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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
By FRANK HAvILAND KING

LONDON, April 8.-Young Sir Oswald Mosley, his wife, Lady Gym thia. and their parliamentary in fant, the New" party, are headed either for Downing Street or po- litical oblivion
 Sleek, elegant aristocrat of 34 active years, the sixth baronet of the Mosley line, Sir Oswald tried cut all the old political parties, found them wanting and pro ceeded to organize his own. Their own, rather, for Lady Cinthia quit the labor party with her husband.
 Adventuring against tremendous odds, e.. hands at Westminster
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
P ARTS OF EAST U UNDER SNOW IN GENERAL STORM
Power and Light Service in Many Communities
 Is Crippled
BUSSES REPORTED
 BEHIND SCHEDULES
Traffic Hampered in New England Subsidiary
 Rain in N. Y. City

NEW TOR K, April s. Sections of upper New York, Pennsylvania and New Eng land States are covered with snow today.
 The S tOrm has crippled power and light service in several c o m m u nj t i es and hampered traffic throughout the affected areas.
 A blanket of snow is laid from the AdirOndacks to AL bany from three to six inches deep.
 At Salem many telephone lines are down.
 There is ten inches of snow at Clean, New York.
 All buSSeS are b c h l n d schedules.
 Towanda, Pennsylvania, re- ports sixteen inches of snow.
 Hundreds of a u t o mobiles art S t ale d in New Hamp- shire.
 New York City has heavy rain but Mass sac h u s etts, Maine and Vermont report deep snow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
Colombia Natipes Fight
 Jungle Pests ,cith Giant
 Ants; Misery Minimised

chinche. The chinchera is an ant about the size of a humble bee, but not poisonous to man.
 Chincheras are captured in gourds, to which they are at tracted by honey. After their en- trance the gourd is corked up, and the chincheras are released in the houses to eliminate the chinches, which they accomplish promptly.
 The expedition brought back specimens of chincheras together with 500 other insect and animal specimens. They will be used as a nucleus for a national Colom- bian Museum of Natural History.
 Other items in the collection in- clude stone idols, hundreds of years old, paddles and other In dian implements carved and paint ed with religious symbols SO old that the modern Indians do not know their meanings. The party included 12 scientists and spent two months in the jungle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08

BOGOTA, Colombia, April 8.-In the southern jungle fastness of Colombia giant ants are pitted against insect pests so the misery of human life is minimized
 Dr. Cesar Uribe, former asso- ciate professor at Harvard medi- cal school, has returned from an expedition into the Caqueta, Co., lombia's southern jungle. with a tale of how natives protect them selves from household insects.
 The region is not only infested with poison arrow indians" but, what is more bothersome to white men, the poisonous insect called "chinche.' The chinche is an overgrown bedbug which does it's best to make human life miser- able.
 Every well regulated home in the Caqueta maintains a colony of an- other insect called the "chinchera, , which is a deadly enemy of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, April 8.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14A, American Can 122h, Anaconda Copper BPS, Bethlehem Steel 5415, General Mo- tors 43, Granby Consolidated l6h International Harvester 501s, Ken necott 23%, Packard Motors g, Simmons Beds 15A, St a n d ar d Brands 18, Standard Oil of Califor- mia 4314, Standard Oil of New Jersey A, United Aircraft 31%, U s. Steel 137M. Curtiss- Wright AZ Hudson Bay 5A, Checker Cab 1872, 1874, 1872,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
VOTE IN SP AIN
 TO TEST POWER
 OF REPUBLICANS
Municipal Elections Are to Be Held on Sunday,
 April l2
By CLARENCE DUBOsE

MADRID, April 8.-Spain's mu- nicipai elections April 12 are con- strued as test of strength be- tween monarchists and republicans
 These are the first elections oi any kind in Spain in eight years and are slated to pave the way for district and then parliamentary general elections.
 Spain has had no parliament since Gen. Primo de Rivera sus. pended the Cortes when he be. came dictator in 1923. The new parliament is to convert itsel into "Cortes Constituyentes," or { constitutional convention to revist the constitution.
 Theoretically the municipal cleo. tions involve only local issues but those April 12 will be inter. preted as revealing the real politi. cal voting strength of parties op. posing and favoring the monarchy About 50 Parties" There will, however, be no clear cut voting between only two par, ties, monarchists and republicans and directly upon that issue. On the contrary there are 45 O 50 so-called parties. Of import ance there are about a dozen par ties supporting the monarchy
 Thus in some towns and citie the votes may be split between a least 20 or more party tickets. II other towns the different varietie of republican and monarchial par ties are attempting to merge tenn porarily, so the April l2 vote cal be divided between a fewer mum Der of parties on each side. If Left Parties Win The final importance of it all irrespective of the number of par ties or what they call themselves is how manay anti-monarchist ant how many monarchist alderme, can be elected.
 If the Socialist. Republican, La Dor and other left parties make good showing in the municipa elections it will probably meal that those left parties later vii enter the parliamentary genera elections.
 If the lefts do not win much il the municipal elections they vii probably make good their presen declaration to abstain" from tn parliamentary elections.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
MILLION GO TO P0LLS,CANCLAND ELECTION
Democrat Wins Over Re- i publican Who Served
 Twelve Years
VICTORY PARADE HELD,
 BROOMS ARE SYMBOLS
Mayor Elect Issues State- ment that Streets of
 City to Be Safe

CHICAGO, H., April s. Anton J. Cermak, Democrat, President of the Cook County Commission, has been elected Mayor of this city defeating William Hale "Big Bill' Thompson, Republican.
 Last night, 2,3O0 precincts out of 2,9S7 gave Cermak 516,1O7 votes and Thompson 354,902 votes.
 Mayor-Elect Cermak issued a statement last night that corruption shall go from our midst and criminals will find no hiding place. The streets will be safe.'
 It was a warm spring day and brought out more than 1 ,000, 1000 voters to the polls.
 Thompson is 62 years of age and had been Mayor for twelve years. He conceded his defeat in a congratulatory message to Cermak.
 A victory parade with bro0ms as the symbol that Cermak would "s weep the city clean, was held early in the evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
M A NY TOURISTS
 COMING NORTH DURING SU N MFR
Several Special Excursions Announced by Int.
 Department
Associoted Press Photo

WASHINGTON, D. C., April B. More than 35,000 persons visited Alaska last year and prospects this year are that almost double that number will visit the Terri tory.
 The Interior Department an- nounces several excursions into the Territory, planned by Pacific Coast organizations and the Alaska Rail- road.
 Tourists indicate trips will be extended to include Seward, Mount Mckinley and the Fairbanks dis trict.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
BOTHWELL FAILS OF RE-ELECT|0N;.
 DOCS WIN OUT
Leash Plan Attracts Chief Interest of Voters at
 City Election

At the city election yesterday Thomas B. Judson was chosen Mayor; G. E. Krause, Gunnar Blomgren and John E. Green were named Councilmen; Grover C. Winn was retained as School Di- rector, and the proposal that dogs be held on leash when on the street was defeated. With a registration of 724, "a total of 518 votes was cast. The heaviest balloting was on the dog issue and the result was closer than in the only other contest which involved one of the coun- cilmanic positions. There were 49l votes cast on the dog referendum 27 fewer than the total poll Those in favor of putting the animals on leash numbered 215; those op- posing the leash system and sup porting the present license policy amounted to 276, giving opponents of the leash majority of II.
 Mayor Judson, who headed the Citizens Ticket and who had nc opposition for reelection for an other one-year term, boiled 47C votes.
 The three councilmen on the Citizens ticket were chosen for two-year terms. MT. Krause's re- election was effected with All bal lots. MT. Blomgren was high councilmanic candidate, getting AT MT. Green boiled 382. D. M, Both well, who ran on an Independent Ticket, failed of reelection inas- much as he obtained but TIA.
 MT. Winn was unopposed as a candidate to succeed himself on the school board for a three-year term. He boiled 363 votes.
 The vote by precincts follows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
Mosleys Stake Political Liues On Formation NOU
 of ssNe,u'' British Party

say they have have but slim chances of tangible success; that Mosley is throwing away bril- liant future.
 The Mosley answer is that old England is in a bad way, facing a national emergency on such prob lems as unemployment, slumping foreign trade and industrial trou- bles
 Desperate remedies are needed, Mosley believes, and he offers a National plan parliamentary re- form, import tariffs and mellow ed dictatorship or executive control of government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
Mother Shoots and
 Kills Two Children

COLORADO SPRING s, Colo, April 8.-Mrs. Christiania Volgin, aged 45 years. today shot and killed two of her children and wounded a third with a revolver. Her husband heard the shots and rushed to the bedroom and took the gun away from her She was recently released from psycho- pathic hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
ELKs COMING NORTH

SEATTLE, April 8. With the Elks convention here during the summer, transportation companies are preparing to handle huge number of tourists to Alaska.
 Numerous queries have already been received concerning trips 10 Alaska.
 Many Elks as well as delegates to other conventions holding ses- sions in Seattle, will con n u e Northward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
Alaska Juneau Vet m First Quarter
 Far Ahedd of l03O

. The Alaska Juneau's net . operating surplus for the . first quarter of 1881 was . about two and one-half . times as large as for the . same period in 1930, accord . ing to an Associated Press . dispatch received today by . The Empire.
 . For the three months end- . ing March 31, the total sur . plus was 406,750 as com
 . pared to s185,750 for the . same period last year, said
 . the report For March the
 . company's net was sl36,250
 . as compared to $76,600 in
 Q March, 1930.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
Utah Court UphoMs Ban on TObaccO Ads

SALT LAKE CITI, Utah, April 8.-The Supreme Court by 3 to 2 decision, has upheld the validity of the law pro- hibiting advertising of tobacco on biIlboards and in street cars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
.AmeIia Eahart Makes Unofficial
 Altitude Record

WILLOW ROVE, Penn, April 8.-Amelia Earhart ,mak- ing an altitude flight in an autogyro plane, made an un- official mark of IS,500 feet to- day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08

Nocogdoch6s County, Texas, re- gently elected county judge wno is not a lawyer and who never studied law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08

A 15-cent bounty on hawks in the lower Rio Grande Valley has been offered in an effort to save the quail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08

|HANLO 1 OSES MAYOR CONTEST,
 SlTKA ELECTION
Walker Is Reelected Mayor in Ketchikan - Re-
 suits Elsewhere

SITKA, Alaska, April 8.-In the city election here yesterday, w. R. Hanlon lost in the contest for mayor to Fred E. Schrey The vote was Hanlon 113, and Schrey 19O.
 John Hollywood was elected to the school board for the three- year term defeating Thomas Tilson, jr., by vote of 162 to 137
 E. w. Harris, William M. Cook and c. E. Wortman were elected to the city council The vote was Harris 262, Cook 20S and Wort man 245.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
Associated Press Photo

GOES 1S HUSBAND
 WASHINGTON, D. O., April 8. Mrs Nicholas Longworth, daugh- ter of former President Theodore Roosevelt, has left for her hus- bands. side at Aiken, North Caro- lima.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
MULvIHILL IS MAYOR

SKAGWAY, Alaska, April B. With no opposition, w. J. Milvihill was elected Mayor yesterday. He was on the Citizens Ticket and his vote was 152.
 For the city council, the can didates on the Citizens Ticket, with no opposition were elected as follows: H. Ashley 150, E. H. Rich ter l47, and George Rapuzzi 160.
 The Citizens ticket candidate O. Selmer, for City Treasurer, with no opposition, received 154 votes.
 For City Clerk, L. E. Reynold- son, Citizens ticket candidate, was elected by vote of 116. Two in- dependents were defeated. They were P H. Ganty with vote of AT and Mary Pullen who boiled 26 votes.
 P. I. Dahl, Citizens Ticket, had no opposition for the three-year term on the School Board. His vote was 145.
 One hundred and ninety-one cit izens cast their ballots, eleven registrants being out of town.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
BANKER FOR MAYOR
OHMER BEATS LOCKEN

PETERSBURG, Alaska, April 8. -One hundred and eighteen votes were cast in the city election hers yesterday
 For Mayor-Ohmer 8S, Locken TO-
 For council-R. M. Allen 88, Charles Greenaa 94, A. B. Hold 82, c. R. Pechette AZ. The three high est will take office.
 There was no name on the ball. lot for the School Board but For est Fryer's name was written in and he was the highest with 13 votes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
NO CONTEST AT CoRDovA

CORDOVA, Alaska, April B. There was no contest in the city election here yesterday. w. H. Chase was reelected Mayor as were w. H. Liebe, Paul Bloedhorn and E. F. Schroeder to the City Coun- cil. Swanberg was reelected City
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-08
KETCHIKAN ELECTION

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April B. Norman B. Walker, unopposed, was reelected mayor in yesterdays elec- tion. Lem Mckay, Percy Charles and J. H. Davies were named to the city council.
 Ray G. Hall and Mrs. w. O.. Dibrell were not opposed for the school board.
 BANKER FOR MAYOR
 WRANGELL, Alaska, April B. c. P, Kirtland, Vice-President of the Bank of Alaska, in charge of the Wrangell Branch, was yester- day elected mayor. He was opposed by w. c. Waters.
 E. M Campbell. H. R. Coulter and James Nolan were reelected to the city council
 B. Y. Grant and Mrs. M. O.. Johnson were elected to the School Board.
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24

Just what 1t costs to write letter
is not known to nine out of ten bust
ness men. If they ever think Of 1t
they figure the postage and the cost
Of the stationery and let 1t go at that.
Really the postage is an insignificant
item in the cost of a letter.
An efficiency expert recently in
uuired Of SO concerns about the cost
of their letters and it was learned
that only Ia had any definite idea on
the subject. The average cost as fig
ured by these fourteen firms was be-
tween 80 and 40 cents. With an aver
age salary Of $45 week for the die
tator and $40 for the stenographer
who turns out 30 letters day and
with the dictator using six minutes
per letter the cost was 35.0S and 36.O7
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24
WOMEN: wotch your
B OW ELS

What should women do to keep their
bowels moving freely? A doctor
should know the answer. That is why
pure Syrup Pepsin is so good for
women. 1t just suits their delicate
organism. 1t is the prescription of an
old family doctor who has treated
thousands of women patients, and
who made a special study of bowel
troubles.
It is fine for children, too. They
love its taste. Let them have it every
time their tongues are coated or their
skin is sallow. DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin is made from fresh laxative
herbs, pure pepsin and other harm
less ingredients.
When you've sick headache.
can't eat, are bilious or sluggish;
and at the times when you are most
apt to be constipated, take little of
this famous prescription Gall drug
stores keep it ready in big bottles).
and you'll know why DR.. Caldwelrs
Syrup Pepsin is the favorite laxative
of over million womenl
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24

enormous. He lifted his head as
though to breathe deeply. At that look
in his face Sabra ran across the yard.
One hand was at her breast, as though
an Indian arrow had pierced her.
Ruby had set one foot in it's cream
white moccasin on the buggy step.
Gin held out his free hand.
Sabra reached them, painting. "Where
are you going?"
I'm driving Ruby out to the reser-
vation."
mo, you're not. No, you're not"
She put one hand in futile gesture
on the buggy wheel, as though to stop
them by main force. She knew she
must not lose her dignity before this
Indian woman-before her son. Yet
this thing was, to her way of think
ing, monstrous.
CHM gathered up the reins, his eyes
on the FESTIVE ponies. II may stay to
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24

see some Of the dancing and the Mes
cal ceremony. Father says it's very
interesting. Big Elk has invited me-"
''Your father knows you're going?
Like this?'
"Oh, yes" He cast slight, an
oblique glance at her hand on the
wheel. Her hand dropped heavily to
her side. He spoke to the horses
They were off. Ruby Big Elk looked
straight ahead. She had uttered no
word. Sabra turned and walked back
to the house. The hot tears blinded
her. She was choking. But her pride
spoke, even then. You must not go
the kitchen way. That Indian girl
will see you. They are all alike. You
must go around by the front way. Pre-
tend it is nothing. Oh. God, what
shall l do! All those women this
afternoon. Perhaps l am making
fuss over nothing. Why shouldn't he
take the Indian girl out to the reser-
walton and stop an hour or two to see
the dances and the rites? Ills
face! His face when he saw her Ia
that Dress"
She bathed her eyes, powdered her
nose, changed her dress, came into the
kitchen, smiling.
Theresa Jump proved clumsy and
unteachable. Sabra herself mixed and
served the pineapple and marshmal-
low salad, and though this novelty
proved a great success, the triumph
of serving it was spoiled for Sabra
She bundled the girl off at six, after
the dishes were done. YEARLY she be-
gan to set the house, to rights, but
Yancey came home to confusion of
chairs and squashed pillows, a min
gled odor of perfumery and coffee; a
litter of cake crumbs, bits of embroid-
cry silk, and crumpled tea napkins.
His huge frame moving about the clut-
tered sitting room made these fem
mime remnants seem ridiculous. The
disorder of the household irked him.
Worst Of all, Sabra, relieved now Of
her guests, was free to pour out upon
him all the pent-up wrath, anxiety,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24
Standish Story Myth?

Apparently there is no evidence to
support the assertion often made that
Capt. Miles Standish, military COM
mander of the Maflower group of Pill
grims at Plymouth, lost one of his legs
in battle and wore "cork" leg. None
of the contemporary historians and
chroniclers mention the fact, and it is
not so stated in the reputable histories
of Plymouth colony. 1t is not known
who started the story. Perhaps it
originally arose from a confusion Of
Standish with Peter Stuyvesant, the
one-legged governor Of New Neither
land.-Pathinder Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24
Not Easy to Calculate Cost of Writing Letter

cents per missive, according to the
cost of the stationery.
When the boss worth $4,000 or
$4,000 year does the debating and
uses $50 per week secretary the
letter will cost close to 81. Some let
tiers written by hand cost thousands
and thousands Of dollars. Love notes.
for instance, have had cost that
depends on the minds Of the Jurors
hearing the damage suit.-Bob Hol-
land in the Miami Herald.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24

MercoIiz Wax
Keeps Skin Young
Get ounce and use directed particles aged
skin peel off until all defects such as pimples liver
spots tan and freckles disappear. Skin is then soft
and vevety Your looks years Mercolized
Wax brings out the hidden beauty Of your skin. To
dissolved in one-ha pint witch hazel At drug stores.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24
Not Named for Davenport

The davenport (couch) is compar-
atively modern piece Of furniture, and
was not named for the inventor, DAY.
EXPORT. e.davenport which is named
after the inventor is a style of writ
ing desk, small, generally ornamented,
and intended for boudoir.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-24
Too Strenuous

Small Sister-Lets play that we're
married.
Small Brother let's play
football and then we won't get
bunged up so much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
SEEDLESS FRUITS.

Seeds are such a usual part OF most
of fruits and of certain vegetables that
their existence is taken as matter Of
course. In most cases, except in GER
tain vegetables such as beans, peas and
corn where the seed itself is the edible
portion. we could very well dispense
with the seed in so far as edibility is
concerned.
Take for example the banana, the
navel orange. and the seedless grape
such as thompson it Is almost
blessing not to have to contend with
seeds. For the other extreme take the
blackberry. Who would not be willing
to dispense with a portion of the
seeds? AS a matter of fact plant
breeders are now at work with just
this objective in mind
However in the apple and pear there
Is concrete evidence that a correlation
exists between well filled and numer-
Gus seeds and the proper development
OF the fruits. Cross pollination exertS
a beneficial effect on seed development
and incidentally on the edible portion
OF the fruit. Bartltt pears for exam
pie. that are not properly pollinated are
often misshapen and not properly filled
out Hence it might not be advisable
to remove all the seeds from all fruits,
even were this possible.
AS an example of a seedlesS vegetable,
there is the English forcing cucumber
which attainS extraordinary length but
has no seeds. The Ponderosa tomato
contains very few seeds as compared
with other varieties and in this case
seeds have no relation to size. as this
is about the largest of the tomatoes.
With the tomato full seedlessness would
be a calamity as it would mean the
extinction of the variety. With fruits
that are propagated by budding. seed
1essness In itself Is no handicap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
FALL PLANTING.

Home gardeners should begin to take
down their nursery catalogues from the
shelf, for Autumn is the premier time
for planting hardy perennials in this
vicinity. Roses set out in the Fall
and properly banked with soil are GER
tain to give much better results than
Spring planted stock. The same is
even more true with peonies. Hardy
shrubbery. such as mock oranges,
spirea and wiegelia profit by Autumn
planting-that it, late Autumn after
leaf fall
There are two or three major reasons
for the good results. In the first place
most of the nursery stock mentioned
is dug in Autumn and stored in cellars
where conditions are not as favorable
as in the soil Nurserymen are forced
to dig in Autumn because shipping
starts in early Spring before the
ground is thawed. and with their large
acreage it would be physically impos
sible to get the stock out in such
short period. Despite we'll constructed
cellars there is more or less drying of
roots and some decay.
A second point is that roots often
develop in Winter below the frost line
and these roots are ready then to sup
ply the expanding buds with water and
food. In the other event, the opening
buds draw too heavily on the plant and
its injury or death results.
A third point is that the home
gardener has more time in Autumn to
do a thorough job of planting. Some
tender plants, such as crepe myrtle,
may perhaps better be left in the
nurserymans hands until early Spring.