The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1928, Page 1

'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4897. 250 DEAD; 1,000 INJURED IN FLORIDA JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1928. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS J PRICE TEN KIDNAPPED BOY IS RETURNED ALIVE LOVE TRIANGLE ENDS FATALLY T0 WESTWARD Karl Armstrong, Promin- ent Alaskan, Kills Eric Dahlberg FISHERMAN IS SHOT, KILLED, FOX ISLAND Shooting Takes Place when Man Emerges from Love Tryst KODIAK, Alas The ete 1 love tr death when Karl hursday slew E Fox Island after erged from an allegéd with Armstrong's wife. Armstrong is a prominent and well known an and once United Deputy shall He was charged with r' murder after a hea day before United ssioner Stowe. Witnesses said that late last Thursday, Armstrong went to Fox Island in a dory and saw Dahl- berg, a fisherman, emerging from the cabin. Unhesitating4 Armstrong pull- ed out his revolver, and fired three bullets. Dahlberg died night. Arm Sept. 19.— angle brought rmstrong last Dahlberg on Dahlberg em- love tryst Mar- first ring the following trong said he will call witnesses to testify Dahlberg was a frequent visitor at his during the periodical absences of the husband. Mrs. Armstrong wept bitterly during the funeral services held for Dahlberg. All-Canada Telephone Service Is Established WINNIPEG, Sept. 19.—An all. Canadian telephone service from Winnipeg to Montreal has been es- tablished via Port Arthur and Fort William, a distance of 1,600 miles. Heretofore a connection between the two cities had to be made through links in the United States. Rates will be lowered as a result of the opening of the all-Canadian line. Coast.to-coast communica- tion is expected in the near future, the final stage being completion of the line across the Rockies for which the Canadian Pacific rail. road’s right of way will be largely used. - J. P. Burson, Grand Master of the Jurisdiction of Washington and Aldska, 1. O. 0. F., left for Sew- ard on the steamer Alaska today. He was accompanied by D. H. Wil- liams, prominent Odd Fellow and business man of Anchorage. L memmee « Engine Missing, ' ‘Plane Roma "Is Forced Back | OLD ORCHARD, Maine, | Spent. 19. — The Bellanca ‘monoplane Roma-turned back ‘and landed on the beach 1 here just 21 minutes after | the take-off on the projected | _monstop flight to Rome. The | | engine was missing. S0 SOME CHINESE GIRLS home | cd was | Mrs. Vincent Dahlgren Pierce, cousin of Mrs. Vincent” Astor States and one of the most popular of | Washington’s younger set, will become the bride of Robert F. Herrick, Jr., of Boston. Their | wedding is to be solemnized in | the autumn. / e 1 APPEAL MADE. T0 HOOVER T0 ) iDelegation Calls on G. O. P. Nominee at His Headquarters WASHINGTON, Sept appeal to Herbert C. Hoover to carry the campaign to Texas is made by Thomas B. Love, former Democratic Natjonal Committee- man for Texas, and a delegation of Texas Democrats who called on Hoover today at his head- quarters. Love sald: “We assured him that Texas is a doubtful State and that he could carry it if he would make a-speech there. None of us ever voted for a Presi- dential candidate other than Democratic one before. - Texas Democrats are in open revolt against Gov. Alfred B. Smith. We are still Democrats but are for Hoover.” The party calling on Hoover included Cato Sells, former Demo- cratic Committeeman Marshall Hicks, former Dmocratic Chairman; man of the Anti-Smith Dema- cratic organization; C. B. Col- quist, former Governor, and D. J, Samdifer, President of University. —————— WASHINGTON STATE 19.—An EMPLOYEES FOR BULLITT OLYMPIA, Sept. 19— Employees in State offices here whose heads have been engaged in controversy with Gov. R. H. Hartley declared today that with the executive ap- | parently nominated they would swing support to Scott Buliitt, the Democratic nominee, eral election. ¢ PREFER BOUND FEET i CHENGCHOW, China, Sept. 19. —Foot-binding here is being stop- ped by force. Shop keepers who were urged to paint their doors and gates a “Nationalist blue” do not resent the new reforms nearly 50 much as the young women and girls who have had their tightly wound foot cloths forcibly remov. ed by the authorities in cae street. 3 the country districts of Ho- it province much trouble has been caused from time ‘to tf the women to cling to their old time custom of binding their feet despite all the ofders to the com- trary by government officials. This movement was launched by the priests who have been driven from their temples. new government and the cause ‘which the leaders hafi | laimed are responsible for de-|Christmas. by m of! the temple idols and|died enroute. The reindeer came un. from the “upper krkuskokwlm tting foot binding WA s g E ¥ ¢ |tion, VISIT TEXAS| State Alvin Moody, Chairy Simmons in the gen. The aim Jg to oppose Marshal Feng Yudhsiang, the soiealled Christian general, thelship W. M. Tuppet has arrived |FARM HELP AND STATE RIGHTS - SMITH'S THEME {Democratic Nominee for | McNary-Haugen Principle and Liquor Control OMAHA, Neb., Sept Alfred E. Smith stands m the pringiple of the McNary- Haugen Bill, which has been frowned upon by the Administra- but does not limit to the ‘‘exact mechanics methods embodied in the ure.” The Democratic this decl :m- t 18 Gov, 3 | I J squar and meas nominee made tion last night in his campaign speech. He also cd the Republican Party President Coolidge and Candi date Hoover for their stand on| |farm relief. Gov Smith hour’s address devoted almost wholly to farm relief with an extemporaneous discussion of Pro- hibiticn, replying to queries ask- ed him in a full page newspaper advertisement by a group of |Omaha citizens, The Govenor {declared emphatically that he did not regard liquor the greatest issue in the campaign, and as- serted that the President can do nothing about it except to make recommendations to Congress and assume leadership on the ques- tion. She mnominee told that the prevention of thé sale of liquor is an exercise of the police power, and, he added, “I have clearly shown that if a ma-| jority of the people of given ates voted for the exercise of | that police power in that direc-, tion they should get it tp the limit; on the other hand, follow- g the well defined Jeffersonian inciple of State rights, the! that does not want the! ¢ se of that pol power ought to be in position through a majority of its people to say so.” This declaration of Gov. Smith brought forth a great outhurst of applause. It was made sponse to the inquiry: “How will | your propesal for the sale of liquor in a few States meet your issue of personal liberty ifi cther States?” wound up an the ‘people States n re- | CONFESSESTD | MANY HOLDUPS Seattle Bandit Tells of Crimes — Officer En- tertained Him i I SEATTLE, Nerein, who berg, girls a few and his com Sept. 19.—Patrolman ntertained Knut Lind- bandit, and two ho after Lindberg mions murdered Pa- trolman pard last Friday night, was yesterday suspended from the { Police Department Nerein admitted association with the robb but explained he did wot know they were bandits, Lindberg “confessed that either the or Jim McCourt, leader of thel trio, fired the fatal shot. He named Leo Burns as the third member of the gang. Lindberg confessed participat- ing in 30 holdups in a month and shooting George Hardgrove, Se. attle broker. Today the police arrested Leo Burns, through the aid of his father, who disarmed the youth and reported his hiding place to !ll\e authorities. Burns was hid- ing with relatives. McCourt fled ,only an hour before the police jarrived. { Alaska Reindeer For Christmas In the States SEATTLE, Sept. 19. — confessed | | L4 Steam- here from Alaska with 235 rein- deer aboard for the Unifted States Forty of the animals himself | d 1 wife of Jules Bache, New York banker, who was robbed of $30,000 worth of gems and furs while stopping at an exclusive Biarritz hotel. Riviera police are seeking a former maid al- leged to have been in league with robbers. — e — BENJ. YOUNG IS G.O.P. for Senator— Oppose Walsh BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 19.—Ben jamin Young, Republican, will op. pose Senator David I. Walsh, Dem in the November glection for Senator, as the:result of yes terday’s primary election thi Stat The Republicans Licut. Governor Democrats for ocrat, in nominate: Allen and the General Charles Col Governor, An eight-cornere race for the Republican nomin tion for Lieutenant Govern veloped into a close tween State Treasurer and Speaker John Hull of tl State House of Representative The former was apparently the victor, John Malley th Democratic nomination Young Is Dry In the Senatorial contest siderable was made of the prohibi tion issue. Young and Bu Ames came out as Drys and Eben Draper was in favor of modifica~ tion of the Volstead Act The returns from 1,117 precincta out of 1,604 in the State zav. Senator: Republicans, Young 540; Draper, 84,346; Ames, For Governor: Repu len, 165,786; Frank Goodwin 986; Democrats, Cole, 111,346 John Cummings, 24,292; for L tenant-Governo Republican Younghman, 65 Hull, Democrats, Malley, 42,986. Congressmen contest b won con Joseph Mart Charles Gifford, Republicans, William Connery, Democ faced opposition to renomi Willilam Kaynor won the R can nomination in the Eleve Congressional District, and Joh McCormack the Democratic nomi- nation in the Twelfth which represented many years by late James A. Gallivan, Several In Doubt The outcome in the Ninth Dis- trict where Congressman Charles Underhill had two opponents is in doubt, as were the Democrals contesting in ‘the Fifth, Ninth, and Twelfth districts, Daniel Martin won the Democratic nomination i the First District. Congressmen Allen Frank Foss, George Stobbs, I Rogers, A. Platt Andrew, Frede Ballinger and George Holden T ham, all Republicans, were nominated without opposition N th ck ke st i J. P. Morgan, representative of the sales department of Libby, McNeill & Zibby, left today for western and interior towns. Youngham | Mrs. Florence Bache, divorced * NOMINATED T0- OPPOSE WALSH Nominated by Bay State wISt. Ann's Hospital CHICAGO BOY IS RELEASED - BY ABDUCTORS {{Is Turned Loose Near Jo- liet—Kidnappers Give Boy Black Eye ICTURES REVEAL TWO GUILTY MEN | olice Believe Criminals Be Arrested Within Short Time BULLETIN — CHICAGO, Sept. 19.—Billy Raniere this forenoon pointed out pictures of two Italians as the men who kidnanved him. They are Julio Salusso and Pas- qualle Laroceco. The police expcet to arrest them soom. JOLIET, Tl bvear-old Billy boy, kidnapped found last hductors had hours before. The hoy was unharmed except for a black eye from a blow one of the kidnappers gave him be- fore his release The boy was found by a filling station attendant The lad said four men made him get out of an automobile and told him to start walking until fe came to a street car. They sald he would then find "his father. The abductors gave him §10 WERE CONFIDENT CHICAGO, TIL., fident that 10-ye fere was still and police Sept. Raniere, Chicago last Thursday, night, after his freed him a few Sept. 19.—Con- old Billy Ran- alive, the family late yesterday con- tinued search, working on the theory the boy was kidnapped the second time from the orig- inal abductors. This belief was based on the agsumption that with three of the kidnapper jailed, the others would not d to kill the child. The abductor threatened to decapitate the hoy and send his head to his parents unless the ransom of $15,000 was paid While the three suspects were held, the police freed three others, each of whom picked up a decoy package left’ on the ele- vated platform in accordance with instructions received hy the boy's father. The men declared they acted innocently in picking up the package. Nancy Ann Miller ST. GERMAIN, France, Sept. 19 ~—Nancy Ann Miller, the Mahranee of Indore, has returned from Swit- zerland, still suffering from the chronic appendicitis which has troubled her for months. She i confined to her chateau here, but physicians hope an operation may be avoided, . Her condition is not serious. It was believed for a time that an interesting event was to occu but the hope for an heir to the throne of Indore has been aban- | doned. e IN HOSPITAL B. ton has for Mrs, entered medical J. treatment. Mrs. Lucy Dalpino is being giv- ,|en medical treatment at Treadway, |} St. Ann's Hospital. No Personalities In Campaign Is Plea of Hoover WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 Turning from an appeal to New Jersey leaders to make the campaign one based on issues and not personalities, Herbert C. Hoover, returned to Washington last mnight. After his plea at Newark, Hoover went by automobile to Trenton where he board- ed a train for Washington. 19.—Ten-, Returns to France| 1l | | | | I w I ence H. Mackay? ever since the wife quee of shows the charming Ellin and posed as a son-in-law. Will They ‘Be 'Reunited? 1 Aol ill death reunite Ellin Mackay Berlin and her father, Clar- \missing. That 15 questi i vi-wuhvwzc writgr.hastaned to Ee‘“ of her dying grandmother, Mrs, John W, Maénf‘(‘ay, she ned it over society of the manve decade, The photo above | which the “400” has asked S1 ‘t her baby daughter. Bottom, L. to r., Mr. Mackay and lrving Berlin, whom he bitterly op- | Bolters Stir Cam Interest in (EDITOK'S NOTE: This is the seventeenth of a series of stories on the political situa. tion in the various states). \ By ROBERT A. BROAD (A. P. Gorrespondent) OMAHA, Neb, Sept. 19 ska and Iewa farmer pal “industrialists” in those have taken am analytical mind in the Presidentia and are eager to discern what they from .the many pronounce-| ments of Herbert Hoover and Gov. | | Alfred E. Smith and their associ- ates on the question of agriculture While the issues are fairly well defined, and were so defined ‘.nl\~ in the campaign, the emblematicall elephant and donkeys have felt 1).»-‘ br princ states, turn of ampaigns ¢ can has there been. For awhile respective parties were the issues, but they tain who would stay issues. In Nebraska the holting has been resorted to by two lead ers, Dr. Jemnle Callfas, bone dry, announced her support of Her bert Hoover and declared that her| job as National Committeewoman of the Demoeratic Party was cant. She did not offer her ion, however, Will Support Smith Good, who was a sort of | advisor to Gov. Adam McNary-Haugen bil certain of ce route va- | personal McMullen, leader, announced he {port Gov. Smith b farm relief question chief, the Gowernor, si: {ship but {recent statement declared Senator Robinson’s addr {ceptance as Democratic Vice idential nominee was the |discourse on helping out the {er that the executive had An important pronouncement {came from Towa when farm |group backed George N. Peek, head of the corn belt committee of lin supportlng = Governor Smith | iPeek worked hard at Kansas City] for the nomination of Frank O Lowden of Hiimols. The commit. ltee itself, hawever, did 1ot go 5o far as to mame Smith. but insist. ed that the Democratic farm re.| (Continued on Page Three) i would suy ause of His former| d b | Republican *nee, Notoriou mountain ~| prominent p(_;ign Nebraska And the lowa Corr{ Bvlt SUPPORT 1S PLEDGED T H, C. HOOVER ‘Wisconsin Republicans Adopt Platform After Long Struggle In a bitter protracted scruggle MADISON, Wis, 19 that lasted until dawa today, the Conservatives gained adoption by the State Republican Platform pain - of bolts—for much bolting convention of a platform which hours. pledges” support to Herbert C Hoover, The " platform also em- bodies pledges of Walter Kohler, Guhernatorial who urges thorough legi lative inquiry into excessive poli- tiecal expenditures in campaigns during the past four years. B — A. J. QUUTATIONS a NEW YORK, Sept. 19 Juneau mine stock is quoted to- day at 37%. o Alaska ~ LOWER PORTION i | OF FLORIDA I8 STORM SWEPT Number of Homeless Not Estimated—Death List Growing REPORT HOSPITALS NGW OVERFLOWING . . o 3 Eight Thousand Fersons in One Section in Des- perate Need | At | NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—From all advices received here by the | Associated Press, the hurricane blowing up the Atlantic seaboard is apparently ‘decreasing i in- | tensity, Restored communication lines revgal major disaster to portions of lower Florida. The number of dead is report- | {ed at more than 250. 1 The number of injured is plae- /ed at more than 1,000. P . The number of homeless is not | |estimated, as it is impossible ow- lmx to lack of reports, The property damage is figured at upwards of $25,000,000. Many persons are reported The fatality list is expected by (| Red. rogy officials to mount S i | The greatest number of deaths, so far as recorded is along the . southeastern side of Lake Okee- chobe Food, clothing and other supplies are being hastened to the stricken territory. Martial law is urged for the (Palm Beaches, portions of which laid in ruins, tional Guardsmen have been sent into the stricken districts to give aid. Refugee | quarters and ,flowing The injured and property dam- e cafised by the hurricane in orth and South Carolina and !Georgia is indicated as being negligible. crowd into inadequate hospitals are over- S w PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept. —HowArd Selby, Chair- man of the Red Cross told relief | workers at a conference that the bodies of 200 persons were buried in local cemeteries. The bodies came from the Lake Okeechobee {regicn. Half of those buried are white persons. Chairman Selby said: “Congi- tions in the area are wing worse every minute. About 8,000 | ~ persons in the lake region are i of clothing, fi They have been water for many desperate need and medical aid standing in the | *“There are a number of cases of double pneumonia. “I estimate that about 15,000 {are homeless in the country. Sanf- \tary conditions are terrible.” | - ' DEATH LIST IS 1,660 | PARIS, Sept. 19.—The hurel- lcane took toll of 660 lives in Guadeloupe, French Indies; ae- | cording to official advices receiv- | here today. The death list in Rico is 1,080 or over, a Porto (Continued on Page Seven.) s Old Feudist Is Returned to Prison K aged feuc who part in the Hargis- Cockrell feud which began with a squabble over hops and ended only when more than a e of lives had been taken, again in the reformatory here erve the re- mainder of his life. The mountaineer most 70, was returned for violation of privileges after” he had been convicted of transgressing a liquor law. The return of White to eustody recalls the stirring days of l'..lO'J when the ‘Hargis-Cockrell feud kept “Bloody Hrexn‘hlu" county in ’ FRANKFORT Tome White, Sept. 19—~ Kentucky played a to who al- to prison is parole |a reign of terror. The feud aid+ not die until 1912 when Jim Hare gis was killed by his own son and Bd Callahan, his ally, was shet from ambush. e White was convicted of the murs® der in 1903 of J. B. Marcum, am attorney, leader of the forces op- posing Hargis. Marcum 'was stand- ing on the courthouse steps whe White passed by and remarked a friend, “There's a bad man I am afraicd of him.” i A few second later two | were fired and Marcum fell to ground mortally wounded. 3 was arrested for the murder gnd given a life sentence’ but was' pa- roled in 1917, g o