MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 200
SEWARD, ALASKA Monday, august 27 192s.
PRICE TEN GENTS
FAVORS CHANGE
DRY LAWS GIVI
STATES RIGHTS
COV. AL SMITH, IN NOTIF1CA
C ATI ON SPEECH. OUTLINES
HIS VIEWS
ALBANY, Aug., 27, (ff)— Rain tal
ced Governor Smith to -scrap his
plans for an outdoor noii..caJon
and he accepted the Democratic
Presidential nomination in the As
sembly Chambers, his political batiie
ground for years.
With the words of the acceptance
speech carried far and wide by rad
io the Governor pledged himself to
vigorous enforcement of the prohibi
tson law but announced he favored a
change in the Eightenth Amend
ment as well as the Volstead law
and give States by a popular refer
endum, the right to sell intoxicating
liquors.
•Calling attention to the Canadian
system of handling liquor sales l;e
asserted he never would contenance
!Le retu'rn o: the saloon, and advocat
ed instead, the sale of intoxicants by
State agencies.
He was repeatedly interrupted by
applause. Smith promised the farm
ers sympathetic consideration of
their problems and reiterated, i
elected, 'he would sees, the best possi
ble counsel in- framing a telief pro
gram. He assailed the Republican
administration cm various scores,
among them the Nicaraguan and
Mexican policy, and pledged himself
to wo- K to end wars.
He favored public ownership and
control of water power and declared
neither party intended to upset busi
ness by radically changing tariff
schedules. He announced he is for
restricted immigration but does not
favor requirements causing families
undue hardships.
Instead of a tremendous throng
hearing a carefully prepared speech.
1 ad the ceremony been carried out
from the foot of the East steps or
the State Capitol, the Governor’s im
mediate audience numbered less than
2,000 but a prearranged radio hookup
carried his message throughout Lie
land a -a across international boun
daries.
MEAT PRICES GO
VP REINDEER TO
FILL THE GAP
SEATTLE, Aug. 27. (JP)—With
meat prices high here wider use of
’•eiLdscr meat is suggested by reia
deer interests. The situation has
>'eej. caused by the heavy demand of
beef on the hoof, and other meats
generally, on th'3 Chicago marke*
with local packers and producers
shipring- there.
Geoige G. Jordan, in charge of the
meat distribution for the Lomen
Keindte’- Corporation said wholesale
quo* (‘ions havs been made to dis
tributors here of 12 1-2 cents per
pjund. The “price to distributors
over the country will be on the same
m»ts. a'oto !• Jnde.cr moat will or
costumed at the lower price and be
cause oi lessened transportation costs
and overhead.
'Antarctic Expedition
j Sails Polar Seas,
| NEW YORK, Aug. 27. fcpj—Th*' i
flagship of Byrd’s Antarctic expedi
tion sailed carrying 32 men and 200 i
(cns ol supplies and equipment to !
! Dunedin New Zealand, the point cf \
departure for the South Polar con
tinent. The ship will meet other
members of the expedition. Next
month two additional vessels will
sail.
FUR FARMING IN
ALASKA OKEHED
BY COMMISSION
ANCHORAGE CHAMBER AGAINST
ALLEGED ACTION OF THE
GAME COMMISSION
CORDOVA, Aug. 27. (#*)—Pin- farm-j
ing in Alaska will received the
heartv support of the Alaska Game
Commission, declared Dr. AV. K.
Chase, chairman, answering tbs pro
test from the Anchorage Chamber o.
Con.meice chargii.; the Cor. mission j
with unjust and unfair treatn.e .: of I
mali fui farmers.
The protest arose over the report
| the farmers were lemg prevented
| from obtaining breeding stock out of i
season.
.Chase after conferring by cable
with W. H. Terhune, of the U. S.
Biological Survey, announced permits
for capture of limited number of bur
jtoarers always are available to resi
dents of the Territory wishing to es
tablish fur farms.
Stowaways Die When
Ship Fumigatedf
BALTIMORE, Aug., 27, (JF)-Six
teen stowaways, Brazilians, in ’hs
hold of the American steamship otealj
Inventor were trappsd under batt-r
ed hatches as the deadly fumes of
nydrciyanic acid were used to fum
igate the ship in Quarantine. Set a
died and two more are in the a s
pital in a serious condition. The s'sv
en others are in the cutody of im
migration officials who are investi
gating the effort to smuggle men to
this country.
I
Schooner Holmes
Blasts Way Ice
POINT BARROW, Aug., 27, (#)—
With a change of wind to the North
the schooner C. S. Holmes, which
sought shelter behind ice floes for
four days, blasted its way through
the ice to open water and with the
assistance of an eastern trader
started on the homeward journey *o
Seattle after a summer of trading
in Bering Strait and tbs Arctic. The
Canadian trader Chinook is still held
fast in the ice East of Point Bar
row despite the shift in wind.
SIR WILKINS AGAIN
OMAHA, Aug., 27, (JP)— Declaring
his Antarctic epedition will not com
pete with Byrd's, Capt. George Wil
kins announced he will leave on Sep
tember 22, or the 23rd, and fos and
his Antarctic expedition will not corn
next March.
DEATH TOLL IS
MOUNTING II Y.
SUBWAY CRASH
NEW YORK, Aug. 27. ftp)—Four
teen more people died from the
subway tragedy, the second worst ••
the history of New York. Ninety-:-:\
were killed in November. ip is jn
derailment of a Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit train running thru an oner, cut.
There never had been such a disas
ter in th'e subway itself as Satu’’
day’s. Vv. E. Baldwin, subwa; main
nuance man, is held to the charge of
homicide on his alleged negligence in
permitting a train to pass over a de
fective switch and is being held re
sponsible for the accident.
Four investigations are under way
with Mayor Walker in persona1
charge of the inquiry. Before the
power could be shut off a frier the
crash short circuits set fire to wreck
age and the terror from fire was add
ed to other perils of the 1.S00 pas
sengers.
The Transit Comjtany was advertis
3d as the safest railway in the world
and equipped with all modern safety
d(’vices and trains of ail steel cars
Published Bogus Oath
Charges Placed
CLEVELAND, Aug. 27. (^—Charg
es of criminal libel will be places
against at least six persons and their
organs, alleged to have published and
circulated a bogus fourth degree oath
of the Knights of Columbus of the
Supreme Council. The order decided
millions copied the spurious oath
which have been distributed through
out the country during this last three
months.
Reward Offered For
Senders Me
s sages,
i HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 27. (fP) -
I "hu executive Committee of :>r
jAmer.' in Radio Relay League, at a
I special meeting voted to autliorize a
foOO reward for information leading
| to the apprehension of tivs' person
oi persons who broadcast the in,-. -
.'sages signed Rock lord Fliers <r d
i'vhjo , ; re believed to have been
. false
A Goat For Elk
May Be Exchanged
Stock Kodiak hie
27, (JPj—
FORT ANGELES. Aug.,
j Eight baby elk, raised on a nursing
! bottle in the wilds of the Hoh rive’'
j country in AVestern Washington, are
on- their way to Seattle where they
| will bs transferred to an Alaskan
!bound steamer for Kodiak Island..
!They will be the first elk to be intro
|dittoed there. The Alaska Game Coni
j mission is to- reciprocate by sending
uiotfnusin goat here lor every elk
J shipped. Larry Parks, of the Couniis
i sion, will be in charge c the herd
rip North.
TILDEN IS SUSPENDED
NEW YORK. An-., 27, </P)—E=. .1
linden was found euilty of violati. s
■ iC
11ne amateur player writer rule Z.\
tl’J3 Lawn Tennis Association, at 3n
executive committee meeting, and
war sdefinitely suspended from coni'
.■••I’M c as an amateur.
GO TO A DRAW
LONG BEACH, N. J„ Aug. 27. (/P)
—Leo Lomski and Max Rosebloom of
New York fought a 10-round draw
Friday.
INDIANS GET PRIVACY RELIGIOUS DANCES ;
1 i
Tourists and artists may no
longer make pictures like that
above of the Taos Indians of New
Mexico at their tribal dances
three days each August. The go
vernment has promised the Indi
ans privacy during the ceremonials.
On the other 362 days a year the
redmen welcome visitors, who pay.
them to pose. At the right i a Taos
iwfls in front of her abode home.
PROMINENT FOLK
SIGN PETITIONS
TO SAVE GAINES
ASK LIFE SENTENCE FOR MAN
SENTENCED TO DEATH IN
FAMOUS MURDER CASE
SEATTLE, Aug. 27. (JP)—Three pc
ti lions asking for clemency for Gains
was handed Governor Hartley. The
petitions were submitted by Gaines’
Attorney Pratt; Charles TennarP,
Seattle Captain of Detectives, and
Councilman Philip Tindall, who, with
two Seattle attorneys, conducted a
private investigation.
James McKnight and Jackson S.
llbaugh, in a letter accompanying
Tindall’s petition, said they had re
ceived and expected no retainer and
■‘After an -exhaustive study of the
vise we each are convinced there i
grave doubt as to Gaines’ guilt and
for that reason his sentence should
be either commuted to life imprison
ment or stayed pending further in
vestigation."
Tindall explained he is seeking te
‘ correct the gravest miscarriage of
justice which has ever occurred in
this state.”
Radio Signals Heard
In Chicago Though*
Be Froin Airmeft
CHICAGO, Aug. 27. (TP)— Faint
radio signals were received in Chica
go Wednesday night by two amateur
operators which gave renewed hope
that Hassell and Cramer were alive.
The signals were on a wave length
other than that which the fliers
plane was equipped. The broadcast
signals consisted of a series of “II”
followed by “D” and “A” (radikt) in
rapid succession.
Toe letter “R” indicated the plane
was near Cape Chidley; the others
ware meaningless.
Another English
Swims Channel
DOVER, England, Aug., 27, (£>)—
Miss Laddie Sharp, 17 year-old Lon
don girl, swam the English Channel
arriving at Dover from Caps Gris
Xez, France, after 15 hours and five
minutes in the water. She is the
75th person and the fifth woman to
swim the Channel. She failed to
break Gertrude Edisrle’s record of 14
hours and 31 minutes thus losing a
nrize of nearly $3,000 offered by a
newspaper.
far dine Pledges a
Definite Program
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 27. (TP)—Pledg
ing a definite program toward the cs
lablis.imsnt of puip and paper mills
in Alaska Secretary of Agriculture
Jaidi-e, accompanied by He.u y
f•Win’'ey, left for Seattle aboard tho
I! ■ r r. vessel Brant. The Secre'ary
ir.L iarced he saw fisheries, timber,
furs and mining as the dominent
Alaska industries of the future, also
p.aisiug scenic attractions.