The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1931, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1931. divide political: along racial line: . . D(,ll’\' AI(lsk(' E’nplre has been little if any attempt to organize a race it political party or political faction of any sort in the JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND, IFANEER Islands. Rather the leaders of all the races strive hed e “evening Sunday by the|to prevent political division along racial lines. They b o it ring for a united population without ~ | race consc SNess. They have Japanese schools, it is true, where the language and history of Nippohi | are taught, but the pupils are taught that they are| { Americans and that it good to be Americans | They are not urged to stick together and vote as| very evening except NTING COMPANY at all lak are <UBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Thane for $1.25 per month. is Treadwell and By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: e r Japanese directi ! One ye in advance, six months. in advance, | Japanese under Japanese direction The youth that $6.00: one month, in adva $1.25 end the Japanese schools, and among them | Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly g 3 g 5 jotify the isiness Office of any failure or irregularity some of the other races, are not relieved by in the de¢ at from compulsory attendance at English lang- | | uage schools. | ntitlet tos the Political divisions run through all the races. 1]l news dispatches credited to | Anglo-Saxons, Hawalians, Japanese, Chinese, Fili- 1 In this paper and aiso the g : i local news published herein | pinos, Portuguese, etc, are represented 'in both S 5y ————— |Democratic and Republican Clubs and organiza- AL A R AT O RN T o chE on "CER |tion committees. On the most. populous island of | THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION THAN | Oahu it is said that a majority of the original Ha- 1',\'.’11mn race are Democrats while® a far greater | majority of the Anglo-Saxons on all the islands are | Republicans. The two Japanese members of the pres- ent House of Representatives are Democrats, and the Chinaman in the previous Legislature was also a | Democrat But these are all happinstances. The| i]endm's of all the races encourage those of all racrs: to become either Democrats or Republicans as in- ‘di\'idualsv They discourage any semblance of| lrarml divisions. ! Since ths Prince of Wales's famous excursion (into South America, frankly in the interest of Brit- {ish trade extension, the Boston News Bureau, a pa- |per devoted to American industry and trade in- |terests, refers to him as the “Prince of Sales.” |Rather complimentary at that. AND POLITICS. PUBLISHERS Time was when it was accepted as one of the fundamentals of newspaper making that editors and publishers must have public offices. This ap- plied to publishers in large and small towns. Th> The Post Office Department recently officially | discontinued Prosperity. Prosperity is the name| of a fourth class post office in Moore Coumy.} country editor, if his party was in power, was the North Carolina, discontinued April 30. natural ction for the Post Office or something WSS better. paper offices were a source of supply Will Rogers to the Ladies. for Governors, Congressmen, Collectors of Internal| FESIEIVEE (New York World Telegram.) Revenue, Collectors of Customs and other offices. It | Will Rogers is going to get hooked for a Cabinet | wcs taken for granted that the political pax'L:e:‘ must take care of their newspapermen., | post or something bigger if he doesn't stop showing | But those were the days when newspapers that he knows more about running the country| ‘than the politicians. It took him just a week with| an airplane in the Caribbean to find out what our State Department after twenty-three ygars is only | beginning to discover. { Will divulged this secret of foreign policy to; the ladies—we would not dare to say, “old sisters,” as he did—of the D. A. R. convention in Washing- ton. Said he:— We've got our army and navy messing “Lelonged” to either the Democratic or the Republi- can party They took positions on the is s after their party platforms were written. The situation is different now. Newspapers are generally independ- ent in these days. They stand on their own bases. They “belong” to no one but the owners, unless it be to the public they serve. Editors and publishers are, generally speaking, too busy to hold public| : 2 At e offices, and they cannot afford to be bound to around in everything; we mean well, bu i fitioul -on % | we just don't get away with it. I have been oot hioal Sotgmn Eation, : | talking about it in all these countries, and Perhaps this transition was slower in its de- they think we ought to stay at home. We're velopment in the South than in the North. But 1n: Balll Bow. A0 RHCARR " BosnimiRRe T B the rule now applies in Dixie as it does elsewhere. | been told that in confidence by their big men, and it is time we quit and got back home. To which we say, Amen. The only trouble with Will is that he doesn't| go far enough. Or perhaps we should say the only | trouble is that he did not stay in Ceneral America | another week. Then doubtless he would have ais-| covered constructive policy which should replace The New York Times commented upon this sub- ject is an editorial devoted to the life and exper- ience of the late Robert Ewing, long the publisher of the New Orleans State. In his earlier years he thought he must have a public office or fail. For many years he was one of the State Tax Col- lectors and the occupant of other offices. He finally decided that he must make his paper freer'the American intervention fiasco. if it was ever to attain the §|:\ndin(; that lte wnm-} After we take Will's good advice to ed it to have. About twehty years 4go, he' as- get back home,” what do we do then? For thaz; tonished the powers that be by refusing to hold 'does not solve the problem. There will still be office longer. In an almost incredible short time|Central American revolutions. There will still be the State became one of the great dailies of "heipgnodlc destruction of United States property andl South. So successful was the publisher that be- |/ LnE Of our citizens. e 4 : X ) | There will still be demands of European power: fore his recent death he had acquired three other for ys to protect their nationals on threat of their “quit and“ Louisiana daily newspapers in Shreveport and Mm"'linter\'emion. There will still be occasions when roe. | an outside police power is required to protect legiti- This caused the Times to say: {mate international rights. The Southern newspapers have general- + And when those crises come, all of the hard sense} 1y outgrown the tradition when their editors of Will Rogers and the good intentions of the and publishers sought appointive or elective White House are not géing to keep several million office as a means of advancing their jour- excited brethren and sisters of the patroitic or- nalistic work. They have come into the ganizations from pushing us back into the Big sounder belief that newspaper men should Stick policy. remain strictly in an advisory capacity, de- Then we shall rush South again 'with a high hat fending the public from exploitation but !in one hand, a gun in the other, a battleship in refusing political honors. They have found the background—and proceed to “clean ’‘em up” that this course gives to their expressed in the name of God, country and bonds. opinions the weight of being disinterested. That is what has always happened before, andl‘ PR will again. s I Unless— HAWAII A LESSON [ Unless we recognize that the protection of in. TOLERATION. ternational rights there is not our job but an in- | ternational job. It would be a wonderful thing if the peoples of Unless “,J(, use our cruisers and marines as part the world would study the history of Hawali. What |of an international police force. a lesson it teaches in race toleration! 1In the ef-! Unless we substitute for our Monroe Doctrine of ficacy of brotherly love without regard to race in Yankee paternalism a new Pan-American doctrine the achievement of happiness! |of mutual equality and mutual responsibility of all The death in Honolulu in late January of |the American republics for protection of their joint Albert Pierce Taylor, journalist, historian and be- |interests and rights. R loved Librarian of the Archives of Hawaii, directed | .. iSeeet-Wo xenounce: our aelfiah Splonikagciang Bew intevestito. his wondartiul hook “ORAM Hawatlan | dictatorial power in favor of a Pan-American union A | which can and will act. Skies,” regarded in Honolulu as probably the best Peace is not preserved by mere good intentions. and nearest authentic history of Hawaii, particular- Disputes are as inevitable in this hemisphere as Iy of the social and political life of the Hawaiian |elsewhere. Military interventions and wars are not | people, that was ever written. It was the product |ended by words. International organization is neces- of years of research and study and writing, Much |sary. International law is necessary. International | of it, in fact, is a compilation of articles that were | €nforcement is necessary. written from time to time during the quarter of a As Will Rogers says, we mean, well. But_that 1A century he was a member of the editorial staff of N0 Kept us from making a mess of things andl fhe Honolulu Morning Advertiser. eamlng the »hatred of our neighbors. Nor will Will| 2 | Rogers’s policy of withdrawal mend things. | Taylor had for many years been regarded as| | the best authority in the Islands on Hawaiian his- | RACE We must built where we have destroyed. We | must turn their hatred into good will. We need tory. He was cultured, studious, ardently fond |them; they need us. We must live with them and | of history and research, and an amiable and friend- | work with them as equals. ly man, an American from Missouri and Colorado,| There is only one way. Call it an American League of Nations, call it an effective Pan-American Union—the name does not matter. But that is the only way out. who went to Hawali while in his mid-twenties at | the time of annexation. He married a native of | the Islands of high ranking family who was part | Hawailan. He was a friend of the last Queen and others of royal blood and co-operated with those | Notwithstanding the fact that she resigned and for a time was not busy herself, reports all indicate! who. with regret and sadness, deposed her and|that Mrs Willebrandt's fruit juice output is working established the Republic and later brought abou:;mcely.-—(bexmgwn. Ky., Herald) annexation to the United States. At the time! 1 The New York banker who said that silence is' the secret of success had a lot of money to talk he passed away he was probably the most beloved otl |for nim—~(Imdianapolis News) all the citizens of the Territory. Time after time in his “Under Hawalian Skies" the author refers to the complete lack of race prejudices in Hawali He loved to dwell upon the manner in which the mixture of races live together amicably and understandingly as one people. In one place he says The Hawaiians became the best of American citizens. Probably no unit of the American Union has a better class of Ameri- can citizens, despite the fact that, aside from native Hawallans, the citizen population includes a large number of men and women born of Asiatic parents. There are few dis- tinctions of race or color in the Hawaiian Islands. Unlike the situation in Alaska, voters in Ha- waii, the other great American Territory, do notl A semi-pro wonders, wonders whether the ad- dress of Just-Around-the-Corner-Prosperity isn't the Lane-That-Has-No-Turning.—(Cincinnati Enquireér.) The Wickersham Commission finds crime data inadequate and abused. That would also have been a better alibi for the Prohibition report— | (Washington Post.) Flexible gas is exhibited at the chemical show.| Great thing for Congressmen who don't know wmch; side to support.—(Cincinnati Enquirer). ' Niceto Alcala Zamora, new Lead of the Spanish Republic, says he can't promise everything. What's a guy like that doing in politics?—(Boston Herald.) 2" BACCALAUREATE ! occupied rows of seats toward the |thy L. Bakke, Sigrid Irene Davis, |Grace M. Meggitt, Alice G. Mer- Life Partners? STRESSES FAITH AS LIFE'S GUIDE | | . Dean C. E. Rice’s Sermon | Features Exercises for | Graduates 1 s L | : “Ye shall be witnesses unto Me,” | : : % the Savior’s charge to his Apostles, | - % - was the text for the baccalaureate b v = sermon delivered in the Northern 5 : i Light Presbyterian Courch last |s2 " Soren o evening by the Rev. C. E. Rice,| |3} g‘g’;l ‘ dean of the Episcopal Cathedral ‘, S,;i: . of Holy Trinity, to members of the, |i{4 ;J-‘-” 84354 graduating class of the Juneau high [:3i%% i" K school. Witnesses, explained the m“ ¥ ¢ \ speaker, mean living evidence of the |t P igi4 o . Christian faith, exemplars of Chris- :?}..t . £ 4 i tian conduct. The graduates were reminded that Both stars in their respective fields, they come to a turning point in t:fi S 23&%Y-1207§:gepetoplea:ove ir 1 t Pho 3 ve teame their lives and that whether they 27% ‘}:)yflge S et of matg}: pursued their education further or yony " They are H. W. “Bunny” took up business they would be de- Austin, well known English tennis pendent in the future in very player, and Phyllis Konstam, who large measure upon their own ef- recently achieved considerable forts; that the shelter of the home, Popularity on the guiding care of parents must - _glvg way almost entirely to _th:- perg, William R. Rodenberg, Mary individual quality of self-sacrifice. Campbell Rogers, Jeannette Stew- Applicable To All art, John E. Stewart, Mary A. Workers in every field of en- oy iving Toren R Sisson, William deavor, no matter where its place p gparks Elmer Gene Swanson, or what its kind, should emulate, Mary Fredericka VanderLeest. declared the dean, as far as hu- B t e manly possible, the sublime char. Commencement exerclses, al acter of the Heavenly Father as which diplomas will be presented revealed by the life and teachings of His Son—should strive to be worthy witnesses of the Christian conception of the Creator. “It is a challenge,” asserted the 4 A 3 speaker, “of the highest order—a gccxdent injuries San FTE‘DCX‘S challenge that should be met juries have awarded the plaintiffs; whatever your walk in life.” more than $1,000,000. The baccalaureate exercises open- ed with a selection, “Reverie,” by Katherine Glenn, played by the public schools’ string ensemble, di- rected by Miss Dorothy Fisher. Invecation Pronounced An invocation was pronounced by the Rev. G. E. James, minister of the Metropolitan Methodist Epis- copal Church. A Scriptural lesson, the Twelfth Chapter of the Epistle to the He- brews, was read by the Rev. C. C. Saunders, pastor of the Northera Light Presbyterian Church. A trombone solo, “Berceus2” by Godard, was rendered by Thomas grade school auditorium at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. e *“Heart Action - - - OKAY—" i Says DOC 4; | When the battery in your car fails . . . you go no place . . . s 'many have no doubt learn- 2d. Good battery service elimi- Redlingshafer. 15 nates many disappointments and A selection, “Recessional,” by De- | eten jrksome and expensive de- Koven, was sung by the Girls lays. Prompt and regular bat- Glee Club of the public scheols, | oy service is the policy which under direction of Mrs. Len Oster- man with Mrs. Carol Bewy Davis at the organ. The benediction was given by the Rev. Mr. Saunders, Capacity Audience Presnt The exercises were attended by a capacity audience Members of the graduating class 2 made our shop headquar- ters for motorists. If you have 1,.good battery in your car give it the attention which it de- serves. Tell us to check on it regularly. ‘We rebuild batter- es when parts justify such ac- tion. Let us add your name to sur list of customers who en- trust the care of their batteries axclusively to us. ¢ront of the church. The graduates are: Elizabeth Jane warragar, Doro- Mary Edith Giovanetti, ‘Zalmain David Gross, John Simon Hellen- thal, Robert E. Hurley, Verna Mar- ie Hurley, Lena Jackson, Muriel Freda Jarman, Edward L. Laurie, | Connors Motor Co. ritt, Myrtle Bess Millard, Xenia Chevrolet Agency Paul, Willlam Edward Powers, Mary Edna Riendeau, Ralph EI- liott Robertson, Edward Roden- FURNITURE Living Room Sets—Dining Room Sets— Bed Room Sets—Kitchen Furniture SIMMONS-- BEDS, SPRINGS and MATTRESSES CHILDREN’S' CHAIRS MIRRORS Armstrong’s-Linoleum Thomas Hardware Co. Thoughts on Thrift “Saving is the first great principle of success. It creates independence, it stimulates a man with proper energy; in fact, it brings to him the best part of any success—happinesss and content- ment.”—Sir Thomas Lipton. Our Savings Department will render you admirable assist- ance in saving for the future. The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA e e SR e b e o | the English screew. | . the graduates, will be held in the s in In 51 cases involving automobile | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 AMERICAN LECION | SMOKER 3 A. B. iall DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER ! DENTISTS | 301-303 Goldstein Bidg. R I e PHONE 56 ! Hours 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. 7 o % ‘e . P/. P JOuu ON || ;—— BB e FRIGIDAIRE Dr. Charles P. Jenne DELCO LIGRT PRODUCTS |(| . DENCST o MAYTAG WASHING A Building MACHINES ‘Telephrme 176 GENERAL MOTOES RADIOS || *- — = o — —_— Phone 17 Dr. J. W. Bayne | \ 1 DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office *ours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointment. | Front Street Junezan l, | o . . -« | PROFESSIONAL | Fraternal Societies | ° d OF WATCH FOR . . N i i 5 5 | Helene W. L. Albrecht :LM | PHYSI RA ~ B P O ELKS NEXT | Massage, meg:g:'}. I:f'rl Red Me,“fi'g";v'e’,‘,m“ A ‘Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock EIks' Hall Visiting brothers welcome, M. S. JORGENSEN, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Co-Ordinate Bod- fes of Freemason- ry Scottish Rite Regular meetingr second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m Scot- tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, NO. 700 Meets Monday 8 p. m. Ralph Reischl, Dictator Legion of Moose No. 25 meets first and third Tuesdays G. A. Baldwin, Secretary and .i’ Phone 321 Herder, P. D. Box 273. PAYS TO PAY e d e o e e i —— | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE No. 1¢ p * ? | Second and fourth Mon- | Harris Hardware Co. Dr. A. W. Stewart ' day of each mouth In \ Lower Front Street | DENTIST Seottish Rite Temple, BV | Hours § a m. to 8§ p. p». | | beginning at 7:30 p. m: (l&fi" ;;-’]W‘Aig BU&F!’;: H. L. REDLINGSHAF- %% m—— | o ey oolion ER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS - Bl Secretary. BLUE BIRD CAFE 2 T S e 3 |} Next to Nifty Shoppe, Front 8 - -e ORDER OF EASTERN STAR NOW OPEN Drs. Barton & Doelker Second and Fourty ¥ CHIROPRACTORS 4 Tuesdays of each month PRUGLESS HEALTH SERVICE | | “Maintain that Vital Resistance ”| Hellenthal Bldg. Phone 259 | Hours 10 am. to 8 pm. | Fast Courteous Service— Excellent Food— Properly Cooked— Popular Prices— The two best places to eat— “At Home and at the BLUE BIRD” Robert Simpson Opt. D Graduate Los Angeles Col- H H H g )] SEE YURMAN for New Fur Garment Styles s A big variety of Land Otter, | Glasses Fitted, ".nses Grownd | DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL 1 Optometrist-Optician | | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitteu | | Mink, Marten and other skins - Room 17, Valentine Bldg. | for your selection. Repairing and Remodeling Office phone 484, residense phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:60 to 5:30 at 8 o'clock, BScottial Rite Temple. JESSIR KELLER, Worthy Mat- ron; FANNY L. ROB- INSON, Secretary. KWIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760 24eetings second and last Mounday at 7:30 p. m Transient brotbers urg- ed to attend. Councd Chambers, Fifth Street JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 Mects first and third &Mandays, 8 o'clock wt Eagles Hall Douglas. ALEX GAIR, W. P GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. YURMAN, the Furrier || i | ! 1 lege of Dptometry and 1 Opthalmology | | | ) Frianglh Bulidmg Hazel James Madden e e SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY CAPITAL CLEANERS DOUGLAS AGENCY CITY BAKERY, MRS. REIDI | of Improved Music Study Leschetizky Technic—Alchin Harmony Studio, 206 Main St. | | | Teacher of the Pianoforte and exponent of the Dunning System Phone 196 Bewdnsing oo o e g Our trucks go any place amy time. A tank for Diesel OM and a tank for crude ofl save barner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 RELIABLE TRANSFER k) Telephone 7 Leave your order at bakery or JUNEAU-YOUNG " NEW RECORDS pmm:nd s Funeral Parlors NEW SHEET MUSIC DON'T BE TOO Licensed Funeral Directors ||} RADIO SERVICE : 2t e 3551y Phsio 13 l' Expert Radio Repairing o 7 Radio Tubes and Supplies HAAS | Famous Candies || JUNEAU MELODY The Cash Bazaar HOUSE Open Evenings L3 L ’. @ ROOM and BOARD JUNEAU TRANSFER Mrs. John B. Marshall COMPANY With the coal if it comes from our PHONE 2201 place. For our coal goes farther and | | gives a more even and satisfying e L] heat. If your coal bin is running low, better have us send you a new supply to prove our statement. Our draying service is always the best and we specialize in Feed. D. B. FEMMER Phone 114 T CARBACE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. DAVIS Juneau Recreation Parlors EMILIO GALAO, Prop. BOWLING—POOL ’ Lo Front wer Front Street ATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA. Prop. D e . wOoOD HEMLOCK FOR KITCHEN RANGES FOR HEATERS FOR FIREPLACES . $4.50 Load In 8, 12, 14, 16 o1 24-inch lengths CHESTER BARNESON Telephone 039; 1 long, 1 short Economy Cash Store First and Main It tastes like more. That’s why you will continue ordering it after you have tried the first loaf. Get the habit of eating it and favor your friends by telling them what a mighty good bread it | Peerless Bakery i .| 'l-ht‘no Name™ C tices at The Empire, Quartz ana placer location no- Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 L. C. SMITH and CORONA Guaranteed by J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by Garments made or pressed by us retain ¢heir shape PHONE 528 GENERAL PAINT CONTRACTING Those planning exterior o this summer should place d orders now to insure tion while the weather B. W. BURKE ¥’ TELEPHONE 4151 Alaska’s Resident Decorator | . satisfied customers” 3 TOM SHEARER | PLAY BILLIARDS | —at— e I BURFORDS . 4 L . ~ i