The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXII., NO. 4805, JUNLAU ALASKA FRIDAY, JUNE 1 , 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS T< PRICE TEN CF FIVE MEN S PARTY MOVES ON FOOT OVER NORTHERN ICE Efforts Be-l-r; Made Reach Lonely Region to Find Italia KINGS at leas to BAY, June 1.—While half a dozen air expedi- tions are being organized in Eur- ope to search for the dirigible Italia, five men are slowing mak- ing their way by foot in efforts to reach the lonely region where the TItalia is thought to have come down. Paul Kremer, Spitzbergen hunt- er, and four Italian Alpinists, are proceeding along Red Bay, in Northern Spitzbergen, along Liedfe Bay, near Amsterdam Isl- and, to try and go east over the glaciers and reach the most east- erly Winter House on Mosel Bay. If the Italia landed or crashed over land, it is thought she will be found on Northeast Land, a large desolate island, northeast of Spitzbergen. The sealer Hobby, with a Nor- wegian plane and aviators, is ex- pected to reach Kings Bay on Sunday. ELLSWORTH OFFERS SERVICES NEW YORK, June 1.—Lineoln Bllsworth, with Capt. Roald Amundsen and Commander No- bile, on the Norge, during the Polar. flight, has cabled Amnnd- sen asking what he can do to aid in the search for the Italia. Ellsworth said he was await- ing Amundsen’s reply and will be ready to sail immediately if his services are called for. SWEDEN TO AID STOCKHOLM, June 1. — The Swedish Government has author- ized the Chief of the Aviation Department to equip three sea- plates to proceed to Spitzbergen and, search for the Italia. liight Members of One Family Burned To ‘Death in Fire COVERT, Kansas, June 1.— Eight members of the Alfred Kas- er family were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the farm home last night. The charred bodies of the father, mother and, six children were discovered this! morning in the ruins. LEGION MEDALS AWARDED HERE Presented by John H. Newman, Court Reporter and Legionnaire, thé medals of the American Le- gion to be given to the Eighth graders, one boy and girl, show- ing the highest standards of hon- or, .courage, leadership, scholar- ship and service, were awarded this morning to Harry Makjno and Lillian Peterson. The two deserving the medal were voted on by the students, and were chosen by a committee of the American Legion, of which Mr. Newman was chairman, after considering the student vote and discussion with the teachers of the Eighth Grade. —_————— C. H. FLORY HERE SATURDAY C. H. Flory, District Forester for the U. S. Forest Service, who went to Wrangell several days ago on official business, left that place this morning on the U. 8. Bureau of Public Roads ' boat Highway, Capt. Ed Clark, and expects to reach Juneau on Sat- urday, according to word receiv-| ed at the office of the U. 8. For- est Service here. ——e IN HONOR OF MRS. SJURSEN In honor of Mrs. Norman Sjur- sen, who with her two children, arrived in Juneau from Peters- ‘burg, to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Campbell, Mrs. Karl Theile entertained last evening with a delightful bridge party. Two tables were in play during the evening. The first prize was won by Mrs. LeRoy Vestal and Mrs, Sjursen received a lovely guest prize as well as that for low score, Won’t Talk About e Florence Trumbull, daughte of the Governor of Connect! cut, is still non-committal se- garding the widespread rumes that she is engaged to Jobr Coolidge, son of Presidem: Coolidge. She is willing ®. ‘talk on any subject except thy which she will neither deny o affirm. Believes Italia Might be North Of Alaska LOS ANGELES | 1—Belief that | Nobile and the have reached Wrangell or Herald Island, Sidney Snow, explorer, has offered his serv- ices to t Italian govern- | ment in searching the terri- tory. He said prevailing winds might have carried the Italia there. He is familiar with that part of the country. Cal., June Commander Italia might | | | 5 u PR O GUEST AND PRESIDENT NEW YORK, June 1. — Clay Arthur Pierce, whose summer home in Wisconsin is to be oc- cupied by President Calvin Cool- idge, has never met his guest- to-be. Pierce said: “I have great ad- miration for the President but I have never had the pleasure of meeting him.” Pierce said he has always been a Republican but was never ac- tive in politics. Pierce asserted that it was not likely that he would visit Cedar Island Lodge during the President’s stay. School Girl Is Shot and Killed; Lovers’ Quarrel OMAHA, Neb., June 1—Alice | Brainard, aged 17 years, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon |wh|ls walking home from school, {by Walter Suchart, who then sui- {cided. School mates said Suchart was jealous and the two had bheen .quarn’almx. ) —_——— Two Men Killed in . Exposion of Acid KEARNEY, N. J, June 1.— At least two men were killod and a score injured by an explosion of acld in the Dupont-Viscolois Company’s plant. The bodies of the two men were recovered from the ruins by policemen and fire- ymen who used gas masks. NEVER MET AIR RACE TO SOUTH POLE IN PROSPECT Both Byrd and Wilkins Making Plans, Expedi- tion to Antarctic NEW YORK, June 1—An ai I to the South Pole is in the making. Capt. George H. Wilkins is to open headquarters at the Waldorf- Astoria while Commander Richard E. Byrd is rushing final prepara- tions at the Biltmore, half a mile away. Byrd plans to sail from Hamp- ton Roads August 156 and Wilking will sail from California Septem- ber 1. Boih expeditions will get sup- plies at New Zealand and then proceed south to the .Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea, miles from inhabitated land and 1,800 miles from the Pole. Byrd will have 56 men and Wil- kins five or six. HEFLIN CLAIMS HE THREATENED BEFORE ACTION T, Senator Asserts. Committee Acted on Charges After Threatened by Him ASHINGTON, June tor J. Thomas Heflin, in a state- ment yesterday, declared that | threatened by punitive punish- ment by him if it failed to go to the bottom of his charges that millions have been spent in the presidential pre-convention cam- paigns, the Senate investigating committee had unearthed expendi- tures totaling §653,756. He de- clared, further, that he is per- sonally conducting war against Gov. Alfred E. Smith and the Catholics. 1—Sena- SENATE SUBPOENAS DEMOCRATIC LEADERS NEW YORK, June 1-—The Sen- ate Presidential Campaign Funds Investigating committee has is- sued subpoenas for Judge George W. Olvany, leader of Tammany, and Mayor Frank Hague of Jer- sey City, Democratic New Jersey leader. The committee was informed that Judge Olvany had already left town on a fishing trip and would not return until next Mon- day when he would accept serv- ice of the subpoena. Returns from ‘All W. Va. Give State to Smith and Goff CHARLESTON, W. Va,, June 1 —Returns from all West Virginia precincts, some of them incom- plete, gave Senator Guy D. Goff a majority of 11,000 over Secretary Herbert Hoover for the Republi- can presidential preference. Gov. Alfred E. Smith has carried the State for the Democratic presi- dential preference over Senator James A. Reed by a majority ex- ceeding 4,000 Gov. Howard M. Gore has con- ceded the nomination of Dr. Henry Hattield for Senator by the Republicans. He will oppose, in November, the present United States Senator M. M. Neely, Dem- ocrat, who was unopposed for re- nomination for the third term. ————— DAMAGE SUIT FILED A damage suit involving $2700 has been filed in the U. 8. clerk’s office against the Alaska Juneau Mining Company by Sam Besloff. Besloff claims that he lost the total hearing in one ear because of a powder blast while he was working as “bull dozer.” —— MRS. WHITE IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Annie m-no-mm:-ur@u ‘ceive medicai M 2,300 | AT A COINT W 4 NIGHTFALL 7] BOARDS WiST BOUND SANTA FE| RAPRESS AT fl WICHITA, KAN. TRAN NEW AEXICO. (NOT aflmmo) —A final dash for Los An- geles by plane, arriving about 5 o’clock at the airport; thence to hotel by bus. Imag- ine, my dears, the length of that ticket when unfolded and laid end to end. Young man, page Mr, Groeley. 3 —PFast buses will rush them to airport - for daylight flight to Wichita, Kansas. Res- taurant service, of course, and no cinders in the milk, if you please. From Wichita to a point in New Mexico, as yet unannounced, by .train, then— HOUSTON BORROWS HOUSING EXPERT TO CARE FOR DEMOCRATIC VISITORS HOUSTON, June 1—Under the leadership of a chairman borrow- ed from a neighboring city, a housing committee is preparing for the shelter of thousands of pensons who will come to Hous- ton for the Democratic national convention. Roy Miller, Corpus Christi pub- lisher, has bheen called back to Houston because he demonstrated @ year ago that he is somewhat of an expert on housing conven- tion crowds. It was he who found quarters for nearly 5,000 finan- ciers during the meeting of the American Bankers' association. This time Miller faces a bigger job. He must apportion rooms among 5,000 delegates and alter- mates to the Democratic conven- tion, members of congress, offi- cials of the party’s national and state organization and the news- paper men. In addition he must take care of some 30,000 visitors. “Hotel space will be allocated to those who will attend the con- vention in an official capacity and to certain other distinguished guests,” he eays. “Others who come as mere onlookers will be taken care of by the housing com- mittee, which will find comfort- able accommodations in apart ment buildings, mooming houses and private homes.” Miller already has received re- quests for more than 3,000 rooms, and expects a demand for at least 2,000 more. He still has avail- able 2,300 rooms in first class ho- tels and at least as many more | ROY MILLER in smaller hotels, most of which are new building: No hotel will be permitted to increase its rates, he says, but the capacity rate for each room will be charged and guests will be required to pay proportionately. Every visitor assigned to a ho- tel will be given a picture of downtown Houston from the air with a map so keyed that a stranger will readily find his way | about the city. An index of official visitors committee, with and telephone available, address quickly hotel number CHARGED WITH MANY MURDERS Aged Clain—/o—y:nt Believed Poisoned Husbands by Wholesale BELGRADE, June 1.—Accused of selling insidious poison mix- tures during the last 50 years to married peasant women, who wished to rid themselves of their husbands, a 90-year-old peasant clairvoyant named Anujka Pist- onyu, has been arrested. She is charged with the murder of a| number of husbands who have fallen victims to her slow acting poisons. Switch Blown Out; Submarines Crash NEW LONDON, Conn., June 1. —Submarines 8-12 and 8-18 col- lided this afternoon when the electric motor of 8-18 blew out) a switch as they were drawing alongside the 8-12, which was moored. The impact was not severe. emough to cause danger of the craft sinking and they were allowed to remain at the moorings. —————— Chang Tso Lin Promises to Protect Foreigners PEKING, June 1.—At an impressive gathering in the Presidential Palace, Marshal Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian War Lord, defending Peking, addressed the Diplomatic Corps and intimated he was remaining in Peking pend- ing the outcome of the de- cision of the battle which is expected to be waged at Liu- liho, 35 miles southwest. He assured protection of all for- eligners. ——————41 White Man Found Hanging in Cabin Westward Alaska AKIAK, Alaska, June 1—An In- dian trapper found the body of an unknown white man hanging from a midge pole in a deserted prospector’s cabin, 30 miles ‘up Cfooked Creek, a tributary to the Kuskokwim, near Bethel. The doors and windows of the cabin were barricaded. There is much difficulty in getting a coroner’s Jury. Tennessee Man Is "Named U. S. Treasurer A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 1.—Alaska mine stock is quoted to- iy at 3%. WASHINGTON, June 1.—Pres- ident Coolidge has given T. Theo- dore Tate, of Tennessee, a recess appointment to be United States will be prepared by the housing 1| for the imauguration of the new T0 PLANE AT COLUMBYS O. 7| PENN STATION NEW YORK —The 6 o’clock west-bound express headed for Colum- bus, O. After either a fine sleep or a terrible night with- out a wink, according to the degree of send-off, they should land in Columbus by 8 o’clock, where— By GRAHAM STEWART the United States in That’s A hon 41 the record-wreck- ling time that's promised 1o ali | travelers within the near future by a mnewly organized system { which combines speed trains wi!ln! airplanes. It's just become known that the Transcontinental Air Transport Company is in the process of for- mation, capitalized at $5,000,000. Among the principal units in this mew organization are the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Atchi- son, Topeka & Samta Fe Railroad, the Natioral Air Transport and the Boeing and, Western Ajr Transport companies. The 47- thour trip will be from New York lto Los Angeles. Planes By Day Passengers will be carried on trains at night and on planes in the daytime. The new train-plane organiza- | tion will be headed by C. W. Keys, president of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Colonel Lindbergh was approach- ed to head the company, but de- clined. This will be the method of traveling: Passengers bound for the West coast will entrain from New York to Columbus, 0., fly trom there to Wichita, Kan., sleep on a train to a point in New Mexico, and then fly to Los | Angeles. Plane-train service from | Columbus to points south and inorthwest is planned as soon as {the trans-Continental route is es- | tablished. The standard scheduled time Irnr the transportation of air mail {across the United States today (18 31 hours. It is on this swift service that the new traffic serv- ice is to be built up. No definite date has been set system. The tentative schedule, how- ever, calls for the passenger to go aboard a limited train at the Pennsylvania station in New York City at six o'clock in the evening. He arrives in Columbus at about eight the next morning. There he will be driven to the air- port, where he will board a multi- motored passenger air liner, built for a cruising speed of more than 100 miles an hour and equipped with restaurant service. Changing Again At Wichita the passenger will leave the plane and board a west- bound limited of the Santa Fe. He will be on the train through the night, changing once more to 4 plane in the morning at some point in New Mexico. At five o'clock i the afternoon he will| land at the Los Angeles airport. Attémpting Distance Flight, Spanish Plane Is Forced Down Today| KARACHI, (ndld. June 1.—The Spanish airplane Jesus del Gran Ponder, attempting to break the ydistance flight record, came down (at Nasiriyan today. (umamx, ’.Hmlnol and Iglesias made a| forced landing, They had travel- ed 3,000 miles. —————— FRANK WILSON NAMED U. 8. DEPUTY AT CRAIG Frank Wilson, former guard at| the federal jail in Juneau, has been appointed deputy U. S. mar- shal at Craig by U. S. Marshal( “must get back West to start that next picture” vacation in years” York, may soci just make Pennsy station in time for— {Ship Rammed, Sinks With-| | diagnosis and treatmer | the Royal College of Surgeons. A —Speed-craving passengers and movie stars who | after “first in New, DOLLAR LINER CRASHES INTO in Ten Minutes—Some of Crew Missing VINEYARD HAVEN, Mgsl‘, June 1.—An undetermined num-| ber of the crew of the freighter Kershaw, variously estimated from seven to twelve men, were drowned when the ship was, rammed and sunk by the Boston-| bound Dollar Liner President jarfield. Thirty shaw's Ker- Capt. members of the crew, including were rescued. ion occurred miles off East Chop Island, a clear sky and smooth sea. According to Capt. Moir, spokesman for the Dollar Line, the President Garfield was pro- ceeding with a speed of about 14 knots an hour when she struck the Boston to Norfolk bound Ker- shaw, big freighter, on the lat- ter's port side. The Kershaw rolled over. The! vessels held together a few mo-| ments, then the freighter broke apart and went down within 10 minutes, The President Garfield stood by four hours picking up survivors. Interurban Trains Crash; Seven Dead DANVILLE, NI, June 1—Seven persons were killed and 23 in- jured, some probably fatally, when two interurban trains of the Iili- nois Traction System crashed a few| with o'clock iC time PLANE LANDS AFTER HOURS OF TENSENES3 Was Lost This Forenoon— Fuei Was Running Low-~Next Hop WHEELRER LU, June 1 landed here T Southern ( fely at 12 this alicrnoon, I'a st time after a 2,401 flight from Oakland WThe piane landed on hours of tenseness during w! the lost her position and her fuel supply was running low. If the schedule is followed, the fliers will take off within a day v twe from Barking Sands ru way for a daring 3,100-mi Migit to Suva in the Fiji The plane carries Capt. ford Smith, as Commander; C. T. P. Ulm, co-pilot; Warner, radio operator; Lieut. Harry Lyon, navigat RADIOES “LOST” HONOLULU, June 1 Southern Cross has radiosi: “‘Guess we are lost. Radio battery down. Please get with receiver to get our I ing on by 740 wave. Will ku 2 going so they can track us.” Janes SAN FRANCISCO, June The Southern Cross radiocd 6:30 o’clock this morning thut t was 300 miles from Honolu speed about 77 knots an hour and everythink 0. K. B b HITS AIR POCKET SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Juve 1 ~—The plane Southern ©O. which hopped off from, Oa! at 8:51 o'clock yesterday ing for Australia, with th stop in Hawaii, reponted night at 10 o'clock as 1,100 out. The message was ab ended with “hit an air pockt.” A few minutes later the came: “Back in good, bu. sending.” Later radio message sialol the plane was making 0 n hourly and conditions favoral .. SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 Associated Press learns th Allan Hancock, retired Los geles capitalist, is the iin backer of the Soithern Cros is comparatively unknown b one of the richest men In S ern Catifornia and owns th ta Marla Railroad wnd L» Oil Company. He is much '~ ested in aviation. Financial b ing of the flight has beem a m tery since the Australian po... meint and business men o (3 1 i Bticehe head+son near here last night. - sivoly withdrew support World Experts to Discuss Cancer at London Congre:s By JOHN L. COOLEY (Associated Press Science Editor) NEW YORK, June 1—An inter national cancer congress, the first since the gathering at Lake Mo honk, N. Y, in September, 192! will be held in London from July 16 to 22 to consider methods of of the disease that still holds off the as- saults of medical science. Oalled by the British Empire Cancer campaign, an organization headed by the Duke of York, the congress will draw surgeons, phy- sicians, radiologists and roent- | genologists from many lands, in- cluding the United States. A lim- ited number of invitations, ex- tended through the British embas- sy in Washington, are being sent to prominent cancer workers in this country. P The convention will be under the chairmanship of Sir John Bland-Sutton, former president of It will be organized in six sections, covering the subjects of diagno- gis, pathology, medicine, surgery, radiology and statistics. The pa- Albert White, to succeed J. War- ren Ribble who resigned on April l 30. pers and discussions will embrace studies of the biological effects of tadium and x-rays; . odcupatiohal cancer, that is, the ident! of the wizcase with certan ployments; the relations b ! cancer's historical charaet and response to {rcatmen.; nostic methods; the zeog nd racial prevalence of the effects of radium and on the blood and the vascula: a lymphatic systems with ¢ o refercnce to the treatmen. ot snant growths, and pub! in the fight against the stou’ Operations and demonstr will take place at various cent during each afternoon ol meeling. The British Empire Cancor ca” paign was established five jy.a ago to promote researeh in o cer. Its principal objects, from seeking the cause, curc prevention of the disease, ars maintenance of existing re centers and the establishmc . ¢ new ones, development of - v vland for research, and the "v m- cial support of acoredited re~ | W ‘workers, some of whom ara h to the United States to. W anti-cancer work in this 80 that international co-OpTuti enld.