THE DAILYEMPIRE "ALL THE NEWS A± THE TIME" I VOL. XXX., NO, 4568._ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS I REDFERN ATTEMPTS** FLIGHT RECORD Prominent Canadians Indicted Seattle Grand Jury I 7 RESIDENTS DEVISES GLIDER TO CROSS OCEAN WET INTERESTS SEA MOUNTAINS AND JUNGLE GEORGIA FLIER OF VANCOUVER AFTER LYLE IS IMPERIL SOUTHERN AIR ROUTE REPORTED FAR OVER WHICH REDFERN FLYING ARE INDICTED MADE IN CHARGE ON HIS FLIGHT

Seattle Grand Jury Claims Anti-Saloon League Man in Paul Redfern Is Sighted Men Involved Liquor Seattle Exposes Al- High in Air Near the Conspiracy leged Conspiracy British Bahamas

26. — SEATTLE, Aug. 26. — Seven SEATTLE, Aug. B. N. ST PETERSBURG, Fla.. Aeg. of the residents of Vancouver, B. C.. Hicks, Superintendent 26.—A radio message from Nas- Anti-Saloon that Rome of them prominent in liquor League, charges sau. picked up by the Finauc al interests are exporting and distilling concerns, "liquor executing a I Journal's 40-meter station, said and well Move- are under indictment here on deep organixed the plane Port of Brunswick was ment to oust as charges of conspiracy to violate Roy Lyle Pacific sighted 300 miles east of the Northwest Prohibition the prohibition law Adminis- British Bahamas by a steamer ir. This was revealed when Fed- trator and put his place rome which arrived at Nassau at 11:40 eral Neterer released a se- wet who will not enforce the o’clock last Judge Adrien new night. The steamer Remy, French inventor, and his hydro-glider, with law." cret Indictment returnd by the reported the plane at an cross flying which he hopes to the Atlantic in four days. In an grand jury on June 2 in con- interview, Hicks said: altitude of 2,000 feet headed in "I warn those who believe in nection with the seizure of the icet apart, joined ny a cross struc- a southerly directTon. and its liquor-laden Canadian m o t o ;• PARIS, Aug. 21).—A hydro-glider, ture which contains a seven-foot- prohibition enforcemeue, to cross not to be misled by this shrewd launch Zez. designed the Atlantic high cabin in which ten persons FOLLOWING COURSE which is Among the 24 defendants are ocean in four days, is being fash- can he accommodated. propaganda being BRUNSWICK, Ga Aug 26 — ioned spread the rii-'tvict. It Oakland Latnpman, Managing Di- by Adrien Remy, French Renty is building the craft from throughout The wireless report from a steam- is very that rector of the Joseph Kennedy inventor. a model, but he has not set ; significant just prior er reaching Nassau that the Red- to the trials of the Liquor Export House of Van- It is to travel on the water, bn* date for the launching, pending in- large prohibi fern plane Brunswick has been tion when men couver; Harry Reifel, Secretary it will have motor-turned propt I stallation of motors. His estimate conspiracy cases, sighted east of the British Ba- of political, social and financial fit file same company and mem- lers like an airplane and a shal- of a four-day Atlantic crossing Is hamas, indicated the Georgia influence, are either Indicted or ber of a millionaire family of low hull, so built upon two float- based on a reckoned speed of 40 navigator was holding to the Bear Indictment and Vancouver; George Reifel; Har- ers that it will “slip over the knots an hour for the finished exposure, course he expected to follow that an Investigation is launch- ry Lamond and N. Milne, ware- tops of the waves" instead of cut ] craft, which is tiO feet long anc when he hopped off yesterday. ed into the activities of the housemen for the Kennedy Com- ling them. The floalers are nine 24 feet wide. Pro- hibition Administrator’s office to pany, George Masie, and Louis VESSELS DO NOT SEE PLANE on some who Bemadina, liquor dealers A Can- get something agenl MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 28.—The Is a material witness in a case. adian customs official is unoffi- Hllaleah Station of the Tropical NEW ARMY That has been done in cially reported to be among three J TRAINING recently Radio Telegraph Company, re- tli is district and to m'ii mentioned in the indictment according ported during the night that as John Doe. None of the Can- PLANE press dispatches, Congressman ships east of the Bahamas and CUTS BROOKS Albert Johnson, of Har- adians have been arrested. Grays south of Porto Rico had so far bor, claims credit for it. fulled to sight the monoplane in FIELD FATALITIES "Is it not significant view Port of Brunswick. of the fact that the moon- king Radio officials said they had shiner and bootlegger, and politi- SUBSTANTIAL communicated with several ves- cal leader of Harbor Coun- &1 SAN ANTONIO, Aur. 36.—Fly- Grays sels whose positions were report- with other men of I ing has become almost as sa:». ty, together ed directly or near the cor Salmon political and financin' influence, TAX CUT IS Fishing as any other means of transporta- Redfern was to follow on the were arrested and are In II. ('. tion al Brooks Field here since recently way to Brazil. * Stopped now in the of the Fed- the pimxiil lype of primary train- custody eral Government on For One Week ing plane was adopted by the liquor FOR DISTANCE RECORD TO BE MADE This moonshiner U. S. Army. Records show only charges? king BRUNSWICK, (la Aug, 26 is to have collected j VANCOUVER, B. C.. Auk. iwo falai accidents have occurred alleged Paul Redfern, who hopped yes- Chairman Green Makes from law to be | 2fi. Major J. A. Motherwell In approximately (15,000 hours of money violators terday afternoon at 12:45 o'clock used In and Mis | Fisheries Inspector, has ad- \ flying with tills plane. This is political campaigns for Rio de Jaueiro, 4,600 nnlcs Prediction—Says for other vised llie Dominion Fisheries i ■ purposes.’1 Errs | equivalent of a trip of about 5,00l away, if successful, will estab- Treasury | office it has been definitely j 000 miles. lish a distance record. The first I decided to prohibit all salmon land on the route is Porto Rico. WASHING TON, Aug. 2G.— Before the present plane, known | fishing for one week in the ] .0 miles a'»ay. Chairman William It. Green, of as the PT-1, was adopted instruc- waters north of Howe Sound dy Jni, oncLuun Redfern said If he was forced j tors expected that they would lost* MAN TRAPPED the be able to withstand the the House Ways and Means Com- mana, after crossing Carlbean said to at least and (Associated Press Correspondent) down 111 the Amazon Valley he mittee. predicting a substantial one, usually more, of sea. On reaching land, he would torrid atmosphere prevailing in could live indefinitely with the tax reduction by Congress, said the members of each class through have to begin climbing to an al- the lowlands and even the small equipment he is taking. fatal accidents. more feet t > of half-wild In- he believed the Treasury officials UNDER EARTH 20. — titude of than 8,000 tribal vllluges the BRUNSWICK, Oa,, Aug. Redfern said: "Don't lose ho; l were too low In estimating that 7" A board of flying officers se- Paul A. avoid the jagged peaks which ri.e dians are few between, confined NOVA sWa Redfern, youthful aviator, if I fall to return for at least a surplus of only $150,00,000 lected the PT-1 as the most :1 >• from the range of the Cluiana high- to the banks of the Ama- in planning his non-stop flight to mostly six months or more.” would he available for the sirable in as sentinels zon and Its tributaries. pur- training plane Septem- Ninety Men Dig Through Rio do Janeiro, Brazil, proposes lands, standing grim pose. ber, 1925. The plane they selected over a only partially ex- of STORM to Reach Vic- what some persons believe to be territory After flying over the state Chairman Green has called the HIT, made three radical changes from Night the most perilous journey ever at- explored. Para and, perhaps, the northwest co nmittee, which has jurisdiction HALIFAX, Auk. 2G.—As the the former A forced in the type. tim in Deep Well tempted by a flyer. He left here lunding rugged corner of the state of Matto tiros IS RESCUED I over revenue legislation, to meet result of one of the worst storms fastness of ex In the first place almost all of yesterday afternoon. these highlands, so, Redfern would have completed October $1 anu lake up the writ- in the history of Nova Scotia, for a of .ome 500 the wood used in earlier planer WORCESTER, Mass,, Aug. 26 For an attempt to better the tending distance approximately three-fourths of his ing of a new tax bill. seven persons are reported dead, —Rescuers are or was discarded for steel tubing. endeavoring to continuous, long-distance flying miles more Into B itish Guiana journey when he crosses the bor- FROM CLIFF heavy daniaKe has been done to reach Fred the I This strengthened the plane and Lenneau, aged 37 record of Clarence Chamberlin, I would mean Instant death, In der line of Goyaz and again EQUATOR IN PORT shipping, over a dozen small at the same time did away with years, of Auburn, who has been Redfern laid out a tentative route opinion of airmen. strikes mountains. The Frank Sut- Equator, Capt. craft having been smashed to in a splinters, the cause of many in- trapped 40-foot well since which would take him over ap- From these mountains, Redfern herland. arrived in port from the pieces or sunk, of com- the first disruption juries. The old instrument hoard it caved in 36 hours ago this proximately 1,700 mileH of water plans to wing his way into the in- The Serra do Parana, IDAHO PEAK I Pferil Straits Packing Company at munications the Prov- in altitude throughout in the cockpit, against which morning. and 2,800 to 3,000 miles of land. terior of Brazil, which in area is before him, ranges Todd, at 2 p. m. today, and will ince and trains are held up by to feet and ex- Man Hauled IOO fl many a flier had crushed his Lenneau was still alive this Before him aro the Caribbean larger than the United States, and from 3,000 5,000 Young Up remain here until tonight or to- washouts. Crops and buildings the of skull, was taken out and all of morning although he had grown Eea, whose atmospheric conditions for the next 1,600 miles would fly tends throughout length Feet from 12-inch 3 morrow morning. have also been damaged. 200 miles from Ledge the instruments placed outside of appreciably weaker through the ate more treacherous than the over an expanse of territory with Goyaz. Less than Red- on Mountain fl the cockpit. The cockpit itself, night. He is held by timber Pacific or Atlantic; the jungle tracts as large as New England where he crossed this range, High and earth of which often collapsed upon the in an upright position. lands of the Amazon river valley, unpenetrated by even the most fern would strike a group high- He is McKAY, Idaho, Aug. 26.—Os- I PRISON CONGRESS flier in a crack-up, was reinforced unable to move but his thousands of miles of which have venturesome explorers. er mountains in the state of Min head is and he 800 miles to- car Spies, aged 19 years, has H and heavy crash pads placed at protected is able never been penetrated by man, Below him would be the Ama- as Geraes, extending to breath and been rescued from a perilous the front and rear of the pit to freely. Ninety men and many ranges of mountains, zon valley, in which danger lurks. ward Rio de Janeiro topped fl worked position near the top of Mount fl URGES VACATION protect the flier's head. throughout the night dig- some of them more than 13,000 A descent Into the jungles, miles by Sa do Mantiquera, a mountain towards Caleb, the second highest peak fl As a result of these precautions ging him by a parallel feet high. of which are covered with wat-*r. to exceed 13,000 feet In height. excavation. had in Idaho. fl the first three classes to he They reached Traveling over a straight lino or upon the sun-baked or semi- A less dangerous route, per OF M’NEIL ISLAND a of Three men hauled Spies 104 trained after the plane's adoption depth 18 feet. Firemen, course to Porto Rico, Redlsm inundated Llanos plains is less In- haps, would be to hug the coast- g aiding the rescuers, have run a de feet up a rugged mountain side w'ent through without a fatal ac- plans to head almost directly for viting than alighting upon the sea line of South America until Rio fl hose down with a rope and they in turn — through the TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 26. dustriea besides farming, and most cident. Many planes were dam- tangled Rio de Janeiro. He would strike and equally as dangerous as the Janeiro is reached, but a much fl timbers and are pumping an alt- would were hauled another 50 feet by Coining as a sequel to individual of the prisoners are idle a con- aged, but the pilot would crawl the South American mainland in mountains just passed. greater supply of gasoline fl supply to Lenneau. others of the posse summoned S criticism of the McNeil Island Pen- siderable of the be- from the wreckage, scratched and Venezuela, probably east of Cur- the native are be required. portion time, Only aborigines the man's brothet. but would by young itentiary, which has been ireely cause of weather conditions. bruised, be ready to fl Spies was caught in bis peri'- pai ted by delegates to the Amer fly again the next day. Train Is fl “Two-thirds of the prison build- Derailed, ous position yesterday when a ica.i Prison which met The is as fl Congress, ings are obsolete. The penitentiary plane nearly fopl 15 Persons Killed rock became dislodged under his here, the resolutions committee contains four proof as possible, but much credit I GLORY fl at least classes tn it SCHLEE HOPS NEW DISTRICT OLD foot and rolled down the mouu- S of the organization submitted to should is due to instructors, officers say, be segregated and classify CHAMONIX, France, Aug. 26. tain completely marooning h.in the convention a resolution uig- who take every possible precau- fl ed—young men under 25 years, —Fifteen persons were killed and making it impossible for him ■ fl ing abandonment of McNeil Is- tion to insure safety and preve.it drug addicts, mental defectives and 20 Injured In the derailment, INTO CANADA SEARCHED FOR IS DELAYED to retrace his steps. land as a site for a Federal pris- carelessness. fl and ordinary normal prisoners. of a train iln the mountains. The ledge on which he stood on. One at the fl instructor post put was twelve inches across. Five The Is the resolution: “We believe that the in- in more than hours in the OLD ORCHARD, Maine, NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—The fl following public 1,000 Aug. men made the perilous climb t:-j: 26.—The PRIZE PLANES monoplane Old Olory, loaded and fl "The as a visit terest would be air In one and more than monoplane Pride of De- congress, body, promoted by the year T i near the summit of the el'va- H ed the United of in three a troit off at 5:25 o’clock fueled, 1b perched on the run- States penitentiary abundoument McNeil Island and 2,000 years without hopped tion, nearly 11.500 feet, where on a at McNeil Island and viewed 1'. the selection of a new and fatal accident. Other instructors New this morning for Harbor way ready to hup nonstop jjj| better Airplane Grace, the rope was dropped to Spies. HONOLULU, Aug 2G. — Re- to Rome, but Ib earthbound fl with disappointment. The warder, site. If this is not practicable, we have flown 900 hours a year with- Newfoundland, where a start will flight Built, Be Shipped be ports from the Wallukau Dis- a fresh v/ind which halted and his staff appear to be doing advocate the use of the present out a bad crack-up. attempted for a new world- by trict, Island of Oen Maur Kyaui, the take-off. Neither Hertaud U. S. War their best to meet a hard situa- penitentiary for drug addicts a.,d Field officers point out that To Fairbanks circling record. Craft I -. said a sheriff's posse Is searching nor Mill, pilots, appeared ou the tion, but the prison Is difficult of defective delinquents, and, tem- this record is all the more unusual Under Fire in fl the hills because of statements field. Mechanics said a wes' wind access for freight and passen porarily as a reformatory for when it is considered that *he WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 25. | EASTPORT, Maine, Aug. 26.— of residents of the district that is needed to lift the plane into Chinese River r.ers, requiring both boat and auto- young men under 25 years of greater part of this flying is done —Equipped with skifs as | The Pride of Detroit, flown by they heard the hum of ah air- the air. mobile. The government owns on- age, and the immediate location with a novice under inatruction well as a regular landing | Edward Schlee and William S the the two a at the a plane day missing UEKINQ, China. Aug. 28.—* S ly portion of the island, per- and building of a new United controls. gear, five-passenger custom | Brock, passed out of the United | built Dole flight planes were expected LONDON. Aug. 25. — Persons The United States destroyer Moa haps 600 acres out of 4,500. Its States at such sal- biplane, is crated and | States at 7:55 o'clock this morn- penitentiary at Honolulu. Jj for to Fair- who pass through Hatton Oard.»i«, suffered a persistent rifle and fl territory is insufficient and the able place as may best serve the ready shipment | ing bound for Harbor Grace. Residents said the hum grew famed diamond center, often won- machine gun tire from the soitii fl security of the prison it. diminish- needs of th#> President banks, Alaska, by Irl Beach, | Pacific Coast an! Catches and Wichita I louder then ceased suddenly. der at the Royal coat-of-arms fix- bank of the Yangtze Kiver above ifl ed because of the occupation of other now served airplane builder. territory by the FARRAGUT DUE The is and island other Two Large Trout The plane is to SUNDAY region precipitous ed in front of Nos. 52 and 53. Chinkiaug and returned the fire. the by owners. McNeil Island penitentiary.” ! expected | fl sparsely settled. to advices. No “The soil is poor and unfertile. | land on ice or land and it This place until 1842 was the according casual- fl YELLOWSTONE | The PAPRK, Aug. wll! enter the the Steamer Admiral Farragut is old Hatton Garden Police Court, ties resulted. About the same projected water supply from Those sentenced from Alaska,, | service of j fl 25.—President a due southbound The Ernest Fei- time the .. wells Is uncertain as Coolldge caught Sunday morning TUlacum, -Capt. where Charles Dickens Bent Oliver gunboat Isabel, flag.hip to quantity for long are for the most | Bennett-Rouenbaugli Airways ] fl terms, 15-pound cutthroat trout at and cost of yester- in Alaska. 10 o’clock according to radio ton, discharged 32,000 pounds of Twist to get a three months’ sen of the Yangtze Ki\er patrol, was production. There a-e part sent to McNeil Island Pris | fl day and a'so one advices and on from botli or weighing nearly received late this after- kings cohoes at the E. M tence for a pocket hand- fired sides of the fl po shops other productive in- on. I stealing four pounds. noon Brice Howard. Basse fish house. river at Nanking. fl M-----U by Agent * kerchief. -- ^ ( i