The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1929, Page 8

ety L IORATL IR B AR NPV WERIWN IR eI B < o8 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, DEC. 28, 1929. ° g A —————————————————— ettt et New Light Equal to Lighthouse in Pocket LINE OF WeSEOV . u g LIFEBOAT 16 MILES FROM VESSEL Maj. Henry B. Faber (inset) is one of the developers of a new flare which will extend the range of rescue at sea, as shown in the diagram, from th> six-mile limit of the present torch to 16 mil BEelow the pistol is the long tube containing the parachute flare, and the short cartridge which shoots it | cut of the gun. By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE |none yet had been tested farther.|expanding and a vast building pro- Science Editor Sixteen miles means a circle gram is under way meet the (Associated Press Feature ce) miles in diameter in which a Tes- |néeds of this growth. Aside from NEW YORK, Dec. 28 f|sue ship can see the parachute the boys' village project, a new the blind helplessness of life boats | lights | school system is being nned that at sea at night kely to be s now are going on|will involve $800,000 The more eved rbor under winter than 700,000 members of the fra- The navy, the steam- conditions. latest was made |ternity throughout the world have| wspection service of the De-|in a fog which llowed up the |enthusiastically agreed to support partment of Commerce and the white light of a thouse, havi these two vast movem and are | Coast G r develop- a 45,000 candle power light, so that at work to raice the necessary! ment a than three miles the naked |funds. In order to raise their| With i in his |eye could not see it. quota for this building project Ju- the equi of a| A red parachute light on this| peay Lodge No. 700 gives their same test showed four miles. Mort over, the red light was not nearly |ning in Elks Hall, thouse, 2Q0 feet high, light of 50,000 candle power Moose-heart Charity Ball this eve- | h to signal for help or as powerful as the white beam,| mpe Lodge has always held the ue vessels. having o about one-fifth the reputation of excellent host. The The device resembles a big 45- candle power. It was one of the |committee in charge of arrange-| > pistol igh its parrel demonstrations made under ments has prepared a spe pro- is a little fatter, It fires like a actual night fog conditions. gram for the entertainment of its pistel and projects upw 1 200 fe > > o guests, the ’ J EH#RITY BALL | ‘The public is urged to be pres- r. This §, [} | & & jent at the ball, not only for the Gfens 8 90000 candle- | pleasure to be enjoyed, but with the re a projective ab cannon crac power flare, suspended from thought that here is one of the| parachute. holiday activities whose results will The suspended light burns 30 Each lodge of the fra- a certain be lasting. seconds, and the pistol is designed GaeAily Bbd voted o r to be reloaded with one hand so 3 a 7 : quota toward the building fund and that any desired succession of Event Is Being Sponsored fii¢ ban is suncau lodze's way of pents or oven @ code of signals can| |y Moose Lodge—Giv- making good its promise. T 2t 2 BTG I e w:n-::, washing n\'v‘x(' ‘lxzn 1::(4,(2:;' en in Elks’ Hall or water swamping it has no ef- AR AT THE HOTELS “,(j( - U.h‘. i Jhl]l\)l ) e ""hl“.l Approximately three quarters of dts smmunition been stored in |, “minion dollars are being raised Gastinean salt water for more than 24 hours o vne Moose throughout the world without effect - for the boys’ village, which will be Ojsen, J. V. D , Jack Fielels. The marein flare is a develop- 8oy vl B Wi} be ment of the airplane signal system |COPSUucted within the child city Alaskan developed by Maj, Henry B, Faber, 40 Mooscheart, Illinois, and will| Sam Mozoff, Sam Bilecotf, Jack # L. Dri g »iprovide thirty cottages as homes Marsh. Capt. L. gs, Jrd., and the International Flare-Signal Compa- ny of Tippecanoe City, Ohio. Major Faber was dean of the United £tates Pyrotechnic Schools during the World War, While a mber last summer of the R. B. Van Horne iceberg ex- pedition, Major Faber tested the|&ive the air of an institution. Such signals in the North Atlantic one|atmosphere has been eliminated. night in an open lifeboat under The children are even allowed to Sloer wsathie Toriiitions. |celect their own clothes at the The observers stood 15 feet above Mooseheart general store in order the water line, representing mel‘:hnt no two of them may be dressed height of the deck of a rescue ship, alike. The success that the child- Bixteen miles away they saw the |city is attaining as an educator of parachute light signals rise above heart, mind and hand and a pro- the curvature of the earth, which ducer of sterling men and women had shut out the lifeboat torch |fully equipped to meet life, is being | now in use at six miles. | watched with approval and amaze- Both red and white flares show- | ment by educators and social work-; S A % e b ed distinctly. Major Faber says he.‘crs the country gqver. i believes the signals will be visible| With the growth of the Moose as| considerably beyond 16 miles, butla fraternity, the child-city also is!| — THE END OF THE YEAR IS AT HAND— for the younger boys. Seven of the cottages have been assured and al-| ready the first unit has been begun. Mooseheart, is a city complete in |itself—for the rearing of upward !of 2,000 Moose orphans. There is ncthing about the child-city to VICTOR Radios and Combination Radio-Phonographs RECORDS SHEET MUSIC JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE e e e e | | “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” For Your Approval Umbrellas Of Real Value Priced from $3.95 to $9.75 And we are taking stock—but next week we will start the New Year with BARGAINS that will mean a great saving for you. GARNICK’S, Phone 174 Juneaw’s Own Store Pre-1 nventory Sale ONE-THIRD OFF ON ALL HOLIDAY GOODS BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. free Delivery Phone 134 THE ORIGINAL CROQUIGNOLE WAVE “NAIVETTE” ? SOFT AND NATURAL i % AT THE ! WHEN WE SELL IT IT'S RIGHT Express Money Orders | FLORENCE sHOP | B —— Arvid Johnson, Fred Henning, O. ! i Daily Crossavord Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 11 ?r:ll'lnl seas Curtsies Zh Kind o 3 T] e ! g1 L. Took away Masentine DE| from i TE R 2. Clennsing . Mine entrance 2 A | |E|S slaves D/ 25 Heating device . Diminished French eapital L Trial 1 wer ant with ]ticn of Honor,” has fulfilled an am- | WATCH NIGHT SERVICE (bition to write of the Sierras, their AT BETHEL ASSEMBLY colorful mountaineer characters and in the setting of majestic peaks and | precipitous slopes. Her knowledge Colorful Romance of West, by Ruth Cross, Will There will be a Watch Night Service next Tuesday night be- ginning at 9 o'clock and continuing until midnight in the Bethel Pen- tacostal Assembly church on Main street between First and Second streets. The public is invited to drop in any time during the service to fin- ish the old year and to begin the jof this country was limited, how- |ever, to observations from Pullman 1windows on transcontinental trips. ] Before starting her story, there- ifore, she sought information in ibooks of fiction, description and ixcosraphy. It was not completed | though, until after she had made a !visit to the locale and satisfied ‘l\'ew Year, » . . iherself that her story was realistic | —_—————————— Begin in Empire |and authentic. 1930 CALENDARS | S & | The Northern Pacific Railway's Anne Wilmo: went for an early| “A Question of Honor” is beINZ | 1930 calendars are now being dis- \ .w gant seeds [ E ick I T First name of E a dog movie _ P netor Gaelie god of | A E tire sen i R Age R_ L j. I8 not the & 1T same itiver isinnd Gave another | Evil 49, Female ru @8, At no time name to | Played the 50. \m»m.-x," 69. To vie sile Sikworm | prineipal part 70. Country -ond Keep hack | 7. A alones Fragrant cesin | N 3 DOWN from tropleal | shwaters 1. Company trees | Smell ) porridee | t ation njunetion of | rom eertain . Abounds comparison s . Bone of t'n 5 arce | nifested L en engle 54. Femlinine name arm 5. English me A Ire cian ckwurd mo- | " S Withont be- ently |Belissed | A crews were rescued by inghectors |tendance is requested. 66. Army: ® g or end 4 J French . Marry 62, J | 67. A Indee of 1), Itishop’s head- “ | Tsrael tross 0. Perceive i > Fo 77 Pz 173 / | e - s ‘ S { | |22 |2/ l e 123 | | o . % | | e 23 | 26 / ‘i 27 |28 |29 o V7% 35 3 VT Ef 39 o 4 42 -3 s ‘ b Y/ 4 97 57 / 3 05 I | ,,,,, e b < B 3k } |boats with c=rgoes of liquor, lhei |total value being more than $30,-) | 000. | The officials stopped three boats| coming from the Canadian shore.| As they drew alongside, four men | | jumped overboard and struck out Met |for a fourth boat. This craft, the officers said, capsized through the| |efforts of the four men to climb| RUM RUNNERS ARE DROWNE to Have Death in Detroit Riv- er. E,ludmg Arrest ‘nbu;::lwt Two le;i‘ nal ”(.)ccup’u;t.s‘ DETROIT, Mic, Dec. 28—Four (%0 fhe fourth boat were taken| members of three rum ~running|2P08rd the Customs Patrol Boat. boats are believed to have drowned | last night in the Detroit River into which they plunged to escape arrest by Customs Border Patrol- men. LEGION | practice for iustallation, 7/ Two other members of the o'clock Sunday evening. A full at- Drill smugglers’ ' —adv. e who also seized the SENIOR REGENT. We have ‘the nicest assortment of | Fruits and Vegetables you could wish for, at prices you wish to pay. 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The | puted at the City Office of the i Alaska Steamship Co. Please call and get yours. —adv. ————e E. Sherini, Juieauws plano Hotel Gastineau. —adv the sort of an elemental two-men- want-the-same-woman battle which should delight the vanity of any| pretty debutante. Anne surprised even herself, how- ever, by her complete disinterest day, December 30, in The Empire. e | Send the Christmus edition of | Dell {The Empire outside. | uner. CALIFORNIA GROCERY PHONE 478 which will appear in daily chapters in The Empire beginning Monday, December 30. Life for Anne, before she came to the western mountains on a visit, had been a 'pattern from ich romance had been deliber- ately excluded by the dictates of economic necessity. For on Anne, the Wilmont family had staked its last remnant of fortune and she was expected to make the invest- ment pay handsomely through a! rich marriage. Develops Striking Story Her careful training for the role and the plans of her family had been completed, when Anne con- sented to marry Leon Morse, rail- road builder, ruthless and immense- Then she met Scott a young engineer, and she faced a problem ancient to fiction reality—the choice between position and wealth on one hand and an emotion called love on the other. In the background of Anne's bat- tle within herself is the relentless warfare of Morse and Glen. Orig- inally they contended for a moun- ain site, which was the key to Glen’s irrigation project and for Morse meant the achievement of is dream to build a railroad over the Sierras, where everyone told him he would fail. ~When Morse discovered, however, that the girl e had determined to marry, loved he engineer, the enmity of the two men became deeper, more reck- less and dangerously primitive. Fresh Shipment on Northwestern NUCOA, per pound ........ 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What are the amounts contained in each of the ten bags? e e SO | LET US SOLVE YOUR PLUMBING AND HEATING PROBLEMS Rubbers Raincoats RICE & AHLERS CO. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL “We Tell You in Advance What Job Will Cost” AND MOOSEHEART CHARITY DANCE Music by the Serenaders ELKS HALL Admission $1.00 Rubber Boots AT SABIN’S The Store for Men TONIGHT J. M. SALOUM Vext to Gastineau Hotel PHONES 83 OR 85 “The Store That Pleases” THE SANITARY GROCERY Miss Cross, in Writing A Ques- | [ S ) b