The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 2, 1931, Page 4

Daily v Alaska Em plrc g JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the EI(PXRI: PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main ts, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Fost GAflce In Tancau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell ano Thane for $1.25 per month By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25 Subscribers wiil gonfer a favor it they will promptly notify the BusinessOffice of any failure 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 the ase for republication of all news dispatches credited .o It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the tocal news publighed herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TC BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. LEGISLATURE DOES WELL. The Tenth Alaska Leg record. It courageously faced unusual demands for appropriations, many them for desirable ob- jects, and held the aggregate down to a ovoint ihat of made increased taxation unnecessary. Particularly praiseworthy was the work of the Senate. The House of Representatives had labored for weeks on a taxation measure that was gned to more money for the trasury. It Finally passed a bill that increased taxation on the Yish- eriez and mining, added to the poll taxes and raiszd The measure was not ead attention o anticipated other forms of taxation That body devoted its the in the Senate keeping the appropriations within income from the 1927 revenue laws. It was made clear Thursday night that it had succeeded and the House revenue bill was permitted to Jdie with- cut lament It must be said for the House that without hesi- tation it concurred in all of the Senate's priation cuts, and rejoiced that it was unnecessary to enact the Higher taxes measure that it had passed Nothing the Legislature could have have had hetter effect on the than this refusal to add to the burdens of Alaska industries at this time. It serves notice to the ” world that capital invested here has the assurance done would of fair treatment. Alaska, through her Legislature, * hes made it plain that she wants people to zome to the Territory and aid in the development of her resources. She gave the best sort of ecvidence i . of her good faith in the premises by preventing a raid on the capital that already is invested here. The people have every reason to be proud of the | 1 ‘Tenth Legislature. Never in the history of the Territory was a finer bunch of men sent here to make laws than the Senators and Representatives who are departing. Juneau parts with them with regret. She would like for them to remain here always, and a genuine welcome awaits them whenever they veturn, cither as members of the Legislature or as private citizens. JAPANESE AVIATOR COMING TO JUNEAU. Letters from the Hochi Shimbun, Tokyo news- paper, to Juneau convey the word that Seiji Yoshi- hara, aviator attached to the staff of that paper will visit this city in the course of his air trip from Tokyo to San Francisco. A letter to The Empire from Seiji Noma, President of the Hochi Shimbun, datad at Tokyo, April 7, says: ‘We beg to recommend to your kind at- tention Mr. Seiji Yoshihara, aviator at- tached to our staff, when he visits your locality in the course of his air trip from _ Tokyo to San Francisco via the Northern Pacific route. * * * By him we send our warm greetings for your own and your country's prosperity for all time to come. Thanking you in advance for all that he will be indebted to you for. The Japanese aviator and journalist will be a welcome visitor. It will be an honor to receive such an envoy from the other great Pacific ha- tion on such a mission as that indicated. For some years the friendship between Japan and the United States has been becoming closer and closer, and anything that will add to existing good feeling will ; be more than pleasing to all Americans including those who reside in Alaska. PROHIBITION ADMITTEDLY ON LAST TRIAL. > The chief Prohibition enforcer has announced 4 that he will make a supreme effort this year to g make Prohibition prohibit. He says, further, ] if he fails in 1931, with more money and men than ever before available, it will have to be admitted that the Prohibition amendment and laws are un- enforceable. Prohibition agents have often announced the beginning of another supreme effort to make the Volstead Act -effective. Not before, that we recall, has anyone jaid that if the supreme effort should fail it would be proof of the failure of Prohibition. | However, retiring agents have declared that it could not be enforced : Now, if we do not get Prohibition this year it is fair to assume that leaders of the Government tem must be adopted. COOLIDGE DOES NOT CHOOSE. A member of Congress, after an examination of the laws on the subject, suggested that the Na- House of Representatives might legally and, view of the almost equal status of parties :n that body, with advantage to all concerned go out- of Congress for a Speaker. This led someone propose former President Coolidge for the place. . Coolidge now declares that the Speaker must one who has had long experience in the Na- House, and he suggests that if the lature made an estimable | Appro- | Territory's standing | that | House | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY MAY 2, 1931.° | goes outside of its membership for a Speaker that it choose either former Speaker Gillett or .Judge Finis J. Garrett, former Democratic floor eader. Another way of saying that Mr. Coolidge does hot choose to be Speaker? York Methodist church which, abandoned its beauty shows, most beautiful girl attendant and , is apparently out after the &l the men. However, it might be embarras and poor folks. after gave the p- That ‘l\i!n tic New City the | port of to plain | ing Cincinnati Republicans, conscious of the need run a s | Longworth, Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, son of uvhe reident and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. 0 Alaska Legislature was The Tenth faithful ol [its trust | The other follow’s religion is many fellows' idea ot superstitution, What About Taxes? (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Presumably the country will have to face a deficit of something like $700,000,000 for the end of the fiscal year, and everybody is milling about the | prospect of tax increase. claim that the necessity for so doing now exists. | They are calling for reduction of Government ex- | penditures and | commissions. | The Republicans, naturally, are disinclined to consider tax increase at the beginning of a national |campaign. They insist that tax increase may be avoided. President Hoover has said there will be |no increase if the next Congress does not compel it by inconsiderate action and refrains from im- posing increases on the budget. He opposes demands of sectional and group interests. Tax increase is not desired by the country. people would do well to discourage dubious de-| mands, whether they may have motivation in senti- mental impulse or not. Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, speaks much to the point when he says: “We've been too cowardly to stand up against the demands of either the| farm bloc or the soldier bloc, and now we are |going to pay for our cowardice. During the next six months I expect to see politicians engaged in the edifying job of passing the buck.” Political hurrah and hullaballoo have placed us ship can extricate us, if extrication be possible. The people’s money cannot be appropriated and expend- ed, in the face of solemn warning, without danger |good. This task falls on the people. | have been in error they have small right to com- plain; | the errors of the people. | circumstances. impulse, More business sense and less emo- | tional and less responsiveness to gress in handling the affairs of the Nation. Not Representative. (New York Herald Tribune.) The stockholders of the Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration have apparently indorsed Mr. Schwab's policy of rewarding its executives with huge bonuses in return for the profits of management sorry to note their overwhelming bonus system and it does not alter our. belief that such exiravagant bonuses are essentially opposed to the best interests of industry It may be, as we have said before, that in- dustrial executives who are permitted to. share ‘in the net earnings of their were they held to a straight salary; but what in- tomers. the cultivation of mass consumption is the pre- requisite of permanent prosperity if the major por- costs without cutting prices, to steer the savings he effects into the pockets of the few rather than of | the many? He can't, and herein lies the vicious- ness of the bonus system carried to excess. Possibly an executive with a salary of $50,000 or $100,000 should be permitted to add something bonuses reasonably proportioned to the fixed pay- ment. But the Bethlehem Steel Corporation pays its president a salary of $12,000 a year and then challenges him to help himself to $1,000,000 or so from the amount he has amassed for it from the exploitajion of its market. This encourages him to strip its market just as the farmer, intent on his money crop, exhausts his soil. erman Rogers Again (Port Angeles News) The Salvation Army slogan “A Man May" Be Down But He's Never Out” certainly holds true in one instance. Remember Sherman Rogers who elec- trified Port Angeles by betting Sol G. Levy a Stetson hat that Port Angeles would double in population between 1928 and 1931? Well, he's popped out again —this time in the Red Book magazine to tell an eager world that America’s annual liquor bill is $6,080,000,000. This time, the idea is not entirely Sherman’s. He claims he received his information from a secret | analyses of the business by three of the leading bootleggers of America. Mr. Rogers writes that Americans drink 850,000,000 gallons of beer costing $770,000,000; 160,000,000 gallons of wine at $630,- 000,000 and 26,000,000 gallons of spirits which cost $4,680,000,000—and if that is not enough the billion- dollar annual expense entailed by home brew manu- facture, home wine and spirit distilling and gouger sales, brings the total bill to a little better than seven billion dollara annually, according to Mr. Rog- ers. Well, be that as it may, Port Angeles hasn't doubled in poplation, and Sol Levy is still waiting for that Stetson hat. Jailing an- Arkansas widow who makes liquor to feed her hungry children; granting immunity to a Chicago Itallan who sells hootch to millions.— (Los Angeles Times.) If the great American crime wave isn't stopped we may find ourselves changing the lines in our |nation anthem to read: “And the rackets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air—(New York Sun.) Ishbel MacDonald is learning how to fly a plane, and all she need ask for is no better luck than her father in keeping aloft. — (New York Times.) We can't see why anyone should take up | counterfeiting of money when there’s so much more |to be made in the counterfeiting of liquor.—(Cin- cinnati Enquirer.) ng man for Congress to succeed Nicholas, are advocating the nomination of State| iate | Progressives and Democrats | abolishing of many Government | The | in a jam from which only the ablest of statesman-! of an inevitable come-back. Deficits must be made | When they | but the errors of Congress are not always This is true in the present | varied | |acute political influence iy what is needed in Con- | We are | support of his| corporations recognize ani incentive to pyramid profits which would be lacking | dustry needs today is not so much profits as cus-| How can a man, or a group of men, in| charge of a great enterprise be made to feel that| tion of his income depends on his ability to cut| to his stipend by exercising his talents in behalf | of his stockholders—we are not arguing against | Rules As Dictator /APRIL WETTER, ALSO WARMER, REPORTS MIZE (Was Not Much Snov».' Fall —Sunshine Above Av- erage for Month | April was considerably warmer and wetter than the average. Snow K.\Il was comparatively light and considerably above says R. C. Mize in his | report made today. | The mean temperature was 43.1 degrees, or 2.6 degrees above the normal. The warmest April of {record was that of 1912 with .a mecan of 44 degrees. In 1884, 1916 and 1926 April was also warmer? {tha nthe past month . The cold-, est April of record was that of 1927 with a mean of 34 degrees. The highest temperature during | menth w 67 degrees on the| 24th and the lowest was 31 degrees on the Ist. Previous exiremes were 69 dogrees and 13 degrees, re- spectively. » | The total precipitation was 7.41' inches, or 2.06 inches above the, normal. The wettest April of rec- ord was that of 1900 with a total of 11.37 inches, and the driest was |that of 1917 with a total of 1.6 “Associated Press Photo President Paul von Hindenburg of Germany has assumed “dictator: ship” powers to doal with political radicals. the ——,———— ATTENTION MASONS There will be a Called Communi- cation of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147, F. & A. M., at the Masonic at 7:30 pm. Work in the F. C. | cipitation, or one more than the | average FIRE ! The mean relative humidity was 82 per cent at 4 am. 64 per cent ARM CALLS g 1-3 Third and Frankin. i noonAsm_:l‘GG pfr Cm-(. = ks p,m 1-4 Frcnt and Franklin. The prevailing '\‘\md dne'cnon was, 1.5 Pront, near Ferry Way. from the south with an average ve- 1.6 Front, near Gross. Apts. locity of 6.2 miles per hour. The . imaximum wind velocity was 27 1-7 Front, opp. Oity Whart. 1-8 Front, near Saw Mill miles per hour from the southeast 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. omas o, 31 Willoughby at Totem Gro- There were 7 clear days, 4 pari- 1y cloudy and 19 cloudy days. There were 191.0 hours of sunshine or 44 percent of the possible amount, as | compared with a previous average of 35 per cent. There were 7 days | with 100 per cent sunshine. cery. 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash Cole Barn. 2-4 Front and Seward. l -5 Front and Main. Second and Main. Fifth and Seward. | Killing frost occurred on the Fire Hall, L Gastineau and Rawn Way. | R0 Second and Gold. NOTICE Fifth and Gold. After May 1st all bills or ac- Fifth and East. | counts against the Olympic Pool | Room *will be paid by George | Stebac. | JOHN COVICH, Seventh and Gold. Fifth and Kennedy. Ninth, back of power house. 6 7 9 2 4 5 Fourth and Harris. 6 7 8 9 1 2 Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts. 2 2 2- 2- 3- 3- 3- 3- 8- 3- 3 4- 4- 4- 3 Distin Ave., and Indian Sts. Bat _bf.lwmw' 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. 446 Seventh and Maln. “FINAL CLEANUP” 4-7 Twelfth, B. P. R. garage. | Used Cars, Parts and Motors. Home Grocery. «Name | 5-1 Seater Tract. .__—-—-—l See | —adv Kb o g R 'WO0D HEMLOCK FOR KITCHEN RANGES FOR HEATERS FOR FIREPLACES $4.50 Load In 8, 12, 14, 16 o1 24-inch lengths | Motors for marine purpose. your price and take ’'em.” “Lucas” at Juneau Motors. e o) Music--Entertamment furnished for DANCES—PARTIES LODGE GATHERINGS i “SMOKEY” MILLS Telephone 402 { [ S ——— | Just In § New Stock Spur Bow Ties The tie all tied for you— 50c¢ and 75¢ We also have a fine assort- ment of four-in-hands. | $1.00 - $1.25 - $1.50 and $2.00 Sellers CHESTER BARNESON Telephone 039, 1 long, 1 short or 91 Economy Cash Store First and Main ! A s i “Youthful Loveliness in [ 99 i o [ 6 Days [ S 1 R’ V S Latest In Cosmezic Science | *) Marvo Beauty return *and Won- . o Sue-li‘un removes facial blemishes, “Everything in Furnish- | pimples, blackheads, freckles, wrin- ings for Men” t| kles or that worn sallow looking | complexion. ez, Sece Dr. Doeclker, Hellenthal Bldg. ot Our Savings Department 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. On each account we compound the interest semi-ammually, 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 pay 4 per cent interest. 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 until needed. The compounding of interest is automatic. The money is not idle, but is constantly making more money for you, accumulating for the rainy day or the day of need 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 e e e W i o) Temple Monday evening May 4th ! inches. The total snowfall was 5.0 Degree. Members and visitors urg- inches, as compared with a previ- ed to be present. By order of the ous average of 5.5 inches. 3.5 inches w, M J. W. LEIVERS, fell during 24 hours on the 16th-'__gqy. Secretary. | 17th. The greatest amount of - e | precipitation in any 24-hour period| @©1q Ppapers at The Empire | was 1.04 inches on the 28th. There 4 BTl were 19 days with measurable pre- — A WATCH FOR NEXT AMERICAN LEGION SMOKER % A. B. Hall W. P. Johison FRIGIDAIRE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneaw (! .[ Second Hand Guns Pought and Sold New Guns and Ammunition | SEE BIG VAN | THE GUN MAN | Opposite Coliseum Thentre 1 —_—— by FOR SALE SKAGWAY || COFFEE SHOP |, FRIGIDAIRE—MODERN | Terms can be arranged i Phone Juneau 17 for particulars | AR TR ST W IRIAST R SEE YURMAN Styles A big variety of Land Otter, Mink, Marten and other skins for your selection. Repairing and Remodeling YURMAN, the Furrier Triangle Building SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY CAPITAL CLEANERS 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 Transfer 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 for New Fur Garment §{|e | Studio, 206 Main St. DOUGLAS AGENCY |- 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 " PROFESSIONAL | T | Helene W.L. Albrecht | | PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electrizity, Infra Red ’ | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | | 410 Goldstein Building | i Fraternal Societies oF Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday evening. i Phone Office, 216 Bt 00k Bk Hall, T TR Visiting brothers o ® | welcome. g =ik o I M. 5. JORGENSEN, Exalted Ruler. , 301-303 Goldsiein Bldg. M. H. SIDES, Sccretary. PHONE 56 Co-Ordinate Bod- les of Freemason- Hours 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. : = o ANJ) rv Scottish Rite * F .. Regular meetings Dr. Charles P. Jenne i second Friday DENTIST each month =t | Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine z:: ‘x;'-u% emseotw- | Bullding Telephrme 176 | WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary s —. LOYAL ORDER . OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700, Meects every Monday night, at 8 o’clock. TOM SHEARER, Dictator. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. Box 824 Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangie Bldg. C<ice hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by appointment. Phone 321 | . . | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE No. 14" 5 o | Second and fourth Mon- day of each mouth in \ Dr. A. W. Stewart Scottish Rite Temple, . N\ . DENTIST beginning at 7:30 p. m. % | 'Hurs9am to$p ™ | |p 'y REDLINGSHAP- 7 i (oEWARL BEINeG ER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, 1 Office Phone 469, Res. Secretary Phone 276 : i ez _ ®| ORDER OF EASTERN STAR 3 e — Second and Fourth Drs. Barton & Doelker 4 Tuesdaysof each manth, CHIROPRACTORS ! &b B oloek, THeSNE DRUGLESS HEALTH SERVICE Rite Temple. JESSIN “Maintain that Vital Resistance ”! KELLER, Worthy Mat- | Hellenthal Bldg. Phcne 259 | { ron; FANNY L. ROB« | Hours 10 am. to 9 p.m. } INSON, Secretary. KANIGHTS OF COLUMBUS * Seghers Council No. 1760, MMeetings second and last Menday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- Graduate Angdles Qol- ed to attend. Counch) Jen, 25 PN R Al Chambers, Fifth Street ; JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. O SR AR N DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Mects first and third &Mondnys, 8 o'clock, it Eagles Hall Douglas. ALEX GAIR, W. P, GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. Robert Simpson Opt. D. DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Pittea Room 7, Valentine Bldg. | Office phone 484, residense | phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 | . 1:060 to 5:30 Hazel James Madden Teacher of the Pianoforte and cxponent of the Dunning System of Improved Music Study Leschetizky Technic—Alchin Harmony Our trucks go any place amy time. ' A tank for Diesel Ol and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. | PHONE 143, NIGHT 148 RELIABLE TRANSFER | e ey Fhone 196 ok SEE THE bt B woro BIKE and Embalmers | Night Phone 336-2 Day Phome 12 . | Licensed Funeral Directors ’, | In our window L] ARNOLD’S BOOTERY HAAS | Famous Candies The Cash Bazaar Open Evenings ROOM and BOARD Mrs. John B. Marshall PHONE 2201 GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O, DAVIS Phone 584 Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 438 NEW RECORDS NEW SHEET MUSIC RADIO SERVICE Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies JUNEAU MELODY e C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Guaranteed by J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by satistied customers” ) | Garments made or pressed by us retain their shape HOUSE PHONE 528 i ‘ TOM SHEARER | | EMILIO GALAOS | T P PLAY BILLIARDS Recreation 0 Parlors Il BURFORD’S ‘ NOW OPEN P— — Bowling—Pool GENERAL PAINT ¢ LOWER FRONT STREET 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 D TS Dally empire Want Ads Pav. Daily Empire wans als Pay, ) } | o s D R