The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 28, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXI., NO. 4776. (S MANY CITIES WIPED OUT, QUAKES Alaska Scene of Search For Laws of Volcanoes i A3 TAX REDUCTION 0BSTACLES ARE THRESHED OUT Coolidge Clears Up One Point — Corporation Tax Is Hard Nut WASHINGTON, April 28.—One of the long major differences over taxation has apparently been set- tled by President Coolidge who after consistent opposition to the proposal of industry stands ready to approve sections in the tax re-! duction bill repealing the 3 pcrr cent automobile levy. | The biggest obstacle in the! path of the bill’s final t-nn(‘tmemi is the conflict of opinion on the| corporation tax. The House ap-| proved a cut from 13% to 11% | while the Senate Finance Com-| mittee agreed to a cut to 12% per cent. ——————— FIRE DAMAGE IS | LARGE IN GITY IN WASHINGTON Six Buildings Are Destroy-| ed — Business Sec- | tion Threatened i MOUNT VERNON, Wash., April 28—Damage estimated at 3100‘ 000 was caused when a fire wiped out six buildings and partially de-| stroyed several others in the busi-| ness section of this city. An| = apartment house was gutted buf| it is believed all occupants es-| caped. ’ The origin of the fire is un- known. It started in the old Op- era House. A strong wind whip-| ped the blaze to fury and three out of town fire departments were | summoned. A shift in the wind saved the business section of the city. Explosions were heard, said, when the fire started. it is Two Boys Drown at Seattle;150 Persons Look on Helplessly SEATTLE, April 28—In full| view of 150 persons, helpless be- cause no boat was near, two boys | were drowned in Green Lake late; yesterday afternoon when a cav' noe capsized. | School Trouble at Sitka Over Teachers; Mass Meeting Held (Special to Empire.) SITKA, Alaska, April 28.—A mass meeting of citizens was call- ed at the Moose Hall last night for the purpose of ascertaining from the School Board why cer- tain teachers of the present| school faculty have not been re- appointed for the mnext school term. The meeting was well attended and after hearing the complaints, those attending went on record asking two of the members of the School Board to resign. The map shows the area into which Dr. Thomas A. Jag- gar (right) is leading a Na- tional Geographic expedition in an effort to discover a means of predicting volcanic eruptions. WASHINGTON, Thomas . Jaggar, ogist, \of a National Geographic tion to the Alaskan-Aleutian moun- tain chain in an effort to discov- er the inscrutable laws of vol- canoes, has had a difficult time | picking a starting point. The Tegion for which he is heading contains the world’s larg- est battery of volcanoes. It is some 2,000 miles long and con- tains at least 45 active craters, thousands of unknown island {acres and hundreds of miles of April 28—Dr. | shore line. The geologist finally decided to begin in the region between the | “Mt. Vesuvius” and the “Fuji- yama” of North America which ars mwapped, respectively, as Pav- lof #nd Shishaldin. ¢The area con- |taining them is described by the National Geographic society as a region of 'scenic majesty which { probably will make the tip of the tapering Alaskan peninsula and the adjacent Aleutian island a fu- ture national park. Dr, Jaggar, who has studied vol- canoes in many parts of the world, made a reconnaisance' trip last | summer and what he saw in this sector of the vast volcanic chain whetted his scientific appetite. For the region promises excep- tionally rich rewards in the ma- jor scope of the expedition, which is the study of volcanoes with the hope that eruptions can be pre- dicted and loss of life and proper- ty minimized. The important by- product of the expedition, as was the case with the neighboring Mt. Katmai region in Alaska, will be the opening of a new region of scenic marvels. Describing his previous observa- tions of this area, Dr. Jaggar said: “Pavlof volclno has an open crater below its summit on the north side with faint steaming. “The moet wonderful feature of the Pavlof area is the mountain mass adjacent to the west, called the Aghileen Pinnacles. From one point of view the pinnacle mountain is shaped like a big open bowl. The many slender spires are like icicles upside down ! alt concentrated in,a ring. “On the west side of the Pav- lof mountains appears Mt. Dutton, making with Pavlof, Pavlof Sis- ter and the Pinnacles, a fourth volcanic snowy mass dominated by the lesser mountains. (Mt. Dut- ton was named by Dr. Jaggar only Smith Is to Enter Prmarymw Va. CHAHLESTON, W. Va, April 28—Gov. A, E. Smith has decided to enter the Presidential race in West Virginia Primary against United States Semator James A. Reed. last summer and its height deter- mined, 4,929 feet). “A lowland of tundra and fleod plains, dunes and beaches 'extend to Isanotski Strait on the Bering Sea side of the Alaska Peninsula and beyond that to the bay at the foot of the ‘Fyjiyama’ of Alaska, Shishaldin volcano. “Shishaldin steams feebly at WISCONSIN, BAY STATE - KNOW GOFF AS LAWYER CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 28.—Member of the Senate from ‘West Virginia and candidate for the Republican presidential nom- ination in that state, Senator Guy D. Goff may lay claim to support in several other states in which a part of his life has been spent. Born in Clarksburg, W. Va., he 4 ded the Kenyon Military "Academy in Ohio, was graduated from the Harvard Law School and Harvard University and practiced law in Bostom, and was a resident for almost 30 years with turning his thoughts to resi- dence in a state other than his native one, Nathan Goff, later secretary of.the nayy, had been appointed federal judge in West Virginia when young Goff was about to, graduate from Harvard. In 1892 the elder Goff asked his son, “Where do you expect to practice law?” “Why, in Clarksburg, of course,” the son answered. “No,” the ftather replied; "ynu uunt settle to follow you 0 in my circuit as eminent m'(’l'i who has set out at the head expedi STATUTE MILES © NationaL Geasaarmic SocieTy present in tiny puffs from its | summit crater; the mountain is a pure cone so nearly perfect that it almost disappears into the white clouds behind it, like a pile of granulated sugar.” e - MOORE QUITS AS JUDGE OF INTER. COURT American Resigns to Com- plete Treatise on In- ternational Law GENEVA, April 28. John Bassett Moore, American Judge of the Permanent Court of In- ternational Justice since 1921, has announced his resignation, explaining that he is withdraw- ing to devote his time to comple- tion of a mammoth treatise on international law which will comprise 75 volumes. The resignation of Moore has opened up the entire question of American relations to the Court as to whether the United States finally joined it. In some circles it is believed that election of an American as successor to Moore will likely de- pend largely on whether the United States will resume nego- tiations for membership. Among the names mentioned as successor to Moore are Charles E. Hughes, Elihu Root, John W. Davis and George W. Wicker- sham. PUBLISHERS’ ANNOUNCEMENT Following the rule in force in all daily mewspaper throughout the cfia r this ru}e is obm‘nx:i eople, Dll’fic y in M’ address- es so often, tlut the loss the cndu system is large to be consistent “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1928. BREMEN FLIERS RETURN TON. Y. GOING BY TRAIN Rainy W;Eer Prevents Return Trip to Be Made by Plane WASHINGTON, April 28.—The crew of the German plane Bre- men which came here to lay wreaths on the grave of Floyd Bennett, paid their tribute and left here by train for New York. They departed at 5 o'clock this afternoon in a special car attach- ed to the Pennsylvania Railroad train, Rainy weather prevented the fliers returning to New York by airplane as they hoped. They held out until the last in a de- termination to fly but shortly after noon conceged this would be impracticable so decided to go back as they came, by train. Flags of Three Nations on Grave Of Floyd Bennett WASHINGTON, April 28.—The flags of Germany and Ireland, which the German plane Bremen carried on the Atlantic flight, were laid across the grave of Floyd Bennett yesterday after- noon by the German and Irish fiiers to commemorate fide'ity to traditions of the air. An Ameri- can flag was placed on Bennett's grave, also brought across the Atlantic on the Bremen. Throughout the ceremony, the fliers stood with heads bowed in the rain. Each were asked to say something through the mic- rophone, Plead Guilty to Kidnapping Charge; { kidnapping, Mr. and Mrs, Suspended Sentences MONTESANO, Wash.,, April 28 —Pleading guilty to charges of Harley Brassford, who abducted their nephew, Donald Halberg, aged two years, from his parents’ home, were given suspended sentences of 10 to 11 years in the state penitentiary. Viennese Surgeon Renews Big Artery VIENNA, Austria, April 28—A burst or otherwise injured artery requiring repair by excision no longer need frighten the surgeon, says Professor Demel of the Ei- selsberg clinic. He cites the instance of an army captain who was brought to him with a revolver bullet em- bedded in the large artery of his right thigh. Professor Demel re- moved 2% inches of the artery for which he substituted a slight- ly greater length of vein taken from the same thigh of the pa- tient. Owing to the different di- rections in which the valves of the two blood vessels head, the ends of the vein were reversed when sewn into the interrupted artery, Immediately after the operation the inserted piece of vein started to pulsate after the manner of an artery. Six Deputy Sheriffs Are Indicted, Liquor Violation, Extortion SALE LAKE CITY, Utah, April 28—Six Deputy Sheriffs of Salt Lake County have been indicted by a grand jury. Five are ac- cused of liquor conspiracy and the sixth with extortion. A special agsistant attorney aided in the prosecution of the cases.’ John D. Has Another Great Grandchild Now NEW YORK, April 28—John D. Rockefeller has a new great grand- child. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. David Milton. Mrs. Milton was Abby Rockefeller, daughter of John D. Queen Marie Is Iil; - Audiences Cancelled BUCHAREST, April 28—Queen Marle, who returned from the Island of Cyprus where she went for her health, is 11l with lumbago at Balcik, on the Black Sea. She is approaching 53 years of age Jhn“ ncelled all audiences. MEMBER Fortune Found In Miser’s Squalid Home PHILADELPHIA, April 28.— When alive, Paul Schelley, aged 79, wore old clothes held togeth- er with string and old wire. He did without neckties and handkerchiefs and shaved himself with a knife, using tallow soap. He seldom spent money and people thought him queer. Soon after his wife died years ago, neighbors almost for- got his name and they called him “The Miser Schelley.” He was last seen alive April 1. l Many days was missed. The police broke into the mis- er's squalled house today and found his body, in a chair. In an old safe was found $20,- 000 in faded currency, and stocks and bonds worth $200,000. Mouldy deeds to valuable real estate were found behind pictures and other stocks and bonds were pinned to the back of a five-year- old calendar.” In a hole in the kitchen wall was found $500 in currency. - —— 25 26 on passed before he i | Women—You Are Losing Your Shapely Legs LOS ANGELES, Cal, April | 28—Dr. Charles Mayo, famous | Surgeon, says women are sac- riticing the shape of their | legs for high heels, | Women are becoming short- er because they are not walk- ing enough and wear high | heels so they can walk beside the men. | The high heels are atrophy- ing the calves of women's | | legs, making them thinner and | unshapely which will eventu- | lly change the shape of their ("legs completely. rat | | | s 3 — e SEATTLE FUR PRICES 600D SEATTLE, April 28—Seventy five percent of otter offered at the third day's sale of the Seattle Fur Exchange was taken and av- eraged §$62.04. Badger averaged $11.64. Racoon moved slowly but sales showed a 5 percent advance. Beaver averaged $25, the best lot going for $36. Fisher advanc- ed 15 percent. The best skin sold at $130. Blue fox averaged $40.85, best skin going at $132. Wolverine dropped 10 percent and averaged $16.55. Wolf averaged $17.99. Cross fox averaged $62. e, Byrd Party’s Physician Already a Globetrotter BUFFALO, N. Y, April 28— Lure of adventure which already has called Dr. Francis D. Coman to far corners of the world has prompted him to become physician and surgeon to the Byrd south pole expedition. Dr. Coman who is 33 and a na- tive of Wellsville, N. Y., attended Syracuse, Harvard and Johns Hop- kins universities, and enlisted, in the Syracuse University medical ambulance corps at the outset of the World war, later transferring to a French medical unit. After peace was signed he tour- ed Switzerland and climbed Mount Blanc. Returning to America he joined Dr. Wilfred Grenfell's ex- pedition to Labrador. After that experience he went back to Johns Hopkins. New Film Invention Removes Fire Hazard LIVERPOOL, Eng., April 28—An invention to eliminate heat from light, reducing the risk of fire, is being demonstrated here at the Alhambra Cinema. The invention, the work of Gor- don Cameron and Charles McNair, consists of a colorless liquid com- pounded of various metallic salts which, when placed between a light and the object to be illumi- nated, filters the heat rays with- out moticeable diminution of the light rays. A seven-inch cylinder filled with the. solution was placed between theicarbon and the projector and the ‘reel of the film stopped for two minutes, The film remained unharmed. When the operator removed the cylinder the film burst into flame istantly. the * | tornia OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Walsh, Reed and Smith Fight for the Smith slate. SAN FRANOISGO, April 28 With the Republican farty in Cali united fn support of the candidacy of a favored son, Secre tary Herbert C.Hoover, voters are looking to the rival camp of the Democrats to supply the political pyrotechnics for the May 1 presi dential primary. Only Hoover delegates appear on the Republican ballot, and by agreement these were selected by the campaign committee so there would be no contest between the progressive and conservative wings as to whose followers would cast the party's 29 votes for the secretary of commerce at the Kansas City convention. No such unanimity, however, ob- tains in the Democratic mnks,‘ Here the old fight between Mec-| Adoo and Smith factions has been | renewed and broadened into a three-way split through the active entry into ‘he field of Senator James Reed of Missouri, Other than for changes in the | personnel of the field forces, the | McAdoo-Smith alignment {8 much | the same as four years ago. But| former U. 8. Senator James D, Phelan, who in 1924 placed M. Adoo in nomination for the presi-| dency, now leads the | delegation | pledged to Smith. McAdoo, in- stead of being the official choice of the state’s democracy for the party’s standard bearer, is a can-| didate for delegate to the conven- tion. He is heading his own torces, however, in the campaign against Smith, supporting Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana as the choice for the Democratic| nomination. The Democrats gates to choose for the Houston convention, but only 26 votes. While there has never been a court ruling, it is generally under- stood that the candidute group| elected under an expressed prefer- ence for a certain presidential as-| pirant is pledged to that nominee until he releases them. The McAdoo-Wadlsh adherents have campaigned as “dry, Wood- row Wilson, anti-Tammany” Dem- ocrats. Reed has been supported on the slogan, “Honest govern-! with prohibition termed “mot an issue.” The Smith sup.| port has developed little campaign | oratory, but has been marked by | quiet and extensive organization. | Among the prominent candidates | for delegates are three women: Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, favoring| Smith; Kathleen Norris, ndheflng[ to the McAdoo-Walsh camp, and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, | assistant attorney general, plednd' to Hoover. | Governor C. C. Young, progres-| sive Republican, is among the out- standing supporters of the Hoover candidacy. 1 The Socialists have no ticket, | for the first time in years. ‘l‘hal prohibitionists have a complete ut of delegates pledged to Daniel A. Pollih, have 30 dele- California; G. O. P. Behind Hoover| California Republicans, among them Gov. C. C. Young (he low), are solidly for Hoover for President, but Democrats are di- vided between Smith, Reed and Walsh at the May 1 primary. Kathleen Norris (above) is a McAdoo-Walsh candidate for dele- | gate, while another authoress, Gertrude Atherton (below), is om| Sen, James D. Phelan (above), who nominated McAdoo in 1924, nogaleads the slate pledged to Smith. BULL MARKET SENDS ISSUES SOARING AGAIN NEW \()IU\ April 28—A bull market yesterday threw the Stock Exchange into a new high and passing the 4,000,000 share mark for the thirteenth time and car- rying 650 individual issues to new highs for the year. A long list | of stocks registered gains from $3 to $15. Enormous trading swamp- ed the Exchange machinery and delayed the ticker from 20 to 40 minutes. ——eo— Ernest Bamburger Out For Utah Senatorship SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 28—Ernest Bamburger, Republican National Committeeman of Utah, has announced his candidacy for the Republican Senatorial nomi- nation. Love Lives in Gale On Atlantic Coast ATLANTIC CITY, April 28— Three men were drowned in a terrific galé - off the coast when tackle jammed on a life boat they attempted to launch from a drifting river steamer. :Eastern Cities to Push Clocks Ahead NEW YORK, April 28—Clocks in many eastern cities will be turned ahead one hour tomorrow when daylight saving starts, i s Eey 04 set PRICE TEN CENTS THREE REGIONS DEVASTATEDBY EARTH SHOCKS {Property T(.J_II_IS Terrifie— | Loss of Life Still Unknown ROME, April 28.—Recur- ring earthquakes in Thrace, Macedonia and Greece are leaving only dust, debris and desolation where were form- erly many prosperous towns and cities. While the property toll has been terrible, the loss of life has been moderate ac- cording to reports. Almost the last of human habitation in Corinth and all * neighboring villages has been swept away. The loss of life known. The population throughout Greece is in indescribable panic and despair. -t — T1TH POLICEMAN KILLED,CHICAGO Patrolman, Elghth Since January 1, Fourth This Month Is Killed CHICAGO, April 28—Patrolman Arthur Esau was shot dead hy drug store robbers last night, the eighth police victim of gnnmen bullets since January 1 and the fourth this month. is un- ve into the drug amre in eivilian | clothes to make a purchase Two | men were holding up the place {They whirled and fired at him | The robbers escaped and left | Esau dying. Two clerks had been bound hand and foot Since 1018 criminals have slain 77 Chicaza nolicemen. D Will Try to Oust Woman from D. A. R. BOSTON. Mass., April 28—For- mal charges designed to procure suspension or expulsion of Mrs Helen Tufts Bailie from the Daughters of the American Revo- lution because of her recent ae- tivity against the black list in Massachusetts, has ‘been filed with the National Board of the D. A. R. .- ILLINOIS ALMOST SOLID FOR SMITH NEW YORK, April 28—The New York Democratic Central Commit- tee, which is managing the cam- paign for the nomination of Gov. Smith for President, has received assurances from George E. Bren- nan, Illinois Democratic leader, that Gov. Smith will receive 57 of the 58 votes of Illinois from start to finish. | | Violations of | Prohibition ; Never Be Halted | 1 WASHINGTON, April 28— | | Prohibition Commissioner J. | | Doran predicted today that | | the government will never be | able to halt prohibition vloll~| | tions, He said the Govern- | | ment can only make viola- | tions more difficult. l l | BAPTISTS OF WORLD TO MEET IN TORONTO. TORONTO, Ont., April 28.—All corners of the world are expected |to send preachers and laymen to the Baptist World Convention in Toronto in June. A delegation of 100 from Aus- tralia alone is numbered among the 7,000 who are expected to gather here. The convention, (which will open on June 23 and close June 29, is the regular gath-| ering of representatives of the; { Baptist World Alliance. Since the fumctions of the alli- ance meeting are advisory rather than legislative, churchmen ex- plain, it is not expected that con- tentious matters of doctrine and interpretation that have disturbed churches in various parts of m world will be discussed. Rev. Dr. E. Y. Mullins, presi- dent of the Southern Baptist Th logical seminary, Louisville, ¢ tucky, who is president of the ale liance, has been supervising 'af- rangements for the comventicn. Dr. Mullins reports that has been remarkable progress the Baptists in Roumania, | cially since the granting of | liglous rights and treedom by government. (Continuea on Page stepnid @