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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
DAMAGE RESUL FROM
 RAIN AND HAIL
One Woman Is Drowned Several Persons Re-
 ported Be Missing

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June B. One woman was drowned. in an irrigation ditch, and dams have been destroyed by rush of water following a severe rain and hail storm.
 Railroad tracks are undermined, houses are gone and bridges have been washed out.
 Mrs. Salebad Rodrigues, aged TO years, deaf and infirm and unable to struggle to safety, was drowned. Her body was found in her sub merged house.
 The damage is the worst the region has experienced since 1903.
 Several persons are unaccounted for but the authorities believe they are marooned somewhere as thor ough search of the flooded area failed to reveal other bodies.
 Torrential rains caused damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
MANY INJURED
 BY EXPLOSION

CHAMPION, Penn, June B. Eighteen persons were injured, one building was destroyed. others bad- ly damaged, and hundreds of win dows were smashed by a dynamite explosion last night that wrecked Sterling Markey in Dickinson City. Those injured are expected to re- cover
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
LIEUT.. sCAIFE HERE

Lieut.. w. B. Scaife, in charge of the Coast and Geodetic Survey crew now engaged in triangulating Taku River to the International boundary, was local visitor over Sunday. He returned to the camp this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
PROMINENT MEN ISSUE CALL TO
 AMER. PEOPLE.
Sign Message Urging Pro- hibition Be Given
 Trial in U. s.
FORD, EDISON AND
 OTHERS SIGN PLEA
Recent Committee of Law yers Questioned and
 Answer Is Made

NEW YORK, June 3.-A message to the American people urging that Prohibition be given an honest trial" bearing the signatures of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Capt. Robert Dollar, J. c. Penny and 20 others prominent in business, was published today.
 The law observance plea" in President Hoover's inaugural ad- dress invited Americans of what ever previous opinions and social practice, particularly those in busi- ness and professional life, to join with us in following the President. Let us unite to give the Eighteenth Amendment an honest chance and complete enforcement"
 Question and Answer
 A letter expressing disapproval of the recently organized voluntary committee of lawyers opposed to the Amendment, and answer by Joseph Choate, Jr., member of the Lawyers Board, was published.
 Marshall Stimson, Los Angeles attorney, asked the Committee to refrain from using the word lawyer to avoid bringing legal process in further disrespect. Stimson asked whether the com- mittee was retained by the forces seeking the law repeal and Choate sfslisd "hnne5t belsf was the sple imainstring of the movement. We! believe Prohibition is the most se- rious remediable evil from which the country now suffers" Signers of Plea honest trial' for Prohibition were: Ralph Burnside, lumber man of Portland, Ore
 Col Patrick Callahan, varnish man of Louisville, Kentucky.
 Frederick Chase. in the metals industry, Buffalo, N Y.
 Fulton Cutting, financier. of New York City.
 Capt. Robert Dollar, steamship owner of San Francisco, Cal
 Thomas A. Edison, inventor, of Orange, New Jersey.
 Henry Ford, automobile manu- facturer of Detroit, Mich. Alfred Fuller, manufacturer of brushes, Hartford, Conn. A. A. Hyde drugs, Wichita. Kan sas.
 James Harvie, sugar importer and broker, of New York City. Clarence Kelsey, banker, of New York City. R. A. Long, in the lumber in dustry, Kansas City. George Milton, Publisher, of New York City.
 James Post, in the sugar indus try, New York City. Fred Ramsay, metals industry, Cleveland, Ohio. Winslow Russell, insurance man Iof Hartford, Conn. Dr. Williams Schiefellin, drug in- dustry, New York City. Alfred Sloan, manufacturer of automobiles. New York City
 Ambrose Swasey, manufacture of machine tools, Cleveland, Ohio
 A. A. Welch, insurance man of Hartford, Conn.
 Charles Cook, manufacturer of typewriters, Hartford, Conn.
 J. c. Penny, merchant, of New York City.
 George Plimpton, publisher, of New York City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
Kills Mother, Wounds
 2 Others, then Suicides

MOOSE MINE, Sask., June B. Believed to have gone suddenly insane, Ernest Stratin. aged 21, killed his mother yesterday, se- riously wounded his father and brother Phillip, then ended his own life with a bullet through his brain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
HANGAR DEMOLISHED

WICHITA, Kan, June 3-A doZ- en airplanes were destroyed when a hangar was demolished here by a high wind.
 A Western Air Express tri-mot- ored plane, making the second trip on the new Kansas City-Los An geles air line, landed five minutes before the storm hit and was de- molished
 The flood damage in Missouri has already reached thousands of dollars and this was increased by rain over the weekend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03

Judge T. D. Macauley, and Mrs. Macauley passed through Juneau on the Princess Louise on their way to Dawson for the summer. Judge and Mrs. Macauley spend the winter in the South.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
Mount Vesuuius Is in State Of Eruption

} NAPLES, Italy, June B.
 Mount Vesuvius, scourge of } the country side, burst sud- denly into eruption today } and a lava stream 40 feet wide, described as lively, is flowing down. There is no danger as the forest is gone and dwellings have been evacuated.
 The lava stream is flowing into Hell Valley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
Tin Ore from
 Interior Is Shipped South

SEWARD, Alaska, June 3.-One of the rare shipments from AL aska, ore tin, is sent south on the steamer Alaska for Seattle. The ore tin is from the Hot Springs area, property of the Northern Commercial Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
RAY TAYLOR LEAVES

Forest Examiner Ray Taylor, U. s. Forest Service, left this morning on the Tahn for Seymour Canal. He will be engaged in scientific studies of flores: growths there for some time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
AIeutian Survivors
 Are Cheered, Seattle

SEATTLE, June 3.-Cheered by thankful mothers. wives and sweet hearts, greeted 112 survivors of the Aleutian when they arrived yes- terday aboard the steamer Admiral Evans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03

J. O. Ellis, who has owned and conducted The Pirate Shop" at Fairbanks since the early days, has sold out to Mrs. T. Ford and left for the States where he plans to locate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
TORTURE MAN
 FOR , DAYS
Chicago Hoodlums Try to Find Whereabouts of
 Still Wrong Man

CHICAGO, III, June 3.-A gang of hoodlums mistook Mathew Zim- merman, druggist, for another man, Kidnapped him and sought to wiring information from him in regard to a still of which he knew noth- ing about.
 Zimmerman was held five days. His body was cut with glass and burned in many places with cigar etes. It was finally discovered he was the wrong man and the hood lums took him from shack, dumped him from an auto blind folded and he almost rolled into the river.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
HAYNES MEETS.
 WITH ACCIDE NIT. NEAR KETCH!KAN.
Crankshaft on Little Boat Breaks Two Hours Run
 from Ketchikan
PICKED UP BY TUG
 AND IS VOWED BACK
Adventurer Is Returning to Juneau to Make New
 Attempt for Record

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June B. Raymond L. Haines's attempt to set a mark from Juneau to Seattle in an outboard motor, ended when the crankshaft broke after about a two hours run from here.
 Haines was picked up by the tug Falcon and then transferred to the Cygan and returned to Ketchikan in tow.
 Haines will leave here for Juneau aboard the steamer Yukon today and make arrangements for a new start.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
Reaches Ketchikan

ReacheS Actcnlkan
 Yesterday morning the following dispatch was received from Haines, from Ketchikan:
 Arrived Ketchikan 6:30 o'clock Juneau time. Lost time in heavy mist at north end of Clarence Straits and more time on account of very hard, heavy seas south end of Camio. Feared gas consump- tion so stopped at Petersburg and refuelled. One hour lost there. Ran through Wrangell Narrows in 45 minutes.
 Boat takes sea wonderfully and motor doing well. Taking fuel here and leave at 7:30 o'clock Sun day morning. :-~4sI made the txss iiss~well- hlls tonight, not so good, probably"
 Haines was making good on his record run to Seattle when the ac- cident happened. 7 He left Juneau last Saturday afternoon at 2:04:12 o'clock. He reached Ketchikan yes terday morning and off on another lap when the crankshaft broke.
 Great interest has been taken in Haines's attempt to make the run to Seattle. Early yesterday morn ing, when the bulletin was posted in The Empires office of his safe arrival at Ketchikan until this morning, practically all of Juneau has been seeking information as to the outcome of the trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03

May Kelly Hornsby, recently di- vorced at Fairbanks, and Albert Verhonik, prominent freighter. and contractor of Ruby and Poorman have been married at Ruby.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03

In an effort to fly from Juneau to San Francisco in a single day, Gov. George A. Parks left here at 1928 am. today on the seaplane Juneau of the Washington-Ala Airways, for Seattle. Pilot Anscel Eckmann was at the controls.
 R. E. Robertson was also a pas senger enroute to Seattle. Larry Parks, local agent for the company, went to Ketchikan.
 Gov. Parks hoped to make Seat tie in time to take passage on a mail plane from there and had been promised the plane would wait for him until 9 am. today. If the Juneau did not make this connec- tion, the Sitka, Lockheed Vega monoplane of the same type as the local craft. was to pick up the Governor and take him on to Port land, and, If he was still unable to make connections, fly from there to Oakland.
 Gov. Parks will be absent about three weeks. He plans to visit San Francisco, Los Angeles and other California towns, and Seattle and Olympia. He will leave there June IS as member of the cruiser Jazz, Cash Coles entry in the Capital to Capital Yacht Race.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
HOUSES WRECKED

KANSAS CITY, June 3.-Many houses have been wrecked in the farming locality adjacent to this region owing to torrential rains and floods in streams.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-03
ARRIVES
 AT SEATTLE IN
 N|NE-H0UR HOP
Governor Reaches Seattle l030 A. M. = Frisco
 Takeoff Delayed

BULLETIN-SEATTLE, June B. Gov. Parks left for San Francisco at 1858 o'clock, Seattle time. this afternoon in monopIane pilated by Dick Gleason and is expected to reach San Francisco within six hours, stopping at Portland, Ore gon, and Montague, California, en- route.
 SEATTLE, June 3.-Gov. George A. Parks of Alaska, arrived here at 10:30 am. Pacific Standard time, today, nine hours after he left Ju- neau in the seaplane Juneau.
 He expects to leave sometime to- day for San Francisco, repairs to the San Francisco plane delaying his takeoff.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
RICH
HAIJLS 5
HERE

Elmo Williams, alias Muse
Grisson, 21-year-old youth,
who confessed robbing the
Earle Theater and Peoples
Drug Stores Of more than
$4, 900 was today sentenced BIZ
Judge n Il. Siddons to serve
I2 years iil prison.
Williams entered the Earle
Theater office Oh fhe morning Of
October "a, pulled i pistol on
Harry Lohmyer. manager Of the
theater, who was alone at the time.
and demanded the contents Of the
safe. Lohmeyer became too nervous
to work the combination, he told
police, and was in desperate straits
until his assistant, Wayne BirdsaIl,
entered and was covered by VIII
liams' gun.
Birdsall opened the safe and
handed $2,776 to Williams, who
cody demanded that the two men
wait five minutes before giving the
alarm.
Arrested In Chicago
williams was later arrested in
Chicago. on August IA, last he
robbed David Bell, jr.. a Peoples
Drug Store emp1oye of 81, 4S5 on
the street here.
Williams aecosted Bell at Thomas
Circle and Fourteenth Street and
forced him enter taxicab and then
held him up at the point Of gun.
1uped Employe
One larceny charge originated out
of ruse williams worked upon
Charles Keipper, colored porter for
the Peoples Drug Store. On August
/, last, Kemper had been sent to
the bank by Store No. to obtain
silver change for $40 in currency.
He had hardly gone block
when Williams stopped him and told
him that the manager of the store
wanted him to return Immediately
and that he, Williams. would go to
the bank for the change.
Kemper. thought Williams was an
enploye of the store and gave him
the money.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Bandit Who Held Up Earle
Theater I 3 Serue II Years
Miami MiIIionaires in
New primal Life
Adventure

MANIA, Fla, April 1s q.N.S..
.'Back.to-nature" parties are the
latest fad in this haven for tired
millionaires.
At dawn this morning. the
holseboat Amitie. owned BY Joseph
H. Adams, wealthy inventor, put
forth for an uninhabited key SO
miles south Of here. carrying with
II Adams son.in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
Beeching. of Philadelphia, and
party Of friends
The houseboat win leave the
party on the key and the game Is
to i've by ones efforts. until It
returns tomorrow afternoon. The
''castaways" planned to build their
own huts, do their own cooking
and ID struggle Along withpnt
batter maid or valet.
Others Til the party are Mr..
and Mrs william II. Whitman,
OF Chicago. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul r,
Gray, Of Detroit: Miss Virginia
Courts. OF Atlanta; and Mr.. and
Mrs. william z. Walsh and their
son, William E. Walsh, jr.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
ASK 4
BILLIONS OF
GERMANS

PARIS. April Is 1.N.s1.-Dr
Hjalmar schact, head of the Ger,
man Preparations Delegation. today
was to receive the final draft OF
the agreement reached by the
allied reparations experts regard
ing the size of annuities Germany
must pay.
It is understood that according
to the terms of the agreement, Ger
many will be asked to pay total
of between $24.000, 100000 and
SGT 900 100000 over stretch OF
So years.
The annuities will begin, it is
believed, at figure between
$400, 100000 and $41O,000,000 and
will rise on sliding scale yearly
until they reach about $575, ,000. .000
on the thirty-seventh year. The
annuities will then revert to the
starting figure on the thirty eighth
year and remain at that fixed sum
for the remaining 81 years.
It is believed that present worth
OF Germany's debt, If paid in spot
cash at this time, is calculated to
be between SO 1000, ,000, 900 and
$1O 900, 600 900.
The plan DR.. Schacht is to re
ceiye represents a drastic cut from
former allied demands. At the
Versailles peace conference, the
allies demanded a grand total oi
$125, 900, 00O,000, while the Germans
offered $25,O00.0 100000.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
IS NAMED
At TRIAL BY
miss X

SACRAMENTO. Calf, April 13
u.N.S.).-The name of Asa Keyes,
former district attorney of Los
Angeles, today was again linked
with the Judge Carlos S. Hardy
impeachment trial. Testifying
YESTERDAY, Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman.
Seilaff, who charges Judge Hardy
asked her to produce Miss x" in
the Mcpherson kidnapping case de-
clared the jurist had told her he
had great deal of influence with
Keyes
This assertion came, Mrs. Seilaff
said. when she manifested appre-
hension that there might be trouble
for her in producing woman to
pose as the occupant of the Carmel
cottage with Kenneth G. Ormiston,
former radio operator at Angelus
Temple. During the many investi-
cations of the Mcpherson kidnapping
case. attempts were made to prove
that Mrs. Mcpherson was the occu-
pant of the cottage.
Mrs. Seilaff. who was recently
found living in Seattle under an as
sumed name, arrived here yesterday
and shortly after was placed on the
witness stand. She repeated her
accusations against Judge Hardy
and told her story without faltering.
Mrs. Seilaff undoubtedly win
undergo bitter ross-examination
from the defense. which has already
announced that it win attack her
story as an utter lie. and, in order
to prove her an unreliable witness.
attack her character and reputa-
tion.
Judge Hardy was impeached on
charges of misdemeanor in office.
It is held that he obstructed justice
in the investigation of the Nc
Pherson kidnapping case. Charges
were preferred against him after it
was found that he accepted $4,000
check from Angelus Temple, of
which Mrs. Mcpherson is pastor.
Mrs. Mcpherson. who is here, but
who has not yet been called to tes-
tify. designated the check as a ''love
offering and denied it had been
given to Judge Hardy for legal ser
vices.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
5 SCOUTS SAVED
IN MOUNTAINS,
one DIES

CIIEWELAH, Wash. April 1s
u.N.s.). Five Boy Scouts, a scout
master. and his brother were
rescued from ledge on Quartzite
Mountain early today. They mar
rowly escaped the fate of Scout
Harold stiffenson. who lost his grip
on the ledge and plunged to his
death 900 feet below.
The last man to be rescued was
Don Hutchinson. the seoutmaster.
He was sitting on a narrow pro-
lection of rock and could not move
in any direction.
The accident to the party oc-
Cured yesterday afternoon. They
were skirting the top of the noun
tain when the earth gave way and
sent them catapulting down the
mountain. Stiffenson was unable to
get a hand-hold on the ledge and
plunged to his death.
The others clung to their pre-
earious position on the ledge and.
finally, their cries attracted the at
tention of forest-ranger. The
ranger telephoned to Chewelah, a
distance of five miles. and d rescue
party was hastily organized.
The rescue party assembled the
west side OF the mountain last
night, but was unable to get within
so feet of the boys and their
Z leaders. After hours of long climb
ing, the rescue party reached the
top of the mountain from another
side. Ropes were lowered and the
boys and men. one by one. were
hauled to the top.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Gen. Sumlnerall to
Visit u. S. Coastal Forts

Fort Monroe and Fort Story, Va,
will receive visits next week from
Gen. Charles p. Summerall chief of
staff of the Army. it was announced
at the War Department yesterday.
General Summerall will arrive at
Old Point Comfort, Friday. AT
Fort Monroe he will observe the
normal activities Of the garrison for
the day and inspect the Coast Ar
tillery School lie will witness the
annual anti,aircraft target practice
of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second
Regiments Of Coast Artillery at
Fort Story.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Reign Count Goes for
Spring CUP in England

NEWBURY, England, April 1S
u.N.S.).Re Count American
thoroughbred, was to go to the post
carrying top weight in the Newbury
spring cup race this afternoon.
Twenty-one horses, including some
Of England's best, are expected to
start in the mile event for stakes
Of 1880. 81
Experts are rather cagey regard.
ing Reign Counts chances No one
Of them has out and ont said that
he will win, but all indicate that
they expect him to make better
showing than at Lingfield last sat
urday.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Admiral Magruder Seeks
To Get Back Command

Rear Admiral Thomas p. Ma
cruder, who was relieved Of his
command at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard because Of magazine articles
in which he criticized the Navy, has
requested secretary Of the Navy
Adams to place him back into com
fnand. Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy Jahnke announced yesterday.
The request of Admiral Magruder
has been taken under advisenaent
by Secretary Adams and decision
IS expected some time next week.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
IANANVVINS
[0V0RCEN IN
RI. NO

RENO, New, April l3
(IN.S. Walker P. Hman,
wealthy Duke tobacco fortune
heir, early today was granted
q divorce decree from Helene
Garnet Patton Inman, daugh-
ter Of ali Indiana clergyman
After 4 long ana sensational trial
which was Interspersed with mlicn
spicy testimony, the case vas
placed ii the hands f.the jury last
night. At 1910 o'clock this morn
ing, after four and q half hours
deliberation. it returned q verdict
for the plaintiff.
The jury recommended that Mrs.
Tnman be given $l,500 alimony q
month until such a time that she
remarries."
AIinOny Set Aside
This recommendation was i'm.
mediately set aside by Judge George
A. Bartlett, who held that inagmuch
as the jury. found for the plaintiff
that 1t should have recognized the
property agreement made by the
Inmans on November 28. 1927. At
that time Mrs. Inman agreed to hB
paid $4,000 a year for not more
than five years.
The defense objected to Jud8g
Bartlett's action and arguments on
this phase Of the case will be heard
at 1880 o'clock Monday morning.
In the event that Judge BartIett1e
ruling is upheld, it is expected ths
defense viii appeal to the Supreme
Court.
Both Inman and his wife werS
present in Judge Bartlett's cham
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
TRIAL SURE
IN TORCH
DEATH

ELIZABETH, NJ j., April
10 IN.S. Henry Colin
Campbell, local engineer, must
stand trial for the murder Of
Mrs. Mildred Mowry Of
GreenYille, Pa, whose body
was found blazing III pool
of gasoline near here on the
night of February 23.
Prosecutor Abe u David Of
Union county. announced today that
he would not accept plea Of non
vult from Campbell. In New
Jersey a non vult plea corresponds
to plea Of guilty.
II convicted Of Mrs. Mowry .
murder, Campbell will die in the
electric chair.
Cleared in Brown Death
Francis Al. Gordon, an attorney,
who interviewed Campbell IN his
cell here yesterday, said today that
he had made no arrangements with
Campbell's family for. his retention
as defense attorney and that until
he does no plans can be announced.
After questioning Campbell fur
ther, Prosecutor David declared that
he is convinced the prisoner had
nothing to do with the murder Of
Miss Margaret Brown, New York
governess, whose body was found
on fire in this vicinity over a year
ago.
Sister to Claim Body
Mrs. Arminta jackson, a sister
of Mrs. Mowry, is expected to ar
rive here tonight from her home in
Falston, Pa. to claim the body. 1t
is thought burial probably viii be
somewhere in the neighborhood Of
Elizabeth
1t was learned today that Second
Assistant Prosecutor John B. Walsh
left here last night with County De-
tective Louis T. lombard for
Florida. where they plan to inter-
view the parents of Mrs. Rosalie
McCready Campbell. the prisoners
wife. Their exact destination in
Florida was not disclosed.
Prominent among the added de-
velopments in the sensational case
today were an announcement by
CampbelIs wife, Mrs. Rosalie Camp
bell, an attractive woman of S5,
that she intended sticking by her
husband until he is dead. . and the
revelation that Campbell had be-
come addicted to dope since the
Staying.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Auto Driver Is Held
For Iniuring Pedestrian

Charged with responsibility IN
the serious injuring of pedestrian
William Thomas, colored. 3S. of the
500 block G st. s.. E., was held in
the First precinct police station
today.
Thomas was the driver of all
automobile which struck Bernard
Benson, 6S, Of Seat Pleasant. Md.
at Tenth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest The injured
man was taken to Emergency Hos
pital by Thomas.
Benson was treated for a cut
forehead, possible fracture of sew.
eral ribs and bruises.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Arling ! on Mansion
Likely to Be Restored

A committee Of three has been APP
pointed by Maj. Gen. B. Frank
Cheatham, quartermaster general Of
the Army. to discuss plans for re.
storing the old Arlington Mansion
in Arlington National Cemetery.
Brig. Gen. w. r. Horton, Edward
". Dunn, jr., and l.. M. Leisenring
compose the committee. They win
hold their first meeting Wednesday
afternoon at 2iSO o'clock in the
mansion.
Congress at the last session appro-
priated d fund with which the Ar.
iington home of George NashinSs IN
Parke Custis could be restored, II
III now used as a dwelling by the
superintendent Of the cemetery.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Police Seek Driver Who
Sent BOy to Hospital

Police seraehed unsuceessfully to-
day for an unidentified man who
thrashed a 12-year-old boy because
the youngster complained about the
mans driving.
The boy, William Odlin, Of the
1900 block sixteenth st. N. W., was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
bruised head. He said he was
almost run down by the unidentified
Inotorist at Seventeenth and P
Streets Northwest.
Young OdIin said the man at
tackled him after he screamed. He
said the mans car bore New York
license tags.