The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 26, 1931, Page 4

R B AR O T S TR AT N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, OCT. 26, 1931. Daily Alaska Ehpire JOEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every eveninz except Sunday by the EMPIR™_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Dellvered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thars 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, $1.26 ‘Subacribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity In the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices. 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE®S. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the focal news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION WHY SHOULD THERE BE DISCOURAGEMENT? Just why there should be any widespread lac of ¢ dence in the ability of the country to rise out of the slough of depression is difficult of under- standing. Yet there is evidence on all hands of such a feeling. The United States is just as wealthy in tangible assets. in prospects, in industrial genius and -fficiency of personnel and machinery as during the heydey of its prosperity. It was with ti sort of thing in mind that the Chicrgo Association of Stock Exchange Firms recently issued the following announcement: In terms of real wealth, America is richer today than ever before. Our natural resources are unimpaired by depression. Our wealth in the form of buildings, ma- and equipment of all kinds in- S year after year. The progress of America as a going con- cern depends upon the spirit of Americans. with the solid facts of wealth evident on all sides, the exercise of reason always results in faith in America. Confidence in a land like ours is common sense. J Prosperity springs from confidence These things are true of Alaska in general and particula of Juneau. Here we have a more stabilized industry, more employment, wages un- touched by reductions, banks with increased de- posits, and an ever-growing and self-supporting population. If any town in the United States has reason to feel assured of the present and confident of its future, Juneau is pre-eminently in that posi- tion. NATIONAL CHAMBER SUGGESTS PROGRAM. council, systems The setting up of a national cconomic creation of privately sustained insurance against unemployment, the establishment of em- plcyment exchanges and other measures to give greater stability to th: national business fabric are recommended in the report of the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Committee on Continuity of Business and Employment submitted to the Board of Directors meeting in Washington recently. The committee, of which Henry I. Harriman, of Boston, is Chairman, presents its conclusions in three categories,—causes of the depression, long- time measures for dealing with fluctuations in business and the emergency aspects of the present situation. After reviewing the effects of earlier cyclical de- pressions, some of which were much more acute than the present, the committee formulates more or less general conclusions. It discredits the assump- tion that technological development has resulted in the permanent reduction of employment by way of substituting machines for labor. "It condemns mani- pulative speculation' which leads to inflation or depression and recommends that commodity and security exchanges tak: steps to prevent it. It suggests more stringent regulation of credit, urges that every possible step be taken for international disarmament and emphasizes the importance of agiculture in the national economy. Discussing long-time measures the committee mentions among other subjects the following: bal- ancing of production and consumption, modification of the anti-trust laws to permit, under supervision, agreements regarding production and dis- the establishment of a national economic advisory functions; industrial planning by individua! concerns and trade associations; un- employment, sickness, accident and old age insur- ance based upon definite reserves previously estab- lished; shorter hours of labor. Imm te measures for meeting the problem of unemployment include centralized local organization for providing employment following the lines of the so-called Rochester plan; central registration of workers seeking employment, planning and 2xecu- tion of public works. SCIENCE ASSAILS HUNTERS' TALES. Devotees of the ‘“scattergun” who sometimes re- turn from stormswept marshes without game to show have often regaled their boon companions with tales of the ducks they missed as they sped| by at 180 miles an hour have run afoul of scientific sharks who claim to have “shot to pieces” this traditional alibi. One such scientist in the employ of th> United States Biological Survey has compiled certain statistics relating to the speed with which birds fly that tends to cast the deep shadow "‘j cuspicion on these stories of “high speed” ducks. Earlier estimates on the rate these birds fly cradited them with phenomenal speeds, but auto- mobiles and airplanes have helped the scientists t:me more accurately by furnishing more reliable ~ means of checking by comparison. The most accur- ste checks thus far made show that ducks and _ gees> do not ordinarily travel more than 40 miles an hour, although, says Mr. Scientist, they are capable of increasing their speed, if frightened. And] there, undoubtedly, lies the explanation of the rea- | sonablensss of the hunters’ alibi.’ No hunter ever |shot at a duck that wasn't thoroughly frightened, in fact, galvanized with fear. It may be true, as he scientists maintain, that they can't maintain super speed very long, but they don't need to in order to get out of range of a shotgun | The fast:st bird timed by the wor }Bmm_mcal Survey was a duck hawk in California, |who flew at a speed of 165 miles an hour while !(‘hnsmg its prey. Mallards timed in France and |England flew 50 to 58 miles an hour, and a flock |in California, going at top speed, when timed with an airplane went a mere 55 miles to 65 miles. But a canvasback that zoomed up in front of the same plane turned in the creditable record of 72 miles. The observer failed to note whethar the birds were scared or were just out for an airing. Either way, the boys would have to shoot close to bring home om either flock. es on geese are not so abundant nor so comforting to the hunter. Canada geese timed in Masachusetts flew 44 miles an hour and a brant |In Scotland, probably recognizing the dangerous n and unfriendly people, stepped up to 45 s and was still going south when last seen. | Sweeping the Augean Stables. (New York Herald Tribune.) The Herculean labor of cleaning the tables was a mere matter of recreation compare with that of drying up New Jersey, or so it mi seem to Judge Borquin, of Montana, now presiding over the Federal District Court at Trenton. Judge Borquin has managed to crowd the Mercer County jail with Volstead violators until he has them i::rr»p:xvg on the stone floors of thz prison corridors. |In the mean time he has learned that there is an |estimated total of 3,000 saloons in Trenton alone,| |of at least 10,000 in the State. “If each saloon| |twenty drinks a day—they couldn't get along on |less—that would mean 200,000 violations a day, and |in a year that would be 75,000,000 violations” The |quotation and computations are those of United States Attorney Forman, of Trenton. “My. ! |the court is reported as responding. “It only goes| |to show the hop:lessness of the effort to cope with| |this business.” | It is the method that is hopeless, and how hope- |less it is one may learn at greater length from a| book just off the press entitled “O' Rum River” by Colonel Ira L. Reeves. Colonel Reeves was Pro- | hibition Administrator of New Jersey from Septem- |ber, 1926, until his resignation in despair and disgust | Augean | the following May. He was one of those former Army officers of splendid record and high stand- ing whom General Andrews persuaded to tackle thé job of enforcement. Few, if any, are left in the enforcement service today. Almost to a man |they have surrendered to the bitter disillusionment |which is the subject of Colonel Reeves's narrative. “Within a period of eight months,” he writes, “I took part in some four hundred raids’ on major offenders, such as large commercial stills, ‘wild-cat’ breweries, ale plants and ‘cutting’ plants, making aggregate seizures totaling an average of $1,000,000 a month, yet at the end of that period the only results accomplished were to increase the price and lower the quality of bootleg liquo in New Jersey, But figures alone can do only partial justice to| the Homeric futility of the Prohibition effort. One| of Colonel Reev: most startling revelations is thej| fact that the Prohibition service itself “has proved to be a training school for bootleggers.” The turn- over in the enforcement personnel is, as every onz is aware, prodigious. “A large percentage of those who leave it sooner or later engage in same phaSe of bootlegging.” Very naturally, because while in the service they “learn the ropes of the under- world, as well as the Government’s methods in at- tempting to apprehend and convict the violators, | hence they are “sought after by those engaged in the illicit busine: In other words, the more the “dry” broom is wielded the greater the accumu- lation of dirt; the broom itself breeds it. In the light of this development the old legend of the Augean stables becomes almost prophetic and well worth Judge Borquin's perusal. Hercules, if we remember rightly, was persuaded very early in his task to discard the filth-multiplying broom and to turn the courses of two swift rivers through the mess. A similar expedient is the only possible solution of the Prohibition problem. Let “Ol' Rum River” be channalized and allowed to flow legally and under proper control through the national stables, and the vast accumulation of crime, cor- ruption and intemperance which now befouls them will be swept out. Repeal the Eighteenth Amend- ment and “the effort to cope with this business” will become anything but hopeless. Morrow. (Boston News Bureau.) With the shock of utter suddenness in the pass- ing of Dwight Morrow goes a pang which all men will share. "That universality of trust and affection was the finest tribute—to charm and character as well as the genius of the man. Lawyer, banker, diplomat, statesman, with one role evolving into another and that last-named newly growing, his record is written high in many friends. To the gifts of a fine brain—snapt in sleep—were wed the impulses of a great heart. There were many facets to that shining career. Not least memorable was the conquest over usual contradictions, winning confidence in so many di- verse quarters which commonly might distrust one who had spent 15 years as a corporation lawyer and 13 as a Morgan partner. But a spontaneous trust disarmed any such antipathies. Calvin Coolidge, konwing intimately his wide capabilities, as did his other Amherst classmates, chose well in sending Morrow to unravel the long- tangled w:b of our relations with Mexico. That patiently won triumph struck a new note in diplo- macy, of power in negotiation and conciliation. so “my simpatico.” It was the flowing of gifts more quietly evinced in law and finance. It was the deep legal mind which in a Senate contest made a downright choice not for political advantage but in combat of that which it considered an excrescence upon the Constitution. There was opening a new chapter of public serv- ice, following those of wartime which Porshing had decorated. There had also been the service to fellowmen cvidenced by so many social service con- tacts. The swift close of his career found that gift of counsel still busy. j Saturday found him closeted all day with Stim- son conferring on international problems. Sunday |night heard his voice on the air pleading for Jew- ish charity. America will miss such mind and heart. A Southern professor predicts another depression in 1938. That's cheering. We were afraid it was going to be the same one.—(Boston Herald.) | Frenchmen have stopped fighting duels. They offer each other a drink of American whiskey.— (Florida Times Union.) that Great Oh, Ginger! Now Bernard Shaw is proposing Britain sell Jamaica to this country. *|should make We g benefited greatly because all in Mexico found him | WILL ADDRESS STUDENT BODY Available for Town Bas- ketball Evenings I At the meeting, Friday, Novem- er 6, of the High School Studen: Body, B. D. Stewart, Territoriall Mine Inspector, will be the prin- cipal speaker on the program that has been arranged for the occasion, | according to announcement mel today at the school . superinten-} dent's office. The November meet- ing of the student body will be 1i¥| second this scholastic year. ¥ Members of the eoditorial staff of the Tofem, annual high schosl publication, having been selected last week, work on the yearly} periodical will begin at once.- Ar- rangements are being made for the: aking of pictures for the book., Bids on the printing have been! d | asked for. Aspirants for places on boy and girl basketball squads are practic-| ing afternoons. Training rules of no smoking, early hours and cor- rect diet are in force. The basketball equipment is com- plete. The high school gymnasium is available for use of town basketball teams irom 7 to 9 o'clock eve- nings. Any squads composed of town residents wishing to practice or play in the school gymnasium arrangements with Superintendent R. S. Raven MUSSOLINI 1S ACCLAIMED BY ITALIAN CITY Pays Visit to Napies Where He Became Il Duce | of Fascism NAPLES, Italy, 26.—Benito Mussolini returned in triumph last Saturday to the spot where nine years ago he became the Il Duce of Fascism and ordered the march on Rome that put him at the head of the Ttalian state Picked troops guarded practical- ly every part of the city during the celebration. The Premier gave his first recog- nition to the reconciliation between the Church and ‘State and there was a cordial meeting Between him and the Archbishop of Naples. The Premier was enthusiastically greeted everywhere by the throngs. - WARNING TO DOG OWNERS Keep your dog at home, espec- ially at night. About six dogs have been poisoned in the vicinity of the Fair Building. We saved one dog by pouring fresh milk down his throat. | —adv. ECONOMY GARAGE. —————— - Women are treated exactly the| same as men in sovie! Russia. i Christmas Cards 21 newly designed cards to- gether with 21 beautifully embossed seals—all with tis- sue-lined envelopes — each { card different. | $1.00 per box Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 33 Post Office Substation No. B.D. STEWART _ GOES INSANE, SHOOTS FIVE, THEN ESCAPES High School Gymnasium South Carolina Farmer| Runs Amuck—In Woods with His Daughter WAGENER, South Carolina, Oct. | 26.—Georg: Jackson, aged 40 years a farmer, apparently became in- sane as he sat at a Sunday gath- ering of relatives at his uncle’s home and scattered the crowd witi sudden shots, killing five of them. He went to the home of his cousin and fatally wounded him. Armed with a pistol and shot- gun, Jackson fled to the thick woods with his 1l-year-old daugh- er Lulu. Jackson so far has posse with blood hounds. JACKSON IS CAPTURED WAGENER, Oct. 26. — Jackson was captured later this afternoon near his home. He send his daughter out to tell the officers surrounding the house that “Daddy says please come and get him.” Jackson and his daughter re- turned to the house from the eluded a woods sometime during the night. Not by any means! Schil-"~ ling Pepper is rich with aromatic oils and full of | flavor. Some peppers are merely stinging dust. There ds a world of difference. )Good spices are 80 important Give a thought "to your spices and extracts, There are tremendous differences in quality — some things you would insist upon if you knew all of the facts. Schilling extracts OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT Will remodel to suit tenant i GOLDSTEIN | | BUILDING JEWELER Phone 427 for Appointment RINGLETTE and NAIVETTE CROQUIGNOLE and SPIRAL | WAVES | Beauty Specialists | The Florence Shop I. | | I I | One dollar or more will | —(Detroit Free Press.) Ve “Every_boy and girl must have certain assets to achieve success—not material assets alone, but assets of character, and among the most important of these are ambition, industry, personality, and THRIFT.”—A. W. Mellon. Some Essentials of Success open a savings account The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA e e T | GIVE RECITAL Varied Program Presented|® Sunday Night at | Teacher’s Home ! . W. C. Ellis presented her vocil pupils at a studio recital at VOCAL PUPILS | OF MRS, ELLIS | PROFESSIONAL | T Helene W.L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY Massace, Electricity, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | 410 Goldstein Butlding Phone Oftice, 316 I DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER i DENTISTS Blomgren Building ¢ PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. Kirkham, Fern Gubser, Anne Ellis, munication of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work in the F. C. Degree,‘ All Masons urged to attend. By order of the W. M. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary. —adv. her home Sunday evening. The pu- . ——— pils showed marked improvement.|® 4 After the program a social follow-| | Dr, Charles P Jenne ed with refreshments. | DENTIST | The program was as follows: | TRooms 8 and 9 Valentine i %f;ong of Songs, Moya—Fern Gub- f Bullding The Little Old Garden, Hewitt—| e ol . Mary Jeanette Whittier. ey Give a Man a Horse He Can|| ’ * Ride, Geoffrey O'Hara, and Lone-| | Dr,J. W. Bayne some, That's All, Roberts—Reed| | DENTIST i Seavers, | Roums 6-6 Triangle Bldg. : Will O' the Wisp, Charles Gil-|| Office Lours, 9 am. to 5 pm. bert Sprass; The World Is Wait-|| ’Mvenings by appointment. | ing of the Sunrise, Sietz—Flora| | Phone 321 Kirkham. ot . Readings—Mrs. Mabel Ranum. |- The Open Road, Klemm; God|! Made You Mine, Trinkaus—Sam || Dr. Al') W. Stewart RIGEE I’ Hours 9 m 6 0. oo l Trees, Rasbach; Friend O’ Mine, ¥ . ! Sanderson—Eva Kay Tripp. ; &mm%"o | It 1 Were King, Armitage; At|| s sin gt o Even—Ronald Lister. . Time to Go, Sanderson; My - = Heart Is a Haven, Steinel—Ted o = Keaton. H Sextette, Lullaby, Wilson—Flora | RO})BI‘[ Slmpson Mary Jeanette Whittier, Eva Kay Graduate Los Angeles Col- Tripp and Mildred Keaton. Ac-I lege of Optometry and companied by Mildred Lister. Opthalmology T g | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground ATTENTION MASONS e & Ve, Aty U There wili ve a Stated Com- . 1 Dr. Geo. L. Barton Opt. D. 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Ralph Reischl, Dictator Legion of Moose No. 2 meets first and third Tuesdaya G. A. Baldwin, Becretary and Herder, P. D. Box 273. MOUNT ""'NEAU LODGE NO, i¥ Second ana fourth Mon- day of each mouth in \ Seottish Rite Temple, % beginning at 7:30 p. m. G)'g 4. L. REDLINGSHAF- %%’ ER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERSS Secretaiy. ORDEE OF EASTERN STAK Second and Fourch ‘Tuesda7s of each mouth, at 8 o'clock, Bcovtish Rite Temple. JESSD¥ KELLER, Worthy Mat. ron; FANNY L. ROB- INSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMETS Seghers Council No. 1708 Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. = Transient brothers urg ed to attend. OCounci Chambers, Fifth Street JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Becretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. K. Mevts first and third &nmm 8 o'clock wt Eagles Hali Douglas. W. E. FEERO, W. P, 3UY SMITH, Secretary. Visitieg srothers weicome. 4 1 Our trecks go amy pluce |ho.Ah-llu-Dl-al | 1ullhlll’ucnfidl burmer troumble. ’ ) ! A PHONE 143, NIGHT 143 | RELIABLE TRANSFER « NEW. 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