MEMBEK ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 25. SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1927.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Reverend Norris
Is Acquitted Of
Killing Chipps
JURY DELIBERATED ONE HOUR^FOUND NOR
RIS SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE—SPECIAL PROSE
CUTOR CALLS NORRIS “PISTOL PACKING PAR
SON; HE’S YOUR CRIMINAL, NOT MINE”;
TEARS COME TO EYES OF SON OF VICTIM
WHEN VERDICT IS READ
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 26. (/P)—Dr. Frank Norris,
fundamentalist Baptist pastor of Fort Worth, was ac
quitted by a jury in the Travis county District court of
murdering Dexter B. Chipps, wholesale lumber man, at
Fort Worth. The jury deliberated an hour and took two
ballots. They found that Norris shot Chipps to save his
own life when the latter came to the pastor’s private
study to protest against' attacks Norris made on Mayor
H. C. Meacham of Fort Worth, and other friends of
Chipps. When the verdict was announced, Norris wanly
smiled and showed no emotion until Attorney Marvin
Simpson shook hands, then he embraced Simpson and
wept.
FLOOD WATERS OF
. THE OHIO RECEDE
MILLIONS LOST WHEN BIG RIVER
INUNDATES MANY CITIES LO
CATED ALONG BANKS
CINCINNATI, Jan. 26. (jP)— Flood
-waters in the upper reaches of the
Ohio river began to recede as the
crest of high -waters moved down the
river, inundating many river towns.
Traffic was hampered and business
discontinued in many cities. The
damage is expected to reach millions
of dollars. Low-lying railroad tracks
are flooded.
NOME PIONEER IS DEAD
SEATTLE, Jan. 26. (£>)—Funeral
services for Mrs. Katrina Kircke, a
pioneer of Nome, will be held in Sno
liomist Thursday. She died at Three
Lakes. She conducted the Little
Creek road house, near Nome, for
many years.
BIG MERGER ANNOUNCED
CHI STORES IN EAST
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. (IP)—David
Schulte, president of the Schulte
Cigar Stores, added another link to
his chain of stores by the acquisi
tion bv purchase of Huylers Inc., a
chain of candy stores from New York
and New Orleans bankers. The con
sideration was estimated at $10,000,
000.
OPPOSE INDUSTRIAL WEEK
CHICAGO, Jan. 26. (IP)—The Asso
ciated Building Contractors in con
vention here adopted a resolution of
opposition to the five day industrial
week because the new plan would in
crease the cost of construction and
also increase demands for wage in
creases.
t Dexter E. Chipps, 14 year old son of
Norris’ victim, when asked about the
verdict, choked and tears came into
his eyes. Later he said: “I’m so
sorry for mother; it will hurt her.”
The boy was alone, and as a great
crowd pressed around to shake Nor
ris’ hand, young Chipps walked slowly
out, virtually unnoticed.
The verdict came after 14 days ar
gument and testimony which ended
with a heated appeal by William P.
McLean, special prosecutor, who said,
pointing a finger at the jury: “If you
send him to kill again, he is your'
criminal, not mine. I call him the
pistol packing parson.”
OLD EXPLORED DIES;
WELL KNOWN IN !!M5
—
IOWA CITY, aJn. 26. (iP)—Prof.!
Charles C. Nutting aged 69, and retir-j
ed, the oldest member of the Univer-j
sity of Iowa faculty in point of serv-!
ice, died here. Zoological expeditions
took him to Alaska, the Bahamas,!
Fijis, New Zealand and Trinidad.
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WIDOWS' CLUB RUINED,
JCED MEMBER ELOPES
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 26. (£>)—
The “Widows Club” was utterly
ruined here yesterday when a man
83 eloped with a bride of 71. Wil
liam, the young husband, or at least
young in being a husband if not in
years, completely broke up a club
at which three old widows lived. The
three had purchased a nice quite
home in San Jose and were living
peacefully until the gay Lothario
broke the charm and carried away
the belle of the club.
TRAIN NORTH AT 12:30 P. M.
The regular train to the Interior,
leaving Seward tomorrow (Thursday)
will depart at 12:30 o’clock p. m. in
stead of 7:30 a. m., according to an
nouncement made today by the local
rail headquarter*.
LATZO TO FIGHT BOYLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. (JP)— Pete
Latzo has been signed to defend iiis
world’s welterweight title at Scran
ton Penn, February 22 against Paul
Boyle of New York.
PINK SUITS FOR MEN
PARIS, Jan. 26. (/P)—Pink *uits
will be worn commonly by French
business men this coming season
according to announcment by M.
Crossan, leading Parisian tailor.
FEWER TRASHY BOOKS
.NEW YORK, Jan 26. (£>)—Book
publishers at a recent convention
here reported prosperity declaring
that American authors are “Shoulder
with the rest of the world.” A move
was inaugarated for the publication
of fewer trashy books.
HAS TEA WITH MURDERESS
PARIS, Jan. 26. (/P)— Princess
Marie of Greece took tea with the
notorious murderess Fefebre, in com
pany with lawyers. The Princess Is
interested in the abnormal psycho
logy of the murderess.
MUCH WHISKEY YEARLY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. (^—Pro
duction of as many as 10,000,000 gal
lons of whiskey yearly may be re
quired of the proposed medicinal
liquor corporation, Assistant Secre
tary Andrews chief of dry forces be
lieves.
TOO FAT TO LIVE, SUICIDES
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 26. (^—De
pressed over the steady increase in
weight, Mrs. Rebecca Levy 31, com
mitted suicide by gas, leaving a note
to her husband saying “Too fat to
live” she weighted 181 pounds.
JUDGE LANDON FEARLESS
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 26. (/P)— Judge
Thad B. Landon, in answer to threats
against himself and family, today
walked to his bench, removed a 45
cal. automatic from his- pocket, and
opened court.
AMMUNITION DUMP FOUND
CORK, Jan. 26. (JP)—Military and
civil guards have discovered an
extensive dump of explosives and
arms hidden in a double wall in the
mountainous district of Donoghmore,
twelve miles from Cork.
GUNS BLAZE MAIN STREET
MARYSVILLE, Calif., Jan. 26. (£>)
—Guns blazed along Main Street yes
terday in true old time westrn style
when a merchant and two youths
chased two bandits from a cafe. The
bandits escaped into the thickets
along the Yuba River.
MATCHED TO BOX SOON
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. (£>)—Jack
Delaney and Jim Maloney, heavy
weights, have been matched to fight
February 18 in first elimination
match of the tournament which will
furnish an opponent for Gene Tun
aey, heavyweight champion, in Sep
tember.
GAMBLING, VICE AND GRAFT UN
DER PROBE 'IN EASTERN
WASHINGTON CITY
SPOKANE, Jan. 26. (/P)—Eight per
sons, including two city detectives,
are under arrest on indictments re
turned last night by a Federal grand
jury. While the county grand jury
prepares to investigate law enforce
ment conditions the Federal jury re
ccfmmended a county jury to probe
gambling, vice and graft conditions.
Jack Arnie, who testified before the
jury, was arrested for perjury. All
other cases beforethe jury are liquor
conspiracy cases. More arrests are
expected. Charges by Prosecutor
Greenough started the investigation.
Charles Hedger resigned as public
safety commissioner following the
filing of charges.
GARIBALDI, GRANDSON OF ITAL
IAN LIBERATOR, BRANDED
A TRAITOR
PARIS, Jan. 26. (TP)—Riccardo Gari
baldi and 17 co-conspirators in the
Catalonian conspiracy of last Novem
ber were found guilty by a French
court of possessing arms, and were
given short sentences and fines. The
sentences have already been served.
aGribaldi, grandson of the great Italian
liberator, reecived his greatest pun
ishment for his part inthe revolt when
his ex-colleagues hurled charges of
traitor at him, charging he had sold
them out for money as Mussolini’s
spy. Garibaldi winced each time the
word traitor was flung at him.
RAID STILL; THREE KILLED
PINE BLUFF, Ark., Jan. 26. (TP)—
Jack Horton, chief deputy*sheriff of
Ouachita county, and two reputed
moonshiners are dead and Sheriff
Arthur Ellis is probably mortally
wounded as the result of a raid on a
still near Camden last night.
ROCKEFELLER IS CENTRAL
FIGURE IN RAIL BATTLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. (JP)— John D.
Rockefeller, Sr., is the central figure
in the battle among the Eastern rail
system for the acquisition of the
Wheeling and Lake Erie and Western
Maryland roads. Rockefeller controls
the stock of both roads, and the Van
Swergin, Loree and other merger
chiefs are reported interested in the
shares of the road, both of which had
a spectacular stock market rise du
ring the past week.
NEW HAVEN Conn., Jan. 26 (/p)
—Richard Star Untermeyer twenty,
son of Louis Untermeyer, author poet,
hanged himself in his room at Yale.
NOW IN NEW YORK ON LEGAL
BUSINESS—VISITED BY MANY
FRIENDS
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. (£>)—William
G. McAdoo, who said he was in New
York on legal business, was visited
by friends from several States who
urged him to become a candidate for
the presidential nomination. New
York newspapers said McAdoo’s
friends based their pleas on the argu
ment that McAdoo’s leadership is es
sential to assure success of the dry
and progressive party elements. The
Times said the general impression of
those who talked with him was that
he would again seek the nomination.
KETCHIKAN TEAM TO
INVADE PUGET SOUND
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 26. (£>)—'The
High school basketball team, with
Coach Worth Stonepurner and seven
players will leave Thursday for a ten
game series in Seattle and vicinity.
The team averages 160 pounds. The
first game will be with Moran Boys’
school, Seattle, February 2.
VESSEL WRECKED; 12 DROWN
ODESSA, Ukrainia, Jan. 26. (IP)—
Twelve men were drowned when a
Greek steamer, the Anastasia, shat
tered against the cliffs at Euoatoria,
Crimea. It is reported the Greek
steamer Lazos foundered in a storm
off Turkey. The loss of life is un
known.
VIVACIOUS EVA TANEUflY
IS WEO TO PIANIST
FAMOUS VAUDEVILLE PERFORM.
ER NOTED FOR NOISE AND
AGILITY
NEW YORK, Jan. 26. UP)—Eva
Tanguay, the vivacious, "who can
make more noise and go thru more
contortions in a short vaudeville act
than any other person on the stage,
and who made famous the phrase,
“Thats all there is, there isn’t any
more,” and ‘‘I don’t care,” is to be
married soon. Altho folks along
Broadway say Eva is at least forty
years of age, she is marrying a young
pianist, Allen Parado, 25. He has
been her accompanist for several
months.
TEN ATHLETES KILLED
ROUND ROCK, Jan. 26. (£>)—'Ten
Baylor university athletes enroute to
a basketball game were killed and
five others injured when the college
buss was' hit by an International
Great Northern railroad train at an
open crossing.
LONDON, Jan. 26. (&)—'The British.
Liberal party chiefs are dissatisfied
over the ne wdeadership of Lloyd
George and have j3plit and taken
steps toward the formation of a new
organization.