The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1927, Page 1

i THE VOL. XXXL, NO. 4664, JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY, DECLMBLR 19, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS KIDNAPPED GIRL SHOCKINGLY MURDERED; MAN HUNT STARTED PRICE TEN CENTS Submarine Sent Down With Entire Crew, Collision DISMEMBERED BODY OF BANKER’S DAUGHTER IS THROWN HIM FOR RANSOM ¢ COAST GUARD (T™ VESSEL RAMS SINKS A SUB Jver 40 Oflgs and Crew Are Believed to Have Perished RESCUE WORKERS ARE DRIVEN OFF, STORM Divers Ascerlain by Tap- pings Six Men Alive This Morning PROVINCETOWN, Mfls 19—A furious gale is wonpuw Cape Cod and has forced the rle‘- to suspend rescue work on submarine S-4. The wind wn, blowing the sea high. The tem perature is low and every unit o the rescue fleet is blanketed wil ice. Hardy fishermen refuse to mfl\'l their vessels from the dock CArry, newspapermen to the acen‘ of fhe disasters on account the gale, S8 Men Known Alive Six men, imprisoned in wounded hull of the ~||hmnr!ne on the ocean’s floor in 100 feet o water, are hopefully awaiting res cue, while their span of lifc grows rapidly less. Divers who went down to sur vey the hull of the submarine brought back the story of undu“ sea conversation conducted either side by rappings on steel hull. There is no serious gas condi tion in *the compartment of the six imprisoned men, the diver said, but the air was poor. All but six of the 40 odd mer on the submarine probably pes ished when it went down. 'l'hen is possibility that others alive but the officers said it wai not likely that compartments oth er than the forward torpedo sec tion had escaped floodings. RESCUE NOT LIKELY WASHINGTO:! Dec. 19—The chances of rescuing alive, the Bi: mempers of the submarine S+ known to be alive, are “exception ally slim” in the opinion of Lieut Charles B. Momsen, submarinc expert of the Navy. Lieut. Momsen expressed belie that under the most favorablc conditions the men could last only until early Wednesday morn ing before being overcome by carbon dioxide gas. It is believ ed that it will be impossible tc raise the submarine by Wednes day, “Legitimate Accident” WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—Th« sinking of the S-4 by the Coas’ Guard destroyer Paulding is de seribed by Admiral Charles F Hughes, Chief of Naval onerunum as a “legitimate accident” which the Coast Guard is nu plamed. He said he believed th accident was unavoidable. i . Pauling's lower' hold wa< RAMMED AND smxs PROVINCETOWN, Mass,, 19—Submarine S-& was nmmeo and sunk by the Coast Guard De stroyer Pauliding at 3:35 o'clocl Jast Saturday afternoon near here Boats of the destroyer were im _mediately lowered and began f _gearch for survivors of the sub | marine, which carried 43 officers | and_crew. The S-4 was of the same class "as the S-51 which sank off Block island in September. 1925, in col liglon with the City of Rome witk & Joss of 33 lives. The S4 was making an avail bility run when the crash oc cursed just outside of Province- eram, A% apper F ound in A gony; With One Leg Burned Off; Been Helpless for Weoks Dec. 19— than in lh* Alaska Alaska, for more in a cabin interior of burned off, .nr»arly to the knee, and the foot of the other leg badly burned, Nick Ra worth, young Canadian war vet- was taken to the Kennecott Hospital last Saturday. On November 3 Raworth, who was operating a trap line on the Gulkana River, was attacked by a CORDOV A, After lying month alone wilds of the with one leg hear. aworth’s dog fought nobly fto save his master, but lost his own life in the attempt. The bear then turned on Ra- worth, knocking him unconscious. What happened next, Raworth 'oes not remember. ‘ame to and started a fire, but he shock. and loss of hlood car- fed him into a state of coma. | | i Evidently helficiency - JUNEAU BLDG. APPROPRIATION Item Is Cut Oul of First Appropriation Bill Sent to Coolidge WASHINGTON, Deec. 19 first appropriation bill of the pres. ent session of Congress, the de measure carrying $200, 000,000 to meet additional ex- penses for the current fiscal year, was sent to the White House late When Raworth next became con-|Saturday afternoom, by Congress. selous, one leg was burned’off to he knee and the other foot bad- y injured by burns. Suffering . intense agony, nnrmwflzfid 15 miles to o is ¢ whe he hy car lhlo iy Ay Raworth was found in nns con-| lition last week by an Indian who yacked him by dog team to Cop- ser Center, 30 miles away vorth was then taken to Chitna vhm'n he was placed aboard Jopper River and Northwestern Railroad train and taken to the Kennecott hospital. It has not been determined whether Raworth has a fighting hance to live. 500D OUTLOOK, FISH INDUSTRY Rn | i Col. Jemand Is Much More! Keener and Prices Increasing PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 19—A sdlver lining begins to appear he clouds overhanging the sa non industry, despite disaster to he men and capital employed in he fisheries this year. This came out of the annual seport of Victor L. Elfendahl, Chairman of the Association o° Pacific Fisheries, read and sup: jylemented by, Dr. E. D. Clark, well-known authority on the sal- non industry, before the Pacif'c Northwestern Advisory Board of he American Railway Associa- ion, Car Service Division, mect- ‘ng here. Although the salmon pack of 1927 was little more than half of hat shipped in 1926, and although he Department of Commerce aa wunce restrictions of a most Irastic nature for next year, EIf- ndah] helieves three factors, ma erially ameliorating the unfavor- ble conditions for the year 1928 vill find the industry with a mil- fon, two hundred and fifty thou «and_cases less than they had for wle at the beginning of this year. Prices of pink salmon, which -onatitute the bulk of the Alaska rack, is considerable higher than he nrqcodh‘ years. The adver- ‘ising has created a keener de- nand, and the absence of a carry- sver stock has increased the orice. Alaska Girl Bride of Former Maharjah, India LONDON, Dec. 19—A Bombay tispatch to the Daily Mail sa;s former Maharjah, of Indfa, is re- ‘urning to India from the United States and will bring with him an Amcmn bride, Miss Nancy | The bill carries $940,000 for oie- vation of the sunsg of the battlo- ships Olklahoatin e Seyad the Proddest deGratine ‘Vk)lllflm- ad ! fi AAL i ln-my s vl i e ton e wal elminated L4 i, P for Jimncau s o MOTHER OF LINDBERGH IN FLIGHT Caruso’s Widow May Wed Alexander Moore | I | | | ! \ IS ELIMINATED o i b | 1 Leaves Tod:; for Mexico' City in Huge Plane to Visit Son DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 19—Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, mother of Charles A. Lindbergh, tooi the air at 10:15 o'clock this morn- ing on the first lap of a flight to Mexico City, to spend the Christ- mas holidays with her son. The flight is made in a huge Ford all-metal monoplane piloted by Harry Brooks. The plane also carried Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stout, Louis Lejus and Harry Russell, Ford officials. SEES BULL FIGHTS MEXICO CITY, Dec. 19—Coi, Charles A. Lindbergh yesterday saw not only one but two bull fights and this despite 50 protest; from individuals and Humane,So0- e——0r1 cleties in the United States, agaia thus giving countenance. to the Mexican national sport. The finest Mexico could pro- duce in the way of bull fighting, horsemanship, lassoing, cowboy stunts and native dances, was marshalled for the election of Lindy. .Rodolfo Gadna, consider- ed the greatest bull fighter of all times, returned to the ring after two vears retirement, especially | to fight a bull for Lindbergh. el CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—The Senate - has confihmed the ap- pointments of Gov. Gen. Stinson for the Philippines and Ambassa- dor Morrow to Mexico. | | | | burgh, former ambassador to Spain . the late Lilllan Russell, who at the [} |1 It the wedding bells ring out for | theatrical history. /i While Mrs. Caruso s the widow | Mrs, Dorothy Caruso-Ingram may wed again, | The widow of the noted tenor 18 sald to be contemplating & third ‘matrimonial venture, in which Alexander P. Moore of Pittsbur, mer ambassador to Spain, plays the other leading role. (International Tilustrated News) Mrs. Donthy Caruso-Ingram (shown with her two children, Gloria and Jacqueline), is reported engaged to Alexander P. Moore of Pitts- (lower right). Upper left is shown time of her death was Mrs. Moore. for- this couple, it will mean the union of two prominent figures who, singularly enough, have been parted by death with two of the most notable personages in American concert and of the great Italian songbird, Mr. flllooro was the husband of the late Lilllan Russell, perhaps the most |Mu- and bflw.d of all Amlflun buutuo. Plane Attempting To, Make Record, i | SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 19— 'r.ml plane Southern Cross,” former! v, Capt. George Wilkins® Detroiter, took oft from Mills Field at 8:23 o'clock Sunday morning in an at | tempt to break the world’s recor a | {of 52 hours and 22 minutes for a | sustained flight. | i | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 19—T he | | Southern Cross, renamed the! Spirit of California, for the sus-| tained flight, was still aloft at 8:23 o'clock this morning, | hours after the take off." (Chinese Airman Will Attempt Dalu Flight| | DALLAS. Texas, Dee, 19—Co | William Easterwood, whe 'has o' ifered a prize of $50,000 for : flight betweew Dallas and Hong | kong, with three stops: permittcc anounces that Major:Ten Lai, o! Hongkong, has contracted to aot- terot the flight from Homgkong. | He plunu to start in the Spring. | 24 L | TAX BILL ” m“.p '-msnmnm, xp‘ 19—Inii {¢niions are that, ‘tax bill pass | ‘¢ by the Ho mt to the | d by| | death, th be \ BEN. PURNELL FOUND DEAD ng of House of David Passed Away Friday— Body Still in Bed BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec. 19.— Benjamin Purnell, Klng of the House of David, 18 dead. He died last Friday morning and today, third day after his body still lay in bed where fed The ly officials, believing (in the teaching of Purnell, that the +faithful could not die, have restrained - from summoning &n undertaker and made no an- {nouncement of the leader's death. Under the State law, a body must removed within 72 hours after death. . ———————— Robbers “ One Man; Escape_with $15,000 ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17—John W. | Hopson, Agsistant cashier of the | m-liamm Bank, was t and Killed, and’ John G. Mc chief hookkeeper, v’ shot ln chest | and sertouly five robbers ¥ afterna un | bark. DEMOCRATS OF THIS DIVISION SET PLATFORM Letchikan Convenhon Writes Platform for Divisional Candidates Local delegates to the Divi: il Democratic Convention, return- ing_Sunday from the Ketchik zathering, reported an enthusia tic meeting, marked by a ha monious discussion of issues for; the 1928 campaign. It was the toncensus of opinion among the lelegates attending that the party prospects, both in the Territory! and the nation are brighter than at any time since 1916, Copies of the platform adoptad were brought back from the con- vention and the platform declar:- tions in full were made public today. The convention decidel not to endorse any particular candidates for either divisional or Territorial offices, pledging sup- port (o the successful candidates in'the April primary election, io Text of Platform The platform as adopted by a unapimous yotd ol the delegatey follows: " “The First Alask: I)i-mnu:lln- Party of thy Division of the Territory of in convention, assemble reaffirms its allegiance to the h toric Democratic Party of the na. tion and congratulates the peopi: of Alaska wupon the promising prospect of its return to power in the country. lemn the existing Re publican mis-rule of the fisheries of Alaska whereby the entire ad ministration of this most impor- tant resource of the Territory has been concentrated in the hands of one individual with full power to legislate, regulate or prohibit. The result has been disastrous both to individuals and corpora tions engaged im the industry an? to communities “depending upon it for their prosperity. We carnest. ly recommend that all jurisdic- tion over the fisheries of Alaska be transferred from the Fed government to the Legislature of Alaska. The present attempted regulation is inefficient, unintelli- gent and results in gross injus tice and favoritism. Build Up Population “We recognize that the future development of the Territory de- pends upon acquiring a perma:n; ent population and believe that the Territorial eontrol of all re. sources would build up a large and desirable eltizenry. “We recognizé that the conser | vaticis of herring is vital to the halibut and salmon industries aad we are opposi to the wanton destruction of the herring supply “We look forward to statehood for Alaska in. the near future. Preparatory t0 statehood, the Territory shouldl bhe accorded the fullest measure:of territorial self- government ingluding control of the fisheries and game and the power of coumty organization wherever desirable, and represen tation in the legislature accordins to population. & ° “We believe 8 home rule fo: Alaska and to that cnd we not only favor a territorial form of governme ut we belleve that all F:molfiu:u in the territory sh filled through the appointment ot bona fide resi- dent Alaskans. Leg “We belie cise of th, ju Iin the that all ;i Federal istered the as: an clals, “We trails t ! developmeht |we umga 8 eral 000l Functions _the fullest exer- ot purely % admix- without i 1 and B ¥rowth and Uie parritory and Slw o of Fed- 4 road and parti henefita Little Girl, Kidnapped Las Angeles High School, t Thursday Noon from Los Fiendishly Slain—Ransom of $1,500 Paid by antlc Father—Greatest Hunt for Slayer in California’s History, Begins by Offi- cers and Citizens. BULLETIN — LOS ANGE- LES, Dec. 19.—Several ar- rests have been made in the kidnapping and slaying of Marian Parker, The amount of reward is increasing and the hunt for the slayers is being participated in by thousands. SUSPECTS ARRESTED LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 19— A frenzied woman, charged with suspicion of the murder of the Parker girl, and a man, were ar- rested and held for questioning in connection with the kidnapping and murder. The arrests follow- ed the pouncing down of officers upon the two in a mysterions house near the place where Park: er, fathor of, the girl. paid, the - Guetors: “Lint KN her, T didt W0 her. They did it.” These words, said to come from the lips of the woman as she pgeed up and down the street in front of the house, brought a swarm of officers to the place. The woman gave the name of Lillian Padley, aged 23 years, and the man was William Long. After questioning, Long was released. Another Suspect About the time of the raid on the mysterious house, officers in another part of the city, arrestel vlor Barnaman, aged 24, who is tentatively booked on a charg: of grand larceny pending an ex- tended investigation. He was to- ken in custody because he telo- phoned radio stations in an at- tempt to have broadcast a mes- sage from “George Fox." “Mocking Note” A mocking defiant note, whica was placed on a fire alarm box,; was delivered to the police by the| firemen who answered a false| alarm turned The note was purported to have been written by “The Fox” and threatened death to Marjorie Parker, Marian's twin sister, be- cause he had been traced by the police in the early dealings with Parker. Blood Prints Heel prints, sharply outlined in what appeared to be blood stains and a group of bloody towels, have led the police to advance the theory that the mysterious house may have been the one in which the little girl was murder- ed and dismembered. Other tow- els, recently washed in an attempt to remove blood stains, several razor blades, and a crudely drawa picture of Judas Iscariot, found in the house, enhanced the helief of the police that they are ap- J in, Saturday night. | proaching a solution of the crime which has been called the moat atrocious in the history of the Pacific Southwest. The razor blades are mentionerd as possible weapons used in dis- posing of little Marian by the kidnapper who also referred to Judas Iscariot in speaking of Parker. $50,000 Reward A reward, dead or alive, of $59,- 000 is so far offered, late this af- ternoon, for the killer. Notes to Father The first note delivered to the | distracted father was signed “The' Fox,” and defled even the army, of police and detectives, augment.- ed by thousands of citizens. Searchers have raked Los An. geles and nearby cities 1% body was'delivered fo the fathor | and the net result of the huge, operations has been the arrest of more than 60 persons, but only four are held, these being tha Padley woman, Barnaman, Lewis .. D. Wyatt, who was taken into custody at Las Vegas, Nevada, and a man whose name the police refused to make known. Woman Arrested Earlier The police revealed that the Padley woman was first taken ins to custody a few hours after the tragedy Saturday night but the police then attached little impos- {tance to the arrest believing her |10 be intoxicated, ! Suspicious Car Toward midnight last night, three volunteer searchers saw a suspicious car with two men i1 it in an alley to the rear of the suspected death house. Detectives were summoned and the place raided. The house is two doors away I trom the lawn on which the slay- er left the body. Officers pointed out that it would have heen possible for tho killer to have driven around the corner after depositing the grue- some bundle, have gone up the alley and parked the car in a | garage, then watched the pursait {forming from the windows in the ! house. Psychologists’ Views Psychologists, after a study of the slaying of Marian Parker, de- clared that the death of the child . and' not the $1,500 collected fo the body was the primary mouv\ of the kidnappers, Dr. Frank E. Bowers, for sev- eral years Superintendent of the Indiana hospital for the insane, is of the opinion that the tiendish i#layer planned and carried ont | i (Continued on Page Five.) dbfonss A EIGHT PRIMARY LAWS CHICAGO, Dec.- 19— Illinols again is in the throes of a court tight over its direct primary sys- tem, a center of contention in' ths state for nearly a quarter of a century. In that time half a dozen laws establishing primaries have been thrown out by the courts, and now two laws, passed by the last legis lature and designed to meet all objections, have been held uncoa: stitutional by lower tribunals and the' issue rests with the state sw: preme court. Governor Small has sald that it they law are finally held {9- valid, he will call ‘he. Miinols legislature into specinl ! ‘g enact a new primar; Taw - effort to have it omulyq in INVALID IN ILLINOIS nomination is held inevitable. The fight for direct primaries began in 1906 when the compul- sory delegate primary law was enacted. A year after its adop- tion, it was declared unconstitu: tional and a substitute law was passed. In 1907 the substitute was held unconstitutional. The first direct primary law was enacted in 1908. A year la that law was thrown out, and 1910 two direct primary acts, ‘l legislative and the gemeral, m adopted. 191& end in 1919, vised laws were knocked out’ the #tate reverted to fl ¢ thlch had not been te a’June of this year court declared | + unconstitutional, = p o