The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1930, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23;:4930: Sp SPORTS STYLES Chic, dressy millinery with a tailored suit or dress. ring Hats in Clever | expressly designed for sports wear or Their becomingnhess is unques- |on the warpath, dancing, whooping | ricaded himself. |tained tear bombs from the Army | authoritles. tossing one of these through a |window of -the house held by the | | the operatjons, broke & hole in an- |a short distarice away, walked into 71B0DY OF SLAIN OFFICIAL HERE; DETALLS GIVEN Sherman Lost Life in Effort to Arrest Barricaded, Crazed, Indian (Continued from Page One) P e e T PSSR Takes War Path Watson is then sald to have gone in the house in which he had bar- Sherman, calling on Carl Metcalf to assist him, ob- Metcalf succeeded in Indian 3 Watson, who had beén watching other window to let fresh air enter. Sherman, who had been in sheiter SHAW-WALKER Fire Proof Letter File the open -and started to another house, two doors distant from the Watson house. The Indian fired tioned. Straw—felt with $7 00 and $10 00 raw brim. Wcather Condmoua As Weather ¢r; moderate easterly winds. LOCAL Time Baromete# Temp. 4 p. m. yest'y 20.98 15 4 1. m. today 29.87 38 29.85 45 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS B. M. BEHRENDS CO., inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, bew’~uing 4 p. m. today: Showers tonight followed by clearing, Thursday falr and warm- age was from smoke and water. The former was fully covered by tnsurance, while the latter suffered practically no loss and was not in« sured. 1 All damage to the bullding occu- Recorded by lhc U. S Burean DATA pled by Kann's Varlety Store, 18 Humidity Wind Velocity Weathe |covcred by insurancé. Thé struc- 86 w 2 Cldy turs is owned by 8. Hellenthal and 89 w 1 Cldy Charles Goldstetn. Stock and prop- 92 SE 6 Rain erty damage therg Is estimated at several hundred dollats. % YESTERDAY TODAY DR. DEVIGHNE MOVES TO Highest 4pm. | Low 4am. 4am. Precip. 4a.m. TRIANGLE BLDG. OFFICE temp. temp. | emp. temp. Velocity 24 his. Mot Dr. H. C. DeVighne, whose offices 8 8 -4 10 0 Clear | were destroyed by the fire which 28 22 | 6 » 0 Clear | swept the Maloney Bldg., has leased 38 32 FRE 14 0 Clear | new quarters in the Trlangle Build- % pod 11 0% CldY |ing Pranklin and Pront Street, It| . b 30 2 0 Cldy | gas made known today. He moved ! 4 b & " 08 Cldy | here this afternoon. | St Paul 32 30 | 20 6 0 Cldy The only thing of value Dr. De- wutch Harbor ot i+ & 7 0 MIstng | yionne rescued, was the record oI. ok A Ok .4 4 Olear |y 010 babies at whose birth hé has . e L o PO lofticiated in his practice in Aldska: ;i ;: ! ;B 8 26 R\i: The photographs of many of them, % " which he valu.d highly, were 56 56 | 46 0 18 Cldy 56 54 36 . 0 Clear; uxned J 0 66 | 52 * 0 Clear | Joogss 34, AT Fortland 4 2 | 52 s 0 Cldy Con Francisco 0 62 | 52 > 0 Cldy PRES'DENT AsKs *—Less than 10 miles. NOTE.—Obpservations at Alaskan mainland stations, except Ju- pean and Cordova made at 8 &. m. and 8 p. m,, Juneau time. LARGE SUM FOR " The pressure is ;noderat,ely low in the Gulf of “Alaska :nd low- er to the southeastward and southwestward. Western and Central Alaska and below i north. Showers have fallen in t It is moderatly high latitude 35 degrees Valley and Southeast LNEW BUILDINGS = 1 Yukon Aacka and clear weather prevails over much of the western por- ticn of the Territory. Temperatures have fallen in western and northern districts and temperature {rom Barrow. o Amount to Be Made Avail- ) able Over $28,000,000 below zero is again reported HEAVY LOSS IS SUSTAINED IN MORNING FIRE Two Story Frame Building Is Practically Gutted by Flames (Continued from Page One) scene of the fire, the San Francisco Bakery on one side and Garnick- Alaska Meat Company on the other side, aided greatly, as they kept the fire from spreading. By 8 a.m the department had the blaze undér control and one half~hour later the worst was over. Water was turned off at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon and the “tap out” alarm was sounded. Asleep at Time Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones and| Ernest V. Brown, the latter jani- tor of the bullding, were all asleep| in the second floor apartments when the fire started. Brown was awakened by the explosions as was Mr. Jones, who remarked to Mrs. Jones that he felt an earthquake. A moment later Mr. Brown was peunding on the door of the Jones' cpartment, warnihg them of dan- pes. They left the building at once, fortunately escaping without jnjury. Nome of the trio saved ony of their personal effects. . Firemen Slightly Hurt While several Firemen received| cyts and bruises and all were' thoroughly soaked, none were seri- injured. Doug Oliver re-| 8 bad cut on the hand and’ from a £ “-l- _|the stock destroyed by fire was val- i —Fairbanks Item tained here, were those of the J.| F. Malony Company and L. G. i—:il‘;r;grx::ed?v\mrs, and Gordon’s, ! gress has been requestéd Presi- dent Hoover to make available $28,- By a conservauve estimate, the gy3s540 to permit Sectétary of fire damage was said to reach a' Treasury Mellon to {nitiate in the minimum figure of $40,000, although 'next fiscal year, work oOf. more the loss is probably considerably /than 200 new Federal building pro- greater than that. jecv.s WASHINGTON, April 2§-Con- |three 'shots_ rapidly, all of them |taking effect on the officer. 'Two | bullets entered next to the heart, :the third one entered the right! | from his feet. He arose immediate- | The building’s value was fixed at| Among additional amounts are approximately $10,000, while the to- tal insurance carried here is $3,750. | court house and jail af Fairbanks, It is believed this is the only cov- Alaska.® '/ erage on the property. H Stock Loss Heavy IR = 10 - Mrs. Winifred Jones, who is ARGHDUKE s’ manager of the Gordon store, said | X ued at about $17,000. Insurance on 1this amounts to only $4,500 here. i8he thought that additional insur- ance is carried in the States by Mr. Gordon. On the second f'oor of the build- |ing numerous oftice stock was de- | stroyed. The Federal Bureau of N(:W Y ves | Education office was completely P ork In tlgators |destroyed. Extent of damage there rove Sale of BOII&- is not known. % Dr. H. C. DeVighne, who also pfines Necklace maintains an office there, esti- @:S; ‘l“‘; 11;1):{::\6:4 002“‘;2;" h";!ng the sale of & family heirloom, ON¢|the diamond necklace . Napoleon $450,000 asked for 4 post office, | NEW YORK, April "23.—For ald- side. The first shot knocked Sherman | Years to Create . . . Minutes to Cremate ly and the .Indian re-opened fire.| Twice more the officer was hit, fall- ing at the third shot. Sherman was smoking a clgar at the time. = When Steve Sheldon| and Dr, Willlams picked up the| body 2 few minutés later, the cigar| was lying by his hand and was| still burning. - Sherman's revulvm was still in his poeket. | ., Indiafl Kills Self | Within ohe minute after Sherman | fell, Watson phced the rifle in his mouth and shot the top of his | awn head off. HIs house, prob-| ably fired from the bomb explo-| YEARS of business endeavor — your endeavor — can be wiped out in a few minutes. slon, was badly injured by the| :lrnt':fi-”t}u b myp:zaiu;mvered‘ YOUR RECORDS—They are worth a lot of money to you Mrs. Watkoni, recelving treatment —NOW. How much will they be worth if a fire guts your of- in the post Hospital, was reported | to be in 4 serious condition. The | report made by Deputy Marshal Sullivan ‘said _her ‘chances for re-| covery were slight. It was said that | !she had seven holes on her head | from blows struck by her husband. “ The affair is believed to have started from domestic difficulties. | Watson, Baid reports received by Marshal White, had recently stop- | ped his wife from eloping with| Mlke Watson, variously described as | the ddopted son and the stepbrother of the Watson eouple. Mohday, Watson came home and wanted, to eat. Mrs. Watson is sald to hate told him to wait until the childreti .camé home from school. He then started to codk a meal for himsélf. After starting it, he de- ‘midnded that his wife finish the Jou. ‘8He refused to comply and| Started to pack het clothes prepara- to leaving the house. Watson "askaulted her with an iron -poker i The Watsons had three children m 4t home, and two others re-| elsewhere. ddughter, Nellie Shorty, who is marriéd, was in the house when the trouble started between her | parents. Watson is said to hnve! thirgatened to kill her, but she suc- cesded in escaping from the place| with the three smaller children. As sha left, she told officers, Watson wa$ pouring kerosene over the floor li preparing to set it on fire. ves are Found m _address of a nephew and of the dead officer were found {5 personal possessions. The irst, Ralph or G. W. Dinsmore, resldes at Los Melinos, Calif, and the, lattet, Mrs. Ruth Ingram, at Indepeéndence, Kans. Téelegrams were sert them last lfl‘M adyising them of the uncle's » i lnd asking for instructions as eriént. < Pending responses s will be made for the fu- fice, shop, or store? If they’re not protected, they won't be worth a nickel. And when your business records are gone— what then? A contract burned . Lawsuits, losses, broken promises: A deed lost . . . Property slipped through your fingers. Your accounts destroyed . . . How many of your customers would pay? Your vital papers—so hard to create—the very heart of your business—once they are lost, the result is confusion, pos- sibly ruin. Now, while they still are yours, protect them. Then even if you are burned out, you can keep right oh doing busi- ness. Any one of the three sizes of SHAW-WALKER Executive Safes at $125.00, $156.00, $262.50, will give you the necessary protection in A Good Safe These safes are built with a very definite purpose of providing a high quality of fire protection for those risks where extreme resistance to crushing loads and severe heat ex- posure would not be requited to safeguard their contents in case. of fire. Their worth, consists of 4 rig- idly inspected, oven-dried monolith of insulating miaterial surrounded by a steel sheathing. They perrit the safeguarding of records without the heavy investment necessary for protection which Wwould never be called into play-in certain risks. It is a good safe be- cause around the major principles of protection is thrown good engineering, good manufacturing and good inspection. ln SHAW-WALKER Fire Proof Safe @imnan was a member of Lodge of this elty. It is that fuderal arrange- be takeh care of by that $1000 Fire I nsurance Policy Given F REE with Each Safe The New GILLETTE pes after| |of the finest medical lbraries in| |the Territory, he said. Hundreds| of photographs of children ushered into the world by him, adorning the office walls and treasured by him, ‘were burned. Two Other Offices The law office of Henry Roden and the office of the Via Vi Com- | | pany, managed by Mrs. B. C. Adams| were both gutted. Losses here have not been determined. Mr. Roden left for Seattle last night ,on the Alameda. ‘The major damage suffered by the Needlecraft Shop on the ground floor was water injury to stock. ,This was fully covered by insur- ance and practically all of the stock was saved. In the concrete building occupied by Garnick’s Grocery, and the! !Alaska Meat Company, adjoining Ascer-/the Malony Block, the only dam-|—ad by " Bonaparte gavé Empreds Marie Louise upon the birth of their son, Archduke Leopold of Austria, has been indicted for grand larceny. The indictment was found agiinst Leopold and Charles = Townsend, self-styled former British Army of- ficer, and the latter’s wife by th8 Grand Jury which has been investi- gating the_sale of the necklace to N. M. Michael, jeweler, for $60,000. p R . o ATTENTION . REBEKAHS Perseverarice Lodge No. 2'A will meet in business session Wednésday night, April 23rd, at 8 p. m. In I O. O. F. Hall. Members aré urgently requested i be present as there will be degree practicé after lodge meeting ; GERTRUDE HELGESEN, ' Noblé Grand. ALPHONSINE CARTER, Secret RAZOR Another Shipment Just Received $1.00 BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. WHEN WE SELL 11 . IS RIGHT 0 b ' J.B.Burford & Co. . OFFICE EQUIPMENT Phone 79 “Qur doorstep is worn by satisfied customers”