The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1933, Page 4

: : % ‘The next ~ more THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1933. Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - ROBERT W. BENDER - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR Published every EMPIRE PRINTING Streets, Juneau, evening except Sunday by the COMPANY at Second and Main Alaska. Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per _month. postage paid, at the following rates: 0 By mall, six months, In advance, | 2. One year, In advance, $12.00; $6.00; one month, in advan, scribers will confer a vor if they will promptly notify the Busincss Office of any fallure or frregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ass for republication 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 SETTING NEW STANDARDS. Residents of Interior Alaska visited by Delegate- Elect Dimond during the past two weeks were moved to comment that he had set a new standard by visiting them after election, instead of prior to it as has been the custom of all former Delegates from Alaska to Congress. That, we believe, is a true mark of the real difference between the type of Delegate we are about to have represent us m' Washington and most of his predecessors. Possibly | others have felt they knew all parts and all resi- dents of the Territory sufficliently well to repre- sent them and work for their interests and desires efficiently. Mr. Dimond, too, is equipped with a comprehen- sive knowledge of Alaska, and possessed of a wide acquaintance. His several terms as Senator from the Third Division have given him an insight into local problems unsurpassed by anyone. Yet, on the eve of departure for the National capital for a two- year term, his first experience in the field of national legislation, he deemed it a part of the duty he owes his constituents to talk to as many of them as possible about their needs and wants, and to make a more thorough study at first hand of existing conditions. Such a view is characteristic of the Delegate- Elect, whose sincerity and singlemindedness of pur- pose to work for the best interests of the Territory have ever been notable in his long public service. It portends the highest class of representation in the next two years. And it is proof, if such were needed, that the voters of ‘Alaska made no mistake last November when they elected him by such an overwhelming majority, MARTIN AND MEYERS ARE PRAISED. Clarence D. Martin and Victor A. Meyers, Gov- ernor and Lieutenant-Governor of the State of ‘Washington, the one a successful business executive and the other a competent artist in his chosen pro- fession as a musician, are winning high praise for the effective manner in which they have gone about their respective tasks. Like all others today occupying similar positions in other States, theirs is no small job. Times are hard. Hundreds of thousands of men and women in Washington, en- forcedly idle, clamor for jobs. Revenues have dwindled and there is a pressing urge for economy. Gov. Martin, in his irst message to the State Legislature, demonstrated he recognized his respon- sibility and had a definite program for betterment of conditions. Lieutenant-Gov. Meyers, all agree, has brought to the Senate as its presiding officer, dignity, charm of personality, sound judgment and tactful consideration that is®making him person- ally popular with the members of the upper branch of the State Legislature. The Daily Olympian, published at the State capital, declared “Two Capable Men Take Charge,” immediately after they had assumed office. It commented on the “spirit of welcome” at the capitol ceremonies of inauguration, and added there was more to it, saying: Back of all that there is a hope that mounts almost to a demand that the several serious and difficult problems of State be attacked vigorously and solved, if it is at all possible. The people want relief from numerous troubles, they want to see the financial structure of the State strength- ened not jeopardized, in the process of finding a solution of financial problems. FACTS VS. SUPERSTITION. Superstitions thrive under adversities and die hard. There is, as a concrete case, the old gag to the effect that the first three years of married life is the hardest, and that if the newlyweds manage to make the union survive their strain, the rest of the two-as-one tour is plain and easy sailing. It would be impossible to measure the energy ex- pended in gratuitious advice as to how to avoid the pitfalls during this eritical period, but under the projected technocratic system of finances, it would enrich the entire world populace. Like many another pet superstition, it seems this one doesn’t square with fact. Despite this, however, , it will probably thrive in the future as in the past. ‘The Department of Commerce's recently published statistics on the divorce business in the United States for 1931, the latest year for which official figures are available, takes a healthy blow at it. In that year 182203 divorces were granted. A study of the year classes reveals it wasn't the three-year couples who led the procession. In the yan marched the more experienced married persons, ‘those in the wedlock for from 10 to 14 years. In that group statistics placed 29,246 persons seeking freedom from the chafing and binding marital ties. next largest totals were found in those married than 20 years. -Newlyweds were situated mm“mmofly']blflxu&enfim Perhaps the reason z«- the relative groupings is e | 3 GENERAL MANAGER | |ally {to be found in the age of the persons involved | rather than in the length of their married life. New- |lyweds are the youngest of the several year-groups. | Youth, naturally, is more adept at making adjust- |ments than its elders and that is apt to count for more in such instances than the lessons that ex- | perience brings with age. On February 6, under a Senate resolution re- cently passed, Congress will hold a joint session in honor of the memory of Calvin Coolidge, which is fitting and proper. But if the shade of that shreWwd and efficient statesman could speak to members of Congress it probably would urge them to do a big d: work toward passing necessary legislation, for which the eountry is waiting, if it really wished to do the late ex-President real honor. Once again a report is current that Uncle Andy Mellon expects to retire soon. This time, however, there has® been no official denial issued by the Administration. If technocracy can takeé carrots and rhubarb off the diet list it can be sure of a large immediate following, Why Blame American Inventive Genius? (Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle.) The curbing of invention would be ridiculous procedure. People and races of people must go ahead or drop back. The fact that during the last generation we have thrown every labor-saving device | that inventors and manufacturers could produce into the insatiable maw of production, without giving the least thought to the millions of common workers that were being “shelved,” is not to be laid at the door of inventors but to our own stupid inability to keep our business house in order. A device was invented to eliminate fifty men in a plant. The management set down the cest of the device and its operation and depreciation against the pay of the fifty workers. There was only one choice—buy the machine. Competing plants natur- did likewise, and the fifty jobless were multi- plied countless times. And so it has been through- out industry. Labor saving is all very well if we adjust other conditions to its use. We did not do that, and here we are. Now short-sighted people are demanding an im- mediate return to the situation existing a quarter of a century or more ago. The worst kind of chaos would result. Just for example: How many hand laborers would be required to keep in shape the thousands of miles of good graveled roads of this State, if we junked our machine graders? The roads, costing milllons, would go to pieces in one winter without power machinery. The cost of hand labor would bankrupt the State. One can go on indefin- itely, citing parallel instances. As stated above, we have considered mass pro- duction at the lowest possible cost, and nothing else. Who cared whether we were headed for de- struction? The battle cry was “Profits and more profits!” The charge at Balaclava was a retreat compared to our charge at low-cost mass produc- tion. Let us not blame American inventive genius for our plight. The inventors answered the call. Our native short-sightedness and greed did the rest. About the last way we will get out of the mess would be to bar the use of machinery. If a machine eliminates fifty men, ‘certainly it is the part of good business—as we ‘mdy mistakenly understand good business—to use the machine. But above the need of good business is the social and economic requirements of our citizens. If cheap mass produc- tion is intended only to bring financial prosperity 0 a few at the cost of hunger and privation to millions, then business greed must and will be curb- ed by law and our mistaken views may be rudely readjusted from a proper focal point. ‘Widespread employment of our people is the best of good business. No one will argue that point. There will be no business if such employment is not brought about in the not far distant future. Today few business men will dispute that statement. Munitions for Japan. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) If all the fighting now taking place throughout the vast area of Manchuria were gathered together into a single systematic war it would be a war of respectable size. Japan's budget is larger this com- ing year by $200,000,000 than last year, due prin- cipally to the cost of military operations in Asia. It is not surprising, therefore, if the sums spent for munitions in Western countries should mount up to substantial figures. France appears to be most favored with muni- tions orders. Only a day or two ago & new $8,000,- 000 order was reported placed with a French firm. In all, a Paris correspondent writes, the secret ship- ments of munitions from France to Japan have reached the proportions expected of a good-sized war—this, even though no war has been declared. The United States Government has been quite active in running down the exact figures of muni- tions shipments to Japan. Presumably, it wishes these little scraps of information so as to adopt an enlightened policy looking to embargoes on arms shipments and to gauge for the information of our General Staff the strength Japan could muster in an emergency greater than now exists. But one may properly be pardoned for suspecting that the State Department’s eagerness to trace the shipments for its own information and that of our army is/fully matched by the Commerce De- partment’s eagerness to find out why the munitions orders are not coming to America in greater volume. New York is thinking of slapping local taxation on beer. No doubt other States and cities will line up to share in the contemplated revenue, and we shall witness a new phase of the old practice of rushing the growler.—(Philadelphia Bulletin.) If Senator Dill really wants to have a group of men drink a lot of 3.2 beer to see if they can get drunk on it, why doesn't he try it out on the Sena- tors? A good many of them are experts on froth. —(Detroit Free Press.) You can follow the economic arguments of the technocrats, or you can trail Junior's electric train, which also gets nowhere.—(Chicago News.) Paralysis in Government follows when there is| a “lame duck” Congress and a “lame duck” Presi- dent.—(Louisville Courier-Journal.) Having obtained your license plates you can | now get an income tax blank for the asking.—| (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.) Europe ought to pay her war debts. All America got out of the World War was higher taxes, sor- row and Prohibition—(Jacksonville Times-Union.) ‘We look for a windy spring. Forty State Leg- islatures will be in session.—(Atchison Globe.) ly. tranquility had the old man wait- 1 ed for him and enever had the returning tru- ant been able to guess appear while a swi from a nearby birch tree. indicated Leila—“wants paying her fare to London.” pleasure of ingcase from the the old man and the young look- |at ed intently at each other. SYNOPS Barbara Quen- tin has promisced the rich Far- rell Armitage that he may have a year tc make her crip- pled fiance, Mark Lodely into a well man, and an estab- lished artist. Farrell hopes in that time to make Barbara leve him by eliminating the pity thut ties her to the clever and cruel Mark. Mark has just given Barbara a large emerald, but she and Farrell have discovered the same em- crald in a portrait of Leila Cane, painted by Mark. Now Leila waylays Farrell in the Vicar's garden. CHAPTER 117. “CURSE ALL EMERALDS" As Farrell drove up to the Vie carage gate he saw first the gleam- ! ing smoothness of Cane, then, | behind her, the vicar's bent, figure. “Hullo, Vicar!” he said sheepish- Just like this, with this same in childhood’s days; the quiet would deepen or—dis- | h was cuf, “This young woman—" the vicar | to dodge “Sure she doesn't my company, “I want both, Farrell.” As Leila turned to lift a dress- low stone wall, want the sire” Buying Barbara ly Julia Cleft-Addams ¢ Author of “YOU CAN'T MARRY~ black whether } 4 yof the zone lattended punctiliously to one's own of conterhplation and instead. was unable to guess what had elapsed when Leila’s penetrated his exaltation. “When and where are we feed- ing? Here's the County Hotel.” | busine: " He | time voice We aren’'t feeding at all,” ex- ed Armitage, with candor. ‘When I'm in a hurry I don't istop for meals. I want to be in | | [ i | pla |- | lTu\\‘l by ten. I wired a man to |see me at Brandish Place at half- | past.” | “Then you'd better get me a |double gin and a ham sandwich.” When he brought her out his lunch he was sure she sensed an unusual constraint in him. It was |with a touch of nervousness that she informed him— “The vicar says that Barbara and Mark are going to be married \at nine o'clock on Thursday morn- |ing, instead of twelve. What shall |you do about it?” “I shan't do anything about it, Barbara isn't marrying anyone on Thursday, at any time. I thought told you so.” “You're fed up with me about mething, Farrell Armitage. Ra- it mnd me the money to go by train. was silent. He took her em- Jnn glass and went back with it, I paid the bill, returned to the wheel yand drove away, still without an- swering her. She made no fur- |ther comment upon him or her- |slef and as the miles swung stead- |ily under them, he believed that she slept. | They turned into Brandish Place half past ten exactly. With |whatever dreams Leila had had “You're touching eighty,” said Leila coolly. “Everything’s all right, sir, hon- estly.” “I'm very glad to know it, dear boy.” Leila hoisted herself and her luggage aboard and waved a hand eastwards. “Speed hither,” my she entreated. “By now father may have man-| aged to spell out the note T left pinned to the dining room door.” Leila’s remark was lost in the growing hum of the engine. The vicar touched Armitage’s shoulder and then, as Armitage bared his head, leaned forward and lightly kissed his forehead. It jarred Farrell laughed. “He's still looking after really rather adore him.” “I didn’t think you ever to see him.” “I used not to, but he was de- cent once; and ever since I've sort of—hung about.” Armitage welcomed the neces- sity for keeping his conscious at- tention on the road. At the back of his brain shimmered a picture; a portrait of an emerald set platinum, of frightened eyes, of half-bare, half-veiled allure. He Temembered that he had the em- erald in his pocket. If she knew! “Youre touching eighty,” came in Leila’s cool tones. “And Tox- eter is round the next bend” when Le us. I went, in Yes, the portrait must be for- gotten. After all, one often stum- bled on something in another ' lever Malavie's re-do it. beguiled the nours of the long drive, she kept them out of her bright, sure glance as she looked up at the big house in which both Armitage and his faher had been | born. The Armitage butler, also a fam- [ily piece and nearly as massive as the house, was displaying the receptive intelligence which Ar- mitage got from all his servants. “Miss Cane woula like supper. ‘Tell Michfield to put the Devalet the Lachissj. I'll have sandwiches (and coffee in the billiard-room. {A representative from Malavie's is due about now—send him up to the billiard-room as well.” “No wonder you got rich quick,” admired Leila, entering the hall beside him. “If I'd tried to be as competent as that after driv- ing six hours, I'd have ended by sending sandwiches to the Devalet ‘and playing billiards with the man {from Malavia’s. . . . Aren't you be- ing a bit previous, by the way? Barzara won't like this house, how- It’s too— self-satisfied.” “The billiard-room is for Mark,” explained Armitage. He had ta- ken up a pile of letters and was tearing open the envelopes. “It's |to be the studio—there’ll be a north ligat you see. Malavie can do the whole thing, right down to the easel; but hell have to be out of the place by noon on Thurs- man’s life dnd one shoved it uutdsy That's why I was in a bit 1891 JUNEAU, 42 YEARS’ BANKING SERVICE to the People of Alaska. COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA 1933 "ALASKA f ire away then then stand by withj 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire — — January 28, 1913. W. W. Casey, Past Worshipful Master of the Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147, F. & A. M., was present- ed with a Past Master's jewel. The presentation was made by Past ful and eloguent address. W. H. Case, local business man, purchased the building and lot on the southwest corner of Front and Main Streets, formerly known as| jerine D. Abrahams was the. seller; building throughout and ‘have a store on the ground floor and photograph studio on the segond floor., L. B. Adsit had formerly used the lower floor as a sales- room. Mrs. J. V. Davis announced a concert recital to be given at the Odd Fellows Hall on February 4. Others on the program were, E. M. MeclIntyre, violinist, Mrs. Rummel and Miss Chapin. Sam Hirsh, owner of the Juneau Liquor Company, and Mrs, were having the time of their lives in San Diego, Cal., where they had taken a bungalow. He had recently purchased a nice ‘“ben- zine buggy” and was trying to Ilen.rn the hang of it, Hoping in time to make a first class “chof- fer” of himself, according to word received by friends in Juneau. Paul Reidel, old-time furrier, [who had died ‘at St. Ann’s Hos- pital January 27, was buried from the Catholic Church, the Rev. Brown officiating. Miss Julia Early, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Early, was op- erated on at St. Ann’s Hospital by Dr. Simpson. { Paul Kabler was a patient at St. Ann’s Hospital, suffering with a sore hand. Perry J. Wiley was the twelfth Jjuror chosen in the Irene Taylor trial for' alleged manslaughter. He was chosen from the special ven- Assistant Assistant District Attorney Nye made the opening statement for the Government and Z. R. Cheney, attorney for the de- fense, stated the case for the de- fense. Three witnesses for the Government was heard. They were Deputy Marshal Schnabel of Wran- where the alleged crime was committed, Knute Anderson and Jack Harrington. gell, President J. C. Ford of the Pa- cific Coast Company, announced through The Empire that his com- pany was going to dispose of all of its holdings in Juneau other than those required for the needs of the shipping business of the company. Mr. TFord prophesied great things for Juneau in the near future. The company intend- ed to give the tenents priority to ‘buy. A party of mechanical and elec- trical engineers surveyed the gas plant of the Alaska-Gastineau Co. on ®he beach near Sheep Creek with the idea of devising some method of synchronizing the elec- ¢ {tric current that is generated there with the power then being supplied by Salmon Creek. H. T. Tripp arrived in Juneau on the steamer Georgia from Ea- gle River. An editorial commenting on a telegraphic dispatch which said that President Woodrow Wilson planned to visit both te Philip- pines and Alaska as soon after his inauguation as possible, regret- ted that he planned to visit the Philippines before Alaska, but ex- pressed the hope that the first Presidential trip to Alaska would be made in short order and that the visit would include the Inter- jor as well as the coastal country. The best time had in the history of Douglas Island was reported to have - taken place at the Lyric Theatre in Douglas when the local Scotchmen celebrated the birth of the Scotch poet, Robert Burns. An of a hurry” ° “But"—began Leila. He was still tolerent though perhaps not quite so amused. “But easel or no easel, it's ex- actly what Mark himself would do to this house if he could.” “No,” she contradicted. “No, that's the devil of it. He'd do it far better.” She jerked away from him and walked into the nearest reception room, where the fire, just lit, was spurting into flames. He look- ed after her, hesitated, then went on his way upstairs. He had had a bull-dog once that had proved very dangerous. At the end, he had wrapped a rug round his left arm and let the brute take his bite at it while the right hand felt for a revolver. .... S0 with Mark Lodely. He could amuse himself with snapping at the left arm, if he wanted to.|® (Oopyflght 1932, Julia Cleft- Addl.lnl) Hlllod-lyphldnck. Monday. Master R. A. Gunnison in a grace-, the Delaney Building. Mrs, Kath- | Mr. Case planned to remodel the! Hirsh I PROFESSIONAL | .. L] [ s e e ————— Helene W. L. Albrecht [ PHYSIOTHERAPY ! Mussage, Electrility, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | 307 Goldsiein Building Phone Office, 216 | . o . DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Buliding PHONE 56 Hours 8 am. to 9 p.m. Dri Chavles P. jenne DE™MT <™ ! 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During the fourteen years the Seattle assay office had been in existence $210,000,000 worth of Northern gold had been received there. The Yukon Territory was the highest contributor with $83,- 000,000, Nome second with $49,000- 000 and Tanana Valley third with $43,000,000. Make Millions Think—and Buy! H arry Race DRUGGIST “THE SQUIBB STORE" Smith Electric Co. [ oo e i = ‘ 1 | MICKEY FLORI.DAN Cloamng and Premng | to Alaskan Hotel ‘ o o SAVE YOUR HAIR NU-LIFE METHOD Valentine Bldg. Room 6 More For Your | GARBAGE HAULED. Reasonable Monthly Rates l Fraternal Societies oF | Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meets | every Wednesday at 8 p.m Visiting brothers welcome. Geo. Messerschmidt, Exalted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secreta y. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Councll No. 1760 ! *eetings second and last “fonday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Councl iCHambers, Fifth Street, JOHN F. MULLEN, . &. i H J. TURNER, Secretary — | Our. trucks go any place any time. 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