The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1928, Page 1

VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4876. DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MISSIN JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS AIRMEN BELIEVED HEARD PRICE TEN CENTS SEWARD IS THREATENED BY FLOOD LOWELL CREEK | | IS ON RAMPAGE | WESTWARDTOWN One Bridge Collapses and! Part of Water Sup- ply Is Cut Off SEWARD, After three continuous threatened Alaska, Aug d T Seward is with disaster by the raging waters of Lowell Creek which flows ‘through the central part of the town The Third Avenue bridge col-| lapsed Wednesday night, plung- ing the city into darkness besides cutting off part of [ water supply The Fourth now threatened remaining Thousands of n, the Street bridge is and with it the supply mains. feet of lumber of the Warrack Concstruction Con- pany, of Secattle, which has just begun building the $100,000 con- trol flume on Lowell Creek, have been carried down stream and piled up with mud and rocks on the tracks of the Alaska Rail- road near the depot. The storm is still raging. Reports from far away Moose Pacs indicate widespread damage, weakening railroad tracks, high-| ways and bridges and landslides have occurred. i It is the greatest flood since 1917 when house: washed down Lowell Creek. SHIP BREAKS FROM ICE AT POINT BARROW Schooner C. S. Holmes Blasts Way Out—Can- adian Boat Held water here | were| | | ! | 1 POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 24.—With a change in the wind to the north, the Seattle schooner C. 8. Holmes, which sought shelter behind the ice floes here for days. blasted the wa rough the to fairly open water and with tha| assistance of the Kastern Trade: started on her homeward journey to Puget Sound, after summer trad- ing in Bering Strait and the Arc- tic Ocean The Canadian trader Chinook, is held fast in the ice e of Point Barrow, despite the shifting of the wind. WILKINS WILL SAIL SOUTH ON | SEPTEMBER 13 OMAHA, Aug. 24—Declaring his | Antarctic expedition will not com- pete with Byrd's, Capt. George H.| Wilkins announced he will leave New York”on September 23 with! three companions and will not re.| turn until next March. Capt. Wilkins will planes. Ben REielson, Alaska aviator, will be one of Wilkins’ companions but the names of the others have not been made public yet. ice take two President Coolidge Is Fishing Today on New Wisconsin Creek SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. 24— Anxious not to let the Wisconsin trout season close without essay- ing another fishing grounds than the Brule River, President Cool- idge agreed to make an S0-mile trip from Superior to Lewis, Wis., to try the luck of a stream cross- ing the estate of Charles Lewis, | of Minneapolis® He arrived there early this afternoon and will re- Loftice. force, | | 24.—| and nights of | Here’s Michael Arlen, author Literary Honeymooners of “The Green Hat,” at Cap | d’Antibes on the Riviera with his bride. The couple now plan an Americad visit before their honeymoon ends. Says gtate Control of Prohibition But Have Faith in Sniith | RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 24 United States Senator Carter (ilass and Gov. Harry Flood Byrd have issued statements describing Gov Alfred K. Smith’s state control of Prohibition proposals, as being im- possible of achievement but serting the question is not an sue in the campaign. Both offi expressed nitely $heir in the nominee, as. is- als faith defi- Party BORAH'S STATEMENT BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 24— Every| state line in the United States| will be come a Canadian border| th no way to prevent liquor traf-, the line under the state! opinion T system advocated by Gov. Alfred E. Smith, United States Senator William E. Borah declared in a statement here i REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE ( 1S TO SUPPORT GOV. SMITH NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Col. Bd-, ward C. Carrington, Repub i candidate for United States S tor from Maryland, a prominent at- torney, announces he will support| Gov. Alfred E. Smith on account of the views of the nominee of his “sympathetic attitude toward the| proposed All-American waterwals from the Great Lakes to the 1 ANOTHER REPUBLICAN IS TO SUPPORT SMITH NEW YORK, Aug. 24-—August' Heckscher, philanthropist and a| life-long Republican, announces he' will vote for Smith because of his| stand on the Prohibition issue.! Heckscher will be 80 years old| on next Sunday. He made his! fortune mainly in the coal busi. ness and later in the zinc indus.! try. He is a director in several | large corporations. Collecting Glass Cats Is Ohio Writer’s Hobby CINCINNATI, Aug. 24.—John Uri Lloyd, 79-year-old novelist and scientist, is a collector of ar- tifical cats. Felines of glass gaze unblink- | ingly from his desk top: others of wood and chine peer from his bookcases or loll languidly on shelves, He has twenty-seven in all. On his last birthday Dr. Lloyd received two china cats from | Mrs. Lloyd, one of glass from his and a fourth from his chauffeur. Besides his contributions to science, particularly chemistry, turn tomorrow. Mrs. Coolidge and son John accompanies the Presi- dent, Lloyd has written six novels. He now is completing his seventh, “Felix Moses.” | J Impossible TAKES FLING - AT PROPOSALS OF GOV. SMITH :Senator Curtis Says State Control of " Intoxi- cantSTmpossible ROCKY POINT, R Aug The proposal of Gov. Alfred Smith for control of intox cating beverages is deseribed by Senator Charles Curtis, Republi- can nominee for Vice-President, in his opening campaign address an attempt to “fool the Ameri people.” Senator Curtls departed from his speech, promising fuller tariff pro- tection, made here in one of two states which failed to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment and - de- clared the Democrats “are making promises in regard which you know stitution, it will 43 24 state n ler the Con- be impossible ‘o | Keep.” Senator Curtis did not refer to Gov. Smith by name hut swung vigorously into the discussion of prohibition and how he closed up Kensas during two terms as Prose- cuting Attorney tered applause SIGNIN "™ CLEM to Prohibition | ] o CAMPAIGNING BY SMITH MAY BE BY RADID Open At Addressct R0 Frowned Upon—Will BC VOiCC Saver NEW YORK, Aug. 24 | will be on open air campaigning {for Gov. Alfred E. Smith if he can help it. Radio has too much | fof an appeal for him. This idea impressed upon the Presidential nominee by his political clates although he personally, is known, has felt for some time| {the futility of conducting an ex- | tensive sch making tour when lsueh modern radio, | | with voice qualities, |available Gov |able experience tom of literally taking the stump | and extending his v in an effort to reach the fringe of the crowil Whether he adheres strictly to the indoor speaking program de- pends upon the availability of broadeasting facilitie | ————————— | ENCY FOR BAINES ASKED i IThree Petitions Are Pre- sented to Governor of Washington | { | constantly asso-! £ means saving with the old cus-| ice SEATTLE, titions asking |lace C. “Bob” handed to Gov petitions were submitted torney Pratt, counsel for Gaines; Char Tennant, Seattle's Cap- tain of Detectives and Couneilman Philip Tindall, who with two Se- lattle attorneys, conducted a pri-| vate investigation, | James McKnight and Jackson H. Ilbaugh, in a letter accompany- | ling Tindall's petition, said they | |received and expected no retaine tand “after an exhaustive study of | the we each convinced | \there is grave doubts that Gaines is guilty and for that reason, his! | sentence either commuted to ‘life imprisonment or stayed, pend- ing fur r investigation.” Councilman Tindall explained {he was seeking to “correct the ravest miscarriage of justic !h.nl er occurred in this state aines tried, convicted and | sentenced to hang for the murder {of his daughter Sylvia Gaines |England Orders Ships To Get Life-line Guns 24.~-Three v for have Hartley Aug clem Gain R.H pe- Wal. been | The! At. case, are be | | LONDON, England, Aug. 24.- [ British ships after the first of | next year will be obliged to carry la line-throwing device similar to a harpoon gun, capable of throw- | ing a life-line at least vards in any desired direction. Such the text of is a of Trade. PARIS, Aug. 24.—Ameri- can Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg has -arrived here to participate in the signing of his renunciation of war treaty which will take place next Monday. He was accom- panied here by Premier King of Canada. With the .arrival of the American Secretary of State, plans for the historic cere- monies got under full swing. Representatives of 15 na- ticns, who will sign the treaty, are steadily arriving. Numerous welcomes are order of the day. The arri- val of Secretary Kellogg was three quarters of an carlier than scheduled as a precaution of the bpolice to avoid any possible hostile demonstration of Communists, PARIS, Aug. 24.—The big par- ade of peace that will enter Quai d'Orsay August 27 may start a procession that will encircle the world. That first act looking towards the eventualratification by the original 15 signatory nations of | the Kellogg multilateral anti-war treaty is expected to result in other nations' voluntarily com- ing under the sway of the pact to remounce war as an instru- ment of national policy. The treaty as originally offered by Frank B. Kellogg, American Secretary of State, was confined to six powers, but was subse- quently widened to inelude 15. It is regarded as likely that the in- itial ratification ceremoniex in the French Foreign Office will stimulate the interest of other governments, | e Parlia-'ernment He received scat-'ment act approved by the Board annually i Smith has had consider-| So far as known, this is the on made public of Gene Tunney in the company of his bride-to-be, Mary Josephine Lauder. From left to right: Caroline Bishop, whose en- FARMER MUST - STICK TO REP. ly picture ever maid at the wedd nternational Newsreel) Awaiting tf.g Stork E|G WELGUME ‘First Photo of Tunney and I Iancee ir - ——c i | from gagement to the ex-champion was “rumored” a year ago, and who will probably be brides- g; Miss Lauder; Tunney ; Frances Marion and Mrs, Lauder, - FOR HBG VLR PARTY FOR AID Senator Watson Makes As-| sertion and Upholds Party Nominee CEDAR RAPIDS, United States Senator James L. Watson, Indiana, sald in an ad- iress here, that “the Am rx i rmer must stick to the Republ an Party protective tariff system it he expeets to receive adequate protection for his industry Senator Watson promised bert €. Hoover will enact measure aid will | insur: y branch of the American in- dustry the most adequate protee- tion ever provided in history Senator Watson declared Alfred B. Smith and tic platform in sistent on tariff - e POWER FOR MONTREAL MONT diverting Towa, Aug. 24 [ | )| | that | He tary a that the, are on- A project for ter .in the Law- rence River between Lake St.| Franeis and Lake St. Louis to| furnish electric power to the re- gion surrounding Montreal has| been approved by the Dominion Government, Some $30,000,000 will be spent the hydro-elec- tric development, with the Gov- receiving $20,000 rent for the firs vedrs 50,000 for the next five. on and G OF KELLOGG AGREEMENT b MAY PRESAGE WORLD-WIDE PACT | | { The treaty will result in a con-| federation of countries agreed to| renounce war among themselves, and its acceptance marks one of the most ambitious efforts in his-| tory to realizc world pes In the exchunge of correspond-| ence with Washington aceepting| the treaty, however, the stipula- tion of understanding of its terms is made excepting wars of self defense and reserving to each signatory the right to judge for itself when ur for defense is necessary, The Kellogg treaty provides no machinery for its/ enforcement. ! The inception of the treaty dates back to April 6, 1927, when Aristide Briand, French Foreign Minister, conveyed to the United States, through the Press, his countr) w willingness {elimate. | Associated | | | e wi she ret ab. The former Nancy Miller of Seattle, Wash., now wife of the exiled Maharajah of Indore, expects the arrival of an heir at the chateau in St. Germain, France, which the potentate bought for his young wife after their marriage in India. It was at this same chateau that King Louis Scventeenth was born. W He Th (International Newsreel) K1 t pa D WILL ARREST 3 DRY AGENTS CHICAGO, rs for the 1 Prohib and seriously during a raid in an ing, have been issued hy puty Pollee Commi was the result of partment’s decision the Federal Agent reached after the Counsel , expressed holding the shooting lation of the Hlinoi the wounded man, Mer lams, was not resisting Federal officers in service of a warrant —_—————— FAR EAST BUYS CCSMETICS SINGAPORE Perfumes cosmetics are becoming popular in British Malaya, but the users insist upon buying perfumes in two-ounce bottles equipped with glass stoppers. permit too apid evaporation the warm Chinese the best customers for perfumes, powders and pomades. — .- H. D. Stabler, wi ne il arre fon 24 —Qrd- three Fed nts who shot man build- De- loner This Police De- prosecute which « the Ju t da yunded w a the to orpot opinion, in vio- es, as and | 24 19: w Cork in [ “Continusd on Page Two.) District Attorm p! elvic coveted wetr"” Louis IS PLANNED Homecoming Show to Be Staged in Washington This WASHI! fends of 1l stage yw tonight urng tp sence of As expre 1enal ation will ling that me Branch Delegations organ wover reception when ST 1gineer Paul, ssenge go, 'St PAUL, Wil wa as derailed on, A. NEW YOR neau mine y at H a w zation injured Evening GTON, rhert big w the ashington yre than five Aug © )e the result « of patriotic will train being t is >-s Engineer Is Killed By Train Derailing| Minn liam Kkilled and when Minneapol Ang. .- J. QUOTATIONS quot K, Aug stock is an gree arrives. spongored by the local Hoover-Curtis Club. 24 Richardson, of | seve Ch and | Omaha eastbound passenger train| [ this fore-| o Alaska | | to-| RADIO “S08" IS PICKED UP BY AMATEURS: Four Operators Reporf. d Message from Missing Rockford Plane ) | | | 70, 1L, Aug. 24.—Out r today, came a wire= ' signed Rockford fliers, | and Parker Cramer, the plane Greater down on a small Newfoundland, and CH {of the a less “SOS | Bert Hass which Rockford island were safe. Joy quickly faded when wire- less experts began casting serious doubts te authenticity of the message. It seemed certain that the message, purporting to come the plane, was actually broadeast. Four amateurs in Chi= | ca Toledo, Brooklyn and Bal= Itimore made reports of hearing it. On the bther hand it appear- ed doubtful, experienced rug, men said, that the message could I have been sent from the plane’s | small set 1 The me: » said the oll feed failed, the plane landed on & small island and the food supply was low | i i ONE MORE REPORT | COPEN HAGEN, Aug. 24.— jAuthoritative reports from South | Gireenland, from Hassell and Cra- | mer signed Sunday, stirred ut- most optimism among Greenland * experts that the Amerigan afr- [ Daugaard SonNeH | Greenland trade, told the Asso- ciated Press that a northwest storm undoubtedly forced the | plane 200 miles south of the goal land expressed opinion that Has= sell must have had great diffi- |culty in finding a landing place, |but probably found one. | ? ICAC said was off wno left Roel 16, reaech- The ford, two fliers. 1., on August Hoover | o4 Cochrane, Ontario, completing = homecoming nominee after weeks., ed at the Republican| g, the afternoon of August 18 dquarters, the eele- |, My 3 the | he belongs to \\'ash-! ton as much as Palo Alto and |3 the first leg of their proposed flight to Stockholm, on last wursday afternoon. They hopped off frem Cochrane at 12:12 o'cloek n Greenland. Evans, vight Baby Elk To Be Shipped to Kodiak Island PORT ANGELES, Wash., Aug. 24.—Eight baby elk, raised on a nursing bottle in | the wilds of Hoh River, 4§ Western Washington, are on | | their way to Seattle where they will be transferred to an Alaska-bound steamer for Kodiak Island, the first elk to be introduced there. The Alaska Game Commis. sion is to reciprocate byy sending mountain goat here for every elk shipped north.: | Larry Parks will have charge of the herd on the 8 trip nprth. 1 t i | fi n| 1-| ! | g ot Missouri’s “Wet” G.O.P.’s Are Counted in Column by | the Gov. Smith Dcmocrq (Editor's Note: This is the eighth of a series of stories on the pol the various itical situation states.) s in By CALVIN SPEEDY (A. P. JEFFERSO Admitted 28 political it prohibit dominant facte Show.me” The elect and unties are um for Gov Against this the Republicans are Republican in Correspondent) N CITY, Iy a key campaign Mo., state f in the on ng vote state votes distr Mis. oral an the already uri Alfred E. Sm Au in the Missouri will go to the polls in November | the has nd ith. the of St. river being figured in the Democratic column by lead- ers anxious to annex this political ing to balance predicted in the state Demoe in the dry, rural distei re the religious questiol though not talked of open nevertheless one of import; The “wet” Republican vote. St. Louis, if swung to Smith, we give him a lead of between and 50,000 in the eity. The ily wet Missouri river oun extending from St. Louis capital, would add several and more to that, and the vote in Kansas City and Jael tcounty, Democratic s g would give him a lead of s 15,000 to 25,000 there. Whether rural dry votes which ed to go to Herbert Hoow tr tions 8. 18 (Continued on Page