The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1928, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 21, Weather Conditions As Recarded by the U. §. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG Weather Bureau fy— < & : NG WE DONT PAN MO MORE ATTENSHUN ANUEN NER TALKIN To HiM: THAN (¢ HE DIONT HEAR YA =WHEN WE PULLED THAT* MILLLONAIRE STUFE ON HIM VESTIODY I “THOLEHT WE HAD HiM ON TH:ROPES BUT 1928. DONT WORRY, PEACHES. T GoT ¥ AL FIGGERED QUT = You AN ME. ARE GONNA CRASH A BILNEOAT LODGE . GIT AL T Imcut for Junean and viginity, begtuniug 4 v. m. today: Fair tonight, Wednesday increasing east and southeast winds. LOCAL DATA clocdiness; moderate HE vewen aur poNTeD UinTs PROEFERED BY THE “GENIEMEN * FROM WASHINGTON, TO THE EFFECT Time— Burom, Tems. Humidity Wind Velagity Weather 4 p m. yest'y. 30.19 38 81 w Clear 4 0. m. today. 30.17 30 84 W -1 Clear Ngon today 30.17 40 45 8 3 Clear CABLE AND EADIO REPORTS AR YESTERDAY ~ TODAY Highest 3 p.m. Tow 8am. 8a temp.__ temp.__{_temp. tum 24 26 38 10 -8 1 6 32 38 40 26 30 32 0 38 Saticos Nome Bethel Fort Yukon Tanana Bagle St. Paul T'uteh Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Ketehikan Prince’ Rupert.. 36 Edmonton ... 12 Seattle ... 38 Portland . - 48 Bin ' Francisco.. 60 Clay Clear Clear Clear Clay Rain Rain Clear Clear Pt Cldy Pt. Cldy Snow Rain 0 .02 Trace 40 .06 Cldy 60 0 + Clear *—Less than 10 mies, Note-—Qbservations 'al Duich - Harbor, Kodiak, Juneau Princ Rupert, Edmonton, Beattle, Portland and San Francisco arc made at 4 a. m.. and 4 p. m., Juneau time. The area of high harometer that has been eastern part of Alaska during the. past few days has decreased somewhat in intensity during the past 12 hours. The low pres- sure arvea that was centered over the western Aleutian Islands yesterday morning has moved eastward, and this morning the lowest reported ‘pressure was 28.64 inches at St. Paul Island, ac- companied by’ rain and southeast gales over the Bristol Bay i | | | 4 | \ 1 | “ | 38 50 covering the tegion. ‘Velvet’s the Yogfie i {Guy Smith. Many were the beau-| | i lmul floral offerings at the funeral. Who Started World War PARIS, Feb. 21—“Who started the World war?” is going to be settled, at last, to the satisfaction" of France, anyway. It is get- ting to be as hot a'subject of de- bate as “who won the war?' Three dozen of France's most eminent students, historians and strategists have been appointed by the government to-dig up all necessary documents and to.givel the world the real, inside truth ebout how it all happened. s i W LUTHERANS OBSERVE LNt |'M/ured. returned home yesterday.| ;.. Beginning with Wednesday eve- | ing, Midweek Lenten services will_be held in H” Y — —_ DOUGLA NEWS 'PIONEER NIEMELA IS LAID TO REST 4 { The funeral of Herman Niemela, | former resident of Douglas for upwards of 30 years, who died {about a week ago following a short illness from pneumonia, in Bellingham, was held here yester- day afternoon under the combined auspices of the three lodges to which he belonged, Odd Fellows, Encampment and Eagles. ‘Rev. Harry R. Allen conducted the services which were attended by a large number of the friends and fraternal brothers-of the de- ceased. Mesdames A. E. Goetz, pianist, and Mrs. Glen Kirkham, soloist, rendered the musical numbers. Interment followed in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Pall bearers were: Nels Ander. {son, John G. Johgson, Axel Krom- quist, Karjo Nl&inm Hill and ———————— MISSES FEYSI BRIDGE HOSTESSES Misses | Mamie . and Elizabeth Feusi entertajped with three tables of bridge @at their home Sunday ‘evening. Honors for the play were won by Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Michelson for high scores, 1and by Miss M. Riedi and Alfred Hewitt for the low. Other games and miusic helped to pass away the remainder of ‘the pleasant evening. ¥ REBEKAH EARD PARTY ‘The second of the card party series being given by the Rebekal Auxillary is planned for Thurs- day night of this weeck, February 23, which date evaryonme is ex- pected to reserve for that event. —_—————— TRAM ACCIDENT VICTIMS RESTING EASIER TODAY Willlam Ott and J. R. Guerig, who were severely injured when the tram car jumped the track while ecarrying the men to their work are gett| along f: well, The former, t«u& bro- | }ken leg near ‘the hip, is neces- sarily suffering comsiderably, and {1t will a month or two before he will be able to walk again. Mr, Guerin injured his back but ex- pects to be out soon. Robert Bon- ner, Jr, who was only slightly CARD OF THANKS ‘With sentiments of deep grati- THAT BARNEY MIGHT USE THe HIGH GFFICE FOR WHICH HE \S NOMINATED' To FURTHER. H\S PERSONAL GAIN, MADE AO IMPRESSION ON THE EXALTED ggtggfié\; M\?p MIND (S SO €D WITH HIS BUTY To HIS ORGANIZATION THAT ALl OTHER THINGS SEEM IMMATERIAL Maror (OKMNX HORYVEFEATHERS! BiLL MELRUGHLIN Joun mi A SPRAGUE CURLEY HAROLO \ FOREMAN > () MY MORRYS FIRWEL 4] WE WAS ALl WET e WOTTA WE GONNA Do Now. CHIEE 2 Millions M;zy Starve As Banditry and War T PORT ARTHUR GULF OF CHIHLI ST lll I oes ‘ot Sni Chihli, with 4,000,000 natives in danger of starving. Nor caul they be helped because banditry and warfare provent relief, Above are typical children of the famino region being tamght ogeupations at a relief genter“The shaded trea on thc map shows the most eeriously stricken section. ; - W ASHIN GTON, Feb. 21.— change for labor. on roads and Months oI hunger, the hutiger that|other public works, drives mcn to eat bark and leaves,| ‘The mountains jof southern and to sell their children and Some-jcastern Shamtung long have bepn tim2s to kill their, familics and the haunts of organized banditry. themselves, are in prospeet for 4,000,000 Chinese. | Reports indicate that the situa- tion in western Shantung and southern Chihli will be as serious between now and May as in th:| great famine of 1920 and 1921.; Four provinces were affected theni and hundreds of thousands—pes- haps millions—died. Boys and; {eirls were sold as ‘slaves. Mauy ended their lives after eating their last morsel, | America helped generously jul that famine. But now American| relief organizations. are unable 17 give more than casual aid becausa of the prevailing banditry and eivil war. H ‘The specter of starvation ap- peared for the second time in seven years in these provinces hen last year's crops in many failed. The pinch * of famine 'Is making itself felt in G5 of the 107 districts of Slunlun;-—i a province the size of Illinois, but' chop your -Resurpection | tude I desise to ¢xpress my heart-|into which 2¢ to 36 million peo- Lutheran . Church .@vety Wednes-{felt thanks to my friénds, the}plo -are e flay 3 In 35 distriets . Tt {irst meeting |Odd Fellows and Eagles for the|the harvest was only ten per cent ! i W evening to LR kindnesé and sympathy shown in the loss of my fatber, and for the many -beautifu] ‘floral rings. Ady. MRS. YERNON G. NELSON lesDates 28- of normal. Famine is beginning, | too, in southern Chihli where, crops were only 20 per cent of Bo} ries report that mnle! are begluning to sell their cattle! and - dispose- of thoir property.’ Others are m g. ' Those re: maining ' are beginming to mix eulg with- their food. q ‘Whaile fmmediate distress ‘Ia not overwhelming, says M. 'T. i Liang, chairman of the interpa~ tional famine relief committee, it p to 8 a savi Keep Aid from Ching 4 1in China. Of late years the ments have been added to by un-! | paid soldiers and farpers driven to desperation by thefts and crop | failures. General Chang Tsung Chang, military governor, is held respon- sible for much of the terror ani desolation. He now is said to be ng merchants for “famine re- " and pockoting the money. Shantung is thd holy land of the Flowery Kingdom, the birth- place of Confucius and Mencius, | hoteland of countless sages. Here { is ‘located the sacréd mouatain of Tai Shan. Western Shantung is the peninsula forming the lower, jaw of the Gulf of Ohihli. Across the province flows the Hwang, o¢ Yollow river, “Scourge of China” which in flood breaks through its banks and seeks ‘new courses across hapless farmlands. When tim2s are good it is one | of the richest agricultural regions | lie s Aviator Plans i Trans-Oceanic Flight NEW MARTINSVILLE, W. Va. Feb. 21-—A bid for trans-oceanic [ flying honors is planned for next June by Morris R. (“Dinger”)| ! Daugherty, 33, legless .and one- |armed aviator, of New Martins- ville. L | Daugherty, familiarly known to, his townsfolk as the “flying as-| sessor,” says he will attempt to| span the Atlantic in his “Spirit | of \New Martingville” plane “for the sake of my natlve state.” l ! The aviator, who lost his legs! nearly 10 years ago when he fell {under the wheels of a moving train, has been studying cross- country flying at Sanford Flying Field, near Orlando, Fla, in pre- paration for his jaunt. Daugherty’s plane is virtually a duplicate of Col. Charles A, Lindbergh’s -famous. “Spirit ‘of St. Lpuis.” Daugherty's’ venture wiil D¢ backed.: by citfseid of. New Martinsville, 7 xplosion in Coal PITTSBURGH, Penn.,. Feb, 3 I'Mhe. isloated ‘Section: of “the ‘Kif lock coal mine :wax'the scene of | an explosion '{ast night in which three ~men “are knewn fto have heen killed and elght others trap: ped, ' The explosion. ' probably claimed two additionhl lives when mgn uninformed of the blast, at {tempted to g0 to work apd wers! overcome by deadly gases. ! Legle: - e nnm:nmmmnpgmumm Nature yqu}; the trees, but you nmiust own BANK ACCOUNTS ngs accoun| every memb o:“y&fr fimlly. & &w; lawless ele- 't} SECRETS AN Then BveR~ TAING' WL B SAKE FOIST OF AW \% GOTYA T SECRET ¢ PAtSNOID! Myers Charges Committee With Being Unfair I WASHINGTON, For more than two hours, Abraham' ‘Myers, Federal Trade Commissioner, waged a battle with the Senate Judi- | clary Comimittee single hand- ed in defense of his activitios LIQUID VENEER FLOOR MOP The Mop you can wash CLEAN The Swab comes off in a jiffy | Feb. 21— | as ‘Assistant eral in the bread mierger case. | ool | PO g ||Still Going (In [ Sy Pl o 13 IR Attorhey ' Gon- | | | THE hgm@s Hardware Co; W Not content ‘with ‘héated and | repeated denials' of any mis- conduct on ' his own part, | Mycrs counter attacked with charges that ' the ' Committee | itselt has been unfalr; CLEAN-UP | SALE e v, Juneau Lumber Mills, Ine. ——LUMBER FOR EVERY PURPOSE— I WE RECOMMEND VERTICLE GRAIN HEMLOCK FLOORING WE HANDLE Cement Lime st ity enuoueu e R ‘ LA eV " ‘NO ONE KNOWS EVERYTHING : 4BOUT ANYTHING ¢ BUT— The Empire’s Job Prin rtmens knews to do your printing E‘ nPlga way un!:; at Coni i e o i) i S o e 5.1 e o . G S e L D,