The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 10, 1937, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10, 1937 By GEORGE McMANUS — of a full majority, having 288 to 260 conservatives and 58 liberals. Mac~ Donald's second labor cabinet was formed, only this time heconfined himself to the duties of Prime Min- ister. His first big concern was with naval armaments and he made his' historic trip to the United States,| . BRINGING UP FATHER Sixty Workers ~ Are Ready for ILL GIT HOME AN' SAY GOODBYE TO TH'KID BEFORE MAGGIE SENDS HER HOME -1 DON'T WANT MAGGIE IT WAS SO THOUGHTFUL OF YOU TO NOTICE HOW LONESOME THE CHILD WAS- I'VE INVITED 44? oy LOOKIE -LET'S GET HIS HAT AN’ PLAY SOME _ FOOTBALL- kS NYES-MAGGIE- | THINK YOUR LITTLE NECE-QUIETINA- 1S VERY LONESOME-VYES" | FEEL SORRY FOR HER- THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN TO HAVE /7. DINNER GIT RID OF v L3 = Copr 1017, King Festures o WITH HER- discussing the subject with Presi-| dent Hoover while the two sat on| a log on the banks of the Rapidan. That talk laid the foundations for the successful naval conference in London early in 1930. MacDonald’s foreign policy also embraced restoration of diplomatic relations with soviet Russia, the withdrawal of British troops from the Rhineland, signing of the op- tional clause of the constitution of the world court at The Hague and adherence to the general act of the R.C. Canvassing Annual Driaor Member- ship to Start Heré™ Tomorrow » Plans have been completed for the opening of the Red Cross-drive by approximately sixty workers who will start to canvas the citg, for. annual membership in th;‘:_fled’, Cross tomorrow. Da ‘HUSKIES WILL - IGHT BRUINS ® coLGA | ON SATURDAY iIQo hashy Negro Players| . Are to Be Seen in | { nual Clash j SEA' i E, Nov. 10.Whether the . Huskies dre hot or cold, Rose Bowl | ( bound or not, Washington's great | A | s \ -:B y I;ap 4 TE STARTED = THE SEASON /N HIGH HOPES WITH A FLOCK OF UETERANS - THEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG / ! THREE TIMES PREMIER, BRIT. EMPIRE, DIES James Ramsay MacDonald Passes Away on Steam- er—Was Seeking Rest (Continued from Page One) reviled as a traitor, made a politi- table. It ended his dream of a sci- entific career. In 1888 he turned to politics and for four years was secretary to Tho- mas Lough, a radical ¢andidate for parliament, receiving $375 a year. When he left Lough, MacDonald knew. the inside workings of the British political machinery, was a trenchant speaker and facile writer. ‘Then he turned to journalism, joined the Independent Labor Party and the Fabian Society and became right hand man of Keir Hardie. In 1895 he tried for parliament on his |{own hook but a Southampton con- | stituency gave him only 867 votes. Romance | But that poll brought him ro- mance, for one of the contributors League of Nations for pacific set-| The following have been appoint- tlement of international disputes. |ed by R. B. Brown to canvas the But his domestic problems muiti-'business district: Verne Soley, Dr. plied. Unemployment increased until Judson . Whittier, Stanley Grum- the dole debt grew at the rate of mett, Elroy Ninnfs James Mattox, $5,000000 & week. India’s murmurs god Darnell;; James McNaughton, rose to full throated demands for jp. Johm Halm, Robt. Rupe, Bert« independence. The coal and textile pand. Caro. I industries and the foreign trade of A}l panks, drug stores and hotels England sank to new lows. Ihave been suppliel with buttons There were many attacks on the gng membership blanks in order government by massed Conservatives, that transients and others who have aided by a flanking force of recalei- not been reached by the workers trant liberals who disagreed with may voluntarily secure member- Lloyd George’s alliance with Mac- ship. Donald. There were desertions too, =, from the labor benches by Sir Os-' A B Thilips Wil entol the wald Mosley and several followers TC s h 'l e, drive b ",h and much sharpshooting against the ;3 I charge of ue‘ ’:; i " cabinet by the “Clydesiders,” or Iolt‘“'d"al and- Territorial building. wing of the labor partye | Commander Noble G. Ricketts By mid-summer of 1931 the gov- Wil cover the officers and eréW of ernment had been defeated on a the Coast Guard cutter Haida. ! dozen occasions, but each time Mac- | TG AR army of grads come home this week- | end" to ald the team against the — CAPTAIN OF OLGATE'S RELO “UCLA. Bruins. ..Back for a weekend filled with “BITEM l\shl.s, gay doings, and gen- eral welcoming, the alums will be TACKLES | RA/IDERS - ONE OF THE FINEST N THE cal outcast, harried by ridicule and calumny. His hair whitened and his shoulders sagged but from the depths he toiled upward to the |Prime Ministership six years later without having recanted a word or , feted in the characteristic style ac- i corded Washington graduates. H Saturday’s ball game, of course, + will be the feature event on the ex- ! tensive program. It will be a tussle that may have no affect on the Pa- ! cific Coast conference race, but . which will be most important to both the Huskies and Bill Spauld- ¢ ing’s charges. Presenting a lineup that has #1 shown occasional flashes of brilliant f ball-playing during the season, the ¢ canny Spaulding has built his of- \ fense around the widely-heralded Kenny Washington, sophomore ne- 1| 8ro. And to counterbalance the dashing tactics of the speedy Wash- i ington, Jim 'Phelan plans to use , his sophomore negro ace, Charley Russell, the high-stepping Seattle » boy. Remembering last year’s crushing 14-0 defeat by Washington's Rose | Bowl eleven, Spaulding promises to th¥ow everything in the book at the Huskies in order to defeat Wash- ington foy the first time in history. Three have met, with the Wesiwood Hills boys failing even to score on their Northern opponents. Also in the Washington backfield will be Merle Miller, who is remem- bered by last year's Bruin team as | the lad who tore up their defense before leaving the game in the COUNTRY sacrificed a jot of his principles. |to his campaign fund was “M. E. Gladstone,” Investigation showed | this was Margaret Ethel Gladstone, daughter of a scientist and niece of the famous Lord Kelvin. She and MacDonald were married in 1896, when he was 30, Donald declared the issue was minor | and did not call for resignation.! MAKE ANCHORAGE HOME After being outside for three years, Meanwhile he pursued stead!lsuy‘Mlfl and Mrs. W. J. Erven, formerly his policies of conciliation abroad, of Nome and the Interior, hn\( re< sought formulae to satisfy the na- turned to Alaska to establish & bak- tonalists of India and strove to ery in Anchorage. e Seven years later on July 11, 1931,/ She was & woman of wide culture, he stood on the platform of Albert a devoted social worker. She broughi Hall in London along with Stanley her husband financial independence, Baldwin and David Lloyd George,'a fact not generally known, and leaders of labor's political foes, and while by no means wealthy they through an international hook-up possessed means which enabled of radio that carried his words to them to spend a honeymoon in the a world-wide audience, said: | United States, where they met Jane “People who seek safety by arms Addams; and to tour Canada, Aus- are like people seeking safety under tralia, India and South Africa. The trees in a thunder storm. They are jaunts gave him a background of at the point which is first to be personal travel knowledge superior struck when the storm breaks.” :ltu that possessed by any other oc- ‘cupant of No. 10 Downing street. Bern T Ontagy | MacDonald finally won his first The two-room “but and ben” — seat in parliament in 1906. In 1910 cottage—in which MacDonald was he became parliamentary leader of born on October 12, 1866, still stands his party. in Lossiemouth. And there on the Tragedy Scottish coast, where life is hard| mpen tragedy struck him. In 1911 and great storms steel a hardy b'reed.‘cmm3 the deaths of & six year old s the Huskies and Bruins. METGALF WALKS oot U All Righte Reserved by The Adsocinted Press SPCRT LABOR DELEGATES | ARE_INVITED TO " " "DANCE AT CAPITOL he spent his first 18 years. His schooling was scant and ended when he was 12, Thereafter he dug potatoes until the village school- master made him a pupil teacher. This set the boy's mind into chan- «jnels that led higher than grubbing in the fields or braving the dangers of a fishing smack. He devoured every printed page OUT WITH HIGH SLANTSS; EVENING SCORE Colgate started work for the cur- | (on which he could lay his hands, ‘ A special dance is to be held to- fiction and folk lore, science and re- | night and tomorrow at the Capitol ligion. He read Dickens and Scott | Beer Parlor, according to announce- 8nd, of course, Burns and the Bible. ment today by Charles Miller, man- Every Lossiemouth plowman knew | is Burns by heart and was equally | [ [ { third quarter with a broken collar | ! bone. The U.C.LA. lads highly re- Lincoln bowler, Frank Metcalf was rent football season in high hopes.|88€T, Who has extended a special “Our. personnel in't going to be| Vitation to All-Alaskan labor party versed in Holy Writ. Was Socialist son,. his mother and his wife. Mrs. MacDonald had literally worked out’ her life for the poor of London’s slums. "Her passing left her hus- band with five children, Alistair, Ishbel, Malcolm, Joan and 8heila.. Plunging deeper into political life, MacDonald warned against mount- ing armaments .and when.the crash came in 1914 took the step that dropped him into a pit of calumny. There was no election in war-time England so he held his seat until 1918. Then the “hang-the-Kaiser” election saw his defeat by 14,000 votes. i He was beaten again in a bye- build up a partnership conception of the British empire. ‘Through it all his inherent loyalty for his native land was frequently manifested and he often went there for rest, generally traveling by air-| plane. “In Lossiemouth are both my heart and my hearth,” he said. “A Lossie loon (boy) was I born, and a Lossie loon shall I die.” ->-oo - HORACE ADAMS HERE Horace Adams, agent for the Al- aska Steamship Company succeed- ing M. J. Wilcox, arrived in Juneau Jn the Alaska to take over duties n the office here, He was accompanied by his daugh- ter, Miss Louise Adams. The Adams are to live in the apartment above Steamship = Company. Their former home was in Peters- burg but they pieviously lived. in Juneau, the office. .- — MISSOURI GIRL IS TO TEACH AT SITKA —_ ! Coming te Alaska following an acquaintanceship with Robert Wag- goner, son of Rev. and Mrs. David Waggoner, Miss Bina Mae Cline ar-| rived in Juneau aboard the Alaska.' Miss Cline is to leave on the Es- tebeth for Sitka where she will be the home economics and practice e — NOW PLAYING— At the Northern Hotel —'Harry Krane and his Orchestra. /.iadvs 4 ety Every Month in the Yeag, AUCTION SALES DATES' 1937 Novem| December oy i BB e January 12 July b February 9 March 9 April 13 May 11 June 8 Special Sales Held On " Request of Shippers cottage teacher at the Sheldon-. Jackson school. She became inter- Adv ot i ot spect Miller, having chosen the rock-ribbed Kent halfback on their 1936 all-opponent team. “To add color to the social activi- ties before game time, all Greek row | will be gblaze with intricate signs on Priday night. A giant serpentine led by old grads, will wind through * the University district. Saturday at the game. W blanket winners from i-all time will parade on the field ' during half-time intermission. ' SEVEN LABOR ~-FIGURES ARE h different from that of last y 600 last Muc she-only, “Sawier 10, 0. Coach Andy Kerr explained fall.” nigh t the Elks, he rolled 183- . 20?-2'1:{0: 606. His Lincolns won 20 the initial workout. “If our vet- over the Hudsons. |erans improve as they should, this Cord defeated Dodge in the sec-‘;:nhbe #very. gond, foothall. teamn, they don’t improve, we may not nd match of the evening and Ply- Ve g :’n:uma:on over Auburn. 4 |do much better than we did in 1936, There will be no more games un- When we lost three games.” til Friday when Reo plays Pontiac,| APparently the veterans did not improve. The erstwhile Red Raiders Stutz plays Studebaker and Olds pl:ys Cphfly:lu of the Chenango already have lost Last nights scores follow: three major contests—to Cornell, HUDSONS {Tulane and Duke. {487 106 ‘161 5045 Those close to football at Ham- 10 170 ”o:,mofllwn insist that the main fault " 148 148 148 .«‘iwith the team is “senior trouble.” X G g’Ifio many veterans, figuring their iplages on the team were secure, LIfi(‘JGgL: 13 4791458 were included to show less than the 183 205 right amount of spirit. L. Hudson J. Thibodeau M. Benedict | Totals F. Metcalf 218— 606 convention delegates. Dancing will be held until 2:30 p.m. - eee - | POWERFUL QUINTET | FORMED BY DOUGLAS | EAGLES FOR LEAGUE Ax)llofil)cement is made today of the roster for the Douglas Eagles hoop squad. ‘The Eagles squad, which wil play in the City League Tournament here, are Claude Erskine, one of the best ball handlers on the Chan- {nel; Mark Jensen, a fast basketball tosser who has been playing for some time in Juneau and Douglas; Harry Lundell, former star from the! University of Alaska; Gerald Cash- en, Howard Burger, Glen Edwards, Gordon Mills, and Lloyd Guerin, |election in 1921 but by only 683 votes A stray copy of Henry George's and the next year came a turn in “Progress and Poverty” found its the tide and MacDonald and 141 way into the village at a time when other laborites were sent to the agricultural Scotland was having House of Commons. Then in 1923 hard times and hatred of landlord-'Baldwin’s tariff policies forced an- ism was taking root. It planted the|other appeal to the country and the seeds that made a socialist out of laborite delegation was increased to MacDonald, {181, But while politics always inter-. The conservatives had lost their ested him, his first love was .wlenoe.jmx]orlty and when on January 24, In 1884 he bent his steps toward |1924, MacDonald moved a vote of London, his ambition being to work!“no confidence,” the combined labor by day and study by night for a'and liberal votes carried it. There- scholarship in one of the science upon King George summoned the schools of the capital. Work was Scottish pacifist to Buckingham pal- scarce and he starved in a garret. (ace and he formed a cabinet in His porridge came from Bcuthnd‘whlch he was First Lord of the and he paid for it with his scnml’l‘relsury. Foreign Minister and earnings. Unable to afford tea, he Prime Minister. drank hot water. But eight months later his con- ested in Alaska when Mr. Waggon-' er preached in her home town, Ap- pleton City, Mo. R NORMANS ARRIVE HERE Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Norman and two children, Bruce and Doris Jean, urrived in Juneau aboard the Al- aska to make their home here. They are temporarily stopping at the Hotel Juneau. Mr. Norman is to be connected with Federal radio service here. when requested. Transferred by telegraph, if desired. EXCHANGE 1008 Western Avenue . Seattle, Wash, an R. R. Brown W. Callemore . 152 167 . 164 114 499 486 CORD 186 191 . 167 145 167 168 520 504 180— 458 557—1542 - - INTRODUGED ey 1 They Are in Washington,‘ D. C., Now, Settling Several Disputes (Continuea rrom Page One) ‘Totals 161— 538 137— 449/ 136— 471 M. Ugrin . H. Hollmann F. Foster | | Totats 4341458 ; i 159— 4731 iience. That is possible. Most coaches agree that the ideal football player is a junior in college. He knows foo™all and has the spirit. A soph- omore generally is short on exper- A Senior is likely to look for an easy way to carry out as- signments. The situation at Colgate is un- iqué. When the season got under way, only two players were lost who have all seen service in local casaba circles. This is a powerful looking squad and will furnish the boys on the iMt. Juneau side a lot to think {about. { e — CANNON IS BURIED Richard Cannon of Anchorage, who died aboard the motorship Dis- coverer last month as the vessel “I have known what it was to walk the streets with nothing in my pocket, with debts hanging over my head and with nothing to do,” he said ' when he was Prime Minister. First Job His first job was addressing en- velopes and licking them for $2.50 a week. Next he was a shipping clerk |at $3, His luncheon hours and his evenings he spent in libraries, at free ciliatory policy toward Russia and ihis government’s leniency with |world war offenders alienated the iliberals and parliament was dis- {solved. The election returned the conservatives to power and there they stayed until June 1929, Goes Traveling In the interludes of parliament MacDonald resumed his traveling. In 1927, accompanied by his daugh- Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc. HOTEL GASTINEAU § { | a banquet, saying something to this effect: We differ on many ques- ' i Matthew Woll, like Dubinsky, is , shoulder high to most men. He ~.~wears a wing collar, is dressed as if ubgs; bady come from a- corporation directors’ meeting. Not all labor groups like him, but he is vice-pres- ident gfsthe AF. of. L. ivice-presi- dent the photo-engravers and president of the Union Labor Life Insurance company. That last sort of makes him a corporation direc- tor. In turn these men will soon be talking to William Green, president of the AF. of L. Like Lewis, you also know him. It was under him that labor split. He'd like to patch it up. ELKS’ INITIATION WILL BE TONIGHT Initiation will mark the regular meeting of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, this evening at 8 o'clock, with Norman Ban- field, Exalted Ruler, presiding. Tablet services for Stephen will also be held. ———-————— NOW PLAYING— At the Northern Hotel —Harry -ady. Kane o Japne and his Orchestra. tiops, but Harrison knows railroad operal : DODGE 151 181 148 164 *155 156 15 15 .. 472 515 PLYMOUTH M. Sides ... 175 189 E. Hagerup 195 189 M. Monagle ... *156 156 | yraiy | <8y 526 534 AUBURN 178 187 {from the eleven that started against 198— 533 gyracuse in 1936 — Reives, right 133~ 44 tackle, and Marshall, left halfback. Since that time most of the others 15— ‘s‘have been replaced by les§ exper- Taar 1aa,'ienced players. Captain Marcel 485—1442 (Red) Chesbro, tackle, is one ex- ception. Chespro is ranked with the great- est Colgate tackles of all time. A regular for three seasons, he never has quit fighting. Last year he was rated right up behind Widseth of Minnesota in the national poll. He has exceptional speed, and can run as fast as any of the backs. A fine tackler, he runs interference well. R. Shepard .. S. Vukovich A Wile ... Totals ... 172— 536 187— 571/ 156—'468;- Totals . 515—1575 195— 560 168 157 130— 455, 121 153 140— 414 Totals ... 467 497 465—1420| *—Average score. Did not bowl. W. Pullen . L. Delebecue . ‘C. Holland . PIONEER RESIDENT DIES AT CORDOVA i ANCHORAGE RESIDENT | DIES IN MINNESOTA| —— B. B. Tibbs, former railway em- ! John Lofdahl, 40, long time resi- |ployee and City Police Officer of dent of Anchorage and active mem- |Cordova, passed away recently at ber of the Elks lodge, died at Ro-|his home, following an illness of sev- chester, Minn., according to word|eral months. received by Frank Bayer, exalted; A pioneer resident of Cordova, he ruler at Anchorage. is survived by his son, Eugene Tibbs, Mr. Lofdahl left Anchorage three|Alaska game warden at McGrath. 'weeks ago for medical attention. He [Mr. Tibbs was affiliated with the had been working for the Alaska BP.OE. and the LO.OF. _Railroad and left after a doctor’s ex- —————-— amination showed the need for im- NOW PLAYING— 'mediate attention, At the Northern Hotel — Harry AR o SO Krane and his Orchestra, adv, | Try,an Ewpize 8d.,. neared Yakutat, has been buried at Yakutat. He is survived by his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cannon. e — Fourteen-year-old children may ter Ishbel, he visited the United States, fell ill and for a week hov- Institute where the fees were next|ered between life and death in a to nothing. Philadelphia hospital. Struggling thus from dawn to| The next electien came in May, lectures, reading borrowed books or attending courses at the Birkbeck wed legally in North Carolina if they receive their parents’ consent. midnight, without exercise or re-[1929, and labor won all along the laxation, a breakdown was inevi-|line. The party lacked only. 16 seats AMERICAN LEGION Armistice Day Dance ELKS’ HALL $10.00 DOOR PRIZE Drawing at 1:00 A. M. and Winner Must Be in Hall at Time of Drawing ANDS' ORCHESTRA ADMISSION $1.00 Every Effort Made for the Comiort of Guests! GASTINEAU CAFE in connection AIR SERVICE INFORMATION AS A PAID-UF SUBSCRIBER TO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE R. F. Trafton is invited to present this coupon at the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE AND RECEIVE TWO FREE TICKETS 10 SEE “THUNDER IN THE CITY" Your Name May Appear--WATCH THIS SPACE