The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1928, Page 1

'y td » I i4 bound in the Naches Pass region' the last quarter to obtain Ameri- " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. xxxr., NO. 4679. JUN[;AU ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928, MEMBER OF Assi)CIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS {IFINAL APPEAL TO SAVE TWO SLAY ERS Murderer Makes Confession at Sight of His Victim TRIANGLE IS REVEALED IN MURDER CASE ? Confession Is Secured Morgue Under Grim Ghastly Light WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 6. Undet the grim and ghastly light, feebly -illuminating the| body of the murdered man, Pres- ton R. Clark early today broke] down and confessed he bought| the poison with which the mur- der was done. i Ofticers announced that the! mute body of Alpheus Bidwell, » whom the « authorities say wa '4} slain by poison last Friday, slml-‘ tered the silence which qu(‘\ll(lnv‘ of the officers had been unable to induce Clark to break since the day he and Mrs. Bessie Bid-! well we rested, suspected of killing Bidwell, by putting a’ deadly poison in his breakfast food. Since then Mrs. Bidwell and the accused man, whom mneigh-! bors say was her paramour, have refused to talk. When taken to the murgue Clark broke down and declared ¥ he bought the poison when Mrs.! Bidwell gave him the money and| told him the “drug was to be/ used killing rats.” Then Mrs.| A Bidwell and Clark, who was m‘ boarder in the Bidwell hnnu.. watched the husband eat the (Hxll of hog brains ‘which the authori-| Mes auhl as poisoned. FOURTEEN ARE MAROONED IN | THE CASCADES: Welisl Expedition to Be Sent to Aid — Use | Skiis, Snowshoes ‘ MCLAW, Wash., Jan. 6.— Jourteen persons, including 10 members 0f a Sunday School out- ing party, are reported snow- in the Cascade Mountains. Upon receipt of reports that supplies’ of the marooned persons might be running low, State and county officials have ordered a relief party to leave with food. Skiis and snowshoes have been| 1 W supplied to the relief expednlul” for .the 30-mile journey into the '* mountains. The Sunday School party went to Silver Springs Lodge on Christ- mas to spend a week. A fall of _several feet of snow since then has made return inadvisable, it is believed. v 4 Mrs, D. J, Williams, wife of tho mine superintendent at Hirst Chi- chagof, arrived in Juneau on 'the Virginla IV. ,Fo reign Inves!ments by t ! cont TWINS TEACH IN ’IW()-R()()M SCHOOL Gladys (left) and Garland Norris, 23-year-old school tcacheh in of Topeka, Kans., who teach in a two room school, to the con- napping and slaying Ma fusion of their pupils. TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. 6—Twin sisters whoni their teacher could not tell apart, now are having the fun of confusing their own pupils. The + sisters, Gladys and Gar- land Norris, 23 years old, are the teachers in a two room rural school near here. The Misses Norris dress exact- ly alike, and they look so much alike that few outside their own family can between them. Several of their pupils have found themselves the wrong grade because of this likeness. Each has about 25 pupils. The pupils are not only getting iu- struction in the three R’s, but in observing faces. persons 'DEMOCRATS ARE CONFRONTED WITH OLD TIME DEFENSE MADE BY BECK IN FIGHT FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS RECORD BROKEN Americans Reach Peak During Year 1927 WASHINGTON, Jan, 6—All peace time records for foreign in- {'vestments by American capitalists | were broken during 19 The Department of Commérce figures that purchases of foreign securl ties during 1927 reached a total of $1,500,000,000 or ne above the p which was $1,300,000,000, for 1924 Much of the gain in 1927 foy eign investments were due to the rush of foreign borrowers during can funds. The total value of the securi ties sold in the October-December quarter was half a billion dollars. COUNCIL MEETING BE HELD TOMORROW The first meeting of the City Council will be held tomorrow evening ut 8 o'clock instead cf tonight, the scheduled date for the meeting, it. was announced to- day by City Clerk H. R. Sheparl. Inability of some of the mem- pers of the Council to Be presant tonight was the reason for the postponing of the meeting. The ' gathering tomorrow will be theé first in 1928. ¥ WOMEN'S LEADER SEES ROOM -l 12 J - FOR ORG ANIZATIONS' GROWTH NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Women’s organizations, evergrowing, still are trying' to 'keep pace with the need, one of their leaders indi- cates, Miss Robinson Smith, president of the American Woman's Asso- ciation, Inc, believes there arc plenty of women who could protjt by clubs ahd associations. Sha pointed out the 1927 accomplish- ment of the American’ ‘Woman's association in financing an 8. 000,000 scheme of erecting its own clubhouse, as indicative ‘of the need that is ' apparently felt a * York. . “We could mever have done . this without the co-operation not only of our 5,000 members but - ;% of innumerable men and wo- :h.. of the city who realize the need for socfal and recrea- !qr ‘tional facilities of .business wo- men,” she said. “0! course there Wo@/several|“ _organizations, bqth national !ou!, ‘with purposes much the a8 nrl. but_even with them, among business women of New| more -than 50,000 business an professional women in this city. At a meeting with bankers in- terested in the financing of the club House proposition; Miss Smith announced the sale of $3,100,000 worth of stock as the last step of business women in applying their business methods to insuring the success of their own association. Excavation has been begun on the cliib site on 57th street, with- in a block of Central park and di- rectly opposjte the proposed site of the new Metropolitan Opera house. The features of this home for business wom: intended to pe the largest of its kind in the country, will include 1,246 rooms with private bath, . a restaurani, gymuoasiums, swimming ~pool, a large assembly hall and mul stores and shops. “The building will be completed 1929,”% explained Migs Smith. lewe will devote all- mk year o the work of organiza will be necessary for our ufi I 1 m‘gmt ittle 15- \\A\\III\(uTUA Jan. srge Washington and Benjamin l-‘mnklin rallied to the defense ‘of Representative James M. Beck, Republican, in a statement filed with the House Elections Com- mittee denying charges hrought hy Democrats that he was not o resident of Pennsylvanla at the time of his election to Congress. Representative Beck sald that George Washington, from the time he was made a General of the Revolutionary Army to the end of the second Presidential term, a period of 16 years, was; ‘very rarely at Mount \ornnu but no ‘one ever questioned that he was not a resident of Vir- ginia.” Benjamin tative Beck for 10 yea in Pennsylvania tioned. Beck General of the TELLER WILL NOT STOP OUT WASHINGTON, phatically denying that any intention of leaving office until his term expires in June, Commisgioner Teller, of the Ship- ning Board, declared that reports of his impending resignation, which have been going the rounds for the past three weeks, are be- ing spread by “my political ene- mies.” Teller said his enemies have been trying to force him from his office but he has not and will not fun from them. “Teller is the Pacific Coast mem- ber of the Shipping Board. — - e 6.— Franklin, Represen- said, was in Parls and his citizenship was not ques- formerly Solicitor United States. was 6—Em- he has Jan. OLD-FASHIONED CAMEO REAPPEARS IN PARIS PARIS, Jan. 6—Shops and old Jewel collections are being ran- sacked for the cameos that were cast aside a few years ago as n. longer good style. They are now classed among the c¢hoicest an tiques of Paris shops. Even the cameo brooch, so hum ble in its last seasons. Is the sought-for ‘pin of the day. One dealer in antique jewelry makes an important display of long ear- rings made up of four black cam- eos of different design reset in the manner of 50 years ago. —_——————— NEW MEXICO SHELTERS DEER SANTA FE, N.. M. Jan. 6— Large fenced ranches in New Mexico are being comverted into game preserves, some with th: aid of the state game and fisn eonmlulnl and others by private ‘enforcement. It is estimated that 1,000 fawns were raised within pastures near distinguish | HICKMAN MAY ESCAPE NOOSE Test of New California Law on Insanity Is Appar- ently Planned LOSS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 6 A complete test of Califoraia’s new law governing insanity as a defense in criminal c is ap- parently planned in the trial of Willlam E. Hickman on two mur- der indictments. | Hickman, a few {pleaded not guilty by anity to the ¢ days ago, reason of iker, 12 | Yesterday, within a few of an indictment, together his confessed accomplice Welby {Hunt, for the murder of C. Ivy Thomas, in a drug store hold-up jon Christmas Eve, 1926, Hick- jman entered an alternative plea |of the new and little-tested Cali-| {fornia law of not guilty and not |guilty by reason of insanity. So little used has been the new (law that Hickman's plea will re- [sult in the first test case in Los IAnuulus County. Court attendants are confused fon the plea in view of admitted facts in the indictment. The trial has been set for January 25 and will be a sanity trial only on {the Thomas murder indictment, {He will be tried to determine his guilt and if found guilty will he given a sanity trial. DEMOCRATS OF | OHIO LINE UP old hours with FOR POMERENE - Former Senator Is First; Choice for Presidency | ——Whlte ls Second (l)LlMllle, Ohlm Jan. 6 Former United States Senator At- lee Pomerene and former Con-! gressman George White, will the first and second choice of |h”i Ohio Democgrats for the Presi- dential nomination. The placing of an avowed can-| didate for the Presidency in the| state and being obliged to have some declared candidate give au-| tho tion for selection by the: convention delegates, the former | Senator was drafted by the party | to fill the role. Although formally pledged support Pomerene, the delegate will have fulfilled their pledg: when they cast a complimentary vote for him and they will then| be free to support other uan(li~| dates. Veteran Miner of | Ruby Found Dead RUBY, Alaska, Jan. (—Tony Cannon, veteran miner of this camp, has been found dead in his cabin on Solomon Creek. Death was apparently due to natural causes, .- /- Chamber_Will Begin | Annual Drive for Funds January 16th The annual drive for funds for the Chamber of Com- merce will be started on January 16, next, it was ) announced today by Wallig S. George, President, at to- day’s meeting. It will be handled by the standing | | committee on finance instead | of a special committee as in | the past. A preliminary and unde- tailed financial statement was made by Secretary F. A. Boyle. It showed a total of $5,674,92 in financial re- source¢ during the past year, while disbursements amount- ed to $5,650.15.. A detailed financial statement will be e | {in the STOCKS TAKE given the Chamber at its next regular meeting. EXPLOSION ROCKS N'\VYS PLANE FOR MURDERS| ¥ Lo Another naval disaster of terrific proportions was nar- cowly averted when explosion occurred amldships In ihe U. 8. Navy airblane carrier Langley, and was fol- vhiie the giant ship was anchored in wed by fire, ]4 Yvur-Old Boy |Dies Tonight iIn Electric Chair COLUMBUS, Ohio, With the last avenue of closed, Floyd Hewltt, aged calmly faced death today electric chair in the Ohio Penitentiary for the slaying of Mrs. Fred Brown and her s0n Hewitt will be the youngest murderer to be electrocuted in| Ohio. The execution js set for| some time tonight. Jan ve —— e — ANOTHER DROP NEW YORK, lion dollars in quoted stocks listed on the New York change were wiped out yest day in a sweeping reaction in spired by an unexpectedly large increase in brokers’ loans. The days' sales have been ex: ceeded only once before in the history of the Exchange. Early declines from $3 to %6 a share on standard industrials and considerably more in a few spe- cialties partly recovered in a rally Half a bil- values of | Jan. 6- |,| which followed ‘a lowering of the call money rate from 4% to 4 po cent. 4 - ADVERTISING ABROAD CAIRO, Jan. 6—A decreasing rate of illiteracy in Palestine has permited the use of modern el tric moving signs for the first time. + Tel Aviv is the first town in which the devices were used, the signs appearing in Enpglish, Arabic and Hebrew in order 1o present an appeal to the races using different languages. Ameri- can and European products are advertised, and’ illustrations ave employed to reach those who stit cannot read. MAKE AlTIFIclAL‘WOOL STUTTGART, Jan. 6—German cellulose manufacturers are exper- imenting with production of a cellulose substitute for wool yArn. |'{ 1t 15 sald results so far have been small | | (n & Frauleln Tutt! Fertiz of Borlin, snapped In her regal robes as she ascended the throne after being erowned Germany's Queen of Fashion. (aternational Miustrated News) Mexican Code Messages Are Pronounced “Fakes” WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Code messages in Mexican documents, published in the Hearst newspap- ers, are described as “fakes” hy United States Navy experts. The experts testified today before the special Senate investigating Lu"l-_ the waters off San Diego, Cal. and four injured by being blown Into the bay Ing gas 1s belleves CARR IER ! " O — One man was k Esenpe 1 to have caused deafening Dblust ternational Newsreelp Francee Replies To U. S. Note On l:uunmg War WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. A favorable reply to Secretary of State Kellogg's note to France of December 28, shg- gesting an international co- ant deploring war as a neans of setting interna- tional disputes, has heen re- | ceived by the French Em- bassy. The note will now | | | be deiivered to thte Stae De- tment. |Rermus Loses on Appeal; { Commitment Order Signed Ian heen CINCINNATI, Ohio. B George Remus has denied a writ of habeas corpus and the hope of regaining his liberty after being acquitted of the mur- der of his wife on account of being insane. He turned to ap- peal from the Probate Court which found him insane and di- rected his commitment to the hospital for the criminal insane. NEW YORK, Jan. 6 to the | l ! { devotion ipeace are behind Miss Ruth Mogs cause of ‘world gan's contribution to the Confe: ence on the Cause and Cure of War to be hell in Washington Jannary 1519, s of the foreign poliey committes of the conference and vice-presi-| Women Voters, was director of the Red Cross Nurses' burean in | France during the World War an immediately upon her return newed her activities for int mittee. ————— tional peace and understinding | She will be chairman of the! Years of ( Miss Morgan,’ who is chairman | dent of the National League ud SNYDER-GRAY CASE IS NOW UP TO SMITH | it Arguments for Stay of Ex: | ecution Made to New York Governor ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 6-~Gov. A. E. Smith l:tened for two hours | vesterday while lawyers tried to | convince him to grant a stay of execuiion in the case of Mrs, Ruth Snyder und Judd Gray, scheduled for next Thursday, but he gave them scant encourage: ment and he did not spend quite all of the two honrs listening either. Toward the end of the hearing, Gov. Smith joined In the argu- ment with considerable heat, in- terspersed with dry humor. Whon all sides of the argument had been presented and he had his own say, the Governor ended tho session abruptly, merely annow ing: “Well the hearing is ove and walked from the room. Action on the request pected within a few days. S . |LINDBERGH IS IN NICARAGUA; SAFE\RRIVAL | ges " ‘Trouble Seclor by Makmg Detour on Flight MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan, 6— Setting a course from the Capital of Tonduras, which carried him down the western border = of Nicaragua to Leon and thence to Managua, Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh landed on the flying field in the suburbs of this Capital at 1125 o'clock yesterday afternoom. Col. Lindbergh took a longer route to avoid flylng over the disturbed warfare country, Thirty thousand persons greeted im upon his arrival here. is ex- NOME INVITES LINDY NOME, Alaska, Jan. ¢-—-Nome Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alaska, has cabled an invitation to Col. Lindhergh to make an air tour of Alaska next summer. The Iglco suggested that the flier could con- tinue his journey from hece across the 30 mile stretch of wa- hich separates Siberia from ka and drop good-will mes- zes on the vlllages of Eastern Siberla, Nicaraguans from peon to Iresident took delight in honor- ing Col. Lindbergh. All were amazed above all else at the youth “of the air adventurer. Many aged Nicaraguans, shaking hands with the flier, were visibly affected by ithe meeting. “What a fine looking boy and su young,” was the gemeral mur- mur. L Lindbergh’s trip here from the Houduras capital wad made against a head wind. EXPERIENCED WORKER HEADS PEACE GROUP and workable “peace plans.” | She is head of the department \ of International Co-operation 10 Prevent War, a peace plan com- lmlme founded by the League of | Women Votera in 1922, and l.( | that capacity divected the league's | three-year campaign for the World Jourt. At the close of the Paris gress last year she was ) | chairman of the new peace | miftee of .the International man Suffrage Alliance and jresult has been active in co ‘.ulnv women’s peace M | a- | world over. In New York, where she - ‘ Returning from a trip to Wash- HOIn' committee of readers at the|her home, Miss Morgaun has. ington trac business Christmas and spent the holidays, of War, a group that will pas: and Oregon where he cor-| Conference on the Cause and Cure|a great deal of work as Women's National George B.|upon 400 manuscripts submitted committee . aud as a Rice, local plumbing and heating | hy women all over the country ‘n the board oI managers un, bmurnjn' on m‘m; an effort to sgcure mw mxnxw Hellevue hospital, *