The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME* VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4864. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY., AUGUST 10, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALIFORNIA U. DEFEATS BRITISH CRE SECOND STORM IS NE “Ice Jumble” Is Found At Foot of Slopes of | Western Alaska Volcano STATE FEARS SECOND BLOW FROM TROPICS Disturbance Approaches in Wake of Hurricane and Rain JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug 10.—The water is rising fast be- hind the Florida Power Com- at Inglish and re- ‘hing here say the struc- riously endangered. Jamison, stream operator at the plant, said it was looking very bad. High water accumulating the wake of the hurricane rain harrassed Florida today the State began to merge from partial paraly Meanwhile, Florida cast apprehensive eyes out over the Atlantic toward Haiti where' another tropical disturbance, | and with cyclonic force is accumulat-| SOURL'OUGH PROSPECTOR, ing in intensity. Its course is| problematical, although ported headed in the direction of' the Bahamas and the lower end of Florida. The disturbance must head ont toward the Atlantic within the next 400 miles in its progress or die ous if the States escapes its fury. —————————— | residents | 3.4 iy in WILKINS INSPECTS POLAR PLANE | Capt. George k. Wilkins, famous arctic Qlier (left), looks over | the fuselage of his new Lockheed-' Los Angeles in preparation for h | it is re- IN GRASP, FALLS DOWN I’LI\HM‘S FATALLY lN]l/RI'D MINE;: HE IS CORDOVA, Alacka, Aug. 10 William Quitch, sourdough pra | pactor, who has toiled and muck- ed for a quarter of a century for gold, with a fortune in his grasp. was Wednesday hartled 400 feet down a cliff below his mine on Vega plane under construction in is projected south pole flight. At right is Allan Loughhead, designer of the plane. WITH FORTUNE CLIFF NEAR HIS DU PONT GIVEN LEAVE,ABSENCE ‘ur 1,500 square WASHINGTO! Aug. 10.—Dis- cove! of a s glacial formation or jumble” on the foot of the slopes of Pavlof, the volcano| on the Alaska Pennisula, is r(-'. ported to the ional Geographie Society by Prof. Thomas A. Jag- gar, canologist and leader of | the Soc s expedition in that reglon and the neighboring Aleu- tian Islands. Prof. Jaggar reported collection data for a topographical map miles of hitherto ce vo of | a mash tory and is gather- | ing many interesting geological, | botanical and biological speci- | mens, | unknown te The “ice jumble” is said to have | been formed by explosive eruptions {and bumping of debris into an area | where it was frozen together in made up ef gravel, pumice ash and sand from ice, bones, Four streams front, “near the Jaggar reports, the Prof flow glacier, HOOVER 18 54 YEARS OLD; IS HARD AT WORK Celébs it Blrthday by Discussing His Cam- paign Plans STANFORD UNIVERSITY, ( Aug. 10.-—Herbert C. Hoover to- day came to the fifty-four mile- stone of his life on the eve embraking on the greatest adven- ture of his colorful career |quest of the Presidency. of this morning to pay final respects in cratic GOV, SMITH IN CHIGAGO; AT FUNERAL _— | Despite Sad Mission,! Crowds Greet Nomirec Big Demonstration CHICAGO, 11, Aus. Al Smith and party 'Democratic leaders arrived 10 here Gleorge E. Brennan, Demo-| National Committéeman of | whose funeral was held to | Minois, Mineral Creck, when a cable ke. . He is pcrh.um tatnll‘v in- REMOVAL | The birthday anniversary of today. RING FLORIDA No, Your Eyes ly Y PACIFIC COAST OARSMEN TAKE WATER FEATUR by America in Olym- pic Events Are All Right SLOTEN, Capped by quarters of the famous fornin crew Thumes Rowing Aug. tional a length triumph fo Uhaiversity of Cali= over the British | Club in the eight omed finals, America scored &5 smashing victory in the Olympies. ifornia’s unbroken season of gave the United States the pr ier lausels of the dagl land so suffic ent points to beat: cut Creat Britain, neagest rival Califurnia’s time for the 2,000 meter was six minutes, three {and one-fiftis seconds The United States is the nlll! fon taking two firsis in the | finuls % The Aniericans also mpt\lM twoe seconds and one third. Paul Costello figuring in the = double sculliv> championship vies tory for his ‘lird straight Olym= pi aired with his partner Charley Mclivane, defeated Can= |ada by five lengths in the final which preceded the California: vietory. AGBEPTS THE | t | a | su e wce MOSES ASKED BY MASS. MAN Candidate for State Office Sends Letter to Her- bert Hoover SPRINGFIELD, —Charles L. M “ug. 10 Burrill, of Boston, candidate for Lieutenant Gover- nor on the Republican ticket, in a letter to Herbert C. Hoover, asks dismissal of United States Sena tor George H. Moses, of New Hampshire, as head of the Presi- dential campaign in the East Burrill declares the “presence of Moses in your campaign is an affront to the voters of Massa- chusetts. Three times from the headquarters in New York, he has + prophesied the loss of a Republi- can senator from Massachusetts. He sought to appoint as a nomi- nee, his personal social favorite who never won a political offi He is hostile to the Volstead Ac GOLD BRICK PROMISES CHICAGO, Aug. 10.—Carl Vroo- man, of Bloomington, Ilinois, As. sistant Secretary of Agriculture in the Wilson administration, an- nounced his opposition to Gov. Al Smith. “The Tammany Hall campaign idea seems to be based on the theory one can sell political gold brick promises to a bunch of hay- seeds out West. 1 am confident the farmers will not fall for this latest ‘con’ game from the ‘Side- walks of Naew York',” said Vroo- man. Track Washed Out; Train Is Derailed NORTH SEBRING, Ohio, Aug. 10.—Two passengers were slight- ly injured when a washout due to. heavy rains caused a locomo- tive and six coaches to be de- railed here early this morning. Surtd. Quitch’s partner sent Indian runners 14 miles down the trail to Valdez for help. A small pow- er boat fought its way through the ocean for 12 hours and | partner brought him to pital here. 1 - — | 3 MURDERERS ' PAY PENALTY: Two Go to Electric Chair in Prison' Protest- ing Innocence | the hos- SING SING PRISON, Aug. 10.—Three men were put to death in the electric chair here this morning, the first triple execution in this State since 1927, Two men protested their inno- cence to the very last. Ome of the men was Daniel aged 26, New York policeman, who is alleged to have robbed nd killed the paymaster he was assigned to guard. The other jman protesting his innocence was George Appel, aged 41 years, for- mer Chicago gunman who killed Police Lieutenant Charles Kem- mer in a Brooklyn hold-up. The third man was Alexander Kalinowski, aged 49, who stabbed to death James Burnin, keeper of the Aubnrn Prison, because he said he was not feceiving enough td eat. Boys and Girls Are Jailed; Are Alleged Members Communists N.. ¥ ROCKFORD, 1., Aug. 10.—Sev- enteen boys and girls, alleged members of the Workers’ Com- munist League, are held in the County jail charged with distrib- uting Communistic literature among the National guardsman at Camp Grant. Those under ar- rest range in age from 14 to 20 years, Austro-German Wins BERLIN, Aug. 10.—Pan-German efforts to unite Germany and Ger- man.speaking Austria will be vig- orously pressed in the face of pub- lic sentiment im both countries hostile or indifferent. The Austrians fear the submer- gence of their beloved Vienna as a capital and a large section of Germans reject any political idea involving an extension of Ger- many’s territory and responsibil- ities for the present. Austria is Union Friends Slowly an impoverished state, they argue, and would be a burden. The one suceess of the Volks- bund has been recently to obtain favorable . consideration of their plan to rename Berlin streets which commemorate Prussian vic- tories over Austria in 1886. These include the Koeniggraetzer, Sad- owa, Gitschiner, Nachod, Skalit- zer and Trautenau streets, all named after localities where the Austrians suffered defeats. Quiteh’s | Graham, | {Chairmar 8t General Mot- ors Not Allowed to Quit —Campaign Work NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Pierre; \S. du Pont, who was expected to |indicate publicly his support of {the candidacy of Gov. Al Smith, “h:w been granted. a leave of ab- {sence as Chairman of the {of the General Motors. When he attempted to resign, to avoid em- ng the ithrough his opposition to the Iprohibition amendment, the re- signation was not accepted and |it was not indicated whether his lleave of absence would end at the close of the Presidential campaign A formal statement said du Pont felt that his activities in | connection with the Association Against the Prohibition Amend- ment might give the impression | the corporation was involved ju the movement Yesterda the Record printed a Wilmington, Del.,, saying du Pont intended to tell his associates that he would give active support to Gov. Smith. Simultanecus with the action of du Pont, John J. Raskob, Chairman of the Democratic Com- mittee, announced his retirement from the Missouri Pacific Rail- road. Raskob said he relinquish- ed his position on directorates of three other railroads. His resignations were submitted last March before he had any idea of becoming Democratic Chair- man. KING MICHAEL MAY LOSE JOB | BERLIN, Aug. 10.—Six.year-old | Michael, the child king of Ruman- ia, may lose his throne temporar- ily. Private advices from Bucharest today said leaders of the National Peasant Party are "advocating a plan to make Queen Marie, grand- mother of Michael, either ruling queen or regent, If Marie should become ruling queen, Michael would be pro- claimed heir-apparent, It she became queen-regent, she would rule in the name of Michael. According to Bucharest reports, Queen Marie would not consent to a change unless the political par- ties all agreed to it. e FOREST RANGER RETURNS Harold Smith, forest ranger with the local office of the U. 8. For- est Service, retnrned to Juneau last night from Seymour Canal, on the vessel Ranger VII., He has been out several days inspecting the Sawyer-Reynolds timber sale area in the Canal vicinity. Philadelphia dispatch from Board | corporation| {the Republican nominee found Ihim fit. and enger for the long fight ahead and he celebrated it by discussing the campaign pol- jey and strategy with his chief political lieutenants and receiv- ing reports on progress of per- |fecting the nation-wide organiza- | tion which will be thrown into action soon in his behalf. The only social engagement Hoover made for his birthday {was with newspaper correspond- ents and news photographers who jaccompanied him across the con- tinent and who arranged a birth- day surprise for him. WOMAN HIT ON JAW, IS DEAD Auto Accndent Causes’ Tragedy — Assailant, Tall Man, Disappears SEATTLE, Aug. 10. — Strueck on the jaw by an autoist who became angered apparently be- cause she bumped her machine into his, Mrs. D. H. Brown, of |Tukwila, Wash., died last night. The owner of the other car, a tall man, said he first attacked Mrs. Brown verbally and then struck her, knocking her uncon- scious. A crowd gathered and a patrolman questioned the assail- ant. Traffic was cleared and the assailant released and soon dis- appeared. The woman died later. The patrolman said witnesses said the woman was apparently in the wrong. 'She appeared to be unhurt when the man was re- | leased. Change Made in Time For Hoover Broadcast 10. A NEW YORK, Aug. of the broadcast notification cere- monies for Herbert C. Hoover is announced today. —— - PULLENS TO SPEND WINTER IN STATES Mrs. W, S. Pullen and her daughter and son, Elizabeth and Wintield Jr., are leaving Juneau tonight on the steamer Queen for Seattle, from where they will go to Portland, Ore., for the winter months. Miss Elizabeth will en- ter Reed's College in her fresh.|terday as master will| This is Capt. man year and Winfield Jr., attend high school. — e, R. 8. Raven, principal of the|ton of the United States navy in in} 1926, Science, accompanied by his young|his many friends at son, left on the Princess Louise|Alaska ports at which he has stop- High School and. Instructor on a vacation trip to Seattle. | 1 change to 6:30 Hastern »;laxumrrl",le‘u'l herself to enter into nego- time Saturday night for opening tjationg | automobiles | daughter Mary. ANGLO - CHINA JAnglo-Chinese agreement for the Goy. Smith and his party im- mediately hurried to waiting au- tomobiles and were taken to the Brennan home wheré a few of | the most intimate friends of the| dead leader joined the members f the family in private services. The public rites we held in! the Lady of Mount Carmel Church and followed within an honr, Outside the depot, a thong of several thousand milled about on the sidewalk and a cordon of | police had to break a path for Gov. Smith and his party to the| Thousands lined the| the route the party tock to the Brennan home and cheered the Democratic nominee. Showers of ticker tape and con- fetti were thrown from the win- dows. Gov. Smith remained only five| minutes in the Bremnan home where he expressed sympathy and sorrow to Mrs. Brennan an her) He viewed the body of his friend and was then | |driven to the church for the final | services, ———.——— curb along NEGOTIATIONS COME TO END Two Agreements Signed Between Nationalists and Great Britain The NANKNG, 10. Aug. a— settlement of the so-called Nan- king incident, has been signed by Nationalist Foreign Minister Wang and the British Consul Generals at Shanghai and Pe- king. Simultaneously an agreement was signed whereby (ireat Britain with China regarding treaty revisions. i it PIONEER NAVIGATOR RETURNS TO ALASKA Capt. C. W. Call, who began coming to Alaska in the days of the Klondike stampede as a quar- termaster in the service of the Alaska Steamship Company and who for many years was & popu- lar captain for the Pacific Steam.- ship Company, was in Juneau yes- of the Oregon. Call's first trip to Alaska since he was here as pilot for the Aerial Mapping Expedi. He is being welcomed by the various ped. The old “Manassa Mauler” playing eroquet, batting a little wooden ball around the lawn with a mallet—that’s a role that ! Jack’s fondest enemy never would have picked for him. the old-fashioned pastime is all and both Jack and his pretty wife, Estelle Taylor, are ardent devotees along with the rest of (International Newsreel) ELEPHANT HUNT STAGED IN IDAHO CITY IVE STAMPEDE FROM CIRCUS AND WHE RUN W ILD; MAYOR JARDINE DUE AT KETCHIKAN Expected k; Arrive in First| City Today—Officials to Meet Him KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 10, Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardine is expected to arrive here today on the Fisheries boal | Brant, although a storm may de- ay him, "isheries Commissioner ; District Forester C Flory and B, F. Heintzl expert of the depirtment, are hers to.meet Secretary Jardins and al four will make a leisurely cruise in adjacent waters and to Juneau inspecting pulp timber. 3 VILLAGERS DEVASTATED Furtier Disaster Reported fl’om H()l' Isla"(l Eruption BATAVIA, . O'Mal-| rles K. n, pulp Jay Aug. 10.— Three more villages on Flores d | Five circus elephant vesterda, any during the T0 REDUCE ~—Further reductions in ber of fish traps in Alaskan wat. ers will be necessary mediate United Fisheries, Conditions in Westware eastern Alaska, favorable, Juneau mine stock is quoted to- But’ the rage now in Hollywood, NOMINATION ~ PROHI PARTY. William F. Varney Is ‘Dry" " Candidate—G. O. P. Is Assailed ROCKVILLE CENTER, N. ¥, Aug. 10— Ay.. 10.—Accepting broke 100se yition Party’s nomination for the g through presidency, William F. Varney, ac. residence @i} cuged the Republican administras property and {er-{yjon of wilfally befraying the | Eighteent! amendmont. e d Varncy Jdid not challenge 1) Democ four were later captured. ‘?Hay‘nx A “‘:".:f:"w:;,“" b‘;::.h; The most vicious brute thunder-| it wag not in control of the govel er the and was Cinallyl oonment, bat said he could and slain, nothing in the records of Gov. ] ated at several!syiith (o justify belief in his el - the film colony, KILLS ()Nl' ()I" THEM I.hWIST(L\'. Idaho, and went business and smashing izens. 2. D. Braddock shot one of the elephants and the the Damage is estin thousand dollars. Windows were fronts shatter wrecked. It person wu stampede, G RGN tion. smushed, store) "ag g rasult of improved infa and automobiles ' ment Varney charged the liqu not beifeved that) rafiic failed to show real SpoFtSs " eriously hurt| munghip, refusing to bow to ‘..I]I of the majori as expre § | In the Eighteenth Amendment.. * | “We. after eight years, still called to battle this tnt |encmy of the human race which = ! still projects its slimy trail, soclale | financially and politicaily, im | ‘every walk of life.” | FISH TRAPS,: KETCHIKAN, Madame Lowenstein Refuses to Comment' On English Repoi LONDON, Aug. 10.—Madame fred Lowenstein, widow of the Beigian financier who was kill in an airplane fall when over tl | English Channel, refuses to coms ment on the published report th Lowenstein left @n estate of el Alaska mullion pounds after suffering se3 of twelve million pounds th reaks prPcmlinJ his death. Alaska, Aug. 10, the num- the in Henry O'Mailey, Commissioner ot here yesterday 1d South. | on a whole are, the Commissioner said. ———— A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 10.— in future, States said lay at 3% 4 Island have been devastated as a result of the eruption voleano Rokatinda The villages were tidal wave following submarine earthquake, the voleano eruptions sens are known to ed and many injured tive vessels were but the crews we The voleano out smoke, No further word has been re- ceived from Timor where nearly 1,000 persoms are reported to wept by a series of caused by Ten per-] e been kill- Five na- driven ashore ved atill is and volcano eruptions. R LOSES FINGER Leo Fesl wnderwent an tion for the removal of { finger of his right hand, yester- day at St. Ann's Hospital. Mr. Fesl received injuries to his fin- ger, Wednesday, while working in the Alaska Juneau wine. opera- index ~ { Attorney Whitney belching | Judge Stephen's there was disc faith of a century. Anthony Hollingsworth, have been killed by a tidal wave: ped from sight. Hollingsworths fifteen been a word. savings began day He was worried tell what about. " FAITH OF WIFE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.—When Smith brought Hollingsworth into probate court ssed a story of a endured for a quarter It had to do with who drop- moncy. One hundred dollars, I7ere, kaep this until I back,” he said to his wife. will be safer with you. Jus I'll come back, don't worry."” _He hurried wway. The has waited twenty-five years .bi never a word from him. Now is convinced he is dead, so weeks ago the superior court creed him so. * Mrs. Hollingsworth still $100. IUs in the bank and est has piled up. It b Hollingsworch and she touch it unti! a court of her a right to it. o Ji phens ordered the w ered over to her. ° Mrs. Sarah that Go back twenty-five years. The had been married There had never quarrel, never a Ccross They loved sach other. Then came hard times and their to dwindle. ‘One Hollingsworth came hom:. but would not He had some years.