The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 1, 1933, Page 4

Bt o . honor some beautiful marble shaft, a great museum, o 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1933. Daily Alaska Empire Volume 1, Number 1, of which is a four-page maga- zine just off the presses. Editorially it declares: A comprehensive program of research, JOHN W. TROY - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR the one hope of ultimately eradicating 2 8 - - MANAGER leprosy, has never been undertaken in an s ko Rt | adequate manner. Published every evening except Sunday by the This fact led to the creation of the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY st Second and Maln| . reonard Wood Memoral for the Eradica- - - _ tion of Leprosy, named as a memorial to 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. By mail, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, In _advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, 1.26, Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or frregularity In the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Assoctated Press s exclusively entitled to the ass for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other: credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION ROCKEFELLER TO STUDY LIQUOR CONTROL SYSTEMS. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who last Summer in- censed the Drys by renouncing his heretofore un- faltering support of National Prohibition and coming General Leonard Wood, himself deeply inter- ested in the problem, and under whose leadership, as Governor-General of the Phil- ippines, treatment and care of the lepers advanced in the Philippine Islands to its present splendid stage. This fund is not to be used for the sub- sisting and treatment of patients, but for aiding in advancing the knowledge of leprosy and therefore hastening the day when it shall no longer exist as a problem. This is really a mission of real service to human- ity. The memorial is deserving of support on a plane that will make it financially able to conduct its researches on broad scale and as rapidly as cir- cumstances will permit. The Alaska Legislature which convenes here next week will number six Republicans and.18 Demo- crats. And that’s almost as many Democrats as could be found in all Alaska about 10 years ago. A Physician’s Diagnosis. »w York Times.) 6. altruistic spirit of physicians and take less profits or no profits at all from those who are unable to pay for goods, it would soon | change the ruthless psychology which dom- | il s modern economic life. out unreservedly for repeal, has taken a step to help the country achieve an adequate and socially desirable m of liquor control. He has asked experts to study liquor control not only in the United t.s and Canada but also in European countries as well. These studies are to be made on the assumption that the Eighteenth Amendment will be eventually repealead and that the problem of control of the liquor traffic will be one upon which the| fullest accurate information will be of value. | In the United States, Albert L. Scott, President of Lockwood Green Engineers, Inc., will conduct me. studies. Raymond B. Fosdick will head the Euro-; pean researches and will be assisted by Leonard V.| Harrison of the Bureau of Social Hygiene. ’I‘hc‘ Jatter will study the control laws of Finland and probably, also, of Norway and Sweden. The resulw} of the survey will be embodied in a report to bc‘ made available to the public. It is also expected that the report may contain a program or alternative programs for consideration by the States and the Federal Government. Last Summer, in announcing his support of re-| peal of the Eighteenth Amendment, Mr. Rockefeller expressed a concern over future control of hquor‘: traffic, and said: { Were the Eighteenth Amendment to be repealed, sufficient time ought to be given before repeal became effective to permit the various States, through legislative action representing pubic opinion, to set up such new safeguards or methods with reference to the handling of alcoholic beverages as deemed best calculated to insure proper and adequate control of the traffic in the interest of temperance, and at the same time safeguard the normal liberty of the indi- vidual. In making a study of the systems that have been adopted in other countries as alternatives to Prohibition, Mr. Rockefeller is rendering a service of value to this nation. It is surely worthwhile to know what others have done, to determine whether and to what extent their programs have been suc- cessful in promoting temperance. From the ex- perience of others much can be learned, and profit can be had by becoming mistakes as well as their success: we can avoid the one while ta the other. By knowledge advantage of “THEY CALL US CIVILIZED.” Including the Revolutionary War, the United States has been engaged in six major conflicts, not taking into consideration numerous armed argu- ments with Indian tribes. The cost in lives was about 300,000. During the past 15 years, which is about equal to the time consumed in the wars mentioned, no fewer than 350,000 Americans have been killed in automobile accidents. Our highways, apparently, are about as dangerous to life and limb as the battlefields were. These are some of the thoughts put forward by a little booklet—"“They Call Us Civilized,” com- piled and distributed by the Travelers' Insurance Company. If future historians find it puzzling why mankind so long tolerated armed conflicts, what will they make of a nation that was unable to stay the traffic hazards of peacetime? Last year about 39,000 persons were killed in automobile accidents, which was 1,400 more than in 1928 when the number of registrations was the same as for 1932. Despite preachments, more drastic traffic regulations, increased traffic officers, the death rate grew. It is high time that the problem be tackled on 8 comprehensive scale. States, counties and cities ought to recognize it as a common danger, and get together to deal with it on a common plane. Per- haps no more regulations are needed. In fact, the transcontinental motorist needs to be on the alert every hour of the day to keep himself informed on the regulations of the particular State, county or city through which he may be passing. If regu- lations could be standardized both for the motorist and the pedestrian, who is not always free from responsibility, a long step forward would be achieved. Confusing laws and regulations form by no means the least part of the problem to be solved. THE LEONARD WOOD MEMORIAL. The Leonard Wood Memorial, formed for the pur- pose of commemorating one of the nation's great men, is unique. It does not seek to erect in his or any other physical structure of outstanding note. It seeks to honor him in the lives of human beings by perpetuating his- unselfish interest in a great " humanitarian cause. 4 in the Outpost, 10 ' Its aims are briefly set forth 1physici:«m. |effort.” acquainted from their| The physician, obeying his own conscience and! following the pledge of his profession, responds to every call within his skill and strength to answer. He does not pause to ask whether there will be even a reasonable profit for him or any compensa- tion at all. It will be said that business cannot be carried on successfully on any such basis, even if it has been found practicable in the professions, | in the simpler life of earlier days and even in! smaller communities today. But if the spirit to which Dr. Pottenger refers as characteristic of the medical profession, in its ministry to human ills without greed or even controlling thought of gain, were as pervasive in the field of business as in that| of medicine, we might have escaped much of the| economic misery we have been undergoing. What a Utopian world it would be! As it is, those who in sickness have hade benefit | of the physician’s attention are so often and so quickly forgetful of their obligation that the pro- fession is compelled to look to the adoption of systems which will insure not only universal med- ical service but minimum compensation to the The ideal is defined by the phrase: “giv- ing collective protection while preserving indlvidufll! The spirit which has characterized the pro-| fession must inform any efficient collective health | protection. It is also quite as essential a factor in| the whole social order as in the field of medicine. The profession has set an example in the fam-| ily physician which is of value to the State. Wc'; say of the physician, as was said by Achilles of Machaon, son of Aesculapius, “He is worth a host of us.” but in his readiness to give to the community with- out sparing self and without greed of gain. The President of the American College of Physicians in his diagnosis has suggested a “ruthless psychology” as the root of our economic trouble. But he has also written in his diagnosis the prescription of the remedy. Utility Rates Still Up. (New York World-Telegram.) In November, 1931, domestic consumers of elec- tricity were paying an average monthly bill of $2.81. In November, 1932, they were paying $2.80. ‘The average household price of manufactured gas \fell not at all during the last year, in which foods, farm products, textiles, clothing and furniture all tumbled so rapidly. And an electricity tax which was intended for the companies was shiftily trans- ferred to the consumer, making his bills actually higher in the year of deflation, instead of lower, as they should have been. In Washington, D. C. householders paid $1.95 |for fifty kilowatt hours of electricity, and the pri- vately owned company which supplied it, under careful regulation, made a good profit at this low rate. In other parts of the country, where, presum- ably, regulation was less efficient, householders paid as much as $3.69 for the same quantity of current. The average for 190 large cities of the United States was $3.25. G Meanwhile, utility companies, still enjoying the benefit of a monopoly industry, based in many in- stances on natural resources, and protected by past rulings from the Federal Courts as to what does and what does not constitute a confiscatory rate of re- turn, continued to prosper. It is true that the Kankakee Water Company went to the courts in Illinois and complained that it was earning only 517 per cent. and was therefore suffering confiscation of property, but , few such complaints were heard. In the Kankakee case the courts held that a utility should not expect such large profits in hard times as in better days and did not permit an increase in rates. Which suggests that utility commissions every- where might well take advantage of this mood on the part of the courts and see to it that before another year passes the cost of gas and electricity for home use drops:to the 1933 general price level. One wonders if the alienist who says the world will be entirely crazy by 1945, has been holed up in a cistern ever since 1930, or along late in "20.— (Macon Telegraph.) In China, an odd item relates, @ man shakes hands with himself when he meets a creditor. Over here, of course, a man shakes hands with himself when he doesn't—(Des Moines Register.) The technocracy puzzle is available now in articles, books and even films. All that remains is to saw it into 300 pieces and offer it on the games counter.—(Des Moines Register.) The Great Wall, we read, was built in’ the Chinese T'Sin era and, apparemtly, is likely to be knocked down again in the Japanese T'Ell-withit era.—(Boston Herald.) ¥ March 4 is when Speaker Garner becomes merely another spare tire.—(Qhio State Journal) ‘ “Farm Sale Delay Pleases Congress.” Any kind of delay pleases Congress.—(New York Times.) No more discerning suggestion has been made regarding the cause of our troubled state than that of Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, President of the| American College of Physicians: Were business concerns to adopt the That-is &rue of him not: only in his skill| | uyih SYNOPSIS: Farrell Armit- age tells Mark Lodely that he has launched Mark’s career as artist and paid for the opera- tien that will cure his Jar ness o that Barbira Quentin, Mark’s former fi.-~ec, could chocse fairly between them, Mark’s mother denies that Barbara would countenance such an agreement, but Mark orders her to “shut up.” L CHAPTER 44. “COMIC OPERA PIFFLE” e all very well for Mark to tell mie to shut up!” thrust in Mrs. Lodely. “But I don’t see why I shouldn't say T mever heard anythin’ so fantastic in all my life And you can’t deny that I warned you, Farrell, didn’t I? T said Babs has never had a thought apart from Mark I said. But I dare- say you're one of the stubborn sort, you'd rather take 4 toss at a hedge than go round by a gate.” “One moment, Mrs. Lodely, Mark wants to say something.” “It's hardly worth my saying But do you happen to know, Ar- mitage, that on the very day of my operation Barbara was beg- ging me, to be thoroughly un- gallant, badgering me into marry- ing her in a few days’ time?” “I know that,” Armitage was de- termined to keep ceol. “She thought that I wasn't keeping my part of our compact.” “She thought you w deliber- ately dragging me down to your level,” contributed Mark and shook with genuine mirth. “But now our compact is re- newed. The day will come when she will ' quite definitely g Barba © by Julia Cleft-Addams » Asthor o *YOU cANT MATRY choose | | Babs mever liked it and very sensible of her If I were you, it and buy her some- she'd like better. Why not e her a nice ring? She’ll feel like other engaged girls do There was another long silence. That's really rather a good confessed Mark at last, n he poked at the stone, a ecn, deep pool, winking in the |light of the fire. “Unfortunately, in a condition to hawk for sale. You don't happen to llect emeralds, Armitage?” I don't, but I'll buy this one.” Poor old Armitage!” crooned Mark. “You daren’'t prevent my ng able to afford Barbara a I'm not Of course I daren't! Any more | than_ you dare prevent my send- |ing her flowers and books—" ‘The devil you do!” “You and ige cheerfully writing “Mark Lode- |lv Esq. on the blank check—“you and I are now, as a result of my nachinations, rivals of equal dis- ion for a lady's hand. I shall [ agreed time. If she won't have I shall clear out of the coun- And try and steal a g from yme ‘other poor devil of a crip- ble!” Mark's sudden rage was up- him. “You know you've pre- ded to be so cursedly open and |unashamed and all that but you've layed a low-down game and you ow it. God if I had the strength T'd give you the damnedest hid- ng!" You may have n that strength “Marriage w you or me.” “Babs'll marry Mark! Anythin’ else is out of the question. Of course BabsTl marry Mark!” Mrs. Lodely's face had mottied painful- ly. “She may marry neither of us” suggested Mark still immensely amused. Armitage smiled with equal good humor. “That at the moment seems the most probable. She admits she doesn't care for me. And she sends you this message: that she wants her engagement to you def- initely and publicly broken.” And Armitage laid upon the table next to the tumbled vase the emerald in its platinum web. There was a dead silence. Mrs. Lodely, from whom immediate clamor might have been expected, sat and gaped. The red patches on her face grew deeper. Mark put out a finger and touched the jewel idly. At last— “I'd absolutely forgotten I ever gave her the thing,” he said just above his breath, and Armitage had the impression that he meant it. His indifference loosened Mrs. Lodely’s tongue. “If youll excuse me sayin' so, Farrell, you'd do better not to mix yourself up in this. Of course, feelin’'s as you do about Barbara, it’s natural you should hope she’s done with Mark, but believe me they've had these tiffs before and they always make ’'em up again Don't you, Mark? And as for the ith Barbara woul | vet. d be advantageous to Mark.” ‘When you have, remember, that it was I who bought it back or you.” Mark muttered furiously and silent. “Remember also that it through your behavior and mine that she broke off her gagement to you.” “Comic-opera piffle! She does that kind of thing. Makes me sick. Looking coy and pulling at a daisy he loves me—he loves me not! But T've always told her I won't endure it and I won't en- dure it now!” His voice rose wild- ly. “Though I suppose that, while T'm on my back here, youll feel free to cook up any lies against was was 00 en- ‘What is she doing? I haven't even an address to write to. You're deliberately keeping her away from nitT “Hardly! Last week I brought her up from Kings Mallard, where she has wound up her affairs. She is at Miss Raoul's house in St. John's Wood, busy redecorating it. How much did you say you want- ed for the emerald?” “Four hundred and fifty,” mut- tered Mark sulkily; and as Arm- itage calmly inscribed the amount in words and in figures Mrs. Lode- ly, who had opened her mouth, shut it again. But the tips of her ears glowed red. The check chang- ed hands and Armitage slipped the emerald back into his pocket; and at once Mrs. Lodely began to talk at the top of her voice, pos- appreciate our wi ity to assist them 42 YEARS BANKING PROGRESS Established in 1891 this bank has continuously since that time assisted in the upbuilding of this city and Territory. Our customers value and sistent with safe and sound banking. The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska llingness and abil- in every way con- SERVICE TO 1’ continued Armit-| me that you think shell swallow.| Where is she? | | 20 YEARS AGO ! i From The Empire MARCH 1, 1913 At a meeting of the City Coun- cil a plat of the Pacific Coast Company’s lands was approved as an addition, to the city. The ad- dition was known as the Pacific Coast Addition 'to the City of Ju- neau. One of the biggest potlatches held on the .northern coast for some years was held the week pre- vious at Alert Bay when the at- tendance numbered in the neigh- borhood of one thousand. A large crowd of Juneau and Douglas ladies were at the swim- ming tank and gymnasium in Treadwell. Gov. and Mrs. Walter E. Clark announced a public reception for lthe members of the Legislature at the Governor’'s House. Although the affair was in the evening, Gov. and Mrs. Clark announced that 1if would be informal. The new quarters for the Hei lelberg Liquor Company on First about her unashamedly foriShreet were nearing completion, {The front was being done in stucco iwork above the entrance with an lample vestibule and plate glass \front below. The large Roycroft doors swung invitingly in. The jgrand opening was set for March 5. Among passengers aboard the !steamship Northwestern leaving |Beattle for Alaska were, James ! Wickersham, J. C. McBride, and John W. Troy. At a joint caucus of the mem- jbers of the Firsi Legislature As- {sembly, called by Senator H. T. Tripp, the action of the previous jcaucuses in securing the Elks’ Hall {for the Legislature at a rental of {91840 was ratified as was the or- {dering of preliminary printing. It was decided that the Legislature would call itself together at o'clock on Monday, March 3 and that a committee be appointed to |notify Secretary of the Territory Distin that he might be present (to officiate and that the same |committee notify Judges Overfield land Lyons of the U. S. District | Court that they were requested to \be present to administer the oath {of office. {| Dr. Charles P. Jenne 12| as J PROFESSIONAL | Helene W. L. Albrecht | 37 | B | Fraternal Societies | OF Gastineau Channel PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics, 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 ) B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at brothers welcome. Geo. m. Visiting S o Messerschmidt, ted Ruler. M. H. | DENTISTS i Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 p.m. Mon o N - et KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. 8 p. - Exall ’ i Sides, Secretary. DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | Meetings second and last Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Chambers, Fifth Street. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary day. at 7:30 p. m. Council | ‘DENTIST | Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Ruilding Telephone 176 & = Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Our trucks go any time. and a tank for crude ohi save | RELIABLE TRANsFER J e Ak place any "“ A tank for Diesel Ol | burner trouble. | PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, 9 am. to 5 p.m. Evenings by appointment %l Phone 321 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. & £ p.m. _ZWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 | Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDINCE Gastineau Building, Phone 481 e | s —. Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and | | Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground P S —&3 Dr. C. L. Fenton CHIROPRACTOR Hours: 10-2; 2-5 HELLENTHAL BUILDING Douglas 7-9 P. M. | NEW SHEET MUSIC Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies JUNEAU MELODY JUNEAU TRANSFER : Mm:ing and Moves, Packs and Stores ALL KINDS OF COAL ——————————————————————— NEW RECORDS RADIO SERVICE HOUSE COMPANY Storage Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of FUEL OIL PHONE 48 isibly to drown the sound of the { transaction. “It's absurd even to think of| |Barbara seriously breakin’ with {mark,” she announced. “Why, they've been devoted to each oth- er since they were children! Mark's |father made Babs promise—" “You and I, Mrs. Lodely, are the last people in the world to iprophesy Barbara's actions. I'm ‘anixious to believe the engagement broken because I want to marry her myself. You're anxious to think it still exists because—" Ar- mitage pased, then added deliber- ately, “because you think marriage with Barbara would be financially Vyadvamageous to your son.” (Copyright, 1932, Julla Cleft- Addams.) s Farrell, tomorrow, builds up | an amazing situation in Mark’s | hospital room. | —_———————— The advertisements are your guide | to efficient spending. EEEERREEED PIGGLY > | BERGMANN DINING ROOM Board by Week or Month Meals for Transients Cut Rates Chicken dinner Sunday, 60c MRS. J. GRUNNING CALL 14 Royal Blue | Cabs Home Owned and Operated Comfortably Heated SERVICE—Our Motto PEERLESS BREAD Always Good— Always Fresh - “Ask Your G{occr” T DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist—Optician | | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7, Valentine Bldg. | | Office Phone 484; Residence | | Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1;C0 to 5:30 [ SAVE YOUR KAIR Valentine Bldg. NU-LIFE METHOD Room 6 Rose A. Andrews—Graduate Nurse ELECTRO THERAPY | Office hours, 11 a.m. t¢ 5 pm. 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