The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 27, 1933, Page 4

Daily Alaska ¥mpire.. ;‘OHN W. TROY - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER the | day Published _every evening _except by | EMPIRE_PRIN COMPANY at Second and Main | Streets, Juneau, Alaska. LS Entered in the Post Office m Juneau as Second Class | matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. | Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25| per month, A v mail, postage paid, at the following rates: Oie res \n advance months, in :ul\un(rz; it they will promptly | failure or irregularity | siness Offices, 374 | ery of their s for Editor MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. entitled to the The Associated Pr is exclusively use for republicatior il_news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso the | local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER | AN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLIGATION | CANNERY EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES. The decision of the Alaska salmon packers to open employment agencies, too long deferred, is, however, a step in the right direction. Chambers| of Commerce in coastal towns and the Alaska Terri- | torial Chamber of Commerce suggested this many | months ago and received little encouragement from the Association of Pacific Fisheries. It is to the credit of the individual packers that they ‘did not adopt the same attitude, but decided to make the experiment without the sanction and support of the Association. It is to be sincerely hoped that the agencies are not being created too late for any practical result. The delay was unfortunate. Most of the labor needed by the canneries for preliminary work un- doubtedly is already hired, much of it is already at the plants getting them and the gear in readiness for the fishing season. The need for labor just now | is virtually non-existent. It will continue so until| the. canning season begins and the fish are run- ning. In the meantime, if the agencies function properly, lists of available labor can be prepared and| placed in the hands of the superintendent of every| cannery in Alaska. They will have definite informa- tion as to the labor situation and, when in June and July the canning season blossoms and additional| workers must be hired, they ought to exhaust local supplies before turning to Seattle. If they do rml.‘v then the employment agencies will have been no more than an idle gesture. We are confident this slon of Congress; (3ov. Alfred E. Smith, in the current issue of The New Outlook, of which he is editor, said: It is wise for the new Administration to take full advantage of its large majorities in the new Congress, and of the popular approval at the very beginning of the special session, to drive through emergency legisla- tion. A great many things can be done now which cannot be done later. Public opinion is aroused and will fully support the ixecutive in these and similar measures of an emergency character. I said last month that the Democratic Party was at the cross- roads. I will say now that it has.taken the right turn, and that every one in the country, irrespective of party, or other af- filiations, should support the new Adminis- tration loyally and patriotically in the path on which it is now moving—because I am satsfied that it is the path back to economic health and happiness, Premier Daladier of France announces France will be willing to pay the United States the debt payment due last December if President Roosevelt will grant a moratorium on future war debt pay- ments until after the World Economic Conference. If France wants future moratoriums she ought to first keep her credit good by paying her past due account. Wisconsin, the second State to vote in convention on repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, voted un- animously for repeal. Michigan, the first to hold its convention, also voted for repeal. Who will be the third? When the Senate killed the General Sales Tax measure the other day, Alaskan merchants breathed another sigh of relief. A Man of Action. (Northwest Progress.) Scarcely seven weeks have elapsed since Presi- dent Roosevelt took office. It seems longer, and in terms of action it is relatively much longer. President Roosevelt is a man of action—he is doing things. For one thing, he has reestablish ‘con- fidence ‘of the American people in national lead- ership. He has banished that most disquieting sensation of helpless drifting in the presence of disaster. Within his first month in office he re- suscitated the banking systems of the country, ex- ploded the Prohibition nuisance which had occupied the attention of thirsting citizens and crusading reformers to the exclusion of more important mat- ters, spiritual, moral and material, and he launched a great work relief program for the unemployed. Having declared, in words and action, that the seat of government is in Washington and not in Wall Street, the President now has started con- trolling money. Big bankers have believed that money is their business, to be manipulated for their sole profit, and they have helped maintain the game by awesome warnings about the sanctity of the “gold standard” and “sound money.” Now Presi- dent Roosevelt has put the United States off the “Gold Standard” and declared a policy of controlled inflation. He gave due notice in his inaugural ad- dress when he declared for a “sound but adequate currency,” and pronounced against the power of will not be‘the:case.;~We believe that the agencies will serve to place hundreds of idle Alaskans in jobs | before the end of the coming summer. It is to be hoped that this is the first step in a new era as far as the salmon packers and Alaska labor that is concerned. It seems to be an indication the Alaska packers are awakening to a re- ility that is really theirs as much as any that they are beginning to envision the industry as a whole. They have not been alone in viewing their own businesses as isolated units. Recently Wallace B. Donham, Dean of the Harvard School of Business, commented on this attitude of American business leaders generally, as follows: We ‘build great industrial corporations | that introduce amazing novelties into life. Their executives think first, last and nearly all the time of their concerns as isolated. They have fine understanding of their own companies, too little grasp of their industries as a whole, almost none of the relation be- tween their particular interests and our gen- eral ‘social and economic structure, and far too little grip on the social consequences of their activit Business men do not undertake the hard intellectual job of securing a general grasp of these complex problems through pro- longed exchange of varied viewpoints. Most men think their duty done when they listen to and discuss one-sided presentations of narrow controversial topics. The hard study of relations is not undertaken. Under such conditions it is no cause for wonder that leadership fails. The salmon canning industry is no exception. Its leaders have devoted a lot of time to their own individual problems, but they have failed to con- sider their relationship to each other and the rela- tionship of the entire industry to the Territory. That “lone wolf” attitude must give way to one of mutual understanding and common agreement. If it does not, if the individualistic policies of past years are permitted to continue, then the industry must expect to suffer in the future. ON THE ROAD BACK. Judging from the enthusiasm of Premier Ramsay MacDonald of England and former French Premier Edouard Herriot following their initial conversations with President Roosevelt, the President is making Jjust as good progress with his program for interna- tional assault on depression as he has done with his program for his own country. M. Herriot credits the President with having laid down a complete program for disarmament, world economic sts.buity‘ and debt settlement. That is indeed a large order. Yet millions of Americans who were lifted out of the doldrums by Mr. Roosevelt’s vigorous and courageous leadership will feel that it is not too big for their Chief Executive. He has been and still is accomplishing things that seem almost miraculous. His statesmanship has won for him a greater degree of nationwide . support than any of his predecessors have enjoyed in a great many years. Public opinion still acclaims him and as long as it remains behind him, he will continue to achieve great things for the country. In what he has already done can readily be discerned more than a promise of better times ahead—marked Commenting on the effectiveness of President Roosevelt’s leadership and his decision to press his ‘money changers.” When ex-President Hoover cautiously suggested it was perhaps desirable to start a program of “counter-deflation,” the big bankers went pale around the gills at the timid weasel words. Now President Roosevelt declares boldly for inflation, and Americans, including the bankers, understand that he means to increase the prices of commodities and lower the high price of the dollar in terms of labor and goods. Admittedly it is dangerous to “dilute the bloodstream of cotamerce.” But it is more " dangerous to allow the opiood to dry up and congeal, while nothing is done about . it. We share the belief that President Roosevelt is on the right course. The man of action will make some mistakes; the man of action makes only one— his inactivity. A New Book About Alaskans, (Ketchikan Chronicle.) Barrett Willoughby, outstanding among those authors who in recent years have taken Alaska as the principal subject of their work, has another book about the: Territory before the public. It is “Alaskans All" just issued by Houghton Mifflin Company. The book should prove particularly interesting in Ketchikan, for it tells of characters who are well known here—and perhaps even better known in many other parts of Alaska. First is the Glacier Priest—Father Bernard Hub- bard. Another section tells about Ben Eielson, who died not long ago at the work of flying which made him famous. Then there is a chapter on Captain Louis Lane, “champion ice pilot of the Arctic.” Another section tells of Harriet Pullen, “mother of the north.” Stroller White, “the man who invented the ice worm,” is the subject of the last chapter. He was best known in recent years as the publisher of Stroller's Weekly in uneau. Since his death the x;ame of the paper has been changed to the Alaska Tess. The book, which is a companion to the earlier “Gentlemen Unafraid,” closes with a note common to Barrett Willoughby's work: that of effectively bringing to the reader the contrast of the old and the new, and of emphasizing the glamour and romance of the Territory which Alaskans know so well. It tells of some of the historic mental crea- tions about Alaska sent widespread by Casey Moran and Stroller White. Then swings into a brief note of a trip by Alaska’s Governor from Juneau to San Francisco in one day. “The distance is 1800 miles—eight days by fast steamboat!” Commented the Stroller: “Yes, times have changed in the north. A fact like that, for instance, we now take as a matter of cowse. Yet, when I recall the old days on the Klondike Nugget, I doubt whether even the combined imaginations of Casey Moran and myself could have conceived the story of such a flight.” Everything within reason. = If* he is all right otherwise, the man who refreshes himself with a bottle of beer and then goes about his business can still be rated a segmented unit in the backbone of the nation.—(Toledo Blade.) Who remembers when people didn’t have any- thing worse to worry about than the chance that their village wouldn't get its share of captured German cannon?—(Detroit News.) Already it is apparent that there will have to be a eommission to adjudicate complaints that the new schooners are wearing too high collars.— whole emergency program tw the special ses- (Wlshmgwn Post.) SYNOPSIS: As a final blow, Margaret Maligni learns that Jules, her husband, not only has failed to protect her, but has VALIANT DUST by Percival Christopher Wren o U GESTE® Le Sage. “And I suppose you ge least one of that type in every generation of soldiers.” “Isn’t it just possible,” said Mar- 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire I ——— | ! i i | [ ! | i APRIL 27, 1913 ( Manager McIver was up against f{a serious problem in his plans for betrayed his employer, the Kaid' giret, “that he is loyal; and that|the Mayflower carnival, Douglas. of Mekazzen. The Kaid plans a' | campaign against France, with the treacherous aid of Major Napoleon Riceoli of the Fereign Legion—and Maj. Riccoli plans || to knife the Kaid later. Col- | onel Le Sage of the French Se- | cret Service is Margaret's only refuge. He is discussing Riccoli with Margaret, with whom the colossal ambition is working ng legitimate channels? Rash nd unorthodox, vain and self- icient, if you 1like, but not a aitor? Might it not ‘be that he su nd the idol of the army?” “A successful Marchand of Fas- hoda, perhaps?” smiled Le Sage. himself the hero of France, | | The application for display space land concession privileges already |excceded the dimensions of the | Natatorium. The C. W. Young Company's Tig- jers and the Alaska Gastineau Ter- |riers first baseball game of the iseason was announced for Sunday {"No. But I am going to glve him |y the following line-up: Tigers— traitorous Major has just of- | one last chance at the last second | cornell, Sagers, Louke, McBride, fered to share the throne he believes he will -win! Chapter 38 RAISUL'S PLAN “Kismet! Kismet! Fate plays! some funny tricks. Surely one of/ the funniest was to bring Raisul,| looking for just such a tool, across the path of Riccoli,” Le Sage con- tinued. “Raisul, who can pass as a Span- iard in Spain, an Englishman in England, and almost as a French- man in France, is really clever, really subtle, and therefore infi- nitely more dangerous than his; father, who is merely a first-class Robber Baron of the old pattern. “And there again, strangely, it was Riccoli who brought Raisul under our more particular notice, for he was watching and culti- vating Riccoli when I was doing the same thing. T have kept my eye on him ever since the year he be- came a captain; for even then he was a very remarkable man. And even then had amazing boundless ambitions, and made no secret of them. “You won't be too deeply cha- grined and hurt, T am sure, if T disclose to you the fact that he of- fered my own wife the same high destiny which he laid at your feet tonight.” Margaret smiled. “I am a little disappointed, Colo- nel Le Sage,” she said. “It takes 2 little of the gilt off the ginger- bread for me.” “Yes, but I am going to take the gingerbread from wunder the gilt for him,” answered Le Sage, “and quite soon, I hope. “Yes,” he continued. “A Corsican officer of Chasseurs d'Afrique, who thinks in kingdoms and empires ic worth watching. Especially later when his partner is the interesting Raisul, son and heir of the Kaid of Mekazzen; and most particularly so, when later still, he intrigues ‘hard, moves heaven and earth, we may say, to get posted to the least |’ desirable spot in the French AfH- can Empire, and that spdl hap- pens to be on the borders of Me- kazzen.” “TI wonder the French authorities didn't arrest Raisul,” said Mar- garet. “Oh, no, my child, that would never have done. In the first place { there were no grounds for doing so, for it is not a criminal offense to be the son of one's papa; and in the second place, once 1 was on his track and had a pretty clear idea of what was on, I should have been very sorry if the game had been stopped at that stage. “Well, Raisul fooled Riccoli, and Riccoli fooled Raisul, or each one thought he was fooling the other. Raisul saw his way to give France a hideous shock as well as gather- ing in some very solid material advantages in the shape of the latest guns—very difficult to get hold of—rifles, and a large number of European-trained soldiers, Also officers and specialists, engineers, signallers, gunners and so on. “Doubtless Raisul hopes that Ric- coli will be a perfectly invaluable tool and weapon until the time comes to break it—and that will be the time when the tool begins to turn in its master's hand, the weapon to be two-edged. It may happen at once. Riccoli may show his haryl now. “And then exit Riccoli” “And where did Riccoli fool Rai-? sul?” asked Margaret. “By pretending to be the tool while intending to be the master. He hasn‘t the very faintest inten- tion of really serving the Kaid of | Mekazzen. Do you know what he has come here to do? Nothing more nor less than to seize this Citadel.” “What?” asked Margaret. “Cap- ture the castle?” “Yes. And whoever holds the Cit- adel holds the town. And, of course the country. But Riccoli is not doing this for France. It is for himself.” 3 “How do you know? How could you prove it?” asked Margaret. “Know and prove? Well, I know because I have known Riccoli and the workings of his mind for a very long time; and because, thanks partly to you, Margaret, I know, that his mind is working today as it worked when first he brought himself to my notice, through his proposals to my wife. But working | now far more viclently. That is| how I know. | “And as for' proof, the fool has convicted himself not oniy in[ speech and in writing, but in act. “When he left his base and came to the borders of Mekazzen, he was able to pick certain subor-" dinates to go Wwith his column, So| was T. And one or two of the peo- ple whom he has corrupted were planted there to be approached “It seems hardly believable,” safd “Yes, it would be unbelievable, if it hadn't been' done before,” replied of the eleventh hour.” “Well, T've heard of sitting on a volcano!” began Margaret. “What 1d happen if there is an explo- n behind your back?” ‘Depends. If Riceoli acts first, and is successful, the explosion will be heard all over Europe. In- cidentally, I shall probably blown out of the castle, and I shall take you with me, Margaret, if you'd like to come. Not but what I should think you'd be safe enough here, for I don't for a moment think that Raisul and one or two of the others will survive the ex- plosion. In plain English Riccoli will certainly shoot him and the Kaid for a start.” “Even so,” replied Margaret, “if that happens, T'll go with' you, please, Colonel Le Sage, if it can be managed. “Yes, we'll get you away, all right, in disguise. Make a dirty lit- tle Arab youth of you and hand you over to my varavan-leader. You will be safe enough then, provided you do what he tells you.” “I don't understand any Arabic, you know,” said Margarst, “He's a French officer, Captain Pierrepont of the Intelligence de- partment,” smiled Le Sage. officer and a gentleman. You'll be| safe enough with him. Incidentally | so is the dirty little ruffian with' the awful squint—the man who carried our notes. He is Major Langeac—a very handsome man| when he takes his squint and his| dirt off, and puts his false teeth in. He had all his beautiful teeth drawn—to facilitate his disguising himself. There's zeal for you!"” “There’ll be fighting, in any case, won't there?” asked Margaret. “Heaven knows what there’ll be, my dear. There’s bound to be a ertain amount of shooting, I ex- [pect. It's impossible to say what ¥ill happen, whoever begins the debacle—Riccoli, Raisul, the Kaid —or Jules Maligni and Pedro Ma- ligno with some gaie of their own or 1, myself.” “Haven't you got to anticipate Lhem in any case?” asked Margaret. " “No, not necessarily. Not so much anticipate them as act simultane- ously but contrarily. If Riccoli is able to act in time and seizes the castle, I act too—and say, “Thank you—my castle, I think’ having laid my plans to be in a position to Ho so, plans depending on the con- duet of the legionnaires to a great >xtent, as I said. f he's got all the column here and, deciding that Riccoli is not going to be his tool and weapon, cuts his throat, T must try to do my best with the section of legion- naires that is here. If they have been utterly corrupted, we must | go—and see what I can do with 'the advancing re-inforcements, I ‘think I could manage them all right—and perhaps play Riccoli’s part—play his game. But play it for France, “In any event, don't worry, my dear. You shall get home all right.” “Home!” breathed Margaret. “Home!"” “Where is it?” asked Le Sage. “Yelverbury,” replied Margaret. Not so much as the flicker of an eyelid .did Colonel Le Sage betray the fact that he had received one of the surprises of a lifetime. “What did you say, Margaret?” f “Yelverbury.” “Ah . .. I seem to have hea it, somewhere.” ! A blow from behind fells one in whem Margaret is greatly interested, tomorrow. ————— Let the aaverusements help you make your shopping plans, P — | BETTY MAC | | ~ BEAUTY SHOP | 103 Assembly Apartments PHONE 547 “An| '“If Raisul choosen to act before | Zott, Fisher, Frieman, Albertson, Enm_i Mayor C. W. Carter, mana- |ger: ‘Terriers—Frick, Carver, Dicke- {son, Woodford, Deyo, Semple, Law- |rence, Reedy, Terry, McLaughlin, ‘and Lawrence Reedy, manager. |Jack McBride had been training | the Tigers all week and was all sct |w win the game. i Representatives from the First Division denounced the resolu- |lutions adopted by a “mass meet- |ing” of twelve persons and circu- |lated in pamphlet form in which |the legislators were accused of vio- {lating platform pledges. Bursts of (oratory in the House answered the |charges. One representative said i he did not feel it necessary to de- fend himself from such an attack, |as he would rather have the con- }demnation than the approval of one of the men who signed the | resolution. Albert Nadeau and family left on |the Georgia for Jualin. | | Mr. and Mrs. Edward Snyder ar- irived in Juneau from Tenakee. | | sembly were guests of Manager E. G. Margerie of the Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company on a trip to Teku Glacier. Because of the limited capacity of the boat and to insure comfort mno ladies were taken on the trip. FIRE ALARM CALLS t, Front at A. J. Office. Home Boarding House. Gastineau and Rawn Way. BSecond and Gold. Fourth and Harria Gold. Fitth and i 4-8 ONE SHOVELFUL OUR COAL OF ‘| will give as much heat as two of the dirty, slaty kind. That's why you save money by getting your coal from us. If you want coal WE SPECIALIZE IN D. B. FEMMER PHONE 114 The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska BANKERS SINCE 1891 Commercial and Savings Resources Over $2,250,000.00 Members of the Legislative As-; | | Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics, 307 Goldstein Buiiding Phone Office, 216 n i _f" DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. i |F !| Dr. Charles P. Jenne BsOms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 [ 1R r. J | . W. Bayne i DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. 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