The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 30, 1928, Page 1

- Wul. NOTIFY SEN. ROBINSON TONIG THE DAILY ALASK/ /- “’\ 4881. | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSleY, AUGUST 30, 1928. HOT SPRINGS MECCA TODAY OF DEMOCRATS From Four Corners of Na- lion, Democrats Assem- ble to Honor Robinson VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOTIFIED Chairman R:;skob, Keynot- er Bowers Arrive at Scene Early Today HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Aug. 30. From the four corners of the Nation, Demoecrats are trooping! into this valley in the picturesque Ozark foothills in America's first! National Park, the scene of the| first notification ceremonies in| Arkansas for a President or Vice- | Presidential nominee Senato Joseph T. Robinson, Viee-Pr dential candidate on the Demo cratic National ticket is the man | to. be honored tonight in formal notification of his nomination. The visitors found the city be-| decked for the occagion and lwur-! ly everyone expressed surprise at| the beauty of the little amphi-| theatre in which the ceremonies will be held. { Senator Robingon was up early | today to greet as many of. the visitors as possible. He had fs-| posed of his business to have the' crtire day free to devote himself to welcoming his iFiefds. =T Keyncter Arrives ! Chairman John J. Raskob, of | the Democratic National Commit- tee, and a host of others, arrives here this morning, including| Claude G. Bowers, of New York, who sounded the keynote of the| Democratic campaign at the Na-| tional convention at Houston, and who will make the formal address | here. | Site for Ceremonics | The site selected for the cere-| monies is a natural bowl, at one| end of Central Avenue, the main | business street, with North! Mountain rising on one side, East | Mountain on another and Hot| Springs Mountain on the third. In front of the Arlington Hotel where Central and Park Avenues | and Fountain Street converge, a| speakers platform is erected. On| the lawn of Arlington Park and | the side of Hot Springs mountain, | seats for 25,000 spectators have been placed with amplifiers scat- tered about to bring distinctly to the crowd the words of the speak- A national chain hookup st the proceedings. Hot Springs National Park was created by act of Congress in 1832 as a result of a survey which President Thomas Jeffer- son ordered in 1804. Thus to the founder of the Democratic Party . it perhaps owes 'its crea- tion. Part) Lines Eliminated Party lines have been brushed aside in the arrangements. A prominent Republican, Martin A. Eisele, is a member of the local arrangements committee which also includes: W. H. Martin, former United States District At- | Splitting of tickets has been urg- | Republican {"Pribune, have announced they will IN SPOTLIG HT TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Find- |ing of a wree Latham plane n the sea near Vesteraalen, north f Norway, is reported in a cable-| gram from Oslo to Bernon Pren- tice, who w the Ame Chairman pf two of Capt. Roald Amundsen’s expeditions. He said ! ‘he Delicved the plane was the b | French craft in which Capt. ® Amundsen and his companions were lost in search for the sur- | vivors of the Italia disaster. { The cablegram was sent by Froeis from Island Head to Osla| newspaper relief expeditions for Amundsen. He said the report came from Harstadt and he was Elnv. igating United States Senator Josep h T. Robinson, wha will be nott- [ ;TP Messae - indicated Hhe fied tonight of his nomination as Vice-President on the Demo- |pion oo cratic Natinal ticket, and Mrs. Rol nson | 4 OKLAHOMA IS AN OUTSTAN (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the elaventh of a series of stories on the pelitical situa. tions In the varidus states.) (A. P. Correspondent) By HARVEY L. SCANDRETT Y | { | OKLAHOMA "CITY, Auz. 30 Among the states which repre- sent the unknown quantities in the national algebraic problems of | the presidential campaign, Okla- homa is an outstanding “X.” | All things being normal, | Okla- | homa is a Democratic e. Only once in the 20 years of its state- Lood has it returned a Republi- can plurality—and that in the| landslide of 192 But all is not norn st few weeks have | witnessed bold desertions of three | of the state’s greatest Democratic | newspapers and one of the most prominent party leaders from the | standard of Gov. Alfred E. Smith | st ed from pulpits and by temper- ance leaders. Far from from these confidence defections, however, leaders have declared that the ultimate destination of Oklahoma's 10 electoral votes is “very doubtful,” and are girding for perhaps the most intensive na- tignal campaign yet waged in th youthful state. . Because of Gov. Smith's stand for modification of the Volstead act, the Daily Oklahoman, the Ok- lahoma City Times and the Tulm‘ absorbing support Herbert Hoover. They are the outstanding Democratic newspapers of the two largest cit. ies of the state. For the same | reason, plue the nominee’s connec. tion with Tammany Hali, Rober* L. Owen, a former senator and vemocratic leader of much in. (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Saven) Birthplace of A Johnson to Be Scene of Labor Day Celebration RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 30.—A granite marker designating the birthplace of Tennesgee's tailor ap- prentice who rose from poverty to become the seventeenth president of the United States is to Ive un- veiled here Labor Day near th* former nome of Andrew Jacksom. . ‘Weighing nearly a ton, the block of stone stands in the heart oll Raleigh's business district. The'lo& cabin in which Johnson was born has been removed to a public park where the Colonial. Dames maintain it as a memorial.’ The story and a half building, ]ll"a' enough for only one moderately- sized room on the first floor, is still in excellent condition. Johnson's sog-in-law and biogra- ndrew pher, Col. A. J. Patterson, Green- ville, Tenn., is to discuss the pres. ident's career, which was climax. ed by impeachment proceedings against him during his turbulent tenancy of the White House. Born in Raleigh, December 29, 1808, Johnson, at the age of four, lost his father. The boy when 10 years old was bound out to a tailor, under whom he learned his trade. He moved to Tennes- see in early manhood and married | Eliza McCardle, who is credited with having taught her husband the elements of education which Yoverty denied him in boyhood. Becoming interested in politics, he filled various minor offices un- (Continued on.Plage Three) IN POL. EQUATION/ JARDINEIS |18 taking a IS FOUND IN - ARCTIC OCEAN |Cablegram Indicates Plane May Be that Used by Amundsen 'HOME BREW IS USEDTOPOISON MATE 1S CLAIM }Woman and Brother-in- Law Are Arrested in East on Suspicion DING “X” BULLETIN — NEW BRI- TAIN, Conn., Aug. 30.—The | police announced late this afternoon that Samuel Weiss cenfessed putting poison in home made brew. / NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Aug. 3( Mrs. Katherine Weiss and Sam. uel Weiss, her brother.in-law, are held by the police on suspicion that they conspired in the death fof her husband by putting poizon in home brew and which also caused the death’ of two others !John Stehr, also a vietim, showad trace of poison in his stomach Detectives said tne third time, John Stein, aged 40 yes who drank the contents of a botf- e, d before he died that both Wi and Stehr, drank several bottles last Sunday night. Records at Police Headquarters jrevealed that Mrs. Weiss and ner brother-in-law ran away together ,on August 1, last year, and Weiss was arrested that day for fighting with his brother. Weiss com- | plained to the police that his wife IN sEcLusloN brother disappeared on sev. | asions. PORTLAND, Oe., Pierre S. du Pont, chalrman of he board of General Motors cor- oration, has been granted a leave # absence to campaign against the wohibition law. z and eral oct ->oo—— Thomas W. Hardwick Aung. 30.—Re- turning from his vacation to| May Debate Pastor Southeastern Alaska, Secretary sy e of Agriculture William M. Jar.| ~ On Smith’s Candidacy dine, remained in seclusion and eriahe NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—The in. { vitation extended to ‘Rev. John Roach Straton to debate Gov. Al- fred E. Smith's candidacy with Thomas W. Hardwick, former United States Senator and former Governor of Georgia, has been re. ferred by the minister “to those who invited him to Raleigh, North Carolina.” The invitation was sent by James ¥. Griffin, of the Wake County Democratic Club of Raleigh. Re- 'ports from Atlanta stated Hard- wick was willing to accept. Lieut. Maitland Plans To Fly to Hongkong if Superiors Permit Him much-needed rest. He been greatly benefitted by his Alaskan trip, according to his brother, J. T. Jardine. eee - Fog and Snow Work ‘Against Searchers In Arctic Regions ROME, Aug. 30.—Fog and snow, the old enemies of the searchers for the survivors of the Italia, are again hampering vessels and avia. tors combing the district east of North East Land and also for the Italians, French and Norwegians searching for Capt. Roald Amund- sen. This is according to advices received her Three Missing, 20 Rescued When Boat Turtles in River SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Lieut. Les- ter J. Maitland, Army flier, who conquered the Pacific in June last year in a flight from San Francis- co to Honolulu, will try to fly from San Francisco to Hongkong next year, if his superior officers consent, “Undoubtedly we will use a tri- motored plane,” said Maitland. The Army flier expeets to fly first to Homolulu, about 2,500 miles, then to Manila, about §,300 ALIQUIPPA, Penn., Aug: 80.— Three persons are missing, believ- ed drowned, and 20 others, mem- bers of the crew of the towboat Aliquippa were ‘rescued when the towboat overturned in the Ohio River. Company officiala are at Y O ! MEMBER LOST AVIATORS AT COCHRANE, CANADA MPIR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 'GLED BODIES OF FLIERS FOUND | sading citizens who called to wis Chicago Taxi Man Taken for - Ride, Murdered CHICAGO, Aug. 30 They took Tony Soverino, taxieab driv- er, for a ride in his own cab, The police, passing lonely epot, saw Tony canfl ed on the wrong side of th | $t. They investigated. ) The meter was clicking fid 16 read $10:150 5w Soverino’s body was( slumped over the wheel. Two bul had been fired into the back of his head In the road, near the taxicab, five empty cartridges were found IRISH GREET " SEC, KELLOGS Amerigan Official Given Rousing Welcome in Dublin DUBLIN, Aug. 30.—All clas of the Irish Free State joined in a hearty welcome which was giv- en American Secretary of State {Frank B. Kellogg when he ar- rived here today for his visit to Ireland. . Enthusiasm broke loose at the moment the ecruiser Detroit steamed into the harbor. The cheered Kellogg on his arrival while a salute of 18 guns of the Free State Army hoomed out. —— - — European Minorities Ask Aid; Appeal to | Council and Kellogg GENEVA, Au 30.—The opening session of the Fifty-first Council of the League of Nations was marked by receipt of a resolution from the League’'s Congress for protection of minority rights and condemning the ure to do something to alleviate the lot of the minority peoples in Europe. ‘The resolution reached the mem- bers of the Council just as they separated after the opening ses- sion yesterday. A telegram was also sent to American Secretary of State Kellogg urging him help the minority populations of Europe and thus remove what is described as one danger to peace. Bodies Taken from Wreckage Caused by Furious Hail Storm ROME, Aug. 30.—Bodies have been recovered from wregked dealllnu in the region between |Monza and Legana, dévastated by a furious hail storm. More than 100° persoris are known to have ibeen injured. Chimneys collapsed great throng, gathered for hours, | Councll for fail-| to| Bort R. J. Hassell and Parker Cramer, lost aviators, at Cochrane, Canad irecnland. They were last heard from when within 400 miles of their goal, | lirmen at the Cochrane field were Mrs. F. C. Ivy, wife of Cochrane mayo h them Godspeed. and Parker D. Cramer (left) are a light via Cochrane, Ont., and Gree START OF U. S. TO SWEDEN FLIGHT The monoplane Greater Rockford In which Bert Hassell (right) I, to Sweden, as it took off on the first leg of the trans-Atlantio a, before they took off for | Among those v/ho visited the r, extreme left, and wives of other ! 2aramount News—Aassociated Press ttempting a flight from Rockford, nland. " the Brid MISSING MAN "IN FAIRBANKS {Polish Mouniain Climber Abandons Mt. Mc- Kinley Climb | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 30 —Stefan Jarosz, Polish mountain |climber, recently reported fost in ithe Mount McKinley district, has arrived at Fairbanks. He has jabandoned the attempt to climb {the peak this year owing to al- most continuous storms at the, base of the mountain: which was shrouded by heavy snow falls, virtually the entire time he was in the vicinity. Jarosz, with a irapper, Loe Kon. pa, 'penetrated the b, hills as far as Muldrow Glacier before iabandoning the climb He was advised by regidents of the dis- trict that storms prevailed through- out the fall seasén Jarosz said by spring when eiimatic conditions a loss to account for the turtle-|miles or make a stop at the Is- an@® houses were unrodfed through:lare most favorable for an ascent ing of the boat. land of Guam. cut the section. " of Mount McKinley. Episcopal Prayer Book Changes May Eliminate will return mext |y occ T e ’s Word ‘Obey’ WASHINGT G3% The bride’s promis and the bridegroom’s act of endowing her “with all his worldly goods,” may be deleted from the Protestant; Episcopal marriage ceremony when the firty-pinth general convention! of the church meets here in Oc- tober. That question will be among changes to be considered by House of Bishops and of Deputies, the legisla | he the the House | e bodes of the church, in connection widh efforts to adopt the revise! Book of Common Prayer ight re.| vigions in the services at morn. ing and evening prayers, and new prayers for social service, good! government, world peace and oti. er modern trends, also are con. tained in the revised edition for| which bishops, elergy and luymml} have been working for 15 years. Between 125 and 140 bishops, | bishops coadjutor and bishops suf- fragan, and between 600 and 700 clerical and lay delegates will| vote on the revisions. Little con.| troversy Is anticipated, save prob- ably over the proposal to eliminate | to SMITH CENTER - lof Stute the Thirty-nine Articles of Re- ligion. These were set foith in 15671 “for the avoiding of diver- sities of opinions” in religious questions. Churchmen who r..vnr; tion point out that, they are not and never have been (Continued oh Page Six.) PRICE TEN CENTS e AR SEARGH IS ENDF: 2 FLIERS DEAD Crushed Podies of Awiat- ors Are Found at Wrecked Plane PLANE CRASHED AND BELIEVED EXPLODED Wreck Sighted by Mem- bers of Great Plane Searching Party NEW YCRK, 4 . — The mang bodies of M. Merrill and E. M. Roone, who started last Monday from Buffalo in an attempted fligat to New York, were found 80 feet from the wrecked «plane at daybreak to- day Their plane, a Curtiss Falcon, owned by Col, Charles A. Lind- bergh. crashed and cgploded in the wilderness six miles from the the Peunnsylvania town of Mil- ford. The wreck low fliers plane -carch United States There was no place to make a Innding neusr tie spot. Some of the searchers (lew to Milford and others to Port Jervis, N. J., where foot parties were oganized. The plane is a total wi idémtly it crashed Into trees at a terrific sperd and was dashed intu bits on the ground. Trees for several feet uround were ground down. The wreck had been burned indicating the plane caught fire after crashing. was siglted by fel- r the greatest afr- ever known in the WASHINGTON PLANF VICTIMS WASHED UP PORT TOWNSEND. Wash,, Aug. 30.—Bodies cf two passen- gers washed ashore ot Discovery Bay revealed the fate of seven persons aboard the British Co- inmbia Alrway’s monoplane which disappearcd last Saturday enroute Senttle from Vietovia. The bodies were wrapped im wreckage of the pla and have heen idontitied a: those of Mrs. Alexander Scort, of London, whose husband was a former member of Parllament, a'so a passenger on the plaue, and Floyd Soveral, of Bast Orange, N. J.,, who board- d the plane at the last moment. Dragging operations have been started to find the plune., From indieation of the drift, threey wicker chairs and other bits of rmaterial from the plane, it is be= * lieved the planc lies just off = liner in from 7 to 15 fathoms of water. ———— “YRACUSE, N. Y., Aug. 30.— After his second speech since he was notified of his selection as the Dewoecratie standird bearers Gov. Alfred E. Smith was the central figure at a gathering here politiciars to name a party chairman. He was e center of attraction of the dally throng turning out for the New York Siate Fair. Gov Smith said he had noths. ing to say on State polities, { his appearance at the State in which he made a brief political speech. Gov. Smith & rdturn to Albany tonight a spend the rest of the weel 1 some of next week on State busi~ ness, Vo — e e — STOCK QUOTATIONS = now NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—. Juneau mine stock is quoted at 3%, Chrysler 96%. Cudahy %, Endicoit Johnson 77%, G den Compuny 263%, Missourl Montgome:y Ward 218, t Dairles 33, Stewart Warner ! U. 8. Steel 15215, & 3 i