The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 29, 1931, Page 4

) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1931. Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published _every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Sccond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Deilvered by carrier In Juneau, Thane for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in_advance, $12.00; six months, In $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers wiil confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or ‘rregularity in the delivery of their papers Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRMSS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to tne ase for republication of all news dispatches credited .o It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the tocal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TC BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. TRIBUTE TO EDWARD GEORGE MORRISSEY. Last Friday, his last day, the Ketchikan Chron- icle contained the following editorial, enclosed in heavy mourning rules, on the death of its editor and publisher, Edward G. Morrissey: The Last Interview Edward George Morrissey is dead. We who knew him best, we who worked with him and for him, we who shared his confidences and his friendship, feel wo_efully incompetent to pay that tribute which is his due. For nearly twelve years he gave Ketchi- kan a clean newspaper. It was his fre- quently-expressed aim to edit and publish a periodical expressive of conservatism and cognizant of progress. He strove to be fair. He wanted more than all else to be friendly and constructive. He wanted more than all else to be friendly and constructive. He wanted to give Ketchikan a newspaper of which the entire community could be proud: he was an idealist in that respect, unmindful of monetary gain. That he had succeeded in winning the confidence of the community now is plain. But more important than that is the fact that he won for himself the genuine affection of every employe of The Chronicle. He was kindly, sympathetic, helpful. We will miss him Mr. Morrissey's desk at The Chronicle is vacant today. But there remains on the wall by its side a drawing of which he was par- ticularly proud. “Only a Cub Again,” it says, portraying the figure of Lord North- cliffe, one of the greatest newspaper men of all time, as he passed through the portals of death for his last interview. That is expressive of Mr. Morrissey’s convictions, He was first of all a newspaper- man. And because of that he would wish that we carry on . . . carry on while he, only a cub again, goes to his last interview. Mr. Morrissey died in the Ketchikan General hospital at 11:30 o'clock this morning of influenza and pneumonia. He had been ill just two weeks. He was born in Florence, Massachusetts, forty-three years ago last December 29, and spent his early life in the east. But many years ago he became an Alaskan, going first to Fairbanks where he gained familiarity with Alaskans and Alaskan conditions that since stood him in good stead. For a while he was secretary to Charles Sulzer, Delegate to Congress from Alaska. In Ketchikan during the last decade he served for some years as United States Commis- sioner. He leaves numerous relatives in the States and a widow, Mrs. Myrtle Morrissey, in Ketchikan. CANNERY LOSSES. According to a statement compiled from the rec- ords and files in the Treasurer’s office 43 salmon canning companies have reported their profits and losses in 1930. They show that 32 of these com- panies have lost $4,625165.14. Eleven companies made profits aggregating $399,58091. This makes a net loss for the 43 companies of $4,225,684.23. The statement shows the heaviest losers to be the Alaska Packers Association, $1,684,645.88; Pacific American Fisheries, $949,800.74; Alaska Pacific Sal- mon Corporation, $747,877.61; New England Fish Company, $220,219.82; Libbys McNeill and Libby, $171,158.62. Other companies lost all the way from $811.47 by the Premier Salmon Company to 3100,- 419.14 by the Northwestern Fisheries Company. The average net income of the cleven companies showing gains was $36,32554 each. The average loss of the other 32 companies was $147,361.41 ~ach. Nothing further is needed to indicate that the salmon cannery business is sick and not able o carry heavier ourdens. WESTERNER FOR SPEAKER. That a Westerner may be the Republican nomi- nee for Speaker of the next House of Representa- tives is claimed to be more than a possibility. West- erners are advancing Congressman Burton L. French of Idaho for the honor of succeeding the late Speak- er Longworth. He has been in Congress for hearly a quarter of a century and is very popular. A Washington special dispatch to the Boise Tribune says: Representative Burton L. French of Idaho is being prominently mentioned as a com- promise candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives, his initial support coming chiefly from the progressive element in the House which is none too friendly to the prin- cipal contenders for this office. ‘The Progressives, at the present time, hold the balance of power in the House, and if this hold continues up to the time Congress meets in December they may be able to dictate the House organization, including the Mr, French has served 12 House, only one term less than spu.nf and is the only Western seriously mentioned as a possible suc- cessor to Speaker Longworth. French’s chance of<begoming Speaker lies in the possibility that the Republican caucus may deadlock, thus forcing a compro- Douglas, Treadwell and |- advance, ] mise. This is not an improbability, consider- | ing the make-up of the next House, and the close division between the parties. When Atlantic City abandoned the beauty show | there were many to take up the torch. The latest is a New York Methodist Church. It conducted a beauty contest and awarded cups to the most beau- | |tiful girl attending the church and another to the best dressed regular attendant girl. That church apparently is out after the .nen. A 13,400-foot mountain peak in the Holy Cross | National Forest, Colo. has been named Hunter Peak by the United States Geographic Board, in memory eral years as Deputy Forest Supervisor on the Holy | Cross Forest. Senator Couzens out to increase the taxes on | the rich. There is a t difference between that |and taxing going industries that give omployment to people and keep the wheels of commerce turning. The Department of Labor erally being maintained at the standard in effect Lefore the depression. Which is another way of saving that the American Federation of Labor is still a going concern, says wages are gen- Prayer in Pittsburgh! (New York-World Telegram.) 4 Pittsburgh is furnishing a lesson in humility to the Republicans who are about to cleanse Tam- many. Pittsburgh, so Republican that President Wilson could hardly find a Democrat for Postmaster, is in the throes of civic purification. The exposures are not so spectacular as here, but the city officials are helping out with more comic relief. “The largest body of citizens ever gathered for such a purpose” demanded an “open Councilmanic investigation of the Department of Supplies.” The Council did not answer with wise- cracks but with Scripture and prayer. “‘Blessed are ye when men shall revil. you, and persecute you, and shall say all mannsr of evil against you falsely, for My sake,’” quoted Council- man English. “‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'” Councilman Kambach prayed:— “Oh, heavenly Father, give us the vision to see the right, and then to do it!” They did it, by a 7 to 2 “No,” but not until Councilman Kambach's prayer had drawn “laughter and jeers.” Mayor Kline then left for a health resort. But the battle goes on. The three Pittsburgh papers are all in it several full columns deep on| the front page each day. The fray started off upon a motif of canned cabbage. The city's purchsaing agent, it seems, was feeding the inmates of all the institutions exclusive- ly on canned goods. The inmates were willing to put up with canned spinach, peas, beans and canned | milk (watered), but they rebelled at canned cab- | bage. This led to revelations of a $3,000 mother of pearl bathroom in the Police Superintendent’s of- fice. It led to $3,865 forth of rugs in the Mayor's of the late Gerald M. Hunter, who served for sev-| !the Koyukuk district, TRAPPERS DO PRETTY WELL NEAR ALATNA |Brief Items ob News from Fairbanks About Hap- penings and Persons | FAIRBANKS | marten skins and Two hundred half a dozen na by Game Warden Sam O. White, he reported on his return \ here by airplane. About 200 mar- | ten skins, unsealed, are still in storage there, because the owners were absent. Foxes are coming {back to the Alatna district, War- | den White said. Caribou arz plentiful. So are wolves. Twen- i ty-five in one pack were secen by an Indian. There are more pros- pectors than in many years. F. M. Leach, owner of Circle Hot, Springs, on a visit here said the outlook in the Circle City district. is encouraging. New work is going ahead on Porcupine Creek, at the mouth of Bonanza and on Inde- i sawmill is being installed at Fer- ry by John Bolgen. Removal of a large growth on the side of Milo Saulich’s fox ter- rier wasseffected by a surgical op- | eration. The growth followed a wound made by a bear last sum- mer. The dog is expected soon to be as lively as ever. Saulich has a wood camp near here. Two hydraulic plants will be op- erated on Sourdough Creek, tribu- tary of the Chatanika River this season by A. A. Zimmerman, he said on his arrival in town re- cently. A 100-horsepower Washington- Estep diesel engine was recently installed at the Cleary Hills quartz mine. The diesel will be used to operate the mill. Good pay has been found in old diggings on Hammond River in according to Louis Carpenters, who came here from Wiseman by airplane. One nugget was worth $270. All the ground on Hammond River is held under old locations. In the Koyu- kuk milk sells three cans for $1, office, expensive pictures and curtains, all bought irregularly, and — a thing which outraged local| pride—a 60-cent map of Pittsburgh alongside al globe of the world which cost $250. | The inquiry now is running into deeper waters. | The State Legislature is seriously considering a city | manager plan for Pittsburgh. | | The Railroads’ Difficulties, (New York Herald Tribune.) A committee has been named, according to Wash- ington dispatches, to arbitrate the remaining un- settled details in connection with the merger of the Eastern trunk lines. The points of disagreement, these advices state, prchably can be ironed out within a month’s time. Meanwhile, attorneys for the roads are understood to be going ahead with the preparation of their consolidation case for joint presentation before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission as soon as the points at issue among the four systems — New York Central, Pennsylvania, Nickel Plate and Baltimore & Ohio—can be settled. The period has perhaps passed when the public expected railroad mergers to produce operating miracles; but, none the less, most persons who have the interests of the country’s transportation system at heart will applaud any genuine effort at this time directed toward the financial strengthening of the carriers. The current difficulties of the rail- roads are very real. As a result of the business recession, their gross operating revenues fell off 16 per cent. in 1930 from the previous twelve months, and in the first two months of 1931 they are more than 20 per cent. lower than they were even in the corresponding period last year. The effect of the depression on net, however, has been severer still. Net operating income in 1930 declined more than 30 per cent. below that of 1929, while in January-February, 1931, it thas fallen approximately 47 per cent. below a year ago, or some 62 per cent. below January-February, 1929. On the basis of ! the showing for the first two months of this year, the “indicated rate of return” on the aggregate investment of the railroads is 1.96 per cent. The immediate difficulty in the case of the car- riers is that which in periods such as the present invariably confronts industries with inflexible ex- penses. Labor charges account for some 43 per | cent. of the railroads’ gross revenues, taxes about 5% per cent. fuel—which represents in a good part| labor—about 6 per cent, and interest charges on funded debt in the neighborhood of 10 per cent. In the case of a business with between 65 and 66 per cent. of expenses falling in a class which can be termed at best . ‘“semi-fixed,” it is easy to see what ravages a business slump must cause when it wipes out between 20 and 30 per cent. of the industry's gross income. Those who see only the “immediate difficulty” here referred to will find it easy to explain the ~'ieht of the carriers as directly traceable to high | wages. ‘This, however, is to overlook the more Jdupuctant point that the railroads, thanks to a short-sighted regulatory policy, have never been permitted to earn a fair return on their valuation. An industry that has been deliberately starved financially for a decade is scarcely likely to find itself in a position where it can ‘“carry” its em- ployees over a very prolonged business depression. The taking of Holland by the Dutch might stir up quite a bit of excitement after all if you can judge by the amount of editorial comment on the fact that Vermant has gone Republican—(Spring- field, Ohio, Sun, 20 cents a pound. Fred E. Handy has been appoint- ed chief of police; Charles W. Joynt has been reappointed city clerk, and E. B. Weaver reappoint- ed fire department chief, Recent deaths here are those of Lawrence Thimmie, 72; Charles McDermott, 70; Mrs. Katherine Hensley, 70, all pioneers who had participated in the Klondike rush, and Charles Shipley, a farmer. - MARTHA SOCIETY MEETS The Martha Society will hold their regular meeting Friday after- noon at 2 pm. in the Church Par- lors. Mrs. Chas. Sey and Mrs. J. J. Stocker will act as hostesses. adv Autogart SOCKS The Latest Product of HOLEPROOF HOSIERY Snappy Patterns $1.00 and 50 cents Pair We are Exclusive Agents SABIN’S “Everything in Furnish- ings for Men” Our Savings we pay 4 per cent interest. until needed. The money is not idle, but is for you, accumulating for the The same day that told of a great airplane disaster brought news of a child born in an air- plane in full flight—(Buffalo Courier-Express.) About the only different _between Nevada and the other States in the matter of gambling is, Ne- vada has gquit pr«_etendmz.—(mcon, Ga., Telegraph.) e beaver pelts were sealed at Alat-, in the Alatna field now| ' | lazy pair when broadcast over here, pendence and Deadwood creeks. A} sugar is 25 cents a pound, flour| e e e e e i e DY We wish to call your attention to the fact that this bank main- tains a first class Savings Department. We receive on savings accounts any amount from one dollar up. we compound the interest semi-annually, adding the interest to the account without any trouble on the part of the depositor. Additions may be made at any time. On these savings accounts We recommend this kind of ac- count to persons who have money for which they have no immediate use and which they want kept in a safe place The compounding of interest is .automatic. when other sources fail. We would be pleased to have you call and open a savings account with us. The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska To Wed™ | i t | During the first week of June, the month of brides, Jeanette Mac- Donald (above), musical comedy and screen star, will become the | bride of Robert G. Ritchie, New | York stock broker. | ENGLAND’S AMOS ANDY ARE ALEXANDER AND MOSE LONDON, April 29.—England has its own “Amos 'n’ Andy” now. Bri- tons didn't exactly understand the but Alexander and Mose have been| doing very well. Alexander is James Carew, who was married to the late Dame Ellen Terry, while Mose is Billy Bennett. lish stage and began their radio blackface as more of a lark than: anything. “The fee is almost negligible,” Bennett said when their identities were discovered, “but it's been great fun.” FIRE ALARM CALLS || 1-3 Third and Franklin. 1-4 Frcnt and Franklin, 1-5 Front, near Ferry Way. 1-6 Front, near Gross. Apts. | 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. | 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill | 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-1 Willoughby at Totem Gro- cery. 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash Cole's Barn. | | 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. -7 Fifth and Seward. 9 Fire Hall. 2 Gastineau and Rawn Way. 4 Second and Gold. | 5 Fourth and Harris. 8 Fifth and Gold. 7 Fi 8 | 1 -7 Fifth and East. Seventh and Gold. 9 Fifth and Kennedy. } 4-1 Ninth, back of power house. 142 Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts. 413 Distin Ave, and Indian Sts. 4:5 Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Seventh and Main. 4-7 Twelfth, B. P. R. garage. 4-9 Home Grocery. 5-1 Seater Tract. 2. 2-4 3~ 3- 3 3- 8 3-! 3 PSS wOO0D HEMLOCK | FOR KITCHEN RANGES FOR HEATEES FOR FIREPLACES { $4.50 Load | {In 8, 12, 14, 16 o1 24-inch lengths CHESTER BARNESON Telephone 039, 1 long, 1 short or 91 | Economy Cash Store | First and Main | i | | | | “Youthful Loveliness in i 6 Days” ' Latest In Cosmetic Science | Marvo Beauty return and Won- | Sue-Fun removes facial blemishes, + pimples, blackheads, freckles, wrin- |kles or that worn sallow looking ’ complexion. | See Dr. Doelker, Hellenthal Bldg. e e Department On each account constantly making more money rainy day or the day of need ——d Both are well known on the Eng-|; | —_—— WATCH FOR NEXT AMERICAN LEGION SMOKER A. B. Hall IV.P. Johiwson | FRIGIDAIRE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS |/ MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES GENERAL MOTOES RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneau PR | — .| .l Second Hand Guns llon‘ht Phone 321 and Sold ‘ Ao i ] New Guns and Ammaunition J o — | SEE BIG VAN | Dr. A. W. Stewart | THE GUN MAN DENTIST | Opposite Coliseum Theatre Hours 9 a m. to § p. r. \ . . SEWARD BUILUING — Office Phone 469, Res. § H Phone 276 -— . FOR SALE = . Drs. Barton & Doelker VDRUGI.ESS HEALTH SERVICE COFFEE SI{OP “'Mxlntlln that Vital Resistance ”| | Hellenthal Bldg. Phone 259 | FRIGIDAIRE—MODERN Hours 10 am. to 9 p.m. Terms can be arranged Phone Juneau 17 for particulars for New Fur Garment Styles A big variety of Land Ofter, . Mink, Marten and other skins for your selection. Repairing and Remodeling YURMAN, the Furrier | 1 Triangle Building | | | ? SEE YURMAN | r ? —r ). SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY CAPITAL CLEANERS DOUGLAS AGENCY CITY BAKERY, MRS. REIDI Telephone 7 Leave your order at bakery or| phone and we will call | PHONE YOUR ORDERS| | TO US We will attend to them promptly. Our COAL, Hay, Grain and Transf{er business is increasing daily. There’s a reason. Give us a trial order today and learn why. You Can’t Help Being Pleased D. B. FEMMER PHONE 114 Assweet asthe f lowe Lots of crumbs of comfort in a loaf of our bread. Many slices of delicious food that will help you to enjoy your breakfast, din- ner and supper. Whatever you call your three meals a day—call for our bread. Peerless Bakery “Remember the Name™ | Dr. J. W. Bayne |cxponent of the Dunning System " PROFESSIONAL ||| PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electri:ity, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 L] " Helene W.L. Albrecht |' | | | 3 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. | PHONE 56 | | Hours 9 a. m. to § p. m. | . . » 2Lk TR —e | Dr. Charles P. Jenne | | DENTIST | ! Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephcne 176 DENTIST H Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, § am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by appointment. | i | ° Fraternal Societies y oF Gastineau Channel ! ufi. —4 - \ i B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock Elks' J Hall. Visiting brothers welcome. M. S. JORGENSEN, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Se L TR A AT S Cu-Ordinate Bod- les of Freemason- ry Scottish Rite Regular meetings second Friday each month a 7:30 p. m. Scot- tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700 S Meets every Mondajy night, at 8 o'clock. TOM SHEARER, Dictator. ‘N. T. VALE, Secy., P. O. Box 824 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14" Second and fourth Mon- day of each mouth In & 2 BV beginning at 7:30 p. m. ";7/(),\,' H. L. REDLINGSHAF- 77 ER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Second and Frurth 4 Tuesdays of each montk, Rite Temple. JESSI& KELLER, Worthy Mat- ron; FANNY L. ROB« Seottish Rite Temple, Secretary. at 8 o'cleck, Bcottisl INSON, Secretary. = KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS " ’ Seghers Council No. 1765 Robert Simpson Iicetings second and lsst Onot. D | Monday at 7:30 p. m. L. | Transient brothers urg- Craduate Los Angeles Col- | ed to attend. Councll legeyat: Optometry, and Chambers, Fifth Strest ! el o IR JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. i e o }| H J TURNER, Secretary. DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fittea Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Office phone 484, residense | phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 | to 12; 1:60 to 5:30 . . Hazel James Madden Teacher of the Pianoforte and of Improved Music Study Leschetizky Technic—Alchin Harmony Studio, 206 Main St. JUNEAU-YOUNG ‘ 1 | Phone 196 Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 336-2 Day Phone 12 HAAS Famous Candies The Cash Bazaar Open Evenings ROOM and BOARD Mrs. John B. Marshall PHONE 2201 l GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. DAVIS Phone 584 NEW RECORDS NEW SHEET MUSIC RADIO SERVICE Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE by EMILIO GALAO’S Recreation Parlors NOW OPEN Bowling—Pool LOWER FRONT STREET HOTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. Daliy cmpre want Ads Par. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Mevts first and third &Monduys, 8 o'clock, ¢t Eagles Hall Douglas. ALEX GAIR, W. P, GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. Our trucks go any place amy time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for crude oil save | burner trouble. l PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 | RELIABLE TRANSFER ¢ s SEE THE MOTO . BIKE In our window ARNOLD’S BOOTERY —_— JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 438 o s L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Guaranteed by J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by satisfied customers” - Garments made or pressed by | us retain their shape PHONE 528 1 | | | TOM SHEARER | | r l l] PLAY BILLIARDS | _at_ l BURFORD'S : GENERAL PAINT CONTRACTING Those planning exterior work | this summer should place their orders now to insure comple- tion while the weather lasts. B. W. BURKE TELEPHONE 4151 Alaska’s Resident Decorator ol sy