The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 9, 1936, Page 2

HALF-PRICE Values to $16.50, NOW . .. .. GIRLS’ SILK DRESSES . . . SKIRTS s SPECIAL ON CURTAIN SCRIMS BROCADED DAMASKS, 50 in. wide SH CURTAINS—Green and Rust, regular $4.75—Clearance LACE PANEL CURTAINS M] White M ARGUMENTS T0 JURY CONCLUDE DEGROOT TRIAL Dead Witness Cited by De-| and also in that of George Jones, | former Depuly Marshal who was gent to make investigations. Mr. Faulkner attempted.to link Hansen, as an alleged bootlegger with the crime wave in the vicinity of the mining communities. Dr. William P. Blanton was called to testify as to DeGroot’s alleged col- or-blindness, made a point at issue by the defendant’s testifying that he saw Hansen with a large black re- | volver. fense in Chichagof | Clerk of Court Robert E. Cough- {lin was called to testify concermn; Murder Case | is knowledge of the dsfendant and (Continued fivm Fage One) Mrs. DeGroot when he (Coughlin) | was a purser on a boat visiting Chi- Visit Recalled Mrs. Ethel Haines related how the |defendant came to Hansen's former which, she said, were made with a |home in Juneau, which she was then gun. He pointed out that while she 0¢cupying, to make inquiries about | contradicted this testimony in the him shortly before the shooting. new trial, she still admitiéd that|Dave Housel, proprietor of the Alas- | tirst trial to ten separate threats | made by Hansen against DeGroot shortly before the killing, several of One Group WOMEN’S DRESSES ' $5.00 '$1.95 CLEARANCE CF WINTER HATS, SCARF'S, PURSES, BLOUSES, 5(2 EACH 95(! Cleann-Up Lots CRETONNE ASSORTMENT, values to 75¢c Now 25¢ yd. COLORED MONKSCLOTH, &0 in. wide $1.00 yd. and 2 yds. $1.00 27 in. OUTING FLANNEL—Pink, Blue and .8 yds. for $1.00 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juncau’s Leading Department Store” _l=llll|!llll|llIIIlIIIIIIIIlIlII|II|le]]IIIIilIilllIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||||IIIIIII||IlIIIIIII_I[II![I}IIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIII AND REBEKAHS —- chagof previous to the alleged crimc. and Rebekahs, both Juneau and there were several threats made by the victim. kan Hotel, narrated a conversation | he assertedly had with Mr. and Mrs. | |0dd Fellows will do likewise. The Bullet Course Studied DeGroot when they first arrived in Mr. Faulkner attacked the narra- | Juneau. tive of R. B. (“Doc”) Mclver, owner | Ray L. and J. G. Carison and Har- | of the gas boat on which the slaying 'ry Douglas of Hoonah were called ) assertedly occurred. McIver and as charucter witnesses for the de- George Jones, former Deputy U. S.|ceased. Marshal, declared that Hansen w Testimony Reversed shot in the back. The derense pointed | Widespread interest has been| to the report of Dr. W. W. Counc'l, |aroused by the assertedly confusing | who performea the autopsy, in claim- {angles of the alleged crime, high- | ing that the victim was shot in th> |lighted by the complete reversal of | side near the front. her previous testimony by Mrs.| Frequent clashes between the de- [Kirkibo, and the incarceration of | fense and the prosecution marked |Clarence Johnson for assertedly car- the taking of rebuttal testimony late |rying threatening letters from: the yesterday. At one point, when Tom |accused man to his former wife, the Judson was on the stand as a char- |ehief government witness. | acter witness for the government. ! The slaying occurred after DeGroot Judge Alexander excused the jury|went from Juneau to Chichagof in | from the courtroom for some time an alleged effort to persuade his while the admissibility of comln‘wire to return here with him. She testimony was vigorously argued. refused and elected to remain on the The point at issue involved the dif- island with Abe Hansen, and the| ference between personal opinion and | shooting occurred shortly before she reputation, and ended in' the re-'and Hansen were taking their leave phrising of the questions put to the 'of the defendant. © witness. DeGroot was convicted of second ‘Louis Smith, former U. S. Com- degree murder here November 10, ‘missioner at Chichagof, drew laugh- 1633, and was sentenced to 20 years ter by his centinued efforts to en- by Judge Alexander. The findings Jarge upon his answers concerning vere reversed by tne Circuit Court _ Hansen’s character over Mr. Faulk- lor Appeals and he was ordered ztv-l ‘f*‘l ob); t en a new trial. s - e — e: The ruins of Qualeh { Gabr, of the Island, assaulis and |castle of the fireworshippers, with IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIi"IIIIIHI!IIIIIII|lIIIIIIIIllIIII|IIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIINIIIII|lIIIlllIIIIll|lllllllllllllllllllllll!_! Special Values WOMEN'S WINTER COATS AR NO CAUSE FO FEAR GOVERNOR TELLS BOURBONS Roosevelt Facing Similar Situation to that in Jackson’s Time (Continued Irom Fize One) Exemplified Democratic Principles “Jefferson interpreted and exem- plified Democratic principles and government and laid the broad and staunch foundation for the coun- try. He was properly described ‘as the ‘First American.’ He translated his demoeratic concept as clearly and demonstrated them so conclus- ively that, in theory at least and Jeffersonism long ago became ac- cepted as American doctrine. In theory, at least, Clay, Lincoln, Gar- field, Taft and Coolidge were Jef- fersonian just as were John Quin- cy Adams, Van Buren, Polk, Cass, Pierce, Cleveland, Al Smith and other great Democratic lead “However, through the machina- tions of practical politics, special privilege had gradually got an un- fair advantage over the common Through his vigorous action he whipped special privilege from the seals of the mighty. While he never lost sight of Jeffersonism Democracy, he restored the Jeffer- son ideas of the rights of the mass- es. adhered so closely to his purpose to rescue the forgotten man from ob- scurity and disadvantage that, liks the case with President Franklin 20c yd. ....95¢ yd. ... $2.50 . $1.00 pair AR OO ER RN TR RO = 00D FELLOWS MEET JOINTLY Four Fraternal Organiza- tions of Channel Install Officers Here Tonight Joint installations of Odd Fellows Douglas, will be held in the I. O. O. F. Hall in Juneau this evening. This is the first time such a merg- er Has been attempted on Gastineau Channel, and a large attendance is anticipated. Before the meeting, the Douglas Rebekahs will hold a short pusiness session in their hall and the Juneau latter will have charge of the special entertainment and refreshments. The officers of the following lodges are to be installed: Alaska Lodge No. Al, of Douglas; Silver Bow Lodge No. A2, of Juneau; ‘Northérn Light Rebekah Lodge No. Al, of Douglas; Peseverance Re- bekah Lodge No. A2, of Juneau. Roosevelt, he was called a tyrant, a usurper of power and accused of disregarding provisions of the Con- stitution. Parallels Roosevelt “How this situation parallels the experience of Franklin Roosevelt. “The circumstances that the Su- preme Court has voided some of the Roosevelt measures designed to re- store equality before the law, and quality in the intense rivalry of usiness and industry ought not to iscourage us. It is not the first ime in American history that the upreme Court has voided meas- ures or pronounced illegal executive actions intended to carry the coun- try through a crisis. The Supreme Court voided many important acts f the so-called Reconstruction eriod following the Vivil War, At this point, the Governor recited the history of the famous jail deliv- ery amendment of that time and how 6,000 men held in prisons for violation of = military regulations were freed; how the Supreme Court in decisions rebuked the Republican leaders and completely upheld the Democratic position. “It must be remembered that the Republican Party record in the Re- wgaTe of P in ordinary matters in practice, that | people when Jackson came to power. | His actions were so decisive, he | | new bridge across Lemon Creek on | the Glacier Highway. Other moneys allotted to Alaska under the present administration | which went for improvement of the | Territory, were given as follows by Mr. Pegues: Lighthouss Service, $171.241; Alaskan branch of the { Geological Survey, $95.000; War De- | partment for rivers and harbors | $170/175; Public Survey, $24,389; 'Al- {aska Railroad, $210,008; Bureau of Indian Affairs, $160,500; Al Road Commission, $2,189,258; Alas- | ka Game Commission, $57.234; PWA for strietly. mon-federal projects, $906,765; Federal Emergency Relief | Administration for relief of all kinds $1,628,916. Industry Revived | “The total of all emergency allot- men's to date is about $8,750,000,” the speaker said. “Has the effect of the combined emergency and permanent program been successful in alding business and'industry in :Alaska to recover? Let me present |a few figures which I believe bear | directly on this question. | “Income tax collections for Alaska for the fiscal year 1932 were only |$115209. 1n they increased to $140,230 and a further in was noted for the fiscal year | when collections amounted to $1 690 but the real jump came in 1935 when income tax payments from the | Territory grew to $277,070 or a gain of $120.000 over the preceding year. Income tax collections for the Alas- | ka-Washington district in 1935 ex- | M cceded 1933 by more than 350 per | cent. “The transportation business is on the upward trend. The Alaska Steamship Compeny handled 34 per | cent more freight in 1934 than in {1933, and 49 per cent more passenty- | ers were carried in 1934 than in 1 This increase has continued in 1935 Freignt Revenue 5 o “The freight revenue of the Alas- ka Railroad lacked for the first | nine months of this year only about anSPI $25,000 of being equal to the reve-| | g v N nue for all of 1934. Passenger reve- nues on the Alaska Railroad in 19 M n R G A were almost half again as much in 1933 and they exceeded in the | first nine months of 1935 all of 1934 | by about $25,000. | “On November 30, 1933, the bal- {ance of the Territorial Treasurer amounted to $343,07406. On the Sepate Munitions Commit- same date in 1934 it had increased -~ . tee Reveals Exclusive | to $495499.10 and on November of | this year a further strikine ean Contracts for U. S. | i _— | | was shown with a balance of $716,- 05062, or $220,55152 mote than in ! |1934 ana $37297656 more than in| WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. — More| evidence of close team work between | B J. P. Morgan and the British gov- | Aggregate resources of all Alaska | g nong while this country was de- | banks were almost $2,000,000 more yotoefl FoL B SOty e was | on June 30, 1935, than on the same presented today to the Senate Mu- g g S 1. oo | Ditions committee. S St acrieed o1 “‘“fj] from | ' ncuments were introduced show- $20.67 to $35 an ounce and gold val-| 1,0 tnat David Lioyd George inter ued at $15,.931,063 was shipped from | % (T S TN e the Territory' during the calendar i S0 P10 I T detvely | Iyear of 1036, exceeding slightly the 3, B UEEE O | 1934 production and being approx- A cable; . i gram by an agent of W. ‘nmnmly $6,000,000 more than the Bonbright Company, N. Y., which 1933 output. Silver production in sought a contract to make huge 1935 was $226,500 or roughly $200,- | \;rohases in this country for France 000 more than in the preceding year. said the English Minister of Copper Production ance had induced the French| Alaska is again on the map 8s & 5 give their business to Morgan’ copper producer. Due to the general | parties. | 1933 Leg makeup in colors to matck milady’s varicus outfits was intro- duced in Hollywood for girls whe prefer not to wear stockings. Ols Carroll, ac plying a gold: i copper shade in this. picture ] I 7 ‘ 1. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU | SPECIAL MEETING OF THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecas! for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., January 9: Snow tonight and Friday; moderate southeast winds, LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Veis ‘Weather 4 pm. yest'y 29.41 20 95 s 8 Lt. Snow 4 a.m. today 2951 30 91 SE 9 Lt. Snow Noon today 29.53 34 92 s 4 Lt.Snow CABLE AND kAD1O REPORTS YESTERDAY: | L i | TODAY Highest 4p.m. | Lowestdam. dam. Precip. 4am. Btation temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weathes Anchorage 4. "= -2 —_ — 0 a8 Barrow -0 -18 | =24 20 24 [ Clear Neme! 2 -8 -8 -4 4 0 Cidy Bethel -0 0 jo-10 10 4 0 Pt. Cldy Fairbanks =2 -6 { -8 -8 4 - Trace Cldy Dawson -12 -12 | -12 -8 4 —_ Cldy St!‘Paul . 20 16 12 13 20 0 E ?. Dutch Harbor 34 34 30 30 24 Agu ;:Z: Kodiak . 26 26, 13 24 4 0 Pt Cldy Cordova 32 30 28 28 6 22 Cldy Juneau 29 29 | 28 30 9 35 Snow Sitka ... 40 B | 8 = - 33 — Ketehtkan 44 4 36 36 4 0 Ppt.ody ¢ Prince Rupert ... 40 40 | 30 36 4 10 Cldy Edmotiton “2 R TR 4 0 Pt. Cldy Seattle 48 | 44 46 4 .06 Cidy Portland 46 | 44 46 4 22 Cldy * San ' Francisco 52 | 52 56 12 1.40 Rain New York ... 38 24 38 16 Trace Cidy WasHingtor % | 3 3 8. 2 Rain WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Juneau Airport, eloudy.jtemperature 31; Taku Pass, cloudy, 8; Whitehorse, cleat, “18}'Burliish Landing, cloudy, -22; Radioville, raining, 33; 'Cordova, snowing, 30; Anchorage, mlear, 33; Nenana, eloudy, Falrbanks, cloidy, -6; Tanana, cloudy, -7; Hot Springs, cloudy, -4; Ruby, partly ‘cloudy, -4; Nulato, cloudy, -8; Kaltag, eloudy, -7; Unalakleet, cloudy, ; Flat, cloudy, -3. WEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning throughout the field of observation, the pressure being lowest over the Aletutian Islahds. Precipitation has been general along the coastal regions froin ''Cordova''southward to'' California, the Bering Sea region, and scatteringly over ‘the' intérior of Alaska. Moderate températures ‘prevailed today throughout the Territory. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN My wife, Nellie Solbick, having | left my bed and board, is no longer permitted to use my name for the purpose of obtaining e¢redit and this is due notification that I will not be responsible for her accounts. | adv. KNUT SOLBICK. £ R Y Jack Ketch, the famous English | executioner whose nickname was applied to his successors for nearly two centuries, was appointed public | hangman in 1663, historians believe. e R WS SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! . & AT AL Trie speckdt edtiie’ 4f the City Council scheduled for tomorrow night has" 'been “postponed due to the “iliness ' 'of ‘‘Councilmén G. E. Kratisé, " 'Mayor 1. 'Goldstein an- nounced today. The meeting was called for the purpose of studying the new city building code, which was drafted by Krause. The latter is confined to'his home by bronchitis. [ s —COAL - The Old Favorite—Long Burning Wellington Lump Is again on the market, but at a construction period was mot § ro. POlcies of the Administration which flection on Lincoln,” he said, “Long | Céased the price of copper, the before the death of Lincoln he had | KenRecott mine was able to recpen been repudiated by his party lead- and copper was shipped from the e i value of $2,376,738. g e f;;::lf;v:;z?:;‘f Shev- |all of it came from the Kennecott asked by Senator Ben Wade what ™N¢ and it should be noted that the ‘friends of Lincoln in the the mine did not actually begin to House’ would say about Reconstruc- R e i .R”.M Sutybax tion proposals declared, ‘Lincoln has Thus there is every indication that no friends in the House. ’pmducnon for 1936 will reveal a greater increase over 1935. All's Well | “The lumber industry in 1935 ap- “As I said in preliminary remarks, | Proaehed its 1929 record, and all Democrats always elect Democratic branches of the fisheries in 1934 tickets at Jackson Day banquets Made healthy gains over 1933 and in and Jefferson birthday dinners. But | 1935 all of them, except canned sal- do not be afraid. The American Mmon, continued to advance.+ The' people will re-elect Franklin Roose- | decline of canned salmon was due velt, the great Jeffersonian and ! entirely to the suspension of opera- Jacksonian, next November. God is| tions in Bristoal Bay and labor still in' His Heaven, all's well with|Strikes in Prince William Sound. the country, and Roosevelt is at the | Despite these major handicaps, the s and steel ers who later shaped the Recon-| LC Tty during the b ‘1:1“" bought in ubstantially | ypiteq Sta A committee investigator testified that Morgan’s house sent to the Allies 84 per cent of the arms, steel | | implements which they this country before the entered the warn, | | JAPAN AGAIN ' BLOCKS NAVAL | TALK, LONDON | Conference Suddenly Ad—i journed—To Consid- er New Request 5 greatly reduced price Now $14.30 Per Ton “'+ " F.O.B. Bunkers ; ® IFIC COAST COAL COMPANY o - 0 | « " helm with a secure place in the hearts of the American people.” In an analytical and revealing | address, John E. Pegues brought out | that Alaska had not been overlooked ! by the Roosevelt Administration, although its problems were not as serious nor as grave as those of | the rest of the country. | All Industry Helped “General policies and laws appli- | cable to the entire country have had the effect of reviving Ppractically all lines of industry and particularly our mining operations,” he said. “Emergency ‘agencles, designed to cope with the unusual conditions pending: complete industrial and business recovery, were created in Alaska. Emergency allotments from the Federal government have been | expended in all sections of the Ter- TWO HUNTERS BEING :SOUGHT NEAR KAKE Capt. M. S. Reaber of the Dart re- ported to' the Colleetor: of Customs this morning that a new investiga- pearance of Emil Hugerbuhler and | Lloyd Fenton, both of Port Alexan- der, who have been unreported since | leaving on a hunting trip neary two months ago. Capt. Reaber said that four na- | tives of Kake, George Charles, Billy | Friday( David Charles and David Kohklen made a trip to Woewodski | Harbor last week and found . the pair’s boat. Two skiffs were orig- inally with the craft, one of which is missing, indicating that the men set out for a short trip from the harbor. — et A credit of $6,060,037 is author- ized in a legislative bill President Getulio Vargas fécently signed rais- mfio xgn‘g"o.cp»,m underground chambers, stand on 9 ia high mound southeast of Kazerun, q‘m of Smith, | Persia. pERp (e { uavy. tion has been made into- the disap- | ritory, thus aiding in relieving un- employment in each of the four Di- visions." Tpe Speaker pointed out that an original grant of $175,000 had made possible the construction of im- Provements of 23 schools in the Ter- ritory. - An additional grant of $27,- 000, which will be used in conjunc- tion with $33,000 appropriated by the Legislature, is to be used in constructing four new buildings. The Bureau of Fisheries has found emergency allotments of utmost im- portance in conservation work, he said. The Bureau received $38,285 in 1984 from ‘emergency ' agencies for its conservation program and about $55,000 was made available in 1935. For Territory The Bureau of Public Roads spent $617,336 from July 1 of 1 to November of 1935 to carry on op- erations in the national forests in | president. value of the 1935 salmon output was | practically the same as that of 1933. LONDON, Jan. 9. — The Naval| Exports Double Conference suddenly postponed the | “The products of all other Alas- | scheduled Friday session until next ka industries which were shipped to Monday, after the Japanese in a| the States in 1935 was more than private meeting with the British | double that of 1933, and approxi- | delegates late today, demanded the | mately 60 per cent above that of guestion of fleet equality be ta- | 1934. The value of imports coming ' ken up immediately. into Alaska during 1935 was ap- The American, French and Italian | proximately $32,000,000, or $2,000,- delegates will be asked tomorrow to 000 in excess of 1934, and about | indicate whether they will agree to $12,000,000 more than the imports revert to a discussion of the Jap- of 1933.” | anese demands for parity on the | “MIDNIGHT OIL” If members of your family do a lot of reading nights, they will certainly appreciate the new I. E. S. Study Lamps. i - | high seas. | me AlLf.Dollgs'lCERs snorifi?um:w, FIRST! | ‘ | SHOP IN JUNEAU! New officers were installed at' to- day’s session of the Lutheran Ladies Aid, ‘which met this afternoon in the Fourth and Calhoun residence of Mrs. Alfred Zenger, retiring 0. B. WILLIAMS CO. SASH—DOORS—INSIDE TRIM Keep the warmth in . . . the cold out. These attractively priced items will prove of real service. STORM SASH: 24x49x1%, 4-light 28x49x1'%, 4-light 34x49x1%, 4-light Officers inaugurated were: Pres- ident, Mrs. Leon Danielson; Vice- President, Mrs. M. A. Mello; Treas- | urer, Mrs. Olaf Swanson. | Mrs. Erling K. Olafson was re- tained as Secretary. Retiring officers are: Mrs. Al | 2x55x1%, 4-light Zenger, President; Mrs. Thomas | 8X85x14, 4-light Ness, Vice-President; Mrs. Hans | }4X55x1'4, 4-light COMBINATION STORM AND SCREEN DOORS: 28"x6'8"x1% 3'0”x6'8"x1% NO. 2 5X PANEL DOORS 2'0"x6'8"X1% .. 24"x6'8"X1% 2'6"x6'8"x1% 28"x6'8"x1% Special 6% discount on all orders $50 or over Write for free illustrated catalog. N Berg, Treasurer. Mrs. Harry Stonehouse provided an interesting missionary talk as her portion of the program. "'Ed Jahoda and Carl Del Messier, of the United Food Company, have | purchased the advertised motor boat | formerly owned by Chet Ellis. f the Pirst and Third Divisions, funds made available under the ing the pay of Brazil's army and | emergency setup, Mr. Pegues stated. | hauled. The vessel will be used for Included in the work done is the The boat will be renamed “Del! Hoda,” and will be thoroughly over- | 0. B. WILLIAMS CO. 1933 ‘First Ave. South spring and summer outing trips. ' e o " JUNEAU 6 Don’t wait until it’s necessary to see a specialist about eyes. Poor light will cause “Eye Strain,” forerunner of most éye trouble. BETTER LIGHT—BETTER SIGHT bis TABLE LAMPS $375—Complete—$3.75 Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. i DOUGLAS 18