MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 264. SEWARD, ALASKA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1928. PRICE TEN GENTS
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SMITH SUMS UP
CHARGES HURLED
DECLARATIONS AND POLITI
CAL FAITH ARE ALL BEING
SWEPT ASIDE
NEW YORK, Nov. 5, (JP)—Facing
tile last audience in his campaign
Gov. A1 Smith summed up all the
charges he has hurled at the Re
publicans declaring the time was
\ at hand when American people
want a change of administration.
He said he felt confident “That
a reawakened sentiment in Amer
ican people will de reflected to
morrow in a great Democratic vic
tory.”
SPEAKING AT MADISON
Square Garden where a few weeks
ago Hoover made a bid for 45 elec
toral votes, Smith fired back at
his rival and party chiefs. He ac
cused Republicans with accepting
the support of the Anti Saloon
League which organization he
charged with setting at “Naught all
the great declarations of political
faith; sweeping aside men and
measures not in sympathy with
its narrow, bigoted ideas.” He add
el. It would be difficult to speak of
the league without saying some
thing about “Its twin brother for
destruction of American ^pricei
^ pies, the Klan.”
HE REITERATED HIS
■demand for a prohibition change
again promising to take this is
sue to the American people. He ar
gued there two were duties with
■respect to this subject, as follows:
“First, is to enforce them; that
'£ promise to do to the best of my
ability. The second duty is to rec
ommend changes deemed advis
able and I will recommend to
Congress the changes I have indi
cated in my speech of acceptance.”
REAFFIRMING HIS
position on the tariff question the
Governor emphasized the opposi
tion to a general revision of tariff
taws saying above 90 percent of
the Democratic Congressional can
didates had approved of his posi
tion.
He branded as ridiculous what
tie termed as an attempt by the'
Republicans to lead American
working men to believe that a
Democratic succes meant he-the
working man-will be driven from
home, and promising, if he-Smith
were elected, “Not a five cent
piece would be taken from pay
envelopes.” *
ENROUTE TO PUEBLO, Col., j
Nov. 5, (IP)—Hoover began a day j
of campaigning in Kansas at
Council Grove in the midst of a !
snow storm.
-v He greeted a large crgjyd from
the rear platform of his train.
There were demands for a speech
and Governor Reed, who joined the
party at Ottawa, explained that
because of strenuous use Hoover
has been making of his voice that
it has gone all to peices. “However
he wants to express his apprecia
tion of this reception.”
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NORTHWESTERN SAILS
II FUR LISTING
SEATTLE, Nov. 5, (/P)—'The S.
S. Northwestern, of the Alaska
Steamship company, sailed at 10
o'clock Saturday morning for the
North with 74 passengers. The
Seward list of reservations includ
ed R. M. Courtney, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Brown, Mrs. C. W. Woodbury,
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Pimm and baby
Lois, D. A. Carstens, Mrs. J. A.
Eamon, .Alex ,Yakasoff, Stephen
Melcroir, Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Hy
att, J. D. Clark.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS
ENTIRE CONTINENT
By Byron Price
(Special staff writer of the
Associated Press >
NEW YORK, Nov., 5, (/PI— In a
quieter mood after weeks of agita
tor and uncertainty tV ugtua*- ?s
taking final counsel today over the
choice of new leadership in tomor
row’s general election.
The long parade is almost ended
and its greater and lesser figures
turned homeward leaving in the lap
of the voters the tangled threads of
an epochal campaign for more or
derly progresses of the ballot box.
THE FINAL WORDS
of the nation wide debate fall to
two men upon whom its responsibi
lities rested most heavily
From his home at Palo Alto after
a trip across the continent from
Washington Hover will speak over
the radio tonight to the nation’s
millons
TWO SUCH ADDRESSES
have been decided on by Smith.
The talk today will be to the farm
ers and the valedictory to the coun
try tonight. Both will be deliver
ed from a radio studio in New York.
Otherwise the day has been set
aside as a final breathing spell for
the candidates.
POLITICAL WORKERS
and voters will be disturbed oniy
by the repercussions which are pe
culiar to the day before election. In
a few places activity continued
among the contestants for Con
gressional, State and local office,
for besides choosing a new presi
dent and vice-president, the coun
try will elect a full membership to
House of Representatives; 37 Sena
tors, 34 Governors and Legislatures
in many States and a host of city,
county and township officials.
The weather bureau reported,
favorable conditions prevail over
the greater part of the country.
RUSSIIN RESCUE SHIP -
ON EXHIBITION TOUR
MOSCOW, November 5. (/P)—The
whole crew of the famous Russian
rescue ship, “the ice breaker Kras
sin’’ are on a tour of the republic
following decoration of the seven
leaders of the two Nobile relief ex
peditions with the order of the red
flag, the highest reward for brav
ery that the Soviet Government
bestows.
BOTH HfT Win
PARTIES BOTH CLAIM VICTORY
IN THE STATE OF WASH
INGTON
SEATTLE, Nov. 5, (A5)—In the
face of the claims of the Republi
can State committee that Hoover
will carry Washington by 115,000
George Starr, Democratic chair -
j man issued a statement that A1
! Smith will win by 10,000.
! Starr contended that his es
timate is based on a survey of the
Democratic gains during the last
few days and asserted Democratic
candidates for Governor and Sena
tor will win also, putting Scott
I Bullitt’s gubernatorial nomination
1 margin at 22,000; C. C. Dill’s sena
torial margin at 28,000.
DR. HINTON JONES
asserted that late advices from
local advisers indicated the Re
publican position was strengthen
ed declaring that Hartley and
Macintosh are assured of plural
ities between 60,000 and 70,000.
The candidates of both parties
wind up their campaign with ral
lies in Seattle today.
BOTH CHAIRMEN CLAIM
King County. The Democratic
chairman asserted Bullitt and
Hartley are about even in Spo
kane County, while Jones asserted
Hartley will carry Spokane by 10,
000; Pierce County also is devided,
Starr said.
Jones indicated he expected a
big margin in that county although
he intimated that Bullitt was
strongest in Southwest Washing
ton. Both parties issued instruc
tions to precinct workers to watch
the polls and check the returns
to prevent irregularities.
ROBINSON CALLS
ROLL OF G, 0. P.
AGAINST HOOVER
REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL DE
MAND LEADER VIEWS ARE
NOT A QUESTION
DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 5, (/P)— |
In typical A1 Smith fashion, Sen
ator Robinson "Called the roll” of j
Republican leaders in an attempt
to show Hoover was not accepta
ble to some Republicans, particu
larly, to those most closely asso- j
dated with the farm relief ques- j
tion.
Robinson said that at the Rep- j
ublican convention Curtis said
“The convention cannot afford to
nominate anyone for whom the
Party will be on the defensive.”
He also said that Senator Fish
asserted, speaking of Hoover, “The '
Republican Party will demand a e
leader whose Americanism is not (
a question of doubt and whose j
political views are not a matter ,
for speculation.” \
2,000 FACE ARREST
NEW YORK, Nov., 5, (A*)—More ■,
than 2,000 New Yorkers face arrest e
it the election polls as the result of s
evidence presented to the Grand
fury showing fully that a number r
)f persons have registered illegally, t
NEW YORK, Nov. 5, (JP)—Having
taken time in the home stretch
to plead with all his force for the
election of the Democratic State
ticket, headed by Franklin Roos
evelt, Governor A1 Smith winds
up in Madison Square Garden the
most extensive fight of his 25
years m politics. Smith is confi
dent he will be the next Presi
dent and will tell his home folks
the reason he thinks so.
SNOW, SLEET AND RAIN BLAM
ED FOR TERRIBLE ACCI
DENT IN SOUTH
PRESCOTT, Arizona, Nov. 5, (/P)
—The fragments of the airplane
and bits of bodies scattered over
one side of Cook Canyon, in the
Bradshaw mountains, have been
identified as the monoplane “Yan
kee Doodle” and the bodies as
Capt. C. B.CollyeT, pilot; and Har
ry Tucker, passenger and owner of
the plane.
It is believed the plane struck
the mountain with tremendous
force and that the load of gaso
line exploded with the impact.
OPENED PARACHUTES
indicated an effort had been made
to escape. Landing flares had also
been released.
W. B. Tomlison was the only
eye-witness and he said he heard
the plane come sputtering through
the canyon Saturday and after
scrapine tree tops crashed; then
fo’lowed the explosion. The rugged
terrain kept searchers from the
spot until today when the rem
nants were found.
THE VICTIMS, TEN DAYS
ago, set a non-stop record flight
from New York to Los Angeles and
were attempting to set a mark
Eastward.
Collyer, last June, set a round
the-world record with John Mears. j
Tucker, although not a pilot, was
well known in air circles and ac
companied Arthur Goebel on -the
first non-stop flight West from
the East coast.
Snow, sleet and rain is blamed
for the crash.
LOVE AFFI DROVE
DEATH NEW FORK
NEW YORK, Nov., 5, (/P)—The
)ody of Noel Morris, 24 yeais old,,
treat grandson of Commodore ■■
Cornelius Vanderbilt, was found in j
i locked room of his home in the ,
ashionable up-town section of New
fork. Death had been caused by a
lullet wound which, police said, was
elf inflicted.
A closing entry in the diary of ■
oung Morris indicated that a love 1
,flair had driven him to commit 1
uicide.
Members of the family could give i
io insight into the tragedy, saying i
hey knew of no reasons for his act. <
MORE THAN LOCAL ISSUES IN
VOLVED IN THE PRESENT
ELECTION
PUEBLO, Col., Nov. 5, (IP)—Her
i bert Hoover, speaking for the last
time in his Western campaign,
counselled a group of Colorado
people who met him here, that
they should not entrust Demo
crats with revision of the tariff.
Leaving the train for a brief
talk after a day’s acclaim through
Kansas, Hoover declared “In the
whole campaign we have not
heard from any member of the
Democratic Party a complete ac
ceptance of the term protective
tariff as defined by Republicans
and as a matter of fact the Dem
ocratic candidates to Congress
are pledged by their Party Plat
form to a competitive tariff.”
HE CRITICIZED THE
workings of the Underwood tariff
enacted by the last Democratic
administration as crippling Colora
do industries saying “If the peo
ple of Colorado will check up on
the prospective Democratic per
sonnel in the next House, Ways
and Means committee they will
find a membership comprising the
same leaders who wrote the Un
derwood tariff and opposed the
Republican tariff.”
HOOVER DECLARED
a decreased standard of living
would lessen the demand for Col
orado products forcing them to
compete with goods produced with
cheaper labor. He then listed Re
publican achievements enumerat
ing Peace treaties, Arms limita
tion, Kellogg’s pact, reduced em
ployment, tax cuts, the protective
tariff, Veterans aid, immigration
laws, highway and inland water
ways and aviation developments,
adding that
“THIS ELECTION IS
composed of more 'than local is
sues; it involves whether we shall
leave the road of sure and estab
lished progress or whether the
fundamental policies by which
America has become a leader, are
to be halted while we substitute
a period of confusion and hesita
tion in completion of the great
National task of human better
ment.”
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, (IP)—
President Coolidge wired Hoover
ifter hearing Hoover’s radio talk
;hat “You have shown your fit
ness to be President of the United
States and I wish to congratulate
/ou on the high quality of your
eadership.
“Your success in this campaign
;eems assured and I shall turn
)ver this great office, the presi
lency of the United States, to
?our keeping sure that it will be
n competent hands and in which
he welfare of the people will be
:ecure.”