The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1936, Page 4

. . |started sending him to the United States Senate. (H A P P Y. ) Dally AlaSka Emplre | His value to the National Republican party was i BOBERT W.BENDER - - Editor and Manager | [°¢080ized when he was made Chairman of its Nation- BIRTHDAY - al Committee early in the Hoover administration. At The - Bmpire extends Lol - the same time he was Republican whip in the Senate. |, = © o5 G S0 0 tm’;'“t;t“f_ Fess was born in a little farm home in Allen|pirtnany anniversary, to the follow- o County, Ohio, December 11, 1861. Four years later|jng. his father died, leaving a virtually penniless family. The household was so poor that Simeon, even as a DECEMBER 24, boy, had to' struggle for country schooling. Jessie Harmon Battling against odds at all times, he won his way | Roy A. Rutherford r it they will promptly notity | (0 Ohio Northern University at Ada, O. He worked 1’¢=}l§gn}ci Johnson e or irregularity in the delivery his way there and graduated with honors in 1889. The! - Bugge 803; Businesa Office, 374 Ifact that he was 27 years old before he finished college “‘&?:B"}“f’i:::: e testified to the bitterness of his struggle. Bt 5 nnate Inured to his lot by this time and wishing to be a Goate Onatt e L nes dlspatehalt Cradied £ 18 or ot other- | teachier, Fess continusd His studies, In 1631 el eariied Lisle F, Hebert herein. a master’s degree. Later he was given LL.B. and LL.D. Arlie B. Hayes Published every eve! PRINTING COMPANY Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Ju matter. the following By mail, postage a es six months, in advance, $6.00: One year, in adv one month, in a Subscribers w the Busines of thel pers Telephones: News Office. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ALASEA CIRGULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER |degrees. Thus fortified scholastically, Fes§ went fo THAN THAT OF ANY QTHER PUBLICATION the University of Chicago as a student lecturer DECEMBER 25. N BT 3 He returned to his Alma Mater as Vice-President Mrs. Joseph Kendler 1 a few years later, in 1907, reached the height of Mrs. A. Schaefer | \is educational career by being elected President of | F. E. others Antioch College at Yellow Springs, O., a school noted | Margaret Clark . b} Christine Nielsen tem of combining class room work with prac- pafes ity tical application of studies in shops, mills and stores Dorothy Lund After six years at Antioch, Fess felt the urge f Sor fox a public career. He had taken part in the Ohio con-| Alex Hodoff stitutional convention when, in 1913, he ran forl William D. Gross 3 Congress and was elected to his first term in the na-' Gust Gustafson tional house. He continued there until his election M. A. Chase to the Senate in 1922 Steve Stanworth | In the national house he served for seven years SBETER R c o v | as a member of the committee on insular affairs. He| i was named by President Wilson on the committee| # 5 | ST — which created the federal board for vocational educa- 20 \ E[\RS AGO In keeping with its usual custom, The |tion. He was author of the act providing vocation training for ex-service men, chairman of the commit- |tee which gave impetus to organization of the vet- !erans’ bureau and drew up the American Legion bill providing training for men not disabled. He also was author of the act for rehabilitation of industrial e ples. He was a pioneer in the movement for R Atistro-Eimie et the budget system on government :\piu‘fw)rmuonu |two cruisers was being fought on the 1AS! ! In the senate Fess attracted national attention yialian coast las author of an amendment to the federal reserve act Despite the maritime strike, a matter over Which y.rohy the gold standard was preserved. His chi AR Empire will not publish tomorrow, Christmas Frum The TRUEN Day. The entire staff will pause from its EMBER A naval baltle betwes _|gunboats and destroyers and a fleet labors to join the community in observance of the holiday, and in doing so extends a Merry Christmas to all its reades v MERRY CHRIS The stockholders and officers of committee assignment was on foreign affairs, wherethe B. M. Behrends Bank increased he served throughout the world war. |the capitalization of that ingtitu- old-fashioned tone—a happy time and a Merry Christ- Defeat came to Fess, an outspoken critic of the tion from $50,000 to $100,000 and the mas for everybody. | Roosevelt “New Deal,” when he sought his third term (Surplus which was established at j Yule trees and greenery with bright lights blink- [, 1934, Vie Donahey, coming out of political ‘;mn 000 in 1914 was increased to $25,- ing from their branches are seen in home, store and | ment after three terms as Governor of ‘Ohifo, won a on the street and everywhere there is the spirit of | three-cornered Democratic primary race and &w"”ll the season. Smiles are on the faces again, so different! o to take Fess' chair in the Senate. [Chribhins “services of the Sl L e from Thanksgiving when disaster had struck us; Fess blamed his defeat on the Agricultural Ad-|catholic Church were F. R. Lynch, shopping places are thronged with merry buyers;|justment Administration and the Home Owners’ Loan E. McIntyre, Paul Kegel, C. Erick- house parties are in full swing. Churches and schools | Gorporation, sections of the “New Deal.” He accused 'son, Miss M. Halm, Mrs. Barnhill have been holding fitting observances, the churches|the first of influencing the “farm” vote through bene- Mrs. Lindsay, Miss King, Miss marking the greatest event in Christendom. The|fit payments, the second of winning small home R. Miller and Miss Carroll. season has arrived and Alaskans, always able to make | gwners' votes through its mortgage activities. He | — the best of things, are making the best of the Christ- | was particularly bitter toward the AAA. DOH “_"‘ Christmas program of i i : vl | Douglas school were Alice Bollinge It is an invigorating spirit that sweeps the com-| Report is that Jim Farl LY T Verne Hanim Mar- ;Iriett Sey, Agnes Livie, John Hop- munity. One that will pay dividends in human hap- | pig : ing he might yet fi aine ¢ T : I unity. One that will pay dividends in hu D- | big stocking, hoping he might vet find Maine and!p. = vuoe "ol thn Colet Pat Alaskans have no control but which affects us v vitally, Christmas in Juneau is taking on the typ Taking part in the midnight v is going to hang up 4 piness. And. after all, what is more important? Vermont in it. terson, Helen Stoody, Arthur Olson, And as we go about spreading happiness and good | 1 SRR 1 i L R Vivian Sparling, James Fitzmorr will let us carry it to the limit. The stores are open Privately, our idea of a real Christmas Present Roberta Cory Esther Lindstrom, 3 late tonight. Some of us will rush in the last minute | would be to be named as sole heir of an economic Selma Aalto, Bertha Larson, Janie to get something we have forgotten. |Faherty, Mary Vesoja, Esther Hile, | g won't find it. Don't let that spoil your Christmas or ,Idd Swanson and Florence Brack- spoil the Christmas of the shopkeeper or clerk who Velvet-Lined Bathtubs 1o is trying to serve you. Just remember the article e might be one of the things still on the dock in Seattle. | (Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce) A shipment of Christmas flowers Just skip it anid sing out, Merry Christmas! | It there is anything more sorely needed in this {rom California gardens had beer W St country just mow than velvet-lined bathtubs, some |Yeceived on the Humboldt and was | of-our Broadway dancers are mot aware of it. A re- 'eady for the Christmas trade at cent photo, published in newspapers in most sections | Winter and Pond lof the country, shows a proud-appearing number - g Death of Simeon D. Fess, former Chairman m;}“.l,pm,_,‘ into her specially designed tub—a tub lined | Singing in the choir at the spec- Ng the Republican National Committee, Congressman and | with the most expensive mohair velvet. The cut ial Christmas services Trinity Qfi Senator, takes from the national American picture a|caption explains that the tub represents the latest Episcopal Church were Mrs. Guy | &7 forcetul figure and another of those hardy men who|idea in equipment of apartments whose managers D. Chrstian, Mrs. C. P. Jenne, M ‘Eé? pull themselves up by their bootstraps and stay on |cater to those appreciating the best. : Hflpr}('fi Mrs. Pugh, Mrs, Kax‘lm\'arnkg 048 Tace of all 6dds ! You may possibly have heard of fur-lined shaving |off, Mrs. Redman, the Messers. Fish- &fl " i i mugs as things that may be dispensed with when er, Walker, Erickson, Readman, En- | &Y, Pighting an uphill battle from a penniless child-| ;e are hard, but the velvet-lined bathtub is no berg, Grier, Hines. Professor Wells! S hood, Fess became first a noted educator and then afgch Juxury. It meets a real need. We can imagine 'was organist. Crucifier and servers| commanding figure in the councils of the National|the pine-knobbers of the South, the mountaineers of were George Dudley, Arden Peabody | Republican party. The story of his progress from a|the Smokies and the Blue Ridge mountains placing and John Storm. | small Ohio farm to the spotlight of American public | heavy orders for such necessities. L3N life would have made a plot for the story books of | We wouldn't be at all surprised if the half-stripped | “Merry Christmas, Merry Christ- an Oliver Optic or Horatio Alger. dancer, depicted stepping into her velvet-lined tub, mas to all” was the prevailing spirit| Ohio electors heaped honors upon Fess after he|t00k most of herv Saturday ’)"!Shl baths, pre\;:(‘ms 0 on Douglas Island where a crisp, cold embarked on a political career. He was five times reaching maturity, in & wash-tub near the kitchen Christmas day seemed promised. range. Many people have taken their baths in that Private dinners were planne chosen Representative in the National Congress from {manner and still have done more for the world than photh days of the doumepho”dfy fAm;i the sixth Ohio district and then the state at large Broadway dancer the Treadwell boarding house Stew- = o T — %{gyfi@!@:}ggga' fl!(’:&!,—g ) . ’lg’é!’glm ard L. S. Ferris had enough fine turkeys with all of the trimming Maybe you | royalist | D. FESS to assure all his men a fine Christ- | §i§ mas dinner. A Christmas tree'in- Ax Side the boarding house was ready to add to the Christmas spirit R MRS. LISLE HEBERT | TO HONOR HUSBAND & In honor of her husband, whose birthday it is, Mrs. Lisle F. Hebert will give a dinner tonight.” Covers are to be laid for eleven. ———r— 1 Empire aas are read. Winter Rates T; 2 SITKA HOT SPRINGS | /& “Mrs.” Santa and All the Little Santa’s to BAILEY’S CAFE Where Christmas Din- ner Is a Real Tradition! 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