The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 7, 1934, Page 9

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” TWELVE PAGES ANK ROBBER AN JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934. D KILLER S SECOND SECTION—PAGES 1 TO 4 HOT DOWN POSSE KILLS SKAGWAY TEAM Telephone Girls Are Heroines CONVICT WHO ESCAPES FROM DEATH HOUSE ‘Blackie Thompson, Wait- ing Execution in Texas Penitentiary, Falls from Bullets—Others Free AMARILLO, Tex., Dec. 7—Rivin ‘Blackie” Thompson, notorious bank robber and killer, who escaped from the Texas Penitentiary death house, was shot to death last night by a posse, twelve miles east of here. Orders were given to show no quarter. Roy Hamilton and Joe Palmer | were the other outlaws who es- caped from the Texas prison death house with Thompson. They are heing hunted. SOUTH SEAS MYSTERY IS CLEARIN UP Sudden Death of Famous Self-Exiled Nudist Is Reported LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 7— News of the sudden death of the world famous and self-exiled nudist, with the solution of the equatorial death mystery and strange vanish- ing of the Baroness “Empress” has been flashed from Charles Island, one of the Galapagos group, by Captain G. Allen Hancock, mas- ter of the exploration cruiser Val- ero Third. Dr. Frederick Ritter, Berlin phil- sopher and raw food faddist, died there as the result of a stroke on November 21 last and the strange Baroness Eloise Bonsquet Dewag- ner mysteriously left the Galapagos Islands July 5 with Robert Philip- son, and no word has been heard of them. Shortly before Dewagner vanish- ed she drove on Lorenz from Charles Island. He left the island with Tryve Nuggrud, a Norwegian sailor and a negro boy in Nugg- rud’s lgunch, headed for Chatham Island about fifty miles away. It is believed that they were blown ashore on Marchena Island, where all three perished of thirst. VIENNA HOTEL GOING MODERN Pre-War Rendezvous of Noblemen to Be Re- modeled for Comfort VIENNA, Dec. 7—Ghosts of old Vienna, of gay archdukes and plot- ting noblemen, are raised by an announcement that the Hotel Sacher is to be modernized. Since the death four years ago of its white-haired, cigar-smoking owner, Frau Anna Sacher, the hos- telry has had repeated dealings with bankruptcy courts. After the war impoverished the greater part of her clients, the Hungarian and Polish nobility, Frau Sacher attracted wealthy tourists, among them many Am- ericans, despite her refusal to c+er to modern ideas of comfort. = the old days wine flowed like waler in the Sacher, with its pri- vate dining rooms, the first in Vienna, but running water was as unkaown ih its bedrooms as in these of Emperor Franz - Joseph's palaces. Many aristocrats remained true to the hotel as long as Frau Sacher lived, but left it after her death.| Competition for the dwindling tour- | ist patronage grew keener, s.ndi forced the place to conform to de- | mands of the times. - FAMILY QUARREL LONDON, Dec. 7—Gordon Rich- ards, England’s premier jockey, ' raised an objection against his brother Clifford when the latter | beat him in the Kempsey Long Distance Handicap. But the judg- es overruled him and the brothers ENDS VISITBY SURPRISE WIN in Fire in St. Francis Hotel SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 7— | cating fi e b f the blaze Praise for switchboard operators R gl and other employes is given by 600 guests of the St. Francis Ho- White Pass A. C. Quintet tel where an early morning fire Upsets Juneau All- Stars, 35 to 28 ! RESULTS LAST NIGHT White Pass A. C. (Skagway) | 35, Juneau All-Stars 28. - GAMES TONIGHT | At Juneau High School—Doug- | las Firemen vs Juneau High School at 7:30 o’clock; Moose vs Krause’s Concreters at 8:30 o’clock. caused damage estimated at $100,- ! 000. Miss Margaret Brill and Miss 'mannor Fuller, telephone opera- Leopards Attack Herds CAPETOWN, South Africa—Leop- |ards driven from the Drakenstein | mountain-tops by heavy snows are !attacking herds within 100 miles lof Capetown and several commun- for $1,220000 at wholesale prices, wich Village, New York City, now !itles have raised bounties on the State Department of Conservation {animals to $25 It's a long road that has no turning, and the Juneau All-Star bosketball team will tell you, it's a lonz hoop game, that doesn't turn, too. Including on their roster some of the best players in the Juneau City Basketball League, these All- Stars led the White Pass A. C. of Skagway for 35 minutes their exhibition game at Ju- neau High School last night only to lose out in the final few mo- ments of play, 35 to 28. With the count knotted at 25- all with five minutes to go—after some brilliant upbin werk L7 the tired visitors who were playing their fourth hard game in as many days—the Skagway lads suddenly found their shooting eyes. The fin- al stages of the tilt developed into a veritable shower of baskets as the Juneauites vainly sought to halt the runaway. Last night’s win gave the fast- playing visitors an even break in four games on Gastineau Chan- nel. They defeated Douglas High School for their other victory, but dropped games to Juneau High School and the Douglas Firemen. They plan to leave for Skagway to- day or tomorrow on.the S. 8. Capt. James Fornance, U. S. Army boat. Warren Griffith, Skagway Pres- byterian minister, and speedy for- ward, was high for the evening with 13 points. He did not enter the contest until the second quar- ter. Paul Brown, Krause Concret- er's star forward, was the best loser with 10 points. The summary: Skagway (35) Juneau (28) G. Blan' (6) ) Brown (10) Lee e . Lindstrom Sipprell (T) B o Bayers (8) Ingalls (5) G Sturrock A. Blan’ (4) G Orme Substitutions: Skagway—Griffith " (13); Juneau—Henning (4), Led- better (2), Gerwels (4), Burke, Orme. Referee—Harold Regele. DOUGLAS SHOWS HERE Tonight’s regular City Basket- ball League doubleheader, starting at 7:30 o'clock at Juneau High School, features the first Juneau appearance of the Douglas Fire- men. The Fire Laddies from across the Channel are billed to open the fireworks by playing the Juneau High School team. And, by win- ning, the visitors could tie Coach Harold Regele’s lads for fourth place in the standings. A High School win would bounce that club into undisputed third place. 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Many of the som- munities surveyed depend on oil lamps. ii after it's expiration next June. The new law would be on the elective basis, for those industries which desired an opportunity for further trial The Congress warned against ef- forts to continue or intensify Gov- ernment control over industry. Pig Thrives on Bottle SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 7.— ‘When the mother of a six-day-old pig became paralyzed, Fireman C. H. Wooderly took the small ani- mal home with him and began nursing it with a baby's milk bot- tle. The youngster is practically making a pig of itself, Wonderly reported.