The Daily Alaska empire. [volume], February 11, 1930, Page 6, Image 6

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bu FRANK L. PACKARD -
SYNOPSIS: From the a*
r.i*' pherr of New York’s East
Fide, Enid Howard, f'?rh from
Winnipeg, r :ek^ in miration for
a PhtI Martin, a reporter
provides much information as
thi r friendship deve’ops. From
ITm she learns of tlie exlstenee
cf a d ninating figure cf th?
unilrr*'oiId. known on!v ae the
Bis Shot. Martin is seeking him.
An important clue—a photo
graph of the Big Shot is given
F.nid by Sh've Frank, a gang
r'cr. for Martin Shive is killed
n the r’reot a moment after
lie leaves Fnid. paying the pri"’
exacted from “squealers.” Enid
finds the picture is that of her
missing brother, Roy. She sets
out to find him alone. Spying
on the gang’s headquarters she
learns two men are to meet the
Big Shot. She awaits their ar
rival on an “L” platform near
the arranged rendezvous.
Chapter 8
THE BIG SHOT IN ACTION
A sense of eeriness assailed Enic
as she stood on the elevated plat
form.
How silent the city had become
How strange and lonely it was
There was scarcely a glimmer o'
light in any of the upper window
of the houses and buildings. One
thought crowded another as Enid
waited for what seemed an endless
time.
Then the heard the noisy tra'r
approach and the platform shook a
it pulled up in front of the station
Near an exit somewhat In the sha
dows Enid waited. /
The train stopped. Yes, here were
Skinny and Maloch! There was only
one other passenger—a woman with
a child in her arms.
All three came hurrying toward
the exit, the woman close at the
heels cf the two men. Enid,stepped
a little farther Into the shadow;
and allowed them to pass by her—
and then she began to follow their
down the stairs.
And then, when halfway down thr
stairs, she saw a man's form appeal
oh the sidewalk—a man who walked
rapidly by toward the foot of the
stairs. She caught her breath
She was instantly conscious of ar
intensive sense of familiarity. Thm
.down in her heart there was little
I room for doubt.
I And now .the Big Shot was gone.
1 She did not know where Twisty
' Morgan’s mother lived. She only
! knew from what Izry Myers and
: Maloch had said that it was some
; where in this neighborhood. But j
i he didn't know where. She had j
no way of picking up the Big Shot's j
trail again. She had failed, and j
Failed! No she hadn't failed—not
yet! Why waste precious time cow
ering in this doorway like a whim- \
paring child?
She stepped out on the pavement |
and was about to cross over to the j
other side of the avenue when she J
paused abruptly. Up at the end
of the block, on Jhe side of the
avenue as herself, three men were
Just rounding the corner of Eighty
first street and were coming in her
direction.
Her heart suddenly began to beat
faster. Three men! There was no
one else on the avenue. Just those
three men. They had come from
the same corner around which the
car had disappeared.
She know intuitively who they
were; she knew intuitively what it
meant. They were the Big Shot,
I Skinny and Maloch; the car had
been left around the corner for a
| getaway—and Twisty Morgan s
mother lived here somewhere in this
block!
I They seemed to have melted away
1 into the shadows of the building
up there and she could not see them
any more. But she had marked
i the spot where they had disap
! peared.
She hurried forward, traversing
half the block, and then once more
! she halted abruptly. From be
jhind one of the pillars of the ele
vated out in the roadway and about
■ opposite the house where she had
: seen the three men vanish, a fourth
figure came suddenly into signt.
She barely stifled a startled cry.
! For the second time that night
i she saw the light glinting on metal
buttons. The patrolman on post!
And he was making straight for
the doorway of the house where
she was only too sure now the
mother of Twisty Morgan lived!
The patrolman had obviously seen
the three men enter the house. The
. iTfnfi m WfiiHiH
The set of the man's shoulders, his whole manr.-r seemed familiar.
walk, the man's carriage, the swing
of arms and shoulders, the poise
of his head!
“Roy!” she called out brokenly.
There was no answer—no atten
tion paid to her. Skinny and Ma
lOch joined the man. They walked
rapidly away in an uptown direc
tion—and she couldn't see them
any more.
She brushed past the woman in
front of her, and ran down the re
tftalning steps. A car was stand
ing at the curb. The three men
were getting into it.
“Roy! Roy! Roy!” she called
again, but the only answer was the
splutter of the car’s exhaust.
Mechanically she ran after the
car at top speed—and it was no
until she was a quarter way up thi
block that, realizing the futility o
what she v.as doing, she stopped
She kept the car in sight until it
swung off the avenue at the first
cross street and disappeared from
view.
There was a sob in her throat
as she turned then in indecisior:
and locked around her. She swayec
a little, and in a curious, gropinf
way, felt out the nearest doorway
and leaned against it for support.
She wasn't going to faint, was she?
Tears were in her eyes. Her lips
trembled. If it had been Roy
surely he would at least have turned
his head when he heard his name.
lie had heard her. he could not
have helped but hear her when she
called out to him from the elevated
steps. Afterward, the noise of the
car might have drowned out her
voice, but he must have heard her
the first time, and if It had been
Roy he would—
She realized she was trying to
argue herself Into the belief that it
wasn't Roy, because, then, no other
conclusion could be drawn than
that fcs was a criminal. But there
was a leaden weight upon her heart,
because she w’as conscious that deep
Big Shot, whoever he was, was
trapped!
The patrolman was at the door
nay new. And then suddenly she
saw him running back to the other
side of the avenue.
And now, herself almost abreast
of the Morgan doorway and the
lighted store window across the
way, she saw him dart into the
store, and an instant later, through
the window, she saw him at a
telephone.
The blood began to pound,through
her veins in ugly thumps. He was
elephonir.g for assistance, of
course. There was not a moment
to lose. In another minute he
would be back again to stand on
Tuard at the door until his hurry
:all was answered.
One thought, and one thought
inly, crystallzed itself in her mind.
She could not risk the chance that
he Big Shot might not be Roy.
There was only one thing to do.
rnd but a mlment in which to do
t.
(Copyright, Frank L. Packard)
Enid to the rescue! Read to
morrow of her impulsive action
and its consequences.
ATTENTION EASTERN STARS
Juneau Chapter No. 7, Order of
Eastern Stars, will meet February
11th at 8 p. m. An important
business meeting. Visiting members
welcome.
LILY BURFORD,
Matron.
FANNY L. ROBINSON.
— adv. Secretary.
NORTHLAND SAILINGS
The motorship NORTHLAND will
sail from Seattle for Juneau on
the following dates: Feb. 14th and
25th; March 8 and 20th; April 1st,
14th and 26th. For further infor
mation apply to D. B Femmer,
Local Agent, Juneau. Telephone
114. ' —adv.
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5 CHEVROLETS
REACH JUNEAU
FOR CONNORS
Latest Offerings of Manu
facturer Received by
Local Agency
Six now Chevrolet automobiles
were received on the steamer Queen
;or the Connors Motor Company.
Dne sedan was delivered to Camp
bell Brothers, Wrangell merchants
jn the way north. •
The shipment received here con
sists of one coach, one coupe, one
sedan, and two club sedans.
The sedans are five-passenger
bars, handsomely finished insid:
rnd out, with rich upholstery that
blends with the exterior finish. The
rear seat of the sedanj is equipped
with arm rests, and the front seal
is adjustable. The coach, fin
ished in blue, scats five persons in
perfect comfort. The right front
scat folds forward to give easy
access to the rear. The doors are
exceptionally wide.
The coupe received here is said
to be the most distinctive two
passenger enclosed car that Chevro
let has ever offered. An unusually
spacious seat with a large luggage
compartment makes this mod"!
particularly suited for salesmen, a
well as for those who desire indi
vidual transportation.
The cars are Fisher body, Delcc
Remy starting and ignition, steel
disc wheels, with balloon tires. They
are equipped with Alemite lubricat
!ng system, theft-proof ignition lock,
two-beam type headl amps with
parking bulbs operated from light
ing switch, military sun visor. Flsh
;r one-piece "VV” new type wind
shield with automatic windshieli
wiper. The sedan is equipped with
cowl lamps.
The manufacturers claim faster
acceleration, greater safety, greater
comfort, and finer handling ease
for these cars. The two-beam
head lamps are controlled by a
foot-operated switch, permitting
courtesy w'ithout the inconvenience
of dimmed lights. The new non
glare windshield makes night driv
ing safer by reflecting downwarf
away from the driver's eyes, the
light from the headlamps of car;
approaching from the rear.
Delco-Lovejoy hydraulic shock ab
sorbers are standard equipment or
all passenger models, both fron
and rear, insuring smooth ridins
over all type.s of roads.
Owen D. Young W ill
Bo Principal Speaker
At Berkeley. March 2^
BERKELEY, Feb. 11.—Owen D
Young, internationally known fi
nancial figure and expert on wa:
reparations, will be the prineipa
speaker at the annual Charter Da:
exercises at the University of Cali
fornia. here on March 24, Preside n
W. W. Campbell of the institution
announced today.
NOTICE
We do all kinds of first clas
phonograph repair work. Juneai
Melody House. —ad\
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAM!
No. 3037-A.
In the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Division Numbe
One, at Juneau.
In the Matter of the Applicatio;
Of HANS ALFRED MODIGH t
change his name from HAN!
ALFRED MODIGH to HANi
ALFRED MOODY'.
Public notice is hereby give
that on March 15, 1930, at th
hour of 10 o’clock a. m., a hearin
will be had before the Distric
Court for the Territory of Alaskt
in the United States Court Housi
at Juneau, Alaska, on the appli
cation filed by Hans Alfred Modig
in said Court on January 29, 1931
for the changing of his name fror
Hans Alfred Modigh to Hans A1
fred Moody, and all persons ar
required to then and there appea
and show cause, if any they havi
why said application 6hould not b
granted.
WITNESS the Honorable JUS
TIN W. HARDING, Judge of sai
Court, and the seal thereof, thi
29th day of January, 1930.
(Seal) JOHN H. DUNN,
Clerk.
First publication, Feb. 11, 1930.
Last publicaion, Mar. 4, 1930.
Telephone Company
Refuses to Divulge
Bootleggers9 Phones
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11.—The
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company today defended in the
Federal court its refusal to reveal
ihe location of suspected bootleg
gers’ telephones at hearings held
oefore United States Commission
ers.
Attempting to show cause why
the Company should not bare its
confidential'’ records, Alfred Su
tro, Attorney for the P. T. and T.
contended that inquisitorial powers
rest only with grand juries, not
with commissioners.
Moreover, he denied the right of
Commissioners to subpoena wit
nesses at random as an aid to the
search warrant process.
’ When an agent of the Govern
ment makes an accusation against
on individual,” Sutro said, “it can
not be said that there is a case
pending against the accused. Wo
are ready at any time to answer
a proper subpoena in a case pend
ing, where the accused has an op
portunity to question his accusers,
is guaranteed by the constitution.
But we are not ready to aid a
search warrant process and di
vulge secret information intrusted
to our officials merely because
some one makes an accusation
igainst one of our subscribers.”
The Government contended that
\ Commissioner has all the power
of a District Court insofar as the
issuance of a search warrant is con
cerned.
“It has been held for a ccn'ury."f
Assistant United States Attorney j
I. M. Peckham, told Federal Judge,
Frank H. Kerrigan, “that a Com-;
missioner acts judicially, sitting as a
oeace magistrate, and if he acts
judicially he has not only the
power but the duty to Inform him
self of all circumstances surround- 1
!ng a charge brought before him.
including the use of telephones as
the instruments of the crime.”
The case, which came to the
District Court on citation from
United States Commissioner Ar
thur G. Fisk, last month, was sub
mitted after argument.
FICKEN IN JUNEAU
FROM TRIP SOUTH
Arthur Ficken of the Sanitary
Meat Market, who has been absent
from Juneau for about one month,
eturned here yesterday evening on
the steamer Princess Mary.
He left here in January for the
States, and spent about one week
each in Seattle, Portland and
Salem, on a business trip.
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’URSER GOSLIN MAKING
SPECIAL TRIP ON MARY
Purser F. G. Goslin. popular, oid
ime official of the British Co
umbia Coastwise Service of the
Canadian Pacific Railways, is mak
r
ins a special trip cn the Princess
Mary on the present trifA laying
off his usual assignment to the
Princess Louise. The regular purser
on the Princess Mary is taking a
vacation. Mr. Goslin may not be
cn the Alaska boats during the
coming season. Ke has applied for
a transfer to the Vancouver-Vic
toria division.
ALASKAN SNnV COVER
The following amounts of snow
were reported on the ground Mon
day evening, February 10, at various
Alaskan stations:
I
Barrow, 13 inches; Bethel, 3 in-:
ches; Cordova, 42 inches; Eagle, j
17 inches; Port Yukon, 14 inches, j
and Juneau, 8 inches.
HILLTOPPERS PLAY
DOUGLAS FIREMEN
TOMORROW NIGHT
Juneau High School will go on j
the floor against the Douglas Fire
Department quintet at 8 o'clock
tomorrow night in the high school\
gymnasium in v,hat will probably;
be their last appearance before i
local fans this season.
Twice before th . aaujm these
two aggregations have met and
both times the Hilltoppers came
out on tep cf the heap. However,
they have not had a game since
the Island team has been re-vamp
ed. The line-up of the Douglas
outfit as it now stands has proved
an efficient organization and has
been winning most of its games.
Juneau will start with its full
force tomorrow. Coach Dunham has
announced, in an effort to take the
third straight win from the Island
group.
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