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Evening star., 1927-10-12
SHORT CONVICTED
IN DEATH OF GIRL
Second Degree Murder Yer
dict Carries Penalty of 20
Years in Prison.
srscial pisnatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, October 12.-For the
murder of Essie Buracker, 19 years
old, who was shot down in her home
two weeks ago, Thomas Short was
convicted today, a jury after all-night
deliberation returning a second-degree
verdict, which calls for a maximum of
20 years Imprisonment.
Short had testified that he was sub
iect to epileptic fits and for 10 days
prior to the tragedy was drunk. III
killed her l don't know it." he said
He then explained that he did not
fee, but went to Ingham the evening
of the tragedy. and upon learning of
the murder decided to remain in hiding
until the posse hunt was over, follow
ing which he went to Luray and sur
rendered.
Letters Tell of Love.
Twelve letters from the girl to
Short, whose wife died more than a
year ago, leaving him with seven
children, were read by his attorney at
the trial yesterday, most of them VOW
ing love and speaking of their ap-
preaching marriage. Sev !ral OF
Shorts letters to Miss Buracker also
were read. strengthening the defense
plea that he loved the girl and IN
tended to marry her.
Testimony that face at the WIN
dow. recognized as that OF Short, was
seen by member of the family q
moment before the shot was fired
which pierced the girls head, was
countered with testimony by the de-
fendant that. as far as he knew, he
was at Ingham at the time of the
shooting.
Jury in Deadlock.
Judge Hiram w. Bertram, presiding
in Page County Circuit Court, where
the trial began Monday, ordered the
iurv locked up last night when it re-
ported it couldn't reach a verdict. The
balloting stood il to 1 for second
degree verdict. it was said.
After admonishing the jury on tho
importance of secrecy and the clear
cut duty before it, Judge Ber-
tram said he would hear another re.
port this morning. At 8 o'clock the
Jurors filed in, having spent the night
under close guard, and then retired,
to resume balloting. 1t was about IL
o'clock when the verdict was return
ed. Short evinced no emotion when
the result was announced. He sat
motionless looking at the foreman as
the clerk read the small piece OF paper
upon which the words convicting him
were written. His attorneys later
expressed satisfaction with the out
come and no appeal notice was given.
Within few days he will begin serv-
ing his term, the record for speedy
justice being unusual for this county.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 12.-WelI
on their way to Paris, if no unre-
ported mishap had befallen them
Ruth Elder and Capt George Halde-
man were flying through sunny skies
today over ocean waters never yet
crossed in an airplane by woman.
The Florida aviatrix and her CO.
pilot took off from Roosevelt Field
at 5:04 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and were sighted at 10:45 last night
by the steamer American Banker.
After that the night and the morn
lag passed without further word of
their progress.
The steamer said the weather was
clear and favoring winds were help
ing the girl and her flying escort on
their way. The planes position when
sighted was estimated to be about 400
miles due east of New York, though
DR.. Kimball of the Weather Bureau
said it might be as much IS $50
miles.
In order to achieve her ambition of
being the first woman to cross the At
lantic in g. plane, Miss Elder and
Haldeman, DIR. Kimball said, would
have to pass through a severe storm
area which they would probably strike
about 8 O'Clock tonight Up to that
time, however, he predicted they
would have almost ideal flying condi-
tions.
Due Tomorrow Morning.
The flyers expected to arrive at lie
Bourget Field, Paris. about o'clock
Thursday morning, Eastern Standard
. time, or Thursday noon, Paris time.
According to the report of the
steamer American Banker. which
sighted the plane last night" Kim
ball said, "the course is being laid
slightly to the south of the regular
steamer lanes.
"By holding the course they were
on when sighted the flyers should have
been southeast of the Grand Banks
at s o'clock this morning. During the
day they should have fair weather
with favorable winds, but around s
pm. they will meet the real test
The storm area through which the
plane must pass to gain its objective
was described as about 700 miles in
width. The storm consisted of high
winds and accompanying fog, result
ing in very low visibility.
May Take SO Hours.
The Florida aviatrix, who said she
was relying upon God and the prayers
Of her mother for successful ternina
tion of the venture, expected to reach
their goal in S8 to AZ hours. A hor
in 5S hours would put them in Paris
at 7:04 am. Thursday, Eastern stand
ard time. or 1904 pm. Thursday
Paris time.
The flyers were following a course
Continued on Page 2, Column Sd :
Evening star., 1927-10-12
Nv the Associated Press.

DETROIT, October 12.-John G.
Lodge, who has held public Office here
nearly quarter of a century without
ever. having campaigned for election,
led a seven-cornered f1eld by more
than 10000 votes In yesterdays non
partisan primary election for nomina-
ton as mayor.
Mayor John w. Smith, seeking re-
election on a platform of pronounced
liberality toward enforcement OF the
prohibition laws, was runner-up to
Lodge, and the names OF these two
win appear on the ballot at the No
vember election.
Lodge, who resigned as president Of
the city council when his name was
placed on the ballot by petition, has
never held the ONCE Of mayor, al
though he has served AZ acting exec.
utive many times because of his for
mer position at the head Of the coun-
Gil
Evening star., 1927-10-12
HEART OF OCEAN CITY IN RUINS
AS RESULT OF $4OOO,OOO FIRE
National Guardsmen Patrol New Jersey
Seaside Resort to Prevent Looting
After Great CONFEDERATION.

places along the walk We're burned
before the flames spread inland.
Nearly all the buildings were or
frame construction and were quickly
consumed. An explosion OF gasoline
in n boardwalk garage was held re-
sponsible for the spread of the names
to the cottage and hotel section on
Wesley. Atlantic and Ocean avenues.
There. too, the structures were
mostly frame, and for a time it was
feared dynamite would have to be
used to check the fire.
Among the larger hotels destroyed
were the Normandie- by-the-Sea, which
contained 1000 rooms and was valued
at S600.000 and the Fraymore.
Nearly every structure from the
boardwalk to Wesley avenue, three
blocks inland, between Eighth and
Tenth streets, was either destroyed or
damaged. Among the private homes
burned were those of Mayor Cham
pion and DR. w. p. Haynes. The
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
Evening star., 1927-10-12
WORLDS LARGEST AIRPORT
TO BE DEDICATED TODAY
Wright Field, at Dayton, Ohio, Marks Spot
Where Noted Brothers Carried on
Airplane Development

them in a tumbledown shack which
still stands just over the hill from the
vast expanse of steel and concrete at
Wright Field.
Scene of Wrights' Work.
Although the Wrights' first airplane
fight was made at Kittyhawk, n. c.,
it was here the two brothers worked
out their problems and watched their
idea take the shape of reality
When the United States entered the
World War in 1917 the Army found
a new weapon in the airplane. Col.
e. A. Deeds, then head of a manufac.
turing plant in Dayton, was called
in to aid the Government. He organ
lied an engineering division to do the
technical research necessary to the
new science, established laboratories
in Dayton and McCook Field came
into being. Here the great minds of
American aviation labored to give the
American air fighters adequate equip
ment.
After the war McCook Field con.
Continued on Page 8, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-10-12
HORDE OF MONGOLS
FEARED BY PEKING
$1,000 Wild HOrSemen Who
Saved City This Week
Terrorize old City.

By the Associated Press.
PEKING, October 12.-News that a
horde of $4,000 Mongol cavalry had
come close enough to Peking this
week to help stave off the Shansi
army's advance sent shivers of appre.
hension through the capital.
The Mongols, heirs of a mighty past,
are wild nomads from the windswept
wastes of the Cobb Desert and the Mon
golian steppes. They are reputed to
be the cruelest and most ferocious
fighters in all of Asia, and although
they PLAYED a part in keeping the
Manchurian war lord, Chang Tso-Lin,
in power here, it would be at heavy
cost if they entered the Chinese civil
war in earnest.
Hold to Savage Tactics.
Their savage tactics are little
changed from centuries ago. when
the great Monaghan chief. Genghis
Khan, overran Asia and half OF
Europe, creating an ephemeral empire
stretching from the frontiers Of
France 10 India and Cathay.
The MongoIs know little or nothing
about the dilatory ehesslike Tnaneu-
vering of the modern Chinese troops.
Living on horseback, they ride, tight
and look like the American Indians Of
Clusters day.
In the latter part Of the World War
they worried the American forces in
Siberia, when Ataman Semenoff en-
listed them under his banner and
made a futile gesture of establishing
a Iongolian empire.
Aided Forces of Chang.
Their part in the latest chapter of
Chinese warfare was to sweep south
toward Kalgan from Dolon-Nor and
thus create a diversion in favor of
Chang Tso-Lin, whose grip on North
ern China seemed threatened when
Men Hsi-Shan, the ''model Tuchun"
Cmilitary governor) OF Shansi Province,
took to the warpath against him.
The nomads were acting under the
orders of the Governor of Heilunkiang.
Their sally apparently contributed to
Chang Tso-Lin's success. Hope IS eX-
pressed here that the governor will
be able to take his desert horsemen
back into the vastness Of eastern Mon
goiia and not let them continue south
ward.
The Great Wall of China was built
as a protection against the ferocious
Mongols, but in past ages the horse
men from the North succeeded in
planting sovereigns on the throne OF
Peking.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, n. c., October IL.
---Assailing the attitude of the mod
ern church and its clergy toward sci
entific research and other matters of
modern discussion and study, the
Tar Heel, University of North Caro-
lima student publication, accuses the
ministers of leaning too much toward
academic philosophizing or social
censorship"
Under the heading Wanted: Longer
Heads and Shorter Sermons" the arti-
Gle says:
IF there be any prophets among
exalted church officials, can they not
find fields more worthy than aca-
demic philosophizing or social GEN.
sorship?"
The article opens with the state
ment that a reliable church secretary
has reported that Protestant churches
in America are losing members at
the rate of 100000 year.
we are reminded" says the ar
Evening star., 1927-10-12
WAR REPORTS CONFLICT.

TOXIC, October - Lp.-Reports of
the results of the fighting in China
today were generally conflicting. Ad.
vices to the Rengo, Japanese news
agency, indicated that Marshal Chang
Tso.Lin had taken the offensive on
all fronts, but that the fighting up to
the present had been indecisive.
Chang's reported capture Of Shih-
chiachwang (Chentow), south Of Pao-
tingfu, is not confirmed, but is
believed to be imminent. The vari-
Gus advices concur in stating that
the attacks of the S'1nsi Province
forces driving on PeKing have been
repulSed
Evening star., 1927-10-12
FOUR die, SCORE HURT
IN ARKANSAS STORM
Homes and Business Buildings
Wrecked as Tornado Sweeps
Through Town.

BY the Associated Press
BLYTHEVILLE. Ark, October 12.
-Four persons were killed and a
score injured in a tornado, which
whipped through the village of Dell,
IL miles west of Blytheville, late last
night and smashed a number Of
tenant houses near the Tom Martin
plantation.
The dead, all residents of Dell, were
a MIR. Hardin, As; his sister-in-law,
Mrs. r. r. Harden; j. p. Winn, a JUS
tice of the peace, and Mrs. Winn.
Fifteen injured. IL of them white
persons, were brought to Blytheville
hospitals today.
Dell has about 200 population. Abont
20 buildings there, including the
Phoenix Cotton Gin, were wrecked.
About 10 dwellings on the outskirts
of Blytheville also were damaged by
the storm and two negroes injured.
On the Tom Martin plantation the
property damage was said to have
been confined to outbuildings and the
cabins of negro plantation workers.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
Log of American Girl
' the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
October IL:
5:04 pm. eastern standard
time, hoped from Roosevelt
Field for Paris.
10:45 p.m., eastern standard
time. sighted at sea about 400
miles east of New York by
steamer American Banker.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
Robinsons Honored in Peru.

LIMA, Peru, October II R.-Sen-
ator Joseph T. Robinson OF Arkansas
and Mrs. Robinson were received by
President Leguia shortly after their
arrival here on the steamer Ebro from
Santiago, Chile. Senator Robinson at
tended the recent international par
liamentary conference on commerce
at Rio de Janeiro.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
Kicked Wrong Woman.

LONDON, October IL tR).--PatriclI
woodman laborer. today was sen.
fenced to eight months imprisonment
for what he called mistake. Mrs.
Ruth Kerridge testified Woodman
kicked her violently.
II mistook her for my wife, Wood.
man explained to the court.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
.FILlPINOS COMING TO U. S.
Senate Head and Party Plan to
Visit President.

Visit President.
By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.
TOXIC, October 12.-Senate Presi.
dent Manuel Quezon and Senator Ser.
gio Osmena and their party from
Manila will leave for the United States
from Yokohama on the steamer Presi-
dent Madison tomorrow. They will be
entertained at dinner tonight by Mar
quis Tokugawa.
Quezon, interviewed, said their visit
to Washington is not connected with
the Philippine independence movement
or with the question of successor to
the late Gov. Gen. Wood. They intend,
he said, to consult with President Cool
idge regarding future policies in the
islands.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
CHANG VICTORY SEEN.

LONDON, October - P).-Some of
the severest fighting of China's pro-
longed civil warfare has been seen
around Peking in the last few days.
according to dispatches received here,
which say there have been casualties
and captures on a large scale in sharp
conflicts between the Ankuochun
army and Shansi Province forces.
The fighting is reported to have
resulted markedly in favor of Mar
shall Chang Tso-Lin's troops.
Chang now is stated to be in
strong position on all fronts, with
prospects of final victory.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
RUTH ELDER SEEN
400 MILES AT SEA
FLYING TO PARIS
IN AMERICAN GIRL
Good Weather Encountered
Thus Far Expected to Turn
Stormy at 8 O'Clock To-
niuht Over Wide Area.
EXPECTED TO REACH
LIE B0UGET IN MORNING

Haldeman, Co-PilOt, and Florida
Aviatrix May Set New Record
for Longest 0ver-Water Flight
Ever Made-Carrying Gas for
4,400-Mile Hop.
Evening star., 1927-10-12
ON Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1927-10-12

90. s. Weather Bureau FOrecast.l
Rain tonight and probably tomorrow
morning. cooler tomorrow.
perature-Highest, 70, at noon
today; lowest, 60. at 1915 am. today.
Full report on page 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
DEATH OF J. M. TANNER.

Josias M Tanner, who died at Skagway Tuesday night, unusual and lived q notable life. He rugged and vire and kind and generous. He a natural leader among men and played an. imporatnt part in Alaskan affairs during the third of century he lived here. As business man, a public official and citizen he made good. He looked the world in the face and did his best. He quit life with the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens
 MT. Tanner gave good many years, first and last to his work peace officer He served as Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff Deputy Marshal and United States Marshal, and always fearless and energetic. He never failed to do his full duty as he it. He made quick de- cisions and followed them to the very end un- finchingy Therefore, he always ready to meet any emergency that might arise.
 It the most natural thing in the world that the people of Skagway, when faced with the necessity to remove the cancerous "Soapy" Smith gang from their midst, turned to him to lead them. As the head of the citizens organi- zation, or vgantes, he did his work effectively and with rapdty that was startling As re- suit of efficient leadership dozen men were sent to the pententiary, about two score were sent out of town and as many more quit it of their own voltion. He had the gang rounded up in a week And there lynchings. His work earned for him Deputy Marshas commission and laid the foundation for his appointment as United States Marshal eighteen years later by President Wilson, where he gave the people fine administration for five years.
 He served Skagway Mayor for several terms and active member of the Terri toral Senate in the First and Second Legs- latures. In all civic matters of his home town he took a leading part He active in en- couraging athletic sports, and usually man ager of Skagways baseball teams, gun clubs, etc The spirit of contest found in him en- thusiastic champion.
 He born in Michigan in the days when that State dominated by the great Lewis Cass. the very year that Gen. Cass the Democratic nominee for President His father had been strong Cass supporter and had been rewarded by appointment Warden of the State pententary. Being a who rarely changed his mind, the remained stanch Democrat throughout his life
 Mir Tanner of kindly impulses. and many poor fellow a beneficiary of his generosity He helped with unostenta- ton that amounted almost to secrecy
 He died at ripe age-amost four score years--honored and respected by those who knew him. leaving friends wherever he had lived. It is worthy of note that his best friends were those who knew him best. Few in the Territory would be missed "Si'' Tanner will be missed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22

eva International Economic Conference frowned upon import tariffs, protection and all methods of promoting and pro- tecting industries: that it recommended the removal of import tariffs, and that it meant to apply these recommendations to all nations, including the United States.
 It is also perfectly clear that the International Chamber of Commerce in session at Stockholm, Sweden, in June and July last, indorsed the position of the Geneva Conference in the matter of import tariffs
 The fundamental principles discussed at Geneva and Stockholm may not have been directly free trade versus protec- tion, but they were essentially the same thing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
NATIVE VEGETABLES MOST
 VALUABLE.

In the American vegetable garden eight prin- cipal food products had their origin in the In dian crops existing here before the advent of the white man. These include beans, corn, pep pers pumpkins squash, tomato, potato and sweet potato Vegetables of Old World origin far numerous The United States De- partment of Agriculture lists 24 of importance, cucumbers, eggplant, muskmelon watermelon, okra. asparagus, beets, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, caulfower celery, kale and coard kohl rabi leek. lettuce. onion parsley, parsnius peas, radish, sasify. spinach, and turnp. But the value of the crop of the eight native vegetables is considerably greater than the 24 of foreign origin. Since the discovery of America the white has not "tamed" any native plant which the Indians had not already brought fir warmer parts of America, but notable Improvements have been made in the quality and yields of most of these vegetables
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Dry Doctors Disagree.
(Hartford Courant.)


 "Pussyfoot' Johnson declares it pure bunk" to say that the young people of the country are drinking liquor today than ever before. This opinion is forwarded from Winona Lake, Ind where the Congress of the World League Against Alcoholism has been in session. MT. Johnson should visit New Jersey, where in vestigation has shown many cases of excessive drinking by the young of both sexes and a cleanup movement has been started by county authorities.
 From Washington the report of the views of James c. Waddell, retiring Supervisor of Alcohol and Brewery Control of the Prohibit tion Bureau which not at all in accord with MT Johnsons verdict that Prohibition is a success MT. Waddel asserts that present enforcement conditions farcical and he sug- gests modification of the Vostead Act to permit the sale of 2.75per-cent. beer in the interest of real temperance. It is. he says, simply sug- gestion to those Americans who wish to see Prohibition enforced to bring about the preven- ton of drunkenness" Evidently the doctors do not agree, but it is not unreasonable to suppose that MT. Waddells opportunity to learn condl- tons has been quite good as that of MT. Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
More or Less True

An optimist is the married man who thinks he'll get out of the debt he got into by taking vaca- tion before he has to plunge in again for Christmas presents.
 About the only thing father can say that mother won't contradict is that he is fool.
 If men picked wives lids, too. the women would wear even fun. nier-looking hats than men do neckties.
 A cynic sis crabid old groucb who thinks if halotosis prevents a girl from saying yes it ought to be looked upon as a blessing instead of as an evil.
 Of course this is an age of won ders when nothing much can sur. prise us, but considering how lit
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-22
Meat and Shoes.
(Boston News Bureau.

The yegetarians being blamed for dearer shoes While that assertion may be rather sweeping allocaton of blame, it does contain very sizeable germ of truth, in suggesting the operation of forces that have been at work for some years and are revealing their effects today in much altered and much stronger hide and leather markets. The basic equation is that be- tween meat and leather The latter is funda- mentally a by-product.
 The National Shoe Retailers Association is currently recorded declaring the lessened con sumption of meat, meaning fewer steers kill ed and therefore fewer hides means also a 15 per cent to 20 per cent. enhancement in prices of shoes Should the situation ever get to the point where steers had to be killed for hides alone thus reversing the old sequence. shoes would cost yet much more. The logic is fairly clear.
 It was the imperative demand for beef that primarily expanded the steer herds of the world Peace greatly cut down that demand. The vegetarian of course adds his mite of re duction; but he is far from the sole figure. We are all eating at least less meat That arbitrarily limits the total of hide material. Add a pronounced gain in footwear and other leather demand and the altered hide situation, now some what suddenly appreciated after six years of ad- versity, inevitable.
 In the first half of this year the slaughter of cattle more than half-millon below a year ago. Here is recent Department of Agr culture report, written not from the hide but the meat standpoint: Prospects favor continual tion of the general upward trend in cattle prices, which has been in evidence the past three years. -
 Natural causes, slowly working are visibly operative here There can be no manipulated boom in hides. There be no hidden sup pies no secret kills. Cattle supplies and meat consumption the factors that keep slaughter relatively low at 20 per cent. under last year and hides not only less plentiful but so per cent more expensive.
 Less meat, less leatler--it is old corol Il. far hn na1 it that the vegetarian can be blamed for dearer shoes