The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1932, Page 4

i B 4 Daily Alaska Empire | JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER| every evening except Sunday by the| ING COMPANY at Second and Main | laska. | Published EMPIRE_PRIN Streets, Juneau, “Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class | matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Thane for $1.25 per month. pald, at the following rates: $12.00; six months, in advance, Treadwell and $6,00; one month nce, $1.25. Subscribers 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 PRESS. The Assoc i Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to local news p ed herein. li b ARANTEED TO BE LARGER | ASKA CIRCULATION GU A% OTHER PUBLICATION. THAN THAT OF ANY BROOKHART AND HIS I0WA. Senator Brookhart of Towa had been endeavoring for months to get Senator Borah, Senator Johnson, Gov. Pinchot or some other “progressive” to contest | with President Hoover for the Republican Presiden- tial nomination. To one and all of these he had promised the vote of Iowa. The other day by & vote 1268 to 103, the Towa Republican State Con- vention pledged its delegation to support President Hoover. Evidently Senator Brookhart does not own | the Towa Republican Party. Senator Brookhart is experiencing a situation that office-seekers frequently get up against. They come to the front and win high place, sometimes, on the strength of a slogan or two. “We want two dol- Jar wheat for the farmer,” or “Down with the banks, their interest bills are making the rich richer and the poor poorer,” or “Save the resources of the coun- try from exploitation (which often means develop- ment)”; or “Down with the Cities and up with the Farms,” “We are for the plain peepul,” or more of these. Then they begin President-making and cam- paign leading. Then the people wake up and they fall with their hair-raising slogans and sheet-iron thunder into the obscurity from which they had tempora: shouted themselves, and the country goes along on much the same old Conservation way. RED. CROSS DISTRIBUTING FLOUR Eighty-three carloads of flour, valued at close to $100,000 thus far have been requisitioned by Red Cross chapters in the Pacific Branch area cooperat- ing with other relief agencies in seeking to hélp hungry families. This figure was announced by A. L. Schafer, man- ager of the Branch, as orders were received in re- sponse to his advices that government wheat, made available to the Red Cross for distribution, was ready in the form of flour. Reduced to barrels, specific requests from Red Cross chapters call for 16981 barrels of flour. Among the requisitions from California chapters is one from San Francisco Chapter calling for 3600 barrels of flour, Los Angeles, 8820 barrels; Berkeley 750; El Dorado County, Placerville, 24; Alhambra Chapter, 12. The Weber County Chapter at Ogden, Utah, has requested 3,000 barrels of flour. The Santa Cruz County Chapter at Nogales, Arizona, has placed an order for 200. In the Northwest territory, Klamath Falls, Ore- gon needs 400 barrels; and Lake County Chapter, Lakeview, Oregon, 20 barrels. The Grant County Chapter, Ephrata, Washington, has asked for 75 barrels; Franklin County Chapter, Pasco, Washington, 50 barrels and the ‘Washington County Chapter at Weiser, Idaho, 30 bairels. Details of getting flour back to the Chapters is being expedited as rapidly as possible by experienced Red Cross staff members trained to meet emergen- cles through service in disaster relief work. THE DISMAL RECORD Figures recently printed amply justify the decided change in public sentiment toward the Prohibition question. They stock the sensibilities of sensible people. During eleven years under Prohibition Fed- eral authorities arrested 681,657 persons for Pro- hibition violations. Convictions were obtained in 499911 cases, and 171,205 were sent to jail. These figures repudiate the predictions of a decade ago that crime would disappear and the jails be emptied with Prohibition in effect. The number of stills seized reached the astounding total of 291,181, and the number of gallons of liquor and mash destroyed was 266,790,612. The discour- aging record runs on with 77,707 automobiles con- fiscated and 6809 boats captured, while 35365 premises were padlocked. The aggregate of fines collected was $60,003,344. Notwithstanding these enormous collections and seizures, the Government has found Prohibition very costly. Enforcement has cost $370,000,000 and loss of public reVenues has amounted to $10,894,000,000. In view of this dismal record it is not a wonder that the people are turning against the noble ex- periment. WHY THEY ARE RUNNING One thing ought to be clearly retained in mind: . Those Democrats that were requested to run for National Committeeman and Delegates to the Na- tional Convention by the Fairbanks Convention will have not a thing to do with the primary election Jaw. They were selected to go to Chicago and vote for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Democratic nomination for President. They are on record. They have declared their purpose to the voters of the Territory. They are not trying to put anything over. If they succeed: in aiding in the nomination of Gov. Roosevelt they will have accomplished the of their nomination and election. The fate | of the pumary election law is not at all involved candidacies. in their hile the United States Congress rejected the years have just boosted their sales' tax from four per cent. to six per cent. It will add $55,000,000 to the Dominion’s revenue. On second thought former British Premier David Lloyd George has decided to retire from public life and to devote the remainder of his years to writing. The great Welshman only recently an- nounced that he would lead a battle for the res- toration of free trade in Great Britain and called upon all free traders to follow him. Connecticut Republicans have joined in the move- ment against Prohibition. They will support Presi- dent Hoover for re-election but they will follow the leadership of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, James M. Beck and other wets on the liquor question. e L Italy is also in favor of settling reparations and war debts through their cancellation. In other words, Europe seems almost unanimous in favor of repudiating their debts and sticking the United States for the whole war. One million dollars was cut from the dry en- forcement appropriation. Probably to show the Anti-Saloon League that nobody is afraid of it. And yet it is possible that it was done so that Dr. Mc- Bride and his allles might become accustomed to the feel of the axe. o Senator Joe Robinson, Democratic Senate leader, has withdrawn as a favorite son Presidential candi- date to permit Arkansas to join the Roosevelt landslide. He similarly got out of Al's Smith's way at Houston Why Worry? (New York Herald Tribune) Theoretically at least the Republican pariy is an organization that decides for itself the attitude it should take toward political issues. Yet one learns with surprise that it or certain or its dry spokesmen have been in negotiation with the prohibition lobby in Washington respecting the liquor plank it should adopt at its national convention. According to Ed- win C. Dinwiddie, secretary of the National Prohibi- tion Board of Strategy, all Republican attempts to arrive at a compromise on this point with the pro- fessional prohibitionists have broken down. As if such a compromise were either possible or desirable! Who are these paid fanatics of the prohibition cause that responsible Republicans, whether repre- sentatives of the Administration or not, should seek their counsel and support? Half of them, if not more, are Southern Democrats. Their organization is frankly dedicated to Republican defeat when- ever that is calculated to advance their objective. They have no interest in the party’s political for- tunes except in so far as these may be manipulated to cement the dry grip on the national throat. Ne- gotiation with them is not only futile but far beneath the dignity of the Republican prestige and heritage. Granted that the party is split on the prohibition issue, its only self-respecting course is to consult the sentiment within its own ranks as expressed by the majority vote of its delegates nmext Junme. If that vote is dry, let it incorporate @ dry plank in its plat- form. If it is wet, let it go on record for repeal. If a desire for harmony prevails, let it register its will- ingness to abide by a popular referendum as pro- vided for in the Constitution. The last, it seems to us, would be the best course. A resubmission plank, calling for ratification or re- jection of repeal by state conventions, should satisfy every one, wét or dry, who believes that what the people want should be the law of the land. The dry professionals will fight any such solution, of course. They are interested not in what the peo- ple want but in the perpetuation of their dictation. They would be left to their own devices while a party which stands for popular rule, which is ground- ed in the principles of democracy at the foundation of American institutions, insists on their assevera- tion. Taking Prohibition Out of Politics. (Seattle Times) ‘The Republican Party will take a “more liberal” stand on prohibition in the national platform to be adopted next June, according to opinions almost sim- ultaneously expressed by Secretary of War Hurley, Ralph Williams of Oregon, vice chairman of the na- tional committee, and Senator Otis Glenn of Il nois. Secretary Hurley added that the question ulti- mately will be settled upon the basis of state's rights. These three Republican leaders, on the one hand, and Messrs. Raskob and Shouse for the Democrats, are pointing plainly to the best way of keeping pro- hibition from becoming a party issue this year. Rev. F. Scott McBride, Dr. Edwin Dinwiddie, Bishop Can- non, Dr. Clarence Wilson and others, speaking for the organized dries, insist that prohibition isn't a party issue and shouldn't be made one. Here, then, would seem to be a chance for everybody to agree. Platform silence or dodging won't keep prohibition out of politics; everybody knows that. Let both Re- publican and Democratic platforms pledge resubmis- sion of the issue to the states. Such a pledge would put neither party at advantage or disadvantage as against the other; party members, dry and wet, could vote in their own parties with clear consciences. Eventually fulfilling the pledge, the successful party would simply put the question to the people for definite decision. How to Balance a Budget. (New York Times) Germany faces many difficulties which do not trouble the United States. Her gold reserve is low, her middle class impoverished, her central govern- ment burdened with an expensive system of benefits for unemployment. Nevertheless, while Congressmen in Washington are proceeding to destroy the Ways and Means Committee’s tax bill, arguing that it places too great a burden on the richest nation in the world, a dispatch from Berlin reports that the German Government has managed to present a balanced budget. Congress might be interested to know how this was done. The answer is that the German Govern- ment employed a curiously old-fashioned method, practically unknown today in the United States, namely, reduction of expenditures. Last year the German budget amounted to $2,500,- 000,000. For the next fiscal year it has been cut to $2,000,000,000. This is a reduction of 20 per cent. If the same method were employed in the United States, the expenditures of the Federal Government would be reduced by $800,000,000 and the Ways and Means Committee would need to raise only $400,- 000,000, instead of three times as much, in order to bring current expenses within current income. Sweden has found the most effective check on bootlegging — selling Government - controlled good SYNOPSIS: Garfield Frew was born to wealth and his wife, Kitty to economy, which makes their marriage stormy. Because he will not work, she lcaves him and gets a job. Gar’s half-brother, David, who is unfriendly to the family, ad- vises her. Gar's mother resents Kitty. But Kitty expects Gar to capitulate. put stock away slowly. She was the last to. leave the building. She stood for a moment outside, irresolute, letting the home going crowds jostle her. It seem- ed for a moment not possible for to go back to a lonely evening in Ketchum Street. And sudden- ly she was aware of a man stand- ing at the curb, his back to her, a figure so dearly familiar to her that she gave a quick cry “Gar!” She ran to him, calling again. He wheeled about. She saw his face set, dark, with a scowl, but she did not heed it nor the pas- sersby. “Gar! Oh, Gar!” “So Tubby wasn't lying!” “Gar, let's go where we can talk.” She caught the lapel of his coat, clung to it. i “I1 say we got something to talk about, Kit! Hy . . & He hailed a cruising taxicab. He op- ened the door and stood stiffly aside to permit her to enter. “Where to sir?” asked the driv- er. “Oh, anywhere. Keep going un- til T tell you to stop.” Gar an- in and slammed the door shut be- hind him. “Now!” he growled, turning to Kitty. But her face, lifted to his was so alight with love, so warm with longing, that his anger guell- ed. He caught her crushingly to him, holding her close. He kissed her. “Oh, Kit, how I've wanted you!” He felt tears against his face and he kissed them from her cheek and her eyes. “Gar—I've missed you.” That was all that they could say then. But after a little Gar roused. “you kid, you ought to be thor- oughly spanked. What I've gone through hanging onto myself until you got over your sulks. How long have you been in town, any- way?"” “I didn't go to Bridgewater, Gar. Pound knew—" “But it was Pound told the mother that you'd gone to your folks!” Kitty drew back a little from his arms. “Pound told your mother that?” A growing cer- tainty brought a little frown be- tween her brows. Pound had not told Mrs. Frew that—it was what she wanted Gar to believe. “Well let the family go on thinking you've been in Bridge- water all this time. I don'% in- tend that mother shall know mhai you've been up to. Tubby'll keep his mouth shut. T told him to. CHAPTER 24. CONTRABAND. Kitty had hoped Gar would come | straight here. And he hadn't. She swered savagely. Then he stepped |; smell of his hair; his hands, his cheek close to hers filled her very starved heart with a passion of loring. And even while she pro- “Oh, Gar, not there—not your mother's,” she clung to n more tightly. “Gar, darling, I'm sorry wbout that last night. |1 was angry—I didnt mean ev- |erything—but I did mean—" She (had to struggle against the long- Now, is there.anything more to be said?” “Yes!” She laughed swiftly. She turned a radiant, flushing face to his. “You haven't told me that you love me.” “I love you, and more tomor- row, and more the mext day.” “David!” Kitty hailed David as he was turning away from the Times building several days later. “I believe that you saw me and were going to go on without speaking to me,’ ‘she accused. “What nonsense—I' getting to near-sighted. Or maybe it's that you look a little dazzling—" “And then I'm going to say samething to that. And I'm not going to let you go either.” She t his hand through his arm with a little impelling gesture, lift- ing a glowing, soft face to his. ‘Let's have tea somewhere. Let’s go back to our apartment—" “Not there,” David apswered quickly. “But Il go anywhere else. “What's the matter with hat place?” He nodded toward a chintz-hung curtain. “Perfect.” She settled herself comfortably in her chair, regarding David with affectionate interest. “It's been perfectly ages since I've seen you. Did going out to your little house square things up for you?” He fflashed her a quick quiz- zical, half ironical glance. “Tt dis- posed of it,” he answered shortly. “David, I've missed you.” He shook his head. “You tan't expect me to believe that, Kitty. much as I'd like to.” He sur- veyed her, affeoting astonishment, under which Kitty grew more rad- iant. “You are dazzling. He re- peated. “Silly. Tt's only a new hat and a new coat, and inexpensive ones, at that. But I don't won- der they make you stare—you've only seen me in those disgraceful- ly shabby things I wore on Ketch- um Street. I suppose I do look like a different creature.” “With a measure of marital bliss to finish the miracle?” He had mot kept a mocking edge from his voice. Kitty's flush But where have you been staying, Kit?” “On Ketchum Street with a friend of David’s. I went to Da- vid that might, Gar. You see I'd met him once when he came to have dinner with his father. He was nice—" “Nice!” Gar exploded. Then, suspiciously. “How come you did not speak of it at the time, Kit? That's darn funny.” “I couldn't give him away. I mean his practice of coming to the house to see his father when the rest of the family were away.” *The devil he did” He tight- ened his hold on her, masterfully. “It makes me sick, Kit, thinking of you going 'round with any of David's rotten crew. But you're through with the whole business, let me tell you.” “What do you mean, Gar?” “Mean? I'm going to take care of you. You're just a silly lttle kid from the country. You don't know anything about the big world. Youre a precious sweet.” He pushed off her hat to bury his face in her hair. His lips moved down to press hard against hers. “I'm going to take you on home.” His ardor was burning through her like a flame; his voice; his endearments, the remembered clean deepened. “I am happy, David. And T've wanted you to know. That's why I was so glad when I ran into you. Everything’s going ®beauti- fully. Gar is working for his fa- ther, and he likes it. We've leased a furnished apartment at the Tu- dor Arms until we've enough ahead to take @& house some- where.” “And you've made a truce with Mrs. Frew?” WOMEN Wear Attractive, Be- coming Apparel Dresses and other garments made to give individual charm and distinction. Freshen the our em altered at the appearance of -« old garments by having & a moment by David's implication “Something like that. She's very charming when we meet. She's far too busy to come to see us —she’s been over only once. And I don’t think of her any more than I have to. Gar doesn't know what I overheard that day, you see. There didn't seem any use in telling him. I can forget it.” She spoke triumphantly. But David’s expression made her triumph seem empty. He wasn't drinking his tea; he|| pushed the liftle cakes he had or- dered away from him. Kitty no- ticed that he was thinner, rest- loss, that his clothes looked shab- T T QU U PROFESSIONAL 0________———-——-::__—————: .__,_—l——-—‘——— Helene W.L. Albrecht | e e e 8 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | DENTISTS |1 PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 at b R G. Blomgren Building PHONE 56 A Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. . . ~ Fraternal Societies Meeting every Wednesday night Hall. welcome. H. MESSERSCHMIDT, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary or Gastineau Channe! B. P. O. BLKS 8 p. m, Elks isiting brothers Co-Ordinate Bod. ies of Freemason ry Scottish Riie ! Regular meeting second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m., Scot tish Rite Temple, | ing to swrender wholly—" Gar, |pier it R SR MR |well never be really happy uniil| —David, let's talk about you - 1 o How's the book going?” 9_————/? | She closed her eyes that she He shrugged his shoulders Dr. Charles P. Jenne imng-ht not see his face. If he were | \gtatic. If it starts any action DENTIST angry now she could not bear it.|-) pe toward the wastebasket.” Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine |She must die— R “David! ~ What does Dorcas| Building | But he did not relax his hold say to that?” | Telepnone 176 of her. : y “I haven't seen Dorcas lately.”|e. . “Funny little kid. Old Sweet;| sne protested again. —_— Have it your way! T1 take that| «pow about yourself? The las' job with Dad tomorrow, if 1s|ime T cid see her she asked @bout Dr. J. W. Bayne going Yo make you any happier. | DENTIST you and what I'd heard from you.’ He had countered Kitty effec- tually. She had seen Dorcas only once since she had left Ketchum Sireet. “My housekeeping keeps me very busy,” she answered, a little primly. I love it, David. And even- ings Gar always wants to do some- thing—" But her defense sound- ed lame in her own ears; she stopped, a little confused. “And were contraband, any- way,” David finiched. Kitty's face sobered. She gave an impatient little shake of her head. “You always put things so disagreeably, David! Just when everything's particularly nice you say something to spoil it. It is that you like to offend me? If so, Tll go straight away and save you the bother!” (Copyright, Jane Abbott.) “Why don’t you marry Dor- cas?” Kitty asks David in the next installment. ———————— RUMMAGE SALE TUESDAY The Lutheran Aid Society will hold a rummage sale in the church building Tuesday, April 12. Dona- tions gratefully received. Phone 5402. —Adv. TWO MEALS DAY BEST FOR STOMACH TROUBLE Skip one meal and drink water|® . Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. 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Butler-Mauro Drug Co., in Douglas by Guy’s Drug Store. —adv. —— Daily Empire Want Ads Pay NOTICE Tv PAY SCHOOL TAX NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Collector for Juneau, Alaska, in conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1919. All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, except soldiers, sailors in U. S. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volun- teer firemen, paupers and insane persons, are subject to tax in sum of Five Dollars ($5.00). Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April, 1932, said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May 1st, 1932. Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above men- tioned, tax will be delinquent thir- ty (30) days after your arrival, or within ten (10) days after notice is given you. All persons, firms or corporations, employing labor shall furnish list of employees to collector and are authorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages of employees. Fines and imprisonment are pro- :|vided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees. Dated, Juneau, Alaska, April 5, 1932. H. R. SHEPARD, School Tax Collector for Juneau, Alaska. First publication, April 5, 192, Last publication, April 16, 1932. * GETTING ALONG liquor cheaper than the bootleg whiskey —(Washing- ton Post.) Only a few months to the Democratic conven- tion and the question will be settled whether there will be more delegates or candidacies—(New York Sun.) Roosevelt may be slow in his sales tax the Canadians who have tried it for legs, but he can lnm.—(muu ‘News.) The sure way to get along in this world is to save some money ALL the time. It isn’t necessary to make large deposits, as small and frequent additions to your account will ;nake your bank balance grow amazingly ast. We pay four per cent on savings accounts compounded twice a year " B. M. Behrends Bank . OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA SAVE HALF wWOoO0D CLEAN HEMLOCK 14 in., 16 in., 24 in. Single Load, $4.25 Double Load, $8.00 A discount of 50 cents per load is made for CASH LEAVE ORDERS WITH GEORGE BROTHERS Telephones 92 or 95 Dr. C. L. Fenton CHIROPRACTOR Colonic Irrigation for Constipation Phone 581, Goldstein Bldg. FOOT CORRECTION Hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-8 Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies NEW RECORDS NEW SHEET MUSIC RADIO SERVICE JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE «SEE” C. HEGG TELEPHONE 235 KALSOMINING PAINTING HOME DECORATING Estimates furnished free JUNEAU TRANSFER Moves, Packs and Stores COMPANY Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of | ALL KINDS OF COAL : } Phone 114 and DETAIL MILL- WORK CO. 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