The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 14, 1932, Page 4

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, 2. : : Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT W. BENDER GENERAL MANAGER Published _every evening except Sunday by FMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. red in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. age paid, at the following rates: advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, in advance, $1.25. ubscr s confer a favor if they will promptly fy the Business Office of any failure or irregularity the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. BER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. iated Press is exclusively entitled to the tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. | | { GOOD CHRISTMAS COMING UP. i That Juneau is preparing for a happy and glor- | jous Christmas is evident to anyone who walks along| her streets and notes the decorations and the dis-| plays of stocks. If further evidence is wanted it might be had by talking to store owners who note a rapidly increasing demand for Christmas goods. Sales are growing fast, and the disposition to do early shopping is becoming daily more evident. Front Street and the shops in the City have a; holiday air. The store fronts and window dressings proclaim that the Christmas Season is in full swing.‘ Santa Claus is filling the shops with all sorts of the | 6. It has been charged, to show how calculating a man he is, that in the course of his pre-nomination and pre-election cam- paigns he did not make a single slip. To this the country will say with one voice, “Good gracious, how we need a leader who cannot make a mistake!” Thus, with a mere change of inflection, so to speak, the things said about Candi- date Roosevelt may be allowed to stand about President Roosevelt. Senator Dill, who has heretofore voted dry when- ever the matter came up in the Senate, recently declared that he considers the 1932 election in Washington State, to be a clear and direct mandate to him to change from dry to wet. He declared {that he will vote for Prohibition repeal and Vol- stead Act modification. Germany has a brand new Government with __|“The Iron Man” at its head and an organized army behind it. It is hoped that he may handle dis- cordant elements one way or another. Now is the time for all good citizens to spend their Christmas savings. A Quota for Generals. (New York Herald Tribune.) ! The new President of Mexico, himself a Gen-i eral, has detached more than a hundred Generals and officers of lesser category from the army and put thm to work in the Department of Agriculture. Whatever the effects may be on agriculture, the results to the country as a whole should be highly beneficial; at least, so long as the new assignment lasts. For any diversion of generals in Mexico from their normal spheres of mischief is a salutary move. The long Mexican revolution has been so pro- out of all reasonable proportion to the size of the army. Each disturbance has had its fresh crop of them. Among them were the famous “finger gen- lerals,” whose commission came from some superior cieftain who pointed his finger at them and so dubbed them “general.” Meanwhile nothing seems to have been done to lignidate the burdensome surplus of high military commands that were so lightly and lavishly conferred. Once a general always a general, seems to be the rule in Mexico. To satisfy their greed and ambition, and und-r toys for the children, and pretty things for Chrisu‘ mas gifts to those who are beyond the years of‘ childish things are everywhere in evidence. Most: people of all ages are talking Christmas. | This but adds to the importance of early shop- ping. The time is fast approaching when the stores | will be so full of shoppers that confusion must follow in some instances. Tired clerks and over-| worked proprietors and delivery systems will suffer | under the strain. They will do their best, of course, | and satisfy every customer to the very last if it is| humanly possible. But such a rush of buyers wflll deplete stocks and give the late purchasers less ad- | vantages than are now available | It would be well for Christmas shoppers to watch carefully the columns of advertising that are &p- pearing daily in- The Empire. They present the real Christmas news to the people of Gastineau Channel. A large Christmas edition of The Empire will be issued next Sunday morning.and delivered to all.Empirg sulscribers . In it will appear adver- tisements of 'q,pr::fic‘al?y 'iu"‘fiufl stofes’ 1t ought t6 be and without doubt will be read with avidity by all the people of the Channel section. christmns“ shoppers will give the paper special attention, and | merchants who wish to reach all of them ought to| make sure that they use it as a vehicle to present | their attractions. { | AMERICANS GOOD LOSERS. | The New York Times says Americans are good: losers, that they quickly forget the rancors of a| Presidential campaign and get behind the success—i ful candidate and help him to make good. The| Times illustrates its contention by citing the fact| that practically all of New York's commission house:,i and other commentators, continue to express un- limited satisfaction with the election of Gov. Roose- velt to the Presidency notwithstanding that a large percentage of them supported President Hoover. The Times continues: ; This is what always happens after a Presidential campaign. Americans are a kindly folk, not given to. rancor, bred to the bone in the tradition of majority rule and ready to make the best of things. After election it is generally understood that all the panics and fears and wild and whirling words are “out of the window.” People shake hands and cooperate. Particularly in the case of Governor Roosevelt it is not necessary for his late opponents to do much retracting. There is no need to amend the record by striking out objurgations and substituting eulogies. The old words may be allowed to stand. All that is required is a change of em- phasis, of intonation, so to say. For instance: 1. It was charged against Governor Roosevelt in the course of the campaign that he was too susceptible to prudential considerations, too much all things to all men. Now that he is going to be President by a vast popular vote, how fortunate it is that he is susceptible to prudential con- siderations, that he will be President to all men. 2. It was charged that his speeches re- vealed no personal heat and flame, but were the produce of assiduous collaboration by many experts and judges. Now that he is going to be President in a crisis that calls for the best information and the best in- telligence in the White House, how for- tunate it is that he has learned to take advice. 3. It was felt that he was altogether too careful not to make enemies. Now that he is going to be President at a time when the Nation needs the fullest harmony and cooperation, how fortunate it is that he can get along with people, instead of being like Woodrow Wilson, obstinate and single- tracked. 4, It was argued that his nomination and election were largely a matter of luck. But if ever the Nation needed a lucky President it is certainly today. Napoleon used to say that he did not like unlucky 5. It has been asserted that the name Roosevelt has beem of incalculable value to him. But how fortunate it is that in the times ahead, if ever the Am- m are inclined to lost heart, there will be ‘a President with a name that like an oriflamme and a flery cross. is ‘onc of the fraternity. ithe the pretext that the country was still unpacified, numbers of them have been placed in high govern- ment posts. They have generally occupied the ma- jority of the Governorships, some States, like Jalisco, having been bled white by their exactions. Tejeda, the Communist Governor of Vera Cruz, who has announced his candidacy for the Presidency, is They have held Cabinet positions for which they were only too often woe- fully unfitted, through ignortance of the demands of public administration, as well as by their de- fects of character. Lacking the high professional standards which prevailed in the smaller army of Diaz, many of them are not even good soldiers. Sword-rattling swashbuckers, arrogant and rapac- |ious, this class of officers has been an exponent 'of the worst in militarism. Though few may have |been so bad as the Don Jose Avellaneda whose pic- ture Carleton Beals draws in his “Mexican Maze,” on the other hand there have been few whom the |Nation can remember with real gratitude. While |Mexico ies in the process of fixing quotas for priests, it might well extend the system to its excess - generals, Will History Repeat Itself? (Port Angeles News.) The big need of the world today seems to be introduction into industry and commerce of some force as far-reaching and profound in its effects as was steam power when it was first brought into general use. No one who surveys the state of the world can fail to note the striking parallel which exists be- tween these times and the distressed period that followed the close of the Napoleonic wars. Then, as now, all of the world’s leading nations were trying to recover from a prolonged and ex- pensive war. Man-power had been cut down at an appalling rate; government debts had soared al- most to astronomical figures; trade was stagnant and every land had hordes of jobless men; British mobs surged through London streets, exactly as they have been doing this Fall, breaking windows and fighting with the police. ‘There seemed to be no way out. A thoughtful Englishman of those days could have been excused for believing that the collapse of civilization was at hand. | But it wasn't. The age of steam power was| just dawning. An entirely new force was projected into industry and trade. Factory production was enormously increased, new markets were found, new trade routes were opened—and presently a sick jand discouraged world found that business was {better than ever “before, that the debts which had |seemed so alarming could be paid easily, that the hordes of unemployed could be put to work at high- er wages than ever before. The world situation today is strikingly like that of the post-war era following Napoleon's exile to St. Helena; so much like it that if you read a description of those days by a contemporary writer you will find it hard to believe that you are not reading something written in 1932. But what new force can we look to for sal- vation? Are we on the verge of introducing into our economy something as upsetting and revitalizing as steam power proved to be a century ago? Any genius who can inject such a factor into the tangled world equation today can expect to receive the ardent thanks of every nation on earth. One thing, the umpire can’t accuse the Ele- phant of losing the series through failure to touch second. He never got to first.—(Macon, Ga, Telegraph.) Speaker Garner killed a buck deer at 200 yards and wounded a panther one day this week—small game for a man who has just trapped an elephant. —(New York Sun.) Germany would be writing Europe's history to- day if America had been as reluctant to lend cash to the Allies during the war as they are to repay it now.—(Seattle Times.) It is fairly apparent that Europe does not ever again expect to use American credit in the prose- cution of a war—(Philadelphia Bulletin.) After the coming winter collectors may never again have a chance to get a “lame duck” for their museums.—(Buffalo Courier-Express.) If it weren't for debts—private, public and in- ternational—the world would be a bully good place to live in—(Boston Transeript.) Maybe it isn't and skittles that is wanted, but beer in skuttles.—(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) lifié in “generals” that their numbers have grown| i i December 14, 1912, | 20 YEARS AGO | From The Empire tions of various churches urged es- tablishment of a public library. | here had been a public library some years previously but lacking financial support it had closed and books were scattered. SYNOPSIS: Bearing the | news that he has lost his job, ; Clive returns to his luxurious | spartment his wife Santa in- | «ts on paying for, and a meal i delicacies served on a table drcorated with orchide. The nomaly enraged him, yet when Santa says she will move the moment he is in a posi- tion to provide a more suitable | apartment. Clive realizes he is helpless. | its C. D. Jackling, head of the Al- aska Gastineau Gold Mining Com- pany, arrived in town for a stay| of several days. He came to note | the progress being made by the company. CHAPTER 28. ! A BOX ¥YROM DICKY d onutgeneraled him. - He ain nothing by reminding hat the money he'd spent ping up with her would have a long way toward purchas- such a home. { ‘What next?” Clive asked. | To clear out of here and act if we were broke would be sad business. If you're to get on ir feet, you must have a pros- perous background.” There’s something in that” he owledged. “But a prosperoi kground especially when 1ff, doesn’t cut as much ice as yu fancy. We simply must cut wn— She shook her head obstinately. Not so that people will notice. PRESIDENTS HAD It FAVORITE SPORT‘» can’t face up to it. Besides, it k3] AT n't necessary. 1 have plenty 14—Most | 15th of us. I'm not thinking of myself.” Suddenly, flinging herself at him, she burst into weeping. “Don't let's squabble,” she sob- bed. “You mean so much to me. I'm so proud of you.” R ing that the fears was still obscure, Thomas H. Ashby obtained a li- cense to conduct the Opera House i Liquor Company at Seward anc Second Streets. Postmaster Earl Hunter kept the postoffice open between 7 and 8 a! night for the handling of mail| coming and going on the steam- ship Dolphin. Mrs. John Feusi and children | returned home to Douglas from a trip that had been taken in the interest of the health of one of the children. WASHINGTON, Dec. of the presidents of the United States have had some favorite sport which became a part of the White House activities during their terms of office. It will be refnem- bered that President Theodore Roosevelt had a fondness for lawn tennis. President Taft was very fond| of the game of golf as was Pres- ident Harding, but President Hoo- ver has made the medicine ball his chief sporting activity, and they are already predicting that the White House will soon have a swimming pool, as President- Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt has swimming as his favorite past-| time. cause of “Tell — ATTENTION REBEKAHS! Perseverance Rebekah Lodge No. 2-A will hold its regular meeting| | this evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting members invited. EDITH SHEELOR, Noble Grand.| ALPHONSINE CARTER, Secretar; —adv. > YOU don’t have to cuss it. burns. See Morris. More For Your me,” he coaxed. | “After my first failure, T couldn’t | bear that anyone should think | {less of you.” | He felt tender and helpless. “But they will think less of you, it ‘T live on the fat of the land | and let you pay the big end” She hopped upright on his knee. A bright solution had struck her. | “We won't them—not even |Daddy and Mummy. No one shall know but our two selves.” “But I'll know, Santa.” “Stop treating me as a stranger.” | She dug her face into his shoulder. | “I'm yours, everything that I am— | | my love, my body. What does pal- try money matter?” “A whole lot when you haven't| |any.” Sheé turned. Her lips pressed his Lazily her arms enfolded him. | “Such a little boy! Feel safe?” | Her necromancy triumphed. | Santa’s secret fear having suf- | fered one divorce, was that she might be incapable of retaining any man’s affections. To her, Clive's misfortune was a heaven- sent chance to bind him to her by lavish kindness. She planned to hide him in the fortress of her tenderness. Day after day when he returned from a fruitless search, she would make light of his frustration. “You have me, darling.” “That's fine. But I feel tbough I'd cheated.” “Don’t say that Clive. “I know it isn't. The Florence Shop Permanent Waving a Specialty Florence Holmquist, Prop. Phone 427 Triangle Bldg. C . — ] 1 ! ol HAAS Famous Candies The Cash Bazaar Open Evenings SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men R T R JUNEAU FROCK | SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Lingerie Hoslery and Hate J. A. BULGER Plumbing, Heating, Ol Burner Work Successor J. J. Newman as It's not GENERAL MOTORS But a fellow and WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 193 nPARADISE can't heip being anxious.” Little by little he began to con- ceal his troubles. He was unwill- ing to diminish himself in her eyes. Instead of recounting the many doors that had been closed against him, he spoke waguely o offers he was considering. He found her belief that she compen- sated him for every failure mildly irritating. It was when he was absent from her, suffering rebuffs, that he saw their relationship in proper per- spective. They were inhabitating separate worlds. She was con- tent to have no conception of this.: He was permitted to visit hers as a pampered guest. It was all wrong that they should be so divided. Their alienation, of which she seemed unaware, her doing. Perhaps having been twice a wife had rendered her unadaptable. It was too late to consider that angle. He composed convinching speech- “Why can't we do things to- gether?” She smothered them with the glib assurance. “You have me, darling.” R He held his end up by part- ing with his few investments, for he insisted on contributing to the housekeeping. Her twenty-first approaching. He couldn’t give her a present that was adequate. It must make up in taste for what it lacked in cost. After much ransacking of antique shops he ac- quired a Sevres vase, which he had fitted as a reading lamp for her bedside. He was smuggling it home when he surprised her in the hall at-| | Clive began to conceal his troubles. tempting to open a large packing case. Having hidden her gift, he returned and took the tools from her. * “Let me.” As planks were ripped an inlaid chequer bureau of the Regency period came to sight. “That was dear of him” grew excited. “Of your father?”’ “There must be a card some- where. In one of the drawers, probably.” Santa found and read it. Her face was a study—mischievous, comic. “Everything’s grist that comes to the mill,” she giggled. “You'll split your sides when you learn who sent it.” She handed him the card. It was inscribed: “For wedding and birthday combined, for old remem- brances, and in gratitude — from Dicky.” “The gall of him!” Clive ex- claimed. “What are we to do with it?"” “What would you propose?” she treated the impertinence as a jest. “Throw it out. Chop it up. Ex- press it back to him.” She shook her head. “I guess I earned it. wanted it.” “Then you've seen it before?” “Of course. TIt's a dream.” She explained how shortly after she'd married Dicky, she'd dis- covered the bureau in a Chicago antique dealer’s. The price had Santa 1 always MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON Call Your RADIO DOCTOR for RADIO TROUBLES 9A MtodP M We take great pride time. 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E. SOUTHWELZ: Optometrist—Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 17, Valentine Bidg. Office Phone 484; Resitdence Phone 238, Office Hours: 8: to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 . . | | i i | | | . "DRUGLESS HEALTH INSTITUTE Natural Methods Soap Lake Mineral Steam Baths Drs, Doelker and Malin Phone 477, night or day Front and Main . | | | Dr. Richard Williams } DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | | Gastineau Building, Phone 481 | *—. l been beyond her; but she'd gone back continually to covet it. “What was the price?” asked. “Three tnousand dollars.” “Well, if your first husband thinks he can spend three thou- sand dollars on my wife, he’s mis- taken.” Clive took himself off to dress for dinner. ‘When he reappeared much of the debris had been cleared away. Santa slipped her arm through his. “It's just struck me that from among all our friends Dicky's the only one who's remembered us with a wedding-present. Where’s your sense of humor? He meant it kindly.” (Copyright, 1931, 1932, Coningsby Dawson) f An old, and dangerous rival of Santa’s turns up unexpec- tedly, temorrow. ¥ —_— e BODDING’S HOME NEARLY DESTROYED BY FIRE Tuesday night, Olaf Bodding put two sticks of wood in his furnace and the house got so hot he had to open the doors and windows, and he thought for a while that he would have to throw some water in the furnace. - He had bought two loads of Morris's upland hem- lock wood. So be careful with our wood. We are selling the larg- est load in town—three full ricks, guaranteed measure, MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. —adv. Clive GET Anti-Freeze For Your Car NOw JUNEAU MOTORS —_— Fraternal Societies } OF | Gastineau Channel | — rASSORENNLIST | A B. P. 0. ELKS meets 3 every Wednesday at 8 ppm Visiting brothers welcome. Geo. Messerschmidt, Exalted Ruler, M.H. Sides, Secreta y. KNIGNTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. *‘eetings second and last “fonday at 7:30 p. m. Cransient brothers urg- «d to attend. 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