The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 21, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’ VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4822. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS TWO ASSASSINATED IN PARLIAMENT \ PRICE TEN CENTS - — obile Will Guide Rescue Parties for Italia’s Crew DIRECTIONS BY RADIO ARE SENT | OUT BY NOBILE No Word from Amundsen | and Companions—10 Others Missing BULLETIN — LONDON, June 21.—Fears are increas- ing today for safety of Amundsen and crew of the French seaplane which was | equipved with wireless, both receiving and sending set. | The plane had a petrol sup- ply for a 2,500-mile flight. ! KINGS BAY, June 21.—Cheer- ed by 650 pounds of provisions dropped upon his camp yesterday | by Major Maddalena, Commander Umberto Nobile has sent further | radio directions for rescue of his| stranded ty Nobile gave instructions about; what further procedure to be| followed in rescuing the party: He gave details of the ice condi-' tions where the men are stranded. No News of Amundsen garding the whereabouts of Capt. | Roald Amundsen and Lieutenants Districhsen and Guildbaud who| hopped off from Tromsoe, Nor-! way, and who have been missing since Monday night. All kin(lsi of speculation is about him but no defimite infor- | w - AN\ B 15 rearin Prevails that fog, which prevails today, will prevent Ma- jor Maddelena from starting' out again in search for the bal-! loon party of seven members of the Italia crew and three missing men who originally formed the Nobile group. | ——————— KIWANIS ARE BOUND NORTH Delegates to Convention Come to Alaska on Three Steamers SEATTLE, June 21.—0. Sam Cummings, of Kansas City, has been unanimously elected Presi- dent of the Kiwanis and Charles Adams, of Calgary, and James Neal of Walla Walla, Wash., el- ected Vice-Presidents. As an unofficial sequel to the Kiwanis International Convention, here, a large number of the dele- gates remained over to make the trip to Alaska. Many leave here tonight aboard the Queen for the Southeastern Alaska trip, others will leave on the Alaska next SBaturday for a special cruise as far as Seward, many going to Fuirbanks, and others are going to Vancouver to leave Saturday night on the Prin- cess Louise. Aboard the latter steamer will be the Kiwanis from California, including Charles W, Cadman, pianist and composer, who will give a concert in Ju- neau while the steamer is in port there. g —o———— In Rome, Genoa, Florence and Leghorn, Italy, 12,000 new tele- being made] | phones have been installed in three years, making the total 49,144, PLANES TO FLY 6,000-MILE ROUTE IN 1928 AIR RELIABILITY TOUR CIVES ADVICE Oeow Twenty planes will wing around a 6,000-mile route in the Fourth National Air Tour starting from Detroit, Junc 30. The map shows the course. inent in arrangemcnts are the group below: W, P. McCracken, Assistant Sccretary of Commerce There is no further news re-'g,. Aeronantics; Edscl Ford, donor of the reliability trcphy, shown beside him, which is the win- ner’s prize; Eddie Stinson, victor in 1927, and F. J. Haines, President of the Detroit Board of | Commerce. I | Work Approved' As. Chairman G. 0..P. Committee WASHINGTON, June 21— | Secretary of Interior Work has been formally approved as Chairman of the Republican National Committee by the | | sub-committee conferring with | Herbert C. Hoover on cam- paign plans. | The committee announced the selection of vice-chair- | men as follows: Ralph Wil liams of Oregon, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, Daniel E. Pomeroy of New Jers Secretary, Franklin Fort | New Jersey and Jreasurer, ! Joseph Nutt of Ohio. of B L DEMOCRATS OF VIRGINIA ARE MEETING TODAY ROANOKE, Va., June 21.— With the contest fading away in environment mony, 2,000 Democrats of Vir- ginia are here to name 24 dele- gates to the National Convention at Houston. The idea prevails among some of the delegations that Virginia will send 48 dele- gates to the convention with half a vote each. - !he completed’ the of apparent har-]| A\ Ve GREAT FALLS T —~ Ray Cooper DBETROIT, June 21-—-America's increasing air-mindedness is re- flected in the 1928 National Air Tour, starting from Detroit June 30. On_that day simultaneously with the start of flle Gorgon-Bennett balloon races the tour caravan of 20 planes and more than 100 per- sons will hap off for a 6,000-mile contests and a glider competition have been grouped in one day to form Detroit's Air Olympics for 1928. The Air Tour, in the fourth year of its existence, covers thrice the mileage of last year and nearly twice as many planes will compete for the Edsel Ford lability Trophy, annually award- ed to the pilot who gathers the most points in his favor during the time of the tour. In add.- tion, cash prizes totaling $12,000 will be distributed. Hddie Stingon, Detroit afrplane manufacturer, last year won the trophy and ‘the first prize when tour highest number of points, based jon a combination of skill, relia Dbility, speed, endurance and plane | performance. * The purpose of the tour is to demonstrate the reliability and practicability of commercial avia- i tion under everyday travel condi- \tions and to promote pubiic ac- ceptance of flying in general Every type of plane from the com- { mercial ,transport to the smalier jsports models will take part. Thos great afr tleet will take oft FLYING CLOUD WINNER, MARATHON GRANTS PASS, Ore., June 21 —Flying Cloud, Karook Indian, finished first in the 482 mile Red- ‘wood Indian marathon from San Francisco at 10:30 o'clock thig forenoon. Emlika, 10 miles be hind, is certain of second place. ‘The marathon started a week ago. SEE END OF PLAN TOCUT SUGAR CROP A SR RS TR By ARTHUR POWELL (Acsociated Press. Staff Writer) from the Ford Airport with Ray Cocper, *our manager, in the pilot plane,. Indianapolis will be the first stop. St Louis is next, then follow Tulsa, Fort Worth, San; Antonio, Bl Paso, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Ore.; Spokane, Falls, Mont.; Minot, N. 1i; St Paul, Wausau, Wis.; Chicagn. Hat- tle Creock, Mich, and Detrolt again. Edward F. Schlee and William S. Brock, Detroit-Tokyo flyers, are the first official entrants in the tour. Twenty veteran flyers and several relief pilots, together with half a hundred prominent Detroiters and newspaper men, The recent extensive exchange|will fly with the fleet. of impressions between President HAVANA, Cuba, June 21—The Machado and a commission of the|: Tarafa sugar price extra-officially reported as defin- itely shelved, ajthough. the gov-| ernment is loath to make any of- ficlal admigsion. President Machado recently de- clared there will be no sugar crop restriction next season and. this is taken as clearly defining the policy of the government=in non- Testrict , for the future as well ‘as ind has fallen stabilizing| plan, proposing curtailment of su-! gar crops and grivding, has been) ical vwg the Tarafa plan'——— — ~ Jecutive Offices’ in #his city was National Sugar Milis Owners’ sociation has dispelled any doubt that existed regarding the rever gal of the government's sugar policy. The" fact that mill owners of Cuba condemned the Tarafa plan|’ and tffld President Machado that Cuba ‘could maintain jts position only by strong defense methods as4Coolidge Trapped In Summer W hite House, Bad Roads SUPERIO! Wis., June 21.— Night show undid all of the good of yestreday and President !Coolldge was trapped today at and by uncurtailed production, is|the Summer White ~House on considered significant of the pres- ent Cuban_attitude, A (Continued on Page Seven.) ; Cedar Island by bad roads an- other day. His trip to the Ex- .cancelled. air jaunt that will carry them| around the United States to 21 major cities and more than 13 states. The whole sertes of aviation events, including finals m the boys’ national ~airplane model Re-| with thP.I Great | | (upper right) is manager. Prom- LEADERS FROM NEW YORK CITY REACHHOUSTO Scene—Smith Be Nomin- ated on Early Ballot HOUSTON, June 21.—The first Tammany leaders supporting Gov A. E. Smith for the Democratic Presidential nomination arrived llate yesterday and repared to establish headquarters in the; Rice Hotel where the Reed lead-| ers are quartered. George Van Namee, Norman Mack, veteran National Commit- teeman, and Thomas J. Phellacy,! Connecticut Committeeman, com- pose the advance guard. Van Namee said he was sure Smith’s nominaticn on an ballot but that New York no favorite for Vice-Presi- | | i {of |early had dent. Norman Mack definitely an-| {nounced that Franklin D. Roose- velt, who led the Smith fight in the convention four years ago, will nominate .the New York Ex- ecutive. - — :Makes Protest to Showing of Certain Gov. Smith Film NEW YORK, June 21—Georgo B. Graves, Secretary to Gov. A. E. Smith, has protested to the u of a news reel showing the Gov- ernor signing the State Prohibi- tiop repeal act in the prohibition film titled “Deliverance.” Robert Corrifini, representing the producers, said the “story is not propaganda. Smith 1s not represented as a villain but in a dignified manner.” 1t is admitted that the objectionable footage may be deleted. o - [ Coolidge Lands Six Trout; His Day’s Catch | | | SUPERIOR, Wis., June 21— | | 8ix trout was President Cool- | idge’s catch after seyeral hours’ fishing in Brule yes- | terday. The biggest trout was | one and three quarters | pounds. This is the first an- nouncement of the Presi dent’s luck this summer. Pre- | i vious catches were confiden- tial. The trout are game and it took all of the President’s skill to land them. Expert anglers consider the catch | ), HAM LEWIS (vent'cn at Houston, Texas The former Senator condemned what he called ‘“seduction of votes by misunderstanding and misrepresentation of Republican Party managers who evaded the farm issue to catch the votes of the unwary and announcing of ‘knucufl 80 in for meals more or TODEMOCRATS Says Part.y‘ghould Take| Direct Stand on Farm Relief, Prohibition CHICAGO, June 21 The Demceratic Party has been ad vised Dby former United States Senator James Hamilton Lewls ‘to ‘avold trick to take a clear sta sues of Farm Relief and Pro- hibition. The address was made at the Press Club Chicago night on the ev for the Democ of his departure National Con- false principles to escape respon- sibility for clear statements and intenticns."” Senator Lewis said further: “The Democratic Party gives promise also for similar deception but the party must not descend to such tricks and mislead vot- ers. The party should condemn President Coolidge for the use of vetoes. Senator Lewis also declared that “if Democracy sincerely op- poses National Prohibition it must renounce the Bighteenth Amendnteat and advocate its re- eal. - I Democracy favors the amendment Tt Must “demand its emforcement. - Theére must be no avoidance of the issues by pre- senting doctrines and modifica- tion of the Volstead Act.” —_——————— ARE OFF T0 TEXAS MEET SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 21.—Instructed as a unit to vote for the nomination of Gov. A. E. Smith, 50 delegates leave for the Democratic National Convention tonight. Delegations from Washington and Oregon, both considered to be Smith supperters will arrive just before the Democratic Special de- parts, to make the trip with the Californians. e This Certainly “Sounds” Good; And Then Some LEIPZIG, Germany, June 21 Modern hustle leaves little time for gourmandizing, yet man has relish in his favorite dishes. The Leipziger, for instance, dotes on pigs' knuckles with horseradish, washed down with a goodly stein of beer. The citizen of Leipzig likes pork, and he likes it in big help- ings. Next to pigs’ knuckles, his choice 18 calves’ feet. Weiner schnitzel comes in .a bad third, with steak trailing inconspicuous- ly behind. An astonishing variety of “hot dogs” go to satisfy the Leip- ziger's appetite, countless thous ands being consumed daily be- tween long draughts of beer. One of the larger restaurants averages| from 18 to 20 barrels of beer and 6,000 sausages a day. The good burgher is essentially a beer-drinker with little connois: seurship in wines. When he orders vegetables, it is “Leipziger allerlei,” a mixture of many vegetables, as it were, thicklys govered with sauce. For hors d’ceuvre he orders meat, fish_or herring pickled and jellied in brine. His favorite fish is the carp, and he likes, with every- thing he eats, a phenomena: amount of goose fat. The guests who can afford more than the single dish of pigs' less like the following: soup, boiled or peppered carp, goose, hare or venison roasted and with trimmings. The men usually fin- ish with cheese, the women with Says. Motion Picture - DANCER TO MARRY, AVIATOR | | | N————————————. Pretty Mina Mauk, stage dancer, took a “high-flyer.” She mar- ried Lieutenant Zeus Soucek, inset, who recently set a world’s altitude record for seaplanes with a useful load. In addition to this he also holds the endurance record for this type of plane, He is a record type of naval officer. (International Illustrated News) Ui _ & i — UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GIVEN LARGE SUM FROM GUGGENHEIM FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION AERO BUILDING ! EW YORK, June 21-—Harry F. Guggenheim announces appro- priations from the Daniel Guggen-| heim fund amounting to t:{:m.wt.l for research work in aviation furl Cordova Rocked by Minute and a Half Earthquake Today three educational institutions. | The University of Wasslngton)' = TiR at Seattle will receive §290,000 . v aska, June ol.— for construction of an aeronauti- This vicinity was rocked violent- cal building at the request of M.|1y by an earthquake at 8:25 Lyle Spencer, President of the ©'clock this morning. The shock | University. ~ This s due o the|lasted for a minute and a half. | outstanding importance of the| i Unmiversity as an engiueering in-| ) i stitution in the Pacitic Northwest. Culbertson Appointed | R e - | o Ambassador to Chile Want Positive Pledge ! — s | WASHINGTON, June 21.—The thibmr Enforcement appointment of William Gulbert- |#on as Ambassador to Chile to DETROIT, Mich., June 21—, . | | fucceed William Collier, resigned, The Northern Baptist Convention : | 1is announced hy Secretiry of has: adopted resclutions request- gy, 4o Kellogg. ing the Democratic National| Convention to include in its l)lnt-‘ form a ‘“clear cut and positive! pledge” to Prohibition Enforce-| ment, ‘ Denver, Colorado, has lu'ull' | awarded the 1929 convention. — e WASHINGTON, June 21-—Intro- l"‘l"fl'y Has Largest irlucml too late tor action by Con- Number of Consumers. Er¢ss. the bill of Representative A Wallace White, Jr., Republican, NEW YORK, June 21-The mo-| Maine, to expand marine radio tion picture indusiry has tie larg- service, will be taken up at the est number of consumers of any next sessien. business in America, Wiil Hays; told the directors at the annual| THe Dbill provides that all ves- meeting yesters + “products| %€18 having a crew and passen- reaches $260,000,000 weekly and/BerS, numbering 50 or more, shall the investment exceeds $2,000. have radio facilitles which may be 000,000 said Hays, available in case of accident to ¥ i K imii8 communicate with other vessels and shore stations. ‘The bill siipulates that il would STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 21.—Alaska, Juneau mine stock was quoted be “unlawful for vessels of the today at 83, Endicott Johnson|United States or foreign countries 77, General Asphalt 71, Kelly | navigating the ocean or Great Sprinfield 17%, Bethlehem Steel | 53%, Southern Dairies 40, U. 8. Steel 135%, Great Northern Ore 19%, Glidden Company 21%, Congoleum Nairn 227, Stewart 2%, Warner 82%, Remington Rand Lakes to leave any port of the United States unless it is equip- ped with efficient apparatus for; radio communication capnble of transmitting or receiving mes- sages over a distance of at least | | | very fair for a beginner, ] ice cream concoctions and pas- tries. i P 29, Yellow Truck and Coach 32, and Missouri Pacific 58%. 160 miles, day or night, “An auxillary power supply in- luncle’s body and wa | in charge of two or more parsons THO KILLED, 1 WOUNDED, IN BELGRADE Radical Deputy Pulls Gun —Six Shots Fired, All Find Marks TRAGEDY CULMINATION OF FIGHT IN ASSEMBLY Peasant Leadler in Jugoslav Parliament Among Those Killed BELGRAD¥, June 21.—Infur- fated by interruptio and op- position insults, Punica Ratch- itch, Radical Deputy, drew his revolver in the Nation:l Assem- bly late yesterday afternoon and fired six rounds into the opposi- tion group Paul Raditth and his Stefan Raditch, peasant were killed. Croat Basaritcholk nd three others were dangeronsly wounded. The shocting was the culmina- tion of fierce fights in the Jugo- slav. Parliament. ’ The crime was the most ter- rible since the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga 256 years ago, At the helght of a debate, Stef- an Raditch shouted to the Gow- crnment benehes: “You are mot men. You aré swine * en; nn; go‘fifieufi&"‘ % b ‘,:' a wild tumalt ensued. Paul Raditch threw himsclf across his killed. uncle leader, Deputy Dr. ASSASSIN ARRAIGNED BELGRADI, June 21.—Puniea I Ratchiteh tontenegrin . Deputy {who whot and killed two Depu- ties and wounded others in the Jugoslav arliament yesterday, has lost nmoue of his nerve when arraigned today before a magis- trate on the charge ol murder, Ratchitch said: “Isam ready to be taken out immediately and shot without a trial. I fulfilled my task All Jugoslavia is mourning the death of the victims. Newspap- ers appeared with black borders. Stores, theatres and cales are closed. Tram curs and trains have stopped. Mutiering and high tensicm prevail among the peas- ants. —————— . WERSHENE s SN LS | “Howdye!Coodb | Then British % Cruiser Leaves SHWARD. Alaska, Tune Zl][ “The British light cruiser | Durban arrived here yester- | day and turned around thenm | | | | wirslessed Mayor L. V. Ra; “Regret cannot stay. Weather unsuitable.” The Durban then steamed away. A mod- | | erate wind was blowing and | | it was raining. 'MARINE RADIO BILL . PENDIN IN HOUSE dependent ol the vessel's main electric power plant must be pro- vided which will enable the sends ing set for at leas. four hours to send messages over a distance of 100 miles, and efficient com- munication between the opes in the radio room and the bridge shall be maintained at all times “The ralio equipment mnst be. skilled i the use of such apparss tus, one or the other of whom shall be on duty at all times wl the. vesse! is being navi Provided, however, that any sel which is ecuipped with an ficient auto:natic alarm signal vice, in good working order approved by an officer of the partment of Commerce, shall | deemed to have complied with provisions of the act it the equipment is in churgo of @ more persons skilled n the of such radio appavitus and g matic alarm signal device