16 Nov 1925
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1925
Page
1
D C Stephenson, once a Dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, is convicted of second degree murder in the Madge Oberholtzer case in Noblesville Indiana. Judge W M Sparks imposes a life sentence. Stephenson plans an appeal while Earl Gantry is acquitted.
The halibut open season ended at midnight with a 90 day prohibition. 59 vessels landed 1,309,958 pounds at ports including Juneau, with prices around 10 cents per pound, slightly down from 1924. Local fleet ships will ship catches south on the Alaska, with eight vessels arriving in port and cargoes listed.
Winnipeg residents honored three local World War I Victoria Cross recipients by renaming their street Valor Road. A memorial lamp was unveiled at the new street intersection with Portage Avenue. Only Lieut Col. Robert Shankland survived. F. W. Hall and Leo Clark died serving Canada.
In Tacoma Washington on November 16 Roy Benson was killed and his two brothers Henry and Bert were injured when their car, driven by Roy, collided on the highway between Seattle and Tacoma with a vehicle carrying eight passengers led by H O Silverton. Benson’s car overturned into a ditch and caught fire as other autos skidded and piled up, all suffering minor damage.
In Fort Madison Iowa on November 16 Herbert Heliman Gertrude Neusel and Rose Neusel all residents of the city were killed when their car struck a Burlington passenger train. A fourth occupant was severely injured as snow obscured the driver's view in the fatal crash.
Tokyo statistics on cafes and restaurants show 23 352 public eating places excluding hotels clubs and semi private venues. Foreign restaurants total 5 723 Chinese style 1 208 and Japanese style 13 414. Only in Kojimachi do foreign restaurants outnumber Japanese.
Sigurd Wallstedt, supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose in Alaska, returns to Juneau on the Estebeth from Sitka where he presented the Mooseheart film Emblems of Love. He plans to tour the west, interior, and Fairbanks to organize a Men's Legion and possibly a Women's Legion, with showings in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Seward, aiming to return south by mid December.
Kennecott Copper Company raised its annual dividend to 4 dollars per share from 3 and a half dollars by declaring a 1 dollar quarterly dividend payable January 2. The firm had been paying 75 cents quarterly since dividends resumed in January 1938.
Renville Mont November 16 Four trainmen died and several injured when the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul fast train Columbian en route to the Pacific Coast collided with a freight train a mile and a half west of here on a straight stretch Two locomotives were pulling nine freight cars and the passenger crashed into them The dead are William Fillmore Minneapolis engineer of the Columbian D Harmer Minneapolis head brakeman of the freight Abe Young Montevideo engineer of the second freight locomotive and C D Davis St Paul mail clerk
Rome dispatch reports the Extreme Fascist Limpero hails Count Volpi's success with the Washington debt commission as a victory for the Fascist regime promising rapid, incalculable benefits to Italy.
Felix Sloper, condemned for the slaying of Patrolman Geo Campbell, ends a 20 day hunger strike in San Francisco after today’s development. The case centers on the November 16 report.
Major Luther I. Powell of Portland organizer of the Canadian Ku Klux Klan was permitted to enter Canada for 30 days and attended a Klan meeting at headquarters in Vancouver last night.
Senator Charles L. McNary said Pacific Coast opinion favors regional representation on the Shipping Board and opposed one man control. He defended Bert E. Haney, a Democrat on the Shipping Board whose resignation Coolidge had asked for months ago, and noted Coolidge would not reappoint Haney.
Premier Stanley M. Bruce's government won re election securing 48 of 75 seats in the House and a Senate majority. Labor Party held 28 House seats as official results confirmed the coalition's return in Melbourne.
A 90 mile gale struck the coast off Astoria Oregon blowing two traileys high and dry on shore despite engines pulling with anchors. Boats anchored in Snug Harbor at the mouth of the Columbia River. Nine vessels hovered off the river yesterday and today, five vessels awaiting chance to depart.
SEATTLE November 16 Arthur Lyman Hawley aged 57 died yesterday. In 1897 he organized with Judge W D Wood former Seattle Mayor the Seattle Yukon Transportation Company which did extensive business during the Alaska gold rush.
Denver police and citizens vow open war on bandits with legal protection for officers who kill desperadoes. District Attorney Foster Cline says officers should take no chances and a dead bandit is better than a captured one.
London reports that royal carriages and coaches wear out or need replacement faster than common ones. Castoffs fetch buyers among rich businessmen and film outfits, with crests and identification marks removed before sale and some units bound for America.
Plymouth England November 16 Lady Astor urged Plymouth women to campaign for abolition of submarines saying she would travel around the world to rally support.
Washington on November 16 the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said next year’s federal revenue is cut to the limit and will oppose any attempt in the House to raise the cut. The reduction is estimated at 304 million dollars.
The Western Branch of the American Mining Congress met in Phoenix on November 16 to decide a policy for presenting to the National meeting in December a proposal for a new status for the Bureau of Mines.
Frank Landon Sanford, 55, died at Cushman hospital in Tacoma on Friday. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he was a hardware salesman who had lived in Seattle for 30 years. Sanford circled the globe three times and spent four years in Alaska, mainly the Yukon, after his army service.
New York November 16 The Grill Room and Bar at the Elks Club, home of the parent Elks organization, has been padlocked for six months as prohibition proceedings proceed.
Washington Nov 186 The Navy Board of Inquiry postponed the investigation into Capt Paul Foley over allegations he sought to influence testimony by Mrs Zachary Lansdowne widow of the dirigible’s late commander. Judge Advocate Major Henry Leonard, replacing Foley, asked for time to study the records.
A slight quake was felt in Hartford this morning with buildings swaying. The tremor occurred during a storm with high winds heavy rain and unusually warm temperatures.
Victoria reports Gonzales Heightseek logged a severe two hour earthquake centered about 2200 miles away near the Aleutian Islands Alaska.
In Tsingtao on November 16 General Changs Fiftieth Shantung Division mutinied and fired from the rear on the Russian White Brigade. Most Russians were killed, including an armored car party. The Russians were reported to number in the hundreds and engaged in the attack prior to the mutiny.
In Berkeley 72,000 fans watched the Washington Huskies defeat the California Bears 7 to 0 at Memorial Stadium. Capt Tesreau starred for Washington with the lone touchdown as California threatened early but failed to score.
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