The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XXXIV., NO 5095 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ~ ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 9 1929. MLMBLR OF ASSOCIATED PRI:SS PRICE TEN CENTS GRAF ZEPPELIN MAY COMET0ALASKA; PLANS OUTLII_VED PACKERS LOSE IN EFFORT TO BOOST TARIFF Salmon and Herring Men Fail to Get Higher Tariff Rates from Congress Herring and salmon packers of Alaska who appeared before Can-’ ional committees urging in- :d tariff schedules of foreign| s with which they come. in, ctition have apparently lost| ir fight, according to a telegram veceived by the Chamber of Com- ! merce from Delegate Suthermnd| The tariff measure recently re-| ported to the House maintains un-| changed the old rates on Scotch | cured herring and canned salmon, as well as shrimp and oolichan oil. An increase of 100 per cent was made in duties on canned clams | and stockfish. Promoting Intrpational Highway 1 The International Highway Asso-| ciation, organized to promote the projected highway from Alaska, through Canada to Sattle, is now a realized fact, said a letter re- ceived by the Chamber from Don- ald McDonald, enthusiastic booster for the project and member of the field for of the Alaska Road Commission. It is incorporated under the laws of the Territory Wi 2,000,000 shares with a par value of $5 each. Charles Goldstein | was named as Vice-President for Juneau; J. G. Rivers, Fairbanks, is retary of th¢ company. The .mber “oday formally adopted &} stion endorsing the highway It had done this in- ly several weeks ago. A rep b was rece&ved by the from +{ie-Woman's Club setting forth progress made in the| annual cleanup campaign, enumer-| ating certain properties in need of some being described as fire menaces, and noting improve- ments made to other properties. The report commended in strong terms the co-operation given the | Woman's Club by Chief of Folice Cicorge A. Getchell. Letd From O'Malley lotter from Henry O'Malley, Commissioner of Fisher wi read saying it was and will continue to be the practice of the attention, A Bureau of Fisheries to divide its wetivities between Puget Sound and Alaska. Maintenance of ‘its fleet of patrol boats will be done both in Alaska and Seattle. It was de- sirable, he said, to take the boats south for some of the work thai: must be done under competitiv: bids, and also to allow them to bel moored occasionally in fresh water which was beneficial to the hulls. The Commissioner said it was not contemplated to erect a big salmon hatchery on Lake Washington, as had been reported, but a Fisheries Laboratory station with adequate cock room for the bureau’s fleet. No marine ways construction was planned, however. Afler Air Mail A petition was received from the Ketchikan Chamber of ‘Commerce urging the Postoffice Department to establish an aerial mail route be- tween Seattle and Southeast Alas- ka. The First City organization suggested that the local Chamber forward a similar ‘resolution to the Second Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral, and that individual members write personal letters to the same officers supporting the petition. This matter, President Faulkner caid, has already been looked after by the Chamber which is doing everything possible to bring about the establishment of an air mail route between the States and Alas- ka. Mrs. Lawrence C. Phipps, wife of Senator Phipps of Colorado, in a letier to the Chamber, expressed’ her appreciation of the local body’s resolution of thanks for her inter- est in the Alaska College and the Territory generally. But until such a route is es- tablished, Murfryshoro, Tenn., will have to get along without bricks from Juneau to go into the walls of an airport it is planning to erect in honor of dead aviators. It is requesting various and sundry tow including Juneau, to send | it bricks by air mail to construct the port. i Plan Information Booth ) Plans for & special information hooth, to be constructed on Front |Con:~idcr:\b!e note as an artist, par- . all ready to Only Surviving Daugl:ter of Dickens, Dies LONDON, May 9—Mrs. Kate Perugini, only surviving daughter of Charles Dickens, died today at the age of 8) years. She achieved ticularly of children’s portraits. ‘mx‘\ were offered but not ac- ng a final report from Mr. Wiliial said he had con- templated a t of bungalow type house, small and compact, with sufficient room for an information desk and attendant. He had been assured of co-operation from mor- chants and others and believed the cost of construction and materials could be met without requiring .'m. appropriation from the Chamber. | J. W. Wilson suggested a smoker might be staged by the Chamber | to raise additional funds if the were needed. The matter was re- ferred to the Finance Committee, but there was some objection hom several members to the Ormm'u—‘ tion entering such a field which heretofore has been occupied by | fraternal and social bodies. Not To Abandon Post The War Department has at this| time no intention of abandoning Chilkoot Barracks post, the only if | bill to the { 1dly \Democrats nine opposed the bill and | |in the day. TARIFF BILL COMES FROM COMMITTEE [Republican Members Over- ride Democrats—Meas- ure Is in House ASHINGTON, May 9.—Republi- can mombcrs of the House Ways and Means Committee overrode the, Democratic opposition and formal- ly reported the new tariff revision | House. Fifteen Republicans lined up sol- for the measure while of 10 one was for it. Little discussion preceded the vote. The mcasure was immediately sent to the House where it was tak-| en up for general discussion later | AMBASSADOR SUN'S ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHED ~ BY SCIENTISTS Only One Place Along Nar-| row Strip Witnesses Phenomenom MANILA, May 9.—Scientists as< sembled at Iloflo had an unob- structed view of the solar eclipse today and took photographs of numerous phases of the phenome- non in quest of information of the sun’'s corona. Many planets and stars in the di- rection of the sun were made visi ble by the eclipse. Iloilo made a holiday of the oc- casion and thousands turned out to see the eclipse. At eight other places along the narrow strip around the world where scientists had gathered for the eclipse, cioudy weather was re- ported and hindered observations. BV A s |joeosecocecevccoe . TODAY’'S STOCK . MURRDW |s . QUOTATIONS . €ooveovece NORTH SOON NEW YORK, May 9.—Alaska Ju- v ‘1‘1:(\::' ,:pu: :};_f \; |neau mine stock is quoted today at nton Rogers, Command- [ MEXICO CITY, May 9.—At thv‘;fi’u f\mcrlcan Smelting 104"», Cud- who was a guest of |[American Embassy it is said Am-| ahy 54%, General Molox's 821, Gold the Chamber todsa: Official cor- |bassedor Dwight W. Morrow m"‘Dus‘t 64%, Missouri 84, Texas Cor= respondence, he id, relative to{leave for the United States between Wrat‘wn 65%, ‘UA Steel 179%, appropriations for the post indi-|May 20 and May 30, for an unan- |Bethlehem Steel 107%, metmer‘xcal a 1t is under- |Motors 21%, Mathieson Alkali 52, cated it would be retained at le: for the present. Major Rogers has just returned from a trip to Seward. He is completing a three-year tour of duty at Chilkoot Barracks that ends May \18. His relief is expected north in the near future. “If I could go to the States for a three or four month leave I'd be perfectly con- tent to return to Alaska to reside, but it can't be done,” he declared. Willlam M. Whitney, Legal Ad- visor to the Prohibition Adminis- trator for this distriet, was a guest of the Chamber today, expressing nis pleasure at attending the meet- ing. Jazz Ready To Go All dressed up in a mew coat of paint, her engines tuned up for the rip and awaiting only a Juncau Yacht Club pennant, the Jazz is start on its voyage to Puget Sound to enter the Capital- to-Capital Yacht Race, Auditor Cash Cole informed the Chamber. Mr. Cole and his family will leave here May 25, touching at Vancou- ver, Scattle and Tacoma and then proceeding to Olympia. He said he would take a supply of pam- phlets and publicity material and expects to do a lot of advertising for Juneau and Alaska as a whole on the trip. AGOLD, S YNOPSIS: Faced by strollg circumstantial evidence point- ing to Jerry Ogden as the slay- er of his father, Lucy, his fi- ancee, loyally comes to his de- fense. She challenges the po- lice theories and induces Lu- ther’ MacNair, famous retired detective, to investigate the slaying. Her uncle, John Pee- bles, is awakened early in the morning by a prowler in his den. He grapples with the in- truder but the latter escapes just before MacNair unexpect- edly enters the room. Peebles reveals that the burgiar tried to steal the famous Alex Pe- terson revolver loaded with gold bullets—a weapon that has be- come mysteriously linked with the murder of Andrew Ogden. | 1 | Chapter 10 A DROP OF BLOOD “Where is the revolver?” Mac-| Nair demanded. “I think I am lying on it,” I said. A metallic object was pressing into| the small of my back. “Here it is.| The rascal had it leveled on me smile and tripped out of the romi.! when I hit him with he golf club.| He dropped it and used hic own gun on you.” MacNair looked the pistol over. “Queer he should have known who! had it.” 5 ! I nodded. “It's just another of turned her upside down and emm-'dm you get it?” the many queernesses we have to things up. lin getting up at this ungodly hour. | ‘Evidence evaporates. {job early, is one of the maxims of whispered, nounced destination. stood however that he will go te Englewood, New Jersey, before join- ing his family in Maine. He plans to remain away from his post here for two months, and it is presumed he will give his daughter Anne in marriage to Col. Charles A. Lind- 1A 28%, Goodyear 130, International Paper Paper B 17%, Stewart- Warner 73%, Mack Truck 103. SCREEN STAR bergh before' returning to Mem{n s , v City. ! | ADMIRAL ROGERS IS ON WAY NORTH SEATTLE, May 9.—Steamer Ad- miral Rogers sailed for Southea: Alaska ports at 10 o'clock this forz noon with 212 passengers, the fol-| lowing {~ Juneau: H Capt. J. B. Smith and wife, Mrs.| L. R. Nunamaker, Mrs. Ellen Boyie, E. Nunamaker, Forrest Henne: L. sey, Mrs. A. R. Asqyuth, George! Chintala, and Mrs. Y. Shinada. Mother of Two Children Goes to Jail; Liquor Case| TWIN FALLS, Idaho, May 9.— Mrs. Bernice Martin, mother of two children, to pos: n of 15 gallons of moon- shine and was sentenced to 60 s in jail and fined $100. y harles G.Bootih 'ND, thanks,” he declined. inearly dawn. I want to have a 11ook around the Ogden grounds be- |She got between the rascal’s legs | and his men mess That was my object fore Deacon Get on the my profession. There’s another I'm |fond of, too. ‘Stick to your job un- til it's finished’.” He grinned mirth- |lessly. “There, Peebles! I've taught' you to be a successful detective in' two lessons. Write 'em down.” They helped me into a chair. | The window, I saw, had been neat- |claw as the cat drew it hack.’ ily cut with a diamond near the bolt. Mrs. Moffit appeared proper- {ly skirted and carrying water, hot task is land cold, and a dish of warm olive for a man with a scratch on an ex-| \oil. “T1l do it,” Lucy offered, when I had drunk. “Miss Lucy,” “you are in your nighty.” “Of course I am. Uncle John is in his pajamas.” “Lucy,” I interrupted dryly, “you might get me my ‘dressinggown.” She gave me a little gay- -sad | |Lucy insists Mrs. Moffitt is &2 modest that she bathes herself in |the dark. 1 called Polyandria. She sprang onto my knees and while Mrs. Mof- fit pursued her ministrations I !ined her claws. On the middle claw Street opposite 1. Goldstein's store, |explain. I'm glad you happened of the right front foot I found whet will be submitted to the Chamber next week by M. D. Williams, chair- man of the advertising committee, | as the result of a discussion had The debate largely con- fit, l‘d be past caring for break- lca.ll)' “Well?” he queried. today. cerned funds for payment of oper- along. Youd better stay for break- fast. If it hadn’t been for Lucy’— patting her hand and being kissed in return—“and you and Mrs. Mof- up MacNair was watching me iron-!cal of the value of circumstantial |star. fast T was looking for. Mrs. Moffit hand- | led me a lense and I bent it on 'the claw. When I finally losked sterday pleaded guilty | BULILETS “It's | my housekeeper | FALSE RETURNS LOS ANGELES, Calif., Tom Mix, screen star, is accused in one Federal Grand Jury indict- ,ment of falsifying income tax re- turns and two more indictments conspiring with others to withhold from the Government $112,114 tax- es due from 1925 to 1927, inclu Several others connected with] iMix are to be accused in indict- ments, United States Attorney Ames Peterson indicated. He said the |Government has lost nearly $10,- 000,000 in the Hollywood area in| recent years from fraudulent in- icome tax returns. - D. E. Dunbar, traveling for the National Grocery Company, is a passenger for Seward on the Alas- ka. I chuckled. “There's drop of blood on one of Polyandria’s claws. |, and mine and scratched him You had petter look for a man with a scioteh, MacNair.” | “Not bad,” he said curtly. * other demonstration of my contel.- | tion that one should get on the job early. A few minutes later vou ‘wouldn( have found t.” He pcer- ed through the lens. “The ac.alch| will be on an exposed part of the| v\m:ms bod: he went on, “or his| garmenm would have cleansed the| | “An excellent point!” I remark- jed. “It hadn't occurred to me. Our! simplified; we look poscd part of his body.” { “Hardly as simple as that,” Mac- |Nair drawled. “What do you mean?” I exclaim-| |ed, struck by his tone. “] mean if we were to find a| man with a scratch on, say, his ! wrist, it wouldn't necessarily fol-' low that he'd killed Andrew Oj- den.” At this, MacNair pulled up his !n(;m sleeve and revealed .a red welt two inches leng on the under side of his wrist. “What do you say to that?” he chuckled. “Good Lord!" T exclaimed “How I “Coming through the wlndu\w just !now. You must trim that briar rose , Peebles.” ;" 1 said in abashed tones. “I'm sorry. I've always been skepti- evidence, t0o.” I (Continued on Page Eight) j May 9.—! Constance Talmadge { COMMUNISTS MAKE THREAT, RCVOLUTION [Declare GO;;Ian‘S Will Be Destroyed, Dicta- torships Set Up — | BERLIN, May 9.—At a joint fu-| neral of threc Communists killed in the recent May Day disorders,! the orator said: “On these braves, of our dead, we swear we will carry through a rev-) dlution not only in Germany but n the whole world. We will de- itroy Governments and defy social- stic laws and set up Dictatorships »f the Proletaliat.” The caskets were shrouded in red and the marchers carried red bands on their arms and many red banners were displayed. The fu-| neral wreaths were of red flow: Only the three bodies were re- leased for burial but the demon-| startion was carried on as planned for a score or more of riot victims. Thousands were in the proces- sion and the Police were not in cvidence and the demenustration was given free rein. ey | SINGLAIR MAY SERVE LONGER TERM IN JAIL V | | | Contempt of Court Decis- icn Being Considered by High Court WASHINGTON, May 9.—Harry |F. Sinclair is likely to know before | he is now serving whether another | calling for six months will be en-| forced against him. | The longer term may be 1mnnucrl for contempt of court for p.h'\duwm'v jurors selected for his conspiracy' trial with Albert B. Fall. The Supreme Court, which up- held the 90-day sentence, has now | under consideration an appeal from | the six months' sentence and is| {expected to dispose of it within three months. Three others con- | victed of shadowing the jurors, sen- tenced to various terms, also have, appeals pending. | - e - Yak Breaks Loose in i | in Circus; Persons | Are Knocked Down, SAN RAEFAEL, Cal, May 9.— Four persons were knocked down | and bruised when a rambunctious yak broke loose from a circus. The stage act wi not on the program.’ The yak dashed through the ¢rowd, scattering men, women and chil- l dren in all directions. | Deputy Sheriff Frank Sherman | captured the animal with a lariat in approved cowboy style after the yak made a dash for the main entrance. Book Specialists Plan Big Meeting WASHINGTON, May 9.—Two! ithousand experts on what America likes to read will gather here May 113-18, a visual demonstration that the public is more widely read than 52 years ago when a handful form- ed the American Library associa- tion. Many of these modern librarians are specialists, dealing with but one | phase of library work—books for | foreign born, books for children, books for blind. Books for those who read with sensitive finger-tips are becoming available in greater numbers, the! |association reports. More than 20,- 1000 were added to the list during he year and 1,000 certified Braille transcribers, backed by 150 groups, ! are at work producing more, | O B R Takes Third Husband, Wealthy Chicago Man BEVERLEY HILLS, Calif., May 9.—Constance Talmadge, screen ac- tress, and Townsend Netcher, wenl~| thy Chicago merchant, were mar- ried last night at the home of Mrs. | Buster Keaton, sister of the film! Constance divorced two pre- vious husbands. The newly-weds are to reside in Santa Monica, |of | that {gian labor party, calls igrounding and |in reports that state DEBENTURE PLA TO FARM RELIEF ° BILL IS PASSED: Senate Passes Clause, Ob- jected to by Hoover, by 47 to 44 Vote WASHINGTON, May 9.—Despite President Hoover’s objections, the Senate has voted 47 to 44 to re- tain the export debenture plan in the Farm Relief Bill. Thirteen Republicans and In ipendents joined the almost Democratic vote to defeat the Ad- | ministration forces to eliminate the i disputed provision. Administration leaders predicted the House will eliminate the deben- ture clause, ~eoe OFFICERS ARE HELD IN CASE Student Killed in West Vir- ginia When Failed to Halt at Command BLUEFIELDS, W. Va., May 9.— {The parts of a story of an alleged ' nation drinking party Sunday night are being pieced together by the Police v in an investigation of the death| \of J. W. Kendrick, aged 17, Emory rand Henry College student, who was ishn: when the Police fired on an |action is expected to be taken soon. |automobile in which Kendrick and |two others were riding. | Officers are held ibond each on murder charg, under $5,000 | Paul Phelps and Sterling Brittin he completes his 90-day sentence |fellow students, are held on bond SN for the statement by the For- on charges of intoxication. The Police said the shooting oc- curred when the youths failed to halt at a command. e SAWYER WILL COME IN JUNE SEATTLE, May 9—E. W. Saw- yer, executive assistant to Secretary Interior Wilbur, will be in Se- attle June 7 enroute to Alaska to make a study first hand of Ad- stration problems. yer first plans to go to Chi- cago from Washington, to confer with officials of the Alaska Rail-| road; then to Denver to discuss reclamation projects with field of- ficers. After a short stop in Cali- fornia he will come here and leave lfor Alaska. [Belgian Industries Shy at U. S. Tariff BRUSSELS, Mny SJ.——Th(» Belgiar: central industrial committee, which rembraces all branches of Belgium's | industrics and commerce, reperts it is receiving protests from various parts of the country against an increase in American tariff rates. In some quarters it is suggested that the Belgian government should engage in conversations with the British and French governments with a view to acting in agreement on this question. Le Peuple, mouthpiece of the Bel. the Ameri- can tariff policy the “most for- ymidable economic problem of mod- ern times.” CREW BEUEVED LOST IN WRECK | TOKIO, partment May JA'The Navy De- revealed today that the total loss of the :d collier Tamon Maru had in the loss of the This is indicated the fate of the crew is not known. The ship hit a coral reef near Truk Island. Strong tides and the reef made rescue work difficult. Alaska—;l"rapper Robbed Of Mink Skins; Seattle SEATTLE, May 9.—Charles How- lett, Alaska trapper, reported to the charte: also resulted crew of 50 men. Police today that his room had been entered and several raw mink |skins were stolen, solid | OF SHOOTING | NS Honor Given To Eight | Americans NEW YORK, May 92.—The busts of eight distinguished ® Americans were unveiled to- day in the Hall of Fame with colorful cercmonies. Those honored were Wil- liam Cullen Bryant, Henry Clay, Nathanigl Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Hen- ry Wads h Longfellow, ® Ja Madison, Frances @ Parkman and Emma Willard, ° In eve , a descendent ® n honored, un- o veiled the bust. © The ceremonies ® broadcast Secececesoe 00 o REPARATIONS | PROPOSAL IS UNAGCEPTABLE (British Will Object to Per- centages Allotted to Nations |e ° ° 'o ° ° were | LONDON, May 9 Winston | Churehill told the House of Com- {mons today that the kind of pro- | posals foreshadowed on German re-| parations will be inacceptable to |the Baldwin Cabinet. He said that| the percentages alloted to various were different from those jarrived at after the close of the at the Spa conference. The contemplated agreement be- {tween Owen Young and Dr. Schacht saroused great feeling and Cabinet | .~ Although official circles thitherto heen silent. oy a conference of the Labor members Momdmlod an explanation from the Government and this was the rea- have telgn Secretary. } POREAR TSN 5 | \SPOKANE FIRM MAKES| LOW BID ON B. P. R.| PROJECT NEAR SEWARD The Seims, Helmers and Schaff- | ner contr ing company of Spx kane, Wash,, formerly the Seims- Carlson Company, turned in the low bid on the work to be done this summer by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads on a piece of road which extends from a ppoint on the Seward Highway, near the city limits, to the radio station. Other | companies turning in bids were the Warrack Construction company, of Seattle, and the Johnson-Gard- ner company of Portland, Ore. The Seims, Helmers and Schaff- ner company’s bid was $12,136; the Warrack Construction company bid $20,920 and the Johnson-Gardner company bid $20,990 for the pro- ject, The bids were opened this morning and will be sent to Wash- in: , D. C. by M. D. Williams, District Engincer of the Bureau, {with a recommendation that the contract be awarded to the Seims, Helmers and Schaffner company, low bidde: | 'The project consists of the re- | cons ction and resurfacing of the present road for a length of 1.24 miles. ME BRI S0 J. W. CLARK DIES; x HEART TROUBLE J. W. Clark, pioncer of Juneau, died at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning a2t 6:10 o'clock of heart trouble from which he had been suffering for many years. He had not been well since he fell from a cliff in the Carlson Creek sec- tion where he prospected for some time, and fractured his skull. He entered the hospital on March 8| and grew steadily weaker until the | end came this morning. Mr. Clark had made his home in Juncnu for about 35 years, and left ! | considerable property in Juneau, Ithe most valuable of which is the |site of the old Grotto saloon on| Front Street, now occupied by the | Archway Plumbing Shop. His property was left to three nephews, one of whom, S. Thomas Clark, was mamed executor. Sol Caplinger, a friend and neighbor of Mr. Clark, who is taking charge jof arangements here, has cabled jthe nephew at his last known ad- idresd, Lorané, Ore., to notify him | of his Uncle’s death and of the property left. The body is at the Juneau Young Undertaking Parlor and funeral {arrangements will be made known HUGE AIRSHIP DESTINED FOR POLAR FLIGHT International Society of Ex- ploration Outlines Air Trip TO LAND AT NOME OR AT FAIRBANKS ‘Governmenmd Is Asked and Promised—Flight Next April or May WASHINGTON, May 2.—In addi- tion to being groomed for a world flight, the Graf Zeppelin is destined to show her silver sides in the | White Lands of the Arctic. The International Society of Ex- ploration in the Arctic Regions has entered into a contract to use the ship for an expedition from Lenin- igrad to either Nome or Fairbanks by way of the North Polar Regions. ‘The trip will take place in either April or May, next year John Fleming, Vicé= the American Section of the Soecie- ty, has written the War Department outlining plans and asking Gov- ernment aid in providing for ade- quate landing fields in Alaska and oil companies will be asked to pro- vide stations where fuel can be se- cured. The Interior Department officials promise assistance on the part nl, the Administration officials in Alag- ka. The Graf Zeppelin will be com- manded by Dr. Eckner and the scientific group will be under the direction of Dr. Nan: g G 2y group of 15. Plans include a flight from Len-. ingrad to Nome or Fairbanks via Spitzbergen, north coast of Green- land and Oeary Islands to the base station in Alaska via Wrangell Is- land to about 160 degrees east lon- gitude, thence to the neighbor- hood of the North Pole and back to Alaska. ‘The return trip to Leningrad will be made via Delong Island, Sewan- aja and Semlja. MICHAELSON FREED FROM LIQUOR CASE KEY WEST, Fla, May 9—Rep- resentative Alfred Michaelson, of Illinois, has been freed of charges of bringing liquor into the country but his brother-in-law, who admit~ ted ownership of the trunks brought from Cuba, containing the contra- band, faces trial on the same charges. The trunk came through the Port of Key West without inspection through courtesy of the Port grant- ed to Congressmen. The Prosecuting Attorney de- clared that Walter Gramm, of Chi- cago, ccal dealer, was the “fall #uy” but since he admitted owner- ship of the trunks he will be prose- cuted accordingly. - e 20900000 ceoesero . HALIBUT PRICES . eeevecsocoscees e SEATTLE, May 9.—Eight ves- with 173500 pounds of hali- sels but arrived yesterday and sold for 21% and 12 cents. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C,, May 9. —One hundred and ninety thousand pounds of halibut sold here yester- day, American fish going at 7 t6 13.1 cents and Canadian 6 and 11.3 cents. —————— —— BASEBALL DANCE GIVEN SATURDAY Saturday night the Elks will stage a baseball dance in Elks Hall for the Elks Club of the Gas- tineau Channel baseball league. The public will be invited. The dance will not interfere with the smoker to be given in the Fair Building that night as the fistic exhibition will be over befere the dancers usually gather. The committee in charge of the dance is H. M. Porter, R. B. Martin, later. | Jack Laurie and Henry Messer- schmidt, wd