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

E e —— 4 Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the FUMBIRS PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Btreets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thars for *1.25 By mall, postare pa One year, I advance, § $6.00; one month, In ady $1.25. Subscribers wiil confer o favor if they will promptly notify the Busness Officc of any faflure or irregularity I the delivery of thelr papers. Telephone for Editort:! and : six months, in advance, Business Offices. 374. MEMBER OF #SS0°/ATED PRESS. The Associnted Pros. is e sively ent'tled to the use for republication of «li i patches ¢ edited to e TOrot “biherwise orid/(cd in (his paper and also the tocal news publishod hereir ALASKA CIRCUL”TION GUARANTEED TO SE LARGER | THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATICN A VALUABL! TRAINING SCHOOL. If the Alaska cable system, inciuding the radio chain, is sold by the Federa. Governmcnt to com- mercial intere's, as is nmow pioposed by the Ad- ministration, there will be los! to the Army its most valuable school of training for its Signal Corps branch. In the operstion and maintenance of the cable, land telegraph lines and stations, and the radio telegraph plan s which comprise the system, thousands of Signal Corps officers and men have gained a practical experience that was invaluable to them and, in times of naticnal emergency, proved to be beyond price to the nation. If the system is sold, the Army has no insti- tution with which it may be replaced, no facilities to furnish training and practical experience abso- lutely necessary to make its Signal Corps an ef- fective field organization. It has schools of radio and land telegraphy at a few Army posts, but their facilities are limited, and beyond imparting to offi- cers and men something of the theory of 'h““pornonace share of crime. profession, it is impossible for them to do a great deal. In the World War, a high percentage of the officers in charg> of the American systems of com- munication, in the zone of hostilities particularly, in France were Alaska communications’ alumni. They got most of their training and experience n the operation of plants, in the construction of stations and lines, in handling business right here on the Government system. any man picked from the system, or who had made good on the system at some previous period, failed to make equally good with the American armies at the front. Army authorities, themselves, are not unaware of this fact. Were it left strictly to military authori- ties to decide whether the Government should re- tain or sell the system, the answer would be retain it. The dissent from that view would be negligible. Brig. Gen. George S. Gibbs, a veteran of the Alaska service and who back in the early part of this century built the north-central section-of the sys- tem of land lines, as Chief Signal Officer last year emphasized the military view in a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee. He pointed out that the cost of Army personnel on the system was an expenditure that had to be borne by the Governmenl under -ny circumstances. Whether the system existed or not, he declared, it would cost the Government the same :sum, $315,000 annually, to give these officers and men the same kind of valuable instruction and training they are receiving on the system at an equal cost. This statement did not fully portray the situation. As a matter of fact, it would cost the same provided the Army possessed other facilities to give them the necessary opportunities for studv and experience. It does not have them, and withou’ them it could not be had at any price. It seems evident that the sale of the Alaska system will result in the lowering of the efficiency of ine cntire Signal Corps. ELECTIONS MAY NOT DECIDE HOUSE CONTROL. There has been a great deal of talk during the past few months about the bearing that special Congressional election; to be held nex' Tuesday will have on the contro! of tii» next national House of Representatives. There are seven vacancies to be filled by special elections next Tuesday. Only one difference in memberships divides the two big parties If the Democrats win as many as five of the special elections thev will be in position to organ- ize the House. However, should the Republicans be successful in everv one of ihe seven, their con- trol still is not assured. To that extent the elec- tions will not be cor irolling. This is accounted for by the revolt of certain so-called Progressive Republicans from the middle ‘West, seeking specific reforms in House procedure and recognition for pet legislative projects. That they are ready to vote with the Democrats on crganization if they are not placated was made evident just now by the announcement of the Wis- consin delegation to that effect. There are 11 mem- kers of that State's contingent in the House. Eight of them while nominally Republican are listed as Progressives. If they should vote with the Demo- crats, it would give that party more than enough to take over the organization, electing Speaker and having the Chairman and a majority on every committee. The outlook, therefore, is not altogether encour- aging for those Republicans who have assumed their party would continue to direct the destinies of the House. As Mark Sullivan, political corres- pondent for the New York Herald Tribune recently remarked in a signed article in that publication, such an assumption requires “the violent exercise of optimism” on the part of Republicans. SALMON MARKET RECOVERING. The recent advance in the quotations on canned salmon—15 cents per dozen—was a step that ought to have becn taken by the packers long ago. It is not of record that | Sinc: g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1931. It Wor’t Be Long Now; The \Ilast August, about the time the first of the current | vear’s pack reached the market, prices for the | cheaper grades, pinks and chums, have been lower |than the cost of packing them. That such a con- dition should last, when all available statistics go to show that more canned salmon was being con- sumed than for many years, is concrete evidence {of the lack of organization in the selling end of the industry. The new prices seem to indicate that the new sales organization, the Pacific Salmon Sales Corporation, is beginning to function. Pinks |are now quoted at $1 and chums at 90 cents per | dozen. These figures are still too low for the | majority of packers to meet production costs. Tha | industry is not yet out of the woods. But the fact | that 1t was able after a few weeks under the new |organization scheme to make a 20 per cent raise in its prices, gives a more hopeful tone to the iemxrc salmon canning situation Administration spokesmen say the United States ixlos not expect to participate in a general con- ference on war debts and reparations, just proposed |by Premier Laval. Such a gathering without | American representation would be like Hamlet with- | out the melancholy Dane. The issue beiween President Hoover and the Navy League seems to be who is “head man” of the country's naval establishment. In his present mood, Mr. Hoover looks like he might take the decision on points. | Something else to worry aoout: What will the | United States have to scrap at the next Naval | Disarmament Conference if we quit building war- | ships? Where Crime Begins. (Portland Journal.) “National laws haven't been made to reach a Capone,” said Judge Kenneth Mackintosh, former ‘Justice of the Washington Supreme Court and mem- ‘ber of the Wickersham Commission, in his address |before the Advertising Club of Portland. That is the reason, Judge Mackintosh continued his explanation, why the Government could only sue the Chicago gangtzrs for non-payment of in- |come tax. There are more laws than Capone's alleged' ]orfenses. which are myriad. But are numbers force |or effect or correction if laws do not reach the |erimes and control the criminals? | The cost of crime, Judge Macknitosh reminded his Portland audience, was found by the Wicker- jsham Commission to be more than $4,000,000,000 a |year in the United States. Despite a reputation to the contrary, the foreign- |born were found to contribute less than their pro- But American children, with playgrounds, free| schools and modern opportunities, contributed much | more than their proportionate share. Four hundred thousand men and a few women | now in 3000 American penal institutions will all be out in 2% years. That is, the averagz of all sen- tences served, including the “lifers,” is 2% years. And the average term of service of an Ameri- can Chief of Police is 2% years. Chicago, where crime is worst, has had eight Chiefs of Police in 10 years. Milwaukee, a short distance up Lake Michigan, has had two Chiefs of Police in 47 years and boasts of less crime per capita, more swiftly moving arrests and convictions, and grcater pro- tection to property. The moral is obvious, that uncertain tenure on the part of a police chief means lack of policy and lack of morale even if it may also mean lack of sustaining character in the man. Two other observations of the crime commis- sion as reported by Judge Mackintosh also in- terest. Studying juvenile origin of criminals, it was found unvaryingly, in every community, that the greater number came from about the business cen- ters of citles, the next greater number in zones just beyond, and thus, in retrogression, until the rim, “where they don‘t breed criminals.” Studying character of prisoners it was found that a cross-section of 1000 incarcerates ran about the same as a cross-section of people at liberty— about as many morons, as many able to care for thmselves, as many brilliapt minds. So much has national attention ‘been directed to the Prohibition phases of the Wickersham re- port that the above are facts most people don't know, yet by knowing, they would be better able to do their part in this variegated civilization. *Tenshun, Florida! (New York Times.) Those who with reason complain that the political service of the Republic does not attract its ablest citizens should note with especial interest efforts in the South to correct this condition. Some days ago our Raleigh correspondent told of the growing movement in North Carolina to induce ex-Secretary Daniels to stand for Governor. Now a Florida dispatch to the Watch-Tower conveys the more remarkable news that General Charles P. Summer- all, ex-Chief of Staff of the United States Army, is being sought for Chief Executive in that State. If this tendency grows to draw upon the galaxy of those who made their reputations in the World War, and the consent of the eminent ones can be obtained, we may soon be hearing in this country of “a return to idealism.” And perhaps of Leg- islators and State officials being hurried off to the guardhouse. Nebraska and Missouri both have cast longing eyes on General Summerall's war commander, Gen- eral Pershing. Ex-Secretary Baker could probably have any office within the gift of the people of Ohio. In New Jersey, General Scott, who built the new State highway system, has heard but not listened to the siren call of politics, and both in Kentucky, where he lives, and Alabama, where he was born, General Sibert has been offered political nomination. Friends of the late Lieut. Gen. Henry Allen hoped that the Democrats might nominate him for Vice-President at Houston. But apparently the heroes and administrators of the war appeal most to their home-folk. So that it is in State office that we are most likely to find them in the next decada. In General Summerall, The Tampa Tribune, which suggested his nomination for Governor, has turned to a man of great distinction and exceptional administrative and military ability. There are many officers of the A. E. F. who are oertain that if the war had lasted, the commander of the First Division and later of the Fifth Army Corps would have emerged as tactician famed in history. Also he is a Phi Beta Kappa and has nearly as many college degrees as military decorations. He was born in Florida and has announced that he expects to spend the remainder of his life there. Issuz treasury certificates or raise taxes? Well, it shouldn’t be hard to choose between borrowing money and borrowing trouble. — (Akron, Ohio, Beacon-Journal.) Is there something brewing in the matter of a | dal's 33-yard line in the last quar- WHITE SOX WIN FIRST BOWLING RACE OF YEA Elks Finish Tournament— Barragar Rolls Best Average, 189 ‘With a total of 19,378 pins, rep- rescnuny an average of 807 per jam2, the White Sox team won the lirst Elks’ Club bowling toruna- ment of the season, concluded Saturday night. This squad was comprised of Mike Bavard, Al Koski, Brice Howard, Joe George and Judge Harding. The Senators were runners-up, with a mark of 19,151. The other quintets finished as follows: Card- inals, 19,035; Tigers, 18,999; Ath- letics, 18972; Yankees, 18915; Giants, 18,724; Braves, 18,485; Cubs, 17,962, Following an old custom estab- lished years ago, Jimmy Barragar again led in individual scoring. His average for 24 games was 189. He solled the highest three-game total, 308. Frank Metcalf was second in the standings, with an average 5f 185, and had the honor of making the higest score for a single game, 234. Individual Averages Game Average Barragar e Reetenl Metcalf 24 : 185 Stewart 21 181 F. Henning 21 181 Whether or not she adopts the platinum standard in hair dre: M. Bavard 21 180 American woman will undoubtedly model her coiffure on the Diane |4;* ooy 18 117 bob, that made its appearance recently at the Americap Beauty Con. i 18 1 gress in New York. He; a pre-view of it, the sides cut short | Howard 5o that they may be m softly over the ears.. The top of |Blomaren & a10 the head must be but below |Pullen T 169 J. George 6 168 Shaw L 168 Lavenik . 21 167 Selby 24 . 165 T. George g 165 Robertson 17 165 Goddard 5 165 H. Messersch't ... 20 . 162 Vanderleest . 20 162 Duncan 24 161 Koski 21 161 A. Henning 18 160 Andrews . 24 159 Bernard St 8 158 G. George - 23 158 Kaufman 24 157 AGAINST IRISH Lacks Punch to Make|3i T b Scores—Notre Dame G pmeers % it Wins 19 to 0 Fraun Sides ... 12 155 Sperling . SN ] 154 PITTSBURGH,( Penn., Nov. 2.— |Council 5 18 150 Scoring three touchdowns in the | Kirk i2 148 first half, one after a dazzling 58- | Lucas 2 148 yard run by Schwartz, Notre Dame | Hermle 24 148 substi- | defeated Carnegie Tech last Sat-;Van Atta 24 147 over forfurday afternoon before 52,000 spec- |Shepard 12 145 in the|tators, 19 to 0. Harding s AR | . 144 The first half looked like a run- | Wilson 3 9 . 144 away for the Irish but the last|C. Sabin 17 143 half turned into a regular battle.|Nelson . : 8 142 Carnsegie Tech however, lacked the | Simpkins & 6 138 scoring punch. Petrich 18 137 Danner oyt ! 133 MacKinnon L 129 WOLHR (s | OL 119 NOT APPENDICITIS— GAS PAINS FOOL HIM « had such pain in my right side I thought I had appendicitis. But it was only gas. 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