The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 27, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIL, NO. 4930. ‘Hoover Promises Extra Wins Fire Prévention Medazl FARM RELIEF LEGISLATION IS PROMISED ublican Nominee Goes Record with Cam- paign Pledge URGENT SOLUTION OF | ISSUES REQUESTED Hopes for Act;on to En-! able Moving of 1929 Wheat Crop WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Her- bert €. Hoover announced toda that if the Republicans are turned to power in the national election next mcnth he will call an extra session of Congress to deal with farm relief if adequate slation not enacted at the & ng session | Guestion of an extra ses- Congress, after March 4, in the event of the return of the Republican Party, has been under discussion for some time,” said| the Republic inee “There are a number of ques- tiong, particularly agricultural relief, which urgemntly require solution and should not be de- layed a whole year. “It is our most urgent econ- omic problem. I should hope it would be dealt’ with at the regu-; lar gession this Fall and thus a special segsion ,,oulmm',avoldfld. 1, However, this is not accom- & piished, I would, if elected, not' ailow the matter to drift and| vould of necessity call an extra sion so as to secure early con- structive action.” Hoover’s Plans Under the plans of Hoover, the rew Congress to be electe No- 3 "y vember 6 will be summoned to Prize for her essay on fire prevet WVashington, perhaps April, with the hope of an ultural measure embodying program for farm relief will be enacted | in time for its operation in han- dling the 1929 crop. | Uusually little general legisla- tion is enacted at a short ion Congress because pressure of the annual supply R 1 8 | re- se ta sion of i' tion, » Legion Auxiliary Head |Says Tariff Is |Going Higher f G. 0. P. Wins in h CHICAGO, Oct man Gilbert Haugen, co-aut the McNary-Haugen bili, last night in radio ¢peec] the Democrafic Party alway for tariff r ly ar Underwood Bill which pa 1914 would have wrecked ture if allowed to remain 'serted that if the Republi | wins ta be raised still higher. ————— LINKS SMITH Co of enacting bills A o SITKA PEOPLE | APPLAUDTALKS OF DEMOCRATS Democratic Nomineesf Speak to Packed House at Sitka—Win Support William Allen White tinues Attack on Y. Governor SITKA, Alaska, Oct. 27. packed house greeted Demoeratic | nominees who. appeared here last | night and spoke on the campaign | issues. They were favorably re- | e ) 3 ’ Ficklen, Jr., o ceived and their remarks were| Mrs. Boyce F » Jr, inerrupted by freque 4 Washington, Ga., who wa :‘xli:]tlx‘:.j:)nd by frequent bursts “[i clected " national president o The speakers were: George B.| the Amesjcan Legion Auxiliary | ;4 . Grigsby, nominee for Delegate,| at San Antonio, Tex., conven:gpuy, win N. R. Walker, for Senator, Nels tion of the legion. She sucleq qov. s Anderson, J. S. Ream and Allen | Shattuck, House candidates. | Mr. Grigsby, who presented the (Intarnatinast main arguments, made a pro- found impression on the aud- [, 4, Chief of Police ience. He stressed the desirabil- f [for President. He Is in Bad: Condemned |, i e saloon ity of obtaining home rute for| Alaska and control of the Terri-| For Recent Decision|s2id his voting was accord: LOS ANGELES, Cal, tory's resources. He challenged The remocal of Chief of Police| his opponent to show where, in eight years, he had obtained the got-e; passage of a single measure, of James and severe condemnation of |\ general benefit to Alaska. Grigs- the Police ""'""“"“‘{‘"( - J“‘“"' night b " declared 161 BB wets dts parts in exoneration of Capt. Jones | e Yo e would HOmAMIATSIY. Inteadtea. dDATERd with. tncarceration’ of Mgy, (08B tho R Christine . Collins A Menzal”" a new career. He may Ward, is recommended 1o the City a bill to give the Alaskan people control over fish, game and other Al resources, and a bill fo repeal Council by the Public Welfare{PUt he cannot put out the the Alaska Bome Dry Act. He Commitiee. | closed with a strong appeal for; The Committee’s t climaxed ' Inventor of the support of the Democratic a three day hearinz in which it ¢y » 2 ticket. | investigated charges that Capt.| Lie Detector Jones, head of the Juvenile Bu-|Found Dead iTeau, had railroaded his mother to| the Mental Ward, because she re:| | l | | | | | | i AUGUSTA | tinuing his Oct. on Tan Gov. Alfj Allen White shows 27 attack cord of ) Te nith of Peterboro, N |nis New Yor |He voted fo midnight saloons in lages and is today Legislative ammany, wns a a can Justifi aten with saloons. Of — e STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Alaska Juneau mine stock is quoted today at 7%, Chrysler 128%, Chile Cop- per 591, Missouri 70%, Pittsburgh Coal 49, Brown Shoes, no sales; Stewart-Warner 106%, U. S. Steel 1615 PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. Hutchens, of Marion, Ohio. as hor|the “lie detector” son. The boy had posed as the 'kmown missthg Walter Collins, named as' dead on a murder victim of Edward .\'m'!h-[(‘ity C | cott, and criminologist, was a sidewalk today. heart attack, He ceeds Mrs. Irene T, Walbridge, moral intelligence in defen record. for after “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1928. E Viola Scholl, of St. Mathias, School, New York City, i} shq'wn teceiving medal from Mayor James J. Walker representing first ngress- hor of declared that stood h id the sed Agr Party ~ AND TAMMANY Con-! N. ~—Con. nmany red E. charg. of nd vil. ndidate es his becauze he ing to Oct, 27~ |the wishes cf his constituents. He balie. | Mived that time in a district mag- course 1ith” would think an after-mid- saloon o good thing. Thus|Russian Unemployment Smith try to |close the door on his political past cat.” 27.— fused to accept youthful Arthur|Dr. Albert Schneider, inventor of widely found The JUDGE HUGHES ATTACKS SMITH ~ ON 3 SUBJECTS Declares “State Socialism™ Involved in Smith's Liquor Program & ¥, Oct. 27 Hughes, in his third made here last the program of Smith on Prohibi- f and Water Pow. Socialism” and de- position of Herbort C these daclaring instead of opposing the gov- erament and state control of pub- |lic resources and the safeguard- g of every publi wrest, Hoover ed himsel! the most ef- control.” Prohibition, Judge “Gov. Smith advocate purchase and It this know what it th cannot being associated gn address, night weked :l.‘u. d E tion er Ifende Hoover A state \ on issues, On said anufacture bution of liquor Socialism, 1 do not is. Cer'tainly G identify me with with any such project and it Is |obvious that Hoover is opposed {to it, lock, stock and barrel.” | Asking the audience to imagine | Tammany Hall charge of the | executive, distribution and sale of {intloxicating liquor in New York | City, Judge Hughes said: “If you {put the state in control of the | manufacture and sale liquor, ! you will have no restrictions at all lor else the most widespread cor- | ruption and debauching of govern- | ment.” - GREAT BRITAIN NOT COMPETING WITH THE U, S, Premier Baldwin Says No i Competition in Build- ing of Navy is W » | LONDON, Oct. Prime ister Stanley Baldwin that Great Britain has no idea building a navy in the United States. This ition was made at a great ting in Albert Hall cele Tenth Anniversary 27. Min asserted ion a ma competit me the ating of the on farm products will League of Nations, | The Premier expressed pr |regret at what he declared onl | temporary failure to 1 | agreement with the United on naval matters saying policy in naval building slow. We have no intention competing with the United and we came to our decis slow long before we w [to sign the Kellogg pact found State on to g SIX DIE IN AUTO PLUNGE RICHMOND, Cal., Oct. 27 a speeding automobile, six isons were killed last night. The accident happened while the par- ty was driving to a lodge meet ing in Vallejo from Berkeley Lights from an approaching car are believed to have blinded the driver of the automobile contain ing the lodge party and he over the cliff. HI TN per- went Declines in Past Year MOSCOW, Oc ~Unemployed workers registered on trade lists in Soviet Russia number 1,339,000 when the latest tics were issued. A year figures exceeded 1, 500,000 e ANCHORAGE PIONEER DIES Abel C. Craig, carpenter man with the Alaska Railroad the beginning of construction, died at Anchorage early this month and wag recently buried there under on 1 sta ago the fore- oroner ascribed death to a’the auspices of the Masonic Lodge He i3 survived by his widow. Sessio not | MITH SEES FORWARD STRIDE IN FIGH n No M | | | | he time may come when it | countryside in search of a mini SAYS SMITH IS FRANKFEARLESS AND EFFICIENT | Defends | {Sen. Robinson | | Running Mate as Cham- | pion of Reforms | DULUTH, Minn,, Oct. |tor Joseph T. Robinzon l night in a speech here, portraved Gov.! Alfred E. Smith a$ a “frank, fear-| and efficient” leader with a record for championing progres- sive reforms unparallelled in poli-| tical history. | Senator Robinson considerable Sena. | el reviewed the Smith during his four wvernor of New York, sizing that of hundreds pointments he made rejected by the State spite it was usually the opposition party Senator Robinson the attack on the dress of Herbert claring Hoover's of the McNary-Haugen State Socialism, will who poss es suffi gence to understand ary spirit which animat publican candidate ———————— detail record Goy as ( terms empha- of ap- were 1 none Senate ntrolled enawed New York ad C. Hoover, de-| characteriza bill terrify none ent intell reaction s the R Presiden for ' Thames Island Lures Spectators to Ruin LONDON, Oct. of Lost Gold is the unbroken succession of ill-luck ha attached to Tags's Island in the | Thames near Hampton Court One after the other, successiv owners of the island have based great hopes of fortune upon it, and | have lost almost all sed.” Hundreds of The which Island ime they pos thousa v of| Plunging over a 75.foot cliff in|POUNds have been lost by it mer lessees, | e [ Great Discover ‘ | Made; Proof of i 1 Lost Continent CROIXDEVI France, ~The medallion of man head in bas lief, puted to be 7,000 years old been discovered by Dr. Marcel | Baudouin who maintains ¢ figurdtion of the head makes i1 it akin to representations of | the old Mexican Mayan divinities, Thi ihmarine ledge of rock is taken by the Doetor as material proof of the existence of the Atlantic continent, supposed to exist | where the Atlantic Ocean is at present, A large part of the surface of the rock bare | every year at the great equi- noctial tide, 97 27 a re. has has lost | . sary for eloping couples to trave hours of the morning. Simply call one up on the television machine! That's whag James MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | I if Republicans Win inister-But Legal BIGENTRYTO PHILADELPHIA PLANNED TODAY Democratic Presidential Nominee Speaks in En emy Stronghold BRIEF STOP TO BE MADE JERSEY TOWN Subject of Address Re- mains Secret—Good Reports Received FReREIIsL RN AR essas YORK, Oct. 27.—Satis- fied in own mind that his fight for the Presidency has made forward strides as a result of his New England excursion, Gov. Al- fred B. Smith his aign today into the Penn: vania enemy stronghold which a Den- not felt Democratic defeat in | more than 70 TS it At a late hour this afternoon, Gov. Smith will head an automo- bile procession through the prin- {cipal streets of Philadelphia. | Tonight he will deliver his thirteenth formal address of the | campaign which has taken him many thousands of miles by rail (and automobile. | Prior to his entry into Phila- |delphia, Gov. 8mith is scheduled for a half hour parade in Cam- den, New Jersey, where the spec- (fal train is due about 4 o’clock | this afternoon, Advance information received by the nominee at his headquatt- rebinaisate oties- e Bastern reception : for him in the two fes. The subject of his speech to- night in Philadelphia remains a secret. SWING TOWARD 00V, SMITH IS SEEN IN EAST Betting Odds Dropping Due Warmth of Smith’s Eastern Reception NEW his carries Mo., and C has nison, of Chicago, did. They were unit the Chicago radio show before hundreds o witnesses by a minister twenty miles away in Des Moines, la. NEVADA SENATORIAL CANDIDATES won’t be neces- | Fowlkes of 1 over the ster in the early 1sas City, Key Pittman (left) a veteran in the U. S. Senate and nationally prominent in Democratic politics, is opposed for re-election Nov. 6 by Samuel Platt, Republican. i e That ward the The a notable Alfred E. st is the word re mpire last night ward Hurja, formerly journalist in Alaska California and Texas, but now an expert in oil tments with a laige New York investment bank- ing goncern on Wall Street. le betting odds on Wall Street, which had been reported to be as NOT IN ACCORD IS EXPOSED BY WITH PLATFORM SENATOR CURTIS 55 'money that Gov. Smith would carry New k, and to five that he would win in Massachusetts, There had been many ru. mers about Juneau regarding the | election betting odds in New York that The Empire Mr. Hurja at his Wall St for the fac His reply ows: SMITH GROWING STRONGER NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—(To The mpire)—Bettlng odds on National :ction dropped to four to one fol- lowing Smith's tremendous ovation in Massachusetts, Rhcde Island and Connecticut; even money that Smith will carry New York State, that Smith carries Believed likaly come down as elee- there Gov. swing Smith in rived by from Ed. well known Washington, is inves Wilbur Says Governor's Makes Declaration on Views in Conflict with Great Importation of Democratic Policy Wheat Into U. 8. SHUA, N. N of Navy night in a spee 1 that Gov, Alfr preferring “to fl by asserting view nflict with his Pa rather than acc on the tariff issue Secretary Wilbur as Democratic Party eve in protective Smith's Louisville Secretary Party demonstra sm & protective 68 years, ghowing competitive tariff H., O Curt MOUNT Senator ked the a tariff wheat VERNON Charles Ohio, Curtis Oct at. argument 1 help He ( l r las ary Demoeratic wall is o growe Lat was tory to o that “during th i Act list eleven Under- W Mil- v in form” g months of vood Tariff Dollars 2 ent wheat Nine heat b when n Ninety- n worth of the week increased the bushel to 42 under 1 llion bushels were import law and woaek 37,006 bushel iink that shows some on wheat porta - and six to five Ma tariff " sachuse w Gov. b 10 cents a cents, as odds date The general optimism in Democratic circles over the marked wings to Smith in the East and the spentaneous warmth of his reception in Massachusetts, Rhede Island and Connecticut Actress Unveils Altar In an English Church china Converts Swords i . Into Farm Implements Sccretary Wilbur To Make Navy Day Address in East g sald the TWO 1ion d un foll impor the the Wa ted of W HURJA. BLACKPOOL, England An unusual preceder in England when a and actor unveiled an al Church of “St. Stephen the theatrical profe A dance band’from a win den ballroom in Blackp: panied the singing of piece entitled “The Hol as composed for the oce. Herman Darewski, Oct wa TAIYU nal ) China Taiyuan in being con- into an plement factory words are to be turned into| pROVIDENCE, R. L, Oet. 2 Various kinds of _gecretary of Navy Curtis D gricultural tools will be manufac-|ywilbur will make an .“”.* tured, and in addition there willlhere today on the seventieth ams an_experimental school in in-|niversary of Theodore Roosevelt's’ il education for several hun- birth which is also being ob- digcharged soldiers, served natiopally as Navy Day. ‘ to | where plowshares. ym- A hymns