The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 21, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX[., NO. 4743. f “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” jUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1928. SMITH NOW CANDI » . . » Discord Arlses SUPPLY BILL OF NAVY IS | GIVEN HOUSE Proposal for— Construction of 16 Warships Is Approved WASHINGTON, March 21 Proposing the largest expenditure for naval establishments since the Washington Limitation Con- ference, the annual Navy Depart- ment supply bill has been report- ed to the House by the Appro- priations Committee. i The measure carries $359,000,- 000, an of $20,000,000 above the current funds but a decrense below the Budget recom-| mendations. | Congtruetion of 16 warships, in the navy program, is approved by the committee, L5 T, 2 DIRIGIBLES | ARE PROPOSED | FOR U. S, NAVY Testimony Dlsclosed Be-' fore House Commit- tee by Moffett WASHINGTON, March 21— The Navy plnnn for two diri- one hatl, times as large as the Los: An geles, with a maximum cruising, radius of 11,200 nautical miles.| This was disclosed by Rear Ad- miral Moffett, Naval Air® Chief, | ary cenference which mects Ma: (above), just outwide Jerusalem. in testimony on the annual Navy Moot (upper centcr) from the United States, Bishop Azariah (left)| Department bill reported to the from India and thc Bishop of ](nnchesm- (right) from England. House. | The two dirigibles will be 782/ feet long and 132 feet in diam- eter, designed to carry a crew of 18 officers and 45 men. The new ships of the air will have L ‘_:_‘1“"“"““‘ “‘,""le" "'"‘(f'":;"’";z | sionary council on the Mount of he committee a - 3 000,000 to start construction of f)r"::m,r:y" b e Ko the dirigibles whith' Will cost “i The missionary deiegates on the total of $8,000,000. Iway here already are being re- Moffet said: “In an emergency ferreq to as the “most signitica such as arose im Nicaragua where'gp,up of and women Marine reinforcements were need- pave et Jerusalein ed in a hurry, one of the diri-| panecost.” gibles could easily transport 100! pr Jjohn R. Mott, American Marines in the fraction of time | church ‘man who will preside ovar taken by surface vessels.’ | the conference, told The Associ: Esi 5 AR ‘nmd «Press that = “stupendous lm(,‘ | changes have taken place sin:e Outlawing War Pact {the world missionary conference May Be Advanced by |over which 1 presided in Edin- New Reply of France JERUSALEM, March 21— Chris- (mn men and women from 1 over the world have begun to ar- rive here to take part in the gre | meeting of the International M men in since ‘hurgh in 1910, and conditions to- (day call for nothing less than a re-orientation of the missiona: enterprise to its universal work ” The whole world-wide Christian | PARIS, March 21.—The wayi to attainment of Secretary Kel-. logg's ideal multilateral pact, ;mlnshmnry situation, Dr.. Mott outlawing war, is hoped and be-|g,q needs surveying, revising lieved here to be opened by the|,n4 restating as regards. pro- French reply to Washington’s “"“(grams and policies. For that' rea- mote which will probably go for-igon it was decided that this year's | ward Dbefore the end of this neeting of the International Mis- week, sionary council should be a great-| Foreigh Minister Briand is now ly énlarged one. studying the draft and it is und=| " jaif of the 250 delegates are erstood the reply will suggest almembers of the young indigenous formula for safe-guarding both|churches of China, Korea, Japah. European, obligations under the the Philippines, India, Africa an) Leagne of Nations' pact and the Latin Ameri¢a. They include men American pact arising from the 'and women ilke Dr. C. Y. Cheng, Monroe Doctrine. It will be pro- Dr. Francis Wei, Dr. David Yui posed that the pact be open to ,and Miss F. 8. Tseng. the Chi. all nations. ' nese woman educationalist; Bishop Blue Ridge Folk Tell Of Haunted Treasure NATURAL TUNNEL, Va. llr. severed, suspending the treasure 21- Wierd Jegends of a goblin, de-'seeker above the yawning cavern. rangins the minds ‘of ml'nulcrlffl'he othér rope held, the story re- seekin which tradition!lates, but when the man was gaye is | far up in the Blue)pulled to the top he was demented Ridge w ot Virginia, as a result of the terrifying ex- wher nature has formed a na-|perience. tural (innel for raflroads, are| Another tale is that Winnoah, told 1y residents here. s W most beautiful of the Indian prin- T 'reasure is ;ud to ‘bave | cesses, leaped from the towering héew buried in a cave'in the rock|wall of the tunnel to her death # walis of the tunmel. White men,|500 feet below, because of her pursust by Indians, placed the{love for Cochesa, an Indian brny tr!lsur. there, the lej says, {from the sea, whom her father, a aud one attempt has been|Mingo chief, refused to permit rewutm 3 heér to marry. The spirit of the|. el is said to live in-the tunnel.|" ‘waters of Stony Creek flow of. tunnel jnto. plcturesaye and ‘Missionary Counpil Faces Readjustment Of World-Wide Work! A biblical setting will be given the world Christian’ Mission- MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ATE FOR PRESIDENT rch 24 en the Mount of Olives Delegates include Dr. John R. | Usaki and D. Tagawa, M. P, Japan;: Dr.' Azariah, Bishop | Dornakal, the first Indian to be| iraised to the episcopate; Dr. § .| K. Datta, until recently a membpr |of the Indian legislative assembly, |and Miss: Tilak, daughter of the Mafathi poet. Nearly 40 delegates ~nd off'- cials are coming from the United States, including Dr. A. L. Warn- {shuis, ome of the secretaries’ of | the International Missionary cow cil; Bishop Beauchamp, 8. M. Ca. i vert, Rev. R. E. Diffendorfer, Miss { Lyon, Bishop F. J. Slt(onnel'.i | Mrs. W. E. Montgomery, Dr. Rob- ert E. Speer, F. P. Turner andj | Major. R. R. Maoton of Tuskeget | Institute. Dr. Stanley Jones, au- thor of “The Christ of the Imdian Road,” will also come from the United States. jreat Britain, Holland, Germary and other European countri which support Protestant ms- | slons, as well as South Africa and | Australia, will be representeq. This “missionary league of na .uans" will have “observers” and fexpert advisers in attendance to assist. in discussions on questions of race anu;nnh.mx and indus- [ trial and educational problems. L0 STOCK ISSUES TAKE ADVANGE iRadio Corporation Soars i Again—General Mot- ors Goes Up | NEW YORK, March 21—Cries of “corner” regounded in broker- age houses yesterday when the common stock of Radio Corpora- | tion scored a spectacnlar gain of 1823 a. share on the New York Stock Exchange, duplicating the tecord of high price of $160 estab- lished last week and starting a fresh turmofl in speculation of other issues. Sharing the market leadership ‘with Radio Corperation, General Motors jumped $6 to a new high record price of $174 and closed 4 dollar a share below top price. m—m. Good' Increase Winnipeg Sale wuufivm March 21—White! fin m .10 per cent ad: * auction hsnd ay- from of | mal etween Memb SENATORS NYE AND WALSH IN DISAGREEMENT Montana Man Sharply Criticises Chairman, Others of Oil Com. VVASHII\(.TON, March 21-—A rift in the Senate Teapot Doma Committee between youthful Chairman Gerald P. Nye and Sen- ator Thomas J. Walsh appeared on the horizon as the Committes prepared to reopen public hear- ings. For some time there has been under the surface, indications of disagreement between the Repub- lican and Democratic Senators and the Montanan brought the matter iiito the open with a for- statement generally viewed as criticizing the course of the Chairman in certain matters. “It is singularly unfortunate that - publicity should have hgon given to some plans of the Com mittee or what individual mem bers conceive to be its plans, and | equally that there should be. al lowed to become public, informa- tion affecting priceless reputa tions until it is confirmed upon inquiry to such an extent as to warrant development of facts through witnesses,” said Senator ‘Walsh. That sentence appeared at the end of the Montanan's statement in which he stated that the Com Iittee would ignore a demand made in the Senate that Gov. A E. Smith be ealled before the | Committee, “for the plain simple) reason fhat it had no ground to hélievé he can shed any light up- on subjects of its inquiry.’ HARDING CLEARED ST. LOUIS, March 21.—The staff correspondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that an inspection of the records of Harding's estate established that Harding possessed none of the Continental Trading Company Liberty Bonds involved in the oil investigation. The investiga- tion followed announcement made yesterday in Washington that the Teapot Dome Committee would make an inguiry into President Harding's affairs and find if any of the Continental Trading Com- pany’s profits went to him (Ilahmun Nye said: “We. shall determine whether any oil stocks or other securities might have emanated from o'l deals, into which we are inquir- ing. He also said the committee will go into the sale of the Mar- ion, Ohio, Star, formerly owned by Harding. This is one of the statements resented by Semator Walsh in his statement issued in Washington and which has further made a split between Nye and the Mon- tanan. New Patrol Wagons In Chicago Regular Skowy Limousines CHICAGO, 11, March 21.— Even going to jail in this city will "have compensation. Six new patrol -wagons, put imto service, are painted in- robin egg blue with bright red teps. The inter- fors have padded seats, luxur- iously upholstered and provide accommodations for straphangers when riot business is brigk. new patrol wagons are also elec- trically heated. 'Senate Passes House School - Bond Issues For Anchorage,Seward WASHINGTON, March 21—The House bills authorizing Anchor age, Alaska, to issue $100,000 in bonds, and Seward, Alaska, to is- sue bonds to the amount of $50.- 000 for construction’ of school buildings have been passed by the Benate. JoeM-'l'm Derby at Ruby RUBY, Alaske, March 21—Joe' !tickmll. feturning from vlnnln:| the . Fairbanks dog “derby, drove, his team/ 30 miles last Monday morning poned St. ! ‘the 31 dash In 26 The ' w the post- Day race, win-| I Congressmen Ride in Air With Lmdbcrgh WASHINGTO More than +bers of March 21 a score of mem Congress went sight- seeing yesterday over Wash- ington in company with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. A por | tion of the 90 odd Senator and Representatives accept- ed Col. Lindbergh's invitation to fiy and went up with him in an army Fokker transport | monoplane and a Douglas Transportation biplane. By groups they took ofi from Bolling * Field for le minute | spins over the flights were Col. | idea of the best way Iu giv members of Congress prac ll‘('lll education in navigation DR AR SEN. ROBINSON MAKES ATTACK ON 60V, SMITH Insinuates Sinclair Helped in Campaign Funds —Flat Denial N X Smith char; “demogogic slander” statements made by Senator Arthur R. Rob ingon. Raepublican of Indiana, om the, Senate floor that Hurry F | Sigdatr. had t9'the New York State Democ eampaign in 1020. In a letter to United States Senator Gerald P. Nye, l(epuh]: can of North Dakota, Gov. Smith declared that a “careful search of the official records made at my request confirmed my recollec tion “that Sinclair never contribu ted to my campaign fund either in 1920 or at any other ever ran for office, in fact I fail ed of election as Governor in 1920 and Sinclair had becn ap. pointed to the Racing Commis sion months prior to the election, some four years before there was any thought of an oil scandal.” ALB Gov, A. E. March 21 cterized Personal Decoration Of Col.C.A.Lindbergh Is Made by President WASHINGTON, March 21. —President Coolidge today personally placed about the choulders of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh ths Blue Ribbon of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the rarest Ameri- can tribute to courage and initiative. First Ship of Gen. Nobile’s Expedition To+Arctic Has Sailed. ROME, March 21. The vance guard of another ae expedition over :ie North Pole ix headed for the Arctic. The ice breaker City of Milan, which will be used as the mobile base by Gen. Umberto Nobile for his dirigible flights in the polar re- gions, " sailed from Spezia for Kings Bay. The ship is outfitted with the latest scientific instru- ments, carries a wireless, receiv- expected to reach the northern goal by the end of A]irll eee Leaks Occurred at St. Francis Dam ' Is Testimony Given LOS ANGELES, Cal., 21.—William Mulholland, testi- fying at the coroner's inquest over St. Francis dam, who was engineer in charge of the con- struction: at the dam, said leak conditions existed 11 hours be- fore the collapse and were “bad, very bad."” With tears coursing down his cheeks, Mulholland moaned: “The anly ones I envy are those March have overlooked something.™ i —— el |/ A J QUOTATION 'w YORK March 21.—Al- au_mine stock is quot- at 4, as Led heen a couteibutor| [ time I} ing and transmitting set, and is| who are dead. We certainly must | TWO FLIERS MISSING ON ATLANTIC - The aboye ave the 4 { Hincheliffe and 1fen, Elsie | Boglish shipbuflder, Lo {13 in’ the Stinson Detioiter | Atlantie Qecun to the United States I been found singe they hopped of, M the flight fly to Indfa and then atfempt the Atiauntic hop, TEN VOTES FOR ... York show girl, sen- tenced to hang Friday with husband for the murder tuxi-d er, has had her gentence commuted to life imprisonme Preparations continued for the hanging of George MeDon- all, her husband. es to reach Juncau of Capt. W MacKay, thivd dmughter of the weoait Incheape, who Ieft England on Mard plane Endeavor for a flight No traco oM the two have She was the financial backer; st picty n Sentence of |Nor(h Dakowlrz; Coes to Polls| in State Wide Presi- | | dential Primray | her Fargo, N. Dak., March 21-~Thir-| | teen votes for former Gov. Frank| | 0. Lowden, of. Illin in the Re publican Natio wwention, and | ten for Gov Smith, of New York, in the Democratic Natlonal | ! Convention, were pledzed the North Dakota clectorate in yes-| !terday's state’ wide Presidential Primary, according practically | complete returns These presidential possibilities are unopposed and their endorse 21 "ugitive Act of Walsh Is Upheld By Judge Siddons WASHINGTON, March 21 {Upholding the Walsh act aimed mont was a miero formality inci.| 13 [ugitive witnewses, Justice sid ‘l](‘llf to the selection of the llr']xu:‘“"'\‘ of the Supreme Court, tona 1day overruled n motion by attor- o8 » National Conventions|l?¥ Ve Y RAtoN b9 LIy A1 ’ neys of H. M. Blackmer to djs- ‘ aming Presidential elec- sady nautingion ATl el miss the eontempt charges against tors. A Blackmer is the missing wit- ness in the Teapot Dome case. s o R ete {Pouc ’L(H.\ Sllhl)(ll(ll ) The combatted law at the instance of Senator T. J Of Causing Leath of | Walsh provilling confiseation of 20 i WU’"“”' I eter “‘"“nn,mm from estate of persons e who refused to reiurn to this countty and testify. Blackine: to — e | i PETERSBURG, Alaska, March |2 Mrs, Jack Thompson, of this city, who was foond dead Monday, shot to death Turnabout | Island fox farm uear here, wus| N'mnmul'lly alone on the Island. A coroner’s jury is leaving to’ in- | vestigate. Poachers are suspected | of causing the woman’s death. e - {W. H. GAMBLE DIES HERE THiS MORNING 12 $100,000 in Liberty Bonds werc taken by the tiovernment. PN MY Prince of Wales Hits Gld Mother Earth Again on a RISELY, Hngland, Merch 21 ~~The Prince of Wales fell today {during the Oakley hunt races but | was not hllrl R.| across the It was origiundlly Intended that the two wauld M'st' to- | was passed | it has been called for contempt and | ers of U1l Committee lGUVERNfiR OF NEW YORKIS NOW IN RACE - Gives Approval for Use of His Name in Mass. Primaries 'ACTION MARKS HiM AS REAL CANDIDATE . 'Detinitely Enters Himself- | as Seeking Democratic ll Nomination BOSTON, Mass.. March 21— F. Swith, of New York, n formal approval of the s ugme for expression in catial preference in the Massachusetts Democratic nefindrs as annouaced at the State in a letter to Chavles Me- Glue, Chairman of the Democratic State Commitiee, E Gov. Smith said be consented to the use of his hame and Me- e has filed avihofization with he S of State. 18 NOW CANDIDATE ALBANY, N. Y., March 21— jGov. A. E. Smith, in giving ap- proval for the use of his name in the Massachusetts primaries, did 80 with full knowledge and his ae- tion definitely marks him as & candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, the As. gociated Press learned from. l, qum of ung nnuuan Gov. A. 3 givel tary retar ¢! trom Demm.rldc State cnnlnnh MeGlue, of Massachusetts, re- | questing approval, Gov. Smith ex- {amined the law of that state and found a person, to have his name in the primaries, must s declare himself a candidate, - | Gov. Smith is said to have heal- tated for some time befora t:king the step which he knew tr_ be, in sharp contrast to his prvvious policy ol reticence with regard to the National political sitnation. AR SO RO S WILKINS SAYS ALL IS “OKER” |Message Is Sent from Pt. Barrcw Last Night to Seward Radioist | SEWARD, Alaska, March s21.~ pt. CGeorge H. Wilkins last inight radioed Capt. Robert B, ! Woolverton, of the Signal Cor (here, that all was “Okeh™ Point Barrow. The message was | ated several times. Wilkini . 1 the weather was elear nq was cold. At this point {amateur began sending q isame wave length and’ furt] {reception was impossihle. - %‘B { 1t became known hery |that the reason ne llullll! recoived from Wilkins 8n Iday night, following his et at Point Barow from, 4 was because Wilkins had, | he would rest that night go on the air. & At first fears were oxpral that the plane might have g | ! 1 in landing but Ben Ble In‘lll | repeatedly sajd Poln! row was a natural field and th 5 no Annger in lndiu William H. (..um).]-» for soev- |arul years a resident nl Juneau and an employp of the Alaska Aluneau -Gold Mining Company, pagsed away at the St. Anmn's hospital at 12:30 o'clock this morning from poeumonia. During his residence in Juneau, Mr. Gamble made many (riends!| who mourn his loss. He is sur- vived by his widow, who is In Juneau, a father in Montana, and a sister in Spokane, Wash. He was not lfll“lle(l with any local | lodge. { Mr. Gamble emurml the hos- pital here March 14 for treatment, and for & few days he showad signs' of recovery from a severe! 1 u new “manual of meteo: cold, but a relapse set in andiology" i which Sir Napler Shaw pueumonia developed, resulting I gty forth this view he deals with | his death this morning. many other matiers bearinz upon No funeral arrangements have|asmospheric couditions. been made. The Charles’ w Car-l He maintains that as the light tor llortpb! i in charge, of agrorys bas beel seen as bigh the earth the atmosphere comsists almost wholly of helium gas, be- lieves Sir Willlam Napier Shay eminent meteorologist. If this conclusion 1s right will never be possible; it s con- tended, the upper atmosphere. LONDON, March 21—One hun: us dred miles above the surface of| for aircraft to navigate UPPER AIR 1S HELIUM, 500 miles. above the gases of some kind must |far out from this globe, | Comparatively low down he famous “heavy side” la; the atmosphere, 30 to 50 miles. !1t is this layer which | wireless waves anc rendeis less ui‘nnlh, possible. One point’ that emerges frol | Siv Napier 8 investigations is & | meteorology thus far has {ed no “means ot foretelll weather at the earth's ahead, although he sup £ome’ extout the iheory is a ey the at f