The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1935, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1935. COATS- SUITS | DRESSES It’s the celebration of our May Event, the week when we offer frocks, suits and coats at lower prices. Prints, sheers, cottons, novelty fabrics and silk . . . all marked down so that you can start the summer with a wardrobe that is fresh and new. Shop this week. where you know fashions' are always right . . . and where a lowered price never means a lowered standard of quality. F e e e e ] MEN! We have a complete showing of Michael-Stern’s Suits and Topeoats $30.00 and $35.00 B e e B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” 1 mDENALl STRIKES ON REEF, BREAKS IN TWO, SINKS Alas k a Steamshlp Com-| pany’s Freighter Goes Down Off Zayas Island (Continued 1rom Page One) which was wrecked Sunday soulh of Ketchikan, according to Ike P. "Taylor, Chief Engineer of the road commission. The shipment includ- ed 17 trucks, three motor graders, one pull grader, a large gravel crushing and screening plant and several other items. No insurance is carried on Government supplies and the loss must come from road com- mission appropriations. It is prob- able duplicate orders will be placed at once as the machinery is badly needed to carry out the road pro- 2tam, Stowaways Are Jailed According to advices received by ‘The Empire from Ketchikan this forenoon, the four stowaways have been jailed there on vagrancy charges. They are W. Rester, L. Beaton, B. Cory and F. Hedges, the last two from Seattle. Passengers aboard the Denali were Willilam Laigo and M. Criso- toms, bound for Tyee; F. C. Yuel and Carl Haasl for Ketchikan; Harry L. West, A. N. Brown and Carl D. West for Juneau. The Cyane returned to the scene of the wreck and radioed nothing worth salvaging was found. Two battered trunks were seen in the forepeak which still remains hang- ing on the reef. The Cyane is now enroute back to Ketchikan. CRAWFORD CONCERT IS POSTPONED UNTIL SOMETIME IN AUGUST The concert by Bob Crawford, ar- | ranged for next week, is postponed | until next August. Those who have purchased tickets will have their | money refunded by returning them | to those from whom they were bought. The announcement of the post- | ponement came in a short radio from Texas, received by Mrs. Carol Ree; Davis, from Mr. Crawford, saying that motor trouble had de- veloped and the engagement in Ju- neau is cancelled until August. Mr. Crawford and his accompan- ists travel by plane. He planned to replace his wheels with pontoons in Seattle and fly north to Juneau for his engagement here. LABOR TROUBLES Mr. X. Found Guilty First Degree Mnrderl CHEHALIS, Wash., May 20.—Joe | Bryan, known as Mr. X, who re-| mained unidentified for several| fter the slaying of William Pe Em servlce stauon oper- ber, con- PAC. NORTHWEST |One Section Approaches | Agreement with Men of NOME BILL OFF ..7"c 0 T0 WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, May 20. — The House bill to authorize Nome to is- sue $100,000 bonds to finance pub- lic works, has been passed by the Senate and sent to the White House for the President’s signa- ture. weeks a Walker, ‘vmed oi flrst degree murder The | jury recommended life imprison- | ment. SEATTLE, May 20.—Strikes, ru- more of strikes, and strike breaking worried the Pacific Northwest to- day. All union oil tanker créws are on a strike. Some seamen are out and fisher- men have voted to strike in British Columbia. Federal Labor Conciliators de-| clared the Government is helpless for the time heing. Strikes have spread from the north to California. SEATTLE LAWYER TRAVELS Encouraging news came from the E. B. Hanley, Jr., young Seattle|Grays Harbor section, however, as attorney, is a through passenger on |agreements with unions were reach- the Alaska from Seward to thefed by a number of small sawmills Puget Sound port. Hanley cameé to{and plywood plants for 75 cents an Seward to try a case in the District {hour and a 30-hour week. It is Court for his father, also a Seattle |forecast that some 300 men will re- attorney. Lturn to work in that section within e a few days. CARDS LOSE ONE Bl e it o e wegerendent |SPECIAL DELIVERY the Coast Guarasmen wom the] OF KELLY BLAKE’S REBUILT IN .IUNEAU Tallapoosa in the opening game of the annual series. The Cardsgame out on the short end of a 3-0 count Kelly Blak after five inmings of competition in livery ytmck 'fm {a drizzle. ———————— new Speclal De- s attracted much S comment since it was pliced into T service for the first time this morn- OFFICER TRANSFERRED ing. The vehicle, a Reo Speed Wag- Lieut. R. V. Corput, formerly in|on; purchased through the Juneau charge of the Army Signal Corps|Motors Company, has been under- |radio station at Anchorage, is a|g0ing special chassis thanges during southbound passenger for Seattle|the month, and is now ready for on the Alaska, He is being trans- |merchants' delivery, ferred to duty in the States. Tray-| Local firms who builf the special elling with him is his wife. body for Mr. Blake, were: Harri s Machine Shop, iron work; C. H. M’BURNEY RETUENS Metealfe Co. sheet metal; Krafft Cabinet Shop, body; Juneau Motors ‘Co., painting; Lu Liston, sign writ- ing. J. W. McBurney, Seattle attorney who has been inspecting mining prospects on Kodiak Island, is re- turning from Kodiak to Seattle on the Alaska in the company of his wife. ———— PLAYSHED PROGRESSES Sides and rafters on the new Amerfean Legion playshed being CAUSING WORRY, e | CLOUGH ARRIVES A. H. Clough, representative of the Giant Powder Company, arrived here on the Alaska from a West- ward port. ———. FISKE ARRIVES American Radiator Company, ar- |rived in Juneau from a Westward | port aboard the Alaska. ——t e 1 SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! | F. L. Fiske, representative of the erected at Second and Franklin, were put up yesterday by a working detail from Alford John Bradford Post, and it is expected to have the roof on in a short time, according to Commander R. J. McKanna. PUCTIT T R t NELSON RETURNING J. D. Nelson, general freight agent for the Alaska Steamship Company, accompanied by his wife, is a through passenger on the Alas- ka from Cordova to Seattle, lftfle Tnthe GARDEN | The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) ‘ Forecast for junecu and vielnity, beginning at 4 p.m., May 20: | Rain tonight and Tuesday; moderate southeast winds. | | LOCAL DATA F H s E 0 Time Barometer Temp., Humldity Wind Velocity 'Weather 4 pm. yest'y 29.67 54 50 SE 12 Sprinkling B 1._4.., [ 1 i 4 am. today 29.96 46 68 SE 20 Cldy \New Carriers of Waste Rock 'Vessel Here for Two Hours| Neon oy . 8 8 SE 14 LtRam | in Port. Teday ‘with This Morning from Sit- EADIC 2EPORTS YESTERDAY | TODAY Lumbér Cargo ka, Enroute South Highest 4pm. | Lowestda.m. dam. Precip. 44:L. ! : s Station temp. temp. | temp b, velocity s, Weatuer ‘ Answering 'an umf{fl:m “test” of The North Sea, in port for two| Anchorage 57 — | — — thelr carrying capacity successfully, : hours early this morning from| Barrow 24 24 | 18 13 8 0 Clear | two newly cohstructed barges for| Frequent stirring of the surface]Sitka, took 37 passengers froj| Nome 36 36 | 20 20 4 0 Clear the Alaska Juneau Gold Mihing {soil of the garden with 'a steel Juneau on her southbound run to| Bethel 62 44 | 30 30 18 0 Cldy Compahy arrived hefe from Se- |rake will stimulate growth and con-[Seattle. The vessel arrived at 12:30{ Fairbanks 58 56 | 46 48 8 Trace Cldy attle, one yesterday afternoon and{trol weeds. The surface should be|o'clock and berthed at the City| Dawson 64 62 46 48 8 0 Cldy ‘e other this morning. stirred after a rain just as soon as|Dock. St Paul 40 38 | 30 32 12 0 . Pt.Cldy | Built at the plant of the Winslow |the ground is dry enough to work.| The inbound list, which included| Dutch Harbor 48 46 |84 3% 6 0 Cldy Marine Railway and Shipbuilding |Remember the roots of plants re-|fine passéngers, follows: Kodiak 42 42 40 43 16 .22 Cldy | comipany, the two barged eath car- |quire air as well as moisture. From Sitka—J. L. Brightman, R.| Cordova 56 50 | 4 4 4 Trace Cldy |ried a large load of 250,000 feet of .- — G. LaMotte, Mrs. Ethel Eggen, J.| Juneau 58 54 | 4 & 20 40 Cldy ! iithber ‘frath Seattls. H. Peterson, Steve Tus, N, J. Nich-| Sitka 53 — | 44 — — 54 —_— Barge No, 3 was Brought here yes- oo o e o 0’0 b6 00 00 0oy John Illin, Matt Vatne,| Ketchikan 54 48 | 42 44 4 98 Pt. Cldy [terday by, the Goltan, Puget Sound | ° AT THE HOTELS ® | Charles Olsen. Prince Rupert 52 52 | a4 12 d2 Pt Ciay Tk anid Blicge Corflflnq,y Vessel The® © * * ® %0 ° ¢ ® ° © oo The outhound list: Edmonten 68 66 | 4 4 4 0 Clear Batge No. 4, which affived’ this For Seattle—Mrs. A. Rojnovsky,| Seattle 72 72 | 50 52 4 0 Clear i-nammg was 'broulm!iy the Ge Alaskan ~ {Grace Naghel, Mildred Miller, Mrs.| Portland 74 70 46 54 4 0 Cldy of the Cborsin Somphn, E‘,’“‘;‘ C. E. Ohman, Sumdum; E. Win-|Hammond, Mrs. Don Douglas, Miss| San Francisco 7% 68 | 3 38 4 0 Clear | s el 65-He Foead pt:x ym ;fi ters, Juneau; Jumes Rogers, Ju-|Elizabeth Douglas, Mrs. L. Turoff,| New York 6 60 48 54 14 0 Clear At m:iny P €~ (neau; E. Tryggvi, Seattle; W. C-}Jackic and baby Turoff, Mrs. R. E.{ Washington 6 70 54 58 4 (] Cldy e 2 3 MacMayburn, Haines; Harold Grin-| Davis, Charles Carter, Mrs. G. ~ Ihe TIolfs, 1w WG alat bhik th WEATHER CONDITIONS AT § A, M. Seattle for the Alaska Juneau, is expected here this week with Barge No. 5, the third and last carrier stad, Hump Island; Al Anderson, Hump Island; I, Lena Cove; John 1lllin, Sitka; W. Hogiéwood, | M. Vatue, Juneau; C. A. Neupert, Se- Hagehorn, Charles Hagehorn, Mrs. {J. A. Briggs, James Edmiston, Mar- tin Peterson, K. Stolhammer, J. E. Nelson, Chet.- Zimmerman, Mrs. Which the mine will use o earry|qitle; E. W. Davis, Fairbanks; G.|Grace Cole, Mrs. Eli Hook, EN waste rock into the Chanmel forir Fernandez, Chichagof; E. Hol- Hook, Margaret Peterson, Mrs. | lumping in deep water. man, Juneau. | Fred Peterson, Robert Hill, J. W. Each barge is 101 feet long and Zynda | Frazier. has''a 34-foot bédm. The barges| w. R. Jennings, Bureau Public| For Wrangell—Mrs. M. J. Car- draw nine feet of water and have|Roads camp; Mr. and Mrs. Leo|ruthers, J. Nedan, L. Stupfed. |a ca: ryihg capacity of B00 tons of |Hul, Santa Cruz, Cal; Mr. and| For Petersburg—Mrs. Blickenstoff, ock. They afe known as self-dump- | Mrs. S. Anderson, Juneau; T. H.|E. B. Anderson, A. T. Kolmninger. ing barges, L. H, Metzgar, superin- |Hall, Ketchikan; Lois La Gasa,| For Ketchikan—D: Armour, Jr. tendent of the ‘miine, said today. Both barges are berthed today at the Alaska Juriéau DOcK, awaiting the arrival of the Trojan, skippered | by Capt. Llrry Mc] nie. CITIES RUSH 0 Becmsssn H PAUPERS Government Rehef Officials Woiry Over Methods to Stop Stampede | WASHINGTON;, May 20.—A vis-| ion of ecitfes hastetiing to take a |sort of figurative “Pauper’s Oath” |so they could claim outright dona- ‘tions from work rellef funds caus- cd eoncern in some Governmeént quarters here ovér the week-end. viduals as well as cities rush to| declare themselves poor. The of- ficlals are seeking methods to pre- vent such a stanpede. | THe Adminisuration has laid doyn & policy indicative that fair- ‘ly prosperous cities must repay a 'substantial share -of money spent on' projects, while cities having no ‘buxrawlng powet left dré to.receive {100 pef cent grants of gifts. | ¢ i | SEBASTIAN-STUART BUYS BULK OF FISH | The Sebastian-Sitiart Fish Com- |pany purchased the bulk of the 27,000 pounds of halibut sold across the Juneau Cold Storage board over the week-end. The largest seller was Capt. Pet,or | Hammer, of the Ina J., who sold 13,000 pounds to the Sebastian firm at prices of 5 cents and 3 cents per pound. This was fhe price paid for all halibut purchages. | Other sales inclided: Capt. Ole Brensdal, Ford, 7,000 pounds Se- bastian-Stuart; Capf. J. R. Elliott, ml‘f 5, *:Kw pounds, and Packing Company; Capt. John Pademeister, TP?fiO 20%0 pounds, San Juan. | Iso was' announced today that ' the North Sea took the balance of last year's frozen fish from the Sit- | ka branch of the Cold Storage Com- ?.my This shipment amounted to 07,000 pounds and will be taken fo Londan, England. e ———— JACK REGGSTAD RETURNS Jack Heggstad, well known Ju- | neautte retufned to this city on the Vicloria ‘fter spending séveral years in Tacoma. Jack, who is a brother of O. Heggstad of the Peerless Bak- ery, say!;bm‘pe is glad to be bhack in the territory. He was surprised to see such & fapid déevélopment and growth i Junéau. ——————— McCARTHY MINING VENTURE With capital listed at $1,000,000, the Alaska Gold King Mines, s u‘ru Vancodver, B. C., has filed arti- cles of & ation’ ¥ith the Ter- itarial m The Alaska a:grent i§ " locdtél at MeCarthy. Incor- porators aré John Pedérsen, James Ambert Sdmpbell, fieonard Hayman 4hd Herol Lando, all of Van- couvet, B. €. LEAVES FOR PORTLAND Mri. L. W. Eiiroff and two chil- dren Jeft for Portlund Oregon, to rematn. indefinitely. She will visit! her sister. e HAW IETURHS After d hurried girplane trip to Notié last week' from Juneau, J. J.| w, ‘Seattlé’ business man, is re- 2 z to that city from Seward San Juan { Juneau; James R. Brightman, Sit- 'ka; Mrs. Ed Sydner, Tenakee. Gastineau George H. Peterson, Sitka; Steve Tus, Sitka; A. H. Clough, San Francisco; H. L. Fiske, Juneau; H. Eckhardt, day, Seattle; Péte Samarzich, Chi- chagof; Soerre Pederson, Juneau; J. L. Overton, Juneau; Mary Joyce, Taku; C. R. Wright, Seward; F. L. Heignan, Seattle; Dr. Brach- vogel and family, Aberdeen, Wash.; W. J. Barrows, Pacific Alaska Air-| Anchorage; C. L. Cana~ I Mrs. R. Carter. | WIND BLEW SOME 1 EARLY THIS A. M. Although many thought a regular spring Taku struck Juneau early 4‘xm< morning, the wind only reath- ed a velocity of 30 miles an hour at 2:37 o'clock. This is according to the weather bureau officials. The wind was from the southeast. ways; Harry L. Blunt, Pacific Al-| - e aska Airw Mr. and M, L. A GETS GRADING JOB Sundquist, Candle. { R.J. Sommers Construction Com- EESRL L |pany of Juneau was low bidder on IN HOSPITAL Harry Lucas, Jr., suffered lnjury to an ankle Sunday when a motor- | cycle on which he was riding col-, lided with an automobile. He was tréated at St. Anns' Hospital and & was able to go to his home. Mrs. Nels Sorby was admitted to St.. Ann’s today for medical treatment. us Erickspn, mine employee, was able to go to his home today after Officlals were worried lest !ndi-‘bemg treated for facial burns. igravelling and surfacing the ap- proaches to the Douglas bridge it , was revealed when bids were opened this morning by the Alaska Road | Commission. It was a $1,400 job, )equuxn" about 700 yards of gravel. " GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rafes E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Phone 4758 Are a member of the and Debtor. OR AS AGREED WILL NOT BE B ALASKA Charles Waynor, Mgr. TREAT YOU YOU “IF YOU HAVE THE FAITH YOUR CREDITOR HAD IN YOU WOULD PAY ON THE TENTH We have a pool payment plan for “broken chains” that will eliminate all your old debt worries. USE IT NOW'! [ ] BUREAU chain between Creditor BELIEVING . . . THIS CHAIN ROKEN.” CREDIT Valentine Bldg. R CRE Ketchikan, raining, temperature 47; Craig, cloudy, 47; Wrangell, cloudy, 49; Sitka, raining, 48; Skagway .cloudy, 47; Anchorage, part- ly cloudy, 52; Nenana, cloudy, 48; Fairbanks, cloudy, 50; Tanana, raining, 38; Ruby, Hot Springs, missing; Nulato, clear, 34; Kaltag, clear, 33; Unalakleet, clear, 28; Flat, clear, 44. SWEATHER SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning over the Guilf of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure being 2940 inches, High pres- sure prevailed over the Pacific Coast States. This general pres- sure distribution has been attended by precipitation over the coastal regions from Kodiak to British Columbia and by unsettled weather over the Tanana and upper Yukon valleys, elsewhere over the field of observation fair weather was reported. Abnormally cool weather was reported at San Francisco last night. DR. CARLSON AT GASTINEAU It is unnecessary to suffer eye- strain, headaches, dizziness and blurring. Dr. Rae L. Carlson, Op- tometrist, for eleven years in prac- tice in Southeastern Alaska, is now at the Gastineau Hotel, until Fri-| day evening, May 24. Call at room 203 or Phone 10 for an appoint- ment to have your eyes examined and fitted with correct Rice & Ahlers Co. JOHN L. AHLERS Manager PLUMBING —et—— HEATING afi‘é 25 OIL BURNER ‘Frozen Desserts musf' and : bo delicate in flavon Tiats, whare trus Vinilla ceunts. Thats wihere Schilling Vanilla counts' Schilling *R/anilla SHEET METAL WORK Phone 34 SHOP IN JUNEAU! VAC UUM CLEANERS Try Dustless House Cleaning this Spring . . . Dont ta11 to try— General Electric Cleaner Service Trap dust and dirt in a bdg. Don’t scatter it, to be smeared later with a- dust eloth. DE-ODORIZE WITH DI-CHLORIDE Eliminate foul air . . . moths and: other insects with the Handy Cleaner EASY PAY PLAN L J Alaska Electric Ltght aud Power Co. JUNEAU—Phone 6 DOUGLAS—Phone 18 UNITED FOOD CO. CASH GROCERS Phone 16 We Deliver Meats—Phone 16 WW.‘M e { | . Dave .,Hoiul. Prop. or Alaskan Hotel Liquor Stere