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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
SHOOTS IT OUT
 WITH OFFICERS
Paroled Convict Dies in Gun Duel Jealousy
 Over Woman

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. G. Robert Belcher, aged 34. paroled convict from California, shot 1t out with the. police last night and paid with his life. He died in a hospital several hours after he had engaged in gun duel with two patrolmen who sought to arrest him upon complaint that he in- suited his former sweetheart in a fit of drunken jealousy.
 Two of the gunmen's bullets found their mark before he fell
 E. E. Alexander, who attempted to befriend the woman, Mrs. Lil- lian Jeserich, a widow, was shot and dangerously wounded J. G. Jenkins, a policeman, was sho through the mouth.
 Alexander is not expected to re- cover.
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his car and in making it possible for him to get much better car for the same money he paid a few years ago. Standardization, to a certain extent, also has been effect ed in the manufacture of automo- bile tires, but further reduction in the number of sizes is hoped for.
 Work in the automotive labora- tories has resulted in far more powerful engines without increase in size or cost, engines which will stand the punishment of hard use long after those of a few years ago would have gone to the junk heap.
 Bodies, springs, headlights, fan belts, ignition systems, virtually every part of the automobile has been improved at no increase in cost, or at less cost, through re- search and standardization.
 Standardization has been the two bladed knife in cutting manufactur- ing costs. Multiple operation ma chimes which do the work former ly performed by crews of men and turn out a more uniform grade of work have greatly reduced the cost of labor, while at the same time reducing expenses by speeding up production.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
WILLIAM WARE BARRED FROM
 U. s. SENATE
Doors Closed Tightly, Def initely- Senate Vote
 Is 58 to 22

WASHINGTON. Dee. 6. The doors of the United States Senate are closed tightly and definitely against William s. Ware, for years a power in Pennsylvania state poli- tics, by a vote of 58 to 9.
 The Senate today decided that the s785,0c0 expenditures of the Philadelphian i1 the primary elec- ton in 1926 and the charges of fraud and corruption in that con- test, barred him from taking seat to which he was certified to as elected.
 The Senate approved the resolu- ton by Senator Reed, by vote of 66 to 15, that William B. Wilson. Vare's Democratic opponent was not elected
 The end of the Ware controversy left the question of a new Senator in the hands of Gov John s. Fish CT. Republican, who may make an appointment.
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she E interested into the daily life of the White House instead Of letting it and her exalted position in the nations life rule her.
 Until she became First Lady it was an unheard of thing for the Presidents wife to make any trip, however short. outside the White House gates, unless accompanied by a secret service man.
 Now a White House car often glides out of the big gate with the mistress of thc mansion at the wheel. Only women friends are in the car. No solicitious "other car accompanies them.
 When she gees on trips out of town or to affairs where big crowds make 1t unwise for her to be alone,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
GERMANS BEARING
 HEAVIER LOADS OF
 HUMAN WAR TOLLS
By JOHN A. BOUMAN (Ass3ciased Press Staff Writer)

BERLIN, Dec. 6.-The toll of the world war in terms of human vic- tins, is pressing more and more heavily on Germany.
 Thrice a census of the maimed has been taken: in 1924. 1926, and 1928. Each has shown ever in creased numbers.
 The fourth census, just completed, makes the total of recipients Of war pensions and invalid allowances 10000 more than in 1928. There are now BOT ,596 persons drawing such relief, compared with 751 ,294 last year.
 The increase is due to the fact that in great many cases the after effects of war wounds are be- coming more apparent with advanc- ing years and the hard struggle for life. Tn 1923, some 500000 ex- soldiers were paid a lump sum in consideration of their diminished capacity for work ranging from l5 to 20 per cent of their earnings. Thousands of these unfdrtunates, however, found that a cold world had little use for even partly dis abled workers, and so they gradu- ally drifted back to the ranks of applicants for state support.
 War widows have also increased in the past year from 359,560 to 361 ,04O, but the fatherless war or phans have declined from 73l,7Sl to 632,014, and the number of the doubly orphaned from 6623 to 51,917.
 Officials of the Labor Depart ment, to whom the care of the war victim falls, say that for some time the newly disabled" are like ly to prove a growing financial bur den on the community, more than off-setting the number removed from the pension lists by death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
THREE BANDITS
 ESCAPE: AFTER
 SHOOTING MAN
Seize Bank Bag and Make Getaway with Loot Es-
 timated at $30,000 ONE. ROBBER KILLS
 WHEN HE IS SEIZED
Scene of Hold-up Across from School Students
 Hear One Shot

PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Dec. G. Cameron Cook, messenger for the Bank of Philadelphia and Trust Company, was shot to death by one of three men this forenoon, who seized his bank bag, containing $30,000 in cash and checks, it is estimated.
 The bandits escaped.
 Cook, who was about 50 years of age, stepped out of a branch Post Office in the northern part of the city.
 One bandit leaped out of an automobile, pressed pistol against Cooks side and seized the bag.
 The two other men remained in the car.
 The robber threw the bag to the car and as he started to climb in, Cook tried to seize him. The robber backed away and fired one shot. Cook fell with bullet through the head.
 The scene of the shooting was across the street from public school as,d msas'reds of children heard the shot
 The bandit jumped into the car and the men drove away, soon be- ing lost in the traffic.
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HURLEY IS TO SUCCEED GOOD
 AS WAR CHIEF
Selection Is Made by Presi- dent Official Comes
 from the South

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Patrick J. Hurley, of Oklahoma, has been selected by President Hoover to succeed James w. Good, as Sec retary of War He has been Act ing Secretary, having taken over the duties of the War Department upon the death of Good. Prior to that time he was Assistant Secre- tary.
 Patrick J. Hurley is a lawyer by profession. He was one of the men the President drew from the South for an important post after his election He is just under 50 years old. He was Colonel in the Re- serve Corps during the World War and won the distinguished service cross for volunteer reconnaissance under heavy fire in France.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
SCANTY CLOTHING ON STAGE LOSING
 LURE SAYS CRITIC

in English. Also most of the good choruses are English or American, because the French girls appear to have too much individuality" to kick all together.
 The much overworked bathing girl and the short -skirted woman also are blamed Bare legs have ceased to have mystery for the public and seashore costumes give a general idea of the figure of the modern Venus
 Therefore, says Le Sidaner. the public tired of half clad show girls. particularly as the specimens will ing to parade in undress weren't always of transcendent beauty. When the slate is wiped clean and the theatres restore art and elegance" Le Sidaner feels sure Parisians again will go to the box offices and foreigners again will pay to see something distinctively French,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
BODY OF AIR
 MAIL PILOT
 FOUND, OHIO
Missing Flier and Wrecked Machine Located
 Down in Storm

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 6-The body of air mail pilot Thomas P. Nelson, in his plane, badly shat tered, was found late yesterday by a rabbit hunter near Chagrin Falls, 35 miles southeast of here.
 Nelson met death Monday morn ing while flying in binding snow storm, making the air mail route flight from Bellefonte, Penn, to Cleveland.
 The body was hurled by the ter rife impact of the plane against the ground, about 25 feet from the wreckage.
 The air mail was safe.
 Col Charles A. Lindbergh and many other fliers were out in the air, on a search, when the report was received here of the finding of Nelson's body and plane.
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PARIS, Dec. 6.-The undraped female figure no longer pulls crowds to the theatre, says Louis Le Sid- amer, writer and critic, but the prime cause of music hall failure, he adds, is too much America"
 Five music halls have closed or gone over to the movies. The three principal ones that remain are busy inventing new kinds of jazz in an effort to keep their box of fices open.
 Americans, and also English, Le Sidaner explains, do not come to Paris to see what they see at home and the French much prefer their own to foreign brands of enter tainment. He admits theatrical directors think otherwise and that most French playwrights and play CTS are trying to turn out the American variety of song and dance.
 Often entire scenes are giTel
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By SUE MCNAMARA A. F. Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Dec 6. Lou Henry Hoover, who rode friend- ly bicycle over Iowa country roads has not change much.
 In the months that have passed since the heavy responsibility, as Presidents wife was placed on her, her acts have pictured new type of First Lady
 She has done unprecedented things and a resume of her tenure in office" brings out sharply that hers will be a unique place in his tory.
 She shops and drives alone. She goes to evening entertainments without the President.
 She brings the things in which
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howease, AFrs Hcever conforms te custom.
 The sight of Mrs. Hoover, walking buoyantly along on her low-heelsd shoes, is not an unusual occurrence in Washington's shopping district. Here, too. she is unacconpanied. save by a girl secretary.
 Mrs. Hoover has re-arranged tFe White House to suit herself and in a way to make it honey and com fortable. She has planted lovely California garden ill the back yard where she entertains little groups of friends at tea.
 She still has intimate Sunday night suppers, just as she did on s street, with a few friends dropping in informally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
NATIONALIST GOV ERNMENT
 FACES CRISIS
Soldiers Are in Mutiny- Disorders Grip Entire
 Yangtze Valley

SHANGHAI, Dec. 6.-The Nation alist Government faces the mos. serious crisis of it's brief, tempestu- ous existence.
 Many thousand soldiers are in mutiny in several provinces.
 Disorders have gripped almost the entire Yangtze Valley, in which live thousands of organized commun- ists.
 Bandits have ravaged the coun- tryside.
 Southern Rebel forces are report sd to be threatening Canton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
O . 6 c . Q . TODAY'S STOCK
 QUOTATIONS
. Q

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Alaska Ju- neau mine stock is quoted today at 67s, American Ice 37K, Bethlehem Steel 95, General Motors 4oh. Com bustion 10%, International Har- vester, no sale, International Pape- A 29H, Paper B 20, Paper c 15k Kennecott 60%, National Acm Q 20H, Standard oil of California 65sk, Standard Oil of New Jersey 67&, Texas Corporation 58%, City Service 30, Magma 51h, Montgom- ery-Ward 5375.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
Ask Appropriation For Fish Laboratory Construction

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Author- ization for an appropriation of $4,- 470,000 to provide for Swear iconstruction and maintenance pro- gram for the Bureau of Fisheries, is asked in a bill introduced in the House.
 Construction of the project is proposed for the first of the year and includes a fish laboratory for Alaska to cost $50,OoO.
 The fish laboratory mentioned in the above dispatch is to be con- structed at the University of Wash ,ington, in Seattle, for the benefit of Alaska and other Pacific Coast fisheries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
Amphibian Makers Seek
 News Terms for Landing

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Two Eng fish words to describe the alight- ing on water and the alighting on land of an amphibian plane are sought by the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation.
 "Amerissager" is French for landing on water and "aterris- sager" for landing on land" but the aviation company wants less involved way of expressing the amphibious characteristics of it's plane
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
FIRST SNOW OF
 SEASON IS TODAY

The first fall of snow fell today in Juneau, starting at an early hour this morning and continuing until after 8 o'clock. The depth was about two inches and was still on the ground this afternoon.
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Henry Ford Is Willed Hundred DolIm Legacy

} YPSILANTI, Mich, Dec. } 6.-Henry Ford, auto manu- , facturer, has received leg , acy of $100 under the terms , of the will of Mrs. Florence , Smalley- Rabbit, aged 32 , who died recently. She was 6
 3 member of a pioneer family, 3 historian and collector of an-
 3 tiques. She was deeply in-
 D terested in Ford's Museum at . Dearborn.
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NORTH CAROLINA LEADS

WASHINGTON = For the first nine months this year the Treas ury Department received s341 .447,- 987 in revenue from the tobacco industry. North Carolin paid $780, 493,686.
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The United States buys nearly 50 per cent more coffee from South America than 1t did before the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-06
CONCENTRATE PAINT BUSINESS

CHICAGO-New York, New Jer- sey, Ohio and Illinois account for 50 per cent of production of paint and varnish in the United States.
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Hawaii exported $77,O00,000 of sugar and s35,000,0OO of pineapples last year,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-01
LITTLE MISS TROUBLE"

Little Miss Trouble" is the nick name Washington newspaper writers have bestowed upon Mrs. Mabel Wiebrandt who quit her post Assistant Attorney General last week. While she has high authority to back up her statement that she retired voluntarily, the belief is general that she would not have re- tired if President Hoover had not made it plain that she would not have charge of Volsead en- forcement after the transference of Prohibition ad- ninistraton to the Department of Justice.
 Her title of Little Miss Trouble comes from the admitted fact that she made more trouble than any other Cabinet assistant. Not only did she insist upon being the whole thing in the Prohibi- tion business but she determnedy used the on all subordinates who did not quickly obey her thumbs up" thumbs down." Her fight with former Warden John w. Shook over admitting snoops into the pententiaries is said to have been one of the main causes of her down fall When Senator Borah declared in the Senate he would be pleased to vote guilty impeachment charges against a Federal Judge who would commit to the pen an innocent man that he might play the part of stool pidgeon, no matter from whence his orders, Mrs. Wlebrandt doomed. Even Little Miss Trouble" that the time had to carry her trouble-making elsewhere. Her Aunty Saloon League credentials had become tarnshed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-01
TURN OVER IN SASKATCHEWAN.

After twenty -four years of continuous Liberal rule Saskatchewan will have coalition Government at kthe head of which will be pr. J. P. c. Anderson, Ahe Conservative Provincial leader. The Conserva- tive members and ten Independents and Progress sives have united to form the Government. It has been agreed that all parties in the coalition will maintain their identities and that there shall be complete freedom in the matter of Federal pol itics Reform of the Provincial civil service is the handspring of the coalition.
 The Conservatives throughout the Dominion are predicting the downfall of the Liberal Federal Gov ernment result of the turn in Saskatche- wan while the Liberals say that it the result of purely local issues and that the Province is still strongly Liberal National matters
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-01
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau


 Dr. J. F. Petritsch, Seattle; John Pierce; Dell E. Sheriff, Juneau; E. G. Thompson, Seattle; s. Main. Port Althorp; F. Tarry, Tenakee; N. E. Sagstad, Port Althorp; c. F. Soloman, Tucson, Ariz.; Richard Wakelin, cattle; Donald Armour; E. F. Zuerin, Portland, Ore; Mrs A. J. Mcintyre, Hoquiam, Wash; Ed Holcomb, city; Glen Caring ton, Seattle; MT. and Mrs. Russell Smith, San Francisco; Marjorie Smith and Russell Smith, San Francisco; Mrs. August Buschmann and Mrs o. A. Larson, Port AL thorp; c. J. McNaughtan, Mrs McNaughtan and son, Port Angeles, Wash. Arthur J. Ella, Byron Ella, Speel River; Capt and Mrs. c. E. Ahues, Taku; Mrs. D. H. MacDon- aid, Portland Island; Olof A. Lund- berg, Vancouver, B. O.; George A. Lucas and Louis Juren, Haines; Donald Macaclay, City; Charles Draper, James Davis, James Bar Der, Albert Greene, and Donald Reid, London, England.
 Zynda
 Chester c. Roys, Moline, H.; Reginald Parks, New York; Mrs. Janson, Seattle; Mrs. E. Kane, Skagway; Gus Foyelin, Sitka; Miss Gladys Duncan, Douglas; Charles O'Connor, London England; Will jam Lawler, London England, and five boys of the Westminster Glee Singers
 Alaskan
 Carl ChriStiansen, Juneau; Ford Butler, Chichagof J. w. Bixby, Se- attle; Dr. F. w. Rising, Trinity Center, Calf; Clang Lock, Taku; Horig Toon Funter Bay; D. Rose, Ketchikan; MT and Mrs. Dick liar ris, Sitka: Carl Sater, Steve Lurmo, Ole Lurmo, John Abrahamson, s. A. Martin, James Martin, and Mrs. s. A. Martin, from Todd; Joe liar ris, Seattle.
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The Cost of Printing a Newspaper.
(Port Angeles NeWs.)


 Anyone wanting to get into the newspaper game will be interested in what publishers of The Brem- erton Broad Axe" have to say editorially regarding the do ri me necessary to keep the serpent from the canoe.
 The Broad Axe" is a mushroom in the field, flourishing intermittently prior to the Bremerton election. Its purpose is to condemn private power companies and boost the $75OOO0 municipal power project
 It has pride of ancestry or hope of posterity as a journal of advanced thought, but does state this inter isting truth.
 The editor pleads that the four page newspaper is costing them $250 an issue to produce. The paper pleads for funds. And will any mush- paper with to grind have to plead for funds
 The newspaper game is mans game, costing American currency to produce. The estimate of $250 issue for the Bremerton pilgrim is about correct
 We haven't interest one way or the other in the Bremerton election, the right wrong of the Broad Axe editorial policy. We print the editorial plea to illustrate to newspaper aspirants that pockets should be lined with silver and gold before entering the portals of the Fourth Estate.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt, with his millions, could not keep his chain of newspapers afloat. wealthy chain announced retirement from the Montana field the other day. Papers growing fewer and more costly to produce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-01
WHO'S WHO
 AND WHERE

Nick N Kash rolf was through passenger for Kodiak on the Admiral Evans. He is re- turning to his home from the States where he has been for some time, and while the steamer was in Ju- neau he visited with the family of his uncle, the Rev. A. P. Kashe- varoff.
 Mrs. Karl Theile, Karl Theile, jr.. and Mrs. Theile's mother, Mrs. Ann Mclaughlin, of Seattle, were pas sengers on the steamer Queen for Wrangell, where they will spend the summer.
 Henry Roden, Juneau attorney, who went to Petersburg on the Ad- miral Rogers on legal business, re-
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turned to Juneau on the Queen this morning.
 H. L. Faulkner and James Wick ersham, local attorneys, who left for Petersburg in connection with the possible purchase of the cold storage plant, and the power com uany there by the Foshay interests, returned here on the Queen.
 Charles M. Jones, merchandise broker left for Kodiak on the Ad- miral Evans.
 The Rev B. R. Hubbard, with Frank Klatt and Charles Bartlett, students at Santa Clara University who are spending the summer in Alaska with Father Hubbard, and two pack dogs, left for Kodiak on the Admiral Evans.
 w. H. Boston and Mrs. Boston left for Seattle by way of Skag- way. on the steamer Alameda. They are touring Southeast Alaska and spent about a week in Juneau visit ing the places of interest in this vicinity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-07-01
WILLIAM BRITT BACK
 FROM TWO-MONTH TRIP

After being absent from Juneau for two months, during which time Mrs. Britt and he attended the graduation exercises at Annapolis, Md, when their son Jacob Britt, was graduated William E. Britt re- turned to Juneau on the Queen this morning. Mrs. Britt, who accom- panied him east, left New York City on June Is for her home in Kjopsvik, Norway, where she will remain for the next year.
 MT. and Mrs. Britt stopped in Se- attle and Chicago on their way to Annapolis where they spent IA days attending the graduation exercises and the brillians social functions which accompanied June Week at the Naval Academy During the time they were in Annapolis they visited Washington, D. c. several times and were entertained at the Norwegian Embassy, where MT Britt was personally congratulated by the Minister on receiving the Order of St. Olaf for his services to the Norwegian Government.
 When they left Annapolis, MT. and Mrs. Britt, and Ensign Jacob Britt visited in Baltimore and New York City for several days before the family separated.
 MT. Britt left New York City on June IT for Montreal, where he spent several days before continu- ing west through Canada. Ensign Britt left by automobile with En- sign John Raby, son of Admiral J J. Raby, for leisurely trip across the continent to San Pedro, where they are to report for duty on the U. s. s. Saratoga on July Is, MT Britt said They went first to Pensacola, Fla, to visit Ensign Raby's family and from there in- tend to proceed to the West Coast, he said.
 Tt was marvellous trip, one wouldn't have missed for anything, but I am truly glad to be home once more. The weather in An apolis was perfect, but it was un- comfortably hot in New York City and Baltimore MT. Britt said.
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Miss Megan Lloyd George, daughter and political assistant of former Premier and Liberal Leader David Lloyd George was elected to the Com mons from a Welsh district and is one of the group of 58 which her father commands.
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Fresh roasted peanuts and pop rcrn. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors
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University Studies in Crime.
Manchester Guardian.)

American universities already enjoy great fame for the diversity of the of study they pro- vide. In addition to such subjects as the classics history, and the moral and physical sciences it is as MT H. L. Mencken has shown, possible for the American undergraduate to study such exciting and practical subjects isaesmanshp, public speaking osteopathy, and How to become a deacon , Chicago University it is announced is en- barking upon a course of instruction in yet an other field of knowledge unfamiliar to similar edu- catonal institutions in Europe. Chicago has in recent years earned fame in the world press by the exploits of her gunmen. She is now determined to show how much she has profited from her ex- perence of crime by establishing a Chair of Police Administration. Crime in the University is no longer to be matter for the somewhat aoof studies of the socioogists It is to be studied in It's most severely practical aspects and the first chair is to be occupied by former Chief of Police rom California. His classes should at least be assured of an extensive patronage among gangsters ana gunnen anxious to be warned against the latest methods of crime detection For a policeman to tell all he knows is surely to give the game away Whether students of more innocent tyne would be equally drawn to these classes is less clear They might consider that the streets of Chlcago provided valuable obiect-lesson than anything that could be shown on a black board.