The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1931, Page 8

i b e ¢ i T ST 24 STATES ARE READY T0 VOTE |_ REPEAL OF LAW Twelve Other er States Soon in Position to Test Amendment UNIQUE SOLUTION IS ADVANCED ON ISSUE Manufacture Liquor, Each| Purchaser Gives Oath | to Keep Sober | 1 ‘; | a i | | | WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. Henry S. Curran, President of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, predicted States are ready to vote for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amend- ment and an addition of twelve, necessary for repeal, would follow within two years. Curran analyzéd the delegations of the twelve States in the next Congress as containing 19 out of 24 Senators in favor of submitting the repeal question to the people, and 113 cut of 160 Representatives | are ready to cast similar votes. E ral more Senators and at least 42 more Represemtatives are ready to submit the question but this is not yet two-thirds of each| House willing to do so, Curran| said. ANOTHER SOLUTION WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12— Dr. J. J. Seelman, of Milwaukee, Director of the Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment, has proposed a plan which he said will permit of liquor manufacture and gale without repealing the Eigh- teenth Amendment. This hinges| upon the oath of each purchaser not to become intoxicated. Dr. Seelman argues that the Amendment “does not prohibit al-| coholic liquors for beverage pur- poses when not intoxicating and liquor 1is mot intoxicating when moderately consumed,” therefore liguor will not be illegal if used moderately. To carry out the plan it would be necessary for Congress to use its power to interpret the term of intoxicating liquor as meaning li- quors which intoxicate. ~Anyone getting drunk, after giving an oath, would be punished. — e - Lismantling Huge Gas Tank Causes Explosion; Death and Destruction | COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 12 —One man was killed, one is miss- ing and one was seriously and four €lightly injured when a huge gas tank being dismantled, exploded. ‘The workers were thrown several hundred feet. Buildings nearly were partially wrecked. ————— Ten counties in Alabama ignore other crops to raise peanuts, VAPURE Two Sizes 50¢ and $1.00 BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. “When we sell it—it's right” | | il Telephone 134 , We Deliver Express Money Orders | | | Specially Priced at $2.75, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50 12— § that 24| § 1, J. SHARICK, 83, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 12, 1931. 'FOUND UNDER Black Cat INettie Cas- person Attracts Atten- tion to Remains Nettie Casperson, a white woman, about 45 years old, was found dead this morning under an old wharf at the rear of Connor's Garage on | Front Street ldently having béen brought in by la high tide and left stranded by the receding water. Her death is supposed to have occcured yester- day afternoon or last night. The woman had resided here many years. Some time ago she went to the States. She returned last December. Recently a room at the Alaskan Hotel and was last seen alive there day forenoon. She is believed to| have drowned herself. An inquest Julian ‘Dick, noted society | afternoon. x;:ron and widow of the “boy | The remains were found hy broker,” committed suicide in her | George Jorgenson, employed at New York City apartment by tie- ing her wrists to a gas range_nn'd turning on the gas. Mrs. Dick’s husband was accidentally shot to Connor’s Garage. He had gone be- neath the wharf at 10:30 this morning to look for a skiff that 1 2 e ha few days ago. ath by his best friend ten ye he had tied there a y ?(‘fx ,m‘d it was be h Among the, piling, he noticed a nse gvief over his hort distance away a black cat her life. finally end, sitting on what appeared to be a sundle of clothing. On approach- ng close to the animal, he realized it was on the body of a woman. He at once notified the United States Commissioner. At the di- rection of the Commissioner, the Charles W. Carter Mortuary took charge of the remains. SITKA COMPANY BUYS OUT COLD STORAGE PLANT Booth Fisheries Sells Its PASSES AWAY AT HOME HERE Pioneer Jeweler of 30i Years' Residence, Suc- cumbs at Family Home I J. Sharick, for more than 30 years a resident and a business man of Juneau, died at his home in this city at 5 o'clock this morn- ing. He was 83 years old last September, and was active in busi- Property to Sitka ness until last October. His health Orgamzahon | then became imp. d and he con- | tinued ill until he passed Purchase of tne Sitka cold stor- age by the Sitka Cold Storage'‘Com- pany from Booth Fisheries was made known here Sunday morning by W. P. Mills, pioneer Sitka man and N. E. Bolshanin, Deputy Col- lector of Customs there, it was announced today by M. S. Whit- tier with whom they visited for a short time. The transfer of the property, which includes a store operated in The remains at the Charl Carter Mortuary. Mr. Sharick was born in Ohio. Before coming to Juneau in 1900, he was in the jewelry business in Tacoma, Wash., and in Guatemala, Central America. He came here from Guatemala in 1900 and im- mediately opened a jewelry store He conducted it continuously until his retirement last fall. His last place of business was in the Hel- WHARF HERE The body was lying, face downward on the ground, evi-, she took | yester- | was to be held by United States! Commissioner Charles Sey late this| THRIFT TALKS WILL BE GIVEN Week Arranged by Business Women's Club be after the Yuletide spending pe- city is urged by the Juneau Busi- ness and Professional !Club. Thrift talks will be broadecast lat 6 o'clock every evening this week from the local radio station, KFIU, as follows: Monday—"Thrift,” Caroline D. Todd, President of the Juneau Bus- |iness | Club. Tuesday—“Wise Spending,” | Teacher Association. ‘Wednesday—Postal Savlngs,"'Mn ttie T. Spickett, Postmaster. Thursday—"Bank Savings.’ Friday—“Stocks and Bonds.” Saturday—“Life Insurance,” len Shattuck. INSTALLATION Al- en of Mooseheart Legion, officers were installed, assisted by the Drill |Team and a dance and refresh- ments following this annual fea- ture. The installing officer was Kate E. Jarman and Anna Bod- !ding was Grand Guide. 2 Officers installed were as . fol-| lows: Past Regent, Johanna Jensen; Senior Regent, Lavinna Starr; Jun- ior Regent, Elizabeth Bender; Chaplain, Anna Rodenberg; Re-| corder, Gertie Olsen, Guide, Marle, Assistant Guide, Marje Niel-| Pastl; son; Argus, Mary Sentinel, mem Waltonen. 16LO0 AUXILIARY SEATS OFFICERS 1 Pioneers of Aiaska, Igloo No. 6, were hosts to the auxiliary last Friday evening immediately installation of Auxiliary officers. Cards were played, and ice cream, coffee and. cake served. ! For the installation exercises, Mrs. Lottie Spickett, a past prasi- dent, was installing officer; Mrs. Alphonsine Carter, guide, and Mrs, Kate E. Jarman, organist. The following officers were in- stalled: OVER RADIO HERE Addess Every Mgt it | This is Thrift Week—-u it should | riod—and its observance in this ness and Professional Women’s Clu | Women's| and Professional Women's Mr:. | Ella Smith, President of the Pmn‘-' MOOSE WOMEN | At the last meeting of the Wom- | Hammer, and | after | {lenthal Building on Front Street. | widow, | motorship Mr. Sharick is survived by a at the family home in this city, and by three brothers and a sister in Ohio. They are W. A, Sharick and Miss Luella Sharick of Ashland, and R. P. Sharick and Enoch Sharick of Willard. The deceased was a member of the Pioneers of Alaska. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from C. W. Carter's Mortuary. - ———e TWO ARE NTENCED John Covocich and Matt Drag- nich, arrested last week by Fed- eral Marshals for violation of the Alaska Bone Dry Law, and who pleaded guilty were sentenced to- day by United States Commission- er Charles Sey to pay a fine of $500 and serve three months in‘ the local Federal jail -es - ESTEBETH ARRIVES HERE From Sitka and way porls, the Estebeth arrived here this morning. She encountered | contrary winds for most of the voyage. | "|ests to some other point. {a new bne. connection with the cold storage,| Mrs. Gertrude Laughlin, Past will take place on January 16. J.|President; Mrs. Josephine Langseth, P. McNeill, who has been manager |President; Mrs. Katherine Franks, of the plant, it is understood, Will|Vice President; Miss Agnes G. be transferred by the Booth inter-) Manning, Secretary; Mrs. Lottie | Spickett, Treasurer; Mrs. Annie The cash consideration involved|geeny, Historlan; Mrs. Ella Rowe, in the deal was not made public.‘Chap]Bm; Mrs. Kate E. Jarman, The property is said to be worth|Trustee; Mrs. Hilma Harri, Sergeant in excess of $50,000. The Sitka|at Arms, Cold Storage Company was organ- i g i ized several months ago by Sitka AT THE HOTELS business men and property holders. Gastineau It originally contemplated building Margaret E. King, San Francisco; a new plant. Messrs. Mills and)George Grigsby, Ketchikan; Ernest Bolshanin went to the States sev- |0, Swanson, Port Althorp; Charles eral weeks ago to make arrunge»‘ hichagof; Ralph Pri ments for this construction. They E. Perelle, Chichag ph Priddy, -’ | Anchorage; Paul D. Bentley, Se- sl approached by Booth Fish-attle; Mrs. Eristen Olsen, Hyd. eries represe es with such any g “petarchurg; A. H. Cohn, advantageous proposition that the company decided to purchase the established plant rather than build Marie Madison, Juneau. Alaskan F. E. Pratt, Seattle, Frank Arm- !strong, Walla Walla; J. N. Wahl, Petersburg; J. A. Berg, Tenakee; Mrs. David Femmer has gone to|Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eldridge and the States to improve her health. Miss L. Hemstead, Sitka; George She is a passenger on the Norco,!Jones, Hoonah. which sailed south Saturday. Mrs Zynda Femmer is accompanied by her| Hans Wick, Petersburg; S. 8. daughter, Mrs. Rose Ferguson. Fountain, New Rochelle, N. Y.; W. D. Shepard, Seattle; M. D. Wil- ,liams. Juneau. Portland; R Daily Empire Wace Ads Pay. new 1,400 horse power machine belng built in England by Ca; a trial for the record at Daytona B:ach, Fla., In 1931, to the shores of Great Salt Lake in speed record for automobiles. Above Is the | N'.‘ M;Icolml(:umpbm. Captain Campbel | e Is considering proceeding from t-ert Utah, where hy believes the beach is lultu'l:r speed t'rlllt Daily Cross-word Puzzle AUROSS Solutlon of Saturday's Puzzie 10, Sesame L 5:'::::‘;' ot 1L Ahead At a astance [ANIEITINRIOILIL i g g (DIEJAIREMEIRIT [AREMIA T] 12 & awenmner ' [SITIRIAINIGIE] [1]V] ! 15. Town in IR 1% Gonianction Grit Apprehension Form of security For fear that | | | urf Island: French 46. Greek goddess of youth pents 47 Vietim | . Rove 48, Frame of mind 7. Note of the 50. Vehicles scale 51. Turkish name Rebuke 62. Tuke food Tin contain s out toward a | | | | | | 7. By point Small chlldren 43, One of the 89, Kind of first words tobaceo most children 60. More recent | learn 62. Irldescent gem | 44 Separations 64. Look to be prefix 65. Underhanded 15, Fall behind person | ! | | E[1 IN]S] OlYMIDIEIN[YIND] l // | ll% | (7 . Silkworm Spinning toys Poverty Large mass of L o O LA o e 5% Founds tion B’il. IBIEBBUE Ameriean laxs Peruse Riotous crowds Conspiracy 66. Rodents 44, Toper €7, Gaellc 46. Cal 47. Be agreeable DOWN o 1. Agreement 48. Denotes 2. Medfcinal 49. Made of a lan certaln cereal 8. Tiiting 50. Domaestic ani. 4. Opague, fo- mal sible sub- Likety stances Bottie stoppes 6. A queen of Auction England 5. Explres 6. Suspended , Identical condensed . Light repast yapor Ingredient of 7. Exlsf varnish Ourselves 3 t 8. Be peniteny Greek letter o, Mine entrance 0' kg II%/% -l - EVEN FAI By EDWARD STANLEY LONDON, Jan. 8—There isn't |any radio in England—it's “wire- less.” | There are no fans—they're “li- | censees.” And there isn't any ad- | vertising on the air. | Apart from those differences,| broadcasting, in England is even| more fundamentally dissimilar to| the American variety. ‘ In England it is a quasi-official monopoly, supported by listeners’ It is controlled by a board of di- rectors which must meet the king's approval. Programs must be “to the reasonable satisfaction” of the The concern is the British Broad- casting corporation usually known only by initials—the BBC. It draws its income directly from those it serves. Must Secure License — To own a radio set, or, rather to receive, a Briton must take out a license, costing about $2.50 yearly. This is collected by the Postoffice Department. Ninety percent of the fees collected for the first million licenses goes to the corporation, 80 per cent of the second and so on. The government gets the rest. The corporation’s income for 1929 to 1930 was, roughly, $6,000,000, not a large sum compared with that of American chains. So far about 3,500,000 ligenses have been issued in England, Scot- land and Wales. Incidentally, the postoffice department has found it necessary to employ a “defective van’ ’to hunt out unlicensed listen- ers. Eight hundred were found in Cardiff. But as a rule moral sua- sion is employed. Physical Setup ‘The physical setup is much the same as any American chain. The main studio and transmitting sta- <|tions are in London. Here, too, the company's new building is nearing completion. The transmitting sta- tion is in the country, just outside the city, as is now the common American practice. In all the BBC has 21 stations scattered about the United King- dom. Only eight are powerful sta- tions. The others are relay points with a radius of about seven miles each. The centers of broadcasting are London, Manchester, Cardiff and another station midway between Edinburg and Glasgow. Each of these operates on two wave-lengths, each wavelength giving a different program. High Powered Stations In addition there are soon to be high-powered single-wave stations at Daventry, for middle England, and Belfast, for northern Ireland. The 1554-meter station at Dav- entry will broadcast what is called the “national” program, which is w from London. This program is designed for the whole United xlnudom and is available for one INO RADIO IN ENGLAND, IT’S “WIRELESS” THERE; S DON’T EXIST‘ taxes and not conducted for profit. | postmaster general. I After Three Weeks of | Wild Adventure | 1 | | Esther Handel, 23, daughter n! William Handel, millionaire Chi- | cago realtor, who is dangerously ill from poison taken in a Suicide IQ'L tempt, Three weeks ago she ran! away from a Chicago convent to sell papers in New York. After| that she becme one of Gotham's very few girl taxi drivers. of the two waves at other broad- casting points. The other wave- length is generally used for pro- grams of a local character, but any of these local programs or any part, can be sent out as a part of the national program. — e Charles P. Seelye underwent a slight surgical operation at St. Ann’'s Hospital today. - Mrs. H, Scott and daughter, born January 3, left St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. ———————— Engelbert James of this city en- tered St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medical treatment. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. 8. Weather Burean) Forecast for Juneau ana vicinity, beginning at 4 p. m. Rain tonight' and Tuesday; January 12: fresh south to east winds. LOCAL DATA Time Burometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 38 81 E 14 Rain-Snow 43 83 E 24 Rain 42 78 E 12 Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4 p.m. Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. 4 Station— temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather Nome 6 of: %l 3% . B v 0 Pt.Cldy Bethel ... 14 12 2 6 4 0 Clear Fort Yukon -8 -8 -18 -18 —_ [} Clear Tanana 12 12 10 14 —_ [ Clear Fairbanks 2, 2 & il . 0 Clear Eagle .. 24 24 6 8 0 0 Cldy St. Paul 26 26 24 26 18 Trace Cldy Dutch Harbor A ) % 3 — 2 Cldy Kodiak .. 36 32 34 12 10 Clear ‘Cordova. 36 32 38 18 38 Rain Juneau 38 | 3 43 24 114 Rain Sitka .. — | 32 — —_ 48 = Ketchikan 52 52 4“4 44 12 58 Rain Prince Rupert ... 48 48 40 40 4 .66 Rain Edmonton 18 12 -6 -8 0 0 Cldy Seattle 52 52 46 46 0 .03 Cldy Portland 50 48 2 4 4 02 Cldy San Francisco 56 54 44 46 . ‘o Clear Spokane .. 84 34 34 : | 0 Cldy Vancouver, B. C. 46 46 | 46 46 4 04 Cldy i *—Less than 10 miles. The pressure is unusually low in the Aleutian Islands, east- ward to the Gulf of Alaska and east-southeastward half way to Puget Sound. It is low in other portions of Alaska except the extreme North, and high from Central Canada to California and Hawail. Rain or snow hase fallen in Southern Alaska and the weather is generally clear in other portions of the Territory. Tem- peratures have fallen in the Southwest and Eastern Interior and have risen in the other portions of Alaska. RALPH PRIDDY VISITS JUNEAU, Representative of Federal Employees Association Here on Business Ralph Priddy or anchorage, Alas- ka, is in Juneau in connection with business pertaining to the National Federation of Federal Employees. He is the National Representative for the Territory of Alaska. A new Local has just been form- ed in Ketchikan, starting out with | twenty-five members. Mr. Priddy expects to visit all Federal employ- jes during his stay here and will hold meetings with various groups, and explain some of the legislative { program that the Natlonal Feder- Iancn of Federal Employees, head lodge in Washington, D. C., now has under consideration. Mr. Priddy has just returned from Washington, D. C, where he has been attending a grand Lodge Ses- sion mainly concerning a large por- tion of employees affected in Alas- ka. R. C. Mize, of the U. S. Weather Bureau, is President of the Local here.” Walter Heisel, of the Customs Office, is Secretary and Treasurer. ‘The local organization is the oldcst local in the Territory. fl 3! " WHO'S WHO | l AND WEERE | Hans Wick, Deputy United States Marshal at Petersburg, arrived Sunday morning on the steamer Queen to appear before the Fed- eral Grand Jury as a witness W. P. Mills, prominent business man, and Nicholas Bolshanin, De- puty United States Collector of Customs, of Sitka, are passengers on the Queen from Seattle bound for their homes. Virgil . A. Davenport, clerk at the Gastineau Hotel, successfully underwent a major surgical opera- tion at the St. Ann's Hospital this morning. 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