The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 3, 1928, Page 1

= THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4832. YOUNG SEATTLE WOMAN “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUEDSAY, JULY 3, 1928. JUNE Aglfll RE ADY | ACTRESS IN CQURT. PRESENTATION T0 CELEBRATE JULY FOURTH City Is Dec;)ratéd — Resi- dents and Visitors to Enjoy Holiday With streets gaily decor- ated with bunting and flags, store display windows carry- ing red, white and blue drapes, fine weather predict- ed, business rushing at the last minute, Juneau and hundreds of visitors this afternoon began planning the big celebration of the Fourth of July tomorrow. All business will practical- ly be suspended tomorrow and the day will be cele- brated in old-fashioned style with a mixture of modern- ism. The big noise producer to- night will be the American Legion smoker in A. B. Hall. Both theatres are also offer- ing good programs for both shows. There will also be a dance in the Fair Build- ing. Tomorrow the events of the day will start. The fol- lowing is the complete offi- cial program: Water Sports in front of >acific Steamship Dock. } { | | . Actresses have been seen in court before, but not in Bucking- 10:00 a. m—Log Rolling ham Palace. An old tradition has been shelved by King George | and Queen Mary of England when they received Ruth Draper, 10:30 a. m.—Tow Boat Tug-| well known actress, at court. It is only a short time ago when women were not allowed on the English stage to say nothing Halibut Boat Tug-of-| of being presented at court. Contest. of-War. Wa r. 10:45 a. m.—Tug-of-War be-+ — = Mayor Walker tween Mine and Mill teams of the Alagka- Juneau Mine. To be held Greets Guests, on the east side of the Pacific Steamship dock. 11:30 a. m.—Outboard Motor Race. Juneau City Band will be in attendance. 12:00 noon — CHILDREN’S PARADE: | Wearing Pajamas LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 3. Mayor James J. Walker, of New York Cit is here for a rest and some pleasure. He refuses to talk politics. Mayor Walker said he was tickled to death because of the Parade forms at Winter & pomination of Gov. Smith. Pond’'s corner, and will be The New York Mayor showed lead by the Drum and pe can wear pajamas and main- Bugle Corps, moves UD tain perfect poise. He welcomed Front Street to Reviewing n reception committee today, Stand at the Triangle Place, wearing his pajamas. The Mayor along Front Street to Wil-!received a call from Mayor loughby Avenue, thence to prunder, of Colton, Cal., and sev- the City Ball Park, where|cral prominent women were in- the Children's Sports Will troduced in the Mayor's private be conducted. car. His pajamas were blue and Wheel - barrow ride by |nhis slippers matched. He was ‘(Continued on Page Two.) ittt fod il ISSUE NOT TO BE DISCUSSED Hoover Will Not Stress Is- sue in Early Part of His Campaign WASHINGTON, July 3.-—Indi- cations are that Republican nom- inee for the Presidency, Herbert C. Hoover, intends to stress other issues rather than Prohibition in the early days cf his campaign. This is the statement made at his headquarters here and it is deplored that any emphasis upon | the wet and dry question has been made, F. W. Thompson, who led the fight against Hcover in the Ohio primaries, has pledged support to Hoover and predicts Hoover will carry that State in the Novem- ber election, | “/playing solitaire at the time but when his visitors were an- nounced, was quickly on his feet, and received greetings in perfect dignity. Venizelos to Form New Greek Cabinet ATHENS, July 3. — Elutherios Venizelos, former Premier and dominant factor of the Liberal Party in Greece, has been en- trusted with the foermation of a new Cabinet, Parliament has been dissolved. Mexican Insurgents, Including 2 Priests, Are Killed in Clash MEXICO CITY, July 3.— Eighty insurgents, including two Catholic priests, were killed yes- terday in combats with Federal troops in the State of Jalisco. — e e A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, July 3.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 3%. DISSENSION BLOCKS RAILROAD MERGERS Stagwey ton s NEW YORK, July 3—Propos- | to say nothing of the subjects als for merging the eastern rail-|they may or may not discuss, ropds to form four great trunk line systems still are side-track- ed. The block appears always to swing to red when am appar- ently clear track is seen ahead, and the mergers remain still in the discussional stage. At least that is the way the sit- uation looks mow. The railroad presidents who flit in and out of the city, keeping half a hundrel newspapermen wondering | if, Where and when they sre to meet, seem to be occupied chiefly with removing the constantly renewed’ blockades. A few weeks ago the Loree op- position to established merger plans was eliminated by sale of his holdings in the Wabash and Lehigh Valley roads to the Penn- sylvania. But with this obstacle removed the consolidations ran against a new blockade in the form of an Interstate Commerce ——— (International Newsree! COOLIDGE TO ASSIST G.0.P, IN CAMPAIGN Dr. Work Has Assurance of Aid—Secretary of Interior Resigns SUPERIOR, Wis., July 3—r. Hubert Work departed from here with the definite assurance from President Coolidge that the lat- ter will help the Republican cause in the forthcoming campaign. Dr. Work also presented his signation to the President as of the Interior. His successor has not been named. Work will give all of his atten- tion to the duties of Chairman of the Republican National Commit- tee. After a four hour visit at the Summer White House, Dr. Work said he had not asked the Presi- dent how he proposed to con- tribute to the Republican cam- paign and did not suggest any pos- sible way to the Chief Executive but is satisfied with Coolldge's assurance he will do everything he could. SAMUELSON IN TOWN FROM YAKATAGA TRIP J. P. Samuelson, representa- tive of the General Petroleum Cempany, who has been to Yaka- taga on the Sunwing, company tender, returned to Juneau yes- terday morning and is staying at the Zynda Hotel. At Yakataga, the company drilling outfit was taken from the field and shipped south, Mr. Samuelson said, and.the company has discontinued its operations there. The Sunwing is to be sold here to the highest bidder, Mr. Samuelson said, and anyone who desires to tender a bid on the boat should get in touch with him. % (Special to Empire) SKAGWAY, July 3 — Cyrus Wright was found head this morn- He was about 65 years of age. e Leo J. Dorgan, new purser for ALL 10 BOATS |, | |Yankee Boy, Shoo-Fly and | the line at 10:25 p. m. yesterday, iper, was ninth to finish, crossing jat 1:10 a. m. The Maiden, Capt. § | tries and were this morning sti | far from being through wich theii 11 | job. | Ft_ill_!li Dead, Bed|Parade in New York the San Juan Fishing and P-ck-'l‘m, Hanlon of Sitka, and her ing Company boat Starr, is en) l -route westward on the Aleutian. e IN RACE MAKE ENTIRE TRIP & L Maidee Arrive—Win- : ner Unknown Today all ten craft entering the Capital-to-Capital Cruiser Yacht Race had crossed the finish line, nine of them finishing in compe-' tition, one, the Maidee, gallantly | completing the course after being totally disabled and towed over [ 300 miles to Ketchikan for . a- pairs. The Yankee Boy, of” Seattle, Capt. George Rickhard, crossed | the eighth to cross. The Shoo- Fly, C. W. Schuh, of Tacoma, owner, and Herbert Schub, skip- Jack Powers, arrived about 4:30 a. m. Winner Not Determined Not before sometime tomorrow will it be known which racers are o RN 3 winners of the contest. The ! pudges and Handicapper A. L. Bobrick worked many hours yes- terday over log books of the en- Photographs 'south on firs number, also the U. Figuring handicaps and check- I ing the logbooks against the con- trol points on the course is an intricate task, requiring consid- erable skill and even more ex- I 1 perience. Mr, Bobrick made good headway vesterday but hat many Announcement Is Made in| hours of work ahead before com-| New York — Aerial | pleting the job. Tour Mapped ‘ Three Breakdowns Each of the three boats arriv- ing last night and this morning j experienced breakdowns. But two - NEW YORK, July 3—Confirm- | iyye e "Wedn “ahorn . of them, Yankee Hoy and Shoo.|M§ his plans for an Antarctic| | myo gestinatic | flight, Capt. George I. Wilkins' Fly, were able to make repairs Y y | {declared that his expedition will | without being towed by the Sno- homish, the convoy Coast Guard|Dot be in conflict with Byrd's'pe .. °* =~ [ explorations. He will hold strict- ly to the frozen coast as his in- Cutter which arrived about 1 a. m today. about 11 miles north of Alert Bay,|¢an be located. British Columbla. There the| After his Antarctic = explora, yacht was sighted by a lookout[tions, Capt. Wilkins plans to cir on the cutter which maintained|Umnavigate the Pacific Ocean a close watch on all beaches ag|DPefore returning to Australia. it cams morth. It was picked up,] From the South Polar regions, and. atter Capt. Powers had mand Capt. Wilkins plans to work up Metal Yield in 1927 De- bersen, reports that water 1s open | creases from Previous Year, Says Report the South and North American coast to Alaska, cross by way of Siberia to Japan, fly around Asia, finally to Australia. Wilkins plans to return from! the Arctic in April or May Wilking and Eielson plan an aerjal tour, viriting Atlantic City,| ufactured a bearing in the cut- ter's machine shop, it tried to re- sume the race. But the materials used in the bearing were not strong enough and a line was put on the craft. It was then towed to Ketchikan where Capt. Powers got an automobile bearing, fitted it in, and came on to this port under his own power. Cracks Water Jacket | Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago. Oma-| ha, Denver, Lake City, Vai- couver, B. C., Portland, Saa Fran- Angeles on September 1. it i water jacket in the vicinity of Seymour Narrows. The Snohom ish came to the rescue. Pulling alongside it furnished materials Ben Mozee Is Named for repairs and Capt. Rickhard was on the way again in about 15 minutes. The Shoo-Fly pulled into Alert| Wagner anmounces the appoint- Bay with its engine knocking|ment of Ben Mozee, of Anchor badly. Aided by men from the age, Alaska, as general reinde cutter, Capt. Schuh took it down|superintendent 1n Aiaska, wil and completely overhauled it with-| headquarters at Nome. in the six-hour tieup allowance| The appointment is offective[Fish Boat Engineer Killed at Wrangell| WRANGPRLL, Alaska, July and came through without fur-| immediately. Mozee has been in ther mishap. the Bureau of Education dervice On the Yankee Boy, besiles its|in Alaska since 1909. He will skipper were: Leonard Botten,|have charge of all reindeer in-| MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘KIDNAPPED e IEN KTTASE YACHTS LEA) bove are two views of yachts and esccrts in Capital-to-Capital race leaving the Pacific Coast event of the kind in history yachts are now in Juneau, ten in PR SRR S. C. G. cutter Snohcmish which acted as convoy R E P UBLICANS Polish Plane Ready To Hop Atlantic Ocean LEBOURGET FIELD, ldzingowriski ocean to America. awaits™ only | will be New | # and his five companions. 3—The 1927 is one of the reasons assigned by | the Interior Department for a de- the production eral in Alaska last WABHINGTON, low . ; produe- The Yankee Boy cracked its)¢is¢o and the tour will end ‘0 LOs| 00 is traced to the decrease in' production from gold placers, tone announcement said. the produc- mines in Alaska with A Geological Surve: Reindeer Chief, Alaska' iion of ali goid at SEATTLE, July 3—Jonathan$17,657,000 the previous year, " BR. CRUISER —— e PRICC TEN CENTS ' . SEATTLE GIRL 5 AT MIONIGHT i SEATTLE, July 3 —Forced to iswallow a vial of poiwn by two {'men who attacked hcr, Miss 1 Swanee Quinedon, « od 22 years, M | is dying in a local hospital. The girl hysterically told of being kidnapped by two men as she alighted from reet car in the suburbs at Inight last night, being uattacked, i bottle of = forced down her throat and the burning poisom splashed on her fece, decply sear= ing the fle: She was turown from the autos mobile, in which .he had been kidnapped .nd crawied (o a near- by residen story brok- |enlv, then lapsed inio uncon= scionsness, - Wi;Put Her Intc Auto and : . . || Force Poison Down Her . ap i Throat—Is Dying e e I i "SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN 1S NOW STARTED | Two Fliers and Base Ship in Arctic Ready for Rescue Work CHICAGO, July 3.—The agri= | | | OSLO, July 3—The base ship| cultural plank in the Demoecratic | Brwmn. wit] rwegian fliers,iv!atform has proved so | A ‘, ko m A~ Ldest {Veatoy, v s al L b Holm, have arrived at Kings Bay|ian thé Executive and will immediately begin a|representing the Corn Belt Con- search for Capt. Roald Amundsep|ference, that he has {ssued a |stafement urging Republigan T0LD TO VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS Prominent >Gv.6.l’. Man Is- sues Statement to U. S. Farmers Reports that Amundsen’s body | farmers to vote the Demoeratie | The Maidee stripped a beariny | terest in that region is to locate PRUDUCTI N |N 1]"“ B ORI So0 p\‘)(‘/'eetek himscif is a Republican. and was forced to put ashore|® SPot where a weather station | He said the Fopublican Party WATER IS OPENING 5 STOCKHOLM, July 3—The res-| turned its back on the farm- ALASKA SLUMPS cue of the Italia castaways by S then added, “insult to in- hydroplane appears now to be|JUF¥” by the nomination for President of an ‘“‘arch enemy of the square deal for American ag- riculture.” Week said that in Houston, on the other hand, the ‘farmers K i were givin the greutest consid- NEARING ITALIA'S CREW [eration In every way. B MOSCOW, July 3—The Russian|® et " uly 3—The Tussian| oo ere policited and s el within 80 miles of the x:mmled,:']a"k ‘i‘]".";"e" which s the. Italia men left on the ice ry Gen,| a2vorable for agriculture that has | Nobile. ever been written in the plat- | possible. Capt. Tornberg of the | Swedish Rescue Mission in Spitz- ynear the floes on which the party | is stranded. isebreaker Krassin s reported of min form of any political party in NOBILE IS ILL | KINGS BAY, July 3—Gon. Um-| our histors " Week said the farmers iu the berto Nobile, rescued leader of) B¥aiM. livestock and cotton States | ,the illfated Ttalla expedition, 15| ¥ill recognize the Deuocratie lin a feverish condition and cou|PlARK for agriculture as a mew ‘fined to his bed aboard the base|deCiaration for independence. ship Citta di Milano with a phy-| :“" sald the sple solutiaiiy sician attending him. the. fasm prohlem “ofterdd NN | Republican Party and its poms. | inee is to keep on starving o the farmers until production 18 reduced to demands of the dof {luestic market..” ‘i 1 ———————— | DINNER FOR PHYSICIANS Fifteen were yresen! at the dinner which the Jineau physis cians gave in honor of the doe- tors aboard the yaclits which are here in the Capital-to Capital race, | HALIFAX, July 3. — Br light cruiser Dauntless is rapid- Wakeham Gievalt, Wendell Tros-| cluding allotment of grazing. Alfred Martin, aged of » Shoals| 4t the Arcade Cafe last evening. Aboard the ShooFly were:| MAJOR ELLIOTT MEETS killed hely s been abandonod by all but| > Poriand, Dr. ard Mrs. L. B Owner C. W. Schub, Capt. Her- FAMILY AT KETCHIKAN, slipped enBine|yyy Commander and a skeleton DM¥0s, Drooand Afrs, H. bert Schuh, Glen Cushing, Arthur | room Vega. iy o, | Vighne, Dr. and Mrs. W, 5. o t of the crew. It is feared si o Knudson and Don Melch, Major Malcolm Elliott, Presi-| His head caught in the fly wheel.| b, "y 0 5 G0, Dr. W. W. € With Capt. Powers on thefdent of the Alaska Road L'om-;M"li" had been engineer on the went boat for two week: Maidee were: Capt. C. A. Wheel | migsion, who recently er, Dave Dorsey, Clarence Pelz|through Juneau to Ketchikan and M. C. Mitchell, after having made an_airpianc| Hoover Field Hangar, Six Planes Destroyed ‘WASHINGTON, kind of lookout was kept at alllneau today. Major Elliott joined |today destroyed the hangar and|for bank statements at the close since Tuesday of last. week, hours. It remained in the rear of{ Mrs. Elliott and their three six airplanes at the yacht fleet until a short dis-| daughters, on the Aleutian, ou | across the Potomac tance out of this port when it| which steamer they came north. | Washington, early this morning. —— The loss is estimated at $60,000. . & 2 Smith Is Back Again on Uliited States District Court here,| Plunges Down 1,000 Feet| ° Snohomish on Job tour of the Interior of Alaska The Snohomish was on the job| with Gov. George A. Pavks and all of the time. It covered thelR. J. Sommers, Territorial High- route carefully and the strictest! way Engineer, returned to Ju- steamed ahead, passing the Maidee which was the last vessel to ar- rive. — JOHN DUNN RETURNS o A T John H. Dunn, Clerk of the returned on the Aleutian from a Broken Up by Police|three weeks' trip to the States. ing,in his bed in his cabin."Wright| persons were arrested when 44| Washington in Tacoma on June|were has been employed as bridge car-| Policemen broke up an attempted|19, 20 and 21, and from there went penter. He worked Saturday and}demonstration pardde today of the|té Portland where he was present yesterday. When he did not show|*All - American Anti- Imperialist| durfng the meeting of the Su-|{1,000 feet, up this morning, the foreman|League” in front of the Walipreme Council of the Scottish called and found Wright dead.|Street offices of the J. P. Mor-|Rite. 'He visited with his son, gan Company. ——o—— Mrs. W. R. Hanlon, wife of ———— two daughters, left for Sitka onm - 3.—Fire Field, [ of business on June 30 has been on the Northwestern for River from | issued. NEWPORT, R. L, July 3.— Mr. Dunn attended the Grand Lieutenant Commander Thalbert NEW YORK, July 3—Twelve|Lodge of Masons of the State of Alford and William Butler, Jr,|the “Sidewalks ol New York," for|learn to swim.” killed this afternoon when |the first visit since his nomina- Y into | tlon for the Presidency, Gov. A.|were not sort of tishy and he a naval seaplane a height of | E. Smith yesterday recalled the| plic the harbor Bound for Skagway and the In-| mery days as now, “I learned to John M. Dunn, while in Seattle, |terior, Mr. and Mrs. M. Bernstein|swim down at the foot of Beek-'a few days of rest . and son, Joseph, passed through|man street, down by “the docks.|formal political econfere Mrs, C. M. Moe, wife of ihe en-|here on the Admiral Rogers. Mr.| There they had fish cars fuu of morrow he will make twe the| water. They kept turtles ii. them gineer the Forest King, is| Bernstein is proprietor a er for Latouche on the|Bernstein Fish Grotto of San and when the cars did not have Francisco. : Iirestone, und tho vachts attending were, Drs, F. !Bird, E W. Rich, E. D, MeCat | 8. L. Blair and Kdward Rich, The Dauntless hit the shoals while feeling her way into the harbor here. ———e . BANK CALL C. W. Davies, representative the Standard Oil Company, WASHINGTON, July 3—A call Las been in Junean on busi “Sidewalks of New Yo NEW YORK, July 3--Back on made a fine placc in which He was asked if the water ¢ 5 days of his boyhood, on lower| “Ob, yes, but that did mot | East Side. On just such sum- ther us."” | Gov. Smith looks triotic addresses. He has ed an iunvitation to 1d Ku Klux Klan. any fish or turtles in them, they