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_previous high mark in estimated farm population THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933. e S Daily Alaska ¥mpire | NT AND EDITOR JOHN W. TROY - - | "RAL MANAGER | ROBERT W. BENDER ished every « except Sunday by _the| PRINTING at Second and Main | Juneau, Alaska | = E————————— | Sntered in the Post Office 1n Juneau as Second Class | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. at the following rates: months, in advance, By mail One year, $6.00; one Subscril notify the in the delive Tele postage paid in _advance, $ th, in adv 1.2 1 co 2 or if they will promptly | s Office of any failure or irregularity | heir papers. il and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. } s exclusively entitled to the | The Associated Pr use for republ 1 news dispatches credited to it or not otherwis d in this paper and also the local news § ARANTEED TO BE LARGER OTHER PUBLICATION REJECTING BEER LICENSES. Since the Territorial beer and wine control law has been effective, in this Division there have been two rejections of applications for licenses. In both instances, the Federal District Court, which was made the licensing agency by th gisiature, held that the applicants were not ent to have the licenses they sought. The latcst sufferer by reason of this action of the Court was Dave Housel, pioncer local business man and several years proprietor and operator of the Al n Hotel. He has earned and merits a fine reputation for business probity, responsibility, highly regarded as a law-abiding individual That estimation of his char-| and and good citizen. acter Y it least seemingly, been accepted in the past by the Federal District Court, not once or twice but on many occasions. In his business activi- ties, Mr. Housel comes into contact with a great many residents of foreign citizenship. A large number of such persons, in becoming naturalized American citizens, have called him as one of the two witnesses that are required by law. In no single instance, so far as can be rtained, has any foreigner seeking citizenship and for whose| character he has vouched been denied the orders that make him a full-fledged American citizen with | all the rights, privileges and duties pertaining| thereto | That very fact should, it would appear, be suf- ficient to attest to the character of Mr. Houae],‘ If it 13,1{\%1\ enough, and it is and was, to have| Justifie court in accepting his endorsement of many aliens, and that endorsement was an essential | factor in bestowing the title of American citizenship | upon them, surely it is good enough to entitle him to a license to sell a beverage that has been legalized by the Congress of the United States, and upon which the Congress has puts its seal as being non-intoxicating. The local House of Representatives by resolution said at least part of what it thought about the refusal of the same court to grant the application of George Brothers, prominent local grocers, for a retail beer and wine license. Any further comment would be surplusage. The good reputation of that reputable firm, which has many hundreds of customers and thousands of friends, is too well established to need defense. Its character, that of the owners, and of Mr. Housel are of the highest type, above reproach. Neither George Brothers nor Mr. Housel will find their reputations lowered in public esteem by the court’s action. In fact, it is not amiss to say that it made I[riends for both parties. The one bright spot in the two incidents is that a change in personnel of the court is expected in the not distant future. Until that happens, both will have to suffer. Under the circumstances, it is not cause for wonderment that demand for an immediate change is insistent and almost general. HE SAID “NO!” Time, the newsmagazine, commenting on the re- cent conferences between President Roosevelt and Edouard Herriot, special French envoy, said the President’s “good French made M. Herriot blush for his bad English.” In his conversations with the French envoy, the President acted as his own interpreter. On one occasion he went a step farther and interpreted for the newspaper correspondents. Thereby hangs a tale of how an “old saw” was revived The reporters queried: Mr. President, will you aslk Herriot whether he will have a statement to- morrow? Mr. Roosevelt obligingly put the question. Mr. Herriot made Gallic gestures and poured forth a torrent of French. The President then turned to the newsmen and gravely remarked: “He said ‘No!'" BACK TO THE FARM. Americans continue to trek back to the farm. The farm to ecity movement, at peak about 1926, was definitely halted in 1929. A year later it re- versed itself and started from city to farm. Last year, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates, the back to the land movement boosted the country’s farm population by more than 1,000,000 people, giving it the largest agricultural gain in its history. The same authority listed the farm popu- lation on January 1, last, as 32,242,000 as compared to 81,241,000 on the same date in 1932. © This is the largest single increase for any single ¥ since 1920, and completes a net gain of more n 2,000,000 on American farms since 1930. The as in 1910 when the Census Bureau credited farms tural populations. Lacking jobs, the former is wholly dependent upon public or private charity for even the barest sustenance. On the farms, although the crop they produce may be unprofitable, the people at least eat regularly. The Drys lament the “tragedy of beer.” So far the situation has been tragic for two reasons—scar- city of beer and its high price Things are never so bad that they couldn't be worse. Just think, the Senate might have had n it at the same time both Huey Long, the Louis- (iana Kkingfish, and Tom Heflin! The Two Schools. (New York World-Telegram.) As Forrest Davis pointed out, in a recent series of articles, the Roosevelt Administration is prag- matic in its philosophic outlook. If a thing works, then it is true. On the other hand, the Hoover Administration belonged to the opposihg camp. Confronted by a complete breakdown in every department of gov- ernment theory and practice, it remained inert, inflexible and incapable of any bold stroke that might imply a change from the status quo. Mr. Hoover has been called “unlucky,” and so he was if being “unlucky” means a mind closed to an awareness of cyclone conditions. President Roosevelt, with keener sensibilities, knew what was taking place—knew that a revolu- tion was taking place, that the old palliatives no longer had any potency, and that if things were to right themselves so that life should again become tolerable to most Americans, drastic measures were necessary. “Let us try it. If it works, splendid,” was his answer; “if it does not I will be the first to admit it.” Gone are the old shibboleths, such as the government must keep out of business, that if Big Business is given its head and protected enough will percolate through down to the man in the strest, that the banker was a sacred cow whose omnipotence was not to be questioned. Mr. Hoover and his counsellors clung to that outworn theory despite the crash of falling busi- ness, of desperate living conditions for the masses, of breadlines and actual starvation—clung because the limits of their apprehension were such as to preclude any idea that desperate conditions need desperate remedies. No man can forecast the future, but whatever happens from now on will be bravely tried, and the great inarticulate mass of citizens can hold up their heads in hope and thanksgiving that audacity and understanding and fearlessness are at the helm, for these things are in the essence of the American character. Opportunity! (Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle.) Less opportunity today for youth? Competition keener? Opportunity for what? Ther> never was greater opportunity to do things that make life worth while. If opportunity means merely the chance to earn a humdrum living in a manner standardized in accordance with the exist- ence of millions of other human 'beings, then such opportunity may be more restricted. The best literature has not yet been written, the greatest works of art are to come, the best buildings and bridges have not yet been designed or built. Does opportunity exist for medical science to con- quer the scourge of cancer? Find some real sculptor- ing in Seattle! No opportunity for young lawyers with the snarl into which myriad laws have en- meshed our people? No opportunity for young architects and engineers, with countless strucutral monstrosities on all sides? No opportunities for young bankers, with Mitchell's testimony before the Senate Committee still fresh in our minds? No opportunity for young business men with a policy of “Let the buyer beware” so evident everywhere? What is meant by opportunity? A young priest went to the leper colony at Molokai, a few years ago. He considered it an opportunity to be permitted to spend his life there, working among the lepers. Some one whose name we do not recall has written the following lines on Opportunity: “They do me wrong who say I come no more, ‘When once I knock and fail to find you in, For every day I stand outside your door, And bid you wake, rise to work and win, ‘Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane, Each night I burn the record of that day, At sunrise every soul is born again.” If all we can vision as Opportunity is the “chiseling” of a living from life, perhaps it is just as well that the knock is unheard and that the door remains closed forever. Nick Carter’s Publishers. (New York Times.) Few publishing firms can aspire to the double claim on posterity which has fallen to the lot of Street & Smith, specialists in “pulp” literature. They were the discoverers of O. Henry. Before that they were the publishers of Niék Carter. It is not dispraise of O. Henry's authentic greatness to sug- gest that Nick Carter has planted himself deeper in the American tradition. His name is now part of our folklore. Street & Smith of the Nick Carter stories and the present numerous detective magazines constitute the third and sole surviving member of the great American dime novel dynasty. Founder of the line was the immortal Beadle’s Library, which gave to the world, along with other monuments, Deadwood Dick. Contemporary and competing was Munro's Publishing House, to which we owe Old Cap Collier and Old Sleuth. Magic evocations, in name they are gone, in substance they still live. It has been merely a change from the pulp tabloid to the pulp magazine, and from the vocabulary of 1880 to that of 1930. Otherwise the shots continue to ring out on the Winter air and the fiends in human form bite the dust. Kansas City has a school for bartenders and it is to be hoped the professors will impress upon the students the very worthwhile knowledge that it is up the house to buy a round every now and then —(Macon Telegraph.) Out in San Francisco a gentleman is worried because he can prove by algebra that one equals two. Tell it to the Technocrats, brother, they spec- ialize in that kind of algebra—(Detroit Free Press.) It would seem that there are those in our midst who regard the price of happiness as dependent upon the price of beer.—(Boston Transcript.) It's easy to be a radio humorist. You just use 400 words, interspersed with giggles, to tell an 132,076,960 people, or- 165,040 fewer than last L tends v to support the belief that unemploy- strikes harder at industrial than at agricul- old twenty-word joke.—(Los Angeles Times.) Keep the ratification W. Va, Mail) ball rolling.—(Charleston by Percival SYNOPSIS: Lurking about the ancient Moorish Citadel of Mckazzen was treachery to France. Bui it suddenly was ended by Colonel Le Sage of the Secret Service with death for the Kaid of Mekazzen, death for Jules Maligni, Mar- garet Maligni's tricky hus- | band, and capture for Major Riceoli of the Foreign Legion, the worst traitor of all. Mar- garet is awakened by the sly entrance of Raisul, son of the Kaid. Raisul swears that un- less Margaret yields to him he will torture and kill Margaret's girlhcod sweetheart, Otho Bel- leme, who is in the Citadel as a priyate in Riccoli’s command. Margaret is on the point of yielding. Chapter 48 THE DUEL Raisul laughed merrily. amused. “No, no, no! This won'i do at all You've got to kiss me. I'm not go- ing to do all the kissing, madden- ingly, thrillingly wonderful as it is. What the devil are you staring at?” Turning about, Raisul followed Margaret's incredulous hypnotized gaze, and lithe and swift as a springing panther, leapt to his feet. Otho! “Ah!"” said Otho Belleme, with a sound of unfathomed satisfaction. “Raisul ben Abd’' allah Karim.” He was Without taking his eyes from those of his adversary, Raisul bent sideways to the flow table on which he had laid his long dag- ger, drew it from its sheath, and advanced, poised and crouching. ‘With a laugh that belied the look upon his face, “Another visitor, Margaret!” he said. “Very much ‘at home’ to- night, aren't you? I'm afraid I've over-stayed my . . .” “Steel or bare hands?” inter- rupted Otho Belleme as he drew his bayonet. “W-e-1-1," replied Raisul, circling sideways and yet advancing as he spoke. “I think we'll give the dady a dagger-versus-bayonet exhibition €h? Bit fairer perhaps, what? Per sonally I'm not a professional bruis Right,” replied Otho Belleme holding the long thin bayonet be fore him, like a foil. This ought to be a good fight and with Margaret looking on. Bu he must go warily, for he mus win—for Margaret's sake, as well a for his own. Here he was, Margarel’s room. In a state of absolute funk an¢ horror he had slid down a few fee of rope that dangled over hun- dreds of feet of sheer drop—in pur suit of that devil. And he was ir Margaret's room. Raisul sprang, and stabbed: Othc lunged and thrust, and his lef hand seized Raisul's wrist, as Rai sul skillfully evaded the swift blade, and in turn, seized Otho’ right wrist. Breast to breast. Stale-mate. Yes, yes! the dagger-hand war slowly going back, back, while the hand that held the bayonet movec not at all Suddenly Raisul threw the whole of his weight violently for- ward and, mightily twisting hi arm, sprang backward, releasing Otho's wrist as he did so. Round one, and honors easy. Otho sprang anua drove a light- ning thrust at Raisul's throat. With equal swiftness, Raisu) ducked beneath the lean shary blade, and simultaneously slashec upward with the terrible disem- bowling stroke, which will lay ¢ man open from thigh to br bone. Well for Otho Belieme that, al- beit a heavyweight, he was one of the quickest boxers of the day. Striking swiftly downwards and sideways with lightning speed and all his strength with his left fist encountered Raisul's wrist with such force that, as he whirled side- ways, the knife fell from his hand and clattered on the stone floor. Disarmed, Raisul ‘backed away from the gleaming bayonet that ir an instant would be through his throat or his heart. Setting his foot upon the knif Otho spoke. “There was a time when T should have told you to pick that up,” he said. “I'm not quite the fool I wa. but . . " Otho Belleme, ir “Put up your fists,” he said, fight any way you can. I can't you in cold blood.” Raisul backed, backed into the corner, stooped and rose in swift movement—Margaret’s pis- tol in his hand, and levelled. A Margaret. Bang! At Otho. Click. Margaret screamed, and Ot turned his head. Her hand was pressed to her breast. A crashing blow in the face, a the flung pistol struck him, d his hands closed about Rai throat. Jove! but the fellow strong— and agile as a cat; pery as an eel Free again. Otho drove a straight left. Raisul ducked beneath® it, one wa, and flung his arms about Otho's waist Down together. A cry from Margaret. “The knife, Otho! The knife!" VALIANT DuSsT ‘Christopher Wren stf\fi‘zl;rr And Otho sheathed his bayonet 3 By Jove, he'd got it. Raisul |leapt to his feet and stabbed. | Otho, rising, struck with his right.; The blow sent him staggering back- | ward H { As he brought up against the| | wall beside the balcony, his arm| | shot forward as he flung his knife| —too hurriedly. i | Again Otho struck, and as Rai-| |sul side-stepped to his left, Otho smashed home a crashing right| that drove Raisul heavily against; the lcw balcony wall. | | With a loud cry he threw out} | nis arms, clutching wildly at the| rope, and before Otho could seize | {him, fell backward across the cop- {ing, turning and turning in mid-| ke the jackal-haunted| > the shattered body of m, Jules Maligni. hasty instinctive glance balcony at the still fall- Otho whirled about, to find Margare! running to him with} cutstretched arms. Tho darling. Oh, 'Tho.” Ave you hit? Are you hit?” cried , no,” laughed Margaret shak- Oh, darling I thought I was, I'm not. I thought I was and I did want to live long enough to see you kill him.” Her arms were round his neck. He was holding her tightly to him and stroking her hair. Neither ever knew how the next minutes passed. At length. Otho, it's incredible. It's tco nderful. Oh, 'Tho, why did you| and leave me? Why did you this awful Foreign Legion?” know? Why, so as| the | Obvicus, ily. and dead g0 join “Didn't you to come down that rope at psychological moment isn't it?” Again they Kkissed. | “Oh, Margaret, I love you so ut- terly. Do you know I have never lain down to sleep without think-| ing of you—since T was a boy.” | They clung together, then sprangz apart as heavy blows sounded on| the door. Drawing the bolts, Otho saw the | aged slave who had guided them |~ to the battlements. Seizing Otho's| arm, Hassan el Miskeen dragged| 1m across the room, and out on he balcony. Looking upwards,| Otho saw several heads silhouetted wgainst the sky, as their owners craned through the embrasures. | “Ohe, Belleme, was that Raisul?”| ralled Le Sage. | | return to college and Miss Rena 'WAKE UP YOUR Maligni. T was thinking of ‘thirty pleces of silver'.” . Tomerrow, Major Napoleon Riccoli faces a new, and terrible test. | {“"m“’“‘“"“ From The Empire } 20 YEARS AGO ! e o MAY 11, 1913 F. E. Parsons, Alaska commercial traveller, was in Juneau enroute to the Westward. . o Oliver Olsen purchased the gas- boat Dwarf from John Day. Juneau trimmed ‘the Treadwell, boys 'at baseball the first game of; the season. An immense crowd turned out to witness the opening contest and Tom Radenich's braves had horseshoes hanging all over themselves. The score was Ju- neau 8, Treadwell 7. The players were, Treadwell—Rockafeller, Ker- tis, Raines, Linscott, J. Chambe Meuseth, Dahl, Coughlin, L. Cham- bers. Juneau—Malloy, W. Harris, Loucks, Gray, <. Harris, Hurl-{ butt, Allen, Zott and Shepard. | “Red” Orme and ‘Walter McCor- mick, both in St. Ann's Hospital, were improving. ¥ Governor Clark extended the| scarlet fever quarantine from Doug- las to include Treadwell as well. Mrs. Soboleff, widow of Father John A. Soboleff, died at St. Ann’s Hospital, her death a distinet shock to her many friends in Juneau and Sitka. Miss Rena Jorgenson and Miss| Nina Jorgenson left for Belling- ham, where Miss Nina intended Yo to visit for two months before re- | turning to Juneau. Jack Hayes, returning from Haines, said that things were liv- ening up in that section. LIVER BILE— “Yes, sir. He's—er—on the rocks.” Le Sage laughed grimly. i “Come up,” he called. “I've sen',! the guide for you.” | Motioning to Hassan to lead on, Otho kissed Margaret once again. “Wait for me, Margaret,” he, aid. “Wait for me.” i Yes, she would wait for him. She would wait a lifetime for him. P | In the absence of the Kaid, Rai- | sul, Mahommed Ali el Amin, and| ayery other leader of executive au-| “#ority, the organization of the Citadel of Mekazzen went to piec- ! 2s; what should have been the; zarrison of Moorish soldiers became | an armed rabble (quickly disarmed) | and the castle fell of itself. The '‘oosely knit native life of the cita- | {el swiftly disintegrated, and the | work begun by the betrayal of the | sassword was completed by the is- suance of orders and instructions n the Kaid's name, by the Kaid's Vizer, the Senor Pedro Maligni. Until the tricolor flew at the masthead on the Sultan Tower, and Colonel Le Sage was in fact Jovernor of the Castle, the orders of the Vizer were accepted and sbeyed, for want of better. “The longer we can conceal the fact of the dcaths of the Kaid and Raisul, the longer we can use your uthority as Vizer,” said Le Sage. Not that we shall need that for ong, Senor Maligni.” h “And ‘the other half of the re- ward, promised me after the con- summation of your work here?” “It shall be paid to you person- ally, at Tangler, as soon as possible after I receive a letter from your daughter-in-law—in her own hand- writing—from Yelverbury. The ooner she gets there the sooner you will get the other fifteen piec- “Fifteen pieces, Colonel?” “Oh, 1 beg your pardon, Senor | | | at the Right Price Harris Hardware Co. Lower Fron’ Street — can’t do it. They only move & mere movement doesn't get at ‘down-and-out For they ‘bowels and the canse. The reason for your it is your liver. It should out two anldbfl!hhmmfid.fly. | BETTY MAC | fl BEAUTY SHOP | 103 Assembly Apartments | PHONE 547 | = Sunday Is Mothers Day “SO BIG” COMING CAPITOL @ | Fine Floors Estimates Free | | GARLAND BOGGAN | Flooring Contractor Hardwood Flooring—Laying, I Sanding, Finishing | | 403 Goldstein Blg. 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