The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1932, Page 8

g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1932. SOMMERS GETS CARTER AWARD; IS SECOND LOW C. W. Carter Ci\'es Local Contractor Award for $12,000 Project altering lhq Mortuary and 1 addition to to R. J . ‘The e Jnd“r $12,000. Sommers was second low vas $852 less than his, but Mr. Canter gave him the contract owing to the fact his 15 a local firm while the low bidder was an out-of-town con- cern. “I am a firm believer in the trade at home poli Mr. Carter d today. the ' con- to Mr. s I am keep- ing the money in Juneau. I know he will buy everything possible rizht at home; and that he will employ all local labor. Any profit hc may make on the job will be woney that is kept here, rather than somewhere else.” The preliminary work will start xt week, Mr. Sommers said to4 He is assembling a crew to IT\L’. bidder. The Yowest bid Seid Willkommen in der Gold Klumpen Ausstellung (The Nugget Shop) Juwelen, Elfenbein und Holzschnitzereien ausgefuhrt bei den Eingeborenen. Inspection eingeladen. WHY “Because we do it better” RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbing Heating i Sheet Metal “We téll you in advatice . what job will cost™ be ready for immediate activities. All materials obtainable from lo- cal firms will be bought right here, and any not handled here will be purchased through local dealers. Plans Modern Establishment Mr. Carter plans to have the most modern mortuary in the Ter- ritory when the plant is complet- ed. The work will require about 60 working days. His present establishment will be materially altered. The addi- tion will be a concrete and frame structure 45 by 45 feet and have a covered entrance on Franklin Street On the first morgue and gar; of the building floor will be the This section will be of rén- forced concrete. It will also house the heatnig plant. Tt will be con- nected with the main floor by an elevator. On the main floor there will be a large chapel with a seating ca- pacity of more than 150 people. It will have oak panels and walls of imitation traverine stone. All lights will be concealed. On the first floor of the pres- ent building, there will be a pri-- vate morgue room, family room, music room, offices and lavatory. The upper floor will be used as a residence by Mr. and Mrs. Carter. EXPLOSIVES AND COAL UNLOADED FROM CORDOVA Cargo Carrier Arrives from Seattle and Sails on Return South With coal and explosives the Al a Steamship Company’s cargo ¢ r Cordova, Capt. C. C. Ander- son and Purser Clyde Cuptill, ar- rived in Juneau this morning. She sailed on her return voyage to the Puget Sound Metropolis this af- { noon. In coming north ‘the called at Craig, Waterfall, Klawak and Petersburg to unload freight. Southbound, she will touch at Ketchikan, The Cordova's explosives were for the Dupont Powder Company at Dupont and her coal was for the Pacific Coast Coal Company here. The vessel brought several pas- sengers from the south. She also embarked at way ports and at this city several passengers for Seattle. Among her passengers for Puget Sound are Mr. and Mrs.. R. L. Ramsey, school teachers at Craig, who e xk(‘d there. MRS. E. ROWE'S RITES SET FOR 1:30 P.M. SUNDAY Rev. C. C. Saunders to Conduct Services in 0dd Fellows’ Hall Funeral services for the late Mrs. Ella Rowe, who died at her home in this city yesterday morning, will be held at 1:30 tomorrow after- noon in Odd Fellows’, Hall. The rites will be conducted by Rev. C. C. Seunders, pastor of the Nor- thern Light Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs. Rowe was a member of the Auxillary of the Juneau Post of the American Legion, of the Re- bekah Order and of the Ladies of the Moose. Members of these or- ganizations have been requested by their respective officers to at- tend the obsequies. Pioneers of Alaska and members of the Ploneers’ Auxiliary will meet |at the Charles W. Carter Mortu- fary at 1:15 o'clock tomorrow af- |ternoon to accompany the remains Ibo 0dd Fellows' Hall, B T RSN | NOTICE ! All residents are requested to call | either Chief of Police or City Clerk when peddlers appear who are un- able to show proper City license for peddlers. (Signed) GEORGE A. GETCHELL, —adv. Chief of Police. Rex Parrott Admission $1.00 LETTERS GIVEN FOR ACTIVITIES AT HIGH SCHOOL Change Wk in Regula- tions for Awarding of Scholastic Emblems At a High School student as- sembly yesterday, R. S. Raven, Superintendent of Public Schools, awarded the school letter J to various students for participation in scholastic and athletic activi- ties, and at a meeting previously 1in the week of the High School Students’ Association, a change with respect to the awarding of school letters was made in the constitution of the Association. Recipients of letters yesterday were: Boys' Basketball — Elmer Lind- strom, Billy Nikish, Elvin Bloom- quist, George Karabelnikoff, Hild- ing Haglund, Robert Henning, Thomas A. Redlingshafer Girls' Basketball Letters Girls' Basketball-—Margaret Han- sen, Barbara Winn, Virginia Ulrich, Eva Rocovich, Elizabeth Terhune, Rhoda Minggohr, Mary Jeanette Whittier, Lillian Anderson, Fern Gubser. High School Play—Robert Pratt, Doris Ulrich, Helen Rocovich, Bill Friend, Anna Mildred Pladger, Robert Simpson, Tona Messer, Lin- coln Turner, George Nelson. Editor of Totem—Peter Melseth, Business Manager of Totem — Thomas A. Redlingshafer. Tennis — Peter Melseth, Ellen ‘Mize, Ted Cowling, Hilding Hag- lund, Eva Rocovich, Barbara Winn. Track — George Karabelnikoff, Robert McClain, Francis Riendeau, Billy Nikish, Margaret Hansen, Elizabeth Terhune, Lillian Ander- son. Baseball—Alvin Bloomquist, El- mer Lindstrom, Hilding Haglund, Peter Melseth, Francis Riendeau, LoRoy Wset, George Karabelnikoff, Billy Nikish, David Tewkesbury. Change in Constitution The change in the constitution of the students’ association rela- tes to the awarding of letters for athletic and scholastic en- deavor. As amended, the consti- | tution recognizes basketball as the only major activity. All other athletic and scholastic events are deemed minor activities. For participation in the major activity students will receive a letter, an emhlem and a scarlet sleeve stripe. Minor activities will merit a letter and an em- blem, A student may receive only one letter a year, but as many em- blems a&s may be merited. AU P G EARTH SHOCK IS RECORDED SITKA, Alaska, May 21. — An earthquake shock was recorded here this morning. It lasted for about two hours. The first waves reached Sitka at 19 minutes and 48 seconds past one o'clock. The distance is estimated at about 4,000 miles. ROEDDA RETURNS FROM TRAP TRIP After inspection of the Davis fish traps, the motorship Roedda returned to Juneau yesterday morn- (ing. On her trip of 11 days she visited in the neighborhood of Hawk Inlet, Securily Bay, Pybus Bay and Funter. Capt. James V. Davis skippered the craft. Capt. R. E. Davis also made the trip. e ODD FELLOWS, ATTENTION All members of the I. O. O. F. are requested to be present at Odd Fellows' Hall, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, to attend the funeral of Sister Ella Rowe. Members having cars are requested to bring them. CHAS. W. CARTER, Secretary. ——————— A sound motion picture of cam- pus life will be made at the Uni- versity of Illinois for presentation ,to alumni clubs throughout the coumry —adv. TONIGHT DANCE A.B. HALL ’s Orchestra MEN OF KARLSRUHE ADMITTED FREE 9:30 Students, 50 cents 42 Men Imprisoned By Landslide 100 Hours Rescued Alive TEMUCO, Chile, May 21.— Forty-two men imprisoned at Las Haices by a landslide for 100 hours have been rescued. All of the men are expected to live but they are in a pit- iable condition. PARROTT INVITES MEN OF KARLSRUHE TO DANCE TONIGHT Rex Parrott has invited the men of the cruiser Karlsruhe to be his guests at the dance which his or- chestra is giving tonight at the A. B. Hall Music and dnacing will start promptly at 9:30 o'clock. e ,,—— ATTENTION PIONEERS Members of Pioneers and Auxil- jary are requested to meet at the C. W. Carter Mortuary at 1:15 o’clock Sunday afternoon to accom- pany the remains of the late Mrs. Ella Rowe to the Odd Fellows' Hall. HONZAT A BIG NIGHT FOR YOU—See the Smok- er and then a won- derful evening at the E L K S’ Ball Room TONIGHT HEoOOANTNT Karlsruhe L OFFICERS, CADETS AND CREW ADMITTED FREE LR ETRARZEIE® Dance Band TONIGHT ELKS Ball Room FINANCIER LEF ENORMOUS DEBT; DIED PENNILESS Inveshgahon of Affairs of Ivar Kreuger Proves Astonishing STOCKHOLM, May 21. — Ivar Kreuger, who until his suicide, was ccnsidered the greatest financial genius of modern times, died prac-| tically penniless, owing $168,300,000. This is revealed in an announce- ment made today by the Swedish| Investigating Committee which hls been probing Kreuger's affairs. It is stated there will be little if any money for distribution to unsecured creditors. Fictitious assets were set- up on Kreuger’s books since 1924, MORE INFORMATION i NEW YORK, May 21.—A hun- |dred million dollars worth of debts “|and only $164,000 cash assets. That is the financlal epitaph of! Ivan Kreuger, Swedish match king and mythical croecus, whose re-, cent suicide shook the financial capitals of the world. The International Match Cor- poration, American holding com- pany for fifty of Kreuger’s corpor-| ations, shows labilities of $100,-' 000,000 and cash assets of $164,000, according to the testimony of Don-! ald Durant, of Lee, Higginson and | Company, the American Kreuger: agents. ' Mr. Durant made his statement as a witness in the bankruptey pro- ceedings in which James Rosen- berg, as counsel for the Irving Trust Company, receiver in bank- ruptey, is trying to straighten out the tangled Kreuger affairs for the benefit of American stockholders. Mr. Rosenberg also brought out from Ben Tomlison, treasurer of International Match since 1923 that | at Mr. Kreuger's direction the Vulean Match Company, & sub-' sidiary of International Match, had been made to show an operating profit year after year by mislead- ing entries on its books. DE MOLAY DANCE ' PROVES SUCCESS The first annual ball of the De Molays last night brought out one of the largest crowds that ever attended a dance at Scottish Rite ball room, Graced by the presence of be- tween thirty and forty officers and| cadets, the affair proved highly! enjoyable and successful. Music was furnished by the Sere- naders. The ballroom was splendidly dec- | ocrated for the occasion and evi- denced the fact the De Molays were right on their toes to make the occaslon a most artistic as well as social success. e ee—— To ald in the study of the move- tory movements of fish, the Idaho game department has marked 5,- 000 trout by clamping small metal | |can do it,” {Heart is pounding {bit dry. The throat seems to beat . He bases \'s estimate on the fact Suicide Writes of Impressions W hile He’s Dying YWOOD, Cal, May 21.—As George T. Boyd sat in his motor car at a lonely spot on Mutholland Drive, he injected a fatal dose of drugs into his left leg and then calmly penned a dram- atic record of his approaching end. “I am surprised how calmly I he wrote after he had inserted the poison. “Already begin to feel warming a little. “Getting dizzy, and it is only three minutes. “Sleep is coming on. DrA My eyes grow heavy. Now my head aches just a little. “Begin to ache In the arms. My vision is not much blurred. No Special Pain. “No special pain now. . . “I am trying to keep awske. but won't hold out much longer. “Very pleasant just now. ... “Mouth just beginning to be a slow. . . . “Would not chance. . Drug heart. . Pretty . . . light when| ' look around “Chest and eyes growing heavy. Heart pounding. Hear alrplanes. Arms. . . . Friends. . . . About slecpier. It is a nice sensa- tion. . . . With one more blurred word the record ended. Fishing No Longer Man’s Sport in Alabama Waters MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 21.— Bachelors who think they can es- cape the leap year menace by go- ing fishing are due for a disap- pointment. 1. T. Quinn, Commissioner of Game and Fish, estimates that 123,000 Alabama women will cast a line in Alabama waters this year. that 100,000 women were regular patrons of the sport last season. — e — Old papers for swte at =we Emplre. | TONIGHT JUNEAU'S BIG SPORTING EVENT A. B. HALL 9:00 P. M. Modern Wrestling at IT'S BEST A Thrill Every Good News for You! SEE CASH BAZAAR AD Monday Empire plates to their outer gills. FR A beautiful Glass Mix R & W CAKE FL! EE ing Bowl with 2 pkgs. OUR for 80 cents GARNICK’S—--Phone 174 ON ICE CANADA DRY GINGER ALE R. P. W. GINGER ALE, quart . WHITE ROCK LIME RICKEY In the LARGEST CHILL ROOM of its kind in ALASKA MISSION Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit ...28¢c GOLDEN GLOW Next Award of Free Ticket to Seattle or in Trade, June 17 GEORGE BROTHERS Store Open Until Midnight Leader Dept. Store GEORGE BROS. Next Award of Free Ticket to Seattle or in ¢ 4 Trade, June 17 Minute ROY ANDERSON, 190 Pounds DON'T MISS SEEING These HEADLINERS in The Sport That Has Swept the States by Storm JACK RYAN, 210 Pounds (Recently matched with both Lewis and Sonnenberg) Sponsored by American Legion ROY ANDERSON {Formerly 185-Pound World’s Champion) VS. IRISH JACK RY AN (Of Chicago) CATCH AS CATCH CAN—2-Hour Limit ALSO ON THE SAME CARD BOXING—6 Rounds Middleweight Division EDDIE DOLAN (of Seattle) VS. MILES MURPHY (Titleholder of Alaska) Lewis Nabalis (130 Pounds) VS. Billy Jack (135 Pounds) TICKETS—#$2.00, $1.50, $1.00 On sale at Butler Mauro, Alaskan Hotel, Pi Pool Hall, Juneau Drug, Kaufman’s lle:xtaur::::t.;2 . or at the door at A, B. Hall