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Are DEAD AS

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the front Of the building where he
met the gardener, Chris Eckers. who
had been sitting on the front porch
not more than 80 feet from the study.
Insirillo said he asked what haC
happened and Eckers replied: Some
shooting is going On inside"
lnsirillo said he rushed into the
study and saw Father de Simone ly-
ing in q pool az blood in the center
or the room. and Rose on his side
nearby with a pistol under his arm.
Saw > Men, Woman
Insirillo said that after some de
lay because of a busy wire he got a
call through to the police station
and asked someone outside the build
ing TO call an ambulance.
Father &c Simone was shot through
the mouth. and Rose was killed BY
a bullet which entered his right
temple. The priests head was rest
ing on the seat Of a swivel chair in
front of his desk.
The father was CARRIED in the Gus
tomary black suit with n long black
robe over Ii, Lckers said at an in
quest.
Eckers also testified that he saw
two me and q woman enter the house
from the front shortly before the
shooting. When he heard the shots
Eckers said, he ran from the porch
and met Insirillo, who asked what
had happened.
IL told him some dirty work was
going on inside because / had heard
some loud talking and some shots"
Eckers said. Il heard the priest and
SOM man talking. but | couldn't I'M
derstand what they said because they
spoke in Italian. Soon the talking
became loud and then / heard the
shots.
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Report Condition of
s. c. Tucker Serious

The condition Of s. C. Tucker.
Brownsville pioneer, who has been
IN several months, was reported very
critical Monday morning by attend
ing physicians.
Mr.. Tucker has been in poor health
nearly two years, his condition grad
ually growing worse. For several
weeks he has been confined to his
bed. reports from the home Monday
indicating that little hope is held
out for his %ecovery
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BOND IS SET

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Estes parked his car across the road
on the outskirts Of San Benito.
"The San Benito police officer
jumped on the running board Of my
car" he said "as | stopped for q
boulevard stop sign 81 the towns
principal street intersection. His
gun was drawn as he jumped on the
side of the car and all / said to him
was that he didn't need 10 point that
u at me-
"The way the story was first writ
ten up IL had me painted as a deSper-
ate bandit, which | am not.
AT the bridge here. | understood
the customs officer 70 tell me TO drive
on but he says that he told me 70
drive up to the curb and stop. l had
no intention of running away from
him"
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NEW YORK. Oct. s.-CP-Thir-
teen men were dead today, presum-
ably Of alcoholic poisoning. with 81
other persons in Manhattan and
Brooklyn hospitals suffering from
the same complaint. Police said il
was the largest weekend toll from
that cause since New Years.
DR.. Charles Norris. chief medical
examiner. ascribed the unusually
heavy death toll to the increase IN
the number Of private stills in the
slum districts and the spread Of the
habit Of drinking Smoke or raw
alcohol. Most Of the dead and
many OF those in hospitals came
from the lower East Side.
Smoke" the name being derived
from a chemical which ~ introduced
70 soften the burning effect on the
throat and which gives the alcohol
a smoky appearance. Is distilled out
Of corn mash. potatoes. fruit. and
so on. DR.. Norris said. and sells for
from 5 to 10 cents a drink.
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GEN. PERSHINC

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blage Of C,00O legionnaires arose and
faced east for a moment Of silent
prayer which was terminated BY taps.
AT the same time all over the United
States members Of the Legion solem-
nized the moment. AT Arlington.
Harlan Wood, department commander
az the District Of Columbia placed a
wreath at the tomb of the unknown
soldier in the name of National
Commander Edward r. Spafford and
In other sections OF the country
other shrines were visited.
Az the conclusion Of taps the flags
were retired and the session ad-
journed.
'Horseplay' Starts
The frolicsome spirit Of the vet
Grams asserted itself mildly through
out Sunday. but with the arrival OF
fresh throngs Of visitors and dele
gates yesterday including General
John j. Pershing. the horseplay
which has marked every Legion con-
v%cntion to date suddenly came into
its own.
The famous pillow stunt, in which
a large number of L~egionraires cut
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K. C.Sheep,Ho
Go Lower; Cattle
Generally Steady

KANSAS CITY. Oct. s-(P,-Hogs:
5000, mostly ESQ 35c lower; top
1870 on choice 225-240 lbs; but
chers. medium to choice 250-35O
lbs. 10.O0GiO.65; 20O-250 lbs. l0.10G
1910: 10000 lbs. 9.5CG 1860; l30-
$50 lbs. 6.75G10.25.
Cattle: $4,000; cables: 5000;
killing classes steady TO 25c higher;
slaughter steers. good and choice
l30O-15o0 lbs. 1S.O0M17.00: 100
1900 lbs. 1900 1925; 95O-11OO lbs.
13.O0G17.25: fed yearlings. good
choice 75O-95O lbs. 13.O0T17.25;
heifers. good and choice $50 lbs.
down 12.O0G16.25; cows, good ard
choice s.35G11.75; v%ealers (milk
fed medium TO choice s.00614.50.
Sheep: $4,000; bids slightly low
or; lambs. good and choice (92 lbs.
DOWN 11.75N 1900; ewes. medium 70
choice C150 lbs. down. 4.00G6.50.
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train, Erickson drove beside the rail
road track and then pulled up at the
crossing as the train approached. As
il nesred, the automobile ran on t.
the track and stopped.
The body Of the eldest OF three
daughters was found afterward in
the machine. Those Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Erickson, their sons and two other
daughters, were badly mangled be-
meath the wheels Of the train.
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OUR VALLEY
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CONTINUED on page eight
on a trip to the Valley sometims
this winter.
II think can sell them on IT.
And il I do. maybe I'll get me q
ten or twenty acre tract /.
AND W. G. MAYBORN 90 the
Houston Press was impressed.
50 much 50 that he limited, up AZ
McAllen. that he would like to have
the pleasure of pulling q grapefruit
from a tree.
In which ambition he wcn realizib
ton. for Ernest Horn. McAllen bank
er and owner Of one OF the finest
orchards in the Valley, escorted MI
Mayborn to an orchard and SAYS
that he got a nice, large, healthy
looking grapefruit.
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Wheat Slants Up;
Corn, Oats Easy
On Chicago Mart

CHICAGO. Oct. s-(P-Unlooked
for advances in wheat quotations az
Liverpool. helped give the wheat
market here an early swing upward
today. Liverpool stocks Of wheat
we're reported as being rapidly re-
duced with no offerings o%btainable
except at higher prices. Opening
Use to 1c up. Chicago wheat later
reacted somewhat, but then rose
higher. Corn and oats were easier,
with corn starting az 3-SG1-2c de-
cline to 1-sc gain. and consequently
receding all around. Provisions av-
eraged lower.
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San Benito Child
Breaks Arm in Fall

SAN BENITo. Oct. s.-Virginia
Boiling, two and a half year old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. +. Boil
inc. suffered a broken arm Sunday
when she fell from the family car
while IL was parked in front Of the
home. The child was playing inside
Of the automobile when the door
swung open and she fell to the side
walk.
Mr.. Boiling. a member Of San Be.
n;to's famous Forty and Eight quar.
tet. went 70 San Antonio for the lie
zion convention last night when doe
tors assured the father that his
daushter's injury was not serious.
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Seven Dead In
Crossing Crash

DELTA. Utah. Oct. s.-(P-Unfa-
miliarity with n new automobile or
the part Of the driver was believed
~ officers here today TO be respon-
sible for q collision with a passenger
train yesterday afternoon which cost
the lives Of Orson Erickson, his wife
and five children.
Waving to the engine crew Of q
Salt Lake and Los Angeles passenger
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COTTON GAINS


Continued from page one.l
$4,000; Texas 1851, 600: Oklahoma
1850. GOO; Arkansas BAGS. 900: New
Mexico 10000: Arizona los. 600;
California POI 600; other states
$1,000.
The total Abandonment after July 1
was IS ner cent leaving 4~f,9l6,000
acres for harvest.
WASHINGTON. Oct. s.-(P-Cot-
ton NJ this years growth ginned prior
70 October ! totalled 1861 ,032 bales
counting round bales az half bales,
the census bureau announced today.
This compares with 5.944, $50 for
1927 and 5.6i3,139 for 1926.
GinninEs prior 10 October ! BIZ
states follow: Alabama 335.154;
Arizona 17,15s: Arkansas 362.221;
California 1899; Florida 1881;
Georgia 3Cs.SSS9; Louisiana 370.727;
Mississippi sol 500; North Carolina
60.342; Oklahoma 26S.l27; South
Carolina 120.954; Texas 2,429.043;
Missouri 1858: New Mexico 6,129;
Tennessee G4.757; Virginia 969;
other states 225.
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100 feet Of the ground the broken
wing collapsed and Tapped against
the lower parts. Out of control the
ship nosed down and plcushed nto
the earth. Brown and his companion
were dead when witnesses arrived.
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Flying Club Head
Killed In Crash

CINCINNATI, Oct. s.-tR-Theo-
dore r. Hunter, IS. president Of the
CINCINNATI FLYING club was critically
injured and his pilot was killed when
the plane in which he was taking =
flying lesson crashed at the CLUB
field near Newton yesterday.
Lowell +. Donnely. 30. OF Cincinnati
the pilot was dead when taken from
the ~wreckage.
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COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Oct. S-tP-Closing
cotton spot good business done;
prices lower; American strict good
good middling ll0i; good miidliAg
1879: strict middling 1869; mid
ding 1851; strict low middlirg
1929; low middling 1909; strict
good ordinary e.s9; good ordinary
e.5a. Sales 5000 bales. including
$500 American. No receipts. Flu
lures closed: oct. 1917: Jan. 9.9S;
March 9.97; May 9.95; July 9.9t.
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l7DEAD,57IL;
LIQUOR POISON
Record Set Over Week
End In New York;
Blame Smoke

NEW YORK. Oct. SIP
Four deaths. believed by the po-
lice to be due 10 alcoholism,
were reported today. making a
total of IL In New York over the
weekend.
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Larry Semon Of
Eaovies Is Dead

NICTORViLLE. Cal. Oct. SIP
Larry Semon. motion picture come
dian, died here today.
The screen actor first became III
several months ago after staging q
long and losing battle against finan-
cial i'll fortune. A rev weeks ago hc
left his Los Angeles home and came
70 a ranch here where many film
players have recovered their health.
He was suffering from a nervous
breakdown. A few days z he ron
tracted double pneumonia.
His wife. Dorothy Swan. screen
actress. and her mother. Mrs. Nancy
Smith, attended him during his ILL
ness.
Semon was born in West Point
Miss, thirty-nine years ago.
LION KILLS TAMER
WARSAW-Jan Worzchek was tom
to pieces by a lion he was tanning for
cfrrua WorE-
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NEM YORK COTTON


NEW YORK, Oct. s.-CP-The
cotton opened steady AZ an advance
Of 1 to 10 points on trade buying and
covering, but soon eased under a re-
newal Of liquidation which appeared
to be accompanied by some southern
hedging. December sold off from
1888 TO 1870 by the end Of the first
half hour, with the general market
showing net declines Of about , 10 3
points.
There was a squirt Of liquidation
just before publication Of the gov
eminent report which sent the price
Of December contracts off 70 1881,
81 points net lower. There was a
jump of about 60 TO 90 points in
prices after its publication. De-
cember sold up to l9.4l, 30 points
from the low level Of the morning
and 50 points above YESTERDAYS clos
ing quotations. with heavy realizing
sales readily absorbed. The volume
of business tapered off around this
figure and the market was q%uieter
Mt midday with prices showing re-
actions Of 9 or 10 points from their
best levels.
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N. O.. COTTON
OPENS STEADY
Liquidation In AID.
vance of Govern
ment Report

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. s.-P-The
cotton market opened steady in re-
Spouse to higher Liverpool cables
than expected. The initial gain ex-
tended TO 1923 for December and
1918 for January and 1903 for
March, or 6 TO 9 points above Satur-
days close.
There was some final liquidation in
advance Of the government report
n before this was absorbed the
early gain had been lost and Deem
Der traded off 10 1909, January 1907
n March 17.9S, or 10 20 IL points
under the opening and ( To 3 points
below the previous close.
The liquidation persisted on q
small scale during most Of the trad
ing before business was suspended
for reception Of the government re-
port. At that time December trad
ed at 1898, January 1875 and March
1883, or Is TO 6 points under Sat
urday's close. The report showed
an indicated yield somewhat smaller
than expected. December shot up
70 $50. January 1900 and March
1873. or 81 10 S6 points aobye the
pre-bureau lows.
Later profit-taking developed and
around noon prices had slipped back
Il TO IS points from the highs.
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Location-street and number.
Lot-size, trees, shrubery. etc.
Rooms-number, interior fin
ish, size.
Construetion-briek. stueeo, or
frame. Lighting, heating,
plumbing, floors. Kind and
condition Of roof.
transportation facilities,
schools and churches.
Garage and other buildings.
Price and terms of sale.
Comparative neighborhood
prices. Date OF possession.
Name, address, telephone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
OF
 ALASKA AREA
 GETSHEAD'WAY
Resolution Is Given Place on B. C. Legisla-
 ture Calendar

VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 27.- The subject of acquiring the AL aska Panhandle from the United States for the purpose of convert ing 1t into British Columbia ter ritory, has place on the Order Paper of the Legislature of the Province which is now in session.
 H. F. Kergin. who proposed the idea. asked that it be endorsed. Until the resolution is disposed of in the Legislature, no action is proposed by the Government
 Action of the Administration will be governed by the fate of the resolution in the House, Pre- mier J. D. MacLean said. The matter is one for the Dominion Government to deal with if the resolution carries and then it will become the duty of his govern ment to forward the resolution to the Federal Government at Ottawa with recommendation that action be taken looking to the acquisition of the Alaska ter ritory from the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
BALLOTS TO
 BE COUNTED
 VARIES CASE
Senate Election Committee Reverses Previous
 Action

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27-Rc- versing the action of last Wednes- day, the Senate Elections Com- mittee has voted unanimously to start immediate recount of tao ballots in six Pennsylvania coun- ties. challenged by William B. Wilson, Democrat, in the Sena- torial election of William s. Ware. Republican.
 Chairman Shortridge explained that the amended plea met objec- tions.
 Ware now faces a double bar reled attack against his seat as the Campaign Funds Committee is also examining into his primary expenditures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
PICTURE OF MAYOR OF NEW YORK BROADCAST BY RADIO; ''SQUEALS''
 INDICATED HE NEEDED 4 SH4VE


 NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Mayor
 James A. Walker has the distinc- tion of being the first person whose photograph has ever been broadcast by radio station over the regular wave length, so who- lever happened to tune in could hear it laAt night. Thousands of listeners heard a prolonged squeal lasting 90 sec onds, punctuated by swift regu- lar cracking as station WEAF put the picture on the air. Mayor Walker listened intent Fly to the squeal Grover Whalen said to him:
 That sound indicates you are go- ing over" Mayor Walker replied Sounds as if I had a beard. I must need snave." On ordinary sets. the impulses produce merely a.. squeal but a special apparatus installed for the test produced the photo graph.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
MANY ARRESTS
 MADE; MEXICO
Religious Flare-up Is Again Reported Schools
 Are Closed

MEXICO CITY. Jan. 27-Re. ligious questions are again flarins up with renewed police activity in closing Catholic schools, alleg. ed to be operating in violation of the laws, and in arresting persons said to be engaged in seditious activities.
 It is estimated that between 250 and 300 persons, men and women, have been arrested in the past few days. Four Catholic schools have been closed. Those arrested include both students and teach CTS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
HICKMAN TO TAKE STAND
 TO TESTIFY
beHes His Counsel in San. ity Hearing-To Tell
 Jury His Story

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 27.
 William E.. Hickman has upset 5he defense plans and defed his |attorneys to keep him of the wit ness stand. He declared today l hat in face of the opposition bf his attorneys he will tell his ttory to the jury. This was re- Eealed today when he discussed with his lawyers the program of procedure and Hickman an bounced his own plan with At &orneys Walsh and Cantill0n.
 Jerome Walsh said We do hot want Hickman to take the
 witness stand in view of his san tty defense. We told him so. Of
 .ourse if he is determined to talk. we cannot stop him but such I move will seriously injure the defense plans"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
iCm Use "Peyote;' |No La,U Is Found 4pniinSt It

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The
 Federal Government has no mar
 cotics law including peyote, As sistant Commissioner Merritt of the Indian Affairs Bureau, tes- tified before a House sub-com- mittee during it's study of Inter- |ior Department appropriation, and it is difficult to suppress its use by the Indians.
 The Indians consider its use a
 religious rite. he declared. and have prevented legislation by the
 Federal Government against it. Eight States. Colorado, Iowa,
 Kansas, Nevada, Montana, North and South Dakota and Utah have laws to curb it's use, he added.
 Mir. Merritt asked the sub-com-
 mittee for an appropriation so that the Federal authorities could aid States in enforcement of
 their laws.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
OF MISS SMITH REMAINS STILL: UNSOLvED
Freshman of Smith College Is Now Missing for
 Many Weeks
$l2,OOO RANSOM IS
 DEMANDED, PARENTS
Package Is Left in Desig- mated Place-Police
 Ready to Arrest

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, Jan. 27 - The ransom letter writer who demanded $12.000 to restore Miss Francis St. John Smith, the missing Smith College freshman. to her grieving parents. is at large, having escaped the police trap despite faithful adherence to directions contained in a let ter to representative of the Smith family.
 A package appearing to con tain the money went unclaimed.
 Had those in the plot sought to snatch the package from the designated spot at the foot of a flight of stairs behind a depart ment store. they would have been surrounded by squad of police men.
 The authorities said the letter was pencilled by an educated per son.
 Dire consequences, such n treating Miss Smith as white slave have been threatened in lieu of payments, at first started at $4,000.
 A systematic search of the en- tire Eastern States and also Mid dle West States has been under way for several weeks by the authorities but it is now believed Miss Smith is still near this To- cality.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
TO FINISH SURVEY
 BY YEARS END
l. D. Zellerbach Says In- vestigations in Alaska
 Be Pushed Rapidly

SEATTLE, Jan. 27-By the end of the present year. the Zellerbach pulp and paper interests hope to have completed exhaustive investi- gation of resources in timber, wa terpower and the like in Tongass National Forest, Southeastei Alaska and, if conditions are found to be satisfactory. to map out definite program for entry into pulp and paper producti) )n there under a project that will as- tain a plant investment of $20.- 100000 within few years.
 This statement was made here today by J. D. zellerbach. of San Francisco. Vice-President of the Zellerbach corporation. "The in- vestigation of the problem of de- velopment of pulp resources of lands in Alaska which we will be permitted to cut under Govern ment contract is a tremendous task" he declared.
 Early Studies Combined
 In the preliminaries of the ill- vestigation there has been a link ing of effort in behalf of thu Zellerbach interests and those headed by George T. Cameron. publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, who also hold cutting
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
Bootleg Liquor" Given
 As Cause for Crime

GALWAY, Irish Free State. Jan. 27.-Two brothers each con demned to year Imprisonment at hard labor for armed robbery, pleaded that they committed the crime under the influence of "bootleg' liquor It was stated in court that entire villages along the Galway coast had gone half mad recently from liquors wash ed ashore in drums from a wreck ed rum runner bound for Am erica.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
SNAG STRUCK
 ONE PROBLEM
 , PA SESSION
Police of One Country Can not Pursue Criminals
 Into Another

HAVANA, Cuba. Jan. 27-Ef forts of the Pan-American Confer ence to reach accord relating to problems of frontier police and pursuit of criminals across Inte" national boundaries have definite ly failed.
 The special committee on Pub lie and International Law turned down the Argentine proposals au thorizing penetration by police o. one state into territory of an other whenever such action ap peared to be necessary for the apprehension of fleeing criminals
 Against Reorganization
 Changes in the reorganization of the Pan-American Union as proposed by Mexico, will bring not increased efficiency but dis integration, Jacobo Varella, Pres ident of the Uruguayan delega tion, told the Pan-American Con ference delegates.
 Varella said: "The adoption oi such a proposal would mean dis aster to the Pan-American Union and the labors of many years would be lost in probably the quick disintegration of the organi zation. There could be no bene fit"
 Under the present system, the Craftsmanship of the Governing Board is additionally held by the Secretary of State of the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-27
MEMBERS OF THEATRICAL COMPANIES
 BARRED FROM SPEAKING IN CHURCH

BERKELEY. Cal. Jan. 27-Be- cause the sessions of the First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley decided 1t would prefer not to have any member of the organized theatrical. profession address mem bers of the church, Miss Ruth Renick, leading lady of an Oak land stock company. will not at tend a meeting tonight of the Mems Club of the church. She had been invited to address the club on Cecil B. DeMille's motion