The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXX., NO. 4603. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA FRlDAY OCTOBER 7, 1927. FIRING SQUAD l FAILS TO PUT | DOWN REVOLT Revolutionary Movement| Reported Continuing in Many Sections TERRORIST PLOT IS REVEALED IN MEXICO | 13 Members of One State Legislature Executed as Sympathizers NEW YORK, cato roll of the firing squad con- | { | i tinues to echo through Mexico but | despite the summary eéxacted by the government, re- ports from many points indicate | revolutionary I continuance of the movements, Gen. Quijana, Commander of the Cavalry forces of the Mexico City garrison, was taken virtually from the court-martial chamber in which he was convicted ro face the firing squad. In Morelos, 13 members of the State Legislature were shot as' sympathizers with General Gom ~z' and Serrano's revolt. Mexican naval- vessels at Vera Cruz are prepared to depart on an unannounced mission. The fate of Gen. Gomez, chief of the rebels since the execution of Gen. Serrano, remains under- termined but reportg indicate h\- _Jds still in_the flelq, g LOUIS VIDAL SHOT NOUALES, Oct. 7.—Dispatches received here report the assassi- nation of Louis Vidal, Acting Governor of the State of Chipas, Mexico, in his palace at the Capi tal City Tuxtla, He was shot by an Army officer. Vidal was a brother of Gen. Serrano presi- dential campaign publicity man- ager who was one of 13 executed on charges of inciting revolution. RIDDLED WITH BULLETS® NOGALES, Mex.,, Oct. 7.—Tha (Continued on Page Two.) — e New Solution, Divorce Problems, Found in Arctic NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—A new golution of the world’s divorce problem has been brought back to civilization by George Palmer Putman, publisher and - explore:, who is home from a four months Arctic ‘cruise in the wastes of! Batfinland. The solution, Putman smd, lies in emulation of the primitive Rs- kimo who made divorce nonexist- ant for his race through develop- ment of a perfect economic par: nership in which the woman's place in the' igloo is chewing her husband’s tough seal skin boots into proper softness and flexibility for the mext hunting trip. ! With starvation always Jjusr around the corner, the Eskimo, Putman said, still remains one of the bappiest races on earth. Oct. 7.—The stac- | retribution | BEAUTIFUL BL { ' | | | Kath ryn McGuire, motion glcture actress, whom James Mont- romery Flagg called ‘the most beautiful blonde in Hollywood, is the br:de of George W. Landy publicitv director, (International Newsreal) -{GOAL MINERS | &5 BB o | Men May Use | Rouge, and | Also Perfume CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—Men will | use rouge and put perfume | 81 on their handkerchiefs and also carry vanity cases with- Strike Stam Last April | in 15 years is the opinion of | I IS End Agree- { | Prof. Lloyd Dallas Herrold, head of the Northwestern Uni- | ment Is Signed { versity’s Advertising courses. | Manufacturers will find a new | sales field for the male sex, | | Harrold said. H YAWNS; JAW DISLOCATED OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 7.—Mrs. Mary Weller awoke and. yawned: )y “Ho, Hum.” Then she husband. He awoke, asked: “Well, did you jaw again?” She nodded, and they went to the hospital for the sixth trip within a year for a dislocated jaw sustained through laughs or yawns A physician popped her jaw !back in to place then suggested that hereafter she refrain from laughing too heartily and to gain| KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct. An agreement ending the coal strike in Missouri, Kansas, Ar- kansas, Oklahoma and Texas has been signed by representatives of| the mine workers and mine oper-; ators, The miners go back to work under virtually the same wage scale in effect before suspension of work on April }. About 20,000 miners are effect- ed by the agreement which will remain in effect until March 31, next year. The miners receive $7.50 day. per ghook her sleeping .o Plane Flying To U. S., Held Up by Fog : LISBOX,. Oct. 7.—The departurs of the; Junkers plane D-1230 for the Azores, enroute to the United States, has been postponed on ac- count of fog. looked at her anl dislocate your GRAND RAPIDS PICKS NEW TROLLEYS; MAYOR APPLIES ——— CLEVELAND, Oct. 7.—The pub- lic picks the colors for its street cars in Grand Rapids, Mich. Its every preference has been consulted in the rejuvenation of the city's trolley service, and the Buccess of the Grand Rapids Rail- way company in “making it stylish to ride the street cars” has won it the “Charles A. Coffin prize, gnnually awarded to .the: electric ‘railway company contributing amost to the advancement of local ‘transportation. The prize, consist- ‘ing of $1,000 and a gold medal, ‘was awarded at the convention of the American Electric Rlllvny ‘asgoclation. .V L. J. DeLamarter, former show- -n is general Mr of the co-pny and under bis guidance it gone after public - favor wfi; & series of smashing innova- it invited ‘ to- .construct 3 and it .Other cars were named for lead- some self-control before starting to yawn. . . London Hair Snipper Loses His Scissors LONDON, Oct. 7.—Andrew Mc- Kenzie, 34, §s serving his fifth sentence for snipping off fresses of young women. His mcst re- cent offense occurred in a Lon- don omnibus and brought him a plenalty of six months at hard labor, McKenzie testified at his trial that he stole ten shillings from lege groups, boy scout troops and|a jnan in order to buy scissors to other organizations were invited|cut off the hair of his recent to adorn the cars with their pen-lvictim, who lost efght inches of nants. a plait which she wore hanging TORCH TO OLD CARS was a lighter car, of brilliant hue, with cushioned seats and numerous devices for comfort. Then the city was invited to a celebration at which all the old cars were burned, with the mayor applying the torch. When Colonel Lindbergh came to town the com- pany named a street car for him, ing citizens. High school and col- 1| $5,000 bail. | them with . materials | detectives said he made, | Road, t Vineland ‘Whenever a new resident moves ;down her back. The girl had to Grand Rapids the street car|mever seen the :nipmr before. ipany sends him a Jletter of welcome, Employees sit in* all conferences of depsrtment heads, r"’ M.‘ w and those who avold accidents get Pnu Olnd Jm their uniforms free. - As a result the emuny de- TOKYO. J-pm, Oct. 7.—~Kume- clared its first dlvpenl this year|jiro Taki, millionaire member since 1918, and the Grand Rapids!the Japanese Diet, has offered | system 18 being demonstrated at prize of $50,000 to the first Japa- tndectmrahnymfiou to nese making the ulw-cmc next 3 CHARGE WIFE 'WITH KILLING HER HUSBANS) {Mrs. Lilliendahl Formally Charged with Murder— Lover Under Arrest ATLANTIC CITY Oct. 7.—M Margaret Lilliendahl has been ar rested and charged with the mur der of her husband, Dr. A. Wil liam Lilliendahl, who was shot and killed as the couple were riding in an automobile™ along lonely road three weeks ago. The woman's alleged admirer, Willis Beach, poultry fancier, has been arrested and placed in soli- tary confinement, charged with aiding in the murder. Mrs. Liiliendahl is many years younger than her husband. Sha first claimed two negroes stopped the automobile and shot her hus. band. Several groups of negroes were arrested but released on alibis. HER PLEA E.NDS Beach was arrested shortly af- ter the released Liliiendahl was crime and Mrs. Wi arrested and also released on bail ! of $25,000. House Gearched The modest Beach home was searched on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Maurice Flo-| rentino, of Vineland. County De-' teetives Louis Lodovieo and Rich-| ard Black, Chief of Police William | Hilson of Vineland, and Trooper N. R. Woodward spent three hours going through the place, examining every nook and corner. They reported that the house was a veritable arsenal, containing . _____ in addition to the two .32 calibre | weapons, a .38 calibre automatic pistol and more than a. score of shotguns and rifles. Most male residents of this sectien do ctll- siderable hunting. For, this reason | police were not interested in lhe rifles and shotguns. Police took from the house mk, pins and sealing wax to compare used Dv, according to admissions in writ- | ing secretly to Mrs, Lilliendahl, | addresslns her as “Peggy Ander- son,” i Love Note Seized They took an envelope on which was written, in what they said, was Beach’s handwriting. “I tn‘d you I would never forget you| and I know you will always re-, member me too.” d Dr. Lilliendahl, former New York physician, was shot in a lonely lane leading into Middle four miles from Manhattan, Beach, N.L The first physician, theory was that the | who moved to South! from Mountain Lakes about a year ago, was killed de-| fending his wife. The widow’s version, which was | never accepted by the authoritles after the day of the shooting, was | that she was driving the doctor along Middle Road between 12 and 1 o'clock Thursday, Sept. 15, when two “bandits” jumped on the running board of their car and ordered her to drive into the lane, a one-wagon, sandy road, in- to a cranberry bog. Here she was stripped of jeweL, ry, she said, while the bandits, “one a big one, the other a short one,” snatched $200 from her hus-| band. They took article of jewelry from her, she related, including| a diamond golitalre ring. Al the| Jewelry except the diamond ring| has since been found near the murder scene. She sald her at- tackers were Negroes, but there| never has appeared in the in-| vestigation anything to substan- tiate this statement. The ‘“Neg- roes” then umdertook to molest her, according fo the account shc gave State troopers, and Dr. Lil- liendahl, who' protested, was shot three times. —_— (Continued on Page Sgven.) —— e Richest Man In Great Britain, Dodd ; LONDON, Oet, 7. — Eari of! Iveagh, head of the Guinnes Brew-| the richest men | uc dled today at): . Ho s reputed /,gg‘mr, | i | districts contiguous BT b MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS YANKS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT: PENNOCK HURLS GREAT GAME WORLD FLIGHT bl '| Lazzeri, ' Heartbroken plea of Rose Marie Schlee, cabled to I‘ okio, where her father, Edward F. Schlee, was ready to hop across Pacific en round-the-world flight, caused aviator to abandon fim-. of birdmen lost in ocean, BRI GEN. 5 ASSASSINATEDW Murder Causes Trouble Be- tween Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria BELGRADE, Oct. 7. — Aroused over the murder of Brigadier Gen- eral Kavachevitch, Jugoslavia is demanding that the strongest! measures taken against Bul- ! garia, Kavachevitch from behind. The assassins be was shot down made their es- cape but it is reported the twn murderers have been caputred. The Ministerial Council decided proclaim martial law in the to Bulgalis. In the meantime a note has bez prepared for dispatch to Bulgar: demanding guarantees for the fu- ture. to BELGRADE, cet, 7.—The Jugo slavia Minister to Sofia has been authorized to inform the Bulgarian Government that unless effective measures are taken to disbanl the Bulgarian groups operating in Macedonia, the Jugoslavia Gov- ernment will have no other course but to recall him and break oif diplomatic relations. The protest over activities of Bulgarian Irregulars came as the result of the assassination of Ka- vacheviteh. The crime is attribut- ed to the Irregulars. Eleetric Lines Spend Millions on Changes CLEVELAND, Oct. 7—The co- ordinated electric railway and bus industry has spent a million dol- lars .a day for the last year on weéping improvements, W. H. awyer of East St. Louis, 1. ident, told the American Elec- : Rallway association at its annual *convention ' here. if the public ‘will now use pub- lic transportation for business and motor cars for pleasure an out- sranding probleM of transportation will 'be solved, he declared. “It. publie tramsportation is a necessity, and if it is required to sustaln property values,. it must be supported,” the executive do- clared, © Eleetrie HOW, jway 'muemems about’ 15,000 miles in addition to 43.- 000 il ot nu. and carry. some 16 h mm " mr, an- lmernnlonn Hiustrated News) Rose Marie feared her daddy wonld be added to list Alaska Seal Herd Is Increasing ! WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. | | The Department of Commerce | | announced today that the Al- aska seal herd population has increased about ¢ per cerk in a year, The population on August 10 was 808,870 com- pmed to 761281 last year LEVINE FACES SUITBY U. S, BERLIN, Oct. T.—Charles A, Levine appeared umperturbed to- day when shown a dispatch from Washington that the Americaa Government intends to push the laim against him for $500,000 ver war contracts unless a com nromise is reached outside of the court. Levine said: “We have a counter claim against the Gov ernment exceeding that amount and I consider our chances of collecting it better than the Gov- ernment's prospects of collecting from us.” Many Commissioned Second. Lieutenants WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 missions as Second Lie in the Officers Reserve Corpe have been jssued to 98 per cent of: the more than 5,000 members of the Reserve Officers Training Corps in college and university units graduated at the close of the last’ school year. The training course supplied 4,917 ‘new Second Lieutenants for the Reserve Corps out of a total of 5,89} students graduated, of whom ‘831 were disqualified by age for Reserve commissions. Navy Eats 62 Tons of Food At Breakfast WA!H!NG'I'ON Oct. 7.—When | the Navy eats Iu daily breakfast it eolfilbr tonl ot food, | Navi itieé have estl- | mated, Qulm?. the men may their breakfast conslats of the best of food, in- .nludlnr ‘eggs. bacom, ham, sau- | sage, anl e8 and is not far| .remnud‘ { ‘Jacloh’ [ 1 BOX SCORE AND | SUMMARY | PIRATES AD cf. E [} 0 [ 0 L. Waner, Rhyne, 20 P, Waner, Wright, 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 it *Spencer, .c. . 30 Batted for Gooce! i==Batted for Cven h of | Combs, Koenig, Ruth rf. Gehrig, 1b | Meusel, It. 2b. i Dugan, 3b. | Grabowski, Bengough, c Pennock, p. i-nurat Rensses (A 0 0 8 9 21 12 Grabowski 35 tor Totals *—Batted Ith. Summary: Two base iehrig, Koenlg, Barnhart; Three »ase hit—Gehrig; Home run— Ruth; First on balls—off Mead- 'ws 1, off Pennock none; Stmuck ut-—by Meadows 6, by Cvengros 2, by Pennock 1; Stolen bases— . Waner; Left on bases——Pirates 2, Yankees 4; Runs—off Mead- ows 6 in 6 1-3 innings, off Qven- gros 3 in 1 2-3 innings, oft Pen- noek 1 in- 9 . innings; Losing Pitcher . — Meadows; Umpipes— Quigley, Mallin, - Moran ; and Ormsby. MRS. GRUBER IS GUILTY OF SLAYINGMATE in hits— Seattle Wom—:t: in Trianglev Case, Found Guilty by Jury, Six Hours SEATTLE, Oct. 7.—A Superior Court jury of seven women ani five men has found Mrs. Luln Jruber guilty of second degree murder for shooting her husband last June. The jury deliberated six houras. The evidence of the prosecution was that Mrs. Gruber killed her husband in order that she might be free to marry another man. The woman pleaded self-defense. The second degree murder pen- Alty 18 from 20 years to life im- prisonment. TANANA, Alaska, Oct. 7.—Dr. Hardy, who has, been doing dental work along the Yukon River, has left for Nenana in a power boat| ending his season’s cruise, HERMIT, 70, SPENDS | SENSATIONAL PITCHING IN TODAY'S GAME !{Pennock Wins His Fifth World Series Start— Score Today 8 to | IRUTH MAKES HOME { RUN WITH 2 AHEAD "|Pirates Are Hard Hit Duc- ing Seventh Inning— Six Runs Driven in pitching by ‘:’vb Pennook, who has won his fifth Wefld Series game without a de- feat, and a home run by Babe Ruth, the New York Yankees today made it three straight from the Pi Pirates by winning 8 to 1. A crtwd of 60,000 fans witnessed the game. The sun shone bright during the early morning hours and continued throughout the afternoon.. Pennock held the Pirates hitless until the eighth in- ning, Traynor singling into left and then , the only Pittsburgh man to cross the plate today. The last of the seventh inning was the spasm with the Yankees making six runs before Gehrig and Meusel fanned, ending the inming. Ruth made his home rum in this inning sending in two men ahead of him and Cven- gros replaced Meadows. The fourth game will be played tomorrow. The play by play of to- day’s game follows: PIRATES—-Kugfl‘thuw out L. Waner at first. Rhyne flled to Meusel. P. Waner filed to Meu- (Continued on Page Two.) HALF CENTURY 1 . HIDING BECAUSE GIRL SPURNED HIM GREAT CANFIELD, Eunglana, Oct. 7~—In a hermit's rural fort- ress near this 1t Essex town lives James Mo ™1 years old, who for 60 y % hid himselt from the e ‘When b« sweethear and Mason fi hide his wveonsolali 50 years ¢ %hia the face of wem: ‘The. woumun who <Mason still live: and thls <oar 4 sbrated her golign wadding onl crsary. Masor's Digthar 1L s, two years 3 i, qer recluse, devoted iim o sare of James rd LPoss fhe five decadef u: heen i uoie attend- ant an ¢ imOfalon Only thee liaws dnlag this half coo'ury of exia bap James Mason it ‘deen’ o ‘midn other than 1 bepther, and iMose were all ‘wibip ths past fom months. Once fhe oM mdl . % Ttured by rheun st'em s § thies:. of para- lysis, fooed o nearing La seen by fub A 0 .{bim to break his rule. plied for an old age pension, and to obtain this dole he submitted to an interview by a pensfom of. ticer. At first he declined to ro' ceive the officlal, but his increas- ing infirmity and the growins poverty of the aging palr forcad 2 & A newspaperman who h vieit Mason on the 2 niversary of his self-Imprisonment failed to gain admittance, bui saw the face of the graybeard through a window. When the youth made.bis vow to abandon human soclety, ho and his brother bought two acres of .farm land and M ln transfer it into complete privacy. and a corrugated fi- hu ”I‘ the borders. 'm m have enco