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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
DODGE MAKING
MANY FRIENDS
BY NEW IDEAS

Built on new principle, but re-
tanning Dodge Brothers known and
recognized stamina, reliability and
quality, the new Victory six is fast
making friends with the motoring
public, according to William AL
berts, Douglas dealer.
Now that Victory Skies are be-
ginning to appear on the highways" /"
says Alberts, of the William Alberts
Motor company, Dodge Brothers
dealers for Douglas, people are be-
ginning to realize that the intro
ductory claims made about the car
are true.
"Due to the construction, the
body and chassis being built as an
integral unit, the car is lower than
other machines. Old time body
sills have been banished entirely,
which gives the Victory very low
center of gravity, makes the over
all height come to the average
mans hat brim, yet leaves plenty
of head room inside the car for
passengers.
"The new low center of gravity
allows a driver TO turn corners at
a high rate of speed without the
usual danger. 1t brings about a
safety feature of great Importance,
a point that has long been sought
by automotive engineers.
There is plenty of road clear
ance on the Victory. The car has
that racy appearance, but still re-
tains normal room to cross rutty
muddy roads or high centers."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
AIR JOURNEY TO COAST FULL
OF PLEASURABLE SENSATIONS
AND YET IT IS FREE OF FEAR

Besides the advantages of con-
venience and time-saving, the trip
by air provides a perspective of the
geographical features of the south
west that is absolutely unobtainable
in any other manner. 1t is as
though a movie reel of the noun
tains, rivers, deserts and agricul-
tural areas of half million square
miles of territory were unrolled be-
fore the traveller.
''The trip should be taken al
least once by every person who can
encompass it, just for the wonder
full and delightful experience. The
sensations are as variegated as they
are pleasant. The feeling and
spiritual exaitation that comes to
one in flying over the desert noun.
tain ranges, alone is worth the price
of the trip.
Rising from the municipal air.
port at Phoenix beautiful panora-
ma of the Salt River valley is i'm.
mediately offered. The valley ap'
pears as a giant checker-board, the
fields representing the squares, in
many shades of green, brown anC
black. The green squares are the
alfalfa fields, the brown are un
Iplowed stubbles of cotton and grain
the black are newly turned fields
ready for planting. Far below, cat
tile and houses appear like chess
men on a board.
"The irrigated area is left in 9
couple of minutes. A long, snake
like line lies across the face of the
desert 1t is new canal thai
will carry water to irrigate severa
thousand acres of land north ot
Buckeye. The black speck which
appears as the serpents head, is 8
giant steam shovel engaged in dig
Iging the trench across the desert
that will soon carry the life-giving
waters.
"The plane strikes course due
west for Los Angeles. The noun
tain passes are lined up so that the
entire trip may be made safely with
little deviation from a direct course
while flying at an altitude of from
1880 to 1000 feet.
| Fifty miles west of Phoenix the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
Husband Cannot Be
Held In Damages For
Acts Of His Wife

ATLANTA, Ca, Feb rs P-Al-
though the husband still is regarded
by law as head of the family, re-
cent legislation mas reduced him to
the status of s'mere figurehead'
and he cannot be held liable for
damages involving a civil offense
committed by his wife, the Georgia
supreme court held today.
"By sweeping changes in the law
governing civil rights, of married
women, the doctrine of the merger
of the civil existence of wife and
husband has been practically swept
away" said the decision. "While
the husband is still declared by
statute to be the head of the family,
he, like the king of England, is
largely a figurehead.'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26

Now that an airport for Douglas
is assured it will not be long until
people will be sailing along between
ing a wonderful panorama on the
earth below The people who travel
between Phoenix and Los Angeles
now are seeing a portion of that
picture-the portion between Phoe-
nix and the coast. When they start
from the International airport at
Douglas it will merely be longer
chapter of the same story.
A description has just been sent
out by the Aero Corporation OF
America Of the trip from Phoenix.
That the journey in plane is
full of interest, thrill of the un-
tion of fear is the claim of the one
who describes this trtp. Here is
the story:
with the establishment Of the
new air passenger service between
Phoenix, Tucson and Los Angeles,
by the Aero Corporation of Cali
fornia, it is quite practicable for
the Arizona resident to take break
fast at home and eat luncheon in
Los Angeles. The flying time from
Phoenix to Los Angeles is four
hours in the big six-passengar FOX
ker planese From Tucson, it is a
little over an hour longer. The
distance by air from Phoenix to
Los Angeles is $50 miles, more than
hundred miles less than the dis.
t&nce by auto highway.
''The train time from Phoenix tc
Los Angeles is approximately Ia
hours, which is also the minimum
by which the journey can be ac
complished safely by auto, and most
autoists consume several hours
longer for the trip.
by the air route in big planes
there is none of the vibration, jolt
ing, and discomfort experienced in
bauto travel There id no dust. The
tension commonly incident to fast
auto travel is completely absent.
There is very little sense of motion
and all feeling of apprehension is
quickly lost. The passenger feels
as safe as when seated aboard a
crack passenger train.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
SEEK CONFIDENCE MAN.

HONOLULU, Feb 25 P-The
hunt for men who fleeced Thomas
Needham of London out of $140,-
900 was continued by the police to-
day. A rumor prevalent in some
quarters that the "Grainvil'' of the
fake race horse ,betting group was
Edward G. Hutchings, paroied Cali
fornia bunkoman, was largely dis
proved by a detective who said pic
lures of Grainvil were not those of
the notorious "Big Hutch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
SUGGESTS JAIL FOR 0. HENRY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WRITER
ONCE, A PRISONER AT AUSTIN

FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 25.-
The proposal to convert the Travis
county Jail at Austin, Texas, into
memorial for William Sidney Porter,
known throughout the world as o.
Henry, short-story writer, the most
famous prisoner ever confined within
its walls, is seriously made the
Bunker's Monthly, the Texas maga-
zine published at Fort Worth, in it's
March issue, which is just from the
press.
"The last roof that sheltered o.
Henry within the borders of Texas
clares in its leading editorial, land it
ought to be converted into an o..
Henry memorial library"
In February and March, 1898, just
30 years ago, Will Porter, who had
been a citizen of Texas for Is years,
occupied cell in that Jail as fed
eral prisoner, charged with embezzling
few hundred dollars of the funds
OF a national bank And it was in
that Jail that he wrote:
Right here want to state SOL
emnly that in spite Of the jury's ver-
dict I am absolutely innocent of any
wrong doing in that bank matter,
except so far as foolishly keeping a
position that I could not successfully
fill"
Porter served three years and three
months in the federal penitentiary at
Columbus, Ohio, to which prison he
was sent from Travis county Jail, and
it was there he began to write under
the nom de plume of 20. Henry"
He was released on July "a, 1901, and
went to New York in the spring OF
1902 Eight years later, on June 5,
1910, he died in New York hospital,
but in that short period he had made
himself the most widely known and
best-loved story-teller in the world.
The Travis county Jail stands oppo-
site the grounds of the state capitol,
and the land it occupies is the prop
erty of the state of Texas. Bunker's
Monthly proposes that the county
shall find another site for a. new jail
and dedicate the present building to
the memory of the most famous pris-
oner ever confined within its walls.
+It would be decidedly the kind OF
memorial that o. Henry would ap-
preciate," it declares. "The poetic
Justice of it would appeal to him
strongly, and one can imagine him
chuckling over it, out there across the
Great Divide in whatever celestial
Bagdad he may now reign as Caliph.
It would be a real O. Henry 'uneX-
pected ending to the story OF Will
Porter's trial and conviction, when he
was absolutely innocent OF wrong
doing His humanity was his dis
tinguishing Characteristic And what
a human thing to do, to take this
building, the erection of which was
made necessary by human frailty and
human pasSion-a jail--aI1d convert it
into the memorial of a. man who
possessed, as few others, an under
standing of human weakness and
tolerant charity towards human short
comings, a man who saw beneath the
foibles of all sorts and conditions OF
men 9, common humanity. What a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
MUSIC ROOM CHATS

Continued From Page Five)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26

lpIane scars over desert ranges for
nearly a hundred miles into which
only a few of the hardest pros
pectors have penetrated Even from
the altitude from which the ma
chine is flying, the evidence of in
tensive naturalization are appar-
ent. This is one of the treasure
houses Of Arizona which nature has
locked up for future generations.
The plane scars over mountain
peaks and great desert valleysI that
are SO miles from the nearest high
way. The brilliant coloring of the
peaks presents all the hues OF the
Tainted Desert. The fartherest
ranges seen to the south are in
Mexico. Those on the north are in
Nevada. The visible horizon en-
compasses a hundred thousand
square miles of desert mountains.
1t is a panorama inconceivable and
indescribable. There comes the
thought what hath God wrought?'
"The range is crossed and a
brown, sin1ous line appears in
places almost coiled upon itself,
but generally stretching north and
south. It is the Colorado river. Di-
rectly beneath is red mark across
the brown line. 1t is the bright
paint on the new bridge over the
Colorado river at Blythe In an
other minute the checkerboards re-
appear. They are the green and
brown fields which surround the
town of Blythe.
Ahead Isl glisteninE, golden
area banked on each side by dark
lava mountains. From the height
it looks like a yellow ribbon with
black velveteen edges-it is the
| sand desert of California. Shot
through the yellow is single black
thread-that is the new oil-surfaced
highway built by California between
Mecca and Blythe to connect with
the Arizona road.
"To the south appears a great
patch of blue--the Salton sea. The
black thread across the desert in
tersects another thread, and the
two go on together toward the
setting sun. Looking closely one
can see little black dots moving
along the line. They appear like
ants travelling grooved trail to
and from their nest - they are
strings of automobiles on the pave,
ment through Imperial valley.
Another beautiful cnecker-board
appears below. 1t is the Coachella
valley. Snow-covered Mt San Ja-
cintoI looms ahead. Below there
appear pale lavendar splotches on
the ground. We are looking out
ward and upward into the snow
banked San Jacinto and downward
into the blooming almond orchards
about Palm Springs.
"The machine sails over a ridge
and through wide pass. A tawny
line runs down a. long ridge into a
wide valley Of wheat fields. 1t is
the famous Jackrabbit Trail high
way. Cities and orange orchards
appear in regular succession. 1t is
an area of intensive citrus cultiva-
tion. The plane scars over a new
city about every, two minutes.
Ahead looms a hill which ap-
pears as though it was studded
thick with porcupine quills. They
are the derricka of an oil field
Suddenly it seems that all the
houses in the world come into view
simultaneously you are looking at
Los Angeles and Hollywood. and
Long Beach and score of other
coastal cities. The mountains dis
appear and the horizon to the west
and south is circled in hazy blue
that is the Pacific ocean.
"The machine circles and alights
as easily as an eagle from the blue.
WAnd Won nrn in nc a n unlnc ,,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
CONFESSION FALSE.

KENOSHA, WIS, Feb. Is R-
August Goethels, Milwaukee Jani-
tor, contested today, Kenosha po-
lice announced, that his story nam
ing Leo Chaffee, a dead ex-convict.
as the murderer of James Sears, 23,
and Ladalynne Latimer, II, near
Kenosha two years ago, was false
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
CHR. ALBRIGHT, Pastor.
The Church Of

The Church of Christ IL. ID. S.)
We have secured the Adventist
church building, TIC Fifteenth
street, for regular Sunday service.
Sunday school at 9:45; preaching
at IL a. M, subject: "Our APP
peal" Preaching at 1890 p. M,
subject Minority Rights VS.. Pop
ular Sentiment"
A cordial welcome is extended to
ALL
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
CLOSE FARM HEARINGS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 tP)-The
house agriculture committee COM
pleted today its lengthy hearings
on farm legislation. The commit
tee expects to take only short
time in drafting measure
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26

Continued From Page Five)
number of such large cities, which are
conducting their own performances
from local talent, the New York Opera
club and the National Opera Club Of
America are presenting artists in
opera; the Monday Musical club Of
Albany is giving Faust" "Hansel and
Gretel" and "Rigoletto'; the Friday
Musicale of Jacksonville, Fla, staged
Cadmans "Shanewis" the octave
club of Norristown, Pa, gave a read
ing of the witch Of Salem" and the
Beethoven club Of Memphis is giving
Resurrection" and Jewels of the
Madonna" in concert form.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
cHIR,6HES
Continued From Page Five)
q o. M, solo by p. w. Lemon,

p. M, solo by P. w. Lemons.
$40 p. m, regular opening by
the choir, Mrs. Jessie Smith, organ
ist and director.
A cordial invitation and hearty
welcome to all our services.
j. A. DUNCAN, Pastor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
.uman memorial it would bel. ;,

human memorial it would be-
Bunker's Monthly makes the pro-
posal in formal fashion, inaugurating
a movement to accomplish it, and
pledging the support of the publica-
ton in putting it over. 1t leaves the
question of particulars for future con-
sideration, to be settled equitably tc
every interest concerned.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26

Mr.. Upton Close seems to believe
the Chinese are determined to run the
foreigners out of their country. Sh-h,
Mr.. Close, the Indians will hear you.
New York Evening Post
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26
st. Paurs Lutheran Church.

Services will be held in the
Grand theatre tea room at IL a. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. The
Bible class will meet in the George
Haas home Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-26

A contemporary describes as a
means of getting something for noth-
ing. Experience teaches us that 1t
is usually a method of getting nothing
for something ng-Punch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27

well as adults, will appear and give an hours entertainment. MT. Coneannon is from Kan sas City, Mo. He is a globe trot- ter and during all travels picks up the interesting. humorous sides of life These he puts to- gether and springs" them every where he appears. He has hun dreds of letters from organiza- tions, children's homes and var ious penal institutions where he has appeared, always free of charge, to scatter goodwill and peace, present the funny things of life and make life brighter, ' as he says, and the letters praise him in glowing terms.
 MT. Coneannon is making the round trip on the Princess Kath- Teen and passengers aboard says he was the life of the trip Struck with Juneau's appearance, he decided to forego his trip to Skagway and stopped eff here to tell Juneanites why life is worth living" as he says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
MARGNITA RETURNS.
 FROM WEEKLY TRIP

The Margnl1a, Capt. H. M. Peterson, arrived in port from Sitka, Petersburg and wayports late yesterday afternoon with the following passengers for Juneau:
 S. Peterson and Mabel Crelgh- ton from Port Alexander; Charles lnbleau from Baranof K. Mott and Charles Albert from khlls- moo; Mrs's Flynn, M. Miskicn. John Ferris. II. w. Green. Fred John son and Mrs. J. E. Robertson from Tenakee; Aryill Nyman, Mrs. Lilly Scott, Robert Scott, V. Smith. Rado Pekovlch, II. N. Fax ins and Frank Arka from Funter Bay, Fred Sonderlund from Todd
 She is leaving this evening on the same route, with box shocks and lumber from the Juneau Lum Der Mills.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
FIFTH AVENUE" FINE
 FEATURE AT PALACE

It is seldom, indeed, that Sc powerful a story is presented in so pleasing a manner as is Eft, Avenue" which was shown with exceptional success at the Palace last night. The production is un' usually satisfying aad speaks well for the producers.
 As might be imagined from it's locale-New York's Fifth Avenue --the. production is lavish, and effectively presents the atmo sphere of it's romantic setting The featured roles are played by Marguerite De La Motte and Al Ian Forrest. while the other parts are in the hands of Louise Dress. CT, William V. Mong, Lucille Lee Stewart, Craufurd Kent, Anna May Wong and other well known players.
 The story deals with the ad ventures of Southern girl who goes to New York, and narrowly escapes being caught in the whirl of an unaccustomed life. In the unfolding of the plot, we are shown the "other side" in the lives of persons. who, outwardly at least. are paragons of respect ability, but who are not unwilling to assist in deluding the innocent beauty from the South.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
PRIN. KATHLEEN
 IN NORTHBOUND
First Voyage to Alaska Replacing Prin. Louise
 for One Trin

Here sine comes. here she is. ah, there she goes!"
 This in brief tells of the ar rival and departure of the c. P K. Steamer Princess Kathleen Capt. Slater. which left Van couver, B. C., at 10 o'clock Mon day morning and arrived in Ju neau at 10 o'clock this morning completing a 4S-hour trip, witt stops at Prince Rupert and Ketch ikan enroute.
 The Princess Kathleen. operat ing on the triangular route, Van couver to Victoria to Seattle, i. making the trip of the Princess Louise. recently damaged on q southbound voyage. High speed was maintained on the north bound voyage. but at that the Princess Kathleen could have made faster time if pressed.
 The steamer remained Tn port half an hour and left a. 10:3 3t o'clock for Skagway. She has 241 passengers aboard and brought | the following to Juneau Sister Mary Philippa, B. Green, Doro thy Green and Forbes Guernsey. Two tour parties are aboard the steamer, a Williams tour of 4s and Crabtree party of II. Of | ficers. on the steamer from the | Princess Louise, in addition tc | Captain Slater, are J. Williams first officer; F. J. Gosling, pun ser, two assistant pursers and the radio operator.
 The Princess Louise, according to reports. damaged her wheel while in dense fog, but injuries sustained were slight and she is now ready to return to her regu lar schedule.
 The Princess Kathleen is a 36S | foot steamer. of 6,000 tons dis placement, and is on her maidei trip to Alaska.
 Her present schedule calls for her return here Friday morning but no definite hour will be SC, until after her arrival ln Sfagway
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
CADMAN CONCERT IS CALLED OFF

The concert to have been giv- en here by Charles W. Cadman, under the auspices of the Juneau Business and Professional Wom- ems Club of Juneau. has been called off. Mir. cadman passed through Juneau on the Princess Kathleen this forepoon making the round trip on that steamer and was unable to make reserva- tions southbound, thus canoelling his engagement here. The club will refund all ticket money and pocket" their loss for tickets and advertising.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
TEACHERS OF
 SEATTLE WILL
 BE GIVEN AID
Moral and Financial Sup port Promised in Ef-
 forts to Form Union


 CHICAGO, June 27-Condeml- ing the ruthless and un-Amori- can conduct of the Seattle Board of Education" the American Fed eration Of Teachers unanimously passed and adopted a resolution pledging fullest moral and finan- cial support to the teachers of Seattle in an effort to force the school to employ members of the Teachers Federation. It is indi- cated that the teachers claim to have definite information showing influence of the Power Trust as the determining factor in causing disbarment of Federation teach CTS.
 The Seattle school teachers re- gently organized union and made a demand for better sal aries The Seattle School Board issued statement that only teachers would be employed who were not members of unions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
Attractions At Theatres
TOM MIX THRILLS
 COLISEUM AUDIENCE

Fox Films, living up to their spots of America in all their pro- auctions where it may be con. sistently done, filmed many SC. quences of '"rhe Canyon of Light, which had it's first showing at the Coliseum last night and is shown for the last time tonight, in Tel iowstone National Park. The re Suit Is a picture not only with an absorbing story. but scenic Of rare beauty.
 Tom Mix is cast in the stellar role of Tom Mills, the ranchman who at the opening of the World War goes to France, where he serves as dispatch bearer. But before and after this event he is the hero in a series of episodes all of which are part of fine " developed and motivated story that is replete with thrills, ex citement and suspense.
 Tony, his wonder horse. has a prominent part and the beautiful Dorothy Dwan is cast in the leading feminine role. Probably one of the most heart stimulating scenes that can be imagined $ the wrecking of an old boom town in the western mountains In this scene, Tom, in a fight with gang of despe.'adoes wreeks the entire ghost city. Building after building collapses during the battle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau

Gastineau
 Ward w. Wells. Portland: liar ley E. Parker, Portland: J. D Mcdonald. Petersburg; T. c. Al llson, Ketehikan; Mrs. c. NJ Beghly, Fallon, New; Calvin Beeghly Jr.. Fallon, New. John skinner. Seattle; Henry NJ. Eakin Sedro Woolley, Wash.
 Alaskan
 John Agrich, Aux Lake; Fran, Ruzich. Aux Lake; Jack Davis Hoonah; Mabel Creighton, Seat tie: Arvid Nyman, Funter Bay; Van Smith, Funter Bay, Rade Pekovieh. Funter Bay; W. l. Green, city; K. Notes, Funtei Bay.
 Zynda
 F. Crandall Dillon, Mont; MT and Mrs. J. D. Stack. Indianapolis Ind; J. s. Odor. Indianapolis Mrs. V. A. Robertson, Tenakee. LET AlmquIst Press Tour Suit. We call ana ueilver. Phone 528. Old papers tor saie ai Ths Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
HOUSE PETERS IS COMING TO PALACE

If anyone wants motion pie ture wind machine in good con dition. he can find it at tae bot tom of Payette Lake. near Mo Call. Idaho. During the filming of extefior scenes for the Uni versaI-Jewel production, Prison CTS of the Storm" which will play at the Palace thiJ week, the com pany. dragged a wind machine. consisting of a powerful gasoline motor and huge propeller, across the surface of the lake. which was covered with ice. The wind machine found q thin spot in the ice and crashed merrily to the bottom. House Peters plays the starring role in the picture. which wiss directed by Lynn Reynolds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
LOGGING OPERATOR HERE

Gordon D. Mcdonald. logging operator of Petersburg, arrived on the Alaska to Se here for few days.