The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 7, 1933, Page 2

Simplest thing you ever . making those s ish endless fascinating colors Wool Crepes Wool Flanne Coatings $2.5 i T REPEAL ISSUE BEING DECIDED, VOTING TODAY Result Will Answer if 13 Years of Prohibition Is Sufficient (Continued from Page One) dresses and coats yourse . . . 56 inches wide. Novelty Fabri Tweeds $2.95 yard See What Swanky Clothes You Can Make! did . . . and the wisest mart, expensive-looking If. Our woolens furn- weaves in the grandest $1.85 yard cs $2.00 yard Is $2.75 yard 0 yard and up IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIII|IiiIIIIIIIIlIIIlIHIIIHIHIIIIIII|IHIHHIIIH{illIIIIIIIilIIIIIIHIHNIIIIIIIHHIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHHI B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store THE, DAILY. ALASKA EMPIRE. TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1933. mIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllilllllllllIIIIl!lIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIlllllllIIIIIIllllllIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIII!I|IIHIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIlll||l||IIIllIIIIIlllllllIlllmlIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ed States Commissioner and re- ported the shooting to him. Rifle Is Introduced A 30-Government calibre rifle with which the shooting is said | to have been done was identified by MclIver and introduced in evi- \ dence by the Government., Meclv: caid the gun belonged on his boat q-\yl was hanging on the wall. DL- ad apparently grabbed n place and shot Hanson D'GROOT MURDER TRIAL STARTED INDIST. COURT " Self-defense Plea of Slay-!ron er of Abe Hanson, defense contends, Mr. Faulk- caid in his opening Statement, . ne: Murder Charge that Hanson was standing on the to the forecastle wife and Mclver DeGroot started companionway DeGroot” and whe (Continuea from Page Ome) rted that DeGroot statement, ass would show that he shot in self-| Hanson said: “Youll never leave defense. On the other hand, G.|this cabin alive.” Its theory is W. Folta, Asst. United States At-|that Hanson forgot he didn't have torney, said the testimony would|his revolver with him, and that show that Hanson was unarmed| D-Groot thought he was still when he was shot and that De-|armed; that Hanson made a mo- Groot was standing in the fore-|tion as if to draw the gun and castle and Hanson on the deck of | DeGroot grabbed the rifle off the | the Wa Wa, Mclver's boat, when | and shot him. the fatal shot was fired. | Take Three Days Both sides agreed that Mrs. De-| Both Mr. Grigsby and Mr. Folta Groot had been living with Hanson | estimated it will require three d for several months in a cabin near | to complete the case. Judge the Hirst Chichagof mine. She cxander excused the remainder of had viSited her husband here at|the panel until Friday when it is least once during that period, re- | expected some civil case will be turning to Hanson's place. Tha|tr holding the Paul Johnson- defense claims that DeGroot wrote| Albert Matthews murder case un- her a number of times in an ef-|til next wesk. fort to get her to return home. | The jury impaneled in the De- Goes To Place | Groot case is composed of Mrs. He left here on March 17, with|Jett H. Gray, A. L. Schow, Jack- Melver and two others aboard the | son Rice, G. A. Schumaker, George wall Wa Wa for Chichagof. The boat|E. Nelson, Mrs. John Olson, Allen anchored at Chichagof and De- | Shattuck, Mrs. Alex Kiloh, Mrs Groot went over the trail to Hirst|J. W. Bayne, Miss Ester Ells- Chichagof. He bucked snow, was worth, Joe Parent and James Mc- held on the beach one night by a Closkey storm, but eventually reached the| - Fifich, ST, WIS Dafbec het MANY ATTEND THE During that fime, the defense! LAST RITES FOR MRS. P. S. EARLY claims, he was repeatedly threat- ened with death by Hanson and| : : that finally he agreed if Hanson| Moy friends of Sk would transport him to Chichagof Pioacer woman an R et plo where he could rejoin the Wa Wa | d the funeral services held for he wanid eturn to Jueaa wa|Mrs P. B Ebdy st e fOptHolc Mors. Dé Groot might témain with |Church of the Nativity this morn- Hanson, He was then taken to at \\l\xgljn the Rev. W. G. Le- | Vasseur officiated. church was Chmha’;gfv'l'hreatened Again | Thbe : fragrant with On the short trip, the defcnw‘“““‘y beautiful floral on‘cr_mgs sent said the tesfimony would show {by mend.g to express their rpgard inat Hanson, who Wwas armed with |for their friend of long standing. a revolver, threatened DeGroot Following the beautiful services, again and attacked him with the ® )7(’"1(\1 ferry conveyed the family gun, and would have shot h““"\u(l many friends of Mrs. Early to Fad not Mrs. DeGroot infervened, |Douglas where interment took place oo arsiving at Chichagof Hanson |and final services were said. Sied hils boat alongside’gie Wa| Pall bearers were John Reck Wa and he and DeGroots went |Harley J. Turner, Charles Whipple, aboard to visit McIver, who was| |Frank A. Boyle, Gudman Jensen alone at the time. tand Bruce Holbrook. On the stand this morning, Mc U o T RIS Iver said they spent about threz E. AUSTIN LEAVES Fo hours. Hanson, shortly after com-| KETCHIKAN ON BUS] ing aboard, asked for a Mrink of | % . whiskey and when he ‘was told, G. E. Austin, merchandise bro- 2 G. S will be which point the 2 moved to the mine ractor. Besides the original property, which co s a vein from 18 inc es to three feet wide and carrying h).'\ values, the Ramer Brothers have acquired another group of claims covering a vein from 10 to 1 feet wide, and giving assay values of from $60 to $70 a ton “The latter property was located by “Chick” Nelson, well known old- timer, while prospecting under a grubstake with the Ramer Broth- rs, and has been taken over by them. ———————— SHOP I Jl‘NEAU MI ectomy at W. Council yesterday, ating at her Kinnon ‘Apartments. the Miss home JANE ALEXANDER IS RECUPERATING FROM TONSILECTOMY AT HOME Jane Alexander, daughter of Judge and Mrs. George F. Al- exander, who underwent a tonsil- the office of Dr. W. is recupter- in the Mac- —ee— University The cafeteria and bookstore at of Florida are be- |ing operated under NRA rules. Daity Emmre Wlnt Ads Pay will be all that is required for repeal. Actual repeal will materialize the first week in December if this diction proves true. The New York City campaign ended with Tammany fighting for life. Bitter N. Y. Campaign The campaign was packed bitter accusations that drove f ly to the very end with a minute charge by McKee that Tammany was planning to “steal the election by importing thousands of floaters and saying Tammany made elaborate preparations bring thousands of persons to the city to steal the € Max Steuer, lawyer councils of Tamman won't steal it, on you.” with ree- last high in the replied: “We we've got it. Shame KENTUCKY SHOOTING COVINGTON, Ky, Nov. 7.—In Fleming County, Watt aged 72, was shot and criti turme has wounded in the election His son Jim, aged 48 arrested. ANOTHER LOUISVILLE, Ky negro has been slain and another wounded critically in an outbreak this afternoon in Kentucky's elec- tion. FINE SHOWING MADE ON BREMNER CLAIMS (Valdez Miner) E. E. Chamberlain, U. 8. Com- missioner at McCarthy, arrived here on the Yukon Monday after a visit to his old home in Seward. Mr. Chamberlain reports that the property of the Bremner Min- Company, located and develop- by the Ramer Brothers, is mak- a splendid showing, and prom- to become one of the big pro- | of the interior country. company is now engaged in' about 100 tons of supplies ezl to the Brem- | having been completed ) the m River, from s%‘aes'm Dmlv Cross word Puzzle ACROSS 1. Aeriform fluld 4. Nerve network 8. Condiment 12. Kind of parrot 13. God ot war 14, Arablan chieftain 15. Political party 18. Six 19. Work at Solution o! Yesterday's Puzzle 20, Employees 21. Fold over and stitch 22. Bcore at pinochle 24. Pronoun 25. Contented murmur 26. Edged tool 27. River botiom 28, Retains 30. Note of the scafe 81 Enthustastic devotee: slang 9. Degleflbn of 53. Large Jeeep- the beautifu 54. 0. Steering 55. 83, erlmna oft apparatuy e Faroe 41. Indeflnfte lslnndl amount 1 34. Live coal 42. Employment 36. That whicha 43. Burrow, 2 ruminant 44 Again: prefix ) chews 45, Ghost Ll 37. American 49. Sea eagles novelist 51. Newspaper 5. 8 3. Electrified umgraun [3 vparticle 52. Mon!| i/ e dEdN IWIII% ; 1 IIH ® "3 /AERE illl/filll%ill DOWN . Roam about idly Exist Specimen Fresh or plquant n . Joined.In a team (. Ethereal salt . Dry . Morning: abbr, . Decorate . Mascullne Thoge Who Insveu Whiting fe plement . Broad stripe Make fun of: . Brin belng . Manner or system of government 39, Kina o 43. Ten cent pfec 4. Magauline 8 ame 46. Anarchlulo 47. Rowiny fmplement 48. American hi 50. Compass II/HIII%E!EI ERNAREEEUE S EEANE dEE ARE lfilI/Hll%ill/ & LT 7R L | VA . English seaport ¢|ker, left for a business trip to e e ome rants and got two | Ketchlkan aboard the Nerthwesi- bottles of moonshine liquor which | ern. he brought to the Wa Wa. | Woven wire fences 29 feet high The contention of the defense|y, oot a grapefruit orchard is that Hanson had been armed;.,n gesert winds are being built with his revolver when ‘he first by-#+Banta Ana, Cal, grower: poarded MclIver’s boat, carrying it| beneath his coat, probably under | the waistband of his trousers. It further contends that when he re- turned to his own vessel for the whiskey he laid it aside and for-| got to pick it up again when he went back to the party on the Wa Wa. | Did Some Drinking After spending some three hours there in general conversation, about which McIver was not questioned this morning by Mr. Foita, and during which some drinking was done, Hanson and Mrs. DeGroot started to go back to Hanson's Plumbing Heati THE TREND is toward “ELECTROL”-of course! Harri Machine Shop | LARGE CROWD IS EXPECTED FOR P.-T. A, MEETING J. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather By the U. 8. Weatner Bureaw) LOCAL DATA Foréchst for Juneas and vieinfty. beginning at 4 pm., Nov. 7: Clearing tonight, Wednesday fair; gentle variable winds. Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind valocuy Weather At the Parent-Teachers' Associa- |4 p.m. yest'y 29.91 36 93 s Rain tion to be held this evening in the |4 am today 3017 36 93 w 2 cldy Juneau Grade School Auditorium|Noon today 30,34, 38 92 SW 2 Cldy | at 8 oclock tonight a large at- & P tendance is expected to be on CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS hand, as an interesting program is - arranged and it is the first regu-| YESTERDAY | TODAY lar meeting of the current year, Highest 4p.m. R. S. Raven, City Superintendent| station temp. upmp. ‘| ::::L‘;;‘ v’e‘lfltyp;:::g W‘e:’::u of Schools said today fiirow e e e 3 i The program, which has been|Nome R 0 o i arranged by Mrs. Trevor Davis,|Bethel I ok 32 | 30 30 4 0 Clear chairman of the committee and|pory yukon 14 12 H ey -2 4 02 Clear the Rev. John A. Glasse and Miss|Tanana 22 22 ‘I o 18 0 To Bnod Alice Palmer, includes a descrip- | pairbanks 2 24 i 0 92 s 06 Sno¥ tion of the Alaska Exhibit at the|pqgre 2 2 | 12 14 e PR o World’s Fair and other intersst-|gt paul 43 40 | 34 3 & 02 Pt. Cldy ing points of interest at the Cen-|pyteh Harbor 44 a4 | "% 38 10 086 cCudy tury of Progress Exhibition by Mrs. | Kogiak oy : Edith Sheelor as well asseveral en-|cordova 40 A tertaining musical numbers. iy 40 :;g [ :;g ;(Di g 7‘: C(I;i: H. W. Douglas, President of the|gjtka ... 43 S - 2% el d¥ Parent-Teacher Assoclation for this| getchikan 6 4 | 4 4 54 BL Cldg' year, urges every parent and oth-|prince Rupert 56 46 [ [ 20 ‘Rain ers who are interested in the fine|mgmonton 28 16 I 6 2 8 .Dfi Clay work done by the organizafion, t0|seattie 16 16 | @ e 4 b | C‘!dy be on hand promptly tonight. Portland Tl 48 : 40 40 q 6 F'OGE; San PFrancisco ... 68 60 | 46 46 4 0 Pt.Cldy WALTER B. KING HERE, BUSINESS bel Al light rain or snow in Western and Interfor Alaska. The barometric pressure is moderately low in Bering Sea with It is slightly low normal in Western Canada with moderate rain in Southeast aska, and moderately high over most of Alaska, and rising in all portions of the Territory, with clear weather in the Gulf of Alaska and Northern Alaska. Temperatures fell last night in Northern Walter B. King, former assist-|Alaska. ant Distriét Attorney, now a prac-| ticing attorney of Ketchikan, ar- e PSR afternoon He rived in Juneau this aboard the steamer Alaska. comes here on court business. “Business is picking up in our city,” said Mr. iKng. “The past summer was better than one year ago. Conditions are generally bet- ter and everybody in Ketchikan| Juneau Cash Grocery | CASH AND CARRY Corner Second and Seward Free Delivery _Phone 58 i is optimistic. i | SOOTER IS ACQUITTED BY VERDICT OF JURY| Don Sooter, on trial since last week for alleged violation of the| National Prohibition Act, was found | not guilty yesterday afternoon, the| jury returning its verdict about| 3:15 p. m. It deliberated three| hours. | Sooter was accused of having been implicated in the operation| of a still located about two miles| south of Thane. it Sy L S JACK CONWAY LEAVES FOR SEATTLE TO VISIT MOTHER | Jack Conway, Alaska Steamship | agent in Sitka and member of the firm, Conway and Ganty, in !hc‘ Baranof Island nietropolis, left on‘ the Northwestern for Seattle to| visit his mother who has been ill.| He expects to be away for &veral weeks. ng Sheet Metal boat, while DeGroot was to re-; main in the Wa Wa. Mrs, DeGroot left the forecastle fir'st, followed by Mclver and then Hanson came behind. As Mclver was assisting the woman over the rails of the two vessels, he heard a shot behind him. Sees Hanson Down He whirled, he said, and saw on the deck, sort of curled up, the body of Hanson, whose head was about 18 inches outside of the entrance to the forecastle. Han- son neither moved nor made any sound after MclIver turned, he said. He hurried to the door of the' forecastle and saw DeGroot stand- ing about the middle of the cabin with a rifle in his hands. He ask- ed DeGroot, “What in Hell's go- ing ‘on here?, to which the latter replied: “He threatened me,” and “I shot him.” Mclver said he kept DeGroot and his wife aboard until he had sUmMmoned thé Unit= Not Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER RICE & AHLERS CO. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL “We tell you in advance what Job will cost™ J. K. PAUL MEAL TICKETS Worth $12.00 IN A REAL CAFE! ‘Choice of Menu! FOR Pioneer Cafe NICK NOVAK CRAZY CRYSTALS Butler Mauro Drug Co. m HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTEI‘JS The Gastineau Our Services t0 You Begin and End at ‘the Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat XMAS CARDS DISTINCTIVE! DIFFERENT! souD By~ and Imprinted g ey sipd THE EMPIRE Printing Co. PHONE 374 And Our Re;fldefiutive Will Calll Or See Them at the Empire Ofice! Teslateigye edonty oobnd Al i L Azen SwdE ¥ Anon sirirtnfwwis