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Evening star., 1927-09-01
ESPINOSA AND ARNOLD
CLASH IN LINKS FINAL

CHICAGO, September 1 R.-Two
under-par shooters, Al Espinosa and
George Arnold, were matched today
for the finals of the Illinois profess
sional golfers championship and the
$500 first prize.
Each scored a 81, three under per-
feet figures for the Glenacres course
Yesterday, in dispo sing of their semi
final opponents.
Espinosa is pro at the Illinois Golf
Club, and Arnold who turned back
such golfers as Bob Mcdonald and
Eddie Loos in earlier rounds, is the
pro at WeStmoreland.
Evening star., 1927-09-01
SANBORN TO HANDLE
TEAM AT EMERSON

Irving Sanborn. former basket ball
coach at the University of North Caro-
lima and who last season tutored Stray
er's Business College team to success
in the court game has been signed as
basket ball coach at Emerson Insti-
tute. it has been announced by Prin-
cipal and Director of Athletics p. l..
Banfield.
Sanbern also will assist Banfield with
the foot ball squad and will coach base
ball.
With a number of veterans at hand
Emerson hopes to develop sturdy
teams in all sports this school year.
Evening star., 1927-09-01
NAVY GRID SQUAD SHY
IN EXPERIENCE ONLY

ANNAPOLIS, Md, September l.
Experience, not weight, will be lack
ing for the Naval Academy varsity
and plebe foot ball elevens this year.
Candidates measu up in weight
and general physical condition with
the 1926 team, but the experience is
lacking.
Ted Sloane, former Drake star. is
almost assured of one of the varsity
end Jobs.
Evening star., 1927-09-01

Sweetser perform with the latter
club. One prime reason is the
Royal and ancient barred them
for British golf. So the cracks
do not use them.
There remains but one in Eng
land, according to George Duncan.
1t is owned by the dressing-room
attendant at Hangar Hill. who
never hit a golf ball in his life
Sad to relate it Is not reverenced
as an antique. Instead, this
worthy uses it as a coal hammer.
Evening star., 1927-09-01
DE PAOLO MEETS TEST.

ALTOONA, Pa, September 1 (P).--
Pete de Paolo, 1925 automobile racing
champion, qualified for the 2O0-mile
championship speedway race Labor
day by turning the mile and a quarter
bowl at an average of 134.3 miles per
hour. He had failed twice.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23
MAIL CLERK TORRANCE ].
 0N STARR TRANSFERRED

F. L. Dorrance, mail clerk on the steamer Starr since 1924, plans leav- ing the vessel at Seattle but expects to make regular trips to Seward from Seattle, from this time on as he has practically completed arrange ments to be transferred to one of the vessels plying regularly to this port.
 MT. Dorrance vii be succeeded by A. K. Morton, who filled in for him last summer. MT. Morton has been working in the railway postal service since he left, Seward last fall.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23
S. s. ALASKA IN PORT

The s. s. Alaska, Capt. Nord, of the A. s. s. Co.,, arrived in port this morning completing an excellent run from Seattle. Many passengers dis embarked among whom were few local residents.
 The Alaska will leave for Uganik from this port where a large tonnage of canncry supplies will be discharg. ed From Uganik the vessel will sail direct for Latouch thence South
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23

The coast and geodetic survey vessel Surveyor, Capt Lukens, will probably depart for the Westward on Monday. It is reported the ves- sel will return to port few days later.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23

MRS. sCHMITT RETURNS HOME
 Mrs. George Schmitt, whose hus- band recently passed away in Seattle, returned home today from Seattle where internment was made.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23

Capt. Bergcr's new craft. the Dis coverer, is expected to arrive in port from Seattle next Wednesday.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23
POOR UMBRELLA BUSINESS

MANCHESTER, Eng, April 23. (P) rainy season has been a to the umbrella trade. Because of the lack of downpours during the day an appeal for wider use of umbrellas notwithstanding has been made by the National nion of unemployment. in this line of business. Seward Fish Go. Adams 56. Lund- blad, Prop, Adams 19
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23
CONGRATULATIONS TO BENNY BENSON

Seward today feels just pride in Benny Benson' winner of first prize for flag design which IS to become the imperishable emblem of great Territory ana nay State ~
 And none will be more proud of this achievement than those of the Jesse Lee Home whose faithful steward ship has shaped Bennys mental and spiritual faculties
 Like Betsy Ross whose suggestions were accepted Ill the final design of the first American ag and whose mm be fingers sewed the veponed stars onto the held o1 bue Bennys will down to history as contrlo utor to national glory. o ,oo:u
 It was eminently fitting that Alaska's flag design shond from one whose blood linked in the genesis of the great land of the Midnight Sun It again expresses America whose worth while contributions come rom the people, the least of whom IS Benny benson "no gar es the blood of aboriginal ancestry from the most pIl tve to the right stand among the greathe Presdenc of the United States
 The Gateway extends to Benny it's heartist congrat- ulation not only for his success m the compeuo ou o the fact that he has created from his brain something worthy and enduring
 Among the historical utterances of famous men is Governor Wintrops observations on prOscpt pealtles
 If the same penalty hits rich 1t pains hlm not it is no aiction to him. but if if lights upon poor man, it breaks his back
 The Legislators might remember this when they are asked to settle private grievances of dsgnted pares by voting prescription for especial big interest It is like the income tax
 The difference between the demagogueic politician and the newspapers of Alaska is that the latter are ac- uated by desire to the people while the latter IS actuated by desire to hold his job to the deception of the people, The politician benefits directly and financially while the newspaper only share with the masses whom 1t serves
 Times was when Texas Legislator made notion toward his hip pocke-t sgnal to call the coroner and undertaken Now the greeted by chorus of Have you got enough to go round?"
 leading s,fragist of New York advocates the adop- on of the Danish system of three year trial marriages Divorce records indicate that three years entirely too
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23

leading suffragst of New York advocates the adop- tion of the Danish system of three year trial marriages Divorce records indicate that three years entirely too long.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-04-23

Times was when Texas Legislator made notion toward his hip pocke signal to call the coroner and undertaken Now the is greeted by chorus ot Have you got enough to go round?"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02

tor who began making requests
to do Byrd long before he arrived.
She kept the official program as
her husband made engagements
for the fliers. She also arrange F,
for the masseur who was waiting
with hot baths, ready to work on
the tired fliers as soon as they
arrived in Paris.
The arrival Of the fliers at the
apartments in the Hotel CONT
mental was like a big house party
of celebrities for Mrs. Gibbons.
She was there to see that every
one was comfortable and well
looked after.
There were years of training
behind her handling of the situa-
ton. Since she married DR.. Glib.
bons at Princeton in 1908 she has
accompanied him in Turkey.
France and the United States.
Their first child was born in 1908
and the last in 1915. During the
early years of the war Mrs. Glib
bons ran baby depot in Paris
and gave help to hundreds OF
frantic Partisan mothers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Determines to Fly
After Narrow Escape

MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. g. The
terrifying experience of hanging
helpless from an airplane wing
and surviving the adventure BY
an almost miraculous landing III
the soft earth of plowed field
has strengthened the resolve of a
Minneapolis girl telegrapher to be.
come an aYiatrix
Answering an advertisement for
girl parachute jumper, Evelyn
Barrett leaped from a plane anc
caught the harness of her para
chute on wing strut of the
ship. Her own coolness and the
skill of r. D. Ellis, her employee
pilot. brought her through alive.
She is praeticing parachute
Jumps regularly. after hours at a
commercial telegraph office. and
is learning to operate a plane.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Shortage of Tourists
Alarms Hotel Keepers

PARIS, Aug. 2. - Paris hotel
keepers. already worried by a
shortage in the number of Amer
lean tourists this summer, arr
considerably troubled over DIS
patches that the number of dele
gates to the American Legion
convention in September will not
reach half the anticipated 10000
1t is estimated that hotel keep
ers. expecting a rush this year
provided at least 5000 more rooms
than last year They say that
so far the figure has been 30 pc.
cent under the figure for the same
period in 1926.
Hotel keepers who counted Oh
the Legion convention to make ur
for the lean days of the summer
are asking government depart
ments to do something to attract
paying visitors,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
JAPAN TRIES
TO PREVENT
NAVAL BREAK
Makes Proposal to United
States on Cruiser Ton
mage, Armament

GENEVA. Aug. Japan has
made last supreme effort to
save the Tripartite Naval Con
ference, after failing in the first
attempt.
Admiral Saito and Viseonnt
Ishii visited Hugh S. Gibson,
head of the American delegation
and handed him a text. com
promise of the project concerning
the cruisers and armament and
tonnage.
1t is said the text is quite
provisional in nature but de
signed to prevent wreckinG of the
Conference ON this outstanding
difficulty.
Great secrecy is being main
tained concerning the exact ma
ture of the Japanese compromise
text.
Later the Japan sse chiefs pre-
sented the proposal to the Brit
ish delegation
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
WOMAN DEFENDS CONl1NDER BYRD
AND COMPANIONS At Paris VISIT

PARIS. Aug. 2.-"official bum
per" was the title Commander
Richard f. Byrd and his crew or
the America gave to Mrs. Helen
Davenport Gibbons in Paris.
She was the woman who smooth.
ed the way for them in Paris and
made their strenuous program
move as smoothly as the hero
worshipping French public would
. let it. She is the wife of DR.. Her
bert Adams Gibbons. the repro.
sentative in Paris of Rodman Wan
amaker, who sponsored the fligh 3
II took all the training of Mrs.
Gibbons as mother of four, wife
OF a writing globe.trotter, war
worker and trained social worker
to absorb the iolts the French
public would have given the fliers
had all Who wished been able to
reach them.
She spent hours at the telephone
answering questions and giving
out information II was in Engli n
one minute and In French the
next. She met the press. She pu.
off the portrait painters and sculp
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
DAUGHTER AND
Mother KISS
AND MAKE Up
Mrs. Mcpherson and Mrs.
Kennedy Settle Their
Differences.

Los ANGELES. Cal. Aug. q
Ms. Aimee Semple Mcpherson
and her mother, Mrs Minnie
Kennedy, have come to peace
terms following a two-hour con-
ference between attorneys.
The split between the pair that
ragged for 10 days, came to an
end following an official an
nouncement issued that Mrs.
Kennedy will give up the active
management at Angelus Temple
and Mrs. Mcpherson will assume
complete control ="
With faces wreathed in smiles
and accompanied by many "hal-
leujahs, the pair came out of
the conference room and before
almost 100 Temple workers and
onlookers, kissed anl embraced
each other.
I always did love you, Moth
er,' Mrs. Mcpherson sobbed
sister, you know there has
never been anything in my heart
bat love for you" her mother
replied.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02

DUBLIN, Aug. IA palatial
residence, formerly occupied by
the UNDERGRADUATES for Irelan
who were the real rulers of the
country, has been turned over to
the United States government for
its new ministry to the Saorstat.
Frederick A. Sterling, the new
minister, took up his duties in
July. The lodge situated in tn
center of Phoenix Park, Is com.
Portable. with most domestic con.
Yeniences yet without grandeur.
and is easy to keep up
i has on the ground floor -four
dining rooms, a drawing room
study and morning room. Upstairs
there is another study, There are
eight bedrooms, three of which
are in nursery wing The sef.
wants quarters are separate.
The grounds include about %
acres. There are three tennis
courts and gardens. The house has
a fine view of the Dublin noun.
tains 1t is secluded from the
traffic of the park, and is less
than IS minutes by motor from
the center of the city.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02

Wants Skag,U0y and Strip
To Be nterndtiOndLizcd

VANCOUVER, b. C.. Aug. g.
Sir Hugh Denison. Australta.
Trade Commissioner, told the
Canadian Club here that skag-
way, Alaska. and thu strip Of
territory TO White Pass should be
internationali2ed or taken under
a long lease ty Carada.
"Skagway, which Is the natural
port of entry to Northern British
Columbia. is practically a de-
serted village with !, IT improy~-
ments falling TO places ard houses
empty . said Sir Hugh.
The Australian said big Can
adian companies would develop
Skagway and the strip If inter
nationalized.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
COOLIDGE COMPLETES
FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE

RAPID CITY S. D.. Aug. -
President Coolidge today ends
four years as President Of tho
United States to which he sne-
eeeded upon the death Of Pre-
dent Warren G. Harding at san
Francisco four years ago TO-DAY
One year and seven months re-
main OF the four-year term 10
which he was elected in n :.
In that period it will be decided
whether or not he will or can
succeed himself for another elee-
tive four-year term which won d
entitle him to the office OF Presi-
dent for a longer period than hes
been served by any other CHI (
Executive
There has been an unanin y
of opinion among those here With
the President and among Nat,onal
political leaders that Pre- deat
Coolidge will not stand in lie
way of a movement to renom a.
ate him. but a few frif nds pre-
diet that he will not be cta-
dilate.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
BE CHILD'S PAL URGES Adviser
or PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug 2.-Education
will not advance as It should unti'
parents take a more active in.
terest in IL for the sake of their
children, believes Mrs Florence V.
Watkins. executive secretary Of
the National Congress of Parent
Teacher Associations.
Parents haven't played enough
with their children. says Mrs.
Watkins. who Is conducting q
course on "the parent-teachef
movement" in the summer session
of Columbia University.
"They have been eensors instead
Of playmates. They should come
down from their pinnacles, ana
become their children's pals. Par.
ents. however. are more alive 10
the possibilities of training the
child through the first six years
of life. Teachers are more sym.
pathetically inclined to problems
confronting the home. Communi-
ties have become more concerned
in making conditions right for
the child"
Mrs. Watkins points out how
by discussing child health and the
use OF leisure with parents in rural
communities, cooperation between
the parent and the teacher is be-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
new PACIFIC
CABLE PLANS;
TOUCH ALASKA

NEW YORK. Aug 2-Plan5
for a new International Cabls
System were disclosed here today
by Newcomb Carlton. President Of
The Western Union. Engineers
have selected two alternative
routes. one following the Com
mercial Gable Company's line, at
cost Of $16,0oe.000 and tha
second is a new course, north b.
way of -.e Aleutian Islands t.
Japan to start from Seattle ana
run TO Dutch Harber or Attn
thence to Hakadate, Northern
Japan. thence to Shanghai and
Manila. The cost Of the LOO
miles of the northern route will
be $tO,0OO,OO0 but involves ne
gotiations with Japan for land
ing rights
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Fewer Straw Hats Are
Seen on Paris Streets

PARIS, Aug. ?. ~ Straw hats
seem to be going out in France.
Most of the visible supply here is
III the stores, but the store-keep-
err. somewhat discouraged, are
turning back to regular hats for
their bread and butter.
In France the summer straw ha
is known as a "boater." In the
early days, the young bloods put
item on when they went for a
row a sport once highly popular
here "Boaters," say some sartorial
philosophers, are queer, ugly, un-
comfortable things. dirty in a
short time and out of fashion az
the end Of the season. Therefore,
counting comfort, looks and. above
all, cost, why bother with the
things?
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02

ing brought about She tells Of a
town in Georgia where yorng We
men did not know how 10 pa
because they had worked since
childhood, In cities. the probieras
of safety, thrift. juvenile pratee
tion. and motion pictures are co.
gidered in the parent-teacher etudy
groups.
We aim 10 send 100 per en-.
physically tit children into "a
first grade in September" tA,
says con May Day. childr n vhe
are to enter school in Sept ms,
are examined, and betwe Ma
and September we nave our suai
mer roundup when remedial a'.
ments of children are corrsc'es :"
Improving motion pictures. Mrs.
Watkins believes. will aid odpes
tion. In the place of the i''--
plotless picture" she urges rs
adaptation for the screen OF mora
Of the great literary MASTERPIECES
In her class at Columbia AZ.
20 students from New York. Naw
Jersey. Ohio, Texas, Illinois 81.
braska. Michigan. Minnesota Als
bama, Kansas. Wisconsin Ne~.
mont, Oklahoma. West Vir~'nis.
Indiana. Pennsylvania. North cs~e
lima. Missouri. Maryland. Florida.
Iowa, Colorado, and California.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
EDSEL FORD
BACKS BYRD
POLAR TRIP
Son of Automobile Manu-.
facturer to Finance
South Pole Flight

DETROIT. Mich, Aug. Ed
sci Ford will back Commander
Richard r. Byrd in the proposed
right to the South Pole the De
troit Free Press says in a copy
righted story
Byrd. Henry and Edsel Ford
held an all-day conference, in
Guiding a visit to the Ford fac
tory and a luncheon.
Edsel Ford announced his in
terest In the flight is not for any
personal interest but that he
wants to live up to adventures
aad also to do a service to ayia-
ton That is all that we ar,
trying to do with our aviation
enterprises at Dearborn"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
France Sets Holiday
In Honor of Legion

PARIS. Aug. France will oh.
serve a public holiday Monday.
September 10, in honor of Amer
lean Legion members here for
their Paris convention. The holt
day has been decreed by TIE
government Despite the fact that
it is now expected that atten-
dance will be far less than the
10000 originally anticipated. the
government is planning an elabo-
rate entertainment for those who
do come There will be an Official
banquet for 1000 of the delegates
a gala ball, fireworks, special il.
luminations and official recep
tions. Approximately $780, 600 has
been appropriated for the>govern
ment'ss share in the program
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Passenger Air Service
Is Proposed for Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile. Aug. 2. -
South America, too, is to hayc
passenger air service.
The South American CONNER
cial Aero Navigation Company
which operates an air mail sery.
ice between Santiago and Valpa-
raiso. has announced plans to es-
tablish passenger and mail air.
plane service to Iquique in North
Chile, Temuco in South Chile. AMI
possibly to Buenos Aires, across
the Andes.
A representative of the company
has gone to Europe TO take charge
of three passenger planes pur-
chased for the new services.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
$4,000 FIRE
AT KETCHIKAN
Two Apartment Buildings
Are Destroyed 10
Families Burned Out

A bonfire which children built
on the beach last Sunday just
outside of the city limits at Ket-
chikan. is blamed for a $50.00G
fire there according to pqssen-
gers arriving on the Admiral
Rogers today
Two apartment houses wer
razed, a gasoline station was de
stroyed, 200 feet Of board walk
and three automobiles were
burned.
Sixteen families were burned
out and none wore able to save
any of their personal belongings
Most of the families were out OF
town at the tine.
The Boulevard and Franklin
Apartments, the latter just com
pleted, were destroyed in the
fire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
2 Men to Use
Tiny Craft on
atlantic Trip


LONDON Aug. 2.-The adver-
turous crossing of the Atlantic
Ocean in the smallest recorded
ocean craft, tiny vessel bull.
like a submarine, is scheduled
from Dover on August by two
Laneashiere men, Edward Tierny
and Dick Hayman.
The tiny craft is only 12 feet
long, five feet depth and has q
beam Of three feet. She draws
two feet of water and obtains
power mainly through force Of
the wind against a small wind
mill which drives the screw OF
the propeller.
The men expect to make the
crossing in 40 days.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
RED CROSS NURSES
CONDUCTING FORUM
HEALTH PROEsE,EM

WASHINGTON, Aug 2. - From
every corner Of the civilized world
delegates to the International
Council Of Nurses are convening
in Geneva for intensive study
of problems vital to the health
Of nations.
Those in attendance represent
approximately 100000 nurses ano
about 30 different countries.
The United States, leader in
The field of nursing service, gen.
four delegates to the conference.
They are Miss Clara d. Noyes,
national director Of the Red Cross
Nursing Service and a vice-presi-
dent of the council; Miss Elsie
Lawler, superintendent Of nurses
at the Johns Hopkins School of
Nursing; Miss Lillian Clayton.
president Of the American Nurses
Association, and Miss AIDA Ed
ridge. a former president of the
association, and Miss Susan Fran
els, secretary.
The opening session. divided
principally between speakers for
the League of Nations and the
Red Cross. represents the newest
alliance for peace and the union
of 81 countries Of the world in a
program of practical idealism. 1t
includes international cooperation
to stamp out disease and care
for the victims Of disasters.
Geneva was chosen for the con.
fcontinued ON page TbreaD
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Despite Cost, Motors
Increase in Japan

TOKYO. Aug. 2.-Taxes on mo.
tor cars and the high cost Of
gasoline apparently have had lit
tie effect on the importation OF
automobiles in Japan.
Government figures show thai
approximately $4,000 motor We
hicles are In use In this oountry,
Of which Tokyo possesses 1880.
In 1912 there were only about
500 motor cars in the empire.
the increase during the past IS
years having been about 80 or
40 per cent per year,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Mine Trouble Breaks
Out In Town In Ohio

DOVER, Ohio, Aug. 2.-Simul-
taneous with the discovery this
morning of the burning of the
tipple of the Maple Leaf mine
near Newport. reports were re-
ceived that John Hines, night
watchman at the mine, was shof
and injured.
Officials of the Pocock Mining
Company, owners of the mine
asserted an investigation showed
the tipple was fired by a bomb
but residents of the vicinity said
they had not heard any explosion.
The Maple Leaf mine figured
yesterday in the fight between
nonunion and union sympathizers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-08-02
Two Aviators Killed;
Bring Toll to Seven

CHICAGO. Aug. 2. - Falling
less than mile from the spot
where two aviators were killed
Saturday night, two Chicago
fiers met death last night when
their plane crashed 10 earth from
height Of 200 feet. IN a suburb.
This brings the death toll here
TO seven in eight days The vic
tins last night were William
Quase, flying instructor. and
Jonn Hubby. student