The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1928, Page 1

-THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4885. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME® JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1928. e em—p— MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TWO FRENCH FLIERS FAIL ON FLIGHT LAFOLLETTE WINS ALL BUT HIS GOVERNOR Conservahve Noses Out Progressive Choice for Governor, Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 5. Walter Kohler, manufacturer and | business man who has founded an' industrial city that bears his name, conservative, was nominated | for Governor in the Republican primary yesterday, defeating Gov.! Fred R. Zimmerman, former Pro.-| gressive but later a secessionist| from the Progressives, the Anti.| Saloon League candidate and Hoo- yer supporter, and Congressman Joseph D. Beck, who had the sup- port of Senators La Follette and Blaine. Gov. mmerman was a poor third in the race. In precincts out of 2,760, Kohler received 180,897 votes, | Beck, 164,483, Zimmerman 69,909, and Senator Robert was nominated as ndidate M the re-election to the| Senate by overwhelming ma. ! jority. In the precincts report.| ed he received 250,064 votes to 129,430 for George W. Mead, mil- lionaire paper manufacturer, who was supported by the conservative | Republicans, The Progressives were success. ful through the State, losing only Cong an Beck, candidate for Governor, by a small plurality due to there being three candidates and to the personal popularity and confidence in Kohler. These in. clude: for Lieutneant-Governor, Herbert Huber; for Attorney-Gen- ‘eral, John Reynoldsifgr Seepetary ‘of State, D. A. Mann, and for State ' TlF‘fl‘iIl)‘(‘T Solomon Leavitan. Democratic Slate Wins The Democratic candidates se- lected at a conference in July were nominated in the Democratic pri- mary without opposition. The| Democratic nominees are former | Congressman Michael Reilly for United States Senator and Mayor A. G. Schmedeman of Madison. Both Republican and Democratic platforms accepted the results of the referendum election two years ago which gave a large majority in favor of the modification of the Volstead Act LaFollette for Two Oregon Officers Will Receive Greater Part Hickman Reward LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 5.- Two Oregon officers who arrested William Hickman, ending the man hunt for the kidnapper and slayer of Marian Parker, have ben awarded 60 per cent of the $27,700 reward collected by a radio station. The division was made by a committee headed by Mayor Cryer. Guardane and Lieu- allen of Pendleton, Oregon, will receive the 60 per cent. Republican | p HOOVER AND BOYHOOD CHUM Mr. Hoover, during his visit to West Branch, lowa, his birthplace jets first hand information as to the farm problam. He is shown hert with “Newi” Butler, a boyhood chum, in an lowa cornfield. Butler ha Ve distinction of having “licked” Mr. Hoover in a boyhoad fiaht Pres. Leww in Labor Day Statement Declares Spirit Of Coal Miners Not Broken P INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 5. spite what has been done “by lhn‘ powers of oppression to break the | spirit of the miners, the United Mine Workers of America still holds its banners aloft, unsullied and unbeaten,” John L. Lewis, international president of the mine workers declared in his annual La- bor Day address on Monday. De. | to break the spirit of the miners, |in spite of all that has been done with cruel force to compel these men to surrender themselves into poverty and degradation, the Unit- ed Mine Workers of America st [holds its banners aloft, unsullicd 'and unbeated. The coal miners jof America know how to fight, |and they do not hesitate to fight, leven if they must fight alone. read: i R ;| That's the true spirit of trade un- In the year that has passed |, f since last Labor Day it has be-| ",y the new year of labor. come mare difficult than ever be- |, 0 EE N e o et fore for men engaged in mining ' oo T aNalE iy coal to earn. a lving for them-fu’o *0 B TG S D em es. selves and thelr families. Power-i o, ich mont of the great funda- ful influences set to work long ..., principles upon which trade ago to bring about this situation.| .o ion 1o founded.” —— His statement, Let its of as to Through the use of every known implement of industrial war honorable and dishonorable, beni and brutal, they unceasingly have endeavored to degrade the miners of this country, destroy their man- hood, corrupt their citizenship, BIG DIRIGIBLE | them out of their homes in order to pauperize these toilers and| SING ak them to the will of the coal | bre operators. “Virtually lone-nanded, the min. | ers have met the barbaric enemy on the field of industrial battle and made the fight for self preser- to Be Sent Into vation, In all the history of in- Far North dustry there is no page that tells re, | | Sister Ship of Lost Italia Is Babies Are Rescued From Flames by Nurses NEW YORK, Sept. b.—8ix bables were rescued by nurses when a fire broke out in the infant’s ward of the Grammercy Private Hos- pital, a maternity institution, last night. a more stirring story of loyalty S b.-—The dirigible to principle and liberty. | ship of the lost Italia, “The fight still is on. It can- i poine prepared in a final at- not stop until the workers of this!tempt to locate the missing mem- land have won their right to live |pers of the Italia’s crew last seen and enjoy the things that belong|yith the gas hag. to them. This conflict is his. The N will have Maibach ;SAYS RELIGION IS NOW ISSUE THIS CAMPAIGN: Robinson Assails Those Attacking Smith for Being Catholic CISC0, s pleting another Dposing hec Texas, Sept. -Com- his swing into Texas with %peech attacking those Gov. Alfred K. Smith ause of his membership in the | atholic Chureh, Senator Joseph | T. Robinson left today enroute to Nashville, the next stop in his itinerary Stamping his foot on the plat- form last night, Senator Robinson dec 1 that religion was an e which must be met in this ampaign.' Continuing, the “lI am a Protestant deem myself unworthy speaker said: but I would it T re- PRESIDENT IS HOST TO CHIPPEWA INDIAN BRAVES ¥ CCAN FLGHT pudiated the principle which Thomas Jefferson and asked you to vote Smith because he is a Catholic Time es and men p. but it is upon the principle of equality, of individual freedom in action and freedom of the press and re- ligion that the Nation is based upon.”’ Gesturing with his hand, ator Robinson said that was a “lip to ear” camp ing carrried on in whispers against the Democratic Presiden- tial nominee and that ‘“‘Republi- cans and Democrats alike resent the unfairness and injustice” of this. upon stood | against reservation at Hayward, Wis. comes Sen- there n be- . RAGE ACROSS CONTINENT BY PLANES IS ON COLUMBUS, Ohlo, Sept. 5§ < 2arl Rowland, of Wichita, Kan- as, piloting a Cessna monoplane in the class “A" cross contin- ental air race, was the first reach Columbus from Roosevelt Field, New York. Thirty-seven planes started in the race. Upon arrival here they will remain over night. Freight Cars Pile Up In Wreckage; Victims Reported Under Debris MAUSTON, Wis., Sept. 5.— Wreckage of nine freight cars, piled up in a terrific impact on the Milwaukee road, 12 miles east of here, has repelled the on- slaught of rescuers fighting to re- lease the victims believed beneath the heavy weight. The battered body of one youthful rider of the rods has been taken from the debris. The other maimed passengers, known only as traveling workmen, have been brought to hospitals. Physi- cians said several will die. Sev- eral forms have been glimpsed by the rescue crews. A loosened rail derailed one car and eight others followed into the ditch and piled up. lo ed he E. R. A, Seligman, professor of economics at Columbia university, has been selested by John J. Ras kob, democratic national chairman, to make an exhaustive survey of the farm proble HOOVER WINS m | to he Wi di | ta \u | ta SUPmRIOR, Wis, Herbert C. Hoover other supporter when Senator|j, Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota, | ) announced in President Coolidge’s | . office he would support the Re- publican tic The announce- meat was made in a call on the \President. The blind Minnesotan sald that despite previous an- nouncement he would withhold; indorsement, he now regards| Hoover as the farmers’ greatest hope. BIG GAME HUNTER HERE FROM SOUTH W. B. Allen, Sept. ‘41. has won an- |, |t sta in big game hunter| from Louisville, Ky., arrived here | on the Aleutian and is staying at tory-making in its importance. mgtors and a few technical de- “In spite of all that has been|{ails will differ from the ill-fated done by the powers of oppression|predecessor, it is said. Gen. Um- GREAT BRITAIN TRIES ‘TO ESCAPE BURDEN OF GREAT UNEMPLOYMENT By ANDRUE BERDING (A. P. Staff Writer) LONDON, Sept. 5.—Englahd's unemployfient situation grows steadily worse while other coun- tries of Europe are forging ahead to a brighter economic future. Expert financial physicians are considering what is best to do for this sore spot on John Bull's busi- Yness anatomy. Some 1,237,000 persons are now looking hopeless- ly about for positions here, al- though a year ago that number was under a million, = This is al. most four per cent of the popula- tion of England. The hope that unemployment would be merely a temporary phe- nomenon now seems untenable.|. . ‘The currency disorders of Europ» —!berto Nobile is supervising the work. It is expected the N-b will be taken to the flyigg field before the end of the week. e | Is Not Willing to Concede Amundsen, Companions Lost have been pretty well ironed out, and the disproportion between the | British and foreign prices is nar- rowing. But nevertheless unem- ployment continues. The reason seems to be that | there are industries here which can never again in normal times absorb the number of men which once was employed by them. Ac- cording to the report of the indus. trial transference board, just is- sued, there are at least 200,000 surplus miners who cannot expect Rt to be re-employed in mining. The MEXICO CITY, Sept. 5.—Offic- board says, moreover, that therei{ial reports said 27 insurgents are 100,000 unemployed in ship-{were killed including Chieftain building, iron and steel and heavy |Moreno when they attacked Pen- engineering, few of whom can|jamo. A small Federal detach- hope to regain their old positions,|ment fought gallantly until rein- forcements arrived and the at- '(conunued on Page Soven) . [tackers were driven off. PARIS, Sept. 5.—Navy Min- ister Leygues i8 not willing to announce officially the loss of Capt. Roald Amundsen and five companions. He has asked the Norwegian Government to for- ward the float of the plane found near Tromsoe for identification by the builders, Mexican Insurgents Are Reported Routed the Gastineau Hotel, while n ing preparations for a hunt in this vi- cinity. He has gngaged the serv.| ices of Johnny Ha , Juneau's popular registered guide, and leave Friday for Admiralty off and Chichagot Islands for a bear hunt. This is Mr. utive hunting trip the first to be sent in Southeast- ern Alaska, as his two trips were to Kenai Peninsula. - e OLD MASONIC BOOK ——ee——— Asks Permission to Dive for Bodies in Wreckage of Plane VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 5.—Cecil Eve, Secretary of the British Columbia Airways, announced that Commander Neeilis, of the Naval Base here, has wired Ottawa for permission to send a diver to Washington Harbor, on Sound, to assist in recovering bodies lost aboard on the Victoria- Seattle monoplane with seven pas- sengers aboard. Two bodies were found last week on the shore. The plane plunged into the water and sank on August 26. —_———-————— Locomotive, Six Cars Derailed; Two Injured EDINGBURG, Texas, Sept. 5.—E. Ezell, baggage master, was seri-| ously injured; Will Haines, ex- press messenger, of Rockport, was bruised and a dozen passengers|in fairly good coendition rt,gurllll-sx en were shaken up when the locomo-{of the fact that it must tive and six cars of a Missouri{lain in the rubbish for nearly forty |bhe Pacific passenger train K was de-|years. It carried the title, The railed last: night near Riviere. will | n. all| Allen’s third consec- [ Wi to Alaska, but] an LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5.—N. was exploring around in an stable in the abandoned mining town of Brodie, Calif., and found a Masonic Monitor, sluding the manual of Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. It also included two etchings, one of the editor of the book, Thomas Webb Smith and one of K. T. Carson. The book was published by Applegate and Co., in 1859. Republican ties Vice-Pre: ward |son ANOTHER AIDE -+ from many W.| where old | saved miles a: Freemason’s Monitor. 'the shock. Higher Tariff Wall POSTON, Ma on the wer tariff du The Democra were re e reite ion ove for a The nominee ere and his as devoted He said: ff sheuld not to hich it s ke That to hich pret as you m ‘li4ll4|||()’l in e Democratic m - at at traditiona y has been 11 be. ever ated a | would lead Republican legi; higher tariff wall, entirely 8¢ ion of the “In be a give cer action settle way you should Houston, tariff only and basieally that is all that ss., Sept. of ties ts, the tariff pledge of spok pre, to TARIFF INHIS BOSTON SPEECH :Pledges Himself to Lead| Legislative Move for 5.The country s called upon by .Senntor Charles Curtis to decide between and Democratic issue the Republican dential nominee declar- rtain” to seek a down- and that ative | anothe riff situation. | my opinion, sufficient them a ain they nay, the tarift adopte Nutional Conven- | you all know |man John J pol- revenue | Joseph T. 1 Democr for tic <. - TOKYO, Seoul, ite that reasing flood Sept. 5 capltal continued of rains hazards, - - iSeaplane Brings Mail Ashore; Cuts Dispatch BOSTON, Sept. 5. A th mail from tine station previous | yesterday afternoon n where it stopped to The plane {steamer at b5:45 IN ABANDONED TOWN morning while 300 miles off Hali- - fax and 900 miles from New York steamer s Zimmer, a Mason of La Cresenta,| More than 24 hours i transportation Although handicapped most of the way by heavy fog seaplane arrived the in Oregon Section Has Slight Earth Movement NEWPORT, It was bound in slight quake was felt blue and lettered In gilt and was ‘night, The Abbey Hotel was shak- catapulted the French Isle de France arrived at the here at 2 efuel o'clock in of and without QOre., Sept. here chance will | should doubts vote, ambiguous | d MANY MISSING KOREAN FLOOD Dispatches timated that 600 are missing and homeless. (homes have been destroyed Hundreds plane liner quar- o'clock Halifax from destined estimated mail rain, mishap, & 6.— par- higher last Prsident Coolidge, who is enjoying the summer fishing In the streams of ancient Indian hunting grounds, receives a large delegaticn of Chippewa tribal leaders, who brought greetings from the Indian Texas Candidate or he Texas, which has had one wo e | v i ‘or lleutenant governor. Mrs. Lena More was nominated at the repub. | llcam convention at Dallas. LOOKS BETTER FOR AL SMITH NEW the | be! as in by | YORK, Sept. 5.—Chair- Raskob said on his from the Senator Robinson notification, the Democratic outiook even better than last week. e said Gov. Alfred E. Smith will ca Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. State leaders told him everywhere jthat the acceptance speech Robinson appealed to th ers. |return here that B Volstead’s Daughter Is to Marry Lomen SEATTLE, dispatch to the attle Dally Times from Washington, D. ¢, says Miss Laura Volstead, daugh-| ter of the author of the Volstead Act, will soon marry Carl Lomen of Nome and Nome. Miss Volstead, Sept. of at one time, had political aspirations to run for Congress from her father's dis- trict in Minnesota, opposing Rep- resentative 0. J. Kvale, who de- teated her father five years During her father’s term in Congress, Miss Volstead acted a his secretary and at the same time took a course in law. She no doubt is preparing for an ac- tive public career she little part in ofticial soclety, ot Senator Moses Says Hoover Is Certain Of Carrying N. C. BOSTON, United States Sen Moses, in charge campaign in the that the nominee tain of carrying the the \s the Sept. 5.— tor George H. of the Hoover Bast, declared is “fairly cer- North Carolina A The temblor lasted only aland the border States and of giv- have few seconds. en reported. No damage Fruitdale, and other towns felt|South will pass has |ing the Democrats such a scare six | for the future that the term Solid and be obsolete.” nan governor, now has a candidate | was Guordsmen of crashed farm- Puget Sound on August 25. !ging a iplane, t ‘thnt of And Reside in /\ome found last weck, wasicd ashore. FORGED DOWN ON PROFOSED [French Sergcants Land in Morocce — Trip Re- ported Abandoned | | | | PARIS, | lief went und Pa {ceived that lant and Rene Lefevie, members ¢ the French Military Air Serv- had safely landed ot Casa- Morceco, with their trans- plane, 1e hours and 36 minu er leaving Le- hourge ¢ Field on their ht to New York City. two young ) grief, Sept. § np from 3 when Servear L sii i of re- aviztion fields news was re- Jean Asso- ice blanca, vcennic fliers had come The report sa.s the aviators were forced 1, land because of a (leak in the oil lines CASABLANCA, Sept. 5. (the two French trans-Atlantic as- lan air jaunt southward today, |pirants returned here indicating they had abandoned for the mmw the pro'ect of flying either ‘n, South or North America. —— s MAINE CONTEST NEXT THING IN POLITICAL AR —After \ IState and National Repub- lican Leaders Cam- . paigning in State PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 5.— |Maine the first to speak on the sisterhood of States, is now list= 'ening to « cliorus of State and ! National Rcpublican leaders so |that the voice at the polls next | Monday may be Republican, | One Senatur, a Governor and four Representatives are to be chosen. The contest has National im- portance as a political barometer. The old maxim, ‘As Maine goes 80 the Nation goes” has always been a slogan. | Thé Republican Parly is striv- ing for an overwhelming victory of a paye hological effoct. * - —— Body of Third Victim Of Plane Crash Found SEATTLE, Sept. 5. — Coast iave found the body f Alexander Scott, former mem- ber of the Briush FParliament, one of seven who dicil when the Victoria to Seut: monoplane in Wa ington Harbor, The third body was recovered while the scarchers were drag- hulk, beiieved to be the ward shore. The body of Mrs. S Scott and Soveral, were RSO PR o A special | 4m/msswlor Herrick | Returns from France; make her home in s [Fri ago. | f [ took | | into the mlm“ Silent About Campaign NEW YORK, Sept. es Ambassador ice, hus returied home until November. He wus silent as to the question whether he would take the stomp in the campaign. ——————— 8 Auto and Moose Tangle; Moose Is Winner 5.—United Herrick, to SEWARD, Aluska —U Shagan. Cashier of the Bank of Seward, driv- ing to Seward from Kenal Lake on the highway, at lusk, spied a dark objeet in the road, agan totted his lorn and when the object would not move, he moved cleser. The object still stood ground. Thinking some sort | of a challenge, Shagan bump-- | ed a moose with his fender: let fly, nearly kickiug the radiator off the car apd then scampered away: leaving the crippled auto. . . Sept. 5. | The moose —