The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4856. 'HIGH OFFICIAL C JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNEbI) AY, AUGUST 1, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS OMING TG ALASKA PRICE TEN CENTS HOT OIL P@URS OVER SCORES OF MEN I | | ! - SMITH BANS POLITICS ON | HIS VACATION Makes No Comments on! White’s Charges—In- quires About Brennan HAMPTON BAY, N. Y., Aug. 1| Al Smith s vacationing| here still but has aveided politics,! even the withdrawal of Editor Wil. dam A White's charges agains his Legislative record evokimg no comment although he evidenced in.| terest. | Gov. Smith asked particulars concerning the condition of prEe Brennan, Hlinois Democratic lead er, who is near dzath and said: | “A1l T can say is that I hope noth- ing happens to him.” | Vacation Ended With an appreciative wave of his hand to the weather mar who had done all he could to make| his vacation enjoyable, Gov.| Smith said farewell today to his old summer stamping grounds and turned back to New York and Albany and his eampaign, refreshed by a little more than three days at the shore. Gov. £mith was reluctant when hej pulled himself away from tha] 1estful surmumlings LB I.SOI HAY OVER PACIFIC Negotiations Are in Pro-| gress for Flight from U. S. to Tokyo. GRAND FORKS, N. D, Aug. 1-—A flight across the Pacific Ocean to Tokyo is again reported under consideration by Ben Eiel- son, who is resting at his home here. While . Eielson has made no; public statement, it is indicated that the Pacific flight is under consideration by himself and in- terests in Detroit and that the oucome of negotiations would in- fluence his decision with respect to accompanying Wilkins on the South Pele expedition. ———.———— Hoover Changes His Fishing Grounds; In Mt. Shasta Region SHASTA OPRINGS, Cal, Aug. 1.—California’s lure of mountain trout brought Herbert C. Hoov- er to the Mount ‘Shasta region where he hoped to have better luck today than smiled upon him yesterday in the Klamath region, | cent {Houston Hall Awaits a section to the northward. He made a good catch but the rain- bows were too small to furnish real sport. “Boom Jumpe GREENVILLE, Me, Aug. 1.—A novel fleet of motor craft has beea built- and is operated here in the wood pulp and paper industry. ‘These boats are known as “boom | h Jumper: There are 25 of them to be found on such large lakes as Moosehead, Chesuncook, Chamber- lain, Chuurchill and Eagle, where rafts of pulpwood encircled by long log booms, are assembled. In building these huge log rafts there, is a great deal of what the lumbermen, call “pick. both inside and outside the hooms that bind the logs together. For- merly this nq done h-m; bat- tean. To get over a boom it was nec- egsary for the crew to place their welght near the sterm of the bat- ‘ teau so that the Do rs” Glide Over Lake Log H azards T HE SMlTH GR b Alfred E. Smith, democratic ith pose with their three grand Aor’'s mansion at Albany. Left to F. Smith, sons of Alfred Smith, jr., ANDCHILDREN ‘Spanish Round - the-World. presidential nomines, and Mrs, children on the lawn of the govere right: Walter Joseph and Arthur and Mary Adams Warner, daughter of Maj. and Mrs. Emily Smith Warncr. G.O.PWLL | WAGE FIGHT, 203 SOLID SOUTH S enator Moses “Reverses Recent Staud — Has Encouraging Letters NEW YCRK, Aug. 1—The Re- publican Party will wage a vigor.' us fight for the Solid South ele torial votes, Senater George H. Moses said today reversing his re. stand. that it would be an unwise campaign for the party. Numbers: of encouraging from the South now convinees the Senator that Hoover has a splen- did chance for victory in Southern states. Senator Moses, who visites Jersey, said he found the trouble” there, but was optimistic, Minnesota “and Illinois he consid- ers safe but he has been warned by an observer watch gan. | | the | Negro Choir Centest HOUSTOUN, 1emas, Aug. 11— Church hymns sung by negro voi es will be heard in the Democratic conventiop hall where bands blar- ed “The Bidewalks of New York.,”} Sam Houston hall will be used for the first time since Alfred E. Smith was nominated for president when 12 negro chureh choirs hold | a contest there August 12. One of the groups of 40 voices may have a slight advantage, in the' competition, imasmuch as it! sang for the Democrats while |l|e' delegates were taking their seats prior to the morning session of June 28. and inside the boom. It was hard, awkward work and duckings were frequent. Now, boom jumpers take the| ard at full speed. They are foot -motor boats of particular aturdy, construction, Bows - are cut well under so they will slide up on’the log edsily. = In addition to the regular keel there are two others,- one on each edge of -the hull’s * bottom. Thus they pre:! serve’ equilibrium when l"l“l‘ over.a log. They also extend beymnd the stern and form a“well which Ppro- tectg “the propellor f; lha‘ or smashing oating pulp wood. sfimsmn. unaccustomed to the| antics of these strange wraft, get an_unusual thrill when they see “boom ‘Jumper” heading for the it tull speed—and then, Lnnw:g hing to pleces, “sli u) r*\n bstm:a! o a) o soves lettors | Michi. s blades| were .#y on ‘a charge of bur Ja.ulelkm | them i | b | i o 9 et o et Rumors that Mrs. Marshall! Field, wife of the Ameritan multi-millionaire, has decided to sue for divorce, has shaken the 400 to its foundations. Mrs. Field, the former Evelyn Mar-| shall, is as well known in Paris | and London as she is in Chi- €3go and New York. (Taternationia) Minervaras - 1 | Steel Canal Gate Collapses; Nine Workmen Killed §'I' CATHERINES, Ont., Aug. 1.--Nine workmen were Kkilled whtm.x steel gate of the Welland Canal at Thorold eollapsed u- cipnuung 30 men to the bot: of the canal. 'l:wenty otheu vere Ininred AR A ‘DUND OVER:«GRAND JURY | ‘.,- Spanis | will be waiting, { Pacific, ! taking then to cross to the € | the ! tional AVIATORS OF SPAIN VISIT ALASKA SOON Fliers Due to Reach Unalaska Aug. 19 CADIZ Span, With zuitars strumming 2 farewell, four Spenish ai men honped cff this morning in the four-motored seavlane Numancia on the first lap of their proposed flight aronnd the world in 45 days. Two ritcmots ‘were neocrsary be- ore the planc rose from the water after part of its load had been lightened. Ang. 1.— | | | On their way from San Francis. co to A the Spanish round-tl world f making a flight thorized” and’ ‘supported’ by, the government, will reach August 19, accordingto eived at_the local U. § office from Assistant the Bureau ‘of Customs| of Washington, D. C Numancia, Spanish hydro- was originally €cheduled to Spain sometime between 15 and October 15, going from Iberian - Peninsula_ to the Azores, from there to Halifax, touching then at New York where mechanics and necessary supplies an. Unalaska word e Customs Chief of Nevius, The plane leave August Continuing they will go to Ha. vana, leave there and pass over the dsthmus of Mexico, go to the] with’a stop scheduled at San Francisco, where they will prepare for the flight to As: mdchanics and supplies four new motors, sent from New York to S isco to await plane. n Fran. the arrival of the Come to Alaska Aftrewards they will continue i their flight, going to Canada again to the Island of Unalaska, touch ing first at Dutch Harbor, under. oas! of Asia, following the route to Ja- pan, from where they will go to Manila in the Philippine Islands, returning then by way of India,] Cairo and en to Spain This information was sent to Department of State by the Spanish ambassador to the United Statos, Alejandro Padilla. Ad information sent decla U:; aviators named for this im poftant flight have been M\lm:l(-d“ with great care from the forces of | Spanish aviatior. and. have all| made other trans.continental/ flights. Major Don Ramon of the Expedition, w: of the flight from Spain to Buenos Aires, made in the year 1926. Ma- jor Ruiz de Alda, navigator, di-{ rected the same flight, and the mechanies who accompanied them, Pablo' Rada, is a member of the round-the-world expedition The second pilot of the flight is Ma= jor Gallarza, Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty, the King, a pilot who made also, in 1926, the voyage from Spain to the Philippines. Well.equipped Plane Hydroplane and motors are of| Spanish censtruction. he ap- paratug type of hydropiane 1s pro- vided with wireless tlegraph and; telephone and radiogoniometer, as well as all the other instruments usually used in this class of long distance planes. Major Ruiz de Alda crossed the Atlantic early this spring to study on the ground all of the details of his flight. — - —— Methodist Biskop Again “Al’ Smith; | ATLANTA, ' Ga., Aug, 1— Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, of the Methodist Church of the South, has issued a statement against Gov. Smith, declaring that ‘no one should be heguiled”’ by ,,Tnn;v Reagan lmnml over to the and At hearing in Hal ing to wo i8S flfi'xhnls ting up $500 ! ¢ able to rdise mfim as. th B sertions that the President can't change the Buheenth Amend- ment. \ ~ WASHINGTON, Mll By Frn ifRgton, of ‘the i net Alcoliolisin, Las. qimp ]fllxl;o.guiw lot {northern | taking an Issues Statement & { SEVENTY-FIVE. ARE INJURED- IN ACCIDENT Many Fatally Burned when Steel Pressure ‘Still Expledes VLLE. I, Aug Seventy-five men, employees the Indiana Refining © pany wer injured, haps fatally, when o sure still exploded this and drenched Twenty-s burned, pital I several steel afte them with seven or were rushed noon f ool is reported that of the men i that there will at s0 bad is little hope that they live SURVIVORS OF ITALIA GIVEN “Aw, Go Jump in the Ocean!”" UNITED STATES SOLICITOR GEN. COMING NORTH |W. D. Mitc-P;;H‘Enroute to FINEWELCOME & Immense Crowds Greet Them from Northern Frontier to Rome ROME, Aug. 1.—Gen. Umberto Nobile and his rescued comrades, returned to cheers, an immgnse crowd grecting the survivors the ill-fated Italia expedition. Wo. men wept and threw flowers in their path They were received with almost royal honors by Prince Potenziana, Governor of Rome, and other high officialz When they emerged to the v of the multitude, the crowd went wild and broke througzh the lines of police, and it was some time before the men got clear and started by autemobile to their homes. dnormous crowds met the train at every stop, showering the re. turning explorets with flowers and gifts of wine and roars of emncour. agement: ‘The demonstration was a veri- table march of triumph from the frontier, contrasting sharply with the cold reception hat marked their homeward jour. ney in several places in Northern Eurupe. o Sockeye Salmon Run In Northern W aters B. C. Disappointing VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 1.—J Babeock, Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries, has returned here to his offices in the Parliament Building to report that the sockeye salmon run in Northern waters of British Columbia this year is disappoint- ing but the runs of pinks and co- hoes have heen heavy full swing now. ————————— U. S. Geodetic Head At London Congreas‘ LONDON, Aug. 1. Colonel E Lester lnn director of the coast and geodetle survey of the United States department of commerce, is tive part in the dis. \the International € gress at the seriés of re and at Cambridge. ending cessions as a m the National Re- eil of the United States rs deal with geograph- s, the geographic im- coastal surveys and rveys in North Ameri- cussions graphic meetings He is delegate search Cy and his ic bounds portance geodetic e most important infer. blems before the con- e advancement of: the | Bp of a map of the world d and uniform methods, | snation covering its own “The plan, as projected years ago, calls for a gries of maps drawn to ich preresents every Wlfll one inch. Aug. 1-=Alaska stock is quoted to- B and are in o Ekengren, pretty Washing- Hoyt, also of Washington to retrace it course along e the man who wouldn't take it was very brave of Hoyt being hauled into a liteboat ow Tha how e pivl, R banks probably ton, D. soelety He did. The the Newfoundfand a dare. ~Miss| Ekengr jump. the members of Mg dared o4 M ten had thonght jety youth by Below 0 e’ Rochambeau’s ¢ GIANT PLANE IS DESIGNED, Prettiest Delta lxpected to Carry 60 Pas sengers Across Aflantlc ' | in Twenty-four Hours | NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—Comple. tion of tests on a model seaplane designed to carry 60 passengers across the North Atlantic Ocean in 24 hours is announced by the O'- Connor Tran Airways In- corparated. The present plans call for -Atlantic ly. plane will be comple next four months. The plane will have a spread of 160 feet. There eight air-cooled motors John P, O'Connor, inventor, said entirely new principles in strue. tural design will be employed to carry the heayy fuel load and the plane will be scaworthy even in a severe storm ted within the wing- | will be Miss Betty Selfridge, of Boul- «der, Colo,, was voted the most beautiful ‘sorority girl at the national convention of Delta !(.‘?:mml hebldd at Comnado,fCal.. prize being aseries of air- plane fli Belicves Beefsteak Toe Be “Coming Back” Nowsreel) CHICAGO, | White, says should all “In 1927, he explalns, tal cattie slauzhtered 1,600,000 animals or 1y 16 per cent as compared with 1926, a reduction equivalent to more {han 400,000,000 pounds of beef. 1.—F. Bdso Armour & Co. a_few years reach of Avg prestdent of beefsteak in again be within Bin % 1 lArlange Jor 90.000 ! o Hear Hoover at Hu Notification ETANFORI) UNIVERSITY, JAug. 1-—Arrangements arc being 'madv to aceommodate 912,000 per- sons ‘at the Merbert . Hoover notitication ‘eeremonics here on Aungust 11. a further decline of about 1 S — percent below 1927 figures of WIDGEON ° MEET 0\1ALLEV reduction of around . 775,000,000 pounds in the natior’s beel supply. “Thais shortage advanced price< automatical’y and shifted consump. tipn demand to lower priced pork. J believe, however, that 1928 will be th last vear of low caft'e pro. duction and that the supply of seo The U. 8. Bureau boat, Widgeon, Capt 'l Chris. tengon, left here yesie for the of e of Wales 18- 1 meer Henfy n‘l;‘%:uxm isherles is gnaking a F |~l\wnu4l ( improve from now on.” | | - “the "to-| -declined | approximate- | Southeastern Alaska —Special Mission SELECTION OF JUDGE | SPECIFIC INTENTION Other {matters, | i d | | | 1t |expressed | result | ment Maliers to Be In- quired Into—First Visit of Kind WASHINGTCN, Aug. 1— William D. Mitchell, So- licitor General of the United States, leaves today for Al- aska where he will inquire into a number of matters pertaining to the Depart- ment cf Justice. He speci- fically exnects to look into the selection of a Judge to fill the vacancy caused in the First Judicial Division of Alaska, caused by the death cf Judge T. M. Reed. Mr. Mitchell wm probably in- quire into a number of other Federal Attorneys and United States Marshals in which the Department of Justice is in- terested, Mr. Mitchell will sail from !Seattle on August 11 and plans to remain in Alaska until Bag- tember 9. i It was said at the Depart t (of Justice that Mr. Mitchell's e 1l s lited the Territory for the speei- purpose of inquiring into the Judicial Administration, Hope Is by officials that as a of this visit, the Dapars- will gain first hand infor- {mation which will enable it bet- ¥ 0 ter to administer Alaska affairs, wnlso to show the people of the |Territory that simply because of 7 their distance from |they are mot 1 | { con. | | struction work to begin immediate- | In all probability the first| feee | | on Washington, being' neglected’ by the Depa$tment of Justice. ——————— TENNESSEE T0 OCEANTRAVEL VOTE THURSDAY NASHVILLE, aug. 1. — Both major political parties in Ter nessee Will tomorrow select noms inces for United States Senator, Governer, Representatives in Con- gress, State Legislature and minor offices in primaries which promise to bring out a record vote Interest is in the Democratie Gubernatorial race and this per- haps overshadows all other ¢om= tests because of the bitterness ns jected into the campaign, n of General Obregon Implicates Nun, Influencing Him. ¢ MEXICO ('l”;‘ 3 E Deleon Toral, Alvaro Obregon, . Aug. 1.—Jose assassin _ of Gen, admitted in tes. | tmony before the Criminal Court | that the nun Coneeption, held by | the thy police in connection with case, “indirectly influeneed” ¥ |in his deed Toral said at first that nob arth “knew of his inten vrior to the assassination’ but fues ther questioning brought the ad- mission. g Toral refused a defense atte: °y, but the Court appointed Y inth The nun denied any Today, Conception Arobodo, nun named by Toral, as influenced him indirectly,’ fied at the preliminary hes and said " she mnever teld or anybody that the deal Calles, Obregon and Pat This year we expect to|Perez were necessary for !l&‘ tlement: of the religious — GAME WARDEN MAR! Sam White, Game Ward the Alaska Game Commis Fort Yukon, was married Jast & ning to a nurse at the b there, according to a ceived this morning by dard, Acting Executive will gradually increase anulka Game Commission | Mr. "White,