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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4932. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1928. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WOMAN HELD FOR RANSOM OF $10,000 - MELLON MAKES| STRONG APPEAL, &, 0. P. NOMINEE, Secretary of Treasury Boosts Hoover as Being Man of Ability I x CAMPAIGN BUSINESS '8 LAID BEFORE PEOPLE | Presents 'Direct Question to Electorate in Ad- dress, Washington WASHINGTON, drew W. Mellon, Treasury in a down the camp Oct 30 An- Secretary of speech, boiled ;n business for- mula Although the Secretary dealt with tariff, immigration, cgricultural and credit problem: he concluded with a direct ques tion to his auditors and citation of his own business attitude towards affairs saying that “if § President Coolidge and the Re- publican Party have conducted the Government in a way to merit your approval and if yon ure satisfied with continuation of the present policies under Hoover, then why change? His Own Experience “in my own business -experi-; ence, when the management gave me a satisfactory balanee sheet at the end of the year, showing | reduced overhead and decreased indebtedness and at the same time ineveased dividends, I would | be very unwilling to see a chnnge‘ in management. ““The Government of the U ullmlJ States is the greutest Dusiness cn- N gariagain. the g, Yt'"du.,‘ finitely eomplex both in effeets on the individual lives of its citi- zens and in relation to those of great cconomic forces by which <" the average man's welfare is af- “ected. and daughter-in-law, standing. SEATTLE; H. ROBINSON PUTS DIRECT ISSUE Man of Ability “At the head of that I want to see man of ability | who wunderstands the economic forces with which he must deal,! and lastly T want him to be s man who has feeling for, and sympathy with conditions under which the average man and wom an must live, whether it be in the city, small town or on the ferm ““Herbert up to these Gevernment hands,” business | Party Explained—Hits Republican Claims C. Hoover measures qualifications and the will be safe in his SFRIN The Par we IFTELD, purpose of " k. will be wages and sound busines: [tor Joseph T. Robinson declared in an address here last night epeaking to the small merchant | and banker. He described the| Republican prosperity issues verifying the axiom “that ay repeat a falsehood until is true,” and declar prosperity for eve contrasted with spotted ill, oct. 30 the Democratie victorio .- conse to Armed Negro Stages Train Holdup Today 111, Oct. 30.—Pas- Michigan Central York-Chicago train ld-up early today by an 0 who jumped as the train was traveling 45 miles an hour. He fired one wild shot at a brakeman who walked into the observation car while the rob- bery was in progress. | Senator Robinson said the vot- The robber took $250 in cash|ers should know his party con-| from two passengers. Many wom-'templates no revision of tariff to en dropped their jewels to the!interfere with timate busi- floor and these were saved. saying, “the voters should TR, iremember that the Democrat y has declared for conse Sealtle Steel Plant’s of high wages and Capacity Be Increase o | SBATTLE, " Oct. the plant by expenditure of $1,500,-| Frnest 000 in announced by the cific ter, Steel Company. The annual pay- & roll will he increased $1,000,000. a CHIC sengers Bxpress New were h armed n GO, " one he | ed bedy, through the election of Gov. fred E. Smith. Al- sound ares. .- 30.~Increasing | Sowerbutts, of Manches. has lived for seven years in small hoat at & river to rest hi torn nerve Smtth F ree aml F asy With Press; Would Ban “Official Spokesman” ALBANY, N. Y., Oect. 30.—The' mit “official White House Spokesman' would pass away from the Wash. ington newspaper scene with Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York as President. them to the chief executive before hand. He then answers them or ignores them as he choos. es. Smith’s Plan The Smith plan, icarry to the White House, ly different. Here he s conferences a day-—one about o'clock for afternoon newspape |and one between 4 and 5 o'cl ck | for morning newspapers. He has! taken the correspondents entirely is whol- Since the exigencies of war| two forced Woodrow Wilson to enforce the rule, the President has not been quoted directly by corres.; pondents at the White House. Statements made by the President have been credited to “the afficial b |into his confidence, discussed v ‘White House Spokesman,’ "‘dlnuu phases of his problems with| since the Harding regime, news- E papermen have been forced to w“””" them to write out their questions and sub- (Continued on Page Two) BEFORE PEOPLE Purposes of Democratic| prosperity, could be achieved only| d business by appropriate meas-| secluded spot on| Act, which he would | 11/ The Hoover F unuly r. and Mrs, Herbert C. Hoover, scated, with their two sons Left to right, Mr. and Mrs, Her- bert C. Hoovel Jr., and Allen Hoover. ROWS FROM JU[\EAU TO C. SMITH IS SAFE, 4FTER LONG TRIP SE dai: Junean Oct. 30. 880-mile ATTLE, afte; Fresh row from Clinton as a an "Alaska, Hugh Smith, aged ? yea | the streets here while anchor. Smith was a mill worker in Ju. nean and last August was stricken | with the idea of coming to Seattl Ifor the winter The steamer farc steep s0 he filled line tins with fresh water, bought a few pounds of bacon and a box of soda biscuits and shoved off his dory Smith i¢} and never ars, is tramping looking for a job his 21-foot dcry bobs $43 sec a couple med f gaco- did not have a sextan thought take alon a map but had tarpaulin some plankets, tin coffec ‘]bol and axe and made out fine | . Occasionally when the beach wa too far away and a brisk wind tide aided progress, the navigator | just set up his on | cans, fed it a few scraps of wood and cooked a meal | Last Friday he | steamer alr to he a stove, raported a big 108t upset him the bar Point No Point Smith made stops at { Bay, Monte Carlo Island, an, Foggy Bay, Prince Rupert, | Kennedy Island and other pla to earn money to buy supplies and [to get H oo a nea off Ketchi- infcrmation :1Carl Lomen and | Miss Volstead to ! Be Wedded Tonight ST, | Miss Laure er is PAUL, Minn, Volstead, of the Oct. 30 whose fath-, Prohibition married tonight to of Ncme, Alaska. Walker Wille- anthor will Carl Lomen Mrs. Mabel brandt, Assistant Attorney leral, will be bridesmaid. She ywas a classmate of Miss Volstead. | Following the ceremony, the |newlyweds will leave for Wash- ington They will make their {home in New York. be lz Interesting News for / Golf Players t KITALE, Kenya Colony, | Africa, Oct. 30.—The Prince || of Wales played golf on a course at Jinga today which is probably the only one in | the world with a local rule that a ball may be lifted, | | without penalty, if lying in ‘ the footprint of a hipno- | | potamus. i | : declared protection of | ¢ t|American citizens and property in| GHT P tarlfft g «|fireign lands was a matter of Na.| aid | ca Republies, a ing I am | ol SHPMTAS. Jadd n 5 Senator Borah Wants Gov- Harbor | Gen-| ____.,‘lsmuh is a Catholic, ‘PRGMISES BIG CHANGE, U, 8. GOVERNMENT Gov. Smith Says He Is Dis-" satisfied with Pres- ent Old Order le I’mmlx of . llirod L. Smuh T MAKES DECLARATION | . N i B p ( OF FUTURE POLICIES Vit W v e {}Laml)asts K. K. K., Anti- Saloon League and G. 0. P. on Prohibition BALTIMORE, Alfred E week of declara Md., Oet. Smith openad the the campaign with to the American he was dissatistid old order of government |and promised that if the Demoorats | were given power under his lead. he would seek to effect g 2 in many things. Raps Three nominee in his speech here night rapped Anti-Saloor Ku Klux Klan and Repub. position Prohibition, power and public relations. that ¢ from the to de- and 30. Gov tinal th fon ple that I the [ 70 ; and Mrs, Alfred E. Smith, their children and grandchildren at a recent family gathering New Y:rk State Excutive Mansion in Albany, New York SINCERITY OF . DEMONOMINEE ¢+ IS QUESTIONED . in a Hotel, wer bed cf $6 quantity night. by one of whem game. The bound the victims with | clothes line and tled them | | to the fixtures in bath | | room After four hours, one of the bound men ceeded in frecing himself and the alarm { League { lican | water adding country as a vote himself | welfare [¢] in the ame “free nt” to its interests Tremendou Increase in Registration Cold Blooded Threat The nominee accused the Anti- aloon League with having made a r0ld blooded threat to United States Senator George W. Nor. who recently announcad his support of Smith, charging all Ner. ris had dome for the leagu» had been forgotten in a minute by the League hecause he had gone coun- ter to itg “narrow, prejudieed and bigoted ideas.” Pinochle Player } Held-Up, Robbed [ | . {nd then Bound | (Copyrighted by A.P.) 30 H WASHINGTON, ~ Oct Foriy.three million men women, the largest numy ever registerad, are’ qualified to vote in the general election on Tové # This marks 14,000,000 over the 1924 Taking out the numbe won't vote, the estimated ballot is placed at 35,500,000, a gain of 6,500,000 over the t elec- NEW YORK, Oct playing pinochle in the Grand held-up and rob 500 in cash and a of jewelry last four. avmed . men, arranged the hold-up men ris, men ‘m! room Senator Curtis Says Smith‘ | Changes ‘Views on Tariff Issue her 6, an increase of vot r that Assails Klan The Governor assailed the Ku Klux Klan saying that he would rather go down to “ignominious |defeat than be raised to the | est office any influence that | may be exercised by any organiza {tion “with such preverted ideas of Amer nism.” SOUTH Sincerity Alfred I was qu BEND. of the Smith for stioned by Charles Curtis before Republican rally | peaking over tion-wide read a Ind., Oct stand 30 Gov tariff Senator Indiana great- the tion, b 1 The tremendous increase not- ed in the number of women stered Is expected to hold | the balance of power. a | | Curtis e gave JIM REED IN CAMPAIGN NOW g e . A O or Curtis doctared that oo Enters Republican Strong ‘ result of the rwood aot hold and Condemns ‘ V. disturbe ha was listurbed that Herbert HOOVE!' \ the wheels of. factories were si We had maintain - soup houses i )13 and 1914, prepared, to make a real endeavor p houses in 191 1 1914, { There never was and never will 1o kot ot war o ernor to Clllarlfv Posi- |1 workit@han who has bune. | Unitsa : tion on His Stand radio c-up, Senator ent by ago decl cold blood American said the the | Foreign Problems ) | The candidate argued | no attempting to solve | problems as long |isted between the the Senate and promised | what he said was a dispute on | score. He > n: re i | of a few ye s a quarrel ex ‘hn tariff to be President : ‘u\ hold u]. .n the iovernor in |||~ :h‘-! ptance egdorsed et e is Gov ling anc whole Curti peech Underwe -ux Louisville competitiy of at a then was for |tional concern but coupled t |statement with the belief 1 | American pecple no longer tolerate interferente with the | ternational affairs of South An | Unde ac wou | AGAINST SMITH .. usiness of 80 o lenced to GARY Stat the R« Indiana, Oect 30 | Senator Jim Reed | Calumet industrial} publican stronghold, | one by fitted single dollar the | iRVaded stitute the methods of con competitive arift there never|¢enter, a | conferen arbitration and 3 ikthry wheel set In {and last night unleashed an ora- {determination.” by @ competitive tariff;|toria attack on Herbert C, Hoov- [ Buring Cross {30.—~Senator William : SARME Ak . opened, | Pleading religious intol- Referring to/the sight of a burn.'in a speech here called upon Gov. . RepdbNieans \ pro- | eFance ing cross by #the side of the rail-|Alfred E. Smith to clarity A tarift’ that ks Senator road as he returned on last | Prohibition issue by taking s erican’ SREOs o Amar western trip, Be said: “That the POl of the Democratic members o0 B RS Kian is supporting the Republican |0f Congress to ascertain “wheth- Lo o S 0o o 0 Ll Party in this campaign, there can (e 80 per cent of them were with " be no question.” ior against him on the repeal of Maies dnromise {the Bighteenth Amendment,” cit : The' nomdnes: Soucluded hi |ing Gov. Smith's declaration that then changing to an American dress by saying: “I will take 80 per cent of his party’s G L > # | Demoerat upcn returning to Am- |oath of office ag President o bers in Congress had pledge exica gnd oniy later becoming a United Stafes with absolutely no|SURPOrt:to his stand (Il obligations except to devote Senator Borah said Gov o, | judicial} | CHARLESTON, a mo Va., Oct | to Reed arraigned Hoover until he was 46 to cast his first ballot | American citizen after pending 23 abroad. Reed condemned Hoover for calling | himself British Liberal and tective h years ducers. Cheers greeted the attack Curtis on the immigration farm rellef views of Gov. Smith a ad no | Smith Pro - on s, Rev. W presidants in th Four broth sons of | Twyman Wil |of their re .\m sham hi : changed his mind 2 selt :o. the afignterests o RIBIAA Ru0 ‘should . clarify ths ‘fv‘;‘:::l’:a:;‘dl‘a"‘:::‘:“’,“'l" o lssue before election. He pro peaple.” Rty of .2 lmlsml that Gov. Smith send a telegram to each Democratic HITS HUGHES, member asking his on 1 i In his Philadelphia {quor adding “perhaps the Gover- Saturday night, Gov. nor prefers to until after ferring to Charles Evans election. There - are doubtless| sald Hughes: commented on 1l goung yeagons for his doing so.” as follows: “It history is clear| " Deesting his fire on Smith's about anything, it fs that you can’t| prohihigion stand, the Idaho Sen- g - e ator charged the his Western speecl there was not much a President could do abcut the liquor ques- Two Methodists, Quaker | ; | And Catholic on Ticket {2 bt fir o - vy 40 5473 . |he gave his audience to under-; WASHINGTON, Oct. "WOistand he will have power to Cunninghsi home. | Methodlsts, a Quaker and a Catho-) ehange pronipition |the shooting and {lic make up the four major candi- o {charges of murder. dates for the two highest offices! grp BAZOE BLADES ARE " Mre, Cusnlbgham in the land. WORTH MONEY IN RUSSIA been meeting Liggett Charles Curtis, the Republi -1u| almost a year and Vice-Presidential nomine ¢ MOBCOW Oct. 30.—One of the to a garage tu meet best places to get rid of old safe- few minutes’ ams, pective are classes h school. | TARIFF views addre ed Is Shot Down - Slayer Arrested Of Friends In His “in sald | nominee, (Continued on Puger he NASHVILLE, -Walter Liggett, rain merehant, shot irney Cunningham, large down towa night - in an_ alley Tenn., Oct prominent and k manag hotel, la behind t He admitted was jailed on WASHINGTON ndeed is the Herbe Hoover advice as he ward In his career, enongh nearly all are perm)nhl‘ 1s of long nding, some of | d she had|whom were associated with him in! secretly his work overseas during and after had gone|the World War him “for al Oct coterie 30.—Small | of men to turns for drives for- Singularly | t ym an and | { | Joseph T. Robinson, the Demo- cratic nominee for that place are ty ragor blades is Soviet JRussi | Liggett sald Cunningl both members of the Mecthodist; New omes cost fifty cents each. first. Mrs, Cunningham church, Consequently, there is good (her statement by charg Herbert Hoover is a Quaker and{market for used blades. Despitelgett had been vicigus with attends serviees in a Quaker meet-'the High prices, many Russians attempting to slash her !ing house here, while Allred E. shave not only their faces but|and twice attemping to ! also their heads, convict fashion.|her. In the forefront of this lmlo, .wlr' stand William J. Denovan,! aced | Of v York, assistant to the Al-| Lig-| torney General, and James Fran-| her, | cis Burke, of Pennsylvania, general| thoat | counsel of the Republican National| shoot | Committee, Both are Catholics. ‘ The others are George Barr Ba-| 1am fired | re! a ng | = aqp |dren, since a small boy MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN HELD IN CALIFORNIA Ransom Note Received by Husband—Turned Over to Police THREATS ARE MADE ON LIFE OF WOMAN Abductors Say She Will Be Starved Unless Money Is Forthcoming SAN FRANCISCO; Cal, Oect. Receipt of a letter demand- ing $10,000 ranscm r the safe return of Mrs f Cooper, aged 32, who red from her home last was re- the today by ported to her hushand, street 10 dai Thu police Ray Cooper, The letter was apparently mail- ed in Sacramen and instructed Cooper to leave $10,000 in $100 bills “on the end of the Dumbar- ton Bridge Tuésday at 10 p. m. Don't bring the for if youw do, she goes into the bay." The ransom note continued? the money is marked she starves to death. She gets noth- ing to eat until we get the money. If you do what we say she will be left in a safe place.” Cooper said he believed his wife was abducted because of a newspaper story publjshed in August saying their two chil- Iretta and Robert, had in= herited $50,000. In reality the {inheritance amounted to only a {few hundred nlnllaru L‘nuper said. STOWAWAYON BIG AIRSHIP 1S YOUNG MAN cops 'Has Been JWanderer for Years — Stowawayed to Nome, Alaska BERLIN Oct. 30.—Dodg- orm areas but aided by fltrom tail winds, the Graf Zepnelin. is swinging over the mid-Atlantic somewhere cn the northern steamship route, Officials of the Zep- pelin works at Friedrich- shafen estimated the ship would mnot arrive before Thursdav morning. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Oet. Clarence Terhune, the stow- found aboard the Graf Zep- is 19 years of age and Is the first zeppelin stowaway in hist His presence was Te- ported in dispatches sent out from the big airship y rday. Terhune has wanderer His last pre- vious adventure a trip to Nome frem San Francisco and re. turn on a government cruiser five months ago. As night fell last night, Zeppelin sighted with strong southeast vailing and rain falling —ees aved on return let- England to Australia air line. 30. away pelin, been 4 was the Graf from here . gales pre- was A ters by week from a new Husband of Woman involv-| HOOTJ(’F Turns to Groul) for Advice Political Drive ker, director of publicity in th Coolidge campaign four years ago: George Akerson, personal aaslstlnz to the Republican Presidential can- didate; Mark L. Requa, California business man, and Thomas T. G Gregory, San Francisco lawyer. Hoover and Donovan met overs seas, where each attained to fame, one in humanitarian enterprises {and the other as “the tighting nel” of the famous old s;:sém regiment of New York. ey come tinued the friendship in this coun- try and when the then Dcrfl of Commerce began his aci paign for the Republican (Continued on Paq’finl.)-