The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE NO. 4783. VOL. XXXIL, CHINA ¢ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 7, MEMBER ND JAPAN NEAR CONFLICT PRICE TEN CENTS OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PEASANTS MARCH UPON BUCHAREST MAKE REQUEST UPON REGENCY Dismissal of Bratanu Gov ernment Be Demanded — Big Session Held BULLETIN—ALBA JULIA, May 7.—Thousands of peas- ants are today marching on Bucharest to demand a change in the present gov- ernment, following the Sun- day meeting. It will take five days for the hike to Bucharest. The marchers are | unaimed. No bloodshed is expected. ! 200,000 ATTEND | ALBA JULIA, Rumania, May 7.Two hundred thousand peas the largest political assem in modern Europe, vester ised their volees crescendo demanding the Regency d present Bratanu Govern- being «incompetent and | and also illegally el-| | | day in miss the | | -1 ment as tyranical ected. The quaint colorful features of the gigantic assemblage of politi- cal rural Rumania was stirred by the eloguence of Juliu Manin, peasant leader. Like white ghoste in the y dawn, the peasd teok the oath in a rain, ¢lamor- ing for true patriotism and avow- ing to do everything possible 10 R AR AR i BITTER INDIANA PRIMARY FIGHT ENDS TOMORROW Hoosier State Republicans and Democrats Will Se- lect Party Nominees reifove the present ci » goye WE@ Bl INDIANAPOIL Ind., May 7. A bitter primary campaign has approached its end in Indiana. Tomorrow the voters will select & £ of Chicago,in hls scarch for twin: CHICAGO, May 7—A twin girls who did not each other’s existence were 2 . covercd Horatio I man of the University The ‘meeting then was chance, an incident that havé been lifted from an O. tale. The teacher of one, stant city, canght a passing se of the face of a girl on ted her “pupil” pupil’s double. is king twins | a sc study environment n'\ of know until been un It they H. New of Chicago pure might Henr in a it wi her Newman but Dr. red apart for s re of the effect of Republican and Democratic can- didates for President of the Unii- ed States, United States Senaters, members of the ational House of Representatives, Governor and other State officers, membe of the Ind zislature, County and Precinet officers and commit- teemen and delegates to a State Convention, The principal National interest in the pr centers on the fight between Secretary Herbert Hoover and Senator James E. Watson for the Republican Presi dential preference. s Woollen, Indianapolis and Democratic nominee for Senator two years ago, is unopposed for the Democratic Presidential preference. There are many candidgtes for the various State, District’ and County offices to be chosen. B s g o Woman Is Shot Down Escaping from House Afire; Arrests Made Ky., May bhank SHEPHERDSVILLE, 7.-~A Federal posse today con- tinued search of the hills for two men who escaped under fire yesterday when seven others were arrested in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Kate Brown- ing, aged 60 years, shot down as she fled with five members of her family from her burning home at midnight Friday. Prohibition agents invaded Jullitt County after local offic- jals indicated an investigation of the burning of the house and slayings would be delayed for several days. Nine warrants, charging con- spiracy to intimidate a Federal witness, were issued, based on reports that the family had been attacked because one of the mem- bers supplied information about moonshining. The other five members of the Browning family were wounded when they dashed barefooted and scantily-clad from the blazing and are believed hiding ‘:W. v‘?d- nqtpr with in J»\ f the physical and mental make-up! lnfi mm« Ke Scuth Bend, Ind,, who did not know of each of 21 years, were found by Dr. !{olatlc H. Newman of the University THUUSA}{DS T0 !Twms Rvurmi A Imfl Brought Together by Sim ilarity of Faces s who had been mued a]mt Bend, was struck by the Wifl! of | rormer Go }ms exls?cnce for | qelegates eleeted of wiich 64 nre1 HOOVER BEST BET FOR THE NnflNATIUN; Commerce Secretary May | Win If Indiana Votes | Right Tomorrow ! | | WASHINGTON, uncertain atmosphere, Herbert Hoover has the May 7—'in/ an| Scc retary | be bt bet! on the Republican Presifentinl' nomination with the delega tes so lected He will face a pl test tomorrow in the Indiana primari the result of which will |either come close to “putting hine over” or giving him a ons senhack. Gov. Aifred. . Smith n3t only won the three-cornered Caiifornia race, but Senator Thovias J Walsh' of Montana is out. of the running Senator Walsh's with drawal has brought about incr y confident claims of the oW supporters of victory on the first ballot. With these claims comes rumors of new alignments to head off the leader. inquiry by the Se campaign committee xpected to have o decided heariy on the political fortunes of the various candidates Only 229 of the 1,080 delegates to the Republican National con- vention remain to be selected. Of} the %60 chosen, Hoover suppm:,} recently funds © ors im 419, Opponents 6f Hoover dispute the claims to” 164, Lowden claims 252, disputed. Smith Passes 500 Gov. Smith's supporters claim 511% of the 684 delegates chosen sppoarance of girl on @ bus, She| !0 the Democratic /National -con- was the image of her pupil Georgi -"“"'I"" Of these 731 arq Qis- puted | ana | 7P sister completed an tavesti.| . HuMf for Vise "f"“""“ | gation which disclosed that the The Smith supporters 4 | two girls were born in St. Vin confident of success that they ar e hosplial, Now York, on July | l0oking about for a candidate for 1901, Eleanor had been adopt.| Viéepresident. The - name “miost { by & South Bend family. when |frequently mentioned s that of) she was two years old and G PRGTGRGTINN ¥ il e gr o May ity A nessee, former chairman of the| When ake was 18 wimths; old Democratic National Commiftee. | st 4 pub wid in locating their if any live. na moved to South Bend after the relationship had been es tablished. The twins are not only | The girls have broadc: lie appeal for cording to advices regeived here of such individuals He found one pair in Canadastrikingly similar ppearance and the second set with the un-|but: their interests are virtually usual history consists of Eleanor | identical. and Georgiana Kelly, both |rh_»~'|l Dr. Newman has taken finger cian's assistants in South Bond,! prints and other measurements of Indiana. | the Kelly girls and they will be ana lived in Detroit be ‘;.npn mental tests. Dr. Newman e knew of her sister's ex-|has gtudied 50 pairs of twing rear- A sister of the Felican | ed dogather and is anxious to lo al school there, which ihe|cate another pair of twins reared girl had attended, on a visit to apaft. ek 3 | Lindbergh and | . i | Accident 3 ‘ — | NEW YORK. May 7.— uw NEAR'NG | Landing last night after a . | short flight, Col. Charles A. | Lindbergh averted a trag- | edy as 2,000 persons swarm- | (Special to Empire) | ed onto the fieid in' immi- } . SKAGWAY, Alaska, May 7—Ac- | Heht’. dadiat s oF . whillmidl ooV A Ty Siastey HRL blades of the plane’s propel- | lor. Motercycle police charg- ed the crowd with scream- ing sirens. Special guards attempted to ring off a clear gpace’ but their efforts were not enough to stop the rush, Two women were knocked down, receiving cuts and bruises. Col. Lindbergh saw the human avalanche ¢oming to- ward him and swerved his ship after a run of a few feet almost causing it to up over. L il Seattle’ Realtor Is Under Arrest, *,Serious .‘Eka‘rg‘e - SEATTLE, May <~Accused of a brutal attack on Mrs. Paul Luckabee, a pretty . Moore, realtor, been w in his fashion “ta his | the ice moved Saturday at Car- macks, - At Selkirk there is a big jam from the Pelly River and some from the Yukon, all ice hold- ing and it looks solid below. The temperature at Selkirk is 46 above. It is 42 degrees above at Stew- art and the Yukon river water is up 10 inches, It is open for sev- eral miles but the ice is holding At Ogilvie, the water is up 12 inches. with the ice holding. It is 40 above at Dawson and the water is up 10 inches. The Klondike River is jammed at Bear Creek but the Yukon ice is hold- ing. At Yukon . Crossing there is a small jam, which came down this morning and is holding. The wa- ter is rising steadily. According to - the best informa- tion it looks like an early break- up on the upper Yukon river. —————— LONDON — Having . quit the A. | Nayy after a court-martial yue to |a row over a jazz band, Comdr. Henry M. mul reviews xall. 9‘“ Danjel is to write the- ,m m “, hemictuy of h the solid | nom- | Hull is expected to have support of Tennessee for the ination for vice-president. It i pointed out t Hull 15 a dry and from a border State and thal his nomination with Gov. Smiti| would balance the ticket and make the border States auip FLOOD CONTROL AGREEMENT IS NOW IN SIGHT Conferees Have Long Aud- ience with President Coolidge WASHINGTON, May 7 ~—After a conference of more than one hour today with President Cool idge, the Senate and House con ferees on the Mississippi Flood Control Bill said substantial pro gress toward an agreement wa made. Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, said there will be another meeting of the conferc: This means the conference report heretofore submitted to the House and Senate will probably be with drawn so the committee can work out a bill which meets with the President’s suggestions. | A White House statement suy the President feels that an agr ment will be reached. Backwash from Plane | Sends Another Planc Down; 3 Men Injured SEATTLE. May 7. — Blown into a tail spin by the backw: of a leading plane, a commerc plane dived in the Duwam River yesterday afternoon, cally injuring Edwin Kinsey and | W. M. Coleman. In spite of a broken ankle, Lon Brennon, pilot of the plane, | assisted in the rescue is passengers from drownins. GENE Gene Tunn liam Lyons Yale, and N make an in AR WUNT INSTRUGT!H TU\‘\‘ » UPON CHINESE FORMASSACRE Tension Is Great in Orient —Extraordinary Ses- sion of Diet Held 14 CRUEL DEATHS REPORTED BY CONSUL Wa \ips Sent Into Chinese Waters Soldiers Go to Tsinan PEKING, May 7 Rifles at ' Tsinan are silent and the whole Orient is wondering what Japan {will do The Japanese Diet is in extra- jordin session and Tokyo is | relations with China. : Consul at Tsinan, in states 14 eruel de occurred there. Mufs flated bodies of women have been ound 8 believe a (3 cy, center, with his friend, Dr. Wil- | of the university. Tunney helped Dr. Phelps _‘,.Illl,"“.,. w.“‘;,‘, o w",l :Y:lxyl.,l(jm Phielps, left, English: instructor at | run his English class and lectared the stidents |tho raeent mustasre - i lose King, right, boxing instructor, | on the subject of Shakespeare. il teresting study in i \‘I | THEIRDELEGATES ’Lonc Star Dcle'nlum will | Be for Dry I)l:llll( and Nominee DALLAS, T bone dry Demo the opening sk with other factions of the party in Texas strongly favored to win its cam paign for delegation to the Democratic National Convention umn structed for ot Ainst any Presidential candidate. After a | drive lea by Gov. Dan Moody the {dry faction demonstrated its strength in the precinet conven- tions by obtaining control by a large majority of the delegates to the te Convention in 71 of 'the 253 counties of the State that the leaders of opposing fac- Imns made little effort to secure om return ( Moody's forces demanded delegation uninstructed for} Il(wnl«n al candidates, but in- |structed to work for a dry plank |in the Nation: dry nomine Announcen Moody and Je they would no the President the Thomas .J. Smith’s suppor in the campa delegates fron ventions that row. Howeve porters are n Moody plan. Texas will have in the Democr vention. withdraws 7 The ! ed from il platform and for for | ident, 1ents from esse H. Jones 1h<ll t he candidates for 1] nomination and 1 of Senator Walsh left Gov. ters virtually alone ign for instructed 1\ the county eon- held tomor- Smith sup- to the will be r, the ot opposed forty delegates atic National Con Hoover Wins Returns fro Board A Craft i WASHINGTON criti-| agreeing with the Naval Inquiry Board mgs of the the Coast Gui has absolved t ing of blame in the submarine S-4 disaster Mass. m Republican pre- cinet conventious indicated that suret.nry Herbert Hoover had won a decisive victory and willl llnve the Republican delegation from Texas to the Kansas City convention. — {Coast Guard Inquiry bsolves Own n Sub Disaster 7.—Dis- find- May original ard Inguiry Board he destroyer Pauld- off Provincetown, one of the gates | S PSAL 2N discouraged meats for in certain psalm to ‘mm» comfort. The church hi ‘]mhl shed a “Guide to the Psalm When in sorrow, one is advised m read John 14, Other guide [ posts follow “When men fail you, read Psalm | a7 blue, inve: I one ing is of there is | “When you have sinned, read | Psalm 51 | | “When you worry, read Mat jthew 6:19-34 “When you are in danger, read Psalm 91 “When you have the blues, read Im When vyou are discourag 1 Isaiah 40 { “When you think of inve {ments, read Mark 10:17-31, \‘ “When your faith needs stir {ring, read Hebrows 11 “When want courage for your task, reua hua 1 | “When you leave home for la 'bor or travel, read P 21" WASHINGTON YAKIMA, Wasn, Ma Her- bert €. Hooyer has obtained the support of Washingto 19 dele- gates when the Republican State Convention on Saturday approved of an instructed delegation DALLAS, Texas, Ma 7-The precinet conventions | voted | overwhelmingly for 1 r, Re ports show delegatos will be | chosen May |Skull -I_f;iil'lvflll to Be Head of Man Missing 2l Since 1913, Is Found WRANGELL, Alasks, May 7 The headless body of Christian Scheffstad, who was mi-sing since 11913, was found in the woods near here in 19 A skul heen {found in the same vicinity which \the Smithsonian Institute officials sald was the head of u male about 55. Scheffstad was 54 yours of age when he disappeared. The skeleton was moss covered, There was a rifle alonz<ide. When he disappeared his boat wus found on the beach. Two searching par. ties failed to find apy trace. A coroner’s jury found no evidence of foul play, Scheffstad was an uncle Ernest P. Walker, wiose husband was former head of the United States Biological Survey in Alas. ka, with his headquarters at Ju- of Mrs. Tneau, 5 i FOR HOOVER Gintariatiopst Kawarasth wusmps ON PATROI. PEKIN May 7. { warships nre distributed ( Nenana Kiv- ¢ a - e g“" Ohinme X S gy R g Humiliation Day,” the thirt | b A LR ay [ .nnulvornary of Japan's ultimatum of 292k 3 FAIR lnska. May | |~ The demands took on a more up in the | |somber and threatening aspeet l4intiin suves wi Nenana oc- | |than ever before. curred at 4:25 o'clock § Annually the day has been an duy afternoon, (May 6) sion of anti-Japanese demon- ice pool sweeptak ov $60,000, the largest in the | | It is feared that race hatred history of the pool, will he | |might flare and be a spark to set divided wmong 1 Wick- | | powder off strom, of Fairbank Mrs. E " All Japanese women have been Lasgher and V Borg-Berg, | [taken from Tsinan and placed on beth of Latouche | |ships on the \Anglm' River, { NAVIGATION o STIKINE RIVER IS NOW OPENED . - CANDIDATES ~ ARE QUIZZED WASHINGTON, May 7,—Presi- dential candidates rubbed should- with one another today as Senate Campaign Funds Com- the | mittee set out to develop facts Steamer Hazel B. Sa ‘I‘ neernin |'I|(-|Ii‘x::’||\linz of the | 928 political battle | Full Cargo and Loaded One by onme the candidates { 5 5 M) ke were showed up in commit- | with Passengers |tee room, each being made a tars ISR get of good-natured joking re- | _|marks by members of the coms | WRANGELL, Alaska, May 7-—imijttee especially when the can- With the sailing of the Hazel B|gjdates: happened to be members carrying a full lisl of passengers|of the Senmate. and full cargo, navigation on the| " The committee proposes to Stiking River has opened. Cabllmake an impartial = investiga- Sid Barrington is commanding the | (jon steamer, Karly arrivals among the Presi- The cargo is mamly mining|dential candidates were Senator lequipmient and supplies which|Charles Curtis of Kansas, Sendtor | likewise will be the main cargo|Guy . Goff of We vm,yua. |for the next three trips | George W. No of "Ne- More tourists have made reser all Republicans, and For- !vations for the Stikine River trip mer United Statés Senator Gils { this son than ever before ibert M. Hitchcock 4 e T AR B NS IR SRS+ ENGLAND MAY CHANGE TO DI' (JIM AL SYSTEM LONDON, May 7- Tired of her|—20 or about $4.86-—- " systein of pounds, shilli and | int The scheme was pence, England again is consider-| rejectod because it was ‘thought jng reform of her currency ac-iit would dnvolye too great @ cording to the decimal system. |echange. = g | Another scheme . now brought Various pttempts have been forward, with the sapport of many {made in the past (o induce thefepmpers of commerce and the {change from the system of | qyaeytive commitiee of the British twelfths and twentioths to tenths | e, calls for divigion of the . o and hundredihs, but they lacked | hining into 10 Matead of 13¢pens popular interest pies. The value of the penny will = English manufacturers say that|be increased, but the chambers of the calculating system of the!commerce say there has been . {world is based on-the fact that!change in values since the pre- man has 10 fingérs, not 12, and war days anyway. p that Kngland should comform.| Business firms are in fayer of Some British manufacturers al-|this idea because it would make ready have tried out the decimal| possible reintroduction of pelm'v, and metric system, but have had|postage instead of the penny haifs ! to give up the idea until the|penny or three cent postage in use whole kingdom makes the chauge.|today. Statisticians,” accountauts A royal commission was |nnll auditors favor ap new M pointed some years ago to devise because it hcmms latiol a plan for dividing the wverelgn of percomtages, - s V. il