The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1933, Page 7

| past and present. e i R R S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1933. R R o BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUC ON THE LEVEL, BARNEY-T'M AWFUL WORRIED ABGUT THAT KID-- AN' JUS' THINK HOW HiS MOTHER MUST FEEL---" WHAT ABOUT ME" AWN'T T.DOWN' ALl I CAN TO GET A LINE ON HIM--?? 1 GOT A LETYTER THIS MORNING- TIPPIN' ME OFF HE'S POOR LITTLE Y OH-OH---IT'S B.G. RASCAL---IF HE [ HIMSELF AFTER ME 19 | ONLY KNEW THE TROUBLE AN WORRY HE'S CAUSING EVERY BODY---~ HIDIN' IN° SHANTY TOWN-- .xcre are a few of the beauties, male and female, who are among the thirty selected from 100,000 en- trants in a contest sponsored by a major Hollywood film studio to take part in a forthcoming production, which opportunity may be the first step along the road to fame and for- tune. Among the favorites of for- tune are Gil Berry. of Chicago, for- 1/ BERRY mer University of Illinois football star: Gladys Willar, of Worcester, Muss.; Laura Lower, Birmingham, Ala.; Opal McCue, Milwaukee, Wis.; Alfred Delcambre, Dallas, Tex.; Nita Harvey, London, England; Stella Bailey, New York and Malcolm Ball, Boston. The contest was interna- tional, beauties from all over the world being considered. Personality pius physical perfection was taken into account in selecting winners. e : ArFRED DETACAMBRE SO HE THINKS HE'S GONNA LUG ‘ME OFF T& KINDAGOTTEN - DOES HE ? StELLA BAILEY . * ALASKA DAY IS OBSERVED BY SITKANS Woman Pre;;at Transfer Tells of Being Slapped for Remark drawn map of the and giving twenty-seven ng facts concerning it were given to each member. Refresh- ments were served by members of the Hcme Arts Department. On plate a tiny Alaskan flag each | waved nm"xuly from the salad. GOES OVER BIG : Martha Soc1ely Event Is Well Patronized— Crowd Satisfied The Martha Somety dinner given | SITKA, Oct. 16.—(Special Cor- ‘ respondence)—One of the interest- ing events of the past week was the cclebration of Alaska Day at the regular monthly meeting of the Friendly Society, the women's or- ganization of Sitka, on Friday eve- ping. While it was several days in in the parlors of the Northern| advance of the exgh;emth it was Light Prsbyt:rmy Church lasn‘ none the less patriotic and in-'night went over bigger and better structive. than ever and was an evidence The program was presented under | the general public responds to a| the direction of the Home Arts gencrous cause, and assisting in Department of the society, in the’ putting over' all the mew repairs| home of Mrs. Eiler Hansen, with'and d:corations recently added to Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. R. W. De the church in many ways. Armond as hostesses. Autumn! The dinner proper was under lezves and flowers were used in the direction of Mrs. Charles Szy profusion in decorating the 1&!'89 and her able committee received A}/;\g roorin and dining monlrl d?n much praise for their capable ser- kan flag was prominently dis- vxce layed: on the wall near the en-! Feature Attraction trance. Amber lights shed a soft! The decorating committe,e with glow throughout the room where| Mrs, R. S. Raven in charge, used more than sixty women were gath-|the Hallowe'en fancies in profus- pred. jon making a real 'fall festival Opened by Singing | attraction. 'The program opened with the| The dining room and table ap- singing by the assembly of “Alaska, ' pointments were artistically car- s elens sl ol B e - | Mrs. Edwin "Sutton. s6p Webster, Chairman of the| The members of the Martha So- | Music Department. ciety extends 'a vote of thanks || Alaska history was presented m,fm- the liberal patronage. g three divisions. Mrs. Ben Ficken| Sccial Mesting ave an outline of the Territory! On Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock its discovery by Vitus Behring | the social theeting of the Mar- f:o;m to the time of its transfer|tha Society will be held in zhe‘ rém Russia to America in 1867.| church parlors with & special fea-| Miss Lottie Stevenson, Principal of| tyre. Mrs. Edwin Sutton and) Shéldon Jackson Scheol, told its| Mrs. ‘Lancé Hendrickson are the /] history from that time to the pres- | hostesses. . ent. Mrs. Lily Manca gave a com-| ‘The attention of the sotiety 1s! p“ehensxve talic on its government,! now directed to the success of the: The story of the‘annua] bazaar to be held Novem-[ told by Miss per 17. ! BACKS . NUMBERED present when the transfer was, | made was introduced. She is Mrs| BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. 18— Nadja Bahrt, formerly Nadja Kas-| William “Navy Bil” Ingram, head nikoff. Although but eight years feotball coach at California, re-| of ®ge at the time, she vividly re- | fers to his backfield positions in Alaska Flag was Emma Wheatley. Oldtimer There : A mrember of the society who was | known oldtimers of the Hyder di trict, apparently died of heart fail- ure far up the lofty and rugged slopes of GHURGH UINNER ‘S1lmon River Valely, | the Riverside Mine. |found by | the calls the impressive scene and gives an interesting account of it Cne phase of the transfer is out- gtanding in her memory. As the flag, faded by rain and 4in, was lowered, and the bright hew - American flag raised in its place, she remarked in chudlsh innocence: flmmmdwmmedmy m come down and the clean o ‘go up.” Immediately she re-' a yvigorous slap, and does know to this day who ad- fihuured it. Wk RS b A numerals instead of halfback and; fullback. “His' No. 1 back is t:he! right half, No. 2, fullback, No. 3, quarter, and No. 4, left half. ——————— secessss0scn e . AT THE b seaecosrscvonce! ! Mrs. T. Johnson, Chichagof; Mrs. S. Fogg, Chichagof; L. A. Robbins, P L. Bishop. Alaskan R. Cooper, Ketchikan; George' Vikool, Seattle; Paul Rocus, Hawk DAVE M'VAY SUCCUMBS ON LONE EXPEDITION David McVay, one of the be while on a goat hunt alone the mile high mountain over- icoking the westerly side of the | a s from His body was carried over searchers, rough trail Mr. McVay was 63 years of age | 3 and had resided in the Hyder dis- |Before going to Stewart, some ten | trict since 1921. learned of his antecedants. He had | Yukon districts. |lived in Fairbanks and other pan.s, | of Alaska since 1898, | rived at Skagway. Little could be when he ar- | As far as could be learned he Big Doings! SATURDAY NIGHT October 21 Douglas Fire Department ANNUAL CARDS Special ferry leav DINNER—5 to 8 Eagles’ Hall Dance in Natatorium F IVE PIECE Pnce—Round Trlp, Sl Q0, including every- Separately—Dinner, 50c; Cards and Lunch, 50c; Everybody W elcome thing. WHOOPEE to Hyder where | funeral services were held under | ‘Lhfl auspices of the Pioneers. | . | was a native of Minnesota and was raised near Stillwater. | Search of his effects failed to cal the whereabouts of any sur- ng relatives. oo | J. H. WILSOI: JIES Joseph H. Wilson, Village Com- | miscioner of Stewart, B. C., passed |away in his sleep at Stewart. H | widow and aged mother, who | understood to reside in Ohio, are the surviving relatives. Mr. Wilson was_an American by nativity but had tesided in Canada many years land became a naturalized citizen. years ago, he was in the Atlin and e Montams 1933 wool clip was mated at 32,000,000 pounds, ightly morz than in 1932. DINNER DANCE s Juneau at 9:15 CARDS—38 to ORCHESTRA dance, 75¢ WHOOPEE | 1t but at tlnh words, she fainted. | a new cabBage-Jeat out of the basket and was pnlpg ber with it. i hnlh: Emm now instead of Caro- By BILLE DE BECK ARE ' YA AROUND HERE ? SYNOPSIS: The fivst step toward roving that ker cousin Jim Randal s not Nesta Riddellls husband is, Caroline _thinks, to trace down Nesta’s marriage record. She starts to London to do it, pondering mean- while Nesta's further statement that Jim hag stolen the Van Berg emeralds and shot Ebmer Van Berp. Jim himself cannot be sure what Te did, for his memory is mostly gone, In the train a Mrs, Rodgers drops the information that the wilice are taking fngerprints from somo glasses found i tho Van Y. And Jim does rement- hor .lmmug with Van Berg! Caro- line hastily follows Mrs. Rodgers from the train, Chapter 26 FINGERPRINT BOOK AROLINE had the sensation of having made a horrible error. That she should have followed her old nurse’s sister was a piece of the most devastating bad luck. Perhaps she didn’t know her— Mrs. Rodgers nodded again. “I knew you at once, miss, though I could see as you didn't know me. You haven't changed a mite since Harty 'ud bring you in fur a cup of tea and some of my m'nt honey. Lve put on a bit since those days, so 1 made sure you didn't know me.” “Mrs. Rodgers—" *I'm a-going to tell you what Mrs. Henry told me, and I'm not a-going to ask you why you want to know, because maybe I know already and maybe I don't—and anyway least said, soonest mended.” “Yes?"” said Caroline in a whisper. “What I said in the train is nei- ther here mor there. There isn't a servant up at the Hall as don’t know there was a tray and glasses in the study the night Mr. Van Berg was shot, and the housemaid see with her own eyes how the police took the finger-prints — a clapper-tongued woman if there ever was one-—so there ain’t no secrets there. No—it wa: the butler toid Mrs. Henry what I'm a-telling you.” “What did she tell you?” “When they had finished taking the finger-prints and all the rest of it, the inspector he sees all the serv- ants separate, and then he has the butler back and he says, “* I understand,’ he says, ‘as Mr. Van Berg kep’ a book with all his riends’ finger-prints in it,’ he says. 'That's right, says Jackson—that's the butler's name. ‘Well, says the inspector, *I wants to see that book.’ “And Jackson, he says, ‘It's al- ways a-laying on Mr. Van Berg's ta- ble, and whenever he has a visitor he gets him to make his mark and sign his mame.’ And the inspector laughs and says, ‘Very handy for us, Mr. Jaeckson.”” Caroline’s eyes widened. *And then it wasn't so & y after ell,” said Mrs. Rodgers—'ior lo and be'old the book wasn’t nowheres to be seen.” The blood came back into Caro- ligo's cheeks with a rush. “And where was it?” manded. “Pushed right down be'ind all the books at the back of the bookshelf. They went ol Jooking till they'd found ft. And then what do you think ?” “1 don’t know,” trembling. Mrs. Rodgers looked at her with s kind of awful pity. “There was a page tore out,” she said. Perhaps ft was because she had been awake all night, perhaps it was because she had had a dreadful pic- ture in Ner own mind of a finger-print with Jini’s name signed underneath she de- sald Caroline, SHE was really only unconsclous for gbout a minute, but it was long emough for Mrs. Rodgers to have laid her Bown flat. She bad got Caroling opened her eyes wide. She got up on her elbow, and re: membered why she had fainted—she had been so horribly afraid that Mrs. Rodgers was going to say that the police had found Jim's finger- prints. A page had been torn out. Was it M page? Who had torn it put?™ ."- Rodgers was kneeling on the ?b‘ sat back on her heels, Y “Wiib tore out the page?” sald Caroline. She didn’t feel as it she gould wait a single moment before 8h& asked that question. m;who db you suppose?” said Mrs. “1 dog't knéw.” { truly. Oh, stands to reason He wouldn't away and leave his finger px‘hl.ti there all ready for the police, an his name signed to them ‘— would' he?” 3 Caroline bit her lip. Theré was something wrong about the way Mrs. Rodgers was arguing, but she couldn’t quite get hold of it—only there was something wrong. She thought of Jim, and she said with a rush, “Oh, he wouldn't! wouldn’t!"” Mrs. Rodgers shook her head. “Nobody can't say that. Folks gets’ quarrelling, and you can't say what'll happen. But Mrs, Hepry, she says, and she holds to it very strong, ““What 'ud be the good of his tear- ing the finger-prints out of the book and leaving the glass he’d drunk out of fairly plastered with ‘em? It wouldn’t *ave took 'im ‘arf a minute to 'ave wiped them off,” she says— and there’s something in that.” She got up and dusted her knees with the cabbage-leaf. ™I can't sit on my "eels like | could when I was a gel. Two hundred pound’s 200 pounds, and I shouldn’t wonder {f it wasn't more by now.” She sat down on the stile again. Alittle color came back fnto Caro- line's cheeks. That was it—that was what she had been trying to get hold of. It it had been Jim who had torn the page out of the book, then why hadn’t he wiped his glass? Every- one knows about finger-prints now- adays. He hadn’t wiped his glass because he hadn’t anything to hide. He hadn't shot Elmer Van Berg. She knelt by Mrs. Rodgers and laid a hand on her knee. A friena i N the train you said—" Mrs. Rodgers looked glum. “And I'd better have held my ue. No need to tell me that.” ‘Oh, 1 didn’t mean that—I didn’t dear Mrs. Rodgers —1I didn’t mean anything like that.” Mrs. Rodgers relaxed a little. *“In for a penny, in for a pound.’ What did I say?” “Something about Mrs. Van Berg’s mald.” “A French 'ussy!” said Mrs. Rod- gers. “And if Mrs. Van Berg 'ad 'arf of the things that 'ussy’s been ‘int- ing—Not that it's only foreigners that's given to it, for that there Miss Bussell that’s houseckeeper at the Hall she’s the worse of the two, and the dear knows how Mrs. Henry’s stood it, for T wouldn’t.” * Caroline patted Mrs. knee. “What did the mald say?” “Miss Louise, they call her. Well, she don't say nothing. That's just ler aggravatingness—she'll "int and 'int until you're sick, sore and sorry, and then she'll slip out of the whole thing and pretend she never sald nothing.” “What does shé hint?” Mrs. Rodgers gave a kind of snort. *“’Int? She’s as good as said it wasn’t no secret to her what name was tore out, and ‘then went back on it “How could she know what name had been torn out?” “There isn't much goes on in the house as she don’t know—picking, and prying, and ‘inting! 'Orrid, I call it! Letting on she knows things about Mrs. Van Berg too!” “What sort of thiggs?” | “She's a wicked "ussy,” sald Mrs. Rodgers, “and I wouldn't repeat what Rodgers’ | she says, if 1t weren’t for a warning. You might know someone as wanted warning, or you mightn’t. If you don't, there’s no hatm done. Now, my dear—whether the police have got wind of it or not, I can’t say, but what that "ussy keéeps ‘'Inting is just this, that .her mistress, Mrs. Van Berg, knows a sight more than she lets on. “'A gentleman quarrels with an- other gentleman about a lady and shoots him—what a good idea to hide the emeralds and say a thiet has done it!' ghe says, And when Mrs. Henry and me presses her, she says she is talking about a story she has been reading in a magazine— and how I kep’ my hands off her, I don’t know and I can’t say.” Caroline got up a little uncertain- 1y. She held to the cross-bar of the stile and leaned against it. She wanted to get away from Mrs. Rod- gers before she sald anything more. Jim wasn't in love with Susie Van Berg—it couldn’t be true that he was, or that he had quarrelled with Elmer Van Berg and shot him, and hidden away the emeralds to mako it look like a burglary. She said, “There’ll' be another train—I must catch §t.” Mrs. Rodgers got ap too. (Copyright, 1933, J. B. Lippincott Co.) “Who would tear it out, it it wasn't ), shot Mr. Van Berg? 1t -~ S tertivi BI¢ o W . | DOUGLAS NE Wq TURKEY NNNER 1S BIG FEATURE. DOUGLASEVENT Annual Soxree of Fire De partment to Be Held Saturday Night Arrangements are just about | | completed for the annual event of | th2 Douglas Volunteer Fire De- partment to bz held Saturday night Cctober 21, in the Eaglés' Hall The committee in charge is pre- paring for a record crowd for the turkey dinner beginning at 5 o'clock with successive sittings until 8 o'clock. FJ“’J“ ng the dinner whist and ridge will be played from 8 to .0 Handsome prizes have been | provided for high and low win- ners, A special ferry leaving Juneau jat 9:15 o'clock will bring the five- picce orchestra and first crowd for the dance to bz held at the Natatorium, starting at9:30 o'clock. Coffee and cake will be served in the Eagles’ banquet Hall at 10 o'clock. A low priced round trip ticket will- includz the dinner, card party and dance. The following special commit- tees have been appointed by M. Pusich, chairman, to handle the details of the event: Jack Langer seth, dinmer; James Edmiston, at the door: James Manning, Alex Gair, Carl Lindstrom, Ed Heller, John Cashen and John Marin, as kitchen police. Mrs. Langseth, Mrs. Fraser and Mrs. Puisch have general su- pervision over the kitchen. Gor- don Gray and James Edmiston will have charge of the card party. L. W. Kilburn, A. J. Balog and the dance. Checking at the dance will be handled by the Sophomore Class of the D. H. 8. —_————— WAHTO OPERATED ON OLIVA Taken down Monday with what seemed to be intestinal flu, Olavi 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Wahto, Who was rushed to the hospital yesterday morning with appendicitis. He was operat- ed upon in a hurry and his appen- dix, alrzady bursted, removed. The boy has been resting easily since. e — SEWING PARTIES THURSDAY Tomorrow afternoon "at 2:30 o'clock the sewing meeting of St. Luke’s Guild postponed from last week, will be held at the home of Mrs. J. R. Guerin. Those inter- ested are cordially invited. In the evening Mesdames Inga Dickenson and Leila Krim wil be hostesses at a dancing party for the Ladies’ League to be held in the League rooms. All are wél- come. B e FIRST AMERICAN FLAG RAISED IN ALASKA DISPLAYED AT DOUGLAS The tirst American flag raised in Alaska was displayed by Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff during a talk before the High School students and Seventh and FEighth Grade pupils yesterday afternoon, in hon- or of Alaska Day. When the Rev. Kashevaroff un- [rolled the faded, tattered flag, Grant Logan will be in chatrge of 7 { the students stood and saluted. On the day Alaska was transferred from Russia to the United States, this flag was raised at Sitka, low- the same evening and return- Washington where it was in a basement and lost | Several years ago, this flag | was resurrected and turned over to ‘the Territorial Muscum. As. no cuitable case is available now, the flag is not on display, accord- \mg to the Rev Kaszhevaroff. He es ed ¢ ceremony of the transfzr of the territory to the United States government; and also discussed early administra- | tion and school system here. | Rev. Kashevaroff complimented | ¥he school of Douglas on its re- ‘mark\b'c showing in spitz of han- | dicaps of buiiding and equipment. | At the end of the talk, the au- My Alaska” “‘Alaska by | dience sang accompanied {at the piano. e e e Postmaster for 39 Years But He’s Quitting Nov/ ATTAPULOUS, Ga.,, Oct. 18- For the first time in nearly 37 years 'citizens of this town wil soon be handed their mail anl postage stamps by someone othc: than Miles C. Williams. 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