The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 27, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY /OL. XXXI., NO. 4697. TRAP § “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS T FOR RANSOM LETTER WRITER FAILS; NO CLUES GIVEN SEATTLE COPS CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE, - % v & arry Hxll on Trial for‘ Murder in llinois,. Gives Testimony BAYS AUTHORITIES MISTREATED HIM [iven Nothing to Eat for Nearly 24 Hours— | chked About | | OTTAWA, Till, on trial for the his wealthy mother, beth Hill, last August, smiling and | bonfident, electrified the crowded | ‘ounty Court room yesterday af- ernoon by climbing into the wit- hess cl to tell Judge Dav he absence of the jury from fourt room, what the Seattle po- ice did to him when he was ar-l Fested there last fall. The spectacular move of the Alenl ense was to counteract the ef- ect of the atory which Detemvei ‘aptain William Kent, of Seatt'2, t blanned to tell and also altempt o show Hill made statements un-' fler . duress, without advice - uf riends or attorney. o Kent testified that he did nal[ lmae Hill and n knéy | d at 1?\9 hnfi]s Hill's flory Hill then told his story: “I was/| rrested about 9 o’clock in the Lvening and was given nothing o eat until 4:30 o'clock the mexi| fternoon.” " Muriel Seeley, Milwaukee Hill said he was accused of ¢ive of Towa, will desert stage t illing his elderly mother hy the iy New York. Seattle police officers and “they {4ke up course in interior decora kwore at me, called me vile_, M., Jan. 27—Harry | mux-dnr of | Mrs. Eliga:| WEDD-NG BELLS FOR lOWA BEAUTY Normal College graduate and na- After which she’ Mem;);yo;’ F lwrs W ho Haveé Lost Lives, Now Porpetuatod by Canada . ALASKA AREA GETSHEADWAY': lNl their lives in transgoceanic ’”lght attempts has been honor:d by the Canadian government ‘a [Resolution Is Given Place on B. C. Legisla- ture Calendar 15“ Jan, ‘lh» naniing of several newly dis- covered lakes in northwestern Oa- tario for the fliers. A large lake in the territory "north of the Red Lake district has been named Doran Lake in mem- ory of Miss Mildreds Doran, who was lost in an attempted flight from the Pacific Coast to Hawail. Others for whom lakes have beea named, as announced today by the department of the interior,, wera: Lloyd W. Bertaud, American pilot of the Old Glory, lost in an attempted flight to Rome Philip A. Payne, newspaper man. lost with the Glory. Lieut | Capt. James V. of the plane | 1 : | | ! i | | 1 I { VICTORIA, B. C., Jan | The subject of acquiring the Al- aska Panhandle from the United States for the purpose of convert- ing it into British Columbia ter- iritory, has a place on the Order | Paper of the Legislature of the | Province which is now in session. | | R, gin, who proposed the idea, a that it be endorsed Until the resolution is disposed of in the Legislature, no action is proposed by the Government, Action of the Administration’ | will be governed by the fate of { the resolution in the House, Pre- {mier J. D. MacLean said. The | matter is one’ for the Dominion | Government to deal with if the resolution carries and then it will [ become the duty of his govern- {ment to forward the resolution |to the Federal Government at Ottawa with a recommendation 4hat_action be taken looking to the acquisition of the Alaska ter- ritory from the United States. BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED Terrance B. Tulley Medcalfe, co-pilots d Sir John Carlin rope. Princess lost with the St. attemptéd westwa the Atlantic. F. F. Minchin and Leslie Hamil-| ton, pilots of the St. Raphael. A lakg also was named fof the plane St. Raphael and another was named for Geoffrey Fitehie, On- tario government pilot, who fell near Sum Ste Marie last year. e Sfii\fi STRUCK ONE PROBLEM Raphael in rd crossing an of o wed Mal Chase, 11 go back home, ting and design dog fancier, she says, to )ames, kicked me, struck me an.d ushed me up and down until .1 PICTURE OF MAYOR OF NEW YORK ! BROADCAST BY RADIO; INDICATED HE NEEDED A SHAVE yas worn out. “One man gave me a mg.\re‘-e‘ nd another knocked it out of my outh and burned me.” Hill admitted that Kent treatad him kindly. ’ SEATTLE DENIAL SEATTLE, Jan. 27—A vigorous Porter Ablaze; lenial of Hill's charges was vmr-i d by Charles Tennant, Chief of| Loss Is $3,000 oteetives of the Seattle Police | —— IDepartment. i MEMPHIS, Tenni., Jan. | PRSI 1| 27.—A negro porter's trous- | 3 ers caught fire and caused | GKMAN Tu damage estimated at $3,500. sample room of a cotton company. Market Price—Othet Fox Prices i ! Trousers of | { | The negro was standing with his back to a stove. | A spark is Dbelieved to | The samples caught fire, | The trousers were only | partially damaged. Have nestléd in the trousers. | “‘Unaware that he was afire, the porter walked into the | Defies His Counsel in San- ity Jl:earifig—él:or}:rell : Lo R £ ry His Sto i GROSS FOX IN GOOD DEMAND Advance 30 Per Cent Over LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 27. -William E. Hickman has upset | he defense plans and defied his! ittorneys to keep him off the wit- ess stand. He declared today hat in face of the opposition! f his attorneys he will tell his tory to the jury. THis was re- realed today when he discussed vith his lawyers the program of procedure and Hickman an- ounced his own plan with At- orneys Walsh and Cantillon, Jerome Walsh said: “W¢ do ot want Hickman w take ithe | itness stand in view of ty defense. We told hm'd. lourse if he is determ to alk, we cannot stop him speh move will seriously flnjn flefense plans.’” ‘Conferred Upal w,&snzo‘rou. flent” ot SEATTLE, jan, 27—Cross [ox was strong at the Seattle Fur "Auction sale showing an advance 00430 Per cent over the open ma: ket prices. The best dark silvery apecimens brought $160. The en- tire collection of 300 skins aver- laged $76. Offering of high qual- pale and reddish skins soll ween $40 and $60. Virtually all of 1,000 lynx sold on an avcr- age of $56, the best lot for $69. . | Silver fox sold at $340. Jan. e: X ok M e TWO-SEMESTER SYSTEM " RETURED AT 2 2 WALLA WALLA, Jan. 27— Whitman ' College, operating on the . lhng-urm plan _since the 1 World War, has voted to return to. the two-semester system he- the fall of 192 Penroge - | iwhose photograph has ever been VARE'S GASE Polick of Ohe Cokrtiy: Can- . not Pursue Criminals Senate Election Committes| Into Another Reverses Previous | i Ac[ion { HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 27—Ef- {forts of the Pan-American Confer-| |ence to reach accord relating o problems of frontier police and versing the action of last Wednes- pursuit of criminals across Inte»- broadeast by a radio station over|day, the Senate Rlections Com- national boundaries have definire- the regular wave length, so who-| mittee has voted unanimously (o ly failed. ever happened to tune in could|gtart immediate recount of tao (hear it last night. ballots in six Pennsylvania coun- Thousands of listeners heard afties, *challenged by William B. prolonged squeal lasting 90 sec-| Wilson, Democrat, in the Sena- onds, punctuated by a swift regu-|torial election of Wlllllm 8. Vare, lar ecrackling as station WEAF | Republican. put the picture on the air. Chairman Shortrldge Mayor Watker listened that the amended plea met objec- ly to the squeal. tlfi;}fl- d ‘ | i j< Vil ’ PR ¥ are now faces a double ba.- ’hanges in the \‘?"‘:l’j:" :‘:"‘!‘Y‘l"fll_:.":“)'_ reled attack against his seat a: of the Pan-American Union as el the Campaign Funds Committee proposed by Mexico, will bring is also examining into his primary not increased efficiency but dis- expenditures, | integration, Jacobo Varella, -, o — |ident of the Uruguayan delega- M ANY ARHESTS I'tion, told the Pan-American Con- P MADE, MEXICO ference delegates. Religious Flare-up Is Again Varella said: “The adoption of ed—Schools “SQUEALS" NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Mayor {James A. Walker has the distinc- tion of being the first person| WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—Ro- lic and International Law turned down the Argentine proposals au- thorizing penetration by police of one state into territory of an- other whenever such action ap- explained peared to be necessary for the apprehension of fleeing criminals. intent- Acainst Reorganization Grover “Sounds I must Mayor Walker replied: as if 1 had a beard. need a saave.,” On ordinary sets, the impulses produce merely a.squeal but a special apparatus installed for the test produced the photo- graph. ——————— Texas Delegates to Vote for Hoover DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 27— Texus Repubticans have been urged fo send a delegation to the national party convention instructed 10 vote for Herbert Hoover as presi- dential candidate, in a resolutioa adopted by a 27 to 4 vote at a feeting of ‘the state executive comimnittee, ——————— lost in an attempt to fly to Eu-| P-A SESSION The special committee on Pub-| reorganization | Pres- such a proposal would mean dis- aster to the Pan-American Union and the Ilahors of many years would be lost in probably the quick disintegration of the organi- zation. There could be no bene- jfit.” Report Under the present system, the Are Closed Chairmanship of the Governing Board is traditionally held by the MEXICO CITY, Jan. 27—Re-|Secretary of State of the United ligious questions are again flaring | States. up with renewed police activity TR e in closing Catholic schools, alleg- (" L7 te ed to be operating in violation of ('.(m Use Peyo“” the laws, and in arresting persons No Law Is Found said to be engaged in seditious A;zainst It setiyicion, WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The G s B“": .'{';0"::_':’:’2 :::a‘r: ‘;;'d"'f:mi? Federal Government has no nar- ‘}hnve been arrested in the past m'mtla(; 1l|cll|.:1lng p;,yn.l.(;'uA:; PAYS 822 FOR few days. Four Catholic schools ::.H.!Ml‘,.unnm“.:l::fi:eruur:;:x tes- | ASH REGISTER have been closed. Those arrested | ia.1" hefore a House Sub-ooi m $21 IN TILL | |jnclude both students and teacn-| . oo during its study of Inter- FOND DU LAC, Wis., Jan. | | for Department ‘appropriation, 27. — Although he had paid | $22 for a second-hand cash | register a-few days ago, W. W. Brow who yesterday | opémed a.mew bakery shop *in., Campbellsport, discovered that the machine in reality “cost him only $1. When Mr. { Brown put the machine into service the first punch of the ‘key revealed the sum of $21 which had been caught in "the rear of the cash drawer. ———i——— Artistic Temperature Slould Be Treated as Any Other Affliction CHICAGO, 111, Jan, 27. — Dr. Charles Mayo would treat those afflicted’ with artistic tempera- !ment as gently as persons. suf- fering from any other owverdose of stimulant. Temperament in an lopera singer merely the re- 4 mlon from the stimulug of too {and it 18 difficult to suppress its use by the Indians. The Indians consider its use a religious rite, he declared, and have prevented legislation by the Federal Government against it. Eight States, Colorado, Towa, Kansas, Nevada, Montana, North and South Dakota and Utah have laws to ecurb fts use, he added. Mr. Merritt asked the sub-com- mittee for' am appropriation so that the Federal authorities could aid States in their laws,. enforcement of’Dight, .or & short circuit. ‘prlnlwu escaped during the fire. ‘I-UI\"I‘R ALASKA GIRL AND FORMER RAJAH HAVING HARD TIME TO WED Canadian horn | 0il and | { Lowenstein-Wertheim, | BOMBAY, British India, Jan Nancy Ann Miller, of Seattle, Wash., who was born and raised in Valdez, Alaska, and formor Maharajah of Indore are hi | trouble finding some I body to officiate to marry. is having trouble to find a church lofficial . to officiate at the con | version of his fiance, reports ro ved here state. i Emissaries of the former Indore lare reported, however, to have | won over a certain Hindu preach- i er and scholar, and he may agree to perform Miss Miller's conver- | sion. More than one recognized Prog- ressive Hindu religious body is known to have refused to convert the girl because the Maharajai has already two wives living and because of the view held that the (American girl's conversion is in- itended only to give the marriage legal sanction. Miss Nancy Ann Miller traveled the Indian’s train when he {visited in America in 1925. Her | mother, Mrs. Jennie L. Miller, lives at 1144 21st Avenus Nor Seattle. She married a we known Alaskan miner at Valde: years ago and Nancy Ann the result of the union When the former visited America three he was joined by Mr: 2 MEN HANG; JAIL GUARDED { CARDIFP, wales, Jan. 27. Two men were hanged "today in the heavily guarded Cardiff jail |after sternuous efforts for re- prieves had failed. | Daniel Driscoll and | -sowlands were executed murder of Pavid Lewis, player, Barriers were erected about the prison wall and all witnesses and others concerned in the trial were warned to keep off the streets for safety, in fear of violence from gangs with razors ‘Texas Penitentiary Has $20,000 Loss by Fire HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Jaw. 27. ~—A loss estimated at $20,000 was sustained at the Texas Peniten- tary early today when the wagon factory in the prison was /de- troyed by fire of unknown ori- gin, ascribed to either a heater left burning throughout the No lin was Maharajah yoars agn Miller and Kdward for the faotball i toured her daughter the California. a guest at the Miller home in S2 attle at Christmas, 192 the United States for the Con- tinent the next year. Mrs, Millor and her daughter also visited tha Continent, Mrs. Miller returning to Seattle last fall Dancing Girl Rescued The Maharajah of Indore gaincd notoriety in January, 1925, when Mum Begum, a was slashed in the face and he escort, a wealthy Bombay mer- chant, was killed by nine Indians, later identified as havipg connec- tion with the Maharajah’s train. Mumtaz had been a former fay- orite of the Maharajah and it was declared that the Indians were seeking to kidnap her. The inci- dent later led to the abdication of the Maharajah in favor of his son, Yeshwant, after his troops were disarmed by the British. Mumtaz Gegum wash rescued from the kidnappers by the inte-- vention of a party of British ol ficers who happened to be pass- ing. The officers, armed only with golf clubs, routed the In- dians. Later three of the attack- ers were sentenced to death and four others w deported. Tn March, 1926, Mumtaz was married to Abdur Rahman, a wealthy me:- chant and a municipal sloner. “Bootleg Liquor” Given and together Southern states thay an4d dancing girl, | FATE OF MISS Freshman of Smith College Is Now Missing for Many Weeks $12,000 RANSOM IS DEMANDED, PARENTS Package Is Left in Desig- nated Place—Police Ready to Arrest NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Jan. 27. — The ransom letter writer who demanded $12,000 to restore Miss Francis St. John Smith, the missing Smith College freshman, to her grieving parents, is at large, having escaped the police trap despite faithful adherence to directions contained in a let- ter to a representative of the Smith family. A package appearing to con- tain the money went unclaimed. Had those in the plot sought to snatch the package from the designated spot at the foot of a flight of stairs behind a depart- ment store, they would have been surrounded by a squad of police- men. The authorities said the letter “was pencilled by an educated per- | and lett | | commis: | | Francisco, son. i Dire ach. o ul:ve have been threatened 'len of payments, at first sta at §4,000, A systematic search of the en- The Indian ruler was tire Eastern States and also Mid- dle West States has been under- way for several weeks by the authorities but it is now believed Miss Smith is still near this lo- cality. L e e— — LELLERBACH TO FINISH SURVEY BY YEAR'S END J. D. Zellerbach Says In- vestigations in Alaska Be Pushed Rapidly SEATTLE, Jan. 27—By the end of the present year, the Zellerbach pulp and paper interests hope to have completed exhaustive investi- gation of resources in timber, wa- terpower and the like in Tongass National Forest, Southeastein Alaska and, if conditions are found to be satisfactory, to map out a definite program for entry |into pulp and paper productin there under a project that will ai- tain a plant investment of $20.- 000,000 within a few years. This statement was made here today by J. D. Zellerbach, of San Vice-President of the Al CIIIIC ‘Dl' cfilll&‘zmlerhuuh corporation. “The m- GALWAY, Irish Free State, an. 27.—Two brothers each con- demned to a year imprisonment at hard labor for armed robbery, pleaded that they committed the crime under the influence “bootleg” liquor. It was stated in court that entire villages along the Galway coast had gone half| mad recently from liqiors wash- ed ashore in drums from a wreck- ed rum runner bound for Am- erica. of | vestigation of the problem of de- velopment of pulp resources of lands in Alaska which we will be ! permitted to cut under Govern- ment contract is a task,” he declared. Early Studies Combined In the preliminaries of the fir vestigation there has been a link- ing of effort in behalf of ths Zellerbach interests and those headed by George T. Cameron, publisher of the San Francisen Chronicle, who also hold “cutting (Cunlmued on Page Right.) tremendous MEMBERS OF THILATRICAL COMPANIES BARRED FROM SPEAKING IN CHURCH BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 27—Be-| picture, “The King of Kings," ie cause the sessions of the First| which she played a minor role. Presbyterian Church of Berkeley| Dr. L. A. McAfee, DD, pastor decided it would prefer not to|of the church, explained that tho have any member of the organized | elders and deacons had decided theatrical, profession address memfimmlnn permitting Miss Renick to bers of the church, Miss Ruth | appear and had sent her a potice Renick, leading lady of an Oak-|that the meeting was cancelle 'and stock company, will not at-| He explained that the M Wi tend a meeting tonight of the not to be taken as affecting Miss Men's Club of the church. She | Renick, persomally, but appiied had been invited to address the|all professional actors and ad. club on Cecil B. DeMille’s motion | tresses. o 4