The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 16, 1936, Page 4

o Daily Alaska Empire HKOBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager, Published overy = evening except Sunday by the PIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main e hn|~.<n Alaska. Juneau as w-cond Class Enwered in the Post Office in matter “SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrfer In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per _month. By mall, postage paid, at the following ra‘es: One year, in _sdvance, 312,00 months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in adv: e, $ Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity | in the delivery of their pa r 602; Business Office, Telephones: News Office 374, 3 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PARESS. | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the| use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTRED TO BE LARGER THAN THKA” OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION DR. FENTON B. WHITING A remarkable man and an outstanding figure in the early days of Alaska is lost to the world by the death in Seattle yesterday of Dr. Fenton B. Whiting at the age of 67 years. Dr. Whiting was a real Alaskan, and though for a quarter of a century he had made his | residence “Outside,” for the great, virgin Territory never waned. words in his “An Alaskan’s Ode to Alaska” conclusion of his book, better than anything his love for the North: His own at the 1 love thee, my God-blest homeland, Where'er fond memory strays; I love thy dayless endless nights, Thine endless nightless days. 1 love thy chilling wintry blast | Thine gladsome, welcome Spring, | 1 dream at night of the “Northern Light, Alaska, my country, of thee I sing Dr. Whiting came north with Michael J. Heney in the nineties and served as Chief Surgeon during the entire construction period of the White Pass and Yukon Railway and the Copper River and Northwestern when the latter, a great builder, pushed those roads through the virgin wilderness of Alaska. He lived through those dazzling, hectic days at Skagway when | the hordes were pushing over the Chilkoot trail and | later in booming Cordova when the steel ribbon of the Copper River was driven into the raw country. “A forthright, straight-shooting his Chief admired and Alaska calls Beach, the Alaskan author, described him tionally big man, towering well above his fellows, Dr Whiting was a man of great intelligence, keen humor and admirable personality. No man was more uni- | versally liked. He knew how to handle people and gain their lasting friendship. Those who knew lum well say there never was a dull moment when ‘Whiting was around, his sparkling wit and ready, 1 telligent conversation being the life of any group. Though a physician and surgeon by profession, Dr. ‘Whiting also was a forceful writer and his book, “Grit, Grief and Gold,” written around the building of the | ‘White Pass and Yukon is a masterful and gripping in- terpretation of those golden, vividly colorful days in the North. His well told stories of George Carmack, discoverer of the Klondike; M. J. Heney, the railroad | builder; “Stikine Bill,” and many others are all a| part of a glamorous epoch which will live the longer | through Dr. Whiting’s graphic descriptions. Rex An excep- her own, Known to all older Alaskans and hundreds of |0ughly loyal to the British crown as the most ardent dnxggist is younger ones, the doctor had countless friends through the states for once a friend always a friend was his gospel and he made friends by the score wherever he went. As time marches on these strong men who made the porth pass on with it, but the going of no one leaves a greater void than the death of Fenton B. Whiting; a friend of man and devoted disciple of Alaska. SINGAPORE—A CHINESE DINNER Emil Hurja, former Alaska newspaper man and now assistant to James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, was one of those making the recent Interesting trip to the Philippines for the Inaugural ceremonies of the new Philip- pine Commonwealth. On the jowrney, Mr. Hurja, an able writer, prepared exclusively for The Empire a series of articles covering the voyage, the ceremonies and the inter- esting places enroute, They give an insight to the whole history-making event which was not available in the daily news dis- patches. The ninth of the interesting arti- eles is presented herewith: By EMIL HURJA SINGAPORE. Straits Settlement.—It was an Eng-| lshman’s foresight, again, which gave to the British empire this keystone in South Asia, just as another Englishman’s acumen secured for his flag the key port of Hongkong, on the China coa: When Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Agent General of the Gov- ernor General of India, in 1824 finally persuaded his home government to purchase the island of Singapore | from the Sultan of Johore for about $60,000, he com- pleted a transaction that eventually may mean per- | he was truly of Alaska and his love | hard-hitting man | |quil ride from Manila down the China sea, past the |Dutch islands that cluster the northern shore of | Borneo, we jump into a jinricksha and tell the Malay {boy pulling it: “Piggy Raffles Hotel,” which means: “Take me to the Raffles Hotel.” “Piggy” means “go” in Malayan Giaiect. Ana Raffles Hotel is the sociai center of the town, named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, himself, no less. Many things bear his name, from Raffles Place to Raffles Chambers, Ratfles Quay iand Raffles College; Raffles Museum and Raffles Cafe. ' They honor their city’s founcer, in this southernmost tip of the continent of Asia, this seething, colorful seaport town through which pours the riches of the | East Indies, and rightly may they do him honor for | —BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follo s- ing: | JANUARY 16 G. H. Walmsley Winnifred Garcavy Doris Moran Mrs. | through his vision it is his due. British Malaya inciudes Straits Soluvmenlsfchwl‘ | components of which are Singapore and Penang; then there are the Federated Malay States of Perak Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang, and then, there | |are the Unfederated Malay States of Johore, Kodah, { [ Perlis, Kelantan and Trengganu, each With Moham- {medan sultans or rajahs and British advisors. Al told, | | British Malaya comprises a little over 50,000 sqmm[ “mlm of territory, comprising a peninsula roacnmg | southward to within seventy-five miles of the equator, | with a population of over three and a half mmmn‘ | people. And from this colonial empire of the British comes [almost all of the rubber in the world and a good | | share of the tin as well. Rubber and tin and copra are the chief exports totaling many millions of dollars | |a year in value. Where British money is, there mm come her ships. That's one reason why Singapore | clears some 7,000 cargo vessels every year, and puts her | high up in the rank of the great seaports of the world To revert again to the foresight of the British in| acquiring this important foothold in the Far East, | |one is reminded that when the Rajah or Sultan of | Johore, in 1703 offered the island to Captain Hamilton, of the British navy, it was declined, but the captain went on record that it “was a proper place to settle | | a colony in, lying in the center of trade and accommo- | dated with good rivers and a safe harbour, so conveni- | ently situated that all winds serve shmpmg both to | go out and come into these rivers.’ This description of Singapore has never been bet- | “Grit, Grief and Gold,” depicts | tered, as early Portuguese navigators attested that [sapport the carpenters of Juneau and |would pay topnotch wages, but did | Singapore harbor “resorted all the navigators of the western seas of India, and the eastern of Siam, China, | | campa and Cambodia.” The Portuguese were the first | settlers; then came the Dutch, and after the Dutch | | left Malacca in 1795, the British undertook their tirst | | real effort at empire-building in what has become one of the first cities of .the Orient—Singapore. With an area of about the state of Alabama. | | Malaya does a business that this year should run wvll‘ over several billion dollars. In 1933, Mayala exported | two-thirds of the world’s rubber and over sixty cent of the world’s tin to say nothing of some ten mil- lion dollars worth of copra or cocoanut meat, and everything else from palm oil and pineapples, to oil | of cloves and peppermint juice. A list of the products \Auul(l be redolent of the Orient, and remind you of the reasons given in our geographies for the search of Columbus for a new world—"for the spices of the | orient, frankincense and myrrh.” But actually, the | chief products of economic value are rubber, copra |and tin. | per | We are treated royally in this pre-eminently British city, including a visit to the Swimming Club, with its | specially constructed pool with fresh water. Salt water | bathing is not indulged in to any great extent, because of the prevalence of sharks in the bay. We are invited |to the American consul's home for dinner, together ‘“H.h Senator and Mrs. Wheeler and their daughter, ‘st.x Frances Wheeler, and Senator Reynolds of North | Carolina, with his daughter. We go to the vice con- ’sul 's home for tea, and meet a number of the Amcrltan* | business men in the city, of which, incidentally, there | !aro very few. | Though Singapore has a present population ‘ something over 575,000, there are only 8,200 Europear | in which classification the several hundred American | residents also are counted. There are about 70,000 Malays, some 50,000 Hindus; 8,000 Arabs and over !120 000 Chinese. The Chinese are the business men | | and tradesmen of the port, in fact, of the whole penin- | sula. They are the bankers and the brokers, as thor- | of Britisher, but true, also, to their racial background. | | Many a wealthy Chinese has journeyed back to the land of his ancestors and endowed colleges and schools | and hospitals for the less fortunate inhabitants of | the teeming celestial empire. | A group of us were fortunate enough to be invited to attend a Chinese dinner at the home of Mr. Yap Twee, managing director of the Overseas-Chinese | Banking Corporation, a native of Singapore, and a | wealthy, cultured gentleman. We were impressed by | the hospitality and the splendid courtesy of our host and hostess, but even the best Occidental pm.ham:cK | feels exhaustion in the last stretches of a 12-course | | dinner, starting at 9 o'clock and ending after twelve. We started in with birds’ nest soup, a thrice-dis- 1nlled essense that to say the least was extremely palatable. After that came shark’s fins, fried, and then | | shark’s fins, grilled. Clark Howell, distinguished editor | of the Atlanta Constitution, a member of our party, | | exclaimed that now he understood why sharks were | | part of the life of the universe. Then came roast| duck's skins, a portion of dragon lobster and in order to whet our appetites for more food to come, after {the Chinese custom, we were served with nnotheri order of soup—the beginning of section two of the| dinner, so to speak. Pigeon soup is good, as was the | | of our Atlantic coast. Then came a dish which our American chefs could | \wul investigate—fried chicken with ham. The chicken | |and ham are minced and mixed, then fried, and it wa.s‘ a tasty dish. Then followed Chinese noodles, a sweet- | |ened fruit soup, Chinese tea and sweets. Our host| | took a great deal of pride in the tea, which he snm‘ came from the province of his own ancestors inj| | China—Hokien, and which he claimed unequivocally | | was the best tea in all of China. t All of the soup, fish and meat courses were served in | |sent lengthy petitions to reviv {was killed last night in a special an association of their own. | |Hall on Lincoln’s birthday. i i | T GARLAND BOGGAN | fried garoup, a fish that resembles the red snapper |} Arleen Godkin Henry Langfeldt Mrs. Hilda Berggren Gary Aalto Bach Gerry Bach, Jr. frermr—a ‘ From The Empire }20 YEARS AGO {| JANUARY 16, 1916 Juneau was amused over a press report in the Washington Times, Washington, D. C., which maintained that “four Juneau churches had st Billy Sunday that he visit Juneau.” Some doubt as to the authenticity |of the report was caused by the fol- | |lowing statement: “The Juneauites have offered to charter special trains, | |and if necessary, use dog teams (o transport the part; It was reported the invitation would be accepted. The carpenter’s union of Juneau meeting of the saw and hammer men in the Circle City hotel. George C. Burford, chairman of the committee to consult businessmen and mining (men with reference to the carpen- [ ters® situation, said at the meeting ‘hat the mining men were willing to not intend to pay $6 a day for car- penters’ helpers. Following the car penters’ meeting the various con- tractors took steps toward forming The tenth annual ball of the Ju- neau firemen was in preparation un-~ der committeemen A. H. Ziegler, J. Woodward, and Alex C. Carrigan. The ball will be held in the A. B The members of Camp Treadwell | No. 14 will surrender their mem- bership in that camp and consoli- late instead with Camp Juneau No. | 23, Arctic Brotherhood. In welcome to the new members, the local camp | is planning a small smoker and | feast. A committee composed of Grover. Winn, Hugh P. Crowther and M. 8. Perkins was appointed to ar- range the details of the evening's en- | tertainment. | Mrs. Charles Carter left St. Ann's Hospital for her home, Weather: ; clear. Still Co Maximum, 36; minimum, ughing? No matter how many medicines K you have tried for your cough, chest | cold or bronchial irritation, you can get relief now with Creomulsion. erious trouble may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance | with anything less than Creomul- sion, which goes right to the seat | of the trouble to aid nature to | | soothe and heal the inflamed mem- branes as the germ-laden phlegm | 1s loosened and expelled. Even if other remedies have failed, don't be discouraged, your authorized to guarantee | Creomulsion and to refund your money if you are not satisfled with | | results from the very first boitle. | 3¢t Creomulsion right now. (Adv.) | L. P oo SPECIALIZING Gastineau Cafe Short Orders at All Hours | Hardwood 'Floors HAPPY—— ! political affiliations in coming| 2. Italian composer ¢1813-1901). |% months when many supreme issues| 3. 1930 census gives 6,825. are at stake, but the seers foretell| 4, ‘lmxgl\in sales, but the wise will buy |sible direction of the stars. | { poet, 1749; Charles Brockden Brown, | i 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any SR T T Look and Learn PROFESSIONAL | Horoscope “The stars 7acline but do not compel” || By A. C. Gordon 1. What event does “Marching Through Georgia” commemorate? 2. Who was Guiseppe Verdi? 3. How many women physicians are there in the U. S.? FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1936 Conflicting planetary aspects are discerned in the heroscope for today. According to astrology there may be| 4. What is termed a “blood unsettling and disturbing influences. | count?” : Opinions may be vacillating and| 5 In what state is the city of | | decisions difficult to reach. It is an | yankton? i unfavorable rule for promoters or ANSWERS | | salesmen. 1. Sherman’s march to the sea, Men and women will change their | quring the Civil War. | Massage, Electricity, Infra R=d | R R T R SRR, A | Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Ray, Medical Gymnastics 207 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am- (o ) pm. | ——— A separate enumeration of the I white and the red blood corpuscles 5. South Dakota. Ll e that President Roosevelt will be suc- | cessful. Good news regarding trade and commerce now will encourage more | generous spending among household- | lers. Women will profit greatly by et e e Daily L.essons Dr. C, P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building | Telephone 176 | only the best products. Among reactionary influences will be one that encourages real values ip’ jewelry and richness in mate ials for women’s wear. The period | when cheap prices were more at- tractive than quality has passed, it in English By W. L. Gordon s ? Words Often Misused: Do not say, | | “I shall divide the apple into two s I Dr. TR Richard Williams DENTIST OJFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building Phone 431 ed. is an auspicious date for| signing legal papers. Government contracts are subject to the best pos- halves.” Omit two. Often Mispronounced: Aptitude Pronounce the u as in use, not as in rude. ! Often Misspelled: Outrageous; | | As prosperity appears to be wide- | geous, not gous nor gious. | | spread in the United States the| Synonyms: View (verb), see, watch, | stars indicate that numerous perils| inspect, observe, survey. to peace are lurking. Diplomats will Word Study: “Use a word three be put to many tests. | times and it is yours.” Let us increase | a2 — T T Dr. A. W. Stewart | DENTIST , Hours 9 am. to0 6 p.m, SEWARD PUILDING Oftfice Pene 469 | —d Education is subject to stimulat-|our vocabulary by mastering one | ing influences, but radical changes word each day. Today’s word: Stupe- | | in trends and in policies are prophr‘-[f}, to make stupjd or dull; deprive sied for schools and colleges. A uni- |of sensibility. he fumes of drink ty is to lead in directing practi- | discompose and stupefy the brain.” cal reforms that include sports. —South. Persons whose birthdate it is have | —— — - the augury of a year of success that | o SRR TELEPHONE 563 | Office Hours—9-12; 1-6 | Dr. W. A. Rystrom DENTIST | Over First National Bank X-RAY includes journeys and new contacts. oy Women may expect much happiness. /A Children born on this day probably Modern | will be talented and energetic. Cer- g i tain subjects of this sign may be of Lth uette i unusual mentality and character. a : H Benjamin Franklin, statesman, sci- 3y Roberta Lee | entist and philosopher, was born on ‘e, sl day 1706. Others who have cel brated it as a birthday include A. B, Frost, illustrator, 1851; Count Vi torio Alfieri, Ttalian dramatist and Q. When a girl is giving a party. and one of the guests brings a box of candy, should the candy be passed around? | I A. Yes, it is the only generous thing to do. American novelist and poet, 1771. (Copyright, 1936) 5 SO . Q. d\Vlm’l is I.:w French explebiinn * or ear friend? | SHOP IN JUNEAU! i e | A. Chere amie (feminine.) L Q. Is it necessary that the nap- | kins for a formal dinner must match s —— iy | The Juneau Laundry Robert Simpson Ope. D. ! Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’ogy Lenses Ground | | | Glasses Fitted DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation a nd examinstion Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | 7 to §:30 and by appoiniment. Office Grand Apts., Lear Gas- tineau Hotcl. Phone 177 A. No. | I the tablecloth? Franklin Street between | { | Front and Second Streets PR | PHONE 3t8 SHOP IN JUNEAT" [ s R Li SPEND WHERE YOU #ENDRAL MOTORS LK and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON | — P WIS L | . S. GRAVES | e 1 WINTER COATS AT ! HALF PRICE | Juneau Frock Shoppe @ | ‘ “Exclusive But Not Expensive” | | Home of Hart Sshaffner and | | Marx “'athing | —a —a “The Tlothing Man” | I+ Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’' — MISSES’ |1 READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third P DRUGS | Guy Smith || TEALPANT SHOP | | e, Q\\\ R i | FRED W. WENDT = 6/ ? ‘ PHONE 549 i E% PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIUNS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front St. Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery TYPEWRITERS RENTED $5.00 per month I | | J. B. Burford & Co. | i “Our doorstep is worn by i ! «alisfied customers” IN A HURRY ALL COLE FOR OIL MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS SURVEYORS . VALENTINE BLDG. Telephone 502 LIRS COLE TRANSFER | | | | amount . . . QUICK! | | Phone 3441 or Night 1803 | | ! T If you enjoy indoor sports— Here’s one of the best—TRY BOWLING! BRUNSWICK BOWLING ALLEYS Rheinlander and 4lt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP SABIN’S “Everything in Furnishings for Men” “Tomorrow's Styles || Today” i JUNEAU-YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Shelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf Waxing Polishing Saudix:g PHONE EEEG | Reasonable Monua.y Rates GA RBACE HAULED ‘ ! I BN | E.0.DAVIS Juneau’s Own Store | | Thomas Hardware Co. | || IO M | e . The B. M. Bank Juneau, Alaska haps more to the British government than any similar | ¥WO bOWIs in the center of the tinely appointed table. | Jand trade ever made. For Singapore, crossroads of |From these bowls, both the host and hostess served the world, the historic city of sin, by reputation at|the guests nearest them with their own chopsticks | * Jeast, is undergoing a program of intensive modern- |into the cups which the Orientals substitute for our | jzation as a defense post for the British crown. We Occidental plates. By the end of the dinner, we were are told that a naval base is in the making; an air|Quite adept in the use of our ivory chopsticks. In all. base is already here; land fortifications are under way (8 delightful dinner, thoroughly enjoyed and ap-| —and Singapore is the wedge that Britain places Preciated by our party. politely in the way of Japan's encroachments in South Asia. “Bo far you may go and no farther” is the w of the British to Japan—hence Singapore's the life of the Far East. Thank Heaven ’s stake here doesn't need guns and non and What FEurope needs to improve its financial ln wly morning, after a beautifully tran- reputation is more Finlands.—(Indianapolis News.) —— | The Townsend plan is merely an elaboration | of the plan of the farmer to keep his cow on her own skim milk and sell the cream to support him- self —(Ohio State Journal.) COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One Half Million Dollars Cigars Cigarettes Candy Cards The New Arctic Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap Behrends DRY CLEANING [ ] Soft Water Washing [} Your ALASKA LAUNDRY PHONE 15 | Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel OF —— —_ KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council 1760. and last Monday at 130 brothers urged to at- tend bers, G. K, H. J. TURNER, Seccretary "lOl‘NT ."_ EAU LODGE \0 141 XX Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. DOUGT "8 ‘O £ AERIE 117, F. 0. E. Meets- first and third Monrdays @ pm, “rothers welcome. J. B. Martin, P, T. N. Cashen, Secretary. Certain things come, with the years, to be an expected part of profession, this regard for the tr; with new steps toward perfec- tion. ation at all times is of service by us. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary | RELABLE TRANSFER “Our trucks go any place any | time. and a tank for Crude Oil save B.P. 0. FLKS meets every Wednesday at 8 P, M. Visiting brothers wei come M. E. MONAGLE, Exalted Ruler. M. R SIDES, Secretar: No. Meetings second . m. ' Transient Council Cham- Fifth St. JOHN F. MULLEN, Gecond and fourth Mon= day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. HOWARD D. STABLER, Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. ""isiting w. PRECEDENCE every occasion. Within our ditional must be combined Their successful combin- but one the standards marking a PHONE 136-2 A tank for Diesel Oil burner treuble. PHONE 149; NICHT 148 | I " Commercial Ad]ust-—‘l i | ! ment & Rating Bureau | Couperating with White Serv- | | | i ROOM 1--SHATTUCK BLDG. We ice Bureau | | have 5,000 local ratings on file | HUTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. McCAUL MOTOR Dodge and Plymouth Dealers { COMPANY e e B JUNEAU MOTORS i FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS—OILS Foot of Main Street TAP BEER L IN TOWN! [ J {HE MINERS' Recreation Parlors and Liquor Store SILL DOUGLAS S PP st i PO,