The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1928, Page 1

oL, XXXI., NO. 4705, ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ITNESS SAYS HICKMAN IS SANE HOOVER MAY ENTER OHIO PRIMARIES Formal Steps Are Taken in| His Behalf by Friends in Columbus, Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 6. I'he first formal step in behal f Herbert C. Hoover's candidacy the Republican Presidential | lomination has been made by ! dhio supporters who at the same time has drawn Dbattle ‘lines| igainst efforts of Senator Frank 3. Willis to obtain Ohi dele- zation to the National Conven- ion. Thad Brown, former Secretary of State of Ohio, and Robert Taft, former majority leader in the Yhio House of Representatives, 1ave called a meeting of Hoover's rien for the purpose of pre- mnnyln address urging him to snter the State primary as a can- tidate for President. The meeting, hesides marking he first formal step in behalf ‘of licover's candidacy, had added ignificance because Hoover has; ot formally announced his in- ention to seek the noffgination. ‘Hoever is reported ‘Wash- to have assured his nds at r_him W~ | | | | g W s backed, by ng and if the ';ledxml to vote for him in {3 fational Convention.” i “§ oi explo OSL({ Norway, Feb. The Noi'wegian Arctic vessel Samson will be called upon this winter ‘o Iperl’urm ream in uw nuuth pnln. GAUSE FRANGE The Snmsnn has been purchas- | ed for $40,000 by Commander Richard E. Byrd, the trans-At. lantic flyer and air explorer, ‘o transport his South Pole expedi- | tion into the Antarct It 1s | being fitted out at Tromsoe, ‘n | northern Norway, and will be taken across the Atlantic to New York. The vessel airplane into miles south lan Advanced by Kellogy Is Received with Indif- ference—Once Settled PARIS, Feb. 6.—The proposal ndvanced by Secretary of State:! Kéllogeg looking toward abolish- ment of submarines has been re-| eived in Parls with marked /in-|pio (hare Byrd will fly over liflerence. jthe South Pole to explore the The question, as far as thel g i reat unknown regions of ice bar- french opinion is concerned, was|® iy icy seas and ice-covered e . hington Dis- | Fiers. ‘r:'t‘l::w::' ll:‘)‘nre\:&-n::-mv;vhen me’l.mdu which lie between the Ant. v rench delegation agreed to take ‘"‘i\“‘l‘"":l" ;‘"‘5‘];‘“1 f'::'llml|:"‘l;'n i lower rank in capital ships on! o, 9 Hro8 s he understanding that defens2 o craft, such as submarines, would not be limited. | The general view is Ulal‘:‘ rance is obliged to rely on thej | lefense of the.eraft and cannot| | give up submarines * without a substantial guarantee of sea se- urity. will the of carry Byrd’s Antarctic 3,000 New Zealand. Letters to Be Sent in Air Mail Race SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Two air mail letters will be dis- patched on February 17 in opposite directions in an air I'wo Thousand Are | mail race around the world. | The Post-Intelligener news- 9 ] A"‘eatEd’ Canto"’ ; | paper is sponsoring the race. 270 Are Executed : -5 [ — CO-EDS ON STRIKE ON “DUTCH-TREAT"” ISSUE SHANGHAI, TFeb. 6. Dis- patches from Canton say 270 persons of 2,000 arrested during he past few days have been ®x- rcuted. . Six hundred Reds 'wereIColumblg are rebelling rrested in Canton from whom the fad of Dutch treats prevalent hose executed were gelected. The |there, arrests were made in continuance!a club on the fundamental prin- )t the round-up of Communists|ciple/ that a cowed’s purse shall hy the government of Li Chal|remain closed when she is in a pun. «man’s company. NGINEER ANALYZES SH(_)FT WAVE BAND . WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—At Wi clares. ' Rapld -intensity vlrtnlnns quest of the Federal Radio Com-|geem to make the short wave ssion, John V. L. Hogan, radio}more effective for telegraph than pugineer, of New York City, hasfor telephone communication and ed an analysis of the chau-|therefore the line of developm els .vallnble from 200 to 1) probably will indicate a heavier demand for telegraphic than for speech channels in the immediate future, Mr. Hogan says. “It seems to me that the com- mm -would be justified in as. ‘..‘ that at least 500 indepen- - communfcations can be. car- neously over the by the use. _study M=, in the ting these short t0 governmental, ymercial and amateur radio , (inset) has bought for §h tic vessel Samon (lhove)p.ut: ear lia Norse Arctic Vessel Fitted Out for Byrd Voyage to South Pole Nor- ,m &1 = 278 tons met, and 150 feet lunu the Samson. It is especially built for combatting floes of ice and pushing its stubborn nose through floating ice fields. It is a thres- master, equipped with an auxllhuy steam engine. Efforts are being made tain Captain O. Wisting, Roald | Amundsen’s mate on the North! Pole expedition. If Captain Wist.; ing “signs up” he will fit the| Samson out and take her over to America. ) 13 to n)v Commander Byrd's staff will be! recruited from Oskar Omdghl, Norw: who liberally gians. but ances accompanied the American, he went down with Mrs. F Grayson’s ill-fated Dawn. Nickelsen, chief of the govern- ment telegraph service, and Her- mod Peterson, inventor of the sys- tem of wirelessing pictures, will be in the party. CONVICTION OF MILLER UPHELD CIRCUIT COURT Former Alien Property | Custodian Remains Guilty of Fraud NEW YORK, Feb. 6. — The NEW YORK, Feb. 6—Co-eds at conviction of Thomas W. Miller, ““‘“"!lormer Allen Property Custodian, for® conspiring to defraud the Nine of them have formad|Government, has been upheld by the United States Circuit Court of Appeal. J Miller was tried jointly with former Attorney General Daugh- erty but the indictment against Daugherty was quashed after two juries disagreed'ms to his inno- cence or guilt. 3 —————— Col. Lindbergh Is In Haiti After Hop . From Sante Domningo PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 6.—Completing a new lap in his Good-Will flight carrying him to/ the’ Pan-American Conference at Havana, Cuba, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed Were today from Santo Domingo. ' BANKS FAIL TO OPEN MIAMI, Fla., 6.—Three Miami banks, mo Southern Bank Trust and Citfzens Bank and B«ak «"’ Allapattah iness this MAIC 5% i was | Amundsen’s partner, was to have; Nils! WHEELER WILL ~ ASK PROBE OF - MINE STRIKE | 1 :Investlgates Camps in | Western Pennsylvania w-Condmons Bad PITTSBU IH.H [| Treaty Signed || Between U. S. {| And France WASHINGTON, Feb., 6.— The new arbitration treaty | with France has been signed by E. Olds, Under of State, for the States, and by Am- Paul Claudel, for Robert United Penn., Feb. 6 Senator B. K. Wheeler, Demo- 'nr:lt of Montana, announced he will demand an immediate action lof Senator Hiram W. Johnson's {resolution for an investigation Iinh) the Western Pennsylvania icoal strike which is now {the Senate Interstate ELECTION GASE " The announcement Wheeler was made spection of the {Declares Contest Is “Cow-! ardly Attack Without Any Justification” by after coal Senator an in- mining camps. he was amazed at dictment of the authorities and at Washington. | Senator Wheeler that 6.— | seems “Inconceivable that Secre- made | tary of Treasury Mellon, with all against him by William B. Wil- h.r his millions of dollars, should son, Democrat, in the umtm.,m, already know of the over the Pennsylvania clection of riple misery and suifering which 1926, are declared by William 8. | jq right Vare, Republican Senmator-elect, [hjs own back yard.” be ‘“‘wholly false, wilfully! {made and without the nm.-m\ fondation in trust or fact and is, attack without ke said WASHINGTON, Charges of conspir | | Feb | found so abundant MINE STBIKE RIOT PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6 wo flll)’;:-unl ang iron State policemen {were #hol and one woman injur- ed during a mine strike riot at Phillipshurgh, Penn. The polic everal handred men and The above statement is in the answer filed with the Sen ections Committee. Co | Senator-elect Vare, says: “It is @1 women, acting as union pickel wanton assault upon me made’ unpeargl at the ,,,],,., this morn seluly for the purpose of securing “‘.!5 $0 D! n ,u recount’ ot wirleh “the com-" ynibn: miners not lo m, to - Wo! {plaintant. theretofore is not en-'mqmpe e .md iron police attempt- ed to {titled and the oath attached disperse the pickets and during | COLON, {Having climbed the narrow flight jof three steps from the Atlantic. herto, averting the l‘rulh there- tHe brush with the of, is wilfully false. The declara-'cops. and members of the crowd, tion is ot based on any INfor- 4 ghotgun was fired wounding | muuun as to my conduct.” Ithe policemen. i | The State Troopers were sum- moned and restored order quick-' ly. One woman suffered a crush- \-d foot when a trooper's hur.«u‘ BEING LIFTEn ltmnd on h(x i Difficult Feat Is 'Undérway —Enroute from At- | AcTIVE AGAIN lantic to Pacific i h panama, Feb. 6 Marines Massmg Near Hon—‘[ duran Border Where | | i |the giant aircraft carrier Sara- Rebel Reporled | toga is today resting in Gatun 1 iLake, 85 feet above sea level. | MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 6. Because of the great width —American Marines are massed of the Saratoga it is' considered in U mountainous region 40/ l“,s voyage through the Gatun miles’ south of the Hun(luun |Locks is the most difficult op- border seeking Nicaraguan I(eba-l‘ yeration ever tried in the canal. Generdl Sandino. Reinforcements The ship peeled several feet of were /speeded to Matagalpa by concrete from the top of the lock truck/ as soon as the Marine !wall in passing through the Comihand. heard Sandino was {middle and upper chambers, The near,there. It is reported Sun-| \damage is considered slight as no dino Bluu a force of mounted men, /damage to the Saratoga resulted. well armed. The Saratoga is 106 feet. across O at the widest point and the locks By llots Fly as Result Of Kidnapping Cuse or are 110 feet wide. Three locks through the Pan- Just a Lover’s Quarrel ama, Canal which the ship passed are 1,000 feet long and the Sara- toga is 888 feet long. Three more locks of the same dimensions lie between the Sara- toga and the Pacific. —— e, | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 6. Uncertain whether it is a case| of kilnapping or a lover's quarrei involving a bit of violence, |stunt, the police are for a youmg motorist who seized Blocks Attempt t:: Miss! Marie O'Brien, aged 21 Force Remr‘ 4"""‘ years, and whisked her away in| Marines in Nicaragua's i+ ovading a hail of bullets jof officers in purlun mis$ DMOTHY ROTH AND A. W. LOFTUS . WED Miss Dorothy Hastings Rolh and Arthur W. Loftus were mar- ried in Fairbanks recently, and will. make their home in that city. The bride is a daughter of |R. F. Roth, former United States | Attorney and ploneer lawyer of Fairbanks, and has resided thare most of her Mte. Mr. Loftus is on the staff of !the United States Biological Sur- | vey. He has resided in Fairbanks everal years, attending the Alas- ka College. He was a member ot last years college basketball squad, that "‘. the Southeastern Alaska 40 or al searching | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — An attempt by Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, to have the Sen- ate ask Secretary of Navy Wilbur! to report on the use of American forces in Niearagua, was blocked today by Senator Samuel M. Shortridge, Republican of Cali- fornia. e — Charles Anderson Is PP Suicide at Seward SEWARB, Alaska, Feb. 6—De- spondent over th, : Charles Anderson, ‘aged 65 years, old. timer of Dawson and the Ynto , shot and here. ‘has been 'nrd br 3" | forward - and demanded land | he said he was se (IMALLEST, FEET IN A l-‘-n hefore | Commerce | The Senator declared tha' | the condition | \and the situation is a crying in-| here | it | hor- | offi- - - Possessor of the tini Douglas of London, st toes of any woman, is and the Riviera, has arrived in New York el Added Impetus Given to Campaign for H. G Hoover ol | l ALL THE WORLD T — Lady Georgina Snoit route to Hollywood, where she expects to secure a movie contract. e loolsiel are insured for $100,000 and are so small that a No. 1 shoe i 00 big for them. {PAS BECAUSE HE REF TOR STRUNG UP BY THUMBS USES TO MARRY MAN AND (,IRL, BOUND IN CHAIR LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6—Dis- trict attorney’s investigators are baffled here by the weird story of abduction and torture of Rev. F. {E. Webb, former Portland, Ore minister. According to the Rev. Webb, who was at one time associated | with churches in Indianapolis and | other eastern cities he wxss1 ' i walking near his home when un automobile containing six men stopped and asked 'for his assist- ance. He got into the machine and was driven to a ‘“large house" where three others were waiting. He sald he was led into a roor, where to his amazement he dis- covered a young and beautifil woman gagged and hound to a chair. One of the men stepped that he and the girl be united in marriage when the minister refused, et by the men in the party and sirung up by his thumbs. This (reatment was repeated until he fell unconscious, Several hours later he came ‘0 on a street corner and made his way home, ———.——— WILLIAMS TO KETCHIKAN J. P. Williams, of the U. 8. For. estry Service, left here on tha Alameda for Ketchikan, where he will make arrangements for a timber crulse which is to hegin in a short time. — e+ —— DANNER HAS DEER A young deer was brought in from Hoonah on the Margnita yes- terday | ing and was taken over by George Danner; who plans to keep the animal on his ramch on the Glacier Highway as & per. Judge James Wickersham, local 48 a Seattle-bound pas- A the Alameda. ' 3 WITNESSES EXAMINED IN 0IL DEALINGS WASHINGTON, Feb. §.—Three additionnl witnesses were exam- fned today by the Senate Teapot Dome Committee in a futile ef- fort to get some light on the Continental’ oil deal which Sen- ator Thomas J. Walsh, oil prose- cutor and chaitman of the eom- mittee, described as fraught with suspicion at every turn. —— e H. J. Raymond, merchant arm Springs Bay, came to Ju nean on the Marguits vv‘arardny. (}IRL'S SLAYER " SANE THEN AND IS NOW NORMAL State Witness Gives Direci Testimony in Los Angeles Trial LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 6. — r. Herman Schorr testified to- {day in the William E. Hickman {sanity trial that suspicion that ilhe youth was employing a false- hood in the claim to “Divine | Guidance” in the killing of Mar- fan Parker, was aroused soon !:\flur he began questioning the | vouth. Dr. Schorr said his suspicion and then his conviction of the yonth's falsity aroused by observing Hickman's facial ex- pressions. Dir. Victor Parkin, of the Los Angeles County Sanity Commis- sion, testified for the State that in “my opinion, Hickman was sane at the time of the crime and is now.” Dr. Parkin clted the instance of the police visiting Hickman's apartment while le was there in bed on the morning after the erime, as asserted proof that Hickman knew the deed was a crime, Dr. Parkin related that Hickman offered to help the offi- cers “find the fiend who did it,” and that Hickman in describing his action referred to the mur- der as a ‘‘erime.” President in Dedication Speech Asks Coopera- tion with Government WASHINGTON, caling the’ new National Press Ciub here Saturday night, Pres: dent Coolidge declared that the American newspapers should co- operate with their government in International Affairs and extend to foreign interests tolerant and ipathetie candor. ; rhe President laid down the prineiple that the Government i I Is charged with the conduct of Tntervational relations and sug- gested that when the press under- takes to exert influence in behalf of foreign interests the “candor of the situation would be greatly increased if their forelgn con- neciions were publicly disclosed.” Foreign 1nterests, the Prosi- dent said, have the privilege of heing represented in the United States ahd their right to fair treatment is acknowledged,” but wien foreign governments ave represented here, their, agents ate required to come publicly ac- credited and should be pabliely recelved.” e et — STARLIGHT ARRIVES _Feb. 6—Dedl- The Starlight, Capt. Harey Clark, arrived in port early yes- terday afternoon from Tyee. She . is a cannery tender which came np from Seattle, leaving there Jannary 12, Tomorrow she will ave here for Tyee, spend aboat wo days there, and then retprn to the south. She has been Iay- ing tra pw for about two weeks. AUSTRALIA FORGES AHEAD MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 6 ~~Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania are taking seven-leag steps In aviation. With the addition of * snooo,nm a4 year to her present annual aiv budget of $575,000, Australia setting out to inaugurate new routes and add to old ones. These' will give her ‘the leadership ot the British dominions fn the air the largest per capita expenditur:, on civil aviation in the world arc Australians | asgert, the large mileage of air rontes, not exclud- ing the United States and Ger- many. is} The onmmflll’vflth [ovmmfut’ IN AVIATION roposes to subsidize by aé zrees 4,670 miles of new aeriul { miles o used. The new ‘services will eg- mhnsh an air circuit of Amstralia, {except for a small section in the far north of Western Australfa, {and link the continent with M smaller sisters. | These are expected to ulfl ' hute greatly to the aerial m' of Australia by deubling the ‘mechanics. s ver of pilots and j.umm in alr activity fa- m | (Co