The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1929, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929. Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evenmng except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class saatter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrrer In Juneau, Douglas, Thane for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12,00; six months, in advance $6.00; one month, in advance, '$1.25, Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly aotify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity their papers. i o eenibog litorial &nd Business Offices, 374. Telephone for BER Or ASSOCIATED PRESS. The A.«:’fm.... Press 18 exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all néws dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the Vocal news published herein. | | SKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER S THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. THE COUNTRY MOVING TOWARD WAR? Miss Ida M. Tarbell, probably the leading woman of letters in America, author of the History of Standard Oil, a Life of Lincoln, writer on historical and economic question, etc., etc., entitled an article | she wrote in Liberty, “Is Prohibition Forcing Civil War?” She answers her question in the affirmative, closing it with ‘the declaration: | There must be moderation, frankness, fewer accusations, and more understanding. Unless we have them nothing is more cer- tain than that the present guerrilla warfare will go on, carrying with it an increasing danger of organized war.” In one of the last Collier’s is an article by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, head of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Mor- als, which would seem to be a reply to Miss| Tarbell's well considered discussion. It does not| dispute her conclusions, but seems to welcome the suggestion of war. He demands that President Hoover use the armed military force of the Nation to enforce Prohibition. He contends that neither President Harding nor President Coolidge seriously attempted to enforce it. He says the drys con- tributed to President Hoover's election on the as- sumption that he would fulfill his oath to enforce the flaws, and they expect him to do so even if it should prove necessary to throw the army and navy into the fight. Dr. Wilson goes even further: he declares that those States which have failed to enact Prohibition statutes or that have repealed such ssing themy are “out of the Union” and that the army and navy ought to be used to coerce them into getting behind Prohibition. He says it is the plain duty of President Hoover to use military forces at his command to force New York, Maryland, Montana, Nevada and Wisconsin back into the Union. In short, Dr. Wilson accepts the challenge and, in effect, says let there be war. He has virtually issued a call to arms. He wants a military gov- ernment such as we had during and for a while after the Civil War. enforcement statutes after p NEW DATA ON EUGENE FIELD. Probably the last book read by Eugene Field, the children’s poet, was a volume of Horace in the original Latin which was published in 1555 and presented to Field by Harold G. Underwood on Sep- tember 3, 1895. This is the belief expressed by the poet’s son, Eugene Field, II, in an inscription entered in the back of the book. “This Underwood’s Copy of Horace,” the inscription reads, “prsented to my father, Eugene Field, was greatly prized by him. This book was found on his bed the morning of his death, and the family have always assumed that this is the last book he ever read.” The in- scription is signed by Field's son. The book is part of an elaborate Eugene Field collection recently presented to Washington Uni- versity, St. Louis, by William K. Bixby, patron of the arts and President of the Board of Directors of that university. The collection contains many letters which were written by the poet, autographed books, photographs and diverse other articles. It uncovers a mine of new Field information. Another valuable book in the collection is a facsimile of “My Book,” which was especially pre- pared by Field for William E. Buskett. It was “his first notable collection,” according to his brother, Roswell Field. The characteristic humanness of Eugene Field is indicated in a letter which he wrote to his wife in St. Louis, Mo, on Nov. 12, 1886, shortly after he had returned to St. Louis to continue his news- paper work. In the letter he tells of his financial difficulties and apologizes to Mrs. Field for not having sent her any money to finance the move to St. Louis. However, he places the blame on politics, writing that St. Louis was in the midst of a busy election season and he had not been able to approach his editor about an advance in salary. The poet in- structs Mys. Field what to sell and what to ship, and .anticipates that, through his newspaper— the St. Louis Times Journal—he may be able to secure a reduction in freight charges or possibly free trans- portation for their furniture. Although Mrs. Fields was not to arrive in St Louis for several weeks, her husband wrote that he had found some rooms which appealed to him S0 that he “could hardly resist engaging them at _ once.” The two rooms were at 1410 Olive Street on the second floor with a “bath on the same ~ floor,” unfurnished, but with “fires, gas and room ' and board” for Mr. and Mrs. Field and one servant ‘for $65 a month. Field expressed the optimistic _ belief that the rooms might be had for $50 if there " In another letter in the Bixby collection, Eugene Field comments upon his youthful appearance. *“I have had my face shaven clean and people hardly know me, I look so young.” | (The dispatches said the Spanish reception to Williams and Yancey, the Rome fliers who were forced down in Spain for fuel, “sapped” their strength and caused a delay in the jresumption of the flight. They said that Williams was particular- ly ill from “too much food and drink.”, Why didn't Treadwell and |the dispatches say it right out: The boys went on a bust and Williams particularly was jtight. Hence the delay? Our Canadian neighbors ought to be more dis- criminating in their acceptance of anti-American propaganda. Canada has a lot of friends on this side of the border who would like very much io give them at least an even break in trade relations. Wholesale denunciations will not contribute to the retention of that friendship. Those who are prosecuting the preparations for the Cameron-Chandler pulp and paper mills are unanimous on one point at least: We are going to have the pulp and paper mills just as soon as the Slavery Within the Empire. (Manchester Guardian.) In 1922 the British Government pledged itself to put an end to the system of girl slavery in Hongkong known as Mui Tsai. The pledge has never been carried out, although a prohibitive order was issued by the Hongkong Government. In Janu- ary of this year evidence was produced showing that, far from this iniquitous system having been abolished, it had grown. Whereas in 1922 the num- ber of girl slaves was between 8,000 and 9,000 it had now risen to 10,000. Mui Tsai is a system by which little girls are seld by their parents either into domestic service or into prostitution. The price obtained for these ,unfortunate creatures depends upon their age and the purpose for which they are sold. That such a practice has been allowed to the first protests against it were made so long ago as 1880—is a serious blot on our honor. That it should continue after it had been forbidden by the Government requires serious explanation. When questioned in the House of Commons in February, Mr. Amery, the Colonial Minister, suggested that n" had been difficult to carry out the order because the girls, when freed, had nowhere to go. He| stated that he had asked for a report on the work- ing of the order from the Governor of Hongkohg. Apparently action is now being taken, fom it is an- nounced that the Hongkong Government has noti- fied the girl slaves that they are free to leave their masters, and a warning has been issued to the masters not to prevent the girls from leaving. Whether the new order will succeed or not remains to be seen. It seems clear that the girls cannot be freed effectually unless some organization is provided to look after them until they secure proper | employment or return to their parents. Alaska Beckons Farmers. (Seattle Times.) The newest home land wants settlers. Alaska’s agricultural resources await development. The most fertile parts of the Territory lie within the zone of the Government Railroad. In an informative, illustrated pamphlet the managament of the system has undertaken to exploit the opportunities offered farmers in the North. Nowhere else is there such a large, potentially productive area open to free| occupation under the homestead law. Advantages are numerous. Hay, grain, vegetables, and vine and bush fruits can be grown successfully. Timber is sufficient for building purposes and for fuel, and this last need can also be cheaply sup- plied from nearby coal mines. Transportation facilities are provided at reasonable rates by the Federal railroad. Real property and its improve- ments, as well as livestock and implements, outside of incorporated cities, are not taxed. An objection that has always been raised to farming in Alaska on anything like an extensive scale is that products cannot be shipped to distant coast towns in the Territory without meeting the competition of similar commodities from the States, and that therefore the marketing of all yields is limited to neighboring communities. Whatever the merit of the criticism, the fact is that production at present is inadequate for local requirements, so the question of distant sales is of no importance now. Persons experienced in agriculture and financially able to bring new land to a crop, can make a profit- able enterprise of farming in Alaska, Again Machado. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) General Machado Y. Morales again has been installed as President of Cuba, our sugary-sweet neighbor in the summer seas near to our shores. He went up to his Nation's new $16,000,000 capitol in Havana with the cheers of thousands of his countrymen ringing in his ears. Machado begins his second term, rising from humble life, after a strenuous and illustrious career as warior and politician. He is a good friend of the United States. He has been to visit us. He seems popular with his people. He will serve for six years more, if nothing shall happen to him. Machado is one of Cuba’s outstanding leaders, both in military, business -and social life. Like Coolidge he is not much given to talk. He made no inaugural speech, having previously addressed the Congress. He is for improvement, for economy and education. He brought down the price of sugar to its present low level. He has dedicated himself to his country and his people. Cuba might have done a much worse t than to continue Machado Y. s Morales in office, (AR b i ‘The British Ambassador announces he will sign no more liquor requisitions for the use of the Em- bassy Staff. How, then, is the better understand- ing between Great Britain and the United States on which Ramsay MacDonald has set his heart to be brought about?—(New York Times.) el L M S A Canadian law-maker claims that inki of the I'm Alone was either an act of t:irs‘:rkl:xgu act of piracy, which gives wonder as to what our statesmen would have said if the boot were on the preparations and construction can be accomplished.|the guest. continue for so many years in a British colony—(Who wouldn't enjoy anything bet- | I'— ALONG (IFP'S DETOUR 1 | By BAM HILL : Speakin'a Farm To raise so darn much wheat T'd say, The farmers are most rash— i Unless of it they find a way, | To make the well-known “mash.” Passing ©bservation The luckiest people in this land of the free and home of the brave are those who don't have to de- pend on the Greatest Deliberative Body in the World getting them the relief they need. Dowi “What do you s asked the host. “What I say to my dog when he starts jumping up on me,” grinned Down! y to a drink?" Hint To Wives If “he” has gone back to shav- ing himself it is a sure sign that the queens who used to patronize his favorite barber shop are letting their hair grow long. A Cautious Brother Blinks—He always keeps a prom- ise he makes. Jinks—Yes, he's as careful not to break one as a superstitious per- son is not to break a mirror. If They Only Could “REDUCE—AND ENJOY IT, from an ad. We know a lot of stylish stouts| ter—but how do you reduce? I Interesting Information Husch Brothers have a depart- ment store in St. Paul, but they | don't try to keep it quiet. Oht “The lecturer lost his speech on the way to the opera house last night.” “Goodnight! What did he do?” “Talked without his manuscript.” Matrimonial The ideal wife is one who lets her | husband do a little of the talking during a conversation. No Joke It's the upkeep of down payments that make them so hard. It Often Happens The poker player say, “Luck still was on the bum,” So. I, too, was that way. Can You Beat It! | Uncle Sam is the only employer | in the world who pays men big salaries and mileage to waste time like that. Watch Your Step The annual output of motor cars in this country is nearly 8500,000. —News item. “Pedestrian” is another word that soon will be obsolete. Place For That “I wanna box,” said the man who had rushed into the grocery store. “Better go down to the gym, then,” growled the grocer, “we haven't any gloves here.” Useless Information “Don’t you hate all that long‘ rigamarole of stuff about who wrote the scenario and lines, who directed it and who filmed it, they give you before they start the picture?” “Yes, I'd be just as interested in knowing who planted, dug, peeled and cooked the potato I was about to eat.” R N —— | JAPANESE TOY SHOP H. B. MAKINO Front Street P. O. Box 218 for Mail Orders — — New Shipment of Cool Dresses Voiles, Dimitys and Lawns $1.95 ’ Jarman’s Have Y our Mattress Renovated . other foot.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) Chinese fired on a British gunboat, three sailors, First news that China has stead Act.—(Indignapolis News.) injuring a Vol- What seems to be needed to enforce prohibi is a campaign of education to get everybodyuol: favor of it.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) Southern Democrats who would excludy e alie; from the basis of population for the reapportlo:f ment of Congress are said to be willing to com- promise on excluding John J. Raskob.— (N o lew York OLD MATTRESSES— Re-shaped, re-covered and made like new Al;;ka Mattress Co. PHONE 443 We call for and deliver Willoughby Ave, Relief , |that guarantees by using it, hands, “And when day broke,” I heard |, Tough Luck A good cigar, And lighter, too, had Abner Hatch, it he couldn’t smoke, se nobody had a match. How Unreasonable! A Los Angeles wants a di- yorce because her husband kissed all the bridesmaids as well as the bride at a wedding. Gosh! Some Wi don't want their poor husbhands to get a darn bit of kick out of life! More or Less True What to do with old razor blades still may be a puzzle, but bridge has solved the problem of what to do with cld wedding gifts, Christ- mas presents and birthday remem- brances. The young fellow who wants the out the dances with him e one who thinks they and out the street car ought rides. Nothing puts“a man in a nastier humor than knowing his wife knows he knows she knows he is wrong, but is too stubborn to admit it. The reason mother is content to have father away during the house cleaning season is because he is about as useful around home at that time as an over-drawn bank account The only thing that is as hideous as the pictures girls used to paint and hang on the walls, are the faces their daughters now paint and exhibit on the streets. A rare daughter is one who, when she sees a soap powder advertised put in the dishwater will keep nice and white and soft, doesn't think it is only meant for mothers. The big open spaces are in the West—and the backs of women's evening dresses. Now and then you meet a wife who acts as if all the other women | in the world ought to be grateful to her for having married the dis- appointment she did and saved them from getting stung. The only thing that gets any more wear and tear than the femi- nine vocal chords are the eyes of the male. e Information for visiting Pioneers. Call or drop note. Hours 2 to 7 p. m. No. 8 Willoughby Avenue, opposite Femmer Dock. —adv. ! CORONA FOUR PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS | | J. B. Burford & Co. I | “Our Door Step Is Worn by | Satisfied Customers” | PEERLESS QUALITY = 5 LR S The Arcade Cafi Special Dinners on Bundays and Week Days 8.9a Fountain in conmection. Come in and listen to !hll | radio Mary Youmg, Prop. Phons 288 — YURMAN’S Label in Your FUR Garment Means Entire Satisfaction We are making and re- pairing furs at sum- mer prices. “Direct trom trapper to you” \ o . Juneau Public Library Free Reading Room City Hall, Second Floor Main Street and Fourth Reading Room Open rrom 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. Circulation Room Open from { to 5:30 p. m.—T7:00 to 8:30 p. m. Current Magazines, Newspapers, Reference Books, Ete. ' FREE TO ALL D et et il e PN Packard Phone Packard [ ——— De Luxe | PROFESSIONAL We may summarize these days by saying—some are good—some are bad and summer best of all. And now many pleasant rides can ke enjoyed by your family ~v guests—th~ cost is small. Carlson’s Taxi and Ambulance Service Phone Single 0 and 1 ENJOY A coOL AvuTO RIDE! | B. P. 0. ELKS Ny Meeting every first “and third Wednes- days, June, July, August, at 8 o'clock Elks’ Hall. WINN GODDARD Exalted Rules M. H. SIDES, See- retary. Visiting Brothers Welcoms. Co-Ordinate Bodles of Freemasonry ‘- Jvin R A c Scottish Fite Regular meetings | second Friday each | \ month “at 7:30 p. fi\/ m. Scottish Rite Temple. WALTER B. HEISEL, Secre- tary. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE 03 Meets every Mondaj night, at 8 o'clock. JAMES CARLSON, & Dictator. J. H. HART, Secy, 206 Seward Bldg MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE o~ nd and Fourth Mone a of each month fin tish Rite Temp anivz et 7:3 ACTHR P. *; CHARL AGH ¥X, Secretary, Service | BLUEBIRD |=————— Dr. Charles . Jenne DENTIST TAXI DRS. KASER & FREZBURGER DENTISTS 301-803 Goldsteln Bldg. I'HONE 56 dours § a. vv. tu 9 p, m. Boomt 1 apd 9 Valemtine Day and Night Building Telepuone 178 do 3 SERVICE — Phone 485 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIOT Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. SEW3RD BUILDILG Oftive Phone 469, Res. PrLome 274. 5 and 7 Passenger i i Cars Dr. H. Vance : ()"\?;Dl!h_lal;“t G;);dll?{)l:\ ?Ifll | . . 3 0 a o B3 Responsible Drivers T8 or by appoinmont Livensed Osteopatnic Phyaslcan | Phovne: tee 1671, { Residence, Gastineau Hotel | Stand at Arcade Cafe | #——— sl o = 5 J Dr. Geo. L. Barton P s Prompt Service, Day and Night CovicE Auro SERVICE STAND AT THE OLYMPIC Phone 342, Day“or Night | Juneau, Alaska ————— i~ ki g Mabry’s Cafe Regular Dinners Opthalmology Short Orders | Glasses Fitted, Lecses Ground — U Lunches S Open 6 a. m. to 2 a. m. Pr. R. E. 80 5 POPULAR PRICES HARRY MABRY Proprietor ——— o) GARBAGE | HAULED AND LOT CLEANING Alfred S. Hightower Phone 584 b Interest Dividend Depositors in our Savings De- partment will please present their pass books, or mail them to the bank, for entry of the regular semi-annual interest dividend payable July1,1929. : The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA CHIROFFIACTOR, Hellenthal BIds. | Ofice Service Only J | Hoirs: 10 8. m. to 12 noonm, 2 i{p. m. to 6 p. m. and 7 p. m. | to 9 p. miPhone 529 CHIROPRACTIC Is nc: the practice of Medicine, Surgery nor Ostecpathy. Robert Simps:n ‘ Opt. D. Wraduste Los Angeles Col- H leage of Optometry and Qptometrist-Opticiaz Eyes Txamined-Glasses Fitted Room 16, Valentine Bldg. 10:00 to 6:00 Evenings by Ayppointment Zhone 484 Helene W.L.Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 t Order of EATERN STAR g.-mm and Fourth Tuea KNIGHTS O 3 COLUMBYS i Serhers Council No. 1780, V.eUnga second . Monday at 7:; J Trunsient brot te attend. Counell o e Fum Street. EDW. . _McINTYRE 3. K. H H. J. TURNER. Becrotary. AERIE 117 F. O. E. £ Meets Monday %nmms 8 o'clock at Fagles' Hall, Doug- las. ARNE SHUDSHIFT, W. P. GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting Brothers welcome. -4 1 ot L e Joi LEGION, NO. 43¢ i | “deets 1st and 3rd Thurcfays | | each month, 8 P.M. at Moose | | Hall. | Kate | Jarman, Senlor Re- | gent; Agnas Grigg, Recorder —_— —-4 | Brunswick Bowling Alleys FOR MEN AND WOMEN Stand—Miller's Taxi Phone 218 | MRS. JOHN "ORRI, P:op. | | “Business Is Good” l 3 MORRIS CONSTRUCTIO COMPANY _ SAND and GRAVEL AND Carpenter and Corcrete Work No job too large nor too small for us MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. Building Contractors PHONE 62 JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 - ——— e HOTEL ' ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICR 8. ZYNDA, Prow. | Crr——— BURFORD'S CORNER “TRY A MALTY” PIG’'N WHISTLE CANDY Non Better—Box or Buik t Commercial job priuting at Ihe Empire. i j