The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 18, 1927, Page 1

(LI THEE NEWS ALL THE TIML” ———— VOL. XXIX., NO. 4457. JUNEAU, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PPICE TEN CENTS OV. SMITH REPLIES TO GRITICS Principals in “Perfect Crime” That Failed o b ?HECUGNIZES NO 1t Fairbanks Go on Trial T@day in N@W Y@rk {F@r Murder S OVERTHESTATE NEW YORK, Apil 18— | by Counsel for Mrs. Ruth Synder in- SEw i i oy | 2 e ; % S Bt 5 4 dicated that her defense for the - - g 2 made i & i lD"(I““'S There Is No Conflict trial of mudering her husband . DA J Between Religiot will be that she was forced by g T 5 3 \ TR o A | Patriotic Loyalty rived threats of her former lover, Henry Judd Gray. This was 1 . 1 brought out today when coun- 3 ; i 5 1 T & mith New ‘;“”:,“\“ sel was questioning Venireman | 4 ¥ » 4 e 3 { | t Jantic Monthly, Edgar Hazelton and suddenly | \ S g ;. E g GUNTROLLEH BILL ' e lizes no power in isked: “You know that the | k - : . § 55 T F | ¢ Hin ¢ Church to inter tion of the Con defendant cannot be found guil- | k. 5 # 3 tion ot p it Stat ty if it is shown she acted % . 8 : s b |PASSED BY HUUSE tha wnforcement of tha l..\l\:..:!-::.‘, under command of another—one RN & ¥ s ‘ AL 5 1es: | Lo i of whom she stands in fear of 5 o e 2 . ¥y . 3¢ § £ . i P Smith is a4 Roman Cath her life or great bodily harm— | S | VAT - & R . X " Y BY g TU 7 VOTE 'I'T»I ::\’:”m e that is the law. R - s R ;. $ " 4 | Gov. Smith wroie the letter in AT : . s : . reply to an open letter published in First Degree Charges T i ; CUTION) Gt 4 3 | P dnen LD “'.Illl“lhbj i NEW YORK, April 15, (By A, P ; > o Paul Attacks Timber Leas-|Marshall, New York lawyer whe Another “perfect crime” that fuil ; ’ SN ; RS | Y . O > asked bimow number of quest cd. the slaying of Albert Snyder . 5 (SRR Ly il N = mng for Pu P and l’fl]wl' secking Hnd 518 viavy tha vt editor of “Motor Boating,” whil " a il - D e bt fing bis Vi the e slept in his Quoens Village hom: g ’ evelopment. foinon ot S EOm AR CHIE on the morning of March 20, brought 3 i 4 ; - - v RrER TR i . to trial his wife, Mrs. Ruth Snyde: 3 1 " 5 # . ¢ R 8L OEIRBA 8 G T sSmith replied in part, as fol- and her confessed paramour, Henry , § (A ¢ | il speaksr hae dicted You there 18 a . Judd Gray, on fivst degres murder ; e 3 ; e . ; & it Plashi Krope it MLy ;v‘ju"llfl‘ll charges A4 B " 3 . 3 s o - reinvenatod Conteoller BT Cathe fatth amnd ot e L Mw. Snyder has been the centor i i | § , i it ) PRl L el G G L LR A of attention since her arrest the day ge 4 : ? : moon Al Speaker Smith an &t huw huond ’ following the murder. She assumec 5 Siehiivo 1 1 ~ g 4 nounced it roll call. | he lun:l.; m ":lfn,"‘.u.'\,‘v'.’.""".'}"y.',’ the role of the misunderstood wite 4 . ’ ¥ ‘ 3 . st eh the gallerles, | fuads me 1o know no’ ek conffes marviad to 4 man many years her o Aol ) i ternoon the gal |ae th 8 true T helleyeddn senior, who had tastes totally di 2 . e 3 A | s ries lled to overflowing bsolt o separation of the Chureh ferent from her own. Discod, sh- e i 4 i L] w1 amonant of applaise REETAT b forced her to look elsewh v S o i s e T Eiien ag iy |ll‘!'rlv fra L helle ‘_'l,l,"“,,.»'«';-‘:Y»I"vlm et v. a corset salesman. with ts, are exj B the hi the feature. Reu |decree of ujm.« i “”:"-’\H'“am' wife and tenyear-old daughter, wa . 3 sent Jo L Murray, whose 1o ie land other: than. ta exteiEn 2 man of society in his home in ) svies Qs tha st ‘ot any lthe status of fta communicants withe Bast Orange. J. So sterling was ' Snyder confessed. She admitted an - ~ - member of either branch, said My {48 ot oluneh his character believed to be that intimacy with Gray and said that o -3 Gaffney's speech was the finest. 18 ©p pelieve in the support of the members of his family and friends he had hidden in the house until ¢ 5.7 : (have ever heard dolive at any | public school as one of the corner- refused to believe his guilt until they they returned from the party. Aftor| . 7 % g lsession since | have heen commg 0 [stones of American 1ibarty.” heard it from his own lips. she had put Snyder to bed she and 15k of i i ‘I believe in the right of every Got Husband Feeling Good Gray committed the crime together Gl { TWo . mombers Iepresoututives | p, t to chooke whether his child On the evening of the murder| Gray wus detained by . | 4 & } p 4 {Ross Fairbanks, and Paul, Ketehl-} o, be «ducated in the publie der and his wife attended a carl Syracuse. At first. he stoutly denicd . e H : wade specches in the measure’s |\ ohosi or o school supported by at the hom: of friends. “Ton- any connect witl the le " 4 ’ i 3 3 and My Grier read a e those of nig own faith. s Mrs. Snyder was known had what seemcd fo be an airtig : : V. Ray, Seward ver ant I believe in the principle of nom- her intimates, saw that her husband alibi. Clerks in the ho v | 2 i S 4 s i e First Alaska sl binterterence by this country in in- drank plenty of liquor, “to make was stopping rememberod that : g 7 o ! ludge Wickersha ternal ffairvs of other nations and him feel good” as shre later confessed had called from his room at about i the idea of th Controller 3 that we should . stand: stesdfastly 1o the police. the time he would hav been # i Paul Attacks Pulp Timbe a against any such interference by When they got home Mrs Snyder Queens Village if he had committed [ ; A B ional attack by Gl | whowusoeve - it may be urged put him to bed. He was partly deaf 'the murd v His bed was rumpled < / on eoi Serviee adininistration e she took care that his “goo¢ if he had slept there the night of i A y in Alaska and condemnation of it3 " lay on the pillow the crime ” b leasing policy igned to bring | yme hours later the couple’s nine Suddenly Confesses ' } : abont establishment of the puip ani f I i Al romanufacturing indostry in Al vear'old daughter Lorraine, found| Police brought Giay to New Yok k 9 9 2 : | ¥ ; ; i her father dead. 1le had been beaten for further questioning. After how s § : ‘e : nska, wasx one of the surprises of chloroformad and his hody hound to of steady denial he suddenly con 3 R ¢ the afternvon meeting. A large part the bed with picture wire, In an ad- fessed his part in the slaving, Hotold | g o 1 ; . lof hiz speech. which foliowed Mr 4 4 3 £ | « ot joining room, Mrs. Snyder also hal!how he had struck Snyder over th tfney's, was a sort ot hymn been bhound. The house was in grea' head with a window sashweight wlil K ; : : ate inwhich he harled challenges disorder from top to bottom Mrs. Snyder looked on . . ; | at Senators Howard and Dunn. caus Mrs. Snyder told the police a ma» Although he had confessed, polic ’ - ticully quostioned the motives of of piant stature had forced his waywere not satisfied until they ox Senator Pratt in opposing an amer into the home and had Killed her plained his alibi. Haddon Gray W vy ment to the Controller bill in husband and had beaten her Syracuse friend with whose two chil g attacked The Empire and|Q,, g Detectives were suspicious from dren Gray shot marbles on the A y g s 11 spresentative with Lis usual vi Sentiment Se(ms to Be Prac- the start. In their attempt to ac-|following the murd was brou 5 : " i twned the vials of bic| tically Unanimously in Fav- complish thoe perfect crime the slav- to New York. Ie had substantiated ] 5 Fwrath the Forest Service and P g ers had been too thorough. They had 'Gray's story of his Syracuse move-| | 1 Judge Tidgar Hazelton [ U8 Burcau ot Fisheries i part [ or Bonds New Bunldmg. ransacked the kitchen. ments en before the Queen -1 L facaS Baen Teulir and all burcaus in general. X “Something Wrong" 'County Grand Jury he admitted » — ; Counsel. for. Mrs, Sngder b | Reciting the receni announcement | The prediction is made that (he “There js something wrong here.” |he had aidod Gray prepate his alibi : e that the Zellerbach interests of San |proposition to issue school bonds sald the officers. “Regular murdsi- in the belief that he was helping him |, Lorraine Snyder . neisco had successtully bid i |for- a mew High s.l.ml:x Ihuhf‘?fi ers don't work that way. They keep from his wife knowlwdge of an | Daughter of the accused woman | ' WL, ‘\"”‘] :"“‘ ! ‘,"‘_"""" Richard 8. Newcombe | five billion 1I|Hi\ said ten) of vill be voted upon tomorrow wouldn't bother the Kkitchen.” engagement with o woman friend. il = = = ! ito collect her husbands 3oeU00 A g ftimber in the Ketchikan district forfwill carry by a swoeping majority. There was no 'evidence of the admitted that it was who had 7 ™ wranee policy, and then flee with Distriet Attorney, lthe purpose of eatablishing a large|In u rather comprehexsive “.";.Jn‘:»::-s head injury which Mrs. Snyder|empersonated in calling from that had joined them in the killing 3 s Sas _— lpulp and paper manufucturing plant. o (he taxpayers mude by The Em- claimad the muvderer had inflicted. [his hotel room and had otherwise 'seem=d 1o have cooled in the sev Another possible motiv . advaneed [he declaved: “The Zellerhachs can | there has been heaid hardly Soon the jewels which she said |aided the hoax days that had been in prison for by the police was that Snyder had [possession on the train trip from |have anything they want! They can dant note in the emphat had been stolen were found under| Both Gray and Mrs. Snyder rve.|they did not speak to each other in learncd of their intimacy and that 'Sy It was later revealed that [have ten billion feet of timber to]endorsements that have been given o mattress. Other things were found |pudiated their confession when ! court. They blamed each othor they had killed him on this account |he had attempted to take a drink [hold for fifty-five years.” He added [(he proposition. The approval seems to contradict her story. brought into court, claiming thev |their pligh A hottle of liguor containing bich-{of it on trip, telling officers V|l:'i|-xhn»1nn of this kind of progranm 1o be almost, if not quite, unanim- _After hours of i Mrs. | were made under duress. The love| One theors advanced for the mo | lovide of mercury was found in Gray' i was medicine would set apart all of the timber | oys ; —— - — — —— — —— of Southeastorn Alaska in 18rge| The polls will be open tomorrow 1 laid ) indefinitel Svrd's wrist ay tracts, held by hig capital and as om0 o'clock in the morning until |Fear Women { jayslapmang e e City Hall' Building ar NEW YORK, April 15.—A dualf | He compared such deases 1o thef he corner of Main and Fourth At Polls nbiestops FE0s Kih) New Yanlc 1o [rexerves system, which. e il Siroets i 1ag f lustry ‘ } : 1 Paris N today hecause of| meant stagnation of industry, DOy All taxpayers on personal or real 18 [] Byrd’s injuries. | employment, no money and, there | property whose names were on the ! GLASGOW cotland, April fore, no population tax rolls will be permitted to |What will happen to bachelor mem . "'“',‘ ;“"'“‘: ";;‘. “';‘""""\'""A,"‘f"; e | He charged the Fo Service with uN MI | 'P [iar ot e, hosaa ot comvinions <5 deh rows dows & G plans Aasiean s i W ;”“:" Aemanp st hocomens GRSy Davis and’ the: W e Noel Financial Crisis Is Now Ex-[its istand hotdings and other pron {or taxpayers made by The Empire lerty in Southeastorn Alaska, wialgollow : . b RO monoplane in which Acosta and 8 rty | Bl oboyt \Horde, Whofepresent Chamberlin shattered the endurance pe(ted to Be DeveloP |diseriminating against some of hi| Roy Rutherford, Manager and - the Hillhead district of flasgow, ls ; e i Tavsn of athers, 1T desblNeloatonttls Nar o i A, Thousands Driven Out by‘“"‘""" the' unmarried_menters” or Floyd Bennett Laid Up In- NG Wright SR plane wa ed in Japan. the. Inm':ll M ikle e ok i DAt A ot am. ith ;Illl"l:;:“!llll:(‘::;" Water—Property Losses |partiament who are facing this pro- | Jefinitely—Byrd's Wrist wiven a preliminary tect over Long — poKRy0, April 15— The Japanese| FTnY!" e exclained with i 41 think e dea of a new school tblem lsland on Sunday ense earnestness. And after citing i A no 1. we need it." s i ? _ . y by the pilots. It! capines i Do Fig Are Staggering. ;Pi\"”l:lr";';"“k mEn A S amen bl Broken—Repair Plane s not Badt (RN an Thattiam: SRl CeR el s ululw:'l”h:n.'-ln‘“yl|‘|:f i HE kel s uni 4l use Of| Charles G. Warner, of the Warner i 2 4 B e dis M 11 SRaiin s s e o Shas power by the Burean of Fisheries | ap,, Shop 8 & % MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 18.—The!trict. There are 14,109 women and | 0oyl g apel 18 .‘f,’,_’,,,‘“"’,\'\'f:":f“,k“ Hied }}"‘f]' I U] oted the Goveri-| g reiterated this statement, —as | City ¢ :',"»,“;;r,t,\ o ",'4:’:,',,. ':,‘, ;:; Mississippi River levees are being 16.062 men who are qualified vor- |, BCG P00 B 0 S S0 G Tor e Ameriean | plane| fank ; give ald to the|gating: “I bate these bureaus.” new school building, and think the increased in heighth along the lower ers. d Wdhard 1. Ryrd planned to nfke his | has not been set e ok, ol T 4 4 Challenges Dunn and Howard bond -sue should go through.” basin as a record tide of water is| But if all women over 21 get tho|tepdvd o Cry BIRGECEG TRARE = 2 4 Mol Wil j Mro Paul laid down a'sweebing| . . Woodard, of the Woodard moving southward pressing immeas-|ballot on the same terms as men, | %0 10 1 S0 P EE I Dagtedl participate @ Mnanciall payonge (o Senator Dunn and Prest- |pi ol s Shop—1 am strongly in ureable weight against the earthern|women voters will far outnumber(f G000 (550 00 e e Mrs Carrie Gilmore erisis e .‘(m, x:rl .‘:‘.""I“?)‘:< “““n..lu Howard 1o vote st the liyvor of the bond issue. We need walls |men: In fact. political leaders belleve |iops yen; injurving Byrd, Floyd B ‘ EATSUBIGIURE SR Ty RS House bill. Thix, he argued, had [ 0w chool and should build one. Refugees numbering about 10,000|there will probable not be a con. '8t flixht nurvink Bard, oo i Passes Away, Seattle e been amended (o make the bill con-| George M. Simpking, of the Simp have been driven from their homes|stituency in the British Isles where GO - ind (aorRad KA s = ? One Kllled 1 ln""ed {torm to what both had contendvi {kins Biolery—*I shall vots for it b‘: by the back waters and overflow |there will not be more women t Yoak “mechanic 4 . FATTLE, April 18— Mrs. Car {tor in the Senate when the measure |4} eans. We need a new school from many tributaries. They are|men voting when they are put on an | YoFk mechanle = s 1 S Gilmore, wife of W Cyclone Destroys House introduced by Senator Steel was ¢ |5 buaht to have it under the care of National, Stateequal footing 5 |jured with a fractured thigh, vib Gilmore, former Nome lawy w""’" that body, Since that bad biers g g, Martin, property owner and and community relief. At present there are 13667303 men | 1) shoulder. * | Sunday morning. Four children. FORT WORTH, Texas, April 18.|done, he continued: “We expect teri | foreiman for the Alaska Electrie Lighs Unofficial estimates from Arkan-felectors and 21 womeh elec-|™ig 1" vrered o fRactured Jefr @ <idents of Seatile. are amons Charles Paschal was killed and to meet it without resorting to ajund Power Company—“I am for amys sas alone place the number driven|tors in Great Britain. There are mear-| ot the survivors. Mrs. Gilmore was a his mother-in-law seriously injured !technicality.” {thinz which will better the publie from their honles at over 20,000{ly 2000000 more women than men | TR Bl and Noville wope ember of the Bastern Star of | a cyclone demolighed their| He contended the measure was the | 5 ‘ihe finer the schools the and acres of land overflowed at|in England. ttakon to the hospital here. A home enrly yesterday morning {right sort of a st i< principles ter ae country is. Absolutely fov mnll;u |ha:1 1‘louu,mm_ i ’LIQUOB m‘_‘ | Fokker was less seriously injured 2 .- — - - | just, and that the entire plan \m:t.h, scitool hond issne.” roperty losses are reaching a Covi . have rnal i bazed on the right of the governed Noville may have inter 5 i | J. E. Barragar, of the Alask: staggering fisure ABOARD BOAT sm:‘ Mo el hat afir the e FATHER OF JUNEAU MAN Emhq“akeoh Eelfh k Iand| """ Lomen Enjoys soi e i o G0 e \ B o s, G - nded. the tail persisted in piging PASSES AWAY I E gmen ENjoxe. 98 solutely neccssary that they ha FINED BY COMMISSIONER | Frank Koski has been arrested and afier about 100 sards. tamme et il n Rodiak TARG) wr. vomen wnioyed wimseit and | “scnool facilitios to acoommor -— in Ketchikan by representatives of (he ship over crushing Bennett amil Krause, well own | Y y s = L amused he g ries with som © the growing school population. James Matson and Thomas Bow-|the U, 5. Marshal's office there for| against the engine. R Hae vete. ERRG G )Hll(:ll:‘l""l\'ltt:l"((;‘llfi:;Th‘..“[[(‘““»\ \x.\\n“ .k“"lh_“’l';:w"': oy horseplay on various members < |y wy new familles are ll:m‘:lin‘o::, man were each fined $50 and costs|alleged having liquor aboard his The plane which has a 700 hors. - ws of the death of his father, | Kodiak reports re earthquake|/ney And thetr actions were deplci:d|juncau constantly.! in the U. 8. Commissioner's Court|boat Sue, on Saturday. The boat|power engine with three motors, can (i Krause,. in Growsfchonay, lasting 30 seconds on Sunday morn.|in 3 Weekly paper published at Pel-| €, C. Guerin, in charge of the Jis ;ulurdl:y i?: violating the Alaska'was confiscated and charges placed)he repaired. 4 jermany, last Friday, The llm'ru!(?d‘mg at §:50 oclock San Franeisco| 2™*"8 by the Alaska Native Thoth-|neal office of the U. S. Publie Surs one Dry Law. against Koski. Physicians said Bennett will he t years of age, time. (Centinuzd on Page ht.) | (Qontinued ou Page Thre