The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1933, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1933." Daily Alaska Empire |\ s s " * = VALIANT DusT by her Eufopean creditors. ,t PROFESSIONAL JOHN W. TROY - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR _ by Percival Christopher Wren | Fraternal Societies oF Things like permission to create a standing army i 20 YEA.RS AGO abnEnt W, BENDER GENERAL MANAGER | '¢main to be attained. If Germany ever expects U eisres | | and recreate a navy, to expand her air forces, still From The Empire Gastineau Channel | > to be treated by the victor nations on an equality i_ Helene W. L. Albrecht 1 | J PHYSIOTHERAPY B. P. 0. ELKS meets matter e R S R R SO S SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Oelivered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month, By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, In advance, $12.00; six months, In advance, $6.00; one month, in.advance, Publshed every evening except Sunday by the basis, she has first to realize that she must put into SYNOPSIS: Left unprotected repeated El Isa Beth el ALn and | EMS,'EEI&IE';(T%&&O“A“ at Second and Main| practice at home the principles she preaches abroad.| among the swirling intrigues of !'aughed gently. & APRIL 4, 1913 | %flehflfi:mginf:ga‘:ed every Wednesday at | v J ' If Germany under Hitler is to despoil racial minority| the Citadel of Mekazzen, Mar- t “Where 8. JUIE TS AR {2 ?ant.a. ihe Enovn. 307 Goldstein Building le b m. Visiticg ] Eutered In the Post Office 1n Juneau as Second CIass | oo™ (ot i ¢he Jowc are one, if she is to| Saret Maligni wakes to find I aret, fighting back @ slowly rising |4fY man from Haines, bought the hony ORLICSi0 = BPothers #eliozae, #) Raisul, son of the Kaid of Mckazzen, in her room. She frightens him away by pre- tending to have a pistol; later | che cannot find Jules, her hus- band, who has been made drunk by Raisul. Behind it all is a series of plots against France involving the Kaid, Raisul, and Major Napoleon Riccoli, of the tide of fear, cold and horrible. “Up here, din my husband’s bed- | “Where's that?” The recently organized Pioneers “Through there,” replied El Isa|Of Alaska, elected for their first Beth el Ain and pointed to a small |Officers J. T. Mortin, president; door in a moorish horse-shoe set-|CGrover C. Winn, first vice-presi- ting, opposite the one by which jdent; James McKenna, second vice- she had entered. president; E. L. Cobb, secretary; Without further remark, Mar-|Emery Valentine, treasurer; Rev. ,Jack Hayes property near the City b ¢ Dock from Mrs. Flora Fitzgerald. et acmiat, Exalted Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary, goose-step to martial airs and parade defiantly with- out regard to her obligations, she cannot expect the world to place confidence in any reconciliation she may offer or look to her for aid in establishing |lasting peace. Hatred, revenge and militarism are not qualities that inspire confidence in any nation. And those are tHe qualities that seem to be enthroned in Ger- 1 _{ DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER * DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. s . 1 R KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No, 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. | Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Councii b1.2% Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of thelr papers Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 874, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. = The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to ‘the ase for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local newa published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. CONNERY BILL MENACES TERRI- TORY'S EXISTENCE. The Connery bill to establish a 30-hour week in all industries if made applicable to Alaska will bring ruin to its industries, close down its mines, gold, copper and coal, its salmon canneries and probably all fisheries activity, put an end to prospecting, | stagnate business and pauperize the 60,000 Americans | who are trying to build up a self-supporting co: monwealth in this, the last American. frontier. is not an exaggeration. statement of fact. Our industries are 90 per cent. seasonal. They compress into a few short weeks the work for an entire year, and a majority of those engaged in them must in that space of time be paid a suffi- cient sum to provide them and their dependents| with the necessities of life for the entire year. If by Congressional fiat, some 66 2/3 per cent addi- tional workers are required to be put on the pay- rolls, it can be accomplished in but one way—to | reduce the average wage paid commensurately.| Without so doing, the industries could not continue to operate. And if wages are cut in any such manner, or by one half of that amount, labor can- not exist In the mining industry, most of the some 7,000 persons connected with it must earn enough in about | 120 days of activity to subsist and provide for their families for 12 months. To state the proposition thus ought to demonstrate to any reasonable pmsun its utter impossibility The employment annually to ap- That, work is, even onal than the mines. The average salmon canning season is well under 60 days. That industry produces in normal times between $45,000,000 and $50,000,000 worth of canned salmon. For the past two years as a whole it has shown a net loss to the packers. It could not inaugurate a 30-hour a week work system without drastically reducing wages and if it did that so a profit could be earned the earn- ings of its employees would be less than some of the pittances paid in’the sweatshops of Eastern cities. But if that were not true, even though the industry could afford to go on the proposed Connery system, it couldn’t possibly comply with the requirements during the coming season. To house the additional thousands of workmen that would be necessary there are no existing accommodations. To construct them would be an enormous task under conditions that exist in the Territory, and anyone familiar with them will readily recognize that-it<just couldn’t be done in time for this year's activities. Theoretically, the proponents of the 30-hour week have solid ground on which to stand. They are seeking to create millions of jobs for the millions of idle men and women throughout the country. In a hig ily industrialized culture it probably can be worked out. Economists seem to think it can. But it cannot be applied successfully to a wilder- ness country, to a land where the untouched wild creeps down to the very threshold of the thin line of industrial plants that have been planted here by far-seeing men with vision enough to discern a great State in the future and courage enough to battle adverse natural conditions that must be overcome before their dream is realized. The United States was not made great, was not settled, did not become the world’s greatest indus- trial nation, on a 30-hour week. It achieved its greatness because its pioneers were willing to work hard for long hours year after year, fighting back the wilderness, conquering it step by step, and laying the foundations of the United States of today on Just that spirit of willingness to labor, to endure hardships and discomforts that constitutes one of the finest heritages ever given to any people. Just so must Alaska be developed, if it is to develop. It cannot prosper, it cannot grow, it can- not even hold its own, it cannot possibly survive as an independent, self-sustaining entity under the Connery measure. fisnes give 5,000 individuals. GERMANY AND THE JEWS. Hitlerized Germany is not helping her cause with the world by waging war on the Jewish element of her population. Numerically, it is what might be ‘termed a submerged minority. Financially and from a business standpoint, it is important. In 19831, the number of Jews in Germany was estimated to be 564879. The total population of the country fi in excess of 63,000,000. It requires no moral or fiwdul courage for a majority of that enormous proportions to despoil such a feeble minority. " For the past 15 years, dating almost as soon as the Armistice was signed in 1918, Germany has been clamoring for what she terms fair treatment from the nations that conquered her on the battle- ‘of Europe. In and out of season she has “her cause, decrying those who have stood a rigid application of .the Treaty of Versailles, ’;havhmnh-m‘fluflhehunudesome g‘udu;. 1t is a far cry from the original repara- This | If anything it is an undvr-! many today. A RECORD-BREAKING REGISTRATION. Last night \\"hen the annual registration of voters for today's municipal election closed, a total of 1,426 persons had signed their names on the books at the City Clerk’s Office. This is the greatest number of persons ever to register in the city for the election, and probably exceeds any that ever oc- curring in any other Alaskan town. It is a healthy sign, indicating that the residents of the town are actively interested in the administration of the com- munty’s affairs. The total is but 86 votes short of the record- 'breaklng vote cast here in the general Territorial election last November when interest in things political was the highest ever known locally as well as nationally. But registration is only half of the job. To complete it, those who have registered must Ivote today. And the total vote cast should, as the | registration has done, set a new record for municipal elections. The polling places do not close until 7 pm. If ou who registered haven't voted yet, there is still time to do so. Twenty Years On. (Manchester, Eng., Guardian.) The King and Queen on Tuesday paid an official isit to the “talkies” for the first time. The wonder ito most citizens will be that they have not done so before. For the sound film has for long been suffi- ciently general in its appeal to justify the approval of a royal visit. The. King’s mind may well have gone back to an earlier adventure in entertainment that was truly memorable. He was the first English monarch to recognize, over twenty years ago, that (the music-hall had become a family affair and that the dubious and wholly masculine atmosphere that had prevaded it even in his father's day was dis- isl})abed by men like Stoll and Butt, who had made !it safe for all suburbia. The engaging tale by Mr. Priestley that was yesterday “canned” for such a distinguished audience could yield nothing in cast lor in occasion like that earlier performance. “So- |ciety” then sat for a solid three hours and a half 'through such a succession of turns as no stage lcould muster today; with Vesta Tilley, Little Tich, |Wilkie Bard, Harry Lauder, and Harry Tate among them, and with George Robey tempering (to suit a polite atmosphere) the robust witticisms of the |Mayor of Mudcumdyke opening the public baths. The music-hall is in eclipse at present, and the screen reigns in its place, But will that dominance be |continued? Already there are signs that the public |is wearying of the pictured shape and the imper- sonal attack. More and more the picture palaces tend to wedge in between films the dance, the song, the spectacle, the freshly played orchestral piece. Variety begins once more to show its head above the flood that swamped it. The New Day. (New York World-Telegram.) Upon the wave of optimism stirred by the swift moves of the new President comes James Truslow Adams, in the final volume of his “The March of Democracy,” declaring that a true new era is dawn- ing. He says: “The most interesting, the most im- portant and, let us at least hope, the greatest pages in our history are those that must await the hands of the historian of the future.” This prospect scems prima facie. The American frontier has passed, but only to open up a more prodigious one—the frontier of scientific, industrial, social and cultural progress. The possibilities are so infinite that the people of the country need only get oriented again and have the economic muddle untangled to start the new conquest. This conquest will not be one of spike driving, trail blaz- ing or to such a great extent the rearing of colossal factories. It will be pursued in laboratories and clinics, in the sea, in the air, in the lecture rooms, the theatres. and the concert halls, upon the play- ing fields and in the legislative chambers and in all the fields of leisure and recreation. First must come the untangling, the organizing, the buttressing against recurring chaos. This itself offers possibilities of achievement the mere glimpse of which in President Roosevelt's program has struck fire from the imagination of the nation and in- stilled a new hope almost overnight. A new era? There it lies ahead, ready for the leadership which the rare creative genius of America is uniquely able to give it. Conquest of Fog. (New York World-Telegram.) An airplane took off from College Park, Md., in weather that kept all other aircraft on the ground. There were rain and murky clouds down to the trectops. Visibility was almost zero. The pilot, James L. Kinney, Government Research Bureau flier, with assistants, flew 200 miles to Newark without being able to see anything and came to within a short distance of the landing surface of Newark Airport before he saw the ground. Had the murk cloaked his vision to the ground he could have landed as safely. Kinney has made many similar flights in good weather, his vision completely hooded. But this was the first in thick weather. The extraordinary flight into the equivalent of black darkness from earth to sky was made pos- sible, first, by the radio beacon which guides planes from port to port and, second, by the “bent beam” which the Government scientists have developed and on which the .plane, reaching the vicinity of the airport, glides down to the runway and lands. Conquest of fog has long been talked of. It seems about completed. Probably it will not be long until transport planes on the regular mail, passenger and express lines will be taking off, flying and landing in any fog, with perfect safety. The end of progress is not yet! It's simply amazing, the hoarded votes our President has been able to shake out of Congress. —(Detroit News.) Foreign Legion, encamped not far away. Chapter 21 MARGARET PERPLEXED As Margaret approached the! heavy iron-studded garden-door at the foot of the staircase that led | up to the apartments of the Lady El Isa Beth el Ain, who was also |’ the Senora Maligni, an old man, clad in a dirty hooded cloak, rose from the great squared stone that was at once a mounting-block and a door-step. “I want to see . . .” began Mar- garet, and, as the man shook his head, realized that it was useless to speak to him in English. “Je desire . . .” and again the man shook his head, and, with up- lifted out-spread hand, signed to her to stay where she was, while himself and then to the stairs. In the shadow of the vast wall of the courtyard, Margaret waited un- til Hassen el Miskeen, reappear- ing, beckoned to her to come with | him. Followed by Margaret, the door- keeper climbed three steep flights of stairs and traversed several dark and airless stone corridors. > At another heavy iron-studded ed it open and held aside a heavy curtain for Margaret to enter. The conversation that ensued was difficult and unsatisfactory, both: by reason of the ladies’ lack of proficiency in one of their mutual languages—which were English and French—and by reason of what Margaret considered the othér's un- reasonable attitude. “Yes, my son Jules 1s here,” Mar- garet understood-her to say in her curious English and still more faul- ty French. “He is ill—very ill. It is your fault. If he could have stayed with me, he would never have learnt these nasty foreign habits. And why are you so cold? And why are not obedient to Jules, as a good wife should always be tb In English where she could, and in French where she must, Mar- garet endeavored to point out that land wary and brave. with the other he pointed first to| |Ain, |own #Hassan el Miskeen that we want door he halted, unfastened it, push<?, her husband?” } rot ran to the door, only to find |+ F- Jones, historian; Trevor Davis, entirely devold of any kind of |Seréeant-at-arms; J. M. Davis, | handle, latch, bolt or keyhole—and [C3Pt: Whitney and Martin George, entirely immovable. trustees. Ninety-seven persons had Having pushed with all her |Signed application cards for mem- |strength, and thrown herself agamstibersmp in the local Igloo of Pios |the door as heavily as she could, ™™ |Margaret rushed across to the oth- jer one, determined to find a way .. L. G gdeRnton _an’d iy [round. Pulling back the curtain jMaVme Dean Were married by the S |Rev. Father Brown. Royal Shep- ‘mL hung on the inmer side of thick wall, she tried to open ard and Miss Hubbard were wit- door. This also was immov- :Tssesbm Yhe certuony and 6 wed- ble, presumably locked from with- asgg (;ffi‘lk‘w ECNL S WD A i o | : % | Hammering upon the heavy mass| Gnarles Carter had been voted of wood, endeavoring to shake it Margaret realized that she was pan- c-stricken; that the cold tide of fear was rising higher and higher. This would not do. She must not lose control. Panic was mever any good to anybody. She must be cool, elected city council. T. Walter Gaffney, pioneer of Nome, but more recently a fire in- surance man of Seattle, was in Juneau on business and fraterniz- ing with the Nome people in Ju- She turned back into the room.|peay “Is this a trap?” she said. “A trap?” smiled El Isa Beth ol “Of course it’s not. Don't be so absurd. You came here of your free will, and you can go {whenever you like.” “Jump over that balcony, do you imean?” asked Margaret. “If you wish. But it would be | Pleasanter to give the signal to R. P. Carmien was a passenger for Juneau aboard the City of Seattle. It was believed that the small boat in which Joe Juneau made his first trip to Juneau had been found on the side hill just above high tide, on Franklin street near Front. Workmen employed in ex- cavating for the new hotel being built by McCloskey, Caro and Hook- er uncovered the old boat. Capt. J. T. Martin, president of the lo- “ical order of Pioneers, spied the relic and warned against removing the door open. You knock twice quickly and three times slowly, and hard, for Hassan is getting a little deaf and might not hear knuckles Use the handle of that dagger.” And El Isa Beth €l Ain pointed |to where, on the table, lay a large it until certain Thistorical ' facts dagger with hilt and sheath of|°CUld be authenticated. ‘heavy cut steel, the top of the han- | dle flattened out into the shape of |®~ . an open fan, and the end of the sheath curved sharply round in a small semi-circle. FINE | | Watch and Jewelry Repairing | “Thank you,” she said. “Could at very reasonable rates you give me this? Might I take it vou give n || WRIGHT SHOPPE “Certainly. Souvenir to take home | —when you go.” l Margaret hung in doubt for a mement, and then came to a de- v ] cision, !l Smith Electric Co. ) “T'll tell you something,” she said 4 Gastineau Building ;And then perhaps youll under-~ it was only when he had returned to his own country that Jules had developed bad habits, and that in England he had been as abstemi- ous as the average English gentle- man and had never, on any occa- sion, so far as she knew, drunk more than was good for him. Whereat the mother shrugged and looked skeptical. Nor should El Isa Beth el Ain forget that she too had English blood in her veins, and that an English wife held a position very different from that of an Arab wife. They were not slaves, and it was not expected of them that they should be unquestioningly obedient to their husbands. They were their husband's partners, and equals—not their chattels. “Jules is not my master.” “Isn't he your husband? Aren't you married?” “Yes, he is my husband.” “Very well, then . . 2" “In any case,” Margaret pointed out, “there is no question of my leaving my husband. I'm not talk- ing of my leaving here alone. Jules will accompany me, of course. We only came here on a visit.” Ain. “Apparently Jules doesn't tell you as much as he tells his mot It will be a long visit.” “Why?" “Why? Because this is his home, «opyright, 1032, . A Stokes Co.) or at any rate, Morocco is his home. He has got to come into his father's business and ‘that is here in Mekazzen and Tangier, and sometimes in Gibraltar where my mother came from, and in Mar- seilles.” “I am certainly not going to live in Morocco,” said Margaret, “Then it's & pity you married g man who is.” “Yes.” I El Isa Beth el Ain shrugged elo- | quent shoulders. “Anyhow,” said Margaret, see Jules now.” “He is sleeping. He is very il1» { Ij I “T will} “All the more reason why should be with him. If he is il am the proper person to nurse' him.” s “Mothers sometimes make good nurses. I will nurse him.” “I'll help you then,” smiled Mar. garet diplomatically. “Sarah is helping me,” reply. “Look here” said Margaret an- grily, rising from the divan, “This is all nonsense. Where's my hys. | E{ld’ I'm going to him now. T in- The Lady El Isa Beth o] Ain smiled tolerantly. “People don't ‘insist’ here, my child,” she said. “No one does that except the Kaid—or Zainub and Raisyl through the Kaid. Insist!” was the 'thlnkmg of stabbing Raisul.” “A visit,” smiled El Isa Beth el hi Ber. \gnglish Miss, i ) stand—if you didn't before—why I || b insist on being with my b PR CAY “Last night, knowing that my | husband - was mot there, Raisul) G came to my bedroom and insulted ! me unbelievably, unspeakably . . . BET’PY MAC Made love to me . . .” BEAUTY SHOP “Raisul did?” g 103 Assembly Apartments “He made love to you?” B THONE W = “Insulted me, I said. Told me z that he loved me, and that he—" “Only told you?” “Only? Yes.” “How did you get rid of him, hen?” | “It was quite dark in the room.} and I told him I would shoot him if he did not go. I pretended I had 2 pistol. Could I get one?” “No, you couldn’t. And you had better not take that knife if you're Spring Check-Up “Thinking of stabbing him? Of | course T'd stab him or anybody else who came into my room in the night and . . » “Well, you'd better stab anyone else, then. Don't stab Raisul, unless fi want to suffer a more terrible th than you can imagi: Kaid would . . .» s “I‘d ra\‘,her suffer the terrible dea And Jules? And his father, my usband? And I, his mother? Are we all to die, because you're a silly cold and flat and skinny? Can't you take a joke?” Have your car checked after the wear and tear of winter driving. REASONABLE PRICES Expert Workmen CONNORS Motor Co., INC. . Margaret finds herself locked in El Isa Beth ¢l Ain’s room ' tomorrow. —_————————— GOODY SALE By Lutheran Aid Society at Am- erican Beauty Parlors, Saturday, 4]):‘!1 22, —adv. PROGRESS ] Established in 1891 this bank has continuously since that time assisted in the upbuilding of this city and Territory. Qur customers value and appreciate our willingness and abil- ity to assist them in every way. con- sistent with safe and sound banking. The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska 42 YEARS BANKING SERVICE TO ALASKA T, T ——————— S ———— fg—as the mayor of Juneau by the newly v PAUL BLOEDHORN 1 -8 3 | Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rroms 8 and 9 Valentine Telephone 176 i | Dr. 1. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, 9 am. to 5 p.m. Evenings by appointment Phone 321 s D RS AT Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. {c 8 p.m. _ZWARD BUILDING ! Office Phone 469, Res. 1 rhone 276 fm— -0 l Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Bullding, PLone 481 | [ Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and | Opthalmology Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground 3 e N 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; 1:00 to 5:30 Chambers, Fifth Street. JOHN P, MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary Building ! ! | "“"hl’“m’plmuny\ A tank for Diesel oil | a tank for crude oit save | burner trouble. | PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 | & 7 RELIABLE TRANSFER CALL 14 Royal Blue Cabs 25¢ Anywhere in City —— ' UNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moving and , Storage Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of FUEL OIL ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 Irrigations Office hours, 11 am. t¢ 5 pm. Evenings by Appointment Second and Main, Phone 259-1 ding | o —— H -.‘: Hazel James Ferguson TEACHER OF PIANO DUNNING SYSTEM 430 Goldstein Building Telephone 196 | —H DR. E. MALIN Licensed Chiropractor and Sanipractic Physician State of Washington Phone 472 JUNEAU ROOMS Over Piggly Wiggly Store £ Harry Race DRUGGIST “THE SQUIBB STORE” YELLOW and TRIANGLE CABS 25¢ Any Place jn City PHONES } IUNEAU-YOUNG LUDWIG NELSON ! JEWELER ‘Watch Reyairing Brunswick Agemey ( { FRONT STREUT H to efficient spending. PEERLESS BREAD Always Good— Always Fresh “Ask Your Grocer” T MAY HAYES Modiste ’ Bergmann Hotel PHONE 205 l [ LOOK YOUR BEST | THE JuneaU Launpry | Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 | - Personal Service Beauty Treatments Donaldine Beauty Parlors Phone 496 RUTH HAYES “Tomorrow’s Styles Tod. dy’ s “Juneaw’s Own —_—— e e TGARBAGE HAULED | JEWELER WATCH REPAIRING CARL JACOBSON SEWARD STREET | Opposite Goldstein Building | HAAS Famous Candies The Cash Bazaar Open Evenings L e ek b A