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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4858. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, POLISH FLIERS HOPPIN 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS R:a_E'fiN CENTS OVER OCEAN Are Forced Down in Burmng Plane 1in Mid-Atlantic FARM LEADER IS CONVERTED TODEMOCRACY Elation in Smith Camp Over Gaining George Peek as Supporter NEW YORK, Aug. elation in the Smith adhesion of George N. le .lllu of lllinois, to the Demo- canse and it is believed this will be a signal for others to Jjoin him on farm relief. When asked what effect Her- bert €. Hoover's speech of accept ance on farm relief would have, Peek said: “I think that no cam paign promises which Mr. Hoover will now make for the purpose of putting himself into the good eraces of the farmer will obliter. ate his past record from grain and livestock producers, many of whov have lost or are in the process of losing their homes. “As Food ‘Administrator during the war Hoover was largely re sponsible for the expansion of ag- riculture and agricultural ad visbr to the past two administr; tions he has been more responsi- ble for its continuing depression than any other man in the nation.” Peek had a two-hour conference with Gov. Smith yesterday and the latter reiterated that he stood on the farm plank of the Demo- cratic platform and indicated he had not. yet worked out in his mind how agrieultural surpluses should be handled for the benefit of farmers. S s Bolts Party ‘Peek announced he had bolted the Republican Party and told the Smith leaders this. He was a champion of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. Peek said he would enlist under the Smith banner. Gov. Smith reaffirmed his in- tion of calling the best minds in advice for shaping a farm relief program, mentioning former G Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, one of the Republicans he like to consult, 3.—There is camp over Peek, farm as 4 i Jo Peek is chairman of the Commit- tee of 22 of the North and Central states on agriculture conference ————— MOUNT NAMED FOR LINDY LAKEPORT, Cal, Aug. 3.—A lava pinnacle 4,000 feet high, alvation Army reereation has been christened Lind- bergh Peak by 60 members of the Red Shield boys' elub, who climb-| ed it to raise an American flag. - — | 13 { Equalization Fee Rejected By Gov. Smith NEW YORK, Aug. 3.— Gov. Smith today put his foot down on the equaliza- tion fee feature of the Me- Nary-Haugen bill declaring it not acceptable to him. Gov. Smith reiterated he recognizes the principle of controlling the sale of agri- culture surpluses, the cost to be borne by the group bene- fitted, but he has not a def- inite plan for carrying out the principles. 3 would | ; Peggy Hopkins Joyce has on gagement to Lord Northesk, showu They will be married soon after the meantime they seen consi French resorts / Lie Is NEW YORK, Aug kob, Chairman of the National Committee, the word that neither Democratic Commttee connection with the Nationa he nor has fhe anv Com. | Amendment, This is made public | in a letier to Robert Athey, New | York organizer, declaring taat] ements in the press and “eof of you to approach me" itate denial of any connce- tions. DR. WORK 1S HEADED WEST Repub lican Chairman to| Hold Conferences En- route to Palo Alto a WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Chair- man Work, of the Republican | National Committee, left Wash- ington today for Chicago where he will confer tomorrow with party leaders in the Middle West, The trip will be extended across the continent to Palo Alto where the Chairman will attend the notification of Herbert C. Hoover on August 11. Prior to his departure, Chair- man Work conferred with United States Senator Frederic M. Sack- ett, of Kentucky, and Represen- |tative Leonidas C. Dyer, of Mis- {souri, who volunteered to assist {in the Republican campaign. Representative Dyer predicted a Republican victory in Missouri. GERMANY ASKS RETURN OF FORMER COLONIES STUTTGART, Germany, Aug. 3. —Leaders of Germany's fight to regain colonies lost after the war are preparing to carry their cause into all countries. The movement shews signs ofj gaining momentum in Germany as the belief slowly spreads that the 1b% of African and Asiatic colonies hit the nation harder than the confisvation of German ocean liners. 3 \ At the last meeting of the Deutsche Kolonial Gesellschaft ir this city the idea was stressed that £hips can be bullt, but that colon- ies cannot be acquired by inven- tive genius or science. Evidence was cited to show that the pres- ent ditficulties in importing raw materials and finding outlets for gurplus population are beginniag to rankle in the German mind. Dr. Johann Haber of the former Fast African government urged that the possibility of Germany's re-entry as a colonial power, es- pecially in the Pacific, should rever be lost sight of. Agreement was reached on the point that German schools still existing in the former -colonies should receive every possible sup- port from the homeland, and that the welfare of the remaining Ger. man elements in the different man. dated territories should have in- creased attention. Upon this the women’'s section of the German Red Cross Society made a spon- taneous offer to contribute $5,000 in aid of German education in the East African territory now under the mandates of Great Britain and Belgium. 1y Famous Peggy With Number Slx her en- France. and in famous recenily announced 1 with her at Deauville, divorces are completed, tantly together at the Eighteenth Amendment Nailed on Head! |GEN, FOSTER N 1 Com mittee for Repeal of the |cl:hwn:h“ 1 {Prominent Figure in Gray Ranks Dies in South- ern State AGSOLIATED PRESS(EIDZON) .JAMES' C. FOSTER HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 3 James Calvin Foster, age £1 ye: Commander-in-Chief of the Uni Confederate Veterans and one of the most colorful fig- ures in the thinning gray ranks, died here last night, General once commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, gave most of his lite labors to put Con- federate history in the right light before the world, to “purify it" a he expressed it He was 13 years old when the Civil War began, but he was 16 before the authorities would al low him to enlist and they were doubtful even then that the child- soldier could carry a musket, = cartridge box, and two regulation army blankets, Foster enlisted at Spartanburg, South Carolina, July 10, 1864, in Company A, First South Carolina Battalion, which was afterwards consolidated with the Third South Carolina Regiment. Assisted Gen. Lee ‘While the Federal General, Wil- liam Tecumseh Sherman, was marching from Atlanta to the sea, Foster’s unit was assigned to pro. tect the railroad from Savgnnah (Continued on Page Two) last year,| James Calvin Foste.,| *Fox Buys $26,000,000 [}APT GUUR]‘NEh COURTNEY PLANE A\/I)(()MI’ANI() S T British Fliers, After Ten Hours Tossing on Sea, Are Rescued NEW YORK, Frank T. Courtney, Commander, and his companions forced down in the mid-Atlantiz Wednesday after taking. off from Horta for New York City via New- (foundland, have been located br {the steamer Minnewaka, in thelr 'plane, and rescued. i The wirelrss message announced that another averted. Aug. 3.— Capt. British Flying 3.—A wireless | o | NEW YORK, Au | nnewaka today from the steamer |stated that the fliers were forccd 'down in a burning plane. They| | were rescucd after they had been |tossed on the sea for 10 hours. | | FLIGHT OF ~ SPANIARDS 1S DELAYED Plane Numancia Is Badly| Damaged — Resume leght Next Month { MADRID, Spafm, Aug. 3. iCapt. Ramon Francos, comman- der of the Spanish plane Num- ancia, which left Cadiz, Spain, | Wednesday and was forced down 100 miles from the starting point, on the Portuguese coast, | {and a renewal of the flight will| {be delayed until sometime in | September. | | The Spanish fliers were at- itempting a world flight in 45 days and the plane was due’ at 19. Unalaska about August Unofficial Returns Tennessee Primaries Show Horton in Lead P NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. Gov. Horton jumped into the lead in the contest with Hill Me- Alister for the Democratic Guber- natorial nomination. tions of the unofficial returns from 1,914 precinets out of a total of 2,230, in yesterday's pri- maries, gives Horton McAlister 84,705, United States Senator Kenneth' McKellar has been renominated on the Democratic ticket and in- dications are that all ('mu!rmln- fonal incumbents, who had con-| tests, are victorious. ———-————— 'Hotel Business Takes [ College Trained Men Compila- | ITHACA, N. Y., Aug. alumni of the world's first four year college course in hotel ad- ministration have been assimilated | by the hotel business, Prof. H. B.| Meek, of Cornell University an- nounces. The course was established at! Cornell in 1922 and has graduated | four classes with degrees of Bache. | |lor of Science. Sixteen graduat: {were in the 1928 elass. They, too,! have found positions in the busi. | ness, Fifty Chain of Poli Movies NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—William Fox has announced the purchase by the Fox Theatre Corporation of the Poli chain of twenty motioa plcture theatres in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The chain has an appraised valuation of $26,000,- 000, Fox said. The chain with A seating capac- ity of 45,000 is described as the largest motion picture house com.. bination in Central and Southern New England. The circuit was built up by Sylvester Z. Poli, of New Haven during the past thirty years. Poli came to the United States as a boy and started n the theatre business exhibiting wax figures which he modeled himself. air {ragedy had becn | says the plane is badly damaged . Fr afte " was found by a st photo shows Capt Calshet, Lowner England, nd Lieut hut crew Radio equipment $7,044 ana @ flight from England to America the radio contro tlle @ckpit, with ank T. Courtney, eommander v completion final tests B. Little. The pline steamer after rad ¢ of The forced of wa calls for is said to be the they appear KING BORIS BURNED WHEN FIGHTS FIRE Bulgarian Monarch Is Scorched on Fore- head and Hands SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. 3. King Boris was burned on the forehead and hands today when | he personally fought flames in a series of forest fires which have been ravaging the Tshamkoyre District. The cess Budoxia, ing the fires. The King's injuries are not re- garded serious. The .fires have great damage but been lost. ——e——— Russia Ships More Oil likewise fight- already caused no lives have To England and Spain| MOSCOW, Aug. 3.—The cur- rent oil exports from Russia are showing an increase of more than 40 per cent over the correspond- ing periods last year. Shipments to the United Kingdom and Spain have been specially large. The total amount shipped during the past 8 months was 1,700,000 tons| 1 for the same|tiary last year. They were hang-|cay salvaging human wreckage. against 1,242,000 veriod last year. King's sister, Prin-| Atlantic ald were on the Dornier-Napier plane in which Captain Frank T. best ever carried by a plane to the operator, and the broade. BT fiight with his plane and (left to right) Courtney down the mid-Atlantic ent out. men are in ves Courtney Pictures show sting Heflin Knocks Proving to Be Boosts BEACON, N. Y., Auz. Frank D, Rooseveit, who nominated Gov. Al Smith at the Houston convention, in an article in the I on Standard, declares that Sen- ator J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, is doing more for the support of Gov. Al Smith than any other man in the country, af | | | Base Ship Returns " To Spitzbergen to Direct Search Work NARVIK, Norway base ship Citta di cailed for Kings Bay where it will direct further search for Capt. Roald Amundsen and companions, also the missing six members of the Italia expedition. Aug. The Milano has Two Pay Penalty for lein( l.lfe of One| BALTIMORE. Md., Charles P. Carey and Benjamin Spragins today paid with their lives for killing Albert Walker, priscn clerk, in an attempted es- cape from the Maryland Peniten- Aug. 3.— ed here this morning. VARE FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE ATLANTIC CITY, Physicians attending elect Willam S. Vare, sylvania, said his life is just a gamble. He suffer- ed a paralytic stroke at this sum- mer home here Wednesday night. His daughter said this morning that he spent a fairly comfort- able night. A, J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 3% Aug. 3.~ Senator- of Penn chances for | Flane e i iTW(] AVIATORS ATTEMPTING TO SPAN ATLANTIC Hop Off loday for First Nonstop Flight from Paris to U. S. LEBOURGERT, |Two Polish Knights of the aie sped westward at dawn today hop- |ing to make first nonstop flight trom Paris to New York. Majors Louis Idziko Kazimir Kubla, of the Service, hopped off at 5:46 o’cloek this wmoraing, Paris ume, in the christened liarszalek Pile in honor of the Polish die- ki and olish A ¢ sudski, tator, The fliers - expecied to reaeh New York Suiurday afternoon. They mev fly via Newfounland | or direct to New York. The singic motored plane weigh- eight tons The wonihi: was falv when the | fiyers hopped off. ed ARE OUT AT SEA attempted | LORIEN'L, France, Aug 3.—Fly. ing throuzh heavy clouds and mist the two Polish tliers are believed well out at sea, Three hours anit 24 mingtes afs ter their hazardous take-off, the (liers were reported sighted the French trawler Poagouin 60 miles off the Fremch coast, Crafi Repa@: Launched from Reef Where Struck July 13 PETERSBURG, Alaska, Aug. 8. The yacht Oaxaco, which was piled up on a reef at the lower ud of Wrangell Narrows on July 13, by the owner, Capt. G. Al Hancock, has been succcsstully ros | paired and launched by the Sale vage King, assisted by the Aku- tan and Coast Guard Cutter c’h ! gan. The Oaxacu was towed to | the south end of the Narrows for | inspection by divers and to gek up steam. The Salvage King is expected start sou!h today wit hthe O co partly nnder her own po The leakage is smal. The O co will be drylocked at Vi couver or scme Puget Sound Yal Ring Leader of Mail i Robbers Sentenced to Prison for 25 Year CHICAGO, IIl,, Aug. 3.—Chas (Limpy) Cleaver, rinz leader @ the hand of robhers holding the Grand Trunk train in Fel ary and sceuring $133,000, fows guilty yesterday by a Fe inry, was todav sentenced to years in prison and also $10,000. This was after a trial had been denied. : Former Congressman Chal Wharton, also convicted of o spiracy in the mail robbery, argue for a new trial in tember. Lowell Plowman and Alvin glestad of the Mormon who have been visiting thro out Alaska, left here for Pe burg nbonrd the Admiral Rogi Polu:e F leet Prevents Suicides in the D¢ BUDAPEST, Aug 3.—A suicids fleet has been established by the Hungarian goverument to snatch from death those who seek to end their troubles in the waters of the | Blue Danude. Commanded by Admiral Stephua Dietrich, of a distinguished World \ ar experience, the Hungarien sui- cide flotilla patrols at Budapest a section of Europe's longest riv. er. Eight fast boats, with swift scout cruisers cor stantly under full steam, are on duty night and On a hill overlooking the rivee | l « waich tower lias been cons! ed, and a powerful telesco, ttalled to permit a minuts & of both sides of the viver. These mensures have w dercd necessary by the h o which suicide via the “water i cd” has taken curing May, when (he Danube out the lives uf 150 per: alarmed government hel council meeting and the resulted. Admiral Dietrich flotilla succeeds im cut of ten 'ol.li.h