The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1928, Page 1

; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ' “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXI., NO. 4729. p JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY MARCH 5, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN ChNTS IFAMOUS K. Y. GAMBLER IS MURDERED |NAGGING OF WOMAN CAUSES CRIME | Sent to Prison for Life; Confession Finally (Jears Man f - Cmm——« - | |NNO0ENT MAN \PLUNKETT RETIRES FROM COMMAND. SPEN[‘,ER SI_MN | Seasull Is | 1S EXONERATED ' PflCI(ETS RIFLED BY CONFESSION LAR"E AMOUNT Worth $l 200 SANTA \IU\[( A, Cal, March 5. smewhere in : croning momcom o "eus | Circumstantial Evidence ‘Murdm‘ers [{scape with white standing on a pier. | Convicts Chicago Man | $75,000, Night Earn- Her diamond ring, valued at | | N Set F | ac . L 1, i | —Now Jet Iree ings and Jewelry ‘ % [ ' DROWNING ™WO SMALL CHILDREN Indiana Man Confesses to Death of Two Sons —Woman Blamed Southern California is a E 4 cull worth $1,200. | Mrs. Harriet Johnson was | | $1,200 slipped from her finger into_the water. ROC I\I“(Dlll) [ll. March § s INDI A HARBOR, Ind., A seagull dived for the March 5.—George Chisholm has | | ¢hip stone, swallowed it ana | Hedry T. Olson, aged 26, who is | NEW YORK, March John admitted that he pushed his two bW Bwiy onder life imprisonment sentence Henry “Scarface” Spencer, whoge ons, Gec aged 9, and Edgar | i ter a crime he did not commit, nod was goed for thousands of ed 7 into the Indiana @ ¢ Is home, happy cnce more | dolla where big gamble laid iTarbor C 1 on February 6. He ~ wegbaglihe Last September, two men en- et was found dying in a gut- un.l a filling station and during | |ter in Brooklyn this morning. gaid he induced the boys to lasso cach other then he tied rocks to the ends of the lassoes and shoved them into the water: i Chisholm said he planned thied same fate for Robert, twin of George, and blamed the naggin of Mrs. Helen Lawrence, with whom he lived. She complained ! His last big game is believed ito have led to the murder of the {famous gambler. Only a few hours before he was found, he h.' a “floating crap game,” so- lled Dbecavse its location was (‘I\n"wd nightly, and to, which rml\ big players gained access, ,000, his night's win~ | | !the hold-up, Fred Stotler, oil | \1! fon attendant, was shot and | j m on wis arresed and circum | {gtantiol evidence identified him | i i ; as the slayer. The Duke of Pistoia, a nephew to the King of Italy and son of the Dluk": F ALI- c AMP AIGN W.I\\! le..',-ml :m. l:‘.:lnlx;."r:;:;:u.’, ]m\: 4 of Genoa, with Princess Lydla of Arenburg, were recently engaged. It Bl skt it hilorisen: |with $7 about the boys tracking dirt into phe house. sy - g oD on s M o:-::::. th::r:t‘::;hmm 8 Doy Gy I meht Inings. His pockets were empty, Chi gon, which was so brilliantly cele X i | Olson's attorney appealed and fa diamond ring and a_ diamond {stickpin, and his wateh were rstr'pped from him, when found. Spencer died on the way to the hospital, @ Several hours later, the body of Richard Adams, a barber and ace track gambler, was !o\ulfl o a Brooklyn sticet. Four et X t wonnds were in ‘the _Mrs. Adams, said s man at their home and asked B tito go for a r.dc. which he did, i . g . 'the court granted Olson his free- Keynote Is Sounded in dom on a $10,000 bail bond. That Southern Conference !night Olson and his wite left] Rockford and while the police by BlShOP Cannon sought to prevent their eseape, g {two youths, George Bliss and | Chisholm attempted to romml!: w Tiawtrated: Nows) 2 suicide by piercing his throat 1—-4-—-—-—-——-——-—4 He pleaded with the! jail,guard | - SRR 2 | | to “let me die. 1 told every-| i Wlm First Round thing. Let me go.’ 1 S(’[I’)fll(l Is to | Chishoim wept hysterically. 1 3 $ P 4 : PR Drive Huskies in U ol ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar¢h Maurice Mahan confessed they 4.4 g 6-—Prohibition as a definite i3 kijjed Stotler. Then the police ‘ D”‘h“wrm F‘Ght : i in the 1928 Presidential cam- yent. put a message for Olson to , - ’*H“Jd‘* ¢ e kn in the South is. squarely he: o4 home as he was. innocent. | X 4 *lrch b= 1| i . e the Anti-Saloon League offi- j, has returned and is now vlwonnr Seppala, Nome dog 5 cials attending the dry conven: sranted a new trial. The Judge ! G'R 0 | musher, Is again to drive his | | : 1% tion of nine southern states I giin he will direct the jury to huskies in -a- fight agalnst § this city. veturn a verdict of acquittal diphtberia, under the a This keynote was sounded in ? 7 take part this week in pro !N EGYPT FuR . an address, announced as the of- : » | Ry { | motion of a five year project | | ; to protect children from the || @ : the delegates attending the &cs | Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, for years one of the eutnmndlnt g IRefuses to Become Party| | divbtheria menace. ~He will | o | sion that the momination of Gov- ures in Naval affairs, has retired from the command of the Third Nava drive five huskies during the ‘ ernors Smith, Ritchie or United | District. Lower photo shows him with Mrs, George . Owens, presiden BR'T'S“ GuvT 1] \ Y F with a prong of a belt buckle. |” ficial exprossion of the 'Loague's attitude toward can(lidates, bh¥ Bishop James Cannon He told to Contract and Is jes and bo accompanied by e atos Sdbtat. Jaane. K. e ! of the Government Club, at & farewell luncheon tendered him in Net would be the “greatest cala: ¢ Mrs. Elizabeth Ricker, Jr., ty York. Slain &__Bu),er { | who recently defeated him in that could befall the Democratic FuuND SURF e L - Party.” He called npon the South ot | ! {ern Democrats to hold the party L NEw LuBBYlSTs‘ GUSTES ANB Anglo - Egyptian T'e.'y leaders strictly to account if 1 . 2 | Proposals Rejected— CHICAGO, 1L, March How | | ! a li-year-old girl was sold by |* - o her mother to a man, aged 35/ years, for $7,500 and her rejec- tion of his attentions brought n | death to both, wag related in L) the man's « ng statement. Steve Ta soff, who roomed K with Mrs, A. Narusezizie, the y girl’s mother, fell in love with ¢ y ! the girl, Nora Fancy, and when rr ! uhe became 14 years of gze. HEl goriaie March A serlous |y g Riley Bérlenbach, wite | bargained with her mother who| . e epidemic of influenza is raging .oy, gerlenbach, ained p mest” from whi | a dog derby. i "Believed to Have Been Wargly sl 3| PROPOSED LEBRIK ARE ~Fomer et CAIRO, Bgypt, March 5--Pre- wet should be named. for “reasons cof health.” The rishermen found two leather avi-|Would Bar Ex-Members of PLAN RASH ator helmets In the surf a short| (v for . S&ly | Council met last ‘night withaut ongress for dcheme | DARIS, Mayeti 7.—it {5 semi- the Premier and agreed upon distance from the spot where the wreckage of the missing navy for Two Y. 5 loficially announced that French terms of a note sent to the Brit. amphibian plane was located last | oay flicrs Costes and LeBrix, now in fsh High Commissioner Lloyd re- week, Officials believe the hel- £ {the United States, have been jecting the famous boxer, | - Mad ! ) sion of the “love tHome IMlade Monoplane mets were those worn by Com-| WASHINGTON, March 5. AL ARoex whe was ousted | Dashes to Earth—All mander Biyson anda s cted to return to France tia ediately, ‘abandoning their of accepted full payment for Wer.dyo.. " gmperor Horishite is con-| | The girl refused to live withlg 0 40 his bed wth a feverish | as 2 when Great Britain grant-4 hmidt or | prison sentence for former mem- 1V zypt conditional indepéns } ::'!(n Aul|:;‘r|‘;:::' :;3::‘1 I:ei:::s]w:‘ll)- i I’rem:ler el d ¥ I:”ulsu “1"_‘ at Pelham Manor, N. Y., and an- OC ul t Klled | Ransehousen. The three avia-|bers of Congress engaged in lob-|Pro trun.f-l‘.- e journey ed 1 sondb.. Setirnet, ORBEEY Rnto, (RNI I &R Princess Hisa, 8iX-\ nounces she will put up a vigorous | cupants Ki tors took off a week ago today|bying within two years from date|and Asiatic fiight. . e 3 | bedroatl ot hes kit dion | DR th 's:0ld daughter of the Em-| jerense sgatnst Der Paulie's action | from here for Amnapolls. Two|of their retirement from the Sen-| A Plane built for the Paris-| Premier Sarwat's resignation {8 | sk s peror is_critically ill. | for an annulment of their marriage. | DIKGO, Cal, March 5- parts of the plane and the two|ate or House asked in a bill | New York flight is reported ready terstood to have been. caused tetslly, wouaged il Eave Deéaths from the influenza ay-| (interational Nlustrated News) |Five men were killed yesterday helmets are the only trace that|drafted for introduction by Rep- fOF trial. The instructions are by, the fact he waj responsible T o erage 58 daily. ' The .police said: S e —— | when a home made experimental has been found of the plane or|resentative Kdgar Howard, Demo- interpreted her meaning the for the compromise proposal i < there are 500,000 cases reported ! monoplane in which they were missing mrfl. men. erat of Nebraska trans-Atlahtie flight will be at- the treaty which allowed Britis! Skort Route to New and 1,700 ~ died in February, SEc RE 59“0 [ traveling nose dived 300 feet to/ Representative Howard said: “ | tempted by Costes and LeBrix. occupation to continue. | Gold Strike, Squaw mostly infants# - > | bR BRI " WL [earth. They were thrown against | toél that. it We send a few.,exy - 3 b ‘( e e e b 4 Creek, Is Reported ‘ o ol il oo PIGKP“GKETS g L Al i C‘UER[N MAKE SURVEY p (' Fuii M. » Is Iepo A s i as t tiary the effect might serve to 5. Fullerton May Get $400 in Daylight | | iane crashed | tney the ol it verve 151 OF INDIAN TOWNSITE 5" (yrdatned Pace HAINES, Alaska, March 5— Robb in Seattle s 1 Four were taken from the Nuw AGTIVE common decency and less damag- —— ane astor i % ery | o 3 | wreckage dead and the fifth die) A ing to the public welfare and| E. C. Guerin, cadastrel enginecr By Bishop P.T. Rowe (Special to Empire)—Pat Duncan | has returned. here from Squaw . a few minutes later without gain-| practices of predatory interests|in charge of the Public Surve S Creek, the scene of the gold strike| SEATTLE, March §-In a dar | eader, Robber Trio, Con-|ing consciousness. Al ‘the vie:| Wt . | which employ ex-members of Con- | office in Alaska, left on the steam-| TANANA, Alaska, March §— 13 g oh - B 3 SR last fall. He declared that the'lnx daylight robbery, two unmask: | f Th Al tims were terribly eut. | BERLIN, March 5—This year'sf ... . er Admiral Watson for Metlakot- G. Fullerton, in echarge of the In- shortest route from the Jack Dal-|ed men yesterday robbed a down- | esses — ree At- The dead are W. W. Bird, pilot | Inventory sales brought greater | pit o o cod waid he|la where he will make a topo- dian mission above. Tanana, lefl ton Post is through Haines by {town cigar store and escaped wlth; 'tempts to sulClde jand builder; Ralph Craig, Chester crowds into the downtown ShODS | .oo.vqeq the plan as “responsive | graphical survey of the Metlakat- the Mission last Thursday for & Pleasant Camp. This is over 100|$400. The bandits walked quiet- | Kidwell, CHitford Dill and Irvin than ever before in Berlin's his-|\ "o\ i ceq wnd indignant pub-|la townsite. He was accompanicd brief visit to Fairbanks. It Is exs miles shorter than the otherfly from the store and mingléd | Thomas. [tory. It also brought an aggre-f,. "o oo ce Cer the large ac-|by Winston Spencer of the lo pected that Fullerton's lrlfi to with the passing crowds. OAKLAND, Cal, March 5--| When the plane left the airport, gation of pickpockets includi rbanks s to ieet Blshop S ! i -| e oy office, who will gsziit Frank Moran, leader of a robber|, - 4 and tivities of a powerful lobby mar-|¢al survey of 5 Y against regulations, it appeared not only German men and WOMER | j,peq by 4 former member of | him. | Rowe, who is dwe in Fairbanks trio, has confessed, according to be % ithe Police that $5,900 were uh-’;lln::wnrégze ::l"l ‘::‘ I:l?l:e Kard ::;:edb:{ :‘l:::y al:lr:‘:]ll:';l (:::‘K?er: {the Senate for defeat of pending| They expect to complete thc soon, and be ordained a min ying al e ral e pas Heglslation looking to investiga-|survey and return to Jumean in in counection with his datieh as route. Use Wlld West Movies tained this year by holding up si N Z i three imoh:- b tno BANE: of| rorsery SUSE SIMEIDUR e been |sional thieves from forelgn cOUl|yjopn "o geptain great combines |about a week or ten days. missionary at the Mission. To Test Bus Drl’ve’r8 Italy. He admitted they expected —————— | A case in point is Marcella "‘"“"‘""" Mavested Iy SN T e PR AR EE S - | larger “cléan-ups.” SALTERY OPERATOR IS santl, kmown to the European|Utilities.” R R b : Moran and Charles M. Taggart SOUTH BOUND TO LIVE|police under many aliases. She ot estrECtlons on u ber then the wild west scene are |also confessed, the officers said, 5 had “worked” in Brussels, Londor gy :::own on @ 'screen fo distract|to a $20,000 jewelry robbery in Andy Anderson. saltery operator and Amsterdam during the pre Rebel General Sandino’s Sna ) Back at Br'/ 'v hie attention. This has been Sacramento. at Seldovia, accompanied by Mre. | Christmas shopping season, but MOII“ Reported . I worked out as fully equiulentl togm:‘;"';n .htlb:m::ld ;:fi‘:’::;.;h’;; Anderson and their daughter Ag- flt:le- managed ]!)orslln :Wl)' :’I’ e the interesting things a careless nes, are passengers on the steam.|!he next country before she could . L R : Ichautfeur might try to waich in|hauging but.the Police frustrated|or Admiral Watson for Seattle|be caught in the act. P O S g o i el '\'f b eoniiob B the street while he turns corners|all attempts. ‘He is described 88| wpero they will make their fu-| Reading of the inventory ales|s —Rebel Gen. Sandino is belleved | cnaracteristics and snapped bural | Av RSSO 2 mm ¢ on two wheels, avoids collisions(® dime novel crook but an adeptliure home. Mr. Anderson will|in Berlin, she decided to “earn’|to be in the region northwest of|ni the British government, insti|ihe cl g esprang W st o0 and obeys traffie signals. Later at lightning and startling dis-| continue " his operations at Sel-|her 1iving there. German detec |Jinotega where the American Ma-!gaior of the P ol g kg o llcho.I:n d m*o u‘; mfl:‘""A . PARIS, March 5—Cowboy mov: jes to the mad accompaniment of strident automobile sirens, all in darkness, are used . to test: the psychological qualities of autobus drivers in Paris. There are all ‘sorts of labora- tory ~experiments fo - determine hysical and mental reactions of|ihe chauffeuns operate a dummy guises. dovia and expects to return north |tives had their eye on her, how-|rines have been reinforced and E " ; » 3 . zpnllmu and, the mployes | hyy while . street ‘scenes are within the next few weeks. cver, and caught her in the act ofinewly prgyisioned by airplane, ::m;: lf:-;:rrh“fi?- “fx]r‘fifi; ‘:-‘uhlf" u by b - L ¢ the, world rubber trade this shown and everything“they do in Mm M on -—.x— . opening a lady shopper’s hand-|against eyentualities teade. re' expected to b drastla uh‘lé:m inary trip through crowd- R..C. MIZE HOME bag and deftly taking the purse. | Rumors that Sandino has left | inspeveat by ets 18 m with Four [ The police reported the arrest|Nicaragua are also being circu-} Announcement by Premier Buld ’;“:m AR S U ‘n test is the R. C. Mize, chiet mateoroluxm,"’ several other pickpockets with |jated and other rumors are that|win that operation of the act sought' o kmlnuln m' f g Wfiw tion of the| WASHINGTON, March 5—Col.|of the local U. 8. Weather Bureau | international records. he is about to attuck ‘Querto Ca<)would be investizated and reco- |mn‘lmm Jee of 42 applicant, { ob-} . Lindbergh with bar Station, has returned home fron: A S * | bezas. Little faith is placed in|mendations for changes received flouml m':ubbxr by to indicate u. | Jeets will ‘meet. Qui opped off for m}”-]lho St. Ann's hospital where h: <A, J [UOTATIONS the rumors. : made public what the rubber [insus e British 1 to ahout 60 percent of E«m 18 determined nounc : fon this fore-| had been contined for some timc.| NEW Y , March 5.—Alas-| One rebel was slain In a clagh | trade long had discussed in pr ‘stopwatcl shaft ‘pre-| recuperating from rn-am operz- | ka "'fl“ fllne stock is quoted | yesterday =~ with Sandino’s roas|vate—the possibility that the, l (Continued on Page © posed | founde S0t wo padain’ ining ot " 1he roken ‘ o Juneay mosnwitle, G ok B o LTMESRARRIENAr L Nl G IR o P schemg was ot entirely. suce