The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 9

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SECOND SECTION JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930. TWELVE PAGES 14 KILLED, SUBMARINE EXPLOSION FINGERPRINTS ARE CATCHING MANY PERSONS WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The rob- ber may slink furtively down dark streets and hide his loot, but it’ll take something more tricky than that to hide his identity from fed- eral sleuths. Let him say he was somewhere else at the time of the robbery. Let' him give an assumed name. What- ever, If picked up the chances are his fingerprints are among the| more than 2,000,000 at the Justice| Department. Attorney General Mitchell's an- nual report showed 114,874 persons were so identified last year. Over | 400,000 were filed during the pe-! riod, coming in from law offices in every state. ; [Only Fi‘f!ee No $2.50 Gold Pieces for | ;BAC.’HELOR INHERITS WEDDING ‘TRADE’— HE OFTEN GETS Christmas | WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Secre- tary Mellon reminded people today why they can't get new $2.50 gold pieces to give for Christmas. | Congress discontinued that coin- | age last April, because the ph‘:oes3 were in demand almost exclusively for use at Christmas, generally were returned to the Treasury or disap-! peared from circulation and served no business need but caused much' difficulty in the making. - NAVY PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCE BY SEC. ADAMS n Million Dollars Needed to Start Con- \ PANAMA CANAL “ struction i i WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—In the, i first naval construction program fpresem,ed to Congress since Presi- dent Hoover was inaugurafed and the first step of building to the London Naval Treaty, Secretary, TOLLS DROPPED WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—Either to initiate the program in the next bigger ships are being built or the fiscal year. smaller ones are staying away| Secretary Adams wants to let from the Panama Canal. | contracts for four submarines, ten Secretary Hurley’s annual report destroyers and an airplane carrier showed during the last fiscal year by July 1. the average net tonnage of ships| The program also included seven passing through was 4,847 tons. In ships, 165 planes for the carrier, a 1929 it was 4,653 tons. | flying deck cruiser, a six inch gun Tolls collected, however, dropped'm'uise'r and 135 planes for the $50,000, the total being $27,000,000. cruisers. The number of vessels passing ! through was 6,785, compared with 7,029 in 1929. Py TR s AP e e | TO TELEPHUNE PATRONS { | A new telepnone directory is now in course of preparation. Patrons NEED A STUFFED ELEPHANT? contemplating change of address or persons who wish to have tele- NW4 HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 9.— phones installed are requested to Yale has an erepnant on its hands notify the Telephone Company. —a pair, in fact, both dead. Both Telephone 420. All changes for new are ready for mounting, but Pea- directory must be in office by De- —adv. TRANE UNIT HEA OVER 68,000 ARE ARRESTED BY DRY FORCE WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.— Federal prohibition enforcement in the last fiscal year led to 68,173 ar- rests. Secretary Mellon reported to Con- gress on the final period of Treas- 'y Jjurisdiction, the task having been turned over to the Justice De- partment July first. In addition to the arrests, federal agents also furnished evidence to state au- thorities in many cases prosecuted in state courts. Automobile seizures numbered 8,- 633, valued at $3,290,830. Sixty-four boats, worth $687,480 were taken. PAPER MONEY OF BIG SIZE DISAPPEARING ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Remem- ber that big paper money? ‘Well, there’s a lot still going the rounds, although the Treasury has been scrapping it as fast as re- ceived for almost a year. Secretary Mellon reported $1,056,000,000 of the old-size currency was outstanding | in June. This was reduced to $860,000,000: by November. {VANCOUVER TIES WITH PORTLAND, HOCKEY LEAGUE VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 9.—The Vancouver Hockey Team went into a tie with the Portland Hockey Club of the Pacific Hockey League by defeating Seattle last night by a score of 2 to 1. TER Provides cheap and efficient heat for Service Motor Co.’s new steam heated garage in the A. B. Hall. One small Unit Heater kee ps Frigidaire Salesroom warm RICE & AHLERS CO. PLUMBING “We tell you in advance what job wil HEATING Il cost” PAID WITH PROMISES; COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa; Dec. 9. —For more than half a century weddings have been the business of | the Henry DeLong family here. Something more than 5,000 have been solemnized during that time in the DeLong home, under the big red paper bell tht festoons the| “parlor.” The Rev. Henry DeLong, a pio- neer of Council Bluffs, began the| “business.” He died a few years; ago, aged over 90. The son, the present Henry, is not a clergyman, and the idea of continuing the wedding “business” | occurred to him only when couples ' appeared at the door, not knowing his father was dead, and asked to be united in matrimony. | | Rather than disappoint them, | § Henry said, he used to call in a! clergyman and now the “business” j is running again as usual, even though Henry himself does not ac- tually tie the knots. | All colors, races andl creeds come. | Henry looks after the details, pro- duces the rings from pocket recess- | 1 s, calms the quaking, gives advice‘ Love in the Rougn? WOULD DEPORT ALIENS WITH TREASON TRAITS WASHINGION, D. C., Dec throwing the governmenmt would had his way. In his final annual report, should be provided by law “that any alien who at any time after entry into the United States becomes affiliated with any organization the purpose of Whi government with a totally diff independently in advoeating su violence, should be deported.” MR. FISH'S FAMILY AF ¢ Ll 1 ITHACA, N. Y.—Mr. Fish, Grnnd—[ pa Frog, Br'er Possum and all the | animals have good scientific rea- sons for their actions in care of | their young which sometimes are | said to resemble family affections. The causes of these animal ex- hibitions of “parental care” have| been analyzed by Prof. H. D. Reed (of Cornell university. | He finds that among fish this I | Mrs: Consuelo Carseras Armour, care is always some action that in- | IS FOUND QUITE SCIENTIFIC! and even throws rice, if that is expected. But he never has been married himself. The promns, he says, are not so certain. Frequently he has been, ’pnid in promises only, and there {have been “rubber” checks and | empty envelopes. “You'd be surprised,” he says, “how many people are married on an empty pocketbook and a heart NOTICE full of love.” | T ent is supplying moisture. | After December 10 no telephone | gnakes are a higher order of life rentals for the month of December | (han either fish or amphibians, | will be accepted at a discount. All o thoy haven't a bit of family af- remittances by mail must bear y..ion The reason is that their g;’;:;::’lk d:‘y ““;le:':'b:h;‘:m;:‘ young need no care whatever, being | Ayt o g;z;fmy equals of the old falks at {“;;fly mm:lél:)firno}::e fi(ltskam Next come the mammals, which | Hotel (ady, |Seém at times even to grieve over s A Stk “"|loss of their young. Young mam- |mals must live on their mother’s SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARDS |milk, and Dr. Reed thinks this, Engraved, illuminated and phoio- greater parental care accounts for graphic. From five to fifty cents|the higher family organization ex- each, including envelope. Winter hibited. | and Pond Studio. —adv. The seeming grief of an animal wife of Tommy Armour, the sures oxygen to the eggs. golfer, a few days ago was given| gyen when Father Catfish goes | grounds that Tommy Armour was his mouth, it results in providing | fllegally married two years ago them with the precious oxygen. after receiving a ‘“Mexican di-| Parental care amgng fishes is STl R L mail-order abroga~! noticeably exhibited in waters where 10D =18 BOY e Rk the oxygen supply is scanty. i New.Tark Siata. | Amphibians, such as salamanders, | sometimes curl around the egg clus- | {ter. But it is probably not a pro- tective gesture. Merely the par- “Friends ask,” and then: “Don’t you ever long to go home again?” I always reply: ‘Should a Pig la- ment At rising above its environment'?" says Puffy, “now - ATTENTION EASTERN STAR { Juneau Chapter No. 7 O. E. 8, ! ywill meet Tuesday evening, Dec. 9 (at 8 pm. Business meeting and election of officers. All members urged to attend. LILY M. BURFORD, Worthy Matron. FANNIE L. ROBINSON, Secretary. Here’s an opporunity to get a number of Gift problems solved. Come in and see this wonderful as- sortment of fine quality Putt! FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN . 9.—Aliens desirous of over- be deported, if Secretary Davis the Labor Secretary said it ch is to supplant our form of erent system, or who engages ch changes, through force or FECTION | PROF. H.D. REED mother deprived of her young may | be due merely to the discomfort of | her unrelieved milk supply. NOTICE ‘The parties holding number 388 and number 15 for the MOOSE- HEART HOPE CHEST will please present them at once.to Mrs. Radalet. adv. Hope Chest Committee. ! CRAFT SINKS IN ACCIDERT, HOUATT ISLE Undersea Boat Lost Salvag- ing Sunken Steamer for Fortune in Gold 'SEVEN MEMBERS OF CREW ARE INJURED Fourteen D;—.&ccording to Brief Reports from Belle Isle LORIENT, France, Dec. 9.— A telegram from Belle Isle says the Italian submarine salvager Artiglio has exploded off Hou- att Island. Fourteen members of the crew have been killed and sev- en others injured. The Artiglio has been work- ing to salvage the gold from the sunken steamer Egypt off Houatt Island. The Artiglio sunk shortly af- ter the explosion. The island of Houatt is a small spot off the west coast of Brittany. The liner Egypt went down in 1922 with $5,000,000 in gold ingots which were sought by divers operating from the Ar- tiglio since last September. S eee Senate Confirms Doak as Secretary Of Labor WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee. 9.~The Senate has approved without , debate the nomination of William N. Doak of Virginia, to be Secretary of Labor. 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