The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1933, Page 4

- 1 f THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY MAY 25 Daily Alaska ¥mpire JOHN W. TROY - - ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER Published _every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska Entered in the Post Office 1n Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered 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, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly potify ‘the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their pap.rs. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN’ THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION, PLACER MINING AND UNEMPLOYMENT. For sometime a movement has been on foot in various sections of the country to utilize unemployed men in prospecting mineralized areas and in develop- ing mining prospects. A Seattle mining organiza- tion sponsored such a proposal for Alaska and the State Legislature of Washington endorsed it by memorial urging the Federal Government to finance an army of prospectors, enlisted after the method used in the emergency conservation work and of- ficered by experienced prospectors and competent engineers and geologists. The Alaska Legislature last month passed a similar memorial which was introduced by Senator Lomen of Nome. It has been forwarded to Wash- ington for presentation to the President and Con- gress. Mining men of the Southwest are, also, back- ing a similar project for the Southwestern States. British Columbia, the Engineering and Mining Journal for May points out, has done something along this line. It has not seen fit to experiment on an unlimited scale, due probably to financial handicaps, but it is going to try it out on a compara- tively small scale. By enactment of the Provincial Legislature, the Government has been given authority to provide, as a means of unemployment relief, for the estab- lishment, equipment and operation of one or more placer-mining training camps in the Province of British Columbia. For this purpose, reserves on Crown lands may be created or ground privately held may be used with the consent of the owner, who will, however, not be compensated unless values are recovered through the operation of the camp. « In that event, it is proposed that a division of the proceeds shall be made between the proprietor and the men employed in the training camp, less a proportion to be applied toward the cost of its maintenance. Those who, after receiving a course of training, give evidence of fitness to engage in prospecting and placer mining on their own account, will be aided to do so by receiving the necessary equipment and one month’s food supply. In addition to this official experiment, at least one private corporation in the same Province, the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company in the Rossland district, in response to requests from unemployed miners and others has agreed to lease sections of its Rosland mines in the vicinity on favorable terms to include low treatment charges, and free assaying within reasonable limits. These experiments will be watched with keen interest. Territory where conditions are favorable for pros- pecting. If success attends the British Columbia training camp plan, one similar with adaptations suit- able to local conditions might be worked out here. in Alaska O'MALLEY PRAISED BY SERVICE. In the Fisheries Service Bulletin, issued by the Department of Commerce, in its issue for the cur- rent month, a tribute is paid to former Commis- sioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley who worked his way up to the topmost rank of the Fisheries Service from an apprenticeship. He retired on April 15, when Frank T. Bell was inducted into office as his successor. Mr. O'Malley spent more than 35 years in the Service from the time he was employed as an apprentice fish culturist at St. Johnsbury, Vt. His rise was general. He spent many years on the Pacific Coast and in 1918, during the Wilson Ad- ministration, he was made chief of operations on the Pacific Coast. He succeeded to the Commis- sionership in 1922, Commenting on his work as Commissioner, Fisheries Service Bulletin said: Under Mr. O'Malley’s direction the Bureau has made decided progress, evidenced by the increased number of fish hatcheries authorized under the so-called 5-year build- ing program and the act of June 6, 1924, ‘which gave the Secretary of Commerce power to prescribe regulations for the salmon fish- eries of Alaska, the operation of which has very materially aided in conserving the salmon runs of that Territory. Since his appointment as Commissioner, O'Malley has spent the entire fishing season each year in Alaska giving his personal attention to the * enforcement of the regulations and recommending others where needed to guar- antee perpetuity to the run of salmon. The retiring Commissioner has always shown toward his colleagues in the Bureau the a friendly consideration which has won for him their affectionate esteem, and wherever he may be and in whatever he may under- | take he will have their best wishes and _their confidence in his continued useful- ness to his country and his fellowmen he tenure of Mr. O'Malley, :so far as Alaska ed, was not a bed of roses. He was d often, early and late. He was charged with ity for a great natural resource and its In making and enforcing regulations the mandates of Congress he encounteerd PRESIDENT AND EDITOR t There are vast areas in the| _ | much bitter opposition and the most violent sort of criticism. The Empire disagred with him on occasion, but it never questioned his sincerity and honestly of purpose. That his policies resulted in| |increased runs of salmon must be admitted. And for that reason, as well for his great interest |in the Territory's fisheries Alaskans indebted |to him in no small measure. as are VETERAN BENEFITS the Administration that all terans who received dis- The new ruling of honorably discharged war v abilities resulting directly ervice will be| continued service-connected just. It is |not a reversal of the President’s policy of retrench. ment in the Veterans’ Bureau It is strietly in accord with the President’s determination to draw a distinct line between those cases arising from| war-time disabilities and those that are not directly | connected with service In its national platform of last year, the Demo- imdm Party favored “the fullest measure of justice |and generosity” for veterans disabled in the course |of “actual service in the war,” and in the proposed | legislation he submitted to Congress early in his | Administration, the President specifically distinguish- |ed between that class and the non-service connected Thus the latest ruling is merely keeping the {pledge made by the party and in consonance with the rules already laid down by Mr. Roosevelt. It is simple justice to the veteran, and remedies any temporary wrong may have been caused by the orig- inal regulations. from war cases is war-time cases. It certainly must be tough to be as poor as| J. P. Morgan whose income in 1931 and 1932 wasn't, sufficient for him to pay any income tax ‘at all to| the United States Government. The popular concep- tion of him second Croesus was just plain hooey. as a Japan says it cannot accept President Roosevelt's definition of an aggressor nation as applied to the Jap operations in China. Oh well! Japan is the only nation that fails to get the point. Natural Law. (New York Times.) maintained David Hume, “will have| So she will, nor does she omit some- times to come to the help of a man by doing her| duty. When she does, as Mrs. Dombey was ex- horted to do, “make an effort,” she leaves the best | devices of lawmakers looking rather puny and| futile. Of this we have just now an example in the elaborte provisions of the Farm Bill. That| measure was intended to be an aid for the crops‘ of this year. But the President has just directed | the Secretary of Agriculture not to apply at present the chief remedies for low agricultural prices. Na- ture has stepped in and anticipated the law. Wheat and cotton and other products are com- | manding so much higher prices, that Secretary Wal- | lace ruefully expresses the fear that the farmers| will take advantage of them and raise bigger har-| vests than ever. Of course, the particular reason | assigned by Mr. Roosevelt is that the so-called | “processing tax” could not be applied without mak- ing it necessary to levy higher customs duties upon | foreign imports of wheat, cotton, hogs, rice, tobacco | |and dairy products. But our Government has agreed | |with others to declare a tariff truce pending the decisions of the World Economic Conference.. To! maintain that pledge inviolate requires suspension of the powers granted by the Farm Bill. There will | be the less grief or protest on this account in the| farming States because, as the chief aim was lo, raise agricultural prices, nature has already per- | formed that kindly office. Expel her with a fork and, according to the old Roman proverb, she always comes back. Sh(“ has a way of disconcerting men who seek to M‘h aside or overcome her great silent forces by arti- ficial means. Within the past few years the world | has seen many instances of this in the failure of legislation attempting to peg prices at an un- naturally high level. The result invariably has been that public funds have been wasted and prices have refused to stay put. Legislation cannot beat natural law. We are likely to see added illustrations of this truth in connection with the | Farm Bill. Al Smith Refuses. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Ohio and Cincinnati have problems enough of their own without going afield to borrow trouble, but their citizens can pause long enough to regret Al Smith's decision not to become a candidate for the office of Mayor of New York, and at the same time admire thg sound thinking which led to that decision. The Mayor of New York has a big job, but Al Smith certainly is big enough to take the job in his stride if he could be permitted to work at it un- hampered by outside considerations. But neither Mr. Smith nor anyone else is capable of handling the job satisfactorily under the present governmental ‘\and political set-up of New York City. It is pos- sible, but hardly probable, that Al Smith could hold Tammany and other inimical forces in line by the force of his personality and leadership. It is a sad commentary on municipal government in the United States when a man of the caliber of Al Smith feels that it would be but a gesture at best for his fellow citizens to draft him for the office of Mayor of the nation's greatest city. That must be Mr. Smith's chief reason for refusing to run, because he has an acute civic consciousness that would force him to accept the office if he be- lieved he alone could pull his native city out of the mire There is one bright spot in Al Smith's refusal to become a candidate. It speeds the day when New Yorkers will vote on the straight question of muncipal housekeeping, when they will change the form of government so that men like Al Smith can serve as Ma, of New York City with honor and glory to their city and themselves. Flasks or Steins? (New York World-Telegram.) In Amherst, Palo Alto, Berkeley and other col- lege towns controversies rage over the entrance qualifications of Three Point Two. Faculty liberals, jolly sophomores and others of the gown make common cause with the bonifaces of inns and ham- burger joints of the town in trging the new brew's right to matriculate. The drys still cling to the superstitution that local option or the mile limit line will keep students sober. Surely it can't be argued that the mild-man- nered little pint bottle of the New Deal is more dangerous to student morals than the hectic hip- flask of the late Volstead era. Thin as Gandhi is he'll hardly know whether he’s hungry or has the lumbago. — (Ohio State Journal.) SYNOPSIS: One moment merely an engineer on a holiday, dozing in his room. Jim Sundean nezxt finds himself accused of murder. It be- gan with a plea from Sue Taily for help against an unseen abduc- tor: he goes for the key of Sue’s room, and finds a body in the hall of this almost empty French hotel. Leaving a priest praying over the Vody. Sundean follows the lead of Lovschiem. manager of the hotel, and begins a search of his own. His hlight s shot from his hand : he plunges down a stair into the dark court as the hotel lights wink_out. He brushes against hig assailant in_the blackness. and three more shots are fired at him. Then the lights go on; the court is empty. 4 « Chapter Ten BUE’S FRIGHT XCEPT for the witches and the wind and myself, the cmn'(,\':xrd was empty. I crossed it again and had the good sense to find and put the discoverable pieces of my flash- light into my pocket against the | search the police would make, be- fore I ascended the little iron stair- way and stepped again into the cor- ridor, The priest had gone, and the lit- tle porter wore an anxious look, | and Sue Tally was standing there beside him. “Go bring wood,” | said. She looked at me, and 1 closed the door and shut out The White Codkatoo by Mignon G. Eberhart’ | eyes met ome of the | wind, and she said, “Oh,” in a gasp ing w She looked stricken. The toe of her scarlet slipper was near | the dead man’s hand, and I got the impression that ehe had been lean ing over him I said to the porter: “Where is Father Robart?” “I don't know. He went away, As soon as you left us he went away to.” “You were alone here?” “Yes.” His wiry little shoulders moved in a kind of shudder, and 1 believed him, although that left the porter and the priest each to his| own devices at a time when I was pursuing and being pursyed in the courtyard below. I paused to consider whether the t or the porter could have got way of the corridor into the ard in time to discover me still on the landing with my flash- light and fired at me, and decided that neither of the two Pad had time to do so. Still, there it was: the priest or the porter or Lov- schiem; I inclined toward Lov- m. The porter repeated: “But yes, monsieur. Until Miss Tally arrived.” There were things I wanted to ask Miss Tally, I said to the porter: “What was the matter with the light »d and spread out his do not know. It is very bad 11( re without lights. There was one that moved, I think, 1 think he move—Dbut it is only that I have fear.” Sue Tally caught her breath, and the little porter added quickly with an anxious glance at her: “There was only the wind. Me, I am not afraid. “Go and—" And what? I sought for an excnse. “Go and bring some wood, please. The fire in my room is down. ""he police will soon be here and will question us all.” ' He gave me a sharp and rather dubious look but went. “Do you know this man?” I asked Sue across the thing on the floor. “To the best of my belicl,” sho said slowly and so gravely that at the moment 1 did not note the curi- ous wording of her reply, “I have never seen him before. “Then he wasn't the man who— abducted you?” 1933. “I don’t know,” she said. “I don’t| know. How could I know? I didn't see him.” She was white and tired and| fright d and lovely. 1 turned my eyes re said: “Why did you leave my room? Why didn’t you wait?” id,” she said in a “When you left, I was followed you almost at A“ul(] 1 once But when I reached my room the key was in the door. { t th 1k why I was so stupid— seems that I left it on the board.” fow long did you wait?” I | d, despising myself and staring |, (hn ugh the shadows at the lighted lobby. “Only a moment or two.” “Long enough for me to reach the lobby?” “Oh, no,” she said. “As a matter of fact, I was counting. I thought I would count up to three hundred, and 1 could begin to expect you | back again. But I got to my first hundr nd the wind was rattling things, and—I ran out and along the corridor.” Her voice brok ghe added more steadily: To be so absurdly afr a rule.” me. not as ERRIBLY I wanted to believe her. But something inside me kept saying coldly: Circumstantial. “Counting” and “afraid.” Too cir- cumstantial by far, And, anyway, you saw her leave your room. You v hier leave with your own eyes it had been far longer than she and re were other things I had to , but I looked at her, and our , and I was silent again with all m_\ doubts and half-certain- tice and fears crowding and seeth- ing inside me, My hand went out toward her, and that natural with a kind of quiet directness made the gesture the most thing in the world, she er own in it, and I loathed for doubting her, and then the ¢ rd was alive with | and stiff little active that there c more than there ac 1d the policemen were | ling up the winding sta eramination of the body ad 1 could not see it tor blue capes. It was only a few nents before the Lov nd two of the police followed us Their was bri to the ht and comparative warmth of my room where we stood an agitated group. From the first I was at a disad 2 owing to my inability to y but a word or two in the language. It a disad- vantage of which Madame Grethe took the fullest.opportunity; or at least, so I've always suspected. That night the police let me al most alone beyond a few painstak ing questions as to how and wher I had found the murdered man. The queries were made by a slen der young man whose eyes were remarkably bright and quick, anc who spoke very slow and distinet and remarkably idiomatic Englist to me and then relayed my replies to an older man with a gray impe rial and mustache, who was the commissaire de police and fir charge of the affair, and who was unnecessarily pompous about it, (Copyright, 1933, Mignon G. Eberhart] Will the police believe Sundean’s story, tomorrow? INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. Established 1898 Juneau, Alaska UNITED FOOD CO. CASH GROCERS Phone 16° We Deliver Meats—Phone 403 plutely away from her and | chiems | e e e e b MAY 25, 1913 |' Mrs. W 5. Nowell was to leave soon for ended tle ‘California citiss. Mr. From The Empire ! }' 20 YEARS AGO ] accompany her Sound city. 1 daughter, Miss| thinking to meet you in the |n | | I | the dirty, slaty kind. That's why passengers on way to Ju- ind Sitka Mrs. H. P. Crow Plooma, and s > Bast and w trave d to ter to Juneau, expec coming north irn after a short | & PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra | . Ray, Medical Gymnastic: 1l 307 Goldstein Buiiding Phone Office, 216 Red | "IN | DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 | Hours 9 am. to 9 | DRS.KASER & FREEBURGER p.m. Charles P. Jen DENTIST Juvenile The famous Bo |Opera company booked for an early date in Ju u. They | ire return m the wailan Islands where Queen L ani had entertained them ception in her palatial home. | of One dose of Bronchuline Emu sion will fix that cought of you Gives INSTANT RELIEF! Another dose in about an hour will probably | end it for good and all. If you| | have to take more than half a|® bottle to get rid of it, you can have money back. Harry Race and all other good druggists guarantee| it. Contains no dope and won't up- b stomach. Bronchuline sion—INSTANT RELIEF from COUGHS. —adv. ONE SHOVELFUL OF OUR COAL will give as much heat as two of you save money by getting your coal from us. If you want cosi that wiil not klink up your stove, will burn down to the fine ash, that will give the most heat pos- sible you should give us yeur order. WE SPECIALIZE IN FEED D. B. FEMMER PHONE 114 PESULST S SOMETHING NEW! —Try Our— TOMATO ROLLS Juneau Bakery *_._H L Building Telephone 178 | R-Hms 8 and 9 Valentine | ne [ | vl | | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, § am. to 5 p.m. Evenings by appointment | Former Gov. John G. Brady o Alacka, was in Europe in conn 2 i with a business venture that con- |~ i = cerned Alaska acording to word T : ceived. Gov. and Mrs. Brady still | Dr, A, W. Stewart {contemplated returning to Alaska ‘ DENTIST |from New York wher¢ their home| Hours 9 am. to 3 pm. thad been for several years | _ZWARD BUILDING ' e | Office Phone 469, Res. i Three distinct columns of smoke| ¥ hons 276 and steam were constantly arising [l = from Mt. Katmai dered e tinct until a year ious whrn;.'s_ TR P it had idenly burst vu;' o [} I The fumes emanating from the vol- | S s no appeared in the form of a Dr. Rld“‘"rd Willianis i yellow haze, according to people| ) DENTIST living in Seward who had got a|| OFFICE AND RESIDENCE good view of the old mountain| | Gastineau Building, Phone 481 | from the vessel Dora. Other vol-| | \ canos to the westward were also gy o u reported to be activ 3 e P P Effective May 20, coal will be| Robert Simpson ! sold for CASH ONLY. ! 0N t D D. B. FEMMER, pt. . - -adv. Telephone 114 Graduate Los Angeles Col- Classified ads pay. | lege of Optometry and | | Opthalmology | — — | | Glasses Pitted, Lenses Ground ! e _ (Relieves Worst Cough |- - In Half A Minute| | DE k. E. SOUTHWELL - Optometrist—Optician Office Pnone 484; to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 7. Valentine Bldg. Residence | Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 | | & Rose A. A r>1;l'rew Graduate Nurse Evenings by Appointmen Second and Main Phone o | Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas- | sage, Colonic Irrigations | Omcc hours 11 am. to 5 pm. 8 t 259 | . Phone 218 for Appointme; TYPEWRITERS J. B. Burford & C customers” 1 | ALLAMAE SCOTT Expert Beauty Specialist | PERMANENT WAVING Entrance Pioneer Barber Shop L. C. SMITH and CORONA | “Our doorstep worn by satisfied nt 0. DRUGGIST Harry Race “THE SQUIBB STORE” l | Funeral Parlors | ! | merchandise news. JUNEAU-YOUNG ; 5 e [ WE HAVE IT | at the Right Price | Harris Hardware Co. | i Lower Front, Street i — Adverfisements ss@ your pocket- book editorials. They interpret the The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau BANKERS Alaska NCE 1891 Strong—Progressive—Conservative We cordially invite you to avail yourselves of ol ur facilities for handling your business. — {'} PROFESSIONAL Frater nalogocmuos T o g | a—————— Gasti Cha; i | Helene W. L. Albrecht | [c ol i e i B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. W. Turoff, Exalt- cd Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. = L | R KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Councit Chambers, Fifth Sirecs. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER. Secretary '1 Our trucks go any place an; time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for crude oil save | burner trouble. | PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 RELIABLE TRANSFER YELLOW and TRTIANGLE ] { \ CAPS | 25¢ ‘ Any Place in City 3 PHONES ! \ \ 22 and 42 4 JUNEAU TRANSFER l COMPANY | Moving and Storage = Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of FUEL OIL ALL KINDS OF COATL, PHONE 48 Modiste Bergmann Hotel PHONE 205 g i i e el L) MAY HAYES | I \‘ THE JuNeau Launpry | Franklin Street between | Front and Second Streets 3 i 3 PHONE 359 E e T ——— D 4 L. SCHULMAN Manufacturing Furrier Formerly of Juneau Reasonable Prices | 501 Ranke Bldg, Seattle e BERGMANN DINING DINING ROOM Meals for Transients Cut Rates Chicken dinner Sunday, 6 . J. GRUNNING Board by Week or Month . ——— HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Rooms ELEVATOR SERVICE | GARBAGE HAULED | | ble Monthly Rates | ’ E. 0. DAVIS | . | GENERAL MOTORS | and { MAYTAG PRODUCTS ] | | W.P. JOHNSON | CARL JACOBSON JEWELER WATCH REPAIRING SEWARD STREET Opposite Goldstein Building f | HORLUCK’S PALM BEACH Brick and DANISH Ice Cream ALL FLAVORS Juneau Ice Cream Parlor HAAS | Famous Candies | | The Cash Bazaar | l Open Evenings | advertising columns, im:bflwmmmm o ”