The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 19, 1933, Page 4

i 3 * instead. JOHN W. TROY - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Sccond and Main Strects, Juneau, Alaska. % Entered In the Post Office In Juncau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month By mall, postage pajd, at the following rates: R cmerae One youe, Iy mdvanco,. months, in advance, | the Territory $6.00; one month, in adva . 2 Business men in Seward, like those in other Subscribers will confer 1} ¢ if they will promptly p . notify the Business Office of failure or irregularity | Alaskan communities, who ordered beer failed to s Yoo xa 4. |receive it because none was to be spared them by PR A the brewers and dealers on the Pacific Coast. The MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. gociated Pr titled to the The As i s xclusively er use for repu ews dispatches credited it or not oth in this paper and also the local news pu ¥ ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION STRATION ENDS. PARKS'S ADMI administration was noted for its conservative tendency. It was conducted as a busi- ness rather than a political office. He had no flair for politics and no {nclination to take any part in either factional or partisan disputes. He served the Territory, under the Department of In- terior, with a lemindedness and sincerity, aiming always for its best interests as he saw them rather than for personal glory or renown. His course was not always the popular one, but, once convinced of the necessity for any action, he did not deviate from it because it might be unpopular. The last two years of his term were trying ones. Gov. Parks's Declining revenues and mounting expenditures cre-|0f the case adopted by ex-Governor Smith in the ated grave financial problems that were aggravated by unemploymept, and advegse. econemic eonditions in the most important industries. He nioved de- cisively to save the Territory from a treasury deficit, suspending appropriation after appropriation, with- out specific legislative authorty and probably in an extra-legal manner. In doing this he differentiated between the necessary and unnecessary functions of Government with a sure vision. No needed function was permitted to lapse. In giving an accounting to the present Legislature of his activities of the past biennium, he recom- mended certain specific changes to assist his suc- cessor in office, to make it render more efficient and more effective service to the public. On every occasion in his messages to the Legislatures sitting during his long tenure, he has counseled economy in appropriations and opposed tax increases. Save more and spend less was urged by him in and out of season. Taken all together, the retiring Governor's admin- | Perceived how time and _ch'cumsumce favor him, If it had no high spots|and has let mo chance slip. istration was a good one. to mark exceptional progress toward greater home rule and freedom from Federal regulation and control, it had no low spots of official misconduct, graft or ineffective direction. marked throughout the entire period. administration that reflected credit upon the party| and the national administration that appointed him. They and the retiring Governor and his friends| have a right to take a pride in it. He entered office with the affection and respect of Alaskans of all political affiliations. “He left it/ |late and license the Territorial traffic in legal beer Dally Alaska Em Pire. |t cus of no ver the | age ~ lon the books, beer will be sold. There will be no re- to | commented As long as that condition obtains, there is little likelihood that thirsty Alaskans will be able to quench their thirst with more than a trickle of |golden brew. Now that Jimmy Walk d Miss Compton are |wed, their names can be omitted from public print possible for him 10poocevelt has been showing himself a skillful poli- {he was ready to open it. Its even tenor was|gptler influence which he could wield as a Presi- It was an/gent with a great mass of patronage at his disposal. In this the Gateway, usually well-informed and reliable, was in error. The non-action of the Leg- islature had no more to do with it than the Gate- v's very natural desire to sample the new bever- Lack of a law did not and could not prevent shipments from being made. And even now, if the Legislature, through disagreement or otherwise, should fail in its efforts to get a law on the subject striction and no taxation other than that prescribed |by Federal statute. And consequently ne revenue to old law of supply and demand, sometimes slurringly i merely operating Alaska's disadvantage. The stocks of beer in Scattle, Tacoma and other Northwest cities were inadequate to meet the demands of people closer home than Alaska is. on, was to ;whcrc they have been played up so prominently in recent months Ex-President Hoover recently protested against having ! picture taken. Not nearly as strongly, howev as he objected last Fall to being taken Jout of picture. % | If President Roosevelt keeps on settling things n at Washington, it's just going to be too bad high school graduating classes this Spring. re’ll be nothing left for them to settle. [ | for Yesterday the eight-year tenure of George A.| Parks as Governor of Alaska came to an end. Ap- pointed first by Calvin Coolidge, he filled the offi with such ability that his re-appointment by Herbe Hoover was a natural thing to expect and it was | done without fuss or commotion of any kind. In| the defeat of President Hoover last November for re-election, the Governor, like his chieftain, became a political casual With the change in admin- istration and the re-advent of the Democratc Party in national control, it was inevitable that Gov. Parks be replaced by someone representing the party now in power. Easy After the Event. (New York Times.) There is still wide discussion of the success of President Roosevelt's leadership thus far. Wash- ington correspondents have offered a new explana- tion for it. The President is strong, because Con- gress is weak. Mr. Roosevelt has no difficulty in leading, because there are no bold and able and nfluential leaders in either house of Congress to withstanding him, or to propose measures of their own superior to those which he recommends. Thus the President has been able to get prompt con- sideration and general acceptance of bill after bill which he has caused to be laid before Congress. He has falsified the prophecies which were made that after two weeks in the White House his place would slacken. He continues to take occasion by the hand and secure what he desires, item after item Another and more plausible explanation is that the country has been strongly behind him. The great vigor and directness with which he struck out at the very beginning of his term, together with the promptly remedial effect of what he did, captured the popular imagination. This is a view |latest issue of The New Outlook. He writes: “A \\grcm many things can be dong now which cannot be' done “later. Public opinion is aroused and will fully support the Executive in these and similar |measures of an emergency character.” This it will be observed is not exactly the theory of ‘“honey- moon politics,” which prevailed for a time. It is not a case of granting whatever is asked, but of approving one thing after another that the Presi- dent does ask. To account for such a result some- thing more is necessary than the supposition of the happy emotions of the first few days in office. Such an effect comes by causes which have to do with political management. In a quiet and unostentatious way President ticlan. With consummate art, he has concealed his art. What could be more simple and easy than his frequent conferences with the leading Represenia- tives and Senators? Without any blaring of trum- pets or braggadocio, he has proceeded modestly from one conquest to another. Undoubtedly he has But there has been no hasty improvisation about it. He has made his preliminary studies. He had caused bills to be drawn. Whenever opportunity knocked at his door, Nor did he omit the Only the necessary appointments have been made. The great reserve of unfilled minor offices has been like an army fighting for Mr. Roosevelt. His use of it in getting what he wants from Congress recalls the course of President Cleveland in 1893. But for his employment of patronage as a political argu- ment, it is doubtful if he could have secured repeal with those feelings unchanged. His announcement that he will continue to make Alaska his home is| cause for public gratification. He is a distinet asset|weapons he has in his hands, and also that he to the Territory, and it is upon the work of men like him that we shall found a future great State in the course of time. FORMATION OF OIL OR COAL. ists are tackling the theory of why a peat some occasions turn into oil and on others result in coal formation. The hypothesis is that salt water produces chemical changes that makes the difference in the end result. Drs. Armand J. Eardley, of the University of| Michigan, and Merrill Haas, of Harvard, advance | this action of salt water. Peat bogs, as is well known, are caused by decayed plant material in fresh water. If the material is. covered by nature and| Jies buried long enough it will turn to coal. If| during these ages it is flooded with salt water| thers seems o be evidence that it will turn to oil| |to be able to put such a drive behind his ideas. |mastery he has displayed. of the mischief-making silver purchase law. Mr. Roosevelt, in like manner, is showing what knows how to make them effective. He has, in all this, surprised even his friends. They knew t,h_x'. he was intelligent, but perhaps did not expect him It is not only good fortune which accounts for the Into it has gone a nice estimate of times and seasons, of the public temper, and of public men, along with an enormous capacity | for patient work, and ability to give the impression —so indispensable to an Executve—that he is think- ng more of the goal to be attained than of the personal glory to be won. The Corner at Last! (New York World-Telegram.) The turn has come. The country is safe. An- Associated Press dispateh, describing the visit of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., to the annual village street fair at Ormond Beach, informs a careworn nation: The action of salt water seems to determine the end product. With it a liquid hydro-carbon | forms. Without it a solid hydro-carbon results. Eardley and Haas are now studying the Salt Lake| region to test this theory. There it is known that] underwater mounds constantly secrete oil. These| mounds lie some 10 feet below the lake bed. The Entering into the spirit of the occasion with keen delight, Mr. Rockefeller watched a girl 5 years old do a toe-dance while her brother, 11, played a violin accompaniment. Before leaving he placed his hand on the head of one of the younger children and nimbly kicked over it. & If this 93-year-old irrepressible, despite all his SYNOPSIS: Despairing of help against the advances of Raisul, cruel son of the power- ful Kaid of Mekazzen, from any cource closer to her, Margaret at last appeals to Herr Schlacht,’ cstensibly a German agent. Even her husband, Jules Malig- ni, has failed her; now all she wants is to return to her na- tive England, and forget Af- rica, and inaccessible citadels such as Mekazzen. Schlacht warns her against trying to es- cape alone. Chapter 32 MARGARET'S TASK i “Abandon the idea, I “implore | you, Frau Maligni,” Herr Schlacht | urged: “There are beétter deaths than that, and nd need for death at all.” “There are worse things than death,” replied Margaret, and felt that the remark sounded silly anc melodramatic. “I mean, I thin} I'd sooner die than go on living ir this state of fear.” “Raisul?” asked Herr Schlacht. “Yes. And the place. It is getting on my nerves, everything, every- body. I cannot sleep now. Oh, I . Whom can I trust?” “Mineself,” replied Herr Schilacht quickly. “Me. You can ftrust me as your own Herr Papa.” “Well—for a start—can you give me a pistel? It would make all the difference, I think. I should b mortally afraid of the thing—but would drive out a worse fear.” “Er—yes, perhaps. Perhaps, yes. And a harem-woman's cover-al with eye-holes—a complete disguise. 50 that you can visit me—or rur to me for safety. Yes. But if I <& this for you, and part with my precious pistol—upon which my lfc also may depend—will you do like- wise something for me?" “Anything,” replied Margaret. “Goot! Now listen. Will yot watch where I tell you to watch and report to me what you see?"” “Yes," replied Margaret. A “It is goot. And will you tell mc anything you hear, anything you hear about what is going to hap- pen? Gossip, information volun teered by your husband; anything Raisul may tell you; any interest- ing remarks, statements, specula- tions made by the Lady El1 Isa Bethr el Ain? Everything; anything I can sift the information, true from false, myself. Will you dc that?” “Yes,” replied Margaret. “Yes— except in the case of confidences, 1 méan—if my hushand, for exan ple, said, ‘Promise not to tell any- one if I tell you something’ and then told me of . . ."” “But you need not agree,] in- terrupted the Herr Schlacht. “You need not gif der promise.” “True,” agreed Margaret. “I will refuse.” “So! It is got. Now something other. A little thing—but import- ant. T do not ask you to play de- coy. Not to be what you call the vamp, isn't it? You are noct of a kind . . . But I do ask this. And I will gif you the pistol when you haf promise. “Now listen. A military mission comes here soon. Very soon. A French officer and escort of Euro- pean soldiers. T know the officer— and T want you to know him. Your husband shall arrange. I want you to talk to this man. He will be \'er)" friendly; and soon he will talk moch. Encourage him . . “Encourage him—to wha Margaret. “To talk. And then tell me what he says; the sort of things he talks about; any suggestions or propos- als he makes to you." “Suggestions? Proposals? Why should this officer?” “Because he is of that sort. He will make love to you.” Margaret sprang to her feet. “Good heavens above us! What on earth do you mean?” “No, mo, Fraulein. Listen. All will be well. It is a goot thing for you—goot in every way—that he comes. It will lead you to your freedom, your escape from here, your return to England. See, you have no one else to trust. Trust in “All right. I will trust you—and cbey you. But give me the pistol, now, at once—as proof and a tok- en” “So. It is here” and Hemr Schlacht produced & small auto- matic pistol and handed it to Mar- garet. “Can you use it?” he asked. “No." “Later I will unload it—and show you, It fires six times, quick. Or| just once only, if you wish. There | asked ot you, and you sit on a seat in der garden and make conversation, ask him if ever he has heard of Aureille de Tounens. Learn der name by heart, and do not forget it. Intro- duce it as naturally as you can. Sayl common association of oil with salt water in many worries how to make both ends meet, can neverthe- that you have recently been hear- parts of the world lends additional weight to the hypothesis. LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND RESPONSIBLE. Last week when the steamer Alaska docked at Seward, the Seward Gateway, progressive and for- ward-looking as ever, duly noted mermmuthe' beer shipments expected” for that town did not arrive. It forthwith declared that the failure of the MW»MM&hIwm-‘ less kick up his heels and be merry, shame to in depression! Spring is here! Recover with Mr. Rockefeller! Shake a leg and squander a dime! Hitler still faces one danger. There may not be jails enough to hold the opposition(Los Angeles ‘Times.) Milwaukee's celebration of .the return of beer assumes the character of an inundation.—(Toledo Blade.) { ing about him (which is true) u' |younger Americans who still linger and languish|this officer, his name is Ricolli—. Major Napoleon Ricolli—asks you | why you mention him. Or say you| have been reading about Aureille de Tounens—and that you heard that Major Ricolli comes from Bor- deaux, which was the home of || not come from Bordeaux, but it, “Well—1'd better known some- thing about this Aureille de Tous VALIANT DusT by Pem{ul'Chrixfopiner Wren o rens, if T 'am supposed to have been ading or hearing about him, wadn't I?” asked Margaret. “Yes—but Ricolli will do the alking about him, I fancy. The pame will be enough, I think. It vill set him going and you will pear wonderful things—and you must tell me what he says. If the name is not as a spark of gun- powder, I am wrong in my thinks.” “Aureille de Tounens. “Who was he? He was a private gentleman, a -worthy of obscure zen of Bordeaux, who in 1876 himself a king in South Am- A proper, real king, 1876 1, with whiskers, «ud with a 3 , a court, a palace, an army, an’ all der rest of it. He really was King Tureilo I of Arauco, South America, and he had his own royal standard and a national flag of Arauco. He had a royal mint and struck his own coinage, and he ssued his own stamps. “But Major Riccoli can, I expect, ¢ll you far more about him than ( can, and that is what I want you o find out. All you haf to do is to emember the name, mention it (o 1im and see what happens.” “What is likely to happen?” ask- d the bewildered, frightened and mmhappy Margaret. “You may hear that Aureille de Mounens was mad and a megal naniac, and that way why he fail- d. You may hear then that an- sther and infinitely greater king- lom is about to be created—and at 3 spot not far from where we are itting. And another thing that nay happen is that you will receive he offer of a crown—the chance to )ecome queen consort of the new Margaret contrived to laugh. “Is the man mad?” she asked. Herr Schlacht patted her hand, wd continued. “I do not promuse these great fhings,” he smiled. “I only think serhabs this happen. Do not be isappointed if " “Oh, no,” replied Margaret. “I hall be getting blase scon. This vill be the second . . .” “Raisul, eh?” “Yes. T shall have to tell this tentleman what I told Raisul—that [ already have one husband.” “That would not trouble the good Raisul. Nor the good Riccoli. To these ' great men obstacles exist Jut to be—removed.” “Is the man mad?” asked Mar- 7aret again. “That is exactly what we want ‘0 be certain about,” replied Herr pSchlacht. “Whether he is really Inad—or ambitious to the point of dtanio. So talk to him—of, Aureille de ' Tounens—and of power and sonquest and love—and form your own opinions, And tell me. Will “Yes. But I won't betray oonfi dences—and cheat and lie . . . I hate trickery and . . . “Ja! Ja! Of course I know. You nly make him talk and then tell me if he is going to be a king. Ha! Ha! The Man Who Would Be King! “Now let me show you how to use the pistol. First we take out this—charger, holder, magazine- olip, is i from the handle, and then the ugly leetle thing will not 30 bang. I never did like fire-irons —nasty dangerous things, isn't it?” In a few minutes Margaret was able without much trepidation to erica. ''oad and unload the automatic, and having unloaded it, to hold it still and steady while she sighted it and pulled the trigger. “Now unload—and suddenly I will jump up and spring towards you and you shoot me. “Vair' goot! That would have cooked my bacon as you say. “Also it would have cooked the bacon for Raisul, eh? . . . if he came. Yes. I think you pluck his yo0se if he try tricks. “Ja—that Raisul! . . him if he attack you.” (Copyright 1932, F. A. Stokes Co.) Major Napoleon Riccoli, to- mOrrow, arrives to tangle the destinies of a hundred people. . you kill Classified ads pay, Smith Electric Co. 'l { | Gastineau Building The B. M. Behrends Bank A Juneau, Alaska BANKERS Commercial o et 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire APRIL 19, 1913 Juneau Elkdom, desiring to do something different in the way of entertainment, was planning a days of '98 ball, with roulette wheels, faro layouts, “phoney” money with which to play the games. Mushing clothes were ¢o be insisted upon and old music. hall songs were to be sung. Col. Wilds P. Richardson was in Juneau planning the work of the Alaskan Road Commission for the coming year and consulting with the Senate and House members. B. L. Thane, general manager of the Alaska Gastineau and Mrs. Thane were passengers for Juneau on the Spokane. | It was announced that two new banks were to be established hers, one in Juneau and the other in Douglas, according to T. W. Ken- nedy, president of the First Nation- al Bank, the organization backing the new institutions. | Manager E. R. Margrie, manager of the Juneau Ferry and Naviga- tion Company and the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company re- turned to Juneau from a trip to San Francisco. He said that he was successful in working out plans for contemplated improve- ments to the local light plant. Monte Snow was to be featured at the Easter services at St. Luke's Church, Douglas. - e 0 o0 00000000 ® NORTHWEST NEWS BRIEFS o . OF 25 YEARS AGO . |........'..... TWISP.—A contract has been let for the first brick business block in the Methow Valley to be occu- pied by the E. F. McGee company ELLENSBURG.— Arrangements| are being made for a mnational guard company here under the leadership of Thomas K. Collins. { NORTH YAKIMA.—Maj. W. L. Lemon has been named a member of the committee representing the state to welcome the Atlantic bat- tleship fleet at Seattle May 23. 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