The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1933, Page 8

IS PLEADED BY RlCHARI]_ALBERT] Unwritten Law Also In-| volved in Defense of Slay- er of Sam Henninger year old In- fisherman laced on arged wi bert, and on the examir oday by Ass G. W. Folta indic jur torney fense based upon the unwritten law, the opening statement of Wil liam L. Paul, showed that he mainly upon self-defense. Claims Was Attacked Al claims that he was at- tacked in the cabin and that he backed up to the door before he fired the shot that killed Hennin- | This, the defense declares,| the third attack that Hennin-| wa ger had made upon Albert. | The Government indicated that! the ng occurred after al ourd inking party in the Italic River cabi Its examina- tion of the jurors showed it ex- pected t the defe would claim there had been im- altions between the wife he defendant and Henninge Each juror was asked if he. she, believed that a past intimacy between the dead man and the wife of the defendant justified the shooting The Government alco. questioned each juror close- 1y about his belief in capitol pun- ishment. i Jury Is Impaneled i It took one hour and 30 minutes| to sélect a trial jury. Forty out of the 53 members of the petit jury pancl were called to the box| befors 12 were Obtained. | The jurors selected are: Ol Larson, George E. Nelson, M Mildred Herrmann, James McClos kzy, E. W. Bliss, Bert Alstead, J.| G. Warner, Fred L. Knowles, An-| ton Hildre, Rev. Charles E. Rice and his son, Jackson Rice, and E.| J. Steele. The jury was com-| pleted shortly before noon and thz‘ court recessed until 2 p. m. when; opening statements of counsel were | made and the Government began; the presentation of its case. | Pleads Not Guilty | Mrs. Blanche Ridley Nichia, in-; dicted for first degree murder for| the shooting of Ole Stortszt at o A full rigged ship of flowers atop a pedestal of blossoms was used | by these sailorettes to announce the theme for the annual Tournament | of Roses floral parade in Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 1, 1934. “Tales of the | Seven Seas” will be told by floats. Mary Lewis is at the left and | Merrie Booth (upper) and Rowena S. Cook, right. (Associated Press Photo) Yakutat early this month, wasar- raigned today before Judge Alex- ander. She was represented by George B. Grigsby. She was given until Saturday to a plea. Mrs. Elsie Kostro- inoff and Alfred E. Gordon, in- ed for illegal cohabitation, en- d pleas of not guilty. 5 A. G. Baker and James M Y re sworn in as petit jury bailiffs. The jury 'will be kept ogether during the trial, Judge xander announced. - SKY JUMPER LEAPS Claude Swanson, professional parachute jumper, from Oakland, Cal, gave Anchorage a thrill the other day. A plane, piloted by Jack Waterworth reached a height of 5000 feet, then Swanson stepped out backwards from the plane. He fell about 1,500 feet when his para- chute opened and he landed gr fully on earth, right side up with care. —— e SHOP IN JUNEAU at 7:30 o’clock. each $1.00 paid. Free Award! Postponed until Friday Evening, October 20th, All payments on account will participate with Leader Dept. Stote George Bros.Grocery Stores Open Evenings | musical program, as follows: CCC Ingenuity and Work Provides Ci ESCANABA, Mich., Oct. 17.—Civ- 1,687, near here, accus- | » city ways, have provided a model camp largely through their own ingenuity and labor. | ith the task of haul- | ing water, they dug their own well to a depth of 236 feet. With two cemp members who formerly had | plumbers contributing the °d labor, a discarded tank was fitted up for storage. Now gravity feeds the water to to the kitch- i to the washroom. A refrig- nd ¢ 10WE: students Grade will present “Cold the Blast {May Blow” and “The Owl,” as the| — |first number, then going ‘to the ed Cmp torium. iprogram in the Grade School Audi-] !given by is being constructed under the water tank, with water flowing to and from the tank supplying the cooling medium. »id - e | i GOING OUTSIDE Harry Abercrombie of the An- chorage hospital staff is aboard the O the Northwestern for a Visit 0 /on the steamer Alaska are five | and Will Be Closed from 1:30 to 3:30 LLEADER DEPARTMENT STORE GEORGE BROTHERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON On account of the funeral of our late employee, E. J. Martin Carol tand “Oh Suzanne.” ALASKA DAY IS T0 BE OBSERVED HEREWEDNESDAY Pioneers’ Dance at Elks'| Hall Tomorrow Evening to Celebrate Holiday Alaska Day will be observed in | Juneau tomorrow morning with| programs in both the grade school and high school auditoriums at 11:15 o'clock and a holiday: in gthe afternoon. Both the B. M. Beh- rends Bank and the First Nationa! | Bank will be closed all day Wednes- day. { High School Program | A. E. Karnes, Territorial Com- missioner of Education, will give| |an address to the students of the | | Juneau High Schogl, and in addi- | tion there is to be an interesting | Glee Club, accompanied by | Robertson, “Sweet Adeline” | | Second Grade, song. Bobby Converse, vocal solo. Sixth Grade, Miss Elma Olson’s ! |room, “Cold the Blast May. Blow" | | with boys singing the syllables and | {“The Owl"” | Kathryn Torkelson, duet, accom- | panied by Carol Robertson. | Mary Stewart and Grade School Program | the grade school program,| of Miss Olson’s Sixth On High School to appear on the pro- | gram in the High School Audi-| Other numbers on the torium will be: | Piano solo by Anne Morris. [ Harmonica selection, by Charles {Norton, Buelah Crosley, Ruth | Kuanes, and Donald Dudueff. Piano solo by Forest Bates. “Sweet Adeline” and “Oh’ Suz- |anne” by the Boys' Glee Club, ac- | companied by Carol Robertson. Pioneers Dance The climax of the Alaska Day | celebration will be a big dance in the Elks’ Hall tomorrow evening the Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 6 at which a large crowd is cxpected. Members of the Pioneers of Alaska annually observe October 18, the day on which the formal transfer of Alaska was made from Russia to the United States. — e TEACHERS FOR FAIRBANKS ARE ON WAY TO INTERIOR Among the passengers westbound teachers on their way to Fair- banks, wherz the opening of school was delayed this year due to the rebuilding of the school there. { Teachers on their way into Fair- banks are Miss Laura Lee, Joda Clyman, Ann Hopkins, Thelma Hunt and Florence Williams. | N S WILSON BRINGS IN HERRING FOR JUNEAU COLD STORAGE ‘With 250 barrels of herring, the fishing boat Wilson, Capt. Mar- tin Holst, arrived in port from Barlow Cove this morning. The herring was for the Juneau Cold Storage and’ will be used for bait. ——————— PORTLOCK BRINGS HALIBUT S | The 34,000 pounds of halibut brought in by the schooner Port- lock, Capt. Martin Selness, was purchased by the Juneau Cold Storge Co. for freezing. Tempor=, ary repairs were made to the broken shaft of the Portlock and it left port for Seattle early this | morning. TR ANNUAL ° MOOSEHEART MASQUERADE Mandarin Ball Room Music by “THE REVELERS” GOOD PRIZES Admisssion, Couples $1.00 Ladies 25¢ The money you spend on a washwoman 52 times a year; the cost of soap and wash- ing utensils that have to be frequently replaced; the wear and tear on clothes far greater by home methods; the possible illness due to unsanitary processes or over~ taxing of your own vitality + + . Just add these up and then compare the result with our low-priced laundry serv- 1 Alaska THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 17, 1933. In Fair Revue Miss Dorothy Wahl, fan danc- er at Ernie Young’s World’s Fair Revue, in Old Manhattan Gardens at A Century of Prog- ress, who is receiving the ad. miration of throngs who nightly view her artistic performance. points included American Smelting, Allied Chemical, Dome, Case, Du- point, American Commercial Al- cohol, American Can, Chrysler and McIntyre-Porcupine. STOCK PRICES VERY ERRATIC TRADING TODAY [Rally Takes Place Late in Session with Leading Issues Gaining CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 21%, American Can | 90, American Power and Light 8%, Anaconda 127%, Armour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 30%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Colorado Fuel and Iron 4%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 142, General Motors 27%, Inter- | national Harvester 34%, Kenne- NEW YORK, Oct. 17—Stocks cott 18'%, Missouri Pacific 3%, were erratic early then turned Packard, Motors. i, iBtandand <oll of California 40%, Chicago and Milwaukee (preferred) 8, Radio Corporation 7%, United Corpora- tion 6%, United States Steel 41%, sharply upward in the latter part of the day following a spirited rally in grains. While the volume was rather restricted on recovery, leading issues retained their gains | of one to three or more points and some spurted around seven points. The close today was firm. United Aircraft 29%, Ward Bak- ing B 2%. Daily Empire Want Ads Pay OPTION IS TAKEN MINING PROPERTY NEAR KETCHIKAN While in Ketchikan recently, Frank Metcalf, of the consulting engineering firm of Metcalf and Jackson, completed an option agreement on the mining proper- ty at Hollis near Ketchikan be- longing to G. W. Gerbalis, of Ket- chikan, for J. R. Bowles of Port- land, Oregon. The Bowles interests, according to Mr. Metcalf, will send an en- gineer to the property immediate- ly to make a thorough survey and sample the ore. If the values continue to show it is expected that development work will start in the near future. — o Tobacco growers of Wilson County, North Carolina, report the best quality of leaf since 1911. Transfers were 2,500,000 shares. The curb was firmer today than yesterday and bonds were also improved. 1 Prices Confused INCLLUDING O} RICE & AHLERS Sheet Metal Work “We tell you in advance what the job will cost.” Plumbing Stock prices were highly con- fused. There was no answer as to the cause for much liquidation. Cotton jumped $2 a bale. Other commodities also showed improvement. Gainers National Distillers was up mor2 than seven points. United States Smelting was up six points. 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