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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Continue Searching for
Missing English Plane

ST. JOHNS. N. F., Sept. g.
Private and Government agencies
have Joined in a search of the
bleak labrador coast for the miss
ing English plane Straphael.
Business firms with branches In
Labrador have notified their
agents to make inquiries along
the coast as to whether the plane
was sighted or heard from in
their regions. The Government.
through vessels, lighthouse serv-
ice and wireless stations, is
pressing the search.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
FARRAGUT IS In
PORT WESTBOUND

Steamer Admiral Farragut, Capt.
c. G. Graham. arrived in port
from the south at 1870 o'clock
this afternoon with IL tons of
freight, one days mail and Miss
Bunnie White for Juneau. THE
steamer has 400 tons of freight
for western Alaska cities. and will
load two carloads of ties at the
Juneau Lumber Mills for the AL.
aska Railroad at Seward. She was
scheduled to sail westward at 4
O'Clock this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
ARRIVE AT CALCUTTA

CALUUTTA, Sept. s. Tie
Pride Of Detroit, forging steadily
ahead in an endeavor to break
the record for a voyage around
the earth. arrived here today
after a flight of four hours and
40 minutes from Allahabad. The
niers are now 5000 miles from
Harbor Grace. the starting point.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Body Of Inventor
Is Found In Brook

MORRISTOWN, N. j., Sept. 6.
The body of Charles M. Lun-
gren, retired lighting engineer
and reputed inventor of the gas
mantle. was found yesterday in
a brook, FIVE miles from his
home. He disappeared August
a.. There is no evidence of yio-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Funeral of Former
Alaskan in Seattle

SEATTLE. Sept. 6.-The fun
eral of John Kane, Seattle mer-
chant and former Alaskan, VII
be held this afternoon. Prior
to entering business here Kane
engaged in mining throLshous
the Yukon Territory and FAR
banks districts
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
WORLD filters
keep IN AIR;
IN cALCUT1T'A
o. ss ~

AILAHABAD, Sept. G.
World Filters Brock and Sehlee,
striving to make up for lost time
caused by Turkish red tape left
Karachi yesterday morning, ar
irving here at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, after having
covered the distance of 925 miles.
The Pride of Detroit hoped
off at 7 o'clock this morning for
Calcutta. flight Of 1853 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
coHoEs PURcHsEp

Eighteen thousand pounds Of
cohoes were purchased by f. VI
Basse from the Fern, Capt. John
Lowell, yesterday afternoon. This
morning the Annie, native troll.
err, brought in 1900 pounds of
cohoes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

BELICK ARRESTED

Archie Belick who was arrested
Saturday by Deputy Prohibition
Administrator E. o. Birgfeld and
II. l.. Chichester and charged with
alleged sale OF intoxicating liquor
and assault with a dangerous
weapon. will have his prelimin-
airy hearing tomorrow In the
United States Commissioners
Court.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
u. S. OFFICIAL
SH0T,WOUNDED

DRESDEN, Germany. Sept. s -
An unidentified person Sundr,
shot and seriously wounded En.l
Steger, Secretary in the United
States Consulate. The assa.-4Et
escaped.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

Mayor Landes
Says Coz. Parks
Should Marry

SEATTLE. Sept. 6.-Mayor
Bertha X. Landes's only re-
commentator for improving
Alaska is that Gov. George
A. Parks should marry. 1.-THE
Executive Mansion in Juneau
is TO large for one man. said
afhs Mayor who has returned
from tour of Southeastern
Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
New DEVELOPMENTS

STREATOR, ILL.,, Sept. 6.-Ncw
developments In the investigation
OF Mrs. Hills murder are in the
hands in the county authorities.
A bank clerk told of a CONVEX.
sation with young Hill who poeel
as his mother in talking over the
telephone regarding his cL es
dealings with the bank. In reply
to questions. Hill told the clerk
1t was all right for Harry to casa
checks. The clerk said hower.,G
he recognized the voice as thu.
OF Harry and not Of his mother
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
IS ARRESTED
FOR Staying
HIS MOTHER
Man Arrested in Seatt e
Confession Comes
as Surprise

SEATTLE, Sept. ARRESTED Y
the merest chance, Harry ID Hill,
is held in the City Jail awaiting
arrival of extradition papers b.
which the State Of Illinois expacfs
to return him to Streator q id
stand trial for the murder of hi,
55 year old mother.
Hill was arrested Saturday night
by a Pawnshop Detail Patrolmal
who wished TO question him IS
car thief suspect. When de
tective approached him and show
I'd his badge. Hill, much to the
surprise. Of the officer, announced
he was the Streator fugi i've.
sought throughout the Unitsa
States for the past two weeks.
The suspect, through an eight
hour grilling held steadfastly >
protestations of innocence. He aa-
mitted he had forged his mothers
name to checks and had 10
heavily in gambling. He left Strea-
tor when the coroner's jury ta..l
him guilty of murder He repea led.
ly denied any connection with TIE
staying.
Streator officials are expected
to arrive here tomorrow. Hill Will
waive extradition. The body &
his mother Mrs. Eliza Hill, veal.
thy recluse and divorced wife of
prominent Streator Physician
was found buried in the cellar
of her home on August %. TIA.
state charges Harry Hill shot her
on August 10,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Alameda Takes Run

According to advices received
by the Juneau office of the AL
aska Steamship Company. the
Alamedas Southeastern Alaska
trip, sailing from Seattle Septem-
Der 10, has been cancelled and
the steamer will sail for Nome on
September Is, taking the run OF
the steamer Victoria.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

Miss Bunnie White. fourth and
sixth grade teacher, arrived on the
Admiral Farragut this afternoon
She is graduate of Bellingham
Normal School and Washington
State College and comes here from
Charleston, Wash. where she
taught last year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Father to Aid Son

SEATTLE. Sept. 6.--Dr. II. G
Hill, wealthy Illinois physician, Il
reported speeding west to Seattle
where his 20 year old son Harry
Is held in Jail on charge Of
matricide. DR.. Hill, who was g..
tranged from the murdered WON
an, Is understood to have lott
Streator Sunday.
Washington state officials mar.
while await the arrival of extrs.
dition papers in the Governors CT
flee at Olympia before taki1g
steps to send the youth back t.
stand trial for the murder of HIS
mother. 1t is said extradition p4.
pers left Chicago by air mail and
are due here late today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Armour's Estate Has
Dwindled to Million

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-The will
of j. Ogden Armour has been
filed for probate. Armour was
once estimated to have had for
tune of 200,000,000. The will
indicated an estate of $1,000
600. The will left 100000 out
right to his daughter Lolita,
now Mrs. John Mitchell. Jr., and
an annuity of $4,000 to her
husband. The remainder of the
estate except a few minor be-
quests to servants. was left in
trust for the benefit of the widow
and daughter.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
Four Persons Killed;
Had Attended Church

ZENIA, Ohio, Sept 6.-Four per-
sons were killed and one seriously
injured Sunday when the crack
All-American Flyer of the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad struck an au,o
mobile at a crossing. The dead
and injured returning from az
tending church services.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

MIS-. M. Sweeney, mother of Ed
Sweeney, was an arrival on the
Admiral Evans yesterday from a
visit with her daughter at Kodiak.
She will remain here for a few
weeks before going on to her
home in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

Mrs. Guy Smith OF Douglas is
seriously Ill in the St. AIMS Hos
pital suffering, from an infection
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

lence or mishap. The police be-
lieve Lungren died of heart
disease or exposure. Lungren
had been in feeble mental and
physical state for some time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06
VICTORIA IS
NOW DISABLED
Steamer Enroute, Nome to
Seattle, Blows Out
Cylinder Head

DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska
Sept. 6.-The steamer Victoria
enroute from Nome to Seattle
which left here yesterday morn
ing, is disabled with a cylinder
head blow off, at Priest Rock, 1O
miles from Dutch Harbor The
Coast Guard cutter Haida has
left here to go to the assistance
of the Victoria.
The Victoria has large list
of passengers aboard southbound
and also much freight including
gold bullion and frozen reindeer
carcasses.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-09-06

Miss May Mills is in the s..
AIMS Hospital for medical treat
ment.
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Continued on Page Three.)
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

Appearing from nowhere, she told London she was the daughter of a min ing man who had been murdered in Montana, and that when she came into her full fortune she would be worth many millions. In the meantime, she said, she was allowed s1,000 a week from the estate as spending money.
 Every day she rode in the Row; she kept an expensive auto, negotiated for country estate, known as Thankenham Court. and ran up dressmakers' bills for thousands of pounds.
 All the time, she confessed when caught, she was engaged in various swindles and confidence games, in one of which she relieved MT. Horsman of America of about $l5,000.
 Martha Franke, Berlin's bandit queen, was perhaps the most original and the most persuasive of all her tribe.
 Where she came from nobody knows, not even now, when it is all over. Like the others, she appeared like comet, and assumed proud position among the reckless, after-the-war pleasure seekers of Berlin.
 Half her time she spent in drawing rooms, where she was called Angel Face" and was remarkable for her un- assailable virtue and her demureness.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

impartially, she admitted, before they sent her away, but preferred the women, because they didn't make love to her. When she appeared for sentence she wore the best of clothes, snappy fur coat, and did not look her twenty-nine years by at least nine or ten.
 Vera Walker and Nell Gardiner began as automobile thieves and store looters. and ended by staging a mail van rob- bery, without a bit of aid from any member of the so-called sterner sex
 Vera was known to "the profession" as "Lil," and her two-girl gang was the despair of the police of the whole south of England until she became ambitious and took up mail robbery.
 The van was attacked on lonely road about thirty miles from London. The girls wore masks and carried pistols in both hands. The driver, clerk and guard thought 1t was a joke. A warning shot in the air convinced them it was not, and they climbed down and "stood and de- livered" as submissively as if they were being held up by Dick Turpin himself.
 Tampering with the mails is not one of the safe and healthful amusements in England, however, and an army of de- tectives began a hunt which eventually led to . neat little London fiat, and the arrest and confessions of Lil and her admiring lieutenant.
 They admitted then that they had robbed more than twenty stores and stolen fifty automobiles, some of them at pistol point, Their crime being the most serious, they got the stiffest sentences of any of the female outlaws yet caught in Britain or elsewhere in western Europe
 Muriel Shields, known in London. so- ciety as "The Beautiful" was . few rounds higher on the ladder of crime than these gun-women.
 Her regular dodge" was confidence stuft, although she would stoop to down. right robbery, and sometimes carried gun.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

A girl must live, however, and Peggy. born plain Gladys Smith, had little cash. She began to steal small sums at first, then large sums. still playing . lone hand. At last the idea of bandit band occurred to her, and she formed it from among the women habitues of the naush- room night clubs of Soho, where she was spending her money as it came.
 The climax of her career arrived when she engineered and directed five big rob berries only few days apart and took well over hundred thousand pounds to split among her followers
 She brought disaster upon herself, as has been said, by falling in love with Derek Bond, worthless fellow of the "loungs lizard" type, who soon learned she had money and determined to share it. He asked her to marry him bsfors he understood the source of her riches. and when she rashly told him how she made her money he withdrew the offer.
 The lover turned blackmailer. He threatened to expose her to her respect able friends, the people of the small, northern village where she was porn, and the police. In desperation. the girl gave him vast sums, and took even bigger chances than before in the effort to meet the drain.
 Her 'ventures" began to turn out badly. Two of her aecomplices were caught on . bank job. The demands of Derek Bond became more unreasonable. She was down to her last cent, Then Bond demanded that she give him her self-that she become his mistress.
 Rather than do that, and seeing ex. posture at hand, the captain of bandits went voluntarily to Scotland Yard and told her story. She did not implicats one of her woman followers
 Christine Lewis, the Welsh girl, spe- cialized in house robberies. and had turned of" scores winch she was caught rcd-handed in . fiat.
 She used men and women aceomplices
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

criminals, was born of well-to-do Spanish parents, who preferred to live in tho French capital.
 At first she saw the Apaches as she went on stunning expeditions. Then she began to meet them in . social way in the under-cover clubs and cafes she started to visit. Always . lover of jewelry, and unable to get from her father all that she wished, she saw h5r way clear to satisfy her desire.
 Selecting an able-bodied but weak willed Apache who had the standing of leader in band working in Montmartre. she made him her willing slave. His gang became hers. and she inspired and supervised number of daring and profitable house burglariea Then she made the desperate decision to kill an old man for his valuables.
 She made her confederates do the strong-arm work, while she was the lure. Decoying the old codger into his own garden at night, she gave the signal, and her accomplices leaped upon him and tried to strangle him with the girls beautiful and distinctive Spanish scarf.
 Old as he was. the victim fought back. got clear of his assailants and shouted for help. The Apaehes ran. Raymoads with the others. But they left the sea1f behind. And that was tho end of that young woman's career, for everyone in Montmartre knew that searf.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

in Paris and Berlin while direct ing the activities of . group of
 men and women criminals The rest of the time she passed in the underworld of the German capital-than which there is none grimmer or more sinister. Denying herself to cavalry colonels and barons, she gave herself to a lover who was 8 leader in that world without the law.
 Once she became friendly with . stodgy German banker, knowing that he was going out on business trip to the Argentine. No sooner had he taken ship than she appeared at his house with . retinue of servants. "Of course, Franz asked me to use his house while he was away" she told the curious. She enter tained royalty, both her aristocratic friends and the bad boys and girls from her own grim background.
 When the banker returned he found holes burned in priceless hangings and carpets; the marks of the heels of kard- working thugs and second-story men on expensive tables and cabinets; worst of all, about $500,000 worth of gold and silver plate was missing.
 Martha's arrest was not long delayed. Giving her pedigree, she would only say she was twenty-two years old. There is reason to believe she is the daughter of a respectable commercial family in East Prussia. But that secret she carried with her behind the prison walls.
 Raymonde Mazalairas, the contribu. tion of Paris to the annals of female
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

DRETTY Peggy Travers was . ruth
 less and efficient captain of ban IL dits and the despair of Scotland Yard until she fell in love with the worthless fellow who first battened upon her unlawful plunder and ultimately caused her betrayal and her downfall
 That is typical of how the old order changes, in this and other western Eu- ropean capitals, and beautiful but pre- datory young women take their places as leaders of the criminal host that wars upon society.
 The police say, Look for the man," now-meaning the parasitic lover of the female outlaw; quite as they used to re- mark, "Cherchez Ia femme"
 Peggy. case is typical in another way, of course, for Peggy was caught in the end and now is serving her prison term.
 So the fair but frail ones whe are lured by love of adventure. false TO- nance, cupidity or downright lawless- ness, into the paths of crime are learn ing at first hand the age-old lesson of the law. which is that crime does not pay.
 She is only one of a dozen or moro women bandit chiefs to fall into the hands of the authorities in tho last six or eight weeks.
 London has had its Christine Lewis, the brown-eyed Welsh lass whose "terri- tory" was the residential section of Hampstead; it's Vera Walker, its Nell Gardiner, it's Lillian Coote, and its Mu- riel Shields. who combined the conf'- dence game with robbery.
 Paris has had its amazing Raymonde Mazalairas, the fiery Spanish girl who dominated vicious tribe of Apaches, and did not stop at strangling when she needed money.
 Berlin has had its Martha Franks, known in the drawing rooms as an angel. faced kid, who was an excellent dancing partner and, in the grimy underworld of the German capital, as one of the most reckless and merciless outlaws of modern times. All these young women and as many more were, until arrested, real aristo- crats of crime; real leaders of the bands with which they were affiliated.
 They are not to be confused with the Frankie" Darings and Marion Stanleys and other weak, loving, clinging girls who are decoyed into crime by their lov. CTS and are always referred to in the police reports as women aceomplices of the prisoner"
 Their depredations reached peak about five months ago, when the police of Paris, London, Brussels. Berlin, Glas- gow and Liverpool were being made to look foolish by the gangs inspired and directed by these bold, bad beauties. What effect the subsequent series of ar- rests will have on the crop of lady bandits, Scotland Yard doesn't know. But the Yard is hoping 1t will discour- age embryo criminals in skirts to lind out that the inclination to deal gently with girls who break the law has disappeared.
 Peggy Travers stood out among them all by reason of her daring, her initia- tive, her beauty and her impressive. if temporary, triumphs.
 Blue-eyed. dark-haired. graceful dancer and an amusing conversational ist, she came up from the provinces when she WAS sixteen, determined to wrest an easy living from the city of her dreams
 Like several of these women crim- inals, she had scruples against selling her beauty in the London market-p'ace. and apparently held men at arms length throughout her wild career.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-28

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-11
B D D Y.
COMES HOME
By international News Service

WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. H.
The remains Of Russell Scott, who
hanged himself in the Cook county
jail Saturday night after he had
been reprieved eight times near
the hour of his execution, came
home today-alone.
Just as he mysteriously disap-
peared, hatless and unnoticed, from
his magnificent bridge promotion
offices here five years ago, his body,
now enclosed in a crude pine box,
drew scant attention when it was
trundled onto baggage truck at
the Michigan Central station.
Through the neglect of the train
conductor, the two who kept faith
in Scott during his three year fight
against the moose, were not pres
ent.
The father, Thomas Scott and
Russell's wife, Catherine, whose
heoric efforts were principally re.
sponsible for saving Scott from
death eight times, arrived at the
station 10 minutes later on another
train.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-11

Women's clubs in the Philip
pines now have total member.
ship exceeding $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-11
MOTHERPUSHES
BOY To DEATH
Photo BY Underwood & Underwood
BY international News Service

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Grief.torn
over the death of her mother, Mrs.
Minna Rosenbaum, 81, pushed her
six-year-old son to his death from
the bathroom window of her fifth
floor apartment today and then
leaped out after him, according to
police.
Mrs. Rosenbaum suffered prob
ably fatal injuries. The boy, Sam
uel, jr., was killed instantly when
his head struck the pavement.
This is the second attempt at
suicide Mrs. Rosenbaum has made
in the last 4s hours. Yesterday,
she attempted to hang herself from
clothes drying rack in the
kitchen, but her husband found her
in time to save her life.
The woman was arrested on a
homicide charge In the hospital,
but her life is despaired of.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-11
de- YOUTH HEIDI
AS BANDIT

HAGERSToWN, Md, Oct. II.
Police believe that the daylight
robber" suspect, who is being held
in the Jail for action of the grand
jury. is youth whom authorities
of Hagerstown and williamsport
have sought for the past two years,
for an attempted assault on a girl
In the latter town.
The arrest of the young man came
as a climax to a score or more of
daring daylight robberies in Hagers-
town during the last few weeks.
Earl McClory stated that he saw the
accused youth leaving the McClory
house, and later identified a gold
watch and other articles found in
the alleged thief's possession. The
arrest was made by a policeman
who was passing the McClory home.
The youth gave his name as
Harry Duke, of Washington ID. c.,
although he was unable to give a
street address. After closely exam.
ing Duke" however, members of
the force said they were certain
his name is Harry Rotz, who dis.
appeared from Williamsport two
years ago. Rotz was sought as the
suspected assailant of a girl.
While arrangements were made to
obtain possible positive Identified
ton from Williamsport, the suspect
was held under $1,000 bond. Unable
to furnish this, he was sent to Jail.
He is about rs years old, small and
anemic in appearance.
Women's clubs in the Philip
pines now have a total member.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-11
Choice Liquors Found
In Freight Car of '0TiIe"

KEY WEST, Fla, Oct. 11.--More
than 100000 worth Of choice
liquors were being held by customs
agents here today following the
seizure last evening Of a freight
car which arrived here from Ha-
vana billed building tile"
The liquor, of choice foreign bran.
dies, was found by customs officers
under the tile. 1t was consigned to
a New York firm, the name of
which customs inspectors refused to
disclose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-11
u. S. Tariff Note
Is Handed to France

PARIS. Oct. 11.--A new American
tariff note, which is described as
"conciliatory," was presented to the
French government today.
American Charge d'Affaires Shell.
don Whitehouse took the communi.
cation to the foreign office, where
he handed it to M. Beaumarchais.
director of political and commercial
affairs in the foreign ministry