The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1933, Page 4

r THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1933. - Daily 7Arlasl.'.(l ¥mpire NT AND EDITOR L, MANAGER the JOHN W. TROY - - ROBERT W. BENDER - nday by Published _every ng EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPA) ond and Main Strec au, Alasl 5 Ente the Post Office 1n Juneau as Second Class matte SL‘ESCHIPTIO'\' RATES. Dellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. By matl, ‘postage following rates: 3 months, in advance, ce, $1 o favor if they will promptly ny failure or irregularity s Offices, in the del 374, slephon and Busin MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. exclusively entitled to the \li_news dispatches credited to in this paper and also the The Associate use for republic it or not otherw local news § of e credited blished herein JARAN ALASKA C TION: GL ED TO BE LARGER THA UBL CONNORS FOR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS. In submitting the name of James J. Connors of this city to be United States Collector of Customs for the District of Alaska, President Roosevelt did the expected. Backed by both local and National Democratic organizations it was obvious that he would be nominated. The ony question was when it would happen. Mr. Connors has been one of the most aggressive leaders the Democratic Party in Alaska ever has had. He was National Committeeman during a period when its fortunes were at their lowest ebb. He took hold when the organization was more or less a name. He, with the aid of a few others, remedied that defect. He filled the gaps in the several committees with live workers. He led them in no uncertain fashion. And it has been due in large measure to that leadership that the party has rebuilt itself to a stronger position than it ev occupied before in Alaska's history. Early he recognized the potentialities of ME Roosevelt as a candidate, and his qualifications for the Presidency. With Gov. Troy he led the fight in the Territory to pledge the Territory's vote at the Chicago convention for him. And as a result of their combined efforts and those of their aides, Alaska was the first political subdivision in the en- tire country to instruct for Mr. Roosevelt. The ap- pointment as Collector of Customs is a merited reward for long, faithful and highly efficient service to the party During his 20 years residence in Juneau, Mr. Connors has been a leader in business and civic activities. He is a good business man and a fine citizen. He has served the community four terms as a member of the City Council and twice as its Mayor, ving it efficient and progr ve admin- istrations. He has taken an active part in the Chamber of Commerce, as member and one of its Board of Directors several times. The submission of his name may presage other Alaska nominations by the President in the near future. The Federal District Judge and United States Attorney in the First Division cnmplcted‘ their four-year terms early this year. Changes ought to be made there without further delay. generally the hope is that they will be. ECONOMY IS A MERE DETAIL. The opposition expressed before the local Cham- ber of Commerce last Thursday to the transfer of control of Alaska’s fisheries resources to the Terri- tory stressed the fact that it would cost between $200,000 and $400,000 annually for administration. | It based these figures on costs to the Fedcral‘ Government since 192 Aside from purely scientific work, the annual average cost to the Federal Gov- ernment from 1929 to date has been approximately/ $353,616. That includes operation of all its boats, including chartered ve payment of statutory employees, officers and crews of boats, maintenance of vessels and protection of salmon and other fish- fisheries, tion can be achieved without excessive cost. However, the matter of administrative cost is a ,detail that ought not to be given paramount importance, or even undue weight. It is something to keep in mind so that when Alaska gets the jpower to regulate the fisheries no waste shall be | permitted. But just now the broader view of of local control {ment in them. la transition. _ the And jof us. erie: For the protection of salmon and other however, the expenditures have not aver- aged annually more than $210,000 in the past five years. Prior to that time the expenditures were much less. In the years before 1925, years that witnessed the greatest productivity of the fisheries, it was probably not more than 25 per cent of what it is today. Yet the fisheries were in the main handled sensibly and wisely. Their exploitation was of much greater benefit to the Territory than today's activi- ties. It furnished a greater proportion of the Territory’s coastal residents with work than is done today, and for a much longer period each year. That should be sufficient evidence that administra- economics entering into the subject is all in favor That ought to be evident to every- There can be no doubt, if Alaskans controlled fisheries, that first of all local people would more opportunities to obtain gainful employ- That is the natural result of such What is wanted just now is work for Alaskans, jobs to keep them and their dependents in food and clothing without them having to be dependent on charity, either public or private. Give them jobs, and that is what local administration would do, and the costs that the Territory now has to bear in relief of indigents, of destitution, of to needy individuals, and unemployment »f costs borne by the Territory, by municipali- ties, civic and fraternal organizations and individuals, would be greatly reduced. That is the view that the Chamber of Com- merce ought to take. It ought to be more seriously concerned with furnishing opportunities for people to earn a living, to earn money to enjoy some of the material comforts of life, and not too much about how much it is going to cost the Government to administer the fisheries. one. the have pensions re! Pennsylvania’s McFadden' is again demanding wholesale impeachments of Federal officers. If this keeps on, that man is going to hit the right spot some day and really get somebody in trouble. A Costly Monument. (Cincinnati Enquirer.) minor incident in the opening of the Fair plans are being made to dedicate new Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway, which includes consideration of the St, Lawrence Waterway scheme. To be sure, the waterway is not built, nor has the| money been provided, although certain agreements | have been made with Canada looking to its con- struction. But while the enthusiasm of Chicagoans for the Lakes-to-Gulf project is understandable | there seems no good reason for a dedication whlch‘ would be nothing more than sectional ballyhoo for a project of dubious value to the nation. As a Chicago It may be granted that a waterway admitting ocean shipping to the Great Lakes is feasible. It| may be granted also that other conditions being | equal water transport is cheaper than rail trans- | port. But all too often the true costs of water | transportation, such as is proposed in the St.| Lawrence treaty now before the Senate, are cov-| ered up by vast public spending. In this particular project the bulk of the milllons would come from the pockets of communities actually harmed by the waterways. Moreover, if the waterway is economically feasible, that fact thas not yet been demonstrated by im- partial and competent engineers and economists. Indeed, the arguments are on the other side, and the St. Lawrence Waterway, if approved, is llke!y\ to become a costly monument to sectional fav-| oritism. Many Jolly Reasons. (New York Times.) Every day that passes it becomes more evident |that one of the great debates of history lies ahead It will be the question of what is chiefly responsible for bringing back prosperity. There will be those who insist that the turning point was beer. It bucked up industry and gave the signal for a break with the past. There will be those who think the short wheat | crop turned the trick. Then there is the bank holiday and the ex- cision of a nasty tumor from the national body. There is inflation. There is mortgage relief for farm and home. ‘There is the prospect of complete Repeal. Only let Prosperity do its share and hurry back as soon as it can. We shall have no trouble ex- plaining its arrival. School will be the owner of a WILL YOU BE THE LUCKY ONE THIS YEAR! When the minute hand on the elock in our window stops . . . . Some hoy or girl of the 1933 Senior Class of the Juneau High “LIFETIME” SHEAFFER PEN Butler-Mauro Drug Co. EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS ANYTIME Tlne LYNOPSIS: Jim Sundean has . vefriended Sue Tally, who escapes an_ayductor by taking refuge in Suna; room. But she will not permit him to search for the ab- awctor. and when he goes for the key to her room, she runs away. Bundean stumbles over a mur- dered man in the corridor of the old hotel : Lovschiem and his wife try to persuade him not to report the murder to the French police. Then, while the police are coming, Bundean goes into the court and s shot at flve times. His assailant escapes. As the police arrive, Sue veturne with the information’ that #he found ier key in her door. She eannot say whether or not the mur- dered man was her pursuer, The police question Sundcan, Chapter 11 ' . SUNDEAN EXPLAINS ADAME GRETHE'S green eyes were very bright and know- mg during the commissaire’s brief juestions, but they looked less knowing when I began to tell of the man who had shot at me in the sourtyard. She looked for the first me at a loss, and Lovschiem, who had let her do most of the talking thus far, suddenly became pos- ressed of an active tongue. “But you are mistaken, Mr, Sun- dean!” he cried. “The wind de- seived you. There gould have been no one in the courtyard.” “Hell, don’t I.know when I've been shot at?” I took the flashlight out of my pocket and showed them how it was shattered. “The wind tannot do this. There was some- one in the court not fifteen minutes 1go. He had a revolver and shot at me twice on the stairway—that's when he got the flashlight—and three times in the courtyard.” The young officer turned to the pompous’ commissaire de police, there was an excited sputtering of French, the older man gave a quick order which sent one of the men In the background hurrying away, and Madame Grethe sent me a most unpleasant look from her green eyes. “Where is Father Robart,” she said to Marcel in French. “He went away, just after the gentleman went downstairs., I re- mained alone with—him.” “He went away?’ Her narrow eyebrows were straight and her eyes wary. French, telling, as near as I could make out, “hat she had sent at once for the priest. Following her example, Lov- schiem plunged into the stream of conversation, and Sue and 1 were momentarily forgotten. She was standing quite near me, and I said in an undertone: “What are they saying?” She gave me a startled look. “Oh—you do mnot understand them—Lovschiem is saying that he does not know the man, that. hefe. was killed outside, away from the hotel, and brought here and left to throw suspicion from the murderer. They are considering it. “But you and your shattered flashlight are troubling the younger man: he says the murderer must She broke into rapid| 10 Tapld| oot down fnto the courtyard, and White Codkatoo by Mignon G. Eberhart’ be here in the hotel. Lovschiem says you were frightened by the wind and dropped it. He says no one could have g-t into the hotel | The commissaire—that is, the older one—says jn case you are telling the truth they will discover him.” “What do they say of the dag- ger?” She did not reply at once; it was strange that where I had felt & kind of friendliness ahout her, now ( felt as distinctly a withdrawal. “They say nothing of the dagger,” sald Sue warily, her eyes on Ma- dame Grethe, as if to be sure she was not overheard. ND at that the young officer Whirled to me and said very, very politely: “Will Monsieur be kind to tell me why he was in the lobby of the hotel so late in the night?” Why was 1? .dow could I avold telling of Sue Tally? Her own words returned to me in the very nick of time. She had said something about wanting to lock the door of my room while waiting for me but that the key was gone. I said, not daring to look at the door to be sure there was no key in it: “I went to the lobby for a key. There was no key in my door.” The young officer’s eyebrows went up ¢ little, but he repeated my reply to ths commissaire, | added no further word, though | longed to do so; explanations can be more damaging than silence. All at once Sue spoke; it was al most a whisper: “They are talking of how the mu: der was done,” she said. “Thy ari going to look at it again ohe looked frightened. “Will Monsieur approach this way?" asked the politely. “Will he be kind the one that ‘s dead?” I followed them into the corrldor. Lovschiem stepped back to let me and I caught a flicker of pass, Madame Grethe's eyes. “Approach near, monsieur,” said the young officer. “Now.” He mo- tioned the others back, and we were | MAY 26, 1913 t ! 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire e s Walls were being raised on the new hotel building being erected on the McCloskey-H ook er-Caro property on Franklin Street. Mr. all crowded into the corridor, but || ackenbush informed The Empire the full light fell on the murdered man. “Now, monsieur. Is this the way you found him? Was he llke‘ this exactly? No passport? Nothing | in his pockets? Was there mno| weapon?” There was no weapon. The dag- ger | had forced Madame Grethe| to drop there on the dead man's chest, the dagger I had so carefully || refrained from touching myself in order not to leave fingerprints, was certainly not there. Had not been there evidently when the police came upon the scene, Had it been there on my return from the court- yard? I could not recall more than glancing at the body. Who then had taken it? The priest? Marcel? Sue Tally?—Was that why I had felt so definitely her sudden withdrawal from the sub- ject of the dagger? And if so, was it because her own frightened hand had snatched that thing and plunged it? Because she knew its grim sig- nificance? Because she knew its urgent importance as a clue? It was an inconceivably ugly thought, but it was not ome that could easfly be thrust aside. And it was one that, naturally, had its own influence upon what was to come. I straightened up. “Of course there was a weapon,” I said. “It was a small steel dag- ger. Lovschiem, here, withdrew it to look at it, and we discovered that it was the sword from the clock in there on the mantel. We left it on the dead man. Someone has taken i8.” {E clock in your room there!” cried the young officer without walting to translate to the older that work would progress rapidly. A mission being conducted at the Catholic Church by Father Donnel- ly, was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. F. G, Wettrick ar- rived on the Humboldt to spend the summer in Juneau. ‘G. W. Mitchell, representing Bos- ton capital, arrived in Juneau for the purpose of making an investi- gation of the Nelson-Lott property at the head of Sheep Creek, for easterners. Mr. Mitchell said this country was attracting great in- terest in the east and he thought it had a great future. Milton Winn was elected Chief of the Fire Department to succeed Ed Hurlbutt, and William Albert- son was chosen Assistant Chief. J. ‘W. Bell was re-elected Secretary. A large crowd attended the danc- ing party given at the Lyric The- ater in Douglas in honor of Miss (Holmes who was to leave soon for the states. Monte Snow gave a few well selected songs and every- one had a pleasant time. —ee——— AUTQ DRIVER'S LICENSES Motor vehicle operator’s licenses for the two years' period ending May 31, 1935, are now payable at the City Clerk’s office. Every op- erator of an automobile must ob- tain license by June 1. Fee, $1.00. A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. —adv. one. “Yes." “And you knew nothing of it™ “Nothing. Except that it was here on the dead man's body when I now it is not here.” He turned then,. and French crackled between himself and his superior while tae others listened anxiously. “Who was with the body while you were gone?” “The porter and the priest.,” “Where is this priest?” Madame intervened. “Probably in his room. Your men will find him.” The young officer whirled to Mar "cel, whose hlack eyes were snap ping. There was a rapid exchange of questions, and he turned back to e. “The’ porter says he knows noth ing of it. That he saw no one tak the dagger; did not of a truth knov that it was not here. But he say ;hers was no light for perhaps te plnutes Sue had turned toward the doc 16 my room. Suddenly she sail “It is there! The sword is « the clock again.” Everyone else looked at once. shot one look at Sue. It was a vc ‘brief look, but it was enough. knew suddenly that I was right. ¢ herself had cleaned that dag and replaced it. . A torrent of French broke ¢ and I watched the faces and str: ed my ears for words that I kn { Finally the young officer tur again to me. “Monsieur will remain he lease, and hold himself at the « sition of the police. There \ be investigation.” I said shortly that I understo After all, they didn’t mean to c me_into jail on suspicion, as | been given to understand is the p: rogative of the French police. It was just as the voung offic( iwas detaching the tiny eword fro: the soldier’s grasp and wrapping ) carefully in a handkerchief that : commotion arose in the corridor. It grew louder, the young officer and Marcel darteu to the door tc look and then stepped back, and the commotion resolved itself into sev- eral policemen, he dark little maid weeping, Father Robart, and a bun- dle of shawls topped by what ap- peared to be a large white cabbage in a stage of imminent dissolution. t said: “My God, do you intend ! to hold a court of inquiry here ir mu bedroom? Has a man'no privacy i ce? First a murder at my o then an attack on my life, Lonow a——" 1931, Mignon G. Bberhart) L Comn il t * =0l timorrow, tell what “is ol this incredible SCANDINAVIAN D ANCE IS TO BE GIVEN AT MOOSE HALL SATURDAY| A good time, something entirely different, is promised at Moose Hall tomorrow night when a Scan- dinavian dance will be given, The music for this affair will be fur- nished by Albert Peterson, ac- cordionist, and his orchestra Those who attended the last Scandinavian dance remember the enjoyable and fast evening spent and Peterson promises a similar af- fair tomorrow night, and is rarin’ to -go. ———— Cinssifled ads pay. Summer Prices COAL Per ton F.O.B. 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