The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 10, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4786. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN IS TANDARD OlL OFFICIAL IS OUSTED Smith Has Spent DRY PLANS FOR | A THIRD PARTY ARE COMPLETE Reed's California Manager Says Unnamed Man Con-, sents to Head Ticket LOS horse, NGELES, May 10—A dark whose name is cloaked in secrecy, has been chosen and has consented to head a third part as a candidate for President | Gov. Alfred E. Smith should bel nominated at Houston by the Democratic National convention Fairfax Cosby, a member of Sen- ator James A. Reed’s California | committee announced. | Following Gov. Smith's capture | of the California Democratic Na-| tional convention delegation, Cos-| by said, he had been retained by | a number of progressive Demo crats and Republicans to draw up the necessary legal papers for launching a third party if Go Smith should be nominated. He announced that the arrangements had already been completed. hout mentioning any names, | said that a Southern Demo-} crat had been picked and had con- sented to head the third party or-| ganization that already is under way in the South to launch x’(\ campaign. . i Cosby declared that he had re-| ceived numerous offers from the| South to support a third party. MICHIGAN PLEDGES DELEGATES TO SMITH| PORT HURON, Mich, May 10— Michigan's thirty votes to the Democratic National convention were pledged by the state conven- tion here last night to Gov. Allredl E. Smith “as long as his name is | before the convention.” { The vociferous acclaim which greeted every mention of Gov. Smith at the convention drowned what little opposition appeared. There was no dissent from the resolution endorsing Gov. Smith, | and instructing the delegation for| him. —_———-—————— POLICE SEARCH FOR YOUNG MAN Is Believed Responsible for | Attacks on Two Men of Washington WASHINGTON, May 10—Mary- land and Washington police are co-operating today in a widespread search for a youth believed re- sponsible for an attack on Leon- ard Kephart, sclentist of the De- partment of Agriculture, and who #1so attempted to kidnap E. Perci- val Wilson, Secretary of the Na- tional Savings and Trust Com- pany Bank. Kephart, left unconscious and stripped of most of his clothing, turned up for treatment at the Soldiers’ Hospital. Wilson frustrated his captor’s efforts, whatever they were, by putting up a fight for possession of Wilson's pistol. The man drove Wilson a mile from home, then threw him out of the automobile and sped on. ——e————— Lieut. Thomas, Killed ‘In Crash,W as Preparing For Secret Flight,Rome NEW YORK, May 10—Lieut. Royal Thomas, former army flier who crashed to his death yester day at the Teteboro airport in New Jersey in the first of two planc tests, was preparing for a secret flight to Rome next week. This was disclosed last night by Harry Bruno, the airman's repre- sentative. Charles S. McDuffee Passes Away Suddenly SEATTLE, May 10—Charles Sumner McDuffee, aged 72 years, ‘who once surprised Alaskans by an experiment with goats instead of dogs for Arctic freighting, died suddenly at his home here yes- terday. B s )i e preliminary | Charles Gates Dawes remains nees for the Presidency despite as: Above is the Dawes home at Evanston, I, Dawes and their two adepted chi CHICAGO, May 10—As far as the woman proprietor of the Mari- etta, O., store was concerned, the smallish looking man with the curiously shaped pipe might have been a school boy after a pencil. The visitor made his purchase and asked that the articles be de- livered. He gave his name and address. “I was reared here,” ae said. The woman regarded him with an unhopeful eye. “My father was General Dawes. Sometimes they call me General Dawes.” “Yeah?” said the woman. “As a matter of fact,” said the man, puffing a little harder on his peculiar pipe and his eyes kindling with quiet mirth, “I happen also to be vice president of the United States. “Yeah?” said the woman. bert”—to the delivery boy, me see that bill again.” Charles Gates Dawes relishes that story, and his friends say it shows a side of his character of which the public knows little, Despite denials that he is a candidate Vice President Dawes is mentioned among possible Repub- lican presidential nominees, and in his native state of Ohio, he has been declared second choice of several delegates pledged to the late Senator F. B. Willis. The same Dawes who argued placidly with the Marietta store- keeper is the Dawes who swept a stormy path through war, who boomed rial” at a congressional war in- vestigating committee and who sent the senate into a tumult of wounded pride with. his harsh words, delivered harshly, about what he considered fettering rules. ‘There are two facets character that stand out- strongly. He asserts that “Right is right,” and when he makes the state- ment it is not as an epigram, but a course of life. He has a fetish against any pro- cedure that smacks of being fet- tered by worn out customs. As soon as he gets his bearings in a position, public or private, what he considers red tape short- ly is ribboning behind his spare frame in split sjreamers. Dawes was eéducated for the law. He was born at Marietta in| 1865 and obtained @ law degree “Al- “let most 'Deeds in M any Fields Prompt Daw To Urge His Canduluc\" the world “Hell and Ma-| of his! GOV, SMITH 1S TAKING NO PART IN HIS CAMPAIGN es’ Friends INew Yorker on Governor’s Job, Has Spent No Money and Made No Promises SMITH COMMITTEE HAS SPENT $92,000 NOW |Van Namefiells About Expenditures—$38,000 Spent in California 1 | | NEW YORK, May 10.—Gov. Alfred B. Smith testified before the special Senate campaign funds committee that he had | spent nc money and made no ef- fort of any kind to further his campaign for the Presidency. He | 8 | aven't done a single thing | labout this aign. I promised |the people of New Yerk when I was inaugurated not to go out lof the State but to give my time to State affairs, and, believe me, it takes every minute of my time.” Giov. Smith said that he knew of one organization working out- side of New York for his nom- ination and that George Van Namee, Public Service Commis- 'sioner for the State of New York, lis in charge of that. | Gov. Smith answered all quess tions freely and frankly. !said that ‘he- had made no per’¥ |sonal effort to obtain the nom- |ination, had made no promises of patronage or pclicies, and con- | tributed none of his own funds !to organizations formed in be- half of his candidacy. Committee Has Svent $92,000 Commissioner Van Namee, ) tes- tifying before the committee, said that the New York organi- zation had received §$103,310 to; laid in the campaign for the nomination for Gov. Smith. Of !this amount, he said, $92,000 had been expended. Particularizing, Mr. Van Namee said that William Kenny, New York paving contractor, had He was comptroller of the cur-(Put up $70,000—of which $20,- rency in 1897 and founded the 000 was an outright gift and i Central Trust Company of Illinois|$50.000 in loans which are yet in 1902 {to be paid back. | " He said the heaviest expendi- had been in California among possible Republican nomi- | sertion that he is not a candidate. and below are Mrs. ildren, Dana and Virginia. from the University of Cincin- nati. He practiced for time at Lincoln, Neb., but definitely aban- | doned his vocaticn in the nineties to enter the public utilities field When the United States entered tures the world war he went as a lieu- where $41,500 had been sent tenant colonel of railroad engi- into the State and $3,500 re- neers. He ended up a brigadier turned as unused. general in the service of supplies. Van Namee sald that no money Harding, in 1921, named him di- had been spent in the Southern rector of the bureau of the budget, or Border States, but that §7,000 |but he came to fame for had been sent into the Far West his activities as head of the com- for use of the organizations in I mittee of experts of the repara- Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, New tions commission and his part in Mexico, Washington, Idaho, and framing the Dawes plan of Ger- Montana man reparations .- — Dawes was nominated for vice- E M SHELTUN Ll ] PASSES AWAY president of the United States at Ithe Republican national conven- tion in 1924. SEATTLE, May 10—E. M. Shel- | ton, Seattle pigneer and one of ithe country’s leading agricultural Mr. and Mrs. Dawes and two children, Dana and Virginia adopt- experts, died here at the age of |81 years. He had been connected ed after their own son Rufus per- ished tragically some years ago, with government agricultural mis I|sions in the United States and live in Evanston in a rambling| home overlooking Lake Michigan. Great Britain. He s survived by a son, Frank 8. Shelton, of Ket chikan. Six Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire Penn. City OIL CITY, Penn, May 10—Fire swept a block amd a half ‘of the business section here this morn- ing. The total loss is estimated at $600,000. o | greater {Houston Building Named By Jones for Democrats HOUSTON, Tes May 10— Jesse H. Jones, publisher of The Chronicle and the man who in- duced the Democratic party to hold its 1928 convention in Hous- ton, plans to make one of his of- ifice bulldings a memorial to the |June gathering. He has named it the Democratic Building. It is an eightstory structure, in which the local hous- ing committee and the national sub-committee on convention ar- rangements have offices. Winner of Nenana Ice Pool Notified From the Skies FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 10—Glad tidings from~ the | skies came to 1. B. Wickstrom, one of the three winners of the Nenana jice pool- money when Pilot Young flew over Nome Creek and dropped a letter informing Wickstrom of his good fortune. Wickstrom | | read the 1letter then wildly | waved his arms. : Bert Acosta Barred . From Chicago Airport For Ten Day Period CHICAGO, 1, May 10—Bert Acosta has been barred from us- ing the municipal airport for 10 days because he looped the loop, dipping so close to the field that his wheels nearly touched and then he executed a series of sharp banks 100 feet in the air. Acosta smiled at the suspension. Hel PRINCE CAROL SENATE INQUIRY REVEALS TRACES OP BO DS - 's Upper, left to right, James E. O’'Neil and Col. R. left, Harry Sinclair, are disclosed shared equally in the $3,000,000 Liberty e Continental Oil Co This surpris: fund of i J \ Says World Would Crumble Soon If Left to Women i H I | | NEW YORK, May 10—The | world, in the opinion of I George Smith, Chairman el the Board of Examiners of the | New York Board of Hduca- tion, would crumble in 50 | years if left to the women. Dr. Smith said: “It would | do s0 because it is impossible for women to master highe | mathematics which are abso- | | lutely necessary for culture, | | yet there is only a very small | number of men who know it | thoroughly.” IS WARNED TO QUIT ENGLAND High Ofiic—ia—l_\/isits Ru- manian and Tells Him to Move On GODSTONE, England, May 10— A high official has visited Prince Carol, of Rumania, and warned| him that if he delayed his depar-| ture from England, the Home Of- fice order for deportation will be enforced. | BE TRIED FOR TREASON BUCHAREST, May 10 — The Government has announced that those connected with Prince Carol's plot to fly from London to Alba Julia during the Peasants Congress last Sunday, will be tried for treason and given the maxi- mum penalty. The authorities said Carol intended to fly under the strictest incognito to Vienna where he was to await word from his lieutenants that the time was ripe for his return to Rumania. The leaders of the Peasants Party said this was preposterous as they had given Carol no en- couragement about returning. SEVERE SENTENCE BUCHAREST, May 10—Seven- teen members of Rumania’s infan- try have been sentenced to be shot following conviction on charges of embezzlement. Two others died in prison before be-| remaining 15 minutes the airship| molten ing tried. Henry | tion | good. M. BI Stewart; lower a8 the mhrd NOBILE STARTS - TOMORROWFOR POLAR REGIONS ;Dirigible Is Alread_v for Flight if Weather Is Favorable KINGS H,\\ .\hll/,hmuvn. May 10-—~Commander Umberto Nobile will start his actual Polar expedi- tomorrow if the weather i He received vaiuable enlightment from Capt. George H Wilkins for navigation over the Polar Sea. The dirigible paired and m weather will able, The Citta Di Milano, Nobile’s supply ship, will later proceed to Franz Josefs land on an oxplurinz trip. Most of will remain has Italla has been re teorologists say the probably be favor- Italians here the supply the 260 aboard | ship. Commander Nobile this after- noon said that it might be Satur- day before he could take off. He has not decided how many men he will take. Asked if he expects to find new land, Nobile said: “We shall see.” U. 8. RADIO STATIONS TO AID NOBILE FLIGHT WASHINGTON, May 10 and Navy radio stations in and the mnorthern part of the United States have been instruct- ed to maintain communication with General Umberto Nobile on his aerial expedition in the North Polar regions. General Nobile's dirigible, ITtalla, will transmit radio sages on 333 kilocycles shore stations except S. Paolo at Rome to which she will transmit on a frequency of 908 kilocycles. The latter is the same frequency used by the airship in communi- cating with the mother ship, the ice-breaking City of Milan During the first 15 minutes of every hour the Italia will keep watch for frequencies between 500 and 199 kilocycles. From the sixteenth to the forty-fifth minute of every hour she will keep watch for transmissions on frequencies below 199 kilocyecles. During the Army Alaska the mes- to all This is the most se- will listen for transmissions on rays that eaual or snrpass vere sentence in Rumania’s mili-19,990 kilocycles. tary history. Every time the Italia sails for ing testimony was given to Senator Nye be- fore ithe fimate cpmtmttea by Col. Rubert COL. STEWART IS ASKED TO RESIGN NOW {Request Comis from Rock- efeller, Jr.—Reasons Are Stated NEW YORK. May IO—YOhn D, Rockefoller. Jr. ha | | | | | tigating committee. Rock Seited sign made action fidene and believes when Rockefeller “because he 1 w said he took had lost con DECLINES TO COMMENT CHICAGO. M, May 10--Col Stewart declined to comment ow his requested resignation as Chaiie man of the Board of the Standard Oil of Indiana. SEEKS INDICTMENT WASHINGTON. May 10—Seek ing the indictment of Col. Stewart, | District Attorney Rover has sub- | mitted to the Federal Grand Jury a transcript of Stewart's testi mony before the Senate Teapo: Dome Committee on two different occasions. —————— i‘« CAUSES TAI.K ' AT WASHINGTON | |Opinions Differ at National ' Capital on Result of Hoosier Primary (International Newsreel) —_— *—*————4. Ice at Dawson Moved at 8:12 Last Night DAW ON, Y. T.,, May 10 ved in front of 8:12 o'clock last indlin, of Gran- mil from Th 3 this city night. John | ville, about & Dawson, won the pool of $10,- 000 which is the largest pool since they have been made. WASHINGTON. Muy 10—Vary- ing opinions as to the effect of the Indlana primary results will have on the presidential candidacy of Secretary of Commerce Her bert Hoover are being pursued with interest by political observ- As the final returns trickled in showing the large marein of Senator James E. Watson's victory the pro- and anti-Hoover forees are far apart in their interpreta tion of Senator Watson's vietory, By failing to carry the Watson‘s supporters claim Hoover suffered a signific feat While admittine Hoover for tion to the big vote and predictod that many delegates to the Republic tional convention will switch Hoover once they are released Secretary Hoover declined to mnke any comment on the sitna a cruise over the the City of Milan will broadc a warning to all the shore tions using 90 kilocycles. Italian Ministry of Marine will further broad the exact time at which this warning will be sent out. The Italia’s call letters IT-AL-I-A. MAKES WORLD TRIP IN FAST TIME; 36 DAYS ..: LONDON M;l} 10—The Ex change Telegraph Agency has re | celved a dispatch saying richirc Araki, eastward bound competitor in the Jiji Shimbo globe encircling race, has arrived at Tokyo, making the trip in 36 days. Ryukichi Matsui, jon the Pacific now The prizes were $1,500 first and $500 second for the fastest by regulnr means of travel. polar regions sta- The ar state, that 1ot H Will Fight for Watsan Senator Watson's nationa! ager, Burt Thursman said that a drive would now h centrated to bring about tho n ination of Senator Watson Kansas City D Mrs. Kathryn Blackman, former. ly of Juneau, who has been visit ing friends here for several weeks. trip is returning to her home in Sno- hnmmh Wash. ICEBERGS SHATTERED WITH MOLTEN STEEL NEW YORK, May 10—White-] “For a reasonable expenditure hot steel can split icebergs into the menace of icebergs can be re- harmless fragments and break up moved from the North Atlantic huge ice jams along the North At-|steamer route,” the scientist as- lantic steamer route, says Howard |serts. “Also by skillful engineer- T. Barnes, professor of physics in|ing utilization of physical re- MeGill University, Montreal, in a | searches extending over 35 years, research report to the Engineer- the great expense caused by ice ing Foundation. | at power plants, bridges and many Since 1893, Professor Barnes| other structures and the damage has been making scientific investi-| from floods caused by ice dams, gations of the physical properties Or jams, can be greatly reduced. ot ice and practical methods of “Ice can be brokem up by : | controlling it. The emergy from ing or reduced to water by steel. he shows, supplies or disintegrated by the aid those | chomicals, Qul k-acting, e of the sun in power to penetrate | lce., is westbound,