The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1930, Page 8

DOMESTIC " RO IvE | % AR P h B BODY OF GANG RIDE VICTIM FOUND, CANAL s and Feet Re- ] No Mar Found on'Clothing - TURKEYS BALK AT WILD LIFE wild 1 the r from civ presrves, but a to the comforts of rtsmen. > o — 1ts. MARMION ISLAND Next Sunday Make Reservations Adults, $1.00 Children, accom- panied, Free Welsh Immigrant Boy Wins Fame in Land of 'romise From Humble Origin James J. Attains Cabinet Post and Sen- J. Davis THE DAI LY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 19 e ———— e ——————— ydren of members of the. order, office in the Moose to become Sec of Labor under Pfeside: g. Serving under three suc Presidents in the nine ir years, Davis made an e: > record for himself. Among the difficult situations | he has handled as Lghor Secretar: | the unemployment readjust- | In 1921 Davis relinquisheq hi ‘ | | atorial Nomination squabble between th aillway workers and owners, a s made birds wer tion in arge e of them promptly the are now experim of wild fowl pe to raise ys that will return to the haunts and provide a Cr game ue Hand Lotion. Juneau Dru? —ady -~ S G HOV HE USED TO DO IT From a lowly immigrant boy en- tering the 1 | through Old Castle Garden, Ne York City, James J. Davis h trated that opportunity sf ts for those who would grasp it. From an iron puddler at the age of sixteen, he filled of illustrious self- hould be place t of <he name =mse J. Davi he Republican Sen don in Pennsylvania. From ea tary Davis hs I rty and known po of daily ant boy, as carr s of heart-bre ing str to his present em |nence ational political figur Secretar Davis came to this country from Wales in 1880— the age of seven. ents and five other |family settled in | Because his har |found feeding so many little ones a severe strain on his modest earn- ing capacity, young Jim found it necessary to contribute to his own |support almost from the day the |family established itself in Am- lerica. | His first job was driving cows {to pasture and paid $1.25 a week. Even this small sum proved of as- |sistance to the poverty - stricken immigrant family. At eleven he left school to work in a nail fac- nd of Opportunity | Labor of t childhood, Secre-|, tory at 50 cents an hour. At six- teen he became a competent iron- puddler, work which usually re- PHONE 454 Furniture Covers 0CCUPIED ‘KAISER'S SUITE oz LEVIATHAN JAMES oJ. DAVIS. the exalted post of Secretary of United St: nd 1go won the Repub- > Senate e of Pennsylvania, re he toiled as & h immigrant boy. lonal Newsreely a few day lican nomi in the the State young W The stripling's chief hobby was ending union meetings as a the Ame f Iron, 2 Yo of his co-wc sorbed young Davis. as an active worker he coun- ledge a The suffering among the unem- ployed mill hands he witnessed at that time made an indelible im- I on his mind. He decided as much time as possible bor caus ving to Elkwood, Ind., the g Welshman was recognized as a natural born I r. He be- came chairman of the local union and later city clerk and county ouditor. In addition he joined the Loyal Order of Moose and in 1907 be- came Director-General of that or- ganization. It was his work of building the Moose membership to 600,000, from a nucleus of 247, that first attracted national notice to Davis. He won greater prominence later when he founded Mooseheart, Ind., a community located 35 miles from Chicago, where homes and education were provided for chil- Bright Stripes 50c to $1.25 per yard eader Dep’t. Store GEORGE BROTHERS, Props. | ; of 83 Years lw He will be in the th of a grown: St ¥ o Automobile Cover Window Dra pes In Sateen and Poplin Finish in I - |the many disturbances and strik !in the mining industry. OLDTIMER DIES ~ AT SITKA HOME “Red” Rogers James L. Passes Away at Age James C. Rogers, known throug out the north as “Red,” died la Satur: at the Pioneers Home 2 ka where he had been a resider than threz weeks. Intermer made in the Pioneers’ cem tery. Mr. Rogers was 83 years old. Il was born in Virginia in 1847, an came north in 1897, residing here continuously since. He prospect many in the Yukon and Alas- ka, but had made his home in th Fairbanks disirict for many yea before coming to Juneau about six months ago. Besides prospecting, he worked as a teamster and packer, It i believed he was packer for the In- ternational Boundary Survey. H was with the Alaska Railroad dur- period of its construc- ng as a packer. FAIRBANKS MINISTER ENROUTE TO STATES ite to the States on church s, Rev. John A. Youel, pas- tor of the Presbyterian Church a Fairbanks, and Department Chap- lain of the American Legion, vi ed Juneau Monday evening wh the steamer Aleutian was in port weeks. Rev. Youel is on a mission to the funds from thele ns to build a new east to sol Board of M church Fa ok anks. ANOTHER SPOT! No need to worry!— It’s not ruined if you send it to us. Through many years of experi- ence and careful study, we know just how to re- move spots without det- riment to the color or texture of the fabric. Phone 15 ALASKA LAUNDRY oblem of 1921, the two- .|Gas War Peters Out tates several {List; All Is Serene | ® abornin’. ° . ° . ° ° ° . . . . . . . |® to be the bottom, to load . . . . . . . . . . . . . ks Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 1. StiT [ l-r:\v dim 318 elee- [S]E ojL LIE v CIA (Nl - AlS S|T he teriptures 1 R Fathe GBI o under A E[P 3 “iation of [SIE E at number 48 English ety 40. Move 49. oo "ehement 42, Articlo 3 Ronms 47, Cluss of ani- mals saered to the fndians 3 V R : II% 4. Groundle el L b. Seoteh river 6. Strueture d of war Smail round mark 9. And: French 10. Deprived ot civie rights 12 Bueket 13, Restrain 18, Tempornry Tashion 19, Large ofl ean 21. Vegetables 2. 0l word for cely an tamily 20, Place of sue- rifice Collections of facts seutine nickmme 44, Conper colns: abhr, 46, Myselt FLORY RETURNS [: oo ore FROM INTERIOR : |Delivers College Com-!: mencement Address and |° Anchorage Memorial Talk . I j. After a six-weeks trip to -South.® [Central and Interior Alaska, Charles | ® H. Flory, ex-officio Commissioner |® for Alaska for the United States ® Department of Agriculture, return-|® ed to his home here yesterday on® | | Without Casualty Juneau's gasoline war died e !Tu-o Aviators Off |{On Round Trip Flight for Record JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Yesterday things o‘l'l,—Wmiam Brock and Edward| |® looked propitious for a nice e Schlee took off at 5:04 o'clock this| 3 little skirmish between the o |morning for a round trip flight to Union and Standard com- e |San Diego. ‘They expect to make panies in the local field, it ih 24 to 30 hours. when the former announced e| The distance is 2,100 miles. a four cent cut in gas and e Overcast weather prevailed when | distillate and the Standard e |the fliers took the air. posted a two-cent reduction e |— June in the same commodities. Juneau's motor population gave three rousing cheers and settled down to enjoy the proceedings, and, inci- dentally, when the price reached what they believed up on cheap gasoline. Today the war's over. The Union today announced its prices were two cents lower than before the four-cent cut was heralded. That means the Union and Standard are back on the same relative basis. You pick your gas and fill your tank. Nineteen-cent gas at the pump is a thing of yesterday. Want Ad Rules - ) i | Here are seven rules worth con- sidering if you want to make youc want-ads make good: } 1. Think carefully about your pro- Alligator Rain Suits Short plaid lined jacket and feather weight pants. An ideal suit for the fisherman and hunter SABIN’S C. 0. SABIN, Prop. position. . 2 Direct your selling efforts at the individual. Be specific. Use colorful words. Avoid generalities. Tell the whole story. your offer. \ Mention price. sible. | ners every Thursday. Rice & | Anlers Bldg., Corner Third an Make answering as easy as pos- | Pranklin Streets. The Coffee Shuppe | MRS. K. HOOKER | Home cooked meals as you like Emphasize the best feature of | them.” Featuring Chicken Din- . | a G S ,the steamer Aleutian. His trip was|® confined to the Alaska Railroad | belt, with a stop of a few hours at {Chugach National Forest head- quarters at Cordova. | While absent, Mr. Flory deliv-| ered the Memorial Day Address at|the legion of ¢l |e | MOVIES HELP STUDY OF FLYING SCIENCE VILLACOUBLAY, France. June 17.—Movies of every sort of airplane stunt are being used to assist air- plane designers. Profgssor Magnan of the College of France, is con- ducting experiments. Why, asks Professor Mag- nan, does a butterfly or a bird have soft feathers and an airplane hard polished wings? Matters like that are be- ing studied. 9000020000000 0900 ;000 00000000000 —te CLERGYMAN~MOTORISTS 1 ORGANIZE BERLIN—The latest addition to “\ ubs and societi: |Anchorage, and the Commencement in Germany is the Clergyman-Mot- | |Address at the Alaska Agricultural |orist Society. iJune 2. Its organ is the |College and School of Mines on|“Harma Pyros” (Fiery Chariot). 'Matanuska Agricultural Experiment Station to look over the work be- ing conducted there. About 12 new settlers have en-| |tered homesteads on agricultural | |lands in the Matanuska Valley and jone in the Tanana Valley as a re- | |sult of the colonization program |of the Alaska Railroad in which Ithe Department of Agriculture is |cooperating, Mr. Flory said. The plan, which has been somewhat |misunderstood in the railroad belt, \does not contemplate any wholesale /| cettlement of agricultural lands! |along the route. However, there is |an opening for a limited number | iof bona fide farmers in that dis- |trict and it is hoped to colonize Ithem to that extent. At present, the Territory is now, purchasing annually from Wash- {ington and other Pacific Coast States about $5,000,000 worth of! farm products. These could be |{to promote farms that will grow |this produce. | —_——————— He stopped over at the| {largely grown at home. It is the| {hope of the railroad management | | Karretts for sick and sour stom- | ach. Juneau Drug Co., Agents. adv| VAPURE - 50c and E $1.00 ‘ Wonderful Relief i { } for Head Colds WE HAVE PLENTY BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. free Delivery Phone 134 WHEN WE SELL IT IT'S RIGHT Express Money Ordery - ———— ) ‘ NEW SHIPMENT LADIES’ | Queen Quality Slippers 1 $6.00 to $8.50 J.M. 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