The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 15, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1927. By GEORGE MM WHAT DO | OWE YOUL- DOC? YOU SAVED MY LIFE-IF { HAD TO SMOKE THOSE GEORGE REMUS Skirts Are To Remain Short BRINGING UP FATHER DADDY-DEAR! | LEFT MOTHER DOWN TOWN- SHE WAS GOING TO BLY A BOX OF CIGARS FOR YOU - SHE'LL el xaow HELLO DOCTOR-COME OVER RIGHT AWAY - | WANT YOUL TO 0O SOMETHING FOR ME-I'LL. YED- YOU MUST GIVE LP SMOKING {MMEDIATELY ALL RIGH T BUT TO BE, BE HOME SOON - HOT e Baseball followers are wondering. what. connection there is between the New York and St. Louis clubs of the National League, for the trade winds are once more blowing, followinz the sensational swap last year of Rogers Hornsby for Frank int Rhem of the Cards (left) and Third Baseman Lester Bell (right) will go to the Giants in exchange ior Vhird Baseman Fred Lindstrom (center) and Pitcher Virgil Barnes (inset), wintarnationei Ne Frisch and Jimmy Ring. Now its reported that Pitcher I SISLER SOLD * T0 SENATORS FOR $25,000 Player Twelve Years with St. Louts Browns, Is Disposed of NEW YORK, Dec. ed five years ago as one of the | greatest all around players of time and worth at least $150,000 as baseball values go, George Sis-| ler has been sold outright by the| St. Louis Browns to the Washing- ton Senators for a sum stood to be not in excess of $25,- 000. The sale of Sisler, who has been with the Browns for the last 12 years, tiree years as man- ager, marked another step in the break-up of the St. Louis cluh promised recently by Phil 'Ball, President. Apparently the club will be re- ‘placed by a complete reorgflnlza-‘ SPECIAL tion. J. H. S. AND D. H. §. - FIVES PLAY TWICE HERE ON SATURDAY . With but two more days Tre- maining until the first game of | the Channel series between the | Juneau High - School - and the ‘Douglas High School Saturday ‘mnms the ~Junmeau Hilltoppers are training hard and in the eyes Bof. Coach Waid are showing Im- ement. ‘g’*'glhm a different’ lineup than for any previous game ' this sea- [ son, Coach Waid expects o start | Neilson at center, with' Burke and . Orme as forwards and Berrgren Whittier in the guard berths ilson has had little opportunity show - his ability as he hav “gn the sick list much of time since turnouts started Whittier,- the other new the lineup, has been show- ;. marked improvement lately. Orme will go into the probably at h?ll time, as or center. It this new Proves . it wiil unde-| f ! | | i | 15—Regard- | played against the Hagles, Junean | | | TELL YOU © 1927 by It Great Britan rights reserved WHEN YOU GET Featwe Service (ne Hn-15 FLL FI%X UP SOME MEDICINE FOR YYOU- STOVE LEAGUE RUMORS BIG TRADE B teams in action give Douglas an even break at the least, “On paper, the J. H girls have an edge over their oppou- onts, as they defeated the Alumn twice while the Alumni emergad victor over Douglas, The gam~ should be hard fought and with close score, COLLEGE BGYS TO PLAY FIVE GAMES BASKETBALL HERE| Five games of basketball, to ne | | s, | | | | | ol | High School and the Juneau City team are asked for by the Alaska Agricultural College in a wire re- ceived today by IMarvey Barragar | from K. W. Abell, coach. Whether the College five will play their games here on their way:- south or on the return trip from Seattle is not definitely known, but Abell asked for games on January 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, to -be played against the three teams named above. A more definite announcement should be forthcoming within a short time as a letter from Coach Abell is expected on the next steamer from the westward. o — BOWLING MATCH ON SUNDAY A special bowling match has| been scheduled for 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon” in the Elk'z Alleys, between two teams com- posed of the ten men who had the highest averages throughout the Elk’s Tournament, completed last Monday evening. Darby, Hendrickson, Henning, Bavard and Varderleest will com- pose one team and will be oppos- ed by Barragar, Radde, H. Messer- schmidt, Lavenik and Guyot. George Franklin, who has been in the St. Ann's nospital since December 2 for treatment, is im- proving rapidly, according to ab tendants. He received a broken arm dislocated leg in the lat- of -November when he H ——— FRANKLIN RECOVERING ,vu.im medical aid before he was brought here, becavse the weath- ) ROCKNE T0 MANAGE BiC OCEAN TRIP Notre Dame Mentor Hires Liner for Excursion Overseas NEW ing his YORK, Dec. 15-—Abandon summer coaching sehe with its $15,000 income, Knu Rockne, famous Notre Dame ball mentor, today announced through his stern repre: tives his decision to take a plunge into international affairs and sponsor a tour of six nations next summer, to include a visit the ‘Olympic Games at Holland. Strictly a “tourist” trip, with no special athletic significance, Rockne has chartered a Cunard liner for the journey, the first in- dividual in the history of that line to contract for®a vessel to take a group of Americans to the continent. Rockne stated through his rep- resentative, that, when friends learned of his intention to visit the Olympics, they besieged him with requests to form a party and that the requests became so wide- spread he decided to form a “tour.” His party, already num- bering many studenis and ath- letic followers, will visit England, Holland, Framce, Germany, Switz- erland, Italy and Belgium. The famous coach is arranging the details at South Bend, Ind. The trip will cover a period of six weeks. e EDUCATION AT NIGHT OFFERED IN BERLIW BERLIN, Dee.. 15--The first evening high schoo), inspired by the American institution, opened here recently. Persons compelled to work may now, for the firg: ‘time, continue théir academic edi- cation. Ont of 2,000 applicants for admission) only 124 passed the entrance tests. ’ “The imstitution was establish: ed to fit the demands of a era,” said Prof. Silhermann, ¢ tor of the new school, “but it} bigh izt maintain our traditional b ETWEEN GIANTS AND CARDS foot- | 0 H i ., range from eighteen rs of age. Cologne, Essen, Duesseldorf and Mayence are planning to follow Berlin's example. Before Jong, German, evening high school may 1l New York's s ntcea, with 35,000 men and women en | rolled. ‘Berlin Dust Ration | Reaches Half Pound| | — - 1 . ; | BERLIN, Dec. 15-The daily ra-[¥ilh the publi ‘liun of dust consumed by the av- |erage Berliner is half a pound, ( with about one thousand cubic | feet of poison gas thrown in, says Dr. Meldau, a sanitary engineer, According to this expert Berlin! is daily smowed under by one | thousand tons of ash dust, emii-) ted from factory and dwelling house chimneys. Enough to fill fifty freight cars, he assoris 3 The consumption of this dust |is the lesser evil, sciemtists main- tain. The dust-laden air prevenis the sun's rays from penetrating. | Especially the ultra-violet whose job it is to kill hostile | germs, are weake:.d or complete- ly vitiated. Recent grippe epi- demics are larzely attributed (o this cause. Dust in these quantities also causes material damage. It makes disastrous inroads on iron and stone, while the poisonous gas, puffed out by automobiles, produced ironrust. >oo—— ADDED YEARS FOR DIVA ! BRING SHARP PROTEST BERLIN, Dec.* 15—Pistols for two and coffee for one may be the outcome of a breeze in .the Berlin theatrical world owing to a critic's slipup over the age of Fritzi Massary, popular operctte diva, who is also well known 'n the United States. The crivic !wrote of her recent ‘performanc. as “a very creditable ong for an | elderly lady who is understood ! be 56." i Now Fritzi's husband, Max 1a! lenberg, Germany's leading come dian, writes’ an indignapt leti to tho saying hig wif: i | not a day older than 43) and that | he regards the eritfe’s utterance as malizions slander for which its author will please consider Iis face slapped R Tipping Hu . MINNEAPOLIS, NOT ONE CIGAR- NOW COME OVER TOMY OFFICE - 1 l 1 1 | |grufiness.” | AIRMAN CIGARS THAT ™M JUST AS ELIMINATES AUTO TAX IN | REVENUE BILL House Makes Change in easure—Retains In- heritance Tax ‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 15- Two Imajor voting engagements in the { House late yesterday resulted 'n {rotdntion of the Fede inherit lance tax levy in tha revenue bl Jand complete elimination from jthe m ure of the sales tax on f automobil The vote cn the repeal of chile tax was 166 to 142 ic motion to eliminat the s tax over the protest of th ajority of the House Ways an Committee, was m e McLaugh higan, Republican member. 112 was supported by a number of ll{(»xml)'h ns and the solid Domo-.! | eratie mbe ip. It imated that the complete repeal the tax will result in the loss! i(»f $53,000.000 to tha revenue bill.| { The vote to retain the inherit-| was 101 to | the | fance tax levy MAIL, SWILES | 60 TOGETHER i | Softly Swoken Words Also to Greet Public at P. O.. Windows WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 spokén words and smiles greet the public at post windows Reminding postmasters that this is=the season when temptations to get gruff are great, John Hj| Second Assistant Post- General deelared today | the public has risht to fecl when dealing with the Gov- ernment, it will be accorded the atest courtes, d good na- ture. Window clerks, he in- structed the postmasters, must speiik goftly and smile. “Men having direct Softly ! must office a :I(':llix::‘,n; Mr Bartlett| said, “will be ected in part for the amiability and their work 80 organized that they will noty be subjjected to such long per-} iods of work that this quality will give to sourness and Bartlett invited the public repert to postmasters all stances of discourtesies. e e COUNTS MILES IN HUNDRED THOUSANDS: to in- BERLIN, Dec. 15—Max Kahlow, one of the oldest and most experi enced pilots of the German Luf- thansa, was feted by his col- leagues on the occasion of com- pleting his 300,000th mile in the air, Kahlow started 'his career ‘n 1913 as an army flyer. After the war he turned to commercial avia- tion. His regular passenger flights to London marked a mi'e- stone in the development of in- ternational traffic. Speed of passenger planes has increaged enormously of late. A flying record was established by the regular service airplane on the Cologne-Halle-Leipzig route, representing a distance of 25) miles, which were covered in 109 minutes, an express train requir- ing over sevem hours for the same streteh, Modersi Methods Cut Road Costs to Tenth CHICAGO, Dec. 15—Road build- ing costs have been cut 90 per :ent by the advent of power ma- chifery and *“mass production” methods,” Paul Wells, San Jran cisco, indmstrial engineer, declar- ed at the annual meeting of tho Society of Automotive Engineors in Chicagoe.” The American taxpayer, he said, now i ten miles of road built tumméi ecost of one. Use of powertul tractors and other units instead oi has - been the BOLGHT FOR ME-I'D N A HOSPITAL- “lon the ground that SERIOLS You MUST GIVE LP SMOKING| 7 AGGIE ‘BE CREATES STIR, MURDER TRIAL Is Found Guilty of Con- tempt of Court—Tangles BRIDE OF 16 LOSES HUBY INANNULMENT BATTLEBORO, Three days & of her marr Moore, who yearold bride taken to her old home in to spend her last few earth She is covery doubttul Vt., th» Mrs. Dec. 15 annulmeni N wilg days ill and her re serionsly msidered exiremaly is Guardian Appointed Mrs. Moc the widow of Alcu z0 Weatherhead, of Guiiford': best known farmers, who died in 1924 at - the of ninety-two married Carroll Moora, a laborer, Ociober age J. on mmediately this marriags officers of the vn. ol Guilford petitioned the probate court appoint a guardian for the woman she was men- to ma 0 tally incompetent property, left to her by hor fir< husband, which consists of real estate and bank accounts, The court named Guy N. bank, Guilford overseer of poor, as her guardian. the Goes Home to Die Last spring Moore notified Faic- bank that he could no longer haip support his wife, and the guardiaa brought her to this city and plac- ed her in the home of Mrs. Luta Mather. Moore is now working on a farm in Guilford for smail wages. Because of Mrs. Moore's mental condition and the fact that she owns real estate and has bank deposits, the town of Guilford pe- titioned the Windham county court to annul her marriage to Moore. ‘- nounced sentence for contempt of “y ships Prosecuting Attorneys CINCINNATIL. Onlo, George Remus, “bootle; al for the alleged slaying of his wife, was found guilty of coi tempt of court yesterday after noon after he int ipted his month old murder trial, with v harsh verbal attack upon his three young prosecutors and which precipitated one the wildest scenes of the trial. Remus, acting as his own coun interrupted the testimony his adopted daughter, born at the Yirst marriage of the wife he dew, to argue a legal point, and became embroiled with the prose- In a heated attack over indictment of defense wit Remus referred to the cutors as ‘“these three noy Dec. 16 king," on again of sel, of cutors the nesses, pre ices Judge Chester R. Shook sharply upbraided Remus for his conduct which had produced “almost un- parallelled conditions” and an court would be deferred until 2t ter completion of the murder (rial BAS STATION BOES T0 SEA | MADRID, Spain, Dec. 15 gas station has gone to “oa. Establishmant of floating ing stations prepared to suppy oil or coal to vessels passing through Spanish waters has been authorized by royal decree anid the national fuel board now is making the necessary arrange- ments. Concessions for operating the fuel ghips will bo granted only to Spanish firms. Only national or foreign chant ships engaged extensiv in coastwise trade, or foveien war may be supplied customs duties. The fue'- | mer free cf BEAUTY PARLORS COOPERATED Proprietors of the Juneau béuu- ty parlors, met at the American | Beauty. Parlor on Thursday even- ing at 8 o'clock and agreed to; cooperate, universal prices| throughout, (Signed) American Beauty Parlor, The Terrell Beauty Parlor, The Beauty Shop, —adv. ,oe— - i R BARGAIN LIST ONE USED ELECTRIC WASHER " Cost & The Apartment Beauty Parlor. ;! 014 papers tor sare at The Emplrs. | If skir longe PARIS, Dee. 15 become suddenly gpring there is as yet no evidence of it in Designers are showing late win ter costumbs which are, very much the same length as tho for early winter. The picturesqu:s evening frocks with skirt to th: knees in front but down to the ankles at the back seem to be get- re fa next is i ting fewer, Dinner gowns still have draper ies which extend below the hem- line, however. >ee — CHILDREN GET LESSONS IN BERLIN TRAFFIC LORE BERLIN, Dec. 15—Berlin school children are being trained in tlis art of dodging street traffic whi is daily becoming more dangerqis in this city of 4,000,000 inhabitantsy The mysteries of gyratory tr; fie, one-way streets, the neces: to avold jay-walking and th meaning of various traffic si nals are all on the curriculum for which the street e motor bus and subway authoriti plied ample material Theres will be no more tr of “lost children™ in Be young citizens at are being familiari pects of modern city t traffic maps of the met luminated with tiny e serve to illustrate the streets. How ma telephone and to ass old and feeble across the s part of the training. tfic. Hugs olis, 1t * bu to the street - PLE RULE HAMILTON, N. D, More than nalf of population of 179 consists of per- sons beyond 50 years of ags, with more than 70 of them over 60 and five more than 80 years of ags. &OWN Dec. 15 Hamilton's OLs FEO. CHE EMPIRE HAS LARG- BST, MOST UP-TO-DATE AN BEST EQUIPPED JOU PRINTING PLANT IN ALASKA DODGE BROTHERS Four Cylinder Cars The fastest four in America— iD to 25 miles through gears | in less than seven seconds— vnequal In traffic or on hills —equipment includes wind- i swipe, rear view mirror, stop i light, bumpers on front and rear. Five Puunzer‘ Sedan $875.00 Detroit, 165.00 PRICE—$50.00 : ONE SEWING MACHIN Cost $75.00 PRICE— D 44 IN. $20.00 THOR ELECTRIC MANGLE Cost New $225.00 PRICE—$150.00 Installed Free—Fully Guaranteed Alaska Electrice Light & Power Co. Phone No. 6 Juneau, Alaska Christmas Tree Lights—All Sizes Complete Details of NEW FORD CAR TODAY at . JUNEAU MOTORS, Inc. 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