The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 8, 1933, Page 4

R A TS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1933. T AT 5 - mountains, " of depression. And it is that. s need for relaxation along some pleasurable path. And tor PRESIDENT AND EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER JOHN W. TROY - - ROBERT W. BENDER - - except Sunday by at_ Second and Ma Publist EMPIRE_PR Streets, Jun evening COMPANY ka. Entered in the Post Office 1 Juneau as Second Class | matter, | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES, Dellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month, at the following rates: six months, in advance, 1, postage paid ar, in_advance, $12.00 pe for Editor 3 and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. clated is exclusively entitled to the 11l news dispatches credited to € credited In this paper and also the | blished herein Telep! local news LATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER HER PUBLICATION. ALASKA clI THAN THAT OF DRUNKENNESS DECREASES WITH ADVENT OF BEER. | The die-hard drys who had predicted an orgy of drunkenness with the readvent of legal beer in the country must be disappointed, and we trust agreeablyi 80, over the failure of their prophesies to come Reports from a dozen of the nation’s largest cities) at the end of the first week showed that intoxica- tion had declined, and that millions of dollars in! revenue had rolled into the coffers of national,| State and local governments. In many places the arrests for crunkenness and { those for the worried and depression-tried only. It is possessed of enough of the elements of warfare, of stern competition, of athletic prowess, to turn gentle saints into howling dervishes, and make out of ordinary reasonable men rank fanatics. It takes men and women out into the open for an hour or two who otherwise might not get there. It in short, provides amusement, recreation, entertainment and healthful exercise. Thus baseball is welcomed back to the field. Those engaged in it are not only playing a fine game, but they are helping to sustain the morale of all of us The City League of Juneau is a unique organiza- tion. It pays no salaries and prorvides no jobs for connected with it. It i8 in existence solely to provide the town and those engaged in the game with amusement and exercise, Maybe one of the reasons why Alaskan Legisla- tures usually manage to accomplish most of the things they set out to do, is that the Representatives —.|and Senators don't forget to regard themselves as | Territorial Representatives and Senators as well as Democrats and Republicans. The French are reported to have found many new uses for frogskins. Trust a Frenchman to learn new wrinkles for saving his own hide. In Virginia’s Hall of Fame. ‘ (New York Times.) It is a singular coincidence that Cyrus Hall McCormick (Cyrus the First) should have been ad- mitted to Virginia's Hall of Fame just a hundred years after the death of Malthus, whose doctrine that “population treads ever on the limits of pro- duction,” this young farmer of Virginia did so much to discredit by inventing the reaper. Maithus prob- ably had never heard of this young man (shut away as he was in an isolated valley of Virginia). And McCormick had almost certainly never heard of Mal- thus. It is said that he had never read about or seen any reaper except his father's imperfect “ |[mechanism prior to 1831. The year that gave McCormick birth was in- deed a most fruitful one. Lincoln, Gladstone, Ten- nyson, Darwin, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Poe were born in it. His contribution to the welfare of man- kind deserves to be remembered along wih ‘them. Even out in the Caucasus, with Mount Ararat on disorderly conduct had fallen to a mere fraction of! the usual number for a similar period in recem{ years. 1In other places the new brcw apparently had had no effect one way or the other. In none of the cities was there any increase in the arrests for drunkenness since legal beer made its bow to an appreciative public. The new brew was instantaneously popular and made heavy inroads on the speakeasy trade with its needle brew. Breweries in virtually every city have been working 24 hours a day to meet the de- mands for their product with consequent stimulous to such allied lines of industry as glass and barrel manufacturers. And the supply has been far below the demand so that many smaller cities and nearly all towns have had to go on short rations. A New York Times survey covered Boston, Phila-| dtlphia, Wilmington, Del., Baltimore, Cincinnati, | Louisville,~ Indianapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, St, Louis, Denver, and San Francisco, as well as the city | of New York. The nation's greatest city reported plenty of the new brew, less drunkenness and re- duced speakeasy trade. Although Bostonians con- | sumed 6,000,000 bottles in the first sevem days the| arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct werc} materially lower than the seven-day average. Phil&l-‘ delphia reported 80,000 barrels distributed in 23 East- ern counties of the State. Only one-eighth of the usual number of arrests were recorded. Wilmington reported one-third less arrests for drunkenness. Balti- more reported more than 20,000 barrels sold there or shipped out to nearby points, and thousands of carloads of the brew shipped into the city from Eastern points. In Cincinnati, despite kicks about high prices, 60,000 barrels were consumed and fewer arrests. Louisville also recorded fewer drunks and with local breweries far behind with their orders. Indiana in- vested more than $1,000,000 in beer in the first seven days with a decrease in intoxicated cases. Chicago reported a sale of 125,000 barrels and Chicagoans spent between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 in slacking their thirsts. Police reported a 66 per cent decrease in arrests for drunkenness. Milwaukee and all Wisconsin were happy over the results of the first week with trade showing a remarkable gain. St. Louis reported “fewer empty gin and whiskey bottles found in hotel rooms,” sharp reductions in arrests, and a severe shortage in the amber fluid. Denver had a similar experience in supply and no appreciable effect on drunkenness. And San Fran- cisco declared “there is no dark side to the picture.” Federal, State and City governments were collect- ing much needed revenue and the beer drinkers were happy. FREE FUEL FROM FORESTS. Thousands of - unemployed residents in the Na- tional Forest regions cut their supply of fuel wood in the Federal forests last winter. In the last year, 18,000 persons in the Montana-Northern Idaho re- gion removed approximately 60,000 cords of dead timber. This use of National Forest wood under free , permit has not been confined to farmers and ranch- but has been offered where available to the Many city residents ers, people of the towns and cities. have cut their winter’s fuel in the for and hauled it to town in trucks and trailers. The National Forests have usually benefited by the removal of dry wood, which in many places constituted a fire hazard, and thousands of unemployed men have put in time to advantage cutting their own fuel. BASEBALL DAYS HERE AGAIN. Sunday the baseball-minded fans of this city packed the stands and bleachers at City Park to usher in the 1933 season of the City Baseball League. The enthusiasm displayed, despite a keen breeze that chilled as Old Sol settled behind the farther was an evidence that this grand old game never palls on an American crowd. . President Roosevelt, attending the opening game _ of the American League season recently in ‘Wash- ington, spoke of baseball as a tonic .in keeping up the right spirit of a harassed people in days In hard times there the average American, young or old, none more promjsing for pleasure and surcease from ball parks. Nor is baseball solace |trailing a thresher, |single day. | “the 'chariot ramping and biting” its broad way, | “swooping & swath.” one horizon and on the other the mountain on which, according to the myth, Prometheus was punished for filching the fire of gods for mortals, one may see his perfected harvester drawn by an engine propelled by the new Promethean fire. The reaper may be said to begin still another chaptér in the earth’s husbandry. Instead of the hand sickle—“blunted” by the “shearing of the straw,” as some ancient Greek peasant prayed to Demeter after a meager harvest his might be another year —the modern harvester, drawn by the tractor and reaps 600 acres of wheat in a familiar with its earlier form, it as a ‘“shark-tooth'd “jerk- ing its high-swinging arms” around in the air and Yet he welcomes it, “ptero- dactyl” though he calls it, because it “clicks away in heartless mocking of swoon and sweat.” Its sig- nificance is, however, not so much that it has re- An English poet, self-rake,” describes |ieved mah of some of the swedt of face, but that !it has freed him of anxiety for the morrow. The French Academy of Science said to Mc- Cormick in his lifetime that he had done more for the cause of agriculture than any other living man. A late President of France added that “with- out his harvester France would starve.” The nations of the earth have literally brought their glory and their honor into the valley of his birth. As Presi- dent Gaines said at the unveiling of the marble | bust: Wherever upon the fields of earth the harvest falls in acres of glowing grain, there is his monument. ‘Wherever human beings heave the happy sigh of relief from the thralldom of famine’s threat, there is his eulogy. What Is a Newspaper For? (Ketchikan Chronicle.) If the average reader answered that question in conformity with his innermost beliefs, he would individual pet ideas. Newspapers cannot do this. That, fundamentally, is one reason why they are not popularly regarded with individual esteem. That the principle is wrong from the standpoint of the community and the nation is apparent. The first newspapers were inclined to be active in politics. The average community had at least two news- papers, each of which represented a different political belief. As time went on, more attention was paid to news and less to propaganda of var- jous sorts. Under the modern ethical code, a news- paper prints news regardless of whether it agrees with the editorial policy of that paper. Advertising eame into being after the newspaper started. Merchants reasoned that the newspaper offered a good medium to put across sales talks. So the newspapers sold space. That is the custom with which we of this gen- eration are familiar. But the depression has altered things somewhat. Many advertisers have come to the belief that as long as they cannot afford to pay |for the sales talk, the newspaper should give it to the readers free. You'd be surprised how offended an advertiser can be when he doesnv. get something for nothing. In other words, a newspaper exists to give the news. That does not mean flattery for individuals or corporations. It does not mean everything that is interesting. It means rather everything that is pertinent and important to the welfare of town or Territory or nation. The second purpose of the newspaper is to spread the sales, messages of mer- chants or manufacturers, plainly apparent as such. That is advertising, and it must pay its own way. One thing we miss in these days of the modern beer saloon is the porter starting to sweep around the feet of the man who has been lingering a little too long in the vicinity of the free lunch.— (Dayton, Ohio, News.) If the various States lash themselves into such a fury over legislation to regulate the sale of beer, what will they do when the time comes to devise means of controlling the sale of liquor?—(Boston Globe.) They don’t know what becomes of the money, of course, but there is considerable feeling among the plain people that beer costs too much.—Indian- apois Star.) ¥ It is going to be pretty hard to show that a dirigible is anything 'mre than an unusually elab- orate and expensive death trap.—(Detroit Free Press.) say that a newspaper exists to further his own SYNOPSIS: Just in time to prevent Major Napoleon Ric- ccli’s betraying both France and the Kaid of Mekazzen, Col- cnel Le Sage of the French Secret Service steps in. He captures Riccoli a few moments before Riccoli planned to seize the citadel of Mekazzen, then to betray the Kaid and seize him. Now Le Sage and his posse of loyal men of the For< cign Legion from Riccoli’s com- chamber for the Kaid, who plans, in his turn, to capture and torture Le Sage. Chapter 45 THE TRAP IS SPRUNG { A sound. The turning of a Key in the lock. The door gpened, and the Gréat Kaid, Haroun Abd-allah Karim, stood in the doorway. o He entered the room, and, like a following shadow, the giant negro, Ibrahim the Lion, stooping through the six-foot doorway, followed his master. Behind him came the Kaid's confidential scribe, Softly the door closed behind | him, and Le Sage suppressed a, sigh of relief. Intent upon his victim, the Kaid trustworthy Vizer, and, in the noise of his booming speech, the faint, almost inaudible sound of a turh- ing, well-otled key, was lost. hind him, the Kaid smiled again. “Aselamu, aleikum!” he boomed., “How is your health? Well? That is well. We would have you get the fullest enjoyment from such life! as may remain to you by the Grace of Allah, the Merciful, the Compas- sionate.” Le Sage bowed and seated him-| self. “I trust that Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, will mot only give the Great Kaid many long years of health, but to me at least an equal number in which he is— er—safe where no enemy can reack him, and . . Leaning back upon his throne, his great jewelled sword across his knees, the Kaid gave vent to his humor in his great roaring laugh, for which he was not only famous but feared. And scarcely had that leonine roar of dreadful laughter begun be- fore there was another roar, a shout, a cry in Cockney English. “My Gawd! It's 'im! It's 'im!"” as Sailor Harris sprang to his feet. “’E'ung my chum on the ‘'ooks!" And, leaping the settee as he shouted, Sailor Harris, his fixed bayonet at the charge, rushed upon the Kaid. Even as Le Sage sprang to his feet, the madman lunged and drove the long lean bayonet through the heart of the Kaid. “Take that, you bloody torturer,” shouted the mad Harris, as he drew forth his bayonet and stabbed again. “Ready,” shouted Le Sage, strik- ing Ibrehim the Lion on the side of the head with all his strength, as the latter stooped to seize the Kaid's sabre. As Tbrahim staggered and almost fell Otho leaped upon him, bringing him to the ground, while William Bossum, with excess of zeal, gave ithe unfortunate scribe so heavy a right-hander on the point of his and lay as one dead. In a moment Ibrahim the Lion sighed, relaxed, closed his eyes and lay still. “Well, my man,” said Le Sage, turning to the panting Sailor Har- | ris, “you solved a problem—with the bayonet. What were your or- ders?” “I forgot meself, Sir,” panted Sailor Harris. “’E laughed like that when ‘e killed my chum and tor- tured me. "E'd have ’ad you on the 'ooks, Sir.” 4 “What were your orders?” “I see red, sir. I went mad when | I 'eard 'im laugh.” “We'll call it that, then; mad- ness. All right, now?"” “Yes, sir.” Suddenly there was a swift, tre- mendous swirl of struggling hu- manity. Tbrahim the Lion had suddenly drawn up his legs, flexed his mighty arms, shot out his feet, s flying the man whose bayonet was at his throat, crashed together the heads of the men who held his arms and struggled free. Leaping like a man of india- VALIANT DuUST by Percival mand, wait in the audience noticed not the absence of his| Seating himself upon the throne, ' his bodyguard and secretary be-' Jhlrn go down the rope?” jaw that he crashed to the ground| (Belleme” said Le Sage. “You Christopher Wren -IATJ%B‘TI' Le Sage gave directions for the scribe, who still appeared to be lunumscmus, to be bound and gag- | { come back here after-! wards,” said he, and then struck | four double knocks upon the door, {with the butt of the pistol he had taken from Riccoli. “All's well,” said Le Sage, {Maligni stood in the doorway. But with the Senor Pedro Malig- |ni, obyiously @ll was not well. Trembling from head to foot, fwnh tears streaming down his | cheeks, with shaking, clutching | {hands and broken voice, he im- Iplored Le Sage’s instant help. j “What's' wrong; man? Pull your-| self together,” urged Le Sage. “What is it? Has Langeac . . .?"” #My son, my son,” wept Malig- ni. “Come quickly, Colonel. Some- hing terrible has happened. Has- san al Miskeen is trying to tell me | something about Jules and Raisul. One of them has killed the other, and I fear it is my son who is [ ; dead.’ And so great was the grief and . |horror of Hassan el Miskeen that he, too, even dared to pluck at Le sleeve P"nul wav?" asked Le Sage, in Arabic. | And the dumb slave, darting for- w: turned and beckoned, dumb- | 1y calling Le Sage on, as does a !dog that would lead its master ‘w some tragic spot. | Le Sage hung in doubt for but a second. | ‘Were these Malignis in league i with Raisul? ] “The Kaid is dead, long live the Kaid?" Had Pedro Maligni known that 'Raisul was hiding in Maligni's|i 'room, that day, during their quiet | little private falk? A plot, a plant | to show Raisul, the Rising Star, ihow the clever and faithful Maligni had fooled and caught the French |officer who pretended to be a Ger- man friend and ally? | '"Lead on in front of me, Malig- (ni,” he said, and gave the Senor ,Pedro Maligni a gentle push—with the muzzle of his cocked revolver. “Yes, yes, come on,” cried Ma- |ligni, and Le Sage decided that the man's state was genuine, and that he was in the grip of a most pow- as erful emotion—sweating, weeping, trembling with horror, fear and grief. Hassan el Miskeen at length! brought the party to a low horse- shoe doorway, from which a stone stair wound up in the thickness of the wall, and ended in another low doorway which gave upon a| {lofty battlement, bathed in brilliant moonlight. (keen dashed, pointing and glbber-, {mg, to where a rope, looped round 'an embrasure-upright, dangled down the wall. Craning through an embrasure, | Lel Sage saw that the rope just| reached to a small balcony that jutted out from the wall—a dozen feet below. “El Sidi Raisul?” he asked of ‘Hassan who, with violent nodding of the head, stabbed downward | with his pointing finger. . “Down there, is he? You saw More violent gesticulations and noddings of the head. “And my son. Jules . . . my only son?” cried the distraught Malig- ni in a voice of anguish. know Raisul by sight. Here's your change. Down you go, man, and get him for me. Get him, alive or dead, and T11 . . .” “Yes, sir, alive or dead,” and whipping his bayonet from his rifle, Otho sheathed it, stood his rifle against the wall, and, grip- ping . the rope tightly with, his balcony below. (Copyright, 19 1§ A sinister poison, further mplicates, Tuesday, a twisted 2, F. A. Stokes Co.) v 'Y INDIA LACE DAY TEA By the Woman’s Missionary So- ciety, Wednesday afternoon, May 10, from 2 to 5 at the Lutheran |John Winn was elected the Kaid’s son? Thisit Rushing forward, Hassan el Mis- | hands and legs, slid down it to the |} 20 YEARS AGO i From The Empire City Ma small boys new and costly stalled by the ci ——— MAY 8, 1913 al Martin warned against wrecking the street lights in- Mrs. Ed Ninnis was hostess at a large .- in Douglas. H. F. Alexander, president of the Alaska Coast Company, and a par- ty of friends, were in Juneau while !making the roundtrip to Alaska on the Admiral Sampson. At the informal meeting of the‘ Juneau Baseball Winter and Pond’s store, with Lloyd V. Winter presiding as chair- man, an executive board of two was selected for the coming sea- son, Phylo J. Cleveland, president and Mr. Winter, vice-president. scorer. Players selected to play Treadwell the following Sunday on the Ju- neau grounds were: W. T. Harris, D. Malloy, D. Wulzen, Dolly Gray, Chic Harris, L. Hurlbutt, R. Shep- Association in: ard, E. W. Allen, E. J. Owens, W. K. Zott, Joe Mahoney and Ed Troh tow! Tom Radonich, manager, said there was room for more Juneau | players. Juneau citizens voted to straight- en the street line at Front and Franklin. The three Barthoff brothers were in Juneau enroute to their mining property on Knik Arm and Kenai Peninsula. L. L. Clay resigned his position in the Treadwell office to go into business at Juneau. Elwood Mc- Clain filled his vacancy. Harry Mclver, amusement direc- tor at the Treadwell Club, resign- ed his position and announced that he would return to the big town of New York. — e The advertisemenis are you guide to efficient spending. e : i FINE | Watch and Jewelry Repairing | at very reasonable rates | WRIGHT SHOPPE | 1 PAUL BLOEDHORN | . . :.F‘me Floors Estimates Free | GARLAND BOGGAN | Flooring Contractor | Hardwood Flooring—Laying, Sanding, Finishing | 403 Goldstein Blg. Phone 582 | | e ——1 FUR GARMENTS | Made to Order - | | | Remodeled, Repaired, Cleaned H. J. 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