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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE:TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4875. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ————— e —————————————————————————————————— e GOV. SMITH STRONGLY AGAINST PROHIBITION AND FOR FARMERS Pu_fll_lc THINKS| The gilabpy_W(;rrior”ils Offl(l;llly of(’lwof Nomination | : NUM|NEE—T ALKS OV, SMITH WAS | S OP a7 | STRAICHT FROM While there Is Difference o / j R i : v ‘ RNy _ ¥ : "‘ Squarely on Platform But of Cpinion Non-Partisan 0 : o4 ] i { 4 | Favors Change of Amend- Verdict Is.Favorable £ b e Y / & ) Gl \ & ! i ment and Volstead Law publicans. 1n many parts ot the | (KRS e g o LA S L b T4 - 4 % @ PLATFORM PLEDGES country, commenting upon Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s speech of ac- i "t i ; .. , ; Sk & b s ceptance, praised or found fault| : ! L ) : ; . [ ; R 4 : o : Governor Recognizes Need as their conception of govern | for Relief for Farmers— ment guided them, but expres sions are accompanied by a good | 3 g g o . - # o o e 1 3 o WU # LR : Not Radical on Tariff deal of non-partisan opinion and : ; ? ) g 3 TR My 5 e the general verdict is that he, : Lo - ; : A i ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Raln stated frankly and ably his posi-| i P Py L p 4 L ) y i |caused Gov. Alfred E. Smith te tion on the foremost s of | 1§ . £ s " the campaign as he was expected | to do. Those who praised the speech without reservation are mostly Democrats and those who| most readily found fault we Republicans, but in group com-: menting there were Democrats who refused to accept the nom-| inee's views on Prohibition and| Republicans who thought his| stand on agriculture preferable| crap the plans for an outdoor notification meeting last night and he accepted the Democratic nomi- nation for President in the New | York Assembly chamber, his poli- tical battle ground of years ago, | with the words of his acceptance ! speech carried far and wide over !the radlo. The Governor pledged himself to a vigorous enforcement’ {of the Prohibition Law, but an- Inounced that he favored a change to that of Hoover. | |in the Eighteenth Amendment and Those who praised the speech| b o N : e s . ’ 4 Volstead Law so as to give the without reservations included| Y LR g 2 : o R . - ceparate states a right to decide Senators Edward I Edwards, wet | Jeuder of New Jersey; Walter F. George, Georgla’s dry favorite gon at the Houston Convention; | Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida,| Boosh_Spg_y i : by popular referendum vote wheth- of campaign in acceptance speech given last night in Albany, New York. ler or not they will sell intoxi s . ot BN . < - —= |cating lquors. He called atten- They’ll Seek Farmer’s Vote d HBOVER TALKS |‘ } o i e e e Gov. Alfred E. Smith states issues RADIO SIGNALS and T. H. Caraway of Arkansas, separate® Provinces gell liquor and Representative Sol- Bloom of authority of the v of the pe pple. . e ANRIBAL s Inever countenamee. t I the saloon, and advocated inst the sale of liquor by State agen- cles when authorized to do so by & { of the people. | b . | he Governor was frequently in- 3 ¢ ¥ o A i | L terrupted by applause as he cov. tary of the Navy, and Represen- : |Faint Signals Picked Up in, | & : e Ghiad Thyes D Vil s | o | ered the issues of the campaigm, tative Charl Crisp of Geor-| § it : | Chi Possibl [/ : : ’ ¢ oses lhree Day Viait ’ oottt by it gia, Demo , excepted only to 5 | 1cago, Iossibly 3 N e # | Iowa——Leaves for Wash- E ] | Farmers Consideration the Governor's Prohibition views. from Hassell i ; 5 S Ty ¥ | Gov. Smith promised the farmers, Republicans who praised the| 4 ! b mgton Tonight o | sympathetic consideration of thel® speech included George Peek, CHICAGO, Aug. Faint 3 ; 5 p ;;.;-mm ms. He reiterated that if farm leader of Illinois, and for- radlo signals -were received In : v $ 4 KPAR RAPIDS, lowa, Aug elected he would seek the very mer Senator Henry Clay Hans- Chicago last night by, two ama-| s.——Another round of confer 3 best counsel in framing a relief brough of North Dakota. These | teur radio operators that ga ; lonces with leaders closed e 4 indersed ( Smith’s farm relief | renewed hope that Bert Hassell % i BB | tierbert © 's thrge day | He assailed the Republican Ad< expressions. i and Parker Cramer are alive. | E : v | visit i the great mid-Western | ministration on various ~ scores, i 4 ) ) " : The signals were on a wave L 8 grain country He came in per- among them the Nicaraguan and, | i & ¢ % ¢ ot with me ho pro- | xica He pledged | |length other than that which th i jronal contact with men w Py policies pl Wy DR. BUT%& léi?.fi%g SPEECH" { 5 2 i (l’l"”" was equipped for| fess to interpret the viewpoint of | ¥ f to work to end wars. 8 | &3 5 S | ; 7 v wh corn and er grain | avore blic ownership i | e - adeast | 5 the wheat, corn and othe rain | favored pu » | ‘ signals consiste b iy % grower | ident of they and control of water powers, NEW YOF Aug. 23.—Dr.| ‘d ignal msisted of ! k- ' | 8row v | ,Roy C. Toombs, preside 2 g cholas ey At pront. | Fa A IEHSL. BRI (U8 RIkP, sak 8 | of “R" followed by "D’ P Hoover leaves late today for gleecnational Life Insurance come | He declared that neither party il i A =o' Spain's dictator, has come to th(| rapid sucession. Th / A Wa on and there on Satur- ouis, has been threat- intended to upset business by dent of Columbia Unlversity, f61= United States to launch a campalgt | " I S by | PAny of St. Louis, : : lowed his recent criticism of Her-' go int ,', ists | paae | letter indicated the plane i i g [day, he will take personal ¢harse gpeq with criminal action unlessi cally changing the tariff schedules. Rt Hdover o’ PrRGIUON nd ! nss e HIs Romelntiy the, 88148 | o5 near Cape Chidley, Green » . e | O his campaign | $3,500,000 in bonds, said to be miss Rectricted Immigration b s detarca with & vatte| e rarhle Romomigy land, but the others are mean- Bi . TN Ing, are raturned. - | He announced that he.was in 1 - New York, all Democrats’ : ! AR = ' - : ; : 2 i 1T Those who objected to portions 2 ; : : : of the speech were Postmaster- it | S ¥ 3 i : General Harry New, Senators | William E. Borah, Reed Smoot| | 1 . 2 IERS i : ' v RAIN GRUWERS and Simeon D. Fess, all Repub- % 3 I [ i i licans. Jesephus Daniels, former Secre- favor of réstricied immigration, | i »,;“-m on Gov. Smith's speech, s: \ ingle 3 “ : 2 ‘GURTIS UPEN | but nof in favor of the requires ng: | | ; ardsy " i A - s . . . . ments that caused hardships ta ST Bunishar aidn f ac| Alaska Fur Farmers NAIN, | unprtdul,, SRS 59 Gévernor Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential nominee, af | U. S. Senator Nye IO OE % RDEAIOR. [ WANL S DLStOTIETIIGS | Continued search for Hassell and | & qeqqe in the party's elaborate headquarters conferring with | | i i i . Instead of a tremendous thronmg document, well conceived, well| Will Receive Hearty |cramer is being made by the George N. Peck, Republican farm leader of Moline, IIL, wha | GAMPAIGN FOR E ¥o. Suppett Bweton ot 160,000 or ‘mul;‘lpmlf)ouple hearing phrased and admirably expressed. | q ~ v seruiser Marion along the Labra- by 3 ’ g Y o b i % lu .me» o$% st ke 1ul ms‘! Support o[ Game Com. :”u.. e ari | s endeavoring to swing the farmer’s vote to him. More per: | CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa, Aug. 23, the carefully prepared speech thatis l I United States Senator Gerald P. would have followed had the ceres | g % est, and we New York Repub-| G & L The only other ship in the sonal appearances in great farm centers on pajpt of nominece Jsl | : ; e W i Lo aXDariames) . CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 2 e . e Al urged by his friends, ! | Nye, Independent Republican, of mony bgen carried out at the foitS . - Kbk Wy g e : Vs H North Dakota, announces he will of the east steps of the Capitel, A support Herbert (. Hoover. This the Governor's immediate audience how good that is. His SSLUNK (1 puariy support of he Alaska |Compins Ruy Kain Others are Ul ol i 16| Game - Commission, declared Dr|reported cnroute from ad) | Wit safter he had 4 personal con. was less (han 2,000. But a PESHS Party in this campaign was able @' i (pase chairman, answering harbors of t country | | i n arranged radio hook-up, the longss and on a high plane. This can |y T COR3G FH A e ite O ROCKY. POINT, Rhode Tiiana, |férence with tf nominee hore. . jarisnged radlo hookei HSHH. o ette s ) age | 2 o & the by PRI, s story, B 9 only be met by like or better| oy, par of Commerce charging €nOv n land may througliout the land and lcm. L $ | Av -—Revision cf the tariff Sgumints. on R AUUATl) ) BIEH ol thimmiseldfic with belux “mii BT Kekimos WG g6 seatieres armonious e .U.r. LSS AERRLARprotectian, 10 JE4US STOCK QUOTATIONS international houndary lines. S piane. . |fair and unjust in treatment toalo K i ol o AL ltry, agriculture and labor is| NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-—Alaska Strong for State Rights 8 Dr. Butler added that .Gov.| uup ey garmers.” {eod On the other hadd, if 'promised by Senator Charles Cur-|junean mine stock is quoted today . . has ’ 5 i . § sclard hat thg President r Smith's viewpoint was strictly| "y TUL S ek 4 e lon water, thelr safety s doubttul l; actions Are m C()nt(’st {5, Ropubliean nomince for Vioe-|at 35, Ohirvalar 96%. Cutsby 5%, e meaatatitast autios B s — " o | 1375, two Constitutional : |‘>ar|.l .n? nr; the Il?llr]t;f;,rle)nr.;:flr(:)‘ll'lltll'"m that farmers are being pre- — > | President, in an a ldress here injEndicptt Johnson 78, Glidden Com. spect to Prohibition, enforcement bl?lw(l? ot ?sr t‘lt_ N Das _)ls ivented from obtaining breeding| . . " i ¢ & ) : W hich he opened the ernpany 23%, Missourl 66, Montgom- o0° (0 LT G Getermination | of policy and international peace. | (o4 one ot season. Dr. Chase, Knights of Columbus LBRITORS: ThiN is the sov. jceribg But how h‘l‘mv::l]: ar-campaien o “une Republican | ery Ward 202 Southern Dalres S changos, 1t any, shouk after conferring by cable with W, e il i it . il oy has gripped the party 5 Party at a big ra e em- 23, Stewari-Warner 9 A e FORTHRIGHTNESS o3 Terhitne’ ot the: Untved States | 10" ile Libel Charges, the political situation in the |year is seen in the fact that with!phasized = that dgriculture de- U, 8, (Continued on Pagz Eight.) el CO,MMQI,;:'PTEI?‘mulnximl Survey, with head.| Spurious False Oath| various states). y tate ticket to '".' elect- imanded an increasc in duties on R o WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—Thel o0 iorg at Junean, announced that | By GUY G ALEXANDER . S theOparty koes before the votyfarm progyees reaction to Gov. Smith's speech of | ers at the primar pt. 11 with AR s Ao b B e i Light Experts (international Newsreel) It flier are fort 1 from Democrats md“inermiu for capture of a limned} CLE AND, Ohio, Aug. 23 (A. P. Staff Writer) acceptance 2moc n - i | Reoublicatis sdike 15 Sommendation | Mimber of wild furbearers are al-|Charg« criminal libel will be| DENVIg, Aug. 23— Colorado,|OUly one contes : resi ast six per i hat of the party's candidate for i A o " % > W ilable to residents of the placed against at least six per-|the Centennial state, delivered by| " i . g ’ ll D + for its forthrightness. With Prac-ipoipiiory wishing to establish fur{sons and organs alleged to have|the voters in the campaigns of s ullfh‘n 1[:( ccretary urx state.! | Note in Bottle "'/l "(,(‘.'t in Americ HE. i 1 e p 2 bog 92 other desi ons were ac. | Continued on Page Eight.) Jfarms. published and circulated the bogus and 1924 to the Republican (A . 8. 5 j i bise | Poiortls degrae oath of the Knights|Barty. today presents smuch a poll.|COmDlisRed at the state conveh.| May Be from lot Columbus, the Supreme Council|ical puzzle that astute politicians, |t0n Dby unanimous vatloting. | | Missing Aviatrix | WASHINGTON, Aug. 23— ‘\)J‘l.hmm.\,:_ C]e\'e::l::l' 11.): Hard [' Ork to Prel?(’nt lof the organization has decided.|experts and students have given Contests Arise il iperts on illumin from tha (mluiu, :N"“Igl“rnulh(;‘ sc.m“ I Millions of copies of the spurious{up the job of forecasting the shift-| Contrawise, the 'tepublicags, for| ABERDEEN, Wash.! Aug. | |nations of the world will spend and. })ui,l); e, Hovin L oath nhave been distributed|ing political winds. virtually all major offices, con-{ | 23.—A scarcely legible note, of next month in the United | will attend the mun;ul !e‘l;. Insanlty Say Expert throughout the country during the| Many complexities and paradox-|front the voters with contests.| | tucked in g pertume bottle, - 4| States, cohsidering atest prac- | the engineering _sores'd- ; last three months, according t0|es enter into the political situa-|Chief of these is the one for se. has been washed up by the |{tical and scientific ‘developments to, September 1;-3"1‘“‘ 3 the repor tion in Colerado this year. Thel|leetion of the party's gubernator-| | Pacific Ocean and is believ- || in their field f»f j}lf‘ lr{‘fl{\{m‘(mm& ‘;:: NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 23.— farmer whose wife became insane. e, voters will elect four congress-|ial candidate | ed to be from Miss Mildred b ok e S ;n Saranac, N. Y., D ;. Isolation and boredom are respon.|The farmer told a doctor question-| ARRESTED AT KETCHIKAN |men and a complete state ticket,| William L. Boatright, attorne Perads txcol teacher, svia: Fio, Dgantied. as mational iags : i I i Y g Villig i 2 | Hllumination , under the A number of important tec! gible for more mental disease than |ing him as to her manner of liv.| Deputy U. 8. Marshal William {hut there is no senatorial contest.|general, a protcge of John F. Vil trix, one of the Dole flyers || i o n o i o6 b it the hich tension and speed of|ing that he could not understand| Caswell at Ketchikan arrested Chief among the complexities|vian, Federal Prohibition Adminis-} trom San Francisco to Ha- \‘li;:,‘"l‘n;e:'nl 2 'h:- IHH‘.““".’..«l anlh (Tmm:u m: to modern living, says Dr. Juliano|her insanity, since she “has had John Escabell today on a charge|are the religious, liguor and farm|trator for Colorado and New Mex-| wail lagp year 1'_" :.‘ ("‘" :. & B hiai |s-ad. utlt I:l ;lm)n “l e Moreira, internationally known [mo excitement. Why, for the past of assault with attempt to commit|relief questions. ~The state has|ico, must contc«t with Clarence A porfion ot the note, de- | {obt S ety they will as. wmulx wxln (“( e‘nnc‘: y;l psychiatrist. Dr. Moreira, who re. |10 years she hasn’t heen out of rape according to advices receiv-|forged ahead in the last two years |Phelps Dodge of Colorado Srsings.| — cipherable, reads |“;:;h;’. S L. sabtoihin 8 th ,\-,Aw,x‘f‘?hngs B the 4 cently visited New Orleans on his|her back yard or her kitchen.” |ed here by U. S. Marshal Albertlas an agricuitural commonwealth.|Vivian Jong has been a power in| “Gas all gone. Water run- | |TRNE B0 L e parts of Ameri- | mi “’ ‘m" BRI : g way to Japan and Germany, recom- “It.is that mouotony and iso-|White. The message stated that|There is no secret about the factithe Republican part cireles of!] ning low. Been floating on ‘ el mw‘ bl ol <:(~r.'m-'“ onA lw €0 X :g“-_ 0 mends hard work as a factor in|lation, such as this story illus- Escabell had abduected the girl|that the Democrats count on the|Colorado. ile is the reputed gen-| | 'the wing tips four days. Oc- ‘!m, :'“::TI:I- ””:1“"'“ _‘[d"d B | wide plu‘)lems n; :u o:, hed mental health. trates, that in my opinion has heen | who has been missing since Sat-|farm vote to play a big part in{eralissimo of thc forces of Sen.l | tober 2, 1027. Miss (this ,"fun), vcre:flg ’ul—muf h Y. | lights, glare, lighting for the cause of far more mental di-|urday, and that Deputy Marshall winning the election. Lawrence C. Phi whose leader-| | part is undecipherable) \ |Japan and’ Switzerland. , ||wme. school, factory, s Speaking of boredom as induc-|gaase than the fastest speed at|Caswell found her i the woods| In the past the Democratic party |ship of the party is challenged by| ! i After a tour \\"I_m‘h‘ will _“'“f"hf show-window lighting, y ing insanity, the specialist recalls|which modern life can move,” n!dlahaut two miles from town today.|has had its discords in so far as|— —_— : [them to observe lighting vllr.I\‘lH'On lumination and the mmd’ the story of the North Dakota|Dr. Moreira, ]nemy famished. | pre-election activities are con. (O;Qlunneu on Page Three) 9 nity, Boston,'ing education.