The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1930, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1930. - WEARWELL SHEETS and | PILLOW CASES Wearwell is in class by itself. Kno“'n from coast to coast. Tape Edge More Wear Won't Tear { Special values in Sheets, Pil- ! low Cases, Sheeting and } Pillow Tubing [s+esceececsasces lo TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS . l[esooeoeooeesaode IMPROVEMENTS ARE NUMEROUS ... s Bethlehem Steel 99%, Cen- | ral Alloys 33%, General Motors | 40%, Gold Dust 44%, Granby 561, | by Crunow 14%, Kennecott lonal Acme 21, Packard 16, | Radio 35, National Brands 27, Stan- | dard Oil of California 59%, 5‘““'} |dard Oll of New Jersey 63%, U. 8. | Statistics of Forest Service Show Local Highway Rates Well Figures released here today b, i8teel 177 T ‘he U. 8. Forest Service, summariz- ng the value of improvements ad- * MAKES DENIAL well in advance of any other road district in the Territory. These statistics include the period before road construction. With a total of $2,203635 of which $1,150,000 is tied up in elec- tric power plants, the local high- way is far in the lead of its near- est competitor, Tongass Highway. which has a total of $705,110. Improvements since the construc- ticn of the roads in these two dis- | tricts, however, do not show such AT, a great divergence. Up to the| WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — A present year from the.time the sternly worded denial came quickly roads were built, the Ketchikan |from the White House after.Jouett road has improvements along its|Shouse, Chairman of the Demo- route to the value of $574,110, while |cratic National Executive Commit- on the local roads the correspond- tee charged President ‘Hoover with ing_total is $1,027,260. |compiling _information ‘on_govern- Wrangell Highway ment employees for the putpose to Stern Reply Given that Hoover Is Working for Patronage Influence is next in CHARGE MADE line with $558,000 while Crow Creck follows with $347,000, Seward-Ke- Ibring patronage influence to ‘bear A e OSSR L $1.35 81x90—81x99 ... ... 1.75 DA | e e 2.10 42x36—45x36 ..................... .45 BLEACHED SHEETING Lo P R R GO 3.5 Q8 v L e .70 84—7'4, yard ... .65 64, yard .. fiag) ki ) ) 42 and 45 inch Tubing 5 UNBLEACHED SHEETING OL Odiisard . $ 55 Special on MANHATTAN PILLOW CASES Regular 42x36, dozen—$3.50 B. M. BEHRENDS CO., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store i MORRIS LOOMS AS PAINTER IN | BACK;TAKES MOTOR 1 TRIP ALONG COAST | Dr. R. E. Southwell, optometrist, {ac¢écmpanied by Mrs. Southwell, re- ‘Lurm‘d to Juneau on the Princess Mary after six wecks' recreation | tip to California where they visited WATER COLORS One of His Works on Ex-| clemente hb . . O Cl | The Southwells left Juneau De- 1 ltslon In Shr way | cember 17, traveling by motor bus cenic op from Tacoma to San Francisco |thence to Los Angeles and other California cities in their own car. All Alaskans go to Tia Juana, soon- er or later, it seems. Dr. and Mrs | Southwell went there to see a horserace. It was not much of a race, the Doctor said, but there were other sights worth the trip. A painting by L. r. Morris, weil- known business man of Juneau, is on cxhibition at the Alaska Scenic Views shop, and is the center of interest in an attractive window display. The subject is a black Cub bear climbing a dead spruce | tree near Auk Lake and the back- | ground, showing Auk Lake and ' Mendenhall Glacier, is faithfully ‘M'IZE FAM"‘Y HERE reproduced. Mr. Morris' talent as | mER TWO MONTHS water color artist is plainly evi- dent in this piece of work. Ani- | mals in action are difficult subjects | at best, and the artist has caught | Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mz and SPENT IN STATES| nai with $252500 and Petersburg with $139,475. Walter Newton, Secretary of Pres- !ident Hoover, a matter of office routine. Some [ F o jright months ago cards were sent | E 3 HE lout for -the ‘purpose of bringing g the list up to date. The Democratic statement said President Hoover sent cards out to all Departments to “be filled out by every employee, giving a full | history of ‘his employment.” | KILL DEPUTY, [Drive Inaugurated to Rid Juneau of Undesir- able Persons | Inaugurating a general cleanup of Juneau following several robberics In and near the city, the U. S Marshal's office, co-operating with City Chief of Police George Geot- chell, has ordered a number of un- “ desirable transient residents to leave(Officer Fatally Wounded {here on the next steamer, Albert Bbe 4 White, U. S. Marshal sald today. | bleagd;_llS filuoak' an old-Up Deputies Willlam Garster and | Frank Price of the Marshal's office are working in conjunction with| QAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 20.—De- Chief Getchell in an effort to rid puty Sheriff Joe Fox was killed the town of those whose prescncz‘durmg a holdup of the Broadway here is felt detrimental to the pub- |and Twentieth Street Branch of lic good Marshal White announced (the Bank of the American Trust this afternoon. |Company this forenoon. He was While no definite charges have in the bank, as a customer, at the | been made so far concerning the time when two bandits entered and thieves who have been connected (rcturned his fire. He was fatally with the larceny cases in the last wounded at the time. | week, several suspects have been| The amount of money taken has questioned, and Charles Johnson |not been ascertained. is now in jail on an open charge,! The bandits failed to observe Fox said Marshal White, and other when they first entered. arrests will follow soon An automobile used by the ban- All questionable characters in Ju- ;dits was found abandoned 50 blocks neau are being checked and those jaway from the scene of the rob- who are unable to give satisfactory !bery. explanations as to their movements | will be sent away, he added. i ———— HARRIET HOLEMAN ACCEPTS POSITION, DANCING TEACHER ————— Harriet Holeman, popular Juneau GIGANTIC PLOT western for Seattle to remain per- manently. Miss Holeman was of- fered a position as dancing in- said a card indox| something of the expression on the | cub's face that closely resembles the original photograph which in- youngest daughter, who have been absent from ‘Juneau about two months, during which time they Girls’ Declamatory | spired ti.c painting. | spent on the Pacific Coast, returned These photographs to be seen in here on the Princess Mary. the Ordway shop were used to il- | While they left Juneau partly for lustrate an article by Frank Du- {a change of climate they experi- fresne, of the Biological Survey, in enced some heavy rainfall in Berke- the February number of Sunset. ley, where they spent most of their Dufresie has written an interest- | vacation. Winter, in faet, found ing account of the escapades of the them there, for several inches. of cub arotihd Jurieau last' summer, snow fell before they left the and the article occupies a promi- Sunshine State. nent place in the magazine. After stopping over one train in Mr. Morris has two other paint- Portland, Where the thermometer ings of merit, one a landscape and took considerable punishment from the other an ornamental glass vase the weather, Mr. and Mrs. Mize ‘overflowing with grapes and other decided to leave as soon as pos- frait, both in water color. The sible for Juneau, Mr. Mize sald ‘subject is purely imaginary, as the ,foday. Juneau, he added, has had ‘artist had no model for his paint- warmer and drier weather than ing.’ many places on the southern Cofst. * Mr. Morris ltntmds to p;rslue CH i m bent for commercial pur- Mlss G. FORREST BACK FROM SOUTH poses. Miss Gladys Forrest, who has N o — | VAN MAVERNS HOME | bech in the States since early last " AFTER MONTH TRIP. Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Mavern re- Scbtember, returned to Juneau ‘on turned to Juneau on the Princess the Princess Mary to resume her ‘Mary after an absence of several Position as stenographer in Allen , Which they spent in Seattle Shattuck's insurance office and vicinity. ! Nine weeks of her absence Miss They left here in mid-December Forrest spent in a Portland hos- |* for the south on a combined busi- Pital recuperating from an opera- ness and ‘pleasure trip. They spent tion. The remainder of the time their Christmas holidays in Seattle. Sh¢ spent at her home in that city. A o Sam Guyot is a passenger to Se- ¢ cn the Northwestern. .o L. B. Chisholm arrived in Contest Is Held at | Mrs. il Sitka; 11 Take Part suneau on the Queen and returned jto her home in Wrangell on the § to The Empire) |Northwestern, after a brief visit ‘-.-fid:'m Jan. 28—In the with her daughter, Miss Dorothy _School Girl's Declamatory Chisholm, of the Juneau Public st Iast Saturday night in the Schools. Presbyterian Church there | ——————— ven contestants. NEW YORK-—Baroness Monica Jones of Ketchikan, won von Miltitz, owner of & castle in ‘medal ne- Saxony and patron of arts, is com- second, ing to study American educational Irene methods and women's acivities. She *fim recently founded a school for wom- ‘men " Jen in Dresden, {Public Builtrng-s in Mexico City Were to Be Dyn- amited—Arrests MEXICO CITY, Jan. 28.—An ai- leged plot by adherents of Jose Vanconcellos, defeated candidate for Mexican President, to assassinate Pascual Ortlz Rubio and blow up several public buildings in Mexico City, then seize tLe Government in the confusion resulting, has been enta Quintana. The chief said the plot was frus- trated with the arrest several days ago of 19 persons, two of whom were ‘later released, but the Others confessed, he said. 3 SITKA SPRUCE SEED SENT MANY PLACES Sitka Spruce is in demand over the world according to ders received and filed by the Io: cal office of the U. §. Forest Ber ice. A letter from the Forestry Commission at London was recently received asking for one-fourth of a pound of Sitka Spruce seed. Other orders filled have been sent to Copenhagen, Berlin, Iceland and castern portions of the United States, where they have been used for promoting natural growth and for experimental purposes. warded to Sitka where they are filled by Charles Peterson. - Seeds are extracted from spruce tones; which must first be dried. ———— John H. Clauson, of the Income Tax Department, who has been examining income tax returns in Juneau for the past month, left for Ketchikan on the Northwestern. Sl S L IR il Mrs. N. 8. Haugen, wife of Lieut. Haugen of the Unalga, is a pas- senger to Seattle on the North- lw‘terx\ to join her hushand, discovered by Chief of Police Val- |, The seed sells for $10 a pound,|Z and orders rcceived heére are for-{= structor in the well known Douglas Behool of Dancing, and immediate- ly accepled. For some time Miss Holeman has been conducting a dancing school in Juneau, as a side issue, fancy as well as ballroom dancing: She has appeared in many theatri¢al . productions in Juneau dnd has beeh known for always fl»:: thoroughly artistic perform- ——————— SON 1S GRAND IDDY; NEWS RECEIVED News has been recelved in Jurieau h of a daughter at the! 4 ital, Seattle, Jan. 18, mfi“ {m Eugene Ewert. Mrk. ormerly Miss Ruth Wil PARTY TAKEN PLANE WRECK Pilots Crosson and Gillam Fly with Men to Dig Plane from Snow (Continued from Page One) bent and wrapped around the engine. Some of the cylind- ers were broken off. “Will make another trip to- merrow (Monday). Should by then. { “Signed, CROSSON.” Croson and C. H. Gillam discov- ered the wreck of Eielson's plane last Saturday, and as ‘the dispatch !indicated, flew again to the scene on Sunday, carrying men to clear| the wreckage from the snow and |make a search for the bodies of 'Eielson and Ear! Borland. | ——,-—— CHAMBER DRIV 3 4 against recaleltrant members of! NEAfltY ENDED Congress. | {of Presidentlal appointees and oth- | T wo Committees Out To- SRS ! |er non-Civil Service employees, was ?kvp! at the White House and was ; | day Securing Final Members for 1930 After cleaning up practically all the expired 1929 memberships to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, ,two committees from that group itoday are putting the finishing bers. . J. Turner, Brice Howard, H. =R VanderLeest and H. G. Watson |composed the two committees which {followed up the card drive by ac- (tive colicitation all day yesterday. While there are some members BANK RflBBERY}\\hu are now out of town and will not have their memberships renewe:d |until they return, the drive will be ally completed by tonight, {Mr. VanderLeest, who is in charge, said today. Next Thursday at the regular noon meeting a full report of the results of the drive will be given, Mr. VanderLeest said. Figures on the subscriptions have not yet been compiled. MOTHER OF SEN.BORAH'S WIFE DEAD Was Widow of Idaho's First Governor—Death Was Not Expected MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 28.—Mrs. William McConnell, widow of Ida- ho's second Governor and its first Senator, mother of Mrs. William E. Borah, wife of Idaho’s senior United States Senator, succumbed to a heart attack yesterday. Mrs. McConnell was 84 years of age. Bhe played an important role in its beginning. JUNEAU GIRL IS ON Miss Aleece Graves, Juneau girl and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Graves, broadcasts harp selec- tions from KXA, Seattle, every Monday night at 9:30 o'clock on 570 kilocycles, 526 meters. In a recent issue of the Seattle Star, a two-column picture of Miss Graves, seated at her harp ap- pears, together with the announce- ment of her broadcasting. The lines under the picture refer to her as a talented harpist. | ‘Miss Graves visited in Juneau last summer and appeared in a specialty number during the per- formance of ‘Cappy Ricks” given by the American Legion. ———————— o0 igd 15 i daughter of Mr. and y Wilson. She has at- 5 U, graduating from e u High B8chool. THe i ‘44.»«" lc Among the Indians, N ©of Gastineau Channel. Northwestern yesterday to visit ter ‘and to look after the in-| ts of “her Seattle -weauty shop Ir.Is the wellknown Fed- ‘ 5. Jack Wilson, proprietor of at the Georgian Hotel STOCKHOLM—It is the mildest winter in 140 years. There is no snow in Stockholm, no ice in any of ‘the Baltic ports. TFolks have to 'gn north for skiing. have wreckage out of snow, {touches on the drive for 1930 mem- She suffered a cold several days ago and death was unexpeeted. ! the development of the State from | AIR EVERY MONDAY| ISon of Former U. S. | President Is Sued COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 28.—Col. Webb Hayes, son of the former President Rutherford B. Hayes, has been named defendant “in ‘an in- junction suit asking that he be made to account for state funds al- leged to have been illegally spent in converting Hayes' homestead in Fremont County, into a State Mu- | | seum. | The suit has been instituted by a { Fremont County taxpayer who asks f 1$250,000 exemplary damages from Hayes. | .- REMOVAL OF " DRY OFFICER 1S DEMANDED Senators Borah and Wheel- er Join in Request Against J. Herbert WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — Im- | mediate removal of John Herbert, Prohibitien Administrator of Mon- tana and Idaho, has been demand- ed in the Senate by United States Senators Borah and Wheeler on the ground that charges have been For Sum of 3250.00()‘ Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. S. Weather Burean - Forecast for Juneam and vicinity, bew~ning 4 p. m. today: Clearing and colder fair; moderate east- erly winds. tonight, Wednesday LOCAL Humidity Wind Veloclly Weathe | Barometer Temp. DATA Time 4 p. m. yesi'y 29.91 28 67 NwW 1 Cldy “4 a. m. teday 29.91 28 60 E 10 Snow }Nonn teday 29.98 21 60 E 11 Snow CABLE AND RADIO mORTS T “TODAY Highest 4pm. | Low 4cm. 4am. Precip. 4am, Stations— temp. temp. | emp. temp. Velocity 24 hrs. Weather | Barrow TEGRET R ) 0 Pt Cldy | Nome 12 4 | -6 -4 g 0 Clear Bethel 22 14 e - L 12 0 Clear. Fort Yukon 14 14 | -8 -8 - 0 Clear Tanana 14 4 | 4 10 o 0 Clear 'Eagle 14 12 | -2 -20 - .01 Cldy St. Paul 36 34 | 32 32 16 0 Clear Dutch Harbor . 38 36 | 32 36 — 0 Clear Kodiak 46 36 32 34 52 0 Pt. Cldy Cordova 40 36 16 16 12 0 Clear Juneau . 29 28 26 28 10 Trace Snow | Ketchikan 38 36 32 32 4 .02 Snow | Prince Rupert . 40 38 32 36 g 0 Cldy Edmonton 22 18 18 18 6 02 Clear Seattle . 42 40 32 34 4 .02 Pt. Cldy Portland .. 36 34 | 24 24 % 0 Pt Cldy (San Francisco ... 58 56 | 48 48 p 0 Cldy ————— NOTE—Observations at Barrow, Fort Yukon, Tanana and Eagle are made at 8 a. m. and 8 p. m., Juneau time. The barometric pressure remains high over Alaska except near the Gulf of Alaska and is low over much of the North Pacific Ocean. Snow has ceased in the Interfor and the weather is gen- erally fair except in Southeastern Alaska where light snow has fallen. Temperatures have fallen decidedly ‘in the eastern Interior and slightly on the Gulf and Bering Sea coésts. High northwest placed before them by the Depart-|Winds are reported at Kodiak. ment of Justice’s investigators. Senator Wheeler accompanied his demand with the declaration that Prohibition Enforcements have been broken down and blamed “politici- ans.” He called upon the Law Enforcement Commission to sum- mon members of the Republican National Committee before it to determine “how Prohibition Offic:r:l are appointed.” Herbert was recently transferred from Baltimore, Maryland. g COREY BOUND NORTH J. J. Corey of the Federal Bu- reau of Mines with headquarters at Anchorage, is a passenger aboard the Alameda bound for home. He has been in Seattle and vicinity for the past month on official business. - D WILSON RETURNS Malcolm Wilison Alaska repre- sentative for Blake, Moffitt and Towne Paper Company, returned on the Princess Mary. He has been in the States for the past month on business. e Advanced Spring Styles Arriving Boat | Watch For Further | ‘ on | E very | Announcement “Sor s L “nfigfic schools, of Doug- t for the Buppression of 1 Beauty Parlor, left on Ber daughter and new grand-, "mfilfifim|fiuuuiluuunuiuf JUNEAU TRANSFER COLE TRANSFER .. NORTH TRANSFER -[CO If. you order NOW delivery will be made almost immediately by any‘of the fpuowi:lg Transfer Companies: BODDING TRANSFER. Phone 444 SERVICE TRANSFER . 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