The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 14, 1926, Page 4

% | g 4 Daily Alaska Empire EDITOR AND MANAGER EMPIRE J JOHN W. TROY - - - Delivered by Treadwell and Thane for § ¥ By | 1w one month $ the B 8 ( . y i the de OF ASSOCIATED PRESS « RANTEELD L LARGER THE ALASKA INSANE. the mind of t I i 1 thing of abhor hence, to | ps more than any othe affliction Wi regar these yoafflicted a worse than dead, for it is death without the physical mani festation And W 1 ired of escape from it? Madn trike races. all classes, all de grees from the highest to the lowest. And it leaves them more 1ple The handling insane has for many years becn more or less of a problem. Without going into the allegations made from time to time re- gardinz conditions at the institution where they reason are car for at expense, there is to hold that the system is not what it should be.| It is manifestly not the right sort practice to! farm out these inhabitants of “the land of the living dead” at uch per head, especially under a con- tract rate when it must be evident on the face of the transaction that the contractor is motivated in his bidding by a desir The insanc pe to make a profit i any institution for caring for, mid be prime object of them ns o give the very best possible scientific treatment and to care for them in And the question of profit| Alienists, that! may be restored to men-| the most humane manner should nat qualified enter into it in any degres who are many to speak on the subject, say who hecome deranged, through thus tal soundness proper scentific useful citizenship, sort of care may be expected under the; | § methods of | treatment, and ! That thi replaced to contract system prevailing here does not seem likel No institution which is forced to compete with | another for such a contract can afiord to employ high-priced specialists to treat those who come into! its hands at much per head on a low-rate contract. | There seems to be some hope that the present| system will not be continued long in force. In his| annual report, made public recently, Gov. Parks noted | that the Secretary of Interior had made a special! report on the matter to Congress and expressed the| hope it would result in Alaskan insane being cared| for in institution. May | well founded a Government his hope prove ind be speedily realized! 7 e {lights in the abuse of churches of all denomii “1 don't know the name of it, but COMMERCIAL FLYING PROGRESSING. tions, it deesn’t live up to its spectacular promises.!it hegins ‘Sale on,’ " replied Mr. Bar- IThe lineal descendant of the first American Bishop{gainhunter During 1925-1926 commercial airplanes flew 11,-{of the Methodist Church seems to have inherited o 124,925 mile n eleven countries, not including the|the same fervor, bordering on hysteria, which is zhr-; Will Stump. 'Em ) United Statcs, Italy, Canada or Japan, according to|main theme of his abuse, only his emotionalism) If your young folks think they 4 survey recently made. They carvied 201,130 pas-]has taken the form of rebelllon and aspersion. Helknow cverything ask them what songers with a thinimum of accidents, is, as one reviewer who s also an anti-Methodist, | chaperon means | Co aviatio iy o i : its| htly says, a victim of the martyr complex It} ::w.«u{‘:m-ll ““u,;,.\‘ly‘: I.‘n }1,1“-‘“j.l,,‘,lm\l\]-“.].‘,\.‘. I':»:":,l::,m”',;l\:. been his delight to cast disrespect upon his own, ! And Hurty i I l Sherated mes flew 1,650,000 miles and earrieq | “NCESLTY. a line of Methodist clergymen whose sole THE DAGERS OF LUXUR 22 650 1 TG gy 5 Pt offending has been an exc of zeal and, perhaps, h('au'llnu'.l 3 e : Lo s o was second with 2.928.-1, wang of toleration. Lay historians and biographers] We can't think of any we'd vather 447 miles flown and passeneers handled. Great| payve honored these men for their devoted and un-;face. Britain wis thivd with 865,000 miles and 14,765 pas-|selish work in the primitive days of this republic.| Bring ‘em onowe'rdiwilling to take sengers. Other couniries covered by the survey were:|They went into the wilderness on their Master's|d chance Austria, 5551 miles, 6,210 engers Denmark, | business, carrying spiritual ministrations where the < 168,588 miles. 1400 passengers; Holland, 479,753 | would not otherwise have reached. They did well, ac- We. Make Noi Gomment miles and 5,051 passengers: Poland, 465,847 miles, | cording totheir light. If they erred, it was on the| (Holyoke found this in the Charles- 14 passen Soviet Russia, six months, 292,595 side of over-enthusiasm for their cause. They en-| !0 (W. Va.) Mail zand well. if he| miles, 1,741 passengers: Sweden, 218,610 miles, 10.-|joved the esteem of the best citizens of their day ““"‘.""") he won't need any wedding 026 passengers; Switzerland, 87,1 wmiles, 2,102 ]and their own self-respect present. R passengers Autsria Colombia, 183,206 miles, 1,124 pa reported no engers. celdents of a serious nature in 1825 There was five minor mishaps in Soviet 5 “ N A 3 two spinster aunts who walked | Russi and an avera regularity of operations of that. e cays is. true ML maybe s 1 (8= MEIEAAY home from Paul Revere's ride. 95 per cont. In Great Dritain aceidents nave stendily|0ME 0F it be revealed, but upon some other Tests| p ... | decreased each ye B ANCtES VAar: aRiine M “_(.;1 the duty. His indictment may be accepted, but it is s 26, 1 e e s ”_I“"l:““ _“_‘,'“."n‘ o to be feared he never shall be given the credit and Any Man H”'““; o o AiEs \”“_“_ g ;“ ¢-lacclaim for which he seems to yearn. My intaresd lfs"r § | miles of commercial avintion flying in ¢ As Others See It. Mrf"vl "“,,h. ‘g.“;g there have been only four deaths of | ngers. In 4 i 2 ¥ AHOUEhS OHEEn 1925 there were three aceidents in France in which (Anchorage Times.) . LG two people were injured and neither of these were It is hard to believe that United States Commis- Passing Observation | fatal sioner V. A. Paine of Juneau is guilty of the offense Live and learn is good dope, but all —— R charged in the indictment returned by the Juneaul|a lot of boobs learn by living is that | WOMEN'S LEAGUE ACTIVE. grand jury recently: it is hard to believe that any|they can't learn anything. Pt . Commissioner, particularly an Alaska Commissioner, — - Renewal of the appropriation for the Maternity| would deliberately advise a person to vote unless| More or Legs True ! and Infancy (Sheppard-Towner) Act heads the list|Bhe believed that person entitled to vote. It is easier| When & woman Is worrying over: of measures on the legislative program to be stressed by the National League of Women Voters in the current session of Congress The League’s stand on the six measures specified for the active legislative program is set forth in the following statement issued by the Exccutive Com- mittee Renewal of the appropriation for the Maternity and Infaney Act heads the legisla- tive program. The measure has already passed the House and is on the calendar of the Senate. It is important that action be taken promptly in order that State Legis- latures meeting in January may be assured of continued Federal aid in ¢ ing on the. wark after the appropriations originally authorized expire in July, 142 Although the Act has been in operation less than five years, substantial progre: in reducing the infant death rate is already apparent, and the beneficent resufts of the law as reported from various parts of the country THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 14, 1926. HELP WANTED ¢ some young man wanted to marry a beautiful girl with $6,000,000 and | family drags forth a weaknesses and parades public. Perhaps much And now a scidn of their revelation of their incidental it before an unsympathetic to' believe that Commissioner Paine is the victim|her weight it is safe to bet she isn't} of an unfriendly grand jury or that the grand jury|worrying any over the buttons thati played into the hands of individuals who conspired|are off her husband’s- trousers. to cause the Commissioner embarrassment. That, in| The garbage .collector may differ the opinion of the majority of the attorneys ofi from us, but just judging from lhpi | Juneau, is the worst that comes of the proceedings|fdces we see our guess would be that —embarrassment and the loss of a lucrative Commis-| there is more paint than anything sionership which he’ surrendered immediately follow-| ©ls€ being wasted these days. ing the action of the grand jury. There may be| Still. when a husband can prevert Dhases of the case which have not yet been disclosed| f'iend wife from having her way the o the public, but the fact that the grand jurors victory doesn't uxfmlly add much to refused to hear the Commissioner before bringing| the U lotal of hix happiness. but 1. in the indictment and the further fact that virtually :l! se.(:: te 8 Mitle ‘talithe igtrgin) on every attorney in Juneau has volunteered his services : = as counsel lends encouragement to the bhelief that a h‘:l}:ndlm(:;ro::'i:u ““ ::“:h::v‘e: ':"_‘: trial in open court will show that there behind| g npeny 's £ delegation comi o _inspect the the action more than appears in the indictment. ‘.l,,a:""e” of h;‘ ‘“u‘ M Y We used to hear}t a 'woman who Pinchot says corruption in elections is a Gift 1 put all of her husbgnd's money on menace to liberty, and this is a solemn warning,| her back, the modern’ woman doesn't indeed, coming from a pure patriot who spent only! have anything on her Back, but a abouj a quarter of a milllion in his race for the!good deal of her husband’s coin' s Senate.—(Houston Post-Dispatch.) lrisihlo on her legs, «~ 1‘ amply Justify a remewal of the uppropria- ja— =|! DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR|® ——— | tion. Moreover, unless renewed, the founda- {1 3 |" GENERAL LAND CFFICE ! ] tion work which has m|~L been laid in many 1 ALONG LIFE’'S Anthetaper, Aaas | | States would be largely wasted Approxi- r T i e A wately 10,000 fewer babies under un]t" yeaur I DETOUR | G l'?bY.UHY 4. 19 & !. of age die annually now than at the time | NG L A that i 3 the Act was passed in 1921 Consideration | By SAM INLL l‘:‘:::u" t:"”:;" ”;n‘:“l:“‘?m "": Y 0 of human welfare and publie economy alik | __'! et et “f‘;ka::ww qui. S| | Drs. Kaser & Freeburger | | point to the need of continued appropria- L Veubmitted: Anal NE AR RRE A DENTISTS 1| e, ! LegsNow-Are Legs i ehnnf proof on her Lome 1 . e Bl | Next on the program is the Crampton So legs |stead er‘ry, Serfal 05107, for lands & 2 : o HS situated on the west shore of Dyea PHONE 56 il Bill which would place 60 per cent of em- These days we sce Gt N W v RIS S Fours 0 AR o0t | ployees of the Prohibition Unit, now exempt When limbs 15 used we DA e JUIVERS et e A C : from civil service regulations, on the classi- | Think of a tree il MU LR R LB B0 UL fied civil service list. This bill Is in line Z :\?.'lh;-lU‘\'S:‘"I‘A]fl;’?dul(‘?‘:l"t":,‘l l:m T:s with thie: Laaguels polloy. ot supporit ofuenG &S iopservations ot fofdest ANDABIANE Hlye o ity g aieinea s e il Dr. Charles P. Jenne merit system in public employment |1 kin remember when supper nev e The League is committed to the policy {'\was ‘dalayed, bockliah motier had'to 18 ‘filed o ithe iocal Jland .ofloe DENTIST of dinternational cooperation in the settle- | wait so long in-ghe barber shop to 8t atcliorAge, withincthe (Dorlpd of) 11 A ind 9 Valentin Bl X publication, or thirty days there- ms 8 an alentin Bldg m of disputes between nations and there- get her hair cuty ater, said final proof will be ac Telphone 176 fore reaffirms its support of the entry of 3 Gt o = S 2 the United Stat into the World Court. Make Any Woman Blue to Lose ‘:-w'e‘i and "llrllvflrl""]fi-lf‘ l«\lv""! ok With regard to Senate Reservation Five, we | a Purse That Way ! 3. LINDURY i — —w are convinced that a basis for unity of GGG eIt ndnoliE SLAE L o sl f;‘efé"""' Dr. A. W. Stewart i sction among the governments concerned L kT e e DENTIST il ey i i chmo 3 4 RS G g and “‘,H 4 T!“” '1-.|‘(" woman's purse. lost down - — | Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. town; reward, Call BEL 2000, ask | e e ' SEWARD BUILDING The School History. for Rosa Scott, Stockroom 2. | Office Phone 469 Res. Phone &7¢ - SRR, | Il 4 (New York World.) ! Add Infamous Lies (,()l on a A T NN A Licut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, an authority on! The finest wife military operations during the World War, is the I know s Mrs. Guuney, | e Dr. W. 1. Pigg ; latest to launch an attack on our school histories.! Who loves her hut : i I(4Tp FHAYSICIAN He says t in their accounts of the doings inl Ien thoughy' Jw o can’t make, < - ; | [ France practically all of fifty-two books he exam mone . o Office—Second and Main { Tined are grossly inaccurate. He gives samples Tof e Telephone 18 H the inaceurac Looking them over. one feels that Appropriatel Al Right £ ik e many of his criticisms are captious; yet together “Why do you vour son, um WE HOLLOW GR(ND TH = = s o » they make an indictment that cannot be overlooked, hrella?” asked the guest | Dr. 1. Vance i One wonders, if the writers of school histories make| “Because he usually can be found i et " so many errors about a war fought in their own most every place else bt in his own " o-tafi?.t? -;‘ l?\' ”P ln'emf's dg generation, how many must they make about a war home” growled the dad RE S ,‘“".: o wh.;ip..m;.'.":.."{ which was fought a hundred and fifty. vears ago? 5 1‘10’{’{15 Licensed osteophatic physiclan As they write it, history could easily have provoked! Usslost ipier i, (o - [ B e hoe ! Henry Ford to say that it was bunk |' 1t a man can pass a window fu - —— —n There is one thing thout school history, how-lof weird neckties without shiv ad R AR o | i over, thiat RRoNld nob Da foraottan. It iaksoodb.only,| Lhcee: davaIEIR AEAIRN SO m TN Or T'HHE CONTRACTOR | s y i | ried ahd has no female relatives who \ when it is bad. It is comprehensible to children! L oiily wheni it i simpiltied to the point. wheres it ibeaenbathlinEataChrisIngs, CHIROPRACT®R Valentine Buliding i ! ; Oftice Houra 10 to 12; 2 to §: 7 to 9; ralmost absurd. They ecannot understand, for example, Easily Answered s e e —~4| land by appointment Phone 269 HSha dialuEol S0AorRe S IR 185 JUSKIE iy 0 (8110 caption over an| | Juneau Public Library 1Bt TR T ez M been published by William Woodward, or such 81 .ditorial in Omaha Bee andli Dree Bending R ; Burgerv nor Osteopathpy portrait of Frauklin as has just been published by| “Q0NST R PCLE RS gy eiey | and Free Reading Koom) a = dinll M Phillips Russell. These books present men withl oo 0 there Is nothing to de- | City Hall, Second Floor TS = all their complexitics and contradictions, and they| o Main Street at 4th | [otiiilie tHo" Taiinli oD fof nnatiats then ol N e | Helene W. L. Albhrechr children, Washington was brave, strong, and could| B it Lat wane i [ PHYSICAL THERAPIST not tell a lic Franklin discovered electricity and| pp gend this dumbbell to sea Cireulation Room Open From i | Medionl 4;;‘,;;.(..,'.:::‘(;.‘ Mnnsage wes uncommon wise I o leaky boat; [| 1 to5:30 p. m—7:00 p. m. i bl Gsl e i How, then, can we blame the school histories! \When he wants butier he says: | Bl phn ! R for their vaporings? Let us at least be reasonable.! “please pass the goat.” U o Mt R S5 Periaps if we had to teach history to ten-year-olds| - “““Rl agazines, Newspapers [ we shculd send up three cheers for just such books| But death alone will not atone efcrence Books. Etc. —— as we now denounce so roundly. Nor pay in fulls FREE TO ALL Dr. Anna Kearsley _ _— ] The debt and bIE owed by the pill| J—— - —— = | Specialist Why the “Up?" l Who says. “Thig ain't no bull.” F==e = ==l l[\)vr: mlv.'crl,l :u);zll ;rlllxlluiu'r | e ! R — !< : i % ice ellentha ag. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) 1 Curses! : ! VIJ\F )H-AN(D(L)}!{NER | | | office Phone 58z 3 Wil di e T e | e sees yemarked Mys. Grouch, 5 £ HA : i Residence Phone 5603 zoing the rounds as a full-sized book. It was that they now are making unbreak Pig'n Whistle Candy R e e erally advertised by the previous publication of se- 4Ple x'lwm_nu‘rv:ufir.).‘-m-uc fr.nn} v:vv “ NONE BETTER : lected episodes in an ultra-liberal magazine which| “Dern it “’."“""" Sher Al Box or Bulk Concrete Base-Blocks appeals particularly to the sophisticated. One of 5O™M¢ _"I"f"'"l’ ll"?l ST SRR b2 g s E All Ready for Foundations these chapters led to the exclusion of the magazine ¢ 10 out of hite” W o e at from the mails—after the offensive issue already had TR h. ). SHARICK Conerete Products | been thus distributed T bl Also, this excerpt from the book as published| ; Boha Jewel, d Optici i Mfg. Co. : 1 Jinks —~Well, it may be, but like a| Jewsler and Optician i . g " x5 in the magazine caused the arrest of the editory & 0" 0" oo i can make you|| WatcHes, Diamonds Willoughby Ave. Phone 32 | in Boston, he obligingly going to that city forjgyearing mad.” | . 245 —_— SR that purpose, but the Courts of the New England ¥ | . Silverware TaNeseEnE You wi metropolis could not be induced to adjudicate the' We Rise to' Ask— &h Tewaley | |be astonished at the bargains yo. article to be obscene. It wasn't. In conception and| it is starch used for now thal|g : can pick up. execution it violated the canons of good taste—that| patticoats and thingg no longer are was about all, but it stimulated demand for the worn? ! magazine. Likewise, it stimulated interest in the i b . 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