The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1928, Page 1

KING . BOMBEXPLODES b » Judge Thompson, at Pitts-| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXL, NO, 4762. GERMAN CHICAGO MAYOR +NOT T0 RESIGN . FROM POSITION His ‘Ameri;a First’ Ticket Is Given Severe Bal- lot Drubbing CHIC matter drubbing "America primary Mayor has no asked No hallot his AGO, T, April how severe the administered First™ ‘tieket. in clection on Tuesday, William Hale Thompson ntention of resigning and ‘Why should I resign?” question arose through the tatement in which the oted aying he resign if the candidate, Robert Crowe, win renomination for State's Attorney. Crowe failed. Two investigations of campaign bombings, slayings, thuggery and irregularities are being discussed Full significance of the defeat suffered by Thompson, Small and Crowe, all Republicans, is meas- ured in the light of returns which constantly add to the un- ¢ cxpectedly large pluarlities of op- ponents, 12 to L4 as to » e, — OF ITALY IN MILAN WHEN Fourteen Persons Are Kill- ed, Two Score Injured . at Fair Opening SMILAN-Maly, April 12-A homb explosion, shortly before King Victor Emmanuel was to inau urate the Milan Fair, killed 14 a injured 40 persons today. Despite th mb explosion, the King took part in the ceremony and went through the exhibits and activities of the fair, which is the annual trade exhibition, continued without change, K. K. K. CASE THROWN OUT FED. COURT burgh, Makes Ruling Case Is Up to State PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 12— The suit of five former members of the Ku Klux Klan to restrain the order from operating in Penn- sylvania has been thrown out of the Federal Court by Judge Thompson who ruled he was with- out jurisdiction and it was a question for the state to settle. The decision made a clean sweep of counter action brought by the five members who sought a receivership for the Klan Pennsylvania and asked for an accounting of some §15,000,000 said to have been collected by the order in this state. The original suit brought by the Klan to restrain the five mem- bers from interfering with it and asking $100,000 damages is mnot affected by the opinion. Sale of Stdlen Goods May Be Fed. Offense WASHINGTON, April 12—As- serting that two and a half mil- lion dollars worth of jewelry is lost annually through theft, James H. Noyes, of the Jewelers' Securi- ty Alliance, urged the House Ju- diciary Committee to approve the La Guardia bill to make the sale cf stolen goods in interstate com- merce a Federal offense. the | in} JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1928, PLANE IN AIR “ALL THE NEWS T Three Men for | | \ Woman Defeats ! Office, Sheriff CHICAGO, UL, April 12 Mrs. Helen Dolder, widow, ! who became sheriff of DeKalb county when her husband, then sheriff, died last fall, de teaféd three male opponents in Tuesd balloting She | showed ability to handle emer gencies' when she quelled prisoners riot with a | | hose. l re ~—-——— MOTOR MAKERS - AND REALTORS Thompson | “: URGE CHANGES ;iWanl Automobile Tax Re- | | moved and Real Estate | Considered Captial Asset } —— | WASHINGTON, April 12 { Pledging to pass on to the con- [sumers in reduced prices for | automobiles (he benefits from any {reduction in the automobile tax, the automobile industry presented a united appeal to the Senate Fi- nance Committee for the repeal of the three percent automobile tax. Arguments for the repeal of the tax were presented by the Ameri- can Automobile Association, Na. tional Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the National Grange and the National Automobile Deal- ers’ Association. Real Estate Men Appear Recommendations for changes in the . administrative provisions of the /House Tax Reduction meas- ure were . made hefore the Senate Finafice Committee” by represen- tatives of real estate organiza- | tions. © Nathan MacChesney, gen- 1 counsel for the National As- of Real REstate Boards urged the committee to remova the requirement that property must be held for two years before the profit from its dis; be taxed under the capital gai | tax provision | The regulations as they now are provide that real estate purchased I may be regarded as a capital as | set rather than stock in trade ter it has been held for two years, and a separate tax return may be made on any sale of it and a tax rate of 121% percent applied to the gain. The real estate men fwant the two years of possession requirement eliminated so what real estate purchases may be re. garded as capital assets rather |than stock in trade from the time tof its purchase. | i sociation | | Chancery Master Recognizes Wife's “Grubstake” Claim CHICAGO, April 12 — “Grub- stake” agreement between a hus- |band and wife who rose together {from comparative poverty to wealth has been recognized by a Chicago master in chancery in a recommendation to the Superior Court that Harry M. Warren turn over to his wife a half interest in the Warren Seed Cleaning Com- pany. Mrs. Warren who once was a “hand” on the ranch of the man she later married, will receive stock valued at $925,000 if the | master’'s report is sustained by the court. It was Mrs. Warren's conten- tion that she was a partner in her husband’s company and thus entitled to half the company stock, just as a mining prospector is entitled under the rules of the hills to half interest in his part- ner's discoveries. Her plea that she also was entitled to a half /interest on ‘the ground that she, rather than her husband, had the idea on which Warren Company success was founded, was dlsal: lowed in the master’s report. " | " “NEVER AGAIN,” VOWS MAN, JAILED AFTER . v ASSISTING PRETTY DAMSEL IN KANSAS CITY, April 12—Wil- liam Nichols, who sells paint, will sirive no more to aid pretty young damsels in distress, he avers, for his last time out was a bitter ex- perience, Migs Helen Logan, enroute from Denver to Springfield, Mo., sprain- ol her ankle in stepping .off a curb. Nichols, an eye-witness, hailed a cab to take Miss Logan and a girl friend to a hospital, DISTRESS There was an argument with the cabby, and Miss Logan was hit in the mouth. The enraged gir] bad both men arrested. Judge Carlin P. Smith releasea Mr. Nichols with the observation that he had been harried enough for his well-meaning action. Miss Logan still limped, “Someone should take her hospital,” the judge said. me!” said Mr. Nichols, 4 . b e toa “Not 2 “ELAPPER VOTE BILL 1S GIVEN ANOTHER BOOST Passes to Second Reading i in House of Commons, Vote 387 to 10 LONDON, April 12 Having gained a second reading by an overwhelming majority, the “flap- per vote” bill is considered likely to add 5,000,600 women between Ithe ages of 21 and 30 to the elec- torate next May. Sir William | Joynson-Hicks home secretary, | explaining the Dbill in the House 1of Commons, said that women vo ters would then be in the ma. jority by about 2,000,000 Because of this the raised the spectre of petticoat government. Brigadier General Sir George Cockerill, speaking in opposition to the measure which gives women the 'vote at the age of 21 instead of 30 as at present| { said the bill failed to follow lh(‘“ constitutional practice of accom ng an extension of the fran- | with a measure for redis. [ tribution of representation. He concluded “They die ds sex to propose to give not but sex preference was characterized as a “Swan Song” by Lady Astor, who said: | “The diehards may be singing |like swans, but they are thinking like geese. There were mingled cheers and laughter as the bill was given second reading, 387 to 10. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin invited the House to fall in line with Canada, Australia and the United States, “to mention only the English speaking countries in which men and women are en- franchised ~on. equal tprms™ Once the bill was eénacted, he said, it would mark the final stage in the union of men and women working for the regeneration of | their country and the regeneration of the world “And it might be,” he con- tinued, “that by this common | work together they would provide |such an environment that each immortal soul, it born on this earth, might have a fairer chance and.a fairer vote than cver has heen vouchsafed to past | generations.” BIVES SUPPORT 70 H.C. HOOVER {Mrs. Willebrandt Gives En- dorsement to Secretary of Commerce | WASHINGTON, April 12—Af- firming her endorsement of the Presidential candidacy of Herbert C. Hoover, Mrs, Mabel Wille- brandt, Assistant Attorney Gen- eral, in charge of Prohibition En forcement, declared she favored him because she believed he would enforce the Prohibition law. The announcement was made in a telegram to the Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union in reply to one from Mrs. Ella Boole, its President, asking if she believed Hoover's reply to Senator Borah's questionnaire of his stand on pro- hibition was adequate. ‘Daughters of America’ Poster Issued; Appeal For Two Mi!lion Girls WASHINGTON, April 12—Near- |1y two million girls under twenty {years of age are working for a living in the United States. Mrs. Mary Anderson, director of the Woman's Bureau of the De- partment of Labor, set this figure today in connection with the is- suance by the department of a poster called “Daughters of Ameri- ca.” The poster shews a group of factory girls, in the noise and stir of the. work room, with distant windows that suggested the free- dom of the out of doors, and ends with - the' question “They have youth—have they opportunity?” Four Die wi:_ Auto Plunges Into Mill Race WILMINGTON, Del., April 12| Two young men and two women were drowned . early today 'luni their automobile plunged into a ot a b | Prof. A. Joseph Koehl (left) he feels they will make the flig trip from Berlin. German Flier Atten ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FOR NEW YORK ' " |BREMEN TAKES « OFFFORU.S. | EARLY TODAY Dublin Specla;rs Are Giv- en Thrill When Plane | Takes to Air 'TWO GERMANS AND ONE IRISHMAN ARE ON TRIP Fine Weat}-x-e_r‘l’revails Off England—Storms Off U. S. Coast BALDONNEL AIRDOME, Irish Free State, April 12.—The Ger- man plane Bremen hopped off for New York this morning at 5:38 o'clock. (5:38 o'clock A. M. April 12, Standard time at Dublin was 8:38 P. M. April 11 at Juneau.) Bearing the aspirations of two nations for trans-Atlantic honors, the monoplane Bremen sped west- ward on what is hoped to be the first spanning of the Atlantie from east to west by an airplane. Terror struck the spectators as they watched the heavily-laden plane speed along the runway. It first failed to rise then shot throvgh the opening in the ce- ment wall to the air. If successtul, the flight is ex- pected to terminate at New York fomorrow, "we hiourd after the start, F: t Gunrds say the By v zoing strong, well out tlie Atlantic, pting Flight Across Atlantic Bed B of New York, uncle of Capt. ht successfully. Baron mann Koell, ¥ (right, seated) H Huenefeld talkir, Navy Enlisted Strength to Be Increased~" - WASHINGTON, 2 An increase in the enlisted | strength of the Navy from | 83,250 men to 86,000 will be | | provided in the Navy appro| priation bill to be reported to the Senate by the Appropria- tions Committee 12 April REPEAL OF DRY ' LAW PLANK IS NOWPROPOSED National Republican Club Committee Takes Ac- tion on Issue NEW YORK, April 12 tional Affairs Committee National Republican adopted a resolution incorporation in the Party platform of a cating the repeal of the Eigh teenth Amendment. The resolu tion will now be submitted to the full membership of the Club next Tuesday. If adopted its sponsors hope to have it presented to the National Convention by Dr. Nich- olas Murray Butler. The viva voce vote on the measure was 80 overwhelmingly in favor that mno division was called for, Benjamin Fairchild, Chairman of the National Affairs Committee predicted the club will also adop! the resolution by a large majori- ty but opponents look for strong opposition on the vote. The National Republican Clu) has 2,000 members living in all parts of the country. President Coolidge is Honorary President and on the roster are Vice-President ‘Charles G. Dawes, Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover and former Governor of Illinois, Frank O. Lowden. —_———— Issuance of Big Loan By France Contemplated The of Na- the Club has calling for Republican plank advo PARIS, ' April 12—L’'Echo De Paris today said the next siep toward the return of France to a gold standard will be the issuance loan. This ‘presumably will take place next month and will be for the purpose of getting rid of advances to the state ecarried by the Bank of France in the shape of Treaj ury bonds, which can not be placed in cireulation. the controls were Capt. . Foeh!, German war [ James Fitzmaurice, W Irish Free Stare Air I wio wil altrrnate with <oelil at four-hoir intervals. 1 them sat_.Baron von 'y m' her i OiF 4 “'D WEAVHER PREDICTED VASHINGTON, April 1 o hasis of present the Cerman plane is due to bu unteyora’ly weather on the’ west- n side of thes Atlantic Ocean A strong wind fis reported by he Weather Burean, passing northeast from New England to- ward Newfoundland where it is exnected to assume gale propor- tions tonight. lue Bremen is due in the New- foundland area tomorrow morn- 7 ing, Eastern time. | 2 It is considered likely the Bre- R g men will buck winds continually after passing mid-Atlantic. ——r—————— s 52 ooy s HEARD AN FROM WILKINS Seattle Operator Believes Fliers Have Ho(g AZORES or Are Rea ATLANTIC OCEAN @ SHATTLE, Aprii 12—Bellef that Capt. George H. Wilking and Ben Eielson have hopped off for Spitzbergen or are ready to hop is expressed here by E. R. Stev- ens, amateur radio operator who heard Wilkins' wireless signals Monday night. Stevens said: “I am positive it was Wilkins,” explaining he is well acquainted with Wilkins' signals. He said “Wilkins appear- ed to be testing his set and was | calling 6-ARD, San Francisco. No complete signals were transmitted and gave mo information.” Stevens sald the signals had probably been sent from the plane while it was in the air. An Idita- rod amateur told Stevens weather conditions had improved in ‘the interlor of Alaska and probably had improved at Point Barrow. ——————— Three Persons Dead 'rom Spotted Fever; Outbreak: in Idaho o . BOISY. Ildaho, April 12 -Thres Progressive Republicans .rion:"ave et s noriie Are Victoriou" Nebraska seriously il as the result of what | physiclans describe as the worst = | outbreak of spotted fever in years: OMAHA, Neb, April 12—Up| The disease can be contrae state precinets reported 1odny|unly through the bite of ticks failed to show any marked change ! previously become infacted fi in the Nebraska Primary. On the rabbits, sheep or certain othes basis of returns from more than|animals, v Jumping secretly from Berlin fo Dublin, two German fliers in the Junker monoplane Bremen (above) launched a German effort for the conquest of the westward trans-Atlantic air route which | French and English fliers have been unable to follow successfully to New York. Capt. Hermann | Koehl (right) pilots the plane, which started a similar flight last year and turned back. Below is an unusual interior view of the single-motored plane. The map shows the route. The flight is sponsored by Baron von Huenefeld and Col. James Fritzmaurice, Chief of the Irish Free State Air Forces, is second pilot aboard the plane which hopped off from Dublin early this morning. Attempts to Fill Auto TLmly Heath Given with Gasoline by Light Permission to Fly Of Lantern; 2 Dead Alone, at Own Risk LOS ANGELES, April 12—The| BAKERSFIELD, Cal, April 12| CAIRO, Egypt, April 12—Lady question as to whetper Joseph| —TWo Stockton children were| goan flying from Cape Town to % ¢ burned to death, Mrs. Cecil Agen ¢ Schenck, motion picture "m'l""er“and Mrs. Marl Storns wers flo\'vrv-‘“’"dn" alone, has received per- will have to answer questions i1y hurped and may die when a | mission from the British Air Min- his deposition as a witness in the | car exploded early this morning | istry to fly at her own risk. She 5,000,000 alleged breach of con- 8t & service station. |had been heia nere because the tract suit brought by Charles| The serwice station and a near-|aythorities refused to allow her Duell, also a film producer, against DY house were destroyed by the |t proceed without an escort. Lilian Gish, film star, and the|fire which followed the explosion. | MetroGoldwyn Pictures, was tak.| The station man attempicd to| en under advisement by Superior flll the car wii: gasoline by the Judge Walter Gales here today. 1”5’“ of a lautern | Schenck refused al days R g ago to answer a question con ""‘ilee Crashes; Three ing & telegram he sent to Nath n} Men Found, Wreckage Burkan, a New York attorney, in which he was de.lared to have, EL. PASO, 7Texas, April 12- A (said that he could assist Lilllan telegram received by the Bl Paso Gish- in suppressing disagrecable | Times from Sheriff Cummings re. :a;o.:unu which might be mmlf*;porud that three men were found half of the precinets in the state, .- —— case, in wreckage at a place ‘where a|prog i 3 The attorneys for Duell cnlled!nlane crashed four miles south of :lr«zt:::i;w I:;n“g.hc;:rll:l‘: b:)'::‘ A, .flmen % Schenck into court under orders|Kent, Texas. The messhge said cedes victory for the United| NEQ YORK, April 12 to show cause why he should not|the plane probably crashed Iast{States Senatorship to R. B. How- aska Jumeau mine stock |give his testimony. Monday and it was & total wreck. ! g]), quoted today at 3%.. 3 Joseph Schenck May Be Required to Give Testimony, Film Caseil o %2