The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1932, Page 4

« ) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1932. Dail}f Alaska Empire JOHN W. TR?)\' - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER evening except Sunday by the Published _every EMPIRE_PRINTING Streets, Juneau, COMPANY at Second and Main ka. Entered in the ¥ Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. e SUBSCRIPTION RATES. this It hailed the Rooseyelt speech as “ocm- plete and whole, at once a masterpiece of forceful diction, easily understood, and a perfect exposition of policies which in practice will bring back to this country and its people all things that are desirable and good.” In response to The Times's generous endorsement, Gov. Roosevelt wired Col. Blethen: May I express my deep appreciation for support of your great paper in our cause. It is a challenge to progressive thought f the nation and will I am sure be of er | au, Douglas, Treadwell and & 4 ! [ arad by Qr;’«i: v’:;rJ;:w;uper maonlh great assistance in promoting the vigorous, By mall, postage pa the following rates: enlightening and progressive campaign which ve ce ; six months, in advance, One year, R I have pledged myself to make. 0; one m 1 advance, $1.25 “Vfl‘]\:im‘r?vhv s will confer a favor if they will promptly notify Business Office of any fallure or irregularity o deli of thelr papers. e fz”:; e ne for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. “MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ited Press is exclusively entitled to the > Secretary Hurley wants to know what Candidate Roosevelt means by a new deal. Well, we'd say the Democratic nominee has in mind dealing the Demo- T resublication of all news dispatches credited to fl”orh:m Do redited in this paper and also the crats in and the Republicans out. local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED To BE LARGER President Hoover thinks it necessary to inform THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION, SUCCESS TO NEW DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. Alaskans will watch with more than curious in- terest the work of Mr. Paul W. Gordon, Director of Education for the Alaska division of the Indian Service. The Service is still new to the Territory and Mr. Gordon is newer. But the problems of education with which they have to deal are not newly arisen things. They have existed here since the coming of the whites in numbers sufficient to have an effect upon the lives and habits of the aboriginal inhabitants, Alaskans have long recog- nized them and have appreciated the difficulties under which the predecessor of the Indian Service _the Office of Education—labored, and their inter- est in Mr. Gordon's undertakings is keenly sym- pathetic. He has many things in his favor, not the least of which are his technical qualifications and a wide practical experience in fields not altogether dis- similar—experience that counts for broader vision, more patience and deeper understanding of those to whom he ministers. Unlike his immediate predecessor—Acting Chief Charles W. Hawkesworth— who turned over the educational administration to Mr. Gordon, he will have no problems of health, relief of indigency, sanitation and other matters of material importance directly depending upon his supervision. Some of them will affect his work indirectly, but trained men have taken them off his hands as immediate problems. It is thus possible for him to deal with educational matters directly, unconfused by other matters that in themselves present problems of major import for solution. He should be, and undoubtedly will be, able to improve school standards from every angle to the advantage of the Indian and Eskimo peoples and, cohsequently, to the very great benefit of the whole Territory. Many of the more serious problems in this de- partment of the Government's activities in Alaska have arisen and are still due to lack of funds. Mr. Gordon will be handicapped at the outset by difficulties from the same source. Congress, by its own standards, may have been generous in its appropriations for the education of Alaska’s Indians and Eskimos, but measured by the actual needs of the races, it has been niggardly in the extreme. Delegate Wickersham probably had this in mind when he told Mr. Gordon before the Chamber of Commerce recently that Congressmen in Washington were more in need of education about Alaska than Alaskans were needful of being educated. There isn't much the Territory can do to aid him in overcoming the financial handicap. But in other matters where it can assist, he will find it ready and willing to do anything in its power. The Empire, for Juneau, welcomes him and his family here. It wishes for him the greatest possible measure of success in this most important and ad- mittedly difficult task. RED SALMON PACK ENCOURAGING. The apparently record-breaking run of red salmon in Bristol Bay waters where 85 per cent of a normal season’s pack is reported to have been made when the fishing period was little more than half expired is a ray of sunshine to the Territory, although it may not prove as satisfying to the canners. It ought to be extremely gratifying to the United States Commissioner of Fisheries, Henry O'Malley, as it vindicates his action in 1927, the last preceding cycle year, in curtailing operations at that time when the runs were spotted and generally short of what was considered necessary for adequate escapement. Packers of this variety of salmon, while not so hard hit during the past two years as those engaged in canning the cheaper grades, face a less promising immediate future. Present quotations are reported at $1.50 and less per dozen, less than 50 per cent of the top prices of 1929. Predictions are made that the prices will go even lower before next winter. This means that the margin of profit in the industry will be cut to a fine edge if not entirely elim- inated. For the Territory, however, which taxes the red salmon pack much higher than the other varieties, with a levy that graduates into high rates for the Senator Borah that the United States isn’'t bound by any of the inter-European agreements on repara- After all, Bill may stray from the reservation but when there’s anything doing they always send him word. tions. Postponement of Congress seems to have assumed the old Mexican custom of taking place manana Platform and Roosevelt Leadership Wins Times to Democrats. (Seattle Times.) The speech of Franklin D. Roosevelt accepting | the Democratic nomination for President rings out| over the country with the full clear tone of an un- mistakable sincerity and a lofty purpose. It is a speech from the heart of a sound American, coined into convincing words and phrases in the mind of one whose capacity for public service has been amply demonstrated. It is in all respects a great speech; the more so since it must have been somewhat hurriedly pre- pared. Governor Roosevelt hoped to be, doubtless expected to be, the nominee of the convention; but it seems scarcely possible that he could have Iput together in so few words a speech so suited {to the fact of nomination, except with the sense of responsibility, as well as of elation, that only nomination could impart. The Times today prints the full text of this great speech. We could do no less than that even if less! moved by admiration and respect. In any circum- stances, a Presidential candidate’s speech of accept- ance is news of importance; in the circumstances of today, as they are known to all, as they affect every honest citizen and every legitimate interest in this land of ours, the importance of such a speech as that of Governor Roosevelt is vital. Needless here to recount the details of the speech; no words that it does not contain can add to its emphasis, none are required to clarify its meaning in any part. In itself it is complete and whole, at once a masterpiece of forceful diction, easily understood, and a perfect exposition of policies which in practice will bring back to this country and its people all things that are desirable and good. Here are such pledges and promises as no man nor any party has made in many years—yet in all there is no suggestion of anything greatly difficult, much less impossible. The entire program is emin- ently practical, and “so precisely suited to the na- tion's needs as to make instant appeal to every citizen, no matter how hopeless of the future he may heretofore have been. We have said it is a great speech—it is more than that. It is the great- est public utterance of recent years, and one to which the American people well may pin the full- ness of their faith. Read this speech, every one of you. Though you may be one of the millions who heard it over the air, in the masterful delivery of the candidate himself, read it again. It is filled with the things you have been waiting to have said by someone in authority; it is the speech of one who is ready to act with authority—the acceptance of a mighty trust by one well worthy and well qualified to ful- fill that trust to the letter. Read the speech; read it in the light of your own experience of conditions in this country today. Then you will understand why the Seattle Times is for Franklin D. Roosevelt for President of the United States. Much the Same Now (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Dr. A. E. Kirgkin, of New York, advises modern youth that it should not fool itself in the matter of “smart behavior'—that modern “smartness,” in fact, is a something that is not new at all. Four thousand five hundred years before the birth of Christ the young had their “fads and fancies.” It is much the same now. Modern youth is not at all original in this matter. They do not “know everything.” They really are not smarter than their parents. The lounge lizard and the flippant flapper are not new social inventions. Cos- metics, loose speech, extravagant dress, crude and vulgar expression were prevalent in ancient Maz- raim, and later in Babylon and Rome. Hence the “wise” youth of today are not much, merely verify the Scripture, which tells how each age grows weaker and wiser—wiser in its own conceit. And so youth still pats itself on the back, re- vels in “freedom,” mocks at restraint and goes its “wise, willful” way—frequently not far behind, if not actually in front of, parents equally “wise and wiliful.” But the taxes on cosmetics, and other things, will be paid—by somebody—and our world of youth will go on, too often blindly and recklessly, as went the youth of the Egyptian and other dead SYNOPSIS: Ashwood, the “gentleman gangster,” who is entertaining five “guests” on an island while he collects ransom, has sent for a minis- ter to marry him to Nancy Wentwoerth, one of his prison- ers. But Jerry Calhoun, who with Stevens and Emory Bat- tles, is trying to outwit Ash- word, intends to marry Nancy himself. CHAPTER 27. SECRET MARRIAGE Ashwood rose abruptly. “Unless I am too optimistic,” he chuckled, “another guest is ar- riving, one who will be glad to give spiritual comfort to those who desire it.” He looked point blank at Lucci, who cursed him. Ten minutes later, the affable host presented the Rev. Dr. Lley- ellin Titherington to his guests The minister was a short, thin man with a bass voice which, be- ing out of proportion to his stat- ure, startled those who heard it for the first time Ashwood regarded him with ill- restrained delight. It was evident that Dr. Titherington had read the fulsome accounts of the spec- tacular kidnapings and recognized the victims as they were intro- duced. By the time the smiling cripple presented “One-Shot Luc- ci, Flower of Chicago Gangdom,” the minister trembled, naturally. “And now,” suggested Ashwood suavely, “I must insist that you rest. ‘Your journey has no doubt been fatiguing. Alfred, show Dr. Titherington to his room.” The minister turnéd and follow- ed the steward. “Sort of too bad,” ventured the detective mildly, “to make spost of the little feller like that. T'm going in to see if I can make him He's probably all upset.” Ashwood bowed sardonically. “Peace be with you, brother,” he pronounced blandly, the drawn- down gravity of his mouth belied by the scoffing twinkle in his eyes. Stevens turned abruptly and left the room. Walking through the long hall of the guest's wing, he knocked at the door which he guessed would be the minister’s. There was no answer, so he en- tered without invitation, Dr. Tith- erington was seated on a straight- backed chair, anxiously looking out of the window into the fast dark- ening twilight. His face was pale his eyes large and round, but he was in full control of his emo- tions. “Well, Reverend, how goes it?” Stevens seated himself on the edge of the bed and studied the other for a moment before broaching his subject. ‘See here, Reverend, you may have forgotten who I am, amongst all of the introductions of a few minutes ago. I'm Ste- vens, an operative of the United States Treasury Department.” The little man looked at him dully. “What are you doing in this den of thieves, then?” he inquired. “Trying to get away and put the leader of the crooks in prison. There hasn’t been a break I could take advantage of yet, so I've had to bide my time.” He stopped to marshall his thoughts. Then, abruptly, “You came to marry Ashwood to Miss Wentworth, did- n't you?” wound and unwound the long black ribbon which hung from his nose plasses. “Yes,” he replied at length, ‘But I am not sure that T shall con- duct the ceremony, mow.” ‘I know you won't.” The minister stared curiously at the detective. He was gradually emerging from the fog of depres- sion which had engulfed him “What do you mean by that?” he demanded. “Just that. The cripple is going to abduct that girl against her wil. In a moment of whole- hearted generosity, he offered to marry her, the way a feller tosses a bone to a dog. But whether you marry them or not, he's going to take her away unless we can find some other way to stop it.” “Perhaps, then,” decided the other, “it would be better to mar- ry them.” “It would, if the whole affair Gamblers Throw! it LARG . ) v couldn't be stopped. But it can be. Ther2 is a fine young feller here who got into this jam just to rescue her. He has offered to marry her before Limpy gets round to it, hoping that will stop him from carrying her off.” I shall have nothing to do with it. The whole thing is entirely too fantastic.” The black ribbon was hopelessly snarled. Well,” observed the old man, | quietly, “from where I sit, a live laymen, if you'd have to give up your church, would look better to me than a dead minister.” «Dead?” Dr. Titherinton gasped audibly. “Deader'n hell, begging your par- don. You don't meet guys like Ashwood at Wednesday afternoon guild meetings, you know. He'd worry himself over killing you as much as he did over bumping off those two gorilla’s of One-shot's. Maybe less. I take it he doesn’t care much about ministers. And I might mention, in passing, that two men got their throats cut last night One of 'em is just the other side of that partition. If lyou are alive tomorrow you will probably read a burial service or two.” “And you—a tive—stand for government detec- these outrages.” The minister blinked rapidly in his indignation and rolled his eyes toward the partition. “Just now, yes,” admitted Steve patiently. “No wuse committing suicide, like you're going to, be- help. Now listen, you can do the gir! a good turn by marrying her to the nice young feller who'll be running much more risk of getting Lnocked off than you will. 1If your conscience will allow you, though, to hitch her up to Ashwood, g2 to it. Me, I'd hate to live to an old age remembering it, if T was | feel a little easier in his mind to do a thing like that.” | He rose wearily and turned to- Dr. Titherington's long fingers' ward the door. A sudden gesture ifrom the deflated little clergyman ) stopped him. | “What about the license?” ven-! tured the clergyman weakly. “I'll take the responsibility for | that,” the other assured him. “If| you're going to swallw toe whole thing, don't gag at the details.” Mr. Witherington winced. “Bring the couple to me” he agreed finally. ‘I prefer to mee! thé wrath of a criminal rather than the sorrow of my Maker.” Stevens, in his delight, smote the other on the back with so lusty a whack that the little man cough- ed painfuilly. Then he went for the bride, bridegroom and Emory, | whom he decided should be best man. Ashwood looked up from the book as Mr. Titherington, Jerry and Nancy, Emory and Stevens trooped into the living room. For the first time since Jerry had known him the cripple seemed, for a mo- ment, to have been caught off his guard. In intuitive suspicion of | the unexpected, his eyes flashed from one to the other of the en- tering group, as though to read in their minds the riddle of their unusual appearance. “Is this a committee waiting up- on me with a petition?” he bowed, at last. “You all have the guilty expressions of conspirators on your | faces.” A mnote of impatience crept into his voice. “Come, unveil the mystery.|” Jerry stepped forward and found that Stevens had unobtrus- ively shouldered his way to his side. Hamilton, shuffling his cards absently, was regarding them with idle curiosity. Mallory, a high-ball half way to his life, stood by the center table gazing at them in ‘astonishment. Martin’s white face, dim in a corner, was turned their way. Lucci, in an easy chair, made the pilot think of a crouch- ing panther. 'What was it that had warned them of a crisis? “Gentlemen,” Jerry voice was clear and crisp, “May 1 present my wife, Mrs. Calhoun?” Ashwood quivered as though he had been slapped. The blood slow- ly drained from his face until his cheeks were as colorless as his hair. He looked nearer fifty than thinty, except for his eyes. They seemed to contraot, somehow, until they were mere slits in the parch- ment of his dead-white face. Lucci rose from the chair, his hot little eyes as venomous &s a cause 1 don’t like what I can’t larger packs, the prospect for a bumper red fish production promises some relief to a financial situa- tion that is too stringent to be comfortable. The Josses anticipated, and certain to be encountered, in the pink salmon industry, may yet be made up (Indianapolis News.) by the increases from the taxes derived from the . red salmon. ROOSEVELT THANKS BLETHEN. For the assurances of support of his newspaper, the Seattle Times, whose editorial announcing it|Drys thigk he is lying to the Wets, he is almost d back Gov. Roosevelt for President appears injan ideal candidate.—(Los Angéles Times.) adjoining column, the Democratic nominee has E sraphed his appreciation to Col. C. B. Blethen, d to the Republican Party for almost 40 years, fhe Times, on the basis of the Democratic platform or and Publisher of the Seattle journal. Af-|y. pregiction—(Lexington, Ky, Herald) N great acceptance speech of Gov. Roosevelt |publicans seems to be “Go wet, young man’— it was supporting the Democratic ticket |(Ohio State Journal,) and dusty dynasties, who lived and loved—and are now forgotten. However, along with the stories of Rahab and Cleopatra, we have those of Deborah and Mary, the mother of One who came out of Nazareth; with the stories of the Nebuchadnezzars and the Pharaohs we have those of the men in every age who were fit to live in exemplification of the glory of life, whose real goals lead the race onward and upward, With all the doubt and distress it causes there must be a good many people who wish that either liquor or Prohibition had never been invented.— It takes all kinds of people to make up the world, including those who write Republican plat- forms and give heavyweight fight decisions.—(Day- ton, Ohio, News.) If the Wets think he is lying to the Drys and the Dawes says the economic upturn has been reach- ed. Thank the Lord it was not Hoover who made Nicholas Murray Butler's advice to the - AT ECONOMY — A Watchword of the Times will promote happiness and independence. It does not mean miserliness; it does mean prudent spending and prudent saving. 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