The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1927, Page 1

- Bormal after the Christmas earth- | of AN -{uh. XAXLNO. 4670, 'HICKMAN ALONE IN BRUTAL CRIME; Y ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, '[UESDAY DECEMBER 27, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1927. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CONF ESSION MADE UNDER GRILLING PLANE DAWN IS MISSING; SEARCH MADE Dirigible snd Biee Colisers Searching Along Atlantic BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 27. —The dirigible Los Angeles and two oruisers are today _. hunting for the plane Dawn, % which hopped oi¥ from New York last Saturday morning for Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, on the first leg of what was to have been an attempt te fly to England. Those aboard the plane are Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson, Oskar Omdahl, Pi- Jot Price Goldsborough and Fred Koehler, motor expert. It Chicken Plays Santa; Brings $200 Diamond SAN ANGELO, Tex., Dec. A chicken played Santa Claus at the Mickey Rathbone home. Rathbone promised his wife a diamond ring as a Christ- mas present, but a chicken which Mrs. Rathbone purchas- el for a Sunday dinner brought the gift in its gizzard The diamond was anpraised by a jeweler at $200. Mrs. Rathbone paid $1.05 for the fowl. | Her husband protested | when he learned there would | be chicken for dinner, but he withdrew the complaint when { his wife discovered the gem. J. P. MORGAN SUCCESSOR T 27 y NEW YORK, Dec. 27—“Some- thing gone wrong” was a flash | from Mrs. Grayson’s plane Dawn | to the Canadian Government ra-| dio station at Sable Island at| 9:45 o'clock last Saturday, fol lowing the plane’s hop-off for Har-| bor Grace, from here carly last| ! ) Saturday morning. { pont Morgan is widely heralded in The hroken message at that| Wall Street as successor to El- time was the single tragic phrase 'bert Gary. as Chairman of thy of the flight and: was signed “W. M. U It was the slender thread upon which hope hung that the four occupants of the plane might Im all l'lbllt " “SOMETHING GONE WRONG" ; i NEW \()Rl\ l)w 27—J. Pier- | States Steel Corporation. will be made until after the Board | meeting this afternoon, rumors of Ihls appointment are not being de- el e | nied. cmes ‘ ’llml Driver | Battles Hardest EARTHI]UAI(E? 1Storm, 20 Years 27 CIRCLE CITY, Alaska, Dec. to | —After battling the hardest smrm 20 years, the Chatanika-Cire )(- which caused considerable mail stage arrived here Saturday. excitement but little damaze luv’rhe- thermometer registered 58 de- Rocca di Papa District, the in-igrees below zero. Driver Jewell, habitants are pursuing their usua i suffering from freezing hands and | routine. A few walls fell and llln’hu‘ made a valiant fight to bring people were panic stricken when!the Christmas mail here on sche- a few fissures opened iw the|dule. streets. | ks ot Site of Hudson Start AMSTE! RIL\M Dec. 27— To ROME, Dec. 27—Returning quake PARIS, Dec. 27.—There is only (one ‘“‘moral”’ play running in commemorate the salling of Henry | Paris in the judgment of the fu- Hudson in 1609 on the expedition {mous Abbe Bethleem, which took him to New York and jlent censorship of plays, books the Hudson river a plaque has and magazines caused his arrest been placed on the walls of the|recently. 4 famous old Amsterdam landmark In his magazine he runs known as the Weeping Tow theatrical department where all The Greenwich Village Histpri-|shows are graded from zero to cal Society of New York origina‘-|four. The one play that gets a \‘l‘ the idea of the plaque, which|*“4” is the old, reliable *Around is in bronze. On the left of the|the World in Eighty Days” which inscription is a representation ef has played several months each the Half Moon surmounted by the {year in Paris for a score of years, arms of the City of Amsterdam,|applanded always by new genera- while on the right hand side is a|tions of children. bust of Henry Hudson above the None of the zero vlass are list- arms of New Amsterdam. ed just now for only the prin- It was at the Tower of Tears!cipal theatres are covered. The or, Weeping Tower that wives and {zero performances are those re- sweethearts used to take farewe’l|garded as absolutely unfit. Class- » of their menfolk in olden days les 1, 2 and 3 indicate various and it was known, too, as ibe|degrees of licentiousness. In cate- Crier's Tower, from which the|gory 3 there are included twelve harbor master used to announce|*passable plays which respectable the arrivals and departures of {thearegogrs patronize.” overseas vessels. grudging approval is given to a The Tower is still the official [ number of operas, Rostand’s residence of the harbor master of | “Chantecler,” ‘“‘Rouse Marie” and o the Port of Amsterdam. similar productions. ————— —————— G. M. Gasser of the Fairbanks| = James Truitt, attorney, from the perimental Station, is enrout:| westward, was a passenger on the the States on the Alameda on|Alameda for Wrangell where he business trip. will visit with his son. FATHERS TAKE PART IN CHILD TRAINING ) wnd professional worlds has creat- »d a new situation. “Both the mother and the fath- r are at home and with the chii iren an equal number of hours now. It is not as it used to be, when the mother’s entire day was t with her youngsters. “With this greater equality, fathers have realized that the pre- scheol training is as much their job as their wives. And'as a re- t a YORK, Dec. 27—Womer ¢ educating men fo the point of’ ng an interest In the scientific g of children of pre-schoo! ‘age, says Dr. Lois Hayden Meek, ~ educational director of the Amer:. Association ¢ University Wo- k has been a leader in w‘choul education move- { hl has contributed a great ‘research material to this {Board of Directors of the United While no official ‘nn|mu||('|‘nw||vl whose vio-| This FAGE FAMINE, {Conditions in Two Chinese Provinces Extreme- ly Grave PEKING, Dec. 27.—At least 14,000,000 people in the Province of Shantung and Chili are facing extreme famine, the committee '(vt‘ foreign observers have re- ‘])UFIEIL The report nese request Thousands in Shantung have been tound to be subsisting on bark of trees, chaff and grasss. Crops are less than 10 per cent (normal as the result of drought and locusts. Civil war, banditry, and exorbitant taxes add to the , misery. Conditions are growing | steadily worse. There no chance for complete aid because ;lvf the prevalence of bandi followed for aid. the' Chi- G yreat Arab 'Plain Is GARY REPQRT stecct of water } RABAT, Morocco, Dee, Disastrous floods are devastating Northern Morocco. The graat Arab plain east of here is a sheet of water fiic on all railroads is suspended and communication is cut. Torrential rain continues, PN 7o 0 70 % RADIO SENT TOLSKMD 27 21. {Com.. Byrd Invites Arctic, Inhabitant to Go to Antarctic NEW YORK, Dec. A radio age sped through the ¥ to within 600 miles of the rth- Pole inviting Noo Ka Ping Wa 10, leave’ the: Arclle ‘ahd coms {south to accompany ‘| Richard E. Byrd to the Antarctic. Byrd invited the Eskimo to bring five other good strong meu. | good dog teams and two women | Byrd may have to wait for a re Iply by the first mail which will| b2 next August. The mo accompanied on his North Pole flight. - STATE MILITIA IS CALLED OUT ; SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Tenn.I Dec. 27--State Militia patrolled | this small industrial town Sunday ! and yesterday against possible echoes to the brief but withering | | flare of “gunfire which Saturday night resulted in the death of six police officers ' and the serious | wounding of three others, ail members of the warring law en- forcement factions. The fatal interchange of shots | is described as the culmination of the fued between the County and City officers, growing out of the strike at a local manufac turing plant. The County officers favored the strike and the City opposer. The shooting started with a minor conflict. —ae———— CHICAGOAN 18/ KNIGHTED | ‘suu Byrd CHICAGO, Dec. 27—Justus P. i Seeburg, official of the Swedish American Steamship line, has been made a knight of the Order of the North Star by the king of Sweden. The decoration, the high- est the Swedish crown can con- fer, was awarded Secburg for pro moting good- will and commerce between the Uniled States and Sweden. 3 ——————— MATADORS TURN THRIFTY MADRID, Spain, Dec. 27—Tail- ors who specialize in hullfighters' uniforms are in the Business has been dull, they i ‘because the matadors do not wea) snits in the ring as gay snd q’h. ful as of yore. ~In the good old days the crack bull naggers ) 0 1 air | Commander | | R 1pshots of “Ambassador of Gond Will” taken at Bolling 1¢ he took off for vigit to President Calles fn Mexico City: Upper left, bidding goodbye to " oflicer of the field, Center hangar. st Lefor " Np Major Hurvey nain ne Bagle" ga PBERGH WITH AMBASS LVAREZ. 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University !Jurors in Remus Case Apologizing | (‘INCINNATI, lJec. 27— The iJurm‘n‘q:n the George 'Renius mur der trlal today separately apolo- can get their soup M a bucke! bglzed to Jug;h Shoo for signing There is a S0t o(mu limi for| @ petition requesting that John eating because the | s seldom | Berger be freéd of charges of per: accommodate more" 1‘:{:‘ 50 o G0 Jury for the defense testimony persons. They throuen | The Jurors ‘also withdrew their the cating pro fl s ’ | names from the petition, 1d be glad. 3 ad 1 ¥ o oo gy W""v“" seated 11 TWO ARRESTED. Besides fll» mervices thei ivate cha 97 27 President Carnegie Professor on Intern: tional Relationg in lurope, is en- nounced by the Cuariegie Endow-| of education i | tellectual w | MRS. he nding. IB BETTER edd-s, who has icipal sou) | fi« nfu o rapidly, ae- % Lindbergh i the cockpit. Lower photo shows The ap: | ment for Intemmation. Peace Mis- | slon in Buj “Suszallo will bef { interpreter Ame can systems| Albany, a survey of the sitmation: tevest of {n.jdisclosed that 21 of the 48 states | prajuerd, attendants h.l .1-"‘" 1ast year afimm AS C()l ()\PL LINDBFR(,H H()I’PFD ()M ()\‘ FL. lGHT TO '\HLXICO R S RS0S54 A5 SR o 50N S Right, “Lindy"” arriving s erowd around “The Spirit of St. ve her the gas. ENGI.AND 5. " BURIED, SNOW |Worst Slor—n:—Since 1881 Is Reported — Gale Rages Channel i | | ' LONDOR, it | buried in snow without parallel since of the main lines of raliways are being cleared today. Drifts in some of the valleys in the southwestern counties were | from 12 to 16 feet deep. { Many branch lines of railros |are still blocked and villages are | isolated i Although the snow has ceaged falling, high winds continne. furious gale is raging on the iglish Chanael and all cross- { Channel service has been can- | eelled. After Deing Christmas, 1881, most over Cnme in Chluzo Is Diminishing CHICAGO, Dec. 27—=A redue- {tion of crime of more than one | fifth per cent is shown in the re port to Mayor Thompson by Chief | (ke eight | | of Police Hughes for | months he has heen ir ! Nearly $17,000 fn merchandis2 [ has been recovered. Murders and manslaughters to- ! !talled 288 compared to 300 the | previous ye . sifice e — %Mexico Authorized { To Purchase Plane WASHINGTON, Dec, | State Department has | Mexican government a license m 'p.m hase the plase in which lm Kvangeline Lindbergh flew * Mexico City. 27—The | granted the YoUTH TELLS OF CRIME TO L. A, OFFICERS {Makes New—C—o;lfession Re- garding Kidnapping and Murder |CGMPLETE DETAILS GIVEN AUTHORITIES 1 {Special Defense Counsel on Way to West from Kansas City OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. | William Fdward Hickmon has confessed that he alone killed ar-old Marian Parker the after he kidnapped her, single handed. In a confession, amazing for unrivaled details of brutality, the 19-year-old youth, sald he strangled the girl with a piano wire and cut her body into pleces in the bath tub in his Bellevue Apartments in Los Angeles. After strangling the girl and cutting her body up, Hickman said he realized he must have the body to produce to the girl's father, or he would not be able to collect the ranmsom. He satd he devised a scheme of rigging her eyelids with wire and to prop up her hend to make it appear |as " she was alive. . { s Eliminates Cramer The confesaton 1: inated the mythical acf Andrew Cramer, for whom tHe police have been searching since the youtlr made his first confesston in Pendleton, Oregon. Hickman. had no aid. It was a single handed piece of criminal work. His latest confession re- venled, it removes Hickman from the last shield upon whieh he relied to save him from the gal- lows. When he goes befors the Superior Court in Los Angeles, he will g0 through the formal- ‘fiy of entering a plea of murder and kidnapping, based on his signed contessions to both crimes, Given Grilling The mask of mystery which Hickman sought to throw over the killing of the little girl, was torn away in the course of a zrilling he underwent as the special car upon which he was being brought south was near- . ing San Franecisco. ; Hickman gave the following reason for klllms the girl: T Fvas Atran /Anaouid, mecks 8 I noise.”” Behind locked and closely guarded doors of his compart- (ment in the car, questioning by the Los Angeles wilicers pro- roed. Kidnapoine Idea Hiclkman told the officers he (conceived the idea of kidnapping [uhmn six months ago as the -meuna of securing money for school. : Hickman =aid he took an auto- fmobile at the point of a gun, ldriving to Los Angeles and de-~ jcided a few weeks lager upon :Purk(rq daughter as the victim. 27— He secured her from school on then bound and December 14, gagged her. The girl begged that the bonds be removed so she was luntied. ‘ Sends Tel After driving to Pasadena ulfl i u,ununued on Page Two.) SEEK J URY SERVICE NEW Y(IRK Dec. l e | pointed task of the New York ! League of Women Voters during | the early months of 1928, At the league's convention In wexmlt women to serve on juries, though many of these make pro- }vwion for easy exemptions gal 'in one, Loufsiana, no woman i: iher willingness. The fight in the District of women jumr bill in the state of | hring publu- notice to ‘the situa. Washington, at Beatilc. as visiting| New York will be the I‘I!»lp— tion, according to officials of the 1Lvmue. | “Woman juror bills were pta scuted this year to the h:h&r‘ ‘;urpn of eleven of our states neligible,” presented year after since the granting of . {for the most part they glr they get as a8 a o tal for medical Asked to serve on a panel unless nearing. With last several ‘$he makes a public declaratian of | pistrict of Colut ate pncm!en elim- comphoe.