GOMPER’S BODY
IN SAINT LOUIS
SAINT LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 16—The
funeral train bearing the body of
Samuel Gompers, deceased president
of the American Federation of Labor,
who died in San Antonio Saturday,
ar£ved here today.
Plan for Big Funeral
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—While
the funeral train bearing the body of
Samuel Gompers crawled toward the
capital today, labor leaders here com
pleted plans for a funeral that will
testify to the place he held in the
hearts of his people.
Locomotive Breaks Away
PIEDMONT, W. Va., Dec. 16—The
locomotive broke loose from the train
bearing the body of Gompers to
Washington a fewr miles west of here
today on a 17-mile grade, but the
coaches came to a stop under their
own brakes without damage.
HUGE PLANES WILL
FLY FROM FLORIDA
TO HAVANA DAILY
♦'BUSES” THAT WILL CARRY
FROM 30 TO 50 PASSENGERS
WILL BE USED.
KEY WEST. Fla., Doc. 16.—Regular
passenger and freight traffic be
tweJjk South Florida cities and Cuba
in seaplanes, the equal in luxury
and capacity of any now plying on
European routes, will be a reality
in a comparatively short time, pos
sibly next winter, Charles F. Radden,
president of the Aero-marine Air
ways Corporation, of New York,
told International News Service.
Barron G. Collier, of New York,
millionaire developer of Collier coun
ty, Florida ,and Police Commissioner
Enright of New York, are said to be
interested.
This corporation began operation
of a passenger service between Key
West and Havana in 1920, and dur
ira the tourist season the planes of
this company were in great demand.
The fatal accident which befell the
seaplane Columbus, which sank in
the ocean during the*1 winter of 1923
and in which disaster Robert Atlins,
sugar king of Boston, his two sons
and maid lost their lives, offset the
patronage the planes were then en
joying.
Travel was resumed, however, in
1924, and Mr. Redden is authority
for the statement that his company
would have made $200,000 last win
ter had they been equipped with suf
ficient planes.
“I am convinced by my survey,”
Mr. Redden said, “that there is a
great need for seaplane service from
Florida cities to Havana and I be
lieve my company will operate three
available planes this winter, so as
not to let the service ‘die out,’ and by
the following season our fleet of new
planes will be available.”
Mr. Roden explained that the
new planes were of the type adopted
by the great commercial lines of
Europe, carrying 30 to 50 passengers,
and capable of making the trip from
Key West to Havana, a distance of
90 miles, in 50 minutes, and from Mi
| ami to Havana in two hours.
BELIEVED WIFE
WAS BURGLAR;
SHOOTS. RILLS
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YAKIMA, Dec. 16.—Believing his
wife to be a burglar when she grap
pled with him in the darkness at
their home last night, after they had
been aroused by some one trying to
effect an entrance, E. C. Greenman,
county game warden, shot and killed
her. He did not realize his mistake
| until the lights were turned on.
Britain Sends Protest
to League of Nations
—
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Great Britain
tonight sent to the League of Nations
a note protesting against Ireland reg
istering with the League. Britain de
clared that her international affairs
are of no concern to the League.
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ZEPPELIN EXPERT IN
DOUBT FEASIBILITY
OF OCEAN FLIGHTS
BELIEVES FUTURE SUCCESS AIR
WILL COME FROM USE ALL
METAL AIR AND SEAPLANES
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Despite the
successful crossing of the Atlantic
by the ZR-3, Dr. Rohrbach, well
known German inventor and foimer
associate of Count Zeppelin, has
grave doubts as to the feasibility
of trans-Atlantic commercial flying
by lighter-than-air craft.
On the other hand, he plans a
rosy picture of the future possibili
ties of travel by heavier-than-air
craft to which he has now turned
his attention.
“It is only a question of a few
years before it will be possible to
travel generally just as safely by
air as by railway, steamer or motor
car,” Dr. Rohrbach declared in an
interview. “To my mind the future
in the air lies in the construction of
all-metal airplanes and seaplanes.
“I have turned my attention to
the construction of commercial sea
planes made entirely of duralumin.
Three such machines are being test
ed at Copenhagen and will shortly
be put on a commercial route, which
is as yet being kept secret.
“The world has not yet realized
the potential possibilities of com
mercial aviation. If the money w'ere
forthcoming we could fly machines,
with 150-foot wing spread, capable of
carrying forty persons, and equipped
if necessary, with dining rooms.
Whether or not airplanes will
ever be used on the crossAtlantic
route remains to be seen, for it is a
big span; but, on the other hand, in
the future the journey from Lon
don to Copenhagen or to Christiana
will be made by seaplane.”
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS
AWAY FROM COMMUNIST MOB
BELGRADE, Dec. 16.—The Serbian
government, acting under the law
for protection of the realm, has dis
solved from the Communist party.
Urges More Women
To Work With Hands
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Work and be
fit is the best health tonic for Ameri
can womanhood, declares Dr. Sarah
C. O’Connell, high medical examiner
for the Women’s Catholic Order of
Foresters, a fraternal society number
ing more than 79,000 women as mem
bers. The woman who works with
hands and brain is generally more
alert, more organically sound and has
brighter prospects for a happy old
age than her sister who lives a life
of leisure, asserts this veteran medi
cal examiner.
THREE FORMER PREMIERS
DRAW EXTREME PENALTY
BELGRADE, Dec. 16.—The insur
rection in Albania is making rapid
progress. Three of the former pre
miers were sentenced to death today
by default of the political tribunal at
Tirana, the Albanian capital.
Magnificent Theater
Planned for Rome
ROME, Dec. 16.—Rome is shortly
to have a magnificent new opera
house. It will be erected between the
Capuchin Monastery and the palace
of the Queen Mother in the Via Vit
toria Veneto, and will be externally
in the classic style of the great are
nas at Verona and Pola.
The stage will be one of the larg
est in the world and there will be a
clear view of it from every seat in
the auditorium.
Stressman Is Asked To
Form German Cabinet
BERLIN, Dec. 17.—President Ebert
today asked Dr. Gustav Streseman,
foreign minister in the Marx cabinet
and leader of the German people’s
party form a cabinet to succeed the
Marx ministry, resigned.
Suits made to measure. See Ur
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HUGHES WILL REPRESENT
COOLIGE GOMPER’S FUNERAL
NEW YORK, Dec. 17—Secretary of
State Charles Evan Hughes will be
at the head of the list of honorary
pallbearers at the funeral services
of the late Samuel Gompers, repre
senting President Coolidge.
CAPITAL WILL SHARE
WITH LABOR RESPECT
OF SAMUEL GOMPERS
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The entire
nation, officially, and through the
representatives of big finance and
business industries as well as profes
sions, will share with the labor ele
ment in honoring its dead chieftain,
Samuel Gompers, at his funeral in
this city tomorrow, it was indicated
in the completed arrangements and
announced by Hugh Frayne, national
organizer of the American Federation
of Labor.
GOLDPRODUCED
FAIRBANKS DIST.
IS LARGE SUM
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 17.—Gold pro
! duced in the Fairbanks district and
! handled by the First National Bank
i here, amounted to $784,182.74 during
| the fiscal year of 1924, ending Decem
! ber 15, or $231,275.66 greater than
; 1923, R. C. Wood, manager of the
j First National Bank, says in his an
| nual report made public today.
SHIP BUILDING
ON COMPETITIVE
BASIS PLANNED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17.—
Naval building by the nation would
on a competitive basis, give promise
of a better hope for the future, in the
respect to the American Navy. The
j opinion of President Coolidge, with
1 administration viewpoint was again
referred to as looking forward to a
navy adequate for the defense of the
country, without considering steps
taken by other nations. The Presi
dent regards as unnecessary any Con
! gressional inquiry into the state of
i the Nation’s navy.
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SPEAKS FOR U. S.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—Chancellor
Churchill, speaking in the House of
Commons today, said that “Great
Britain had in no way opposed the
claims brought forth by the United
States government for the cost of its
1 army of occupation in Europe.”
Chooses Dreadful Escape
from World’s Activities;
Poison, Cremates Herself
BRENTWOOD, N. Y., Dec. 17.—
Choosing her husband’s lonely grave
in the Brentwood cemetery as a pyre
for her death, Mrs. Laura Baker,
killed herself by fire and poison to
day when she swallowed poison
and saturated her clothing with gaso
line and then turned herself into a
living column of flame by applying a
match.
O’MALLEY UPHELD
BY COURTS IN
FISHING ORDER
P. E. HARRIS & COMPANY LOSES
IN EFFORT TO RESTRAIN
BUREAU FISHERIES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.—The
right of the Federal Bureau of Fish
jepjo s.nnaana otn aoaojua o} saua
designating a closed season for fish
ing in Alaskan waters was upheld
here today by the United States Cir
cuit Court of Appeals.
P. E. Harris & Company, owne^of
a cannery at Hawk Inlet, and operat
ing a line of fishing traps, sought to
restrain Commissioner O’Malley, fish
ing commissioner for the Territory
from putting into effect an order sup
plementing the Congressional Act.
FUNERAL TRAIN
REACHES EAST
BODY GOMPERS
NEW YORK, Dec. 17—The body
of Samuel Gompers, accompanied by
his widow, members of his family,
and Federation officials, reached here
this morning and will lie in state
at the Elks’ Club until tomorrow
morning when the funeral exercises
will be held.
Arrives in Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17 —
The body of Samuel Gompers arrived
here yesterday afternoon and reposed
last night in a fragrant, flower-bank
ed room, where for years he fought
the battles of the American working
men and women. Through this im
pressive setting, representatives of
American labor filed in slow proces
sion, stopping for a moment at the
flower-decked bier for a last glance
at the features of their departed dead.
ARTIFICIAL VOICE
WILL ENABLE
DUMB TO SPEAK
! MODIFIED RESONATORS, INVENT
ED BY LONDONER—ALREADY
CAN SAY “MOTHER”
LONDON, Dec. 17.—Artificial rep
roduction of the human voice, enabl
ing dumb persons to speak, is practi
cally assurred by an invention now
being perfected by Sir Richard A. S.
| Paget, a London lawyer, who for
| many years has been interested in
| inventions.
Models, already designed by Sir
Richard, by proper manipulation,
have been made to pronounce the
words “mother,” “weather” and
“Harry.” As soon as further modi
fied resonators have been construct
ed the inventor confidently expects
to be able to reproduce all the vowel
and consonant sounds of the English
language.
Sir Richard first constructed a
plasticine resonator, shaped in imi
tation of the human mouth cavity,
to which he added an artificial la
rynx, which consisted of a rubber
strip fixed edgewise across a flatten
ed air passage formed in paraffin wax
and encased in plasticine.
Various models based on the same
principle, with slight modifications
in each case, secured the reproduc
tion of several vowel sounds. Others
reproduced consonant sounds, and
finally a model was constructed with
four resonators, capable of producing
vowel and consonant sounds in con
junction.
When the vowel resonator was
closed by hand and released, while
at the same time connecting tube
was pinched and released, the model
distinctly pronounced the word moth
er.
The inventor hopes eventually to
substitute electrical for acoustic res
onators.
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