The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1930, Page 2

19 Saleof Silk Dresses REGULAR $19.75 AND $22.50 Now $12.50 | REGULAR $29.75 AND 20.00 , ] REGULAR $40 Now $25.00 ALL MILLINERY—PRICES TO 50—CLEARANCE PRICE $3. January Clearance| 30 5.00 .00 AND $45.00 | 75 . | B.M.BEHRENDS CO., Inc. Juneaw’s Leading STANWORTH CASE IS SUBMITTED TO JURY The Stanworth case, storted Sat- urday in the Federal district court ofcre Judge Justink W. Harding, £ wes concluded at noon today when it was given to the jury. At 3 p.m. no verdict had been reached. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stanworth fore charged with violation of the National Prohibition Act, for the possession of liquor, and nujgance in Front e rooms las ontember netted the Prohibition agents a large quantity of moon- shine liquor, all found in one of the gecond floor rooms. The defense claimed they had no knowledge of the liquor and asserted it was owned by a third party, who was @ rcomer in the ho Limit By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Science Editor (Associated Press Foature Sstvice) NEW YOix, Jan. 7—While New York and C o builders are { finiching for the world's { tallest ckys seience steps in with a ctupendous conception that dwarfs them all The financial giantc are cracking the 1,600 foot levzl, beating cven Eiffcl tower. But ¥ goience says two-fifths of mile 2,000 foet, is already feasibloe. atively remarked by that this is not the safe- ty limit, but merely the elevalor A top. Structural stesl can go h { er. How much higher is not pre- dicted, aithough one engineer ha suggested 7,009 feet. The highost man has indicated he might go 1o date is 1,600 feet—the heigh! of a structure reported planned by a cigar magnate. The scientific report establishing the physical possibility of a 2,000 fcot skyscraper is issued hy the American Institute of Steel Con- struction, Inc., of New York. It dces not attempt to foretell when or whether two-fifths of a mile willebe reached. But scientific men have a saying that may be prophetic. It is that when research discovers how to do gomething new, someone is sure 1o/ do it—ultimately. An elevator of present speed would require nearly 10 minutes non-stop to reach 2,000 feet. En- g, say that lift speeds can be s safely so as to reach thic ow cloud level in less than two in That would mean eleva- ~ Yors running 17 miles an hour. % ‘Beyond that speed there are com- i o For one thing, steel i ‘cables would be too heavy,: but " mote surprising is the fact that ‘speeds would be bad on the ‘ears—that 1s, on present ears. Therc to believe that the aver- used to higher report mentions vel in faster eleva- Department Store Dutch Blight Is Feared | As Menace to U. S. Elm DES MOINES, Jan. 7. blighting European fores vealed today by a woman scientist from the Netherlands as a possible menace to America’s stately elms. SURVIVORS OF SCIENTIFIC S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 1930. Api . Forbush, H. Olsen, W. J. Scientists and members of the crew (tom) wh> cgcaped injury Harber, Western Samoa, killing the Captain an 1 a cabin boy. E. Scott, J. Aspiazu, J Unander, Dr. J. H. Paul, F. M. Soule, A. Erick cn, and ¥ W. G Oyarzo, 8. L. magetic shin burning. CRAL OF ANDREW LUNDINE TOMORROW The funeral<of Andrew Lundine, who died December 31 after an at- tack of infiuenza, will be held at the chapel of the Juneau-Young Undertaking Pgrlors at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Rev. H. R. Allen of the Lutheran Church Speaking before the American Will conduct the services, and in- Phytopathological Society meeting terment will take place in Ever- with the American Association for Breen Cemetery the Advancement of Science Dr. oo sti 3 he or- Christine Buisman of the U CORREONING 'RRROR cu sity of Vtrecht, Baarn, d the present status of the s Dutch elm disease If the disease should be carried to the United States, she said, it might threaten to wipe out elms even as a blight is doing to the chestnut. e Edward F. Flynn, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney of Essex County, In printing the list of Moose- officers for the ensuing year following names were omitted: Guide, Mrs. Berry; Assistant Guide, Mrs. Pastel. This oversight was on the part of the Publicity Com- mittee. —adv. h the e Who fired the final shot of the Civil War? Benton Queen of Wes- Massachusetts, bars jurymen with ton, W. Va., vs he did—at Appo- beards. “They know too much,” matox Courthouse, Va. April 9, he says. 1865. Science Doubles Physical Building Reached In Present Race e found a limit which will keep ckyscrapers around the 1,000 foo! level for a while. It is| the net rental Two yo study of big real estate o bus men and engineers of New York is used by the report to show that the most profitable h ¢ dependent on ground values, A skyscraper of 1,000 fest is now | imore profitable than any i The inst other | {neight on land worth $400 a squ foct. Furthermore, the report |the $100 land already is in sig | S0 the “limit” that now points to| {1,000 feet as the ceiling for sky- scrapors may advance and push the big buildings onward toward 2,000 feet. Six lofty towers are to top the| | Woolworth buildin: In New York | the Chrysler building, 808 feet cs-i i“mmM' and the Bank of Manhat-| {tan, 850 feet, alrecady are nearly up. iTiw Chrysler raised its heights! more than once in hopes of being! the tallest. But even Wefore the |tecpmost girder has been set it seems out of the race. | Four other skyscrapers that have | not been started still figure as fac. ters in a height contest. One the Crane Tower in Chicago, w plans for 880 feet, topped by a lag pole or b n just breaking ithreugh 1,000 t. Picturés of |{the Crane plans have been issued, but it is not too late to raise them. The City Bank-Farmers Trust bullding in New York last fall an- jnounced a height of 925 feet, and cnly two days later a still loftier building of 1050 feet yas announced by another New York builder, A. |E. Lefcourt. | Meanwhile in the background is Al Smith, head of the company £ponsoring the Empire State build- ing on the site of the old Waldorf- |Astoria hotel. | Arthur Tarshis of the Lefcourt {fi'rm says an internatiénally known |business organization has agreed to Itake thousands of feet of space lin the 1050 foot building, provided "1t is the world's tallest, - America’s Skyline Now 3 BOB fr, 1,000 feet. INWK O 4 MANHA&W BLDG. - 7 B8SOFT, (&srina . BLDG. 10 SIATER) | N ® ~__92sFT oSS e The tow of lower buildings marks man’s limits to date. Note the steady progression from 792 to' These skyscrapers have been actually built or are more or less definitely planned. The imag- | Danes Think Schools Can’t Make Reporters GENEVA, Jau. Journalism profession which demands ce personal qualities which can- not be gequired, in the opinion of Danish newspapermen, says a com- munication to the Le E tions from the Danis Acute experience is th source of knowledge of newspaper routine, the note adde in ing Danish journalists’ ence toward institution of journal- istic courses in Copenhagen Un versity A the same subject, reports that that country a free institu political science gives journalisfs facilities for acquiring the know- ledze necessary for their profes- sion. e Commercial Jou printing at The #pire. CRANE TOWER BLDG, < 88OFT. ' ' HIP BLAST REACH U. S. Th T — SR N e G e St e ———n RUSTGARD AND SMITH FILINGS ' ARE ANNOUNCED Seck G. O. P. Nominations for Delegate and Treas- urer Respectively (Centinued 1rom Page One) ably will file for tha! is of Senator F. A. of the original Con- r Bill and veteran politician of the Second and FI Di S, believe he will seek ‘that office. 1s0. One or two other aspira this office have been mentioned vely Smiih Only Treasurer h is the only Treasurer Territory 'has ever had. First nted in the summer of 1913 en Gov. J.° F. A. 'Strong. t, he has been continuously ce since that time. He was nted by Gov. Thomas Riggs o r Democrat, and after- by Gov. Scott C. Bone and George Al 'Parks, both Re- an: His" present term, un- he Territorial reorganization expires March he will have ger the Republican nomina- Treasurer have been men- neluding - Senatcr Will ho recently ved here. s current now, however, are that he will be "a succeed himself -as cffect to Has Two Years Left tgard has two years left s term as:Attorney General. s first elected in 1920, entevr- ifice the following Spring. He when Ieft to right, nd H. Jentoff. Front row: Loter photo shows ‘he fon- . lected: B H0RR: axid agalE # the last election he re- G R ~—————=-— ‘celved the highest vote cast for CAPT. O'CONNOR LEAVES ate in the Territory, al- e lost the Third Division Democratic opponent wh Anchorage His total while Deslegate FOR TRIP TO CORBOVA rge of the Southeast will lea is ev brief trip to Cor to return on the Mr. Rust- gard recel , est received b, Suther [ o vote of the steamer nd's = Py Division was 2997 ki & G AMY GFF FOR TAKU Two Bodies of Seven The gasboat Amy left for the 8 : mouth of the Taku River at 8 Lersons Killed in o'clock this morning with three men Mid-Air Crash, Found for the Alaska-Juneau property The Amy was expected to return metime late this aftetrfoon ' with pasgengers from Eaton, B. C. g DR TA MONICA, Cal, of a salvage tu, working since AUCKLAND — The New. Zealand S when two motion Ministry for Indv 4 icture airpla s collided in mid- merce announces air when 10 lives were lost. Threz Canada increased $2,000,000 bodies were thrown clear of the in 1924 to $12,000,000 1928. The plancs at the time of' the disaster X the high-| n ./is to be constructed at Boulogne- ; sur-Mer, France. - of speed and then after repeatedly/ f Weathelr Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Bureau | Forecast for Juneam and vicinity, bey~uing 4 p. m. today: | Cloudy with occasional snow tonight' and Wednesday; moderate {temperature; Moderate easterly winds. LOCAL Humidity Wind Veloci(7 Weather Time Barometer Temp. DATA 4 p. m. yest'y 30.41 16 82 Calm Pi. Clay 3 a. m. teday 30.25 % 94 E 2 Snow Neoon teday 30.33 29 95 NwW 5 Clay CABLE AND RADIO REFORTS 3 | YESTERDAY T At POURY eae | " Highest 4p.m. | Low 4cm. 4am. Precip, 4am. Stations— temp. temp. | emp. temp. Velocity 24 hrs. Weather | Barrow 22 (I R T3 R ) Clear Nome 32 26 1 0 26 4 0 Cldy Bethel 30 30 {788 .2 10 a2 Cldy Fort Yukon s =5 -12 492 - 04 Clear Tanana .. 8 4 | L o = 14 Cldy Eagle -6 -6 | -8 -6 _ .02 Cldy St. Paul 34 34 | 32 36 16 18 Rain Dutch Harbor 38 38 28 42 — 14 Pt Cuidy Kodiak 44 ‘40 | 30 % ‘1o M Cldy s | Cordova 82 . 82 24 3 3 32 Clear Juneau ... . 20 16 14 25 > 09 Snow Ketchikan 26 20 | 16 22 3 0 Cldy Prince Rupert ... 24 2 |0 s — 0 Clear Edmonton 2 ‘12 -20 =20 . 0 Clear Seattle . 28 28 24 2 w 0 Clear [Portland 40 38 26 26 > 0 Clear San Francisco ... 48 42 38 38 s 0 Clear *Less tlan 10 miles. R e T e O AR Y S e A B ! NOTE—Observations at Barrow, Fort Yukon, Tanana and Eagle |are made at 8 a. m. and 8 p. m, Juneau time. The . disribution of pressure over Alaska during the last twenty- four hours remains relatively unchanged. Precipitation has occurred |generally over the Territory with the exception of the northwest |portion and arourd Ketchiken. From Nome and Barrow lower tem- |peratures were reported, other Alaskan stations showing ‘consider- able rise for the' last twenty-four hours. Seattle and Portland ex- ‘perienced the coldest weather of the winter thus far, the tempera- tures ' being several degrees below freezing there' this morning. | HOSPITAL NOTES e 0000000000 - . . | Mrs. Ross ‘SBheakley of Hoonah,!® RED CABBAGE MAKES . |entered St. Ann's Hospital Monday |'® MEN MEN ON FARM o lafterncon for medical treatment. |e ° Jacob Mayer, agéd 72, of Ten-|e® CHICAGO, Jan .7—Pickled ® lakee, entered the hospital Monday [® red cabbage and cheese are ® lafternoon to be tredted for injuries{® among the things which, » jreceived in a fall from the dock|® taken plentifully for break- » lat" Tenakee. © fast, make men men in the ® | “Arvid Johnson, of Chichagof, en-|® open spaces. » itered thé hospital Monday for med-|® This discovery was turneéd ® |ical treatment. ® up here by a radio ques- ® j Henry Pigg, son of Dr. and Mrs.|® tionnaire, sponsored by WLS, (W. J. Pigg, underwent a major|® through which thousands of ® |cperation at the hospital this|[® farmers and others were ask- o 'morning. ® ed to tell what they eat for ® | Fred Bower, who entered the[?® breakfast. ) {hospital December 30, was dis- |® . 2066000000000 charged Monday. A - - : A new harbor for large vessels S e —— I HARRIS Hardware Co. ! LOWER FRONT ST. [ | NOTICE TO AUTO DRIVERS Autemobile drivers when driving on |to use great care when approach- ing or passi the schcol bus. If the children are being loaded or unloaded from the bus, please do not pass except at a very low rate ROOFING PAPER blowing the horn. The cooparation of all automobilists is requested in order to prevent any accident while the bus is transporting children. adv. JUNEAU SCHOOL BOARD. e e PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Our store will close at 6 o'clock Hardware isiand deminion will soon send a and came to the surface of the for this evening instead of eleven. - . trade commissioner to Ottawa. ocean after sinking. adv. GASTINEAU GROCERY. . | Sk o e e e S R & g iy peiin 3 | GARBAGE HAULING ! g~ L 2 = kS 3 Y o XD _— - s '& e | “‘FHow high—thirty-sixth floor, about?’ I said. | . “*Ne’ was his reply. ‘That’s like being on the ground. I want to go |into the f You know, I flew cver that bu vesterday, and I want to be really far up’.” Traffic, light d ventilation preblems do not worry the maker: ,of the institute skyscraper report. In fact, they suggest that the im 5 s of the future wil these prob lems, by creating ple decks and artificial atmosphere and lighting. sued came an announcement from { the Ganeral Electric Company lab- joratories that for the first time {ultra-vislet light lamps are going on the market in incandescent | form. E Hcretofore the artificial creation of this essential in the sun's rays ihas been done mostly with carbon jarc lamps. The incandescent form |advances this phase of lighting, a | little closer to universal applica- bility. Leaders among scientific archi- | tects look forward to the day when ‘Worlds Tallest Structures Dwarfted | By New Engineering Conception streets of multi- | A ‘wezk after their report was is-! W. E. TARR Inquire building below _Cable Office. LT ° . ‘ GoIG P! Silk and . Two thousand feet s 150 § © floors or more. ° Steel safety limit estimated W l well above 2,000 feet. 00 ° Elevators impose 2,000 foot limit. . Present lifts would take about 10 minutes, non-stop. Elevators running 17 miles an hour required. They weuld take less than two minutes, non-stop. No profit now in 2,000-foot building. Land values fix heights that pay profits. Ground values_of $400 a square foot predicted soon. Regular Price $12.75 e . . . ° ° 3 b4 ® e 008000 b0 e 0! 00deso0o0eocevesosdeoss e 'he says. Out of about 100 opera houses in the kingdom, only 15 are in financial condition to put on a Irespectable winter season. The reason, he maintains, is “the 'fictitious and arbitrary” valuation of artists' services. 'He confesses - ITY BANK= _FARMERS TRU inary 2,000-foot building in the background is a coming sten, science says. LEMPIRE STA BLOG. So the Lefcourt plans are walting until other skyscraper ceiling plans have been filed. And there is no telling how many may be still un- der cover. ing reasons for rushing up the sky: [ scrapers. Mr. Tarshis said that in | Aviation may have something to led by the Royal Academy to pre- the Wall Street district office space do with it. Tarshis tell this story: paré a report on the present cri- “A businessman there are stories about new office wanted office space on an upper For there are more than sport- |buildings being fully rented before |floor of ome of our new buildings.vealed a shocking state of affairs,(Specials at Mabry's. . is actually at a premium; that | completion. L4 “there will be no windows that €an pimgelf unable to understand why . |be opened. Interiors will be closed 'one tenor refuses to sing for less {tight as drums as far as windows |tpan $500 a night when a better one jand doors can do it, in order that jg glad to accept $100. {perfect ventilation systems may) He proposes a general organiza- {supply befter air and temperatures|tion so as to assure the artists |than are obtained by present timec- (longer seasons, rotating from one honored customs. \opera Mouse to andther, and thus jcompensate for the cuts.in fees. | i MASCAGNI WOULD CUT | | OPERA SINGERS’ FEES T The Tast of a series of card par- ROME, Jan. 7—Singers' salaries ‘ties given by the Ladies of The must be revised downward, says Pie- parish will be héld on Tuesday tro Mascagni, if opera is to continue evening at 8 o'clock at the Catho- ito live in Italy. {lic Parish Hall. | This illustrious composer of “Cav- | The Grand Price will be award- ‘alleria Rusticana” has been charg- ed; refreshments will be served and ‘the public is invited. Admission, i PARISH CARD PARTIES 50 cents. - —adv. told me hesis in the lyric theatre. e ————— - His first investigations have re-| Try the Five o'Clock Dinner —adv. “ <