The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1930, Page 2

Pillow Sale New Sterilized Feathers New Ticking These Pilows contain no admixture of foreign matter of any sort. The contents are 100 per cent New Feathers. thoroughly clean- ed and purified by a special ste rilizing pro- Cess. Fancy Blue Ticking, size 21x27, weight 314 pmmdw each, $3.25. Fancy Floral Ticking, size 21x27, weight ach $2.75. 314 ll(“l"‘l“* Plain Striped Ticking, size 20x27, wejght 3 pounds—each, $1.95. Fancy Floral and Striped Ticking, ches wide—3 yards for $1.00. 32 in- Gents' Furnishing Sale continues Wednesday and Thurday Only B. M. Behreml.s Co., Inc. L(‘(ulmg Department Store | i MAJORGENERAL CHAS. MENOHER PASSES AWAY Battle Commander of Rain- bow Division Dies as Result of Pneumonia 1907. Most of his Army serv- lice was with the artillery and it ‘mclud(‘d active duty in both the | Spanish-American and the Philip- pine insurrection. Sent to France the entrance of the United | SL’ALM into the World War, he |was an Artillery Colonel, but was sent to France as a Brigadier Ge: |eral, later to be promoted to the rank of Major General and assi ed to command the Rainbow Divi- sion when Major General William _,‘\ Mann, its organizer as (,hl(l lof the Militia Bureau and its first | | commanding officer, was unable to ‘uui:n‘v the physical strain of the lactive battle days of the division ; history | in France. To recount the work of General ‘ in (Continued from Page One) .A)l\ into American mil as that of the Battle Commander in France of the Rainbow (Forty- Menoher in France virtually is to] Second) Division, the officer w review the history of the renown to know far more vexing days Rainbow Division, composed of Na- after the war at home tional Guard units from virtua The trouble developed when as every State in the Union. Chief of the Army Air Service he division, one of the first Amer! came to an open break with his|units to reach France, was organ- prificipal ‘dssistant, Colonel William | ized in order that each State might Mitchell, then a Brigadier General. |be represented at an early date on This clash, although temporarily the battle front, and its history smoothed over by John W. Week: {under General Manoher forms one then Secretary of War, was tha|of the most vivid chapters in the first uproar of the air service um.|nnnal~ of the American Expedi- troversy which was to develep tionary Force. eround Mitchell and lead to his In Many Engagements crraignment before an Army court| The division saw active fighting martial for a repetition of actions {in the Lum‘\'fllf» and Baccarat se which had impelled Menoher to de-|tors from February 17 to June 21, mand that his subordinate be re-[1918; participated in the Cham | lieved from duty as a disciplinary | rmgnv -Marne defensive in July and measure. August; the attas on the St General Menoher became head of | Mihiel saliant in September, the {he air service soon after his return |0ccupation of that scctor until from France, and at a time whe: an (October, and then in the Argonne there already was apparent a attack just prior to the armistice. smouldering of the flame that later | For his service as Nead of the was to Lindle the fires of. conten- |division, he was promoted to the tion. At the time of Menoher's ap- [command of the Sixth Corps, aware- pointment, sfl:mmry Weeks said he | ed the Distinguished Service Medal, had been selected “because he mns‘““‘l decorted by the French, Bel- a2 man of fine fighting record ,mm.n\ and Inlmn ;:ovemnwnu Prance, a man of good Jud;:mmt and level head, and a very capablc | cxecutive.” ‘ Remova! Requested ; He took charge of the air servize in January 1919, and within a fc\\| months came to an open break with | Mitchell, and asked of the Sccrr-‘ tary of War the removal of the of-| ficer. Shortly after this request| hLad been presented, Secretary Wecks on June 17, 1921, issued « formal statement in which he said Mecnoher “has withdrawn his rec ommendation for the relief of Mit-|, chell at the request” of the Sec- . retary of War. Fic The Secretary stated that reasons . submitted by Menoher “in the op- inion of the Secretary of War, jus- the an FAMOUS WAR GENERAL OF 6. B, PASSES CHIPPENHAM, England, Aug. 12, General Sir Horace Smith-Dor- aged 72 years, one of Great An’s most famous soldiers, died without gaining conscious- ss after an automobile accident | yesterday. Sir Horace commanded the Sec-| tified his action” but that St Ay BE 4 " i . 2 y he Britist - Secretary believed “that in the onary Force in 1914 ‘\:|:l ?glpswilu interest of the air service and the 'vn. g war, He was Aide-de-| Government itself such action would !¢y, : be undesirable and unfortunate .t} Camp to King George in 1910. this time,” and has been able “to Pl Fi secure a satisfactory adjustment of LSON GOES the difficulties involved.” R VISIT HERE MISS IRENL S0U H AF This “adjustment” proved but the fleeting. Almost at once there re- Nelson, who has been | cured within the air service con- mother, Mrs. R. P. ditions equally vexatious to : I"] two brothers, Geors nd Eu ne, for several weeks, lef chief, and while he stood th 3 this morning a time in deference to Mr. W = on the Prince Henry wishes, in October he tendered his|fof Seattle. She is en route to San Gabriel, Calif, in the vicinity resignation from that position and asked ior duty with troops, "“ + Assigned to Hawaii Assigned to command the Ha- b\hovh v.alian Department, he again came| into conflict with Mitchell's viens| Ludwig Mayhre is a batient as to the air service and in the 8t Ann's Hospital. He entere gubsequent years, even after Gen- yesterday for surgical treatment cral Menoher had been transferred AT e 10 his last active duty in commdnrh of the Ninth Corps Area at San; Franeisco, there recurred at inter- Pasadena, where she will be su- r of teachers in the public RS vals in testimony given by Mit-| T chell before the numerous aircraft| A 1me y I 1p {investigating bodies, criticisms of | he Menoher administration. The! general himself, however, refrained consistently from public discussion .ol his differences with his former[ volume grow. Other merchants bave proved this plan by repeated tests. We'll belp with your copy. /{liam Galen’s taxicab. “|into the window in avoiding a col- The | d lin GASSER VISITS HERE ENROUTE T0 FAIRBANKS i Completes Sln‘véy of South- | east Alaska for Exten- Matanuska. He will banks to attend the e. After that closes to Anchorage and attend the ithwest Alaska Fair. After that will resume duties {at the openingjof the Alaska Col- lege as professor of agriculture. — e BARBER SHOP. NEEDS WINDOW AUTOSMASHED Customer in Chair Gets Ex- cited but Wears No Court Plaster Anchorage a then go to F annual fair he will r th [ Repairs are being made at Wil- | {liam M. Haynes' barber shop on Third Street, near Main. A plate | glass window that cxtended almost jacross the entire front of the build- | ing, except the doorway, must. be replaced. It was broken into small pieces Saturday evening by Wil- truck. taxi stopped \lision with a delivery front wheels of the ‘uptm the sill of the window. R. L. Stewart was in the barber cr; But he wears no court plaster on his face. He was hav-| his haircut at the time. g ing | QUEEN REMAINS SEVERAL HOURS Vessel Wili Go to Excur- sion, Funter and Other Ports Before Return With 70 passengers, of them round trip tourists, the steamship Queen, Capt. J. E. Kol- seth, arrived in Juneau from Seat- tle at 1 o'clock this morning and departed several hours later for Skagway. Seven of her passengers disembarked here. They were Hen- 1y Roden, John Chamberlain, Dave Housel and J, B. Sapiro from near- by ports, and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wild and Otin Turner from Seat-| tle. On the vessel's departure she booked from Juneau Mrs. W. D. Gross, Florence E. Pack, Leland F. Browne and W. D. Gross for Sitka; Harvey Cook, A. Mitchell and J. Reilly for Haines, Iris V. Heath and W. Storey for Skag- way. Pefore returning here on her southbound voyage, the vessel will go to Excursion Inlet and Funter B;\}y. e UN TEACHER FACES 95-MILE HIKE {OVER MOUNTAIN TRAIL A 95-mile cross country hike in any country is more than a mere “constitutional stroll,” and in Al- aska during the summer months it comes under the head of strenu- ‘(,u life, but that is nothing imr the \life of Everett Neeley, superinten- dent of the Federal government's |school at Unalakleet. He visited at local headquar- ers of the Office of Education to- v while the steamer Yukon was port. He will go to Seward, |thence to Fairbanks and down |river to Kaltag on the lower Yu- n. From there he will mush 55 country to his home, a mere 95 miles of mountaious terrain over |a trail that is nothing to boast of. Mr. Neeley has bee nteaching at Nnal;\klect for the past three years. | Miss Mabel LeRoy, former local e, is stationed there, a nurse the Government hospital. Mrs. who accompanied Mr. y to the States last Spring, il return to Nome on the last sailing of the steamer Victoria and go direct from there to Una- lakleet. sion Service G. W. Ga professor of Ag- riculture at Alaska College, ar- rived on th imeda from visits to other Southeast Alaska towns, 1and will s on the Yukon for Seward. W. A. Lloyd, in charge |of extension work for the West- | ern State Alaska and Ha- wall Territ and Mrs. Fohn- Hansen, of home economics de- ipartment of the Alaska College, who were with Prof. Gasser whcn he was recently in Juneau, have left for the South. Mrs. Fohn- Hansen will d a conference of extension wor of the West at| Bozeman, Mo She will return to Juneau and organize some groups of wome Juneau and other Southeast Alaska towns to take ex- tension work Prof. Gasser will visit Seward, He crashed| nearly allj bBel‘vlce. left today on the steamer \X YS CHICAGO, 1Il, Aug. 12—E. W. Sheets, Chief of Animal Indastry, Department of Agriculture, said the drought has resulted in so much livestock being thrown on the mar- ket for slaughter that the Ameri- | can dollar buys more meat now than at anytime in the past 12 5. Wi ting 36 per cent less for his stock than last year and the housewife buys for 35 cents the same amount she paid 55 cents for a year ago. | TRIA L OF DRY OFFICIALS IS Four Former Prohibition| | Officials and Former Dist. Attorney, Face Jury SEATTLE, Aug. 12—The trial |of four former high Prohibition of- |ficlals and a former Assistant | United States District ~Attornay, {on charges of rum conspiracy, bc- {gan this morning with prospects, of several weeks' trial. | United States Attorney Savage | |outlined the charges and Judge | Norcross began the examination of | jurors. The doors of the Federal Coutt were crowded by scores hours be- irore the trial opened. The panel of 31 talismen qualified |after examindtion and only three; | were excused on account of paor| | hearing. , The men on trial are Roy Lyle, William Whitney, Earl Corwin, R. L. Frvanb apd Clifford McKinney. o glele Rl YUKON ARRIVES FROM SEATTLE * ANDGOES WEST. [Eight Disembark Here and J. L. McGinn Goes to Fairbanks trict Attorney at Nome in the early S A ye of the eamp. He went o| ,There are more than 200 minia- ! Botind for Soward from Seattle, |Fair s soon after the discovery thre golf courses in Chicago. the steamship Yukon galled at Ju- jof placer gold in that district. For| . = b f th ‘nmn and leaped out of it in his|ncau this afternoon, arriving at 1 several years he was a leading law- | t"b”‘)”v;"““ ,"l‘f"f ",51 °,“ - | excitement ‘over - the noise of the) B Js ‘stheduled 't deparh ak gi |Wek At Filbanks and iso operated | PAeDIIED footbal, quAc Wi, B0} lo'clock. She had a passenger Hsu“"‘m great success placer mining into training at Windber, Pa., the | of 156. At this port, elght disom- 6Tound R day, plien Jator Dar. barki rs. K. ate years he has been intei- : Rl e W Putianl, TS iris| The. hapless Phillies made 15 Norma Burford, Mrs. W. C. Ellis, Mrs. A. H. Lenhart and child, Mrs. E. Rositer and Robert Rosi-| ter from Seattle, and B. R. Nob'v from Wrangell. Mrs. Burford and her daughter have been in Seattle visiting rel- atives. Prominent among the passengers for the Westward is John L. Mc- Ginn, a lawyer of distinction, who now makes his home in San Frantisco. He is destined for Fair- bariks where he practiced, during the days of its great activity. 1 | | ton touring party, conducted A. W. Fox, are making the Seattle- Seward round trip. FOUR BLOWN BURNABY, B. C., Aug.12—Three children between two and seven dead after the latter, Otto Zellar, placed them in a stump hole with him, on a read near their home and set off a charge of dynamite. Zellar's wife, left him recently bfimd. cruelty. A ART TNV LTS MIS§ HEATH MAKING LONG INTERIOR TOUR Miss Iris Heath, who has been employed as a clerk in the Gov- ernor’s Office since last Novem- ber, left here this morning on the, steamer Queen for Skagway for a tour through Yukon Territory, in- terior and south central Alaska, She will return here in about three weeks. and Dawson, and leave the river steamer at Circle, going by automo- bile across Steese Highway to Fair- {banks. She plans to spend a few days there, then take the Alaska Railroad for Seward and return to Juneau. She has resigned her position in the Governor's Office and expects to go south sometime next month. Her successor has not been appointed. FORESTERS LEAVE TO INSPECT ACTIVITIES IN CHUGACH FOREST For an inspection of Forest ac- est, Asst. Reglonal Forester M. L. Merritt and Inspector E. W. Lov- eridge of the United States Forest \\H:I{I(, \N DOLLAI{ BUYS MORE MEAT NOW THAN AT ANYTIME IN PAST TWELVE YEARS; DROUGHT CAUSE OF IT Sheets said the farmer was get- ©% BEGUNSEATTLE, . Fifteen members of the Burling-| by | UP, DYNAMITE, years old and their fathers are] Miss Heath will visit Whitehorse | tivities in Chugach National For- | DISHAW & SON GET HOSPITAL ANNEX AWARD Lo Blikder for Construct- ing Tubercular Annex to Govt. Hospital " TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS EW YORK CITY, N. Y., Aug. Closing quotation of Alaska cau mine stock today was 5%, hany Corporation 20, Anacon- i7's, Bethlehem Steel 77%, Gen- Ju Al eral Motors <z%, Granby 23%, In- ternational Harvester 73}, Kenne-i qne contract for constructing the & "?‘l‘*'AMO“"K":"""‘W““ 30%, | new hospital annex to the local ‘N“‘ ’l‘;: l;:‘fi‘e 1132 ¢, Packard Mo-|Government hospital, and making {tors 14%, 13%, 13%, Slmmons Beds| spciantial improvements to the {23, Standard Brands 18, Standard|main puilding of that institution, '0il of California 61, Standard Ol |5 awarded yesterday to Alfred of New Jersey 67!, United Air-|pjshaw & Son, wellknown local cralt 45%, U. 8. Steel 156%, Amer-|oopiractors. It has been submitted }ican Can 113%, Fox Films 41, Hupp | ¢ pr. william John Cooper, Com- |Motors 13%, 13%, 13%, Stewart-|migsioner of Education, for approv- fwarner 80 ER L al after which work will start with-| out delay, it was said by Charles' {yukon for Seward. There they|W. Hawkesworth, Chief of the Al- meet District Supervisor Mc- |Donald and Ranger Sherman. | The entire national forest dis- t between Seward and Anchor- a will be covered, an inspection made on all activities, including fire protection, road work, and land development, Mr. Merritt said. After completing the Seward- Anchorage area work, Mr. Merritt, Mr. Loveridge and Supervisor Mc- Donald will proceed from Seward !through Prince William Sound to {Cordova, stopping at various points Office of Education. i Dishaw & Son bid ¢12451 which was the lowest of three received.| Other bidders were: E. Krause and | Robert Semple, and Juneau Cabinet ; and Detfail Company. The annex will have a concrete foundation and stucco overstruc- | ture. In addition to constructing it, the contractor will put a fuil| concrete foundation under the main | hospial and stucco it, also. ‘(v route. At Cordova they will|e Y |make an examination of district| | JWHO'S WHO |y headquarters activities. Mr. Mer- ! and Mr. Loveridge, expect to | AND WHERE | ; o =3 absent about one month. et {be Mrs. Mary Harden is a patient | at St. Ann's Hospital, having en- tered late Saturday afternoon. E. B. Hanley, owner of the Cop- per River Packing Company at Nel- lie Juan, was a passenger on the 4 vIsITs JUNEAU southbound Aleutian. His cannery has packed between 85,000 and 90,- | o pg 000 cases of salmon this season. {Eminent Lawyer and Suc-| Mrs. Ernest W. Sawyer and son 3 disembarked from the steamship cessful Mining Man on {Aleutian here and will visit Sitka. | Way to Fairbanks Mr. Sawyer, assistant to the Secre- | Itary of the Interior, is at Seward, ewaiting the Senatorial Committze While the steamship Yukon was|that will investigate the Alaska jin port for a few hours this after- | Railroad. noon, John L. MecGinn. nrumxmmtl‘ SRS TR AT in the practice of law and in mining| e - — . iactivities in Alaska, had an oppor-! SPORT BRIEKS o . i greet "many friends in Juneau. He is on his way to Fair banks, where he is developing gol bearing quartz property. Mr. McGinn was As: tunity Rogers Hornsby coesn’lt dance or read books to save his feet and eyes. ant Dis- | b ested in quartz development. thome is now in San Francisco. ——————— HALIBUT MOVES ON3 AND 5 BID [Three Schooners Take Bait and Ice for Fish- ing Grounds runs cach in games in two days and lost both. NOTICE OF SALE, Notice is hereoy given mat 1, as| mortgagee in that certain mortgag: dated September 4, 1928, on the gas. Apex No. 1,: Official No. 214,144, in which mortgage the Ad- miralty Island Coal Company 1s mortgagor, have taken possession of said gas. Apex No. 1, and that I ghall sell said vessel, together with her masts, bowsprit, boats, anchors, eables, chains, rigging, tackle, ap- parel, furniture and all other nec- essaries thereunto appertainingand | belonging, at public sale to ‘h,.l‘ highest and best bidder, for cash,| at Douglas,” Alaska, on August 1, Nine cents and five cents a pound were the auction figures on halibut sales today. A small quan- tity, 350 pounds, unloaded by the Independent, Capt. Ben olson}j wasfw‘w at one oclock pam. Notice bought by the Juneau Cold Stor- |18 also given that the Admlr‘al.tvlv age Company. |Island Coal Company has a right ‘Three halibut schooners took on ::cbidt °“,ds‘2f:evfs§1 thhe;;“;fkle |board bait and ice and lef o ade beht 10 B ‘o 1y boar ce and left for the lpy Yogerve the right to bid on my |fishing grounds today. They WeIC|oun pehalf at said sale for said the Seymour, Capt. Gunner Han-|gecse] her tackle, etc. | sen; the Nors, Capt. Nels Ro- 3 F. A. J. GALLWAS. vick, and the Akutan, Capt. Ole|mirst publication, Aug. 7, 1930. Bjerke. Last publication, Aug. 18, 1930. KIRKS LEAVE TODAY ON TWO-MONTH TRIP For a two-month business and vacation trip on the Pacific Coast, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kirk left here this morning on the steamer Prince Henry for Vancouver. * They will cover the coast as far as southern California. Arm a short visit at Vancou- ver, where they will take in the |80urdaugh Stampede, they will go to Seattle. There they will get a new automobile, a Pontiac pur- chased through Connors’ Motor Company, local agent, and motor south. They will stop in Port- land, go to Pendleton for the big Roundup, and then proceed to Cal- ifornia., FOUR LEAVE HERE ON PRINCESS ALICE Four passengers boarded the steamship Princess Alice when she called at Juneau this morning en route from Skagway fo Van- couver, B. C. D. S. Campbell and A. O'Connell took passage for NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING OF FINAL AC- COUNT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION. In the Probate Court for the Ter- ritory of Alaska. Sitka Precinct. Division Number One. IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- TATE OF GEORGE SKYES, DE- CEASED. Notice is hereby given that W. W. Knight, Administrator of th: Estate of George Sykes, deceased, has filed in the Probate Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division | Number One, Sitka Precinct, his| | tribution; and that Friday, the 3rd | day of October, 1930, at 7:30 p.n.| o'clock of said day, and the office | of the above named Court at Sitka, | Alaska, has been fixed as the time and place for the settlement of said account and the hearing of said petition for distributi at which time and place all persons interested in said estate may ap-| pear and file their objettions, if any, to said account and petition. | Dated at Sitka, Alaska, this 29tn day of July, 1930. R. W. DEARMOND, U. S. Comrnissioner and Ex- Officio Probate Judge. Plnt publication, Aug. 5. 1930. aska Division of the United States | p NN Beds, Springs, Mattresses ASK. TO NACHMAN SEE THE Soring Tll MATTRESSES Juneau-Young H ardware Co. final account and petition for dis- |’ Prince Rupert; Sister Mary Lili- ose for Victoria, and D, Tuttle for|Last publication, Aug. 26, 1930 THE UTMOST AIN STYLE a AND WEAR Representative BEN C. DELZELLE Juneau HOLEPROOF HOSIERY; . GOOD LUMBER and BUILDING MATERIALS JUNEA U LUMBER MILLS TO ALL CONbUMERS OF WATER: Notice is hereby given that all water pipes must be protected against freezing. Under the ordinances of the City of Juneau waste of water is prohibited. Patrons ignoring this law next winter and allowing water to waste through open faucets will have their service discontinued until next spring when the sup- ply will be abundant. This will be strietly enforced after November 1, 1930. All customers are hereby notified to the end that they may take the necessary precautions against frozen water pipes. JUNEAU WATER COMPANY Old Papers for sale at Empire Ofilcq Seattle. The Alice arived at 5'a. m. and departed at 8 a. m. e | Ted Abanilla, who underwent a aur‘tcll operation at St. Anns Hos- pital last Sunday, is progressing nicely- toward recovery. PHONES 83 OR 85 THE SANITARY GROCERY “The Store That Pleases™