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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
NEW EVIDENCE IN NORTHCOTT
 MURDER CASE
Affidavit Is Made in Van couver and Used by
 Authorities

VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 29.- A declaration that dear little mother and burned all evidence up," is credited to Gordon North colt in an affidavit in possession of California Police officials who are seeking the return of the young man from Canada to Cali fornia to face charges of murder ing four boys on the Northcott Riverside farm.
 The ofrlcers made public the document which they said was ob- tained from Louis Phillip, of Danis Saskatoon, friend of the family, and Mrs. Winifred Clark, sister of Northcott.
 The affidavit was sworn to be- fore the American Vice Consul and related that while Phillip and Miss Jessie Clark, Northcott's niece were walking along the street in Vancouver on September s. they met Northcott and his mother. Young Northcott was quoted as saying he married an "old woman down there." presumably in South |ern California. "She has plenty |of money. hate her but it is the money I am after" Northcott lis reported to have said. The affidavit failed to set forth what "evidence" referred to, was burned up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
Merger Horison Continues To Remain Dull But RaiI
 Esecutiues Still Hopeful

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Approv al given by the interstate con- merce commission to the proposal of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad to buy the Kansas City. Mexico & Orient seems to be the one bright spot on the dull horizon of railroad mergers.
 Railroad executives have ex- pressed themselves as being hope full, now that the commission has made it's first favorable decision on a consolidation proposal, that other similar plans may be car ried through to completion. They believe, however, that congression- al action will be necessary to rid the commission of the burden im- posed upon it by the transportation act plan for railroad consolida- tions, but feel that once that theo-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
I WO BRITISH
 OFFICERS ARE
 SHOT, PIRATES

HONGKONG, Sept. 29.-Two British officers of the China Navigation rompany's steamer Anking have been killed by Chi nese pirates.
 The pirates captured the steam CT with it's HOO passengers last Wednesday and steered it into Honghai Bay which is north of Bias Bay. notorious lair of pi- rates.
 The Chinese quartermaster was also killed
 A wireless message from the Anking stated the vessel would arrive here late this afternoon. the pirates releasing the ship after footing 1t and the pas 'sengers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
URGE HOOVER MAKE CHANGES
 IN HIS DATES

WA s H I NOTION, Sept. 2S.-- Herbert c. Hoover is being urged by some of his advisers to deliver his Boston address as the last in his Eastern campaign on the night of October 20 instead of the middle of the week following as has been planned tentatively. Should he consent, he will make three major speeches on three successive Saturday evenings, carrying his campaign to two Demacratic strongholds, New York and Boston. Next Saturday he will speak in Elizabethton, Ten nessee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
IS
 HELPING HIS
 PARTY,MASS.
Letter from Executive Is Read to Delegates at
 State Convention
Associated Ptess TeIerheio

BOSTON, Sept. 29.-President Coolidge in message read to- day to the delegates attending the State Republican Convention said the country needed "con- tinuation of the administration of public affairs in accordance with the principles which have guided the achievements of the Republican Party"
 This need. the President wrote, should be fulfilled by beginning, the next political year under the tried and experienced leader ship of Frank G. Allen and Ben jamin Loring Young m our com monwealth, and Herbert c. Hoov- er and Senator Charles Curtis in the Nation"
 Allen is Republican candidate for Governor and Young IS ean- didate for United States Senator.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
GOV. SMITH IN
 MILWAUKEE TO
 MAKE ADDRESS
Detailed Program of Pro- hibition Reform to
 Be Outlined

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept 2S. In a former brewing center. Gov. Alfred E. Smith will to- night lay before a waiting cleo torate his detailed program of Prohibition reform. His speech will be the sixth and last on a two weeks Western tour.
 The speech will be the first devoted to the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act since he advocates their modifica- tion in this acceptance speech.
 With only this one subject as his text, it is expected the Democratic Presidential nominee will elaborate to some extent on the stand he took in his accept ance speech sc soAtrol of liquor sales.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS KILLED

NEW YORK, Sept. 29. A bride of two weeks, socially prominent, Mrs. Charles Dwight Sabin, Jr., is dead, the victim of fall from the fourteenth floor of the Hotel Weylin. She is the second prominent woman to be killed in such an accident in 24 hours. Mrs. Evelyn Key holds, daughter of Henry I. Stid- dard, fell from her fathers fif- teenth floor apartment in the Hotel Mayfair on Thursday night.
 Mrs. Sabin was i'll Thursday. She was alone in the apartment when death occurred.
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retical project of mergers is cast overheard both commission and railroads will be able to work out satisfactory consolidation projects on economic grounds.
 Difficulties Arise
 Meanwhile the executives are trusting that both congress and commission have noticed the add ,ed difficulty railroads are encoun- tering to maintain service under existing rates and economic con- ditions. Rate reductions granted by the commission, competition from other carriers and projected or actual developments of water ways are said to have cut heavily into railroad earnings, reported for the first half of 1928 as only
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OBJECTION ID NAVAL TREATY
 MADE BY U. s.
Dissenting Note Is Handed to France and Great
 Britain
NO USEFUL PURPOSE
 | GAN BE SERVED BY IT
Foreign Comment Is that Pact May Be Dead
 Further Efforts

SHIN TON, Sept. 29.- Blunt rejection of the Franco British naval agreement has been sent to London and Paris by the United States Government The note Co the two Powers was made public last night by the State Department.
 The noie sags the Government of the United States feels that no useful purpose would be serv- led by accepting as a basis of discussion the Franco British pro- |posal
 "The American Government has no objection 10 any agreement between France and Great Bri- ltain which those countries think will he to their advantage and in the interest of limitation of ornaments, but naturally cannot lconsent to such an agreement Ishosic be applied to the United |States!'
 Specifically. the American ob- jecticn to the accord Is based on the contention that it would re- strict only types of ships ''pecul- iarly suited to the needs of the United States" and leave unlim- ited combat ships of greatest value to any nation having wide ly dist iblffpd fualiuy baoae ar great merchant marine tonnage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
Robbers Kidnap Negro Porter lUith Registered
 Pouches, Nuke Escape

RAILWAY, N. J., Sept. 29.-- Twelve robbers late yesterday af- ternoon kidnapped a negro porter carrying three pouches of regis tered mail containing cash rang ing from s1O,0OO to sS0,OOo and es- capped while a policeman waited in the Pennsylvania Railroad station as an escort to the Post Office The porter, six hours later, was found handcuffed to a tree 23 mile. away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
CRANE ENRourE HERE

The U. s. Fisheries boat Crane Capt. J. J. O'Donnell. sailed from Seattle this morning enroute te Juneau. according to advices re. ceived at local bureau headquar. ters. It will arrive about tho middle of next week and join tht patrol fleet now operating ii Southeastern Alaska waters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
SECOND TOUR FOR SMITH IS
 BEING PLANNED
Will Not Go Into Solid South as Believed
 Unnecessary

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.--Discuss- ing plans for Gov. Alfred E Smiths second speaking tour Chairman John J. Raskob, of the Democratic National Committed said he believed the candidate will speak in Tennessee and Kentucky and also visit Baltimore.
 Chairman Raskob said it was not planned for Gov Smith to go into the Solid South, adding he believed such a trip was unnecessary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
:. SHIPMENT OF FISH

Seventy-five boxes of fish were shipped last night on-the Admiral Rogers from the Juneau Cold Stor- age Dock. The companies ship ping were San Juan. 31 boxes; New England Fish Company 21 boxes: Ripley Fish Company, 10 boxes, and the Sebastian Fish Company, 13 boxes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
LETTER IS
 REPUDIATED
 BY HOOVER
Stir Is Caused by National CommitteeWoman
 of Virginia

w A s HIN c TON, Sept. 29.-- Herbert c. Hoover flatly repud- lated a letter published in the Washington Post as having been sent out by Mrs. William Gala we'll, Republican National Com mitteewoman of Virginia, which said: We must save the United States from being Romanized.
 The Post says the letter bears the stamped signature of Mrs. Caldwell and by long distance telephone, Mrs. Caldwell admit ted sending the letter but did not think, anything was said about Romanization. She explained that her secretary may have used phraseology.
 Made Public
 The Post says the letter was made public by Mrs. Clara Lyons, precinct campaign appointee.
 The Post quoted Mrs. Caldwell saying only two or three copies of the letter were distributed.
 MT. Hoover said: Whether this letter is authentic or a forg- cry, it does violence and with every instinct l possess, 1 resent and repudiate it. Slch an at titude is entirely opposed in ev- cry principal of the Republican Party" cd
 Tolerance
 MT. Hoover added: Tn this land, dedicated to tolerance, we still find outbreaks of intoler- ance. I came from Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they fought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance, both in act and spirit. The glory of the American ideals is the right of every man to worship God ac- cording to the dictates of his own conscience"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
RELIEF FOR CoPpERs

ROME. - Roman tran1c cops. due to excessive heat. have at last been allowed to sport white eork-lined helmets on duty. dis cardlng the old steel headgear reminiscent of the days of glad- iators and the Praetorian Guard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29

ATLANTA, Ga.~-Grady hospi- tal's first patient is still at the institution 36 years after being admitted for treatment. Records show that Allan Kimble, 73, negro, first to be admitted, re- mained two months for treat Iment and 36 years as caretaker.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
ACCORD IS DEAD

LONDON, Sept. 2s--Although the British press generally char acterizes the nglo-Trench naval accord as dead. official circles refused to acknowledge the Am erican note has closed the door on attempts to break the existing international deadlock on the naval disarmament problem.
 The British Cabinet must first consider the American note. then it is expected that the next step will be the British Government will answer 1t.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-09-29
FRENCH POSITION

PARIS, Sept. 29.-Rejection by the United States of the Franco British accord as a basis for limi- tation of armaments will not end negotiations in the opinion of those in French official circles.
 Replies of Japan and Italy will be awaited, then the whole mat ter will be turned over to ex- perts again for study IS to pos sibility of finding q way to con ciliate conflicting views.
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The Washington times., 1928-07-31
By Beatrice Fairfax

To most Of Us, the most puzzling
part of life Is ourselves. One Of
my earliest memories II wondering
why and how happened to be-.
here and alive what an inexplain-
able mystery! No wonder youth
finds 1t hard to understand and
adjust itself TO life's problems!
Dear Miss Fairfax writes
Reader. who is pondering the prob.
lem of himself. Il am writing TO
you, asking II you will help me.
II am young fellow Is years
Of age. / really don't know what
the trouble can he with me. I am
unlucky in love and cannot seem y,
make friends among girls. am
net a shiek. nut am not homley
enough to scare girls away.
II can dress as well as the next
fellow. but no matter how dress,
1t doesn't help. i have good dis
position and treat girls with re-
spect. have one bad habit, smok-
ing. But guess a girl would not.
hold that against any fellow.
Really, | cannot figure myself
out half the time. 1t gives me
the blues and often tell myself
the best thing Is 10 give up.
cant even get myself decent job.
The Washington times., 1928-07-31
RED, WHITE
AND BLUE


This year the tri-color-red,
white and blue ;the order being
question of patriotism, plays an
important part in every summer
wardrobe, advises Vanity Fair.
Blue, white and red, according
to this authority. are the cham
pionship colors Of the summer of
1928 for life on the ocean wave.
yellow tried very hard" 1t says.
but only held second place. Navy
blue and white. sailors colors,
have always been popular, but
Chanel is responsible for adding
the red
"A blue sky and a sparkling
sea- continues Vanitay Fair,
Mary. Ellen, and Alice are start
ing out for sail dressed in a.
workmanlike manner. 1t is a hot
day and Mary who hadn't thought
of going sailing had on for lunch.
con q pleated white crepe de chine
dress; white felt hat and the
inevitable Chanel scarf. Instead
OF changing her entire costume
she just put on her white sail
cloth coat and belted 1t snugly
AROUND her. Her tri.color scarf
is knotted and allowed TO wave
jubilantly. Ellen Is ready for
anything that might happen.
The Washington times., 1928-07-31
CHERISHING KEEPSAKES
BY Lucy Lowell

She has been going through
the dusty old trunks in the attic
land what a job it turned out
to be-
There were two Of them and
they had been standing, in one
place ever and ever so long
years end years. probably grow
ing so crumbling and brittle with
age that they all hut fell to pieces
when she dragged them out into
the light.
The locks were difficult, too;
rusted tight so they had 10 be
broken. And once the rickety
covers were thrown up what
miscellany Of things came tunn.
bling QUIT
Letters stacks and bundles of
them-tied with pink ribbons. or
turned saffron. and worn so that
they dissolved under the touch,
spilling the letters far and wide.
She would pick up one Of the
yellowed sheets. this friend OF
mine. scan It with a half puzzled,
half hopeful look. From Jimmy,
she would say, going on SLOWLY;
The was my beau In high school
or was 1t after j left school? he
was dark and very handsome. !
think, though I'm not sure. lie
might have been tightish. with
a dimple in his chin. So long
ago I've forgotten"
Then she would delve further
and find letter signed "Bobbie'
or perhaps NAT" and try again
in her gentle. uncertain way to
recall the one who had written so
many years before.
Deeper In the trunk she came
upon other things; several ex-
tremely dry flowers--roses prob
ably-waich became dust beneath
her fingers a fan she had de-
lighted in once--she couldn't re-
call exactly when; dance pro.
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AdUice to the LOUeLOrn By Beatrice Fairfax

world, and when the right time
comes, the right girl.
The AIatch-Nl Making Mother
DEAR MISS FAIRFA
i am iii love with girl who u
Hi Her mother tells me that if
i wish To go with her daughter
any longer We must become en-
gagged.
81 am only IA and am not earns
ing 4 salary sufficient to support
4 wife. | have tried to give this
girl up, but she still tells me how
much she loves me and how her
mother wants me in the family
Will you kindly advise me AS
to what should do If her
mother starts. talking marriage
again? thank YOU.
III looks to me as though 4
matchmaking mamma were TAX.
ing things into her own hands,
Puzzled, so far as you and your
sweetheart are concerned. Since.
you cannot marry because you
are not earning enough money
and are also very young, the hest
thing To do is to stay away from
that family for q while, or yon
may find yourself engaged whether
or moi you choose to be.
Go about with other girls. il
you and she are still IN love with
each other two years from now,
YOU may be IN q better position
then to support wife and ac-
quiesce III the plans of her mother.
The Washington times., 1928-07-31
Exercises H E | p
10 Keep Legs
Beautiful
BY Maria Jeritza
Prlna Donna 81 the Metropolitan
Opera Company, One Of the
Most Beautiful Women
az the Day.

a book called Good Customs.
written III Florence. Italy, about
is1e contains the following good
advice on bringing up daughters:
DO not let them grow too fat.
s and teach them to perform all the
work Of the household.
SO it is evident that the art Of
reducing IS not new. The slender
ness Of the maidens of fourteenth
century paintings was doubtless
carefully cultivated.
A symmetrical body, and most
especially symmetrical legs, are.
not only desirable, but actually
necessary ii order to look present
able Ii inoderns styles. IN fact.
IN this day Of uniform slip-on
frocks, the only distinction and
touch Of elegance may be said 70
consist IN having 4 lovely. grace
I'LL supple body under the loose,
forn-revealing frock. Pretty legs
ana ankles have come into their
own.
Legs are becoming an increas-
fngly important factor OF beauty.
Not only are bare legs in evidence
III bathing beaches, but the short
socks worn for tennis and golf
this season roll back just above
the ankles, frankly revealing bare
feminine knees and calves. We
are told by d famous illustrator
who has made a study Of napper
beauty that the girl of 1890 viii
be entirely free of clothes so far
as her arms and legs are con-
eerned
Ali things considered, Il be-
laOaVes every woman, old and
young, to cultivate the beauty and
grace of her lower limbs. How ID.
this tn be done Lii devious ways
Exercises such as the following
win help tremendously IN brInging
timber slender grace to your legs.
Stand straight before q flat
bottonsed chair. Step onto the
csssss.r. then of again. at least ten
times with each foot. This is ex-
cellenf for the calf and thigh
muscles IL you are trying TO re-
fli1ce practice the exercise rapidly,
precisely. ten times morning and
evening with each foot III case
you wish 10 take on weight, 80
The Washington times., 1928-07-31

gram, triumphantly filled up but
quite meaningless, for she could
not remember where or when the
dance was held or whose were
the initials marked all over it.
Meaningless-alI of 1t was that.
She had treasured these things
half her life and for what? Only
to forget. While time had gone
on they had lost their significance.
grown sere with age. lost the SEN
tinlent they were intended to COM
nlemorate. Once they were vital,
but now they were trash swal.
lowed up in the past.
And isn't this true Of all keep
sakes?
Why do we save little things
scraps OF paper. faded flowers?
If that which they stand for Is
real It. will live forever IN mem
DRY without any visible reminder.
And IL it is Of no conse-
quence why do we try to hold it
by trivial symbols?
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III the cradle. Not second later
Realize that everything which hap
pens Ia chiId's daily life IS not
only an event to aim; II y the nu-
cleus OF habit. good or bad.
Character (which after all is built
upon what q child repeats and
practices daily grows more rap
idly in infancy and early child
hood than at any ether period Of
his life.
Habits are formed BY practice,
~ the doing over and over again
acts until they require no more
conscious effort for their execu-
ton. But the repetition alore IL
not al. a child seeka 10 10 things
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II that one little word breaks
would only come my way, ! might
have something worth living for.
What you say to me may help
take the blues away. thank you.
very much for all your trouble. q
Dear friend. cannot explain the
mystery OF life and success To you
in one short paragraph, partly be-
cause 1 have not myself attained
perfect understanding. But / have
learned this much; brooding over
oneself and ones illluck does not
help a bit.
Choose some kind Of useful work
and learn to do 1t we'll. Put all
The Washington times., 1928-07-31

build up such Z firm foundation
uf interest lii what II good and
right ana constructive that ne win
realize that each of rs has at
some time or other. to form the
habit 81 tackiing disagreeable jobs
and doing them as efficiently as
possible In order that we may be
free 10 enjoy the habits which
bring Us pleasure. Create an IN.
tense desire in the child for an ac-
tivity which you wish to become
habitual.
The mother Of 4 ST rsold girl
used ID dread the day when II was
necessary I'd shampoo the tiny
head. Needless To say, the child
dreaded IL. tho and gave lusty
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4 which give MIN pleasures a nj the
task before US II to give him ac.
tiyifies to indulge iii which win
form constructive habits and at
the same time give him extreme
satisfaction ii his own conduct.
re insist upon the doing of GER
tain things which annoy child Il
destructive and tears down In
stead Of building up
BY this. III do not mean that
there are no undesirable things
which must be learned and faced
and gotten over with, but instead
Of the old command of You do
this because / say YOU must n with
the accompanying resentful obedi-
ence Of the child. let us try to-
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!. says Cherie.

through the movements more
slowly and afterward lie down
fifteen minutes.
Bend to touch the floor with
both hands without bending your
knees. then try to walk about the
floor in this fashion. This exer-
The Washington times., 1928-07-31

your thought and energy and en-
tl1usiasn into doing that work well
and successfully. Go IN for ath.
letics and outdoor sports nnoder-
ately. These activities will take
your thoughts outside yourself.
keep you too busy to be unhappy
and will teach you more Of the
meaning Of yourself and life than
any amount or brooding.
Useful activities and good will
are sure to bring you friends
congenial friends! VIII YOU not try
my plan for one year faithfully
and see whether 1t will not help
Danish the blues? / wish you all
the happiness and success in the
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tOWls To testify 70 her opinion az y
hair-washing iii general Now this
mother didn't think hard enough
about this matter TO try To create
in the child desire Tor cleanli-
ness. or pride hi the appearances
of her hair. She merely said.
Come on now. You are going 10
have shampoo because say 50. !,
Ii took two weeks In school be-
fore ii ever occurred 10 the tiny
girl that there might be reason
why she should ever be glad that
her head was clean and sweet
smelling She came home one
noon and said to her mother:
ny! I'm glad my head was clean
this morning A nurse came into
The Washington times., 1928-07-31

on the stage. in public and at prl-
vate functions my hair always at
tracts. During my performances
women never fail to ask the secret
Of my perfect wave and the youth
full. lively sheen of my hair.
ii is very simple. wave my own
hair. First / noisten It with my.
liouid hair-dress. Wave and Sheen.
use a comb to apply it. Then I
carefully insert the combs. ! tie
niece of chiffon over my head. BY
the time am ready to complete my
toilette the waves are in to stay.
A radiant sheen, free from sticki-
ness. is the chief charm Of this
simple method. Wave and Sheen
is the only dressing would use on
my hair. 1t is the only preparation
/ know that does not give the ''plas-
tered" effect. which cannot toll
crate. The hair must have some
air in order to be healthy and free
from dandruff.
You can get a bottle Of my Wave
and sheen at any toilet counter. lt
Is guaranteed. 10 cents.
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else IN difficult, hut II gives the
muscles OF your trunk and limbs
q fine stretch.
Doubtless YOU will wish to rid
yourself Of superfluous hairs on
your legs. to look well in chiffon
stockings or else sans stockings.