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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
TWO STUBBORN FIRES FOUGHT TODAY
LocaI Mep }eaue
 Home in Hurry Tmo Times foddy

Burned out of iheir home twice in single aay was the experience of Ken Junge and L. Hudon. local young mea who have been residing h uneau since early this spring
 The two men were asloen in the cliff Apartmenfs Whn the fire hrok out thafe thla lnJrn- ing. Ther managed Co seee prac- tically all Of tneir belongings. When th excitement from the blaze ha ealmed down they nov ed into a vacant apartment over the Juneau Billiards. When the fire alarm for the second fire was turned in this forenoon they again found themselves in the danger zone and once more head ed for the open air with their possessions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
FORMER HIGH
 OFFICIAL NOW
 IN LAW TOLLS
Former Congressman, For. mer Asst. Dist. Atty,
 Is Indicted

CHICAGO, H., June 2.-Charles Wharton, who as former Con- gressman helped to make laws and as a former Assistant Dis trict Attorney helped enforce them, has been indicted with six others on charges of robbing the United States mails.
 The indictments, which came from the Federal Grand Jury, is the result of an investigation into the $133,000 train robbery at Evergreen Park, a suburb, on February 3.
 Government agents have been engaged in building case against the men, namely, Whar- ton, Charles Cleaver, alleged lead CT; William Donovan, Frank Mec- cia, Lawrence O'Brien, Virgil Listikger and John Flannery. The latter two are at large.
 Flannery, two years ago, was sentenced to be hanged.
 Wharton's bond has been fixed at $1O,O0O and the others at $100,OO0.
 Wharton said: "If robbing the mails was not a serious crime, this indictment would be silly. l know nothing about the case ex- cept what I read. I defended Cleaver on four different occa- sions but he is the only one l knew"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
TAMMANY NOT A POLITICAL
 ORGANIZATION
Olvany Says Tammany Non-Political Commit
 tee there by Suferance

NEW YORK, June 2. - Judge George w. Olvany, Tammany leader and Sachem of Tammany Society, who had left for fish dng trip. hurried back to appear ptfores tine Senate Presidential campaign expenditure investiga- tion committee. He testified to- day that Tammany had made no contribution to the campaign fund for Gov. Smiths Presiden- tial nomination. Judge Olvany denied that Tammany is a politi- cal organization and declared that it is a patriotic society which has its headquarters in a place called Tammany Hall. " Tammany Society, he said, does not take part in politics.
 Senator A. w. Barkley, Demo- crat of Kentucky, declared that ''in the minds of the public Tam many is regarded as political organization"
 Judge Olvany replied "that is because the Democratic County Committee of New York County has made it's headquarters in the building known as Tammany Hall, owned by the Tammany So- ciety. It is there by sufferance only"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
BULLETIN-PEKING, June 2.-Marshal Chang Tso Lin is leaving Peking tonight. It is understood that he has arranged for the Shansi lead CTS to take over the North ern capital peacefully.

PEKING, June 2-The Chinese Nationalist army and it's allies are sweeping northward toward Pc king, reaching for control of the capital city and threatening the dominion there of Chang TsoLin Manchurian war lord.
 The history of China since the overthrow of the empire and the Manchu dynasty in 1911 has been one of strife between the north and the south, divided geographi. cally by rivers and mountains.
 And Picking, because of it's To. cation, is now, as before, the cen. ter of northern activities and the goal of the invading hosts from the south.
 Of all the eastern potentates of modern times none has lived a more romantic life than Chang Tso-Lln, the bandit of the Man. churian hills, who almost became emperor of China.
 This time the forces which hope to drive him from Picking include the Nationalists, commanded by Chiang Kai-shek, and the armies of Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen Hsi- shan, which have approached Pc. king from the south and west.
 Knows Ups and Downs
 Chang Tso-Lin has become thoroughly accustomed to the sue. cesses and reverses of Chinese civil war. Early in the spring a year ago the Nationalists were driving toward Picking, and for days Chang had train steamed up and headed toward Mukden, his Manchurian stronghold, ready for retreat at a moments notice.
 But his peril did not keep him from holding a huge birthday par ty, which lasted almost two days. Around his home in east Picking was strewn the yellow earth which was the classic symbol of  old imperial China. His son Chang Hsuen-liang, came home from the battle front to felicitate his father on his fifty-second birthday anniversary. The rice wine flowed through two dawns, and the sisg-song girls fed birds nest soup to the guests while the nah jong worries clicked the clock around.
 Barbaric Pomp Party
 It was party of barbaric pomp, an oriental version of the dance on the eve of Waterloo.
 But the expected Waterloo did not come.
 The Nationalists fell into war among themselves. So Chang promoted himself from marshal to generalissimo and moved into the long-deserted palace of the yellow. roofed Forbidden City and sur
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
ARE TO SEARCH
 ON SKIS FOR
 MISSING ITALIA

KINGS BAY, June 2.-In firm belief that the Italia crashed among the mountains and glac- iers of Northern Spitzbergen, Italian Alpinists are eager to start for the north on skis in hope of finding the crew of the airship, dead or alive.
 Members of the base crew bas- ed their belief on the known wind direction on the morning of May 25 when the last radio message was received from the Italia.
 The base crew estimates that the airship crashed between Wood Bay and Wilde Fjord. They believe there is scant possibility that any of the crew are alive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
SMITH AND COFF MAY NOT GET ALL VIVA. DELEGATES
Delegates Elected Mostly Opposite to Presi-
 dential Choice

CHARLESTON, w. Va, June 2.-With the vote tally practi- cally completed it is found that most of the West Virginia dele gates to the National Conven- tions on pre-primary pledges are in direct opposition to the peo- ple's prefernce for the Presiden- tial nomination. While Gov. All fred E. Smith and Senator Guy D. Golf decivisely won the Demo- cratic and Republican votes re- spectively as the States choices, of the 19 Republican delegates to the Kansas City convention not one is pledged directly to Senator Golf and only five of the West Virginia National delegates are pledged to Gov. Smith.
 Two Republican delegates are regarded as pledged to Hoover and the remaining IT are un- pledged.
 In the Democratic Party 20 delegates having 16 votes were elected. Fourteen of the dele gats elected are anti-Smith and five are pledged to him. One is undesignated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
DOWNTOWN F|RE STUBB0RN; LOSS
 NOT YET KNOWN
Fire in Front Street Store Building Battles Fire
 men Over 2 Hours

A stubborn fire raging in the upper story and beneath the roof of the Juneau Billiard Parlors building. between Seward and Franklin Streets on Front, kept the local Fire Department busy for more than. two and one-hali hours today and was finally ex- tinguished without heavy damage from the flames although it was not possible to obtain any esti- mates on the loss this afternoon. Some damage to the rooms was done by the water.
 Six lines of hose were laid and the firemen chopped their way through walls, roof and ceiling before they could reach the seat of the fire. The cause of the blaze was not definitely ascer- tained.
 The flames were first discover ed shortly before 11:30 a. m. by a small boy playing in the street, who turned in the alarm. The last line of hose was shut off at '2:10 D. m.
 The building is owned by the McGrath Estate. The upper floor was divided into apartments and living rooms, all of which were said to have been occupied. On the street floor was located the Juneau Billiard Parlors. All of it's stock and most of it's store furnishings, pool and billiard tables, etc., were removed, suf- fering some damage in the nov ing process. Water flooded both floors and filled the basement so rapidly it was necessary to pump it out almost continuously. Workmen were busy, as soon as the water was shut off, clean ing out the debris and getting the building in readiness for im- mediate repairs.
 The Salvation Army staff here served coffee and sandwiches, furnished by Rhodes Cafe, to the fire fighters.
 No insurance was carried on the building but the loss suffered by the Juneau Billiards is par tially covered, according to Fred Cameron, part owner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
IMPEACHMENT OF ATTY. GEN.
 RECOMMENDED
$ D e C ial Legislative Com mittee of Massachu-
 setts Reports

BOSTON, Mass, June 2.-The special legislative committee has unanimously recommended i'm peac,4ment for Attorney General Arthur K. Reading flor miscon- duet and maladministration."
 The committee found Reading has "wilfully, wrongly and cor ruptly prostituted his official power and influence for the pur- pose of securing benefits for him self"
 Most of the report dealt with the Attorney Generals relation with the Decimo Club, Incorpor- ated, whose payment of $25, 900 started the investigation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
British Cruiser Is muited to Spend Fourth of July Here

The British cruiser Dur ban will arrive in Alaskan waters on June 16 and re- main until July 10, visiting Western Central, and South eastern Alaskan ports, and may spend July 4, here, ac- cording to a tentative sched- ule of it's voyage just re- ceived at the office of Gov. George A. Parks. The Gov ernor was advised so that the usual courtesies and fa- cilities could be extended to the visiting warship and it's personnel.
 The vessel will visit Ko- diak, arriving there June 16, and Valdez, and then come to Southeastern Alas ka, touching at various ports between June 26 and 29. An invitation has been tele- graphed by the Chamber of Commerce to the British Ad- miralty for the vessel to spend July 4th here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02

rounded himself with a bodyguard of Manchus, who before China be- came a republic had comprised the royal family. He consulted with his wise men upon an auspi. cious time to ascend the dusty Dragon Throne and even employ ed silk weavers in Socchow to design coronation robes.
 Now he looks again toward his Mukden refuge in Caine i war lord, though often down, is not out until he is beheaded.
 All Stories Not True
 Most of the stories of Chang Tso-Lin's life are probably more romantic than true. But he came from Shantung, and as a boy he became a bandit. By 1905 he was leader of one of the biggest bands in Manchuria and when the Russo-Japanese war broke out he helped the Japanese by narrowing the Russians.
 Then he came to Picking and won the favor of the old empress dowager. She took him and his bandit band into government service, and in 1911, last year of the empire, he was made military governor of Fengtien, Manchui+ia' s chief province.
 Since then Chang has had many ups and downs. Twice he has been war lord of Peking. coming there last two years ago by de- feating the Christian general" |" Feng, who now is at his throat again. Illiterate, but cunning, he scorns diplomacy and rules by the law of club and fang.
 Chang's chief vice, it is said, is gambling. He is reported to play nah jong for AS hours at a stretch and to pay off his under lings when he loses with I. o. us. In his harem are generally but four or five girls. Once when he brought a favorite concubine from Mukden he had an arch erected in Tiensin in her honor.
 Picking itself is city within a city. The Chinese portion is a mere 400 years old, while the Tartar settlement dates from 1267 and includes the Forbidden City" The whole of Picking is surround ed by a wall 30 feet high and 25 feet thick at the base.
 Since the republic was estab- lished Picking has lost much of it's imperial mystery, and today the main streets of the city are broad avenues flanked with low houses and buildings and newly planted trees-the one spacious city in all China.
 PEKIN0, June 2.-Reports are current that the Mukden troops. of the Northern Alliance, have been defeated at Liuliho, 30 miles south of Pekin with 4,000 casualties. The defeat was the result of severe fighting between the Northern troops and the Shansi Province troops which are allied with the Nationalists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
ExCURSIONIS1S FROM SEATTLE
 ABOARD ALASKA
Good Will and Trade Par ty Leave for North
 In Juneau Tuesday

SEATTLE. June 2.-With 100 members, the Good Will and Trade Party of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce and Young Mems Business Club sailed for Alaska this morning at 9 o'clock aboard the steamer Alaska. The party will renew business con tacts with Alaskans.
 According to the schedule the Alaska should reach Juneau next Tuesday noon and remain until midnight. Bound for the west ward, the Alaska will take the excursionists to Skagway reach ing there at o'clock in the morning of June and remain ing until 6 o'clock at night. Cor dova is the next stop, June s at 10 a. m Returning from Seward the Alaska is scheduled to call at Sitka at 8 a. m. on June IA, leave there at p. m. and arrive at Juneau southbound to Seattle at o'clock on the morning of June 15, leaving there at 9:30 o'clock.
 The Alaska has 303 passen- gers aboard, including the fol- lowing for Juneau: J. G. Zabdra and wife, c. L. Hillyard, H. Thomas, J. s. Lain, R. R. Moore, D. Dishaw, Miss Torkeson, Miss Harrison, Miss Reidi, c. Brick son, J. Rasmussen, Mrs. Skinner and two daughters and four steerage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
"BOB" GAINES
 LOSES APPEAL
Petition Denied for New Trial - Only One
 Hope Remains

OLYMPIA, Wash, June 2-The petition of William c. Bob Gaines for permission to file for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence failed before the State supreme court A remitter has been mailed tc King county and when it arrives a new date wim be fixed fo Gaines hanging, he having been convicted of the murder of his daughter Sylvia.
 An appeal to the Governor for clemency is Gaines last hope.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
BUNNELL LEAVES

Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, Presi- dent of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, and his daughter Jean, will leave to- morrow morning on the Princess Alice for Prince Rupert. He de- livered the commencement ad- dress at the high school last ev- ening. From Prince Rupert he and Miss Bunnell will take a steamer for Ketchikan, where he will address the graduating class.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
FOUR PLIERS TO CONTINUE
 THEIR TRIP
Southern Cross to Take Air Monday for Next
 Leg of Flight

HONOLULU, H. L.. June D. Determination to continue the flight to Australia was reiterated today by Capt. Kingsford Smith and his three companions, after the successful flight from Oak land.
 The aviators are not decided whether the next landing place will be Suya. 3144 miles distant or the Isle of Opolu, in British Samona, 2500 miles distance.
 The next hop is the most per ilous. Facilities for landing at Opolu are reported by the Brit ish Consul as better .- than al Suva.
 The third hop will be to Bris- bane, Australia, a distance from the Fiji Islands of 1,795 miles
 The Southern Cross will hop off not later than Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
TO SPEND SUMMER, SOUTH

Mrs. H. J. Turner, Mrs. Hec- tor Mclean and Mrs. George Simpkins and their children are leaving on the Princess Alice to- morrow morning for the south to spend the summer. They ex- pect to take a house on Bain- bridge Island, near Seattle, to- gether for the three months they will be away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
SIMON HELLENTHAL
 OFF TO CONVENTION

Simon Hellenthal, who sails on the Princess Alice tomorrow for the South, will be the first of the delegates to the Democratic Ma tional convention to leave Alas ka. He will visit in Seattle Portland and San Francisco be fore leaving for Houston. After the national convention he will visit Chicago and with relatives in Michigan before returning to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
K. c. ATTORNEY
 TO NOMINATE SENATOR REED

WASHINGTON, June 2.--Unit- ed States Senator James A. Reed has named Charles M. Howell, Kansas City lawyer, to make his nomination speech at the Demo- cratic Convention in Houston, Texas. They have been close per sonal friends for 30 years.
 Howell served under Senator Reed and was law partner until Reed became Senator.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
KENO HILL MINER DIES

Henry Dubois, formerly a resi- dent of Dawson but for the last several years engaged in mining at Keno Hill, Mayo district, died at Mayo recently of heart failure following an operation. He is survived by two brothers, A. Du bois of Dawson and Joseph Du bois of Ketchikan. He was a member of the Dawson Aerie oi Eagles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
REBUILT PLANE

NEW YORK, June 2. = The Fokker Aircraft Corporation re- ports that the Southern Cross, which arrived yesterday in Hon clulu on a nonstop flight from Oakland, Cal. was built of the remnants of two wrecked planes of the Wilkins Expedition to AL aska in 1926.
 The fuselage of Wilkins single engined transport, wings and landing gear of the tri-motored monoplane and new motors form ed the Southern Cross.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
MUD MONEY

ROCHESTER, N. Hts mud hole season. One farmer is re- ported to have made $200 in a week retrieving autos from sog- gy places. Others sold hay to motorists to improve traction wien horses were not available
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
A MATTER OF TASTE

PARIS-American meat has a flavor unlike that of France, Maurice Ravel, French composer, found. He doesn't like it, and thinks 1t ridiculous to eat can. died sweet potatoes with steak.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
Postum Cereal Company
 Sold for $45,000,0O

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June D. Announcement was made here to- day that the Creek Neal Coffee Company has sold the Postnm Cereal Company for $45.00O,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
Filing of Divorce
 Suit Causes Tragedy

MARKHAM, Tex, June 2-R. M. Landrum, 35, was shot and killed by w. B. Frazier, 23. his brother in-law. Mrs. Landrum filed a suit for divorce two days ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-02
BLIND WIN H0N0RS

Fourteen blind stu dents have been graduated from the University of Chicago, eight of them with honors.
Evening star., 1928-12-23

peace treaties. On the other hand, the
League of Nations, which guarantees
their political integrity, is admittedly
worth more than any military estab-
lishment they might support, so long as
it continues to have the support of the
larger powers.
There are, at the moment practically
no war clouds in Europe. In fact, the
whole world is more peaceful than it
has been for decades. Neither the Po-
lish-Lithuanian or Hungarian -Ruman-
ian controversies can precipitate gen.
eral European war, and should hoStili-
ties start in either locality the League,
acting as it did in the Graeco-B -Bulgar-
ian crisis through the League Council
could quickly and effectually stamp
them out.
Russia Used as Alibi.
Russia has been used as an alibi by
border states-and even by England
as justifying additional armaments.
Yet, despite the fact that the Bolshevists
are spending 900.000,0 900 gold rubles the
next year for military purposes, they are
concerned mainly with defensive works,
The Russians have no intention what
soever of waging aggressive warfare
with weapons other than propaganda
Statistics on Russian activities are per-
haps more misleading than those of any
other country, largely because the Boil
Evening star., 1928-12-23
Slav History Canvases
Completed by Mucha

Prof Alfons Mucha. Czech painter
and protege of Charles r. Crane,
American millionaire, diplomatist and
internationalist, might not be the great
est painter in the world, but he has
perhaps the distinction of having paint
ed the worlds largest pictures. Prof.
Mucha has completed 20 huge can
vases depicting great moments in Slav
history. His works, so large that at
first a suitable building for them could
not be found. are being exhibited in
the Prague fair building. 1t Is thought
that special building will be neceS-
sary. Each picture was prepared after
careful study to insure accuracy in dress
'and detail of history. One, Abolition
of Serfdom in Russia" shows Red
Square in Moscow filled with peasants
in a driving snowstorm. In another.
John Huss, famous Czech reformer. is
seen preaching in the Prague Bethlehem
Chapel
Evening star., 1928-12-23

from strategic territory. Her arma-
ment budget estimate for 1929 has been
placed at the stupendous sum of o.
200, 100000 gold francs by the Poincare
cabinet.
The one ray of hope in an otherwise
overcast political horizon is the agita-
ton being carried, on in many countries
against excessive armaments The Rad
ical Socialists have joined the Boncour-
Jouhaux Socialists in France in opposi-
ton to the militarist program; in Eng
land the Conservative Baldwin regime
is under heavy fire from both Laborite
and Liberal benches; in Germany a
near-crisis was precipitated over the
construction of single cruiser, while
in the United States opposition to the
naval program appears possible, despite
the administration majority in both
houses of Congress.
Logical Explanation Difficult.
Logical explanations for the paradox
cal conditions that exist in various
countries in regard to armaments are
hard to find. In some European states
such as Poland, Rumania, Czecho-
slovakia and Jugoslavia-there Is psy-
chology of fear-fear based upon the
knowledge that their ex-enemies will
sooner or later demand an accounting
for injustices inflicted through the
Evening star., 1928-12-23
'"NO Room in the Inn'
BY BRUCE BARTON.

~ I'D you ever stop to think
Of the tragedy of the
little hotel at Bethlehem
49, in Palestine--the "inn"?
The parents of Jesus Of Naza-
reth knocked at it's doors, and
could not come in. 1t might have
sheltered the greatest event in
the history of the world-and it
lost the chance.
Why? Why was Jesus of
Nazareth born in a stable? Be-
cause the people at the inn were
vicious or hostile? Not at all.
But the inn was full-every room
was occupied by people who had
money to pay and so must be
served--it was full of business.
There was mo room in the
inn"
know men whose lives are
like that inn.
X X X X
"Arnold's heart is broken"
said one man to another re-
Gently; "his SON is a failure and
fool"
"What can you expect?" the
other answered. "Arnold has
not given his boy a minutes
time for 10 years"
Arnold thinks he is good
father: he has often told his.
friends that he is working night
and day in business for his wife
and boy.
X X X X
As a matter Of fact, his busi-
ness is working him. There is
no room in his life for anything
else. And his son 10 a fool.
Evening star., 1928-12-23
COmmunistic Son
Asks Bishops Aid

Latvia's new parliament has among
its 100 members a young Russian In
dependent Socialist, /. Yershov, whose
party has a very radical program, al
most of Communist tendencies. But
Yershov'S father, an aged Russian
craftsman. is an orthodox believer In
the Greek Russian faith and is en-
barrassed by his sons political con-
viction. So the elder Yershov ad-
dressed letter to the Russian arch
bishop Of Riga, Joan Pommer, leader
of the united Russian group in par
lament.
In this he implores the dignitary to
help his son with good counsel and
advice" in the performance of his du-
ties as member of Parliament. Several
newspaper reporters have tried To in
terview the young Socialist but he de-
MED any knowledge Of the letter and
declared that in general he would dis.
cuss matters with representatives Of
Socialist papers only.