The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1931, Page 2

A0 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1931. for St. Patrick’s Day Dance Long formal fluffy printed chiffons and solid colored satins L5 Semi-formal frocks latest styles and colors. Price Ao $19.75 B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” in printed silks, 50 and U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIOULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. S. Weather Bureaun) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., March 16: ally fair tonight and Tue gentle variable winds. | LOCAL DATA | Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity =~ Weather | 4 29.90 23 9 S 5 | 4 am 20.99 22 55 E 8 yi Neon 3004 24 48 NE 8 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS “TXEETERDAY | . .. TODAY { Highest 4 p.m. Lowest 4am. 4a.m. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. emp. temp. velocity 24 hre. Weather | FIE G 6 0 0 10 0 14 14 4 8 0 C 14 14 4 12 02 cldy | Fort Yukon -0 -10 -34 : 0 Clear 8 8 -2 — 0 Clear | ks 8 -20 0 Clear 0 -32 0 Clear 30 28 13 0 Pt.Cliy | 34 34 - .02 Cldy 36 23 \d 0 PL. Cldy | 26 2 0 Clear | 23 22 8 08 Pt. Cldy} i — 0 Clear | kan 44 2 0 1.60 Rain | Rupsart 45 40 4 24 Rain| Edmenton 22 10 0 Cldy | Seattle 54 44 14 03 Rain Portland 56 50 . 0 Cldy | San Francisco G4 56 $ 0 Cldy *—Less than 10 miles. The pressure is erately low on th2 Southern Alaska coast and lowest south of the Aleutian Islands. It is moderately high er the rem: of Alaska and in the Pacific State Light snow | has fallen in po ns of the Southwest and the vicinity of Juneau and heavy rain fell at Ketchlkan. Clear weather prevails in the| If of Alaska and Interior and Northwestern Alaska. Tempera- tures have risen itly over Northern and Interior are low in the Gulf of Alaska With a minimum of zero reported| at Mile Seven, Cordova. SENATOR DUNN and grieved by Senator Dunn's ill- ness and critical condition. Cut Fourth Representation The loss of Senator Dunn cuts FOUR KILLED TWO INJURED AUTO CRASH Car Goes Through Railing| Drops to Railroad Tracks Below VANCOUVER, B. C.,, March 16.— Four persons were killed Sunday when an automobile struck an ob- struction in a road, crashed into a railing and plunged 45 feet to rail- road tracks below. Angus MclIver, 8. C. Burchill, Miss J. McDonald and Miss Frankie Reynolds were killed. Barry Forster and Mrs. Isabel Fhysick were critically injured. The dead and injured are local residents. PSR b B BT B ACQUITTAL IN LIQUOR TRIAL Former Representative Denison Found No# Guil- ty of Possession WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16. BALLOON RUN - MADE SUNDAY Fourteen Miles in Air Over Fairbanks A record pilot balloom run was made at the Fairbanks Weather Bureau station Saturday afternoon the surface, easterly winds of less than 25 miles per hour were found to a height of about seven miles It was followed to a height of 14.3 after commencing the observation.| RECORD PILOT ~ [EARLE BLOSSOM INDIAN BUREAU PASSES AWAY IN SEATTLE Reaches He_ig—hth of Over|Elks Will Have Charge of Funeral of Former Resi- dent of Juneau E. Earle Blossom, 30 years old, is dead in Seattle, according to ad- vices received by M { March 14. Starting with a calm at|retary of the Junecau lodge of thel.ation Benevolent and Protective Order of| Elks, of which the deceased was a| member. Elks in charge will be he H. Sides, sec- Funeral ser with in Se 1S OPERATING IN NORTHLAND | | Native Education Is Taken] )’ From Long: Establish- ed Service (Continued from Page One) | |work to the Commissioner of Edu- Schools Developed | The development of schools that |would accommodate a scattered miles two hours and two minutes|attle. “~ |pcpulation in this wide and inac- | ble area proved to be an ad- rative task which led ‘e Mr. Blossom was a graduate oflp,ing B.P. 0. Elks St. Patrick’s Day DANCE At this elevation the wind was the Lincoln high school of Sea found to be blowing from the and gained prominence in athleti ue, | of ELKS’ HALL the | of Education into many range complications. northeast at the rate of 5745 miles|being & member of the schoo e Soon after his high hool graduation he came to Ju- and obtained employment per hour. this is considerably the highest as well as the highest wind veloci recorded at any place. ‘The balloons used are of the ty used by the Navzl' Aerial Ma ‘ping Expedition in Juneau in 19 5 and 1020 and are inflated with|' hydrogen gas sufficient to give certain regulate rate of ascent usually 180 meters per minute Their positions are plotted each minute from observations made by and drifts computed from the ob- servations as plotted. 5 In this instance it is probable the balloon was at least forty miles from the station when last observ ed, which speaks well for the clea ness of the air, the power of tI telescope and the eyesight of thel observer. " Howard J. Thompson, well known in Juneau, is in charge of the Fairbanks station. WOODPECKERS WIN 2 0UT OF 3 Metcalf Bowls in Fine Form and His Total of 609 Is High Wuxtra! Wuxtra! All about the Woodpeckers winning two ' out of three from the Eagles! Yes, sir; It all happened on the Elks' bowling alleys Saturday evening. After being the deormat of the league for the past three weeks the Wocodpeckers finally decided it 'was time 'to win some games or take the first boat for the Pio- neers” Home. And they won from one of the strongest teams in tge without the help of Sabin, who would have had to bowl big scores to make up the difference in pins. Metcalf Comes Back Metcalf, who is rated one of the best bowlers in the Far North, has been below form Jately but Satur- day evening he came back with a bang. His total of 609 was high for the evening. Lavenik had high score of 225 but Boyle was only one pin behind with 224. Five- —Edward Denison, former Repré- Alaska but|sentative of Illinois, was this after- noon acquitted of the charge of possession of liquor. i It was alleged Prohiition officers seized a ltquur—fiaden trunk in Den- nison's office more than two years ago. The defense claimed the trunk was not Denison’s. The trunk was down the representation of the delivered to Denison's office sooh HAS STROKE:IS Fourth Division in the upper house to cne man, depriving it of 50 per cent of its strength. There is only ene means of restoring it to | to normal, which would be by spe- cial election. | Under an act passed in 1921, eteran when a vacancy in the Second Di- vision ed just before the |8 as convened, the Gover- nor authorized to call such an electicn where vacancy is caused by death, resignation or incapaclly.} A minimum notice of 10 days is! required, and notice can be given) of that kedy. saying: “Our hearls anq returns received by telegraph. SERIOUSLY ILL Fourth Division V Sinking—Recovery Is Said to Be Uncertain (Continued from Page One) have been saddened by the absence senator Dunn is justy beginning | of one of our members, Senator hie third term in that capacity. He| Dunn.” rved a. term in thé House inj Speculation is Rife 1919, and in 1923 went to the Sen- 3 ate, re-elected again in 1927 for two ns, and had his mest sue- | campaign last year w! t the Fourth Division, car- ¢ almost every precinct. | gnswer any more the roll call in| the Senate. BENEF]T DANCE BY . It it is possible for him to cun-i MOOSE lS SUCCESS tinue as a member of the Se :e‘ pnd retain his Federal compensatis ! Success characterized the benefit that post, no effort w ::;Ce to cl:xuin a special dance given by the Loyal Order of This was evident from the expres-|Moose in their hall Saturday night rions made by many Legislators, Tt| for Mrs. M. Roberts. The affair was agreed that the Legislature Was well attended. Delightful music was without power to pass a special | Was furnished by the Merrymakers' | ¢ | Orchestra. - e ee——— The Federal alithorities have in BABY BORN AT HOSPITAL the past ruled that no member of! To Mrs. C. R. Lesher of Juneau the Alaska Legislature can draw.a son was born last evening at St. pay for days not attending the| Ann's Hospital. The new arrival appropriation to pay him for serv- ices while he is ill. sessions. However, Gov. Parks said weighs eight and a half pounds. ‘he would submit this case to the| —o———— 1 Department for an opinion! Matt McKene, old time resident ‘and the hope that it)of this city, is a patient in St. ‘would be favorable. Ann's Hospital, receiving medical ‘The Governor was deeply shocked |ireatment. {second of the series of fi the Constitution.” after the former Representative returned from a trip to the Canal Zone. B — DIMOND TALKS TONIGHT AT MOOSE HALL i Tonight at .the Moose Hall, the lectures on “American History,” arranged by the Juneau Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose, will be delivered by Anthony J. Dimond of Valdez, Territorial Senator from the Thirfl Division. His theme will be “The Declaration of Independence ant Henry Roscn, Juneau attorney, will preside at the meeting ang will introduce the speaker of t evening. In addition to the prin- cipal address, there will be a few musical selections. . The public is cordially invited to be present. Admission will be free. —— e ¥ 1] | i | AT THE HOTELS . —_— Gastineau ' N. A. McEachran, Seattle; A. P, Franklin, Auburn, Wash,; Mr. Mrs M Johnson, Juneau Alaskan H. Alit, U. S. Tallapoosa; Frank Africh, Peter Corovich and George Robinson, Juneau; Mrs. T. Borwne, San Francisco; John Risco, Sac- ramentc. $ | he|tered St. Ann's Hospital yesterday hundred scores of the evening were Lavenik 577, Boyle 573, Bringdale 560 and Bragaw 553. Tonight the Parrots play the Owls at 7:15. The game scheduled between the Robins and Bluebirds has been postponed to accommodate the tri-city telegraphic tourna- ment. | ‘Woodpeckers— ! Metcalf ... . 207 211 191—609 § Bringdale . 175 203 182—560 BRIk 128 145 156—429 | Bragaw . 156 204 193553/ 666 1763 722 2151 Eagles— Lavenik .. 163 189 225577 i Beyle . 185 224 164573 Sabin e *180 *150 *150—450 [} Simpkins ... 128 119 206—45” * Average—did not bowl. STANDING OF TEAMS Robins .. Woodpéékers Parrots HAS SEVERE COLD Mrs. Bert Loomis of Juneau en- i atternoon. She is afflicted with a severe cold. TONSILS ARE REMOVED Mrs. Dagny Hagerup successfully underwent .an squirted so much chemical on canvas that there is doubt whether|fi it can be restored. It is thought at the|football team. local Weather Bureau office thatSC neau sounding that has been made in With the Alaska Juneau Gold Min- the upper air by a pilot balloon, | ™8 | ca: | one of his legs. after his misfortune ”['ar the House of Representativ | the wards for about a year he was o fice manager of the Alaska Daily|deer herds in Alaska. Empire. 0% 3 & Enscuclit g B pente ("8, Scils Amecian Puberien,| S, o, tattss o e |remaining with the company two Or |arnor of the |three years. In 1927, he Was em-|agministration of |ployed as hookkeeper at Excursion!pealth work is now transferred to |Inlet by the Astoria and Puget Sound Cannery .and last year he was stationed at one of the nery's plants in the Prince William Sound area. FROM EABLES league although the Eagles were Company. He was in the tram r department. He suffered cident that resulted in the los For five y he was em- ed in the mining company’s o In 1923, he was chiel clerk of Alaska Legislatura. Af, In 1924, he was book- can- born in Mana 5 His relatives live in So- | attle, i -+ | FEATURE DANCE BIVEN TUESDAY | | | The annual St. Patrick’s Day Ball given by the Elks will be the fea- ture social affair tomorrow night. the committee but those des attend and have pot been mail fie of the special cards may obtain » them at the clubs rooms or from | any of the following committee, in| charge of the event: George Mes- | serschmidt, John Hermle, A. 1. Clark, M. Benedict, Gus Grorge' and William Franks. | B e |®= o S no 1 TODAY'S STOCK | QUOTATIONS i —s gy | | | ! NEW YORK, March 16—Closing' quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 8'2, Amerjcan Can/ 125%, Anaconda Copper 39%, Beth- | lehem Steel 63, General Motors| 44%, Granby Consolidated 20, In-| ternational Harvester 567, Kenne- cott 28%, Packard Motors 10‘14,f Simmons Beds 19%, Standard| {Brands 19%, Standard Oil of Cali-! Ih:rnla 46'c, Standard Oil of New {Jersey 46%:, United Aircraft 35%,/ U. 8. Steel 146', Curtiss-Wright| %, Hudson Bay 5%, Checked Cab 18%, General Foods no sale. There was, for instance, the in- treduction of reindeer into Alaska, in 1891, and the growth of herds,| largely in the cwnaership of the natives, until they have come to number hundreds of thousands. Rcindeer Industry | | This work was developed on che‘ jtheory that the principal chasm| between barbarism and civilization | may be bridged by converting a Admission $1.00 ' FAVORS WILL BE GIVEN! TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH Public Is Cordially Tnvited Dancing 9:30 Bunter into a herder. The result was, however, that the Office of| |Education in Washington became | the strange guardian of vast rein- | It was re- |lieved of this responsibility two |Reindeer administration to the gov- | Territory just as the schools and of ,the Indian cervice. | Many other problems. are in- ivolved .of a similar kind and the | present rcorganization is due to the {belief that functions more | § preperly belong to the Indian Serv- | Ice than to a rescarch agency, such CAPITOL TUESDAY Travels Through Norway COMING TO Silent e as the Office of Educ: o Educ 1 to'! | work i Sarvie: “to, the new program. ! ST. CLAIR | help start Part cf t | sialf of the Office| - - oo i © "TRiCAL SVORR Call Schombel. 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