The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4831. JUNEAU ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 2, ) . 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CflTl'S FLIERS LOST IN SEARCHING ARCTIC SEVEN OF 10 YACHTS REACH JUNEAU SPEED CRAFT CROSSING LINE IN BIG EVENT Only Three More Yachts to Arrive in Juneau— One Is Out of Race AS THE YACHTS ARRIVED | Dolphin I1—12 m. Saturday. aturday. Dell-—11:30 day Arga Sund | Winifred day. Bolinder Sunday. Leota 12:44:25 a. m. | Monday. | To Arrive Yankee Boy and p. m. Satur- y—10:52:40 a. m. 2:35 2:35 p. m. Sun- e AR19 00 TS Shoofly | early Tuesday. Maidie north from Ket- | chikan 6 p. m .Sunday. | | 42 Seven of the ten yachls in the Capital-to-Capital Yacht Race from. Olympia to Juneau were in port here today and the three re- maining vessels are expected to arrive by tomorrow morning. One of the latter, the Maidee, which Wwas disqualified . when it was Towed aeross Queen - Charitte Sound, is coming ahead from Ket- chikan under its own power, The Sandpiper II, of Belling- ham, owned and captained by F. Stanley Piper, was the second racer to cross the line, arriving at 8:33 p. m. Saturday, almost eight hours later than the Dolphin II. The Dell, Olympia, owned by E. J. Thompson and captained by John Pierce, tinished third at 11:39 p. m. Saturday. Winner Still Undecided Until the Yankee Boy and Shoo- Fly, now between here and Pet- ersburg, make port, it will not be possible for the judges to deter- mine the winners in their respec- tive classes. As all of the vessels are within their time limits until the log books have been checkul over and handicaps figured out| the outcome is undecided. The Maidee is the only yacht definitely out of the race. She had engine trouble in Queea Char lotte Sound and was' picked up by the patrol ship Snohom:sh and towed to Ketchikan. Repairs were made there yesterday and it was scheduled to have left there under its own power at 6 p. m. for this port, The Yankee Boy and Shoo-Fly were reported passing the south entrance of Wrangell Narrows at 3:45 a. m. today and should ar- rive here early tomorrow morning. Make Unusual Record It is believed ‘that both of these boats will cross the finish ling well within their time schedule, This means that nine of the 10 vessels leaving Olympia will fin- ish in competition. And the tenth boat will complete the voyage This is regarded as an unusual record in view of the conditions under which the race was made. | In fact, probably not a single captain entering thought it pos- sible that every vessel would cov- er the entire course. The length Speedy craft are competing for the huge golden trophy, given by the Olympia mer: Adolph Schmidt, No. 1, Winifred, Stanley Piper, Schuh, Tacoma. Bellingham; The Maidie, 2 Olympia; 6, Yankee not ;m-mrml No. Leota, Boy, George is owned by No. Promment Men Aboard Yachts Now in Juneau | John Pierce, skipper of the Dell, ) is with his brother Thad Pierce,|late Judge Wallace Mount of the gperating the Hotel Olympian at Olympia. He has been a naviga- tor of small boats since a small boy. He has made a number of trips in small boats and had pre- viously been in Alaskan waters. Six years ago he piloted the Wini fred G., now the Dell, which he is again handling, into this section with a party of friends, including Adolph D. Schmidt, who bailt the craft and sold it to E. J. Thomp- son, an Olympia business man, ‘The latter is on board the Dell. Adolph D. Schmidt, command- er, owner and pilot of the Wini- fred, has his home and chief busi- ness interest in Olympia. But he operates the Hotel New Washing- ton at Seattle; the Hotel Olym- pus, at Tacoma; The Hotel Mit- chell at Olympia and the Hotels Leopold and Henry at Belling- ham and is also interested in Mount Baker Lodge, the new re- creation place in the Mt. Baker region out of Bellingham. = He had'the Winifred G., built but sol¢ of the race, 903 miles, the fact that the course was practically unknown to almost every skip- per, the open waters to be me- gotiated, and other elements t weather and water as well as ma- chinery involved, all of which have been successfully met, were oul of the ordinary, or so regard- ed at the outset. Accidents Are Lacking Accidents have been almost lacking. Except for the Maidee not one of the vessels have had to lose time for any reason. Weather conditions were not found unusual and the farther north the craft came the better they were found to be. The Dell had a slight accident in Clarence Strait, breaking a tiller rope. The water was some- what rough but repairs were made without Incident and with little delay. The Winifred reported an easy and comfortable voyage. It tied| ———— (Continued on Page Eight.) i it to E. J. Thompson who has re- named it the Dell and then Schmidt had the Winifred built,|continuous This is the first time he has pilot- ed a boat to Juneau although he has been here before in smail boats. . C. F. Chapman, abdard the Winifred, is editor of the maga- zine Motor Boating of New York. He arrived in Olympia just in time to board the Winifred for Juneau and has certainly been on a long journey. He plans to re- turn by steamer but efforts ‘are being made to get him to return on the Winifred and to see Alas- ka and the Pacific Northwest as this is his first trip north or to the Pacific Northwest. He says he is amazed at the noulblmlea of this section. The length of the motor boat race had amazed him as it has also amazed Com- modore A. L. Bobricl They both have taken a great number of stills and motion pictures to show. to their New York friends. Mount, ¢ ‘1 is writing the crew of the Dell, is the son of the Washingion State supreme court. He is now a busy physician buti he found time to make the won- derfu! trip north. Joe Kershner, aboard the Dell, story for the Olym- pilan at Olympia, he being a mem-; ber of the staff of that paper. He is much intercsted in yachting and as all O'ympia is keenly con- cerned about the success of the race which it is planned to make a regular affair his paper sent him along to provide the local color. Manry, of Olympia, is and financial man of own. Being one of the crowd th promoted, or helped to promote, the race, he signed on as a deck hand for this voy- age. He he has been en- Joying himself. Capt. Ray E. Stickler of the Dolphin II is a marine and auto- mobile engine mechanic who re- gides in Seattle. “I have only one. complaint to register. This daylight is hard on one’s nerves as one never knows when to go to bed,” he declared K. T. Foster, engineer on the Dolphin owns and operates a gar- age in Seattle Elmer N. Hutto ‘is pilot and first officer on the Dolphin. He is a pile driver engineer in Seattle. Capt. Richard Froboese is a Seattle business man, head of Richard Froboese and Company which handles both iraported and domestic engines including the Bolinder semi-diesel with which the Yacht Bolinder is powered. Herman Kilian, engineer on the Boliuder, is port engineer for Capt. Froboese's company. Others on the Bolnder were: Maurice Anderson, proprietor of Anderson’s Photo Supply House Herndon a banker his home t says of Seattle; Leo Johnson, of John-| Adolph Schmidt, not to have the| son Hardwood and Lumber Com- pany, Seattle; and. Ray Palm, —ie . (Continued on rmm) Dr. 8. L. Blair, Tacoma; C. Richard, Seattle; No. Jack W tle. TELLS OF TRIP OF YAGHT DELL T0 THIS PORT Newspaperman Aboard| Yacht Writes ““Log”"— One Accident Aboard 7, Dolph Power, § (The yacht Dell arrived here Saturday night at 11:39 o'clock. The following ex- cerpts are taken from a “log” kept by Joe Kershner, mem- ber of the créew and also a member of the staff of the Daily Olympian, Olympia, and which formed part of dis- patchies sent to his newspa- per. There are many inter- esting side lights of the trip from Olympia to Juneau). By JOE KERSHNER The Dell went into the “hard| luck” class about 11:30 p. m. Fri- day, a few hours out of Ketchi- kan when a rudder rope gave way and left the sturdy little bu;u, ducking and bobbing helplessly in a comparatively open sea. The Dell hove to in Ketchikan at 9:25 p. m. Friday, in response to motions from A. L. Bobrick, Adolph Schmidt and others, who were either ashore, or aboard thej Princess Charlotte, berthed the Ketchikan dock. The Winifred, Schmidt’s boat, was berthed at the stern of the Princess Char- lotte and was awaiting, we later learned, more favorable tidel through Wrangell Narrows. The Dell had not intended to stop but did so on seeing the apparently urgent metions from those ushore. As the Dell came along side the other boats berthed ot the Ketchikan dock, Kershner went ashore to telegraph The Daily Olympian. That done the Deil headed out at 9:40 p. m. and Winifred waiting for something more favorable than that desired luolunM on Page Seven.) YACHTS ENTERED IN THE CAPITAL-TO-CAPITAL RACE, ants, pictured in the center of the above Argosy, in II, F HANDICAPPER HERE F A L. rules c { Power of numerous race tees in Mortor! of the Capital- Courtesy Dail layout. No. 4, Dell, 8, Bolinder, The their ow E. J. Thompson, Olyn Richard Froboese, boats, Dr. Ed. A. Rich, Tacoma; Ray E. Stickler, Seattle; No. for two years the Colonial club’s racing boat crophy for the an- nual Bastern regatta around Long Island, that trophy being emblematic of tern yacht rac- [ing supremacy. Following vic- tories in 1922 and 1923 in the Long Island race, Mr. Bobrick has virtually OR BIG TASK retired racing and is confining his sport- ing activities mainly to interpre- tations of rules for the A. P. A. and other powerboat organiza- | tions. Mr. Bobrick arrived on the Princess Charlotte Saturday night accompanied by Mrs. Bobrick. ———~——— Fifteen Are Killed In Religious Riot CALCUTTA, July persons were killed [riously wounded at |{when a Mohammedan religious | procession with' music attempted ‘lo pass the Hindu Temple. The Hindu Sikhs attacked the pro- cesaion and police reinforcements ultlm.nlvly controlled the situa- tion. 2. Fifteen and 25 se- Khargpur |\ Air Mail Pilot Found Dead with His Wrecked Plane, Hanging in Tree A. L. BOBRICK Bobrick, chairman of the ommittee of the American Boat Asociation, and head | BLSINOR, Mo, July siiil rules commit-|clueping a shattered stick of his cluding that of the Pacific|girplane, with a packet of Demo- boat Association, s head |cratic Convention pictures at his handicap committee of the|yige, Leslie Smith, air mail pilot to-Captial Race, and oniot §¢. Louls, was found dead to- 2 his calculations awards will be| |day with his wrecked plane near based. Along with other titles, inere, Shattered bits of fusilage Bobrick is a commodore of the angd wings were found hanging Colonial York City. Mr. of New! « chemist Yacht Club, to a tree. The motor and under- carriage landed about 50 feet be- bY|yond. It is helieved lightning Bobrick is a profession and, of late, hag made: gtruck the plane while in mid- his residence in Pasadena, Cali-|gafp, fornia, .| geles. dence in New York City and will 80 the his . services Power nection with the Olympia-Juneau trek. rfi.l:{ ‘Besldes being an authority on with offiees in Los An- He also maintains a resi- Mayo Ore Is Shipped " South Aboard Alaska SEWARD, Alaska, July 2—Ten carloads of silver lead ore, the first shipment of the season on rules, Mr. Bobrick i8 a|the Alaska Raflroad route, from bptldar and racer of con-|Mayo, 18 being shipped south on siderable fame. He won and held|the steamer Alaska. re following conclusion of to the American Boat Association in con- Se: from active | OLYMPIA TO JUNEAU y Olympian, Olympia, Was ners and home town npia; Ne. 5, Sandpiper II, attle; No. 9, Shoofly, C. SMITH VISITS NEW YORK; T0 are: F. w. K. K. K. Invites Him to Address Meeting Smith Not to Make Many Speeches ALBANY, N. Y., July —Gov. A. E. Smith, Demo- cratic nominee for President, will probably not make over 156 speeches in his campaign. No definite plane, however, will be made until a confer- | ence of the National Com- mittee members to be held in New York City on July 11. Smith supporters feel that the old stumping days are a thing of the past, driven out | by the radio. l | | { i £ NEW YORK, July 2.—Gov. A. E. Smith in New York City today for informal conferences at which he will thrash out detalls for his Presidential campaign with a few close friends. The first mecting ol the Demo- cratic National Committee will not be until July 10 but it is generally believed that before that time, Gov. Smith will have decided exactly what course he will follow and merely the eommittee of his decisions. Friends «close to the Democratic nominee say he intends to decide all important matters relative to the campaign himself snd that the committee will foliow his di- rections, rather than act in an | advisory capacity. Gov. Smith will probably make; one spech in New York, one in {Continued on Page Two.) PLANGAMPAIGN Will Do His Own Directing|; infori | RUSS AVIATOR IS SWALLOWED UP, FAR NORTH Hops Off from Icebreaker to Search for Amund- sen — Is Lost NOBILE’S EXPEDITION IS BEING DENOUNCED Former Flight Mate of | Amundsen Belicves Comrad: Drowned LONDON. July 2 Lairplane rescue | — With twe xpeditions misgs | ing, eriticism of Nobile's fatal | Polar flight and nduet of re- {liel operations are being voiced. Last Fiiday, Russian airman| | Babuschikin hopped o¥ from the Soviet iebreaker Iuligin and| swallowed ip by the Arctie. A Moscow dispaich to the I Taily Express quoted “ergi Kam- | eniff, Inspector Coneral of thel Red Army as charging Nobile's | baie ship with failure to cooper-| te in rescue work and neglect to inform the Kaligin the posi| tion of the Italis crew which had been chang d by the drift of ice, in time to warn dier Babuschi= | kin, The Inspector General Capt. Roald Amundsen ought tol “have heen put in charge of : d ulht organization I‘ hel crew could be accomplished ol by cooperation between the viet fcebreaker and Swedish atr-| planes. Many explorers are arriving Tromsoe for a meetin: of explo ers at Leningrad. It is report they have denvunced Nobile's pedition. PRAYERS FOR AMUNDSEN COPENHAGEN, July 2.—P ers for Amundsen and his companicns were offered in Norway churches yesterday. The newspaper Polittiken pul lishes a statement of Peter chen, Danish explorer, sayil that aviators at Tromsoe out little hope of finding Amui sen and his compunions. Believed Dead Helmer Hansen, who accoms panied Capt. Amundsen to ¢ South Pole, belleves his old ehi died v..en the plane was fore lown Ly a storm and cap n the wuves. % Friends of Amundsen remark that sucl an end was in ace with the wishes ol Amundsen. AVERY HOPWOOD DIES SUDDENLY Famous Playwright P: Away at Sea While in Bathing NICF. France, July 2.-—Pla wright Avory Hopwood was taki suddenly il and diod while at athing at Jnan les pins Frab Rivivera, where he had stayine He zained world as an author ol farce com including “Fair nnd Warn The Bat' and “Gectie's Gartes He was horn in Cleveland 1882 and was a sraduvate University of Michigan. He a reporter on the Ck Leader. ———— O Hoover Will Resign from Cabinet WASHINGTON, July 2~ Socretary of Commerce Hei bert C. locover,' Rep | nominee for the 73 | 1s writing his speseh of a “,: | ceptance while prep oy ! his trip to California. | | Yniss | he leaves Washingto g vill visit President i ot Brule and hand | resignation as c.p 7 ¢ Secretary. lloong start West about | : §%