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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

MEXICO CITY, May 16-Prob- ably the worlds largest library dealing with Mexican oil and Mnd laws in their every respect has been assembled in the United States embassy here by Ambassa- dor Morrow. It is said that not even any department of the Mex ican government, no Washington department, no oil or land com pany has so comprehensive li- brary upon these subjects.
 The embassy possesses every important publication upon oil and land laws of Mexico that gov ernment offices have and in addi- tion has dug up many obscure works, many rare old tones of Spanish colonial times and an cient decrees of the Kings of Spain promulgating land and min ing codes for Mexico. The sec ond-hand bookstores of Mexico City have been searched by repre- sentatives of the embassy and many volumes of value retrieved. Under the direction of Reuben Clark, Jr., former solicitor of the United States state department, here without official status at MT. Morrow's request to assist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Nancy Ann and Mate May Come to America;
 Both Glue InterUietUs

LONDON, May 16.-The Paris correspondent of the Daily Ex- press quotes former Maharajah of Indore as saying he and his wife, the former Nancy Ann Mil Ter, of Seattle, might visit the United States.
 q The Maharajah said: I would not like you western people to look lightly upon our marriage, as marriage in India is some thing very sacred and can never be discussed in public. Our mar riage ought to be regarded as a symbol of a union between the West and East"
 Nancy Ann said: "I do not think that by adopting Hinduism I have given up Christianity. l have never given it dp. Hinduism is one of the oldest and greatest religions in the world and con- tains all essentials of other re- ligions."
 Nancy Ann might be operated upon for appendicitis while here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
BANDIT SPARES TOWN BUT SETTLES GRUDCE

sidered it not very nice of Candi do to treat his town that way. Candido didn't. He told his for. mer neighbors to have no fear He said he had only returned to adjust a minor personal matter with a man named Martinez.
 Candido found the man named Martinez, shot him three times and rode away with his follow CTS without damaging the town at all. The people were quite pleas ed and grateful.
 Martinez was embalmed and buried. It seems he and Candido had a little difference of opinion long time ago before Candido went away and became a big man. Nobody could remember what the argument had been about
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
KHAN LEADS IN
 SENATEBATTLE
 IN NEW JERSEY
Race Close with Edward C. Stokes Senator Ed
 wards Is Renomin lsed

NEWARK, N. J., May 16.- Hamilton F. Kean, who is lead ing in the battle for the Re- publican nomination for United States Senator, for brief mo- ment today lost his lead over Edward c. Stokes, his nearest competitor in the race, only to forge ahead again on additional returns from Atlantic County. The vote in 2.201 of the 2,917 election precincts gave Kean 1O4,S28 and Stokes 203,0S7 The lead of 10000, which Kean held on the early returns, was wiped out by the Jersey City returns. At one time he was 440 votes behind Stokes.
 For the Republican Guberna- torial nomination State Senator Larson was far ahead of the field of three.
 At noon today Kean was fay- ored to hold his lead in the Sena- torial race.
 Senator Edward I. Edwards, Democratic candidate for re-nom- ination for a third term, was chosen as it's standard bearer without opposition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Pittsburgh Man Earns
 Living Tying Knots

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 16- # .is lst qaestions of knots. there's no problem too knotty for Hugh Leven, specialist in knots and spices. He earns a living tying knots.
 The naval stopper" the "man rope" the rose" and the "cynet," intricate manipulations of hemp and cable, are all in the days work for Leven, who took to rig ging ships at the age of 12 in the shipyards along the river Clyde in his native Scotland.
 After years of work on the decks and upperstructure of sea- going craft. Leven rigged dir'gi- bles during the World war as his contribution to Britain's cause. Later he came 10 America.
 Now, with 40 years of knot ty- ing experience to draw upon, he holds a responsible position with Westinghouse here in the hoisting gear repair department, where he Is called upon to make knots and spices as complicated as those on ship and dirigible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
DOUGLAS CASE GOES TO JURY

The William Douglas case, which has been on trial in the U. s. District Court since last Wednesday morning, went to the jury just before noon today. Henry Roden summed up the case for the defense in an argument talk ing one hour and District Attor. ney J. w. Harding gave the final argument for the prosecution in which he asked for conviction. Judge G. J. Lomen read the in structions to the jury, explaining what the crime of conspiracy, of which William Douglas is ac- cused, consists of and what evi- dence is necessary to prove a man guilty of such crime and other technicalities to be consid- cred, finishing at 12:15 o'clock today, when the bailiffs were sworn and the jury retired.
 Assistant District Attorney H. D. Stabler opened the argument for the government yesterday af- ternoon after the testimony of s Halvorsen of the U. s. Coast Guard was concluded. The argu- ment took an hour and quarter and court was adjourned at 3:15 D. m.
 The regular panel of the petit jury reported this morning and was excused until tomorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock.
 The admiralty case, Dahl vs. Gladstone, arising from the wreck of the boat Monroe near Sitka in which the owners of the boat Monroe libeled the motorboat Gladstone, which was, they claim ed, responsible for the wreck, comes up in the U. s. District Court at two o'clock today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Hull Arraigns
 G. o. P. Corruption

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Dis- cussing the political issues of 1928 in a radio address last night, Representative Cordell Hull, Tennessee candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomina- tion, declared that "the end of eight years of Republican leader ship rule finds the American people less attentive to govern mental duties and tasks than at any time in the Nations history. The extreme political and moral debasement and hopeless decline of official standards are distin- guishable characteristics of the Republican administrations since 1920. The Republican leaders are attempting to divert atten- tion from their unspeakable party record by shouting such myths as Coolidge economy "debt re- duction,' protection to American labor and prosperity
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
NEW RAILROAD
 AND AIR ROUTE
 bEINCPLANNED
Running Time Betwe e n New York and Los An-
 geles to Be Cut

NEW YORK, May 16.-Inaug- uration within the next few months of passenger transpor- tation service from New York to Los Angeles by airplane and railroad which will cut the run ming time from four to two days, is announced by c. M. Keys, President of the Curtis Aeroplane and Motor Company.
 Keys will be President of the new service known as the Trans continental Air Transport which will establish a network of com- bination rail and airplane routes.
 The service will permit passen- gers to leave here on the Penn sylvania Railroad at 6:05 at night, take an airplane after breakfast near Columbus, Ohio, stop for luncheon at St. Louis. continue the flight to Wichita, Kansas, in the afternoon, trans fer to a railroad for a convenient point in New Mexico and fly the next day to Los Angeles, arriving late in the afternoon.
 l. Rates for the air trip are not definitely determined but will be approximately two and one half times the present rail fare. The route eliminates night flying and permits use of rail through dan gerous country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
CHINA FORCES ] PLAN A BATTLE l!
Clash I'm minent Says Tokyo Reports-Women
 and Children Moved

TOKYO, May 16.--A clash be- tween Northern and Southern forces who are threatening Tientsin and Picking is believed imminent. A dispatch from Pe- king said 2,700 members of fam flies of Northern Army officers have been sent to Mukden, Man ehuria. Most of them are women and childen. This is taken to indicate the Northern Army be- lieves battle might decide the fate of Picking.
 The Japanese Cabinet has de- cfded to send more troops to China.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
GOV. SMITH AND
 SEC. HOOVER GET DELEGATE GAINS
Primaries and State Con- ventions Boost Standing
 of Leading Candidates

WASHINGTON, May 15-Gov. Alfred E. Smiths total of in structed. pledged and claimed delegates stood at 60S1a this morning as a result of primaries and conventions in three States yesterday. This is just 130 short of the two-thirds of the Democra- tic National Convention that will be necessary to nominate. The convention will have exactly LIDO delegates. At least 79h of Gov. Smiths delegates are disputed by his opponents.
 The total of instructed, pledged and claimed delegates for Secre- tary of Commerce Herbert Hoov- CT has grown to 467 of which the claim to 1S4 is contested. It will require 545 votes to nominate a Republican presidential candidate at Kansas City, a majority of l. 0S9 delegates which will constl- ute the convention.
 New Jersey Boosted Both
 The two leading candidates for presidential nominations, Gov. Smith and Secretary Hoover. picked up their largest gains in New Jersey, Gov. Smith bagging the entire Democratic slate of 2S delegates while Secretary Hoover won 25 of the States 31 Republi- can delegates. The remaining six Republican delegates are pledged to President Coolidge with Secre- tary Hoover as second choice.
 Secretary Hoover won six more delegates in Alabama conventions which were held yesterday. One more district is holding conven- tion today and the four delegates at-large will also be selected. Oliver D. Street, Republican Ma tional Committeeman, claims that |11 of the IS Republican delegates from Alabama will be for Secre- tary Hoover.
 Hoover's total of 467 does not include Maryland's 19 delegates which have not yet been selected but which will be in the Hoover column by virtue of the recent preference vote there.
 Two States UnpIedged
 Two Republican conventions, Wyoming and Montana, selected uninstructed delegates to the Kansas City convention. Wyom- ing chose nine and Montana elev- en delegates. It appeared to ob- servers that the Montana delega- ton will be split between Secre- tary Hoover and former Gov Lowden at the National conven- tion.
 Smith Ropes 16 More
 Besides the 2S delegates from New Jersey, Gov. Smith roped in sixteen more delegates yester- day with the holding of conyen- tions in Vermont and Montana each of which States gave him eight votes. Wyoming came through with six votes for him Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

SAN MIGUEL ALLENDE, State of Guanajuato, Mexico, May 16- Candido Sanchez is considerate of his home town. Candido grew up here. He was bright, ann bilious boy. He went out into the big world and made his mark as a successful bandit. He be- came the leader of small but efficient gang. Sometimes he sent money home to his poor old par ents.
 Recently, at the head of his armed men, Candido galloped down the familiar streets of his old home. Doors were hurriedly closed and barred and shutters lowered. People covered within their houses and stores, thinking the footing, usual upon such oc- casions, was to occur. They con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
CASE AGAINST ROY THORNTON
 IS DISMISSED
Four Others Will Not Be Required to Answer
 to Liquor Charges

SEA l. E, May 16. Roy Thornton, former dance hall pro- prietor, and interested in Ket- chikan business; Robert Kernana, former Police Investigator; Pa trolmen c. w. Baack and A. G. Anderson, and IT. B. Newell, former policemen, were dismissed when the liquor conspiracy trial of Police Lieutenant Comstock and 27 others opened in the Fed eral Court today. No reason was given for the dismissal of the cases against the five men.
 Leo Sewers, former State Highway Patrolman, was pro- claimed a fugitive from justice when he failed to appear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
ITALIA DROPS
 FLAG IN HONOR
 DEAD EXPLORER
Dirigible Is Having Suc- cessful Flight = May
 Drop Ice Anchor

KINGS BAY. May 16. A steady stream of radio signals has linked Kings Bay with the dirigible Italia which took off on a Polar flight yesterday after noon.
 Commander Umberto Mobile said the Italia experienced an hour and half in fog and had to fly to a height of 150 meters in 50 kilometers.
 At ' o'clock this morning the Venezia flag was dropped over Tipliz in honor of Franho Quer- ieni who followed the Cagni Pol ar Expedition in 1909 and per ished there
 At s o'clock this morning the Italia was northeast of Franz Josef Land Sea and all aboard the dirigible were we'll. The airship was then proceeding to the east coast of Lenin and where the ice anchor may be dropped and Meteorological Malmgren, Prof. Petromoli and two Naval officers will go ashore and make photographic and topographic ex- animation.
 The Italia Is expected to re- turn here before Friday.
 The third trip will probably be to the so-called Crockerland, northwest of Greenland, the same land which Peary and other ex- plorers had expected to see.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
So. Baptist Union to
 Enter Politics Now

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 16-The Southern Baptist Mission. ary Union Convention, represent ing a membership of 100000, has unanimously passed resolutions endorsing only those for Presiden. tial and Vice-Presidential candi- dates who are strictly committed to observance and vigorous en. forcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and the National Pro- hibition Act"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
MONTANA INSTRUCTS
 DELEGATES FOR SMITH

BUTTE, Mont. May 16.-Mon- tana's eight votes in the Demo- cratic National Convention at Houston will be cast for Gov. Alfred E. Smith as long as he may have chance of gaining the nomination for President.
 The State convention decided that if Gov. Smith is unable to get the nomination the delega- tion is instructed to attempt to induce Senator Thomas J. Walsh to reconsider his withdrawal and to re-enter the race for the Presi- dency.
 The Republican State Conven- tion did not instruct it's eleven delegates to the Kansas City con- vention.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

LOS ANGELES, May 1.-Two thousand two hundred and eleven
 miles of deep sea and the Sir
 Thomas Lipton cup lie ahead Of
 the dozen yachts which will nose
 out of New Port harbcr here May
 30 and tack soF ,sAsnond Head
 Honolulu.
 It will be the seventh of the biennial sea-going yacht classics of the Pacific, in which boats
 with motors sealed have braved the gales, calms and distances
 between the mainland and the | mid-ocean territory. It is a contest of millionaire navigators, who work like galley
 slaves for 12 to 15 days, out of
 sight of competing boats most of
 the way and out of touch with the world, for the sheer sailing
 masters joy of being the first to reach the goal.
 Not an ounce of extra weight is carried, hence few of the contest ing craft take along broadcasting equipment. All the cargo space is utilized for more essential freight-such as food, which in the case of a calm, as one boar in the 1926 race learned, will de- termine whether there will be eating aboard during the final days of the race.
 The Invader, 136-foot schooner
 of Don Lee of the San Francisco
 Yacht club, has entered to defend
 the cup it won two years ago. The
 Navigator, a ship built on the Atlantic Coast, of the same type
 as John Barrymore's Mariner" that won the 1925 ocean marathon
 to Tahiti, will sail this year Capt. l.. A. Norris will skipper the Navi- gator and Ted Geary, the Invad- CT. The sailing prowess of both
 is known in all the ports of the
 west.
 Close competition also is ex- pected from the Tamalmar of
 Capt. c. H. Goodale, flying the cOlors of the San Francisco club.
 It will be the Tamalmar's first try. The "Teva," carrying the
 colors of the Southern California
 Yacht club, also is rated as a contender.
 It is a handicap event with a time allowance for the smaller craft, ranging to as low as 50 to 55 footers, figured on the Hono-
 lulu end. All start together at this end. Most of the crews are
 "corinthian" that is amateur yachtsmen and yachtswomen. Kalakaua, last king of Hawaii,
 introduced yachting to the islands
 with his 30-foot sloop Healani. The schooner-rig yacht La Paloma
 definitely established the sport,
 however, in 1893 and proved the
 feasibility of the California-Ha. wall contest by sailing the course in 1906, arriving in San Francisco after a 28-day trip only to find the Golden Gate City in ruins. The Lurline, which defeated La
 Paloma in the first race in June, 1926. with time of 12 days, seven hours and 39 minutes, won again in 1912. but the best time is held by the Inyader-12 days, two hours and AS minutes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Army Planes Continue
 Flight Toward Bremen

PICTOU, Nova Scotia, May 16. Two United States Army ann phibian planes hoped off today for St. George, Newfoundland. on the way to aid the German plane Bremen to continue the flight to New York. The planes plan to continue to Labrador to- morrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Tornado Kills One
 In Missouri Town

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, May 16-- Mrs. Ed Cox was killed, her sis ter, Mrs. Charles Ash, was prob ably fatally injured and four young children injured when a tornado struck White Cloud early last evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
SHISHALD|N IN
 ACTIVE STATE

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, May 16. = The Coast Guard cutter Unalga passed Shishaldin volcano yesterday morning and reports the volcano showed unusual ac- tivity, emitting heavy smoke and there were frequent bursts of flames.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
SUTHERLAND PROTESTING NOMINATION
D Delegate Says President Should Appoint Judge
 from Alaska

PORTLAND, May 16.-A dis patch to the Portland Morning Oregonian from Washington says Delegate Sutherland has protest ed to the nomination of Edgar J. Adams as First Judicial Divi- sion District Judge of Alaska on the grounds that the President should have appointed resident of Alaska.
 The dispatch says Sutherland will appear tomorrow (today) before the subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee to make an argument against con firmation Of Adams.
 The dispatch says Sutherland indicated he has no objection to Adams on personal grounds but opposes the selection of Federal officials for Alaska from the United States"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Coming North to Join
 La Conner Contingent

LA CONNER, Wash, May 16. MT. and Mrs. A. Blomnas left yesterday in the new fishing boat M-342 for Ketchikan where they will join others of the La Conner contingent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
AGAINST CARPET BAGGER'

WASHlNGTON, May 16.-Fol- lowing Delegate Sutherland's pro test against the appointment of "carpet bagger" or outsider '' the Senate Judiciary Committee named a subcommittee to give Sutherland a hearing This com mittee is composed of Senators Steiwar of Oregon, Robinson of Indiana, both Republicans, and Senator Nicely, Democrat of West Virginia.
 Sometime ago when attacks were launched against the Alas kan Judiciary, President Cool idge threatened to select men outside of Alaska for the posts and this is his first move in that direction.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Mush Ice Running
 Down Yukon River

PANAMA, Alaska, May 16- Shattered mush ice from the up- per Yukon River has been running past Panama steadily for the past 30 hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Sinclair Is Reelected
 Director Con. Oil Co,

NEW YORK, May 16.-Harry F. Sinclair, Chairman of the Board of the Sinclair Consoli- dated Oil Company, has been re- elected director at the annual meeting of the stockholders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Two American Screen
 Stars Welded in Paris

PARIS, May 16.-Adolph Men jou and Kathryn Carver, Ameri- can screen stars, were married today and then left for London.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Barney Swanson Dies in
 Seattle from Paralysis

SEATTLE. May 16 Barney Swanson, active in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for ovei 40 years, has died from paralysis. He was born in Sweden in 1861.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Wilkins Plane Aboard
 Steamer Bound for Oslo

OSLO, May 16.-Capt. Wilkins Polar plane is now aboard a ship from Tromsoe for here and it will be shipped to America on a Norwegian steamer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Fourteen young wolves were captured by Windsor. Mo, farm CTS during spring planting.
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