The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 28, 1933, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire GENERAL MANAGER ROBERT W. BENDER - - Published every evening except Sunday by the | EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. | Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25| per month, By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ‘the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their paper: Telephone for Editorial und 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. FIGHTING THE DEVIL'S WORST. Current press dispatches tell of a widespreading indignation and a growing determination of Federal, State, county and municipal authorities against the kidnaping racket that seems to be sweep- ing the nation from coast to coast. Government officials, private citizens, the pulpit and the press are united in their demand that organized and common action be taken to exterminate these spawn of Satan. Kidnaping in one respect is the most formidable of all crimes. We know of no other where the interests of the community and the interest of innocent individuals so promptly and so perilously clash. A crime in which the safety of the victim is made to appear dependent upon the strict com- pliance of his relatives with the complete inaction of the police is the one society must tax itself to the utmost to stamp out. There is no need for the pending, long drawn out negotiations with the O’Connell kidnapers to remind us of this fact. It has been demonstrated again and again. But in the Albany case is another conspicuous instance of failure to notify the police of the kidaping. The perpetrators of the evil deed had three days in which to cover up their trail and hide themselves and their victim, in preparation for the dickering that followed. Two things are urgent: First, try to persuade the public that prompt police work in the long run is the best hope for individuals as well as the community. The officers are as anxious to proteet the kidnaped as to lay hands on the kidnapers. Second, spread and intensify the fight on this and all other rackets until it makes any form of racketeering too personally dangerous to be profit- able for those involved. The devil devised a crime worthy of himself when he invented kidnaping. But no civilized nation can confess itself powerless to cope with it. The best indication that the United States is at last taking serious thought in this crime is the fact that actual organization and co-operation of nationwide effort is now under way. A RAMPANT SPECULATION. Recent developments in the Chicago grain ex- change, disclosing efforts to effect a corner in wheat, confirm earlier reports that the biggest open speculative position in commodities in the history of the country prevails at the moment. This is the inevitable result of public cupidity that has been aroused by the sweeping uprush of grain and cotton. York Stock Exchange unless all signs are mislead. ing. The appetite for stocks seems almost in- satiable and pool managers and professional specu- lators apparently are stretching the elastic to the |limit in capitalizing the growing recklessness. To be sure money and gold have proved un- | desirable assets to possess during the past few months. Rates for prime investments have been steadily dwindling and pressure to employ funds in speulative channels has inevitably grown. But whether the country is correct in anticipat- ing inflation is still open to question. The Presidént has yet to inaugurate direct inflation, notwith- standing the wide latitude given him. A reduction in paper currency outstanding of $1,000,000,000 since March 15 does not smack of inflation; the depreciation in the dollar in foreign markets prob- ably results solely from suspension of gold pay- ments. DRYS LOSE IN OHIO. Recently the Drys lost their fight in Ohio to prevent a vote in that State this year on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Several weeks ago, the State Legislature passed a measure fixing November 7, next, for a vote on that question. The Dry organizations of the State circulated petitions demanding a referendum on the State law and obtained a sufficient number of signatures to attain that end. Supporters of repeal took the matter to the courts, arguing that inasmuch as the State's action in the matter had been merely to provide machinery for a vote on a Congressional resolution it was not subject to the referendum provisions of the State constitution. The Ohio State Supreme Court last week ruled seven to one against the Drys and sustained the arguments of the repealists. Thus, the people of Ohio will vote on repeal on November 7, next. There is little doubt what Ohio’s stand will be. It can be counted on to vote for repeal. This adds to the assurance that Prohibition will be out of the Federal Constitution by Christmas. Now that we are beginning to capture a few of the kidnaperss, a few hangings are in order to emphasize just how deeply the public dislikes that form of racketeering. Pretty soon, we can begin to date time by the newest rebellion in the BSouth—the whiskey re- bellion. The Motor Maze. (Cincinnat: Enquirer.) Little heralded, a meeting of the motc vehicle law administrators of forty Btates has been held in Detroit, looking to the clearing up of confusion in motor laws, hoping to establish national standards of driving regulations. There is no uniformity now. How is any stranger in a town to know whether turns are permitted on a red light, or what the caution light means locally? State and municipal attitudes toward speed are so varied that the tourist drives pretty much as he pleases. Requirements for drivers are in helter-skelter shape. So are the laws about lights, mechanical conditions and signaling. It is more than likely that conscientious tour- ists, because of unfamiliarity, constantly break the laws of the States they traverse. Indeed, while he was Secretary of Commercé, Mr. Hoover informed a meeting of traffic excutives that on his way from Washington to New York his chauffeur, obeying the code of the District of Columbia, had rendered him- self liable to arrest 18 times, due simply to the differences in the laws and regulations en route. Nowhere is there so potent a cause of accident as in this very situation, nor is there any assurance, except in scattered States, that the motor vehicle operator is financially responsible for accidents. Uniform legislation on a great many subjects is in exstence, but meanwhile the automobile has as spotty a code as matrimony. President Roosevelt has been asked to call a national traffic conference looking to standardization of traffic codes in States and municipalities. There are few things which would affect our everyday safety more than the accomplishment of this end. The estimated cost of the London Economic Conference is placed at about $4,125000 and, con- sidering the situation as to the European debts, whoever is running the affair should do so on a strictly cash basis.—(Boston Globe.) Italy is using volcanic steam in industry. The mountain’s labor is finally bringing forth some- A similar movement is under way on the New thing useful—(Dallas News.) HOUSE FROCKS New Styles! New Colors! New Materials! Sizes 14 to 50 $1.25 White Pique Dresses Just a few to be had at $1.75 - Juneau Sample Shoppe Oppo.itc Harris Hardware Co. YARDLEY’S Face Powder and Loose Powder Compact BOTH FOR $1.35 BUTLER MAURO DRUG CO. “Express Money Orders Anytime' SAFETY a: PIE aall DRUG STORE The Empire will show you the best way to save and invest what cash you have. Read the advertise- ments of the local merchants in The Empire. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE; FRIDAY, JULY 2 America’s Woman Diplomat Seeks Trade with Denmark i COPENHAGEN, July 28.—Person- ally popuzar with tue Danes, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, the new Amer- ican envoy here, has also endeared herself to the American commun- ity. They were for her more than ever when she stated: “I am a business woman and I am here to assist in restoring the normal flow of trade between Am- erica and Denmark. That is my principal business.” Sees Danish Leaders And she has set about that busi- nes with zest. She is negotiating not through the Danish foreign office but keeps in touch with other cab- | inet ministers and with the Danish captains of industry and commerce With the latter she is exception- ally popular. They like her business like methods and not the that she can talk to them in Ger- man or French, if they, themselves, | are not masters of English. Shortly, Mrs. Owen expects to ber able to talk to them in Danish. She is studying the language in- tensively though she is at work in the legation office from early morning till late in the afternoon | daily. Fixes ‘American Home’ { TUpon the American community here she has impressed the idea that they are to consider her house their American home in Denmark. | She brought her own colonial pe- | riod furniture with her; the walls of her study are lined with the best in American literature; and everywhere are to be found pic- | tures by American painters. ‘When Mrs. Owen was in Den- mark two years ago, she and her children motored through the coun- try and she had many invitations to revisit scenes of that trip. Legation business, however, will| prevent her from making long ex-\ only | & least | § n |8 Mrs, Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. envoy to Denmark, is busy with commercial problems. cursions this year, though she had In this place she was presented managed to visit Aalborg, the capi-| with a stone from the house in tal of North Jutland. | which he lived. She had the name En route, she stopped at Odens?, |of Hans Anderson chiseled on it the birthplace of Hans Anderson, | :md it has now been dispatched to the poor Danish boy who became |Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., the teller of fairy tales to the chil- where it will form part of the fa- dren of the whole world. \mous flagstone path. —SPORT: SLANTS == By ALAN GOULD Not entirely witnout some foun- dation, but nevertheless to some- what surprising lengths, has the impression gained ground that the greatest of baseball boxmen within the past half dozen years, Robert Moses Grove, has been a soft touch for the New York Yankees. I have debated this subject be-| fore on behalf of the celebrated! left-hander and am quite willing to do so again in reply to this in- quiry from Joe Gootter, sports edi- | tor of the Paterson (N. J.) Evening News, to-wit: “Did Lefty Grove ever pitch a full game against the Yankees and when?” The answer is that Grove has pitched no less than ten full games against the Yankees within the past half dozen seasons, give or take a few bad breaks here and there, and, that he has more than held his own, against the buffeting of the Yankee sluggers, led by Ruth and Gehrig. He beat them last June 10 by a score of 9 to 5 over the full route and gained another decision over the champions for this year's rec- ord in a relief role. He also wild- pitched a game away at the Yan- |kee Stadium. ! Lost Six in '28 It is true that Grove has not always worked his regular turn against the Yankees, who have | ‘There | spots away back in 1928, however, when he lost six games to the Yankees and won only one. Tt has persisted despite the fact Connie Mack's ace hurler has kept the upper hand ever since. In fact that was the only year in seven, including the record of 1933 to date, in which Grove failed to capture a majority of his games against the Yankees. He won three and lost one in‘ 1927, 1929 and 1931; won three and lost two last year. In 1930 the books show only one decision and no defeats for Grove against the Yankees, which helped to strength- en the conviction Mack was not exposing his southpaw to unneces- sary punishment from the maulers of Manhattan. ‘Who’s Done Any Better? In 1931, his greatest year, Grove pitched and won only one full game against the Yankees, on May 25. He captured another as a relief pitcher and was credited with a third victory after being knocked out of the box in the sixth by Gehrig’s home run with the bases full. This game was noteworthy in that Grove fanned eight of the first ten Yankees to face him. But in the last game of the season the Yankees “put the slug” on Lefty. He pitched and won full games on May 22 and June 2, 1932, be- | sides finishing and winning the last half of a 16-inning battle on June 2 against the champions. He was twice outpitched and beaten by Lefty Gomez the same year. are some unimpressive in Grove's all-time reecord against the Yankees, over a seven-year period—over half the defeats coming in one knocked the celebrated portsider season—and it seems safe to say no out of the box on a number of other American League hurler has occasions with a complete lack of done. as well against Murderers’ respect. 3 ‘The idea that Lefty was “soft"’ for the New Yorkers developed NEW Amazing Offer! Evening in Paris Face Powder Perfume and Lipstick with each box $1.10 Row, the Bronx. | ——————— CLEVELAND, O., July 28.—Jesse 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire Tt e s JULY 28, 1913 The argument of counsel in the MacDonald case was still in pro- gress with J. A. Hellenthal, chief counsel for the defense speaking. He followed former United States Senator S. H. Piles, who closed during the afternoon and was to be followed by District Attorney John Rustgard. It was planned to hold a night session to allow the latter to complete his speech. It was believed that Judge Fred M. i but he -has| ‘won 16 and lost 11 against them Brown would charge the jury the next day. A bear involuntarily boarded the launch Elk and nearly swept the crew into the sea while the little craft was under way several days before. The exciting incident oc- curred while the little boat was bound from Chichagof to Sitka. The bear was sighted swimming White Stone narrows and Capt. Peter Rasmussen shot the bear sufficiently dead to stop its pro- gress. After the bear was hauled aboard, however, it proceeded to charge the crew ferociously and it looked for e few moments as though they would all be driven into the sea. Chief Engineer Milo Coughlin, however, grabbed a gun and pumped lead into the big fel- lcw until he lay permanently quiet. The new Jaeger building ad- joining the steam laundry on Franklin Street had been turned over to plasterers and the first coat was on. This building was two stories high and was one of the finest buildings in the city. The lower floor was to contain an up- ‘to-date drug store and the second floor was going to be divided into fine, modern apartments, single and ensuite. Judge Thomas R. Lyons, as trus- tee for the townsite of Juneau, on July 19, execute a deed conveying to the Town of Juneau, title to all the streets, way and an&ys, as shown in the official plan of the city. —— .- —— 4 FOR $1.00 Women’s slip-over aprons. Fast colors. All sizes. Saturday and Monday only. Leader Department Store. —adv. L i Daily Emprre Want Ads Pay Resurrection Lutheran | Church l | REV. ERLING K. OLAFSON, | | Pastor | Morning Worship 10:30 AM. *— e E?——“ [ —— Helene W. L. 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Evenings by Appointment Second and Main Phone 259 | L - ECAUSE professional methods are vastly gen- tler and more cleansing than any home method. Because it gives the housewife more time for practical home management, leisure and so- cial activities. Because the clothes are always more thoroughly and sanitarily washed, fresher, sweeter and better in appearance when done at a ‘modern laundry like this one. Alaska Laundry | JUNEAU-YOUNG | Funeral Parlors | *+ Licensed Funeral Directors l and Embalmers Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 ‘Owens, star high school sprinter, . has become a star gas station at- tendant for the summer. ¢This is the easiest work I ever heard of,” | says Jesse. He is studying during the summer %o finish his course in . preparation for college next fall. FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS OILS GREASES Juneau Motors FODT OF MAIN ST. 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Transient brothers urg- ed to attend: Chambers, Pifth Strees. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary burner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 I RELIABLE TRANSFER ? J JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moring and Storage Mov:s, Packs and Siores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of FUEL OIL ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 | Konnerup’s MORE for LESS P rrrrecowe. “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Juneau’s Own Store i Tm: JUNEAU LAunDry l Franklin Street between Front an? Second Streets PHONE 359 A . i JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE “l'ttg:i‘v: but not Expensive” B-eryuunu. [\ HOTEL ZYND. | Large sunm- Rocm- “ ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. "GARBAGE HAULED | Reasonable Monthly Rates E. O. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 Day Phone 371 MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON OO L o l CARL JACOBSON l | WATCH REPAIRING SEWARD STREET | Opposite Goldstein Building i RUSSIAN BATHS The Green Building Tuesday, Wednesday, . Priday, | | Saturday from 1 p.m. to 1l am. | | GASTINEAU AVENUE | ORPHEUM ROOMS: | | Steam Heated. 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