The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’ 'VOL. XXXIL, ITALIA CAUGHT IN-FOG DURING | ARCTIC FLIGHT Reported Making Little Speed on Return to Kings Bay {INGS BAY, dirigible Ttal nder Um- berto Nobile, is believed to be| 100 miles north of Moffen Island ! but because of thick fog and stronz southeast wind, is making little speed. The Italia was scheduled to ar- rive last midnight but the weath- | er has probably held her back | until late today | The Italia has been hours. on flight scheduled to take only 40 hours. The diri- ble is using only two motors save fuel. | PLANE LEAVES FAIRBANKS FOR POINT BARROW Pilot Niemi—erand Radio Operator Heyser Take Air on Search May 25. gone 60 ! a FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May Bound for Point Barrow in search of the missing Fox Film expedi- tion, Matt Niemien and Richard Heyser, radio operator, flew to Kotzebue and will continue north via the coast line. Heyser will establish a ground station ! Point Barrow sending messages out within two' days after arrival *here. Ralph Wein has hopped off from here taking the Nome mail. e ITALIAN FLAG IS TORN DOWN 26— Rioters Stage Demonstra- tion and Much Trouble Results—Apologize INNSBRUCK, Austrian Tyrol, 25.—The Italian flag flew the Italian Consulate here erday in honor of Italy's cele- ration of war against Austria 3 vears ago. A crowd gathered and a riotous demcnstration fol- lowed. The flag was torn down and trampled upon in the streets. The Consul General and menaced. After the civil authorities apologized and prom- ised punishment to the rioters, the Consul General ordered a squad of Republican soldiers to march past the Consulate and salute the Italian flag. MARX CABINET GOING TO QUIT M over BERLIN helm man Cabinet has decided to re- ! cause of was hooted | | other {place by the side of the first one, jand thus they wil-| Marx and the entire Ger-| NO. 4799. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 HOUR FILIBUSTER IS BROKEN PRICE TEN CENTS Fishers Build Up Fortune l{y F amjly Effort and Williams above; Lawrence, Edward and Alfred below. From their father’s smithy and carriage shop at Norwalk, Ohio, six Fisher brothers have come to Detroit since 1902 to found a family fortune and make the name famous in the automotive field. hey are shown above in order of age and the order of their migration from Norwalk: Fred, Charles pods - 5 ) W T e story . of the nmmuq Fisher—a round half dozen of them—a fam-| ily of American industry that laid | the foundation in a country black- smith shop for its present fabul ous fortune. The Fisher name rolls along the streets of the universe on mo- tor car bodies, but the tale of how the six sons of Lawrence Fisher, wagon maker and bl -|{is decided unless it is submitted smith of Norwalk, Ohio, put it|to a brot v forum. They pro- there is a story almost untold be-|test, even, at the listing of their reluctance of the Fish-|names out of the proper age or to der. In 1909 and 1910 Fred Fisher began to talk of the future of the |closed body. He was scoffed at by automohile manufacturers. People, they said, will never ride behind so mu.h glass. But the Fisher Body Corporation was or- ganized in 1916, and it employs 50,000 men today Like the sons of poor men and| General Motors bought a princes in story books, the Fish- ilmnuu. interest in the concern in er brothers began a little more| 1919, 1 J_. Lawrence P. and than a score of years ago to leave wer became offi the parental home to seek their!c, 1,“,,”;.1 Motors or- fortunes. ganization, and Charles T., be- One would came an executive committee would member. In recent years the Fisher Bro- | thers, especially Fred and Charles, have branched out in their ac- tivities. Lawrence is p dent of | the Cadillac Motor company. Wil- Fisher, had been building carri-|ljam president of the Fisher age bodies for several years. He|company and Alfred and Edward had worked with the Wilson Body|are vice presidents. Banks and compahy for a year when Charles| railroads have attracted invest- W. Fisher joined him. ments by the brothers, and lum- Fred and Charles then develop-|ber mills and others which feed ed the idea that was to revolu-|the Fisher factories have been tionize the bedy building indus-lhought into by some of the sextet. try—quantity production of inter- changeable parts from a set of 3 Clock Marks Time s and Kot wikhe fieuici +8G alo took his place in the outfit. it wasn't long until the klan was at the head of the body building industry. A seventh brother, Howard, 27, now is lually working his way upward through the ranks in the offic: of the elder brothere. I's all in the family with the Fishe No question of moment er brothers attention. ¥red J Fisher, ers, count at from §1 each. Law and Alfred sets at a millions. receive personal Charles E. and William the three elder broth- their personal wealth' 000,000 to $20,000,000 nce P, Edward F. estimate their as- comfortable number of A, of the carve a niche, an come on to take a made their way to- gether. In 1902 Fred Fisher came’ to Detroit, where his uncle, Albert is sign. the Cabinet members will con- tinue their duties until the eve! of assembling of the new Relch-j stag, probably June 12. Mexico’s Wild Horses The Chancellor announced | patterns. By Rolling Eyes In 1908 the Fisher Body com- pany was organized with $50,000 STETTIN, Germany, May 25— This home town of Otto Peltzer, ! capital.. Albert Fisher was the first president, but thé brothers; soon bought him out. As a Fish- er boy got old enough to leave|the great runner, has one of the most unique tower clocks in Ger. *| many. In the center of its huge dial there is the terrifying face of a bearded man who every second Wiped Out by W“rfare':-nlls his eyes from right to left By CLARENCE DUBOSE (Associated Press Correspondent) MEXICO CITY, May 25—Gone are the days in Mexico when horses were to be had by anyone able to capture and tame wild ones from masterless herds roam- ing the land. ! The Mexican revolution just about wiped out the already dwindling numbers of wild horses in this country. Perhaps a few may still be found in very .in- accessible regions, but théy are s0 scarce and so difficult to find it is no longer worth while to hunt them as a profession. Many years ago only laziness, clumsiness or poverty could ex- plain a person’s failure to own a like a bogey man. In his opened mouth he holds a metal plate on horse in Mexico. Anyone with|which the day of the month is the skill and ability to do so!recorded. could help himself from wild{ Thé clock adorns the tnwer of herds or buy animals from thosethe castle once inhabited by the who had captured them. The sup-|dukes of Pomerania, and now de- ply was so abundant that hunters|voted to municipal purposes. could be choice about the points!|bears the inscription 1736, they desired in their catch. The P government once commissioned a 2 . . wild horse contractor in Chihua- Asks Investigation Of Charges Made of hua to supply 65,000 cavalry mounts. He replied: “What State House Parties color do you want?’ The story goes that his men caught that number of the required color. BOSTON, May 25.—Investiga- There were no horses on the|tion by the Legislature of charges American continent when Cortes that members of the Legislaturo and his Spanish Conquistadores held drunken parties in the State House is recommended by Govi: w Alvan T. Fuller in a statement (Continued on Page Three.) before the Semate and House, con- It | make FLANE MAY BE HERE BY JULY | FOURTH, GLAIM Northwest Airline May Es-| tablish Service Here— To Send Plane North The Northwest Airlines, Taco ma, with whom the Chamber of Commerce has been in communi cation for some time relative to| establishing an aerial service m“i of Juneau, will try to have a plane | here by July 4, V. A. Paine, chair man of a special committee, re-! ported to the Chamber today. It expects to have plane in Ket- | chikan before that date. The company will send a here, probably by plane, in near future, Mr. Paine said. arrival here yesterday from Noyes Island of the Alexander Eaglerock seaplane demonstrated the prac ticability and viceability of aerial transportation in this dis-| trict, he added. Need for Float The most pressing need, declar- ed Mr. Paine, is a buoy and float to provide landing facilities for seaplanes, the type of craft most suitable for this country. He was authorized by the Chamber to prepare figures on the cost of construction and installation and submit them at next week’s meet- ing. C. T. Gardner, of Sawyer Rey- nolds Company, local logging con- tractors, on behalf of his firm, of- fered to donate the logs mecessary to build a float. Early construc- tion was indicated. There will be no lack of pilots for any planes that may be se- cured. Mr. Paine read the Cham- ber several letters from aviators anxious to kmow something of chances here for piloting planes. Ann M. Parker, Anderson, Ind, wrote - saying she, her husband and a son and daughter, all li censed pilots, were interested. Ketchikan, Mr. “Paine said, is interested in the establishment of an air route to Seattle and has| asked Juneau to co‘operate with! it in securing such a service. Wernecke Gets Plane a man | the | The | [Senate Sets Record for et go to the House again. |Two Hundred 7Fa milies |farm land are practically laid in | kimo Compromise Is | Reached on Tax Reduction WASHINGTON, May The Senate and House Con ference Committee has agreed | | upon a compromise on the || tax reduction bill providing | for a total annual saving of | $222,495,000 to taxpayers, prin- | cipally corporations. | Unwilling to take any | chances on squeezing out the | comprem.se on the tax reduc- tion bill in the closing hour jam, the Senate leaders to day circulated a cloture peti- tion with a view of restrict | ing debate when the measure | | comes before the Senate. The | Senate must act on the de- mand of the House that it strike out the Norris amend- | | | ment opening income tax re- | turns to puhlk investigation, 25 25 MDRE VETOES OF COOLIDGE ARE OVERRODE Fast Work — Resent- ment Expressed WASHINGTON, May 25.—The Senate set a record in overriding thé Presidential veto of four measiu..s yesterday. The House duplicated action on the bill pro- viding for retirement pay of dis- alled emergency army officers. The Senate likewise repassed tle Oddie roads measure affecting e'>ven Western States which Belief is éxpressed that Presi- dent Coolidge is using the veto too freely. HAIL STORMS DOES DAMAGE IN ALABAMA Destitute Cotton Corn Crops Ruined BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, 25.—Two hundred families been left destitute as the result of terrific hail storms in West| and Central Alabama. | The loss of crops and property | is estimated at more than $500,- 000. Six May have hundred square miles of waste by the storms. Sixteen thousand acres of cot- ton and 6,000 acres of corn are ruined. Donaldson Is Enroute To Nunivak and Nome ; 6 Passengers Aboard SEWARD, Alaska, May 25.— Motorship Donaldson has arrived and departed for Nunivak and Nome. The six passengers aboard reported an excellent voyage from Seattle. | boom | |Jones a TEXAS BOOMS JESSE H. JONES & FOR PRESIDENGY Millionaire Texas Publish- Er‘S Namc Wl“ B(' Pl‘e\’- ented Lone Star Choice DALLAS, Tex., for Jesse H. Jone: urer of the Democratic Committee, millionaire and business man, for |cratic nomination for has appeared in Texas in the wake of the State convention of the Democratic Party vention, in resolutions whelmingly adopted, |that while it is not presenting a candidate, it ‘“‘com- {mended” him “to the Democracy {of the Nation as suitable in every way for the high in the gift of the people. endorsed him as ‘‘the choice the Texas Democracy for Presidency.” Impetus to the movement for Jones was added later by a state- ment of W. L. Dean, chairman )i the Democratic State Conven tion, author of the Texas prohibi tion enforcement statutes and veteran Texas politician, who de- clared that the publisher’s name will be presented delegation to the Houston vention as a Presidential didate. Some months ago when an at- tempt was made to line up the opposition to Gov. Alfred E Smith for Jesse H. Jones he re- fused to be a candidate. INDIANA G. 0. P. NAMES LESLIE FOR GOVERNOR INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 25. ~=Harry G. Leslie was nomin- ated for Governor of Indiana on the Republican ticket by the State convention on the seventh ballot. \ Seven delegates at large and 26 district delegates to the Re- publican National Convention were chosen and pledged to vote for Senator James E. Watson for the Presidential nomination. Neither United Statés Senators Watson and Robinson nor Gov. Jackson were given places on the delegation to Kansas City. LINING UP FOR HOOVER WASHINGTON, May 25.— Nineteen of Republicans of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation have joined 115 Rep- resentatives from other States en- dorsing Herbert C. Hoover for the Presidency. The action is considered signi- ficant as it is the first time a Pennsylvania group has attended the regular Hoover meetings. Many of those endorsing Hoover are delegates to the National Re- publican Convention at Kansas City mext month. House Committee Approves Bill to Aid Alaska Farms WASHINGTON, May 25—The House Banking Committee has approved of extension of the Fed- May National publisher the Demo- declared office GadR | of the con- can- A. Von Platen is going to nivak for five years to assume charge of the Lomen Reindeer Company there. He sald 1,000 bull caribou will be shipped tol the island from the mainland for purpose of interbreeding and producing a larger reindeer. Teddy Reed, Eskimo, who spent the winter outside and aided in advertising Christmas with rein- deer, is aboard and tickled that he i8 homebound after his stren- uous life in New York City. He met Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Mayor James A. Walker and Gov. A, E. Smith. He is to send Es- clothing to Commander Richard E. Byrd for the latter’s propesed South Pole venture. L. Wernecke, managet of ths| Mayo mine of the Treadwell Yu | kon Gold Mining Company, will bring an airplane north with him| in the near future, according to S. Hellenthal. Mr. Wernecke is| taking a coursd dn flying but will bring an avil with him. @ asmuch as Juneam {8 company headquarters, he will want to trips between here am')' (Continued on Page Eight.) kg (Train Hits Trailer Of Milk Truck; Two Trainmen Are Dead DYER, Ind., May 25.—The en- gineer and fireman of an Indi- anapolis-Chicago train were kill- trailer of a milk truck and the traller ofa milk truck and the locomotive overturned. Fiveé coaches were derailed *and the passengers shaken up. eral Farm Loan Bank benefits to Alaska and Porto Rico, provided in the McFadden bill. The meas- ure limits loans to individuals in territories to $15,000. E—— Daughter of Ketci:?km Residents Takes Life BUREKA, Cal, May 25—Mrs. Eva Sperry, aged 24, of Seattle, an entertainer, suicided here late yesterday by leaping into Hum- boldt Bay. Her husband, Ells- worth Sperry. tried to rescue her. Mrs. Bperry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Aurilo, of Ketchikan, Alaska. Five Men Known Dead Coal Mine Explosion WILKESBARRE, Penn., May 25.—Five men are reported -dead and several injured in an explo- slon at the mine of the Hudson Coal Company. ———ee——— A. J. QUOTATION NEW YORK, May 25.—Afaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 3%. President | The con- | over- | by the Texas | MUSCLE SHOALS REPORT PASSED |BY THE SENATE Collapse « 0:'9\ 24 Hour | PFght s Due to Fxhaustion 'SENATOR M’KELLAR '{ UNABLE TO CONTINUE “jTlnougnout L)ng Hours of Night, Both Sides Alert in Scrap Congress Will Probably Adjourn Next Tuesday WASHINGTON, Congress has taken Le step towards winding up the present session with adoption of the House resol tion fixing adjournment at o'clock Tuesday afternoon May The House vote 3 The resolution was immediately transmitted to the Senate where it was re ferred to a committee. May 25 fir for the 29 was - LARGE AMOUNT INCOME TAXES IS RECOVERED :=.: ... Senate Investigation Re- came itter Senator Kenneth 1. McKella o sults- in Gam f()l ellar, Democrat of Tennes- see, fighting against the project U.S. Treasury in the bill for a dam at Cave SHINGTON, May 25.—More than 5 |Creek in this State, exhausted his physical endurance after $2,000,000 in income taxes S have been recovered as the result saking for hours. He told his colleagues he could of the Senate investigation into 80 ne further when turned down the Liberty Bond profits of the o0 (wo points of order made Continental Trading Company, 88ainst the bill, but added he Secretary Mellon informed the Was cerfain President Coolidge Senate today in reply to a reso- Would veto the bill. lution asking information on the! Senators McKellar, Tydings, subject. Secretay Mellon said of Blease and King bore the brunt this amount $600,000 had been Of the speechmaking which ran recovered from H. M.’ Blackmer, through the night into the morn- James O'Neil, former President Ing today, but proponents ot the )f the Prairie Oil Company, and measure as it stands, led by the Sinclair Crude Ofl Purchasing Senator Norris, stood their Company. ground firmly and never through- — out the long hours was there the |slightest sign of surrender or jcomproniise. e ————— - WASHINGTO} May 25.— Breaking a filibuster which last- ed more than 24 hours, exhaust- ing those who carried it on, the Senate has adopted conference report on the Muscle Shoals Gov- WAE Museums Wage Dispute Over .&leen ’s Heart' NANTES, France, May 25—Dis E x P E D ITI 0 N puted possession of a queen’s heart has started a feud 'n-lweenx Is REPURTEB the scholarly curators of the mu- American Cutfit Heard m n slarted in 1924, . PLAN FLIGHT T0 AUSTRALIA LONG BEACH, Cal, May 25. Capt. Kingstord Smith, Pilot ves- Clharles T. P. U'im and: Co-pilot witn Capt. Harr Lyon, Navigator which [James Wirner, wh will also act |as rodio operator, announced to- |dny they will hop for Australia {in the Southern Cross om May i The first leg of the pro- of posed flight will be Hawali, the to next Fiji Island and the next Brisbane, Australia seums of the city of Nantes nn(l‘ the Loire Inferieur. It is a heart of gold, containing, | supposedly, the vital organ of Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, born In Nantes in 1477, She willed it to the city of her . . birth, in. modieval fashion. From, First: Time The quarrel arises over which for One Year museum most truly represents! Nantes, the capital city or the de-| Ngw YORK, May 25.—Held partment of Loire Inferieur. for five months withont adequate There are many examples Of gheiter or supplies in the pitiless great and near great French men .14 of high Tibet, an American and women who are separated oy adition has come back to civ- from their hearts In their 1ast jjization and told of its safety rest. Often, as in Anne's case,iiy the first message from the the heart was returned to the'members for one year. city of childhood. Sometimes, as| ..t Nicholas Roerich wired in the case of St. Louls, king of | tpat the edition, including France, the heart is buried inlpina whites, has arrived safely uoly ground. The heart of Rich-'aeter g louy irek through Cen= ard the Lion Hearted is buried |y A, at Rouen, | The expr - e e — —— CALF IS WHITE ELEPHANT MANCHESTER, England two-headed stuffed calf was Amongw lost articles offered for nuuhu) here. It brought no bids. SEATTLE FISH PRICES l, SEATTLE, May 25 sels arrived her: yest 75,000 pounds of halibut sold for 8 to 13 and — e HIGHWAYS FOR ITALY —~Two ay ROME—Nearly 15,000 miles first class highways are <oon be open to motorists in Italy. PRI WS SEVEN YOUNG ORATORS SEEK NATIONAL TITLE Seven | Stoue and Edward T. sun!onl will et as judges. So far five of the contestants WASHINGTON, youthful orators, the pick of more than two million American high | school students, will contest hmu have becn sclected: Benjamin B. tomorrow for the honor of repre-| Hindei, Washinkton; Joe West, senting the United States in uu-‘()uuhu. Neb.; James Rayborn of international contest next Octo- w\umer-u'l. Ky.; Chanlgs Olson, Jr., bey. ‘nt Worcester, Mass.,, and Elliott The seven district winners in|Norquist of Kansas City. f the national oratorical umu»ui Under the rules of the contest. sponsored by 53 newspapers over | | the speeches must be on the his. the country, have won a trip lu‘lurltdl development of the Comn- Europe by virtue of their section- stitution or its present -m 5 al superiority. The winner of the | cance 3 3 tinal event here will also be giv-| Students from 18,286 s en a loving cup. took part in the contest. At least one cabinet member|seven to appear in the and four members of the l‘mml‘flnnls were chosen after a | States supreme court will assm}series of elimination at the contest here. Herbert|classrooms, schools, Hoover, secretary of commerce, |states and regions. will make the formal opening ad-| Local and state winners ap dress and Justices Pierce Butler,|have received approximately William Van Devanter, Harlan F.!000 in cash, trophies anda May 25 K1