The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1930, Page 1

" - o mullllfll! ma il Imu»unuul THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5599 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PROBATION OF MRS, PANTAGES IS TERMINATED Los Angeles Judge Presents Well Known Woman Christmas Gift LOS ANGELES, Cal, Superior Judge C. S. Hardy has terminated the probation sentence of Mrs. clemency granted to 149 others. Mrs. Pantages was convicted of manslaughter as the result of the death of Joe Rokototo, Japanese gardener, eighteen months ago in an automobile collision. Following the conviction, Mrs. Pantages, who is the wife of Alex- ander' Pantages, was placed on a ten year probation. She was also ordered to pay the gardener's fam- ily the sum of $78,500. The action of Judge Hardy frees| Mrs. Pantages from further pun- ishment. e —— TAKES 4 SHOTS AT GOVERNOR OF PUNJAB, INDIA Official Wounded in Neck| and Hip—Youth Is Under Arrest LAHORE, India, Dec. 24.—Sir Geoffrey de Montmorenney, Gov- ernor of Punjab, was shot at four!' times and slightly wounded in the neck and hip as he left the convo-' cation at the Umfiversity of Lahore, | The youth who fired the shots| ‘was arrested. After the Governor's wounds were dressed at the hospital, he walked away unconcernedly, smoking a cigarette. —————— DRESS LIKE HALLOWE'EN FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES | ST. PAUL, Minn, Dec. 24.—Ob-| servance of Christmas by many persons of Scandinavian lineage in| Minnesota assumes an aspect of Hallowe'en. The practice is to dress in clown- ish costumes and wear grotesque false faces, and thus arrayed to! visit neighbors. It is called the “Yule book” which in Norwegian means “Christmas fool.” . MISSOURI GETS TREES FROM NEAR AND FAR ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24.—Although evergreen forests of the Ozarks are| close at hand, St. Louis gets many Christmas trees from the state of ‘Washington. Half a dozen carloads from the| Pacific northwest reached here ear- ly year are on a par with movements in other years, railroad officials re- port. Additional ears from the Ozarks were expected. ———————— ' MOUNTAIN STUDENTS DEMAND YULE TREAT BRYSON OITY, N. C, Dec. 24— An old ‘Christmas custom prevails among mountain school children in the Big Smokies. Just before Christmas they hurry to the school house ahead of the teacher. They bolt him outside and demand a treat. Usually he is pre- pared and each child gets a sack of candy. School then is dismissed for the year. —e—— CELEBRATE WITH NOISE DALLAS, Texas and Oklahoma Christmas 1s an occasion for fireworks displays, more generally characteristic July 4th. Dec. 24— | Lois Pantages along with “lof in December. Shipments this| “of CAN YOU FIND Everybody has heard cf Santa in Indiana. The map here shows its exact location—not on a rallroad— Territory upon the realization of SANTA CLAUS, Ind, Dec. 24— An Associated Press writer a few years ago wrote a Christmas story “Santa Claus, Indiana”—and |ever 'since - “Jimmy” Martin, the ;postmuter. has handled thousands 1of extra pieces of mail during the holidays. | Claude H. Wolff of the Indian- apolis bureau wrote the first gen- {erally circulated story of Santa |Claus, a tiny hamlet of fewer than 100 persons. ‘The next year Martin had letters from scores of persons. Some sent lcards and letters to be mailed | there so they would bear the “San- ta Claus” cancellation mark. Each year more and more mail has come to the Santa Claus | post office. This year it has been ithe greatest. The Hoosier village tucked away |in the hills of Spencer county, not |far from the Ohio river, is not on | @ rallroad. Tt is historic, rustic and picturesque. Lincoln, the boy, knew that vicinity as he lived there. The early |settlers, who had hurdled the Ap- |palachians and came down the |Ohio river often camped in the county and less often fought off hostile indians in that region. Santa Claus is a few miles east of Lincoln City, the nearest rail- road stop. Southeast is Tell City, and farther southwest is Evansville. ! William Hershel, an Indianapolis | newspaper man and poet of distinc- | tion, first wrote of Santa Claus al- most 25 years ago. One or two magazine writers in subsequent years told of the vil- |lage, but it remained for Wolff to give the little town national noto- riety. - .- HOBSE FOR SANTA IN THE SAND HILLS | HYANNIS, Neb., Dec. 24—Here in the “Sand Hills" cow country |Santa often must come on horse- back. for any other form of transporta- tion, ranchmen often resort to | horseback or horse- drawn wagons. e HONOLULU IMPORTS CALIFORNIA TREES | HONOLULU, Dec. 24—Every year the city of Honolulu imports | Christmas trees from California. Dec. 24.—Throughout Hawaii has snow-clad mountains, | but there are no suitable evergreen ! itrees, so the proper Yuletide touch is brought 2,400 miles to the mid- Pacifie. 2 Per Cent Rediscount Rate in Effect Today NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Dec. 24—A rediscount rate of 2 per cent, the lowest in the history of the Fedral Reserve System and|possible and would renew faith owner, with other young people, Senate Agricultural Committee. the lowest in the world, went into effect today with the New York| Federal Reserve Bank. Wall Street is of the oplmon this is the most constructive move labrosd in the strength of the New York money market. ‘When heavy snows block roads| its | QANT A CLAUS? IT’S IN INDIANA A Claus, but few know it is ‘a hamlet and the post office sign rather proves its existence. NABESNA MINE OWNER SUED FOR GRUBSTAKE HALF Whitman AnsWers Godfrey by Saying Location Made Before Pact SEATTLE, Dec. 24—James H. Godfrey, former Seattle attorney, now of New York City, has filed suit against Carl F. Whitman, of Seattle, for a half interest in the claims of the Nabesna Gold Mining Company on the headwaters of the Nabesna River, south of Fair- | banks. Godfrey sets forth that in 1926 he and Whitman entered into an agreement whereby in consideration |of the former grubstaking the latter |that the latter would give half of any mineral ground he staked to {the former. Whitman answers that Godfrey has greatly overestimated the value of the claims and that in any event the claims were located in 1922 and 1923. A hearing has been set for Janu- {ary 6. Christmas Is Quiet Day For Famous Chicagoans CHICAGO, Dec. [for famous Chicagoans or famous !folk here during the holidays, will be quiet and homey. Mayor William Hale Thompson, {just back from a hunting trip, will spend a quiet Christmas at home, maybe a few friends in for bridge in the evening. here for the holiflays but plans for |a family Christmas—tree, dinner land all—have been made at his south side home. Samuel Insull, Mrs. Insull and |their son and his wife will have la home Christmas at the electric magnate’s town house. Possibly a trip to the opera will end the day. Mary Garden, the prima donna, | possibly may have a few guests in ,for dinner at her Lake Shore Drive ;apar!ment - .- |NEW ENGLAND LIKES BOBSLED RIDES BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 24—In Vermont and other northern New |England states Christmas is en- conception of Santa Claus with a sleigh and reindeer. On snow covered streets the' !tinkle of sleighbells” mingles with |the clanking of automobile chains.| During the holiday sedson many, an automobile is idle while its some from smart colleges, bundles into an old-fashioned bobsled. None knows if Al Capone will be,the youngsters. tirely in keeping with the child" sl GREETINGS OF GOV. BONE ARE SENT ALASKANS Through Empne Sends | Christmas and. New Year | i Greetings to Territory § | To The Daily Alaska Empire: | Extending greetings to The Em- | pire, which has kept us inform~d' about Alaska during the year, The Empire is requested to extend our grectings to friends in Juneau and throughcut the Territory. Absence has not affected our lova of the Northland. Our interest in| its welfare is deep and abidihg. The scene of parting five years ago is vividly before us. Our hearts are up there. Unofficially I am as keenly and actively coneerned in Alaska’s fu- ture as when"I was Governor and ever ready to be of any possible service. Progress in the meantime has been most gratifying and I con- fidently believe that a great era of | development and prosperity is sure-! ly coming. A protitious sign is that | the Administration is being brought closer home to Alaska, and that il fuller degree of self-government is! promised. Speed the day! I congratulate Juneau and the paws @ INo Judge Found To Preside; Trial Is Delayed ENID, Oklahoma, Dec% 24.— The trial of Mrs. Dolliec Dout- hitt, 60-year-old widow, charg- ed with assault with intent to kill was delayed here today until a Judge can be found willing fo preside. The charge is the outgrowth of a.shootlng by Mrs. Dout- hitt in a court rcom here last September when she dangerous- ly wounded the United States Commissioner and District Judge. —————-—— TROUBLE IS REPORTED IN BRAZIL AREA ROCHESTER, Minn, Dec. 24—| NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Dec. |After a thorough examination at 24—A message from Para, Brazil,| the Mayo Clinic, Knute Rockne was |t the Pan-American Airways head- told he must limit his strenuous quarters, said a plane had been activities or face the possibilities of [sent to the Ford rubber plantation a complete break-down. at the request of the Brazilian The physiclan said he need not{Government on reports of trouble give up coaching but must curta.l with the native laborers. Reports {his other activities, such as speech {said no lives have been taken but| making “and magazine writing to|Property damage is considerable avoid an impending collapse. It is reported dispatches hsvp After hearing the verdict, Rockne |béen received in Rio de Janeiro | retired to his hotel room and de-|S8ying a band of Cayapos Indians | nied himself to all inquiries. invaded the village at Cardoha e Northern Para, killing 21 persom HERE'S A TYPICAL and carrying three children ln:u VILLAGE CHRISTMAS |the jungles. Because of transportation diffi- 24 —Christ- | culties, 30 soldiers sent by the | the long-deferred dream of a capi- tnl building befitting the eminence | of the great domain, Our four years' residence in Ju-| heau was a happy interlude in our) !lives and we cherish the memory of it. May the New Year be the best in all the Territory’s history! This is lour fervent wish in extending these greetings of the season. (sig) Scott C. Bone. Long Beach‘ Call( Dec. 24, 1930. KNUTE ROCKNE MUST 60 SLOW Famous Co;l;—Must Lirmit His Activities or Breakdown Follows WATAGA, Ill, Dec. 24 —Christmas | mas eve Willard Shepard and his|State Government are not expected | wife will attend the community|to reach the region in less than| celebration at a small church near|€ight days. their farm home just outside Wa-| The Ford headquarters at Detroit, taga. have not heard of any trouble on There will be songs, recitations|the concession which is a planta- and choruses by the children of|tion of 6,000,000 acres. the neighborhood, after which a . i QU Santa Claus will distribute gifts to CHRISTMAS NO HOLIDAY On Christmas Shepard and his five brothers and sisters and their| BOSTON, Dec. 24—To men of families will gather at the home of|the lighthouse service Christmas Jhis widowed mother for a goose|is just another day of watchful dinner. The gathering is a yearly|waiting event. . “ICE STALLS” IN SOUTH day dinner long in advance, how- {|ever, and no appefizing tid-bit is missing. BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 24—South| Although the peal of church bells of the Equator Christmas Is nlcnnnot reach the lighthouse keeper summer holiday. There are “lcelor his family, there is a substitute stalls,” with chairs and benches, for{in the tolling of bell buoys, warn- perspiring pleasure-seekers in Ar-|ing the sailor of dangerous rocks gentina, Brazil and Chile. "or reefs. SUGGETS EMBARGO ON CANADIAN WHEA WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24— of dealing with the xmpnrtauons Chairm#n Legge of the Farm Board|0f Canadian wheat which he fear-' ed would result if world prices today suggested a temporary eM-|geyn. further below domestic bargo on wheat. The suggestion/jeyels was made to the members of me' Senator Capper of Kansas, said he would “be glad to sponsor” Chairman Legge said this would|such legislation if it was war- be the “most effective method™ ranted, FOR LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS Tenders bring food for their holi- | CONFESSION - OF GIRL IS | | Changes Plea to Not G of K\llmg Auctioneer in Salt Lake SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec |2¢—Jean Doyle, alleged to have jconfessed to killing Sam Frank, Memphis jewelry auctioneer and robbing him of his diamond ring land stick pin early this montn, ]plcaded not guilty yesterday after- !charge of first degree murder. | The Judge ruled out her purport- led confession - holding it was ob- |tained under a promise not to | notify the girl's aged mother ir Seattle. ' The preliminary hearing of Phil Guinin, charged with being the |girl's accomplice in the robbery, Iwl]l be held within the next few | days. APPOINTMENTS "ARE MADE T0 | - GAPITOL BLDG, G. B. Benson Added to i Custodian Force and C. C. Hill Gets Elevator i Two appointments to positions in the Capitol Bullding came Chrmmfis presents to the persons | receiving them. | George D. Benson was added to jthe custodian force and Clarence | |C. Hill was named elevator con- ductor, both having passed civil service examinations. as Benson is & young man who re- | cently concluded his studies at Oregon State College. He was born in Douglas. Hill is a colored man. He has been in charge of the elevator in the Charles Goldstein Building | Both appointments were made by John C. McBride, United Collector of Customs, who as cus- todian of federal buildings in Alas- ka, has charge of the Capitol Building. > ESTEBETH TO SAIL 1; TOMORROW EVENING With F. Klitza for Haines, and ‘Mr'i Ida Chase and O. P. Flyn | for Skagway, beth left for the two Lynn Canal ports yesterday afternoon. She carried a large cargo and heavy mail. She about 7 o'clock this evening. She will depart from here on her regu- lar weekly voyage to Sitka and way ports at 8 o'clock tomorrow even- ing. [ RULED OUT noon and was bound over on a States | the motorship Este-! will return to Juneau ’, :(;n to Pay Tribute |To Child Born on First Christmas BETHLEHEM, Palestine,* Dec. 24.—Roads loading to this dis- trict, are crowded with automo- biles jn striking contrast to the Mprghe that dusty (i “:llihuyn 1,530 years ?:u The travellers have come nct | to pay a tax but to pay tribute to the Child born on tho first Christmas Day. The most colerful arrival i from Jerusalem is Patriarch | Loéuis Barlassina, who led the procescion, He was escorted by the Poll(r Out-riders to the Church of the Nativity, the center of activity. - CHRISTMAS DAY DRF\‘\li OF THE LONG, LONG GO ; The old man sat noddlrg by the dying fire. Outside the wind howl- | |ed and rattled the windows, but within— He smiled. Here was Tom, dear | boy, blowing up the fire while lus | mother trimmed the Christmas' | tree. And then their friends came | dropping in, all their friends of the | dead long ago. And Alice, his baby {Alice, as well as Alice again in pigtails, and Alice again quite grown up and in love with the man who broke her heart. All of them trooped about, now fanning the fire, now hanging the walls with recnery, and all the time laugh- ing and talking. Such talk, and such laughter! The door opened and his land- lady entered. e brought you a bit more wood, sir. I thought you | might be cold, sitting here all alone.” | “I haven't been alone. I've had a lot of company—quite a lot of company—" “Well, now,” mu* " but \sh@ shook her head. Quite childish!” she said, once outside his door “Poor dear! Yet who shall say the dream is not reality, and reality a dream?- | Helen Gaisford - -ee l-'ll(ST CHRISTMAS CAROLS 1¥ Oristuah =l originated the Eleventh century, being between the scenes of the mirs and my: y plays of the period - in su; BOYS' CHRI(STMAS FEASTING Christmas Calculations—That the | Christmas eating capacity of the erage boy is equal to all that he ts without permission, and then some more "!hat'ri‘ N IS DESTR@YED BY EARTHQUAKE 'MANY PERSONS ARE REPORTED LOSING LIVES |Panic rollows Earth Dis- turbance—Relief Rush- | ed to Stricken Area SALTA, Argentina, Dec. 24— The town of Lapoma is report- ed to have been destroyed by an earthquake. Many inhabitants are report- ed to have been killed. A panic prevails in the town. The inhabitants of Salta have crganized a relief expedition. LABORERS ARE NOT WANTED IN KETCHIKAN NOW Civic Organizalioné Take Step to Prevent Any Influx | KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Dec. 24.— Fearing an influx of laborers fol= lowing the announcement of the Ketchikan Harbor improvement and | construction of the Zellerbach pa= per mills, local civic organizations started taking steps to keep job- (less away. The harbor work requires only ,thirty men and there are plenty of laborers here to supply the demand. | While the Zellerbach plans are still |indefinite, work will not likely start in the immediate future. FISHERMAN "BELIEVED LOST OFFHILLISLAND Martin C. Klabo Thought to Have Been Washed | Overboard from Boat Martin C. Klabo, 54 years old, & fisherman who made his headquar- ters at Sitka and who is well-known among men of his calling in Ju- neau, is believed to have been washed overboard from his boat, the T3043, near Hill Island, which is northwest of Chichagof on the west coast of Chichagof Island, and to have been drowned. He was alone’ at the time of the accident, which took place late in November His craft ashore on Hill Island, was fecund December 1 by H. J. Chris- tie, Juneau fisherman, and Mrs. Christie, while they were on & duck-hunting trip. The discovery was told by Mr. Christie to the authorities at Sit= ka, and today he reported the mat- (ter to the United States customs office here. Mr. and Mrs. Christie, late in No= vember had gone to Sea Level Hot Springs for a week’s sojourn. A few days before Mr. Klabo's disappear= ance, Mr. Christie talked with him. The theory is that Mr. Klabo was |washed off his boat while trying to untangle a rope attached to a skiff that he carried aboard the fishing craft. Under direction of the authori- ties at Sitka, the cove on Holl Island, where the beached boat wag found, was to be dragged in an at= tempt to recover the body of the missing man. What success, if any, has attended these efforts is not ™ known to Mr. Christie, he having " left Sitka before the return of the = searchers. L Mr. Klabo's only surviving rela- tives are said to be a son and a = daughter living in Seattle. 'Billions Bomg bp(’nt N YORK CKY, N. Y, Dec. 24 —Five billion dollars are being spent over the nation in an effort |to reduce unemployment,.a na- reveals. Federal Government plans tional survey | The To Aid Unemployment | $724,000,000 worth of building. i\ Chief statisticians of the F. W Dodge Corporation estimated more than four billion seven hundred milion dollars are involved in pri=i vaté contracted construction unduugr way in the nation,