The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1928, Page 1

THE DAIILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXI., NO. 4694. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENIS NO ALARM FOR WAR, SAYS COOLIDGE Navy Secretary Wants War Fleet Kept up to Efficiency R GRIGSBY WILL | FILE IN RACE FOR DELEGATE For Local (;nt‘rol of Fish- eries and Full Terri- torial Government KETCHIKAM Alaska, Jan. 24.| George B. Grigsby, former Ter- ritorial Attorney General and Delegate from Alaska to Congress, has announced he has accepted the endorsement of the Demo- cratic Convention at Seward and will be a candidate for that party’s nomination for Delegate. His filing will be made in a few days In his announcement of accept- ance, Mr. aid: 1 am for full Territorial control of fisheries and full Territorial gov- ernment.” These issues, he add ed, will the principal of the 1028 campaign. He s the present Delegate for not tak- ing “a single forward step on| these two most vital proposi- tions. Mr. ment of i be convention, while pleasing, was not accepted as foreclosing any other candidates for filing for the Democratic pri- mary in April. ‘If anyone can get more votes than I in the pri- mary, he should be the nominee regardless of the action of any convention,” he said. Mr, Grigsby was elected Dele- gate at a special election in 1919 to fill the vacancy left by the death of rles A. Sulzer, who ST Deen regular 1918 election. BORAK STARTS the Grigsby said the endorse- ' {President Will H Ip National Press Club To Dedicate New Home| ' WILBUR,SPEECH octaren ‘elected at ne;—* KEEP NAVY UP | TODATE SAYS Secretary Describes What! ! Modern Naval Battle Constitutes BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 24—A de- | mand that the United States Navy I be kept up to date, was made herc | by Secretary of Navy Wilbur in an address before the Middlesex Club. Secretary Wilbur said: “We | should either scrap our ships and abandon the Navy or maintain modern ships in a high state of efficiency.” | N Secretary defined modern naval battle as “essentiuly ly an artillery duel fought againt moving targets from moving gun complicated by the use mines and aerial FIREWORKS IN SENATE WHEN SOUTH 1S HIT Three Hour Ro;/ Is Caused —Swanson, Glass and Carter In It WABHINGTON, Jan. 24— Notifi- catfon was given yesterday in the Senate by the two Virginia Sen< tors, Claude A. Swanson and Car- ter (ilass, that the South intended H) stick by its voting laws “de The new buildirg in Washingten of the Natxamfl Pren Club|spite threats of universal Nezro FIXING RESPONSIBILITY FOR S-4 DISASTE kissing the Bible probers. Lower y in Lowell, N submarine d Jpper Chief Quartermaster Charles . Reed of the Paulding, and junior officer of the watche } fdme ‘of the S-d4 sinking, demonstrates bef aval | Board ‘of Inquiry in Boston how the col'lsion oc- nured; Upper right: Rear Admival Phillp Andrevs | e « ] hefore taking the ooth before the photo is cral scene of the funeral of John J. Fennell, victim of the 107, aternational Newsreel) 3 x ing for nation Of Hoover NEW *ICHAMBERLIN OFE ON s B INSIDE STORY OF BUILDING YORK, Jan. 24.— gn to bring about el jon of delegates | pledged to the nomination 30,000 MILE LM)TUR& TGUR"UMI\(, TINY. PLAN | . ; L.w~~ BRE <Lit Bt o M prcss e _r‘,mms‘ FIBLD, Jan. 24 1u. ity eight year old. plane he had roconditioned with his own hand: | Clarence D. Chamberiin, late yes {terday afternoon took off on 130,000 mile lecture tour, after |Fails I '41 hou t PRESIDENT 1S ", | NOT ALARMED . ABOUTRUMORS | Takes Issu'e—‘;vith Naval Officers in Predict- ing Strife ATTENTION CALLED PLUNKETT CHARGES to Understand An- nual Turmoil Over ~ Appropriations | | | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— President Coclidge sees no reason why newspapers of this country or any other country should take serious- ly the statements by Ameri- can Naval officers predicting war between the United States and her commercial competitors This was stated at the White House today where attention had [been called to the recent speech of Rear Admiral Plunkett that lie country should know by this |time the alarming charge, made {when appropriations are being sought from Congress. President Coolidge is unabl.vh |understand wihy such large ap- propriation bills that for Post Office Department cam passed without arousing 1 matory statements, whereas prepriation bills for the .ud Navy always bring x be faced with dffe e Soagien . BONE CLAIMS | s conduction of test flights in a mo-| | | tor cluttered street. The | re is a Sperry Mossen | er, dvwesl type, with a 3-eylindor engine and a 20-tou. wing spreg '.(above) will be dedicated with an address by President Coolidge | suffrage.” 'on January 28, giving Washington newspapermen the home of | This stirrod up a three hour | which they long have dreamed. J. Fred Essary (inset) of The|} " #nich: took th prohibition, and { Baltimore Sun is incoming President. Below is a view of the| Iv:nnvu(.mlw;_)‘«;!uh;& to: lounge in the new quarters, Sunsor L it | of Herbert C. Hoover, now Secretary of Commerce, as a candidate for President, is underway in New York State. Officers to handle the DRY CAMPAIG PANAMA CANAL HOOVER MOST Cabell Bruce, \Confidentiai Matter Is Re-; Sends Questlonnaire ‘ Curtis — Other Candi- | dates to Get Theirs \ WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— Asi part of his campaign to force the, Republican party to write a dry plank at Kansas City next June, ‘Senator Willlam E. Borah has ad-} dregssed a letter to Senator| Charles Curtis, of Kansas, avowed | candidate for the Presidential nomination, asking for an expre: sion of his view on this and other | prohibition questions. In making the letter public, Senator Borah said he will ad-| dress an identical questionnaire to Senator Frank B. Willis, ofj Ohio, the only other avowed can-; didate for the Republican nomina- tion, and all other candidates as they enter the field, Thrown from Plane’s Cockpit To His Death MACON, Ga., Jan, 24—When an airplane executed a peculiar loop during a flisat over Miller Field here yesterday afternoon, F. Irwin, 30 year old aviator instruc tor from Birmingham, was thrown head foremost from the cockpit and crashed to the ground and death, 200 feet below. B — ALASKAN SNOW COVER The following amounts of snow were reported on the ground Mon- day evening, January 23, 1928, at several stations in Alaska: Bethei, 13 inghes; Cordova, 20 inches, Bagle, 10 inches; Fort “Yukon, 18 inches; Nome, 24 inches; St. Paul Island, 7 inches; Juneau, 2 inches. | paperdom | Coolidge delivers i1ly every WASHINGTON offi its national capital when the dedication 28 at the new Press Club . 23—New will T achieved monu to the address on January $10,000,000 National building. A dream for |new home rises corner steeped newspaper history. years, the skyward in It on a Washington is deserib- {ed as one of the best appointed |and most completely outfitted of its kind, and already the member- +ship of the leading newspapers of the world, has moved in. Overlooking the White House and the Treasury on one side and under the shadow of the towerinz Washington monument on anoth- er, the club quarters occupy the two top floors of the 14-story Na- tional Press building at the cor- ner of Fourteenth and F streets Northwest. Fourteenth street he- tween F and E long has been known as Washington's ‘“news- paper row.” Already the new walls are ab- sorbing newspaper history of the capital as members of the “Old Guard,” who organized the club 20 years ago, sit contentedly in their new home and reminisce of times which have brought virtual- leader in world affairs into association. with the club during the period. Taking advantage ot its own talent, the club, under the direc-’ tion of Felix Mahoney, a Washinz- ton artist, has given particular at- tention to interior decorations, lining the walls with replicas of {Continued on Page Seven.) FAKE JEWELRY MODE DISCOURAGES THIEVES PARIS, Jan. 24—Paste diamonds and, bogus pearls are used so ex- tensively in France today that the thieving profession is beinz ruined, declares Henry Duvernois, writing on police experiences. ‘And if publicity were given ty the prevalence of imitation jewel- “he thinks the light-fingered b: e would all but disappear by of lack of recruits. - seldom made to the police and the theft gets mo attention in t newspapers. The thieves lea after a time that their haul was unworth the risk they took oi prison and resistance, but if ‘overyhody knew how often burg- lars and pickpockets get only worthless trinkets for their pains “there would be fewer and fewer recruits,”- he remarks, “and 8007 m-l ‘snatching would he recos- zed as a poorly paid oeccupa: President cub's Export bvl)onuu re Bill Proposed | For Farm Relief WASHINGTON, Enactment of an benture bill as for the McNary-Haugen relief proposal, is favored the National Grange. Announcement of the de- | bentare bill, which will have the support of the Grangey | will be introduced shortly in | Congress, It is believed the debenture plan will be so worded as to be satisfactory to the Admin- istration and will then be , sponsored by some Republi- can member of the Agricul- | lurnl Committee. | Jan. 24~ export de- | substitute farm by a ROY OLMSTED 14 OTHERS T0 -BE OUT, BAIL WASHINGTON, Jan. tice George Sutherland. Supreme Court of the States, has issued orders grant- ing bail to Roy Olmsted and fourteen other convicted defend- ants in the *whispering wire” case from Seattle, Wash. The high court on 20 will review the case to pass on the legality of ‘‘wire tap- ping.” 24.—Jus- of the United Roy Olmsted is now serving in McNeil Island Penitentiary, in Washington, having entered that institution shortly before Christ- mas. His term was four years, having been convicted on a con- spiracy charge in the Federal Court at Seattle. ' ———e-———— JURY PAYS ITS WAY GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. 24.—A Great Falls criminal jury refused to let the county pay for its meal. Membess said they would buy their own food until their work was completed, be- cause they wouldn’t, feel right ‘“eating on the county.” Their deliberations took them u p-m. February |# Democrat in the course of lengthy ad dress by Senator vanson, who was defending the voting laws of the southern states, that the South sanctions “the same escape from the tyrannical oppression o° the Eighteenth Amendment that a | {it has from the Fifteenth Amend ment.” Shouting at the top of his voice, Senator Glass was quickly on hu feet with the declaration that he “was tired of Senators |hr(flann ing the south.” Glass told tho Maryland Senator to “go ahead and get a drink if there is any way under the Eighteenth Amenl- ment but don’t try and congtrain or restrain from enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment.” e |Hold Man in Connection With Death,Hyder Woman SEATTLE, Jan. 24 — Lestor Knapp, aged 32 years, war veter an, who disappeared last August following the death of Mrs. Flor-| ence Brennan, former Hyder, Alas ka modiste, is being held by the St. Louis police. The cause cf the death of the woman was fixea by the coroner’s jury as peritoni- tis, Knapp was wanted as a wit- ness but no charges are pending against him here. . — NEBRASKA IN PORT gasboat Nebraska, Capt. Martin Holst, arrived in port at 9:45 o'clock this morning with 200 barrels of herring for the Ju- neau Cold Storage Company. ———————— The U. S. Officially Thanked by Irish Free Stater ’ WASHINGTON, Jan. 24— Greetings and good wishes of | the people of the Irish Free State were conveyed to Presi- | dent Coolidge late yesterday by ‘President of the Free State Executive Council Cosgrave, making an official call at the | White House. Cosgrave ex- | | pressed to the President ap- preciation of his people for what the United States has | 'done for Ireland in lending moral and material support in the tight for freedom. | | | | i of Maryland, suggested | | i papers movement have been ap- pointed. leased to Public— Story of Goethals ATTACKS SMITH The story was told in confidence sometime ago. AND GATHOL|GS} Attributing the real credit for fthe building of the canal to Theodore Roosevelt and John §. Stevens, who preceded Goethals as chief of construction in Panama, Goethals said: “Stevens did half of the work before 1 ever got there, but after I arrived, my moves were check- ed at every step\by the Commis- sion which was supposed to sup- ervise things NEW YORK, Jan. 24. — Th New York Evening World tod ints what is described as the red tape. that building of the {by Major Goethals, |last Saturday Panama Senator Makes Over Two Hour Speech—Broaden- ipg Range of Fire WASHINGTON, Jjan. 24—United States Senator J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, yesterday afternoon “Finally 1 explained the situa- delivered to the Senate andlyion 1o the President crowded galleries another of his{ip. ¢ the only way o get ithe attacks on Gov. A. E. Smith avl | anat puilt was to put me_ ih the Catholic church and conclud-lomptete charge. He directed me ed by daring his Democratic col-| i, qraw 35 this: beder ‘Ahentie leagues to rebuke him. the Commission of power but Por fwiigonss sod William Howard Taft, then See the Alabaman Senator tramed | revary of War. with Attorney along the aisle repeating lus (iflne;'al B()n:n[):ll:LA-. warning that no Catholic ever| o 4 nover be upheid must be permitted to sit in tha o oo P White House, and broadening his “Ti:c President /shouted: ‘We range of fire to encompass mews- |y, oot E O Al bullt, of his own and other|yy y ygn ynig order are you states, Mayor Gunther, of Moni-| .. ¥ou ean do the Job.’ gomery, and other citizens of Ala- HPug iipshot wiis that the nr(lcr bama and finally the “villain” vl Bimied: and ‘went back newspaper -correspondents who re-[ oo " 0L O T euble peeches fronf the press gal-feyon” tne Commission after that and the canal was dug.” Eskimo Does Not Like New York: Bad Place; 20 minuten, by any NOT TO BE DELEGATE WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—“It ix il work on his part,” said Sena- tor Heflin today when asked about the challenge sent him by Ready to Come North Mayor Gunther, of Montgomery, . Alabama, to run against the May-| SEATTLE, Jan. 24. — Harold or as Delegate to the Democratic [lutok, his wife and three chil- National Convention. The Sena-idren, have arrived here on their tor said he did not want to be a|way home from an extended tour early In the winter with rein- Dought Reudenb in deer, barnstorming for Santa Sufll. CDIIIIIIZ Nol'th Tutok said: “New York is a place where men stay all the Richard McCormick, of| “New York is very bad for Douglas, Alaska, are visiting their | Eskimo man. People run all from a wigit' to California, the|boy all_the time. Air very bad. first visit to the outside since|Too tall buildings shut out fresh delegate. of .the country. They went East Claus. SEATTLE, Jul. 24—Mr. ani|time in a hotel or get killed. son here on their way to Alaska [around fast, like crazy, kill some- _Alaska in 1888, ; !{r, i l g0 back to Kotzebye" “inside story” of the shearing of | made possible the| Canal He agreed sald the order, and a than 250 miles. ALLENTOWN, Penn, Chamberlin arrived here carly evening after a flight fr Curtis ield in his tiny Messenger plane. e ———— T. WILLIAMS Jan. NEW YORK, Ja | Williams, aged 79 years, ent newspaperman and head of the Pulitzer School of Journalism of Columbia Univer- sity, died here today Williams Turkey, July nd Mrs. . 24~ born In Abeih 1849, son of Frederic Williams, He came to the with his parents when a baby and ¢raduated from [Amblerst in 1873 He was for] some time on the staff of the New York World, later corres- vondent in Washington for the ew York Sun and San Francisco | Chronicle, editorial writer on newspapers in various parts the country and engaged in book and other writings. was 29, United States with a speed of 70 miles an hour, ruising radius of not more PASSES AWAY Talcott | promin- | | former | |Former Alaska Coversies Feels Pulse of Voting Public on Tour SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 24 Herbert Hoover is unquestion- (ably the popalar candidate of the Republicans of the United States for President,” was the declara- tion of former Governor Scott (‘é Bone of Alaska, now resident of California. Bone is well known {for nis political acumen. It is !based upon many years in active political life, plus a long period in Washington, D. C., journalism. Bone has just completed aw jeastern tour and at the Palace {Hotel told of some of his observa- \lrulw He was passing ‘through ISan Francisco for another trip |into eastern territory, partly on a political mission. - “This popular sentiment,” said former Governor Bone, “is re- flected in so many sections of the country east of the Rocky Moun- Itains that it is outstanding in the resent situation, in my opinion.” | California is 100 per cent for | Hoover, said Bone, and he added, "Tlu other Pacific Coast States, well as the inter/mountaia |.m-:. are showing a most friend- o r :mtlnued on Page Twd.) lMonte Carlo Bar-Keep Is Banker to Gamblers MONTE CARLO, Jan. 24.—Jos- eph is a magic name among the gamblers who flock to the Monte Carlo casino. 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Then Joseph becomes a iaw: yer and a detective and beging. He seldom lan. He 1s sald to be m: 3 $50,000 and §$80,000 l