The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 23, 1927, Page 1

AR -+ THE DAILY ALASKA EM VOL. XXXL, NO. 4643, COOLIDGE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1927. RESENTING LATEST MOVE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE Aviator Forced Back on Honolulu Flight by CAPTAIN GILES TURNS UPSIDE DOWNOVERSEA Plane Runs Into Rain Soak- ed Air Pocket and Turns Turtle FLIER RIGHTS SHIP THEN RETURNS, LAND Makes Perfect Landing in California—Says Luck Was With Him LOS ANGELES, C Nov. 23— Capt. Frederick A. Giles, who hopped off from San Francisco for Honolulu at 7:24 o'clock yes- terday morning, was forced back after traveling 500 miles to sea. &Capts Giles landed near the Williata. Randolph Hearst ranch at San Simeon, Cal. t. Giles utterly lost control of his trans-Pacific biplane which went “haywire” when 500 miles off the coast. The plane weut spinning into a rain drenched air pocket and finally turned - com- pletely upside down, scattering charts, food and instruments into the ocean below. Plane Is Righted Capt. Giles then turned the plane right side up, made a wiid \§ her Buropean conquests. (International Newsreel) Interesting close-up of Ruth Elder, Southern beauty and aviater, snapped as she landed in New York for tumultuous welcome from throngs after AMERICAN BEAUTIES IN EVERY WAY lMESSAGE FOR ' CONGRESS IS NEARLY READY President Has About Com- pleted Annual Recom- mendations 'MANY PROBLEMS ARE PRESSING, SOLUTION Wants Expenditures Purely| Local Purposes to Be Held Down | ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. | | 23.—Ap ‘proaching the end of his labor- ious task, President Coc about ready to present his views on the needs of the country in | his annual message to Congress |- Coming at a time when a w {range of problems are pre {for solution. the message s being {awaited with more than oxdinar ‘. eculation particularly be i“r thg interest in what the Pres | dent recommends regarding farm I relief, flood control, development 'of relations between nations, re- | soure and defenses { That the President desires to !more submarines and cruisers, | rounds out the Navy by builditg] ' provide adequately for control of | the Mississippl River and corre- Accident /. S. Population 0Of 124,000,000 | Predicted by *30 WASHINGTON, = Nov. 23 The United States will have a | | population of 124,000,000 by 1930 predicts Census Direc- tor Steuart in his annual re- port to Secretary of Com- merce Hoover. The population has increased 30 times since | 1790. The population in 1920 was over 105,700,000. . | T ———~—— | WILL APPEAL T0 NATION TO \President to Talk Over ' Radio Tonight for Ob- | servance, Thanksgiving WASHINGTON. {From his study in the | House at §:15 o'clock President Coolidge Nation by radio to observe an- other Thanskgiving Day.s This ks the first time a- President has been able to appeal to mil-| {iions in the United States and | pogstbly abroad for Thanksgiving | Dy obsgrvance. | White | tonight, will ask the Nov, 23.—— OBSERVE DAY WARD’S ACCUSER [ | Marguerite Kendall Mellen, who once sued Walter S. Ward, baking king of New Rochelle, N. Y., for alleged breaking down ew actios PRESIDENT IS | % DISPLEASED AT LATEST ACTION [Plan to Force His Nomina- tion at Convention Calls for Eebuke {BREAKS SILENCE ‘1 AT WHITE HOUSE {Sharp Criticism Ts_ Called Forth by Chain Letter System Undertaken WASHINGTOD Nov. 23.—Tn unqualified terms, President Cool- idge let it be known that the first specific attempt to force the Republican National Convention to nominate him as a candidate | next year had incurred his dis- | plensure. | Breaking a silence of nearly |four months, . the White House | disclosed the President’s views im sharp criticism of the movement started by a Boston broker eir- - culating the cduntry with a chain letter system in an endeavor to build up a dominant demand, and unlike the statement of last Aug- ust, when neatly typed smal white slfps were handed to the IN | of door of her apartment, is in the courts again, Miss Mellen is asking $50,550 damages against Mr. and Mrs. H, G, Sherwood correspondents personally by the | President, this announcement was g - {iated projects, build up the Mer- ing assault. £ o frhe Holiday tomorrow will be| verbal and without authority for guess as to the direction of land, |, agd sent her roaring back to the nfainland. Ranch, about 50 miles from Luis Obispo. Capt. Giles said: “I never exs pected to miake land. My center section of bracing wires had snap ped. 1 had dumped my main gas tanks to lighten the strain on the broken plane and the chances were about zero, but luck stayed with me. 1 hit the coast aboui 60 miles north of where I landed and had to keep my ship in the ajr for all that distance before 1 finally found a landing place al San Simeon.” Will Try Again Asked what he was going to do, Giles replied that he “was going to try & Capt. Gil would fix his ship up and fly her back to San Francisco and then as Soon as the moon is full and he can get new charts,he would be off again “I have s ted to fly to Aus- tralia, and by Geoyge I am going to do it,” said C Giles. he D-1230 GOES BACK HORTA, Azores, Nov ter what appeared to be a f able start on the long d trans-Atlantic flight from to Newfoundland, th~ rs plane D-1230 came back to port a few hours after depar ture. It is supposed a heavy weight would not permit of con- tinuance of the flight. e - Chicago Lawyer Named Ambassador to Cuba ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—Presi- dent Coolidge has appointed Noble Brandon Judah, €hicago lawyer, Ambassador to Cuba, filling the vacancy created by the resigna- tion last Spring of Major General Enoch H. Crowder. 23~ ed the _jCapt. Giles mage a Ermt. nd | % sire landing near o He: San| NOW IMPROVING Presence of State Militia Has Quieting Effect, Operators Claim Nov. 23—Condi fields are report oming normal fol 's clash at the Col- DENVER, tions in the ed vapidly lowing Mon umbine mine which cost of five striking miner Operators believe National ! Guard protection means early mal operation of the mines definitely closed | Hundreds of strikers gathered! at the Walsenberg strike Ill':ul‘} dquarters. Strike leaders said the| Columbine f as and shooting was unnece: ! Col,, « b he lives | | nor- not | OFFICER SHOT IN GANG WAR CHICAGO, 1, Nov. 23—Activi- ties of Chicago gangsters in latest war for control of gamblin, and vice syndicates were respon- sible for the accidental shooting of Detective Sergeant Thomas Lynch by another policeman to- day. The skidded Policeman's automobile chasing a gang car and the officer's gun accidentally d charged, the bullet entering Lynch’s head. He will probably recover. The gangsters escaped MacNider Is Delugedfi . Wit WASHINGTON, Nov. 23—"Oh, what a dog you sent me,” written in childish secrawl, more than re- warded Assistant Secretary Han- ford MacNider for his efforts in getting a pup to a Philadelphia Youngster recently, but a flood of new requests is now deluging his mail with a correspondence unique in the prosaic files of the war de- partment. He has been asked for dogs, ponies and even husbands in the last few days. A New Orleans youngster noted that: the Philadelphia “good one.” . - | “Now 1 have three dogs, com- on ones, and I love them but I o so want a _police dog,” he said. Two sisters, eleven and eight, Chicago, notified the secretary pup was a A h Pleas for Pets but that a “nice dog” would be quite all right. A Chicago bhoy, addressing Mac- Nider as “Dear Mr. Captain,” said | reading of the Philadelphia dog {incident had given him a. thought {“about me having a dog a long time ago.” “He died on me,” the added. “That day still back to me.” Another Chicago reguest was for “a police dog, small size,” but a Berwyn, Ill, youngster insisted that “I don’t care what kind of a dog it i8, as long as I have one,” while still another Wespoke a dog of “any kind and color.” An i bespattered missive from a Pennsylvania seven-year- old wanted “a bull terrler or a Spanish puppy.’ : A letter comes { been | Rumanian Admiralty {larger vessels. OLDEST EDITOR | be disclosed chant Marine, dispose of the Boulder Canyon proposal and Co- | lumbia River irrigation project. is*known, but his message iz 3+ !pected to deal with these sub- | jects in detail, and it remains to what stand he will 4 | take on farm relief. §wlain he would like to see expen- |MANSLAUGHTER | GEQRSGE _W. HARPER, For 64 years Geor w 90, has wielded the editorial on a daily newspaper lieved to .be the oldest newspaper editor in the country His long years of service have on The Robinson Argus, the first number of which wa issued December 12, 1 Since then not a single issue has been printed without something from Harper's pen. He started as a printer, and marked his last birthday anniversary hy seiting a column of type BLACK SEA WAR SCARE Presence of Soviet War Vessels Forces Ru- mania Arm Boats SR BUCHAREST, No ported sudden appearance on Black Sea of several vessels has pushed politics off the front page of tumanian news- papers and caused what appears to be a real scare throughout the country. For several days Soviet torpedo hoats have been reported patrol- ling routes usually followed by Rumanian and foreign mail and passengers steamiers, causing the to arm all Harp pen spent (Ilinois) 23—The re- the ‘The purpose of the Soviet ves- sels is said to be the capture of all vessels formerly belonging to the White Russian Wrangell flect but, the Rumanian vessels are taking no chances. ———eee—— GREENAAR IN JUNEAU Charles A. Greenaar, well knowr resident of Petersburg, owner ol a ‘meat market' in the Narrows metropolis, | the Gastineau. He is be-| active | | Soviet war | i The President has made it ditares for purely local purpose held to the mipimum ‘=0 therg will be effected further reduction in'the National debt, the present z¢ of which. he menace to the count RUTH SNYDER LOSES APPEAL She and Paramour Must Die for Slaying Wom* an's Husband ALBANY, N. Y 23 Snyder, blonde New York house wife and mother, who has denied her guilt to the last, and Henry ! Judd Gray,- mild mannered para mour, who told freely how both strangled and beat Mrs, half-sleeping husband to death lost their joint appeal from the death sentence. | 1f Mrs. Snyder dies, she will be {the third woman execuied in the state of New York. The execution will probably be {during the week of January 9. EXECUTION DATE ALBANY, Nov. 23--The week beginning January 9 was today | tixed by thé Court of Appeals for | the execution of Mrs. Ruth Sny- ‘llel‘ and Henry Judd Gray for the i murder of Mrs. Snyder’s husband. {Independent Trap Men Making Their Demands KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 23- Independent trap owners at meeting here adopted a resolu- tion demanding a two mile separa tion of traps, or 72 hours closed period weekly with a full season. The Independent trap owners claim the packer's plans given to U. S. Fisherles ‘Commissioner Henry O'Malley at Seattle dis | ents and bar 75 per cent of their traps to 25 per cemt of those of the canners. ——— e A. R. C. MEN H. Gillette of the Alaska Roo Commission sailed for Sewa and Fairbanks on the Nortnwes!- ern this morning. It is more or less of a “get acquainted trip” for Major Elliatt, preparatory (o his leaving for Washington in December. 'wo officials wil' remain to for about two Wi 4 Ruth | Snyder’s | criminates against the Independ-| LEAVE ! Majors Maleolm Elftot and D observedl in Washington with| chirch services. President Cool- i .l#l his wife will attend the! Codsregational Church. Mr. and Mrs: Frank W. Stearns, of Bos-| ton, will dine with the President| and his wife. John Coolidge wili | not be present. | s 5 L g | TRIAL HALTED Taken Ill During Trial —Talfen Home SEATTLw, Nov. 23—-The man- slaughter trial of K. Creigh Nel-| son, wealthy Seattle clubman, was halted in the Superior Court late| vesterday afternoon when Nelson | was seized with nervous convul-| sions and was removed to his home. Nelson and Capt. Amory F. Bell, are charged with manslaugh- {ter in the death of Violet Maude yne, who was drowned last summer when she fell into Lake Union while leaving Nelson's vacht where a party had been held aboard the boat | The state alleges both men stood by and made no effort to save the drowning woman, [ i | | Cordo\: 'Mininter Is Appointed Archdeacon| CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 23- The Rev. Leicester F. Kent has been appointed Archdeacon of the Yukon by Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe and will leave here in the Spring to take up his work. The Archdeaconry extends over an area of 6,000 miles by dog team and 2,000 miles by boat. The Rev. Kent graduated from the Virginia Seminary in 1925 and his first Parish was the Cor-| dova Episcopal Church, The new position fs next of importance in the Territory to that of Bishop Rowe, ————————— Bennett J. Doty Is to Be Released PARIS, Nov. 23—Bennett J. Doty, American who enlisted In the French Legion and was court- martialed in Syria for desertion during the Druse rebellion, will be released from serving the re- mainder of his sentence in re- sponse to “American public opiu Ithough Doty ftirst faced death for desertion, the Fremch authori ties gave him a prison sentence. . J. 8. Badger of the Van Gilder ihotel ;at Seward s on his way to lq(hn States on the steamer Alas- a, i | the of Hollywood, Cal., cle:xim roational Newsresl) direct gquotation. REALTOR FER of inty to The invasion masculine fields ultra women has reached exclusive position real estate “consultant.” Miss Geneve Shaffer has added to her real ate business in Francisco, Cal, an advisory de- partment and has demonstrated her claims to the title. Archi- tects, lawyers, investors and bank ers consult her in all details of apartment house projects from in vestment values to building struction, loeation, ap ments, sale, rentals and adve ing. Miss Shaffer is recognized as the pioneer emdnz women of the West in co-operative apartmeut projects, size of re New Indianapolis Mayor, Blacksmith In His Youth INDIANAPOLIS, mayor of Indianapolis is just an other job to L. Slack, chosen by the city council to head the municipal administration until In- dianapolis changes to the eity manager plan two vears hence, The tall, well-built mayor has tried his hand at various occupa- tions from blacksmithing to prae- ticing law in the course of his 53 years. He worked at the anvil and forge in his youth while studying for the bar A democrat all his life, Slack was chosen by a republican coun- cil to succeed John L. Duvall, convicted of vielating the corrupi practices aet. He was United States district attorney here from 1916 to 1920, and previously serv- ed three terms in the Indiana house and senate. He sought democratic momination the United States senate in 1926, but lost in mgpqan, He has been mentioned as & ite for gov- ernor, it Nov. Being con- | . TREATIES TO 23 | {Fire at Tanana with BY COMMITTEE 10 BE URGED el : Program Is Approved Call-| wasmiveron, Nov. 28—a ing for Total Cut of |resolution which requests Presi- | dent Coolidge to enter negotia- $236‘000,000 | tlons with France and “like mind- v o ]ml nations” for treaties outlawing WASHINGTON, Nov. Dis- | war, has been prepared by Unitad posing in rapid order of all ma-| States Senator Arthur Capper, jor issues entering into the ques-! Republican of Kansas, for sub- tion of tax reduction, the House |mission to the next Congress. Ways and Means Committee has| Senator Capper, who is a mem- approved of the program calling|ber of the Senate Foreign Rela- for a total cut of $236,000,000. |tions Committee, proposes also The program is expected to be|that treaties should provide that whipped into bill form immediate- | thel government will not “give aid {1y so reading of the measure can'or comfort” to aggressor nations be started before the weekeud. in warfare. | The Committee has approved of| the: reduction from 13% to 11% | Conyicted of Killing tax rate on corporation incomes | against 12 per cent suggestod by Man He Was to Guard Secretary of Treasu Mellon v The Committee algo sliced the| NEW YORK, Nov. 23--Patrol- sales tax on automobiles from % |man “Haudsome” Dan Graham to 1% per cent. been convicted of first da - murder for the killing of & I pavmaster he was assigned to | guard on August 26 and the steal- Temperature 27 Below inz ot a $47.000 payroll. The | verdict carried the death sentence. { B LIKE AMERICAN CLOTHING | TANANA, Alaska, Nov. 23 Early yesterday morning, with the| thermometer 27 degrees below | zero, the slabld of Chris Abell AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23--The caught fire and three large draft younger generation in The Nether. horses were smothered. Other lands appears to prefer Amerl buildings were saved. The loss is|can styles in clothing, while the $1,500 with nd Insurance. Abel|older and more conservative pee- has been the general teamste: ple like the FKnglish styles. Al liere for many ye Dogs are pocketbooks are suited, for prices now the only mesns for gemeral|range from 38 for ready-mades”to delivery. 4:‘70 for tailored snuits. ——————— WOMAN JUDGE ISSUES S. C. WEDD iz love. GREENVILLE, 8. C.,, Nov. 23 il Interference of parents or other Cupid’s greatest ally in a state|persons and the difficult task of which has no divorce laws is Mrs. adjusting personalities are given Fannie Davis Scott, judge of pro-|by Mrs. Scott a8 two of the prin: bate in Greenville county. Ivi,'ml causes of trouble in the She is still & young woman, but |lives of the newly married. during the seven years she has| Issuance of marriage licenses is been in office she has Issued more [only one of the duties of her than 10,000 marriage licenses and court. She handles juvenile de- performed many of the ceremnu-lliunuency cases and also presides ies. {at lunacy hearings. All wills She advises with virtually every the county ave filed In her ! couple that comes for a license| Regarded as one of the and occasionally when some nI;W”men them come back later reporting S their marriage is about to “go on the rocks,” she tries to rellev . the trouble. Usnally she suc.|defeated them. While Mrs. Scott ceeds. performs some of the “It you are not happy apart,”|ceremonies, she tums she sometimes tells them, “there |them to Assistant Judge must he A reason and that reasen ded they wanted her job. 3 ING PERMITS