The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1933, Page 4

o NI et R es L ex b y. ) sfi itk M 3 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933. Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY ROBERT W. BENDER Sunday ¢ the R seond” and Main u ed every evening Fublish: Ty Fy ) EMPIRE_PRINTING CO: Streets, Juneau, Alaska. — Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class meatter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Deilvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 Belaar the tollowing rate By mall, postage pald, at the following r One. year, 't advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, §1.26, Fubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of ny failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papert. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374 MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The A e Pross In exclusively entltied to the for republication of all news dispitches credited to it .r not otherwise credited in this - and also the local news published herein LANGER ON o BE iCA ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEE THAN Ti AT OF ANY OTHER PRESIDENT ACTS WITH BOLDNESS. President Roosevelt has disappointed none of his friends and his supporters by the boldness vision with which he has proceeded in the banking crisis, and now in his sweeping proposals for national; economy. He is a leader of the first quality—that he has demonstrated in the week since he was| inducted into office as the Thirty-second President of the United States When he ordersd the banking institutions of! the country closed, he risked nationwide condemna- tion. Bank depositors do not relish having anyone, even the President of the United States, say to them they cannot draw out their money from the depositaries. Business interests cannot view with equanimity the shutting off of the arteries of com- merce. There was a very great element of risk in his bank holiday proclamation, issued before he had peen 24 hours‘in office. If involved the danger that his Administration would become instantly unpopular throughout the nation. That this has not happened is proof of the good sense of the American people. His confidence in this has been more than justified. They have ac- cepted the inconveniences without demur, and have supported him without cavil or indignation. They, apparently, recognize 'that he is furnishing the nation with that leadership for which it has been clamoring for many weary months. After so many years of stalemate or hesitation' and temporizing, of commissions, surveys and conferences, a bold plan, even though it involves real hardship, is as welcome to the people of this country as the coming of Bpring after a long, hard Winter. Just what would have happened to our banking system, maybe to the very republic itself, had Presi- dent Roosevelt not acted so decisively and dras- tically, probably will be a disputed matter to even future historians. But they will all agree that there was no Vacillation about his handling of the situa- tion. It is a foretaste of real action to come in budget balancing, governmental re-organization and | pensioners. and | clared: “We are sntering what may prove to be one of the most critical periods of our history.” A little later he called attention forcefully to the “unusual and unforeseen developments of the past few days. In all probability the rapidly changing economic situation will have far-reaching effects upon our industries and revenues. No one can anticipate what may develop within the next 60 days.” This does not invite unlimited old age pensions. The conditions he described throughout his message do not. They warn against them. Funds, it is cer-} tain, are not to be available for even the present, essential functions of government in adequate amount to permit them to be done as in normal times. Certainly there is no revenue in sight for any material increase of allowances to current To add new ones to the list capnot help but jeopardize the allowances already being paid. Lacking revenues to defray the cost of the increase proposed, the only means of paying it would be to scale down those already being paid. That i8 not desirable. The change proposed by Mr. Nerland ought to be weighed with great care before final action is taken. { Anyhow, after this banking holiday has come to an end, the lines of depositors will make the well known breadline look like thirty cents worth of nothing. Michigan onion farmers have organized a union. In union there is strength, especiaily in an onion union. Tribute. (New York World-Telegram.) We wish two former Presidents of the United |States—one a Democrat, the other a Republican—, might have lived to see Congress and the States| moving at last to repeal the Eighteenth Amend- ment, to which both these Presidents were strongly, openly, from deep conviction, opposed. Woodrow Wilson viewed nationwide Prohibitien! law as “the wrong way of doing the right thing.”| Earlier, in his “Constitutional Government in the United States,” he admirably stated the fundamental American principle which should have made an Eighteenth Amendment impossible: Moral and social questions originally left to the several States for settlement can be drawn into the field of Federal authority only at the expense of self-dependence and efficiency of the several communities of which our complex body politic is made up. Paternal morals, morals enforced by the judgment and choices of the central author- ity at Washington,” do not and can not create vital habits or methods of life unless sustained by local opinion and purpose, local prejudice and convenience—unless support- ed by local convenience and interest; and only communities capable of taking care of themselves will, taken together, constitute | a nation capable of vital action and con- trol. You cannot atrophy the parts without atrophying the whole. | William Howard Taft, in 1918, predicted wim; almost uncanny accuracy the evils that have re-| sulted from nationwide Prohibition. He said: The business of manufacturing alcohol, 1 liquor and beer will go out of the hands of law-abiding members of the community, and will be transferred to the quasi-criminal class. . . . by Percival SYNOPSIS: Lieut. Napoleop Riccoli, who has ambitions to retrace the path to fame of his illustrious namesake, has been tested and found want- ing by Lieutenant Le Sage— and the Lieutenant’s wife. He made advances to Madame Le Sage, and when caught, he tried to murder her husband. But all this is in the past, and Major Riccoli still believes he is a “Man of Destiny.” CHAPTER 3. NAPOLEON AGAIN Major Napoleon Riccoli rode at their head, lokoing, according: to his wom,vai;Napoleonic as possi- ble. great ancestor—well, no, perhaps not exactly ancestor — his areat | namesake, prototype, forerunner, exemplar, what you will, have look- ed on the Retreat from Moscow. Not that this Napoleon was re- treating, of course. Au contraire, advancing. Very much so. Ad- vancing a good deal farther than some people proposed, expected .or intended. Ho, ho! And with an mand. at last; the chance for which this Man of Destiny had waited 80 long; worked and waited, plotted and schemed. And actually on the very borders independent com-~ Thus, he reflected, must his | Advancing indeed. . i An independent command, | ANT DusT B Author Christopher Wren -sins crore |food. to boil |coffee. | However, they are soldiers and |take life—and death—as it comes, |But a few days ago men suffered | sunstroke. Tonight they suffer water, and make | cold, exposure,” Heat-stroke then; | frostbite now. Some may die of. ... Bang! | What was that? Automatically the little column staggers, to a standstill, Major Na- poleon Riccoli halts, wheels about, and rides Back, There is' confusion in the ragged traggling ranks. An attack? No, only a single {shot. Only young Ramononez, it ap- pears, has had enough. The Legion shrugs its shoulders, Everyone to his taste. Le Legion- naire Ramononez will not suffer from the cbld tonight. “Au contraire, it may be of heat {that he will complain,” suggests |old Tant de Soif, rubbing the end {a shriveled hand. “It will be of heat that we shall all be complaining in a day or |two, lok you,” observed old Tant de Soif's “pal,” another old man, veteran of Cochin China, Madagas- |car, Senegel, and the Western Sa- Iham in general. % A . Those of us who do not ‘When die of cold up here. ... An aitack? Only a single shot. of Mekhazzen! The reaching out of the great central | power to brush the doorsteps of the local { communities, far removed geographically | and politically from Washington, will be | irritating in such States nd communities, and will be a strain upon the bond of the | national Union. . . . \ It is doubtful whether the serious loss to the national revenues which it will en- debt negotiations of the next few months. Without doubt his program will have flaws in it. But no onz can doubt after the past seven days that it will be a cleancut, vigorous plan of action, designed to bring the whole resources of the nation into play against the paralyzing fc of depression. THE TERROR STRIKES. Last night Southern California was prostrated by another disastrous earthquake. Just how great has been the loss in life, hoW numerous the injured and how extensive the property damage was not known in the fragmentary reports emanating from the stricken cities from Los Angeles south at a late hour last night. Unconfirmed reports said Long Beach, one of the larger centers of population in the southern section of the State, was a shambles. The death list was placed as high as 500 and fire was said to be sweeping the business section. Smaller communi- ties in the same section had suffered accordingly. Hope prevails that these early reports were ex- aggerated. Even so, the loss is great and suffering is intense. The country offers its sympathy, and what is more to the point, practical aid will surely be forthcoming if there is need for it from outside sources. And Alaskans, the most fortunately situated people under the American flag today, are ready It willj * be subjected to criticism, attacked and condemned. tail may not outweigh the actual benefits. Here were two wise Presidents who saw deeply |and clearly into the great national mistake of Pro-| hibition. Let us not forget them now as, after thirteen !years, we begin the repeal action which is belated tribute to their wisdom. The Right Man. (New York Timss.) It is not surprising that the appointment of Representative Douglas of Arizona to the important post of Director of the Budget in the Roosevelt Administration has been widely praised. No mem- ber of either branch of Congress has shown a keen- er understanding of the problems involved in bal- ancing the national budget or greater insistence in demanding their solution. It was Mr. Douglas who introduced the resolution in February of last year which léd to the appointment of a special commit- tee on economy, and who led the partially successful battle for adoption of its report. During recent months he has made, with Mr. Sherley of Ken- tucky, a survey for Mr. Roosevelt of methods of reorganizing the machinery of government, under the authority which Congress is willing to grant to the incoming President. As a test of the strength of Mr. Douglas's con- victions, his position on the question of veterans’ relief may be cited. He is himself an ex-service man and the sole representative in the House of a State and willing to do their part if outside contributions are required. SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Old age pensions are coming more and more to be recognized as among the things that organized society must provide. Each year one or two more States join the list of those paying such allowances to its aged citizens. Alaska for many years has had a modified old age pension. But it has never felt it could venture into the field unrestricted. It hasn't been a question of willingness. Rather, an inability to devise ways and means of defraying the cost without imposing too great a burden upon industries and individuals in the shape of taxation. The bill which Representative Nerland, Republi- can, of the Fourth Division, recently introduced is It would wipe out the barrier of the limiting date, January 1, 1906, in the existing law and extend the benefits of the system to every indigent person in the Territory 60 or more years old who has resided here for 20 No one will gainsay that the measure is an outright old age pension bill. years. worthy in purpose. with a large per capita population of war veterans. But he has not hesitated to point out that a sub- stantial reduction of Federal costs necessariy in- volves retrenchment in the largest spending agency of the Government. Addressing the House at the last session, he called attention to the great sums being spent for cash payments and other benefits on account of disabilities in no way connected with war service. He described as “an appalling picture” the continued increase of expenditures from year to year long after the end of the World War. For “the real 'war casualty” he desired to retain full protection. But he urged his colleagues to “act courageously and honestly” in repealing those stat- utes which sanction the payment of political pen- sions. ‘The choice of a man of this type to be Director of the Budget is more than an excellent selection. Into it must be read fresh evidence of Mr. Roose- velt's desire for a balanced budget. It is, in fact, a step toward redeeming his “pledge and promise” at St. Louis “that rigid governmental economy shall be forced by a stern and unremitting Administration policy of living within our income.” It is not so long ago that the world shivered at the very word ultimatum, but Japan is handing them out just now as if it belonged in that list But there is more than a little doubt as to its|of 10 pleasantest words in dictionary vocabularies.— timeliness just now. If anyone feels that the Terri-|(St. Louis Globe-Democrat.) ‘tery ought to incur added burdens requiring expendi- ture of public funds during the coming biennium Jet him study the message delivered to the Legisla- once but Not ture last Wednesday by Gov. Parks. _repeatedly he urgently recommended economy and a curtailment of activities. At the outset of his splendid " address he de- A I AR AT, A scientist says he has discovered the germ that causes gray hair, but hasn’t named it yet. He might call it “income tax."—(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.) All that Japan asks is to be let alone.—(Bostop 'Transcript.) Now the world should hear some- thing; hear’'of a ncwer—and greater—Napoleon. Emperor Napoleon peror of the Sahara. Northern Africa. Emperor of the World! . o > Riccoli—Em- Emperor of And meanwhile it was extremely cold, and the. future Emperor had no handkerchief. . B . . # . At the heels of the weary and half-starved horse that had the honor to carry Major Napoleon Riccoli—a horse named Marengo after another famous charger strode Major Napoleon Riccol’s humble relative, henchman, and fervent admirer, the excellent Sergeant-Major Vittorelli.! : Excellent indeed from the point of view of his superior officers, though the soldiers of his Section used other, many other, adjectives when describing Sergeant - Major Vittorelli. ‘What his men knew of Sergeant Major Vittorelli was his harshness, brutality, love of fault-findi merciless cruelty when provoked, his injustice; and, be it admitted, his ability, hardihood, and high courage. . . . . “Thought you said Africa ivas‘ a hot country,” grumbled le Le- gionnaire William Bossum to com- rade Sailor Harris, marching on his right, near the head of the little column led by Major Na- poleon Riccoli. “So it is 'ot in the ‘ot parts— and the ‘ot times,” was the cold| reply. “Youll be grumblin’ be- cause it's too’ 'ot, soon.” “Roll ‘on, the ‘ot,” observed Le- gionnaire Willlam Bossum, and, bent almost double against the bit- ter chill of the icy blast and be- neath the weight of his snow-la- den pack and sodden clothing, he breathed hard on numbed fingers, “‘Taint no worse for you than what it isn’t for nobody else, is it?” epostulated Sailor Harris. “Ar,” agreed Bossum. “There’s somethink in that, as the monkey aid when he sat on the bee-hive.” “Goin’ strong, boy?” said Joe Mummery tohis left-hand man, “Eh? What? 'Pon my word, I believe T was asleep,” replied Otho Belleme. “Well, turn over and have an- other snooze, mate, and don’t pinch al the clothes,” sald Sailor Har- tis, and the four Englishmen laughed, causing a ecrapulous and liverish old legionnaire, known as Tant de Soif, to grdwl that, by the Name of a Name, the sacred dogs of Englishmen grew madder ev- ary day. They know that when they halt ‘hey will lie down as they are; lig' lown on the wet ground bheneath ‘he pitiless rain, the stinging sleet or the driving snow; unfed, un- warmed, unsheltered. It will be impossible to light fires, to 'cook woeve iplains, we shall be in the hottest place in the world. I know, I who speak. hunted us ssed: these mountains and and hounded us and heat that killed us.” “Hold your tongue, my grand- ichild,” interrupted Tant de Soif, “You talk too much, like all young people.” As the beard of “Pere Poussin” was not quite so long, nor quite [so light a grey as that of Tant de Soif, nor his years of service prob- ably quite as many, it was the custom of Tant de Soif to treat his fellow as a boy. A garrulous old gentleman, es- pecially when under the influence of alcohol—his normal condition— he suffered sorely though not in silence, from Sant de Soif's sense of duty, the duty of keeping his Jjunior in his place, and in a sense of his unworthiness. “Am I, then, a child that....” “Yes, in intellect,” interrupted {Tant de Soif, “though your never {still tongue runs in an unwise old [head.” “Pere Poussin fell silent. “You drink too much, you know" (observed Tant de Soif. “Far too ! [ | “What?” ejaculated Pere Pous- | { ““So. Rum is bad for boys. It stunts their growth and fuddles, {their intellects. “If any,” he added. * | (Copyright, 1932, F. A. Stokes Co.) Major Napoleon Riccoli re- volves mighty plans in his head Monday. D ! Advertisements tell you how | much foods, clothing and house- “hold needs will cost you before you lof his blue nose with the back of | into the valleys and the |} The Sultan of Mekazzen | cut off stragglers, but it was the|$ e ; PROFESSIONAL | ———————— § 20 YEARS AGO = | PFrom The Empire Helene W. L. Albrecht | ——— PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red MARCH 11, 1913. 8 The Legislature .nnd the ap- Ray, Bg:fé:ai GyB“flm::L. ll proaching Arctic Brotherhood en- 30'lh oll(‘k:e 216 campment engaged more interest ;3__?2_;___3 than anything else in The Empire > twenty years ago. Delegates to the :I———————‘—"F‘ | were in Juneau, included Senator |J. M. Tanner, Judge H. B. Le- Fevre, Max Gutfeldt, Grant Bald- |win, Judge W. B. Stout, H. P. M. Birkhine, Fred Handy and Henry Brie, Representative E. B. Col- lins, D. Smith Harris, Nelson De- Brie, C. A. Hopp, Dr. F. L. God- dard, Representative A. G. Shoup, Prof. C. C. Georgeson, Represen- tative N. J. Svindseth, M. Katze- meyer, Senator L. V. Ray, and Representative Milo Kelly, Sena- tor B. F. Millard and Represen- tative F. M. Boyle. Miss Alma Delaney of Sitka was |visiting friends in Juneau before leaving for Seattle. John R. Beegle, of Ketchikan, was in Juneau visiting his broth- er-in-law and sister, Collector of Customs and Mrs. J. R. Willis. One hundred and one passeng- ers were aboard the Princess May, in port, enroute to Skagway and the Teslin gold strike. Officers of the Treadwell Club soccer football committee organiz- ed the previous night were Sam, Devon, manager, Harry Neville, secretary; George Spence, treas- urer and Jack Wilson, captain. Governor Clark took steps to forbid drug stores and mercantile dealers selling intoxicating extracts to Indians. 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