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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932. ‘fie Vitle;'a’s | | Bill Makes | ' One Hurdle| VERDICT GIVEN IN SENSATIONAL HONOLULU GASE | Abolishme f Oath Lieut. Massie and Three| ol&ililgi?:ceo[o K?ng Others Found Guilty Wikad Advinice of Manslaughter 30. — President to abolish the | DUBLIN, April (Centinmea from Page One) |De Valera's bill " ot I A ath of allegiance to King George N ey ‘5”_{“]':1“‘_ !?{Qg is over the most formidable hur- steamship ootopany; 1as N18%|dle. The Fianna Feil and Lebor O OOHLIN. fifty-one, |Colleagues passed 1t to second read- | ke g Sl ing he Dail Eirann last night. | engineer with a high|, * N The vote was 77 to Tl 00l education. e e, SHADFORD WATERHOUSE, twen- | : effort to quash murder indict- educated at ments on charge Judge Albert M. Cristy coerced Grand Jury denied by Judge, who later disqualified | himself as trial judge. FEBRUARY 5 — Four defendants| plead not guilty. { MARCH 24—Clarence Darrow ar- rives to direct defense. MARCH 25—On motion of Darrow, trial date set for April 4. Ay of (I . |APRIL 4—Trial starts with spirited HENRY :f?&'fi; :;:lee[;:cfi:"\ clashes between Darrow and K ko M el Avion. - prosecution over admissability of ]HPOD({R?“CC;?{:]?' p(;‘:::l‘iém:{j reference to attack on Mrs. Mas- o University and the Uni-| , 51 : Sy Y APRIL 5—Second session and se- thirty-two, Chi- nese ancestry, an accountant with high school education. WILLY BEYER, forty-two, of Ger- man ances a potato chip manufactu with grammar school education. THEODORE BUSH, forty, Ameri- can-born civil engineer from Lititz, Penn. | ve of Illinofs. : ity of . | lection of jurors also marked by FOWARD GOES l“‘;\néie':“e‘ Por-‘ similar clashes with Darrow scor- ancestry, 5 MCINTYRE, a clerk. ing. | APRIL 6—Jury selection continues. APRIL 7-—Jury, composed of six whites and six brows completed and trial begun. The case was tried before Judge Charles 8. Davis. The Prosecut- ing Attorney was John C. Kelley, assisted by Barry Ulrich, asso- ciate. ‘ S e { “ *IN 8. E. ALASKA SEPTEMBER 15—Mrs. Massie iden- | i Joseph Kahahawai, Ben! Ahakuelo, Horace Ida, Henry, Chang and David Takai as as-| sailants. | OCTOBER 13—Grand Jury indicts. ' . . NOVEMBER 18—Taking of testi-‘Evel'y District Affected by‘ mony begins. Dissension in police | RCCCH[ Order Of Com- \ department; officers on list of | | defense witnesses, i merce Department | NOVEMBER 19—Mrs Massie on| Ninety-seven out of the 157 fish witness stand describes brutal trap sites recently closed in Al- forty-one, ! McIntyre said they were with-| t jury experience. | Chronological Story in a chronological form, is vents that culminated slaying” of a native e and the sensational For- sie arrests 31—Mrs. Thalia wife of Lieut. Thomas Massie, N. S. N,, abducted by five men in an automobile, beat- 'n and criminally assaulted. Ar-‘ s made same night. beating and revolting attack. DECEMBER 6—After ninety-seven askan waters by the Secretary of h deliberation jury, hopeless- Commerce are in Southeast Alas- 1y adlocked, is dismissed. ka districts, it was disclosed by DECEMBER 14—Horace Ida, Japa- 'y copy of the closing order which nese, identified by Mrs. Massie has just been received at local as driver of car on night of as- heapdquarters of the United States sault, kidnaped by group of men, Burean of Fisheries. | lashed with belts and reported | The remainder was divided to have confessed, naming Kaha- {amonyz Prince William Sound, Cook hawai as gang ring-leader. | ot 5. P " ok JANUARY 8, 1932 — Kahahawai ifii:’ml;;:wk AR T boldly kidnaped in front of court Every area in Southeast Alaska house by three men in automo-|was affected by the order. Four- kile at 8:30 a. m., two hours 1ater teen were closed’ in Icy Strait sedan overhauled on highway fif- 414 Cross Sound: 16 in the West- teen miles from city containing ern qistrict: 17 in the Bastern shect-wrapped body of Kaha- gistrics; 11 dn the Southern; 8 in hawai. Woman driver identified goutn Prince of Wales: and 33| as Mrs, Grace Hubbard Fortescue. i 1o Northh Coast of Prince of Other passengers were Lieuten-|wales Island district. H ant Massie and Edward J. Lord, The closure is temporary and' f“fii‘figh::’;’r-md been shot COVers the.season of 1932 only. through heart. Albert O. Jones, | } enlisted sallor, arrested at home FIVE DAYS' MAIL DUE of Mrs. Massie. | IN JUNEAU ON SUNDAY JANUARY 26—County Grand Jury | returns second degree murder In-| Fiye days’ mail should mrrivel dl‘ctmenl against Mrs. Fortescue, 'in Juncau tomorrow afternoon or ’;:f‘a‘em;n Massie, and Seamen evening. The Admiral Watson and rd and Jones. the Princess Norah will bri e JANUARY 29—Defense counsel's'mgu here from the siu:;,ng - e L OXYDOL—New large package . (The Best Washing Powder on the |liminary survey of local weather StartYourAccountToday APRIL SUNSHINE BREAKSRECORDS, MIZE ANNOUCES Juneau Records 2568 Hours of Sunshine—60 Per Cent of Possible Sunshine records here for April went by the boards this month, it was revealed today by a pre- conditions made by R. C. Mize, United States Weather Bureau. Meteorologist in Charles of the Juneau had 256.8 hours of sun- shine, or 60 per cent of the great- est possible amount. The number of days entirely clear—l12—was the greatest since the regular station was established. War mand Dry This was three more than the previous record — mnine—for the month which was made in 1917 Previous were 55 per cent per cent in 1929, The month was unusually warm and dry but broke no records for either, Mr. Mize said. The mean Yem; ire 'was 43.1°, which was 2.6° above normal. The warmest April of record was that of 1912 with @ mean of 44.0°. The highest temperature this month was registered on the 29th, 64° and the lowest was 29°, re- corded on the 5th and again on the sixth.. Previous extremes were 69° and 13°, respectively. This month's maximum of 64° was the highest recorded for the month since 1917, Precipitation is Less The total precipitation was 2.80 inches, which was 251 below nor- mal. This was the driest April| since that of 1917, the record for | that month being 1.69 inches. There | were 11 tion, the smallest number since 1917 when there were only seven. The total snowfall—04 inches on the 3d, was the smallest since 1926 when there was none. high percentage marks in 1917 and 52 City Will Cast Vote on Dogs and Cats TOPEKA, Kan., April 30.—May- or Omar Ketchum fears Topeka is going to the dogs and cats. So he has drawn up a ballot tended to show the trend of sen- timent for extermination of ca- nine and feline stragglers. Edge to Return for G. O. P. Nomination PARIS, April 30. — Ambassador Walter E. Edge will return to the United States shortly after June 1 to attend the Republican National Convention and possibly to lend his aid in the Presidential cam- paign, the secretary of the em- bassy said today. e, POLICE MUST RIDE STREET CARS RACINE, Wis, April 30.—The Chief of Police here has ruled that patrolmen must quit driving their cars to their beats, Instead, they are to leave their cars at headquarters and ride street cars. ————— HOME FROM‘HOSPITAL Mrs. Erling K. Olafson, who had been a patient in St. Ann’s Hos- pital since April 19, returned home ! yesterday. 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PIOILIE[SITIAIREETIR|A]Y] ¢2 Markea with . en et 2 27. Aeriform AWIEFBEATIEINFAEIG[O] ¢ i fuia TIEIERESEE(S[THAD[ON| ¢7. Drunkara 3. Fairy Gt 50. Head cover- 3. Dance step o DOWN 52. Gratuity 36. Kind of 0. Happens 1. Musical 65. Cutting part | shears useq 09 Purpose drama of a knife in cropping 60. Old muslcal 3 panger 66. Author of woolen cloth note 3. Condition “The Three 38. Provide and 61 Unadulterated 4. Consumed Musketeers” 20, SoTve food 62 Celestial 5. Eat away 2 odies a . Leaf of & lant 65. Male duck [ calyx {3 Rescues = O Cleaning im- Extent of sur ft anima ement 7 e 44. Voting places 68. Robber 8 Great Lake 46. P':mlll'uhle 69 N‘lill(ary as- "l;hcoloulcnl shelters sistants 9 legree 48 Seat In 0. Town in Oblo Article church Postpone Be the mat- 49. Enlivens 72. Noxious ter with 51. Decay growths Black bird 53. Guided 73. Self: Scoteh 19th letter L WE.- FOSHAY, HENLEY ARE TO APPEAL { MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 30. —Wilbur B. Foshay and H.« H.| Henley said they would appeal| before June 20 from their 15-year| sentences for mail fraud in 'con-| nection with the Foshay enter-, prises. They were yesterday grant- | ed a stay of execution until ‘that| date. . ' TS R A vl i HEINTZLEMAN RETURNING FROM WASHINGTON VISIT After a 4-monin absence on of- | ficial business in the States, B.| F. Heintzleman, Assistant Regfonal Forester, United States Forest Ser- vice, is enroute here on the steam- er Alaska from Seattle. He visit- ed San Francisco eand Poruand, and spent most of his time in ‘Washington looking after matters TYPHOON HITS PHILIPPINES ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, Ap- ril 30.—Destruction by a typhoon of two thirds of the historic Jolo Mohammed center, is reported. Three lives are known to have been lost and one steamer has been driven ashore. RECHIRE TR Estelle and Jack “Keeping Company” HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 30.— Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, and Estells Taylor, film waoctress, who l‘memly ‘were separated by a Reno \divorce, are being seen together a lot these days. “Naturally, we are still the best of friends,” said the actress, “but affecting the mational forest inter- ests 11 the Territory. we aren't thinking of becoming reconciled.” sweetest of all gifts—. is why we know it is Mother’s Day gift here. PHONE 174 = e PHONE 92 or 95 CANDY It is sweet to be remembered, but it's sweeter to be remembered on Mother’s Day, with the Helen Ardelle Candies. In our wide selection you are certain to find her favorites, but don’t be surprised if they are all her favorites, for don’t you know that mothers often come here to buy candy? That a safe bet to get her HELEN ARDELLE Beautifully Boxed MOTHERS’ DAY CANDY SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY GEORGE BROTHERS OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT GRASS FIRE ON AUK BAY ROAD SOON DIES OUT, Flames Near Pedersen Dairy Appear Menac- ing for Brief While wire in grass extending along a quarter of @ mile front between | the Pedersen dairy and the Men- denhall River on the Auk Lake highway lost night called out vol- unteers from Juneau for fighting the blaze but when they arrived on | the scene their services were not | needed, the flames having been stopped by the river and controlled at the edge of the forest by resi- dents of the neighborhood. The cause of the blaze is attributed either to the burning of debris in connection with land . clearing work 01 to the burning of dead | grass 1o improve pasturage. Caused No Damage | The fire resulted in no dam-| age, hut for a brief while, to mo- terists on the highway, the flames appeared to be of menacing char-| acter. Notice of the blaze was given} at 10 p. m. to the Juneau Fire Department. It sounded the alarm calling members to the Fire Hall. Fire Fighting Supplies Inasmuch as the blaze was out- side the city limits none of the motorized equipment of the De- partment was sent to the scene, but two fire extinguishers, shovels, axes end sacks were supplied to the numerous volunteer fire fight- ers who hurried in automobiles o the blaze. M. L. Mernitt, Assistant Region- al Forester, went to the fire to arrange for combating it in the event it should spread into tim-/ bered areas, but the flames were out when he reached the scene. e CHINA TANK TOILET $19.95 Each We give FREE with every closet com- bination sold a high grade brush for cleaning the bowl. Rice & Ahlers Co. PLUMBING—HEATING-—SHEET METAL “We tell you in advance what the job will cost” Phone 34 “Has the Kidnaping Racket Made Riches a Curse?”’ Hear this timely lecture SUNDAY NIGHT at the SEVENTH-DAY By H. L. 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