The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1928, Page 1

(-, — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXll., NO. 4819. : “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY JUNE 18, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FIRST WOMAN FLIES OVER ATLANTIC HUNDREDS ARE INJURED BY TORNADO Two Rescue Planes Fail to Locate Nobile and Party SEVERE GALES ARE REPORTED INTWO STATES Two lhousand Are Re-| ported Homeless—Tor- nadoes Hlt Farms KANSAS CITY, June 18.— Storms in Southwestern Okla- homa and Scuthern Kansas over the week-end claimed at least four lives and left upwards of 100 injured and hundreds home- less. Reliel approximately workers reported today | 2,000 homeless in | South and Western Oklahoma! where tornadoes swept t)\rmn:h; the fertile farming districts leav-| ing a trail of debris 40 miles | long and five miles wide. Damage to buildings and live- stock lesses in Jackson, Towa and ! Tillman counties is estimated at $500,000. e, DAMAGE BY Fl.(lfllls 18 “SOARING UP Acres Are Reported to Be Inundated KENNETT, Mo., June 18.— Unrelenting in the battle against the rampaging St. Francis River which has driven 1,000 families their homes, a citizens’ pushed their strength 600-fcot levee, seven the nearest crevasse from army st a above miles and apparently won the skirmish. area submerged by is approxi- The total the three crevasses mately 100,000 acres. Damage to erops .unl farms is estimated at between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The present goal of the work- ers is to s a 25,000 acre ex- panse which is protected by small lev i RAIN ADDS '1'0 DISASTER NEWPORT, Ark., June 18 Heavy rains along the tributaries of the White River today added to the Arkansas floor worries. Forty thousand acres of Jackson County are under water as the result of a break in a levee. tumes. HOW. WOULD YOU LIKE HER THRILL’ Customers of Monte Carlo are enjoying her dances and cos- Beth Beri is a Riviera beauty who is one of the exclu- sive attractions of this world renowned resort for the tired business man. (International Newsreel) lLARSUN. HOLM FAIL TO FIND ITALIA CREW [Return to Base Ship Where ! Radio Says Planes Seen by Nobile KINGS BAY, June 18. Two ! planes which flew to the aid of | Commander Umberto Nobile and | his crew of the dirigible Italia, were apparently within sight of {the marooned men but failed to find them. | Fliers Larson and Holm re turned to the base ship after |hours of flying™ind reported they had seen no trace of Nobile and Ihis crew in a red tent. Almost immediately, the Italia’s radio called the base ship and !said the party saw the planes {searching for them. | The aviators are preparing to fly again. | \Week-End Accidents Cause Dozen Lives In Pacific Northwest SEATTLE, J 18.—Week-end {accidents ‘claimed wt “least one dozen lives and many injured in the Pacific Northwest. George Larsen was killed in a Seattle auto collision. Mrs. Zella Rittenhouse and Henry Piper were killed in Spo- jkane when an automobile over- turned. Mrs. Ruth Richardson was kill- ed when a car plunged down an embankment and Nick Carlson was killed when a truck over- turned at Vancouver, Wash. rarrived on Red Cross Official Is Coming North to Make General Tour SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 18.—To study problems of Red Cross Chapters in Alaska, J. Arthur Jeffers, Manager of the Pacific Branch of the American Red Cross, will sail from Seattle for Ketchikan on July 7 for an Alaska tour. visited are Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneaun, ‘Cordova, Seward, Anch- crage and Fairbanks. | ! A. SOUMELA IN PORTLAND TO RETURN NEXT YEAR Armie ployed tladder ceived by Soumela Mr. dino had 2,000 equipped men. June 11, cans after killing a them, including the commander. 21 AMERICANS PRISONERS OF REBEL LEADER TE G U CIGALPA, Honduras, June 18.—A representative of the Mexican Radical Groups who has said he visited the camp of Nicaraguan Rebel Lead- er Gen, Americans held as prisoners. are in good health and are treat-' ed well. The representative is Esteban Pavlevitch and Jhe said Gen. San- well armed and He said Sandino won a battle with the Marines routing the Ameri- number of here, Sandino and found ALl aiiion Soumela, who by at a clinic said HISTORIC REGIMENT GUARDING COOLIDGE FORT SNELLING, Minn, June 18—Guarding a president will not be a new experience for the Third United States Infantry, selected for duty at the summer, home of President Coolidge in Wisconsin Since it was the First Infantry and the entire United States Army, the regiment has guarded the persons or bodies of six presi- dents, including Washington, Tay- lor, Lincoln, Grmt. McKinley and Roosevelt. The rogiment, declared by offi- cers to be the army’s oldest, guarded George Washington in the early found days of the republic. 1849 it held the place of honor when Zachary Taglor, been one of its members, became. president. Civil War days found the unit guarding Abraham Lincoln, later Ulysses 8. Grant selected it as his personal escort. When William McKinley was assassinated a detail of the Third guarded his tomb. -The last as- signment to presidential members World’s Fair in St. Louis. 21 All was em- the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads here owhen he was forced to go to the States for his health, was to undergo an opera- tion for congestion of the gall in Portland. The cities to be|Oregon, according to a letter re- Charles Naghel today. that he " ex- pects to be back here next year. who "had and, dut; with Theodore Rogsevelt when he visited Ernest Mora was drowned at Vancouver, B. C. Howard Bill died of an attack of the heart after rescuing his 90-year-old father from a burn- ing tent at Chimacum, Wash. Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Ferris were killed when a Great Northern train demolished their car at Ephrata, Wash, FORMER SEC. AGRICULTURE Edwin Meredith Dies L denly as Result of o Heart Disease Tli:lslka’(’:';:se of iNow Given SEWARD, Alaska, June 18.— The ‘“‘curse of Alaska is every- thing with hair on it,” states R. M. Anderson, westward business man, just arrived here. He re- ferred to the fur industry sup- ] om | Coolidge Already | For Official | Work; Is None i e | SUFEI | ——The first business in the [ White House s opencd today UOR, Wis,, June day of sum execu President, Ccolidge’s hook with informal plans o He received William M. ler, who has resigned Chairman of the Natl | Republican Committee, 1e Lenroot. ant Meeting WASHINGTON, June 18 Day, Herbert C. Hoover entered ate with pelitieal he will have On Thursday, will meet with a group Committee who indicate his National him ‘' to for a cam pn ign. g CENTRAL MEX. i | ; MEXICO CITY, June 17 ror has reigned in Southern Mexico after |auakes have shaken the from the Gulf of Mexico have occurred in Oaxaca. The 'number of victims given, planting mining, which he de- plores. Lack of prospectors is causing retarding of the mining game, Anderson said, owing to the easier life of the trappers. Traders and trappers in gen- eral do not want prospectors in their districts. Anderson advocates permitting prospectors only to trap beavers iThey refuse homes, with debris. Says Alaskans Should Solve Own Problems during the open season. This would assure them of a grub- stake. —_——ece —— Elite of Rumania ASS0CIATED PRESS EDWIN T MEREDITH BUCHARBST, Rumania, June 18—Special classes in cookery are being held for Rumanian society ‘women at the Girls Cooking school here. Thus dies an ancient tradition DES MOINES, lows June 18— Edwin Meredith, Secretary of Ag- rieulture in the Cabinet of Presi- dent Wilson, died last night at his home here of heart disease. love of the soil and general interest in the wel- fare of farmers lifted Edwin T. Meredith from youthful ohscurity to national prominence and a place in President Wilson’s cabi- net. He started in boyhood as a real “dirt” farmer, the occupation of his father and his grandfather. A high school ' education and onn Year at college weaned him away from actual work on the farm, but tended to increase his interest ,in the lot of those who tHI the ‘sofl. (Continued on Page lcvn) An inherited In the vulgarities of cooking.” The reason for the popularity of the “cooking class” amorg the elite lies for a great part in the fact that the innovation has the sponsorship of the royal family. Queen Marie during her visit to America noticed that a practical knowledge of cooking was noi considered “vulgar” by her hos- tesses, but that, on the contrary, the science of food was held in esteem. Many American recipes for dishes that pléased the Queer during her trip across the United SEWARD, Alaska, June a week anticipated fctivity . as by Saturday night it is expected reached a dacision on numerous issues of importance in connection with his campaign. Nominee Hoover choice the chairmanship of the commit- tee, also lay before them his plan Central 18 routine mer tive with no | definite engagements on | but | nly. But- | as mal and HOOVER PLANS BUSY WEEK IN HIS CAMPAIGN Political Activities to Be Mapped Out—Import- Re- freshed by a rest on the Sabbath today re- of 24 representatives of the Republican expect for IS SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES ~Ter- and earth- region to the | Gulf of Rehiantepec for two days. Apparently the only casualties the State of Dispatches said “many casual- ties. Numerous houses collapsed.” is not The people of the earth shaken region are camped in the open. to re-enter their The streets are cluttered 18.— With four brown bears and one black bear as trophles month’s hunt on the Alask of a a Pen- insula, a party of Easterners re- l.umn(to Cook |turned ‘here last night enroute to Seattle in the yacht Westward owned by Campbell Church, mil- lionafre Oregon, sportsman of Eugene, The party includes A. M. Top- ham, Sales Manager of the Ne- tomre Davage Company of Bos- that “Ladies never know about{lon; Joseph Lamb, Vice-President of the Landers Ferry Company, at New Britain, Conn., Johnstone Vance, Editor of the Herald, New Bfltlln, Conn,, and William J. Pape, publisher of the Waterbury Republican and Anerican. Pape 18 a First Vice-President of the Associated Press and said he wished he 30 was years younger and would like to live in Alaska and help problems, solve her “It 18 the Alaskan’s job to discover the best way to promote general development and not' the job of outsiders,” States are studled by the classes.,Pape. said ’."Each of Fair Trio Hopes to Be First To Fly Across Ocean MISS EARHART, 2 COMPANIONS, FLY TO WALES Plane Friendship Makes Successful Trip Over Atlantic Ocean ’ |FLIGHT COMPLLTED IN OVLR 20 HOURS 1 Weather Prevm Dur- ing Almost Entire Voyage by Air Ba BULLETIN — BURRY PORT Junc 18- -After re- wlmg the Friendship hopped off late this afternoon for Southampton. LONDON, plane Fricndship, first woman to vver lantic Oeean by «lr, landed at Burry Port, Wales, at 12:40 | fune 1°. — The carrying the pan the At- Eurvpe may see these three smiles drvypmg out pf the est> ward cky this summer. Amelia Earhart (upper left) and Mabel Bell have becn impatiently waiting to fly the Atlantic and Thea Rasche (right) is testing a new plane for the same purpose. Miss | Earhart hopped at l? 21 p. m. yesterday for Irelanl. NEW YORK, June 18—Three| Meanwhile Miss Thea Rasche of young women are cager to com-| Germany is grooming her new plete an adventure in which oth-!green and red plane at Curtis! ers have failed—the first east-Field while awaiting favorable ard flight by one of their sex|weather for the aerial crossing. | across the Atlantic. | Miss Barhairi, who Is pilot as Bach disclaims any intention of! well as passenger, hopes o land racing the others, but all share in England. The destination of the same ambition. | Miss Rasche, also a pilot, is her! Miss Amelia Earhart, Boston|homeland. Miss Boll has kept her| social service worker, and Miss| destination se Mabel Boll, “queen of diamonds,”! Which will gucceed in their were the first to start, but a|common ambition and which coun.| welcome fons awaiting her ar an answer, Miss Barhart wins. Her plans, arrived in England today. 1 lms’n:n GORE AND WIFE leaky oil tank delayed the former | try wil at Trepassey, N. I, and fog drove|qu the latter back to Curtiss Field,| N. Y. and then she hopped off| again to Harbor Grace. 8 SMITH CAMP the | to HAVE ANOTHER BOY NOW According ln letter advices re- ceived here, a boy baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester 0. Gore, former residents of Juneau, now of Ketchikon, on June 6. This Is the second boy in the Gore Chief Slralcg:sls Getting|the Busy—Nomination A Honors >oe WEEK-END AIR TOURS BBERLIN—Summer ing service has been inaugurated between Berlin and Vienna and Berlin and Paris as the start of a general Sunday air traffic. Sunday fly NEW YORK, June 18. The New York World today said it is not definitely determined who will place the name of Gov. A. E, Smith in nomination at the | incessantly. |12:21 i Friendship had arrived in Wales |office by a representative of tho o'clock this afternoon, 20 hours &nd 49 minutes after taking off frein Trepassey, Newfoundland. The plane landcd at Burry Port because o. shortage of fuel. ¥ Miss Amelia Ea:hart, eo-pilot, d ¥ hnr aen com, M n}*nra in a moMr bont Vhleh went after them ™ The crew of the Frlendnhlp are in the best ol spirits aud looked none the worse for the 2,000- mile flight. Bad weather and heavy mist accompanied the plane most of the journey and it rained almost The plane hopped off from Trepassey for Irciand at o'clock vesterday after- noon. HARBOR GRACE, June 18.— The moncplane Columbia is idle today und the plans are not set- tied. Miss Mabel Boll expressed gladness when informed that the and that the crew was safe. —_—— e FOREST SERVICE OFFICIAL TO COME ON ALAMEDA For the purpose of inspecting the finances of the local office of (the P. B. Forest Service, H. L Loving, who is in charge of the finance and accountant work of the Forest Service with head- quarters “n Washington, D, Q. will arrive hore on the Alameda . which sails from Seattle tomor- |row night. The work will keep hlm in Junean for about two | weeks. The Inspeetion of ‘he Juneau head office in Wasington, takes place every two vears, instead of evor} year as iu the division of- fices of the Forest Service in the States. ' Democratic National Convention in Houston,” Texas, but Franklin D. Roosevelt remained the <trong- est probability. The World said a decision will probably mot be made until the last moment as Roosevelt is leav- ing tomorrow for Warm Springs, Georgia, and he will go to the | S1- PAUL, Minn, June 18- state’s war time governor, and. HoRvan iRy (hore, First interest in the Minnesota| Rockne hus bheen a leader in the Most of the chief strategists primary election today attaches|scnate for mauuy vears of Smith's camp are either on|l© the contest for the United| Opposing’ fSenator Shivsiead. i the way to Texas or are leaving States senalurlul_ nomination on | William Watkins of Minneapolis, sbortly, the Republican ticket. who filed i the days when many Many of Gov. Smith's friends While three lawyers compote|politicians expressed uuce 4 consfder Mayor James J. Walker or the nomination, Senator Hen-|as to whother Suips‘end would as the most fitted to nominate|TVK Shipstead, lone funnennlmbor-;l’lle as a farmerlaborite or as & Smith because of the excellent ite of the senate, also will be| Republican. impresalon he made on the South sgrklng renomination, for is| Tor the Democratic senatorial \ during his two visits last winter. his place that will be at siake in'nomination, G. F. ashman of St. o g i ' the November elaction. Cloud i= unopposed: in fact, mw‘ Renomination Senator Ship-|is ne opposition for the nnt’ LONG TUNNEL OPENED stead by an overwhelming majori-| state Democratic siate. e ty s confidently predicted by iis| Governor Theodors Christians LHlLAGO—-TumN ll 6 teet| followers and muny other nolitk long, with approaches approxi-(cal observers. He has the in- mately three miles in extent, has|dorsement of his own state party. been opened for traffic by thel In the Republican senatorial Minois Central railroad on the race are former Governor J. A. A Bdgewood cutoff, joining [llinois| Burnquist of Minneapolis, Arthur and Kentucky points. E. Nelson of St. Paul and State ———ee——— Senator A. J. Rockne of Zum- Abel Fatigny, one-legged Paris|brota. 3 REPUBLICANS VIE TO OPPOSE SHIPSTEAD son, seeking renomination on the Republican ticke: for a third term, 18 opposed by George ‘ Simpson of Minneapolis, ‘~€ attorney general of Minneape ‘Tiere are comparatively contests on the stu e ticket, congressmen seekin: renomin with opposition are p1 troubador, has started his second f toar of France on crutches. Nelson, just or of St. Paul; , was twice may- Burnquist was the tives Furlow, Maas, Newton Carss.