The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1928, Page 1

s e R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL., XXXIL, NO. 4890. JUNE.AU ALASKA TUESDAY Sl PTEMBER 11, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS REPUBLICANS SWEEP MAINE ELECTION SINCLAIR WINS OPENINGROUND IN LEGAL TILT Fugitive from Local Jail| Beats Deportation but Must Leave Canada Charles Sinclair, who escaped from the local Federal jail several months ago and was apprehended August 14 at Prince Rupert, B. C., will not be deported, but will be released from custody and given three months in which to leave Canada. Word to this effect w received late today by U. 8. Mar- shal Albert White from Deputy W. H. Caswell of Ket- 1 Marshal chikan Extradition proceedings are pending against Sinclair on two | warrants, one charging him with perjur and the other with Dbreak out of jail. U. S torney Justin W. Harding today that_efforts would be n to have the release of Sinclair| held up pending the outcome of | the extradition fight. The deportation case was beard before Dominion Government authorities at Ottawa. The Am- i Consul at Prince Rupert | writing to. Deputy Caswell d | he tion proceedings were pending for Sinclair's return to Alaska. How- ever, the Canadian authorities ordered Sinclairs’ release from custody and gave him 90 to get out of Canada. Dig he had not decided what method to follow in trying to stay the Dominion Government's order of release. It is possible that he mMay send” a Tepreséntative Prince Rupert if there is before Sinclair gets his dom. time free- ., VAGATION IS OVER FOR CAL Stands Bareheaded in Rain and Says ‘Goodbye to Superior SUPERIOR, Wis., Sept. 11.— Standing bareheaded in a drench- ing rain, with the crowd singing “He's'a Jolly Good Fellow,” Presi- dent Coolidge said Goodbye to the idents at the head of the Great Two thousand waited in front of the lawn of the Superior High School when the Coolidges ar. rived from Cedar Island Lodge by automobile. Factory and steamboat whistles were blowing as the Executive en- tered the city for the last time and resumed blasts when he board. days | ict Attorney Harding said tu advised Ottawa that extradi-|__ WAR-TIME DISSENSION DISLLOSF D BY ASQUITH BOSTON. Sept. 1l—Inside in- formation concerning English poli- tics in World war days is contain. ted in fhe “Memapies. and Reflec- [tions™ of the late Earl of Oxford land Asquits, British prime minis- ter from 1908 to 1916, which have just been publi-- - here. of Among the disclosures is a her {tofore unpublished document bear Fisher as the fir British admiralty The paper is an “ultimatum” pared by Lord Fisher at the tin of his resignation in which he de- manded sweeping powers that he might end the war and abolish submarine menace six conditions his ment of these ends. These con ditions included the removal Winston Churchill from the ca net and Sir A. K. Wilson from the admir; v and the Committee Imperjal Defense the Council. The book, sea lord of the in May, 1915 50 to accompiish of and Wi Prime Minister' was virtually ready former which death last February, contain, erous extracts from informal dia- ries and records kept by him rlur. ing the war. There are comments on the accounts of war-time squab- bles among Sir John French, Lord Kitchener, Lloyd George and oth- ers; conversations over td the train with Mrs. Coolidge. Apparently oblivious to the rain, President Coolidge stood smiling for 15 minutes bareheaded. Ap- plause was so frequent that he had difficulty in completing his talk. TALK ON DAHLIAS TO OPEN FAIR PROGRAM TOMORROWAFTERNOON E. A. Eggersgluess, of the Sitka Experimental Station of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will speak on the proper methods of growing dahlias, in the floral ex- hibit room at the Southeastern divisions of territory after the war; and manv intimate glimpses into the conduct of the war during Asquith’s premiership. Under the date of November 16, 1918, he noted in his diary: “President Wilson is coming af- ter all, and is expected to arrive here about our polling date, De- cember 14. I confess he is one of the few people in the world I want to see and talk to Further on he wrote: “President Wilson was unwise enough at this time to slip down from his oracu- lar tripod at Washington, and to rub shoulders with European dip.- lomats at Paris and Versailles. [ had an interesting talk with him Alaska Fair tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. All who are inter- ested in the culture of dahlias are invited to be present. ' NORTHWESTERN HERE SOUTH THIS MORNING The Northwestern, Capt. Jock Livingstone, arrived in port from the north at 1:30 o'clock this morn- morning with the following pas- senvers for Juneau: . From Skagway—Paul H. Otto, Fatner Gallant, Mrs. E. Grimm, H. V .Grimm, Mrs. E. Callaghan, T. H. McIntosh and Mrs. Leo Dreams: from Haines—Lieut. E. L. Cum- mings, T. Larson, G. Larson, Wil- liam Angel and Charles Thompson. She left at 2:30 a.m. Passen- as he passed through Londoa; among other topics on the differ- |ence between the position and au- thority of the cabinet in the United States and here.” Under date of March 24, 1915, the Prime Minister made this no- tation in his diary: “Grey (foreign minister) and 1 had a really interesting conversa. tion about the whole international situation. Winston is very anxi. {Continued on Page Two.) » e — Philadelphia Gangster Killed; Another Wounted PHIL.-\I)ELI’HIA. Penn., Sepi. 11.—One alleged gangster was shot to death and another badly wound- ed by a storekeeper in what police say was an attempted shakedown, gers leaving Juneau were: Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Noble and John Mec- Leod for Sitka; two steerage for Seattle. This was used as a cloak for in. timjdation because the bootleggers are nervous over the grand jury investigations. ing on the resignation of Lord| {Discusses Religious Liberty possible! | He set forth | Ajpred 1 ol s | lfor the printer before the Earl'siyirginia, num-giigious liberty, “SINCLAIR LEWIS HOME WITH BRIDB\ WEST STATES| ARE HOLDING PRIMARIESTODAY Interest Centers on Wash- | ington Where Many Can- didates Are in Race . mary | buquerque §Tnclair Lewls, author of “Main Street” and “Eimer GantryS, and his bride, the former Dorothy Thompson, forelgn newspaper correspondent, as they arrived In New York from Europe. were married abroad and made an automobile caravan tour of They ROBINSON IN VIRGINIA TO HELP TICKET! to Audience in Richmond RICHMOND, Va. Smith's the Catholie his views on . Sept. 11.—Gov. membership in Church rather than Prohibition are de- clared by Senator Joseph T. Robin- |son the real reason for “the extra- ordinary and unjustified” attacks. The Democratic Viea-Presidential nominee declared the dread of church influence in the govern- ment was manifest and he told his audience to remember that with the statute of re- had taken the fore- part in declaring for separ- sn of church and state and add- wl that private letters and state papars with fervid advocacy of the cause of religious liberty.” BIG PLANE TO BE BUILT BY SEATTLE FIRM Eighteen Passenger Tri- motored Pullman to Be Constructed SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—A gigan- tice 18-passenger trimotored Pull- man plane embodying the last word in comfort and convenience for travelers will be built by the Boeing Airplane Company of Se- attle acccrding to announcement made by President Phillip John- son. The plane and others of the same size, build and convenience, will be used for commercial pur- poses and it is hoped will pave the way for the success of tri- motored 12-passenger transports being constructed for the Boeing transconental air service from Chicago to San Francisco. Man, 105, Dies; Said Homebrivi Aided Life VIENNA, Sept. 11.—Austria’s oldest citizen, Simon Steiner, of Wilelitsch, Syria, is dead here. He was 105 years old. He attributed his longevity to a strict discipli- nary diet of American Indian corn and his own homebrew wine. llms' “glow NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Pri- Imaries by the electorate of three Western and Southwestern es being held today are; rged with the selection of National and State candidates for the major political parties for the |November election while the !choice of Republican candidates is left to a State convention in a fourth State, Colorado, Washington and Ari- | zona holding State-wide pri- elections while delegates New Mexico Republican | convention gathered at Al-| are to the State Washingten Primary | The Washington primary,, where contests are many and the jcampaigns spirited, held the chief |interest with general apathy be- ing evidenced in the other elee- tions because of lack of contests and outstanding issues. In Wash-| ington the selection of party nominees for United States Sen- five Congressmen, Governor cight other elective State officers was expected to draw a heavy vote from the 520,000 reg- istered voters In Colorado The announced settlement of | interparty strife over the selec-| ticn of State chairman, the new {primary law which compels vot-| {ers to declare their party affilia-| tions on registration, and few| candidates have robbed the Colo- rado primary of color or interest. Colorado 'Democrats have two Congressicnal contests to decide and the Republicans one. Gov William H. Adams has no oppon ent for renomination for Gover tnor while Attorney-General Wil liam Boatright and Clarence Dodge, Colorado Springs sports man seek the Republican nom {ination. Hunt Opposed in Arizona | Gov. G. W. P. Hunt, Arizona's traditional Governor, is opposcd by Jameés Kerby Udall for th Democratie nomination for Gov-| erncr and Judge Phillips and Celora Stoddard are opponents | {for the Republican Gubernatorial| nomination. \ In New Mexico’s Republican State convention Senotor Bronson {Cutting, filling out the term of | Ithe late Semator A. A. Jone and Gov. R. C. Dillon are unop posed for the Republican Sena- torial and Gubernatorial nomina- tions respectively unless oppos tion should develop on the floor of the conventfon at Albuquerque Berlin Bachelors Have New Wireless Quarters BERLIN, Sept. 11.—“A bache- lor's paradise” is the description afternoon, at 2 o'clock, ot | ters |place by the Ithe Ladies' Auxiliary. given to a new block of apartment buildings in the west end of Ber. lin which has been built as a spec- ulation for the accommodation of single men. ‘There, are single bed-sitting rooms and two-roomed apartments. Cach of the former has a balcony sleeping alcove, built-in wardrobe, fixed bath, telephone and electric 'rooker Meals can be obtained at moderate prices at a common refectory. e WILL HAVE AFTERNOON DANCING AT 8. E. FAIR J. P. Anderson, of Anderson's Music Shop, has donated a large orthophonic phonograph with a variety of records to be used for afternoon dancing on the polished floor at the 8. E. Alaska Fair building. — e ee——— Tl President’s Son Reports for Work Ahead of Time NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept 11. — John Coolidge, son of | President Coolidge, today en- | tered upon a career as a railroad man by reporting for duty 10 minutes ahead of schedule. He will be one of the clerks in the office of | General Manager Droege of the New Haven System. SECRETAR\ KELLOGG _SIGNS PEACE TREATY FAIC UL ANSG Ir. this gensral view of the signing of the new treaty of peace in Paris, Secretary Kellogg, father of the pact, Is shown a essary to make Ameri: from the Fiench It 1o s Fraruisc, FAIR BUILDING IS BUSY SCENE; EXHIBITS HERE Arranging of Displays Tak- ing Place — Opening Tomeorrow Afternoon Today the which the Alaska Fair Fair Buildj Annual Southeéastern will open tomorrow is a scene bustling activity, with carpen- hammering, concessionaries decorating hooths and the women of the Ladies’ Auxiliary arranging school, art, needlework and other | displays. Displays Arriving Displays of all sorts, from va ous parts of the Territory are ar. riving hourly, together with several from cities in the States to be unpacked, classified and put into tireless members s There’ will be 36 booths, many of which will contain novelties and games, others will have hot dogs and hamburgers to tempt the hun- gry and still others will have rep- resentative displays of merchan dise. Extra Booths In addition to the regular booths, along the sides of' the main audi- torium, all of which were sold out weeks ago, shelves have been built by the Fair management on either side of the piano in front of the stage. On one side will be the displays of the Harkrader Coal Company and on the other that of the U. 8. Forest Service. The nursery, on the right hand side of the stage, will be open to- morrow and a nurse will be in charge to care for the infants un- der 14.months old, whose parents wish to attend the Fair, Location of Displays Under the stage will be the live stock and vegetable exhibits, ranged much as they were last year, Other displays will be in the exhibit rooms at the left of the entrance to the building. In the first display room will be the ex- hibits of flowers, both local and that of W. C. Blanchard of Skag- way, the exhibit of the U. 8. Bu- reau of Mines, and those from the Experimental Stations at Sitka, Matanuska and Fairbanks. The second and largest display room will contain the school exhibits from all parts of Southeastern Alaska, and the needlework show- ing. Display room number thre. will be occupied by the special Alaska exhibit of the Pioneers of Alaska, curios, art, and photo- graphy, domestic science, home cooking and special exhibits from cities in the States. Arrangement of Booths The booths will be occupied as follows, beginning with the first booth to the left and continuing around the main hall: 1 and 2 Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, merchandise display 8L, F. Zimmerman, blankets and fovelties; 4—Minnie Fields, hot dogs and electric range; 5—and (Continued on Page Two) 5 adhieronce effective. - |trian economists. ching his signature on behalf of the United States. This Paramount-Acsociated Press picture was carried de Fiaate to shore by airplane and transmitted by telephoto from New York By HUGO A. NEUMANN (A. P. Staff Writer) VIENNA, Sept. 11.—The figure of an Austro-German empire dominating central Europe has cast a grotesque shadow ove current peace efforts. The movemeny for union is founded largely oni“the sentimental plea that Germans and Austrians, being of similar race and language, should affiliate for their mutual benefit, nebu. lous &Recent signs of new strength in the project has gtirred public opin ion in Germany and Austria, alarmed France and ruffled offici al feelings throughout Europe. An observer is struck with the fact that sober-minded Austrians are not in favor of revival of pre-war relations with Germany. Austrian business men, bankers and industrial leaders are decided- y against union. They fear that *hey will be swallowed up in the German commercial machine valuable markets in the nd lose Balkans, Austrian government and eivil service employees give no encour- 1gement to the movement because they fear the eclipse of Vienna as 1 capital and th loss of their live- lihood Others dread adapting themselves to German discipline ind German methods of business The Clerieal Party, which rules Austria, objects to the partner. ship on the grounds that Austria is a Roman Catholic state anl that umfon with Catholie would be better than an arrange. ment which included protestant Prussia. Chancellor Selpel of Austria re mains discreetly silent on the m ter, knowing that a word him in favor of the union bring down on his head the of both France and Italy Germany's reparations another objection raised At _the time Austria’s annual trade would wrath debt by Am presen defici posed to assume additional obliga. tions, The treaty of St. Germaine stitutes another barrier union in a provision whereunder Austria agreed to maintain independent nationality. Supporters of the movement Austria say that the country stripped of two-thirds of it tory and seven-eighths of its pop- ulation, and that the cnly salva. tion was unfon with stronger power, Chief among the the German element trian population, by who became subjects slovakia against their and by the German professors, army officers and civil servants of Aus. tria. Added to these is the Aus. trian woclalist party which looks to a time when their comrades will rule Germany ————a - * SCHOONER TAKES BAIT con- to was are Aus- mans rcho. “unionists in the the Ge of ( W The Atlantie, Capt. John Gerde, arrived in port today and took aboard bait and ice before sailing for the fishing banks. Bavaria trom' in} terri | Senate ratification is nec- F uropv Sees bhmlowy (;h o8t Of Pan (;(’rmamsm Arising ROWLAND IS . WINNER IN Reaches Los Angeles First from East—20 of 37 Planes Make Race LOS ANGELES, Cal The transcontinental cla Air Derby, ended here late yesterday when Earl Rowland, ol Wichita, in a Cessna monoplane, was declared unofficially, the winner. Twenty survivors of 37 who started *d In rapid suc cession. Dake of Pittsburgh, in a ninth was secohd, and Rankin ,of Por: land, was third. Sent. 11 of ,art BL PASO, Texas, Sept. 11—~ Bal. lough and Cantwell were ‘he first from Oklahoma City in the Class “B" Alr Derby, to arrive here, EL PASO, pt. 11.-—Ballough led the cla ‘B" and “C" fliers out of he this merning for Yuma, Arizona. John Livingstone was second LOS ANGEL - Lieut. Williams, army flier of De- troft, who was flying in a forma- tion of three, crashed in front of the grandstand yesterday |afternoon, died today from in- {Juries. The motor stalled and (caused the crash HONOLULU VISITORS | COMING BACK AGAIN | Sept. 11 e i Harold Rogers l;lhhy. MeNeill & |In Hawail, manager of the Libby canueries amous pineapple ex- Jl)r Guy €. Milnor, all prominert residents of Honolulu, departed for the South this morning on ths Princess Louise. They have been touring Alaska visiting the vari. ous plants of Libby, MecNefll & Libby,-and arrived at Takn iar- bor on the Gorgas last week. Capt \’. E. Ahues, Superintendent of jthe Libby, McNelll and Libby can- Inery at Taku Harbor brought them [to Juneau yesterday afternoon. Capt. Ahues returned to Taku Har- bor yesterday evening. The entire party was with its Alaskan all the members oc coming again to see ka, dclighted jence, and are they ave more of 4 Cuba Becomes Tolerant Of Easy Divorce Laws HAVANA, Cuva, Sept. vorce, until receatly rare in Cuba, has imcreased, rapidly during the past five years Legal separ: tion with permission to remarry was frowned upoa in Cuba unti! ecently. I wa: rogarded as con. trary to_good the policy of the Catholle Chure! L AIR_DERBY, ‘| Governor and 11.—Di.| oclul custody and| 0.0.P,CARRIES MAIRE: LARGEST VOTE IN HISTORY | (Gardiner Defeats Moran by More than Two to One Majority REPUBLICANS ELECT | WHGLE STATE TICKET lS(’-nalor Hale and All Con- gressmen Re-elected by Big Margins PORTLAND, Maine, sept. 11, By the largest mujority ever a gubernatori candidate ne, William Tudor Gardi- [ner, Republican, wis swept into ithe Governorship yestorday over {his Democratic oy oneni. Bdward C. Moran, Ir. Virtually complote Gardiner a lead of 000 votes U nited Stats S Hale. Repuhllean terni, was electod Hclmes, crat, almo large Ga 4 in r mor. rns give than 79,- ato se Frederick king a third over Herbert by © majority as thal glven Deu as luer. The sw that wing victory exceeded the previcus high ma- Jority by morc than 140,000 in 1921, when the Republican ma- jority was 65,000 L. the Presideatial ‘election in 1424 Coolidge carriad the State by a plurality of 95,476, The _Republican victory was decisive in every contest, the party's Cony clonal 5 winung by eien giceater majori- {tles than the gubcrnatorial ean- didate. Vote for Governor The vote for (overnor, from 580 precincts out of 633 was Gardiner 141,242, Morgan 64,- 754, Vote for Semator The vote for Senator was Hale Holmés 62,467, arroll Boudy, in the First Dis- tiict; Wallace White, In the Second Distriet, and John Nelson in the Third District, 1«1l Repub- licans, were re-elected by sub- stantial majorities. Donald Srow, Republican, won an easy victor in the Fourth District. A close contest was in the See- ond District where the Demo- crate nude made (he hardest compaign for their nominees for Senator, both be- csident of that distriet. Vote by Districts t vete fio the First Distriet, with lour preciicts missing, gives Beedy 36,281 and Spinney 16,- 503. In the Second Distriet, four prm. icts inissing, White re- ceivec 591 and Beliveau 19,- 369, In cinets 38,570, ing the Third missing, Ward District, 67 pre- Nelson received 9,624, In the Fourth Distriet 14 precincts missing, Snow received 29,700 and Stevens 10,000 REPUBLICAN YEAR CHICAGO, 1lI., Lept. 11.—The result of the Mainc election In- dicated to James W. Lood, West~ :rn Manascr of the Republican Nntl(ma) campaign a “Republleln year.' Good said: “In the past, the is $150,000,000- and she is not dis- |pert, Mr. ana Mrs. J. L. Coke and|Maine elcction was found an un- failing baromcter of public opii fon. The entire country in 1924 gave Coolidge a win over Davis by 3 to 1. Availabie returns show the Republicans are leading by 4 to 1 which indicates a Re- publican year.” —-..— One Picture of Alaska V olcano Is Found SEATTLE, believed to b grovh in exist w Sept. 11.—What is the only photo- nee ol Pavlof vol- has been d.scovreed the Jagg Expedi- ne i scattle in of Hjalv ar Berge, who pleinr o last year while working in Alaska, Berge expla’ o™it was usually impossible to a picture of the voleano of heavy atmos- pheric conditions in that region. tle said he was fortunatee in taking the nicture in the morn- ine when the air wis unusually lear. A moment after he snapped the shucter, the wind blotted the jvolcuno frum view. by f get “nuse