI National Guard. The sudden move was determ-, ined severa instances nl'i picke ported. i for the State Division has been books but not it unnece to mobolize the Game—Even Money ] —Rain and al brought a last min- in sentiment toward statute used |t home town eleven in the il {clash between the hitherto un-! Pormer servie: men have b«"(‘hi’"’r“l(‘“ teams, Stanford and the iited and formed the firet| University of Washington, in the orgavization which is on the way | Coast Conference football race. to Walsenburg, armed with rior| Washington’s heavy line plung- guns. ing eleven is accustomed to wat | DEATH SHP SEATTLE, Nov En- heavy field fi on| nte switch the cement eve: The Cardinals use a fast llfl('k which is most effective on a dry field. | Even money was the rule early| lay .with a few scattered offer-' " SEATTLE, Nov. 5—Tra @t 8. dinyy discovered in 3 sonal effects of Gennosuke Mat-follow. sumoto, member of the crew of| California vs. the death ship Ryo Yei Maru, the |keley. fishing smack picked up off the Idaho vs. Washington Coast after drifting | Francisco. for months across the Paeific! Ocean, showed that disease has. tened the death of the starving| men. i The diary showed that three vessels passed the Japanese | smackK but they did not sight it.| After failing to buck the winds,| the crew decided to turn about, on December 26, last year, and head for America. Rain twice| gave them a fresh water supply. D —— FALL-REPORTED | SERIOUSLY ILL Wife and Daughter Remain at His Bedside Dur- Montana at Be"-! San | | Fresno State vs. Cal. Tech at| Fresno. California Aggies vs. tius at Davis. Nevada vs. College of the cific at.Stockton. University of California vs. P mona at Los Angeles. Pacific vs. Willamette at Salem. | Whitman vs. College of Puget| Sound at Tacoma. | St. Mary's at | St. Igna-| | P a- | | | Memphis Churches To Be Used as | Voting Places ) MEMPHIS, Nov. 5—Voters may cast their ballots in churches in the municipal election here No- vember 10. Space in four down- town churches has been offered by ministers to the election com- | { mission for use as polling nlurei% 2 R election day. Proffer of the| ng nght churches followed a campaign by AR Memphis papers that ‘“voting WASHINGTON, Nov. 5--For-|places be restricted to respectable mer Secretary of Interior Albert|localities and in no event be held B. Fall is ill with congestion of!in questionable place: the Jungs. His case is serious, it is said. Fall is very weak and unable- to talk. . He slept inte* , mittently last night. Mrs. Fall and daughter were at his bedside Yukon Clmd ‘or 27 during last night and until this RUBY, Alaska, morning when they retired after{yion on' the Low doctors and nurses took full| charge of the sick room. —————— Four Coucilnu Are Indicted for Bribery INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 5— Four members of the Indianapolls City Council have been !nd}c(ed,Vlk. who hu\ operated extensive: on charges of bribery. The in-|ly on the Bear Pup Claim in the dictments charge they received |early days of the Ruby gold camp, "money from filling station deals, has left for Cripple where he will and through purchase of fire ap-|prospect on Colorado Creek dur- paratus, ing the coming winter. DANCING OFFERED AS CURE FOR DIVORCES Navigation on Lower Nov. 5—Naviga- er Yukon River closed when the first heavy rua of ice for the season formed on Thursday. Oldtime Prospector Is Off for Cripple RUBY, Alaska, Nov. 5—John | weather and muddy field. i | at-! § A5 § m—— Huge crowds of New Yorkers pay new hom Bell at Independence Hall, Ph Uu:uous GREETING FOR “WE” iladelphia, on day before comple AT EN age to Col. Charles A, Lindbergh upon his arrivdl in Mitchell Field in “Th Spirit of St. Louis,” marking end of 22,250-mile air tour of 48 states. Inset shows “Flying C tion of record jaunt. STATES; DEATH LIST IS GROWING RIAL TOUR! o Koennecke Makes » Forced Landing In India, Report A | | BERLIN, ov. Koennecke and his ions have made a forced landing at Allahabad, India, | | according to information re- | ceived by the Foreign Office from the German Consul. The | | cablegram also stated the | | plal was damaged in the | landing. The fliers are on a | | trip to America via Japan and | | the Aleutian Islands. | | | TAX REDUCTION LIMIT BAGKED 5—Lieut. compan- | ] Maximum Reduction of $250,000,000 Must Be Adhered to WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—While witnesses before the House Ways {and Means Committee were sug- | gesting overhauling the nation’s frevenue laws, President Coolidge |let it be known that $250,000,000 i reduction, - the maximum set by | the Treasury Deépartment, was to he ‘adhered to in' the drafting of the new law. The President iy I'pictred as standing squa ) hind the Treasury Department's god ?e*llllmlr A i - olonel” placing wreath on Liberty London-Paris Pl‘n.; ‘ Fare Is Cut to $18.75 COMPLAINTIS MADE AGAINST OIL MAGNATE |Sinclair Charged with Con-| hana spiracy to Tamper with Jury | TOES OF WOMAN TRA TO HAND CHICAGO, Nov. 5—The Heérald- | Examiner reports the operation in which toes of a woman transplanted to her hand place dismembered fingers, Mrs. Ida Jones, whose third and fourth digits of her right were severed in an automo- bile accident, watched the opera tion as it was performed by Dr. to re.! were | while NSPLANTED TO REPLACE FINGERS Carl Beck. Local anaesthetics were applied the two toes were sewed to the second = knuckles of the right rand. Dr. Beck said: “It is only matter of time when the new tingers will possess sense of touch | a which the nerves will send to Ihe' finger tips.” WASHINGTON, Nov. 54 tor{CAPTAIN PAYS WITH HIS LIFE IN BREAKING ALTITUDE RECORD mal complaint charging Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, and one of his agents, Henry Mason Day. with. conspiracy to tamper with the jury hearing the criminal oil conspiracy charge against Sinclair| and Albert B. Fall, has been is-| sued by United States Commis- sioner Turnage. A warrant against Sinclair was also sworn out later. District At-} torney Gordon said this action had been mistaken, and the war- rant revoked. ° It developed, however, that the warrant is simply held in abey- ance pending final action of the Grand Jury which is investigating the activities of detectives of the Burns Detective Agency, shadow- ing members of the recent trial Jury, Says He Killed Father To Give Mother Peace CHICAGO, Nov. 5. — William Schumacher, 28 years old, who confessed to killing his father, Christopher Schumacher, 53, “so my mother could at least have some peace on earth,” was to en- ter a plea of guilty to a murder charge when arraigned today, his attorney announced. Schumacher’s confession - detailed his lite on the farm under the fron e of his father. He told of tings administered his mother and SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL IS T0 BE CUT WASHINGTON, Nov. '5—Be- cause approximately 10,000,000 gallons of industrial alcohol last year filtered into Rands of boo!- leggers, the alcohol industry has agreed to reduce the output next year from 95,000,000 to 85,000,000 gallons. Leakage into bootleg channels was revealed after a meeting of the Alcohol Advisory Council ap- pointed to cooperate with the Pro- hibition officials. The reduction of the output is aimed to prevent diversion, Further Time Granted Gaines, Murder Case SEATTLE, Nov. G—Wallace C. (Bob) Gaines has been granted until December 27 to file a mo- tion in the State Supreme Court Tor rehearing of his appeal. A‘- G. E. M. Pratt,’ for the SPARTA, Tenn, Nov. 5—The body of Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, who took off from Belleville, I11., in an attempt to break his own world's altitude record, was ta- ken from his wrecked balloon near here this forenoon. The bal- loon had landed in a tree on a farm, RECORD BROKEN SCOTT FIELD, Nov. 5--Capt. v reached an altitude of 49, 315 feet yesterday, he wrote in the log found on his body. 1If this is authenticated it would es- tablish a new record. Special Election t: Be Held in Colorado; DENVER, Col. ,Nov. 5—State Senator Francis J. Knauss has been selected to be the Republi- can standard-bearer in the spe- cial election to select a congress- man from the first district of Colorado by the vacancy com- mitiee of the party. Knauss will replace Finlay MacFarland who resignad as the Republican candi- date because of ill health. Knauzs will oppose 8, Harrison White, the Demoeratic nominee, at a special eleetioh on November 15. Senator Knauss is a dry and is | ! LONDON, Nov, 5—The Imperial | Airways yesterday announced a |cut in air fares to Paris and the ANsw FlL | institution of second class sery- {ice. The first class fare will be N | €4, 15 shillings (about 123.75 in- Istead of five guineas (about $26) and the second class fare will be sALvAcE cAsE £3. 15 shillings (about $18.75). It is explained that second class ¢ |does mot imply any reduction in the factor of safety, but simply less luxurious accommodations .and the second class planes will {leave at times less convenient to | travelers. 'Girl Bigamists Should Libel Against Steamer Is $50,000—C. P. Says Its Towing Case KETCHIKAN, Alahka, Nov. b —With an amended complaint i Be Spanked, Says Judge of the Alaska Packers Associa-| tion asking for $50,000 instead , CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. 5—Spank- of $250,000 in the libel againg: N8 18 favored by Vice Chancellor the Princess Charlotte, the Can- L“"";'g blor ‘I"I’ '”hl;’ "‘; h’"" adian Pacific attorneys have file fareful o g b by o s an answer in the District Court PaNds they have. ~Hearing the here, denying the vessel was fn SUit of Willlam White for annul- danger of being greatly damaged ment of his marriage to Mrs. Dor. or becoming helpless othy Kessler, 21 years old, who The answer says the Princess had not been divorced, the judge s t ked: “She deserves punish- Charlotte could have dropped an- s chor. She was under two of three Tont Of some kind and 1 guess smaller vessels and the fourth, ¢, ke & o) was dismissed when the Alaska, L Packers Association tender' P R Kvichak arrived to give assfst- Slplro NW cflm“ To Defense of Ford ance. The Canadian Pacific At torneys said the matter was purely a4 ‘“‘meritorious towage NEW YORK, Nov. 6—Aaron Sa- A, anuitled to compensution as'pir ninks that automobiles had X nothing to do with Henry Ford's apology to the Jews. In a radio address the lawyer remarked: “If anyone says it was the de- sire to sell more autos that caus- ed Mr. Ford to apologize, that person is wrong. He has 4o much money that he doesn’t care for any more. He reclizes he had done wrong.” Divorcee Leaves Husband o o . . Oniy His Bathing Suit SPOKANE, Wash. Frank L. McCormac faces the winter {1l prepared under the terms of a property settlement filed in Superior Court here today when his wife, Myrtie McCormac, was granted a divor The settlement gi Mrs. Me- Cormac all the household effects to reimburse her for a $600 loan Nov. B 2 BY PRESIDENT BERLIN, Nov, 5—A club for th prevention of unhappy un:rhm ks been founded in Viemna. The increasing - number of divorces caused a little group of serions thinkers to get together to dis. cuss ways and meéans to prevent the breakup of ‘matrimony. It ‘was revealed nut'thpn were al- ready a nnumber of social institu- | tions in gay Vienna where a [ consult_psychological ant 1o other members of the family. But there was a complete vacuum when it came to getting expert counsel after the plate-throwing ————— William Farnum Signs stage had been reached. For Return to Screen The club to “Prevent Unhappy ! Marriages” has organized such an| HOLLYWOOD, Cal., ‘Nov,, 5. advice committee where unhappy | Willlam Farnum, actor |of -the hushands and wives may go-free|stage and screen 'in romantic of charge and be' told just what|drama, yesterday was signed by started the trouble and how to|William Fox Studios for the role conquer their fussy dispositions, |of the Citizen in the film version Dances and entertainments will{of Donn Byrae’s novel, “Hang- be ‘provided by the club so that|man’s Hous “nervous - couples” won't have so|been much time to stay at home and convicted slayer of his daughter, Sylvia Gaines, announced the time had been extended from No-| acceptable to the dry organiza- tion, leaders sald. White is run- ning on @ we platform. German Ambassador To U. S. Appointed ¢ BERLIN, Nov. 5. — After a DETROIT, Mich;, Nov. 5—Thejwail of two days for conclusion city’s Dbitterly fought mayoralty |of uccessary formalities betweea campaign has found jts' way into Washington and Berlin, the Ber- the courts with the eonviction |lin vernment officlally an- and sentencing of alleged fraudu- noinced today the sppcintment lent registrants. This was fol-|or Dr. Driedeich Wilhelm von lowed by a . of infunction | Prittwitz, Gaffron gas German Am- ‘proceedings m election. |bassaor to the Btates. i ] made her husband hefore their marriage except a bathing suit, a lunch bucket amnd a coffee cup. In addition, MeCormac must pay her $500 allmony. ——— Is Now o8 Way Home — SEATTLE, b—After re. ceiving greetings of friends, Mrs. Robert Simpson, of Juneau, Alas- ka, National ‘President of the A sailed for | today aboarl CHICAGO, Nov. 5—Knees may catch the eyes, girls, but it's the curves that count. So argued a number of promi- nent fashion designers and cor- setlers in session here today. “The gradual shortening of the skirt of the modish lady, in the last twelve years, has dragged iman through the harrassing ex- perience of seeing with his naked eye the ankles, the near approach of the kneé, then the kmee it self,” explained Miss Kathryn sard Company. “But mow the knes is becoming NEW ENGLAND HIT BY FLOOD Death List Estimated from 30 to Above 200— Meagre Reports VERMONT CITY MAY HAVE BEEN DESTROYED Thousands of Men, Women and Children Homeless —Suffer from Exposure BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 5.— Raging rivers continued to spread death and destruction through the valleys of North- ern and Western New Eng- land States today, paralyzing communication and shroud- ing extent of the disaster in uncertainty. While more than 30 lives are known to have been lost, unconfirmed reports from the isolated area indicated the d&th toll will amount above 1 The mystery’s darkest center hovered - over Montpelier, Ver- mont, from which trickled vague reports of loss of life varying {from 137 to 212. Bursting of a | reseryoir is said to have sent mogy than a 10-foot wall of water ling through the city, VA wireless report from the’ stricken area reported the loss of {10 lives, among them, Licut. Cov. Jackson. Meager reports pictured the dim outline of thousands of men, women, and children as being homeless and exposed to the rig- ores of steadily dropping tem- periture with the food supply eut offt and without means of ap- pealing for help Damage o property has mount- ed into staggering sums while |thousands of persons are tempor- arily deprived of a livelihood with paralysis of industry. While the Green Mountain re- glon in Vermont, and the Berk- ishire region in Massachusetts were most serfously affected, floods poured Into other New England States, New York and the Province of Quebec, tearing buildings to bits and ripping bridges from foundations. —— COOLIDGE TAKES ACTION WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Presl- dent Coolidge has ordered several Army planes to fly from Boston over the New England flood area in the lope of obtaining informa- tion as to the extent of the dis- aster. The President has also di- rected Secretary of War to, con- fer with Gov. John E. Weeks, of Vermont, to ascertain if the Gov- ernment can be of any aid to the State in meeting relief demands. DIES CALMLY FOR MURDER HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Nov. 5—~ A. V. Milliken died in the electric chair today for the murder of Mrs. Virginia Petty, of San An- tonio, in May, 1926. Milliken went to death calmly nfter drinking a cup of coffee. Milliken's last statement was: “I place my sins in the hands of Jesus Christ.” KNEES STRIKE EYES, BUT CURVES COUNT | commonplace. Curves never will be. Curves will always retain their individuality and charm. Why? Because curves are um- common. People are tired of look- ing at knees. They lack subtlety. {But curves are elusive, eternal. " “Women are beginning to re- alize this and .;!fiefi focus their in- terest cn the ‘mouldent figure. The cutves of woman's tigure have never been | perfectly. But '.Iflfil fancies of today's modistes worn, the world. will flon Auxillary, | Cunningham of the 'H. W. Gos-gman still holds the Ints E playin; curves.” STATES HARD