The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1927, Page 1

(cean Fller Is Forced to Return by Dense Fog " start on his projected |ernoon | 1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXI., NO. 4640. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” jUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY, NOVI:MBER 19, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATP_D PRESS PRICE lEN CENTS TERRIFIC BLAST ROCKS COUNTRY CAPTAIN GILES TURNS BACK ON PROPOSED TRIP Makes Hop-Off Today for| New Zealand But Is Forced Back, Fog SAN W 19.—After RANCISCO, making a Nov. mell Cal., pell ht from the Golden New Zealand by way lulu, Capt. Frede k A. turned to the scene of his take 0% today declaring he was forced back Wy -heavy fog he encount- ered 29 miles off San Franeisco. Pae flier abandoned his sex- 7 and helmet and J6ok off this moin in the face the Weather B iu's warn- ing declaring flying conditions to Honolulu were not good He, however, kept his promise to re- turn in case he found conditions inauspic Capt. € declared that he twied to climb above the fog but was unable to do so because of the heavy load. He dumped 284 of his 390 gallons of gasoline as re¢ turned back. Capt. Qiles declared that h(a would not make another start un- until the weather was advan- tageous. Gate of Hono- Giles re- les les WARSAW, Nov. 19. apt. R. H. McIntosh and Bert Hinkler, in the plane Princess Xenia, who} attemptod a-nonstep. Mightato. In- dia, landed at.Bialokrynica then resumed to ‘Oszana, where the plane was forced down. Two spec- tators were injured. of the plane were broken and it is said .the aviators will be un- able to make repairs at Oszana. Me¢Intosh and Hinkler left Up- avon, England, last Tuesday aft- on their flight by which hoped to bhreak the long record established by n and Levine. they lllghl |chamber VERDICT GIVEN HEIRSHIP CASE [0ris Byndred'and Fifty Ak } leged Heirs Lose Estate HASTINGS, Neb.,, Nov. 19—The |Jury in the John O’Connor heir: ship case, involving an estate of $100,000, has brought in a ver dict to the effect that O’Connor died without any living heirs. The decision, it allowed (o stand, means the entire estate will go to the State of Nebraska. An appeal to the Suprem~ Court is expected as there hava| been more than 150 heirs claiming the estate, {Cordovs Young Man . Appointed, West Point CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 19— Delegate Sutherland has notified William Field that he has been .ppainwd to West Point. was the first white baby brought to Cordova and is the first Cor< dovar appeinted to the naval or xlltury academy. Field came' to rdova in 1907, —_— “LIKE BEGETS LIKE” a NEW YORK, Nov. 19—Superior ple do not produce superior ildren, said Dr. Raymond Pearl, of the Institute of Biological rch of Johns Hopkins Uni- ity, writing for the Novem- ssue of The American Mer- ry. He ' gaid’ that “in preaching as y do, that like produces like, ‘inferior people produce infer- children, the orthodox eugen- are going contrary to the best hed facts ot genetical sci- and are, in the long run, do- 9,600-mile | to| 8 The wings Field | SCIENTIST REFUTES EUGEN STS EX- delsl'l\" BOX fings, Princess the former Subow, of the Germany, Victo Kaiser, Nov. 19 tod former nily 23-yea Russia old Prince f "l‘l'l{ ; nburg-Lippe 1 l) HUBBY With the simpliest of eivil 61-year-old sister Baron sit- of the n offic wife of . despite the disapproval |DAUGHEHTY GIVES 1 | Behind Candidates , for Pre;dgm_' * NEW YORK, Nov. 19 Former Attorney General Harry Daugher ty declared here today that any one of ten men could win tlte Re- publican nomination for . the Presidency with “the right kind of an organizatien behind them.” Daugherty predicted the nom ination of Warren G. Harding three months before the conven tion in 1919. He declared that “Presidential nominations are made by organizations. None of the present candidates have an: sort of an organization which Harding had. It is not the crowds marching behind. brass bands lh.ul make the selection, but men wlh sit on the convention floor.” Regarding his prediction as to who would win the nomination, Daugherty said: “My eye sight isn’t as good as it used to bhe.” e, 15,000 Seek 150 Jobs as Prohibition Enforcement Heads L ( 19—While ot WASHINGTON, Nov. there may be a difference opinion on the subject of prohi- | bition, tiwere appears to be a do- 'gre« of unanimity of desire throughout the country to obtain iponuionn as enforcement officers {under the forthcoming civil serv- ice reorganization. The Civil Service Commission has received 15,000 applications for the 15 administrative posi- tions carrying salaries of $3,000 to $6.000 annually and 33,000 for the 3,500 subordinate jobs paying $1,800 to $4,000. The Treasury reiterated ‘that because of the impending trans- fer of personnel to civil servics status, it did not feel justified in asking Congress to appropriate for the next fiscal year more than the §$13,000,000 for enforcement this year. IDEA HIT; dia Britannica, and found that “the fathers of fifteen of them were entirely. unknown, and of the remaining forty-eight just suf- ficiently ~ distinguished to leave public record of the fact.” Writing bt the group of forty- eight known parents, Dr. Pearl said that “it is mainly composed of “mediocre people, with a few superior persons in the lot and a few badly inferior. .Some of these pajents would have been segregated if recommendations of present-day n‘nml mloll hll Says Organmnhon Must Be| | | Says Nortlavest Passage Was Open This Year VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. 19—The Northwest Passage | through Franklin Strait and Peel - Sound, h@m, npen ko | this year but n said 1. O. Stringery i Bishop who has returned from the Far North. The Eskimos, according to Bishop Stringer, estimate it will be 10 years before the Northwest Passage | will be open again, » | Bishop Stringer andwhis wm, i left here last June traveling the Mackenzie by a gasolihe | schooner. | T MORE SCANDAL INDIANA GITY Four Indiana;lis Council- men Indicted on Charges of “Shake ind,, Nov. 19 INDIANAPOLI Additional pelitical scandal was unearthed when indictments were returned late yesterday -afternoon charging four councilmen with having attelpted to “shake down” John Duvall in exchange for let- ting him retain the office of May- or of ' Indianapolis after he had been convicted of violating ' th» corrupt practices act. As the result of the new indict- ments. six of the city's nine coun. cilmen are under indictment. R Effects of Music On Insane Patients Noted by A lieni.«ti CHICAGO, Nov. 19--Dr. Hegschfield, state alienist, believes “we are on the verge of notable discoveries in musical therapeu- tles.” A pii recital was given last night before 2,000 patients at the Dunning State Hospital, with Dr. Herschtield noting the reaction of the listeners, many of whom are violently imsame, to the music. Andre " Skalski ‘was the pianist, and Dr. Herschfield made the fol- lowing notations on his program: “Chopin, Valse'in. E Minor—Gay music, patiénes amused. “Schumann, Traumeri sic; patiénts restless. “Wagner, Brassin, Wotan’s ‘Farewell’ and ‘Magic Fire Music’ ~=Stimulating. “Liszt, Lieberstraum—Soothing.” “TThe concert was given- as part of ‘the experiment to leamn the possibilities of music as an ald to the treatment of insanity cases. e ——— | AT AT I .- of Mr. and Mrs. Rulie Black, were suffocated h fire starting hfi Sad mu- Alexander | | Department Alex 8. ! NOEL SMITH LOSES FIGHT WITH UNIONS Two Dischérgé& Men from Alaska Railroad Force Are Reinstated WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—Secr | tary of Interior Work has ordered the reinstatement of two foremen lof the Alaska Ralilroad, over whos | discharge a dispute had a {between Noel W. Smith, Genera! ["Manager, and Labor Union of‘ cials. | No further announcement of the !devision was made at the Interior ! Department, officials merely {ing the men had been ordered placed back on the road The dismissal of the men h: been attributed to their partici pation in union activities. The hearing was held here last Wed- | mesday hefore Secretary Work which M. P. Reynolds, of Seattls, Vice-President of the Order Railway Conductors; Fred Lewls, {of St. Louis, Vice-President of tlic Brotherhood of Firemen and En- ginemen, and Joseph Gartland, of Justice investiga: participated. THORNBERG IS PWTEDAND_ 'WILL GO EA {Forenian-Miner, Bureau of Mines in Alaska Given Pittsburgh Post G. | tor, | | i | R Thornberg, Foreman | {Miner for the U. S. Bureau of Mines in Alaska, has been moted to Foreman Miner in the Pittsburgh, Pa., district and put in charge of Mine Rescue Car No 3, according to an announcement made’ today by B. D. Stewar. Federal Supervising Mining gineer. Mr. Thornberg, who re- turned here early this week from the south, will be transferred to Pittsburgh within a short time. Since coming to the Territory in April, 1925, he has been in charge of Mine Rescue work an.l {First Aid Training. Under his direction hundreds of miners, vol- | unteer firemen in many commun- pro- -lities and a large number of high sehool boys have received instruc tion in either mine rescne meth- ods or first aid work. “Mr Thornberz has made a splendid record in the Territory and we very much regret his transfer, Mr. Stewart sald fn making the announcement. His new post, it was added, is one of the most im- portant in the Bureau of Mines work., The car of which he will have charge serves the coal mines of Pennsylvania and West Vir- ginia. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Thornberg | will leave here mext Tuesday for Anchorage to arrange for the lat- ter's relief and transfer of prop- erty .in his charge.' Later Mr | Thornberg will proceed to Ketchi- kan to give a course in first aid work to high school students | there for | were made several weeks ago { This will complete his service in the Territory. -y Denies Latest of Charges by Hearst WASHINGTON, Nov. 19--De nials of assertions of purported documents printed in the Hears' newspapers recently, to the effe:t that the Soviet: En& can Government for eonducting propaganda in Mexleo, have bee) issued hy C. E. Skflnky through the Soviet Union hlomntmn Bureau. } m Wit . Minnesota| pted a}: installed mted great Historical the first doorbe in the State. by Vernon Bell, trician, and e that the bell hy ¥ service + |to which arrangemen:s ' 88y in Mex!- | co received funds from .the Mexi-| elec-{ ‘flde\ son | say- | Two views of submerged port th:iat ravaged New Lngland: auto barely shows above ** CONNECTICUT TOWNS HARD HIT BY RAG'NG FLOODS Top—Depth .of water lake.” | A RGBS 05 8 RO R RN 0 1 | | | 'SCORES FLEE AS EXPLOSION IS IMMINENT Warning Given to Farmers | | quickly , Conn,, after being inundated by torrents ay be realized ln noting that top of an Bottom—\iew of State street, business center, showing how ions of Fast Iartfor high water has risen against buildings. LETS - | PATIENT DIE: mvssncnnuu Engllsh Phys:cnan Pe\m.ta‘ Death When Life ‘r Would Be Misery ‘ . SHEFFIELD, England, Nov. 19. The right of a doctor to let a' suffering patient die rather than prolong the patient's life has heen asserted by Dr. A, T. Simpson at the inquest into the death of John Robinson, whom Simpson! treated for dropsy and heart di-| sease. Under investigation, Dr. Simp- son found that Robinson took poison in view of, the great pain be had suftered in the past and| would suffer in the future if he' lived. Dr. Simpson sald he de-| cided to make no effort to coun-, teract the effects of the pnhmm imd deelared: “I thought it hest. to let him'die. It was hll[luuqlble‘ remove the poison from his' stomach, I ‘hesitated to restore! him as ‘It(~ would have been only| mis | e FOUR MEN DE WITHIN HOUR TRENTON, N. I, Nov, 19—-in! the space of exactly half an hour four men were put to death in th electric_chair in the State Prison | early today for the murder of al paymaster. Each died with vehe. | ment declarations of innocence, | The men died in the following or {der: Joseph Juliano, Christopher | Barone, “Little Joe" Juliano anid Louls Cappozzio. > Lowden’s Name Be | o . } On Indiana Ticket! INDIANAPOLIS, iInd., Nov. 1§ Former Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinols, will be a cam| tdidate im Indlana at the Primary next May. for the Republican | presidential preference vote in this xtm.. This iy the announc: ! ment of ' State Senator Alonzo Lindley, ome of the leaders of the | Lowden movement. ? STE 19 y | children, W. \sell @l s OF ARMS MAY START PROBE Believed Nation-wide Or- ganization Exists in Arms Smuggling | i | | whether | wide jarms and ammunition smugegling SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 19.—Investigation by the Départ- ment of Justice to determine there exist a nation- organization eugaged in lis in prospect as the resuit of 1 developments whiem followed the ‘m-i/un- of machine guns, rifles, g'evnlv-rs and cartridges in a raid at the home of John Mannerstam, | President of the Pacific Arms ! Company. | United States District Attorney ! Hatfleld announced he has ve- {quested an Investigation of Man- inerstam’s activities, Meanwhile { Mannerstam, located in a hotel, maintained innocence, -~ NIGHT S8CHOOL MONDAY Night school will start in- the I.)uneuu Public School house at ¥ | o'clock Monday “evening, it was {announced today by Supt. W. K. Keller. Both citizenship and com- { court on complaint of her hus- ! merclal classes will be held, under b-nd Joseph Stein, who claims | seperate supervision. The com- | she took $19(X)0 worth of merciul class is something new stocks from his home to pay | this year, and was Installed at the request of more than twelve per: OE her aflm'fifi:&m sons, who desired instruction i 4 |llrn| year shorthand and typewrit {Arctic Radio Program ‘m Be Broadcasted Tom(ht PITTSBURGH, Penn, Nov. ~The first Aretic radio luuxrnm- of the winter month: dunlgnul' to cheer traders in the Northwest, Mounted Police and oiher Canadi- an employees, ‘and missionaries, i will start ll'll o'clock tonight, | tlemen profesgors” are prehrrod The program will inaugurate m«.hz b{“"l bln:xden :n‘l)l branettes a ¢ broadcast.| the University of Oregon. - ::::rlll season nt Arctic broadeast o i e e ey ing a questioning of fifty stu- dents, twentysive women and twenty-five’ men. Only three pre- ferred women as instructors, and two did not haye any choice. PThe others were overwhelmingly, and 10—Ax+! on the part of some of the girls, other term of the |mhlhluoulenthuululunlly, in favor of hear- | School will'be opened here on No-|[ing their philosophy, math, his- y-five Enforce-|tory, and other subjects boomed all parts of jout in masculine tones, » given a post| Many and vuried were the rea- pproved meti-|sons given for this prefereuce. They wilkiOne fair eoed who has u‘ three m their own ! years' expérience on campu ufnl.y M she m hette: | | Mrs. Annette Stein, Chicago | | #ociety woman, was haled into | EUGENE, Ore, Nov. 19—“Gea- WASHIN Nov the country will! atoms. and Residents of Kan- sas Town—All Safe COPFFY\".LL. hunsnx. Nov. 19.— Fleeing ns before an invad- ing army, with only a few elothes and household goods hastily as- sembled, farmers for miles around and residents of the little town of Jefferson, left their homes shortly after noon yesterday ahead of a terrific blast which wrecked the plant of the Independent Tor- pedo Company and shook the country for 20 miles around. Porewarned by the impending explosion, school was dismissed and children and resi- dents fled by mator car, by truck or on foot to the country north of the town Meanwhile farmers were warn- 2d by telephone and began a gen- eral exodus for places far from the scene, There weve no casualties. The blast of 380 quarts of ni- trogyclerine came nearly an hour after the plant had taken fire, due to the breaking down of an engine and the resultant explo- sion of a nitrator. Towns for 30 miles distant felt the shock. Seven frame hulldings of the torpedo plant weve blowa ‘o ——————e TOUGH STEAK CAUSES DEATH LOS AN(‘ELES. Cal., Nov. 18- A struggle with a tough plece of steak resulted, in the death of Carl Neran, 32 years old. “This steak is plenty tough,” Neran told his dinner companion, Jack Neagles, the latter reported to police: “Why don’t you pick it up and eat it like a sandwich?” was Nes. gle's suggestion. Neran acted on the suggestion and with the first bite choked. When he realized the case was serfous, Neagles took Neran to a nearby drugsiore, whers an am- bulance was called. Neran died on the way to the receiving hos: pital. Surgeons removed a large plece of steak from his threat. e eee— - Former Alaskan To Start Fox Farm In California REDDING, Cal, Nov. 20--One Alaskan silver fox valued at $5.- 000, according to F. F. Berry, will \ be the chief feature of a new fox farm at Hayfork. Berry, with his wite and aute- mobile, the latter loaded with . $10,000 worth of silver and grav foxes, has arrived here on his way to Hayfork, which is declared to be an ideal location for a fox farm. Berry expects to duplicate the success of his farm at Belve- dere Heights, Maine, from which he eams. Berry formerly engaged in min. Jn~ aud fox farming in Alaska. !BLONDES.. BRUNETTES PREFER GEN TLEMEN because “they were easier to ‘bandshake’.” Qthers declared that while women were casier to get along with, they were less stimulating in thefr lectures. Other reasons given for cholce were: “Men are more reasonable. » “Men ‘know thelr stuff’ better.” “Men have more force.” % “Men are not petty, and do lfl. 2 hold grudges,” “Men are more awusing, m er; will admit are wrong. . have more @ o brains, and are more sincere.’ Perhaps one of the best of all was m by ed asked, who “Men are o the