The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXII., NO. 4788. jUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY MAY 12, 1928, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CHQTS PROHIBITION AGENTS ARE GIVEN FINAL WARNING ABOUT SHOOTING $250,000 WILL COVER HOOVER'S E XPENDITURES Good Places Secretary’s Expenses at Quarter, Mil- lion—Goes Into Details WASHINGTON, May 12.—The ate campaign funds investi- Se gating committee again went into of details the Hoover campaign throigh the medium of former| Congressman James Good, Hoov er’s National manager. Good e mated that the total pre-conven- tion expenditures to date had, been “less than a quarter of a million dollars.” y Recalled to the stand, Good said he did not know whether 7,000 were spent in Southern wlifornia or not. He said he| would find out part of the amount was spent| el here in the State. Testifying as to New Jersey,| Geod said, ‘“the sentiment for| Hoover there was so strong that no one would run against him'I Senator A. W. Barkley, Demo-| crat of Kentucky, wanted know if it were not true that Hoover's policy had been to en- ter primaries in those States where he could not get an agree- ment that the favorite son can- didates would shift their support to him at the proper time. Good replied, “I assume that it was the attitude of the Secre- tary that delegates might be friendly to him, that they would not be last ditchers. do ‘mot know what his statement was. You had him before you and ex amined him.” Senator Barkley asked thought there were any differ- ence betwpen expenditures of large sum in a State and making a deal with the favorite son can- didate for delegates. Good replied, “in States that are close neither party wants to create prejudices that might make it difficult in November."” -, B. M. BEHRENDS ILL, CONFINED TO HOME B. M. Behrends, prominent Ju- neau merchant and banker, is confined to his home today with a severe cold and threatened with an attack of pneumonia. — et — HEINTZLEMAN LEAVES B. F. Heintzleman, Assistant District Forester, left on the Ad- miral Rogers for Ketchikan on of- ficial business and expects to re- turn in a week or ten days. e, MORE STREET WORK if he Repairs on the plank street at the foot of Main Street near the Juneau Motor Company are being made this week by the city and the right of way is closed to auto- mobiles. The entire corner at Main and Willoughby will be re. piled, according to Mayor T. 3. Judson. ————— TANANA GIRL DIES Mabel Burchard, 14-year-old daughter of John D. and Evelyn Burchard died recently at Tanana The girl's mother was with her when she died. Her father was in jail at Fairbanks serving a sentence for violating the Prohi- bition law. o MARRIED AT ANCHORAGE Robert - Graham, Anchorage farmer and old time resident of that ‘section, and Anna Maud Cook, who has been living at An- chorage for the last six months, were recently married at the rail- road town. whether or not a| to | | | r Herbert Hoover is unop- posed for the Oregon Repub | lican delegation at the May 18 primaries, but Democrats . may vote for Smith, Reed or Walsh. John C. Veatch (left) | is the Smith manager, while | the moet vigorous foe of Smith's candidacy is former Gov. Oswald West (upper right). Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York (below) has filed for the Republican vice presi- dential preference. PORTLAND, Ore., May 12—The | pregidential primary on May 18 The secretary of commerce is unopposed on their ballot, so the opportunity provided is limited to poliing an endorsement of the candidacy of one who spent his boyhood days in thi ate and left it as a somewhat serious, small-town youth, short of fun but long on ambition to work I way through a university educa- tion. Ranking their candidate as a “favorite son,” Secretary Hoover's supporters have confined their campaign to a plea for a large vote to make the state's endorse- ment of him impressive. On the Democratic side there is a lively three-wcornered fight for convention delegates. Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, sponsored by the Oregon Smith-for-President club, headed Jby John C. Veatch, Portland at- torney, entered the primary cam- paign early. His candidacy found| an outspoken antagonist in Os-| wald West, former governor of Oregon, who enlivened the cam- paign by attacking the New York| executive and his Oregon back- ers. West filed declarations of candi- dacy for both of Smith’s oppon- ents—Senator James A. Reed of Missouri and Thomas J. Walsh of | Montana—but was not identified | with the campaign organizations| of either. Harvey W. Starkweather, Port- land attorney and long active in Democratic circles, became man- ager of the Walsh organization. The Reed campaign moved along without any directing head. Fred E. Kiddle, a state senator,| took charge of the Hoover head-| quarters and directed such pre- primary work as was done for the secretary of commerce. A fourth Democritic candidacy is that of Rev. Alonzo Workman of Joplin, Mo. Three candidates filed for vice president on the Republican ticket, Congressman Hamilton Fish of New York, William B. Webster of Bucyrus, Ohio, and John H. Hall of Portland. Milton A. Miller of Portland filed for vice-president on the Democratic ticket. will M Herbert Hoover day for{ Oregon Republicans. Smith, Reed Walsh Vie For Oregon Delegates; G. 0. P. Vote Is Hoover’s nor this year, but is to select an attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and twd supremc Contests for these confined to the Re- court justices. offices were publican side. Senator Walsh has withdrawn from seeking nomination but too late and his name remains on the official ballot. —————— ITALIA RUNS INTO FOG ON POLAR FLIGHT Forced to Return to Kings Bay—Is Damaged in Making Landing KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, May 12—In landing yesterday after- noon on the return flight, the Italia's hindmost motor struck and dragged along the ground. This will require repairs before another attempt is made. Commander Nobile said the dirigible reached Franz Josef Land when the fog became too dense. The Italia had already encounter- ed a snow storm The dirigible unavailingly tried to find the way out of the fog at heights of from 100 to 1,000 me. ters. The Italia only made an eight hour flight instead of the con- templated 40-hour flight. DELAYED FIVE DAYS KINGS BAY, May 12—With ohe motor damaged, the Italia will be laid up five days before it will be able to start on another Polar ex cursion. In view of this, Com- Oregon does not elect a gover- £ Police of Paris Query PARIS, May 12—In most clties a policeman is a man of whom questions are asked, but in Paris it is getting to be the other way around, since mobs milled through the streets last September break- ing heads and windows to show their sympathy with Sacco and Vanzetti. In a “cleaning campaign” the Paris police have interrogated 225,000 persons in seven months. Of these 13,000 were taken to police stations and action was started against 11,400, of whom nearly 2,500 were sought for crimes and sundry offenses. Most of the foreigners whose papers were not in order were expelled from France. mander Nobile has little time left for his three scheduled flights since May is the best month for flying. 225,000 in “Roundup”|Fiion = Lawdey; i KOKOMO, Ind., May 12—Four women were killed, six persons seriously injured and 15 suffered shock and bruises as the result of the explosion of a flat work steam mangle in a laundry here. The women were working on the mangle when the blast occurred. The one-story brick building was wrecked. 'MELLONMILDLY FAVORS HOOVER {Secretary of Treasury Says Hoover Comes Nearer Standards PHILADELPHIA, May 12. —Recommending that they hold themselves unpledged to | any particular candidate, Secretary of the Treasury A. W. Mellon told the Penn- sylvania delegates to the Re- publican National Conven- tion that “Hoover seems to ccme closest to the stand- ards that we want in this Secretary Mellon made this statement at a caucus | today of the Pennsylvania | delegates at which he was | elected chairman of the dele- gation, Gen. W. W. Atterbury, President of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, was elected Naticnal Committeeman. ————— RUSTGARD AND WINN LEAD IN .0, PRIMARY 1 Total Vote of First Divi- sion Is Reported — No- land Loses 152 Votes | Unofficial totals ror the R(?llll)l-; lican primary last April as com- FOR PRESIDENT, Meeting Required i high cffice.” | QOO HE general idea of Mother's | Day is @ simultancous ob- servance in every part of the world of the love and rever- | ence men, women and children owe to a good mother, The special object Is to honor and uplift motherhood and to give comfort vnd happiness to “the best mother who ever lived"—YOUR mother. A day to honor mothers may be world-wide in celebration, because every class, race, creed and nation, In some way, rever ences a noble mother. Mother is the shrine to which all mother-loving hearts will pilgrimage. “Mother’s Day” Is the Sabbath of every creed and class, The heart that has lost its song, or to which the iaughter of the world is like a moan, as well as the heart filled with Joy, will feel the thrill and com fort of mother love the day will ™ 000 The sketch at right is of Mrs, Granville E. Jarvis, in whose honor Mother’s Day was conceived. Her daugh- ter, Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, organized the Campaign which led to na- tional, then international, observance of the second Sabbath in May as Mother’s Day. The Mother of Mother’s Day Army Planes to | Aid in Removing Plane Bremen piled by the Empire for this Divi- sion show Attorney General John| Rustgard to have led the field in| the number of votes received with | 2987. Grover C. Winn, local at-| torney, supported by both fac tions of the party, was high legis-| lative candidate with 2,190 votes., Charles Benjamin defeated C. T., Gardner, his nearest opponent, 4 votes for the senatorial nomin tion. LeRoy Noland was 1 votes behind A. L. Olts for the| fourth place in the House delega- tion nominees. The vote received by all candi-| dates, except for alternate dele-| gates to the national convention,| and Territorial Road Commigsion-| ers, follows: lu | Howard 1,169, Sutherland 649; Rustgard 2,987, Waller 59 Albrecht 1,510, Aldrich 769, Lath-| rop 1,251; Caswell 1,502, Chase| 1,563, Gelles 689, Pratt 349, Wick ersham 2411; Benjamin 1,740, Gardner 1,295, Hunt 560; Darwell 1,300, Gildea 1,049, Johnson 1,144, McCormack 1,954, Noland 1 Olts 1,630, Paul 2,044, Wacker National C. of C. Adopts Resolution On Tax Reduction WASHINGTON, May 12—The National Chamber of Commerce upheld its officers at the close of the annual convention adopting a ‘| resolution asking a reduction in rincome tax on corporations to 10 percent and repeal of the imherit- ance tax. Other resolutions stated opposi- tion to government ownership and operation of merchant ships. Last Year’s B. C. Fish Production Shows Decrease VICTORIA, B. C, May 12—The value of last year's British Co- lumbia fisheries production was $23,227,904, a decrease of $4,139- 025. —_————a—— TENNIS COURT READY The new court of the Juneau Tennis Club is under construc- tion and it i8 hoped to have it completed by the end of next week, according to C. E. Harland, President. The present court, which has been undergoing re- pairs is expected to be in excel- lent eomflwm for play tomor- row, he® announced. | WASHINGTON, May 12— Two Army Amphibian planes have been ordered to Green- ly Island where they will aid in removing the Bremen be- fore the ground becomes too soft from the Spring thaw. The two planes flew to New York last night enroute north. MITCHELL FIELD, May 12 | —Two Army Amphibian planes took off this morning for Greenly Island to help bring out the Bremen. The planes are bound for Pictou, Nova | Scotia, with a stop at Port- land, Maine, to refuel. Fred | Melchoir, chief mechanic of | the Junkers Company, will land on the island from a parachute if the planes can- not alight safely. — ] — s FORD PILOTS ARE KILLED; CRASH, FIRE DETROIT, Mich, May 12— William Munn and E. K. Parker, pilots of the Ford Motor Company, were killed today when their tri- motored plane crashed and caught fire. The pilots were on their first regular run to Buffalo on a freight route. Edward Hamilton, Chief of Op- erations of the Ford Air Line, said the accident occurred when Munn forced the plane off the ground without sufficient flying speed. Bishop Francis McConnell Is Cleared of All Charges KANSAS CITY, May 12.—By unanimous vote, the Quadrennial ENEMIES OF WORLD WAR SHAKEHANDS Two Aces, American and| German, Extend Greet- ing in City of Chicago CHICAGO, I, May 12—(Greet- ings exchanged by two former enemies expressed the thought which Chicago today attempted to typify in a mounster celebration i for the heroes of the latest trans- Atlantic flight. The enemies, Major Reed Lan-| {ais, of Chicago, and Capt. Her- mann Koehl, of the German plane Bremen, ten y ago were aces on opposite les of the World war. They shook hands. Baron von Huenefeld said: “We ' were enemies during the war and now have the privilege and obli- gation to unite our nations and ourselves in bonds of everlasting friendship.” KANSAS CITY ROBBERS KILL KANSAS CITY, May 12—After killing the doorkeeper and wound- ing Walter Franklin, widely known Kansas City billiard play- er, robbers last night lined up 70 patrons of the Mens' Card Club and escaped with a large amount of cash. The body of James Brown, door- keeper, was found at the entrance with three bullets in his body. Franklin ‘will recover. Chinese Cavalry of Gen. Feng Moving On TIENTSIN, May 12—Cavalry forces of Gen. Feng Quisiang, al- led with the Nationalists, ars continuing a Southern drive on eu——' | Mother’s Day To Be Observed | Here Tomorrow . Tomorrow will be observed | in Juneau, as elsewhere, as | | Mother's Day. A white flow- er will typify the mother has | passed on and a red flower that she is living. Mother's | | Day sermons will be given in | | | the Presbyterian and Method- | || ist churches tomorrow and the | | Elks will also observe the | day with a special program in | | the afternoon. | | b — — -5 FIFTH BOMB S EXPLODED IN SEATTLE Downtown Sectlon Again’ Rocked Last Night— Panic Threatened SEATTLE, May 12—Downtown Seattle was again rocked last night by the fifth theatre bomb- ing since the first of the year. A time bomb epxloded in the alley between the Colonial and Capital theatres at 8 o'clock. Both theatres were half filled and a panic threatened. Nobody was injured and there was no dis- order, Capt. H. J. Brooks of Chilkoot Barracks was an arrival on the Admiral Rogers. —————=% 1 PROMISCUOUS SHOOTING IS - NOW BANNED {Firing on Vehicles, in Any Case, Is Ordered to Stop at Once ONE PROHIBITION MAN DISMISSED BY DORAN Officers Not to Be Shield- | ed Hereafter—Final ! Warning Issued WASHINGTON May 12.— Prohibition Enforcement Agents throughout the Unit- ed States and Territories are under fresh orders today from Washington that pro- miscuous shooting at sus- pested law violators must stop at once. The warning was ordered sis multaneously with the announces ment that Herbert Taylor, West Virginia Enforcement Officer, has been dismissed for firing at am automobile that failed to stop for inspection, | Commissioner Doran said: “We are not going to put up with firing on vehicles on highways or any- \where else, whether they stop or not when commanded. We will |certainly not shield officers |charged with this offense.” lu is stated that scores of com- pnim have been receivi fro vmat'd parts of the I}MN“‘ ‘and Territories regarding agents (firing, using thefr guns to enm- force their demands and in many cases, only having suspicions of 'alleged crimes. The firing on ve- !hicles or individuals will not be supported by the Government herunlter CITY, COUNTY ARE CENSURED {Coroner's Jur y in Seattle Condemns “‘Black, [ Inhuman Spot” SEATTLE, May 12—The Mayaor, | County Commissioners and City ‘louucfl are censured for failure to provide proper facilities for the care of insane prisoners when the | coroner’s jury returned a verdiet holding that Alfred Elsliger died on May 5 of neglect while con- fined in the county and city jails. The jury said “highly unsani- tdry and well nigh intolerable conditions prevail. We feel it is \Hmu for every citizen to realize | this black inhuman spot of the | administration of the government of the city and county must be removed. “Neglect in Elsliger's case was failure to provide reasonable hos- i pital and medical care for the man who was seriously sick and who was locked up in jail al- ! though he had committed no crime and had plenty of money and friends.” i | Commercial brokers leaving on {the Admiral Rogers were L. M. Carrigan and Charles Hawthorn, who are on their way to Ketch™ ' kan. NAVY NEEDS ‘WASHINGTON, May 12—De- spite the increasing popularity of tensive efforts to train operators, there Is a constant shortage in the radio personnel of the Navy. | This is due, ofticers declare, to the tremendous expansion of the General Conference of the Metho-| Peking, occupying Tenchow on the|Navy's use of wireless and the dist Eplcopal Church, cleared Bishop Francis McConnell, of Pittsburgh of charges of malad- ministration and misuse of the Episcopal power and conduct at the annual conference. This action was taken on mo-| WASHINGTON, that | conferees tion of Dr.. Harold Sloan, Shantung/Chinese border. Conferees Get Tog:tller On Final Form, Farm Bill| May 12—The of the Senate and| rapid development of the art. ‘Although there are 2,750 radio men in the service, there still are 344 vacancies. Capt. T. T. Cra- | ven, chief of Naval communic vtlonu, says the existing shortage is reflected in the conditions at shore stations. Although comple- the charges against McConnell be | House have reached an agreement ments have been reduced to the dismissed as foundation.” Haugen Farm Relief Bill. “totally without|on the final form of the McNary- minimum necessary for operation land upkeep, it is impossible to radio among enlisted men and in-| 344 MEN FOR RADIO VACANCIES keep such complements filled and operating efficiency consequently is lowered, Captain Craven de- clares. PR The Navy maintains radio schools at the training stations at | Hampton Roads, Va., and San Diego, Cal. Enlisted men are re- quired to pass intelligence tests before admission to these schools where they are given 14 weeks in- tensive training in operating. This is followed by a 26 weeks course -|in radio materials, After 16 months training they may qualify as radio men, third class. Later they are advanced to radio men, second and class and finally to the rank chief radio men.