The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRIIS - “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIH.. NO 6508. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1933. MEMBE.R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 'PRICE TEN CENTS MOB STORMS JAIL; NEGRO IS LYNCHED PRESIDENT IS STOCKS CLOSE CONSULTED BY | MONTH IN DULL TWO ADVISERS, SESSION TODAY No Change in Monetary Policy Is Indicated for Present WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 29' NEW YORK. Nov. —President Roosevelt has bzen|were firm today but [rldm’ joined here by two leading finan-|dull. Wheat rallied tw cial advisers of the Administra-| The dollar dipped, then locouud tion, Eugene Black, Federal Reserve|in foreign exchanges. d Governor, and Henry Bruers,! Closing gains ranged from one Federal Credit Coordinator, for ajto around three points. fresh review of the credit and| Tod: session was the monetar ituation. nes the spring and It is evident there is no change| were slightly over 500,000 In the policy on the commodity Curb Steady dollar in prospect. The curb was steady There is a suspicion the Presi-)Bonds were back, dent is extending his vacation.| ernment’'s rallying from lows. His hard working aides and others| The general list was irregular. confirmed this as the Chief Ex- Metals and <quities and s ecutive continued his good natured| eral industrials were up. banter. Pre-holiday apathy ruled the cotton market. Silver and rubber improved. Homestake was up 24 points. U. | S. Smelting, Dome, Depasco, Mc-| Intyre-Porcupine and American ;Smo]:ing was up one to three | points. Allied Chemical PHOTO DISPLAY -2 | Tssues up one to two points in- {rluded Case, General Motors, In- | ternational ~Harvester, Chrysler, Dupont, Standard Oil of New Jer- sey, Western Union and Johns- Manville. ing Off—Some Gains Reported Made 29 —Stocks | slow- share: but dull. | ——————— WINTER & POND PUT ON UNIQUE was up Pioneer Photographers Show Early Pictures on 4Oth Annlversary CLOSING PRICES TODAY In observance of their fortieth NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Closing ary as oite of Juneau's|quotation of Alaska Juneau mine business firms, Winter and | stock today is 22%, American Can Pond Company are displaying no 7. American Power and Light 67% a nm(.m' collection of photograph Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2! shop windows on Front Bethlenem Ste: 21 33%, Calumet and They show sacnes of | Hecla 4%, Colorado Fuel and Iron, days in this community| no sale; Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox men were men, drank their| Films 14, General Motors 32% and wore long' International Harvester 40%, Ken- and contrast the vil-|necott 21%, Packard Motors 3 {hat time with the mod-|Canadian Pacific 13%. Chic ate little city of today. | Milwaukee (preferred) 8%, Stand- we believe, the oldcslward Oil of Cglifornia 41%, Unit- nership in business today,” Mr. | ed Corporation 5%, United States said. “The association form-|Steel 43' ed in 1893 between Lioyd V. Win i BUBBLE BALL T0 BE HELD THURS. m ('1» collection of phol.)vxapm on display one that is believed | to be cne of the first pxnmam'u of Juneau. It was taken abou 1890. The town then was composed* of a few frame huildings, cablns,; stores with false fronts, and abou” the only one today standing is Lhe' old Opera House, now the Orpheum | attendance at the annual Purple Roo! and it has been substanflButhC Ball tomorrow evening at altered and} enlarged. |the Elks’ Hall is being included Contrasting this frontier tide- j, the Thanksgiving plans by a vater settlement, is the iatest pan- jarge portion of Juneau residents, ma photograph of the cily, poth old and young, Ibng time, L all of the business and|yesidents and new comers, for this' much of the residential sections of affair, held each year, is one of the city. |the main dances of the winter. There are many other interesting| Music, by Jimmy Steele’s Revel- pictures in the display. Among ers, sepecial favors, delicious, re- them are included: Decker Bros., freshing punch and wafers, are | store, the Log Cabin, which stood among the special attractions plan- where the Zynda Hotel now is' ned this year by the committee located; the first Franklin Hotel,|in charge. Gay, bobbing purple a Louvre dance hall scene, the cast'balloons will be the feature of of an early amateur theatrical decorations in the attractive ball production; the house that was room and lend an air of festivity first erected where now stands to the occasion. Goldstein’s Emporium, and many} Those on the Elks' Dance Com- | others. | mittee in charge of the Purple Tall trees grew where the Al-|Bubble Ball are Dr. R. E. South- aska Juneau’s great plant now well, chairman, M. E. Monagle, | crushes its millions of tons of ore Ralph Martin, Winn Goddard, W. pioneer is s, each year, and even down to the R. Garster, Howard Lassiter, George | Messerschmidt and | beach line where wharves and|Shaw, George small boat floats are now situaled.lm_ S. Jorgensen. The only sign of industry in the first picture is the smoke from | e meaduell_on Douglas 1sand ALBERT NORMAND IS s in the WINNER OF DINNER, harbor. few i B ‘ CALIFORNIA GROCERY | MARRIETT TIBBITTS FINED BY COMMISSIONER MULLEN | Albert Norman, bachelor, and | employee of the Alaska-Juneau Harriett Tibbitts, arrested | was the winner of the big chicken Sunday after a cutting| dinner award made by the Calif- in her house, was fined|ornia Grocery Store last evening, the U. S. Commissioner’s| with the ticket number 3927, it yesterday by Judge J. F.| was announced by Nick Bavard len. No arrests have been|this morning. However, Mr. Nor- made for the cutting as the vic- | man batches and will thoroughly tim, Tony Haldane, and Mrs. le“enjoy cooking his Thanksgiving ast $2') in Court Pnces Are Flrm But Trad-| \n\‘ sales | the U. 8. Gov-| three + counsel, George B. Grigsby. He said | ent will be as generous with theirs *rarrangement. *'the steamer Yukon next Friday to it [Kulna pers Get Eleven Dollars Instead of Twenty Thousand; WrongChicago M anAbducted CHICAGO, I, Nov. 29.—Kid-, Aside from disturbing the slum- | napers had to be content with $11 | ber of Thomas E. Maloy, head of dln(’d‘l of the $20,000 they de-|the Motion Picture Operators’ Un- { manded because the police said|ion and costing George Graham, { they de a mistake in the iden- a chauffeur, $11 and some anx- | tity of their abducted and intend- | ious moments, it had no other im- lc(l victims. mediate effect. The whole affair was over with- | Graham was released after it in two hours. | was found he was thc “ronz man. ‘TW[I SENTENCES MUSICALE T0 IMPOSED TODAY, BE GIVEN ON BY ALEXANDER ~ NEXT TUESDAY | {Paul Johnson Gets 15-Year Plans Progre«mg Nicely Term—Mrs. Nichia Is for Affair of Trinity Given 10 Years Cathedral Choir Paul Johnson, convicted of man-{ Plans for the musicale, to bej| slaughter for the killing of Mrs. given by Mrs. G. F. Alexander |Eva Lawrence in this city last and Mr. Willis E. Nowell, under Spring, was today sentenced by the auspices of Trinity Cathedral |Judge G. F. Alexander to serve Choir and Guild, on next Tuesday '15 years in the Federal Peniten-| evening at the Governor's House, ary at MecNeil Island, or such|are progressing nicely. other prison as might be designated There are many questions, re- by the United States Attorney garding admission, both as to price General. and number. That there may be | Mrs. Blanche Ridley Nichia, also no misunderstanding, it is stated {convicted of manslaughter for that the general music-loving pub- Ishooting Ole Storset at Yakutat lic is invited to be present. Tt |last September, was sentenced to| will be possible to seat 200. iserve 10 years in such prison as| There will be mno admission might be designated by the At-|charge. “We do not feel” said torney General. | Mrs. C. P. Jenne, “that we would A suspension of sentence for 30 dare set a price on what is offered days was granted to Mrs. Nichia by these two well-known artists. by the Court at the request of her | All that we ask is that those pres- | | he expected to take an appeal and offerings, on the plate which they that it would take a week or more|will find in the hall, as each one| to make the necessary financial|feels able to be.” | | Miss Lillian Alexander will be| Johnson will be taken south on|accompanist for the evening. Whllc‘ will be Miss Alexander's Ill'al‘ | musical appearance in Juneau, she | is no novice and will be warmly welcomed by the musical sef of the town. — e, begin serving his sentence. DR L S SAYS STRIKE - T0 CONTINUE, | higher [HELEN JACOBS (THANKSGIVING IS THREATENED; DAY SERVICES MAKES APPEAL' WILL BE HELD Tennis Champion Receives Juneau Chur—cl;s Will Ob- Letters—Asks Fed- serve Special Holiday erals for Help —Union Meetings BOSTON, Mass. Jacobs, Nov. 20.—Helen| Juneau churches will observe to- tennis champion, reported morrow's holiday with today to the Federal authorities Thanksgiving day services. that she has received several) At 11 o'clock, services will be threatening and obscene letters. | held at the First Church of Christ, She appealed to the authorities Scientist, the subject being “Th‘.mks for help. gmn" X Miss Jacobs has been the gut‘st\ At the Holy Trinity here of Miss Alona Feind since the Choral Eucharist and Corpor- the' default vietory over Helen ate Communion of the Guild will| Wills Moody. { . {be at 10 o'clock. The United States Attorney ask-| Thanksgiving Mass will be said ed Miss Jacobs to bring the m-‘ at the Church of the Nativity ters to lm office. LONDON DEMAND = BODSTS PRIGES ON SILVER FOX orclock. The Northern Light Presbyter- Fur Market Shows Effect of Exchange Rate on an Church unite with the Metho- dlsL Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock in union services at the former (‘hur(‘h The First Presbyterian Church British Pound TACOMA, Nov. 20.—The London‘ A community dinner will be had | demand for white silver fox skins yy the st. Nicholas Society. the with favorable rates of exchange|gaivation Army, and the First on the British pound reflected in| prepyterian Church, This fellow- today’s fur sales. British buyers onin ginner will be held in the snapped up silver foxes from Pa-| placka Native Brotherhood Hall at | citft’ Northwesi farms, as 10 5 gelock In the afternoon. fresh Alaska goods were offered. | R Silvers ranged 20 to 25 per cent | At the Cathedral Thanksgiving Day will be ob- than a year ago. Sales’ amounted to $20,000. \wrvcd in Holy Trinity Cathedral| London demand for muskrats is| !by a celebration of the Holy Com- also strong. Most offerings are be- | | munion tomorrow morning at 10| ing taken for the British market.|o'clock. The day marks the thir- | Another sale of silver foxes will | ty-eightth anniversity of the Conse- be held December 10 by the Wostifmlmn of Bishop Rowe as Bishop Coast Fur Sales Compzmy, Inc. ,or Alaska, and in all of the church- e | es in the Territory special prayers | will be offered for the Bishop, Church at 11 services at 10 o'clock tomorrow | forenoon. Community Dinner Community Thanksgiving Servic- |es will be held in the Salvation| | Army Citadel at 10:00 o'clock on | Thanksgiving Day. The sermon | will be by the Rev. David Waggon- | iChoral Mass, with appropriate| |hymns and anthems. All In*nds" STOCK YARDS for[av Goes 'To $33.93 CHICAGO, TIlI, Nov. 29.—William | Collins, National Organizer of the | WASHINGTON, Nov. 29— | Livestock Handlers’ Union, an or-| ganization of the Union Stock | The Reconstruction Finance Corporation today set the price Yards employees, whose strike has ' tied up activities at the yards, said of gold teday at $33.93 an the Chicago local, No. 517 has re- cunce, compared to $3372 in London, ¢n the basis of the jected the mediation plan of NRA‘ officials. sterling opening at 521%. Collins said the men proposed | -, — | ALASKA AIR EXPRESS to strike until the company signs| ’a wage agreement including the &€T) LOCKHEED MAKES TRIP | TO TAKU RIVER TODAY | With W. S. Simpson as passen- the Lockheed plane of the | demands of the men. | Alaska Air Express, piloted by w.| H. Barnhill, made a round trip to ! Bullard's ranch on the Taku river this morning. The plane left here at 10:30 oclock and returnsd be- fore noon. Mr. Simpson will walk from| Bullard’s ranch to Twin Glacier Camp where he plans to visit L. H. Smith for a short time. It is impossible to Jand on the river as far up as the camp as it is frozen | over. SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT CHICAGO, Tll, Nov. 29.—Late this afternon the strike of the 8,- 000 men at the Union Stockyards was settled, at least temporarily, when the employer organization agreed to a fen percent wage in- ‘crcasa pending further negotia- | tions. They had asked for an in- crease of almost 50 percent. | T \ | MRS. L. P. TAYLOR TO TAKE STEAMER YUKON SOUTH e ALASKAN ARTIST TO PAINT PICTURE OF MT. EDGECOMB | | Mrs. I P. Taylor will leave for! To paint beautiful Mt. Edee- | the south on the stzamer Yukon, comb, extinct volcano, near Sitka, accompanying the remains of Mrs. George Donald Beymer, plans to Sally M. Taylor, mother of Ike leave Juneau in the near future P. Taylor, to Boise, Idaho, where for the former Russian capital. The | funeral services and burial will painting will be done in oils at take place. the order of T. John Gardner, In Boise, Mrs. Taylor will be met New York City, who wishes to add | by her husband, who is now in it to his collection of art objects Washington, D. C., on official bus- ————— iness and funeral services will be MRS. G. F. FREEBURGER planned for shortly after his ar- TO LEAVE FOR SOUTH rival in the Idaho city on De- FOR INDEFINITE L cember 6. e | SURVEY CREW RETURNS FROM WEST COAST TRIP of For an indefinite stay with her family in Portland, Ore., Mrs. G. F. Freeburger will leave Juneau southbound on the steamer Yukon tomorrow. Mrs. Freeburger is 20~ | Banka Gaines has been acqunu»d‘ | husband, Dr. ‘mmut,es in their deliberation and’ _ Drunk, Says Court "and thanksgiving for his long term of leadership. The service| of the Bishop are especially in- vlted to join in the service. The members of the Woman's Auxi]iary throughout the whole American Church will make their Corporate Communion tomorrow, special | Cathedral ‘ es will be held at the Res- | | and Salvation Army will hold joint | [.\u_\'\' the Gov. of Pa., to the Gov. of Cal.! HARRISBURG, Pa. Nov.29— Gifford Pinchot todaysaid ifford Pinchot today said “certainly crowding ers to refuse to pardon to Tom Mooney and yet cham- pion Iynching.” - JAILER KILLED WITH OWN GU IN TOPEKA, KAN. Bank and Posl Office Rob- ber Confesses—Es- capes from Mob TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 29. — A 1z crowd gathered outside ail here this morning after a negro, Benjamin Davis, jailer, had been slugged and fatally wounded with his own pistol, by Cecil Thornberg, white, bank and post- | office robber. i Thornburg had been removed to the State prison at Lansing. negro. Davidson shouted for help before he died. He tossed Thornburg backward down the steps from the upper cell tier knocking him un- conscious. Officers found the pair at the foot of Lhc 5lans W, ). MANAHAN IS NOW WITH NORTHLAND CO. Wellknown “Alaska Ship-, ping Man Is Made As- sistant Manager | SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Walter J. Manahan, veteran Alaskan in the | shipping field, has been made As- sistant Manager of the Northland Transportation Company. | For the past 18 years Manahan has been with the Pacific Steam-| ship Company, part time as ag-' ent in Alaskan ports, the last three years in Ketchikan When the Pacific Steamship re- at the Cathedral will be Adlumsl SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 20—Lily |and will present kheir United Thank Offering. Union Services ™ The annual joint Thanksgiving service of the local Methodist and Presbyterian churches will be held tomorrow, Thanksgiving morning, at 11 o'clock, in the Northern Light church, and all the com- munity who wish to respond to their own inclination and to Presi- dent Roosevelt’s proclamation are |of the charge of murdering her James I. Gaines 'l'he jury of four women and| ht men were one hour and ten | only one ballot was taken. The sanipractor was August 15. The state sought to prove Mrs. Gaines was jealous of his many! women friends and also wanted | 5 ) his life insurance. urged to attend this service, or The defense claimed unknown|some other Thanksgiving Day ser- persons shot Dr. Gaines as he ar-vice in_the city. The Rev. Henry R. Cross, of the rived home after visiting another | Methodist Church, will deliver lh(‘ ‘woman. The trial was one of the most| Thanksgiving address, his sub |being, “The Individuality sensational in the history of the f Thanksgiving.” Inland Empire. —_———— The people are urged to go at LEA! SITKA; 10:45 oclock and enjoy Carol| (?l::!-:g oslfrsz;;)x:',\yuoms Beery Davis' “Organ Moments," fifteen minute period for qulet meditation while listening to the restful strains of the organ. Mrs. | Davis will play “Chanson” (Gro- ton); ‘‘Song of (Diggle); and “Song of Happiness” shot on | 01' Eddie Leach, well-known cater- er and former Chief Steward of the motorship Estebeth, is a pas-| senger on the Alaska for Sitka, where he will accept the position| of Chief Steward of the Pion-| eer's Home. —————————— Crazy?, Yes, Says Olaf Boln; No!, clude by 12 o'clock at the latest. Lutheran Church The service at Resurrection Lu- theran Church will be held at 11 o'clock. sing a solo and the male quar- | tette will also sing. The members | of the quartette are: B. F. Mc- . . . . ° . “ In the quiet of the Unit- ed States Commissioner’s Court this morning, there came one who sought relief. “I am crazy,” he declared. stead, and Rev. E. K. Olafson. The pastor will preach on the subject, “Thankful Within.” ® | service is so planned that it will ® | bhe over shortly before the noon | ® hour. | ahan | representative here for the Ameri- ‘Thanksgiving” | | (Dieckmann). The service will con- | Miss Alice Palmer will| ® Dowell, Walter Peterson, Karl Al-| ‘The ‘ bitts denied any knowledge of the jdentity of his assailant. The tender Highway, Capt. Nels dinner. Rogne, returned yesterday from Up to noon today no one had “I want to be sent 10 Morningside.” ing south to benefit her health,| ® as a change of climate has been | ® . e tired from the Alaskan field, Man- became® freight and traffic can Mail and Pacific Steamship lines. Manahan will divide his time between Seaftle and Southeast Al- aska. Mr. Manahan is well known in Junéali Where he was located dur- ing the World War, in charge of a wireless station. His wife is a | sister of Mrs. Winifred Jones. | ——ee— i FOUND GUILTY ~ OF S11 THEFT { LOS ANGELES‘ Cal., Nov. 29.— Alfred Read, Jr., Oakland broker, whose former wife won a $75,000 heart balm judgement from Claire Windsor, blonde stage and screen actress, has been convicted by a Municipal Court jury of stéaling $11 from the actress’s purse last kOct,c;ber. e ('rm’lty to Children | Charges Investigated | By Canadian Official S WINDSOR, Ont, Nov. 29. — The | government is conducting an in- | quiry into alleged atrocities in a Childrénd' A1d Society shelter. Miss \Cn'hmme McDonald has sworn that children were beaten black | and biue, | She has sworn that | Thornburg admitted shooting the and were hit with fists.| food was| SEVEN THOUSAND TAKE YOUTH TO TREE, HANG HIM Confesse:]—;\ltacker of | White Girl Pays Pen- alty for Crime CRCWD DEFIES TANK | CORPS, NIGHT BATTLE Second Offense of Dead Colored Man—Gover- nor Will Investigate J | | | | | sT. JOSEPH, Mo. Nov. 20—A ‘mob estimated at 7,000 persons, {last night stormed the Buchanan ‘County jail, overpowered the offi- cers, and dragged Lloyd Warner, 19-year-old negro, who the police said confessed to attacking a 22- year-old white girl, from his cell land hanged him to the limb of a tree near the court house. The mob burned the body after life was extinct. Battles Officers The crowd battled with the | peace officers and National Guards- ! men, then battered down the jail doors regardless of tear gas. | There was some shooting, but i no casualties. | Girl Found Tied | The girl, name withheld, was | waylaid on her way home Monday ‘mghl from a theatre. Near hys- | teria, batfered and bruised by her assailant, she was found in an | alley, tied with her own stockings. | Officers said the white girl was the second woman Warner had at- tacked but they did not take ac- t\on in the first case in which woman Wwas 4 negress. Pleads Guilty Early yesterday morning Warner was arrested and said he was ready | to plead guilty. He asked for an 'early arraignment. Criminal Judge J. V. Gaddy di- | rected the case be taken up today, | as “I do not want to rush things.” ! A mob began forming at dusk !last night. Stones were hurled at ! the jail and Gov. Guy Park order- ed out the Thirty-Fifth Tank Company of the National Guard but only a few froopers responded. Tanks on Scene Tanks went to the jail but the mob put one out of action. This morning Sheriff Otto The- sen stood in the wreckage of his home and described the invasion by the crowd which lynched War- ner. ‘The Sheriff, a self-styled “Pighting Dutchman,” said he did everything he could to stop them “preaking up my Thome. They stole things, took my overcoat and | geveral hats belonging to my men in the jail. The mob tossed rocks, bricks and eggs, whatever they could get their hands on. They also were shooting through the windows. I expected my men to be shot any minute. Then I of- fered to give up the prisoner.” Nothing To Do | The Sheriff said he proposed | to do nothing about the mob's | action. ]' ~1 am a fighting Dutchman, but ere too many fighting Insh'nen in that crowd,” said the Sheriff. An investigaticn has been or- dered by the Governor. GRADE SCHOOL HAS - SEASONAL PROGRAM | Al grades in the local public | school participated in a Thanks- ! giving program in the Grade School auditorium this afternoon. Chil- | dren of each grade presented a portion of the entertainment, up=- on which they have been working | for some time under the direction of their teachers. A number of | parents attended the program. The children will enjoy a four= day holiday this week, as tomor- 'row is Thanksgiving, and there will be no school on Friday, ac- cording to an announcement made today by R. S. Raven, Superin- tendent of the City Schools. oy s, 75 e | called for the big turkey dinner| HARRY SUMDUM IS FINED; *whxch with all the trimmings PAWNED BORROWED GUN for a successful feast is also be- | ing given away by the California Chmgt'd with embezzlement bY | Grocery. The successful number bailee, Harry Sumdum was today | for the turkey dinner is 6819 and sentenced in the United States| the second number is 139. If the Commissioner's Court to Ppay a holder of the first number has not fine of $50, in default of which he | called for the turkey dinner by was committed to jail to serve out| this evening it will be awarded to, the fine. Sumdum is said to have | the holder of 139 as Br. Bavard borrowed a gun from a friend and | wants the turkey to be enjoyed for pawned it, spending the proceeds. | Thanksgiving. Craig with a Bureau of Public Roads survey crew consisting of E. Schwartz, chief of party, | Mark Jenson, Norman Rustad, Wal- |ter Gerwals and Eddie Laurie. It has been absent about 30 days. It made a topographic survey for the Forest Service at Sitka and went from there to Craig where it ran a three-mile location survey to- ward Klawock where it is planned to open homesites on Crab Bay for SeLuemenL | ordered by her physician. ! ————— FORMER NOMEITE HERE | F. Dudley Sheldon, forme Nome, was an incoming pass on the Alaska. He has dhmdd of his drug store in Nome to Lomen Brothers, and if conditi home here. Mr. Sheldon re cnm‘ returned from a cruise to the South Sea Islands. ®eccecccccoce “Do you drink?” asked Judge J. F. Mullen. “I do, lots” replied the self-adjudged insane man “Well,” said the Judge, “T think you have been drink- ing lots too much,” and he sent for a Depufy Marshal to take him fo jail fo sober up. The man was identified as Olaf Boln. e® o0 o000 0 0 0 o o regarded as too early. ® MR. AND MRS. J. G. SHEPARD | stuffed down their throats until| ® |LEAVE FOR SITKA TODAY| they became ill, and could not keep | e| 1In connection with his especial | the food, thus forced on them, on o | work with the United States Geo- | their stomachs. The claim is made | @ | logical Survey, J. G. Shepard left|that one child died from mistreat- e ! Juneau for Sitka on the steamer | ment. ® | Alaska. He was accompanied byj -, — ® Mrs, Shepard. MRS. JOHN ERICKSON . e e 1 ENTERS ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL . Fifteen years ago March was | o considered an early date to hatch| Mrs. John Erickson entered St.| @ chickens, but now January 1 is nOl{Ann's Hospital last night to receive medical care.