The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 11, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXV.. NO. 5252. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, " PRICE TEN CENTS CONFESSES SLAYING TWO TRAPPERS IN WEST ALASKA , e SCENES ON ARMISTICE DAY JUST ELEVEN YEARS AGO WEIRD TALE OF THREE KILLINGS TOLD OFFIGERS {Robert Davis Held in Val- dez Jail After Relating Murder Crimes CLAIMS 2 TRAPPERS AND INDIAN SLAIN Surrenders to School Teacher at Kanatak— CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 11.—A wierd story of three killings was told Saturday by Robert Davis, Umatilla Indian, who is being held in the Valdez Federal jail awaiting indictment by the Grand Jury. Davis was brought 1000 miles from Kanatak where he surrender- ed to t# ‘Government school teach- i; 3 g | : : . 3 i i Luvis said he killed a trapper for \ & “ 3 : R < an axe and traps; another for a e . . - . 3 i £ GRSE L 3 boat, after the victim had given Eleven years ago today the hearts of humanily were gladdenel by news that an armistice had been signed, that there was to be Above, one of the crossroads of the world—Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street—a few minutes|him shelter for the night and no more slaugther in the sodden trenches of France and italy. The ensuing celcbration made history. Left, how Wall Street received the | after the Armistice Day celébration began. Below al left, members of the famous Twentyseventh Division [FoWed him across a lake, then killed gladsome news, and, right, a greup of doughboys of the Sixth infantry near Remoiville, Meuse, exhibiting the same enthusiasm “over reociving word that war Is cver, Right, just a part of the momster eelobration that. Pocts staged on Novem- | Dhalf-breed Indian named Wil- N B liams, after a quarrel, while on his ere.” g ed Cross e g e 2 Te| B e o , 1918. ¥ 4 there.” Below, a Yankee sailor, 2 Red Cross nurse and two Tommies sn: apped celebrating at Vincennes, France ber 11, 1918, way to Kanatak. 3 Davis changed his story some- T T T T T Y T I e S ! the bodies of the trappers. =~ He ARMISTICE DAY bo. held, however, pending investi- gation, By MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES P. SUMMERALL The United Siates District Attor- Chief of Staff { [nev sald investisation revealed thali™* 1 g Davis had served terms in a Calis, *. formia reformatory and Washing- As we look back to 1918 we find that time has dulled the ton State Penitentiary for larceny; PROTECTION OF Y oav ISR wReek TRAIN BROWN BEAR IS ') N WOXA | BY LOOSENING . T gy = ’ \‘ ok : y : rations, for relief, orulor .support is less vivid, We recall less m:::m:‘;“s:l:or;::. 1::01! u’: : " s el | . H b |} oa@legrly the hardships, the discomforts and the restrigtions. rs £ lsom, California, - for Game Commission Recont-| Engineer Killed as Boiler| "wz’?&% 0 stand out, however, arc the pitriotisin’ t-vilor, §" oy Ol hAp. s ds R fal o Pro- | W By JAMES W. GOOD R 7 A *|* Explodes—Passengers | the fortitude and the spirit of seif-sacrifice which charac- il tvaircss o5 4 men .S (?mOVfl () ro ‘ Secretary of War f \ Are Robbed b Two terized our citizens and our soldiers. tection -in Wide ‘Area g é When we entered the war science and human ingenuity ! were engaged in the age-old race of producing new weapons {- | | 1 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 11. Two robbers who pried loose ten b“‘““,"i?‘”!l:"’;“‘l‘fi“ :l““;“‘"(‘} hfl‘j \ clamored their dreadful chorus from the North Sea to - i lengths of rails on the Southern en initiated by the Alaska Game Sit o acific Company tracks six miles Ccmmicsion, it was announced to- [ | the Rops; Yoy mied, The ihovar oLan | P i e inde day by Dr. W. H. Chase, Prosident, | || history, a vast and desperate struggle reaching to the roots of ‘ et s Dallfmtn, Sinday cf the or_yzamzatlun which ‘»Udfly} L\ human life, had come to an end.’ Limited passenger train, killing the (tompl_cte(_l its Sixth Annual Meeting 5 ’ engineer. The robbers then held- in u—_u; city. Il 1l We, with other peoples, had made a solemn sacrifice for up 20 persons. Briefly, the Commission has re- the amelioration of the world and each passing year has Al The speeding locomotive turned commended to the Secretary of Ag- | : . P s it hi 3 age acl ¥ g g i f bility and ificance ; over as it hit the damaged track, riculture to remove protection from brought a decper appreciation of the nobility S [ ¢arrying the baggage car and mail the big brown and grizzly species, of that sacrifice. A) |cars and two coaches into a ditch ept in certain definite areas, and Seven other c: remained on from the black bears all over the i _No words we’ speak, no monuments we build, ean pay the rails. | Territory. Limited protection for | Y\ adequate tribute to the devotion, the heroism and endurance of AV Sealded Fatally { the big brown and grizely bears is | \ those who gave their lives and all that life means in order that, | Engineer R. C. Ball was scalded | f“::m‘ln _“ieageyggf ‘:‘:“5“:‘“&1‘&"0’: \ we might achieve victory. bul s each succeeding”November, \ r.}t:ug as !:he Irsomouvc lh!(nh-x; (‘(-‘ C rcia me; S r - ploded. No others of the train nonexistent or backward. | / brings another Armistice day we keep faith with them by crew or passengers were hurt | - ’ e ~~~ |War dead, Government officials Statement Is Issued \ '\/4 reconsecrating ourselves to the establishment of lasting peace. The wreck was staged at a curve % hira iheaded by President Hoover, joined The Commission’s action’ is set | @ A The outside rails had been weak- B GK "-ER Wreaths Laid |the rest of the nation today in ob- forth in a statement issued by it | Since we celebrated this day of human triumph a year § : ened by removal of bolts and tie ”I’"” Tomb ()f serving the Eleventh Anniversary of this morning as follows: s \ ago much progress has been ‘made along definite lines to insure g spikes. ¢ 4 4 |the signing of the Armistice. “In order mot to stand in the Y/ intivmntiood!! Al The WAl ofiwar sad thetpropesed ) The wreck and robbery occurred GHARGEBWITH }l/nk:um'u Soldier | The observance opened with & of an vmg:reasing industrial de- | A} Ry disarmament conference are palpable evidence that we stand < ab({ut 8 o'clock Sunday nu‘hl ! i Fogaee | commemoration reclt‘al and burial velopment in many parts of Alaska | The train was bound from Lo: | WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— @ services over the plain marble slab 3 5 ! | ° and to correct a misunderstanding o / with all our moral and malerial strength on the side of peace., ] ! |Angeles to Sacramento. Twu MURDERS |® President Hoover paid tribute @ |in Arlington Cemetery under which \\ it / Ie ! [o lo L] . of offense and effective measurce to neutralize them. - Our countrymen, despite shortages in new weapons and lack of i experience in new methods, rose to the emergency through | a fervor which counterbalanced handicaps. The character- istic of individual initiative again proved the measure of the ! 3 strength of our nation. ! Action to solve the brown and | LEVEN years ago today, the guns that for four years had Today as we review our experiences we see that though weapons and methods had changed, the one thing which remain as it was in Joshua'’s day and in Hannibal's day was ¥ 3 < the human element—the element which in tho final test of Washlngton. Joins W'th physical encounter spelled victory or defeat. So in our Rest of Natlon—Presl- celebration of victory, let us pay respect to those all-import- . ant attributes which the enduring qualities of our national dent HOOVC\' ACthe strengih:—loyalty, patriotism, courage, and unselfishness— the indispensable characteristics in our citizens which brought WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—With victory to our cause 11 years ago. pride in America’s achievements in the cause of world peace and pay- v e mmm e ey | IDG iMDTessive tribute to the World [ | | | of present regulations that has ex- | o Masked Men Appear 1 today to the Nation’s Un- e | lies America’s Unknown Soldier. isted in the minds of many resi- \ 2 We are true to our trust with the dead and as, ) 4 As the train jarred to a stop. two known Soldier by laying a | Then as the most notable, exer- dents of the Territory, the Alaska NNV, coming of this day. we look backward down the lengthening : masked men slipped out- of the| wreath of chrysanthemums e | cises this afternoon were held at Game Commission, after much ; vista of the years. we gratefully remember their heroic spirit shadow and leaped aboard the| on the hallowed place in ®|the Memorial Service Tomb of IS Sady liberati . & g 2 sleeping car, four lengths hom the Woman Is Held m Jail—| ing e y. tudy and deliberation has recom and derive new inspiration and courage 1o meet our obligations R T L onstbs from they J Arlington Cemetery ® | Woodrow Wilson. mended a modification of the exist- 2 e - z 1e | ’ e The President was accom- o | President Hoover will deliver an ing regulations to become etfective | RN NG as beneficiaries of their"sacrifices. {oocupants and those in the other | Confesses to Slaym_g of |o panied to the cemetery by e |address tonight under the Auspices July 1, 1930, on the seasons and| (QAPRIZ h Z cars into the end of the last car! Children Accomplices | ® Mrs Hoover and Secretaries ® of the American Legion before & bag limits of large brown, grizzly | X g S end robbed them. & ALl | ® of War and Navy. Mrs. Hoo- e |distinguished audience of Govern- and black bears. 7 . S It was not determined at ONC | CAMDEN, N. J. Nov. 11.—Gladys| ® ver stepned forward and o |ment officlals, diplomats and World “The recommended modifications 4 < 7/ \ Y4 |how much money and valuables | nray parks i in jail here charged|e laid four smaller chrysanthe- ® |War Veterans, of the regulations on large brown ! ) 'S B[Py |Mere obtalned but it is estimated | iy “yurder in connection with e mum wreaths, also white, bo- . R or g;i!zlzly l;sarstsare aslrollows: v \ the loot amounted to about $500. |y, death; l‘zjir two Vg]uodbury[, NP: |e :de th‘c offering of the Chief © | Tne municipally-owned electric ! residents no closed seasons =\ 1 S — - e Jersey, children. he confessed, |e Executive. ® 'plant in Ponca City, Okla., has or bag limit except in the follow- — » . 1 CALIFORNIANS TO HAVE the police announced, with having e -;p s i JILT YACHT | |cleared more than $984,000 in the ing deseribed areas where the sea- | _ PRR SN NG L e B S o b2 B R ), A ALASKA-BUILT Y/ used the children in a blackmail- @ e @ ® ® © e @ 0 0 0 0 0 o), ¢ eight years. st o ! | - ing @ 3 P S Sus| ) o - Egnarfé’flebfiaf elfiifixzn?::) iln‘?ne"‘;z:‘ |Kin Kao and Wife : | The Anderson Boat Shop at “1:::\111;‘; :mx f'r:lll(: ‘;fhfl;uzr*’:lc‘;::"-ort Fpe Nutritive values. of range grakl gregate: the Alaska Peninsula, the ! ] . { Wrangell will build a 50-foot yacht| The woman is specitically charg-|JUNEAU OBSERVIN | s are being studied by the Californi area draining to Cook Inlet from | | Are Sentenced for g y ornia | {for Mrs. B. M. Ball and M. led with the murder of Dorothy | . ARM College of Agriculture. the west, the area between the Ber- . | Opium Smu geling |Wayne K. Ball, of California, and |Rogers, aged 4 years, and her two- ISTICE HOUDAY, Liw-i e ing River and the west side of | y o * (work on it will begin at once ear-old brother Timothy. e | NANKI ! ; | Yakutat PBay, the area between | e |yacht will have a speed of | The woman confessed, the auth-| Juneau was today observing the | the ASAR. Hiveh Wi ihe. weer Hiy | ickomtr WRAASRL, 16" S Fron (knots and will have strictly mod- lorities said, to having buried Dor- |cleventh anniversary of the signins | of Glacier Bay, and the following| SEWARD, Alaska, Nov. 11.-with‘c,5m has been senteficed to seven, BREMERTON, Wash., Nov. 11— |€™2 equipment. It is the m‘\_'l"flr» othy's body n')‘qulck .hme and toof the Armistice, by taking a holi- | named islands—Shuyak, Montague, ten dogs, Leonard Seppala, dog |years imprisonment and fined $3- | Brutally beaten to death, the bnd_v‘,crl the Balls to use the yacht infhave hidden Timothy's body in aiday. All offices, City, Territorial | Hinchinbrook and Hawkins. How racer, left Seward Saturday after-|000 in gold and his wife has been Of Mrs. Mary Wager, aged 170 was |Alaska in the summer time and in fcellar. She said the girl died after land Federal were closed; business | ever in these areas a resident may!ncon on the steamer Alameda for |sentenced to four years and fined found by neighWors in her isolated | California waters in the winter. It {a whipping she gave her and the|was generally suspended; schools kill a large brown or grizzly bearlsenttie enroute to Maine where he |$2500 on charges of attempting to |ranch home, about 15 miles north | Will require six months to build the [boy after a fall downstairs. _ | were closed and practically the at any time or place when such|will start training for the New Eng- |smuggle opium valued at $500,000 of here. The body was unclothed |little craft. Four Philadelphia children, Wb taurants, poolrooms, —refreshment | animal is about to attack or molestjand Dog Derby at Laconia, New |into San Francisco last summer, | and was lying half in and half out| The Balls have a fur farm near [she admitted using in & blackmail parlors and drug stores were the persons or property. Hampshire on February 12, — iy of bed, covered with blood Wrangell where they spend a con-|scheme, have disappeared. only places open. i “For non-residents, September 1{ Seppala’s team has held the HELLENTHALS RETURN FROM | The house bore evidence of a|Siderable part of each summer. The authorities sald they became | The Post Office was open this to June 20, throughout the Terri-|championship for the last three VACATION IN CALIFORNIA terrific struggle. | Egmetysging - wware of the scheme through in-|forenoon until the noon hour, The tory (the same as heretofore) with! years, The woman was a semi-inv.xlid(”lNEns BODY BROUGHT formation furnished by her intend- |cable office observed holiday hours a bag limit of two in the aggregate. | ———— Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal, and a county ward. TO DAWSON FROM 60-MILE |cd victims. They said the children, | this forenoon and will be open to- “Fhe black bear has had a mark- who have been taking a vacation M2k [ with whom they had been con-|pight only from 5 to 7 o'clock ed increase in certain sections of | SEWARD PEOPLE WED in California for several months, . { The body of Desiderie Zucca was |{ronted, did not correspond with| Both theatres have good programs | the Territory. They have been| _ | returned home last night on tne | W ellknown Author |recently brought to Dawson from [the description of the Rogers chil- |for tonight and the main soe.| . : 3 Proved to be the canse of much de-| Miss Lisa Ingeborg Larsson, | eeamer princess Mary, Mr. Hel- Suivide: BN Y- | Sixty-mile where he died in carly |dren. {event will be the Armistice Day] AFTER TODAY THERE struction of calves of moose and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LUdVig |yoniha) saiq they had a wonderfal| ~ “drcides i IV, Y.; iOctober. His dead body was found | TR ldance in FElks Hall, given under| ARE ONLY caribou. These animals are becom- |LArsson and one of the most POPU- |cummer They saw no rain, he Explanation Given g across his sluice box where | In 18 years the government's seal |the auspices of the American Le- | ing a nuisance also to trappers, 18 youns women of Seward where |gqueq “and we are glad to gef | S |he died suddenly from heart fail {nerd in the Pribilof islands has in-[gion Post. | traders and travellers. It is re-|She has resided since childhood, |pacy to Juneau.” NEW YORK, Nov. ?I—The sui- ure, while at work. He was 67 |creased 265 per cent to approxi- RO SN Ao, 36 commended that the season and a0d Chester Irving McAuley, of the jcide of Riodan Baker, well known years of age and a pioneer of the |ately 800,000 animals, Oil-burning engines weighing 750,- e bag limit on black bear be removed U- S. Naval radio station at that| Students from 50 nations will author, is regarded by authorities|Yukon. His acquaintanceship ex- e — -, 000 pounds are being put on the fp!al:e. were married at Seward re- |live in “International House” at|and friends as the result of atended to nearly everyone in the| There are 20,060 high schools in{mountain division of the Canadian | MORE SHOPPING DA (Continued on Page Two) lcenuy. University of California, |threatened nervous breakdown, lTerrltory. 4 he United States today, Pacific railway,