The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY AL VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4817. SKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1928, PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS REPUBLIGANS NOMINATE HOOVE * CURTIS CHOSEN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT HOOVER GETS NOMINATED FOR VICE-PRESILE] KANSAS MAN SELECTED FOR SECONDPLACE (38 TS Senator Curtis to Be Run- ning Mate with H. * NOTIFICATION Senator Moses Telegraphs { Nominee — Pays C. Hoover NOMINATION MADE UPON FIRST BALLOT Pennsylvania Turns Tide—| i1, : L, : | Other States Join 48 § - . o in. Rush [ 4 i . : | KANSAS CITY, June 15.— 3 5 ; 5 | United States Senator Charles % » o | Curtiz, of Kansas, has been ; ' nominated for the Vice-Pres- idency c¢n the Republican National ticket. Like Herbert C. Hoover, Curtis was nominated on the first ballot. Curtis received 1,086, Herman received 17 Dawes received MacNider received 12 votes. The Washington State and Al- aska delegates supported Curtis nator Curt \ccepted by the delegates as the link between Hocover and the McNary-Haugen farm bloc, The big Pennsylvania delega- tign of 79 votes turned the tide for Curtis, followed by New York, Ilinois and a rush of others. The nomination was virtually a nomination by acclamation. Immediately after the nomina- tion, Curtis went to the convention hall to express appre- clation. He was stopped at the door by a policeman until he satisfactorily made his identifica- tion known, Permanent Chairman Moses presented Curtis to the delegates as the next Vice-President of the United States. rly this forenoon, present e-President Charles G. Dawes advised the Illinois delegation he did not desire hig name be placed before the convention to succeed himself but would accept the post if it developed a ‘“‘gen- eral sentiment” for him. 1,052 votes u\l(‘ of Ekern, votes, of Wisconsin, | 13 votes. is Senator REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT VERY CAPABLE, EFFICIENT name demorn atten-| impre Herbert Clark Hoover's first commanded general tion in the tense days of August,| s 1914. The swifi German onrush|tening to him rcading with dog across Belgium into France| ged persistence a most meaty but yrought home the fatal signifi-) tedious speech created —cestatic cance of war to legions of Ameri-, thrills for y few Yet those cans, pleasure seekers, tourists.;who were at hand during his and students, who nually (many crises of conflict will hard er across the European conti-|ly forget the bewildering trans nent. In the first clash, while the, formation that produced irmies. of the nations of the Old|in his customary anor. In World mobilized for “Der Tag,” the clash of a comference, or un these haple visitants found der the hammering of hostile money almost worthless and bank| cross-examination before a major credit entirely so. In darkened|public tribunal, the masking man of Topeka; studied law with A.[cities out of which trains no long-| ner fell away bbard leave: H. ( t Topeka; was admitted | er ran, or countrysides denuded ' a sword blad there comes to the bar in 1881; entered intojof shelter and subsistence, where | into action a man cartly in partnership with Mr. Case in|the stranger and the alie1 could|as to speech, commanding 1881 and remained with him un-|look neither for tolerance, nor a unsurpassed f men 1il 1884, sistance in escaping. |and matters and fenc d Curtis was elected County At- brilliantly aggr in dis I play of capacity will to dom inate. trativeness devoid of eness. Simil the adventure of lis and to scat- Political Career Charles Curtis, Republican, of Topeka, Kansas, was born in To- peka, Shawnee County, Kansas January 1860; received his education in the ccmmon schools pressurg de 25, coolly knowledge Hoover the Man o4 The news of their predictment had barely begun to trickle when nowspaper readers generally leagn- »d also~ that a hastily formed American relief committee in Lon- lon, headed by a man named Hoover, had assumed the respon- sibility of* getting them away. The task, it appeared, had been performed with unexpected swift- ness, and succ and for Mr, Hoover there ensued a decade of|pungently phrased and h in high pressure performamce, of| dividualistic epigrams selting out ever widening responsibility, that} some conclusion built from his at the height of war made him|unfailing insight. His int! : chief of the effort of the Allied’ valued heyond price the odd half countries and the United States|hours when, speaking in mono- to subsist their populations and|tone gver a smoldering cigar, he 3 Jr their armies. Cessation of wariwould give way in reminiscent KANSAS CITY, June 15—De-|qqq not end his activities, and he{mood to the Impulsc recount feated in an attempt to write the| epained one of the foremost tig-| marvelous tales of struggles with equalization fee principle into thefyyos in American political life,|devil doctors In China, romantic Republican platform, farm leaders| yygertaking major duties in con.! hyats for underground ~mineral of the Middle West plan to Carry|pecijon with the food provisions|treasure, or personal experiences the fight to the Democratic con-ffor the exhausted peoples of halflwith war makers and revolution vention at Houston, Texas. the area of Eurasia, and eventual- ists. Frank Murphy, of Wheaton |y gorving ' with recognized dis-| Even Minn., delegate to the convention| inction in the cabinet. Hoover departs from common here, who made the speech on standards. He fishes sometimes the floor of the convention in be- Curious Personality in desnltory fashion, and motors half of the minority Farm plank.! pardly dnything but the socfal|gyer considerable distances. On attacked the conventlon's farmiypheaval of the war could have|many occasions, as well, partici- action and said his group will &|prought to the front rank of pants to such a tour had the ex- to the Texas conclave in an ef-| American political life a person- perience of watching a grave cab- fort to obtain relief ‘“denled|qajity at once so curfously gifted|inet member, more than’ a little them” by the Republicans, and ‘so curlously constrained.| muddied as to trousers and shirt, "l am speaking for the farm-|Tnough ah almost intwitive grasp|gupervising the efforts of a pack| ers, when I say they must accept|of ‘group psychology, is one basis of absorbed youngsters i con-| the vote on the Farm Rellef plank| ot Mr. Hoover's success, tirst in|grucfing a miniature dam across as a notice to them that the Re-|organizing industry and later in|gome Maryland or Virginia creek. publican Party is not big enough|meeting the huge emergencies of Radio Insight to take them into the protective|gamine and pestilence, his con-[ Radio possibilities early caught system and that the farmers’{iacts with strangers always ex-yjg initiating instincts; its regy- vote is not regarded to suecess,”;pipited him as impassive, in A 2 said Murphy. y drawn, individual, incapabie (Continued on Paze Two.) 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PARTY SPLIT; FARMERS RISE UP IN WRATH Fight for Equalization Fee to Be Carried to the Democrats Those, who output of wri ;]Ikewis(' will s | nugget of by-product humor most naturally if incongruously adjust- ed to the solemn facts he mostly treated. - And much of his wr ten matter is shot with s some 2 to in his amusements, Mr. |animous, “{under High Tribute KANSAS United State; Mo of manent ¢ lican N 1al night telegraphed Hoover as follows: “The Republican National Con- vention, by a sweeping majority which has since been made un amid great enthusiasm candidate for the Presidency in this campaign message of information which I ever sent to anyone, has given me as much satisfaction a this | CITY, June 15 Sena George H w Hampshire, per an of the Repub Convention, last Herbert € named end it in the name of a united, enthusiastic and militant party organization which turned to you as the inevitable leader in the contest which confronts us. “It is not much that we give you the nomination, you earned the right to it “Your training, equipment and character make you a leader whom the party looked to in order that there will be no halt- ing in the progress ofthe United States under the policies which are warmly approved by the peo- ple and to which you have con- tributed so much. ” - e PARTY POLICIES T0 BE CARRIED OUT BY HOOVER 80 as Nominee Replies to Notifi- cation of Nomination from Moses WASHINGTON, June bert C. Hoover, in a m United States Senator Georg Moses, replying to the not tion of h nomination, part: ly appreciate the which the Party has shown in me henor bestowed upon me. “You convey too great a com- pliment when you say I earned the right to the Presidential nomination. “No man can establish an ob- ligation upon any part of the| American people, “My country owes me no debt L gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance, “The convention affirmed the principles of our party and de-| fined the policy upon pml»lmuu‘ which now confront us. “I stand wupon that At a later date I will disc fully, but in the meantime, I say the principles of victory, the Republican Party will assure national defense, maintain econ- “1 sine: fidence con- and the platform it | OF SELECTION ., COMMERCE SEC. 1S UNANIMOUSLY CHOSENNOMINEE Receives 837 Votes on | First Ballot at Kansas City Convention HEADS REPUBLICAN NATIONAIL TICKET . ) s \ \ j LOWDEN SPRINGS | GREATEST SURPRISE | s i Withdraws from Nomina- | tion and Reasons Giv- en for His Action KANSAS CITY, June 15. —Herbert C. Hoover, Secre- tary of Commerce, was nom- inated for President on the Republican ticket by the Re- publican National Convention here last night by a sweep- Republican | ing majority on the first hal- lot which was subsequently made unanimous. The ballot was as follows: Hoover—837. Charles Curtis—64. James E. Watson—45, Charles G. Dawes—d., Calvin Coolidge—17. George W. Norris—24. Charles Evans Hughes—1. iy D. Goff—18, Frank O. Lowden—T74. Necessary for choice—545. £ Surprise Withdrawal The surprise withdrawal of for- | mer Gov. Frank O. Lowden help- iul the Hoover landslide. Lowden wishdrew his name {from the nomination because he jdid not approve of the Farm Re- | lief plank adopted in the party's '“l]hl{nl'"l. HERBERT HOOYER 2 | The 24 Lowden Illlinois votes went to Hoover and then the ) HOOVER LANDSLIDE |¥ MAN WHO STARTEI arch to Hoover turned into an impre i political en- thusis the officials | | powerless. i Demonstration Staged The delegates staged a 20 min- ute demonstration when Hoover's name was mentioned at the start of the nomination speech. A less violent demonstration was staged ‘ot the end of the speech and when he was nominated. Low- den’s sudden withdrawal, after the bitter Farm Relief plank [fight, left some of the delegates |&lum while a few booed and | cheered. The withdrawal of Low- read by the man who suppesed to have made the nomination Several other speakers slammed | {the withdrawal but Lowden was | [holding to his promise that he ] — #1did not want the nomination un- less the equalization fee was in PAYS RESPECTS 1;,);:..”];:;‘?.“ Relief plank in the ptemgdlie Hoover Accepts Congratulations On Nomination WASHINGTON, June Herbert C. Hoover accept- ed the copgratulations of friends and neighbors then ilently went to bed. He listened to the conven- tion’s progress over the long distance phone and by radio broadeasting with close friends and smiled broadly the landslide Hoover refused make any | i 15. as grew last comment night | | to | e - s |GOLDSTEIN REPORTS omy in administration of govern-| ment, protect American workmen, | farmers and business men alike, | from competition arising out of | lower standards of living abroad; | foster individual initiative, insure stability of business employment, | promote our fereign commerce, and develop national resources “If elected, I shall give the best within me and uphold the traditions of the Republican Par- ty so effectively exemplified by Calvin Coolidge, now President.”| One Thousand Miners In Riot in Kansas PITTSBURGH, Kan, June 15 One thousand miners headed b Harry W. Burr, District Union Secretary, stormed mine No. 1! of the Pittsburgh Coal Uompany late yesterday, beating six men The miners were armed wit guns, blackjacks and knives. The authorities said they are attemp! ; ing to prevent the opening of the mine under the reduced scale Burr said the men got beyond hi control. 'JUNEAU DEMOCRATS i » {last Sunday virtually emptied that President Coolidge Con-|own of its population by Monday gratulates HOOVCI‘** | night, acgording to Charles Gold- . | stein, local merchant and fup Wishes Success aler, who returned today aftes trip to Whitehorse and Car leross and over the triangle loop 15| The Indians were from the new 2ibt 4o placer camp and brought with Herbert C. Hoover a telegram of | 'Nem about 70 ounces of gold. congratulations and personal ap-| 1P was taken from preciation immediately upon his|¢'2/Mms on Squaw Creek. The gold arrival here enroute to the sum-|" 1 conrde, Kad. SoESRN mer home at Brule ! puggets of SonAiNi The ground is sald to be and easily worked. The is about six miles long. Whitehorse stampeders la SUPERIOR, President Coolidge today FRANK O. LOWDEN Wis., June Withdrawal of Illinois candidate, which came 2 tinct surprise, started the march to the Hoover banner at the can National Convention in Kansas City last night |Three Masked Gunmen di Republi President Coolidge said: “You low have been nominated to the most | creck LEAVE FOR HOUSTON Secure $12,000 in Loot |/ been nominatet 1o 0 o | e " —_— | went ont by auto to Champagne | BUFPALO. N Y. sune 16 “Your great ability and wide Thres masked gunmen held up l;,"nn rience will enable you to Landing and from there to Squaw & olerhk’ I & Bhesde’ com here|#erve the party with marked dis-| Creek is one day's journey with packhorses, At Whitehorse it was nal! today and escaped w | Hiueki. i 7.} cash ‘and’ seyeval thousant “l wish you all the success' about 150 claims had beem ool your heart could desire and may | =taked. k- God continue to bestow upon you | WES Vi s the power to do your duty.” Mrs. Coolidge sent the follow-| Ing personal message to Hoove: “The President and I send yo On tnerr way to the a business and pleasure to attend the Democratic Convention in Houston, J. Comnors, accompanied Connors, and Allen Shatt on the Princess Alice for this morning. | They plan to leave Seattls m,jlmm in Germany, nc the speclal train. to be run to|Henry Moses, fur buyer, Houston and return by the same|the Princess Alice today Heland yours love and best wishes routé. Before returninc ,,‘,w,,llm'anx to go east via C. P. R fmll The President was notified of from the States they will <pend | Will return to the north sometime; Hoover's nomination on his spec- a short fime on the Pacifi: Comst.|next fall. ! lal train during the night. on Tex tollar aid Mr —.—-——— CITY COUNCIL MEETS Bnroute tp visit his sister whe v Hamburg, on The Juneau City Council meet togight at 8 o'clock in Council chambers in the city hi Row matters wiil be taken u according to City Clerk H. Shepard. s nAlaska’s two 8, xoted g I thraql 1% 4