The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENTS - SUUI———" VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4868,"; 7JUNEAU, AI;ASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 'PULP INDUSTRY COMING TO ALASKA SAYS SEC. JARDINE, IN JUNEAU TODAY KELLOGG PACT IS LAUDED BY PRES.COOLIDGE Peaceful Relations Great Hope Held Up by Proposed Treaty WAUSAU, Wis, Aug. 15.— Within a fortnight of the date on which the international treaty outlawing war is to be signed, President Coolidge, before the onsin State American Legion ntino, today said the Kel- logg et “‘holds greater hope for peaceful relations than ever be- fore given to the world.” In giving sentiments re- garding the forthcoming treaty, the fullest expressions since in- ception of the pact, the Presi- dent maintained that by taking a leading position in securing the agreement, the United States proved its pacific inclinations to- wards all nftions. The President, accompanied by Coolidge and son, arrived t 10 o'clock this forenoon, an overnight railroad trip from Superior. The met at the station by a crowd. his after large —————e——— FIVE HUNDRED ARE DROWNED; SHANGHAI, Aug. 15.—British naval circles announce. that 500 lives have been lost in the sink- ing of the Chinese steamer Shinn- sutung in the Yangtse River. Those drowned are believed to include a British missionary. The steamer was bound for Jéhang from Chungkung. It foundered in the dangerous rap- ids with all on board. The sel is a total loss. o —— Hoover Studying Out His Campaign; South Interests STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal, Aug. 15—While there is a ‘general notion that Herbert C. Hoover is devoting most of his thought and attention at this stage of his cam- paign to the Bast and Agricultural West, the development in the Solid South, as the Presidential race gets a belated start, will prob- ably hold as much interest for the Republican nominee as those in another section of the country, This is dué in a measure to re- ports which were brought to him at his notification and also mes- sages whicn he received from that section as to the reception of his acceptance speech. While too early to formulate plans, it is fairly certain Hoover will invade the South, speaking at least in Memphis, Tennessee. —————— A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 3%. party was| ves- | Queen Will Enter Movies | Her Majesty, Queen Marie of Rumania, who, in cablegram to appear in the general story. Above, Her Majesty in one of her latest portraits. \ (Internationa! Newsreely BRYANISTO GIVE SUPPORT NATL. TICKET Nebraskan Will Vote Tick- et Straight, from President Down DANNEBORG, Nebraska, Aug.| 15.—Charles W. Bryan, candidate for Goverhor of Nebraska and the | Democratic Vice-Presidential car |didate in 1924, said he will sup- port the Democratic ticket from President down. Mr. Bryan declared that the “campaign will be decided on eco- nomic questions, specifically, farm relief. The Prohibition issues, which 1 objected to, have been brought to the fore by the Repub- licans to befuddle the public and lead the people away from the real issue of the campaign.” - REV. STRATON THREATENING: SMITH'S SIDE |Controversy in New York Takes on Sharp Turn Now GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y. Aug. 15.—The Rev. John Roach Straton that if Gov. Alfred E. Smith refuses to meet him in debate anywhere except the Calvary Bapist Church, he will hire the largest hall he can find and repeat his sermon which brought on the controversy. The Rev. Straton says the church is no place to hold & political de- bate. th ens SMITH COMES BACK ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 15.— Gov. Alfred E. Smith, in a terse letter to the Rev. John Roach Straton, has renewed his demand that they meet in the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City where the minister recently de- clared the Governor was the deadliest foe of the forces for moral progress in America. Gov, nith insisted on a “no” or “yes” answer and clearly indi- cated he would not consider the suggestion that they meet else- |Warrant Issued for Insurance Executive ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15.—A war- rant charging Presiderit Toombs with grand larceny and specify- ing part of $3,500,000 assets of which he is alleged to have re- moved from the International Life Insurance Company, has been is- sued by the Circuit Attorney. W AR-SEIZED RETURNED TO ALIENS The spevd prop- WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 government has started full ahead in dlspoll{lg of alien erty confiscated during the world war. Properties scattered from coast to coast and in territorial possessions to i total value of $300,000,000 are involved. The war settlemept act passed by ‘Congress at the last session gave authority for the first time for nearly complete restoration of seized property and securities. Its effective ,administration, however, has been held up pending a treas- ury department survey of federal tax obligations. That investigation has been com- pleted, and the first few checks to claimants have gone from the of- fice of the alien property custo- dian, former U. S. Senator Howard Sutherland. wherc our reply shows you mis- understand the situation. I have no intention of conducting a politica debate with you. 1 wrote you, not in the capacity of a candidate or personally, but as Governor of New York, whom you traduced.” ' eee— PROPERTY Under the war settlement act the government returns 80 per cent of seized property to aliens. In a few years, Mr. Sutherland believes, the bulk of the claims will have been disposed of with the possibility that another gov- ernment department or a consider- ably smaller force of officials and clerks may handle the details. Sad News Awaits Schooner Captain At Point Barrow POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 15.—Sad news awaited the Cap- Coal mines, goid mines, canningitain of the schooner C. S. Holmes, establishments and sugar planta-lof Seattle, which arrived here ‘on tions are only a few of the variedla strong wind and took shelter industries which it has been neces-| pehind grounded icebergs. The sary for the government to take|tefggram has lain in port for two over and operate. weeks and told Capt. John Black- A great many properties have)land, jr., skipper of the Holmes, of been sold and the returns placed|the death of his father in Seattle in the treasury pending final dis-lon August 2. The elder Black- position. Such funds now fotal|land was stricken with fllness last some $185,000,000. Owners are|Spring and passed the command of paid 4 per cent annually. the schooner over to his son. | Hollywood film ucers, consented to appear in prologue to’ i MLl ettt ASSRE Uk e osover DRYS WIN OHIO 6. 0. P, WHILE Wet and Dry Causes Big Buckeye Vote — Anti- Saloon Wins, Loses ! COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 15.-—Stir. red by the wet and dry issues, Ohio voters cast a record vote of more than 850,000 in yesterday's State-wide primary election of the Republican and Democratic parties. While it will take additional re- iturns in many instances to deter- mine the victors in the contests| for places on the tickets in most | cases, those candidates svll)l)ur!('ll“ by the Anti-Saloon League are ap- | parently victorious in the Republi- can Party while the Democratic fight saw the League candidates defeated for a majority of the posts Myers Cooper, Republican lead- of Cincinnati, defeated for the Governorship two years ago, this morning wrested the lead from Congressman James T. Begg for the Republican - nomination for Governor, having a lead of 959 the totals bein Cooper 7 and Begg 235,77 Cooper was supported by the drys. The leading Republican candi- dates for the Senate are Congress- man Theodore Burton, former Sen- ator and Nationally known leader, and Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall of the State Supreme‘ Court. Both are comsidered dry, ,but Marshall is the dryest. Th Tast ‘ditch ‘Wilifs men opposed Bur. ton for his activity in behalf of Hoover before the death of Sena- tor Willis. Former Senator Charles 'Dick and “General” Jacob 8. Coxey, of “Coxey’s Army” fame, were also candidates. Senator Simeon D. Fess, support- er of Senator Willis for President before his death, and later key- noter at the Kansas City conven- tion, was re-nominated for the long | term without opposition. Graham P. Hunt of Cincinnati, wet, is competing with Senator Cyrus Lochner, appointee of Gov. Donahey, to succeed Senator Wil- lis, for the Democratic Senatorial short-term nomination, and George | White, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. and Charles V. Truax, State Di- rector of Agriculture, are oppon.- ents for the Democratic Senatorial long-term nomination. e - NEW MYSTERY IN DEATH OF LOWENSTEIN Toxic Matter Is Reported Found — Report Is Sent to Belgium PARIS, Aug. 15—The interna- tional mystery, the death of Capt. Alfred Lowenstein, Belgian finan. I8 1 \ Explorer, Two ] Companions, | Found Dead | % OTTAWA, Aug. 15.—The | bodies of John Hornby, ex- | plorer, and his two nephews have been fcund in a cabin | on the north bank of the | Thelon River, West Hudson Bay | The three died from star- | in the barren land where travelers depend on the plenitfulness of caribou. | The three set out in a | canoe two ago and | were last seen late in 1926. | Hornby credited with | knowing the Hudson Bay country more thoroughly | | than any other man. | vation MAN 0UT OF TEXAS FIGHT Tom Love Withdraws from Race in Run-off Primary in Lone Star State DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 15.—Thomas B. Love, one of the leaders of the Democratic Party in Texas, who opposed the nomination of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and who ran se ond for the Democratic momina- tion for Lieutenant-Governor in th it primary electi and “was’ in-line tocontost with Lieut.-Gov. Barry Miller in the run-off primary, has announced conceded the nomination to Miller Love said that he does not believe he could overcome in the run.off, the tremendous lead received by Lieut.-Gov, Miller in the primary. Love said that his efforts dur- ing the remainder of the campaign would be utilized in an attempt to defeat Gov. Smith for the Presi- dency. TEXAS REPUBLICANS NOMINATE FULL TICKEY FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 15. Confident of their ability to swing Texas into the Republican column through the added strength of the Hoover Democrats, the Republican State Convention yesterday nomi nated a full State ticket and he; ily endorsed the candidacy of Her- bert Hoover for President. W. R. Holmes, Amarillo oil operator, was nominated for Governor and W. T. Kennerly, a Houston attorney, was nominated for United States Sena tor. ————— RASKOB DROPS WITH OTHERS IN ELEVATOR NEW YORK, Aug. J. Raskob, Chairman Democratic National 15.—John of the Committee cier, who was killed ~when cross- ing the English Channel in his private alrplane, was heightened today when unofficial reports that toxic matter was found in the vis- teria of the body was made known, The report is said to have |been made by Dr. Paul, chemical analyist. He said examination reveals traces very characteristic of toxic matter. The report has not been made public but has been forwarded to the Court at Brussels which conducted the in- quiry. Hurricane Danger Gives Way to Flood In Southern State ATLANTA, Aug. 1b.—Florida to- day turned from the danger of of Gov. Alfred BE. Smith’s Ad- visory Cabinet, narrowly escaped injuries when an elevator in which they were riding fell more than two floor today and im- prisoned its occupants 20 stories above the ground for.almost an hour. Those riding with Raskob States Senators son and Corning The party was descending in the elevator of the Savoy Plaza Hotel. The car failed to - stop at the twenty-third floor and fell until halted by mechanical safe- guards between the twenty-first and twenty-second floors. Indiana Pottery Plant Is Wrecked by Explosion HAMMOND, Ind, Aug. 15.—An fin the included Wheeler, elevator United Harri- ) Cabinot Member Who I.; CONFIDENGE IS Visitor in Juneau Today EXPRESSED BY his withdrawal from the race mull and half a dozen other members| = Wil am PN “JARDINE SERETARY OF AGRICULTLRE - /i = _ Ilinois, rWhriiciL Is i]suully 3 Republican, Now Debatable (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of a series of stories on the political situations in the various states.) By WALTER T. BROWN (A. P. Feature Editor) CHICAGO, Aug. 15. a catch in their thro; prehension had enr fidence when the usual optimist claims are made by Illinois re. publican and democratic leader: this year. Ilinois, with a reputation . for having heen out of the republican column in the presidential elector- al college only once, is debatable ground for both the state and na- tional tickets. Behind the lence of those who vote without talking about it—or fail to vote lies the November decisiop in the debate. Prohibition and the tion dwarf any other mentioned issues in the state There is, of course, a religions element to be considered, but it sc ely is whis- pered, The line of religious cleav- erage is the same with ether political factors—the division be- tween urban upstate and rural downstate, Chicago with its high percentage of catholics and rural Illinols chiefly protestant is ap- There ir s farm siuta- as “Wet” Element how strongly the element in Cook county Chicago, in Peoria, in Louis and others of the larger cit. ies, will fall in behind the modi- fication banner of Gov. Alfred E, Smith, largely will determine [lli- nois’ position after the vote count- ing next November To effect this there will need to be whole- sale defections from the republi- can ranks as the state normally is republican by several hundred thousand. In 1908, when one group of re- publicans followed Taft and anoth- er Roosevelt, Wilson carried the state. That was the only occa. %ion of that kind Farm leaders declare the major- ity of Ilinois farmers are indif. Just “wet"” at of East St. ferent to both Governor Smith, the democratic presidential nominee, and Herbert Hoover, the republi- can choice. Straw votes taken by agricultural publications bear this out. Mr. Hoover's referenc- es to farm relfef in his speech of hurrieanes to that of serious floods |explosion, believed to have been acceptance may change this situa. as the Lake Okeechobee region|incendiary, wrecked the plant of tion, republicas leaders say. gradually became inundated and the former shallow inland sea is today. of wide proportions. The latest series ‘of gales today pursued through Georgia to the Atlantic and & heavy toll is expected. the Indiana Sanitary Pottery com- pany late yesterday afternoon and the damage is estimated at $26,- It is believed none were in a damaging courseé{the plant at the time, which had been elosed because of & labor dis- the convention approved the m: pute. Uneasy Cliect The silence of Frank 0. Lowden, former governbr, who withdrew as a candidate at Kansas City after (Continued on Paze Two.). | Gr(llin(l inComing Cam paign| ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION COSTY ONE Byrd's Exploration Trip May Cost Close to One Million / NEW YORK, Aug b Antaretic Expedition of Com- mander Rich E. Byrd will be jthe most stupendous expedition in the history of exploration and may cost $1,000,000. It is announced at the Expedi- tion’s headquarters in the Hotel Biltmore, the expedition will cost not less than $855,000 and be- fore the expedition returns to this country, it may Teach $1,- 000,000, Contributions received include $435,000 in and $237,000 in cash. The total expense of Command- er Byrd's North was $140,000. The largest single item on the South Polar Expedition is sal- aries for 26 men, a sum of $90,- 000 for the two year period. Two planes cost $70,000 and two other planes were donated. 1 The to date i Sightseeing Plune Dives Into River; Two Persons Killed TILTONVILLE, Ohio, Aug. ~The pilot and a enger were drowned when a sightseeing air- plane plunged into the Obio River here late yesterday afternoon. Three others aboard the plane es- ped by swimming to shore. 15, equipment | Pole Expe'mmn| | { HIGH OFFIGIAL Secre lar); ‘c;f -A;‘ iculture | Has Faith in New In- dustry for Alaska OFFICIAL REACHES HERE, BUSINESS TRIP sources——Pulp Tim- ber in S.E. Alaska William M. Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture, is confident of the es- | tablicshment of a pulp and paper | industry in Alaska, he said today. The Secretary spoke favorab. ly of the outcome of the present | interests in Scutheaste Alaska and declared it only a question | of time until the vaet timber areas in the Territory are utilized and the pulp and paper busincss will | be another large industry to be added to the mines and fisheries which are now dominant. The Secrewury called attention (to the fact that Lhe establishment {of one pulp and paper plant means the ekpenditure of jossibly $10,. 000,000 which he said, is a large amount to be invested any place. ' | Arrived on Brant 2 | Secrotary Jardine arrived In Ju- lm:au at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon iun the U, 8. Fisheries vessel Brant, | Capt. E. L. Hunter. Tie was ac. companied by Henry O'Malley, nited States “Commissioner ‘of = | Pisheries; Charles H. Flory, Unit- ed States Commissioner of Agri- culture in Aliska; James T. Jar- dina, of Corvallis, who is the Sec- retary’s brother, and A. F. Swenb- sen, of Boise, Idaho, a personal triend. | A aurvey of tho offices and op- erations of the Department of Ag- ‘rlt'ul'wr( in this section of Alas- ka aud other rcsources of the Ter- ritory, is being made by the See- retary in an endeavor to obtain persoual information regarding the | work of his Department. | Received by Governor On hLis arrival in Juneau, Secre- tary Jardine was received by Gov. George A. Parks at the Governor's Housc This afternoon, accompanied by Commissionar Flory, he visited all the offices ol the Department in Juneau and met the entire staff 'of employees, These offices in- clude the following: U. 8. Forest |Service; U. S. Burean of Publie | Roads; T Biological Survey jand Alaska Game¢ Commission; U. 8. Weather Bureau. perimental Stations in the Terri- | tory are aiso operated under the, 8 | ™ (Continued on Page Eigbt.) > Gov. Smith to Soon State 'His Issues ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 15.—A week from tomight, on the steps | he has 0 often climbed years ago. latuve, Gov. Alfred B Smith will {faform the Nution where he /stands on what he believes to be |tie issues of the day. | 'No king itinerary has beem mapped ov' beyond the notifica- ton ceremony and il is doubtful 'if the campaign will get under {way before Labor Day. | . In the meantime, Gov. Smith Jhas several speuking dates in New York and New Jersey, but 'nntional politics are expected to' be avoided. Less Immigration Now B CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—A greater desire to become citizens of their adopted country has increased the number of naturalizations, although immigration laws have charply reduced® the number of persons coming into the United States. Figures of the Chicago district of the bureau of immigration, which comprisés Illinois, Michi. gan, Wisconsin, Indiana and fo- wa, show that more aliens have been naturalized in the past 10 ut More New Citizelué years than in any previous decad: é‘)f Be'ore immigration laws restriet. ed th2 influx of Europeans allens often waited 10 to 16 years to take out their papers, says Fred J. Schilotfeldt, immigration di tor here. Few now wait than three years. Fear of being deported and increased activities of Al zation agencies are reasons for changed practice, Schlotfeldt | fieves. The Ex-, i) il {as a membor of the State Legis- o0