The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 29, 1927, Page 1

—— VOL. XXIX., NO, 4467. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1927, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DENTIST DOBBS IS ACQUITTED MURDER CHARGE Jury Takes "One Ballot and Frees Him of Charge Slay- ing of School Girl. SEATTLE, April 29 liberating 46 minutes, the Superior Court jury acquitted Dr. Chester € Dobbs, dentist of kland, on th. charge of murdering 14year-old L titia Whitchall. Only one ballot was taken, The indictment fist was brought to t(rial, charged that he beat and choked the givl 10 death on the night of October after diugging and «ly tacking her. A sharp arraignment of the Pro- sccuting officials marked the closing address of George H. Crandell, chief defense counsel Three jurors wept openly as Cran dell pleaded for froedom of hig clien: After de on which the den- cri at- and Prosccutor Ewing D. Colvin, Dep- | vty and Jthan tate Prosecutor N. A. Baker, Allen Invest Pe SAYS PURSE S NEW WESTMINSTER, B Officials of the Provincial isk- s Department believe the new shington State Purse Seining res ulations come none too soon. They decla that perpetuation of the m dustry will be assured by allowin la fair number of salmon to veach | the Frase | W. E | British | tective j& SISt on the p eries Bo: results as most unfair Maiden, Columbia Association said: gesture is in good rt of the Washington . it will have far reachin the purse e is method used in catehing | salmon and threatening extine | tion of the ser River fish.” | .. the Pro retary of Fishermens’ T HOUSE BILLS ARE PASSED BY SENATE TODAY were charged with having conspired to frame the The defendant collapsed during Colvin's guments in which he den death penalty and accused of subordination of perjury. Dr. Dobbs reccived the calmly, appearing the most posed man in the courtroom. commented: “lI am glad it is buf [ knew 1 was innocent and was not worried. 1 would rather hang though then to have to listen to Colvin again.” against wife Dobbs. repeatedly sing ar anded Cranddl verdict com He over Lead Deposits of Northern B. C. to Be Investijased VICTORI B. C April 29, Field engineés of the National Lead Company of New York, will go to Northern British Columbia next month to investigate lead and other deposits which may be worked by the company. Decision to inspect Columbia fields followed announce- ment of the company’s President that it decided to consider invest- ment in other countries. The engineers plan to spend summer investigating deposits. the British all Northern Light Puts In ‘Esquimalt, Repairs VICTORIA, B. C. Enroute from San F Arcticg with the John Borden Field Mused?h Expedition aboard, the auxillary schooner yacht Northern Light berthed at Esquimalt last night for minor adjustments and Tepairs., Chiang Kai Shek to Fight these Radicals 29, April ancisco to the SHANGHAI April 29, — Advices| peceived from that Chiang Kal Shek, Moderate and Generalissimo, has decided to de- clare war on the Hankow National- ists and has ordered 80,000 troops to proceed against the Radical fac- tion. Nanking say - — WALES SHIFTS DATE OF CANADIAN TRIP TO LATE IN JULY LONDON, April ~It is under stood that the Prince agreed to advance the date of his trip to Canada so as to accompany Premier Baldwin if parliamentar) business permits a sufficiently earlv adjournment. If the plan works out, they will leave toward the end of July, en- abling ‘the prince to attend some of the Canadian Diamond Jubilee cele- brations. tha | 1 of Wales hus | All Are Money Measures— Hunt's Election Bill Is Beaten 5 to 3. | Seven House bhills, all | direct appropriations, and |rectly affecting Territorial | tures were passed by the {today. Two measures, one fand the other a House bill, | defeated. | The Senate passed | College appropriation, 1$31,500 from the la unanimous vote. i\n'(un'hlinfl passed by the Senate was §135,350. It struck out the item calling for $10.000 for exten- sion courses throughout the Ter- ritory, and lopped off $21,500 from the agricultural project which passed the House for $22,500. Two Amendments Lost Efforts made by the Finance Com- miteee to strike out provision for new engine-room equipment and a water storage, and to cut the dor- mitory appropriation from $10,000 Ito $20,000 failed Three subsidy !proved by the shipping subsidi one i Peninsula, $17,200, and (for Cook Inlet, $10,000. The third {was an appropriation for repair, maintenance and construction of telephone lines on Seward Penin- fsula. Mr.- ( bill continuing fand increasing Territorial co-opera- I'tion with County Fair Associations, appropriating §20,000 for this pur- {pose for the biennium, passed un- | animously Pass School Bill Carrying important amendments ithe House measure establishing a one di- expendi- Senate Senate were the Alaska reduced by House grant, by The total ap- measures engte were Two were for Seward the second ap- (Continued on Page Eigat.) 'Jury Being Drawn to Try Hugh De Autremont | MEDFORD, Ore., April 2% the 13 list of the May term of th» | Circuit Court which tries Hugh De | Autremont, train bandit, is drawn, lIw keeps the same jauntine tell- jing the officers: “I've an in |the hole.” | De Autremont’s tropical tan has ifaded into prison pallor. His mother |visits him twice weekly and the {conferences are lively ones. i —- | INFORMAL DANCE ace | An informal dance was given in ithe lobby of the Gastineau Hotel last (night from 10 to 1 o'clock, sponsored iby the hotel management. The Betz | Coliseum Melody Men furnished the !musk‘, and punch was served abou! jmidnight. This is the second of these delightful affairs to be given this spring. Many members of the Legis- lature and their wives were present BOBBED HAIR, SHORT SKIRTS APPROVED BY PURDUE DEAN AS MARKS OF PROGRESS)| ATLANTA, Ga., April 29 Dr. Stanley Coulter, dean emeritus of Purdue University, has a warm spot in his heart for the “young lady of today with her cute bobbed hair and her short skirt” and thinks that a lot of things the younger geriera- tion does are no worse than his participating in a dance at a prayer meeting many years ago. In revealing his views at a sion of the National Association of College Deans of Men, he said thai “flaming® youth” was an old folks’ expression for “youth adjusting it self to the advanced ideas and pro- gress of thé world.” “If we old ones would flame a little more ourselves we would not be so worried about the younger genecration,” he sald. “As it is, .the older people always have thoughi the younger folk were frivolous and about to go to the devil. “Why, when I was a boy the mid- week prayer meeting was the sec- ond wild wassail of the week. When we danced the Tucker, a solemn, stately affair, at a prayer meeting one night some of the old people be- came greatly enraged and left the session. In the aftermath we were prayed over in public and disciplined at a church meeting. “Today’d girl is not a timid, shrink- ing violet, but will stand up and talk to you in a frank, earnest and honest way. Instead of breaking intv tears nowadays they are more apt to ask' you: “How'd you get that way, old top?” “The girl of today has lost some things, but she has gained others infinitely more valuable. Youth has improved, it anything.” C., April} r River spawning grounds. ( earrying| EINE MOST UNFAIR METHOD TO BE USED CATCHING SALMON DUAL EMOTIONS OF GRAY SHOWN UP MURDER CASE Committed Slaying in Morn-: ing and Played with Children at Night. | | | | | | i | | | v 1 YORK, April and iiyde permitted 29 The | characteristics Henry Judd Gray 0 commit murder in the morning! and play on the floor ,with his friend’s little childven in the even- ing of the same day, were described | by a witness in the Snyder-Gray| murder case. i Tiral Hudon, Gray's boyhood friend, testifying shortly before the| State rested yest told how | Gray tried to obtain his aid in helping to dispose of tell-tale evi- dence of Snyder's murder and then paid a social visit to hiz home,| {romping on the floor with Hudon's| children while Mrs. Hudon pre-| pared the Sunday supper Accuse Each Other Mrs. Snyder and her former lover| Gray turned upon cach other at the| murder trial, each charging the| other with the whole guilt of the slaying of Snyder, the woman's husband, as defense attorneys made' their opening statements, Mrs. Snyder in Tears Mrs. yder broke into tears on the witness stand while laying the blame for the murder on Gray. She told of her unhappy married life antt constant quarrels with her hus- hand and of “his open devotion to the finest woman in the world” hls; fiancee who died, and then ftold of| her many meetings with Gray dur-| ing the last . The crowd which packed the cor-| ridor before the reopening of court| at the afternoon session turned into! a minor riot which threatened to precipitate the persons over a low bannister down a three-story light well. Jek that t | | | i Tells of Crime Snyder fold of hiding house on the night of She testified Gray sail: was either my husband or us” and he had my hushand’s volver in his hand “I pleaded with him to g idea of murder out of his head Mrs. Snyder. “1 went upstairs ddenly heard a terrific thud into the hall and saw Judd beating my husband. I tried to pull him off but he pushed me to the floor and [ fainted. When I recovered |it was all ove —_— o POINDEXTER PLANS TO SURVEY CHANCE FOR DILL'S DEFEAT Mrs. tl slaying. Chat it irav th I raa| v | SPOKANE, Wash., mer United States 5 Poindexter, amb; lor to Peru, is to return home to Spokane this sum mer for a survey as to possibility | lof his seeking the Republican nomin tion for Senator C. C. Dill's seat, Th: Chronicle says. While the date of his arrival not stated, he has indicated his in tention in letters to party frients here, the paper declares. Senator Dill, in a newspaper inte view following his return from Wash-| ington, indicated that he had not fully determined to seek renomina| tion to the Senate, but added that if Ambassador Poindexter became the Republican nominee, he would ha no option in the matter. — LOST PILE SCOW FOUND April 29.-—For-| Senator Miles | | i | | The pile driver Scow belonging to the Kodlak Island hing and Pack ling Co., of Seward, which was lost on the Gulf of Alaska last we during a storm, is reported to have been found by the mailboat Starr. Several hawsers, over a 100 fee! long, were found dangling from the| |barge, and it is believed they acted| lag an anchor as the barge was found a comparatively short distance from | where it was believed to have been|g. lost. Lot DODGE IS FUGITIVE { SAN FRANCISCO, April iace Dodge, Jr., Motor millions, is a fugitive from! justice in California because he fai!. ed to appear in the police court' this afternoon to answer to charges of assault and battery upon repor:- ers and photographers recently. —_——to——— FOSS RETURNS SOUTH 29.—Hor | C. Arthur Foss, of the Foss Tow ing and Barge Co., of Tacoma and Seattle, accompanied by Mrs, Foss, | ARCTIC REGIONS Lot weather tibe 1 De Barros’ Plane heir to the Dodgc | | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " “On to Paris,” E Bert Acosta and Clarence Chamberlin, fliers who stayed over New new endurance mark, are confident they’ll be victorious in their shows the crowd that greeted the fliers when they landed from th Nrs. Acosta (left. and Mr. and Mrs, Chamberlain, throughoit ‘the grueling test. Clarence Chamherlin off within a few days on the s 60 pounds more than lin nor Acosta are navigators NEW YORK, 2 plane Columbia when jt hops Acosta withdfew because he w two pilots aud neither Chambe at Ahe New Char will he \ "()nlyé/ll Can Bear Cal.” Is Slogan [ | | | ! | | WILL BE MAPPED | ! srom [ OTTAWA, April Tho first of| six Fokker seaplancs to be used by the Royal Canadian Air Force in | months aerial survey of the Can- adian Arctic regions, arrived here| yesterday. | The ¢xpedition will leave Faulifax |, on the Canadian Government's ship|’ Stanley early in July Flights will be made in all Kinds to observe fog and ico | W The Club Jumbia with Beat ASHINGTON, ‘Al Smith for President for the District of Co has opened headquart logan “Only Al Avril 20 29 Can Ci AGAINST TAXES Nearly 50 officers engaged in the f e L ool iSeamen’s and Fishermen'’s Unions Protest Against Nonresident Taxes. and project men will Falls Into Ocean When Near Goal RIO DE JANERIO, April Approaching the Brazilian coast the trans-Atlantie flight, Command er De Barros' plane fell into the sea. The Commander and con; were rescued by the Italian ship Angelo Two sets propellors will shipped from Pernambuco to Fer- nando on Noronha Island to replace the fall . was killed and sev- eral wounded in a riot last night over the report alleged to have been circulated by the newspaper Apatris that incompetemey of the pilots were responsible for the mishap ———— ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY LAST NIGHT WITH WHIST AND DANCING on were received yesterday Legislature from California organizations against non-resident fishermen’s i tax bills which discrimina’e non-residents. Such legis tion was declared to be contra the spirit of fair play and unjust The organizations who télegraphed their profests we Iuternations1 Seamen’s Union of America, and the laska Fishermen’s Union Text of Protest Flynn, F “ Vi Seamen Union, cisco, telegraph as follows “On behalf of approximately four thousand of the Pacific district mem bership of the international seamens union of America who are employed annually during the fishing season in Protes h the union “lof th cense ainst of Presic (S Patric lent of the L The founding 108th anniversary of the of the Odd Fellows in Am- erica was celebrated by the mem- bers of the I. O. O. F.. Rebekahs| Alaska as fishermen, marine firemen, and families at a general get-together |oile: sailor, cooks, waiters and oth in the Odd Fellow’s Hall last night |e who would be classed as non The Douglas members were gueste residents, | most respectfully but of the local lodge and the evening|emphatically protest proposed legisla was spent in playing whist and|tion embedied in Senate bill Numbe dancing. Delightful refreshments con-|thirt uch proposed legislation sisting of chicken salad, sandwiches,!is discriminatory and absolutely un cake and coffee were served. |fair to our peoples a great ma The committee In charge of the|of which, if not all, would becoms affair was: J. H. Hart, C. W. Car- residents of Alaska if it was possible ter, and John Reck, Mrs. Hart and|for them to obtain suitable employ Mrs. Carter were in charge of the ment hefore and aft the fishing refreshments and serving. | season. In the spirit of justice and |fair play I ask that you kindly usi | your good offic to the end that T(Continued on Page [ o —— | COOLIDGE OPPOSES PLAN FOR ELECTIVE PORTO RICO GOVERNOR | - | CHARITY OUTWEIGHS CIVIL SERVICE RULES IN COOLIDGE'S ORDER WASHINGTON, April 29.-A mother with four children to sup- | port has obtained a government position through President Cool- idge despite a ruling by the Civil Sorvice Commission. The President gave sie H. Smith of Bowle, Md, a position as printer's assistant in the Bureau of Engraving and ! Printing by amn executive order. The order was -signed: | WASHINGTON, April 29 Appoint iment of a mnative as governor of I 1 pPorto Rico would not be acceptable ‘o | President Caolidge, who made it ! {known that he iz not in or of the proposal for election gov- | lm-nur for the island. | Mr. Coolidge, however, is not sug- g 1 | Towner, at sting the retirement of Governor | House, nor is he certain that the time Mrs. Bes- | of a sailed for Seattle on the steamer Alaska, i it was sald the White has come for rule on the island by a person who lives there, “For charity—Calvin Coolidge.” i I ndAurance ilecord I':liers C;'y The wives remained at the ficld, sleepless, virne | opening | gineer —~——— e e— | | | i York fifty-one hours and <ot a New York Paris dash. licio he record flight, and Mr. anl MLro’s of the wk Lo Par rlin. The plan Bellan Might cannot 1 monn Bert curry PRICES OF FOX | SHOW ADVANCE A 5 noted attle Fur sale yester today E. Agnew, | Exchangs April in fox prices w day of the s change monthly auction day and which continues Prices as reported by J General Manager of the tollow Rex fox advanced $12.10 Virtually rage 10 White foy averaging av 10 per cent | were sold at | Cross fox in over the open| the bhest super The collection | all of per muskrat $2.08 cent with F105. an crease marke ging $71.10 went rapidly busis at an on the market average e N. Y. Bootleggers Pay Millions Income Tax! April 29 York City paid § taxes last ye 1, Chief of the § United of the Internal Department, revealed here NEW leggers in 000,000 Hugh YORK, New | Revenue today - e FLOWERS FOR GARDEN CLUB SITKA EXPERIMENTAL STATION; R. (. Mize has received a number of plants from the Experimental s tion at Sitka for distribution amc the members of the Garden Club, He has 11 double roses, 10 single roses 3 ribes or flowering cur- honey suckle or thibeten, cornus and 3 wergalia. Any member of the club desiring obtain any of the plants named may get in touch with Mr. Mize , SR g T COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT There will be a special mecting f the City Council tonight in the chambers in the City Hall at = o'clock. There will be a general | marooned | Arkansas. _|the Boot- | | worke PRICE TEN CENTS MORE FLOOD DISASTER THREATENED > ORE LEVEES NEAR BREAK IN FLOOD REGION Boats Concentrated for Re- lief-—Red Cross Facing Greatest Problem. BULLETIN — MISSISSIPPI LEVEE, NEAR VIOLET, La., April 20.—Dykes were dyna- mited at 2:17 o’clock this after- noon to save New Orleans from Disaster. Engineers sank ex- plosives along a 1,000 foot front and the massive earthen em- bankment yeilded stubbornly. Water is running through slow- ly and it is problematical whether the hole cut is suffi- cient to relieve the city. M leves of MPHIS, Tenn,, breaks and others with April 29. —New immediate threats continuous inunda tion of more territory as the crest of the flood carries menace to- wards the Gulf, created fur- ther demands upon the American Red Cross alr y burdened with its roatest peace time relief necessity. The Red Cross has directed the reatest concentration of boats on the lower Mississippi River ever known to mect possible emergencies. Abont 1,600 persons are reported about Lake, a village i The town's water supply has failed and the refugees there are drinking river and lake water which analysis shows contains typh- oid germs ts today Two Districts Evacuated NEW ORLEANS, La., April 29.— Five thousand residents of St. Bern- ard and Plaquemine parishes ar» safely in New Orieans. Military au- thorities report that the area to be affected by the cutting of the leves below New Orleats has been cvacuat- . Only a few residents refused to leave preferring to take chances with flood waters. Congress May Meet MPHIS, Tenn,, April 29.— United Senator Joseph T. Robinson, in a formal statemont that Congress might con- an extraordinary session if resources prove inadaguate Mississippi Valley flood re- rehabilitation, - — 2,168,823 BELONG TO FASCIST ORGANIZATIONS Stat of ne in lahle the and for lief ROME organiz memb in a Grand ral, April 29.—Officials Fascisi in Italy have a total 3, it was showu to the Fasc secretary report Council Augusto Turati, + membership is divided as fol- en- Fascists Shirts, 50 youths' o 1a (the b ¥54: Fascist 80,024 public 79,000, S11,99 " Black (the Ba- 405, girls, Women anguardists 903 ve' misses, university stud 12,660; employes, 251,000; teachers, railway men, 65,000; postal s, 41,000; public utility work- J000. ———eo—— C, J. FOSS IS KETCHIKAN STREET COMMISSIONER Foss was elected Stroot ioner at Ketchikan last Sat- urday evening after a deadlock that had continued from the beginning ot the new administration. Roy F. Jones voted with the old Councilmen, Bu- cey, Daly and Howe to end the deadlock, after failing to get the of- fice himself. Foss is a Ketchikan contractor 4 The deadlock the echoice of a Chief of Police continued an:t will come up again May 4. Hawo Humber received the votes of Bueey, Daly and Towe, and Noah Howell the votes of Hansen, Joes and Me- over discussion of the School bond issue, d other matters, | Alaska Road Commission to Cain, Mayor Thompson refused to cast the deciding vote. Repair Flood Damage, Lower Mississippi River Basin It secms far cry from Juneau to New Orleans, but when the Missi s5ippi River gets going good, the re sults are felt 1 over the world, Juneau has just gone over the top on subscription for the flood suf ferers and now the Alaska Road Com- mission has been called upon to fur nish an Engineer Officer. Major Douglas H. Gillette, Corps of Enginee while enroute to aska to re » Major Oliver as KEn- Officer of the Alaska Road Commission, is recalled to his former station at Memphis, Tenn., to assist in the rescue of flood sufferers and to repalr damage due to the unpre- codentod Valloy According to telegraphic advices received from the War Department by Colonel James G. Steese, Prosi- dent of the Commission, Major Gil'- ette will not be released for service in_Alaska until late in the summer. Major Lunsford E. Oliver, Enginea Officer of the Commission, who had n relieved from duty in Alaska, effective June 1, and who bad ex- pected to depart about May 23 on a three months’ leave of absence priov to reporting for duty at the Com- mand and General Staff School at " (Continued on Page Six.) storms in the Mississippi