The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 27, 1928, Page 1

’ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXI., NO. 4748. BOMB AIMED AT U. \. SENATOR’S HOME “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TfiESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928. ALL THE TIME” COMES BACK AT OIL CHAIRMAN - False Charges Made Calls i for Apology Not Tirade of Abuse N. Y., March Smith, in a letter to! Senator Gerald P.! of the Senate 0il Committee, suggests that the Senator apologize publicly for | the alleged false statements mmlr! on the floor of the Senate re-| garding campaign funds said m| have been received by the Gov ernor from Harry F. Sinclair, Smith's letter insult to the public for you to suggest ll\.l'i in order for you to accomplish | the proper purpose of the Sematel committee it is necessary for me| to submit without resentment to 4 false and unjust statement | from you. You made this state- ent; you admitted that you it. And you publicly stated | I had demonstrated its fal The fext step for you tof taken was a letter of apol-| and not a tirade of abuse.” Nye's Charges Senator Nye on Monday of last | week had demanded in the Sen-| ate that Gov. Smith be called a witness before the oil commit-| tee, because, he said, it had been reported that Harry Sinclair had contributed to Gov. Smith's cam- paign in 1920. Gov. Smith, arter investigation had been made his instance, wrote to Senator ving that there was no record anywhere nor any recol- lection in the minds of those con- cerned that Mr. Sinclair had con-{ tributed a cent to the Democratic campaign fund in 1920 or at .||\\| other time. He pointed out, that the whole Teapot Dome ne- gotiations and transactions curred long after the 1920 cam- paign. | Disclaims Attack { Replying to Gov. Smith's letter with a communication addressed to the latter and given to th press, Senator Nye disclaimed any purpose to attack Gov. Smith, and | ALR \\\ Gav. A United Nve, Gov. is an ligenc intel- | have ogy a as | an at also, | oc- state you were | involved in the ndals under investigation | committee, of which T am| 1. You need not concern | f in the least as to public| humiliation which you state in| your letter will bring down upon | me. [ do not propose to be de- terred in the performance of my political duty by abuse or eriti- cigm of my work from you any one els Senator e did not stop there, however, and roused the ire of Smith by declaring the lat- s giving aid and comfort to} el whose infamy way the or was_ exposed LATOUCHE SAIL: TODAY SEATTLE, March 27—Freighter LaTouche sails today for Kodiak Island points with a full cargo of cannery supplies. | 1896, | Woollen 'Resolution Ado OF HOOSIER DELEGATE INDIANAPOLIS, Mareh 27 Seldom comes a presidential year in which Indiana is unable to of fer a favorite to both of the m.um pa son while United States mes . Watson is con- with Herbert Hoover for delegates to the Republi can convention, the Dewocrats will endorse Evans Woollen, In- dianapolis banker, only candidate on the Indiana ballot for the Dem- ocratic nomination Woollen, gart, testing Hoosier sponsored hy Tom veteran Hox leader, was once party speaker man with a Republican head and a Democratic heart.” During the free silver days of when Bryan's bi-meiallisy engulfed the Democratic party clung to the gold stand ard and sought election con gold Democrat. Envi ronment has made him a conser vative in politic He into a famjly of affluence ) tility and po: of stock Although he has been a sistent party worker for he was virtually unknown to Democrats generally when he was brought out two y ago as the opponent of Arthur Robinson for the senate His poige, hiz understanding Democrati¢ principles and h's abil- ity as a speaker took tha fancy of Indiana Democrats. He was beaten, but it soon after the genatorial campaign that Tagzart advanced him for the Democratic presidential nomination. Woollen responded. to the cali of his party chieftain in the world war and became a fuel administra- tor under President Wilsen. La- REPUBLICANS - OF MISSOURI | FOR LOWDEN to gress as a was horn pione 0 years pted for 1 linois Man by More than 2 to 1 Vote JOSEPH, Mo., unqualified 3 former Gov. Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, for the Re- publican nomination for President was adopted late yesterday after- noon by the Republican State Convention by more than a. 2 to vote. Seven delegates at large were chosen. The fo of Low- den demonstrated their strength by overwhelmingly defeating an amendment favoring Hoover and striking Lowden’s name from the resolution. ————— YUKON HERE TODAY Steamer Yukon, Capt. Anderson, was scheduled to arrive here at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon en- route to the westward. She has two days’ mail and 130 tons of freight for .lnnenu March 27 resolution A en- FEDERAL STANDARD IS SOUGHT FOR PLATINUM| NEW YORK, March 27—A fed- eral stamp of approval on plati- num is being sought by platinum- smiths and jewelers of the United States in an effort to safeguard the ‘platinum purchaser just as gold and silver buyers are now assured of quality by ‘“sterling”| or karat marks. | State laws regulating the quali- ty of platinum have been passed this year in Illinois and New York, and a bill is now pending in congress to make the safeguard nationwide. Platinum, the most precious of metals, is mined in very small quantities, the annual output be- ing about 150,000 ounces, less than | 10,000 pounds. Its scarcity is in itself a temptation to reduce the quality by the lnubdnction of al- Toys. Tddny 60 per cent of the plati- ~num mined is used for jewelry, while the rest is turned over to science. Electricity, physics, chem- istry, radio, medicins and i fl‘!i h’u found the ; . Jts its pliability make it valuable in delicate experiments that cannot be performed with gold or silver. Most of the skilled platinum- smiths in the world are in the United States, most of them New York and Newark, N. ‘While little of the metal is mined in this country, the nation's vast wealth makes it the forempst mar- ket. For many years the chief source of platinum was in the Ural moun- tains in Russia, but the supply has declined there in late year: and now Columbia, in South Amer- ica, leads in output. Evidences of the use of plati- num in South America centuries before the coming of Columbus have been ‘discovered recently. Earrings, finger rings and pins are in excellent condition. Early Spanish adventurers in South America used platinum to counter- feit the accepted gold and silver coins of European countries until nations placed the penalty, m upon thase who use lnch of | 2] T iMrs. [er. | latter S TO HOUSTON | | | | EVANS WOOLLEN ter he refused a place on the Fed- |eral Reserve bos in the ecn tion of which he had had a voice las advisor. He always |a leader in banking circles for several rs has headed economic policy commission the American Bankers' tion. | . with gray pecable in dress, Weollen is land looks much less. He has | serted his belief in the MecNary- | Haugen, farm relief Lill. Mis wife is the daughter gf Condd Baker, a former governor of Indiana. { They have one son. and of associa- Jhair and im. | Survey of | Business Shows | Upgrade Tendency NEW The New published sury ne condition, Business . in States is on the with unemployment decrease. “Business cape much uncertainty terized in tion years “To this survey, leaders of industry and labor leaders, bankers, national distribut- ors and the Government con- tributed that omtstanding factors are the improvement in building, steel, automo- biles and agriculture.” BANK ROBBER IS SHOT DEAD; TWO ARRESTED LOS ANGELES, €al, March 27 ~=One holdup man was shot dead and two accomplices were arrest- ed when they attempted to rob the Sante Fe Avenue branch of the Merchants National Bank late yesterday afternoon. Quick work of George Fisher, armed guard, employed by the bank, saved tite day for the bank, Coolidge at Bedside of Mother NORTHAN i N, Mass., March 27.—Mrs. Calvin Coolidge arriv- ed here after a hasty trip from Washington and spent half an hour at the bedside of her moth- Mrs. Lemira Goodhue. The seemed a little better YORK,: ) a v mml um,r.llll on the hids® fair-to es- of the halting Aasually cha - Presidential elec- today. Farm Relief Bill Cn-wOut of Com. WASH NB’I‘ON, ‘March 27—Ma- terially changed since vetoed by President Coolidgé a year ago, the McNary-Haugen Relief Bill has been approved by the House Ann-um ge by a vote o3 NEW REGORD IN the | Two Groups of Officers Fire At Each Other COLUMBIA, Mo., March Two Deputy Sheriffs and two policemen, each thinking the other group were kidnappers and extor- tionists, engaged in a pistol battle near the University of Missouri Stadium at mid- night. Vo one was shot in the effort to trap the writer of a second letter to Dr. H. H. Buescher, dentist, whose ' daughter the extortionists threatened to kidnap if $1,- 000 not left near the stadium. The two forces of officers were unaware of each other’s intentions and went to the When they met they exchanged shots and fled When the four men reached their offices they found they had been shooting at each other spot ‘SALES MADE ON N. Y. EXCHANGE ‘Sales Cross—' I';;)ur Million| 64 Mark—Price of Mem- !‘ berships Go Up. NEW YORK, March 2 second time within a {total sales on the New York Stock Exchange went across the 14,000,000 mark, setting a new rec- tord. The sale totalled s General Motors soared | $199. | Meanwhile the price of member- ships on the Exchange $25,000 to $375,000 with growing predictions that the half million dollar mark will be reached bhe- \fore the end of the year. This brings the aggregate value of 1,100 memberships to $412,000,000. e GERMAN PLANE week $9 | HAS HARD TRIP Bucked Headwmds from Berlin to Ireland on Flight Monday DUBLIN, March struggle against headwinds on the flight from Berlin but our plane behaved splendidly.” This sentence comprised the en- tire statement of Capt. Herman Koehl, who piloted the Bremen on the flight which ended here yes- terday afternoon. He declined to say anything about plans for the hop across the Atlantic. . He and his companions were tired. Th@v had been up all Sunday night pre- paring for the flight. MAY FLY TOMORROW DUBLIN, March 27.—It ap- pearing that the weather would be unfavorable today for the Bremen, Junker's plane to take- off for New York, 6 o'clock to- morrow morning is the time now tentatively fixed for the hop-off. The three Germans are silently and impatiently waiting on the {wind and weather while Irishmen are likewise aroused over the hazardous venture. - A. J. QUOTATIONS * NEW YORK, March 27.--Al- |aska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 315. on. 27—“We had a ] Mellon to Give j New Tax Reduction | Recommendations WASHINGTON, March 27. —Secretary of Treasury Mel- | lon will make new tax re- duction recommendations on | April 3, expected to be around $200,000,000. Presi- dent Coolidge is expected to endorse the = recommenda- tions. } —at | fine For the | the | 4,076,000 ‘ jumped | # by ~HED. | HESERVE BOARD KEEPS WORLD SAFE ssumes Leadershlp in Credits on Movements of Gold Ab road WASHINGTON \l.mh The influence of the Federal Reserve Roard on World credit conditions is set forth in a veport for last |vear showing that by encouraging jor retarding internatio gold movements, it imed leadership during either payments {tight money |A as; e rates o1 { With the gold movements as the | !key hoard, the { Federal Reserve {the movement to {effect on credits | purchasing secur report says, the Board permitted have a normal or offset it by ies in the open | {market as it believed trade condi | tions justified activities through power | tually halt of |tary gold It to did not credits controller, the world’s mone- stocks aided foreign countries, stabilizing their cur. jrency and return the gold | standard basis. | e PRUHIBITIUN IS PROPOSED con but as vir. to Gen. Obrcgon Makes Speech Setting Forth New Platform | MEXICO CITY, March hibition has been injected Mexican national politics by Gen. | Obregon, the sole candidate for {the Presidency ct the Republic {He proposed it in a political Jspeech in Silao, State of Guana- juato. 27—Pro into Gen. Obregon declared alcohol, gambling, reactionism and “wick- jed Catholics,” are the principal enemies of the people. “Reactionaries who would over- throw the government are not the only enemies. They have power- ful allies in alcohol and gambl- ing,” said Gen. Obregon. “ ONE EAGLE” NOW RETIRED | WASHINGTON, March 27— Acclaimed as no other individual in the history of the nation, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has official- ly withdrawn from public focus to follow his long-cherished pur- {suit of a mnormal American eciti- lzen. Weary of the jostling ad- miring masses, decoration cere- monies and constant formal af- fairs in his honor, the youth mly contemplated the future, va\ best he might acquit him- Iself in the interest of his lone hobby, aviation. |Believe Sandino Will | Elude U. S. Marines as ! Rain Season Approaches | i ) MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 27.—With the rainy season little hnme than a month away, mak- |ing jungle fighting difficult, the beliet 18 growing among the Marines that Rebel Gen. Sandino can elude them indefinitely. The only hope of ellminating him is | bombing from airplanes. This is admittedly slim because he is always moving. Insurgent Chieftain MEXI CITY, Marth 27. is reported Chieftain Robbes and eight insurgent were killed by Federal = soldiers and many wounded in a clash when Fed- erals owertook a band of 35. —_———— Sigurd Wallstedt, District Depu ty of the L. 0. O. M., left on the K for Sitka, AFOR MEXICANS, {now at Newport, .‘Candi(ia('y of Walsh idency Long Senate Career cratic candidate for President. only daughter, Mrs. E. C. Gudger, HELENA, Mont.—The di- dacy of Thomas Jefferson W for the Democratic presidential nomination completes the span of a political career that he hewed out with his own hands. Walsh tasted bitter political de- feat in Montana before he won a victory. Montana takes its poli-| tics with the seriousness, tenacity of feeling that actuated the horse- men who once pursued rustlers across its open ranges. He was 31 when he came to Helena in 1800 to open a law of- fice. It was 22 years later that he went to Washington as a United States senator. Today he is a national fig notably *for his work as prosecutor om the senate committee which ferreted out the illegal oil reserve leases. In 1910 the Montana legislature was deadlocked for weeks, unable to decide whether to send Walsh or Henry L. Myers to the United States senate. Myers won by two votes. Four years earlier, Walsh, a lawyer with a stern jaw under his drooping moustache, had sought in vain a congressional seat from his home district. But in 1912, when Montana vot- ers made their own selection of a United States senator for the| first time, Walsh won. He was re-elected in 1915 without diffi- culty and again in 1924, He was a standard bearer for the adminis- tration during the World war and a leader in the fight for Ameri- can membership in (he League of Nations. But it was in the sum- mer and fall of 1923 that his beetling eyebrows and his droop- ing moustache became recognized the country over, when he became the leader in the senate's special committee for the investigation of the oil leases. Senator Walsh is His wife, whom bhe married in Redfield, 8. D, where he began the practice of law at the age of 25, died in 1920. He has one caughter, Mrs. Emmett C. Gudger, R. I, whose hus- a widower, And Followers Slain|’;" Olorh 3 t band is a commander in the navy, two granddaughters, children the Gudgers—Ellen, 7, and MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS her two children, Ellen, seven, and Gloria, three, are shown below. —————-—— POWER OF SUGGESTION, EMMETT, Neb., March 27—Em- mett, town of 225 people, has mo cemetery, One the pioneers was asked why. the power of suggestion,” he an. swered. g no reminder of the mortal emd in sight, we live longer.” . of “We believe in| PRICE TEN CENTS FIFTH SIXTH ' BOMBS HURLED CHICAGO WAR lo 5 i Senator Dencen Has Nar- ’ row Escape—Porch of ? Cap L Home Is Damaged JUDGE J. A. SWANSON ATTACKED, GARAGE Bomb Fails to Hlt Automo- bile, Explodes Short Distance Away March The “political bombs" exploded at CHICAGO, — fifth and sixth since January midnight last night. One was aimed of United States S. Deneen and the other was thrown in an attempt to assas- sinate Deneen's candidate for State’s Attorney, Judge John A. Swanson, of the Circuit Court. | Senator Deneen, who had at- tended the funeral of Joe Es- 'posito, recemtly murdered, had started back to Washington when the bomb shattered the front porch of his home. His sister and her maid were not hurt. Twenty minutes later, two men in an automobile, hurled a bomb direct!y at the auhomobile which Swanson was driving into his Tho bomb missed the ploded a short dis- 97 217 at the Senator Charles home ing some damage. Judge Swanson blamed the bombings on ‘‘the conditions as they exist in Chicago. rnxm-meut is completely broken fdown. Crooks and criminals are After 16 years in the Senate, Thomas J. Walsh (nbove) of coddled and given & freo rein. Montana has pcrmitted friends to scek his nomination as Demo- Senator Walsh is a widower. It can therefore be expected that things will occur like the hap- penings last night."” - e Bandih Rob Warehouse Of $50,000 of Liquor FRESNO, Cal, March 27.— Whiskey bandits swooped down on the Internal Revenue ware- nouse last mnight, overpowered two watchmen, kept them pris- oners for four hours, and then ecaped with two truckloads of jror valied at $50,000. Six men were in the gang. c—— Two Bc;diu Found on Back Seat, Touring Car SAN PEDRO, Cal.,, March 27 Two bodies, one of identifled as George Candee woman, believed Mg, Concetta, were found in the back seat of a touring car today in a postion indicating murder and vicide. The man clasped a pis- tol The woman had been shot thruugh the back. His wife of a Navy Commander, anl E.M. SULLIVAN | IS BANKRUPT FORTLAND, Ore., March 27 An echo of the Klondike days was heard in the Bankruptey Di- vision of the Federal Court here when E. M. Sullivan, individually doing business as the Dawson- iiteliorse Mavigation Company, tary petition. The ties listed were the tion of the company to the ian Bank of Commerce at on Yor $200,000 and indi- vidual obligation to the same banking institution for $175,000. Both debts were contracted in 1902, No assets are listed, man and a to b MANOR IN CAROLINA OFFERED TO-COOLIDGE ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 27— Last summer the president made High in the mountains of western| his vacation home within a few North Carolina the mansion of| miles of Harney Peak, 7,242 feet Philip 8. Henry sprawld solidly,| high and taliest point east of the like an old English manor house,| Rockies. This summer he will be over the top of Beaucatcher moun-|able to look eastward, if he comes tains. | to Zealandia, upon the 6,711-foot It is here at Zealandia that|crest of Mt. Mitchell, which in President Coolidge has indicated| turn is the highest peak east of he may spend his vacation, on the the Black Hills: estate which Mr. Henry, mow in| Beaucatcher is the central Europe, has offered to him as a|mountain of a range of four. It summer white house. got its name years ago because of The house was built some 20!its winding roads and paths of- years ago of native rock taken fered, as they still do, a lure to from the mountain on which it|courting couples. stands. W. Vance Brown, for| The house runs north and south whom it was built, was a New |with the mountain top, and is of Zealander and he named it for his | varied heights because of the ir- homeland. Neither ornate or elab.| regularity of the land on which it orate, it was built as a retreat of stands. Most of it is three stories quiet and massive comfort. | high, and its length is 500 feet or From the crest of the mountain, more. On the lower floor are an the home commands a view of the |art gallery, filled with paintings, entire surrounding country. Three! ceramics, weapons.and objects of thousand feet below to the west|art in ivory and gold, collected by' lies Asheville, chief city of the|Mr. Henry, and a library contain- mountain district. Beyond it, fad- ing 10,000 volumes, and com ing into the distance, are row up-|of the letters of Disraell and Jef- on row of mountains that look |ferson Davis. g like ocean billows. Forty miles| The house stands 5500 southwest are the outlines of the above sea level, well out of Great Smokies, where the mt*,‘ot rose fever and other Io first national park will be estab- afflictions and at about the lished soon. To, east across|level as the president's a broad vista of lies the|white house in the Black Blue Ridg: vear, tlt iww.r. = Law en- . i el e