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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY, APRIL 21, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1928, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WlLKlNS AND EIELSON MAKE FLIGHT - OVER POLAR REGION TO SPITZBERGEN SINC 300 ELECTED DELEGATES ARE. | SURE FOR SMITH ‘ i New York Covernor Has More than Two-Thirds Delegates Chosen | HOOVER LEADS IN G. 0. P. CONTEST Secretary of Commercel | Has 225 Votes to 170 Jfor Gov. Lowden WASHINGTON, April 21— ‘When the Illinois and Towa Democratic State conventions yes- terday instructed their entire delegations of 58 and 26 respec- tively to vote as units for his nomination the total of elected delégates instructed, pledged and generally conceded to Gov. Alfred E. Smith was increased to 300. Senator James A. Reed has the 36 delegates elected from Mis- souri, Senator Walter F. George has Georgia’s 28 elected dele- Eates, bert M. Hitchcock has the Nebraska delegates. Elected delegations to the Democratic convention classified as doubtful are Arkansas 18, Louisiana 20 and Oklahoma 20. 6 It will require 733% votes toter, ident under the} nominate a P two-thirds rule in the Democratic convention. About 440 of the 1,100 Democratic delegates have been elected. Hoover Leads Republicans Herbert C. Hoover remains in the lead among Republican can- didates in spite of the fact that Illinois and Iowa instructed their delegates to vote solidly for for- mer Gov. Frank O. Lowden. Hoover is assured of about 225 votes among the elected delegates and on the same basis Gov. Low- den has 170. Senator George W. Norris has 28, Senator Charles Curtis has 24 and Senator Will- jam E. Borah has 11. About 200 elected delegates to the Republi- can convention are uninstructed and classed as doubtful. The Republican convention will be composed of 1,089 dele- gates and 445 votes will be re- quired to nominate a candidate for President. ———-——a———— ILLINOIS AND IOWAINSTRUCT FOR AL SMITH Two State Conventions Are " Held — 10 Minute Demonstration SPRINGFIELD, I, April 21— Illingis Democrats pledged their delegates to Gov. A. E. Smith in the state convention yesterday which was marked by complete harmony and a 10 minute demon- stration when New York's Chief Executive’s name was first men- tioned as the Presidential choice. Sixteen delegates-at-large, each with half a vote were named. The state’s right plank was the " nearest the Democrats came to mentioning the Prohibition issue in the platform. IOWA FOR SMITH DES MOINES, lowa, April 21— All of lowa’s 26 delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Houston were yesterday in- structed by the party's state con- vention to vote under the unit rule for Gov. A. E. Smith for the Presidential nomination. The .vote was by acclamation. ‘Bight delegates-at-large, with half a vote each, were also and former Senatcr (‘ll-l Valley of Roses Is Obliterated By Earthquake SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 21— | The Valley of Roses near | | Philippopolis, one of the beau- ty spots of Europe, has been turned into a sandy waste, ac- cording to reports of Mon day’s earthquake. Subter- ranean water bursting through the sur e or gushing from hillsides, washed layers of sand into the valley and ob- literated thousands of rose ;g | bushes which is the chief | crop of the region. The roses were used for perfume, { | SUSPECT FRAUD ON TUESDAY IN OHIO PRIMARIES Both Willis and Hoover Forces Watching — Charges Made COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21— That the Willis and Hoover forces are suspecting each other of fraud in next Tuesday's Presidential pri- mary is indicated in a statement issued from the camp of the lat- Charges made this week by Re- publican State Chairman Warner that frauds were being contem- plated in Cincinnati, Toledo and] Cleveland, admitted to be strong Hoover strongholds, were met by a counter charge from Thad Brown, manager of the Hoover campaign, that “this is only a smoke screen to afford an excuse for an opportunity of juggling the returns from localities where the anti-Hoover forces are most ac- tive."” Hoover's managers have con- strued Chairman Warner's warn ing to imply that the Hoover forces are confemplating resort- ing to fraud tactics in the three big cities. Brown's statement is construed as indicating that the Hoover managers are suspecting similar tactics in the Willis districts. e —————— REPUBLICANS OF ILLINOIS FOR LOWDEN State Convvention Instructs 61 Delegates to I Kansas City SPRINGFIELD, I, April 21— Frank O. Lowden, Illinois’ war time Governor, has been named as the Republican State Conven- tion’s choice for the Presidential nomination. The Illinoig delegates have been instructed td “bring about” the nomination and instructions to the 61 delegates, contained in the con- vention platform, were adopted. Nomination of Hoover Means Smith’s Election April 21—The nomination of Herbert C. Hoover by the Republicans mean the elec- tion of Gov. A. E. Smith as Presi- dent,’ Senator Peter Norbeck, Re- publican of South Dakota, déclar- ed yesterday in the Senate in an- swer t0 a long statement by Sena- tor Fred M. Sackett, Republican of Kentucky, who was lauding Hoover, as a friend of the farmer. ——— 4 H. W Terhune, of the Alas] named. Smith delegates had com.|o _plete’ control of the convention. {Financial Transactions for 1which the ofl releru was turned oL MAGNATE IS FREED IN SHORT TIME ‘Jury Returns Verdict This Morning in Less than Two Hours MONEY GIVEN FALL NOT FOR OIL LEASE Part Ownership ‘in N. M. Ranch WASHINGTON, April 21.— Harry F. Sinclair, ofl magnate, has been acquitted of the charge that he conspired to defraud the iovernment in the leasing of Teapot Dome. The jury accepted the conten- tion that when Sinclair paid for- mer Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall the §233,000 in Liberty bonds and $35,000 cash it was for a part interest in the ranch owned by Fall in New Mexico and not part of a Aeal through over to him, The jury took the case at 10:25 o'elock and returned the verdict at 12:24 o'clock this aft- ernoon. Arguments were made yester- day by the Government and de- fense and the instructions were then given by the court. The defense suddenly rested Thursday afternoon, This action marked a record in speed in ofl| cases. The Government occupied less than one week in presenting its charges and the defense used three and one-quarter days. Each side was limited to three hours’ argument. Waterfront Fire Results in 2 Dead And Much Damage JERSEY CITY, N. J,, April 21— Two men were burned to death in a $100,000 fire on the waterfront here this morning. A four story drug warehouse was damaged and also three adjoining buildings. Many people escaped by ladders and tlre escapes. LAIR ACQUITTED F r%AUD CHARGE, H()W CAPT. WILKIN. INORTH RANE™ oy u \‘POLE The above map portrays the proposed route Capt. Wilkins an Point Barrow, 10 hour flight would land them at Spitzbergen. with one stop, on account of bad weather, about ——— PLANE BREMEN |/~ IN BAD PLACE FOR TAKE-OFF Photographers Returns to, New York from Greenly Island According 375 NEW YORK, April 2!—Difficul- ties will confront the German| plane Bremen in the take-off from Greenly Island, said Ray Fern.| strom, Paramount News and As- sociated Press cameraman, and Edward N. Jackson, New York News photographer, who have ar-| rived here after a trip to Greenly Island. Fernstrom said: “There is al- most a straight drop of 20 feet| from the island to the river ice where the take-off must be made. ireat difficulty will be to get the UNALGA MAN IN HOSPITAL Charles Hunt, of the U. 8. Coast Guard Cutter Unalga, is in St. Ann’s hospital receiving treatment for an infected finger. BLISHERS’ ANNOUNCEMENT Following the rule in | force in’all daily newspaper | offices throughout the coun- try and the custom with most of the newspapers of Alaska, The Empire will re- quire, beginning May 1, that all subscriptions must paid in advance. The need for this rule is obvious. many people, particulaly in Alni-, change their lddreu- es so often, that the loss from the credit system is too large to be consistent with good basiness. The only way to meet the situation is to make ]flu mpyl;u:: in ad- vance rule ap every- there will be mo plane down the sharp incline.” Fernstrom said Capt. Herman Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld | were in good spirits but anxious | to complete the flight | Basygrs Monoplane of Capt. Inset «s Capt. Wilkins. d the two fliers expected to hop off and then light on the ice after about They were then supposed to stop at the North Pole from 3 to 12 hours, miles from Spitzbergen, Wilkins, piloted by Ben Ben Eielson intended to indicated hy which goal Elelson, taking take over 10 hours flight, the third arrow and last hop of an expected to Associated Press dispatches, they made the hop in they finally reached. le’I'( TED TO FLY OVER POLAR REGIONS leAMD STy, ‘*\ NORWA the Polar regions. From indicated by second arrow. 21% hours off from Fairbanks for Point to New | York City. Baron’s Felicitations The Baron told Fernstrom that the “suspense during those hours of darkmess, when the plane's lighting system failed to work, was the most terrible in my life. But we are safe, that is the most|seyen members of the William F. important. Tell my friends in)(yergt family were burned to New York to be of good cheer.|jeath jn a farm house fire near We will see them next week. Col.|jere lagt night. The blaze, of un- Fitzmaurice will be back with the|ynown origin, occurred at 8 o’clock parts soon and it won't take usl|yyu¢ the bodies were not discovered long then. Please'tell President ,ntj) midnight as neighbors who Coolidge and Mayor James J.\wore attracted by the fire first Walker, whom I met in Germany|gjjeyed the family had gone out. last summer, that we are amazed | wen Qverst, aged 17, had driv- and most grateful for their inter-|.n hig car to a moving picture est.” show, and was the only one who escaped. The house burned to the ground. All bodies were found in the kitchen. Seven Members of One Family Found Burned to Death ELDORADO, Kansas, April 21— ] BENNETT IS ILL LAKE ST. AGNES, Quebec, April 21—Illness of Floyd Bennett, who is confined to his bed, caused an indefinite postponement of the relief flight from Detroit to the Bremen, which was scheduled for today. Bennett developed high fever during the night and was unable| to leave his bed this morning. Both Bennett and Barnt Balchen have recently undergone extremes in temperatures and suffered from heavy colds. Shoyld it appear likely that Ben- nett will be unable to fly soon, substitution ‘of “Duke” Schiller ln Ray Stevens, who has "P:l: :flwfll::‘z mlldelfll ’:‘":" in the states for several y reenly Island to m. is a passenger for Ju- , bring Ool. Fitzmaurice to t-h'll nui on the Alaska sailing north plm 'fll be llll. Henry Johnson, who was stab- bed in the back April 16 in an al- leged fight with a Filipino, left St. Ann’s hospital yesterday. He still very weak from loss of blood. ; Ramon Casas, who is held in con- i nection with the case and charged with assault with intent to kill is in the Federal jail and the date for his trial has not been set. D o e STABBER’S VICTIM RECOVERS l was completely recovered though]m” | GENAOBERTSON PASSES BEYOND AT TEXAS HOME Last Surviving General of Confederacy Dies in South WACO, Texas, April 21—Felix Huston Robertson, the last sur- viving General of the Confederacy, {iu ussiarday - AfEgOcy & \uly home here. The youngest general of the Civil War in either the Southern or Northern armies, General Felix Huston Robertson outlived all his contemporaries of equal rank. At ter the death of General McCaus- land, of West Virginia, late he was the sole surviving genegal of the Southern Army. If the 'youngest ranking com- mander, he also was one of the South’s greatest fighters, for he BOlling Field from Detroit with|each of lynx, weasel, was in battle almost from the first shot of the great conflict to the moment of its tlase. The first cannon ball scarcely was cold in the ramparts of Fort Sumter, when young Robertson (Continued on Page Eight.) in| ()rgamzatwns for Relief of Striking Miners - Denounced WASHINGTON, April 21.—The International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers, after ! a series of meetings behind closed doors, came to the decision that the “Pennsylvania and Ohio Re- lief Committee” was a “Commun- ist organization” and ordered all their members expelled from the miners’ organization. The Executive Board also re- ported that while the Pennsyl- \vnnla and Ohio Relief Committee | “purports to supply food and oth- |er relief to striking miners in| | the coal fields, they only issue re- lief to persons who subscribe to! | policies of the committee and these policies are in direct op- position to the United Mine | Workers." Lindbergh Arrives in WASHINGTON, April 21—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at two passengers early last evening and departed for his rendezvous immediately after his arrival. ————————— W. 8. Pekovich, well known | mine operator, accompanied by his wife, 13 northbound to Juneau aboard the Alaska. Wash.; Goes a-Hiding “TWU AVIATORS MAKE LONG HOP ! WITH ONE STOP Forced Down on Uninhab- itated Island in Arctic then Take-Off MESSAGE SAYS TWO NOW AT SPITZBERGEN Twenty-One;i One-Half Flying Hours Taken for Flight LONDON. Avnril 21, — An Exchange Telegranh dispatch from Copenhagen said the newspaver Politiken received a messaze from Svalbard stating that Cant George H. Wilkins and Pilot Ben Eiel- son landed near the Svalbard radio station at 11 o’clock this morning. A vprevious message said Capt. Wilkins flew from Point Barrow and landed near Boedmansoeira, where I&nd weather stopped him for ve : joeira is an un- inhabited islana. o Capt. Wilkins and Pilot Eielson are reported in ex- cellent condition, The arrival of the two aviators represents the suc- cessful completion of Wil- kins's plan to fly across the Polar regions, presumably across the North Pole. Svalbard is applied to the en- tire archipelago of Spitzbergen, Bear Island and an adjacent island in Greenland Sea. The distance from Norway to Bear Island is 250 miles north Spitzbergen was Wilkins sched- and to Spitzbergen, 375 miles. uled destination. IS AT SPITZBERGEN DETROIT, Mich., April 21.— Capt. George H. Wilkins an- nounces his arrival at Spitzber- gen in a radio message to the Detroit News. The message said: “Reached Spitzbefgen after 21% hours of flying, one stop, five days account of bad weather. Greetings to Aviation Soclety and |Flying Club.” The radio message was dated, Svalbard, April 21. OSLO, April 21.—The possi- | bility that Capt. Wilkins semt out word of his arriyal at Spitz- bergen is suggested as the regu- lar operator there died. several |days ago and the island has been | wirelessly isolated until word of Wilkins arrival was sent out. Ans |other operator is on his way to | Spitzbergen. Wickersham Informed Judge James Wickersham was informed of the Polar region flight receiving the following wire this forenoon from Baab Bros. and Errion, by Edward Benson, Seattle: “Captain Wil- |kins and Ben Eielson arrived safely at Spitzbergen.” |VIOLATIONS OF GAME LAWS ARE REPORTED Two convictions for dealing in furs without licenses and one for | killing of moose out of season were reported from western and interior Alaska this week to local * 3 | headquarters of the Alaska Gfll’ Commission. i At Seldovia, R. C. Morris was fined $50 and William Maitland $25 for buying furs without hlv“ fur-dealers’ licenses. Morris a black bear skin confiscated Maitland lost six mink, and walve and land ofter pelt; At anks, Warren was convicted in the U. 8. M missioner's Court of killing moose out of season, He fined $500 and sentenced days’ imprisonment. appeal was given by his