The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1928, Page 1

" | SMYRNA AGAIN SHAKEN BY QUAKE; { i 3 | i ’ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXL, NO. 4753. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL. 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS HEAVY LOSS ()F LIFE IS REPORTED CTY ELECTION B TOMORROW;VOTE MAY BE LARGE - Registration Reaches 906 This Afternoon—Slight- ly Under Last Year's Juneau's electorate, or that por tion of it which had registered at 5 p. m. today, will go to the polls tomorrow to elect a Mayor, members of the Municipal c¢il and one School Director. There are rival candidates for the coun- cilman ticket only. At 2 p. m. today 906 voters had registered as compared to the to tal registration of 993 of last yvear. expected that the total ear would reach and possibly exceed 950. Residents i1. Precinct No. 1, will vote in the Fire Apparatus room in the City Hall. Those of No. 2, the downtown inct, cast their hallots in the building occupied as a taxicab stand by the late J. F McDonald on Front Stree The voting in No. 3 precinct, will be in vacant residence adjacent to the © Burford Grocery Store on Willoughby Avenue. The polls open at 9 m. and close at 7 p.m. ° There are two complete council manic tickets in the field and one independent candidate. The Citi- zens' Efficiency Ticket is compos- ed of: W. 8. George, Walter P. Scoft and C. H. MacSpadden. The Citizens’ Ticket personnel is: Dave . Housel, Olaf Torkelson and A. L. Lundstrom. G. Fagerson is the independent candidate. Mayor Thomas B. Judson, who is unop- posed for re-election, heads both of the tickets. Judges and clerks tion are as follows: Precinet judges and clerks recommended and voted in by the Council arve as follows: Preginct No. 1: Judges G M. A. Lavenik and William Franks. Clerks—IL erby and John McLaughlin. Precinct No. 2: Judges—Nellie Simpkins, Harry Biggs and E. A. Johnson. Clerks—Agnes Manning and Mrs. 1. J. Sharick. Precinet 0. Judges—Mrs James Estes, J. Carver and N. P. Madsen. Clerks—Ann Coleman and Grant Baldwin The time for the Council to make the final canvassing of the votes was set at 5 p. m., Wednes- day, April 4, the day following the election, when there will be a spe- cial meeting of the City Council in the City Hall. JOHN BORDEN RACE IS SLOW Annual Event at Nome Is Surprise—Natives Are Victors NOME, Alaska, April 2.—The John Borden marathon yesterday developed a surprise when three native dog teams bested six other entrants. A light snow Saturday night made the caurse from Nome to Cape Nome and return, slow and the best time ‘was nearly 20 minutes slower than the record set by Leonard Sepalla of one hour and fifty minutes. Amos Statuk finished first, his time being two hours, nime min- utes and eleven seconds. Henry Luke was second, 2:11:5 and Al- bert Dalutuk was third, time 2:16:58, Ed . Lohn, last year's victor, failed to make a good showing. ———— of the elec- J. L. Mrs Sow- 'JUNEOU RADIO CLUB _ night % t3 WILL MEET TONIGHT| The Juneau Radio Club will hold its first April meeting to- in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, it was announc: od by Guy McNuuxmnn president. Jast week no meeting was held hecause of it being lodge day for’ man¢ of the members, but all ra- djo favs are arghd to attend this - gatheving av order that unfinished | Dhusiness may Db completed, and wx eception \.ly he intetligent- st three | Coun- ! BYRD E‘(PEDITIO\J PREPARES FOR P ().,, that will be us nett (left). and big Bight 10 the Sout will puchal triph com pany fis nenring ¢ The ararows i weated 4t Sed-! din, six miles from Stolp. ' There is also a flying harbor for air- planes immediately outside of Stolp, . but it is used only for| emergency landings during flights from Berlin to Moscow. For No. bile's purposes, the .presence of the airplane harbor so close at hand wiil prove useful, in that representatives of the German | government and of the Halian! Airplane, Passengers embassy at Berli can come ol poyoriod Plunged Into Stolp on short notice by airplane | when conditions are ripe for lho} Surf ()[] Wash. Coast HOQUIAM, start northward. The air route to| !Coast Gua Stolp is lighted throughout the night. | The owners of the flying field availingly for an airplane and selected by Nobile are the Luft-|passengers which is reported to fahrzeug-Gesellschatt of Berlin, have disappeared into the sur successors to ' the Persival -|20° miles south of here last ship construction company of pre- Saturday revolution days. The Parsival ; company supplied airships to many, Japan, England, Russia, lndl several other countries Iua{or«i 1914, and during the war turned out a considerable number of di- rigibles. | Its successors have kept the or- ganization intact and for the pres- ent live on hopes of orders for | airships. | | “General Nobile selected Stolp| as it is the only flying harbor out- | side of Friedrichshafen which has a hangar large enough for his| vessel,” Director von Kleist of the’ Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft toid Tbe, Associated Press. 1 @eénera) view of the huge plare Commander Richard i Byrd In Pole in the near future. The atrer oletion at Teterboro. N. J. luscits shew Fioyd Hen TOLP REGAINS PLAC 4. R 1(]4‘ [ (JE ) MAP AS SITE ON AIR MAP AS SITE F NOBILE'S TAKE-OFF 0 . STOLP, Germany, Aprii 2 1.‘ 1 eral Umberto Nobile's decis use Stolp for his take-off to lI\ Noxth Pole is warmly welcomed| by the 43,000 inhabitants of this' Tn BE BUMBED Pomeranian city. They have felt! neglected of late. Duping the we when Stolp was one of three air-| dromes for lighter-than-air craft, e M two huge hangars and one plant Walnmg,clve_n thal De- for the manufacture of hydrogen struction W]ll Takc gas were in constant operation. R & “he lnfhr hangar had fo bv! M Tomght torn down by the terms of the & Treaty of Versailles, the gas plant| CHICAGO, 0L, April 2.—Ex- fell into disuse and was abandon-| Ploding clothes have caused $15.- ed, and only the smaller hangar|000 damage since the first of remained to tell of the aerialithe vear at the plant of the Cen-| glory that was once Stolp's. The|tral Cleaners and Dyers, Presi- hangar is almost 600 feet long, dent B. Kornick declar.d 100 teet wide, and 92 feet high, | Small bombs concealed in suits! sent for cleaning, exploded when | {they reached the drying room. ch explosion destroy number of suits, Kornick said. New threats of bomb violence have been made against ant, which is a cooperative con- ern, and the latest is plant will be blown up tonight, Kornick informed the police. - — V\’.Nh. April 2 smen searched - A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 2 Juneau mine stock is quoted to- | day at 3%. PUBLISHERS’ | ANNOUNCEMENT | Following the rule in force in all daily newspaper offices throughout the coun- try and the custom with most, of the newspapers of Mglh. The Empire will re- quire, beginning May 1, that all subscriptions must be paid in advance. The need tor this rule is obvious. So y people, particulaly in Ahlkl. chnge their address- es, so often, that the loss from the credit system is | too large to be consistent with good business. The only way to meet the situation is to make the payment in ad- vance rule apply to every- body.mz there will be no excep The management has had this matter under considera- | tion for’ a long time, and decision is the result of ma- ture deliberation. Publishers | everywhere have found that th- only sa “Friedrichshafen is 50 far south| that Nobile might just as well start from Venice or Milan direct. Stolp is the northernmost air- drome with a large hangar in the world. . “We are glad to assist the gen- eral, for every new demonstration of the serviceability of airships helps the whole cause of aerial navigation. For the same reason we were happy to learn of the successful flight of the ‘Los An-] geles’ to Panama. “General _Noblle'n requisites ,will | (Continued on FI[B Five.) Nicaragiian Rebels Are Scattered by flarnu MANAGUA. April Z—Unlted States Marines have vigorously pursued and scattered rebels in Northern Nicaragua after a large band set upon them. 'n two clashes five rebels were killed and| | two wounded. ¢Twenty-one horses,| | rifles and hombs have beep cap-| | must be pdl in advnm the| that the| un-! vd on (I arentio Is i ¥ ior for | | | nis || the e fa 0 Full Declares Sen. Teapot l'l IGH F 2 ICE JAMS . THREATENING CANADA AREA ‘RELUIIC[]CC of Flood Indi-| ! 3 led two of the men who prove to be an, alchen v what may Ling dar snal Newsreol) Committee | Not Fair [ PASO, Te ormer Secreta Albert B. Fall, ¢ mined fonr da regarding the Dom lease, closed } examination with | | ation that the Sen Committee not intended to as, April 2 of Inter CTOss dec oil and had not ir, was fduring the | mg .an unprecedented mumber F UNION HEAD {Miners' Conference Want to ed a large | PIT] The Confer urging Lewis being operat and (¢ tr Ther ng publican Oust Lewis—Cor- ruption Charged TSBURGH, Pa., April 2 ve the Mirers and Union nee” has adopted a report the removal of John L. President of the Miic accused | y machi ed the union miners and in coalition with the opera reactionary Lewis machine rupt, to the core and boun 1 thousand ties to the ccal ors and politicians of Re and Democratic parties ) bosses, which condition i ling the Miner Union is an acute state existing tand an emergency which requires most ¢ ito rid | banefu Alaska | the reac tionaries, tllulc TW H |of the Drouh the flight. The tinued Droug! start 1,500~ . Thei DUBLIN, |America ceased to stir reported use of starting point Irastic methods is necessary the Mine Worker th influence of Lewis and ," the report con of 0 ATLANTIC - OPS POSSIBLE April 2. ibility Franco-German air race to Maurice in, French pilot, and it is he s negotiating for the field here as ¢ for the Aglanti German plane Bremen con weather - bound today hin reported he intends to for. Dublin tomorrnw‘ !financial affairs of the Continen- Pnnchute .lunper ‘ * Plunges to Death SANTA MONICA, Cal., April 2.|Treasurer of the Republican Na- —8tub chute jumper, plunged, to death |tioned. Sunday when his parachute har- ness broke as he was making a|palgn will also appear Campbell, pioneer para- foot exhibition jump. Mrs Campbell witnessed the tragedy. —o-o.o— NO uxmcoxu mlcn FB.IDAY' re will M no meeting <.r, llhe Chamber of Commerce this| week it was annonnced by Fr‘nnhden( Coolidge has signed the Con- A. Boyle, Secretary of the ul;.:nmr‘ zation. ing The next regular meet will be held on Friday,| G el Aprit 1, | For i today cated Farmers Given Warning SASKATOON, Sa April 2 Repetition of last week's flood in the Pike Lake Valley is threaten ed from two sources, following a break-up of the 12 mile ice jam which cansed the first flood Two other jams reported fofming and the 8 Riyer is rising. Cattle have to safety and the been warned of th been farmers have impend MOVEMENT IS ON Says Canadians Returning Home—Americans Are Expected WINNIPEG Minister of predicted that la num Canadians will return United States and many will Canada coming year Minister of Immigration Forke baged his prodiction on veperls of adian agents iu the United e whey Hhey WOre Feueiv. sbert | ation, April 2 Tmmigr Am'.,.- 1S move to | | | | | | inquiries and informat. n concern ing settlement in Canada B S skatchewan | BALLOT BATT LEADER IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY, law of the ington, D. C,, society, E STARTINGTODAY MRS, AUSTIN DIES, SKAGWAY1 Wife of Washington Pio-| neer Passes Away Visiting Daughter to Empire) /. Alaska, April 2 d Washington | Judge C. G.| \ustin, died o'clock Sat- | / night the result of | nage of the stonach Austin, nee Emily Grow, of Vermont, em nted Minnesota where she was n ried to Austin. Shortly after the marriage the conple moved te sustern. Washington, and later attle where they resided 10| vears. Judge the Washington (lllllk‘ and a vete the ar. For iany years he was Municipal Judge of Seattle Mrs. Austin survived by a sister, Mrs, W. S. Dixon, of Seattle; a som, H. A. Austin, of ndale, Cal.. aud daughter, Mrs. | V. I Hahn, of Skagway, at whose | home she died. The remains will | be sent to Seatt on the cess Mary for burial TEAPOT DOME UIZ RESUMES WASHINGTON, April opening of the inquiry State of former at 8: nee the md wife of to m‘ member o itorial Leg- Austin was Te Prin- 9 Re- | into the tal Trading Company is planned by the Teapot Dome Committee of the Senate tomorrow when | Harry M. Blair, former Eastern tional Committee, will be ques- C. H. Huston, assistant during the 1920 cam- by sum- committee and to Blair mons before the be interrugalml. D e llmrnhon Measure Signed by Coolidge WASHINGTON, April 2 -Pregi- deferring of Na- gressional Resolution for one year application tional afl‘llu of the provision of | | the 1924 immigration act, |day lin Michigan Holding Primary —One of Many for Preseént Month WASHINGTON, April 2. -The {April shower of ballots that will sive a betfer indication of which the wind is hlowing for ident began in Michigan to and will continne tomorrow Wisconsin - and New York These are taree of the eight States holding Presidential pri- and ther 5 nore seore of political conven s listed on the month’s politi- calendar. Herbert C. H Smith have M n in Al in over and Gov opposition rimary, - -CAPT. W. H, COPP DIES, VANCOUVER VANCOL Capt Harvey Copp, taged 85 digd here today following a stroke. He was born Roshea, New Brunswick, and ne to Vancouver in 1§92, He It the schooner Vanconver Bell ind engaged in sealing in Bering Sea. Tha vessel was captured by the Ruszians for alleged poach- ing and the Captain' and crew were taken to Viadivostok The Vancouver Bell was held for 17 years Later Capt. Copp was compensaicd for the seizure by The Hague bunal Capt. Copp commanded vesseld plying to all parts of the world In the early days he also engaged in hydraulic mining in British Columbia, no April 2. e e Woman Breaks Endurance Record For Swimming MIAMI BEACH, . == Apparently Fla., April little tired swimming record, Mr:. lottie Schoem- ; mel emerged rom the Deau- wville pool holding a4 new ‘world’s endurance record. | The former was 31 hours and has stood for 47 years. | 2 An especially posed poytrait of Mrs. ceretary of Commerce, who is a populay member of Washe | (Harris & Ewing) MEEHAN ADDS COU TQ FAMOUS CORNERS .2 S aal e i ¥ <ECOND SERIES OF SHOCKS ARE REPORTED TODAY [Population of Smyrna Liv- ing Out of Doors, Scantily Attired 'NINETY PER CENT OF | BULLDINGS DAMAGED ‘.Heav_v Loss of Life Indicat- ed—No Foreigners i Are Killed | iy INOPL CONSTAN | Ahother struck Smy "te of |has ba quake of y In Satu a heavy building | Last phen April 2. of ecarthquakes today increasing population whieh recovered from the urday. quake lite tr rna ror (3 was 1,070 there and d terrifying mena accompanied the learthquake which shook Smyrna {to the foundations. Witnesses isaid that shortly before the first ishock, theve was lightiing and jthe sbore waters boiled. The stricken inhabitants fel uppn their knees and prayed. All Was calm for a short time, th fine short, sharp quakes were felt One village was completely raz- ed near Smyrna In Symrna wany costly bulld- fncluding two banks and st shop loss were of de: Herbert Hoover, Jr., daughter-in. terror i o AR o qugfifi;fi& and !he Wi ‘Fiie population is pmwh‘:u; the streets, many scantily clad but afraid to enter the remains of their homes for clothing. Virtnally the entire popu'ation is living in the open. Ninety per cent of the buildings in Smyrna are reported damaged. There were no casualties 1mong fore popuiation, B KINZIE TO COME TO NORTH ON RETURN OF CAMERCN TO 'FRISCO 2= \\'a]l the ef: YOR! Aprit i sasuring ‘feets of the récent b 1 eor. ner” in common stock of the Ra dio Corpe fon of America. hasg Drouzht na a new fortune to ~old fons | Cut- suc- (o dabble » and Micha Mechan, broker. in the pockets of Arthur W ten, who forsook fis cessful trading in grain the Fisher Brothers of! Wiiliam €. Durant, | Jinal fortune in field. gave up ~"Hm.: become a Curh! O Market hroker with first month's| Comer.. to San Fraacisco from profits of $18 and now | Burope, R. D. Kinzie will leave thin holding . #te s steck !for Alaska with the first of tweo memberships valued - at 1gineering parties making wat- onch, is reputed to hove made crpower | investigations and sur- 000,000 to $15,000,000 in Radio. of dam sites, routes far is estimated that $12,000 to $15.|transmissiun lnes, etc, It was 000 & day was earned in commiy.|made Kiown today by B. F. slons hy Meehan and his partners | Feintzleman, Assistant District as spe s in Radio stock dur |Fovester. He returned Saturday ng the week of its riee trom §1111¢m Ketchikan after a weain to $160 a share. ofticfal visit. Wit A aokid o kia At Ketehikan he “bulls” who tuned in roat, Wenglell wson khat million dollar | Mr. Kinzie was awaiting Mr the Tirst to mak . " ,' imeron's return from abroad. n.a ehitalh'> i { is supposed fo have left sev- seribed as corne ;\"mml' . feral days ago and’ wili reach San jutrol of the floating supply m.“’»“‘”‘f” shortly, a corporation’s stock. TR 'N” Most famons of corners was NEW RESIDENCE that in Northern Pacific tn May. | e } 1901, when the Hill-Morgan and qu‘:‘(’;; ;;"L“"‘s:‘““::“{f”: arrison-Kuhn Loeh interests war o0 SR p ol pea ki e ke which 15 being built for E. (mmur Line wneially in stocks; Detroit and who made hi the antomotive Meehan, who theatre tickets to of George T. veturn heads exchange 1| vey the was told By on other| Radic are, not -mouey corner A ouse Street, Mr: J Page Thrnu ) BELGIAN KING’S VISIT STIRS ALLIANCE TAILK BRUSSELS, Belgivm, Apiil 2 Rumors of political mission will accompany the Belgian royal fam-|posal ily when it & to Copenhagen ! aliiance Letween the small eoun: \pril 16 to repey a call made b, | tries borderiyg on the m Denmark's ruler before the worll empire- Donmark, HolMad, war, glum and Switzerlands King But the world war broke ow scarcely three months later, ane 3 and Princess Marie Jose, the “allidnce of smail . powers®— will moke the trip, leaving at{if it was ever planndi—has ne home only Crown Princess Astrid Leen heard of since. and her six-months-old daught Many Belgians think that . Josephine. | political reasons which justif They were to go by a tan agreement of that kind in 191 of the difflenlty of mal (have not disappedved with fourney by sea or rail, bul popu-{world war, and the talk of all lar concern about the ven is being revived. Belgian caused reconsideration, and papers point out that the e trip will be made by train. itill feels itself uncomfo When ' the Danish royal famiiy | close to a Germany where th visited Belgium in (he spring of tionalists have the upper 1914 a greut military review was and declare Belgium cannot. arranged. | the last timejon the “moral power" he Relglan army appeared in its| League of Nations to pro pre-war uniforms. jagainst a mew invasion At the time it was Q-egly ve- east. (Continued on ported that the Danish monarch's visit was connected with a pro- Lring abour a def Albért, Queen Prince Leonold, Princ: Ellzabeth, ng the the