The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1929, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1929. We have been able to secu yours this time. One Day Only They are made of clean, fresh, “springy” wool yarns for warmth and---- Kinky, wool-like china cotton for softness and--- Firm, long staple domestic GENUINE PEPPERELL BLANKETS ANOTHER GREAT PART-WOOL Blanket ial blankets we offered a short time ‘ago. At our last sale, we sold every pair by noon----so come early for $32 al re a few more of the spec- Wednesday Only Pair cotton for strength. Full 66x80 size Only 2 to a Customer B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneaw's Leading Department Store Fried’s Life Story Again Shows Traits Of “Born Reporter” | Captain \ | GEORGE Copyright vy H. & B, Captain Fried's life-story, “My Thirty Years at Sea,” will appear| in The Empire, « chapter daily, beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb- | ruary 27. Capt. George Fried, who: story, “My Thirty Ye: n Fried’s ship was rmy Atlantic for} freighter *“Antinoe” he kept the world s progress by terse When his broth- s of the illfated vessel had| 1 and their needs given| Captain Fried sent a iled report to The Em- re and other Associated Press member papers, not only has been 2 mal news” through his daring re . of foundering ships, but also has proved himself an accurate, color-| = ful reporter in covering these stir- ring episodes for The Assocluwd‘ in three years, readers of have been thrilled by Fried’s graphic accounts of | Marked by a sim-l In recognition o1 his outstanding | thoroughness character- | service and thoughtfulness, The the man, his stories then‘A&';ocla‘\ed Press named Capta[n early completed chapters|Fried an honorary member of its| |lifeboat and asked that théy re- 2 {m cheating the sea of human tolls : | would prefer to avoid the acclaim |see an unbroken expanse of ocean | |bu this self-effacing attitude kept * |background until he was induced 101 |to write his own life-story for The | % 2 ¢ |pire is a member,, Fried brought to millions of news: paper readers the first account of the “Florida” rsécue. Once more he told the story fully, accurately | & and interestingly in his own force- ful and descriptive language. True to his code of the sea, he gave full credit to the gallant officer and sailors who manned the rescuing ceive recognition from the United States government. i id . This mild-mannered mariner who twice has been the central figure does not_talk about himself, He which an admiring world showers upon him, ;, The sea is his life and helpfulness . to the distressed its first law and command, i The cheering thousands. Who greeted him on his return to N’! York after rescuing the “Florida’ did not_ interest him as_ did, the prospect of reaching his home, & modest apartment in upper Man- hattan, _The roar of the metropo- lis is a discord to his ear, but he is fascinated by the solitude of the captain's bridge, from which he can and skies. Painting the picture he sees from the deck of a ship is his unrealized ambition. The thrilling exploits of Captain Fried as a hero are well known : 1K ‘Ludlow holding aning- Pekingese to “Eastburne Captain Fried, the man, in the Associated Pyess; Evening. Paper 1dd] p O Feature Service, of which;The, Em- It will appear. e in daily chapters in this newspaper, | m" beginning tomorrow. “etnty tér Kennel Club gL iy oo . Halibut Boat Owners We Have a-First Class New Connection For Handling Insurance on Your Boats (The Yangtsze and thé Tnstiancé Co. of %or%l':!Amede’ have both quit) The new company, ‘T}{E‘fi RE ASSOCIATION OF PHILA "fi??llm, h(un‘:: above $25,- 000,000 and has a very fine paying record dating back to 1817. . autobiography show the|staff. a “born veporier.” k Only a few weeks ago, Captain Dane, at | REV, HILLIS IS DEADBROOKLYN Wellknown Pastor Emer- itus of Brooklyn Pass- es Away in East (Continnen rrom Iazé One.) commission that Dr. Hillis greatly desired to accept. The clergyman delivered many sermons and ad- dresses in which he scathingly de- nounced the Germans for their al- leged atrocities and brutality. In order to get first-hand information he went to France in September, 1917, and made & trip over the ground that the Geérman armies had evacuated. Upon his return to the United States he preached a serles of sermons on German atrocities, the marks of many of which he had seen. He said the former kaiser, and not the rest of the world, had caused the word Hun to be applied to the Germans. Dr. Hillis later published the ser- mons in a volume entitled “Ger- man Atrocities,” and in the same year, 1918, put on another war vol- ume, “The Blot on the Kaiser’s Escutcheon.” In 1816 he published -|pursued his theological course at France, he selected Dr. Hillis to gul with him as divisional chaplain, a \his first war book, “Studies of the | Great War.” { Harding Supporier | An ardent supporter of the late! President Harding, Dr. Hillis visited ,Marion during the presidential| | campaign of 1920 and took part in |- several of the Harding front-porch | campaigh councils. Dr. Hillls was born at Magnolia, {ia., September 2, 1859, the son of | Samuel Ewing and Margaret Hes- ter Hillis. He was graduated from |Lake Forest University in 1884 and, the McCormick Theological semi- |nary, Chicago, from which he was| graduated in 1887. ' The same year he was ordained in the Presby- [terian ministry and filled pastor- jates at Peoria and Evanston, Ill, jand the Central Church (Independ- ent) Chicago. He resigned from the last named church to accept }the call from Plymouth Church, | Brooklyn, in January, 1899. He re- |ceived the degree of D. D. from Northwestern University and L. H. D., from the Western Reserve Uni- versity. In 1887, Dr. Hillis mar- {ried Annie Louise Patrick of Mar- {engo, Illinols, e ————— | i . TAX NOTICE | | Second payment of taxes are now | due and payable. Same will be- come delinquent March 1st, 1929, at which time 10% penalty and 3% interest will attach. H. R. BHEPARD, | City Clerk. Club R. T. KAUFMANN, Prop. Opén for Business COMPLETELY REMODELED BOOTHS FOR LADIES Home Cooked Meals Merchants Lunch—11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Short Orders—Regular Dinners A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU : Cafe COXWELL CHAIRS aml LEATHER UPHOLSTERED ROCKERS | | \ l | L\ SPECIAL SALE OF DRESSES—-$12.75 Another assortment of charming spring dresses is on display today at a special price. These dresses are in prints, combina- tions of prints and plain colors, stripes, floral designs and futuristic patterns, in flat crepe and georgette. Sizes up to 44 MEN’S and YOUNG MEN’S BLUE SERGE SUITS . Double and Single Breasted H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man £, vgds Hoyy oy _v_. . 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