The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1927, Page 7

22 DOUGLAS NEWS SANTA ARRIVES TONIGHT I ; Everything is in readiness for | the Community Christmas Tree, ) provided by the Eagles, Odd Fel- lows, public school and Commun- dty Sunday school, which is to be ’ held in Douglas this evening. While the program is being { glven at the Liberty theatre, oid Santa Claus will be at the Bagles’ ' hall unjoading his pack .and ge:- I ting his gifts ready to give. tc the children when they arrive af- ! ter the program is finished. | A special ferry has’been en- { gaged to leave Juneau at 7:15 i o'clock this .evening to bring tha Eagles and their families over for | the ‘celebration. Rosie Africh { thirteenth birthday yesterday af- BIRTHMDAY EVENT celebrated her ! ternoon by treatiug all classmates | ’o ice cream during recess period | ‘at 'school. . "RIEDI STORE REMODELED Remodeling of the Riedi general store which has been going on for some time is about completed with the installation of the light fixtures .yesterday. . 'Partitions have been removed giving the main store réom a depth more { than twice that of the original store which will allow plenty of | space to arrange and display their BERLIN, Dec. 22.—The inter- | nationalization of the Rhine by [ the Treaty of Versailles has giv- c; smugglers new working ter- ! ritory. Ships arriving from Dutch (and French ports'are the chief { culprits, their crews smuggling into Germany Frerich silk, cos- metics and cognacs, and tobacco and coefte from the Dutch col- onles. aerdss the border for customs in- spéction ‘at their destination. The Hufl,n have contrived to re- | fmove the seal during the voyage, tdct < contraband articles and o lace the seal so ingeniously it escapes notice. The goods concealed in the bottom of il bins, sailors-chests and hid- closeta. Baglish and !‘mch secret Jr.lu forces are working with the German authorities t5 trace nfl 200t out the smugglers. Tests Show “‘“’ # Effects of Povertyly; m\mmomu Dec, 3%+ mgqy @t family histories i djt- < gections of the Southern achians ‘and of extémsive ".gul, tests in the schoola has ¥ Department of Geneties, 1 m Carnegie Institute .of Washington to this conclusion: “The l"nr the economic levei ~of , the lower the genmeral 1n ud level of the families! the area.” studies also indicate um, . with ~better intelligence i |d in the ‘areas with tke nl' wnonlc ‘advantages,” says D;K B .Davenport, Diree- | tar of the Department. “The data _ algo, (fwdic that, in genera it been the more energetic § intelligent men and wo. } who ve left the southern m.nlln for other region —————— onmuu COMMERCE RPN poo-r MEET TOMORROW ¥ { ; M will be no -meeting of the ‘Jm Chamber of Commerce to- ‘ morgow.. The date of the next ; mesting to be held will be an- in the coming week. ,_._._N..W,“,* ol NOTICE TO PUBLIC On next Saturday, Decem- ber 24, the regular issue of The Daily Empire will con- sist of 24 pages. Imn order that the final section may go to press earller tham usual to provide for assembling of the three sections and dis- | tribution by the carriers, all | special notices of Christmas | exercises of all kinds must be in The Empire office not | later than Friday noon ol insure publication. | - — e —— DRIVER ASKS RIS FARES ; T0 TALK ONLY IN ENGLISH BERLIN, Dee. 22. — An am- bitious taxidriver of Berlin post- ed a hand-written potice in Eng- lish between the two fromt win- fdows of his cab so that his fares, While. luxuriously lolling on the back seat, might read: . ““You will oblige me very much by talking English to me. I want to improve my knowledge of this language. “The Driver: Schuette.” ———a——— KITE FLYING IS FATAL TO YOUNG GERMAN MAN BERLIN, Dec. 22.—Kite flying proved fatal to Wilhelm Stein- furth, 25 years old, of Lassan near Stettin who was helping his little sister to raise her new kite which had copper wire for string. The kite made a sudden plunge and came in contact with a, high power cable. The 15,000 volt current killed Steinfurth in- ntly. —————— MURPHY PLEADS NOT GUILTY Robert Murphy was arraignel this morning before Judge Thomas M. Reed in the U. S. District Court and entered a plea of not gullty to a charge of violation of the liquor laws. He is represent- ed by Attorney Grover C. Winn. —— Adverusing arways pays. Use the columns of The Empire. |DRINK WATER IF 1 | I i KIDNEYS BOTHER Take a Tablespoonful of Salts if Back Pains or Bladder Is Irritated Flush your kidfleys by drink- ing a quart of water each day, also take salts occasionally, says a noted authority, who tells us that too much .rich food forms acids which almost paralyze the Kkidmeys in their efforts to expel 1 thé blood. They become uggish and - weaken; then you may suffer with a dull misery in the Kidney region, sharp palnsi i the back .or sick headache, dizziness, your 'stomach sours, topgue is coated, and when the ‘Weather is bad you have rheu- matic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels of! n get sore and Irri- tated; obliging you to seek relief two' o, three times during the: nl‘ht To help neutrlize these irritat- ing agids; to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body’s urinous waste, get four ounces of Jad Balt x:oll any pharmacy here. :.k “tablespoontul in a glass 0f water before breakfast for a few days, and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lthia, and has been used for years to flush and stimulate slugzish kidneys; also to neutral- ize the acids the system 8o they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness, JIad. Salts is inexpensive; can ot injure and makes a delighttul effervescent Iithih - water .drink. —adyv. '_cfllus'rms TREE ucms mc'rmc TRAIN . CARVING SETS ... oAk Clara Bow rcd haired picture :lar here displays a robe of flesh chiffon embroidered with strass and pearls with deep cuffs and collar of white fox. The robe is worn over a chemise of ecru lace ayd net trimmed with strips of flesh satin and rows of small The d'orcys are of flesh satin trimmed with Erench rosebuds. pompom of white fox. (international Nlustrated Ne U. S. AIR CHIEF ON RETIRED LIST (Continuea from rage One.) jor Genmeral Charles T. Menoher, wartime commander of the Rain- bow Division, as air chief, Mcno- her went to another work in the army at his own request after violent disagreements, only a few of which cropped to the surfa with William Mitchell, then brigadier general - and. assistant chiet in direct charge of flying activities. Mitchell, a daring flier of such skill as to be a leader in “stunt” work of all kinds, had an appeal to the adventurous young airmen who_flew the army ships. Menc- her gave up the struggle. Patrick inherited it, with no certainty as to what the final war department air policy wounld be, for Menoher's request to be relieved had beeo granted and Mitchell remained, reprimanded, but obviously un- silenced in the violence of his al !nliun development at th if 1 be, of other elements of national defense. So Patrick, at 58, undertook (o learn flying. It was a gesturc but it was a gallant gesture that ignored the question,of parsonal risk. By it he won friends’ among the young fliers who were io stand him in good stead Tlater when the aviation controversy . | reached its peak in the court mai- tial and resignation under sen- tence of “Billy” Mitchell and the appointment by President Cool- idge of the Morrow commission to pave the way for the ‘five-year air expansion program. That pro- gram now is going into its second year. “And 1 believe that program for the air must be added to again even before the five years are up,” General Patrick said. "It should be done, but not at the ex- pense of any other essential ele- ment of our national defense team.” 014 papers for satc at The Emplire. LN TR KSR ¥ S ATV KA FRYE-BRUHN COMPANY FOR THE CHRISTMAS DINNER Eastern and Olympia Oysters Turkeys Capons Geese Ducks Crab Meat 25 Per Cent On All Floor and Table Roasters Hens Fryers Broilers Shnmp Meat i REELECTED BY HERRING ASSIN. {Pacific Hérring Packers As- i sociation Names Officers for , Next Year At the annual meeiinz of the Pacific Herring Packers Associa- tion, held recently in Seattle, Lee) H. Wakefield, pioneer Alaska can- neryman, was re-elected Presi- dent. Other officials named were: {Capt. Elling Arentsen, of Arent- sen & Company. Vice-President, and W. W. Wilde of the same company te ve Secretary-Treas- urer. Willlam Sklaroff, of S. Sklaroff & Sons, Edgar C. Snyder of the Storfold & Grondahl Packing Company, and Andrew Buchan of; Buchan & Heinen Packing Com-| pany were chosen as trustees. The retiring trustees were: C. L Voss and Olaf Floe. i Following out the Association's) policy of promoting the interests of the herring industry, a com- mittec was appointed to meet with representatives of the Fish-| ing Vessel Owners Association to discuss ways and means of pro- viding an adequate supply of bait| for the halibut fishermen. The/ Association also voted to cooper- ate as far as possible with Alaska cold storage plants in obtalning balt herring for freezing. A ————— Leon oil permaunent wave, $12.60. }P‘n!rn Beauty Parlor. —adv. 1927. RESERVATIONS FOR STEAMERS INDICATE BUSY TOURIST YEAR Further indications for a suc- cessful tourist season neat sum- mer were revealed today by Brice Howard, local agent for the Ad- miral Line, who said that word from head offices in Seattle an- nounced eight sailings to Alaska of steamers on the summer ched- ules have been fully reserved. This is unusually early for steamers to be sold out Mr. How- ard said, and indicates that tour- ist travel will be unusually heavy in 1928. & Four trips of the Dorothy Al- exander have been sold out, three of the Admiral Rogers and one of the Queen. Most of the parties, said Mr. Howard, reserving the space are from the East, two en- tire trips having been sold to Chicago groups. Nearly every mail brings new reports of more reservations being taken, he sald. —— e ALASKA VIOLINIST 1S GIVEN ATTENTION Vilma Bazant, Alaska’s girl violinist, is receiving much at- tention since her recent visit to Alaska, and various news serv- ices are sending out her pictures to their newspaper clients. The articles accompanying the pic- tures state that she is a protege of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, who is now sending her to Eur- ope to complete her studies. - ALASKA DRY unquestionable choica, when you choose t5 drink ALASKA DRY (Red Top) PALE GIN- GERALE. —adv. An [ v PLUMBING | Phone 505 HEATING If your pipes are frozen, or you are in need of any kind of Plumbing or Heating you will profit by calling STEVE STANWORTH At your service at any hour. ! “Let me tell you what your job will cost” Shop 215, rear Harris Hardware Co. i REPAIRING D e AMAS GIFTS for the Iwme Special Holiday Sale MIRRORS i o Holiday (Clearance Sale i SUPER EXTRA VALUES—Net Prices $3.50, $6.00, $9.75, $10.75 NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE A SELECTION AND LAY IT ASIDE Fon THAT CHRIS'nlAs GIFT ELMW APPLIANCES MAKE Bm%m, USEFUL AND LASTING: CHRISTMAS G Liglptg Q’ PER CENT OFF Place orders early for Juneau ] i The most attractive picture ever made WINTER & POND CO. Gift Su jdestions’ Rocking Chairs Pyrex Ware Smoking Stands Child’s Furniture Davenports Bridge Lamps Cutlery Percolators Salt and Pepper Sets Our store will be opén until 9:00 P. M. Christmas Week THE Thomas Hardware Co Rugs Dishes End Tables Coasters Tricyeles PEERLESS FRUIT CAKE For the Holiilays In the making of Peerless Fruit Cake mothing but the best fruits, nuts, butter, eggs and other ingredients are used . —all perfectly blended to produce the most delicious cake you ever tasted. Whether for your own use or as a holiday remembram to your friends Peerless Fruit Cake is ideal. We have a large assortment of other cakes and pastry for the holidays. Better place your order early to aveid disappointment. ' “QUALITY FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME” Peerless Bakery 127 Front Street Telephone 222 SAY DAD! Santa left a big Atlantic Flyer ‘at the JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE Gee pop, T sure am going in to order one for Christmas, so’s I 'ken fly it*in the air; got wings 'n-everything. - You just step.in.and see ’em, and leave : the order there. Oh, Boy! DON’T FORGET THE HUB 1S THE PLACE TO GET YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS OF ALL KINDS At reasonable prices to fit your purse. Come and get your Calendar and Shopping Bag Free The Hub Clothing Store e WITH NANAIMO WELLINGTON - COAL NANAIMO is the cream of Wellington Coals and a trial ton will convince you that it is intensely hot and long-lasting. ' « ' ¢ Order from your dealer Pacific Coast Coal Co. PHONE 412 C. D. FERGUSON, Agt