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

A fo G v ¢ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXL, NO. 4775. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | CONGRESSMAN MADDEN PASSES AWAY E German Plane Crew Reaches N. Y . Go to Washington ~ AVIATORS MAKE QUICK FLIGHT; GIVE SURPRISE Land at Curhss Field then Hurry by Train to Washington CURTISS FIELD, N. April 27.—The crew of the Trans-At- lantic plane Bremen landed here at 1:48 o'clock this afternoon in the Ford relief plane. The plane which brought fliers from Greenly Island, one stop at Lake St. Agnes, bee, appeared suddenly field at 1:45 o’clock circling about, settled the ground. W pers on hand to greet the flie hering had been at . a mile away The relief plane left y this morning on the way to Washington, D. C., where the fliers are to pay tribute to Floyd Bennett who died on the way to their istance. No- stop had| been scheduled here and it is be- lieved the plan. to stop had been kept quiet to ayold-a erowd. The fliers will continué the trip to Washington by train be- cause of rainy LAKE ST, . AGNES, Qiiebec, April 27-The German plang” fire- men crew arrived here yestordaf afternoon from Greenly Islafid af- ter a fast trip in’ tne Ford re]lb’ plane piloted by Bernt Bal s “plane swooned-dovay rozen lake, which Was an lmnru vised airport, and an hundred newspapermen and photographers surrounded the fliers, One cameraman had an airplane tuned up for a quick take-off and after taking pictures, his plane took the air four minutes after the ¥ord liner landed. Miss Herta Jubkers met the fliers, ~ having come here plane, with Que- over the| and after | gently to ns were the Mitehell St NEW YORK PREPARES TO GIVE BIG WELCOME | NEW YORK, April 27—This city is preparing to give the Ger man aviators and Irish flier a big welcome, The plans far concluded, while still tentative hoth as to program and date, will follow gen- erally that accorded to Col. Lind- bergh on his arrival here. Day of Rest Proposed The aviators, it was announced, will be permitted to rest for a day after they get here. On the fol- lowing day they will be taken down the bay on an amphibian piane. The tey will be trans- ferred to the official yacht, Ma- com. A maritime pageant similar to that which greeted Col. Lindbergh is under preparation by Kugene F. Moran, shipping man and mem ber of the Reception Committee. The Macom will land the guests at Pler A. Here the escorts of honor, comprising army and navy (Continued on Page Eight.) - l’u———“ _—i= | PUBLISHERS’ ANNOUNCEMENT Following the rule in force in all daily newspaper offices throughout the coun- ltrytn.n;l t;:lhc custom m:l; most of the mnewspa) I Alaska, The Empire rfirl' Te- 1, that st~ be 80 the | | | | | Agnes | | from New York in he:| RESULTS OF CONT S the figure: a as T The following are the four div ons of Al o'clock this afternoon: First Division Se Delegate— D Sutherland Howard A Attorney Ufeneral—- Rust Waller ! National Committeeman— 1,192 1,064 G6% Lathrop Albrecht Aldrich Delegates Natl. Con.— Wickersham Chas C vell Gelles Pratt WEISEL TALKS ON ECONOMICS OF FORESTRY IChamber of Commerce Program Today Features American Forest Week 1,904 Today’s program at the Cham ber of Commerce, signalizing American Forest Week, was fea tured by a short and forceful talk by George F. Welsel, Assistan Manager of the Juneau Lumbe Mills. Speaking under the aus plect of. the loeal, post -of the. American Legion, he dealt witl forest economics as they effec the future of Alaska. He declared Alaskan foreste are primarily a pulp wood sourcs rather than a source of supply fo. a large sawmill industry, anc praised the policy of the U. 8 Forest Service in pndertaking te promote their uti on for pulp and paper making as far-sighted Extent of Resources Compared to the great forested sections of the Pacific Northwest Alaska's foresis are not extensive, he pointed out. They are esti mated to contain 80,000,000,000 feet while Oregon has 540,000, 000,000, Washington 390,000,000, 000, Tdaho 130,000,000,000, Mon- tana 60,000,000,000 and British Co lumbia 300,000,000,000. The esti mates for the last named area, however, he said, have been ma- terially reduced. The world’s an- nual cut is 43,000,000,000 feet, or one-half of the stand in Alaskan forests. If Alaska is to reap a proper benefit from these forests, they must be taken care of, he declar ed. It would Ve disastrous to have them cut over regardless of reproduction and at a rate more rapid than the cut could be re- placed by new growth. There are two factors most important in re- forestation—moisture and ‘soil. Of the first, Alaska’s timber areas have an abundance. But the soil is almost entirely lacking. He said he believed, when a real study should be made of the lat- ter factor, a good many ideas now prevalent would be exploded. Disease Is Prevalent The two most important sources of waste in the Territory’s timber resources, he said, are in non- utilized mature timber which is dying out in considerable quantity and diseased trees, infected by an insect. The latter is particularly noticeable in the Ketchikan dis- trict, he added. No definite information Is at hand on the rate of timber growth in Alaska, and this would have to be closely watched in connection with the pulp and papér develop- ment which is basing its program on a 50-year cycle of cutting and reforestation. Timbering and Prosperity Cheap lumbgr is one: of the big- gest aids in pioneer development, Mr. Weisel pointed out, citing the rapld growth of western United States in substantiation of his as- gertion, It makes possible home building without excessive cost and ties the pioneer settlers to the land. He compared local lum- ber costs with those of Seattle IN l’RlMARY ELECTION the Republican contests by The Empire in eceived in up to 2 TFourth Division 608 108 Third Division 1,148 424 econd Totals 204 824 ivision 95 975 117 301 61 818 631 118 121 148 904 607 169 319 875 964 384 612 100 Years Old; Will Marry Again; One Eccentricity SADOROUS, W1, April 27 Mrs. Caroline Ruhnow, cele- ing her 100th birthday | here yesterday, said she | would marry again if any | man was willing. Her only | eccentricity is-she won't drink water, A AR | ———a———— TWO PRECINCTS _ REPORT TODAY (asaan Gnves Olts Good Majority and Cuts No- land’s Lead Over Him Two small precincts since yesterday on Tuesday's publican primary election, brought the total heard from to 29 out of 52. They cut Noland's load over Olts to 184 voles which *is gen- erally regarded a8 a narrow mar gin which possibly will be over. come when the returns from the remaining Indian precincts are re. ceived. Eagle River Sutherland 10; Rustgard 10, Wal ler 0; Albrecht 1, Aldrich 6, La- throp 1; Caswell 0, Chase 4, Gel- les 1, Pratt 2, Wickersham 7; Gottstein 3, Grant 6; Darwell 1, Gildez 0, Johnson 5, MecCormack 3, Noland 6, Olts 2, Paul 2, Wack- er 1, Winn 2; Adkins 5, Gilmore 3. Kasaan reporting gave' Howard 0, reported the following vote: Howard 4, Sutherland 29; Rustgard 28, Waller 5, Albrecht 3 adporon L KRERNL o Smp 27, Gelles 1, Pratt 1, Wickersham 21; Benjamin 26, Gardner 2, Hunt 5; Darwell 7, Gildea 6, Johnson %, McCormack 25, Noland 7, Olts 24, Paul 25, Winn 20. The total vote reported to date for the several Divisional candi dates is: SENATOR 1239 1213 523 - Benjamin Gardner . Hunt REPRESENTATlVES ‘Winn Paul McCormack Noland Darwell Olts. Gildea Johnson Wacker .. 1667 Phone Girl Weds ' Waiter ; Becomes : Real Baroness SAN FRANCISCO, April g—A shuffle of the cards of Life, and lo!—a pretty Texas girl, telephone operator by profession, hecomes a bareness. The “princess” in this tale is Lorna Barrett, pretty blonde of orle. . As the vessel arrived In San Francisco from Hawaii, she ad- mitted that she was married. . Her husband, she said, was Baron Gottfried Von Kronenber- ger of Germany, former aviator and war hero. In the war he lost his estates and Re-| i ROSS LOW MAN, ELIMINATED IN 5-MAN GONTEST '|Almost Complete Returns in Fourth Leave Ross Out—Nome Returns FAIRBANK only threc and only frow thr tually ce Ross, several tive from this Legislature, has been eliminated from the Republican tioket. He was again a candidate for nom- ination for the lower House Returns from a number smaller precinets had ent ‘Im'hln 's lead in the Committeeman race in vision from 183 138 To date the following have been received: Howard 191, Sutherland 608: Rustgard 458, Waller 185; Albresht 5, Ald rich throp Caswell 111, Pratt Gottstein pril precincts unr partial returns re it seemed vir today that H. H. Representa- on to the 2 With ported d o others, ain of down this Di- to returns . Grant The Democratic Divi nominees are: for Senator Hess; for IRtepresentatives, J. N McDonald, Alton (i Nordale, C. H. Peterson and Thomas B Wright. onal L. C. LOMEN IS NOMINATED NOME, April 27.—Additional jreturus from, three ontlying pre gains to the previously reported high candidates in the Republi- can primary. Alfred Lomen, ap- parently, is the only candidate who is assured of nomination, although Woofter, Burgh and Haley have advantageous leads for the other House nominations. Close races feature the con- tests for both lomg and short term Senatorial nominations with Sundquist leading for the first and Anderson for the second. The complete vote reporied, in |cluding Nome, Cape Nome, Solo mon, Bluff, Chinik, Council, St Michael, Kotzebue, Fortuna Ledge, Willow Creek and Teller, is as follows: Howard 195, Sugh- erland 374; Albrecht 121, Ald- rich 14 Lathrop 118; Chase 193, Wickersham 319; Scnator, long ferm, Siuhold 198, Sunquist short term, Anderson 249, Weaves 207; Representatives— |Lomen 275, Woofter 209, Burgh 195, Haley 182, Heflerich 135, Gumm 133, Grimm 128, Wars- — Corinthians Being Housed in Shelters “0f Tcmporary Nature ATHENS, April ary housing has been made for Corinthians whose homes have been razed by a sewies of earth quakes, Soup kitehens have been established and rations are being distributed to 4,000 persons daily. A field hospital is caring for the wounded. 27.— Tempor National | Capt. A. E. Lathrop Extends Thanks to People of Juneau ANCHORAGE, April 26 To the Bditor of The Empire Permit me through your columns to extend to my good friends, the people Juncau and vicinity, incere appreciation thanks for the: support and their in me. Signed) of | my and splendid | | confidence | A. E. LATHROP. GONDITIONS OF BIG RACE ARE NOW ANNOUNCED Capital to Capital Yacht einetsrecetved ere Rive SHght l{(‘(c anc llOl](‘(I })v N\\" tional Association Arrangements nave béen completed to have tal-to-Capital yacht race, Olympia to Juncan, staged under the sanc tion of the American Power Boat association, according to a letter received by M. 8. Whittier, chair mag of the local committee, he informed the Chamber Com meree today. This matter has beén looked after by the Olympia commitice. 4@ .conditien under which hoats must renter the race have been fixed " ‘and circulars containing them have been mailed out to the various clubs on the Pacilic coa These conditions are as follows: Class—Open to crui 1 fast cruisers of not less than 25 nor more than 65 feet L. W. L., owned by members of yacht clubs. Class number one will be for cruirers of from to 45 feet in length COlass numb two will be for cruisers of from 45 to 65 feet in length Course—From Olympia, Wash ington, to Junean, Alaska, a dis tance of about 927 nautical miles, The route traveled may bhe the one over which the skipper be. lieves he can make the best time, with trol points noted in the log book (furnished by the race commit tee). It is the ‘intent of these rules that each yacht of every advantage that may boe had from close study of the charts and current table, De. tailed conditions of this course will be sent to each entrant lafer. Starting Line—From the Regat ta committee flag on the port dock at the foot of Washington Street, Olympia, to spar buoy lo cated due west at the western ex tremity of the turning basin, Finigh—Between committee boa flying Regatia committee flag and the Pacific Steamship dock at Ju neau. Time of Start—12:30 p. m. Waeodnesday, June 26,'1928 (Pacific Standard Time). Handieap Rating — Application for huullmp rating is sent with practically the Capi (Conunuml un Page Six.) Gen. Huang Smgular » As Chinese Statesman By GLENN BABB (Associated Press Correspondent) SHANGHAIL April 27—Ceneral Huang Fu, foreign minister of the Nanking Nationalist regime, wlo recently came to terms wiih United States Minister MacMur- ray on the “Nanking Incident,” i the first holder of that post since nationalism - movi north from Canton in 1926 wlBo has not had an occidental education and is not fluent in the use of English. Eugene Chen, most famons of the nationalist foreign ministers, was born in the British colony of Frinidad and educated in Fng- land, and English is his mother tongue. His successor, Dr. C. C. Wu, is a graddate of London Uni- versity. Quo T vice-minis- ter, who filled post temporar- ily after Dr. resignation, was graduated from’ ghe University of Pennsylvania, while Chu Chao- hsin, former Cbinese spokesman Nations and, like ter of foreign from New m"fl'}“ Chu mow represents nationalism in the south commissioner for foreign affairs at Canton. General Huang, however, is a man of Tearning and wide knowl- edge of world affairs. He receiv- ed a military education in Japan, traveled in America in 1914, tour- ed Europe after the great war and wag senior counsellor to the Chi- nese delegation at the Washing- ton Conference. As a result of his post-war travels he wrote thrée books on world conditions affecting China, and prepared for President Hsu Shih-chang a the- sis which won the president the degree of Doctor of Literature from the University of Paris in 1921, General Huang was an official in Pekin while Marshal Feng Yu- hsiang ‘was dominant there, first as foreign minister and later as actiug premier, in 1924-25. It is WW’ that of the seven ors and department heads “minigtry” at Nanking six the exception of a few con-| avail itself | MEASURE GIVEN Senate Finance Committee Completes Revisi on of House Bill WASHINGTON, April House $290,000,000 tax bill has been completely led by the Semate Finang mittee voting for a tax reduction bill of only $203,000,000, this re duction meetfng with Admin Istration’s limitation The Republican eommittee jority overrodethiBemoorats a 000,000 plan 1 proposition limits but nr 27-—The reduction remodel Com the ma who meets Asury ot style. An Smoot announced Senate will 1 1 bill n Thurs the Treasury Chairr that the ideration of the day The held had the printed measure, Ma Administration are made in the House addition to cutting down the pro posed reduction from §$290,000 000 to meet the limitations set by the Treasury. he Boulder ire now and there that there will before Thuraday. gald_he expected ] ) sent of the Senate #0) have fhe tux reduction bille taken up on that date and have the Boulder Canyon Dam temporarily laid aside With lines as with until it to look the revised formal by the n opportunity copy of report committee over change bill in Canyon Dam before the Sen is no likelihood be a ‘vote om. it Chairman Smoot to _obtain con- me is ate definitely drawn for la tax fight, the Senate leaders ex ipect that it will be possible tdispose of the bill within a week or ten days —s e SANDINO GOES INTO JUNGLES; MAKES BLUFF MANAGUA, nNicaragua, April 27.—Rebel Gen. Sandino has dis appeared into the jungle country lof Northern Nicaragna after making thre of a raid on Puerto® Gabezas on the East Coast. . | Five hundred Americans at Puerto Gabezas, the majority employees of the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, regard- ed the threat as a bluff and the presence of large garrison of American Marines and.an Ameri- can gunboat there reassured them, s —————— {Borah to Take His Fight to Country WASHINGTON, April Taking to the country for a prohibition plank next Republican platfor tor William E. Borah wi the campaign before the ton Club in Chicago night. The talk will be the first of a series of four or five addresses 97 27. in the Sena- apen | Hamil- during the next few weeks but finds it impossible because of pressure of work to make a con- tinuous campaign. After his ad- dress in Chicago, he will return to Washington and later juul'noy East and West. Harry Hill, Alleged OTTAWA, 1iL, April 27.—Har- ry Hill, alleged matricide, has been admitted to $20,000 bail. His second trinl has been con-| tinued until next September. British Medal to Be Presented to ‘Wilkim‘ LONDON, April 27. -— King/ George has approved of the award of Patrons of the Royal Hedal of the Royal Geographical Society for .the year to Capt. NEW FORM NOW the fight, tomorrow Borah will make on Prohibition | Matricide, Out on Bonds DIES SUDDENLY IN WASHINGTON TODAY ASOCIATE G PEFS (UNDER WO0BY MARTIN é MADDEN TRIBUTE PAID T0 F. BENNETT NEW YORK, York saluted in as Floyd Bennett « home on his way to the grave in Arlington Cemetery, at Washington, D. C Less than. three- houvs . adter . train arrived from Quebec, the body had started for Washington where burial will take place this noon with full military New tribute Aprit 27 reverent me afte hone QUEBEC PAYS TRIBUTE QUEBEC, April This eity paid last tribute to Floyd Bennett American aviator, who died here Tuesday morning as the result of double pneumonia Mourners jammed the twisting streets \l.mm-‘-. which the carriage pass- it taking Falf an hour for the m.-.n procession to go from the hospital the railroad station The widow rode in a closed car riage behind the while Commander Richard Byrd walked, bareheaded his dead friend WHALING FLEET SAILING NORTH SEATTLE, April 27— The whal ing fleet starts north tomorrow when the American Pacific steam whalers Taginak, Aberdeen and Moran sall. Crews for the Port Huron and Akutan plants | next Tuesday on the Lakina other whalers will sail for itan early in M | 97 27 to heside ony Aku A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, ka Juneau mine today at 495, April. 27.—Alas- stock is quoted | | | Suffers VETERAN FROM ILLINOIS DIES IN HIS OFFIGE AcIe_ Attack of Heart and Passes Away Quickly TON, April 27.— Madden, veteran Con- from Illinois, died sud- lenly in his office this afternoon after being stricken by acute heart trouble WASHIN Martin B gressmai Martin . Madcen was success- ful in two fields of effort which lo not ordinarily overlap. Just as in politics he rose from an obscure t on Chicago's City Jouncil to a place of leadership in Congress, so in his earlier ears he had climbed ‘from pen- niless English immigrant and waterboy a stone quarry to ead of rge and prosperous business establishment. A For him, both as business man ind public servant, the magie words were effort and economy. Legsons that he learned in his earliet struggle for a living were applied religiously to public flg- :al policies In the years he sery- *d as head of the House Commig- tee on Appropriations, which ‘or- iginates all the appropriations for the Unlted States Govern- ment, ¥ in a Began as Waterboy These lvmmns he began to learn n the scheol. of .pekson.. lence at the age of ten, when took a job as waterboy in a quar- ry at Lemont, Ill., six years after arrival in this country from England. Out of his mite he not mly contributed to the support of the family, but saved enough to buy books and meet the other expenses of a night school, Study=- g in his spare time, he was ible in addition to apply himself to his day-time work with an in- lustry that won him promotion after promotion until in the course of the years he became the highest official of the stone company where he had made $o humble a beginning. His reputation for honesty and business meantime had won the attention of political leaders of the old Fourth Ward of Chicago, and he was sent to the City Council as 4 Republican in 1889. During a ngiderable portion of his serv- * there he was chairman of the l“lnunu- Committee. The cry of ‘hoodle” was common in those days of the city’s remarkable ex- panzion, but he came through un- scathed. Starts Chlcqso rowing Two months ter he entored the Councll, Chicago entered upon a poliey of annexing ad- jolning: farm lands, in prepara- tion for the day it was to take on the digmity of a metropolis. With tige opening of new streets, ways and megns to provide the necded revehue assumed first im- portance, . He contributed not- ably to . the solution of these prublomu During his regime (Conunue'\ on Paga Two.) sterling sagacity Stresemann Deplores : Hustlo of Modern Life T I ; By 0. P. JACOB (Associated Press Staff Writer) BERLIN, April 27-Foreign Min- ister Dr. Gustav Stresemann does not approve of the Zi-hour clock, nor of newspapers appearing sev eral times daily, nor of time tak. |ing social functions. Speaking at the annual banquet of the German provineial press, [ Dr. Stresemann derided the latost | computation of time by the 24 in- | stead of the old 12 hour schedule, which, he said, was but another |outcome of the Universal craving for anything that is new. He said that whenever he was asked to tea for 17 o'clock, he was obliged to make a quick mental calcula- tion to get at the time, which way very annoying. Frequent editions of newspa- pers, the German minister of for. elgn afiairs said, were pernicious both for editors and the public, as dulling the perception and judgment of the formmer and m ln the P.HI‘ Goor'n H. wquu m,h Arctic | priving the lattor of the time for tbe intfllkctm .Hlfllt | I ol | lectual reading periodicals. Personally, Dr. Stresemann de- plored the growing hurry and ex- citement in Berlin and the over- indulgence in social ffairs which, he said, prevented a statesman from getting the necessary intel =3 itis dme improvement, cumbent on every statesman, he declared, to read books that keep him posted on a nation’s cultur- al development, to attend theatres and concern himself with the problems besetting humanity an above all, to stady his country polities which he continually n represent, all of which is m impossible by the increasing mands to attend public funetie Advocating a sociable fi life instead of repeated racking seciety functions, Stresemann quoted Napoleom saying to a minister: “Let warn you nxnlnll m.— a dinners” and Prince von W good diplomat N cxnnm lw 13 £ e,