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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-09
CITY COUNCIL TO &
 MEET TOMORROW

The Juneau City Council will meet Friday night at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of inducting into office the newly elected mayor and councilmen for the coming year. Applications for various city offi- cers will also be considered. Bids for hauling fuel oil to the City Hall will also be discussed at the meeting.
 A special council meeting was held last night and the election re- turns of Tuesday were canvassed with the results as printed in The Empire Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-09
NEW CITY OFFICERS

L. w. Kilburn, Mayor-elect for Ia second term, and councilmen Alex Gair, H. L. Cochrane and A Shudshift, reelected for two years
 were formally inducted into office lat a special meeting of the City Council held for that purpose last evening. Tuesday, April 28 was then set as the date of the initial meeting of the new council to or ganize and transact their first business Final reports of the clos ing years business will be rendered at that time. 4tS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-09
NOTICE

On and after this date vii not be responsible for any indebt' edness incurred by Mrs, Harry L Rust.
 (Signed HARRY L. RUST. -adV
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-09

G. A. Yardly, Canadian Customs official, is making the round trip on the steamer Princess Alice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-13

Judge and Mrs. john L. Walsh 0
New York City are passing some tint
at the Carlton.
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SOCIETY
Vice President Curtis to Be Feted Tonig ht.
Guest Last Evening Of Senator
and Mrs Deneen.

Mr.. and Mrs Bestor will give din
ner this evening for members OF the
board and their wives in their home
in Chevy Chase.
Admiral Charles e. Riggs, Surgeon
General, u. 8. NJ, and Mrs. Riggs were
the guests in whose honor Comdr'
tertained at dinner last evening at the
Carlton. The other guests included
Admiral and Mrs. H. z. Yarnell, Capt.
and Mrs. John Towers, Capt. and Mrs
M. Z. Higgins, Commander and Mrs.
A. H. Douglas, Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs.
s. p. Ginder, Mrs. George MeSta and
Lieut.. Comdr. ]. j. Clark, U. s. N.
Mrs. Joseph Strauss will be at home
at 2208 Massachusetts, avenue, in
formally, tomorrow afternoon after 4
o'clock.
Col. Charles G. Mortimer will en-
terrain at dinner this evening preceding
the Army dance at the Willard.
Col. and Mrs. Dean Halford of Kala-
mazoo, Mich, are at the Shoreham
Hotel for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Wallace, wife of Capt. Henry q.
S. Wallace, u. s. NJ, will entertain at
dinner this evening If her apartment,
at 1929 Connecticut avenue. Capt.
Wallace Is now on duty in the Panama
Canal Zone.
Lieut.. Harry b. Slocum will come to
washington in about week from the
Virgin Islands, where he has been sta
toned. Mrs. Slocum and her small
daughter, who were to have left the
city to join him, will await his arrival
here, where it is expected Lieut.. Slocum
will be on duty.
Right Rev. Mgr. John j. Sheridan,
who has been the guest of his sisters,
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Raleigh and her brother, Mr.. stratton

The Minneapolis Symphony Society
appealed to . wen filled house at the
National yesterday afternoon, when one
of the best concerts it has yet
given In Washington was heard. Mrs
Hoover attended, having with her Mrs.
Good, widow of the late Secretary OF
War; Mrs. Long, wife of Maj. Earl C.
Long, u. s. NJ. c.: Mrs. Horatio Small
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
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Harris Ewing Photo.

Mrs. Margaret Sheridan O'Connell, Miss
Julia Teresa Sheridan and Miss Annette
Sheridan, In their Winter home on
Twenty-first street, left today for his
home in Syracuse, N. Y.
Miss Van Leer Comes for
Van Leer- Benson wedding.
Miss Leila Draper Van Leer will come
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The Federal farm loan commissioner
and Mrs. Paul Bestor have as their
house guest the 1atter's brother, Mr..
J. o. Rankin, who has come from the
University Of Nebraska, en- route to
Cornell University. Mr.. Rankin has
been a professor in Nebraska.
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her home. ct sOss sixtssnth street.
Mrs. McKeown, who was formerly Miss
Grace McVey Of this city. u the sister.
in-law Of Representative T. D. Nc
Keown OF Oklahoma.
Judge and Mrs. John L. Walsh Of
New York City are passing some time
at the Carlton.
Mr.. J. william SommervElle Il at the
American Club in Mexico City, where
he recently went on business for the
State Department.
Mr.. Charles s. Dewey, former Assist
ant Secretary of the United States
Treasury and financial adviser to the
Polish government, is at the New Colo
NAL in Nassau, Bahamas, with Mrs.
Dewey, arriving by the s. s. Lady Rod
ney. They were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Homer A. Vessel Of Briar-
cliff Manor. N. Y, Friday evening in
the New Colonial grill at the society
fashion show staged there.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, jr., Of Raleigh,
N. c., is at the Shoreham Hotel for q
stay of few days. She is accom-
panied by Mrs. Edgar M. Foster OF
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Dean and Mrs. George B. Woods and
Miss Mary Louise Brown, dean OF
women, will entertain at party In
the formers home on Cathedral avenue
this evening in honor Of the presidents
of the various organizations connected
with the American University.
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Sir WilImott and Lady Lewis were
the honor guests at luncheon today Of
the English-Speaking Union at the VIII
lard
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from Sweet Briar College to spend the
week end with her parents and to be
present at the marriage Of her brother,
Mr.. Carlos Clark Van Leer, jr., to Miss
Mildred Cloud Benson tomorrow after
noon.
The wedding will be a very informal
affair, to take place in the home Of the
brides cousin, Mrs. George Saxis, in
the Ontario.
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The counselor Of the Czechoslovak
legation and Nine. Skahcky win enter
tain q number Of members Of the
younger set at luncheon Thursday.
The counselor and Nine. Skalicky
were hosts at dinner last evening in
their home on Cathedral avenue.
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Mrs. John G. Fremont will not be at
home Sunday afternoon nor Sunday,
February %.
Mrs. Mayo McKeown and her small
son of Tulsa, Okla, are the guests of
her mother Mrs. John F. McVey, in
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11

has not been abble to offer
a solution; but he calls at
tention to a paragraph which
has been going the rounds of
the press for many years,
and will still bear reprinting.
"a farmer, rather than
subscribe to the paper, sent
his boy to borrow a neigh
boris. The lad knocked over
a stand of bees. His father,
hurrying to help him, ran in
to a barbed-wire fence, CASH
ing his leg and running a new
pair Of overalls. Hearing the
noise, his wife ran out, up
setting a four gallon churn
of cream into a basket OF
kittens, drowning the litter
At the same time she drOpp-
! ed and broke a new set OF
store teeth. During the eX.
citment the daughter elOped
with the hired man, the dog
broke up II sitting hens, anC
the calves got out and chew
ed up line of washing, hung
out to dry. All to save two
dollars, the price of a sub
3cription." = Fort P | a I
(N.Y.) Standard.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11
BUILDING BOOM SEEN
BYLOAN CO. OFFICIAL

President Hoover's plan
for a rediscount bank, COM
bined with continued de-
clines in building costs, are
factors which should result
in increased construction ac-
tivity, declares Allen Ru-
dolph, vice president of the
San Jose Pacific Building
and Loan Association.
The effect of the mort
gage rediscount bank will be
to release funds of many
banks, building and loan as
sociations, and mortgage
companies engaged in lend
ing money upon real estate,
and thus make additional
credit available for construc-
ton, he says; also it will help
to increase confidence in the
nations financial institu-
tions. He added:
Reports from all sections
of the country show that dur
ing the last few weeks there
has been a small, but sound
increase in building activity,
compared with a year ago"
Waterford News Calf.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11
IT PAYS TO SUBSCRIBE

Editors of country week
lies sometimes write to me-"
says Professor Br i S t o w
Adams, who teaches the
journalism courses at Cor
nell university, "and ask
how they can cope with the
practice of neighborly bor-
rowing of the hometown
paper"
The editors realize, he
says, that this borrowing ha-
bit is a tribute to the value
and interest of their publ
cations; but they are unable
to show actual names of the
borrowers on an audited cir
culation statement.
So far Professor Adams
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11
THE REAL truth NOT LIES

The Hearst newspapers,
and other vets, have a great
deal of bunk to say as to the
b ! e s 81 n G s to Canadians,
where prohibition is not, and
yet, word from our northern
neighbor, is to the effect
that:
"Ontario jails are so over
crowded that prisoners sleep
in the corridors and on the
floors. AS most of these
cases are "drunks" their
money is gone. The penalty
for the first offense is $40 or
80 days and they go to jail.
Toronto is releasing them on
probation. Prison popula-
ton has increased 61.5 per
cent above 1926, the year be-
fore liquor control. All
classes of crime, including
murder, have more than
doubled. "-Waterford News
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11
WRITING UP A WEDDING

Most newspaper men shrink from the task
of writing up wedding and prefer to pass that
responsibility to the female society editor
Yet there are exceptions. Occasionally an edl-
tor is found who can paint word picture OF
nuptal events that any reporter might envy
We just discovered one who appears to be
hiding his graet talents in an obscure Kansas
town. while he ought to be holding down
great city job. Here is a sample of his literary
ability, which proves our point:
'It was a woderfuly wedding. The girl was
as sweet as any who ever lived; but modern
AS she walked up the aisle on her fathers arm
her lips lightly tilted at the corners with
happy smile, she was picture of modest beau
tyy Her filmy wedding gown and gossamer
veil floated around her fair blond head like
halo She was as nearly an angel as girls get
to be in this world. At the alter she passed
from her father, the man she always loved, to
the other man to whom she would devote the
rest of her life her dainty slipper touched
potted lily resting on the floor and turned it
over. Smiling again, she turned to the dear old
pastor waiting at the chancel and said: That
was hell of place to put a lily
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11
THE GREAT THINGS

The best day-today.
The greatest sin-fear,
The best forgiveness.
The meaneSt feeling-jealousy.
The greatest need-common sense.
The most expensive indulgence-hate.
The greatest trouble undertaking too
much
The greater deceiver-one who deceives
himself
The best teacher-one who makes you
want to learn.
The worst bankrupt-thesoul that has lost
its enthusiasm.
The cheapest, stupidest, and easiest thing
to do-fnding fault.
The cleaverest man-one who always does
what he thinks is right.
The best part of anyones religion-gentle-
ness and cheerfuness.
These axioms are taken bodily from the
Franklin Advocate weekly paper published
in Meadville, Miss. P H. Gaugh, its editor, has
furnished such inspiration to his readers for
period of more than two decades After all,
isn't the old boy just about right?
Stolen from the Prescott Courier, whose
Editor Bill Stuart stole it from some other paper.
and we stole it from the Coconino Sun.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11
SKILL WITH GUNS

Frequently bandits are brought to grief by
armed citizens, notably the organized vigilantes
in many midwestern states.
Citizens of Menomonie, Wisconsin, recently
furnished striking example of what can be
accomplished by armed preparedness. The in
cident inspired the following comment in the
Minneapolis Journal:
'Skill with guns on the part of the citizenry
made dead bandits out of two of four members
of the gang that staged the Menomonie Bank
robbery.
"Skll with guns on the part of the citizenry
wrecked the formidable Jesse James gang at
Northfield, Minnesota, more than half century
ago.
''Skill with the gun on the part of the citi-
zenry wiped out the equally notorious Dalton
gang forty years ago.
"And yet there are plenty of reformers,
and they are forever pestering legislature, who
think that honest citizens should be permitted
neither to posses guns nor to know how to use
them.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-11

Reno is the most matrimonial market,
while Yuma is coming into fame as an embark
ing point.-Ex.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
Instructed ROmOla
Plea Is Refused

LOS ANGELES, June 10. W.p)-
Federal Judge John NJ. Killits de-
MED requests for an instructed ver-
dict for Alexander Hursh and 10
others on trial for mail fraud in
connection with the operation OF
Romola, Inc. when the government
opened arguments to the jury to-
day.
Assistant United States Attorney
Gwynn Redwine outlined prosecu-
ton arguments during the morning
session today, launching a Metho-
dist consideration of evidence pre-
sented concerning each Of the %
defendants. and reading extracts
said 20 reveal fraudulent operation
of the company.
The government has been allotted
hours for his procedure. following
which the large aggregation Of de-
fense attorneys will be permitted to
present arguments to the jury for
is hours.
Judge Killits has announced his
intention of reading instructions tc
the jury June l8. thus closing the
case after approximately II weeks
of trial, during which the govern
ment has called $50 witnesses and
the defense As witnesses.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
ROlph Hesitates
On Lethal Gas

SACRAMENTO, June 10. U.H-
Governor James Rolph. Jr.. post
poned action today on the proposed
law substituting lethal gas for the
gallows in California until he re-
ceives a report on the lethal gas
chamber at Nevada state prison.
The governor appointed the war;
dens of California's two prisons to
make the survey after he had held
a public hearing here. Neavda Is
the only state now using gas to
execute condemned criminals.
Governor Fred B. Balzar of Ne
vada attended the hearing and
urged Governor Rolph to adopt the
system. The proposed law was
passed by the last state legislature
and needs the governors signature
to become effective.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
Fox Reduces
Dividend Rate

NEW YORK, June 10. W.P)-The
annual dividend basis of Fox Film
Corporation Glass A, stock was re-
duced from S4 to $3.50 at the an
nual meeting today, at which new
directors representing powerful fin
ancial interests were elected to the
board.
These included Cornelius Wander
bilt, capitalist, and Albert H. Wig
gin, chairman of the board of the
Chase National Bank. Other new
directors elected were Phillip r.
Clarke, Frank o. Watts. George N.
Moffett, David K. E. Bruce, Edward
R. Tinker and Samuel w. Fordyce.
Harley l.. Clarke was reelected
as president and director, while re-
elected directors we're Matthew G.
Brush and c. w. Higley. Winfield
Sheehan, executive vice president
was reelected.
William Fox. w. c. Michel, John
L. Kuser, Dryden Kuser, w. F. In
gold, Murray w. Dodge and S. r
Burns retired as directors. A divi-
dend of 62is cents a share on the
Glass A. and B. stock was declared
payable July Is to stock of record
June 30.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
|. A. EXPECTS
COMPLETION OF
new GRAND JURY

LOS ANGELES. June 10. U.P)-
Completion of the county grand
Jury panel for 1881 is expected to
be accomplished late today by
Superior Judge William c. Doran.
Twenty-Five prospective jurors
appeared before Judge Doran early
today and 13 of them were ordered
to appear this afternoon when four
of them will be chosen TO complete
the panel.
OF the 70 others excused, three
were released as a result OF letters
they had written to the court setting
forth their reasons for desiring to
escape jury duty.
G. F. Esces. 26l South Kingsley
drive, one of the % under subpoena,
failed to appear today and was re-
ported i'll at his home. Those eX-
cused by letter were Mrs. o. B.
Manchester, 20o3 Milan avenue,
South Pasadena; Charles j. Craig,
1710la South Bonnie Brae avenue,
and Floyd T. Erickson, 267o Canyon
Cove.
The Is already selected, not
counting Frampton, also were or
dered to be present this afternoon
and it is expected that the new jury
will be sworn and impaneled shortly
after the 2 o'clock session opens.
The jurors will then receive gen.
eral instructions as to how 10 func-
ton, their duties as an arm of the
superior court and the sort of work
over which they will have jurisdic-
ton.
Deputy District Attorney Percy
Harmon, who was advisor to the
grand jury last year, has been ap-
pointed to act in a similar capacity
This year.
After receiving their general in
the l9 men and women
will then be shown their quarters
and will retire and secretly select
2 foreman.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
Youth Ends Life
Day Too Soon

SAN FRANCISCO. June 10. W.D
San Francisco's white rose" sui
eide was identified today as Santa
Barbara youth, at the same time,
ii was learned that had he waited
one day more the cause of his des-
pondency would have been re-
moved.
Mrs. Thelma Small Of Santa
Barbara identified the body of the
youth and explained that he had
grown respondent over his failure
to get into the navy. At the time
he drank poison in a San Francisco
street. a letter from the navy au-
thorizing his enlistment was in the
mails.
The youth asked nothing in a
farewell note except that "some
Samaritan send a white rose" A
downtown florist sent wreath.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
Clerical Mistake
Frees Prisoner

PHOENIX, Ariz., June 10. up
An error in record keeping in the
Los Angeles sheriff's office result
ed today in the release of Frank 5.
Hale, 40, arrested in St. Johns, Arlz.,
last week for California authorities.
Hale was arrested on charge OF
extortion and an extradition hear
ing was arranged by Governor
George w. P. Hunt. At the hear
ing today the governor learned that
the requisition papers from Los An
eeles covered a failure to PROVIDE
case instead of extortion.
The governor dismissed the hear
ing, explaining it would be resumed
when Los Angeles officers appeared
with the proper papers. Hale was
released, there being no Arizona
charge against him.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
CHICAGO NURSES
JOIN RANKS OF
UNPAID WORKERS
BY SAM KNOTT
United Press Staff Correspondent


CHICAGO, June 10. U.P)-More
than 1000 nurses employed to care
for the poor and sick joined today
the ranks of Chicago and Cook
county employees who are working
without pay because local govern
ments cannot collect taxes and
therefore have no money to pay
them
The county's failure yesterday to
pay off its 2,2S6 nurses boosted to
total of 1852 the number of
county and city employees suffering
directly because of the shortage in
funds which Mayor Anton j. Ger
max and other officials have des-
cribed as "a crisis.
A total of approximately $4,000
was due the nurses. Employees
who already were working without
promise of immediate remuneration
included 1920 regular school teach
ers, 1.450 substitute teachers, and
some 1926 other workers in the de-
partment of education.
Possibility of the county borrow
ing money to pay the nurses ap-
peared remote inaSmuch as the
Continental Illinois bank has not
yet been paid even the interest on
some S3,000,000 which it lent for
salaries in 1929 and 1890.
While county officials faced this
new emergency and admitted frank
ly they did not know how they
were going to settle it, Mayor Ger
max and other city officials con-
ferred over plans to solve the city's
financial problems, which become
so serious that Cermak is consider
ing discharging $4,000 employees
and just letting the city sort of run
itself for a while.
At the same time. organizations
of school teachers we're preparing
for a fight to the finish against
proposal that their automatic pay
increases be discontinued as mat
ter of patriotism" on their part to
help out in the emergency.
This proposal was made by an
company, and school trus-
tees were summoned into confer
ence today to consider it. The
teachers will be allowed to express
their opinions, known to be unfa-
vorable, at a public hearing tomor-
row morning.
Nurses also were somewhat bitter
in their attitude toward the situa-
ton, claiming that of all the coun-
ty employees, they were the only
ones who had not been paid and
that it was a matter of
discrimination to leave them until
the last for three consecutive years.
The nurses represent about one
third of the total county employees.
Checks were issued yesterday to
$500 others. after which there was
no money left. M. J. O'Connor, as
sistant deputy controller. explained
that the nurses were always paid
last, if at all, because they were
employed through a training school
and that it was in the nature of
contract of a strictly salary pay
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
By CHARLES A. YOUNG
limited Press Staff CorrfSpondent

ARDMORE, Okla, June 10. U.P)
Last rites for Emilio Cortes Rubio
and Manuel Garcia Gomez, PROM
inent Mexican students, were held
in st. Marys Catholic church here
today.
More than 500 persons, including
representatives of the Mexican and
Oklahoma state government, crowd
ed into the small church to pay
respects TO the youths slain by
deputy sheriffs who sought TO ques-
ton them while they were return
ing home from American colleges.
Immediately after the services
high state and Mexican authorities
went into district court TO seek
conviction of the two deputies, Will
liam c. Guess and Cecil Crosby,
charged with murder in the shoot
ing of the two youths.
The 500 persons who crowded in
to the church, which had only $50
seats, followed the authorities to
the courtroom. About half of those
attending the funeral were Mexi-
can residents.
MEXICO CITY, June 10 U.P)-
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio ca
bled President Hoover his thanks
for Hoover's message of coincidence
in connection with the fatal shoot
ing of two Mexican youths, one of
them a cousin of Ortiz Rubio, near
Ardmore, Okla.
Satisfaction at the speed with
which the investigation into the
incident was proceeding was eX-
pressed by Genero Estrada, for
eign secretary.
He commented on the alacrity
with which the United States auth
critics were acting.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
Items OF News
About Town

Harold H. Harris. managing Sec
retary of the Hemet Chamber OF
Commerce, was a visitor in Ell Gen.
tro yesterday.
Mrs. C. E. Flanagan. the Misses
Zelma. Mildred and Marion Flan-
agin, Miss Gladys Csaypoole and
Miss Kathryn Steele recently re-
turned from Redlands where they
attended commencement services
at the university there. Charles
Flanagan. Mrs. Flanagin's son, was
one of the graduates. He returned
to- the valley with his family.
A. Blackburn. agent at the Pa
cific Greyhound Stage station, will
leave this week for a two weeks va
cation in Long Beach and in Me-
vada. l. F.. Mcintyre, night ticket
agent. will take his place at the
station.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-10
Kettleman Field
Under Injunction

HANFORD, Cal, June 10. (U.p)-
The Kettleman North Dome asso-
citation. operating in Kettleman
Hills under the government-foster-
ed unit plan, today had become
subject to the anti-gas waste IN
junction granted the state early IN
the spring by Superior Judge S; L.
Strother. OF Fresno, along with two
dozen companies named in the Or
iginal writ.
Judge Strother yesterday mace
the association party TO the
states suit to stop wastage of gas
in the field. His act followed a
long argument against the move by
George Nillson, attorney for ting
association.
The association was given 30 days
to answer the suit or plead to the
states complaint.