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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-19
GOVERNMENT IS
 FACING DEFICIT
Budget Director Lord Says U. 5. Concerned, Not
 Discouraged

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 19.-Dlrec- tor of Budget Herbert Lord last night said the Government faces a $100,000,000 deficit by June.
 We are concerned but not dis couraged," said the Director.
 The Treasury had a prospective surplus of $252,O0O,00O for June, but this surplus "melted away as the result of new legislation and revision of the tax laws. Today the threatened surplus is chal- lenge and we accept the challenge. We are going to see that not one Federal dollar is spent on doubt ful mission and we are fighting as we have never fought before for a balance of the Budget" Director Lord said.
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"A Handbook on Hanging" by Charles Duff. The book is orna- mented on it's cover by a picture of men hanging from gallows. The titlepage avs the book is "A short introduction to the fine art of execution, and containing much useful information on neck-break- ing, throttling strangling asphyxi- atiun, decapitation, electrocution as we'll as data and wrinkles for hangmen, an account of the late Mi Berry's method of killing and his working list of drops, to which is added hangman's ready reck- oner and certain other items of interest"
 A Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty is marshalling the forces of the offensive. The Council came into being after the execution of woman named Thompson for inc murder of her husband.
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By FRANK HAVILAND KING
 GA. p. Staff Writer)

LONDON, Oct. 19.-British poli- tical strategists are ready to ad- init they have seen the last wo- manless Cabinet at Westminster.
 American presidential candidates, fighting for women's support in the present national campaign, haven't ha5 60 promise that wo- man will sit in the new cabinet at Washington, but early in the forthcoming general election strug- gle in this country British parties expect to be forced to pledge at least one woman minister in the new British government.
 The reason is very simple. Mrs. John Bull has long been politically conscious, and now with the aid of 5,000,000 young women enfran- chised by the ''Flapper Bill' wo-
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GRAF ZEPPELIN
 COMMANDER IS
 IGNORED TODAY
pr. Eckener and Four Members of Crew Break
 fast with Coolidge


 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-An of ficial welcome of the National Capital was extended to Dr. Hugo Eckener and four of his comrades on the Graf Zeppelin They were guests of President and Mrs Cool idge at breakfast.
 Present plans call for Dr. Ecke- ner to leave here tomorrow for Akron, Ohio, the home of the Goodyear Zeppelin Company; from there to Chicago and return to Lakehurst by Tuesday. For the Graf Zeppelin cruise to Detroit. it is possible that Henry Ford will be a passenger.
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BANKER DEAD, PLANE CRASH,
 EASTERN CITY
F righ tened Passenger Grips Controls and
 Plane Drops

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 19.-A frightened passenger who gripped the controls of an airplane in which prominent bankers were making sightseeing trip over Atlantic City, today is believed responsible for the crash of the plane and death of one of the oc- cupants and serious injury to oth- CTS.
 Eight men were in the plane.
 W. Octave Chanute, Denver h. vestment banker, died two hours after the accident. Chanute and four others of the passengers were delegates to the annual convention of the Investment Bankers Asso- citation, in session here.
 The injured are Pliny Jewel, of Boston; Thomas Dsyart, of St Louis; Henry Duer, of Boston; Adler Little, of Chicago; Ralph Somers, of A sc ion, N. J; George King of Garden City. Long Island, and Ferdinand Eble, of Pleasantville, New Jersey.
 The plane was returning to the field here after a flight.
 Watchers on the ground saw it go into a tail spin when 2,000 feet up in the air, right itself, go into another sping and crash to the ground.
 When the plane took off, all passengers were in the cabin but after the crash, one of them was taken from the second cockpit. His identity has not been established.
 The plane fell into a telephone pole before burying it's nose in marshy ground. This is believed to have saved the other passen- gers. Rescuers had to wade in water to their waists to reach the wreckage.
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MAIL PILOT
 IS CREMATED;
 PLANE FALLS

POLK, Penn, oct. 19.-A burned plane and cremated body of Air Mail Pilot William Hopson were found three miles southwest of here today by searchers who sought out the plane after reports had been received of flares dropped early yesterday
 Hopson was flying the mail route between New York and Cleveland and was due to arrive at the Ohio station yesterday morning.
 Residents reported they saw a plane travelling westward and that a bright light burst from the ship as it passed beyond hill. The light is believed to have been a fire.
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ENGLISH WOMEN WILL
 GET CABINET PLACES

men will be in a majority at the polls for the first time in history. The ratio will be 14,50O,000 women to 12,500,0O0 men,
 General Election Call That is the way the sexes of King Georges realm will line up next spring when the dissolution of parliament sounds a general election call The total elector- ate of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is expected to be about 27,000,000 when the ballots are cast. In these circumstances British parties are preparing to give wo- men a share in cabinet power and responsibility.
 Already the conservative and la bor parties have within their ranks women members of the
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RUM RUNNERS
 ARE CAPTURED

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 19.- Seventy-nine rum runners. who at tempted to run liquor D the Amer ican side of the Niagara River, were captured by combined Coast Guard, Immigration and Gus toms patrol. Two boats escaped the patrol. Twenty other boats are, in waiting on the Canadian shores to attempt to break the guard.
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Train Wrecked; Many
 Passengers Injured

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Oct. 19.- Several passengers are reported to have been hurt when a Pennsyl- yania passenger train left the rails eight miles north of here late this afternoon. Railroad of ficials said they believed spreading rails or a broken rail caused the wreck.
 The locomotive and four cars left the track and overturned.
 Thirty-five passengers were aboard and several are reported to have suffered bruises and lacera- tions.
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Glass Water Pitcher
 Sciences Speaker at
 Anti-Smith Meeting

BROOKSVILLE, Fla, Oct. 19.- When Leon Whitehurst arose to defend the Knights of Columbus at an anti-Smith political meeting here last night, he was struck with glass water pitcher alleged to have been hurled by former Mayor H. s. Simmons.
 Whitehurst was slightly injured. He arose after the Chairman of the meeting had invited expressions from those in the audience. White hurst did not complete his state ment after hit by the pitcher
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Talking Mouies .COver Up Shots
 From Pistol

MINOT, N. D., Oct. 19.-One thing about the talking movies is that a person attending a theatre where they are showing may get shot and no one may know of it..
 Robert Lewis was shot in the leg last night when a pistol drop ped from the pocket of c. T.. Caughn.
 At the time the talking picture was in full gunfire and one extra shot more or less, passed un- noticed.
 Lewis, with a bullet in his leg. thobbled from the theatre without the audience knowing he was hurt.
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YOUTH HANGED
 THIS MORNING
 IN CAL, PRISON
Kidnapper and Slayer of Marian Parker Is
 Executed
STOLID DEAIEANOR IS i MAINTAINED TO LAST
Ascends Thirteen Steps to Gallows-" The Fox
 Is No More

SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Cal, Oct. William Edward Hick- man was hanged for the murder of Marian Parker at 10:10 o'clock this morning.
 The youth. who boastfully call ed himself The Fox, walked to the trap white but with little other outward appearance of emotion, consistent to the last breath with the attitude display cd since he was arrested last De- cember.
 Up q flight If 12 steps he went preceded by lillian Fleming Priest, under whose spir- itual guide he turned from Fatai- ism to Christianity. in the shadow of the gallows. and with his arms strapped to his sides. On either :. side and behind. marched the fuard.
 In semi-circle were some 200 persons who saw Hickman die
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GATORS RECEIVE LETTERS

PENDLETON, Ore. Oct. 1y.-- Tom Guatdane and Buck Lieual- len, officers who captured lick man, yesterday received letters from the slayer saying: "I am sorry to have prtended insanity in your jail I believe in Jesus Christ and he will save me from hell. l hope that the crime of violence will cease They work with Satan and the only way to stop it is to practice the Chris tian faith and charity"
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Mother, Four Children
 Are Found Dead in Home

CHICAGO, H., Oct. 19.-A moth CT and her four children were found asphyxiated in their home here this morning. The mother was lying in bed and the children were found on the. kitchen floor as though playing, when suddenly stricken
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-19
Dr.. Shumaker Pardoned
 By Governor of Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 19.-Gov. Ed Jackson has issued a pardon for Dr. E. Shumaker. Superintend- ent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, who was today to have been taken to the State Penal Farm to begin serving a 6O-day sentence for contempt of the In- diana Supreme Court.
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Is Electrocuted for
 Staying His Vie But
 Declared He Innocent

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct 19.-Frank Sharp, twice convicted and twice sentenced to death for staying his wife, was today electrocuted in the Nebraska State Prison.
 Sharp awaited death with calm ness yet he frequently maintained his innocence.
 A final appeal to the Governor was fruitless.
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FRED PATZOlE DEAD;
 WAS UNCONSCIOUS TO END

Fred Patzole, who entered St. Ann's Hospital Oct. 15, suffering from internal poisoning, died last night. He was unconscious from the time of his admittance to the hospital until he passed away. Poi soning and resulting internal hem- orrhages was given as the cause of his death.
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KILLED,
 GANG WARFA ARE

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19.-In an ap- parent renewal of gang warfare among Italians here, Joseph Monti, salesman, was killed by a man who shot him down near his home here. The slayer escaped in an au- tomobile.
 Gang warfare has taken the lives of ten Italians during the past 15 months.
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Drinks Insect Fluid
 Thinking It Moonshine

WRANGELL, Alaska, Oct. 19.- James Shakinaw, an Indian, was rushed to the hospital after im- bibing a large quantity of fluid used for killing insects which he thought was moonshine.
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REDUCTION IN ORDER

BEN ron WHILE, Ark. = A young prisoner in Benton County jail might have succeeded in plans to escape but for his A inch waistband. He became wedged when he tried to slip through by 12 inch opening
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HIS LAST HOURS

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Oct. 19. The last hope of William E. Hickman vanished last night when Warden Holphan said he vas un4Die to agree with the at tornoy's argument that the slay- CT was insane, after two hours.
 In all open enclosure, staring at the sun for the last time. Hickman spent his last hours late yesterday afternoon, then went to the death cell and wrote letters and listened to phono- graph.
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CRICSBY HERE
 FOR WH|RLW|ND
 CAMP AICN END
Democratic Nominee for Deelgate Elated at Pros
 poets for Victory

Primed for whirlwind finish of his campaign for election as Delegate to Congress from Alaska, George B. Grigsby, Democratic nominee, arrived here this morn ing on the steamer Alaska after covering western and interior points. He is accompanied by Mrs. Grigsby who has been with her husband throughout the entire trip.
 'I am more than delighted with the outlook for success in the three divisions 1 have visited, and if the same measure Of success relatively, is met with in the First Division, am convinced l will be returned a victor" sde- clared Mir. Grigs1y today.
 Urges Postponment
 One of his first action on reach ing Juneau was to urge very OliOHSlg liiE VI Alt rally advertised for Saturday eve- ming. He said very frankly he didn't want any split meeting, as he desired an opportunity to ad- dress every possible voter. His views were accepted without de- mur by the Divisional candidates and local leaders.
 Although on the campaign for six weeks, and having covered sev- eral thousand miles and delivered nine speeches and made q number of informal talks, MT. Grigsby is in fine condition to stand the strain of the closing weeks of the campaign which, 1t is understood, will be pressed with vigor. He will visit as many towns as possi- ble and plans to make speeches in every community he visits.
 Opens At Skagway
 He will open his First Division drive at Skagway Saturday night His second speech will be made at Haines Sunday afternoon, and the third here Monday evening. Speak ing dates following that time will be announced on his return from the Lynn Canal trip.
 He has spoken at Nome, Ruby, Fairbanks, Anchorage, ward, Valdez, Chitina, Mccarthy and Cor dova. Capacity crowds greeted his appearance everywhere and he was assured he would receive a majority of the votes in every one of these communities. A predic- tion that he would carry Nome and probably the Second Division was made by former Territorial Senator James Frawley. A. J. Nor dale, former member of the House of Representatives and pioneer of Fairbanks, in telegram to former National Committeeman T. J. Donohoe, declared Grigsby would carry the Fourth Division two to one. And MT Donohoe, himself, in a telegram to National Commit teeman J. J. Connors of this city, this week predicted his victory in the Third Division.
 Confident of Winning
 "There has been a sweeping turnover in sentiment from two years ago in all parts of interior western and northern Alaska. If the First Division shows corres- bonding change. l am sure to be elected" declared MT. Grigsby.
 MT. and Mrs. Grigsby are guests at the Gastineau during their stay in the city.
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December 15-A well-dressed. educated, sueve young man ap- peared at Mt. Vernon Junior High School here during the noon hour, telling Mrs. Mary Holt. teacher. that he had come for the Parker girl. He declared the girls father, Perry Parker, as-
 (Contlnued on Page Seven.)
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CRIME TO PENALTY

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct 19. Here are the events in the kid mapping and staying of twelve year-old Marian Parker, for which crime Hickman, aged 19 years, was hunted down, and was captured, after one of the great est assembly of police perhaps ever put on the track of a man in this section, and paid the penalty this forenoon in San Quentin Prison.
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By Virginia Swain

The stairs, leaning on the han
mister, Mrs. Morris met her in the
hall with : yellow envelope In
her hand. Telegram for you.
Miss Waldron, she said in her
tired. monotonous voice.
Linda tore it open nervously.
Arrive midnight Wayland Juno
ton bound for st. Louis. Meet
me there (signedl Simon Whit.
lock"
The message was not a sug-
sestion. or even a request. 1t
was an order.
There was only one afternoon
train from Marbury to Wayland
Junction. 1t left at half past
five, idled through the cornfields
and wooded hills of the county,
stopped good-humoredly at every
crossroads to pick up barefoot
boys en- route to the circus in
Middleton, and red-faced' farmers
travelling downstate to look at
cattle, and smiling farm wives
bent on matters OF high finance
with the poultry dealers I'M town.
Linda knew there was only this
train to take her TO her rendez-
vous, but she searched the time
table in her desk in frantic haste.
il was no use. She would have
10 rush from the biology class
room to the station, catch the
ftve-thirty and spend the even
ing sitting in the Wayland juno
ton waiting room.
She tossed a nightgown and
some toilet articles into an over
night bag and counted the money
in her purse. There was a five
dollar bill and a little change-not
quite enough to be safe on a short
journey. But IL she had to stay
the night in Wayland Junction,
she could ask Simon for a loan.
A few minutes later she slipped
into the biology lecture room,
thrust her overnight bag under
her chair and sat down to listen
impatiently to d discourse on the
metabolism of the amoeba.
The local wheeZed into Way
land Junction at o'clock. The
shabby little station had it's usual
crowd of bourgeois travellers,
waiting for the East and West
limited trains. There was none
of the gaiety that Marbury sta
ton could be depended upon to
flaunt at almost any time.
Wayland Junction was a mere
burr on the hem Of the skirt of
callege life. At THANKSGIVING
and Christmas and homecoming,
1t basked for a day or two in the
light of Marbury festivities. The
rest OF the year 1t was a hope
less little outpost of the two
great railroad systems in the
cornfields of the Middle West.
To BE Continued Tomorrow
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startling her by appearing at the.
foot OF her bed before she knew
he was in the room. You
should knock she said, irritably,
for the ankle was still purple
and far from comfortable, and 1t
was now too late to hope for a
call from Tom that night.
Il did knock" said the man
gently. 'Mem-sanib did not
hear. perhaps. Mrs. Morris told
me to come i'm
He took Linda's water bottle
into the bathroom, and she
could hear the water rusE1inS
glub-giub out of the tea kettle
into its rubber mouth.
When he came back into the
room. he laid the bottle down by
Linda. Anything more, mem
sah1b?" he asked softly, bending
his melancholy eyes upon her,
Linda noticed for the first time
how beautiful his features were.
how finely modelled his brown
hands.
No, thank you" she said, more
gently than she had ever spoken
to him before, and 1t seemed to
her that fsint flush mounted
behind the golden brown OF his
skin.
lie turned to go awav aud
stumbled over a riding boot that
trust it's toe out from under The
bed. Since Linda's injury nobody
had thought to put il on IT'S
noot-tree and set it away in the
closet.
"Mem-sahib rides?" he asked
almost eagerly.
Why, yes" said Linda. That's
now l happen to be lying here.
MY morse ran away with me.
Gopal?"
He bowed. "1 ride--and that IL
all That Is the only pleasure left
to me In this Western country
One horse they keep for me at the
livery stable-because 1 wish NO
one else to ruin him-and I nav
WE'LL
The last words came out with
note of pride. Poor chap! thought
Linda. Alone in a strange
country, saving every penny from
his small wages to pay royalty for
the one princely pleasure left
him!
She saw his purple Swallowed
eyes in the darkness. for some
time before she went to sIeep,
Next day, the foot was better
and Linda stepped on 1t tenfa'
lively. 1t gave only vague dis.
comfort.
She dressed carefully after a
morning in bed, putting on her
best striped sport frock and
pale beige coat. Her hat was a
small crushed felt of blue to match
the stripe OF her dress.
She was going to biology class
and the way to the science h1iId'
ing led past the Pi Delta hGusa
where Thomas Moonlight lived.
But when she hobbled down
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ties. Tomorrow I'm seeing the
commissioner. Judging BY the
difficulty Of running him to
earth, he's rather exclusive =
They were sitting over the
fire after dinner. ii was now
the middle Of November ana a
spell Of cold weather had set
In. Alan was looking through
an account book while sch was
turning the pages OF a cata-
logue. Suddenly she laughed
and he looked MP.
Feeling a bit nervous r he
asked.
II was thinking how funnily
It has all turned Out, she am
swered. You made me think
Of something dangerous and
thrilling when yoa talked OF
Macedonia. It's all frightfuliy
picturesque, Of course, and in
teresting in It's way, butt go
out every morning in d comfort
able hired car, do bit Of shop.
ping and talk to polite officials.
And in the evening well, look
At us. 1t may be the influence
Of this dreadful furniture but
feel that we are becoming ex-
aetly like an ordinary Ameri-
can suburban couple.
There was long silence and
she thought that he had re-
turned his attention to the ac-
count book. But presently he
spoke:
Except that we are not .
couple, shirley
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policeman, who drew his revolver
and fired. Instantly there came
an answering report from be-
hind them.
The next moment Alan picked
her up In his arms and whisked
her to 4 doorway. The door was
locked. but the brickwork on
either side was just wide enough
to shield them from q chance
bullet. III
Alan's arms were about her,
crushing her so that she could not
breathe. AT that moment all
fear had left her.
Ills back is exposed. lie il
rislking his life for me, ran her
thoughts.
why the devil did you leave
that hotel when / told YOU not
tor. he growled at herIt seemed
hours later.
II don't know. I was bored
waiting for you. I'm very sorry;
Alan. is ii all over?"
Yes. Don't look behind YOU.
Wed better 90 back ard have
some lunch
BY the end of the first month
Shirley had interviewed a number
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.NolO Go on With The Story.

In the lobby Shirley endured
The conversation with the pro-
prietor for an hour. at the end
Of which, being called away, he
presented her with a copy OF
La Vie Parisienne and Of a.
three months old New York pa.
per. For another two hours she
endured the boredom of total
Inactivity and then, seeing the
proprietor return, decided to go
out.
she found another main road
turning into the heart of the city,
then, fascinated with the sights
and sounds about her, walked
on. Presently, d few yards ahead
Of her a door opened and out Of
II ran an elderly Jew. crying
loudly. the tears streaming down
his cheeks. At the same time,
behind her, she heard Alan,s
voice.
Look out! There's going to be
trouble!"
She turned round and as she
furhed had fleeing glimpse OF
three men surrounding the Jew.
Then came the lloarse scream Of
man in mortal agony
Alan was urging her 70 run.
Running towards them was a
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Hills OF Macedonia
you are very liberal, Z She ;

You are very liberal, she OBJ
5ected lightly.
Inexplicably to her, the words
had hurt her. InexplicabIy, too,
there had leaped into her mind
that moment when his arms had
been about her, shielding her
from the chance " being hit BY
a stray bullet in the street.
IL suppose the truth Ii you ret
frightfully bored with the eve
nfngs here?' he suggested
And sigh for the old days2~
she supplemented. You're wrong.
Alan. I'm not bored here with
you. You couldn't bore me il
you tried.
no her surprise he slammed
the notebook and tucked Ii
under his arm.
I'm most gratified to hear
that, Shirley, he rasped back.
But I feel In very special danger
OF boring you tonight. And as.
I don't want to spoil my reputa
ton, I'll 20 to bed. Goodnight"
Shirley was amazed. This, she
sensed, was no ordinary out
break OF bearishness His voice
had sounded definitely angry.
For long she sat by herself,
ptizzIing her brain to discover
how she had offended him.
At breakfast on the following
morning he seemed to have for
gotten the incident, and she, too,
had put 1t out Of her mind by the
time the hired car was waiting
for her.
Good luck with the commits