The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 25, 1931, Page 8

"8 — =Sy rv—— URIGINATUR support of their mother after their father had died. P. G. E. R. of B. P. O. E. ’ Fairress of judgment, ability as UF wnRLD s an organizer and good business sense brought him into politics and civic activities in Cincinnati, but he sacrificed possibilities for | brilliant political career to devote hs life to baseball Herrmann was past Grand Ex- (Continued from Page One) alted Ruler of the Benevolent Pro- —— | tective Order of Elks, a high Ma- » of the commission in served in that city until 1920, |Commandery, Order of the Mystic when the comm! n was dissolved | Shrine. In 1908 he was president and Judge Kenesaw M. Landis|Of the National Bowling Congress. was elected high commissioner of | His wife Annie Becker, whom he Bseball married May 30, 1881, died several There was considerable disap-|Years ago. They had one daugh- pointment among baseball fans|Ur, Lena, who was married to throughout the country when the |Karl B. Finke of Cincinnati in New York Giants and Phildelphia [ 1910. Athletics failed to meet in & ———————— post-season series in 1904. Tt was, then that Herrmann suggested - | that the National Commission, which had come to be the Supreme Court of baseball, take action to'TU BE vIEwED insure an annual series between/ the pennant winners of the two! major leagues, under the super- B vision of the commission. Favor- | able action by the commission re- sulted in the first official world ’ series in 1905, in which the Giants| TO ascertain the progress made defeated the Athletics four games|in the Community Clean-up Cam- paign and to advise with resi- Interest Aroused dents in respect to their clean-up Since then the interest in the|Problems, members of the Cham- world's series has grown to such!ber of Commerce Civic Improve- and extent as to virtually halt the|ment Committee, accompanied by to one. nation's business while the games are being played, and for several| W years past the particilating clubs |City beginning Monday. have been unable to accommodate| Reports received by committee- thousands of fans beyond the ca-, Men and by municipal authorities pacity of their parks who have ap-|are to the effect that participa- plied for tickets. |tion by property owners in the Herrmann became officially ac- |cleanup campaign is general. tive in professional baseball in 1902 Free service in collection of deb- when, with George B. Cox, political |Fis Will be given by city trucks leader, and Julius and Max Fleish-|until May 1. Persons desiring mann, he bought the Cincinnati|the use of the trucks are request- Reds, national league team, for|€d to communicate with the City $150000 from John T. Brush and |Clerk. Ashley Lloyd. He was elected| Residents on West Tenth Street president of the club and served in(turned out today and thoroughly that capacity for twenty-five years.lfleaned their thoroughfare. Resi- Because of ill health, he resigned dents along the street are clean- October 10, 1927, at the age of|in gup front and back yards. Lead- 68. His resignation was of ne-|€rs in this movement ask the co- cessity rather than choice and al-|OPeration of all the property own- though the burden of the business|ers on Tenth Street not only in affairs passed to the hands of C.|cleaning premises but in keeping J. McDairmid, Herrmann was al-|them clean. Debris should be Ways in touch with the Reds and |dumped at the end of Ninth Street frequently his counsel was sough!‘ by the club officials. Herrmann was born in Cincinnati, May 3, 1859, the son of Christian and Margaret) (Meyer) Herrmann, both natives/ of Germany. He claimed the “University of Hard Knocks” as his alma mater, for when he was eleven years old he shouldered with his brother, Charles, 12, the will make a complete tour of the been arranged for. SAVED FROM BANDITS At the Methodist Church to- morrow evening beginning at 7:30 1o'clock, Miss Martha C. Pohnert | will speak on the subject “Saved By Faith.” She will tell how her life was saved from the Chinese @ | bandits who ravaged the town in 1903 and|Son and member of the Cincinnati| {Chief of Police George Getchell, | { Final disposition of the debris has | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDA*, APRIL 25, 1931, 2 SMALL FIRES] PUT OUT QUICKLY DAMAGE SLIGHT |Grass Near Oil Tanks Ignit- ed and Spark Causes Blaze in Store Two alarms disturbed the peace and serenity of yesterday after- noon and last night for members of the Fire Department. Sparks from the Juneau Lumber Mills' incinerator yesterday ignit- ed dry grass near the ofl tanks of the Alaska Juneau Gold Min- ing Company. A line of hose was laid by the department in extin- guishing the creeping flames. Chimney sparks last night fell between the building occupied by | Swanson Brothers' Grocery and the adjoining building occupled by a| cigar store on Front Street. The blaze was trivial but difficult to fight. The flames were attacked with water from above and be- neath. 7T'he damage was tmall. | | THE WRIGHT SHOPPE | ANNUAL SALE | | For 10 days ONLY, from April 27th to May 7th inclusive. A REAL HONEST HALF PRICE SALE. EVERYTHING REDUCED 50%., This sale includes all glassware, ' chinaware, novelties, lamps, etc.' All these things to be sold at JUST HALF the marked price for TEN DAYS ONLY. adv. | | | | i i | | i | | i Fathers - Mothers Sisters “Brothers” At the Capitol Sunday AL R e DAVE’S SHOP | | which she lived. Many others were | READY-TO-WEAR ] killed on this occasion but mira- | | —for— | | culously, she was spared and now | LADIES AND MISSES | tells of the incident. The meet- ° e 'ing is open to the public. American Beauty Parlors Valentine Building Seward Street FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY A Marvelous | Permanent Wave for $10 Either SPIRAL or CROQUIGNOLE ; A GUARANTEED RINGLETTE END ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION OR MONEY BACK Also Up-to-the-Minute Finger Waving l MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW ’ . 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