The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1927, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXI., NO. 4667. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS MURDERER HICKMAN IS CAUGHT THIS AFTERNOON, OREGON TOWN GOVERNMENT MUST CLEAR UP CHARGES Contempt Case Takes on New Aspect—Rul- ing by Judge WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—After g counsel in,-the case agreed to combine the contempt of court and intimidation charges in the oil jury tampering case, Justice Siddons today decided that first the Government must clear up accusations that it intimidated witnesses during the hearings. Justice Siddons ruled that al- though the contempt charges still remained in Court, the state- ment of Edward J. Kidwell, jur- dor, that he had been made to sign an affidavit containing un- truths, must be disposed of AGED PIONEER IS MURDERED; BOY'S CRIME Man Slain »l;;‘!outh for Money to Purchase Christmas Gifts WATERVILLE, Wash., Deg. 22 ~+~Allen Presley, aged 65, of Mc: Cue, was murdered and robbel by a youth who wanted ioney tc' buy Christmas presents for his girl sweetheart, officials an- nounce, James Woodin, aged 17, con- fessed he shot the old man down n his cabin and robbed him. The lad was imprisoned K s confession. The body of the aged wis disevoered yesterday ing, frozen stiff, wrapped overcoat and stuffed under in his little shack. Art Woodin, uncle of the cused boy, found the body, the pockets of the pants and coat turned inside out and the cabia! ransacked, after he had missed Presley for several days and -had | gOne to investigate. | Officers said the murder was committed last Friday night. is said several witnesses watched young Woodin get off a train at McCle,, go- to the cabin and re-' turn and leave on a train later. after pioneer morn- in an a cot | ac || Mother Dtes Bess Howe Going to . Seattle for Operation “ ANCHORAGE, Ala:ka, Dec. 22. l ~ ~—Miss Bess Howe, the school teacher who accidentally shot | herself at Ninilchik while clean- ing a gun and was brought here! Ly airplane, was placed aboard a southbound train yesterday, on a stretcher, enroute to Seattle, tak- .| ing the steamer Alameda at Sew- ard. by Dr. Rex F. Swartz, who will, operate upon her. panied by Miss Narene Elliott, Anchorage nurse. After the Seat- tle operation, Miss Howe expects to go to her home:in Seymour, Texas. e — H. E. Biggs was a Dlusenl from Juneau to Petershurg for u(!hut the plant contains much cel |daily twentytwo-mile trip to the | Elizabeth Curran looked to Pin- short business trip, on the Ad- " miral Rogers. the | tion, with |, oIt R At Seattle she will be met| She is accom- i ]U S. AIR CHIEF, OLDEST ARMY | | ! PILOT, RFTIRE9 FROM SERVICEI By KIRKE L. SIMPSON (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Maj jen. Mason M. Patrick, chief ull llw 'm ¢ corps, who for six| vears has stood near the center of | storm of controversy in avia has stepped into a calme. when he retired from activ seryice for age on December 13. The judgment passed upon his work for those six strenuous years by his colleagues of the old army and the young air corps alike is that he leaves behind him mutual understanding and a sense of team play between ground and ai soldiers to further the single ob- jective of national defense towaid| which all are striving in a degree that six years ag 50 seemed impos- sible for What I‘Allli(li will de with the time now apt to hanz heavy on his hands—for he is still a vigorous, energetic man at 64— | he has not decided. Eight months ! or more will go to relaxation and rest from the grueling desk work and requirements of his office! that have kept him hurrying about the country on inspection tripg. Beyond that, he told The! Associated Press, he has no det- | inite plans. He hopes to go nbroad later to see at first hanc he aviation developments, boih mlmary and commercial, other countries are making. I “l have no thought of abatinn my interest in air developments,’ {Me said. “I could not. 1 hope 1 gaay, find means to be’ helpful, ryen cetizement, to the limii- ‘{"fi”’*fll “frazsportation by | air.” With General Patrick’s retire- ment, the oldest qualified aviation pilot not only of the army, but ir sea Maj. Gcn. Mason M. Patrick the United States—perhaps in the|late fifticc when he became Chief of the United States Amv Air| world—is stricken from the m“‘flwConps. retired December 13 from the post he has held for six years. The general himself ‘"“k“‘He is the oldest licensed pilot in the Army. ide his official nlane. list. light of his that regard. accomplishment in 1h1m in nilot’s garb b " GONGRESS 1S : RECESSING TO ' JANUARY FOUR Adjourns Out of Respect; to Most Beloved Mem- ber, Sen, Jones WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Under "4 | the shadow of ‘death of one of its a ,most beloved members, Senator [As A, Jones, of New Mexico, tho Seventieth - Congress adjourned | yesterday for its Christmas ro- | Cess, | The final meetings in the two | Houses, ~until - January 4, wece " brief, practically all business be- ing suspended as a mark of re- spect to the dead member of Con- | gress whose period of service covered more than a decade. The Senate was in session less |than 10 minutes. ! The House was in session about | half an hour MOTHER OF LINDBERGH NEARS GOAL Safe Fiight Is Made to Brownsville—In Mex- 4 ico Cify Tonight BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Dec. 22 Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh ar ived ‘here at 5:02 o'clock yester (day afternoon in" her flight to Mexico City to spend ( stmas with her som, Col. Charles A Lindbergh. The big plane has covered ap proximately 715 miles. v (inset), who learned to fly in his| This picture shows “You must not overemm\'e‘ that,” he said, smiling. “Mine is{0f theit own kind, who kuew their ust a junior pilot’s rating, i |lansuage, because I have tried to was all 1 could get or hope to get|know and understand eis- at my age. ment of the new art and science “But 1 think our young fliers|to which they are devoting: their of the air corps have come in-|lives. creasingly to talk to me as one That ev pilot's license, whatever After taking off from Tulsa vesterday morning on the third day of the flight, two stops were made, one at Dallas and the other at San Antonjo. The plane has covered approximately three quar- ters of the distance to Mexico City and is expected to arrive there late tonight. limitations, is an important sment i any appreciation ofthe work (ienerai Patrick has been | doing these si The air service was split wide in fac- Ma | tional strife when he relieved (Continued on Page Seven.) | its DOG 1S ['RLIL ON BOND AFTER HIS CONVICTION AS I\ILIIR l)l‘ SHE hl’ I . STERLING, Ky. Dec. 22— Kaiser Bill, a German police dog |has been sentenced to death by | County Judge Barl W. Senff, in | County Court here. The dos | |owned by Mrs. Henry Gay, of Mt | Sterling | killed | Prewitt Young, The dog was in Court, where !he was defended by W. Bridges | White. A large crqwd heard the trial. “Young identified the o g s dog by the collar he wore. His ther's other hand while flames | |owner is confident of his inno- i | | snuffed out the life of her | | ence, she says. | | parent. i | Young claimed he shot the dog in its foot. The case was appeal- led to Circuit Court and “Kaiser | Bill” was released on bond of $300 to appear at the January term on 1| condition that he be kept athome -lundl that time. The dog was on| the witness stand when in Court. i N TR st 1) R ' | Begs Daughter To Chop Arm Off; SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec 22—While the mother begged the daughter to chop her arm off so that she might be ex- | tricated from beneath a burn- | ing automobile, the girl stood by helpless, holding her mo- belonging farmer. sheep to J 0 e — ! PAPER FROM BULLRUSHES BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 22—Ai [ls being sought from the Argen. | tine government to develop paper making from bullrushes. It is re-| !pnr!ed that experiments made | SEATTLE, Wnnh Dec. 22—it i with rushes from the banks of |is five months since the death of | ! the master of Jerry, a bird dog, ‘| the Plate, Parana, Uruguay, Pilco- but the animal makes an almost mayo and Bermejo rivers show lulose and it is believed this may |grave of C. A. Moodie. be extracted at low c {was taken. in an automobile to GERMAN SPY Ithe cemetery. Mrs, Moodie has been mystified by daily disappear- ances of the dog. Then A. N. Tefft, manager oi REVEALS was charged with ha\m"‘ Moodie died in July and Jerry N Missing Woman Found Dead on Operating Table OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 22—Tha Police yesterday found Mrs| C. K. ' DAYSRECALLED ‘ PR night. They found her.body, lay 'Im: nude, on an operating tabc Man Sues for Money Ad-| where she haa died in the course van(‘ed to Wlfe Of of a criminal operation. Dr. Iry !' Gold Stampeder KLONDIKE RUSH ing Cole, said to be practiciny medicine without a license, i: sought. Both he and his w have disappeared. SEATTLE, Dec. 22+-Echoes ot the Klondike rush were heard ‘n court here when Sherman A. Pin- nell, oldest mail earrier of A= |Buckles has sworn out a warmu! | toria, Oregon, opened suit to re-ifor the arrest of Dr. Cole, who cover $6,140 from the estate of|with his wife, a nurse, have been his stepfather. Denmis Curran,|apprehended at Alameda. who died here a year ago leaving RSy Y $3,000 of property in his own NEW POTATO KING name, and $5,000 in his wite's| ALAMOSA, Colo., Dec. 22.— ! name. Fred Spicer, San Luis Valley Curran left Astoria 30 years|farmer, has been crowned Colo- ago for the Alaska goldfields. rado’s new ‘potato king." He After years, when letters re- raised 833.2 bushels of potatoes, {turned undelivered and no word |OF 49,995 pounds, on a measured lwas received from him, Mrs [acre of ground. Spicer received a cash prize of $500 and a silver, nell for support. crown as an emblem of his rank. Pinnell paid $25 monthly for 20 Curran finally rejoined his wife at Astoria, living together until her death a year later. Curran; then moved to Seattle, dying a year after his wifé passed away. WARRANT ISSUED OAKLAND, Dec. 22. ye Gilda dancing, Gray, noted lifting “the art of motion state at an apartment, while a hotel. MILES SEATTLE, Dec. who created a traffic he drove a concrete the Bothell Highway at an esti mated speed of two miles an hour, has been fined $50 for reck less driving and W. E. Dicknall owner of the tractor, has been fined $100. ' Although there were plenty of testimony to show the tractor was makiug less than two miles an hour, Justice of the Peace Bat- cheler held nevertheless that was a case of reckless driving ¥ asmuch as the State law forbids moving of such an apparatus on the public highways without special permit, which had been obtained. Jones was arrested after a dozen cars piled up on tractor with the resultant traffic fam that took a squad of State Police to straighten out R. 0. jam Jones when mixer in tow, down a noi halt .IMAY RAISE SUNKEN SUB Divers Are Making Survey —Air Pumped Into Torpedo Room PllOVthhTOWN. Mass,, Daz 22—Diving operations at the sunk en submarine 84 have been re- sumed, divers being instructed to survey the position of the wreck preparatory to an attempt to raise it. No sounds have been heard TRICKS OF HIS TRADE| g the eemetery, telephoned to Mrs. Moodie ti “a bird dog is over here. He has been sitting beside | County Pinnell is sulng in the King Superior - Court to recoy Mr. Moodie’s grave for days at a[er amounts paid towards his wo-| BERLIN, Dee, 22—A compila- tion of the numerous tricks to which spies in the world war, ra- sorted to convey valuable informa- tion and secret messages into aid ~out of the country is recounted by Felix Baumann of the late (hr-n imperial secret service. #Clothi-g, of course, was ‘the y t elemental and therefore populnr medium for such , Linén and shoes oflen buckles,, coat collars, padded H shoulders, “suspenders, neckties, | time: 2 o ‘"'“! wigs, shoelaces, handles of toofl.' sty | v brushes, etc., frequently served. ————— Widow Cleared of Still more' crafty were similar Suspicion, devices In bookcovers (until fin- ally all books and printed mattsr were taboo), hollow and false Siee teeth, heels, in the cotton dress- jnsnfizmmm[:lecth?t E‘:J?:;“L‘f ing of minor wounds, in the nasal [T B0, UL et Ty cavities, in candies and in com- last Sunday. The verdict cleared Mrs. Ella Arsnow, aged 34 years, widow of the war veteran of am let of the near any (A i ther's support. CHICAGOAN — CHICAGO, Dec.. 22--Justus 1 Seeburg, official of the Swedi=" | American stanmnmn “lines, hos| | been made a knight of the Order of the North Star by the king o' Sweden. The decoration, the | highest the Swedish crown can confer, was awarded Seeburg 1o promoting good. KNIGHTED E SAYS..... GUARD - TREE FROM FLAM : ING| 1 nlunblo advices written ink, A mmilm spies, who on their secret (ouunu on hn 8ix.) mon strings, Especially subtle were the methods adopted by wo. guspicion in connection with his| mer ‘m and Sweden: wil: beiween the' United Sat DAYS LEFT. FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPP from the torpedo room since Sun- day. When the work was today after a five hour suspen- sion, the air compressor of the Falcon had beéen forcing alr into the torpedo réom for more than 10 hours. Simon Lake, expert in pubmarine comstruction, sent a radio message to the Falcon from his home at Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, saying ‘there should have been enough ‘air in the torpedn room to last gne man 700 hours. He computed there should have been lu!flclli‘ air to have kept| six men alive 2163, hours. The men might Be unconscious many bours before IMy died. At 8 o'clock this ming. the men had been app: ately 113 hours in resumed it i exponent has shimmied herself away from her hubby, Gil Boag, according to the latest gossip from Hollywood, where Gilda’s up- i pletu ces. Doleful SHIMMY SHAKER SHAKES HUBBY OFF ‘ R of shredded wheat style of' Gilda's Gil's living playing in solitary solitaire at DRIVES TRACTOR LESS THAN TWO AN HOUR; RECKLESS DRIVING ON Hl(yHWAY IS FINED FOR i T a caterpillar tractor with! the |, 1 | spun Business in Securities On Increase | WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 | The American world of fin- ! ance was more active during | | the last year in transaction of | | securities than in’commercial business, the Federal Reserve Board reported today in a re- | view of the year covering op- | eration of the Federal Re- serve System. While commercial credit business decreased $330,000,- | 000, loans on securities in- creased §796,000,000, reflect- ing increased use of credit by | | securities in markets. PRI 7P SR WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-—~The United States sold 1,419 dozen suspenders, worth $5,444 to for- eign wearers of pants during Sep- tember alone. Neéw Zealand was the best customer. PRICE TEN CENTS' |GIRL'S ‘SLAYER UNDER ARREST; HASCONFESSED : Los Angeles Boy Caught on Highway Near 1 Echo, Oregon \DENIES THAT HE IS SLAYER, PARKER GIRL {Declares tEFiend, Un- | named, Cut Up Girl's | Body—No Details BULLETIN—PENDLETON, Ore.,, Dec. 22.—William Ed- ward Hickman, sought as tie kidnapper and slayer of Mar- ian Parker, has been captur- ed at Echo, Oregon, after a spectacular automobile chase along the Columbia River. In a confession to the po- lice, Hickman stated the girl was killed Iast Friday and the deed was the work of a fiend whom his ’ confession did_not identify. Hickman stated that no anesthetic was used during the dissection of her bodv and that she was lmuhd by a wire in the hands the murderer, He declared the murder was not committed in flu Bellevue Arms Apartment in Los Angeles. ; Hickman declared he ‘needed money to go on and thought the 'kidnapping was an easy way out. | ar | Officers, foliowing news re- ports on Hickman's flight in the Associated Press dispatches, set ° out west from here and at a sharp turn in the highway east of Echo, stopped to light their pipes when Chief Tom Gurdane noticed a green car approaching with switched plates. uurnl:mt- unll State Highway Business Houses | To Be Closed On Next Monday Juneau's business houses | will be closed one hundred per cent strong, on Monday, December 26, in celebration of Christmas, a survey re- vealed today. There has been doubt ex- pressed by some firms as to | whether they would close, but the proprietors of all lo- | cal grocery stores, meat mar- kets, hardware companies, and dry goods houses declar- ed today that they would celebrate by closing on the | day after Christmas. CHEMICALS WORTH 300 BILLIONS SOUGHT BY SYNDICATE IN DEAD SEA HAIFA, Palestine, Dec. 22— Every tale of buried treasure ever by imaginative adventurer: or some of bucanneers is dwarfec by the wealth which a British Palestine syndicate is preparing to extract from the Dead Sea. The company has obtained prerf erence over American and cou tinental ® bidders for the tonces- sion, and as soon as the harbor which the government of ‘Pales tine has planned here is construct- ed and when 20 miles of electric railway are built to link Halfa with the shore of the Dead §ea the work of turning salt intc money will begin. From the body of water famous in Biblical narrative the synd: cate plans to extract some 1,300, 000,000 tons of potash worth $70, 000,000 and 853,000,000 toms of hromine valued at $250,000,000,000 According to representatives of Major Tulloch, British engineer jand Novemeysky, Palestinian chemist and civil engineer, who head the British-Palestine syndi cate, the Dead Sea contains sod- fum chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chlordie and bromides By a process of evaporation, the Dead Sea produces common sal quantities containing which treated with hot water resolves into solid potas- fum chloride and the solution containing magnesium chlorids md magnesium bromide. A sim: ’le process turns the potassium ‘hloride Into potash in demand tor fertilizing arable fields. The resources of the Dead Sea ire considered to be practically inexhaustible, since the strength of the brine increases year by year. A good deal of the brine n great arnalite, seems to come from the streams #: ‘ which flow from the desolatel high lands of Palestine after rains. Potash hitherto has been almost 'xclusively a German monopoly n Europe. Britain plans by this 1ew development to produce its ‘ertilizer within its own empire. - The extraction of potash and rther chemicals from the Dead Sea has been under consid for nearly 30 years. Schemes h ibout reached a head when the world war hroke out. Before the nd of the war Palestine had he- ome a British mandate, W te Turkish sovereignty,'and after he war plans for the ‘new ry acquired fresh life.