The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 15, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 48%4. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS INVESTIGATE FARM MURDER MYSTERY Lives Are Crushed Out in Tornado in Illinois Town 'SEVEN KNOWN DEAD;FIFTEEN ARE MISSING ' Ilinois Section Is Demol- ished—Many Buried Under Debris 11, Sept. 15.—A mowed a narrow swath through the Rockford in- dustrial section and nearby countryside known to have crushed seven persons to death and resulted in $5,000,000 prop- erty damag Fifteen than 100 were bowled migsing Thirty-four persons are in hos-| pitals seriously hurt while others le geriously injured have been removed to their homes Those missing are believed to have been buried beneath hun- dreds of tons ef debris of two| furniture factories. | Some of the ROCKFORD, 5. lo which is of more| factories | still | out in and persons employed over are missing are still! allve in their prison wreckage it | developed early this forenoon. i HUNDREDS ARE | HOMELESS;TEN KNOWN KILLED Meagre Advices Received Regarding Havoc by Porto Rico Storm NEW YORK, Sept. 15. i ons are dead in Ponce, Porto . 700 are homeless and iy are in the hospitals injured the result of a hurricane w)n(h‘ swept tae nd last T]ll“'.fl]il)" night and Friday. This is ac- cording to All-American Cable Company advices and was thel first message of detailed informa-| tion regarding the hurricane. The Hold Up SCVera] PlaCCS m' did not indicate damage done at San Juan North Coast which suf-| fered the result of the hurri-| cane. The heavy loss of life and property was on. the south side of the island. message tensive on the ex-| | RED CROSS AIDS ‘ WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Ap- propriation of §50,000 from avail- able funds for immediate relief of Porto Rico storm sufferers has been approved by John Barton | Payne, of the Board of the Wed Cross, who has informed Presi-| dent Coolidge of his action, § | - — - SEATTLE MAM ATTENDS FAIR One of the out of town visitors¥ at the Southeastern Alaska Fair, vesterday was Frank Parrish, of| the Fobes Supply Compafly of Se. attle, who was most enthusiastic in his praise of the displays, par-| ticularly the Educational depart- ment. The work entered by the| Alaskan Schools was of scope and | quality, he declared. . A. J. QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Alaska Junean mine stock is quoted to-; day at 4. ‘toxicated last night | man jers | Shepard tlost $500 |store. The Irving Berlins are hoping . St;n'k Hovers Over Then' Home xt's a boy this tlme. Here are the song writer and the former Ellin Mackay enjoying them- selves on the beach at ‘Atlantic City. (Intarmatisnal Masramaaid g | ; | Stool Pigeons Discontinued by Dry Force WASHINGTON, Sept -Use of stool pigeons Prohibition agents has ordered discontinued as ‘“‘unnecessary evil,” Commis- | oner Doran announced to- day. Recently perjury charges | were filed against informe in Washington who were paid out of the Bureau’s in- formation fund. | by been THHEE YOUTHS | TURN BANDITS Seattle and Shoot | Pollceman | SEATTLE, youthful sept bandits, 15— Three apparently in- shot a police- fatally after hold- persons in a gro-| The trio then held up three drug stores and two gaso- line stations and escaped. 1 Two of the youths first entered the grocery store, locking up three clerks and five customers in a back room and robbing them. Then they held up three more custom- who came in, Patrolman approaching, caused tha third bandit, in an automobile to| give the alarm and the other two! came out of the store shooting, | William-. Pohder, of Clevelahd,| in hold up in the| probably up eleven store, ng e —— STUDENTS ATTEND FAIR A number of Douglas High Sehool students attended the Southeastern Alaska Fair yester- day and took notes on the splen- did exhibits in the educational de- partment, which is said to be the best ever ghown here. CHICAGO APARTMENTS TO WELCOME CHILDREN CHICAGO, Sept.. 15.—Aerated garden apartments where children will be welcome are being built in the crowded near north side to be sold to wage earners. The apartments, 600 of them with 3,000 rooms, were made pos-{ sible through the vision of Mar. shall Field 1l and the fortune he inherited from his merchant grand.-! father. The Field estate trustees will manage the project 15 years, by which time it is expected the apartments will have become the property of their occupants, There will be nine five.story|there will be an auditorium for stayed with the plame until it Lad|in St buildings, fronting on two blocks and enclosing gardens and play- ground areas. They are to cost between $4,000,000 and $4,500,000. The financial and legal work incidental to the beginning of con- struction was complicated because the site was in a congested and valuable real estate section. Sev- enty-five lots were purchased from 60 owners. Several vacating or- dinances had to be pushed through the city counncil. In a model apartment a bride can find instruction in home-mak- ing and a dietary kitchen, and community programs, death, {ofticers are {house {several da | from MURDER HOUSE BELIEVED NOW FOUND, SEATTLE Police - Reported to Have Made -Digcovery— Bassett Slaying SEATTLE, they have found the where James Bassett was done to the Police today shifted their efforts to a little brown resi- dence on-a side road off the Seat. tle-Edmonds highway. The 15.—Believing murder house one of three D E. Mayer was said to have visited before Bassett's disappearance. The brown hous said to be |the only ome in which Mayer ac- ally lived It is near a deep ravine. The house being comb. ed in the hopes of finding some clue to the manner sett met his fate. At the same time another house which stains have been found, being studied Although the inclined to believe they blocdstains no further found to prove the murder scene. arrest in Oak- automobile and in his posses- house was in is be were might clues was the Mayer is under land. watch is Bassett's were found | ston. | son of the Presi.| James Bassett dent of the Annapolis O Commerce, d red September four days he w: sup- posed to sail for the Philippines. He left the home of his brother- in.law, Commander Theodore W te: of Puget Sound Yard, in attempt to sell automobile a man named Clark in Seattle He was not seen for Later a license for ymobile was obtained in Olympia. Major Winters iden- tified it and also the watch, de- scription of which was telegraphed Oakland and both found in the possession of Mayer. 5, Bazsett's {Plant Where Strike_ Has Been on, Bombed WAUKEESHAW, Wisg Sept. 15. —The plant of the David Adler company was hombed last night and the explosion. wrecked the front of the building. Two per- |sons were injured, one being the night watchman. A strike has been in progress at the plant for several months. Two Army Fliers Leap to Safety From High in Air GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 15.— Caught in a storm 3,000 feet aloft, two army fliers leaped safely in their parachutes when their plane became unmanagable. " To pre- went tangling, one of the fliers drapped 1,500 feet. in which Bas-| CARNIVAL NIGHT AT FAIR CLOSES EVENT OF WEEK Big Time Promised Tos] night by Management— Awards to Be Made FAIR PROGRAM 00 o'clock. 15 to | Concert by Band 9:00 o'clock.-——Dancing and harmony singing cn stage. 10:00 o'¢lock Burlesque | fashion show. Midnight prizes Dancing all evening. ~Fireworks, 8:30 o'cloe Juneau Awarding of | | =il The aska Fair the spirit Goddess four day Soutineastern Al will end tonight with of King Carnival Luck taking the prins {cipal roles. The large building will no doubt be crowded by final nighters to see, hear and en- |joy themselves. The exhibits re- imain in all departments for view- |ing. Starting with the open air fireworks, extra band concert and feature acts on the stage the crowd will have an incentive to (patronize the many booths, bulg- ing with novelties of all kinds. President J. F. Mullen, of the ciation, - anuoung, tendance last and it is expec d that the at- & was 1,200 ed that this willl be doubled tonight. Last night Douglas and Thane residents in- vaded the Fair in large numbers. President Mullen announced that the special awards will be made at midnight and also an extra door prize, a six months'| pass to the Palace Theatre which | has been donated by John T Ispickett. The ballyhooers are oiling up | their voices today for the big spiel tonight and hope to entice | the general public and added| merrymakers to their booths in| droves. Kiddies in Evidence This is kiddies’ day at the and th are hundreds enjoying | the sports. At 1:30 o’clock this| afternoon the kiddies’ pageant to take place but those in ge had not been able to round-up all contestants ¢ o’clock but were ‘“hopefu lowing the pageant, tri le bicycle races are to be held at 4 o'clock, Harriet Hc Grace Meggett and Ella Wools will present their dancing fol- and and acts. | Woman Dies from Fifty Slashes on Mrs re- DENVER, Coi, Sept. 15 I. Ruby, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ported to be wealthy, who wa found unclothed with 50 h on her body, in a hotel room, died| in the hospital last night When near death she was askel by a nurse: “Did you do this your self?"” The woman shook her head When asked if a man did it, the woman nodded yes. No weapon was found in tb room when the door was baite down. The door was locked the inside. —_—————— Pittsburgh Attorney Convicted of Murder PITTSBURGH, Penn., Sept. 15 ~—Attorney Fayette Tyrell wi today convicted of second deg murder for killing Philip Clark, | in the main hall of the First Christian Church on a Sunday morning last May. The verdict: calls for imprisonment of not less than 10 years nor more than 20 years. S e MANAGER, PORT WALTER IS IN THE HOSPITAL Southeastern Alaska Fair Asso-| Lcene oi (xreenland Rescue i = and f i) i Hassell and Cramer near Mt. Ralph Belknap, one of two men who reseued right Below is is livans, Green- the e lind, is shown ahove with Eskimo member of Um\u»ny ol l\hrhu{an 1‘\nc(lxti«m \\hflc at 1 { ramily of Rescued Rockford Fhe. Photo shows Mrs. Bert Hassell and her children upon receipt of word that “daddy” was safe fliers had reached Mt. Evans, Her Bndy; Murder Nflighigan expedition, sent all Rockford, IIl,, ot joy. EGGERSGLUESS «RECEIVES CERTIFICATE EXCELLENCE E. A. Eggersgluess, Agranomist, in charge or tae Sitka Hxper mental Station, received a Certi ficate of Excellencé fo: his re markable entry of Alaskan shots at the Southeastern Alaska ! Fair. Many patrons of the Fair |have commented en their excel ‘Jom-e and great variety snap- i R AN Bl | CAMP FIRE GIRL GETS HONORABLE MENTION Gene Carlson, 11 years old, |ceived honorable mention for (only exHibit entered by the Cangp iFire Girls at the Soutneastern Alaska Fair, Her exhibit in jcluded pussy willows and i]enveu on a blue background, cov- ered with glass and framed, also two, candle sticks and small re a |vase of gesso work. e SPECIAL EXHIBIT A special exhibit in ladieg’ and chiidren’s at the boutheastern ir entered by Mrs. Mary Monagle, | 2 box of copkies which were maac the elderl: department Alaska Fai Harold Arentsen, manager of the {reduction plant at Port Walter, is Ann’s Hospital suffering {with a broken leg, ) vtwo years ago. by a Norwegian woman and pre- sented to Capt. Roald Amunds when he left Norway in the Nor, They were sent " mrs ,}[,w:.‘nml to the Alaska Mn the | maple | in Greenland. News that two headquarters of University of into paroxysm E to r daughter ler Mrs. Monagle by who taught school at the Norge was wrecked f silk from the Norge, sonagle at the lalso on exhibition. am. Both vill eum |at the close of the Fair, it was an- [ nounced. | e ! “ GIVEN CERTIFICATE A | given Certificate of Excellence was to the cotton display sent to the Southeastern Ala Fair |from Helena, Arkansas, by judges at the Fair. _PAINTING PRAISED The* collection of paintings which Mrs Davis has on display at astern Alaska Fair likeness of her son, Trevor in sailor's uniform whicl been highly praised by F rons. The eollection a tains many fine paintings of |kan scenes. HAVE TONSILS REMOVED Paterio Escalona Scott, of the U, 8. § derwent tonsilegtomys « Hospital this week, includes a Davis a con- Alas. Walter alga, un< Ann's Professor | with s | early s (dication many of the «'and others In its rush ‘of the oll litiga action. !court on a charge CLAIMS FOUR YOUTHS SLAIN ON CAL. FARM Detectives and Workmen Spading Up Ground for Evidence LOS ANGELES, An all-night polic and the placing workmen on the Northcott Farm Riverside to spade up the near where the police be- four youths were slain and bodies buried and a search of the farm, followed charges of 15-year-old youth The youth declared that four Southern California boys were :1d captive on the farm of Cyrus theott and later put to death Northcott’s son Stewart A preliminary search revealed, it the authorities claimed, were three @rude graves from which bodies had been lately re- moved. | Detectives believe further evi- |dence lay ried about the f (and organk d workmen to dig |the ground Ju hope that addi- | tional rluu may be uncoveredy !Emumnm# M;;,; ~— RHINELAND HAS NE W 0BS l)’vul 5 Exp:" ;@&n i ()f] for South 15 “ of (€ Cal., Sept. 15. investigation of a crew of near earth lieve their W. H, Tlobhs, edition’s ohiser vitorn le il v its ler e frum NEW The mander pedition YORK, section i Byrd's Antarctic | under way today | | | Sept Proposals that Commission Take Control During Pact, Opposed second Yo with the sailing of the sup- ply ship Eleanor Bolli Thirty members of Byrd's party are aboard the ship which will pick up four air- at Hampton Roads, G VA, Sept. 15.—Immediate levacuation of the second occupled zone is the offe made Germany by the Allies in return for Ger- man’s acceptance of special commission to control the Rhing- land The Allies commission {lite of the at Locarno. Ihn Virginia [P — FIFTY MINERS ARE STRANDED; WITHOUT FOOD Airplanes Calry Relief to n. Victims of Canadian | denbure Forest Fire suggested ths during the negotiated al: fur Rhine 50 ction pact Germans are to accepting commission 1930 and think it to drop all negotiations to the Al. reported op. a hl,-_\uml gome advisable rather than to comsent llml proposals. Delegate Mueller has telegraphed rlin for views of President Hin, and the Cabinet. e ee——— | Transatlantic 'I'(’l'l‘ Flight Is Now ONTARIO, sept. 15 miners stranded in the Lake District, without food and In Prospect clothing, have been saved by aviators who flew with needed supples. 115 The big airplane Roma, The bunk houses of the which is scheduled to make a all food and clothir | trans-Atlantic fight to Rome, hag what they were ing, |landed here from Hartford, Conn., destroyed by a forest fire!carrying Navigator Plero Bonelli, in the week. The men Caesare Sabelli, pilot, and Roger are employees of the Con \!lr(‘nml"v\ Hiam co-pilot. The flight Smelting Company |was made in two and one-halt THe plight of the miners | hours, bucking a strong head -uvcrr-xl by the aviator nd all of the w. wild OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Sept. miners, cept we were W i inve ‘W ASHINGTON COURTS THIS FALL MAY WIND ur ()IL LITIGATION WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—The [a jury before winter, He has tide of ofl may go out this fall been {]l and his trial on a charge leaving on the beach of final adju-|of conspiracy to defraud has been famous cou postpomed for that reason. The ctions that began when the swirl|government is expected to demand of the Senate investigation caught|the trial before cold weather, -as Doheny, Fall, clair, Stewart,|Fall probably could not stand the {climate here at that time. | Courtroom Fireworks That, probably, will constitute |the courtroom fireworks. The oth- er six issues are decisions on ap- peals. : Pending in the District of Co- S| lumbia court of appeals are: The appeal of Harry F. Sinclair Lfrom a sentence of three months Im jail and a §500 fine after his the residue | slated f Eight pending cases fon, are Robert W. Stewart, of Chicago, | chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co., Indiara, scheduled to go on trial in Octob in the District of Columbia federal of perjury. former secre- likely will face ! Albert W. Fall tary of the interior, (Continued on Page Three)