The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1928, Page 1

i A o> THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXI., NO. 4769. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'GRASS FIRES DESTROY MANY HOMES * FLIERS NEED MONEY, SAYS ' FITZMAURICE , That Is One Reason Why| Irish Aviatbr Was Sent to Civilization | ST. AGNES, Quebec, April 20. Capt. Koehl told the Canadian press correspond- ent, who has arrived here from Greenly Island, that the Bremen will be flown fro New York to Geimany, | making the first round trip | flight ever made over the | Atlantic Ocean, Capt. Keehl said it would take about seven days after receipt of spare parts before the Bremen could hop for New York. | has declared the LAKE April 20 Irish plane Col AGNES, Quebec, James Fitzmaurice. | aboard the German Bremen, told the Associated Press correspondent it had been decided to send him out to civ zation from Greenly Island instead | of one of his companions on the/| ocean flight because money was the chief need and “they thought I, being an Irishman, could jolly more out of the people.” Fitzmaurice laughed at the joke tuen turned serious and told the real reason why he had been se lected. It had been agreed that he should come because he alone could speak English well, but said in addition they needed money to secure repair parts for the plane and buy new outfits of clothing. PLANE HOPS OFF . Mich., April 20— Carrying hopes of the Bremen crew for an early getaway from Greenly Island, a giant Ford tri- motored plane piloted by Bernt Balchen and Floyd Bennett, hop- ped off this morning for Murray Bay on the first leg of an ex- pedition to Greenly Island. The plane will carry repair equip- ment from Murray Bay to the island. The Ford plane has been chart- ered by the North American Newspaper Alliance through the New York World and ecarried Thomas Mulroy and Charles J. V. Murphy, World representatives. Heavily laden with mechanical equipment and 400 gallons of gasoline, the ship will probably take 12 hours to reach Murray Bay. Perfect Take-Off The Bremen landed on Greenly Island in a fog last Friday evening after a hard trip across the At- lantic from Balonnell Airdrome { Ohio | from | Willi; | able | tight will continue to be l!ire!‘ié‘ll1 .| former i be | the tragedy. DEMOCRATIC ('AMPAIC’V IN OHIO CALM BUT WILLIS FIGHT (,()Lb ON I\ G 0. P | COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 20 [ Republicans who had sup-| ported the late Senator Frank B. Willis, turned from a candidate to a cause after death strode to the stage of the crowded assembly {hall in Delaware and beckoned Willis from the platform. | The political cards that the lifeless hands of Ohio senator were badly fled for a time, but they are in order now. The hand remains as dealt it, “with a consider- art of the state's Republican forces solidly against the effort| of Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, to win a share of Ohio 1 delegates to the national convention at the state April 24. Before were that fell the Willis died predictions the Ohio favorite son and Hoover would split the dele- gation, and both camps have as serted they will carry on the bat tle just as vigorously as Dbefore Carmi A. 1%ompson of Cleveland, | manager the Willis campaign, | Willis hosts wili The Hoover of hold their ranks. by Walter F. Brown, Toledo, sistant in the federal departmen of commerce, and Thad H. Brown, Ohio secretary of state. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois may the principal beneficiary of Willis delegates wili go to the convention uninstructed but standing pledged as when they entered the contest. Thirty-| four indicated Lowden as second| choice. Eight second choice delegates are pledged to Senator Charles C. Curtis of Kansas and nine to Col Charles Fisher of Wilmington, Ohio. Some have indicated ti may turn ‘to Vice President Charles G. Dawes or Charles Evans Hughes, should either en ter the race. There. have. heen. no fireworks on the Democratic side of thef Ohio primary. The state’s 48] delegates are expected to be pledged to former Senator Atlee Pomerene, not an avowed candi-| date. After a com- giving Pomerene shuf-| | primary | | Gov. Vic Donahey of \Oh'o (above), favorite of Buckeye Dem- ocrats for presidential nomina tion, and Walter F. Brown, Hoov: er leader in Ohio. under then vote, delegation present will plimentary plans, the line up for Gov. Vie Donahey. Un. 4 central it is orders of tne Wtate and executive committees, bound to support an Ohio man as long as he has a chance. After that eventualty, the Buckeye dele- gates may go to Gov. Alfred B. Smith, of New York. der U. S. AGAIN IN LEAD, AVIATION Assistant Secretary Aero- nautics Is Pleased with Outlook DETROIT, Mich., April 20—Last year, beginning with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's Atlantic flight, produced a “tremendous upswing in American aviation and enthusi- asm in aviation activity,” F. Tru- Irish Free State, where it left April 12 at 5:38 in the morning in an attempt to make the flight to New York. The plane made a perfect take- off, despite the fact that due to a peculiar under-gear construc- tion and the fact it was untested with a maximum fuel load, tragedy might have attended the start. A large crowd, including the flying buddies of Colonel Fitz- maurice, friends, and well-wishers from nearby Dublin gathered for the sfart. A cordon of soldiers about the runway kept the crowd back from the plane and the fliers. The plane headed straight down the runway just as daylight be- gan to show. It traveled about 900 yards before it lifted lightly to a few hundred feet, and turned to the right, disappearing quickly over the mountains to the west. Have Breakfast The three appeared at the offi- cers’ mess at the Airdrome short- 1y after 4 o'clock, April 12. Cap- tain Koehl was first; he started his breakfast without waiting for the other two. Baron von Huene- —_— e —————————— (Continued on Page Two.) bee Davison, Assistant Secretary of Aeronautics, told those at the Army and Navy luncheon today in connection with the All-American aircraft show being held here. Davison said that in comtrast to aviation a year ago, which was “of a decided inferior complex,” this year gives promise of becoming a “great milestone in the history of aviation. Twenty-five years ago, America was the first in the air Now we find America once more in the front ranks and Interna- tional air leadership.” Scrapping of Liberty motors in army airships in the interest of further air progress is urged by Davison. ————— COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT There will be a meeting of the City Council tonight at 8 o’clock in the Council Chambers of the City Hall during which the tax ordinance providing that the first payment of taxes becomes delin- quent on October 1 instead of August 1 as at present, will be passed on. Other routine matters will be taken up. Coming to Alaska to Hunt for Black Tailed White Mountain Sheep SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aprit 20—Enroute to Alaska to deter- mine whether the country back of Anchorage has a distinet species of white mountain sheep with ‘black tails, Robert Frothingham. author and explorer, has arrived here from New York. mhlulum is a member of the Explorers’ Club and Circum- m Chub. u He A i white sheep and it is reported he is seeking a small herd of them. ‘White mountain sheep generally have no black spots on them. Frothingham asserted, adding that the trip is to determine whe- ther black tails mark a distinct species or is the result of cross breeding. He sald he and Sim- ons will start into the white sheep 32 ARE KILLED INEARTHQUAKE IN S0. BULGARIA Scores Injured by Series of Tremors—One Town Is Demolished SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 20— Thirtytwo persons are reported to be dead as the result of a se- ries of earthquake shocks which rocked Sofia and southern Bul- garia. Reports from most important town of Southern Bulgaria, say 20 were killed and more than 100 injured with the possibility that the list of dead will grow as more complete re- ports are made. The little town of Papazli has been almost entirely demolished. Twelve were killed and scores in- jured. All villages in the surrounding country were shaken but meager reports do mnot reveal the extent of the damage. Screen Actress Returns from Honeymoon ;Write Story, Sue for Divorce HOLLYWOOD, April 20.—After fifteen months in India, 18 months in English sanitariums and another month in a hospital in Santa Barbara, Mary McLaren, former film actress, was back in Hollywood today.She declared her marriage to Col. G. H. Young, an English army officer, was a “mistake” and that she would file a suit for divorce as soon as possible. Her long illnesss he said, was the result of life in an isolated army station in the Punjab, near Lahore. She said she intended to write a series of articles on her life in Ingia and later will return to the screen. —eee——— HEAVIEST SHIP HEAVIER SOUTHAMP‘l:ON, Eng. — The Whlto Star ll!nr Mafestic, Philippopolis, the | GUVENANT OF - LEAGUE AIDED BY U. S. MOVE Ke“ogg s Unlawmg of War| Pact Will Close Ser- ious Gap IVA, Al)rll 20—The Ameri pact proposed by Secre- State Kellogg, of the States, strengthens the of the League of Na- the oninion voiced gen- in the Lc:ngl_lu of Nations can paac ta of United covenant tio erally circles. Ten coples relative to a {for outlawing of Kellogg's nota multilateral treaty war have been de- posited with the League’'s secre- | tariat. This action immediately |started intense discussion. It is pointed out that the American project possesses an immensc | value Internat peace | closing the serious gap in | covenant. This gap will render { war possible should Council fail to reach unanimity | concerning any dispute likely t» lead to a rupture between na- tions. to e ——— INSURGENTS OF D, A, R, LOSE IN FIRST BATTLE ing of Protesting Resolutlons WASHINGTQN, Moving swiftly against the surgent element,' the Daughters of the American Revolution in/| April 20— mously defeated three protesting {resolutions including one aimed against the much-talked-about “black list.” The resolutions, protests from |Mrs. Helen incorporating the group led by Tufts Bailie, of Bos- to have the chapters select speak- ers without interference from th national organization; an ac counting from the Committee on National Defense on views on Naval building, and approval by chapters of the National policy before it was enunciated by the Society. Only a dozen scattering dele- gates rose when the questions were put to a vote. Mrs. Bailie produced a photo- static copy of a letter written by President Coolidge to an officer of the Ford Hall Forum of Bos- ton, commending the work of this institution which was de- clared by Mrs. Bailie to have been blacklisted by the Massa- chusetts Branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution. - — A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 20.—Al- aska Juneau mine stock is quot- ed today at 3%. ' PUBLISHERS’ ANNOUNCEMENT !‘ol.lowmx the rule in force in all daily newspaper offices throughout the coun- mtmt(l tha custom wntl;‘ most of the nmvlperl o | Alnh. The Empire will 1 May 1, flmt nll mblnnm:nm must { paid in advance. The need for this m}u is ohvim So my people, particulaly in Alaska, change their adgress- from the credit system is‘ too large to be conmsisten with good business, The only way to meet the situation is to make the payment in ad- nnoe rule apply to every- body. So there will be no exceptions. | The management has had this matter under considera- by | Convention Defeats Pass-| in-| ton, foe of the black list, sought| | | | | | k } [ I | the League's| R cratic Presidential nomination. !Maj. John A. Warner; Mrs. NEW YORK, 20—Alfred Smith—happy warr The characterization, Franklin D. Roosevelt April E. : coined by in nomi | president at the Democratic na tional convention in 1924, de red by friends to epitomize the eer of the executive, ain a didate for tion of his party For four terms and eight ye “Al” Smith--as all New Yor knows him-—has been the T: many governor of a normally Re publican state. Throughout those rs, as in all his earlier life, he had to Dbattle. Left fatherless at an early age Egst Side of New York, was born in 18 his mother. He rose from an en- vironment that tended to encom pass him in obscurity, and enter- ed public service, in which he hag been engaged for more than 25] years, Nor did his battles end with his| election to the -governorship of| the EmpirL state. FLOOD GONTROL WASRINGTON, Without a vote and with but very little debate, the House tem- porarily deferred consideration of the ‘Senate’s flood control bill after | Representative Tilson, Republi- can Floor Leader, explained this was the desire to enable a study of the measure. This is an un- usgual procedure in shunting aside a major piece of legislation which is resorted to so time can be had to adjust differences between the advocates of the bill as it pass- ed the Senate, and President | Coolidge. Aprii 20— Smith Worker in Californa, Mrs. Ross, Condemned LOS ANGELES, The Women's Committee of Southern California has followed in the recent foot- steps of the Woman's Democratic League of Southern California and the Los Angeles Federation, W. C. T. U, by condemning the California political activities ot Mrs. Nellle Ross, former Governor of Wyoming. Mrs. Ross is advo. Cal., April 20— nating the New York governor l’ur‘ BILL SHUNTED| Gov. Alfred E. Smith, whom New York kno® son-in-law, daughters-in-law and grandchildren, Alfred E. Smith, Alfred E, J Mrs. John A. Warner and little Ma lconvention here, almost unani-|Arthur W. Smith and Baby Arthur E. Smlth the highest nomina- ! m- | ing presidential landslide Bach term he for Law Enforcement| cating Gov. A. E. Smith for the|Sarah B, Jameson, Mrs. Democratic = Pres! Mo Standin, Adams Warner; Govern had to fight a legislature usually overwhelmingly Republican The governor has been the best informed man in York on state r He knack of L governmenta! problems intere and of giv- ing life to dry statistic He was a member of the minority leader, speaker of sheriff of New York, g figure in a famous cor itutional convention before as elected governor for the first time in 1918. Only once in his | lite was he de ted at the polis and on that asion—the Hard of 14 ahead of <8 w has the oc he ran a million votes he fought poverty on the teeming his ticket. where he | , to help support | Smith’s friends in New York| state are legion, although the gov ernor not a politician of the hand shaking type. At first meet ing he often seems reserved, but he has a charm of manr ) | magnetism and an infections | smile. He can dignified, but’ in his daily contacts he is often almost boyish, with a penchant illustrating state be Hopes to See Life as Most Sacred TIung STOLP, Germany, April | 20. = Commander Umberto | Nobile has no intention of | | hunting game when he takes | | the airship Italia to the | | Polar region He said: | “I am opposed to the kill- | ing of animals. I would not | have the heart to kill any- | thing. I am hoping for the | day that life | ed so sacred | will go to war. i | tivate kindness and then we from taking their lives for | | the purpose of gaining nour- | ishment. Once bued with the conseiousness of the sancitity of life, we | will also be a step nearer | toward the elimination of | wars."” | will be regard- | that nobody Let us cul- to animals will refrain MRS. FAULKNER LEAVES Enroute to Hoquiam, Wash., where she was called by the ill- ness of her mother, Mrg. H. L. Faulkner left here'last evening on the Admiral Watson. Mrs. and Mrs. lled | s assembly, | and we are im- | | 11 “AL” SMITH “IIAPPY WARRIOR,” OFFERED FOR PRESIDENCY AGAIN| SRR R vy L S e At the right is Mrs. Smith, and bclow is the family, including the Walter J., Catherine and Arthur Smith; Front row: ¢ Smith and Walter J. Smith II; Mrs. Alfred E. Jr. with merry quips. Study of governmental is his principal interest. |of state documents and the da [ newspapers he reads but little. |is a prodigious worker, Smith is not given |long vacations. He dreds of invitations side the gtate. He likes to swim and to attend the theatre, arly the movies. On tive mansion grounds he has his private he enjoys feeding the dmirers have sent him. Ocea | sionally he plays golf—but ac | knowledges himself a duffer. The governor was married when he was a young man Catherine Dunn, a nelghborhood lu-]lu of New York. affair to takine declines hun the execu at ‘200, where 4 | | ticularly happy. They have five children nily, now John A. Warner; Alfred E., Jr Catherine, Arthur W. and Walte J. Family reunions at the execu tive mansion have become notable occasions, especially those each Christmas eve. AMERIGANS IN TSINANWARNED {Japanese Sends Troops Into Battle District PEKING, April 20 have already moved to subjects in Shantung as the Na- | tionalists advanced and the Shan | tung defense ¢ollapsed. Edwin F. ‘ilamun Consul, sed his country- |men to leave Tsinan, where the | Nationalists are headed for, Americar |an | property. | In the Shantung { Northern Armies, which are ar. rayed against the Nationalists ih;n’u been driven back on al | fronts. Province, the - A FOURTH “R” Outside X He to apeak out. particu- Albany animals his to] Their married life has been par- bad Mrs. T0 LEAVE AREA Government Two nations protect Japan has sent three companies of Infantry from Tientsin to Tsin- to protect Japanese lives and TWO LIVES ARE REPORTED TAKEN EASTERN STATES EFOY(‘StA and Gl'aSS Fil‘es Raging—Are Fanned by High Winds NEW YORK, April 20.—A toll of forest and grass fires has todey reached two lives, thousands of acres of wood- lands have been destroyed as weil as hundreds of homes in Central New York, Long Island, Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Northern Delaware, A 60-mile-an-hour wind is spreading the flames, The two dead were killed in fighting fircs. One fire is known to h been started from sparks from a chimney catching in dry grass ani another is known to have been of "nflenlinxv nrin-in ———— JARDINE WILL DECIDE SOON AS TO VISIT {Informs Chamber of Com- merce Will Know by May 15 if Can Come North Expressing a vb[qh to spend se eral weeks in Aluka durinq cnmlng W%en Ag rnlturn, n(knnwledg[ng an In- vitation from the local Chamber of Commerce, advised it he hoped to be able to definitely formulate (plans for the summer by the mid- |dle of May. He said he would jadvise the Chamber at a later date |as to his proposed local visit. “It has long heen my desire to make closer contact” with Alaska, the Secretary wrote the Chamber, He added he was deeply interest ed in the development of the Ter ritory and parficularly anxious ta bring about the utilization of na 5(inn;|l forests here, “K it s at) n | all possible, I intehd tb spend a few weeks in Alaska this sum. mer,” he added. Capacity Crowd Attends Ladies' Day at the - Chamber ; drew out a capacity crowd today.d . The splendid program. including voeal nd instrumental music and read* ings. It was arranged by a com mittee under the chairmanship ol ! Mrs. E. M. Goddard. thorized by Acting President Brice handle the program Day next month. Included on the program werd: Miss Dorothy Fisher, piano solos; | Miss Theodora Budwin, TNaliai dialect readings; Miss Stell§ Jones, cello solos, accompanied by Mrs. J. Preston at the plano, and two vocal numbers by Miss Eves ¢ Iyn Judson, Miss Iris Gray ae companying. Major Carruthers Talks “You have everything here ta - make this the best city in; Alas, . ka'" declared Major W. J, Car ruthers, staff officor of the Sal- » vation Army, a guest at today’s meeting. He said information reached Wrangell, where he lives, of Junean's ever increasing pros- perity. secrets of jt “is because the Chamber of Commerce has a la- dies’ committee to co-operate with it, he added. tor Ladies' for the interest shown locally in: {the Army’s work here and the » support that had heen given to Captain and Mrs. Edwards in their endeavors. Wrangell, he said, is progregs- ing satisfactorily. The sawmill has been. operating since Febru- ary and at present is not able to keep its production abreast of its orders. A heavy tratfic, move- ment is anticipated up the Sth kene River. ~“It locks as would be a season of real perity in all sections,” he uddu; Union Oil Coming 3 The Unfon Oil Company 1| establish @ station here in 8 near future, said E. M. s who has, represented it in ing a gite. It will build warebouses and install tanl an uptodate plant that will 0 s PARIS -— To the three R’s|care .of local needs, he Faulk- | taught in French primary schools idential nomineg mer's mother, suffered a paralyticis to be added a fourth—road: mmhflm b strol week, according to lore. Children will, be tin ml( lll.& —_— ak: Scully, trav it el E» . meeting ‘was featured by a = She was au J 4 He expressed his appreciation ¥, Howard to appoint*h chalrman ta * * Perhaps one of the maln | .