The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1928, Page 1

N » i FRENCH AIRMEN FLYING OVER OCE H . by ¥ LY . b DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXII ., NO. 4884. MISSIN¢ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1928. GRIGSBY SETS FORTH ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN Nominee for Délegale Fav- ors Home Rule Including Fish and Game Control WOULD REPEAL ALASKA BONE DRY LEGISLATION Wa laska on Equal Bi-is with Rest of Coun- try Under Volstead Act George B. Grigsby, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress arrived in Juneau ye from Ketchikan, and is leaving for the Westward today on the Aleutian.| He is accompanied by Mrs. Grigs- by and they will proceed directly to Fairbanks where Mr. Grigsby will open his campaign | Mr. Grigsi, outlined to The| Empire his conception of the cam-| paign issues in Alaska, as fol- lows: ] sterday stand squarely on the Na- tional Democratic platform adopt- ed at Houston and on the Terri- torial platform adopted at Seward. | In fact both, my opponent, Mr. Sutherland, and myself, are pledg- | ed under oath by our declarations | of candidacy, to support the Na-| Demoeratic nominee for self-government and would repeal on par with rest of country. FAVORS REPEAL ALASKA BONE DRY LAW GEORGE B. GRIGSBY Delegate to Congress, whe “Hon of President |Starts Out in World for Job SUPERIOR, Wis.,, Sept. 4.- Confronted with their son’s de- parture from home to go into the world on his own feet, Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge spent a subdued, sad Labor Day at the Cedar Island Lodge. train last night on a job hunting trip in the great Bastern States whence many offers of employ- ment have come from. Mrs. Coolidge helped pack the luggage while President Coolidge went fishing. John Coolidge said he planned to stay in New York where he jintends meet Florence Tram- |bull, daughter of Gov. John H. | Trumbull, of Connecticut, on her [return from a trip to Burope. Afterwards he plans to accom- |pany her into Maine where her !father is spending the summer. FOUR STEAMERS COLLIDE, DENS FOE, OFF COAST to Is Derelict — Two Have Gaping Holes stands for local bone dry lew and les tional platforms of our respective parties. 1 “The Republican National Plat- form declares for a continuance of the present administration’s policy toward Alaska. The Demo- cratic platform promides a re. wersal ol (his “poley, -declares for Tull territorial ~government for Alaska, and administration of all offices by bona fide Alaskan resi. dents. The issue presented to the voters of Alaska is plain. If they favor a confinuance of the present bureaucratic system they shonld vote for Mr. Sutherland’s reelection. He is pledged sunder oath to support it. If they be- lieve in local self government—in | the removal of the limitations on the powers of our legislature, which are numerous and never before were imposed on any Ter- ritory—they should support me. Wants Territorial Control “I believe absolutely in full con- trol by the Territory of the fish- eries and game, The present | without moving from her chair system of regulation by the Bu- reau of Pisheries, is unsatisfac.(and With no visible sign of emo tory. Our fisheries can mnot be|tion: successfully regulated from Wash.| In declining suspend sen- ington with justice to all con.|tence, Supreme Court Justice Cal- cerned in the industry. |laghan overruled the plea by At- Against Bone Dry Law |torney General Orringer asking 1 am emphatically in favor of|for lemiency. the repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry| S 2 e il L No other Territory under | exclusive Federal jurisdiction, has LAB”R URGED such a law. The people of Alas- CLEVELAND, Sept. 4.—Declar- ka. never voted for it. Notwith- ~standing the S\‘preme Court of | ing that Labor possesses the po- tential power in th® political and the United States has held the Alaska Bone Dry Act superceded economic field, President William Green, of the American Wedera. by the National Prohibition Act with respect to search warrants, tion of Labor, urged in a Labor Day address that the “working yet mere possession is still a crime for which a first offender men and women everywhere make it a matter of special interest may be punished by a year in jail and a thousand dollar fine, and to go to the polls on election day and cast their vote.” intoxication is as severely punish- ed. Recently I secured from the In addition he hailed the exten. sion of the five day week as the President of the United States a commutation of sentence for outstanding accomplishment of the year. MRS. KNAPP Former Secretary of State, New York, Is De- nied Leniency | | i t | | | | i | \ ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 4.—! Mrs. Florence Knapp, former Sec: retary of State of New York, con- victed of grand larceny, first de: gree, in connection with her ad-| ministration of State census| funds, was this forenoon sen- tenced to 30 days in jail. Mrs, Knapp took the sentence| " a hardworking fisherman who was sentenced to six months in the Federal Jail for a single of- fense of drunkenness. Imagine in- voking the evecutive clemency of (Continued on Page Eigbt.) WRANGELL INDIAN BELIEVES HE HAS BEEN ALOPTED BY PRESIDENT; GETS MONEY AND QUICKLY ARRESTED; IS ADJUDGED INSANE WRANGELL, Alaska, Sept. 4.—|money because he had received a Oscar Kasheets, Indian, aged 58|wireless from Thomas A. Edison years, walked into an electrical |to call on the woman and get $100. supply store here and boldly de.| When asked why Rdison was manded a check for $100 from the |giving him the money, Kasheets woman in ‘charge. The request|said many people were taking an was. promptly granted and the|interest in him since President woman then telephoned the Dep-|Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge had uty U. 8. Marshal. adopted him as their son. Kasheets acted so queerly when| The jury returned a verdict of arrested that the Deputy Marshal |insanity. filed a complaint charging insan-| - In 1886, Kasheets was the first ity. At the trial Kasheets told|person to arrive at Wrangell un- the jury he made the demand for |der the civil law. SENTENCED B SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.—Col- lisions in a dense fog off the north Pacific Coast over the week.end caused heavy damage to four steam freighters. One vessei, with a great hole amidships, is approaching San Fraficlseo under: tow. Another vessel either sunk or! is a derelict. Two vessels are steaming port to undergo repairs. The worst damage is that to the American-Hawaiian steamer Flor- to idian which was abandoned by thc| crew after collision Saturday night with the Admiral Fiske, 65 miles i south of Tatoosh Island on the Washington coast. The Fiske's bow was damaged, Forty three men aboard the Floridian took to life boats and were picked up by the Fiske. The Floridian's sailors reported the ship sunk but later a hulk was sighted by the lookout aboard the Admiral Fiske. The steamer Calmar, owned by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Canadian Rover, operated by the Canadian National Steamship Company, crashed Sunday in a fog, seven miles southwest of Point Arena, 100 miles north of here, A large hole was torn in the Calmar's port side, and she was , taken in tow by the Rover. | Miss Laura Volstead, daughtt 1 of former Representative An. drew J. Volstead of Minnesots” who has announced her en gagement to Mr, Carl Lom of Alaska. Their marriage kakefilafe in Onc:o‘i'e:. EARCH ABANDONED SEATTLE, Sept. 4.—Search for ithe freighter Floridian, rammed /by the Admiral Fiske, has been .abandoned by the Coast Guard ‘cutter Algonquin which radioed 'it i8 proceeding to Seattle with . wreckage that proved conclusive- Iy that the Floridian foundered after the crew of 40 had been 3 rescude by the Admiral Fiske. il Amelia Earhart Making Solo Flight to Pacific Scores Overcome by Smoke in Car Under East River,New York SCOTT FINLD, Il Bept 4| Ngw YORK, Sept. 4.—Scores Amelia Farhart, Urst weman tol,e naccengers were overcome by fly across the Atlantic Ocean, 8r- gy yo geveral others fainted and rived here yesterday campletingyere trampled upon in-the panic, the first leg of her solo flight from | L, o0 = o1 Interborough Subway Dayton to Los Angeles. She was train stalled, filled with smoke the guest of Miss Annabelle HOD-|gom 5 ghort circuited third rail per ,of Belleville, at the Country while passing under the East “lub dinner and dance last eve- River. ning. During the afternoon she played a round of golf, Those affected were treated in hospitals. Others were given emer- gency treatment on the scene. The train was nearing the end of the East River tunnel when dense smoke billowed from the first car. Pagsengers, still mind- ful of the recent wreck in Times ATHENS, (@reece, Sept. 4.—iSquare, stampeded from the sec- Premier Venizelos is suffering{ond car. from the dengue plague which PP S — during the last month has killed| J. C. Gilbert, general manager 413 persons in Athens. of the Alaska Consolidated Can- The plague 18 in the form of neries, was a visitor in Juneau a violent fever peculiar to warm|during the week-end. He came countries. here on the tender Hyak. Premier of Greece Is Stricken with Plague President | John made reservations on thel One Craft Either Sinks or TWO FRENCH AVIATORS ARE MAKING FLIGHT {Carrying Gasoline for Trip| : fl'()nl Frflnce to Ne\v York City LEBOURGET FLYING FIELD, France, Sept. 4.—Sergeants Jean Assolant and Rene Lefevre, mem- i the French Military Air Service, have hopped off in an| attempted nonstop flight to New York City, via the Azores | The fliers carried -gasoline for a 45-hour trip and hope to reach New York Wednesday afternoon PLANE SIGHTED | | PARIS, Sept. 4.—Flying Ser-| jgeant Assolant and Lefevre were 'sighted by a fishing boat in lati- | tude 34:5 north and longitude 147 heeding westward on the! Itransocean flight. The fishing | boat was in the Bay of Biscay, | |about 35 miles west ¢f Bordeaux | EXPECTATIONS | NEW YORK, Sept. 4 The | publicity firm of Gillespie and| Kiern and Krusterer has received a cablegram from the represen- | tat in Paris announcing that the French plane headed for| Mitchell Field, New York, and it | was expected the nomstop flight | would take about 40 hours. | CAMPAIGN FOR | SMITH TAKING ONBIG ASPECT, (National ~ Organization Is: Set Up—Every State | Shows Activity | ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 4.—With| the official announcemant of Gov.| Alfred E. Smith's dates and places | ‘for the first dash in the Presiden- tial race only a few d off, the Democratic nominee turned to the| | Capitol office today for the first, time “since his official notification | to catch up on the running of state affairs, The latest reports to the Presi. |dential Nominee from his advis- ers show organization on a n tiomal scale with resentativ iin every state working among the| jvarious elements of the eclectorate | and rapidly taking form Separate departents have been ‘sel up to take charge of the mis sionary work among the farmers and first voters among the women and naturalized citizens. The Farm Department will send | representatives into every state | where the agricultural problem is | {of major importance but every |state will be reached by a Nation- al Agent who will work with the | | state with first voters, naturalized' citizens, women, lawyers, college leaders and Smith Clubs. EX-CHAMP OF FRANCE TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Sept. 4.— ex-champion France, com-| today. ATHENS, Greece, Fred Bretonnel, featherweight of mitted suicide here P e A R e F. D. BRANNAN HERE F. D. Brannan, who is inter- ested in the opening of 1 Seattle- Juneau airline transportation company, was an arrival on the Dorothy Alexander. While here he will confer with Judge V. A. Paine, working on the matter for the Juneau Chamber or Com- merce, and others interested in the project. e ALASEA 8. 8. OFFICIALS HERE J. D. Nelson, Assistant General |Freight Agent, and H. N. Peter- ison, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company, were visitors in Juneau while the Aleutian was in port. They are bound for Cordova, from where they will go to Fair- banks and return to the coast via Ithe Alaska Railroad. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS L P Beautiful Gilda Gray, Cinderella daneing girl, who shoo¥ seif into fame and fortune and a wealthy husband, now is de« fendant in a cross-suit for annulment of her marrige to Gil gcag, her night club mate, charging that she co! her " from him.' The star is herself suing for a divorce. & wy (International lllustrqted News) PROMISEIS ; MADE LABOR Battles Disease Robinson Says Deocrats to End Granting of Injunctions { DALLAS, promige to I Texas, b Sept. 4.—A that the Demo- crati¢. Party, if placed in power, | proposed to end the granting of injunctions by the judiciary in | “pretended emergencies,” was made here yesterday by Senator J. T. Robinson in a speech de- scribed by him as formally open- ing the campaign for the Vice- Presidency on the Democratic Ticket. He advocated protection of. the worker from competition with cou- Dr. Warren K. Stratman-Thomas, |yict jabor, 88year-old sclentist of the Uni. versity of Wisconsin, will battle sleeping sickness in the Belgian Congo where the disease claims 100,000 lives annually. The ex- pedition Is financed by the John 8imon Guggenheim memorial foun- dations A > “lh'g Bonfire Seen On Arctic Island ; 1Question Raised SN, COPENH A( Sept. 4.—Re- ported sighting by Norwegian seal- ers of a big bonfire on the edge of one of the islands of the Spitz- bergen group has raised a ques. tion as to whether Capt. Amund- son and his five companions might be alive. The'sealers saw the bonfire a fortnight ago. NEW YORKER HUNTING WITH CAMERA HERE John Halzworth of New York City, returned yesterday from Ad- miralty Island where he has been taking pietures, still and moving, of brown and black bears, and left PRICE TEN C 1 FLYERS FOUND, ALIVE, WELL | & HASSELL AD " CLAMER ARE . INCREENLAND Missing for Over Two Weeks, Ocean Fliers Are Rescued AID IS SUMMONED | BY SMCKE SIGNALS “Shortage of Gasolime Forc- | ed Plane Down-—Craft ‘ Is Not Damaged | Now ; Ne od YORK, § York Tiues, a copyright- article s Bert Hassell and Parker Crumer, Rockford, T, fliers, are at Fvans, Southern Greeninnd. The avintors from since and they king back to ci Sukertoppern. 50 Evans for two we The plane was Vord o nt The h: not been their forced have Dbeen ilization from uiles from Mt, not damagzed. the rescue of the fliers came to the Times vi radio station in a dispateh m Prof. Hobbs, leadur of the Uuiversity of |Michigan Greenland Expedition, Membe oL the expedition, hich has a base ut Mt Evans, bronght the airmen to safety. The fliers are stuted to be in | excellent health g though hungry. They have been living on a ra- tion cf eleht ‘ounces of pemmican a day. Shortage of gasoline forced the |plane down but it is not dam- aged. A smoke signal Haseell ‘and Crimer sent up brought ménibers of iLe expedition to them in a 'mvtur hoat. Apparently the two fliers were forced down off their course by adverse weather. RCCKFORD CELEBRATES | | ROCKFORD. 1L, Sept. 4.—The single word “unlharmed” set this reity into a bedlam of noise and 'a spontaneous celebration that rivulded that Armistice Day, {10 ATS agc The safety of llln.\tulz and Cramer stirred the citizens as nothing previously. The citizens have, figurately speaking, been holding their /breaths for the past two weeks (and the pent up emotion gave ivent to wi'dest of enthusiasm |when werd came that Hassell and ‘ramer were alive aud well. Hasse!l and Crumer took the |air here on the morning of Aug- |ust 16 at 6:10 o'clock. They | |reached Cochrane, Ontario, at cn ntis HUGHES OFFERS - T0 A1 HOOVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Chair- man Work, of the Republican Na- tional Committee aanounces that Charles Evans Hughes has volun- teered to take the stump for tha Hoover-Curtis ticket. The offer has been cabled from Europe. The Republican Compaign Com- Imittee intends to arrange for a |series of speeched, mainly in New York, wilh a wide radio |hook-up, Work satd. today on the Aleutian “for the Westward, where he will photo- graph moose and sheep, on Kenal Peninsula. He said that his trip to Admiralty Island was cessful ‘that*he plans to return in September and take more pictures there. Mr. Halzworth is for- mer District Attorney of New York City, and 18 now with the Griffin- Howe concern. — STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 3%, . Chrysler 101%, Cudahy Packing 4, Endicott Johnson 77%, Glidden Company 26%, Missouri 7374, Montgomery Ward 222%, Southern Dairies “A" 33%, Stewart Warner 1007%, U. 8. Steel 164%. Chile 51 and Bethlehem Steel 61%. ST. NAZAIRE, Two million France, Set. 4. dollary’ worth of diamonds that were suppused to have beén on hoard the Belgian steamer Elisabethville, torpedoed off the British const in 1917, are now definitely reported as “miss. ing.” JThe Italian d cesswely expored the strong-hox an fes in the postal room anrounce that they have given up all hope of findi the precious cargo These diamonds were always un alluring mystery. No one could be quite sure whether they were re who have suc. captain’s the s DIAMONDS VANISHED WORTH $2,000,000 of the lisabethville temporary captain aourd in Belgian suid he tumed them over to th. ship’s regular captaia at Bordesux. At' this time the dlamonds were in the postal safes. The regular capain, the only man who reallv knew where the diamonds were stored, went down with his ship. Tie [talisn company which has tiied to salvage this precious car- ro will puy all ifs expenses with !the salvage of ten tous of ivory whicl. was aboard the BElisabeth. ville. hulk A in the or mot. loaded them Congo and