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‘BARNEY GOOGLE THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 1929 By BILLE DE BECK AND SPARK PLUG “TLas 1S THE QUE TANMG = T Kow © HANDWRITING KRN MY OWR- CANT SEEM T TS = FEELIN ABOULT (T PLA SUMPH 5 ADT O THE AS WEW AS L. ccAand NET T I GoTrA EREST THIS HeRe HT08 g 22 - wWeo CAN I Gor T Khow o L't Ge BUGES - CE WHOSE STRANGE o0 -~ - ue AND UP L\GKED s X MIGHT SUST AS WELW GWVEAT Ta Kar. - TS FROM SOME DAME <THAT tAueH IM SURE oOF - EXPECTING- 7 (R Coctie. &= T DONT GET Thar LETTER T AM TLL (OSE MY MIND =< KEVER HAVE L REEN S6 UPSET ABUT Am‘nme, - SEE US FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOPS, PAI TUBS, OIL AND DRY MOPS, DUSTERS, ORONITE AND OTHER FURNITURE POLISHES, BROOMS D FLOOR BRUSHES The dook. PEUER «» I Nevee- SAW LM CARRY THE Thomas Hardware Co Juneau, Alaska o | DOUGLAS | NEWS Dau olas Church Services Notices for thls chursh column must be received by Tke Empire not later than 10 o’clock Satur- day miorning to guarantee change sf Bermon topics, ete. P Ll | Dougias Presbvtenan Native | | | Musmn m. Bundny Sehoos 0. p. Sermon at 3:15 p. m. 7:00 p. m.— Thursday—Mid- week prayer service. All are cordially weicome to these #ervices Douglns Cnthollc‘ Church 3 10 the new chury 1 9 a. m. 00.p.m.——Sund No evening services. l" St. Lukes Eplsconfll Pr E\'emng and Sermon, 7:30 o'clock ayer I Congregnhonal Community 3 Church L. D. HAMMOCK. vray Pastor Sunday School 10:30 to 11:30 L m. Regular Sunday services 11: 30, m. to 12:30 p. m. e “TERRIBLE JANE” ASSURES GOOD ENTERTAINMENT AT DOUGLAS TONIGHT At the Junior terday afternoon, was staged with rapidjty smoothness. Greater <on the part of the acic and nul'- ishing up a few details, will ‘pro duce a play tonight which will amuse. and please the awdience. The Freshmen sold candy at the. matinee, earning exactly $6.60. Sweets will be provided by Juniors tonight for the benefit their prom. o CELEBRATION play matinee ye: the ! of 3 ithe result of an alleged spree | vesterday, one mnam, Opich’ is repining in the city bas- tile awaiting a hearing. on a D and I charge in the magistrate’s court, and the other, Frank Kos- tinoble is nursing a damaged head Complaint and arrest dn the case was made by the city police com- mitiee. Ju Sey at the hearing today. S eee FIRE ALARM A chimney fire in Mike Pusich’s régidence gave the fire boys -a short; run last evening, bn. was practicatly out before they reached the scene. There was no dam- age. — e — PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Public health nurse Mildred Reaton is investigating the condi- tions of health and hygiene among the pupils of the Douglas school,’ = 'i‘ “KiD BOOTS” IS .AT | LIBERTY TOMORROW b2 52 The alluring cling of silk and the numerous frills of women’s at- tire are not for Clara Bow. Paramount’s vivacious red-haired featured player whe appears op- posite Eddie Canter <n . the film version of Florenz Ziegfeld’s musi- cail comedy success, “Kid Boots,” whieli” arrives at the Liberty Sun- day, has never been seen on the sereen in dny of the beautiful things her feminine sisters delight. in wearing. Poor Clara seems deomed to don réugh skirts <and mannish - shirts instead of ‘ermine ‘evening wraps. And—each picture carries her far- ther from the delights of fine clothes. ake “Kid Boots,” for instance. Hobnailed boois took the part of lfl;‘lle slippers! Riding breeches W@ part of her omm and there Was-ouly’ oné ‘new : ‘t6 ‘her "ml than two years in one place, the performance | and confidence | Sam | will preside’ ‘| Associated Press * | Lawson. To meet this compeiition those in h|m ament the Associated ral Press had purchased privately a “Kid | controiling in the United Press and made a secret agree ment that the two should work in harmony. . The exis thig {divected by Frank Tuttle. In ad-jpact was revealed in 1892 when a dition Miss Bow, Billie Dove|ten-year alliauce between the New and Lawrence Gray also fea-| tured. M.E. STONE IS DEAD IN HOME IN NEW YORK Fage One.) screen wardrobe—a one-piece bath- Miss Bow wore a bea in front of the ca the first time while * was being shot. ‘Kid Boots” starring Bd tor in his first screen eff | | | jing suit 14, | costume | interest Can . was ce of to the was Assoclated Press and West Associated Press about to terminat The lgroup refused to go on under | existing arrangement and the N | York Associated Press |sorbed by the United Pr was a peried of attemp | promise, then the s {friends of Stone formed The Associated Incorporated in{? Hlin, ked to! | become [ Are York western the A and Mr, Pr Mr. 8 general Big Fight The , prospect offered f { nst tremerdons odds. with higs 1) principles stake. Mr. Stone felt that he had bheen called to a high public service, .and fe ace land counselor. Fir a 1’"‘"‘(91“4»4 the pogition:of general man- lisher, he adopled high standards'aeer Mr. Lawson was made lof workmanship and editorial prin-|prasiqant, and together they went| iples He foundad the first pen-|, York to do battle. Saveral ny newspaper in the West, the Chi-| New York papers were with them | Daily News, afid as a ;x\..l‘“,“,“ the. atdrt, other Papers i efforts the first fast. mail | and a m Philadelphia which - second. elas "U and after a bitterly fought were provided, was run, of four years the United| applied to the courts for iver Many of it; ciients ljoined The Associated Press; oth:| Ihis father preached, and, as a!ers united in what was called the| {Methodist minister’ at -that timo!Publishers Press, later the United | {was not permitied to remain 19ng-, Press Associations thel A later - Tow {Press of Hiinois, wted much through !y, qirmeultios wdlng | me was manager. | (Contimwen srom I'rass, office etary ® | manager of The Assoc iated ind when he regigned that in 1919 he continued ain | privileg i ed >3 battle SLhooImg Spor: Pr | The calldhood of Me me was | rec | spent various towns. . whic in The Associated became involved when it attempted fis membera, oc s schooling was apors he @ an early all the he | availeble iho; r sim squined habit of {0 dieibline ofili of and periodics1s made | (he Chicago Inter-Ocean nini. . The fatber®|violation: of ita wules, b | income minister «wassvsiy | : 3 ing * service to the’ paper. small and in order to :u]lp O KB matter was. carrled Lo the coutte. family he was compelled to look |the Supreme Court of Niineis fin- for. ‘added: i neome elsow |ally ruling that The ' Associated {While. Melville was still in histpregs of Dlinois, under the terms teens the father undertook the ,p ji5 charter was charged with | manufacture of sawmill tools and |y puptic duty nd that donld took his son into the factory.lnst withhold news from a' mémber | When the latter was 20 years oldlg,q must serve any nowspaper h- spent a month or two on theliyae gesired its i Th go Republican, and then blraia o a cooperative organ the publication of the Sawyer |intended to be self-governing: Mechanic. ~The paper did nOt| cordingly the long, and his father bousbt)out of husiness, and a new organ- an.interest in an iron foundry | 4 tion; . the present Assoclated jand. machine shop in. Chieago, 10| pregs was founded in 1900 under which city thesfamily had remov-l, charter from the State of New ed. The business prospered unilyork jis headquarters were es- {til the plant was destroyed in the jtaplished in New York City. Mr. great fire. Stone was made general manager In 1869 Mr. Ctone married a'n{ the new association and Frank Chicago young woman, Miss Ma-iB. Noyes, of the Washington Star, itha J. McFarland, daughter cf{president. John Stuart McFarland. To theni Foreign Service { were “born two sons. Melyille #4| In orderrthat Am {Jr.. and Herbert Stuart, and d|have a'repost of Ldaughter, Elizabeth C. gathered - by ' distinguished Ameri- I Founds Chicago News oans, Mr. Stone organized a fore- In 1871 Mr. Stone wi ked tdlign serviee, opening offices in {take’ ¢harge of thes Chicago Re-|Buropean ‘capitals and manning pablican, and in the next few}them ‘with American newspaper jyears, in spite of ill health, he{men who sent their dispatches di- held important positions on sever-lrveet to the United States. al Chicago newspapers. On Janu-{ What Mr. Stone perhaps consid- ry 1, 1876, in partnership, with fered hisemost important contribu- two others, one of whom furnish-|tion to jourmalism was the success- ed a capital of five thousand <ol-|ful eampaign to establish legally ! he founded the Chicago Daily{the principle of a property right News as a penny,paper. - It wag{in pews. It had long been the a success from the start. Later|practice for newspaper publishers My, Stone bought out his twolto wepublish news published by ip:l'(uél's and formed a new part-jathers when it was to their ad- |nership with Victor .. Lawson;lvantage to do so, unless the mat- {In 1881 Mr. Stone and Mr. Law-|ter was copyrighted. The Associat ison founded the Chicago Morningled Press snffered from this prae- | News. In 1883 &lr. Sieone was|tice inasmuch as it made it possi- {elected a direcior of the Westemble for rivals to fake the news Twao years later|gathered by The Associated Press ihe discovered Ottmar Mergenthal-lat a great expense and re-scll it at ler struggling to finance his inven-}less than the original cost to the Ition, the linotype machine. Mr.|association. To remedy this the Stone erganized a syndieate which | Associated Press applied to the gave the inventor $300,000 for his|conrts and .there was long litiga- | batents. He later sold. out hisi|tion. In the end the United States | interest this invention to Mr.{Supreme Court issued an injune- tion against the rival agency and against the plaintiff restrdining both organizations from taking without permission or compensa- | tion, the news stories gathered; by the other so long as the del— patches had commercial value. In the ‘only book he ever wrote, | Pifty . Years -a Journalist,” Mr.} Stone revealed intimately a caréer | of extraordinary usefulness that brought him into contact with the foremost men of his day and gave' him great influence upon his pre-| sgion .and, through his profés-, sion, upon the public both at home | and abroad. to a8 a rep: ic zan and last him Ac- organization ‘went c might affairs in | At the age of 40 years Mr. Stone jalso sold Mr. Lawson his inter- est in their newspaper and retired ifrom the publishing business. He was not in good health at the itime but in retiring as-a publish er he was dnfluenced largely” by the «desire te have a wider educa- tion. With his family he spent two years abroad. Upon his re- turn to Chicago he was made viee president and a year later ||r0.\'i-‘ ident of a newly organized bank and many pablic honors were thrust upon him. He declined a {nomination ‘for llle mlyuraln of v(‘Moam Back to Jcarn-“m In 1893 there came a call back to journalism which meant more (to Mr. Stone tham_all these hon- | ors. The New York Associated | By Mrs. Klondy N. Dufresn Press, which had been organized | Studio opens January 25th among New York City papers int’ shall Dupl 6th d 1848, was % a (rowilg' u.“ 2 o e A v* flmm ——— ¥ k mmmmmmfimmmnnummnmumumn >oe Subseribe to The Empire. b emarav VIOLIN - INSTRUCTIONS - Main. Telephone 536.. {4 a. Irapidly ‘einity, Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast for Junean and vicinity, beginnmg 4 ». m. today: Fair tonight and Sunday; gentle varviable winds. LOCAL DATA Wirnd Velocity Weather NW 5 Cldy N 6 Clear 6 Clear Temp, Humidity 39 94 35 39 38 62 Mme— Barom. 4 p. m. yest'y 30.07 m. today 30.21 Noon today 30.21 CASLE AWD RALY0 KEPORTS YBSTERDAY | TODAY Higheat & p.m. Sam. Preclp. Sam. femp. tew ty 24 hem Waoth -6 Clay 32 Cldy 34 Rain 16 Cldy 30 Clay Cldy . Cldy Snow Clay Cldy Clear Clear Rain Cldy Cldy clay Cldy Low 3a m temp. temp. Ve 10 0 28 20 Sthtions— rrow Nome Bethel Fort Yukon Tanana Bagle St. Panl Duteh Harbor Kodiak Cordova 1Junean Ketchikan {Prince Rupert Edmonton . Seattle Portland San Francisco 38 26 38 40 64 46 *—Less than 10 m!'les. Dutch Harbor, Kodlak, Ju Portland and Ham Fran NOTE:—Ohservations at St. Paul, reau, Prince Rupert, Edmonton, Sattle, leisco are made at 4 am, Juneau time the other is fallling in this vi- Sea and high in The parts of pressure s low Bering Alaska and the ocean to the thward t in the Kuskokwim Valley and vising slightly Light precipitation is reported from Bering Sea, and light fell yesterday in the upper Yukon Valley and rain in heastern Ala and British Columbia, heavy at Prince Ru- Temperatures are somewhat lower in I n Alaska and in the Western portion than yesterday. snow South pert higher JUST PHONE US—355 Have your laundry delivered perfectly eleansed and ironed, untorn, unfaded and immaculate. And this service is performed by us at a price no higher than is eharged for ordinary work. May work ? we demonstrate how well we can do your A telephone call summons our driver to your door. CAPITAL LAUNDRY LU I|IIIHIIII“IIIMIllllIIIHllllimlflllllflllllmllHllllll Illlllllllil LIBERTY FOR SUNDAY KID BOOTS Starr mg ‘EDDIE CANTOR with CLARA BOW The great musical comedy. The comedy that convulsed and dazzled Broadway for over a year, and LLOYD HAMILTON in “Breezm g Along” e e ! (LU LT SHOW Ay & NEWQ OPL\‘» T}‘E - 102040 cents llllllllllflllllllll"llllllumfllllllmllllllllllll“l" S ow due and p: | become 1102 and | Poee W Call in and sece us 0il Painting Lessons. We C sons, for yourself. Six lessons L Coate’s Studio i it} nfluunmmummmmmumnnmunnlmmulimmmmmlmunuumn TAX NOTICE econd ne of taxes yable. Same will delinquent March 1st, 9, at which tinie 107 penglty 8% finterest will attach. H. . SHEPARD, City Clerk. 0 e AKE ENLARGEMENTS Views adv. payn are Radio Supplies We have a fresh stock of RADIO BATTERIES and TUBES. Also a complete line of AERIAL WIRE, INSUI'ATORS, ETC. | 1 | B Capital Electric Company Radio Supplies PHON House Wiring “YOUR ALASKA LdUNDRY SERVICE” l Dry Clmnmg and Pressmg about san teach you in 6 les- 80 you can paint é or $5.00. ALASKA LAUNDRY In New Building on Shattuck Way ‘THE LAUNDRY DOES IT BEST” ‘Old Papers for sale at Emplre Ofilcf Third and Seward Read This! Have You Anything to Sell? Do You Want to Buy Anything? Do You Want to Trade Anything? IF YOU DO THEN Advertise in he Empire Use Classified or Display Each Bring Results NOTICE—The “ads” in theEmpire contain good news each day for man and woman. Read them—Read them carefully—They are News. Remember our Job De- partment can print anything—Ilarge or smlll. i i

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