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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4847. JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY JULY 21, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1928. Chzcago Man 4 ppomted ROY 0. WEST IS APPOINTED SEC. INTERIOR, Resignation of Dr. Work! Is Simultaneously Accepted APPOINTEE PERSONAL FRIEND OF PRESIDENT | New Ofllual Promlnent in Republican Party Politics SUPERIOR, VVI:A.. July 21— President Coolidge has appointed Roy O. West, of Chicago, Secre- tary of the Interior, succeeding Dr. Hubert Work, whose resignation has been simultaneously accepted. West is a personal friend of the President, prominent in the Re- publican campaign four years ago as Secretary of the National Re- publican Committee and is now National Committeeman from Il linois. Dr. Work is now entirely free to devote his time to the Chair- manship of the Republican tional Committee. up all his work as far as poss ble on all matters pending in the Interior Department and West will find a clean desk. APPRECIATES HONOR CHICAGO, Waest ™ honor Of the appoinfment and 1 shall go to Washington immedi-| ately and familiarize myself with the work of the office.” Mr. West has been a figure in the National Republican Party | since 1908 and for 34 years has been a party leader in country and state. He was re-elected to the National Committee at Kan-' sas City, and named VI _Treasur- | er in charge of the in the Middle West. graduate of De Pauw and a Chicago lawyer B CONFERENCES ARE STARTED BY NOMINEE Hoover to Discuss Situa- tion with Pacific Coast Leaders- STANFORD UNIVFR@ITY July 21. — Abandoning his original plans for a quiet week-end at his «home: here, Herbert C. Hoover began a series of political con- he He is a university ferences which will be continued | intermittently until the time of his notification on August 11. Gov. C. C. Young was the first to Confer with the Republican nominee for the Presidency, and he gave information as to the political situation on the Pacific Coast. Next week Hoover will confer with Senator Hiram Johnson and leaders from other Pacific Coast States. GOLD CREEK WASHES AWAY FOOT-BRIDGE The foot-bridge across Gold Creek to the Alagka Juneau Gold Mining Company property in Sil- ver Bow Basin was washed out at 12:30 o’clock this morning, according to reports brought to Juneau ioday., Swelled by heavy rainfall the waters of the creek raised to such a high level the founda- tions of the bridge were weak- ened and finally released the structure. The flood waters are subsiding today with the decrease in rainfall. ———————— LA PAZ, Bolivia—Ample skirts and split trousers worn by In- dian since the days of the Span- ish conquests are to be forbidden. ‘The Government has decreed that the entire population must wear dress of European style begin- ning October 6. campaign fund | Na-| He has wound CHICAGO, 1L, July 21.-— ship, the plane that flew across th {day visit, added another name to ! Mrs. Lou Gordon, fermerly Miss July# 21.—Roy O.!who became the bride of the mechanician of the Friendship. “appreciates, the . wedding was. i pnhuc affair nml wim celghmled lut nlgln RESTORATION OF TEM |“Get Fresh, Will 'You? I'll' Show You Up.” He Did NEWARK, July 21.—A lone aviator and 46 truck drivers en- gaged in a fued that started tover the literal throwing of mud jon Aviator Kenneth Collings. He {accused the drivers of deliberate- |1y splashing mud on a new bi- |plane he parked on the flying |field along the road. His protests, Collings said, were answered with more mud and attempts to pick him off| with their trucks o6 he walked along the road. So yesterday, to have revenge. He leaped into his mud-spat-! ‘tered plane and headed down the {foad towards the truck drivers. 1" He swooped low as he passed one truck and clipped off the driver’s mirror with a tail skid. He swooped over another truck and, according to the driver, Frunk Krouse, ripped off the top. Collings, when arrested later, | said: “I was just giving the truck drivers a @ose of their own medicine. There was not any i’dnnger. 1 handle my plane bet-{ ter than they handle their trucks.” e ——— Collings decided ) Dozen Passengers Are Injured When Cars Take Plunge! NEW YORK, July 21. — One dozen persons were injured when the first two cars of a Long Island Railroad electric train plunged through an open draw- bridge over the arm of Jamaica Bay this morning. The first car, the smoker, con- tained 24 passengers, and was three quarters submerged. The second car balanced on the edge of the bridge superstructure. Motorman Carl Muller is re- ported to have ran by a block signal. He smashed his window and swam to the surface. Police Boat Reaches Point Barrow on Way To Herschel Island POINT BARROW, Alaska, July 21.—The Royal Northwest Police boat Stroch arrived here at 7 o'clock last night «enroute to Her- schel Island, loading reindeer carcasses from the farthest north reindeer corporation. All Eskim are concerned in the enterprise, The crew of | Raskob, | cratic | that ne be lrst l rans-Atlantlc Air Romancu "TTTHE BRIDE the mon e Atlantic Ocean, here the roster. The new Ann Bruce, of Brookline, plane Fried- for a four member M The is PERATE LIFE | IN AMFRI(A IS URGED BY RASKOB NEW Y()ll, .Iuly 21— John Chairman of the Demo- National Committee, said at a press conference, lieved Lhe thinking peo- iple of the country should try and work out a scheme for “restora- tion of a temperate life in Ameri- last night Chairman Raskob said he had no definite plans and the Demo- cratic National Committee was not evolving any. Asked if he thought the major- ity of the people in the country were wet, Raskob said: “I don't know. It is difficult to class the people whether wet or dry. 1 would hate to have the people re- fer to me as wringing wet.” 50 POISONED; TROUBLE LAID T0 BAD EGGS WASHiwu July proximately 50 women and chil- dren are in hospitals sufforing from what has been diagnosed as food poisoning, following a pienic at Marshall Hall, a Maryland amusement resort. Many others are being treated at their homes. Doctors believe bad eggs caus- ed the polsoning. An investigation dered. TELEVISION RECOBNIZED WASHINGTON, July 21.—The Federal Radio Commission today took the first decisive step in recognition of the potentialities of television when licenses were is- sued to two transmitters and con- struction permits to seven others for the development of sending pictures through the air. The licenses are for one year at the end of which the Commission expects to determine whether tele- vision is in public interest, — NOTTINGHAM, England — As raisers of thoroughbred - cattle King George and the Prince of Wales are good equestrians, if the awards at the show.of the 21.—Ap- has been or- FAKE ACCIDENT - SYSTEMFOUND, NEW YORK CITY Ambulance Chasing and Fake Falls Are Under Investigation W YORK, July 21.—An el- aborate system of fake accident claims estimated to cost insur- ance companies $3,000,000 a year has been described at an inves- |before Supreme Ccurt Justice tigation into ambulance chasing | Wasservogel. Thirteén lawyers and five phy- sicians were named as membets |of a ring that employed men and women to fake falls over man hcle covers and other sidewalk lobstructiens, [ Oneration of the ring was de- scribed by Daniel Laulich, law- |yer's runner who now is serving la prison _term for insurance 'frauds, and Irving Fuhr, a truck 'driver and painted when not en- gaged in accident “flopping " “Flopper” on Job Laulich, who named lawyers and physicians involved in the dent faking and estimated the amount of the insurance companies losses, deseribed in de- tail the method of operation “Flopper,” he said, would find a defect in a sidewalk of an in- sured building, trip over it and then make a false claim of in- jury. The “flopper,” he declar ed, rarely went to a hospital but a second man would gather the names af witnesses to the ‘“‘acels dent.” The claim would be placed in the hands cf one of the attorneys in the ring, while a jphysician also affiliated with ~'the ring would furnish a falsé medical certificate. Suit would then be filed against the insurahce com- pany. Pay for Tips Laulich said the ring had ar- ranged with an insurance hroker for information on buildings car- rying insurance against personal injury and pald $5 each for such tips. He said he drew, a salary of $40 a week from the lawyers and a split of the profits which averaged $50 a week. Fuhr testified he at first was employed by an ‘agency” to fake accidents for a salary of §$50 to $75 a week, but later became a “free lance flopper” selling his claims to lawyers on a conting- ent basis of 50 per cent of the recovery. He described the various “flops” in which he specialized and said he did about 10 “‘flops” a day. Several girls testified they had received small sums, usually $5, from various lawyers for posing as accident victims before insur- ance company physicians. — e — SURROUNDING REBEL LEADER WASHINGTON, D. C,, July 21. ~—Marines in Niearagua hope to reach the end of their campaign against Rebel Gen. Sandino with- in a few months. The latest re- ports received by the Navy De- partment said the {insurgent leader % practically surrounded by the American forces and sur- render or possible flight to Hon- duras is looked for within a short time. B — Tourist to Alaska Passes Away While in Ketchikan Hospital KBETCHEIKAN, Alaska, July 21.—/ Mrs. Myra O. Warner, widow of a former prominent Illinois at. torney, died in the hospital here Thursday night after being remov- | ed from the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Alice last week.! She became ill while making the round trip. Five sons survive. Robert, the youngest, is now en-| route here to take charge of the body. —_——e— A. J. QUOTATIONS SPOKANE, Wash., July 21. around the world voyage, John morning, refueled and took off from Japan on the liner Empress pressed confidence that they would by five days. The previous record 14 hours and 36 minutes Former Senator Williams to Support Smith | | | JACKSON, Miss, July 21 John Sharp Williams, for- mer United States Senator, in a letter to the Jackson Daily News, declared he will support Gov. Al Smith for the Presidency, and “I will be surprised if there be a man knowing me who can doubt that.” FARM RELIEF PROPOSITION IS OUTLINED New Suggestion Made by! President Farm Bureau Fe d eration OAKVILLY, biv., July 21.—An effective measure that will place| the bargaining power in thej hands of the farmers is the pn-s-l ent outstanding need in America, Sam Thompson, veteran Illinois {farmer and President of the Am- erican Farm Burean Federation,! said in an address today to the Missouri farmers. Thompson said the farmers are| entitled to the same protection | in bargaining power as afforded other industries by natioal sta- tutes. —_———- ELLEN TERRY PASSES AWAY SMALLHYTHE, Eng., July 21.{ —Dame Ellen Terry, British act- | ress, beloved by playgoers the world over, died today in her little oaken farm house here | where she had quietly spent the last years of her life. She was surrounded by relatives when she Ibasnd away. \SCOUTS WILL MEET DOR. ALEX. TUESDAY Owing to the late arrival here of the Dorothy Alexander, which is due in port from the south Tuesday, Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1 and No. 2 of Juneau are asked| ito be present at the Admiral jLine wharf Tuesday instead of Monday as originally announced, C. D. Ferguson, scoutmaster of | Troop No. 2, said today. The steamer will arrive here about 2 o'clock Tuesday after-| noon, and Bcouts are expected {to be present to greet Walter |Head, President of the National Scout Council. ———— NEW YORK science cared little Dr. Hideyo Nouguchi. A martyr to for wealth, who died H * Are Breaking (,lobo Czn'hn o Rm ‘or d Bound for New York, Mears and C. B. D. gal' for the Hast. The flie of Russia and hopped off from 1 reach New York tomor is held by Edward S. 18 terminus Collyer landed at arrived at Victoria, JOHN HENRY MEARS (left) and C. B. D. COLLYER of an record of Spokane Airport B. €., last night airplane They attempted the that city by Linton Wells which is 28 days TE ntomologv I* X ports Discuss Crop Pests At World Congress By Coolidge as Cabinet fl/'ember p. BIG CONFERENCE NOW SUGGESTED. ON WA K TREATY. President Coolidge, It Is Reported ALL NATICNS WOULD % o {Paris Is Mentioned as Sui ; able Place for Great an/ this| ex-| ow noon breaking the worid flight record|tigna) and lanti-war Gathering SUPERIOR, Wis., The July 21— suggestion of an Interna- Conference at which the treaty, now under ecom- siderition with the chicf nations of the world, would be finally concided and signed by partiels © vating governments, President Coolidge. Secietary of State Kellogz has reported to President Coolidy that snch ¢ suggesiion should howevec ., come from several Eus pean governments and that be propose! as a suitable capiéal ,in which to hold the gathering. While tlhe ;itate Department has |the matter under consideral 4 and has come to no conclusion | * hance greatly the p Dr. L. 0. Howard (upper left) is President of the Fourth hx- ternational Congress of Entomology which meets at Cornell Uni- versity in August, Dr. Karl Jordan (upper right) of England, Dr. J. Jeannel (lower left) of Paris and Dr, Erith Martini, medical' entomologist of Germany, plan to attend. ITHICA, N. Y., July 21 —Because America leads in piiting science against the great array of insects that damage or destroy the farm. er's crops, the fourth internation- al congress of entomology, to he conducted at Cornell University August 12 to 18, will deal largely with pest control and eradication. Papers by worl( famous aathor. | ities will sum up the best thought of the genera.ion urd the ertomo- logical laformwation of all the cen turies. To that vast store of knowledge wil! be udded the per- sonal obseryations of such inter- national figures as Dr. L. O. How- ard of the Urited Stales depart- ment of agriculure; Dr. Erich Martini, medical cntoimologist «dambarg, Cermany’ Dr. karl Jor- Gan of the Museum of Natural History, Tving, England, and Dr. J. Jeannel of the Jerdin des Plan. | tes, Paris, By action of econgress vitually every nation in the world has been invited to send offioal delegations Dr, Howard, bearer of nuinerous foreign decorations for outsianding 1esearch and discoveries, 15 presi- dent of the congress Medical entomology, the of the relation between insects and human disease. will consti- tute one of the half dozen s:ctions of the conference. Applied en- tomology, that phase of the scien this country has effectively sent study Royal Agricultural Society are ‘NIW YORK, July 21.—Alaska of African yellow fever whilelinto the battle against crop pests, criteria, did father and son get. Not one blue ribbon;Juneau mine stock is quoted to- studvll. 4t left an day at 4. estate of | will be of chief interest to the hundreds of American delegates ot and members of entomological so- cieties, In this conection the visiting foreigners are expected to attend | a large-scals orchard-spraying! demonstration at Geneva, N. Y. | and to join (rips to New York city, | Philadelphia, Boston and Wash- ington, strong centers of entsmolo. | gical enterprise, The first international congress of entomology was conducied at Brassels in 1909 and t.o second at Oxford in 1912. The third con- gress, scheduled for Vienna in 1915, was postponed because of the world war uutil 1925, when it was held in Zurich. Arrangements fcr the first American congress are under the| direction of Dr. O A. Johannsen of Cornell. has been received that some of; the best-known entomologists of | foreign couairies are unable to! attend, and the afttendance of oth- ers whose presence 18 highly dal sired by American entomo!ogists ' rarian yet regarding it, President Cool~ hlge is inclined to think that !ceremony of this kind will and world. JAPAN 1S FOR - PEACE TREATY, WAR BUTLAWHY; Reply Is Received Without Reservations or In- terpretations WASHINGTON, July 21—Japan’s ¢ § acceptance of the revised Kel]alg futi-war treaty, coupled with warm congratulations upon the “rapid ound general acceptanee,™ left only Czochoslovakil to round out the plan of 15 powers for & peneral peace \treaty No reservations or inlerpreta.’ tion: came from anan h B KRASSINTO & BE REPAIRE o i iIce Breaker Forced to Rcc" pair Damage—Planes Continue Hunt W Proposition Appeals to " | BE INVITED ATTEND appeals I‘}v i) MOSCOW, July 21-—Necessity & ,of repairing damage suffered in irescuing survivors of the lllul Texpedition has delayed the seare for Capt. the other Ronld Amundsen an six members of th 4 Italla crew. ‘The fce b "? Krassin will g0 to a Norweglam or Swedish port for repairs, Jhe is expected she will be able ‘bol resuine operations within ¢ ? : weeks. Meanwhile planes . hunt for the marooned men. While definite word | Agrarian Leaders . Demand Action in Killing of Obrefl MEXICO CITY, July 21.—Ag- leaders arc demanding is somewhat in doubt because of|punisiment of those whom ‘elnlmmh devression in their na- term psycliological authors™ tive iangs, officials expect i total!the assassination of Gen. Alvara % of 70 delegates. of the largest official delegations because of that country's increas. ing interest in international af- fairs. tioned because of the entomolo. ‘m:regon Russia is expected to have one|there will be Spain is prominently mmx.lM"' Pehbe W. Otherwise they state a revolution. —— NEW YORK—It will be pensive for the grandehilds Davol, ame, to marry somebody gical factors entering trads rela.iproved by the rest of the f tions with America, particularly as|One halt of such grandehfla related to cestricted of fraits and cther produce. importation | heritance would be forfs her will to Harvard