The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1934, Page 2

i | i H a i | \ i i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1934. L AV T S W R S ]) P e WINFIELD S. PULLEN LEAVES ON YUKON TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY Winfield 8. Pullen, Jr., took pas- sage for Seattle on the steamer Yukon to take up his studies at the University of Washington. He has spent the last month here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Pullen. - e LIEUT. AND MRS. GREGORY SPEND WEEK IN COUNTRY Lieutenant and yMrs. Samuel Gregory, son-in-law and daughter of Judge and Mrs. W. A Holzheim-‘ er, are spending the week at "hol | Dave Housel cabin on Glacier Highway. RS B . MISS MARY VANDERLEEST | LEAVES FOR UNIVERSITY 1 Miss Mary VanderLeest, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Vander- Leest, left on the Yukon for Seattle to re-enter the University of Wash- ington where she will be in her junior year. She has spent the summer visiting her family here. - HOSPITAL Mrs. Algasa entered St. Ann's NOTES DRESSES FEditha Pierce Davis, 22, vnlhr'l( child who became the daughter of Mrs. laide wealthy Boston widow in Cinderella | fashion and inherited & fortune, | will wed Charles Wallace, son of a for the Classroom WOOL DRESS Sizes 14 to 20 PECIAL PRICE $7.45 One group of PLAIN and RINTED SILKS Also Woolen Fabrics Priced to Clear $4.95 B.M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” —_—— | Cindere!fa Bride adopted Adelaide Pierce, Boston police sergeant. Hospital today for medical care. ce! Ed Rennie, employee of the Al- aska Juneau, entered the hospital last evening for treatment for a minor injury to his eye. James Calkins, Alaska Juneau employee, entered St. Ann's Hos- pital for medical observation last evening. D. Hanson, marine patient, is ré- jaw at St. Ann’s Hospital. Hospital underwent a major operation. after receivin iving medical care for an injured Ann's today Pedro Gurri last ro entered St. evening and Ed Sylvia left the hospital today g medical care. R Daily Empire Wau. Ads Pay! Piccard and Mrs. Piccard are shown inspecting an to be used as part of the equipment in their to.the stratosphere from Detroit. They are a: ‘attheresearch laboratory of the Franklin | on at Swarthmore, Pa. (Assoclated Press Photo) PLAN NEW STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT |cantile establishments and |which left Seattle last Satur- [path of the flames, both | Snake River. MAKES REPAIRS FLAMES START FROM SPARKS: RAGE ALL DAY Fire Sweeps Through Heart of City Reducing Ev- erything to Ashes (Contintied’ from Page One) large quantity of fuel oil, have been destroyed. Gvery business house from the Lincoln Hotel for seven blocks westward have been leveled. Residences Are Ruins All residences on Front Street, Second and Third Avenues have been destroy- ed. Two Eskimos are known to have been burned to ‘death. Those who have lost heav- lily include the Lomen inter- |ests, Grant Jackson, Presi- |dent of the Miners and Mer- lchants Bank; C. W. Lewis, Anthony Polet, who lost mer- | i | numerous others. Aid from the outside is hoped for. The Victoria, day, will not arrive until the middle of next week. | Orders for Aid i F rom Washington came| orders for Coast Guard ships! in this vieinity to race to this stricken city’s aid and from San Francisco came advices the American Red Cross is| ready to start rushing sup- plies. Fire Department official whose building was also de-i stroyed by the fire, estimate; the damage at more than two million dollars. The United States Radio Station and Weather Bureau, headquarters were not in the WATER COMPANY T0 PLA!T HERE Should Get Through Com- ing Winter Without Dif- ficulty, Says Lewis Practically all of the repairs to : 6.—Min Runs This fs the sixth in a Series of seven articles. SHANGHAIL Sept. 18B.—Rdbert J. Grant, director of the United States mint from 1920-31, and now in charge of the Chinese mint at Shanghai, has taught the Chinese how to manufacturé silver ddllars that cannot easily be counterfeit- ed, This means a great deal to China, the greatest: silver country in the world. i ' Hundreds of other sicoessful Am- ericans — lawyers, architects, engi- fessors afid businessmen—are scat- tered over the vast reaches of Chi- na. A Prom their ranks stand out such names ‘as Henry Killam Murphy, the architect] Helen Burton, Peip- ing's ‘famous art dealer; Lewis C. Arlington, authority on ' Chinece drama, customs and language; Mil- ton D. Purdy, who for ten years sat as judge of the United States court for China; M#s. Pearl® Buck, the former missionary whose novels have revealed Chinese life to Ather- icans at ‘home, and her husband, Dr. J. Lossing Buck, head of the department of agriculture at Nan- king university. Resigned 'U. S. Post Grant resigned as director of the United States mint and came to Shanghai last year to put China's neers, physicians, missionaries, pro- | Antericans Who Made Good A'bro;ul ! Chinese Mint; Woman Deals in Antiques money making machine on an ef- ficient basis. Born in Novd Scotia during the American Civil war, he later became an American citizen, making his home in Denver. The new mint, which is patterns |ed after the Philadelphia mint and equipped with modern Atierican machinery, turned out 66,500,000 | Chinese dollars: worth of silver coins and ' bars dl;rmx the first | year of its operation under Grant, a record for Chifa. Tall; lean, Iincisive and eagle- eyed, Grant learned his mining and minting in Europe, Australia and America. . He is the only occidental in the mint, .which employs 700 men. Helen Burton came to Peiping 13 years 'ago from Bismarck, N .D. and gog g part-time job as a sten- who directed {he Unifed States gift shop and beccming onme of Chinese art, antiques and craftsmanship. ographer. Renting a counter in the Grand Hotel de Pekin, she sold home made candy. With old bro- cades and antique Chinese head- dresses, she began designing arti- cles foreigners could wear and use in their homes. From this modest beginning she developed her magnificent Camel Bell gift shop. She is considered & leading Amer- ican authority on Chinese art, an- | tiques and craftmanship. Henry Murphy, 57-year-old Yale graduate, arrived in the “Middle Kingdom” 20 years ago. He has DBy GIDEON SEYMOUR CAPETOWN, Sept. 18—General J. B. M. Hertzog, one of the few political leaders in the world who has been able to ride out the de- pression, has entered upon his ‘el eventh ‘year as Prime Minister of South: Africa. Political 'circles hear that his carer may-be crowned next year by ' appeintment to the Governor Qeneralship of the Union. Would - Placate Boers Designation by King George of a “native son” instead of an Eng- lishman ‘as Governor General of a British commonwealth would not be uhprecedented. But in the case of Hertzog it would have unusual significance as a’ climactic gesture in ‘Britain’s long effort to placate the Boers. For “Barry” Hertzog is a Boer, won his military title fighting the English at the turn of the century, and came into office in 1924 as a Natiofialist insistent upon South the system of the Juneaw Watér Company that . were requested by the civic committee appointed by the City Council to:look into the water situation here, have been or are nearing completion, according to R. F. Lewis, principal owner of the company, who with Mrs. Lewis, left on the Yukon for.the south after spending the last three months in the city. Minor repairs are still being made and all of the most neces- sary work is expected to be fifi- ished by December 1, Mr. Lewls said. “I believe thete will be no difficulty or shortage of water during the coming winter,” he declared. Improvements which have been made during the last spring abd summer _inclide repairs to. the water re\e.rvoir at the head of Gold Street, replacement of the water main_on Sixth Street be: tween Gold "and Franklin; repairs of all leaking plpes and mains throughout the city, Much of this work has been comipleted by. crews which have been at work all sum- mer, and the remainder are stil underway with the intention ot tinishing the work by . December. 1, he said., + | Storage Tank Planned . Work has not yet been. started on the tunnel pipe line from the upper end of Evergreen Bowl aproés the bowl and down Eleventh Street to “E" Street, for the reason that he has not yet been able to get title to the property for,the Ju- neau Water Company, .Mr. Lewis said, Practically all of the pipe needed for this jmprovement, which will provide a storage tank for the Casey-Shattuck Addition is now in Juneau. It is hoped. to begin work. on this next spring. ' ‘The Juneau Water Company also. has several hundred feet of pipe here to be placed along lower Front Street, as soon as the street from the Juneau Lumber Com=~ pany south have been widened, Mr. Lewis said. ro- mbling tute’ “I plan to return to Juneau durs ing the cold weather this wintenf: N to see how things work out and| Pamous Sos whether or not any further work |arium Bat will be required,” Mr. Lewis said. Africa’s right to indepéhdence even to the extént of secession and es- tablishfiient of a republic. Hertzog Views Change It ten yedrs Hertzog has turned gradually - to ' the conviction that fthe future of South Africa is as a selt-determining unit of the Brit- jsh mpire. But he still is looked 0 as léader of many Dutch farm- whose yearnings for increased ofife ‘tule would be gratified by ifs selection for a post hitherto héld by English Earls. ' It General Hertzog, who, is 67, should leave the Prime Ministry, it ly would fall again to Cefieral Jan Sitits, himself a Boer Commandet against England but ah drdent #dvochte bf cooperation with the English. . e was in the Iirst tinlon gov- erfitherit 6 General Louis Botha and became the sécond Prime Min- ogh 26..wis overthrown by 4 .he became Hert- fer of Justice in a coali- e, ast year. The e political peace com- sing their parties, which 138 of 150 seats. in s If geheral elections in 1935 should see_-the united party returned to' | power;. the stage would be set for | the appointment of Hertzog as Governor General — perhaps when he attends the celebration in Lon don neéxy iyear’ of King George's | silver fubllee! : | . .. CREW AT BLACK HILL H. D. Rochfort nas & small crew at -work on the Black Hill prop- erty northi of Stewart and will send | cut a sial} Shipment of high grade ore soon. P s e i, SHIVELY—GLADDING | | Miss Anihie D. Shively of Stewart | and R. E. Gladding of Prince | Riipert were married recently in| Btowart,, .. oo Lake Mireral Sol- | Drugless Institute. | ~—adv. Africa’s Veteran Premier May Rule as King’s Deputy BACK STRONGLY, 4 i g Jd. B. M. HERTyZOG Gen. J. B. M. Hertzog, Boer Commander and for more than a decade Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, is re- ported in line for appointment as Governcr - General of the Dominion, a post hitherto beld only by English Earls. mint for 11 years. has spent 13 years in Peiping developing her famous Camel Bell Daily Empire Want Ads Fay! Helen Burton the besi American authorities on designed some of the finest buil |ings in the orient, including uni- v ties, government structures, of- fice buildings, national mem medical schools, stadia and parks. “Chinese” Arlington, as ILewis | Charles Arlington is called through| t the crient, has been in China 52 of his 74 years. This former San Franciscan lives in a native house in Peiping. For 40 years he served as an ex- ive in the Chinese maritime toms and national postal serv- . He has written a monumental on Chinese drama. MINING COMING U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) ' - # Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m. Sept. 18: Fair tonight, Wednesday partly cloudy; gentle variable winds. LOCAL DATA 4 Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity = Weather 4 pm. yesty .. 29.85 56 30 E 8 Clear 4 am. today .. 30.22 48 36 NE 8 Clear Noon today 3036 52 30 NE., 11 Clear CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm, | Lowest4am. 4a.m. Preclp. 4a.m. Station temp. temp, ‘| temp. temp, velocity 24hrs. Weather Barrow . 28 28 IR 148" 48 14: Trace Snow Nome 4 4 7| 3 ethel sl By tide S0 6 0 Clear Fairbanks 40 40 88 8 8 0 Clear Dawson . 40 38 |18 18 kig 0 Clear St. Paul 50 50 | 42 48 24 Trace Cldy Dutch Harbor 48 48 | 46 50 16 88 Rain Kodiak - Of 56 LA &8s I 06 Cldy Cordova 3 ., 58 58 | 44 46 8 0 Cldy Juneau 57 56 | 4 48 8 0 Clear Sitka 58 — | 37 — 0 [] Clear Ketchikan 56 54 | a2 42 4 22 Clear Prince Rupert 54 52 | 44 41 4 1.70 Clear Edmonton 52 52 42 46 4 18 Rain Seattle 62 62 | 58, 58 8 Trace Cldy Portland . 76 6 58 58 4 0 Pt.Cldy San Francisco 8 58 | b2 bd 8 0 Cldy Arctic coast. Temperatures were A moderate storm is central near Unalaska with rain from Ko- diak westward, heavy at Dutch Harbor. s 4 high over the remainder of Alaska and to the southward with clear weatlher cver the Interior and Southeast and snow flurries on the The pressure is moderately lower yesterdfy on the Bering Sea coast and lower last night in Southeast Alaska. STERLING SAYS Whole Interior Industry, Revives and Outlook ! Brightest in Years | The whole mining industry in‘ interior. and northern Alaska looks| better than for many years, de- clared Hawley Sterling, Asst. Chief | Engineer of the Alaska Road Com- | icn, who returned here today | following a two-month inspection trip of roads and trails, A feeling | of optimism is encountered in all| mining regions, he said. The most important new develop- ment is that on Valdez Creek, 60| miles from Cantwell on the Alaska Railroad. There a quartz property | is keing developed that gives much‘ carrying good values has been traced 3,000 feet along the surface and an extensive amount | of trench work has been done. A | small amount of tunnelling was; |also done. A pilot mill was hauledJ | in over the snow early last Spring and put into operation during the summer. The ore run through it during the season had an average| value of $42 per ton, Mr. Sterling was informed. - A company operating on Peters Creek in the Cache Creek region, operators along Steese Highway, on | the lower Kuskokwim, the entry of { W. E. Dunkle into the Flat district, operations at Fairbanks and Nome and in other placer mining areas, jall reported better results and| | brighter outlooks. | The placer miners were aided| |in their operations by an unusually | rainy season. But road construc-| |tion work was materially retarded | by the rain. However, good progress | | was made on new construction and “S0UTH BEND, WASMING ™ THE HOME LAPA MILLIONS OF OYSTERS FOR STEW Proclaimed by residents of South Bend, Wasl iargest oyster stew, 100 gallons of the bivalve and 60 pounds of butter were poured into a b OF . THE OYSTER as the world’s gallons of milk pan and cooked for 8000 hungry visitors. Japanese oysters have been successfully trans- planted to the area and the industry has assumed major proportions. gom of the cooks are shown filling the outdoor pan. '(Associated ress Photo) Dail;y Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 8 Trial L Ellfiht taste of 4 9. Those who quid have ‘the 4. Decorative B e nohre and protec- ot soposite ve cover- P Turn to the s. Past Acknowledge 12. Town fn Ohlo Handle 13. Wild buffalo & ditsapative o 1nare - Religlous de- 14. Novel Grack mare 15. Devises ket place 17. Number Wine cask 18. Rub out e . Also i fcter seine JEBICIOIRIDEHC]Y Hourert ™™ ending ISITIUDEAE|TIABRALI [LIS] Besebal o 25. Tear asunder (AT |DIE] Snowy. 28, For_example: . . Place for abbr, storing hay 2. While . Sum iroad open Vessel 48, Ostrichiike DOWN & Woa e, 3. Afl.ehc;adly & N!‘d L Membrxb’moul 47. Indisposed to . Gian 34. Taint or deflle- §2. Commotion 2. Ar‘;ll)llllr‘c!al 49. Er:nfoyed mentby 6& Without forew ' language Gi Parts of courage ectangular 38, Three: prefix 68. Pronoun Inset. 52, Afirmaive 39. Canine 59. Uneven 4. Kind of rub- vote 40. As far as 60. Tear apart ber 53. Dowry 4L Symbol for 61, Feminine 5. Get up 55. Before: prefix selentum termination 6. Thorough 56. Title of a 42. Rescue 62. Sand hills: and search- knight 44. Armed strife nglish ing Inquiry 57. Watel 46 Cravats 63. Endeavor 7. By birth secretly aad a8 ol 15 AuEE o dN dd NN NN JN o o | maintenance work carried on as usual. On the Fairbanks-Livengood road, the entire 62 miles below Olnes and Livehgood have been cleared {and grubbed. More than 40 miles have been graded and trucks are operating over 23 miles of it. After the freezeup, Mr. Sterling said, it will be possible to operate trucks over the fill length of the road. TALLAPOOSA BACK FROM WEEK’S TRIP FOR U. §. CUSTOMS After an absence of just a week, | the United States Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa, Capt. Fletcher W. Brown in command, returned to |, its Juneau base this morning short- ly after 8 o'clock. The Tallapoosa left - here last Tuesday on a special mission fm-; the U. 8. Customs service. It seized a boat alleged to be operating un- | der improper registration and tow- ed it to Ketchikan, before return- | ing. It covered a distance of 975 miles during the trip. $ TRANSFERRED TO DOUGLAS Mr. and Mrs. W. Burr Johnson are recent arrivals from Sitka where Mr. Johnson has been in the em- [T L] AN A AN dudd dilled NN A A HE Amn ploy of the Bureau of Public Roads for the past year. He has been transferred by the Bureau to the | Douglas Island road work. ——————— | MEYERS IS BOUND OVER TO FEDERAL GRAND JURY Les' Myers, arrested in Seward recently on a telegraphic warrant from here, was yesterday held to answer to the Federal grand jury on a charge of violating the Inter- nal Revenue laws. Bond was, fixed in the sum of $2,000 by Judge J. F. Mullen, following a hearing in the United States Commissioner’s Court. He is specifically charged with having removed and concealed untaxed alcoholic :liguor. MRS. DONALD HALEY WINS ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR FROM AMERICAN LEGION | Mrs. Donald Haley, holder of ticket No. 59 was the winner, of the | electri¢ refrigerator given away at the Southeast Alaska Fair by the American Legion, Alford John Bradford Post_No. 4, it was an- | nouriced today by Waino Hendrick- | son, Post Commander. The attractive patgh work quilt has not yet been called for, Mr. Hendrickson said this afternoon. FRESH Fruits and Vegetables @ Local vegetables received every morning CALIFORNIA GROCERY TELEPHONE 478