The Alaska daily empire. [volume], February 26, 1924, Image 8

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REGISTRATION OF
CITY VOTERS TO
STARTTHURSDAY
Books to Open Thursday
Morning for Registering
Municipal Electors.
—
Registrations of the electors of I
the city will start next Thursday
morning, when the books will be
opened for that purpose at the City)
Hall, according to an announcement i
made today by City Clerk J. A.
Davis, Only those who register arc
qualified to vote in the municipal
election April 1, next.
Persons with not less than om
year’s residence in the Territory
and six months within the munici
pality are qualified for registration
The books will remain open for 30
days, rloslng Just prior to the elec
tion date.
The Mayor, three Couneilmen and
one School Director arc to he elect
ed this year. While there has been
little political activity locally, it is
known that pfforts have limn made
to induce Mayor I. Goldstein to
seek re-election hut up to the, pr •
ent time he has not consented. The
members of the Council whose terns
expire are A. W. McKinnon. 'A
llam Reck, and H. R Shepard. Ow
ing to his candidacy for Republic'!
nomination for Representative in the
Legislature, It Is understood that
Mr, Shepard will not be a candi
date for re-election. Many f lends
of the other two retiring incmb c
have urged them to seek re el • lien
and It is possible that they may
consent to do so, according t) relic
hie reports, although neither of tlum
have formally consented.
GIFT TAX IN
REVENUE BILL
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. — The
House late this afternoon voted lbl
to 63 to place a gift tax In the
revenue bill with graduated rates
of one to forty per rent, the mini
mum applying to amounts not over
$60,000. The Democrats almost
solidly voted for the amendment.
'McAdoo Will Contest
For Ohio Delegation
COLUMBUS. Feb. 26. -William
G. McAdoo indicated he will con
test for the Ohio delegation lele-.
graphing to enter his name as a
candidate in the primary.
ELEVEN PASSENGERS
ON MARY FOR HERE
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Passengers for Juneau on the
Princess Mary due tonight are Ko.se\
Larue, Ethel Videll, Miss D. Ball,!
W. G. Johnson, F. McGlasaen J. A
Johnson, Mrs. H. Aplers. Miss Ap-;
lers, Olaf Larson, Steve Kansky
and Ole Vestby.
Town’s Old Fire Engine
Missing; Has Been Stolen
1 KRONBERfT. Feb. 26—Most of the
3,000 residents of this town are
searching for thieves who have stol
en the town's first and only fire
engine. No trace of it has been
found. Police believe the thieves
intend to break up the apparatus
and sell the metal for junk
[traveling Libraries
Help Reading Russians
BELGRADE. Feb. 26.—‘‘The Rus
slan people are reading today as
they never have before," said M
M. Lydenberg, of the New York
Public Library, on his recent return
to this city after three months in
Russia spent itl observing library
systems.
"Whatever the Soviet government
Is or not doing for the Russian
people,” Mr. Lydenberg continued,
"It Is making it possible for them
to read books. And the Russian
people are availing themselves with
remarkable .avidity of the new op
portunities placed in their hands
by the Bolshevik administration in
Moscow.
"I was Impressed, wherever I
travelled, by the moving libraries
along the rail lines, from the Polish j
frontier in Moscow and from Moscow i
to the Baltic. The libraries are
installed on trains which make
stops of a few days at all stntions,
down to the little villages. The
people take out books for home
reading and then return them on a
subsequent trip of the library on
wheels . The amount of business
done by these abbulant libraries
is Impressive.”
Postal Cards Popular
In the United States
—
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.—Many i
people utilize the 1-cent postal cards'
for their correspondence. The post|
, office department is using 1,253.000.-j
j;000 a year, and is preparing to makei
I almost 1,500,000,000 in 1925. They
trill cost $815,000 to manufacture |
And print at the government print
ing Office here. Last year they cost
60 cents a 1,000 to manufacture;
this year they will cost 6-i cents a
thousand. _
AE'TSE PRIEST OF KILLING HOUSEKEEPER
Jlov John J. Grady, pastor of St. Francis Xavier's Church, North
side Pittsburgh, Pa., is shown under arrest on the charge of murdering
his housekeeper, Miss Anna McDonough, 45. The priest declared the
shooting was accidental, but the police found two empty shells in his
revolver. Alienists have been appointed to examine his sanity.
WOMEN ARE TO
MAKE DRY LAW
CHIEF ISSUE
DETROIT, Feb. 2(1.—Prohibition
will bo the issue in the State and
I National campaign:! if the women
have any say in the matter, accord
ing to Mrs. George D. Grime!, Pres
ident fo the Women's Republican
league of Wayne County.
“No candidate for any office can
hope to got the women's vote uniats
he is bone dry," said Mrs. Grimes
speaking at a luncheon given by the
I Women's Republican Club in Hotel
iStatler. "This is the issue that will
|get out the woman vote.’’
Mrs. Grimes urged the women,
not only to vote in the primaries,
hut. to attend the party convention:
to be certain that only men win
support the eighteenth amendment
are nominated. Women, she said,
arc strongly in favor of nil law en
forcement beginning with the Vol
stead law.
“However, I am almost hopeless
that anything can ho done with this
generation." Mrs. Grimes declared.
| "We mart ho;in to teach the child
ren in the kindergarten respect for
the law.
"It is only by respect for the in
stitutions and laws of the country
that I he United States will bo abl
to hold toegther during the time of
strain that students of world af
fairs predict.”
Wisconsin Students
Sure Do Drink Water
MADISON, WIh., Fel>. 20 Stu
dents of the University of Wise on
sin apparently are heavy drinkers
and users of water. Officials of th
Madison water plant report that
during the Christmas vacation, when
a majority of tlie 7,000 students of
the institution left Madison, the daily
consumption of water decreased ap
proximately' 500,000 gallons.
During ordinary times, when the
university is in session, Madison
uses approximately 5,000,000 gallons
of water daily, it is said.
TOURIST STEAMSHIPS REVIVES
OLD RITUAL CHANTY SINGING
I.IVERl’OOD, Feb. 26.—For til
first time In many years a liner
put. to sea with passengers and
crew "chanty" singing, as in 1 h
old days of the old sailing lager.
When the Oropesa started recently
| on an 11 weeks' tour round South
i America, Chanty-master W. N. .Tones
led the singing of "Down to Rio,"
passengers and crew later joining
heartily In the chorus.
During the 19,000 miles tour of
the Oropesa the singing of chanteys
will he observed with old-time rit
ual.
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Shabby Clothes
With Snappy Cars
Worries Tailors
CHICAGO, Feb. 2G. Automobile
not fashions, are worrying the cloth
ing trade.
American men are using uutom >
biles to preserve the balance in
their personal equations—with shab
' by clothes on the other end of the
i theoretical lover.
Where business men formerly
prided themselves on their saro
ial appearance, they now rely on
l I heir limousines to give them the
necessary air of prosperity.
The Illinois! Rptail Clothiers As
sociation. in their annual convention
gave voice to these worries of tic
trade. So important has the “shab
by dress" question become that
the clothing trade is planning e
j “pride of appearance for mpn” cam
paign.
“Conservative models will be fash
ionable for spring and summer."
said T. H. Tomilson, president of
j the association. ‘English mod- I
I made in America will be the stuff
for the men who want to dress
properly. Fuller trousers and loose
fitting coats. Clothing that makes
the man look virile and robust, al
l though the younger man will wear
them a little tighter with two and
‘ three button fronts.*’
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; NEW GAME WARDEN IS
APPOINTED BY BONE
The appointment temporarily of
Martin Killan, Cordova, to be Ter
ritorial Came Warden for the Cor
dova district was announced today
by Gov. Scott C. Bone, effective
at once. He succeeds Charles H
Hall, whose resignation was recent
ly accepted.
Mr. Kilian, although a young man.
has resided In Alaska for several
years. Ho at otic time was con
nected with the U. S. Forest Ser
! vice. He was also a member of the
t last Arctic expedition made by the
i noted Canadian explorer Stefansson.
ESTEBETH GOING NORTH
The mailboat Bstebeth. Cnpt.
j James V. Davis, left port at 11 p.
m. yesterday on its regular Skag
way run, calling at intermediate
Lynn Canal ports. He is due to
return here tomorrow and sails for
Sitka Thursday evening.
FEW LAWS WILL
BE ENACTED BY
CONGRESS,CLAIM
Supply Bills and Tax Revision
Main Work — Sleese
Meets with Success.
It a « oMievaJ l' r well
Posted nnse-v is m Washihgtc i that
little li glslaf'on other than depart-]
mentaj simply bills aril the tax
n vision measure will he acted on
by the r'esent Congress, according!
to G orge A. Parks, bead of the I
Alaska Field Division, li. S. General j
1, ml Office, who 1ms just returned
from a 30-day stay in the national;
capital. This view is also taken by
many members of Congress, he said.
Col. Steese Is meeting with sm
ecss in presenting ids estimates for
app-opriatiorm for the Alaska Road
Commission a‘rd will probab’y get
virtually all that he exported to
obtain for tiiis year, said Mr.
Paiks. Memb rs of Congress who
visited Alaska last y *ar were favor
ably impressed with the work of tin
Commission and are in sympathy
with its aims, lie said.
Railroad Estimates Pass
Thp Alaska Railroad estimate■ nr
also well along and the ret! will
get the funds it considers necessaty
t ooperate efficiently and for main
j tenance work, he said.
Generally speaking, Federal ap
! propriations for the various Aiaskn
] tiureaus will he take* care of by
i Congress about as the estimates
'were received from the departments.
Hearings had been held on tiie ro
called White fisheries bill for
he left Washington. A numb', of
fishermen were before the commit
tee and representatives of the can
nery operators were also heard. Ow
ing to conditions that exist in Con
gress it was considered uncertain
whether the hill would be reached
this session.
No hearings had been held on th -
latest Nelson Alaska game bill in
troduced several weeks ago by Deli
gate Sutherland. These, however,
were expected to come up in a short
time. If no opposition develops ti
the measure it is possible that ii
may receive final action, said Mr
Parks.
Attends Wilson Funeral
Mr. Parke was in Washington
when ex-President Wilson dieil and
attended the funeral. For several
days prior to his death hundreds of
people congregated before th Wil
son residence, automobiles be'ng
parked for block9 around. Thou
sands cf people crowded the streets
for the funeral and filled the grounds
of the cathedral in which services
were held. Cars were jammed to
capacity and so packed were th"
streets it was necessary to walk
miles to attend the 8'rvices.
Resentment against the German \
Ambassador over the flag incident
was deep. After it was definitely j
known that the German embassy
flag would not bn lowered to half
staff, 200 veterans of the World
War, now engaged in driving taxi-1
cabs in Washington, decided to rem
edy the situation. In a body an 1
in perfect order they marched to
the embassy building. Enrmtte they
secured a flagpole, an American
flag and shovels with which to work.
At the embassy grounds they dug!
a hole in the lawn, erected the polej
and hoisted the American flag, low
ering it to half mast. A call had j
been turned in for police reserves, j
When these arrived, the former sol-i
diers drawn up at attention sang
the Star Spangled Banner, As thej
song rang out, the police also came
WELSH WOMEN BRING PEACE PETITION.
Mrs. Hughes Griffiths and Miss Elined Prys, of Wales, were pic
tured when they arrived in New York, en route to Washington, with a
petition of peace signed by 350.000 Weigh women. It he presented
to the women's organizations of America, -
to attention. At the conclusion cf the
song the men who had erecte 1 the
flagpole and hoisted the flag dis
persed quietly.
Leaves For Westward
Mr. Parks was in Washington 3)
days conferring with officials of the
Department of Interior, going there
after spending the holidays with h.s
parents in Denver, Co!o. lie ex
pected to leave today on the Ala
meda for Seward enroute to his
headquarters in Anchorage, lie will
lie there for a month or six weeks
looking after official business and
then return to Southeastern Alaska,
visiting here, Ketchikan, Craig and
Hyder.
SHOCKS OFF
WEST COAST
VICTORIA, ii. (\, Fob. 26.—An
earthquake shock lasting one hour
was felt here Sunday night and
was recorded on the Gonzales Hill
Instruments. it is declared the;
disturbance was probably off the
coast, of California or Alaska. Last
Friday night a similar shock was
recorded here. ,
Card Player Draws
Big Hand, But He
Then Drops Dead
SAN FRANCISCO, Fch. 26.—In
the e»*;tement of a big hand of
pinochle he held in a game of
cards at a pool hall in Berkeley.
Jacob Allman, Southern Pacific flag
man, dropped deail at the table from
a heart attack.
When the man was stricken, the
proprietor summoned the. police am
bulance, but Allman was declared
deail upon admission at the Dak
eley General Hospital.
BOB TURNER'S TAXI
—Phone 257—
Early Morning Service.
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LOVE RESIGNS;
IS ACCEPTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. — The
. 1 ■ ignaticn of William J. Love as
V ice- President of the Emergeno
Meet Corporation, managing di
rector of the United States Lines
i ; announced, accepted and effect
ive "at the earliest possible mo
rnont,” raid Leigh Palmer, President
, of the Corporation.
ONE-ARMED PIANIST DIES.
VIENNA, Feb. 26.—The cele
brated one-armed piano player
Count Ceza Zichy, died at Budapest
recently at the age of 74. Count
Zichy lost his arm at the age of 14
but pursued his musical studies
under several masters Including
Liszt._ He was for some years
President of the Hungarian Nation
al Academy of Music and com
posed an opera "Alar."
BOOKS
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For these cold winter evenings
we suggest a good book
tor company.
Drop in and
see us. We
have many.
TRY THE
PUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
ALL MAY SOON
LIVE CENTURY
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Keb. 20.—The
man who reaches the century mark
in life’s highway will be the rule
instead of the exception within the
next generation if the rapid strides
in prolonging life are made in the
future as were accomplished during
'hr last decade.
This prediction is made in the
r i it of the State Board of Health
hewing that the average life in
Kentucky has been increased fif
teen years since 1909, the number
of deaths in 1923 being one-third
! fewer than during the year 1909.
Births in 1923 were nearly one
rhird more in number than in 1910,
thue insuring an increase in the
. State’s manhood.
The State Board of Health at
tributes this condition to the con
tinual educational campaign for
: the eradication of preventable dis
, ' arcs.
DUO REWED IN
SECOND WOOING
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.—After
i an unprecedented courtship, con
! ducted since the moment their dt*
: vorce was granted by the courts of
I San Francisco' several weeks ago,
Frank and Effie Bell Wivlns both
fifty-one, secured a marriage license
in Sacramento and were married a
second time.
‘ This is probably something new
in marriages,” said Wivlns, as' he
j applied for his license. “Only re
i cently the courts of San Francisco
gave us a final divorce decree. We
have been going together ever
I since.”
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